Sentences with phrase «public performances which»

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It's worth noting that companies often base their final decision on a possible public offering on the overall performance of public markets, which have been volatile in recent weeks due to fears over trade wars.
This event, which will be open to the publics, will feature live performances by local DJs and bands popular on Tumblr, including Sleigh Bells, Girlpool, Hoops and PVRIS.
A successful Super Bowl Snickers commercial in which White takes a particularly brutal tackle, a surprise Golden Girls resurgence and a zany performance in the Sandra Bullock summer rom - com The Proposal all had whetted the public's appetite for White.
Customers on Verizon Public Cloud Reserved Performance and Marketplace can move their work to the company's Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), which — according to Verizon, offers «the cost effectiveness of a multi-tenant public cloud but includes added levels of configuration, control, and support capabilities...&Public Cloud Reserved Performance and Marketplace can move their work to the company's Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), which — according to Verizon, offers «the cost effectiveness of a multi-tenant public cloud but includes added levels of configuration, control, and support capabilities...&public cloud but includes added levels of configuration, control, and support capabilities...»
Among other matters, the Audit Committee monitors the activities and performance of Intel's internal auditors and independent registered public accounting firm, including the audit scope, external audit fees, auditor independence matters, and the extent to which the independent audit firm can be retained to perform non-audit services.
To date, their only public investment has been $ 2.1 million into LevelEleven which is a sales performance platform.
Performance metrics in forums are more difficult to gather due to lack of free, public APIs, which Twitter and Facebook provide.
on a pro forma basis, giving effect to (i) the automatic conversion of all of our outstanding shares of convertible preferred stock other than Series FP preferred stock into shares of Class B common stock and the conversion of Series FP preferred stock into shares of Class C common stock in connection with our initial public offering, (ii) stock - based compensation expense of approximately $ 1.1 billion associated with outstanding RSUs subject to a performance condition for which the service - based vesting condition was satisfied as of December 31, 2016 and which we will recognize on the effectiveness of our registration statement in connection with a qualifying initial public offering, as further described in Note 1 to our consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this prospectus, (iii) the increase in accrued expenses and other current liabilities and an equivalent decrease in additional paid - in capital of $ 187.2 million in connection with the withholding tax obligations, based on $ 16.33 per share, which is the fair value of our common stock as of December 31, 2016, as we intend to issue shares of Class A common stock and Class B common stock on a net basis to satisfy the associated withholding tax obligations, (iv) the net issuance of 7.6 million shares of Class A common stock and 5.5 million shares of Class B common stock that will vest and be issued from the settlement of such RSUs, (v) the issuance of the CEO award, as described below, and (vi) the filing and effectiveness of our amended and restated certificate of incorporation which will be in effect on the completion of this offering.
The pro forma consolidated balance sheet data gives effect to (i) the automatic conversion of all of our outstanding shares of convertible preferred stock other than Series FP preferred stock into shares of Class B common stock and the conversion of Series FP preferred stock into shares of Class C common stock in connection with our initial public offering, (ii) stock - based compensation expense of approximately $ 1.1 billion associated with outstanding RSUs subject to a performance condition for which the service - based vesting condition was satisfied as of December 31, 2016 and which we will recognize on the effectiveness of our registration statement in connection with this offering, as further described in Note 1 to our consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this prospectus, (iii) the increase in accrued expenses and other current liabilities and an equivalent decrease in additional paid - in capital of $ 187.2 million in connection with the withholding tax obligations, based on $ 16.33 per share, which is the fair value of our common stock as of December 31, 2016, as we intend to issue shares of Class A common stock and Class B common stock on a net basis to satisfy the associated withholding tax obligations, (iv) the net issuance of 7.6 million shares of Class A common stock and 5.5 million shares of Class B common stock that will vest and be issued from the settlement of such RSUs, (v) the issuance of the CEO award, as described below, and (vi) the filing and effectiveness of our amended and restated certificate of incorporation which will be in effect on the completion of this offering.
Section 162 (m) of the Code imposes a $ 1.0 million cap on the compensation deduction that a public company may take in respect of compensation paid to our «covered employees» (which includes our Chief Executive Officer and our next three most highly compensated employees other than our Chief Financial Officer), but excludes from the calculation of amounts subject to this limitation any amounts that constitute «qualified performance - based compensation,» or «QPBC,» within the meaning of Section 162 (m) of the Code.
There were significant judgments and estimates inherent in these valuations, which included assumptions regarding our future operating performance, the time to completing an initial public offering or other liquidity event and the determinations of the appropriate valuation methods to be applied.
Following the completion of this offering, we plan to continue to work with independent compensation consultants to maintain a list of peer group public companies of similar size and in comparable industries which our compensation committee can reference when analyzing executive officer compensation to ensure our executive compensation program is, and remains, competitive and offers the appropriate retention and performance incentives.
In that year, the FCC released a programming statement in which they concluded, under a good deal of pressure from particular groups) that no public - interest basis was to be served by distinguishing between sustaining - time programs (those broadcast on free air - time) and commercially sponsored programs in evaluating a station's performance in the public interest.
From the pandemic of pornography to reality T.V., to the insatiable urge so many feel to make the whole of life a performance on Facebook and Twitter, the distinction upon which civilization has depended — a careful demarcation between the public and the private — is dissolving before our eyes.
There is a well - known tradition, which is appropriate to the mystical atmosphere of these two tenth - century documents, that the founding saints of Java unanimously condemned one of their number, Seh Siti Djenar, who taught the hidden knowledge and neglected the performance of the Friday public worship, and also asserted that he and God were identical.
In contrast to your board of directors (the «Board»), which has taken — and will continue to take — substantial steps to further drive high performance and long - term profitable growth at your Company, this dissident group has offered no specific plan to enhance shareholder value and is proposing to install as CEO a candidate with no experience managing a public company and no C - suite experience at any company.
That is if he has the courage to show his face again in public after such a performance which I'm sure got Wenger and the rest of the Board seething with rage!
Sports Insights is now publishing a Sports Investing Index, which reflects the performance of Betting Against the Public when applying contrarian value approaches to major US sports, focusing on our Square Play sports betting system.
Forget Aaron Rodgers — the most impressive performance of the NFL playoffs belongs to the betting public, which jumped from favorites to underdogs at precisely the right time this weekend and squashed multiple Las Vegas sportsbooks in the process.
Requirements for a private school student to participate, including, but not limited to, meeting the same standards of eligibility, acceptance, behavior, educational progress, and performance which apply to other students participating in interscholastic or intrascholastic sports at a public school or FHSAA member private school.
Other Affiliated Organizations American Board of Pediatric Dentistry The American Board of Pediatric Dentistry is the organization which verifies to the public and health professions that a pediatric dentist has successfully completed both an advanced educational program accredited by the ADA Commission on Dental Accreditation and a voluntary examination process designed to validate the knowledge, application and performance requisite to the delivery of proficient care in pediatric dentistry
The first two columns are the indicators which best cover a state's ability to deliver on bread and butter economic issues; the Poverty and Economic Performance category includes variables such as unemployment, GDP growth, inflation, and government debt, while the Provision of Public Services category includes infrastructure, energy reliability, education, and policing.
Mandamus lies to secure the performance of a public duty in the performance which the applicant has a sufficient legal interest.
These reforms often involved changes in management style (for instance, the so - called «New Public Management» (NPM), in which concepts from the private sector such as competition, performance indicators, and bonus payments were applied to public administration) or the introduction of computer technPublic Management» (NPM), in which concepts from the private sector such as competition, performance indicators, and bonus payments were applied to public administration) or the introduction of computer technpublic administration) or the introduction of computer technology.
Now the NY Times reports that he hid from the public the role his administration played in leaving the Long Island Power Authority (LIPA) short staffed, which contributed to its disastrous performance in Hurricane Sandy.
But Mark Green, the former New York City public advocate who was a member of Mr. Cuomo's first Moreland Commission, which investigated the performance of the state's power utilities after Hurricane Sandy, said the advertisement ran the risk of politicizing the new panel.
New Labour were also hampered with the theory of the «Third Way» mantra, meaning that even intellectuals like David Milliband were reduced to abandoning big ideas which could have a real impact, and instead being forced to concentrate on administrative details - hence the awful targets system he dreamed up to improve the performance of public services like education, policing and health.
The new leader's performance at Prime Minister's Questions was a good deal more competent than many expected — even if, by politely reading out questions emailed in by Labour supporters, he had effectively appointed himself the moderator of a national weekly edition of Cameron Direct, the public meeting format in which the PM excels.
A polling services firm, NOIPolls Limited, has proposed four parameters through which it could collaborate with and measure the pulse of public opinion about the Independent National Electoral Commission's (INEC) performances and services.
The grants were announced yesterday by Governor Deval Patrick are through the state's Performance Incentive Fund, which is part of the administration's pledge to strengthen the state's public education system via the Vision Project.
One of my central priorities will be to aggressively exercise the Public Advocate's role in reviewing the performance of City agencies and developing proposals to improve vital services on which New Yorkers depend.
In fact, the panel is charged with providing «recommendations as to actions that can be taken to improve the safety and environmental performance of shale gas extraction processes and other steps to ensure protection of public health and safety,» according to Chu's memo (pdf) laying out its mission, which must deliver «immediate steps to be taken to improve the safety and environmental performance of fracking» within 90 days of its first meeting.
Still, a systematic vetting of policy options, with recognized experts and the public commenting and debating, will vastly improve on our current policy performance, in which we often fly blind or hand the controls over to narrow interests and viewpoints.
Dr. Pope's research on the adverse effects of anabolic - androgenic steroids (AAS) and other performance - enhancing drugs addresses psychiatric effects of AAS use and ASS withdrawal, the cardiac toxicity of AAS (which is emerging as a serious public health problem), and cognitive deficits in AAS users.
Ms. Pirtle has co-authored a book with Sally Fallon and Dr. John D. Turner called Performance without Pain, which was published in 2006 by New Trends that focuses on the modern dietary influences in common inflammatory and degenerative conditions in musicians, athletes, dancers and the general public, and the solutions found in a diet of nutrient - dense foods.
Outside of reporting, White is a successful public speaker and is the co-creator of The Secret Life of Your Mobile Phone, a «live, interactive phone hacking stage performance which shows how the global technology industry is harvesting the data leaking from your handset.»
That achievement in part reflects Fox's weak box office performance post-Avatar (which earned enough money in 2010 for Fox to still rank third among studios for the year), but the public's reception of the film is still remarkable and unusual.
As she begins to reconnect with her family — especially with daughter Julie (Mamie Gummer), whose current post-breakup rough patch helps bring Ricki back into her life — the character's mask gradually drifts away, and Streep allows moments of poignant authenticity to peak through: in an anguished phone call to current boyfriend / fellow guitarist Greg (Rick Springfield), in a private crying jag after an annihilating argument with Maureen, in a meltdown during a live performance in which Ricki exposes her regret and self - loathing to the public.
Voters, like the public, will be choosing between trophy juggler Elisabeth Moss for her mesmerizing The Handmaid's Tale performance or Claire Foy's majestic moment in The Crown, which won best performance and series in 2017.
Along the way, we get one violent public outburst (which may not have occurred in reality), a performance that drives Eric Clapton off - stage in disbelief, an awkward collect call back home, and an audacious cover of The Beatles performed in front of The Beatles.
For all the ways in which the subject matter apparently touches on very public issues (the economy of the land, LGBT rights, post-Brexit attitudes), in essence the film is absolutely intimate and personal, shaped by marvellously believable performances and ultimately achieving a heart - rending authenticity.
To be sure, this is less than half of the share of the public who support tying tenure to student performance, which remains at 58 percent.
In addition, he is looking to work with partners for creative solutions on delivering quality early literacy education, which he sees as a vital initiative for stemming the low - performance culture of Holyoke public schools.
The suburban Denver schools in which we work are among the first large, comprehensive public high schools in the nation to convert to a performance - based system.
As a prolific writer and renowned public intellectual, he frequently explored trends in American race relations and family life, hailing, for instance, the controversial report, «Equality of Educational Opportunity» (1966), by his friend James Coleman, which stressed the relationship between broken families and poor student performance in the public schools.
One strand of his research, which has sought to replicate effective charter - school practices in public school contexts, has shown that when a school increases instructional time, has excellent teachers and administrators, and instills data - driven instruction, small - group tutoring, and a culture of high expectations, it can eliminate gaps in math performance.
Because the effects of competition on the performance of traditional public schools can be identified best during periods in which the amount of competition is changing, these years offer a convenient way to test the effects of expanded school choice.
When satisfaction with public school performance drops from high to low, the probability that a public parent is interested in going private increases by 37 percentâ $» which dwarfs the effects of all other variables.
It may be coincidence, but in the midst of this very public debacle, several national AFT leaders were quietly involved with the negotiations between Baltimore City Schools and the local union which resulted in the just announced path - breaking new pay - for - performance contract that will replace the so - called «steps» and «lanes» of the traditional teacher contract.
After the report appeared, stimulating a variety of reform efforts, public evaluations of their local schools climbed steadily to an all - time high of 51 % in 2000, just prior to the national debate over the passage of the federal No Child Left Behind Act, which held schools accountable for low performance.
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