Sentences with phrase «significant change in their support»

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Such risks, uncertainties and other factors include, without limitation: (1) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including financial market conditions, fluctuations in commodity prices, interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates, levels of end market demand in construction and in both the commercial and defense segments of the aerospace industry, levels of air travel, financial condition of commercial airlines, the impact of weather conditions and natural disasters and the financial condition of our customers and suppliers; (2) challenges in the development, production, delivery, support, performance and realization of the anticipated benefits of advanced technologies and new products and services; (3) the scope, nature, impact or timing of acquisition and divestiture or restructuring activity, including the pending acquisition of Rockwell Collins, including among other things integration of acquired businesses into United Technologies» existing businesses and realization of synergies and opportunities for growth and innovation; (4) future timing and levels of indebtedness, including indebtedness expected to be incurred by United Technologies in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition, and capital spending and research and development spending, including in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition; (5) future availability of credit and factors that may affect such availability, including credit market conditions and our capital structure; (6) the timing and scope of future repurchases of United Technologies» common stock, which may be suspended at any time due to various factors, including market conditions and the level of other investing activities and uses of cash, including in connection with the proposed acquisition of Rockwell; (7) delays and disruption in delivery of materials and services from suppliers; (8) company and customer - directed cost reduction efforts and restructuring costs and savings and other consequences thereof; (9) new business and investment opportunities; (10) our ability to realize the intended benefits of organizational changes; (11) the anticipated benefits of diversification and balance of operations across product lines, regions and industries; (12) the outcome of legal proceedings, investigations and other contingencies; (13) pension plan assumptions and future contributions; (14) the impact of the negotiation of collective bargaining agreements and labor disputes; (15) the effect of changes in political conditions in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate, including the effect of changes in U.S. trade policies or the U.K.'s pending withdrawal from the EU, on general market conditions, global trade policies and currency exchange rates in the near term and beyond; (16) the effect of changes in tax (including U.S. tax reform enacted on December 22, 2017, which is commonly referred to as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017), environmental, regulatory (including among other things import / export) and other laws and regulations in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate; (17) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins to receive the required regulatory approvals (and the risk that such approvals may result in the imposition of conditions that could adversely affect the combined company or the expected benefits of the merger) and to satisfy the other conditions to the closing of the pending acquisition on a timely basis or at all; (18) the occurrence of events that may give rise to a right of one or both of United Technologies or Rockwell Collins to terminate the merger agreement, including in circumstances that might require Rockwell Collins to pay a termination fee of $ 695 million to United Technologies or $ 50 million of expense reimbursement; (19) negative effects of the announcement or the completion of the merger on the market price of United Technologies» and / or Rockwell Collins» common stock and / or on their respective financial performance; (20) risks related to Rockwell Collins and United Technologies being restricted in their operation of their businesses while the merger agreement is in effect; (21) risks relating to the value of the United Technologies» shares to be issued in connection with the pending Rockwell acquisition, significant merger costs and / or unknown liabilities; (22) risks associated with third party contracts containing consent and / or other provisions that may be triggered by the Rockwell merger agreement; (23) risks associated with merger - related litigation or appraisal proceedings; and (24) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins, or the combined company, to retain and hire key personnel.

2018's first quarter was a volatile one for several senators, with lawmakers on both sides of the aisle seeing significant changes in levels of support from their constituents, according to the latest Morning Consult Senator Approval Rankings.

Factors that could cause actual results to differ include general business and economic conditions and the state of the solar industry; governmental support for the deployment of solar power; future available supplies of high - purity silicon; demand for end - use products by consumers and inventory levels of such products in the supply chain; changes in demand from significant customers; changes in demand from major markets such as Japan, the U.S., India and China; changes in customer order patterns; changes in product mix; capacity utilization; level of competition; pricing pressure and declines in average selling prices; delays in new product introduction; delays in utility - scale project approval process; delays in utility - scale project construction; delays in the completion of project sales; continued success in technological innovations and delivery of products with the features customers demand; shortage in supply of materials or capacity requirements; availability of financing; exchange rate fluctuations; litigation and other risks as described in the Company's SEC filings, including its annual report on Form 20 - F filed on April 27, 2017.

Factors that could cause actual results to differ include general business and economic conditions and the state of the solar industry; governmental support for the deployment of solar power; future available supplies of high - purity silicon; demand for end - use products by consumers and inventory levels of such products in the supply chain; changes in demand from significant customers; changes in demand from major markets such as Japan, the U.S., India and China; changes in customer order patterns; changes in product mix; capacity utilization; level of competition; pricing pressure and declines in average selling prices; delays in new product introduction; delays in utility - scale project approval process; delays in utility - scale project construction; continued success in technological innovations and delivery of products with the features customers demand; shortage in supply of materials or capacity requirements; availability of financing; exchange rate fluctuations; litigation and other risks as described in the Company's SEC filings, including its annual report on Form 20 - F filed on April 20, 2016.

Factors that could cause actual results to differ include general business and economic conditions and the state of the solar industry; governmental support for the deployment of solar power; future available supplies of high - purity silicon; demand for end - use products by consumers and inventory levels of such products in the supply chain; changes in demand from significant customers; changes in demand from major markets such as Japan, the U.S., India and China; changes in customer order patterns; changes in product mix; capacity utilization; level of competition; pricing pressure and declines in average selling prices; delays in new product introduction; delays in utility - scale project approval process; delays in utility - scale project construction; cancelation of utility - scale feed - in - tariff contracts in Japan; continued success in technological innovations and delivery of products with the features customers demand; shortage in supply of materials or capacity requirements; availability of financing; exchange rate fluctuations; litigation and other risks as described in the Company's SEC filings, including its annual report on Form 20 - F filed on April 27, 2017.

The most stunning change from previous election is the significant drop in support for Alison Redford «s Progressive Conservatives in rural central and southern Alberta rural constituencies, which have given the PCs large majority votes in most elections over the past 40 years.

The government continues to predict balanced budgets over the three - year term, though there is a significant change in the debt profile of B.C., notably our taxpayer - supported debt, which is scheduled to increase more than 17 % over the next three years.

It shows that although there is statistically significant evidence that individuals change their views to match those of the political party they support, the shift in attitudes is relatively slight.

Both responses are Rationalistic: faithless to the present arrangements, intolerant of settled arrangements and the culture that supports them, overestimating human potential, and fundamentally misunderstanding the capacity of politics to make significant changes in human life.

For these reasons, as Schramm notes, in major decisions which involve significant and central attitude change, the channels of interpersonal communication and influence are far more effective than mass media because of the opportunities they present for reinforcement of response and ongoing group support.

However, for significant and permanent changes in attitudes and behavior toward religious faith, religious programs need to be complemented by interpersonal contact and continuing group support.

We continued with the significant and necessary changes we began in the business over three years ago to support our strategy and its priorities, and worked hard to return every possible cent of value back to our farmers,» Wilson said.

The team we support is playing in the fa cup semifinal which is a knockout game and your focused on a Chelsea game no offence mate but you need to get your priorities straight I get the game has significant consequence on our league position both sat and the end of the season but weather you watch it or not it wont change the outcome of there match so focus everything on our game and watch arsenal and then if you care that much watch the repeat later

While the European Research Group of sixty Conservative Brexit - supporting MPs are demanding significant change in Britain's relationship with the EU, senior politicians are effectively promoting the status quo.

The changes, which promote values supported by the British Humanist Association (BHA) and emphasise that there is one law for all, represent a «significant victory» in the campaign against extremism, and in favour of citizenship education.

Frank Guinta of the 1st District had the support of GOP leaders in wanting minimal change, while the 2nd's Charlie Bass wanted significant additions.

«For months, Mayor de Blasio has been asking us to support the status quo, and now that appears to be the position of the Democrat leadership in the Assembly, even though they requested and received significant changes to the mayoral control statute when it was first renewed in 2009,» Flanagan said.

«significant investment in transit before and during the implementation of congestion pricing; reinvestment of revenues generated directly into public transit; dynamic tolling that changes commuter behavior; and information campaigns that generate broad public support for congestion pricing.»

Voters in the four - county district said they believe that climate change is a significant threat (74 - 20 percent); favor a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants (66 - 27 percent), consider themselves 2nd Amendment rather than gun control supporters (54 - 43 percent) and support keeping Obamacare in place (50 - 45 percent).

It must, however, be difficult for serving officers to understand how the most recent «significant» change, which included performance and role pay, supported by national and local Government and Chief Officers through the PNB, now appears to fail to find any support in those three bodies.

City politicians past and present have come out in support of renaming the Queensboro Bridge in Long Island City after former Mayor Ed Koch, but City Councilman Peter Vallone Jr. (D - Astoria) said the bridge's current name is too significant to be changed.

«Outstanding issues include under - investment in school technology infrastructure, significant inequities in allocation of Fair Student Funding dollars, disparities in gifted and talented education, resistance to training and support for new learning devices like tablets, inaction on liberalizing school space usage policy for community - based organizations, and poor community notification on significant changes to school utilization,» Adams said.

«Thanks to the support and partnership of Borough President Melinda Katz, we are continuing to make significant strides towards ensuring that every four - year - old in New York City will have access to this life changing educational opportunity.

In the short term I think they will lead to support for some pretty significant policy changes.

The combined effect of the three, the scientists found, is that the global energy system could experience unprecedented changes in the growth of natural gas production and significant changes to the types of energy used, but without much reduction to projected climate change if new mitigation policies are not put in place to support the deployment of renewable energy technologies.

Whereas there is still a significant controversy over how to assess an individual teacher's effectiveness, Whitehurst believes that change in approach was driven by the research community, especially economists «who came to this topic because all of sudden there were resources — data resources and research support resources.»

This expertise is needed to deal with climate issues in the North Central US, where changes in temperature and precipitation could have significant effects on streams, forests, agricultural lands, and mountain ecosystems, in addition to the fish, wildlife, and human communities supported by these environments.

In 2008 Unilever announced that it will make a shift to using sustainable palm oil, as soon as the first supplies become available.This major initiative is one that will have a significant impact, not just on climate change but also on the sustainability of the rainforest.Unilever's intention is to move to 100 % certified, sustainable palm oil by 2015, and we will also support an immediate moratorium on any further deforestation in Indonesia linked to palm oil cultivatioIn 2008 Unilever announced that it will make a shift to using sustainable palm oil, as soon as the first supplies become available.This major initiative is one that will have a significant impact, not just on climate change but also on the sustainability of the rainforest.Unilever's intention is to move to 100 % certified, sustainable palm oil by 2015, and we will also support an immediate moratorium on any further deforestation in Indonesia linked to palm oil cultivatioin Indonesia linked to palm oil cultivation.

Oddly enough, there seems to be significant support for, and I haven't heard any argument against the idea that stress in many forms including worrying about diet can be very bad for your health with possible connections to cancer via free radicals and chemistry changes in the body.

Supporting this logic, the largest human study to date found no significant long - term hormonal changes in chronic marijuana users, and suggested that earlier studies involved insufficient sample sizes.

The learning that I did in this class strongly supported my ability to make a number of significant changes in how I address my sense of wellness.

Although this is a major change, significant effort was undertaken to minimise the impact on mods: (a) the APIs were supported for a long time with increasingly prominent warnings in the SMAPI console about their deprecation and removal; (b) dozens of pull requests were submitted to update affected mods; (c) unofficial updates were created for mods which haven't updated officially yet; and (d) the changes were actively communicated and documented to modders.

This is the fourth year since ASIFA - Hollywood made significant changes in its voting rules in response to concerns that had caused Disney and Pixar to withdraw its support of the organization.

Today it is clear that suppliers have worked hard to provide the level of quality required by schools; we are seeing a significant shift in expenditure towards CPD to support the perpetual Government policy changes.

You have the ability to play a significant role in their lives — your support and genuine care can change lives.

Hence, a shift from Teacher - Librarian to a team of Lead Teachers and a significant HR change from SSO's to Student Teachers employed in support roles.

When pressed, the main evidence they point to in support of PM is a study by Doug Harris that shows that New Orleans made significant gains post-Katrina that can not fully be explained by changes in the composition of students in the district.

«Look for opportunities and resources to boost support for individual children during significant life transitions — for example, a death in the family, parent separation or changing schools.

They do not expect algebra to be taught in grade 8 and instead defer it to high school, reversing the most significant change in mathematics education in America in the last decade, supported by the 2008 recommendations of the National Mathematics Advisory Panel, and contrary to the practice of our international competitors.

It is particularly important that our young women realise that they have a voice that can be heard and potentially make significant differences in the world, our entrepreneurship unit of work and Young Change Agents projects supported this concept.

On a composite measure of their responses, there was no evident change in teacher - reported support after year one of the SIG award, but by the second year, SIG teachers reported significant increases in support (0.26 standard deviations) that grew even greater by in the third year (0.41 standard deviations).

The translation of legislative and gubernatorial initiatives into support for schools falls to the state agencies, which are struggling to realize a significant change in their roles, shaped by the standards and accountability movement.

In Washington, the Obama administration's Race to the Top program rewarded states for making significant policy changes such as supporting charter schools.

The Partner Schools Programme in its various forms is designed to support schools who have committed to a significant process of change or renewal.

- Hold schools accountable for implementing systemic changes, including professional development and family support, that can produce significant improvements in education.

The most significant change in the state over his tenure, he said, is the level of public support for schools after years of state funding cuts, which can be seen in the record amounts of spending through school referendums.

The event, held at the Rubin Museum in Manhattan, honored five people who have demonstrated exceptional commitment to enacting positive change in education: Tanell Pendleton, an English teacher who has worked at Bronx Haven High School for eight years, and Michael Wolach, founding teacher and instructional coach at Jill Chaifetz Transfer School, both of whom have worked with Eskolta on multi-year projects on topics ranging from developing students» academic mindsets to implementing outcomes - based grading; Cristal Cruz, a graduate of Brooklyn Frontiers High School, who, after facing significant challenges during school, graduated as salutatorian, enrolled in college, and is now working at Good Shepherd Service to support students in the same way she was supported; and Jeff and Tricia Raikes, co-founders of the Raikes Foundation and part of the founding team of Microsoft, who have become champions of school improvement by establishing national initiatives such as the Mindset Scholars Network and the Student Agency Improvement Community.

«Lower class sizes are desired, but how the legislature has chosen to implement them presents significant challenges for districts and will result in either local budget cuts or local governments may have to increase taxes to pay for this change,» said Todd LoFrese, assistant superintendent for support services for Chapel Hill - Carrboro City Schools.

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg said: «The pupil premium has been one of the most significant changes in our education system for a long time and is already closing the attainment gap by helping up to two million disadvantaged children get the support, education and skills they need to get on in life - whether it's through literacy classes, catch - up lessons or one - to - one tuition.»

Rural schools, as noted in the example of Betsy Layne High School, can effect significant changes in classroom practice by creating a culture that supports experimentation.