Sentences with phrase «such substantial development»

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Examples of these risks, uncertainties and other factors include, but are not limited to the impact of: adverse general economic and related factors, such as fluctuating or increasing levels of unemployment, underemployment and the volatility of fuel prices, declines in the securities and real estate markets, and perceptions of these conditions that decrease the level of disposable income of consumers or consumer confidence; adverse events impacting the security of travel, such as terrorist acts, armed conflict and threats thereof, acts of piracy, and other international events; the risks and increased costs associated with operating internationally; our expansion into and investments in new markets; breaches in data security or other disturbances to our information technology and other networks; the spread of epidemics and viral outbreaks; adverse incidents involving cruise ships; changes in fuel prices and / or other cruise operating costs; any impairment of our tradenames or goodwill; our hedging strategies; our inability to obtain adequate insurance coverage; our substantial indebtedness, including the ability to raise additional capital to fund our operations, and to generate the necessary amount of cash to service our existing debt; restrictions in the agreements governing our indebtedness that limit our flexibility in operating our business; the significant portion of our assets pledged as collateral under our existing debt agreements and the ability of our creditors to accelerate the repayment of our indebtedness; volatility and disruptions in the global credit and financial markets, which may adversely affect our ability to borrow and could increase our counterparty credit risks, including those under our credit facilities, derivatives, contingent obligations, insurance contracts and new ship progress payment guarantees; fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; overcapacity in key markets or globally; our inability to recruit or retain qualified personnel or the loss of key personnel; future changes relating to how external distribution channels sell and market our cruises; our reliance on third parties to provide hotel management services to certain ships and certain other services; delays in our shipbuilding program and ship repairs, maintenance and refurbishments; future increases in the price of, or major changes or reduction in, commercial airline services; seasonal variations in passenger fare rates and occupancy levels at different times of the year; our ability to keep pace with developments in technology; amendments to our collective bargaining agreements for crew members and other employee relation issues; the continued availability of attractive port destinations; pending or threatened litigation, investigations and enforcement actions; changes involving the tax and environmental regulatory regimes in which we operate; and other factors set forth under «Risk Factors» in our most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10 - K and subsequent filings by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Big savings came from abolishing NDPBs with substantial administration costs such as Regional Development Agencies, and Department of Health bodies abolished under the Health and Social Care Act 2012.

Such production, however, is also slated to bring the development of substantial new infrastructure, including open - pit mines, roads, bridges, air - strips and ports, as well as a processing plant.

A former president and CEO of Mid-Hudson Pattern for Progress and the Orange County Partnership, respectively, DiTullo has a substantial background in economic development including his most recent position, managing director of the Orange County Business Accelerator where he established a high - tech incubator and attracted more than 22 early stage innovators focused in such industries as the life sciences, bio-medical and web - based software development, to name a few.

The fact that it is owned by such a ubiquitous brand means that some substantial research and development went into this product.

Miami Vice has some substantial weaknesses, such as the aforementioned lack of character development and the lengthy running time for the kind of film that it is.

Although principals indicated that lack of time to work directly with teachers was a substantial constraint, the authors showed how some districts have found a way around this issue, such as by implementing late - start Wednesdays as a way of providing professional development.

Wallace supported more than 40 projects, including school restructuring and improvement networks (such as Theodore Sizer's Coalition of Essential Schools, James Comer's School Development Program and John Goodlad's Institute for Educational Inquiry); school - university partnerships; three major evaluations; and a substantial body of research involving hundreds of scholars and teacher educators and thousands of teachers.

There has been expansion of the SEMA Young Executive Network (YEN), now 1,300 strong; development of a robust student program that brings 500 - plus automotive students to the SEMA Show each year; and substantial support of other productive youth - oriented automotive programs, such as Hot Rodders of Tomorrow.

The Fund invests in gold and other precious metals, which involves additional risks, such as the possibility for substantial price fluctuations over a short period of time and may be affected by unpredictable international monetary and political developments such as currency devaluations or revaluations, economic and social conditions within a country, trade imbalances, or trade or currency restrictions between countries.

Shouldn't risky drilling, such as this, bear a fee or tax that will fund a substantial investment into alternative energy research and development?

In countries such as the US, most urban development / growth predates the period considered by Menne and hence when looking for temperature trends (rather than absolute accuracy in the temperature measurement), during the period considered by Menne, one would not expect to see substantial differences between good and bad sited stations, or between urban and rural stations.

Because of the substantial risks to society and nature posed by abrupt changes, this report recommends the development of an Abrupt Change Early Warning System that would allow for the prediction and possible mitigation of such changes before their societal impacts are severe.

«While governments claim they are only ensuring the safety of their warheads through replacement of bomb components and launch systems, as the deliberate process of arms reduction proceeds, such developments appear to other states to be signs of substantial military build - ups.»

Although the geological potential for unconventional resources appears to be substantial in Eurasia, the Middle East and North Africa, such resources are unlikely to be developed in the early twenty - first century, simply because conventional potential is so great relative to current and projected production that unconventional gas resource development is unnecessary.

As in Belfast, with the support of Invest Northern Ireland, the South African Department of Trade & Industry offers substantial incentive grants to encourage firms to invest; such grants, said Davies, «reduce operating costs for LPO service providers... and spur market development».

Jackson not only urges the judiciary to familiarise itself with such tools, but takes the natural and crucial step of recommending that «e-disclosure as a topic should form a substantial part of Continuing Professional Development (CPD) for solicitors and barristers who will have to deal with e-disclosure in practice and the training of judges who will have to deal with e-disclosure on the bench».

«The potential economic returns from such health benefits are substantial but have not always been included in benefit - cost analyses or in policy debates regarding public investments in early childhood development programs.»

There is substantial evidence that many developmental outcomes, such as cognitive development and behavior problems for LBW / PT children, are influenced not only by the growth compromised in utero but also by environmental factors such as poverty (McCarton, 1998) and poor parenting (Dadds & Salmon, 2003), and also by child temperament (Hertzig & Mittleman, 1984).