Sentences with phrase «such substantial increases»

House Representative Jim McGovern (D) applauded the College Cost Reduction Act stating that it «provides such substantial increases for the Pell Grant program, initiatives to help control college costs, increased funding for Perkins loans... and restructuring the way in which students repay their loans.»

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In the wake of the financial crisis new banking regulations (such as the Volcker Rule) and increased costs of capital contributed to a substantial decline in dealer inventories.

Other significant year - ended wage increases were recorded for a number of industries with substantial public - sector representation, such as education.

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.

But, practically speaking, it requires an expanding judicial regime to manage conflicts between the increasing number of rights, and it tends to «legally neutralize» natural and substantial differences, such as those between the sexes and, most alarmingly, those between adults and children....

One element in our contemporary thinking, which has helped to make talk of the «afterlife» appear meaningless, is the increasing recognition that there is no such thing as a «substantial self».

If an increased commitment to palliative care is the proposed solution, there are substantial barriers to the implementation of such treatment.

Unfortunately, there has been during this same period, and especially in the last five to ten years, a substantial increase in the number of reported cases of second impact syndrome (SIS), which occurs when an athlete who sustains head trauma, i.e. a traumatic brain injury - often a concussion or worse injury, such as a cerebral contusion (bruised brain)- sustains a second head injury before signs of the initial injury have cleared.

The ongoing reappraisal of the diagnostic criteria for the autistic spectrum of disorders over recent decades has led to substantial uncertainty over whether a true increase in incidence exists or whether such diagnostic shifts represent an artifactual increase.

They may be aware of the greater risk for mood disorders such as depression and anxiety associated with sleep loss; the substantial impairment in cognitive abilities such as sustained attention, short - term memory, information processing, and school performance; or the increased risk for motor vehicle accidents that accompanies lack of sleep.

In such a case, would it not be better to allow gravity, i.e; the birth mother standing and moving whilst in labour, to take charge rather than the birthing mother instead lying on her back in an ambulance and then hospital along with the accompanying substantial increase in stress levels?I suppose all I am trying to say is that IF my partner and I were to have a second baby, I really would like to support my partner once more in having a home birth.

«The substantial variation in prescribing patterns of such extremely addictive medications for minor injuries results in many thousands of pills entering the community, and places patients at an increased risk of continued use and potentially addiction,» said lead author M. Kit Delgado, MD, MS, an assistant professor of Emergency Medicine and Epidemiology at Penn. «It's vital that we identify and understand the root causes of this growing issue.»

However, the authors also predicted substantial growth in costs in eastern African countries (such as Ethiopia, Kenya and Tanzania), increasing from $ 3.

And, because stroke risk rises sharply after age 60, countries with large «boomer» populations, such as the United States, are on course for a substantial increase in stroke prevalence...

Statistical information on the impact of NSF's budget reductions won't be available until March 2006, but the impact of such reductions on scientists in the trenches is bound to be substantial: If a 5 % budget increase led to a 3 % decline in success rates, what will be the impact on funding rates of a nearly 1 % budget reduction?

Populations of big carnivores such as brown bears, Eurasian lynx, grey wolves and wolverines are stable or increasing in a substantial part of Europe.

The percentage of doctorate holders in nonacademic S&E occupations who are underrepresented minorities increased from 4.4 percent in 1990 to 6.1 in 2005, a substantial increase if it were not over a very small base.18 Myers and Turner concluded that market forces such as wages play a more prominent role in affecting faculty representation in the short run than pipeline factors designed to increase the supply of minority faculty.19

Since IPCC (2001) the cryosphere has undergone significant changes, such as the substantial retreat of arctic sea ice, especially in summer; the continued shrinking of mountain glaciers; the decrease in the extent of snow cover and seasonally frozen ground, particularly in spring; the earlier breakup of river and lake ice; and widespread thinning of antarctic ice shelves along the Amundsen Sea coast, indicating increased basal melting due to increased ocean heat fluxes in the cavities below the ice shelves.

When irritated — usually due to overuse or a substantial increase in training, such as adding volume, speed, hills or challenging terrain — it can cause inflammation and pain in either the hip or knee (or both).

Norwegian researchers found that in addition to not increasing study subjects» risk of heart disease, those on a diet high in fat exhibited «substantial improvements in several important cardiometabolic risk factors, such as ectopic fat storage, blood pressure, blood lipids (triglycerides), insulin and blood sugar.»

Policymakers must weigh these costs against the substantial educational and economic benefits such systems can create for successive cohorts of students, both through avoiding the career - long retention of the lowest - performing teachers and through broad increases in performance in the overall teaching workforce.

Such innovative features have the potential to improve the efficacy of the substantial investments already being made to increase college success for low - income and first - generation college students.

Most teacher contracts provide a substantial salary bump, upwards of $ 10,000 per year in some cases, to a teacher who earns a master's degree, despite the fact that on average such degrees have no correlation with increased student achievement.

Substantial improvements were reported by schools in areas such as pupil well - being, confidence and self - esteem and an increased willingness from pupils to participate in classroom activities.

Substantial progress has been made in the area of curriculum, where Risk «s recommendations could be fulfilled by rule changes, such as increasing requirements for graduation.

Its 385 hp and 380 lb - ft of torque represent substantial increases over the outgoing 4.2 - liter engine's 300 hp and 310 lb - ft, such that this normally aspirated XF model felt nearly as fast and energetic to me as our Four Seasons 2009 XF Supercharged, which has 420 hp and 413 lb - ft.

This substantial growth is expected due to the increased penetration of the Internet and extensive use of mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets.

More importantly, the unseen costs associated with such a strategy, the bid / offer spread for example, often increase management fees which can have a substantial detrimental impact on your overall returns, as shown in the chart on the right3.

The States are concerned that the current regulatory regime — in which collection of substantial up - front fees is not prohibited — is such that increasing numbers of unscrupulous operators will flock to this industry.

The decline was offset by a substantial increase in 8th generation console software thanks to the release of key established franchises such as Call of Duty, Madden, Fallout and Mortal Kombat.

If the optical thickness and temperature distributions are such that the dominant spatial tendency in temperature is to either increase or decrease (as opposed to fluctuate) from a location out to a substantial optical thickness away, then farther increases in optical thickness will bring the flux and intensities coming from that direction toward the values they would have for a blackbody with a temperature equal to the temperature at that location.

-- The term «carbon leakage» means any substantial increase (as determined by the Administrator) in greenhouse gas emissions by industrial entities located in other countries if such increase is caused by an incremental cost of production increase in the United States resulting from the implementation of this title.

Rather, it rapidly accelerates the problem, since global emissions are increasing at a substantial rate such that generation D would be kept below some crucial climate threshold, but delay would mean that they would pass that threshold.

Cutting edge data centers of the future will require less of a physical human presence, and are likely to: â $ cents Rely on a VIL to optimize equipment management and provide for virtual remote control capable of instant changes, switches and adds â $ cents Achieve LEED certification for the physical building â $ cents Rely on more efficient water cooling that potentially takes advantage of an on - site tower to chill water for cooling the system (thus reducing energy consumption by using nature's natural cooling power to chill water) â $ cents Use fluid dynamics models to precisely design the interior of the building to maximize the efficiency of the HV / AC system for air - cooled computing systems â $ cents Tap into a mixed energy grid that relies on green energy sources such as solar, wind or hydroelectric (depending on geographic feasibility), along with a reliable city grid thus avoiding the need for the standard back - up Uninterruptible Power Supply (which will reduce equipment costs, minimize floor space used, and increase energy efficiency because systems that employ a UPS convert AC to DC and back, incurring substantial energy losses).

The largest uncertainty in projecting future world coal production is determining whether such reserve reductions might occur in other regions, or whether reserves could increase given substantial real price increases.

The agent shall be entitled to an indemnity if he has brought new costumers to the principal or significantly increased the volume of business with existing costumers and the principal continues to derive substantial benefits from the business with such customers.

We are finding that there is a substantial increase in life insurance applications in some of the cities and towns in Wisconsin such as Milwaukee, Madison, Green Bay, Kenosha, Racine, Appleton, Waukesha, Oshkosh, Janesville, LaCrosse and Sheboygan.

With an increase in financial awareness and easy availability of professional indemnity plans, there has been a substantial increase in the number of professionals opting for such plans.

Today is at 35 % as the value of the altcoin market ballooned due to the over 400 initial coin offerings that took place in 2017 as well as the substantial increases in market capitalizations of leading altcoins such as ether (ETH), litecoin (LTC), and ripple (XRP).

In Wisconsin, either parent can ask the court to modify a child support order if there is a substantial change in the family's circumstances, such as a significant increase or decrease in the noncustodial parent's income.

A court can reduce or increase the amount of support ordered if there is a substantial change in circumstances, such as the loss of a job, increased medical expenses or income, or if it is in the child's best interests.

Alimony may be modified if either spouse experiences a significant change in circumstances, such as a substantial increase or decrease in income.

But Arizona courts typically make modifications only when there has been a substantial and continuing change in circumstances, such as a custodial parent's planned move out of state; criminal activity or drug use by a parent; or increased child care or education costs.

The lawyers and judges surveyed also reported a substantial increase in the use of equal parenting time over the past five years: 31 % of participants reported a substantial increase in such arrangements; 53 % reported somewhat of an increase; 16 % reported no change; and less than 1 % reported a decrease in such arrangements.

A large number of individuals with moderately increased risk levels contribute more cases than a small number with extreme risk levels.41 Parenting programmes that target high - risk populations therefore miss a substantial number of families who develop the problem even though they are not currently in the elevated risk group.3, 9,11 The potential impact of such programmes at the population level is therefore minimal as only a small proportion of families in the general population participate in evidence - based programmes.10, 11 As Rose emphasized more than a decade ago, strategies that focus on high - risk individuals will deal only with the margin of the problem and will not have impact on the general population.

Marriage is the central relationship for the majority of adults, and morbidity and mortality are reliably lower for married individuals than unmarried individuals across such diverse health threats as cancer, heart attacks, and surgery.1 - 4 Although loss of a spouse through death or divorce can provoke adverse mental and physical health changes,1,5 - 7 the simple presence of a spouse is not necessarily protective; a troubled marriage is itself a prime source of stress, while simultaneously limiting the partner's ability to seek support in other relationships.8 The impact of a turbulent marriage is substantial; for example, epidemiological data demonstrated that unhappy marriages were a potent risk factor for major depressive disorder, associated with a 25-fold increase relative to untroubled marriages.9 Similarly, other researchers found a 10-fold increase in risk for depressive symptoms associated with marital discord.10

79 DOS 99 Matter of DOS v. Pagano - disclosure of agency relationships; failure to appear at hearing; proper business practices; unauthorized practice of law; unearned commissions; vicarious liability; fraudulent practice; jurisdiction; ex parte hearing may proceed upon proof of proper service; DOS has jurisdiction after expiration of respondents» licenses as acts of misconduct occurred and the proceedings were commenced while the respondents were licensed; licensee fails to timely provide seller client with agency disclosure form prior to entering into listing agreement and fails to timely provide agency disclosure form to buyer upon first substantive contact; broker fails to make it clear for which party he is acting; broker violates 19 NYCRR 175.24 by using exclusive right to sell listing agreement without mandatory definitions of «exclusive right to sell» and «exclusive agency»; broker breaches fiduciary duties to seller clients by misleading them as to buyer's ability to financially consummate the transaction; broker breaches his fiduciary duty to seller by referring seller to the attorney who represented the buyers when he knew or should have known such attorney could not properly protect seller's interests; improper for broker to use listing agreements providing for broker to retain one half of any deposit if forfeited by buyer as such forfeiture clause could, by its terms, allow broker to retain part of the deposit when broker did not earn a commission; broker must conduct business under name as it appears on license; broker engaged in the unauthorized practice of law in preparing contracts for purchase and sale of real estate which did not contain a clause making it subject to the approval of the parties» attorneys and were not a form recommended by a joint bar / real estate board committee; broker demonstrated untrustworthiness and incompetency in using sales contract which purported to change the terms of the listing agreement to include a higher commission; broker demonstrated untrustworthiness and incompetency in using contracts of sale which were unclear, ambiguous, vague and incomplete; broker failed to amend purchase agreement to reflect amendment to increase deposit amount; broker demonstrated untrustworthiness in back - dating purchase agreements; broker demonstrated untrustworthiness in participating in scheme to have seller hold undisclosed second mortgage and to mislead first mortgagee about the purchaser's financial ability to purchase; broker demonstrated untrustworthiness by claiming unearned commission and filing affidavit of entitlement for unearned commission; DOS fails to establish by substantial evidence that respondent acted as undisclosed dual agent; corporate broker bound by the knowledge acquired by and is responsible for acts committed by its licensees within the actual or apparent scope of their authority; corporate and individual brokers» licenses revoked, no action taken on application for renewal until proof of payment of sum of $ 2,000.00 plus interests for deposits unlawfully retained

Improved MLS system for members with increased functionality and ease of use, as well as substantial core services such as showing service, tax data, and statistical analysis tools.