Sentences with phrase «times acceptable levels»

It points to the case of China where the new administration is under huge pressure to reduce air pollution levels, which have soared in the past 12 months to 40 times acceptable levels, and put the government under enormous pressure to take action.

The discovery of the tainted chicken, which Illinois health officials say showed ammonia contamination levels as high as 133 times the acceptable level, sent state education officials scurrying to gather up 360 cases of chicken tenders sent to 49 public schools, including 11 in the Chicago area.

The chicken tenders, which showed ammonia contamination levels as high as 133 times the acceptable level, had been stored in a warehouse in St. Louis before being moved to Illinois.

I buy Lunberg organic short - grain brown rice and from the video it sounds to me like even organic brown rice from Lunberg still has sixty times the acceptable level of arsenic!

Testing showed 3 - 4 times the acceptable level of mold.

Not exact matches

Actual results, including with respect to our targets and prospects, could differ materially due to a number of factors, including the risk that we may not obtain sufficient orders to achieve our targeted revenues; price competition in key markets; the risk that we or our channel partners are not able to develop and expand customer bases and accurately anticipate demand from end customers, which can result in increased inventory and reduced orders as we experience wide fluctuations in supply and demand; the risk that our commercial Lighting Products results will continue to suffer if new issues arise regarding issues related to product quality for this business; the risk that we may experience production difficulties that preclude us from shipping sufficient quantities to meet customer orders or that result in higher production costs and lower margins; our ability to lower costs; the risk that our results will suffer if we are unable to balance fluctuations in customer demand and capacity, including bringing on additional capacity on a timely basis to meet customer demand; the risk that longer manufacturing lead times may cause customers to fulfill their orders with a competitor's products instead; the risk that the economic and political uncertainty caused by the proposed tariffs by the United States on Chinese goods, and any corresponding Chinese tariffs in response, may negatively impact demand for our products; product mix; risks associated with the ramp - up of production of our new products, and our entry into new business channels different from those in which we have historically operated; the risk that customers do not maintain their favorable perception of our brand and products, resulting in lower demand for our products; the risk that our products fail to perform or fail to meet customer requirements or expectations, resulting in significant additional costs, including costs associated with warranty returns or the potential recall of our products; ongoing uncertainty in global economic conditions, infrastructure development or customer demand that could negatively affect product demand, collectability of receivables and other related matters as consumers and businesses may defer purchases or payments, or default on payments; risks resulting from the concentration of our business among few customers, including the risk that customers may reduce or cancel orders or fail to honor purchase commitments; the risk that we are not able to enter into acceptable contractual arrangements with the significant customers of the acquired Infineon RF Power business or otherwise not fully realize anticipated benefits of the transaction; the risk that retail customers may alter promotional pricing, increase promotion of a competitor's products over our products or reduce their inventory levels, all of which could negatively affect product demand; the risk that our investments may experience periods of significant stock price volatility causing us to recognize fair value losses on our investment; the risk posed by managing an increasingly complex supply chain that has the ability to supply a sufficient quantity of raw materials, subsystems and finished products with the required specifications and quality; the risk we may be required to record a significant charge to earnings if our goodwill or amortizable assets become impaired; risks relating to confidential information theft or misuse, including through cyber-attacks or cyber intrusion; our ability to complete development and commercialization of products under development, such as our pipeline of Wolfspeed products, improved LED chips, LED components, and LED lighting products risks related to our multi-year warranty periods for LED lighting products; risks associated with acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures or investments generally; the rapid development of new technology and competing products that may impair demand or render our products obsolete; the potential lack of customer acceptance for our products; risks associated with ongoing litigation; and other factors discussed in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including our report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended June 25, 2017, and subsequent reports filed with the SEC.

These risks and uncertainties include competition and other economic conditions including fragmentation of the media landscape and competition from other media alternatives; changes in advertising demand, circulation levels and audience shares; the Company's ability to develop and grow its online businesses; the Company's reliance on revenue from printing and distributing third - party publications; changes in newsprint prices; macroeconomic trends and conditions; the Company's ability to adapt to technological changes; the Company's ability to realize benefits or synergies from acquisitions or divestitures or to operate its businesses effectively following acquisitions or divestitures; the Company's success in implementing expense mitigation efforts; the Company's reliance on third - party vendors for various services; adverse results from litigation, governmental investigations or tax - related proceedings or audits; the Company's ability to attract and retain employees; the Company's ability to satisfy pension and other postretirement employee benefit obligations; changes in accounting standards; the effect of labor strikes, lockouts and labor negotiations; regulatory and judicial rulings; the Company's indebtedness and ability to comply with debt covenants applicable to its debt facilities; the Company's ability to satisfy future capital and liquidity requirements; the Company's ability to access the credit and capital markets at the times and in the amounts needed and on acceptable terms; and other events beyond the Company's control that may result in unexpected adverse operating results.

The 40 % rule essentially locks in an acceptable level of regret, while at the same time eliminating the possibility of unacceptable regret.

Whereas timebanking in its easiest form uses a normal alternate fee for time, every participant can have status assigned to them, to enable them to entry remuneration acceptable to their talent level.

But we women do have to have the conversation (actually ongoing conversations), agree to compromise on an acceptable level of cleanliness and an acceptable time frame for having things done, kids fed, bathed and etc., and then we just need to... let it go.

For the average child (keeping in mind individual kids may be exceptions to these guidelines), an acceptable amount of homework per night is as follows: — Elementary school: approximately 10 minutes or so per grade level — Middle school: an hour or so — High School: 2 to 2-1/2 hours Any homework beyond these limits is no longer providing any advantage, and is probably cutting into those things that do provide advantages like adequate sleep and what we at Challenge Success call «PDF» — that is, play time, down time and family time.

The poultry later showed ammonia contamination levels as high as 133 times the acceptable amount, according to state health officials.

Time in involved getting down on my daughter's level and holding her if she wanted that, and talking about the kind of behavior that was acceptable and not acceptable.

When you structure your child's study time to help him bring his grades back to an acceptable level, be realistic in your goals.

Without the dispersant injection, the model showed that benzene concentrations in the air 2 meters above the sea surface would have been 13 times higher than the levels considered acceptable to breathe during a 10 - hour working day or a 40 - hour work week, based on guidelines by the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH).

But a 2007 study by Ohio State and Johns Hopkins University researchers found that levels of chemicals in breast milk were far below U.S. Environmental Protection Agency maximum acceptable levels for even drinking water, and that indoor air in typical American homes contains as much as 135 times as many contaminants as mother's milk.

Donald Fabian expresses confusion at changes over time to the levels of blood cholesterol considered acceptable, and the link between...

Air pollution levels in some Chinese cities, such as Beijing, are often more than 100 times higher than acceptable limits set by the World Health Organization standards, Zhang says.

The arsenic spikes were transient, and returned to acceptable background levels by the time the water was extracted for use farther away.

Kresser rebutted the attack at the time, arguing that the levels of lead found in bone broth were lower than what the EPA deems acceptable in tap water.

Take home message: whilst strength is important, once you reach an acceptable level of strength for your position, what counts for more is your ability to express maximal force in minimum time.

Most of the time this is fine and acceptable but occasionally you'll find a service that takes it to another level and emails you constantly.

Almost 2/3 of singles believe it is at least somewhat acceptable to see more than one person at a time, although their comfort levels vary.

Shortly thereafter, the ESEA reauthorization required, for the first time, that states define achievement levels for federally supported students and identify schools in which students were not making acceptable progress.

Sorting through all these apples and oranges is essential if we want to focus our attention on the true set of charter high schools that are not performing at acceptable levels — those that should face stiff questioning at renewal time.

Automatic closure laws «identify a threshold of minimally - acceptable performance» for charter schools; schools falling below this threshold at the time of renewal, or that remain below this threshold for a set amount of time, are automatically closed.29 The National Association for Charter School Authorizers (NACSA) recommends that at a minimum closure laws define: 1) the number of years of poor performance that prompts school closures; 2) the level of performance that triggers closure; 3) what entity has discretion to make exceptions and the structure of any waiver process; and 4) if applicable, what types of schools can be exempt from closure policies or apply for waivers.

In modern computer - controlled engines, the ignition timing will be automatically altered by the engine management system to reduce the knock to an acceptable level.

Needing to check the oil level on a vehicle 3to4 times between its scheduled oil change interval is not acceptable even if their service manager tried to explain otherwise!

Pricing a product cheap is a sure fire method of attracting consumer's attention though the real challenge is to make the product qualitatively viable enough to ensure it delivers at least acceptable levels of performance each time.

Of course, over time, IPS was improved and refined, and as is the case with most new technologies, costs eventually came down to an acceptable level for mass - production.

If you make on - time payments every month, your credit score could reach an acceptable enough level (generally higher than 630) to obtain an unsecured credit card in a year or less.

During the process of creating an investor policy statement (IPS), factors such as required rate of return, acceptable risk levels, legal and liquidity requirements, taxes, time horizon and unique circumstances are analyzed to settle on a strategic mix of assets to include in an investor's portfolio.

«We disclosed what was considered an acceptable level at the time,» says spokesman Chuck Freadhoff.

Booster shots are sort of like «refresher courses» to your cat's immune system as the «memory» of fighting of these organisms tend to fade away as time passes, although immunity to certain diseases remain above the acceptable levels for many years.

Booster shots are sort of like «refresher courses» to your dog's immune system as the «memory» of fighting of these organisms tend to fade away as time passes, although immunity to certain diseases remain above the acceptable levels for many years.

This time it is an official recall «due to aflatoxin levels that were detected above the acceptable limit.»

Downloading Quantum Break on PC took days because of the download stopping at random times, the speed being far under an acceptable level and the game not showing up as bought when entering the game page.

Now so far I've talked about certain specs and comfort but it's time to talk about the audio quality, the microphone is an omnidirectional mic with «crystal clear chat» when I first used this headset I plugged it into a turtle beach adapter on my controller, at this point it was feeding game audio and chat audio through the headset and I managed to set the chat and game audio levels perfectly obviously this is a chat headset and was designed simply for party chat audio in mind, I plugged the headset into my Xbox controllers 3.5 mm port and tested out its functionality, I could hear the party just as clear as I would a more expensive gaming headset but obviously this time no game chat was fed through, when asking how my microphone sounded to other members of the Xbox party it was noted that it sounded superior when coming through the turtle beach adapter rather than straight into the controller but both were above acceptable especially for a chat headset.

Perhaps Nintendo is having trouble getting the emulation performing at an acceptable level, or maybe they are spending more time adding online modes to their games.

In time, global greenhouse gas emissions will be slowed and stabilized, forcing the CO2 curve to bend downward to acceptable permanent levels, simply because there is no other choice.

The dynamic range is about 100 PPM in CO2, 10 degrees in temperature, and hundreds of thousands of years of time - series data with an acceptable level of granularity.

At the time of the workshop, VIIRS was at risk of not meeting the instrument requirement that limits the level of acceptable optical cross-talk.

«The constitutional guarantee of a minimum acceptable level of judicial remuneration does not shield judges from sharing the burden of difficult economic times, to limit increases.»

Ornge denied committing any offence arguing that it had complied with all legal and regulatory requirements and provided for an acceptable level of safety consistent with the standard of care that prevailed in the helicopter aviation industry at the time.

In most cases where a steno mask reporter uses his / her dedicated voice recognition software the accuracy of the real time transcript will be over 96 % which is an acceptable level for a real time transcript.

Now it is time to push the envelope and for all of us in the academic arena, especially librarians, to extend in - house understanding of fair dealing to at least the levels widely agreed as acceptable.

The risks are «everywhere, and what you can do is mitigate risk to an acceptable level,» she told the E-Commerce Times — but that requires vendors to make secure products.

These features have been available on the normal Facebook app for some time, but took a while to be optimized and compressed to a level that's acceptable for Facebook Lite, given that its purpose is to use a minimal amount of bandwidth and processing power.

That meant, even if you'd noticed your iPhone running for less time on a charge because of natural lithium - ion battery degradation, if the diagnostics suggested its health was still within acceptable levels it wouldn't be eligible for replacement.