Sentences with phrase «with global progress»

Caught between local inhabitants and visitors from all over the world, the town has gained a unique character that is a blend of old world charm rubbing shoulders with global progress.

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Things have certainly progressed since John Madden first sat down with EA founder Trip Hawkins to discuss bringing the sport of football to the videogame space, which at the time wasn't the $ 74 billion global pastime it is today.
Secondly, he noted «the root causes of the global crisis have not been prop ¬ erly tackled» with the financial system remaining «the Achilles heel of the world economy» and thirdly, «little progress is being made in reducing working poverty and vulnerable forms of employment such as informal jobs and undeclared work.»
«With the global economy poised to accelerate, new U.S. tax legislation providing tailwinds and a leading franchise across our businesses, we are well positioned to serve our clients and make significant progress on the growth plan we outlined in September,» he added.
Airbnb Citizen advocates for progress by working together with our global community.
Investors started off 2015 with a slow global economy, low oil prices, a strong Dollar, and a deflationary Europe with great uncertainties on the progress of the US economy and the recent launch of Europe's quantitative easing.
The Global Progress 2017 Summit to feature Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Premier Philippe Couillard, Arianna Huffington, John Podesta, Maria Elena Boschi, Reid Hoffman, Helle Thorning Schmidt, David Milliband and more at gathering hosted by Canada 2020 in partnership with the Center for American Progress, Policy Network and Volta Italia.
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.
Tracking SDG7: The Energy Progress Report provides the international community with a global dashboard to register progress on the targets of Sustainable Development Goal 7 (SDG7): ensuring universal energy access, doubling progress on energy efficiency and substantially increasing the share of renewable energy Progress Report provides the international community with a global dashboard to register progress on the targets of Sustainable Development Goal 7 (SDG7): ensuring universal energy access, doubling progress on energy efficiency and substantially increasing the share of renewable energy progress on the targets of Sustainable Development Goal 7 (SDG7): ensuring universal energy access, doubling progress on energy efficiency and substantially increasing the share of renewable energy progress on energy efficiency and substantially increasing the share of renewable energy by 2030.
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I'm heartened at the efforts to reduce food loss and waste that have gained traction in the past year, and with even greater action by governments and businesses we can accelerate global progress toward Target 12.3.»
The California contingency — collaborating in a premier spot in the center of the exhibition floor — expressed excitement for the first day's progress and the week ahead, with high expectations to meet their global business objectives in Bordeaux.
With your support, we can speed up progress towards achieving an important global goal: ending the preventable deaths of newborns worldwide.
Sex Positions The MSI Partnership, in collaboration with Interact Worldwide, has launched a campaign to put pressure on the UK government to take the lead in ensuring that the international donor community fulfils promises made a decade ago to support global efforts to achieve sexual and reproductive health and rights for all by 2015; and to lead opposition to those political and ideological forces in the USA, Europe and elsewhere that are actively seeking to undermine and even reverse progress made in the last decade.
Describing additional progress in the areas of health, gender equality, trade, investment and market access, he emphasized «we are ready to do business with the world» but stressed that regional and global markets must be free of distortions such as subsidies, tariffs and non-tariff barriers and that international community must live up to the aspirations of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Doha Agenda.
Supporting commercial lines businesses Progress on fixed fees for costs of noise - induced hearing loss claims Support for fair compensation for mesothelioma sufferers Expansion of the Insurance Fraud Bureau's scope to commercial liability Campaigning for solutions fit for our future Our Flood Free Homes campaign Forward thinking policy for data and cyber Engaging Government to support the role of income protection Delivery of Flood Re, a world first solution for affordable flood cover Fighting fraud Partnering with Government on the Insurance Fraud Taskforce Renewing the Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department Securing new insurer access to the DVLA registered owners database Influencing sensible regulation On Solvency II, we: Secured changes to secondary legislation Clarified treatment of deferred tax Negotiated a favourable calibration of the EIOPA's fundamental spread Supporting insurance businesses Pushing for sensible development of global capital standards Securing better targeted tax legislation Managing the impact of international financial reporting standards.
Global progress towards tackling obesity has been «unacceptably slow,» with only one in four countries implementing a policy on healthy eating up to 2010, according to a major new six - part Series on obesity, published in The Lancet.
What is the most surprising thing about viewing global progress through Trendalyzer software, as compared with looking at the more familiar charts and tables of economic data?
Rich and poor were deadlocked on Wednesday over how to raise aid to help developing countries cope with the damaging effects of global warming, in a setback at United Nations climate talks in Warsaw seeking progress towards a 2015 accord.
Writing in a linked Comment, Professor Peter Byass, Umeå Centre for Global Health Research says «Undoubtedly child mortality is falling, and the world should be proud of this progress» but he adds»... Of the estimated six million under - 5 child deaths in 2015, only a small proportion were adequately documented at the individual level, with particularly low proportions evident in low - income and middle - income countries, where most childhood deaths occur... That six million under - 5 children continue to die every year in our 21st century world is unacceptable, but even worse is that we seem collectively unable to count, and hence be accountable for, most of those individual deaths.»
Global progress in reducing the prevalence of smokers appeared to fall into 3 phases for both men and women: modest progress from 1980 to 1996, followed by a decade of more rapid global progress, then a slowdown in reductions from 2006 to 2012, with an apparent increase since 2010 foGlobal progress in reducing the prevalence of smokers appeared to fall into 3 phases for both men and women: modest progress from 1980 to 1996, followed by a decade of more rapid global progress, then a slowdown in reductions from 2006 to 2012, with an apparent increase since 2010 foglobal progress, then a slowdown in reductions from 2006 to 2012, with an apparent increase since 2010 for men.
A formal global legal counsel with better professional indicators is crucial to properly provide system - level guidance and evaluate global science progress.
For this survey of global health, Science has joined forces with Science Translational Medicine, which examines vaccine development, strategies against emerging infections, progress in point - of - care diagnostics, and ways to promote mental health and neonatal health.
On the eve of the international AIDS conference that begins in Vienna this Sunday, UNAIDS unveiled its Outlook report with a new vision for how to make more global progress against HIV.
With global collaborations, we can identify strategic future investments in marine protected areas, and track progress towards better outcomes,» said Dr. Emily Darling, Associate Conservation Scientist at Wildlife Conservation Society, who leads a global coral reef monitoring program.
«His opposition to capping and reducing our global warming pollution is the single biggest obstacle to making progress either here at home or with other countries.»
There has been little real progress since the failure of the 2009 talks in Copenhagen, and the Global Carbon Project's latest report suggested global emissions are consistent with the worst of four scenarios — threatening up to 5 °C of warming byGlobal Carbon Project's latest report suggested global emissions are consistent with the worst of four scenarios — threatening up to 5 °C of warming byglobal emissions are consistent with the worst of four scenarios — threatening up to 5 °C of warming by 2100.
When it comes to defending against DNA viruses, however, the Salk team found something interesting: the cell's response system begins the same way (with MRN detecting either DNA or viral breaks) but never progresses to the global alarm signal in the case of the virus.
According to the 2014 Joint Monitoring Report on global progress against the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) on water and sanitation, more than half of the global population lives in cities, and urban areas are still better supplied with improved water and sanitation than rural ones.
Trenberth, K.E., et al., 1998: Progress during TOGA in understanding and modeling global teleconnection associated with tropical sea surface temperatures.
UHN has approached pathology and clinical testing with an early adopter attitude, taking advantage of technological advancements and progressing with changes in global healthcare.
He may be right about things our heroes have never considered — Wakanda has ignored global suffering too long — but it isn't until T'Challa, a man with the political and financial power to enact change, sees the world through Killmonger's eyes that progress can be made.
Further additions to the original include an all new tutorial level where players can get familiar with the iconic pogo jump and cane swing; while Scrooge McDuck's Museum allows players to track all their stats and compare their progress with others via global leaderboards.
And we need leaders to deal seriously and honestly with the crux of these talks — global inequality and historical responsibility — and to make progress on a fair, just, equitable and transformative global partnership to combat the ever escalating climate crisis.»
To begin tackling this problem, CMU backward - mapped from the ACT's definition of college readiness to establish grade - level achievement targets for grades 2 — 8 that can be used with Northwest Evaluation Association's Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) or the Performance Series by Global Scholar.
While other tests (including the National Assessment of Educational Progress) show that U.S. student achievement is improving, TIMSS makes clear that these improvements are not rapid enough to keep pace with other nations in an increasingly global economy.
The team of «Educar Para Vivir», with Javier Collado as coordinator, proposes in this video the idea that Global Citizenship Education supports cross-cultural and innovative methodologies to achieve meaningful learning, and a phenomenological awareness of citizenship to achieve progress in humanity ́s evolution.
With the global average of women holding board positions standing at just 10 percent, the big focus needs to be managing the pipeline — ensuring women leaders are ready to progress and work their way up the ladder to take on these senior roles in the future.
Teachers will benefit from digital participation in communities of practice with global reach and from dashboards that actively display real - time data regarding their students» progress
The team of «Educar para Vivir», with Javier Collado as coordinator, propose in this video the idea that Global Education supports cross-cultural and innovate methologies to achieve meaningful learning and a phenomenological awareness of citizenship to achieve the progress in the humanity's evolution: compliancing the Millennium Development Goals of the United Nations for 2015 and -LSB-...]
To be career ready in our ever - changing global economy requires adaptability and a commitment to lifelong learning, along with mastery of key knowledge, skills and dispositions that vary from one career to another, and change over time as a person progresses along a developmental continuum.
Measured Progress partners with Pearson, a global education company, in our contract for the «next generation» MCAS — the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System.
The Global Report Card compares data from state achievement tests and the National Assessment of Educational Progress with the respected Program for International Student Assessment, which is given in many developed countries.
Through the Paris climate agreement and discussions with other countries, the United States is working with other major economies to encourage progress on fuel economy standards, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions that will improve global energy and climate security by reducing our reliance on oil.
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UHN has approached pathology and clinical testing with an early adopter attitude, taking advantage of technological advancements and progressing with changes in global healthcare.
UHN has approached pathology and clinical testing with an early adopter attitude, taking advantage of technological advancements and progressing with changes in global healthcare.
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