The title that almost never was, finally made its way onto shop shelves after no less than 15
years of development time.
Initially intended to be a PlayStation 2 title, Final Fantasy XIII accumulated over 5
years of development time.
The first game turned out to be one of my favorites from 2014, so with three more
years of development time and experience, I'm absolutely excited to see what Monolith can come up with.
It's a key example of why perfection shouldn't be aspired to, and Yamauchi even went on record after GT5's release saying that he'd have liked an extra two
years of development time, no doubt because he had not achieved his initial goal to «perfect» Gran Turismo.
They've been granted three
years of development time to try to create something different, and bring much - needed energy back into the franchise.
While the game is hotly anticipated, the shadow of EA looms large over this launch and whatever happens success or failure, with over three
years of development time, will be high - profile.
It was announced earlier this year that Sledgehammer games would be the third developer working on Call of Duty, alongside Infinity Ward and Treyarch, and the each game would now get three full
years of development time.
Namco Bandai sought to keep the budget in check — having already paid for
a year of development time — which meant tight schedules and heavy pressure.
1
year of development time usually has that effect on games, Mark;)
To ensure their third offering fared better, Insomniac Games ditched their franchise alternating, bi-annual release schedule and decided to put an extra
year of development time into Resistance 3.
That extra
year of development time has really helped Ubisoft find its creative centre again, and craft something that feels both fresh and energised.
Expectations were high pre-conference and Ubisoft really needed to show us where that extra
year of development time went... And, at least for me, they did.
Ubisoft clearly put to use the extra
year of development time that they had with Origins in great ways, as every aspect of the game seems to be of much higher quality than usual.
Not exact matches
For instance, assuming the SBA meets its goal
of creating one job with every $ 50,000
of 504 lending — and the SBA says many Certified
Development Companies exceed it — the cost per job in 2006 was a mere $ 188; the Treasury would earn that back many
times in a single
year's tax bill.
Actual results and the
timing of events could differ materially from those anticipated in the forward - looking statements due to these risks and uncertainties as well as other factors, which include, without limitation: the uncertain
timing of, and risks relating to, the executive search process; risks related to the potential failure
of eptinezumab to demonstrate safety and efficacy in clinical testing; Alder's ability to conduct clinical trials and studies
of eptinezumab sufficient to achieve a positive completion; the availability
of data at the expected
times; the clinical, therapeutic and commercial value
of eptinezumab; risks and uncertainties related to regulatory application, review and approval processes and Alder's compliance with applicable legal and regulatory requirements; risks and uncertainties relating to the manufacture
of eptinezumab; Alder's ability to obtain and protect intellectual property rights, and operate without infringing on the intellectual property rights
of others; the uncertain
timing and level
of expenses associated with Alder's
development and commercialization activities; the sufficiency
of Alder's capital and other resources; market competition; changes in economic and business conditions; and other factors discussed under the caption «Risk Factors» in Alder's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal
year ended December 31, 2017, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on February 26, 2018, and is available on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov.
A few
years later I was working a full -
time job as a marketing and brand manager at a toy company where I got a lot
of product
development experience and realized I had gained enough knowledge to give this idea a shot.
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.
With Google's all - important search algorithm in a state
of permanent improvement — Quipp says it is updated 550
times a
year — the SEP team needs to stay on top
of all the technical
developments and rapidly adjust the company's advice to clients to reflect those changes in the search world.
Among the factors that could cause actual results to differ materially are the following: (1) worldwide economic, political, and capital markets conditions and other factors beyond the Company's control, including natural and other disasters or climate change affecting the operations
of the Company or its customers and suppliers; (2) the Company's credit ratings and its cost
of capital; (3) competitive conditions and customer preferences; (4) foreign currency exchange rates and fluctuations in those rates; (5) the
timing and market acceptance
of new product offerings; (6) the availability and cost
of purchased components, compounds, raw materials and energy (including oil and natural gas and their derivatives) due to shortages, increased demand or supply interruptions (including those caused by natural and other disasters and other events); (7) the impact
of acquisitions, strategic alliances, divestitures, and other unusual events resulting from portfolio management actions and other evolving business strategies, and possible organizational restructuring; (8) generating fewer productivity improvements than estimated; (9) unanticipated problems or delays with the phased implementation
of a global enterprise resource planning (ERP) system, or security breaches and other disruptions to the Company's information technology infrastructure; (10) financial market risks that may affect the Company's funding obligations under defined benefit pension and postretirement plans; and (11) legal proceedings, including significant
developments that could occur in the legal and regulatory proceedings described in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the
year ended Dec. 31, 2017, and any subsequent quarterly reports on Form 10 - Q (the «Reports»).
Of course, the
Time Warner purchase is the most significant
development so far this
year and Todd Mitchell, a Brean Capital analyst, thinks it's a good one.
I've been running my
development studio JAKT for almost four
years now, and I thought I'd been in business a decent amount
of time.
These risks and uncertainties include: Gilead's ability to achieve its anticipated full
year 2018 financial results; Gilead's ability to sustain growth in revenues for its antiviral and other programs; the risk that private and public payers may be reluctant to provide, or continue to provide, coverage or reimbursement for new products, including Vosevi, Yescarta, Epclusa, Harvoni, Genvoya, Odefsey, Descovy, Biktarvy and Vemlidy ®; austerity measures in European countries that may increase the amount
of discount required on Gilead's products; an increase in discounts, chargebacks and rebates due to ongoing contracts and future negotiations with commercial and government payers; a larger than anticipated shift in payer mix to more highly discounted payer segments and geographic regions and decreases in treatment duration; availability
of funding for state AIDS Drug Assistance Programs (ADAPs); continued fluctuations in ADAP purchases driven by federal and state grant cycles which may not mirror patient demand and may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; market share and price erosion caused by the introduction
of generic versions
of Viread and Truvada, an uncertain global macroeconomic environment; and potential amendments to the Affordable Care Act or other government action that could have the effect
of lowering prices or reducing the number
of insured patients; the possibility
of unfavorable results from clinical trials involving investigational compounds; Gilead's ability to initiate clinical trials in its currently anticipated timeframes; the levels
of inventory held by wholesalers and retailers which may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; Kite's ability to develop and commercialize cell therapies utilizing the zinc finger nuclease technology platform and realize the benefits
of the Sangamo partnership; Gilead's ability to submit new drug applications for new product candidates in the timelines currently anticipated; Gilead's ability to receive regulatory approvals in a timely manner or at all, for new and current products, including Biktarvy; Gilead's ability to successfully commercialize its products, including Biktarvy; the risk that physicians and patients may not see advantages
of these products over other therapies and may therefore be reluctant to prescribe the products; Gilead's ability to successfully develop its hematology / oncology and inflammation / respiratory programs; safety and efficacy data from clinical studies may not warrant further
development of Gilead's product candidates, including GS - 9620 and Yescarta in combination with Pfizer's utomilumab; Gilead's ability to pay dividends or complete its share repurchase program due to changes in its stock price, corporate or other market conditions; fluctuations in the foreign exchange rate
of the U.S. dollar that may cause an unfavorable foreign currency exchange impact on Gilead's future revenues and pre-tax earnings; and other risks identified from
time to
time in Gilead's reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC).
My conclusion is that
developments in the global economy during the past 50
years have greatly reduced the economic disadvantages
of small nations enumerated for his
time by Hamilton.
Also exiting is Mike Arnett, executive vice-president
of corporate
development who has been with the company for 22
years and at one
time led its retail division.
Factors that could cause or contribute to actual results differing from our forward - looking statements include risks relating to: failure
of DBRS to rate the Notes at the anticipated ratings levels, which is a closing condition, or at all; changes in the financial markets, including changes in credit markets, interest rates, securitization markets generally and our proposed securitization in particular; the willingness
of investors to buy the Notes; adverse
developments regarding OnDeck, its business or the online or broader marketplace lending industry generally, any
of which could impact what credit ratings, if any, are issued with respect to the Notes; the extended settlement cycle for the scheduled closing on April 17, 2018, which may exacerbate the foregoing risks; and other risks, including those described in our Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the
year ended December 31, 2017 and in other documents that we file with the Securities and Exchange Commission from
time to
time which are or will be available on the Commission's website at www.sec.gov.
Last
year, First Solar announced it could take an impairment charge
of between US$ 500 and US$ 700 million in the phasing out
of the thin - film solar panel model it was producing at the
time, its flagship Series 4, and speed up the
development of the new model, Series 6.
At one
time, Mr. Stronach was chairman
of all three companies and controlled them all, but he also sold his controlling stake in MI
Developments and will no longer be associated with that company when the deal to buy him out closes later this
year.
GCHQ documents obtained from Mr. Snowden by The Guardian newspaper and shared with The
Times reveal an intense focus over several
years by British spies on the
development of Muscular and a closely related project code - named Incenser.
They can not blame external economic
developments for the «unexpected» slowdown in the economy and the elimination
of the surplus this
year since these same external economic conditions existed at the
time of the April budget.
Those controls reduced the scale
of projects from gigawatts to megawatts and
development times from decades to
years.
Over the past few
years, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC, formerly CIC) and Employment and Social
Development Canada (ESDC) have streamlined the process
of hiring workers from abroad and made it increasingly
time - efficient.
Multipliers are frequently used in offsetting to compensate for the risk
of failure
of the offset measures and the
time lag between when negative impacts
of the
development project are felt and the positive impacts
of offsetting come to fruition, often a period
of many
years.
At the
time, it was believed that $ 620 million
of the ICO proceeds would go toward
development over a four -
year cycle.
Meanwhile, spending on research and
development in the private sector has been increasing at a clip
of 4.9 % a
year since 2007, up from 4.1 % the decade prior, while public and private R&D as a share
of GDP recently hit an all -
time high.
That's because alternative lenders are providing capital for a much shorter
time period (months) rather than your local bank (
years), and are likely to work with businesses in earlier stages
of development (1
year + vs. 5
years +).
Each
year, B2B business must meet the challenge
of our
time — keeping up with rapid new
developments in digital technologies and changing buying behaviors.
In April, Scott Stutman, a top manager who had been with the company 21
years and worked on the New York
Times Building and 330 Jay Street, joined Lend Lease as director
of development operations.
Elio has over 18
years of engineering and executive management experience and has spent much
of his
time in the automotive space focused on technology
development.
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.
At the same
time, we recognize that, during the past five hundred
years, the Holy Spirit, the Supreme Magisterium
of God, has been faithfully at work among theologians and exegetes in both Catholic and Evangelical communities, bringing to light and enriching our understanding
of important biblical truths in such matters as individual spiritual growth and
development, the mission
of Christ's Church, Christian worldview thinking, and moral and social issues in today's world.
(In lieu
of normative definitions here is an incomplete list
of new
developments which have emerged in the last 20
years: news satellites, color television, cable relay television, cassettes, videotape, videotape recorders, video - phones, stereophony, laser techniques, electrostatic reproduction processes, electronic high - speed printing, composing and learning machines, microfiches with electronic access, printing by radio,
time - sharing computers, data banks.
I don't call myself «Christian» anymore, because I definitely don't believe most
of the basic tenets
of the church that have been put forth for two thousand
years from the
time of the early church fathers, through the
development of the Eastern Orthodox patriarchs, and that have been kept by both Roman Catholic and Protestant churches.
actually you do nt have to prove the many deities or Gods that they really exist, because they really had existed in their
times, They are part
of the evolutionary process for us humans to transcend to higher consciousness.To simplify the analogy, when we were young and we are in the lower grade school, we were taught simple subjects not advance literatures but simple stories even mythicals, The same with religion, thousands
of years ago when there was no science yet, primitive people had a religion,
of course man made faiths to conform with their state
of mind or intellect.But later atfter thousands
of years we evolve into a more educated people and so new concept
of God again was presented to them, another man made concept, and this go on and on, until a few thiousand
years ago.monotheism, Judaism, christianity, islam, buddhism, etc also evolved, But with the accelerated evolution, these faith again is threatend with obsolesencs because
of of scientific
developments and education.In panthroteistic faith, the future religion needs to conform to evolutionary process, This proves that God is always there guiding the change.And it his will that made this a reality in history since the begining
of the universe 13 billion
years ago, and this will continue to exist until He will completely fulfill His will to infinity, Thats PANTHROTHEISM, the futue, man made religion under His guidance through scientifiic evoluition after the Bi Bang
the purpose why God allowed multiple religions to evolve and exist in the distant and even today is because our minds intellectual capacity has increased tremendously after we became civilized about 10,000
years go.Earlier when we were hunter gatherers our priorities was just to find food to survive, Then we became more knowlegible and our concern includes the intelle tual need to understand the meaning and purpose
of our existence, so God allowed the founding and establishment
of many religions by humans to conform with their intellectual, social and educational
development, Since this is not static, it contiually diversify and change to conform with their
times of existince, History showed that this is continuesly improving, so the future expects changes towards Panthrotheism in accordance to His will.
Why can religions be invented at a turn
of a
time (Scientology) which are cults, much like the
development of the Christian Church many many
years ago?
Since Newman's
time, and especially in the last 50
years, we have seen a
development in the understanding
of the Church's role in the world.
The presumed duration
of the whole human
development (a few million
years) is so trifling compared with the extent
of astronomic
time, even at the lowest estimate, that the chance
of a variation
of the solar equilibrium while the anthropogenesis is in process may be ignored.
This fact in itself has been one
of the criticisms levelled at the paid -
time broadcast organizations: that the
development of religious television in recent
years has been the result
of opportunism and cut - throat free enterprise rather than soundly based theological strategy.
It's been a very exciting
time in the world
of Nowt Poncy as it's been over twenty five
years in the
development.
We spend a lot
of time testing and experimenting — the
development of a new product can sometimes take a
year — and then we get our family members to taste it.