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Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those reflected in such forward - looking statements and that should be considered in evaluating our outlook include, but are not limited to, the following: 1) our ability to continue to grow our business and execute our growth strategy, including the timing, execution, and profitability of new and maturing programs; 2) our ability to perform our obligations under our new and maturing commercial, business aircraft, and military development programs, and the related recurring production; 3) our ability to accurately estimate and manage performance, cost, and revenue under our contracts, including our ability to achieve certain cost reductions with respect to the B787 program; 4) margin pressures and the potential for additional forward losses on new and maturing programs; 5) our ability to accommodate, and the cost of accommodating, announced increases in the build rates of certain aircraft; 6) the effect on aircraft demand and build rates of changing customer preferences for business aircraft, including the effect of global economic conditions on the business aircraft market and expanding conflicts or political unrest in the Middle East or Asia; 7) customer cancellations or deferrals as a result of global economic uncertainty or otherwise; 8) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which we operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; 9) the success and timely execution of key milestones such as the receipt of necessary regulatory approvals, including our ability to obtain in a timely fashion any required regulatory or other third party approvals for the consummation of our announced acquisition of Asco, and customer adherence to their announced schedules; 10) our ability to successfully negotiate, or re-negotiate, future pricing under our supply agreements with Boeing and our other customers; 11) our ability to enter into profitable supply arrangements with additional customers; 12) the ability of all parties to satisfy their performance requirements under existing supply contracts with our two major customers, Boeing and Airbus, and other customers, and the risk of nonpayment by such customers; 13) any adverse impact on Boeing's and Airbus» production of aircraft resulting from cancellations, deferrals, or reduced orders by their customers or from labor disputes, domestic or international hostilities, or acts of terrorism; 14) any adverse impact on the demand for air travel or our operations from the outbreak of diseases or epidemic or pandemic outbreaks; 15) our ability to avoid or recover from cyber-based or other security attacks, information technology failures, or other disruptions; 16) returns on pension plan assets and the impact of future discount rate changes on pension obligations; 17) our ability to borrow additional funds or refinance debt, including our ability to obtain the debt to finance the purchase price for our announced acquisition of Asco on favorable terms or at all; 18) competition from commercial aerospace original equipment manufacturers and other aerostructures suppliers; 19) the effect of governmental laws, such as U.S. export control laws and U.S. and foreign anti-bribery laws such as the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the United Kingdom Bribery Act, and environmental laws and agency regulations, both in the U.S. and abroad; 20) the effect of changes in tax law, such as the effect of The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the «TCJA») that was enacted on December 22, 2017, and changes to the interpretations of or guidance related thereto, and the Company's ability to accurately calculate and estimate the effect of such changes; 21) any reduction in our credit ratings; 22) our dependence on our suppliers, as well as the cost and availability of raw materials and purchased components; 23) our ability to recruit and retain a critical mass of highly - skilled employees and our relationships with the unions representing many of our employees; 24) spending by the U.S. and other governments on defense; 25) the possibility that our cash flows and our credit facility may not be adequate for our additional capital needs or for payment of interest on, and principal of, our indebtedness; 26) our exposure under our revolving credit facility to higher interest payments should interest rates increase substantially; 27) the effectiveness of any interest rate hedging programs; 28) the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting; 29) the outcome or impact of ongoing or future litigation, claims, and regulatory actions; 30) exposure to potential product liability and warranty claims; 31) our ability to effectively assess, manage and integrate acquisitions that we pursue, including our ability to successfully integrate the Asco business and generate synergies and other cost savings; 32) our ability to consummate our announced acquisition of Asco in a timely matter while avoiding any unexpected costs, charges, expenses, adverse changes to business relationships and other business disruptions for ourselves and Asco as a result of the acquisition; 33) our ability to continue selling certain receivables through our supplier financing program; 34) the risks of doing business internationally, including fluctuations in foreign current exchange rates, impositions of tariffs or embargoes, compliance with foreign laws, and domestic and foreign government policies; and 35) our ability to complete the proposed accelerated stock repurchase plan, among other things.

Environmental groups are employing the same strategy, in a less direct way, on the oilpatch, by raising public opposition to pipelines and low - carbon fuel standards for refineries in California and Europe.

Since ending his tenure as mayor in 2013, Bloomberg has been an environmental activist focused on climate change, and this has made him consider business strategy in its relation to society.

Environmental Grantmakers Association serves as the membership organization for progressive environmental philanthropy and provides learning opportunities and peer resources on aligning mission and investmenEnvironmental Grantmakers Association serves as the membership organization for progressive environmental philanthropy and provides learning opportunities and peer resources on aligning mission and investmenenvironmental philanthropy and provides learning opportunities and peer resources on aligning mission and investment strategies.

Environmental groups started waking up to this strategy in the fight against Northern Gateway, but it needs to happen on a bigger scale.

PDC's strategy is simple: increase shareholder value through the growth of reserves, production, and per share cash flow and earnings, while focusing on safe and efficient operations, environmental stewardship and community outreach.

The Proxy Preview 2015 report was produced via collaboration between As You Sow, a nonprofit organization that promotes corporate responsibility through shareholder advocacy and innovative legal strategies; the Sustainable Investments Institute (Si2), which conducts impartial research on social and environmental share - holder proposals; and Proxy Impact, a shareholder advocacy and proxy voting service for foundations, endowments and socially responsible investors.

Through process - driven research on financial and impact outcomes of investing and grant - making, Align enables its clients to use their resources to move the needle on the world's greatest environmental and social challenges by building investing and giving strategies that are aligned with its clients personal values.

Maybe you'll find extra inspiration by including a sustainable investing strategy that invests based on social or environmental criteria in your workplace retirement account.

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.

Organized as the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), the summit will gather world heads of state who are expected to propose strategies for stemming the riptide of environmental degradation and fostering sustainable development.

For example, the Murray — Darling Basin Authority and Basin states will be seeking local input on the identification of state and Basin - scale annual priorities, as well as on the development of the Basin - wide environmental watering strategy and long - term environmental watering plans.

Ms Beer said proceeding with the recovery of further 450GL environmental water and the Constraint Management Strategy was not based on evidence.

The April 2014 meeting of Environment Ministers agreed to the National Review of Environmental Regulation as the next step in environmental regulation reform and supported the Review's strategy to build on existing regulation reform approaches currently underway across jEnvironmental Regulation as the next step in environmental regulation reform and supported the Review's strategy to build on existing regulation reform approaches currently underway across jenvironmental regulation reform and supported the Review's strategy to build on existing regulation reform approaches currently underway across jurisdictions.

The Portfolio Management Plan for the northern unregulated rivers therefore focuses on the opportunities for active management of flows and event - based mechanisms, including water purchase and use on - farm and in - stream infrastructure, and where this could be employed strategically to contribute to the objectives and outcomes of the Murray - Darling Basin Plan and Basin - wide environmental watering strategy and Basin annual environmental watering priorities.

A: A critical element of Target's efforts to combat food waste is prioritizing strategies based on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Food Recovery Hierarchy.

This program will allow Waterkeeper to evaluate the types of litter found at restoration sites and begin management strategies by working with local companies, agencies, and other stakeholders on ways to reduce pollution and by working with schools to directly inform young people on how they can become better environmental stewards.

My Healthy School Sponsored by Kiwi magazine, this helpful website is dedicated to providing teachers, administrators, parents and students with resources on how to improve the health of schools across the country — with action plans for parents, suggested nutrition goals, advice for starting a school garden, and strategies to minimize environmental toxins.

Mass Audubon President Gary Clayton, Director of Public Policy Jack Clarke, and Legislative Director Karen Heymann met with Senator Edward J. Markey and other groups to brainstorm strategies for working with the incoming Presidential administration and new Congress on critical environmental issues.

An article on the environmental impact of the production and disposal of millions of plastic and cloth diapers reveals the length to which corporations will go to ensure profit margins: couching advertisements in «scientific studies»; funding studies based on controversial methodologies; using unscientific statistical studies to cook the books on cost - benefit analyses of environmental damage; and employing shrewd, manipulative and effective public - relations strategies.

Focusing on the latest research dealing with environmental factors and non-cognitive skills (perseverance, attachment, relationships, etc.), this quick read provides insights on possible strategies and interventions which lead to greater academic and personal success.

The Public Awareness is Prevention program is using environmental prevention strategies to continue to build two ongoing coalitions in Erie County on Underage Drinking and Drugs.

Systematically altering the impact Underage Drinking has on families in Erie County, one person at a time using environmental prevention strategies.

«It is another row on a ledger sheet called the «spill impact mitigation analysis,»» which assesses various strategies and tools to reduce environmental and economic damage caused by oil spills.

The Gastronauts» meal may seem more like a reality TV stunt than a radical environmental strategy, but Gracer is on a serious mission to shake up how we all think about our food supply.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — One of the hottest environmental issues around — whether hormonelike pollutants are causing reproductive and other health problems in humans — got some attention today from the White House, which issued a rough sketch for a federal research strategy on the topic.

Dr. Martin Dohrmann and Professor Gert Wörheide of the Division of Palaeontology and Geobiology in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Ludwig - Maximilians - Universitaet (LMU) in Munich have now used a new strategy based on the so - called molecular - clock to investigate the chronology of early animal evolution and produce a new estimate for the ages of the oldest animal groups.

Yesterday afternoon, experts from abroad and from the United States shared strategies on scaling up the industry at a hearing held by the Environmental and Energy Study Institute.

Environmental management can potentially devise separate strategies to target key phases in the lifecycle of males and females, respectively, with the aim of minimising the influence of climate change on their development and ultimately the success of the species.»

Though there is no single universally recognised definition, the Nexus Approach is a strategy that acknowledges the interdependencies of environmental resources, notably water, energy and food, and considers not the individual components but the influencing factors on the broadest scale.

The researchers separate six key strategy areas for reducing water stress into «hard path» measures, involving building more reservoirs and increasing desalination efforts of sea water, and «soft path» measures that focus on reducing water demand rather than increasing water supply thanks to community - scale efforts and decision - making, combining efficient technology and environmental protection.

This research helps the Agency develop its strategy on endocrine - disrupting substances, a mixture of cost - effective action to reduce the risks of harm to the environment, targeted environmental monitoring, further research to address areas of uncertainty, and work to raise the public's awareness of these issues.

Adele Morris, a senior fellow and policy director for Brookings» Climate and Energy Economics Project, said one strategy for getting policymakers to act on environmental concerns is to frame the challenges in economic terms.

«Our discovery of how the Arabidopsis plant slays its columella stem cell daughters shed light on the plant's unique strategy to survive harsh weather conditions, and demonstrates that the potential of engineering cold tolerance in plants to help them withstand harsh environmental conditions.

«Local and global shocks, such as economic and financial crises, political instability, and environmental disasters require strategies to increase our capacity for resilience,» says Kharrazi, «Policy and decision making should consider both the short and long term growth and resilience of growth based on inclusivity or exclusivity and intensity of trading partners from a network perspective.»

«In addition to identifying the impacts of the emissions from this particular coal - fired power plant on fetal health, the usefulness of this study's identification strategy is its potential application to other studies examining the impact of upwind states» power plant emissions, which have been the target of a series of environmental regulations, such as the EPA's Cross-State Air Pollution Rule,» adds Yang.

A holistic strategy, One Health calls on professionals at all levels and disciplines to acknowledge the links among human, animal and environmental health, and to collaborate to improve all three.

«A fully annotated salmon genome will provide important information about the impact of cultured fish escapees on wild populations, about preservation of populations that are at risk, about strategies for fighting pathogens, and about environmental sustainability issues,» says ICSASG chair Dr. Steinar Bergseth at the Research Council of Norway.

Another key element was initiating the development of monitoring strategies and guidelines for the above as well as potential impacts on fisheries to enable long - term environmental management in relation to the hydrocarbons industry.

This has included building programs in community - based participatory research, as well as Program - directed strategies on environmental links to, and disparities in, breast cancer.

In May 2013 the Arctic Council decided to continue its work on the AACA initiative and requested the AMAP Working Group to «produce information to assist local decision - makers and stakeholders in three pilot regions in developing adaptation tools and strategies to better deal with climate change and other pertinent environmental stressors».

A smart strategy No matter the source of your craving (whether it began with an environmental cue or an emotional need) there's another tactic that helps derail the chemical cascade: Focus on your short - and long - term health goals.

Changing environmental influences is also important, labelling the dietary risks on animal products, policies to enforce marketing and advertisements, not marketing to children, and educational strategies could be highly effective (but difficult at first to change within policy).

IFM is more determined than ever to help clinicians and patients alike develop the nutritional, environmental, social, and lifestyle strategies that, over time, will move us away from reacting to the chronic disease epidemic and toward a preventive, patient - empowered healthcare system focused on optimum wellness, not just freedom from symptoms.

Cady Ching, a Summit biology and AP environmental science teacher, uses a handful of strategies to check in on her students» needs — including Summit's personalized learning platform (PLP).

Doug is an advisor to the heritage and environmental sectors on strategy, change and public engagement; he also is a public sector commentator / writer and policy maker.

Some of the challenges surrounding these activities relate to the complexity of environmental problems, diversity of concepts and language, to counter this, we focus on the implementation of activities in two complementary strategies: accessible language and context.

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School facilities inventory and assessment: identify, assess, and secure suitable real - estate options for schools with location strategy based on neighborhood needs, environmental and architectural assessments, legal assistance, and financing