Sentences with phrase «acts of»

This time, the nation's fourth largest retailer, Home Depot, possibly fell victim to malicious and vengeful acts of sophisticated hackers who exposed customer information that could affect all of the chain's 2,200 stores.

Russia is thought to use military contractors in Syria rather than its military — experts speculate it's to maintain deniability for acts of war and conceal the true cost of fighting from the Russian people.

Additionally, rewards programs provide praise, thanks, and recognition for «work anniversaries, developmental goals, and acts of service for helping others,» and even allow employees to reward colleagues for «living company values» — with $ 5 coupons for prepared foods at the store.

Everyday acts of celebration - wrapping presents, decorating the home, cooking «German» holiday foods and organizing family celebrations - were linked to a cult of sentimental «Nordic» nationalism.

Example: I intend to show acts of kindness today, opening myself to any possibility to bring joy into the life of another.

The sorts of things that caused offence ran the gamut from extremist or strongly - held political opinions (racism, homophobia, partisan political views) to oversharing of daily routines and acts of inadvertent self - promotion.

One of the very first acts of business between two of the most powerful people on Earth — a duo whose to - do list involves addressing pretty fundamental disagreements on, among other things, the trade relationship that supports both economies — was to commit, publicly and unequivocally, to tackling an issue that affects literally half of each of their constituencies.

We do random acts of appreciation throughout the year, like taking the whole company out for ice cream midday or bringing in McFlurrys for everyone in the office... we have breakfast catered every Friday, rebirthdays (celebrations on the anniversaries of hire dates), all the ladies receive flowers on Valentine's Day, parents receive letters on Mother's Day and Father's Day, and so much more... plus, the whole company is going to Miami for an all - expenses - paid trip in a month (revenue and nonrevenue producers) for hitting a sales goal.»

Respondents to Fairfield's survey ranked partners and pets as important sources of support, but Zuckerberg says she was surprised to see that random acts of kindness from strangers ranked higher in value than interactions with online friends.

The kind of working conditions that lead into this legal danger zone include not just «egregious acts of harassment and bullying» but also chronic stress, excessive demands by managers, and unpaid overtime, wrote the report's author, Dr. Martin Shain of the University of Toronto.

Now, I say this with one small caveat: Doing acts of kindness will help you gain approval and grow your network, but giving out favors is a weak way to grow your business.

One of the very greatest acts of statesmanship in the postwar world was when the founding chancellor of the German Federal Republic (West Germany), Konrad Adenauer, declined Stalin's offer of reunification in exchange for German neutrality in the Cold War.

Then there were the random acts of cruelty, such as an employee who went out of her way to get someone fired, she recalls.

The megastar averred acid - attacks to be one of the basest, crudest acts of subjugation imaginable

The question is whether this is really the sort of spirit behind philanthropy and acts of kindness.»

As you know, former Uber employee Susan J. Fowler published a blog post over the weekend (which has since gone viral), accusing numerous members of Uber's management team of various acts of impropriety.

NBCUniversal, pursuant to 17 U.S.C. Section 512 as amended by Title II of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (the «Act»), reserves the right, but not the obligation, to terminate your license to use the online services if it determines in its sole and absolute discretion that you are involved in infringing activity, including alleged acts of first - time or repeat infringement, regardless of whether the material or activity is ultimately determined to be infringing.

Before a bell rung 42 times to commemorate the dead, Giordano and other officials praised the ordinary and extraordinary acts of heroism by first responders and community members as the firefight raged on for more than a week.

For example, while we restrict some images of female breasts that include the nipple, we allow other images, including those depicting acts of protest, women actively engaged in breast - feeding, and photos of post-mastectomy scarring,» Facebook says.

About 20 percent of all extra-pair copulations ended with the dominant male rushing the couple, trying to bite them and showing other acts of aggression.

One great way to accomplish this is through acts of kindness.

You take on other sailors, acts of God and yourself.

LONDON — A British teenager has been jailed for two years for compromising the email and phone accounts of senior U.S. government officials in what a judge called acts of «cyber-terrorism.»

But when you focus on small acts of kindness, on love, on opportunity and hope, you will have more opportunities and joy will be yours for the taking.

Actions speak louder than words and acts of kindness are incredibly powerful, especially when done by exceptionally busy people.

For the study, the researchers split socially anxious volunteers into three groups — one was asked to perform random acts of kindness, one was told to follow the usual course of exposure therapy and force themselves to participate in more social situations, and another was a control group who did nothing special.

The best cure for social anxiety, a recent study claims, is simply random acts of kindness.

But a slew of HR folks catching individual acts of bad behavior is expensive and un-scalable.

The random acts of kindness spanned the globe — and as photos and videos were shared on social media, the do - goodery spread beyond employees.

I shared in my book, The 5 Languages of Appreciation at Work, five ways that people could show others they're valued — through words of affirmation, acts of service, quality time, tangible gifts and physical touch.

By parallel, if you forbid a company from competing for government contracts for 10 years, those are 10 years during which they will engage in precisely zero instances of attempted bribery or other acts of corruption, at least with regard to bribery or corruption of Canadian officials.

«While this lawsuit is frivolous and will be dismissed, if the case goes forward, the DNC has created an opportunity for us to take aggressive discovery into their claims of «damages» and uncover their acts of corruption for the American people,» said Brad Parscale, Trump's campaign manager, in the Friday statement.

Smart Contracts are preconditioned by their codes to respond to different triggers that would allow them specific acts of execution depending on the circumstances.

Small acts of personalization can be powerful when building and maintaining relationships with your customers.

He explains the reason Mexican drug cartels consistently commit acts of violence at 5:45 p.m. in Juárez, Mexico.

Some scientists say this could illuminate a potential factor behind a recent spate of acts of mass violence, almost all of which have been perpetrated by men between the ages of 20 and 30.

These companies should consider whether such one - off acts of kindness can grow into something more for the future.

«The preponderance of young men engaging in these deadly, evil, and stupid acts of violence may be a result of brains that have yet to fully developed,» Howard Forman, an assistant professor of psychiatry at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, told my colleague Chris Weller.

«When you are no longer what Thoreau called a corporation with a conscience,» Burnett admonished his firm, «when you begin to compromise your integrity... stoop to convenient expediency and rationalize yourself into acts of opportunism for the sake of a fast buck,» he thundered, «[I'll] demand you take my name off the door.»

The film clips gathered in Syria's Torture Machine depict graphic acts of torture and the horrific injuries that result; powerful images capable of causing even the most ardent of pacifists to advocate force.

After news broke in November 2006 that Siemens had been involved in a global corruption scandal, involving thousands of acts of bribery in several different countries by hundreds of employees, the company had its work cut out for it in complying with securities investigations, and paying hefty fines (about $ 2.5 billion in total).

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.

The second type of threat is from traditional acts of crime or terrorism, such as bombing or sabotage.

Even though the planners had, in effect, spent more time thinking about their task, with no progress made on the task itself, as Baumeister and Tierney explain, «their minds had apparently been cleared by the act of writing down a plan.»

That single act of problem - solving ingenuity launched a million - dollar idea, times ten.

This press release contains «forward - looking statements» within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

The rambling manifesto frequently lashes out at women, whom he feels have declared war on him by refusing him sex and love, and he sees the shooting as an act of «retribution.»

«But if there was a situation in which employers decided to knowingly continue to hire someone illegally — for example, as an act of civil disobedience — then they could be prosecuted for a felony for harboring illegal workers.»

In addition to historical information, this release contains forward - looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.

In other words, the simple act of opening for business is one of the most powerful ways a community can begin the process of overcoming its fears.