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Mainland courts inclined to support Puerto Rico's sovereignty have precedents that can be used as a basis for rulings in favor of the defense.

Such risks, uncertainties and other factors include, without limitation: (1) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including financial market conditions, fluctuations in commodity prices, interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates, levels of end market demand in construction and in both the commercial and defense segments of the aerospace industry, levels of air travel, financial condition of commercial airlines, the impact of weather conditions and natural disasters and the financial condition of our customers and suppliers; (2) challenges in the development, production, delivery, support, performance and realization of the anticipated benefits of advanced technologies and new products and services; (3) the scope, nature, impact or timing of acquisition and divestiture or restructuring activity, including the pending acquisition of Rockwell Collins, including among other things integration of acquired businesses into United Technologies» existing businesses and realization of synergies and opportunities for growth and innovation; (4) future timing and levels of indebtedness, including indebtedness expected to be incurred by United Technologies in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition, and capital spending and research and development spending, including in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition; (5) future availability of credit and factors that may affect such availability, including credit market conditions and our capital structure; (6) the timing and scope of future repurchases of United Technologies» common stock, which may be suspended at any time due to various factors, including market conditions and the level of other investing activities and uses of cash, including in connection with the proposed acquisition of Rockwell; (7) delays and disruption in delivery of materials and services from suppliers; (8) company and customer - directed cost reduction efforts and restructuring costs and savings and other consequences thereof; (9) new business and investment opportunities; (10) our ability to realize the intended benefits of organizational changes; (11) the anticipated benefits of diversification and balance of operations across product lines, regions and industries; (12) the outcome of legal proceedings, investigations and other contingencies; (13) pension plan assumptions and future contributions; (14) the impact of the negotiation of collective bargaining agreements and labor disputes; (15) the effect of changes in political conditions in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate, including the effect of changes in U.S. trade policies or the U.K.'s pending withdrawal from the EU, on general market conditions, global trade policies and currency exchange rates in the near term and beyond; (16) the effect of changes in tax (including U.S. tax reform enacted on December 22, 2017, which is commonly referred to as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017), environmental, regulatory (including among other things import / export) and other laws and regulations in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate; (17) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins to receive the required regulatory approvals (and the risk that such approvals may result in the imposition of conditions that could adversely affect the combined company or the expected benefits of the merger) and to satisfy the other conditions to the closing of the pending acquisition on a timely basis or at all; (18) the occurrence of events that may give rise to a right of one or both of United Technologies or Rockwell Collins to terminate the merger agreement, including in circumstances that might require Rockwell Collins to pay a termination fee of $ 695 million to United Technologies or $ 50 million of expense reimbursement; (19) negative effects of the announcement or the completion of the merger on the market price of United Technologies» and / or Rockwell Collins» common stock and / or on their respective financial performance; (20) risks related to Rockwell Collins and United Technologies being restricted in their operation of their businesses while the merger agreement is in effect; (21) risks relating to the value of the United Technologies» shares to be issued in connection with the pending Rockwell acquisition, significant merger costs and / or unknown liabilities; (22) risks associated with third party contracts containing consent and / or other provisions that may be triggered by the Rockwell merger agreement; (23) risks associated with merger - related litigation or appraisal proceedings; and (24) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins, or the combined company, to retain and hire key personnel.

A Virginia - based defense firm known as Artis, developer of the Iron Curtain APS system, uses two independent sensors, radar and optical, along with high - speed computing and counter munitions to detect and intercept approaching fire, according to multiple reports.

The Air Force Research Laboratory and Defense Department's Supercomputing Resource Center at the Wright - Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton, OH will receive four HPE SGI 8600 supercomputers, as part of the deal.

Other amendments include funding for increased anti-missile defense for the homeland as well as space - based missile interceptors.

The deal puts the defense tech company in a strong position as it bids for the right to upgrade the U.S.'s ground - based arsenal of Minuteman III nuclear - armed missiles, a procurement program with a value estimated at over $ 60 billion over its expected lifetime.

Before revolutionizing the hedge fund industry with his mathematics - based approach, «Quant King» James Simons worked as a code breaker for the US Department of Defense during the Vietnam War, but was fired after criticizing the war in the press.

Despite this support, the Colombian government has continued to hire defense contractors that are not U.S. - based and fails to ensure that American intellectual property is protected, as required in the U.S. - Colombia Free Trade agreement.

A spending spree on mostly U.S. - made equipment means Japan's defense planners are being forced to curtail domestic programs that would help local defense contractors such as Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Kawasaki Heavy Industries maintain their military industrial base.

In 2016, for example, Kyrgyzstan canceled a project with several Russian companies to build five hydropower plants, citing the Russian entities» inability to secure financing.28 In Tajikistan, the Russian military has periodically been unable to pay its local Tajik staff at its base there, even though the base purportedly serves as a key bulwark in Russia's defense against regional instability.29 That same year, Moscow pledged over $ 1 billion in security assistance to Dushanbe and promised to increase its troop presence in the country by 2,000 soldiers.30 Yet neither appears to have materialized, which raises questions about Russia's true capacity and willingness to respond to a security crisis in the region and to project influence there.

Defense Alliance continues its work as a regional catalyst for technology - based economic development.

Aside from acceptable «basis» risk between the stocks we hold long and the indices we use to hedge, and perhaps 1 % of assets in option time - premium at any given time as a result of staggering our strikes to provide a stronger defense, we don't consider various speculative bubbles as threats to our own returns.

TOKYO — U.S. defense contractor Lockheed Martin has approached Japan with plans for a next - generation fighter jet based on its elite F - 22 stealth fighter, demonstrating both Washington's trust in Tokyo as a defense partner and its eagerness to balance the scales on trade with expensive equipment.

In December 2014, Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power's internal documents — such as its building blueprints and documents from the Blue House, Ministry of Defense, and National Intelligence Service — were leaked to the public by North Korean hackers, as determined by the Government Combined Investigation Unit on Personal Information Crime based on the analysis of malware and the IP addresses involved in the breach.

Flanagan, who worked as a defense contractor on the base after retiring from the military, brought in Brandon Bonnette, an Army veteran and maintenance mechanic at the Starbucks Reserve Roastery & Tasting Room in Seattle, as well former Marine James Elzie, a maintenance technician at Kent.

Based on our analysis, the split between sectors that benefited from rising nominal yields and those that suffered was clear: Defense - oriented sectors — those that are income - driven but light on growth — fared worse as the opportunity cost for holding them grew.

As Jason Langley, an attorney with Denver - based Kennedy Childs, argued in one of the briefs he filed for the defense, the court «should not overturn the long - standing rule in Colorado that the term «person,» as is used in the Wrongful Death Act, encompasses only individuals born alivAs Jason Langley, an attorney with Denver - based Kennedy Childs, argued in one of the briefs he filed for the defense, the court «should not overturn the long - standing rule in Colorado that the term «person,» as is used in the Wrongful Death Act, encompasses only individuals born alivas is used in the Wrongful Death Act, encompasses only individuals born alive.

From the pulpit of a church, speaking to a live audience about religious diversity, Obama sarcastically belittled America's Judeo - Christian heritage and degraded its adherents with trite remarks typical of any atheistic antagonist, saying things like: «Whatever we were, we are no longer a Christian nation,» «The Sermon on the Mount is a passage that is so radical that our own defense department wouldn't survive its application» and «To base our policy making upon such commitments as moral absolutes would be a dangerous thing.»

This includes defense of religious freedom and the marriage - based family, resistance to evils such as abortion, euthanasia, eugenics, and coercive population control, and a devotion to justice for all, especially for the poor.

The issue has only become more urgent since then, with groups such as the Southern Baptist Convention's Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC) lobbying this year for the First Amendment Defense Act, which «prevents the federal government from punishing an individual or faith - based business because they can not in good conscience accommodate same - sex marriage in certain situations.»

Thus The Lesser Evil is, throughout, a defense of what Ignatieff understands to be the strength and superiority of democracy, both in itself as a form of government and also as a basis for dealing effectively with the threat of destruction posed by terrorism.

It is this which the contented churchmanship of the eighteenth century seemed to fail to realize — one thinks of such amusing illustrations as Adam Smith's discussion of the ministry in England and Scotland on the basis of its economic status 3 or the even more startling defense of diversity of orders in the Church by Archdeacon Paley on the ground that it «may be considered as the stationing of ministers of religion in the various ranks of civil life.»

It was the basis of his argument for eloquent sermons as a counter-force to the malevolent uses of rhetoric: «While the faculty of eloquence, which is of great value in urging either evil or justice, is in itself indifferent, why should it not be obtained for the uses of the good in the service of truth if the evil usurp it for the winning of the perverse and vain causes in defense in iniquity and error?»

The New York Jets used variations of the 4 — 3 for the 2012 NFL season against spread offenses, but will stick with the 3 - 4 defense as its base.

Though his on - base percentage was only.330 last year, Carr has blazing speed and figures to at least improve the Milwaukee defense; he replaces the slower Darryl Hamilton, who signed with Texas as a free agent.

Ole Miss» defense had several returning starters and has a mastery of two main base coverages, cover 3 and two - read, as well as an arsenal of stunts and fire zones to mix in.

There's certainly room for improvement in defense, and the rumor mill has offered up Monaco right - back Fabinho and Southampton's Jose Fonte as possible upgrades on the unconvincing Marcos Rojo and the apparently disfavored Matteo Darmian, but any further improvements will probably have to be made on a one - in, one - out basis, and it seems a little late for that.

I just think, as a general rule, the fan base (and most fan bases, I'd expect) overrate offense and, particularly, scoring while underrating defense.

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Spithorst was good enough as a sophomore to allow Dylan Carlson to move to the outfield before being drafted in the first round of the Major League Baseball draft by the Cardinals, and continued to anchor the defense at first base while swinging a mighty bat.

He ostensibly operates a base 4 - 3 defense, but he has shown looks as varied as the 3 -3-5.

I am trying to be as unbiased as I can but to call our defense better than Chelsea's based off very little if anything at all isn't supporting the club, its building false hope and it only amplifies results when we are brought back to reality.

Based on what other guys did to the GB defense in weeks leading up to that game, I'd say he played as well as you'd expect any QB to play against that defense.

As he stated it is a pleasure for him to sit next to Arsene Wenger; however I hope he realizes that based on his performance in coaching defense, with a change in manager the gravy train ends.

Ramsey, Ox, Santi can come in as subs, and we can change formation based on who we play, and whether we need to chase more goals, or close in on defense.

It didn't all look so simple for Seattle at the start of the season as they trailed both the San Francisco 49ers and Arizona Cardinals in their division, but a recent impressive run of form based on defense has got them believing that they can go all the way again.

However, I was very contend with Wenger's overall line up yesterday, as i totaly agree that we have to rest Arshavin, Walcott for the CL game ahead and Chelsea game.Dudu, Nasri and Rosicky were to me strong enough to break Sunderland's defense based on their usual performance but they couldnt, due to those few above reasons.Our 4 Full back including Traore were all fantastic, Song and Fab were wonderfull as usual, but Im a bit desapointed with ramsey though by loosing many of his challenge.

And their expected - goals numbers rate them right with Atlético Madrid as the best defense in Europe — both from a total and per - shot basis.

PKF Consulting: Acted as paid consultant on a project that PKF conducted for the Department of Defense related to improving overall health of military bases.

Owlet, a leading manufacturer based in Utah, emailed a defense of its $ 250 «smart sock» monitor: «We have invested millions of dollars into data collection, as well as the creation of a clinical team... to further knowledge of the issues affecting infant health.

Taking a trip systems have a constantly continue to be in the autos as well as truck base, a baby stroller structure to attach the child company / vehicle protection as well as defense seat to.

Among the steps proposed by such advocacy groups as OutServe - Servicemembers Legal Defense Network and the American Military Partner Association are issuing military IDs to same - sex spouses, ensuring spouses have full access to on - base social programs, and letting same - sex couples qualify for military housing.

In its statement, McDonnell's defense team, led by Hank Asbill, John Brownlee and Noel Francisco, said it believed that the Justice Department «brought this case in good faith based on its view of the law as it existed at the time.»

If Ukraine is integrated into the West, Russia sees it as a strategic military threat - there's very little defense should Ukraine be a base of attack as opposed to a defensive buffer.

Our endorsement is based upon his experience as a defense attorney in state and federal courts and his fair and unbiased approach taken towards matters of law.

«The problem here is that in some ways what this is based on is the idea that you can violate state law and state prohibitions on using government resources during a campaign as a defense against federal bribery charges,» Kaehny said.

«Department of Defense has provided Joint Base San Antonio - Randolph, Seguin Auxiliary Airfield as a forward staging area to support distribution of supplies and equipment to the affected areas.

During cross-examination of Taub, defense lawyer Steven Molo sought to portray Silver as a caring friend whose relationship with the doctor was based on goodwill, instead of the bribery scheme alleged by prosecutors.

While the Lake Placid - based defense attorney has not commissioned any polls for the race against incumbent Richard Meyer, he feels as if he has a shot at victory.