Sentences with phrase «as a disaster at»

The move was interpreted as a disaster at the time.

As the disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant was unfolding in March 2011, Ryugo Hayano started posting Twitter observations about radioactive releases.

Not exact matches

Melissa Surette, who has studied prisons and emergency preparedness as a researcher at Northeastern University, has documented a history of correctional facilities being hit hard by disasters.

Cross-train staff in different locations so that if one location has to close as a result of disaster, staff at another location can take over operations.

What do the $ 350 million Ford Motor Company disaster known as the Edsel, the fast and incredible rise of Xerox, and the unbelievable scandals at General Electric and Texas Gulf Sulphur have in common?

Otherwise, there's the nearby and ever - entertaining New York City, a hundred - plus miles of Atlantic Ocean coastline, a smallish mountain range or two, a major amusement park, a half dozen professional sports teams (most of them mediocre at best), small - time skiing, a pretty Ivy League campus by the name of Princeton University, a wealth of black bear in exclusive suburban communities, the early homes of such celebrity types as Martha Stewart, Jack Nicholson and Bruce Springsteen, the site of the Hindenburg disaster, and (for visionary types) the ghosts of Albert Einstein and Thomas Edison, who lived and worked in the state for awhile.

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.

Giving a presentation entitled «Navigating Ambiguity» on Wednesday at the Fortune, Time and Wallpaper * Brainstorm Design conference held in Singapore, the executive director of Stanford University's Hasso Plattner Institute of Design, also known as the d.school, observed that people seem to feel a heightened sense of uncertainty across the board — in politics, retirement, medical, disaster relief, even the weather.

The true nature of this PR disaster is complicated, but when we look at it as entrepreneurs, CEOs and marketers, what's really important here is how Facebook decided to respond.

He has his critics, to be sure, but the man has spent his entire career studying the depression, and it seems to have paid off, as Bernanke helped bring us back from the brink of disaster — at least for now.

Marketing by catalog and the Web, as well as at their store in Bunch, Okla., the Kirkwoods pitch products like water filters and first - aid kits to survivalists preparing for global disaster.

Written by insurance - claims specialists at Coopers & Lybrand, the brochure is chock - full of useful information, such as what your company should do during the first 30 days after a disaster, how you should quantify your losses on work in process and finished goods, how to calculate business - interruption costs, and most important of all, how to wrap up all the paperwork quickly.

However, as The Great Recession taught us (or should have taught us), there is also a place for nonprime / subprime mortgages at the center of an economic disaster.

It's crucial to know how consultants would react to a social media disaster, as well as how they would avoid one in the first place, says David Gerzof Richard, a social media and marketing professor at Emerson College in Boston and president of public relations and social media firm BIGfish.

If the disaster seems less than total to you, it is because you have failed to keep pace with the media, who have suddenly descended into one of their periodic fits of panic at the state of the economy — described in just the last 24 hours as «failing,» «dire,» «gloomy,» and «worsening,» not to mention teetering «on the edge of another downfall.»

«Research suggests that these community social connections are as important for resilience to disaster is as physical material like disaster kits or medical supplies,» explained Ichiro Kawachi, a professor of social epidemiology at Harvard's School of Public Health.

Kalanick's at times frat - like behavior over the company's eight - year history has come into focus in the past months, as Uber battles a public relations disaster that has led some customers to delete the app.

But the wildfires that scorched vast swaths of the US this year can scarcely be described as natural disasters, since human activities exacerbated them at every step.

Trump's comments, delivered at a White House news conference, illustrate the political minefield he will navigate in September as he tries to draw support for disaster recovery funds but wages a bitter fight with lawmakers from both parties about whether U.S. taxpayers should finance the creation of a wall that he has long promised Mexico would fund.

World stock markets fell Wednesday, with Japan's Nikkei closing at a three - month low, as political turmoil in Greece pushed the debt - crippled country closer to financial disaster.

He previously worked at Google as a Public Alerts and Crisis Response engineer, integrating emergency information into Google search results and providing crucial data to area affected by national disasters.

At CDP, we focus on disasters full - time, 365 days a year and support the full cycle of disasters including planning, preparation, mitigation, recovery, and resilience, as well as short - term relief.

Last month, as church halls and Mosques in North Kensington responded as one to the horrific disaster at the Grenfell flats, Tim Farron, ironically a leading liberal, stepped down from his post saying that he couldn't do his job because of the hostility to his faith.

The council at the centre of the fire disaster says it will do its best to re-house families affected by the deadly fire in the borough but admits some could end up elsewhere in London - as hundreds of people have been left displaced.

«The last two weeks have been about as grim and hopeless as any of us can remember,» Lamott wrote, listing events like the Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 disaster in Ukraine, Palestinian children killed by rocket fire while playing football on the beach and protests against young refugees showing up at the U.S. border.»

The team also recorded public service announcements with FEMA to promote community preparedness and encourage survivors to apply for disaster as - sistance at 1 -800-621-FEMA.

Yes, we can go to social gatherings elsewhere, but for people of faith who don't want to look at the world as hopeless and destined for disaster, we wish the churches we know and love would join us and do the same.

To its credit, The Disaster Artist does come across as a film trying to overcome that gray area by at least telling Tommy's story in a way that doesn't look down on him.

Journalists have lately been writing about the Watergate syndrome in almost apocalyptic terms: as not merely the worst political disaster in U.S. history but also the nemesis of U.S. world power and effective leadership in government at home.

Premier's research comes following a month that saw church halls and Mosques in North Kensington responding as one to the horrific disaster at Grenfell Tower, and Tim Farron, ironically a leading liberal, stepping down from his post saying he couldn't do his job because of the hostility to his faith.

Moreover it needs to be carefully explained that the promotion and use of artificial contraceptives encourages an exploitative attitude to sexual intimacy in which the generation of new life is seen as a «failure», a «disaster», something to be avoided at all costs.

If morality as proclaimed by various religions is denied a place at the policy table, then our nation will only be guided by those with a very cramped and limited moral view — which would have been a disaster for abolition and civil rights way back then — and would be no less a disaster today.

Yet, as we look at the contemporary world, what we see is not the panorama of a growingly conscious mastery of human destiny, but the unthinking courting of collective disaster.

Jeremiah had warned them of impending disaster, at the same time arguing divine displeasure as the cause of present troubles.

Even the friends of Job, stout protagonists of the old orthodoxy though they turned out to be, had known Job's apparent integrity so well that at first they tried interpreting his disasters not as punitive but as educative --

What results from the foregoing is that, confronted by this technico - social embrace of the human mass, modern man, in so far as he has any clear idea of what is happening, tends to take fright as though at an impending disaster.

It would ne nice to accept our own moral compasses or as I put it «a morally correct manner» and then leave it at that, accept only detailed proven facts and then use your best judgment on the rest, its more likely to be right then listening or reading «facts» by those who tell you to not look for them or prove them one way r the other, that's the Fox News of the religious world... Religion is more dangerous then a blind man in a room of razors, it hurts, kills and destroys more of humanity then any «God Made» disaster.

Base was fine I just added a little more maple syrup so it didn't crumble, then I had to add more water to the dates to get the stuff smooth, all was going ok and at this time i put it in the freezer over night so it would be solid for dipping in the chocolate — this worked out really well as it helped the chocolate set because they were so cold, but the chocolate...... disaster!

They also offer emergency assistance for disaster victims, as well as a chance at self - sufficiency for adults trying to break the cycle of poverty and hunger.

Kind of like «Break Glass in case of Emergency» Although I'm keeping it for some kind of natural disaster as my last bit of happiness before the world perishes, just knowing that I'll die with a big spoonful of creamy, caramel cookie dough leaves me at peace with my demise.

My grandson was at the kitchen table eating his breakfast and stared in awe as the disaster crumbled all over.

So as long as we avoid disaster in the first leg at home and Monaco need to score in France, it should be the quarter - finals here we come.

Obviously its not a «disaster» However, you need an excellent home record to win the PL and to not beat a mid table team (as well as Middlesborough played - and i take my hat off to them) is not good at all.

Though Wenger is mainly at fault the past and current Arsenal disaster, as a real fan, we have to minimize our negative attitude for the sake of the club.

On Saturday night at Kroger Field in Lexington, Ky., the Wildcats looked as if they were finally going to beat Florida — but disaster struck in the fourth quarter.

You can not use an isolated loss as evidence of anything — Bayern and Real lost 10 competitive games each last season, Barca got done by La Liga minnows at home, Chelsea had their disasters etc..

At the very least they were probably assured a field goal as long as disaster didn't strike.

At the last minute, Cook wisely threw the ball into the ground to avoid another disaster, but it still counted as a pressure for Clowney.

As for song well, he was a disaster at arsenal for all but one season, he flopped in Barcelona and is still not first choice at West Ham, he can not even make the Cameroon team!!!

Maciej Szczesny was quoted as saying on Yahoo: «He made a mistake for the first Southampton goal, coming too far from the goal, but please look at the Arsenal defence — how these guys are playing is a disaster, but for some reason, nobody pays any attention to it.