2 By studying the record of Earth's history contained in sedimentary rocks from the time just prior to the rise of animals, between 1200 and 650 million years ago, reading these rocks for clues about
changing environmental conditions by chemical analysis, and systematically scouring them for traces of life — from fossils as well as chemical signatures;
Not exact matches
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.
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.
Some of the risks of investing in real estate include
changing laws, including
environmental laws; floods, fires, and other Acts of God, some of which can be uninsurable;
changes in national or local economic
conditions;
changes in government policies, including
changes in interest rates established
by the Federal Reserve; and international crises.
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.
For example, researchers are developing «smart» biomaterials such as temperature - sensing hydrogels that can respond biologically to
environmental conditions by changing their biomechanical or drug - releasing properties, says Seeram Ramakrishna, a professor of mechanical engineering and director of the Center for Nanofibers & Nanotechnology at the National University of Singapore.
It remains too soon to tell exactly how this climate system will work under
changed conditions and other
environmental factors — such as whether the cooling effect of the soot generated
by industry and burning forests outweighs the warming effect of greenhouse gases — which may play large roles.
Until now, most estimates of how many species are threatened
by climate
change have been based on theoretical studies that look at the climatic and
environmental conditions that species need to survive, and overlay this with estimates of how much suitable habitat will remain as the world warms.
«Selective - breeding programmes may effectively reduce the capacity of corals to adapt to future
changes in
environmental conditions by narrowing genetic variation,» says David Miller, a coral biologist at James Cook University in Townsville.
A new study
by WCS and other groups offers a glimmer of hope for some amphibian populations decimated
by the deadly chytrid fungus: climate
change may make
environmental conditions for the fungus unsuitable in some regions and potentially stave off the spread of disease in African amphibian populations struggling to adapt to
changes brought about
by global warming.
Project leader Enno Schefuß from the MARUM — Center for Marine
Environmental Sciences at the University of Bremen, Germany, adds: «The project was funded
by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft in the priority programme «Integrated Analysis of Interglacial Climate Dynamics (INTERDYNAMIC)» with the aim to identify potential mechanisms triggering abrupt
changes under current climatic
conditions.
«Correctly identifying an invasive species as either native or non-native is important for developing sound policy, management and scientific research programs, because effective responses depend on knowing whether the species» dominance is caused
by ecological or evolutionary novelty,
changes in
environmental conditions that facilitate it or both,» Taylor said.
The new
environmental conditions being created
by climate
change are some of the most serious threats to wildlife worldwide — but for those species that can exploit them, they may be a huge boon.
«Our studies clearly show that widespread species have a much more diverse intraspecific gene pool than species that are adapted to a specific habitat,» explains Dr. Jan Christian Habel of the Technical University in Munich, and he continues, «Once these animals — due to the fragmentation of their habitats — lose the opportunity to maintain this genetic diversity
by means of exchange, they will no longer be able to adapt to
changing environmental conditions in the future.»
The decades of work that have gone into reducing PM2.5 through
environmental regulations and technological improvements are being undermined
by the West's worsening wildfire seasons, with large wildfires being amplified
by higher temperatures and drier
conditions associated with human - caused climate
change.
Throughout their lives, organisms maintain homeostasis in the face of
changing conditions by interpreting
environmental signals and translating them into appropriate biochemical and biological outputs.
Variation in species numbers can not be explained
by the increase in area, even when incorporating estimations of
changes in
environmental conditions (interpreted logarithmically from the intercept) and the rate of increase due to the species present (interpreted from the gradient of the regression line).
In a long - term study, conducted
by the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies in Millbrook, NY, results showed ticks are appearing earlier and in more places across the United States than before due to
changing environmental conditions.
Stress in dogs may be caused
by environmental changes, the loss of someone in the family or a fellow pet, a new baby or a new pet or health
conditions.
The results reveal the degradation of the paper caused
by expired chemicals, light leaks, and
changes in
environmental conditions, but they also suggest a murky twilight landscape.
Of course, that (relatively) rosy picture could well
change if the social safety net is shredded
by perverse social policies a la Trumpism;
by deliberate government policy initiatives such as those enacted
by the Ceausescu government in Romania; or
by any degradation of economic and
environmental conditions such that your kids become your retirement plan again.
6) Rit Carbone at NCAR (a mesoscale and radar meteorologist expert) has raised the question about whether the
environmental conditions might
change in ways to greatly reduce the strong summer half year diurnal cycle and associated storms,
by dealing with other details not resolved
by climate models.
Such rapid
changes can not be explained
by pre-existing genetic
conditions, but look like influences of
environmental conditions.
The primary objective of the research is to support the overall safety of nuclear power plants
by enhancing scientific understanding of the
environmental conditions of the plant's location and predicting how they can
change.
The intention is that
by not incorporating such effects, SSPs can be more easily used
by other researchers across a broad set of studies to evaluate how varying levels of climate
change and types of policies affect on the «reference» socioeconomic and
environmental conditions described in the SSPs.
The ultimate goal of the overall scenario process is to produce integrated scenarios that will indeed include socioeconomic and
environmental conditions as affected
by both climate
change and climate policy.
Other risks could be compounded
by climate
change, with projections of more heavy downpours in a warming climate increasing the odds of the city's vital Catskills reservoirs being muddied more frequently — a
condition that could require the construction of billions of dollars in filtration equipment that the city had avoided through
environmental cleanups around the watersheds feeding into the system.
This very limited view of humanity causes environmentalism to conceive of people as helpless without it: unable to adapt to
changing environmental conditions, incapable of overcoming their dependency on natural processes, and driven
by material instincts to consume until everything is gone or the waste overwhelms the consumer.
As
conditions change, those corals that
by an accident of genetic inheritance have the traits needed to cope with
environmental challenge will get a foothold, and flourish.
The vulnerability of marine species to
changes in sea ice will depend on the exposure to
change, which will vary
by location, as well as the sensitivity of the species to
changing environmental conditions and the adaptive capacity of each species.
Climate
Change and Himalayan Cold Deserts: Mapping vulnerability and threat to ecology and indigenous livelihoods The remote cold desert stretches of high altitude Himalayas, having a fragile ecosystem are characterized
by complex interplay of climatic and geo - morphological processes, availability of limited natural resources and economic
conditions leading to accelerated resource degradation and associated
environmental consequences [continue reading...]
Then,
by analysing the sediments for chemical fossils made
by certain microscopic plants that live in sea ice and the surrounding oceans, Knies and his co-workers were able to fingerprint the
environmental conditions as they
changed through time.
Note: Hysteresis is defined as «a lag in response exhibited
by a body in reacting to
changes in forces» (Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary) and is used in many fields such as engineering, economics, biology, etc. to refer to a system that depends on the current but also past
environmental conditions.
As scientist Christine Lepisto wrote for TreeHugger in 2014, «Such rapid
changes can not be explained
by pre-existing genetic
conditions, but look like influences of
environmental conditions.»
Natural spatial and temporal variability in the pH / pCO2
conditions experienced
by marine populations provide the potential for different levels of adaptation (genetic) and acclimatization (phenotypic) to decreased pH and elevated pCO2, emphasizing the importance of understanding physiological variation existing along natural
environmental gradients (macrophysiology) in understanding global
change impacts [29].
Furthermore, very rapid (over a few tens of thousands of years)
environmental changes in the geological past were often accompanied
by mass - extinctions due to
conditions changing faster than ecosystems could adapt to them.
These are commonly the preliminary documents I ask to check off, reserving the right to seek additional information: ● The most recent title commitment or policy and all related documents ● The most recent ALTA survey and topographic study for the property ● Copies of all blueprints and as - built drawings ● The Zoning Compliance Certificate and all zoning approvals, variances and pending applications ● Declaration of covenants,
conditions, restrictions, reservations and easements ● Any third - party engineering and
environmental reports, including, but not limited to Phase I and Phase II reports, mold abatement reports and underground storage tank testing and closure reports, NFR letters, appraisals, With Texas being the top state in the US for contributions to state gross domestic product and jobs created / supported
by commercial real estate development, how do you recommend the legal sector should
change in order to support this growth?