Sentences with phrase «natural global disasters»

Velikovsky's major ideas built on the claim that Earth has experienced natural global disasters throughout its history.

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Actual operational and financial results of SkyWest, SkyWest Airlines and ExpressJet will likely also vary, and may vary materially, from those anticipated, estimated, projected or expected for a number of other reasons, including, in addition to those identified above: the challenges and costs of integrating operations and realizing anticipated synergies and other benefits from the acquisition of ExpressJet; the challenges of competing successfully in a highly competitive and rapidly changing industry; developments associated with fluctuations in the economy and the demand for air travel; the financial stability of SkyWest's major partners and any potential impact of their financial condition on the operations of SkyWest, SkyWest Airlines, or ExpressJet; fluctuations in flight schedules, which are determined by the major partners for whom SkyWest's operating airlines conduct flight operations; variations in market and economic conditions; significant aircraft lease and debt commitments; residual aircraft values and related impairment charges; labor relations and costs; the impact of global instability; rapidly fluctuating fuel costs, and potential fuel shortages; the impact of weather - related or other natural disasters on air travel and airline costs; aircraft deliveries; the ability to attract and retain qualified pilots and other unanticipated factors.

The African nation of Zambia, for instance, has only enough food available to provide its population with 1,870 calories on average, per day, according to a striking global map in the October issue of National Geographic — and in truth, in much of the world, such calorie counts offer an inflated view of what's actually accessible to most citizens, due to widespread poverty, civil unrest, natural disasters, corruption, government mismanagement, food - distribution failures, and other issues.

For years, home - sharing giant Airbnb has had a quiet side project involving asking its hosts to offer temporary housing — for free — to displaced people, citizens forced out of their homes due to natural disasters and other emergencies or, increasingly, the global refugee crisis.

The Global Seed Vault in Norway was built to shelter millions of crops from any potential natural or man - made disaster.

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.

Among the factors that could cause actual results to differ materially are the following: (1) worldwide economic, political, and capital markets conditions and other factors beyond the Company's control, including natural and other disasters or climate change affecting the operations of the Company or its customers and suppliers; (2) the Company's credit ratings and its cost of capital; (3) competitive conditions and customer preferences; (4) foreign currency exchange rates and fluctuations in those rates; (5) the timing and market acceptance of new product offerings; (6) the availability and cost of purchased components, compounds, raw materials and energy (including oil and natural gas and their derivatives) due to shortages, increased demand or supply interruptions (including those caused by natural and other disasters and other events); (7) the impact of acquisitions, strategic alliances, divestitures, and other unusual events resulting from portfolio management actions and other evolving business strategies, and possible organizational restructuring; (8) generating fewer productivity improvements than estimated; (9) unanticipated problems or delays with the phased implementation of a global enterprise resource planning (ERP) system, or security breaches and other disruptions to the Company's information technology infrastructure; (10) financial market risks that may affect the Company's funding obligations under defined benefit pension and postretirement plans; and (11) legal proceedings, including significant developments that could occur in the legal and regulatory proceedings described in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the year ended Dec. 31, 2017, and any subsequent quarterly reports on Form 10 - Q (the «Reports»).

With headaches like natural disasters, rising wages in China, and a financial domino effect gripping economies around the world — not to mention recession - induced protectionism like U.S. President Barack Obama's jobs bills with their Buy American clauses — have we reached the limits of the global integration that has propelled the world economy since the end of the Cold War?

We partnered with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's Global Energy Institute to highlight the many ways America's energy industry responds when natural disasters strike.

Responsible for saving and rehabilitating thousands of animals each year, The HSUS and its global arm Humane Society International travel across the country and the globe to help animals in need from puppy mills, dogfighting, neglect and natural disasters.

Canadians show most concern over children's safety and well - being, natural disaster relief March 13, 2018 — Development aid has never been a bigger part of the fabric of the global community.

While both the Oakmark International and International Small Cap Funds had acceptable investment performance in the fourth quarter of 2011, the full year was not good for global equities or for our two Funds, as natural disasters (first in Japan, later in Thailand) and Europe's sovereign debt crisis took their toll.

A partial but not complete list of worries includes: China melt down, Yuan reevaluation after effects or Taiwan action, global biomedical epidemics, e.g. Avian Flu, or bioterrorism outbreaks, trade wars (China, EU), major hedge fund bankruptcies, a PBGC (Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp.) shortfall crisis, major junk bond or emerging market bond default, a bank derivative blowup, Fannie Mae issues plus possible assorted natural disasters.

Analysts say QBE's $ 1 billion share buyback is in doubt after the global insurer downgraded its 2017 earnings due to a surge in claims from a catastrophic run of natural disasters.

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It's a film about natural disasters, which have grown so prevalent and destructive that global governments form a kind of alliance — in an attempt to save the world.

Americans polled on whether recent natural disasters are evidence of biblical end times or global warming.

This global warfare, coupled with a series of horrible natural disasters, will make the world a truly nasty place.

These «natural disasters» are the result of seasonal weather patterns and global warming, which has in the last decade produced a great number of weather events to move in a Northerly direction.

Young gamblers embrace a lifestyle that revolves around, of all things, CNN Headline News's sports ticker, the scoreboard that runs across the bottom of the screen beneath images of natural disasters, global politics and O.J..

As a result of global warming that has already occurred it is now too late to avoid «a cascade of local and regional «natural» disasters in the medium term» (Barnes and Gilman, 2011, 43).

Following their sold - out shows Minsk, 2011 and Trash Cuisine, BFT turn their unflinching eye towards the global issue of world destruction, as they tell the stories of real people displaced by catastrophic man - made and natural disasters.

This group of small countries constitute roughly five percent of the global population.The member - states share the same challenges in terms of scarce resources, vulnerability to natural disasters, dependency on international trade, and small but growing populations in narrow and sometimes submerging portions of land.

Sea - level rise and flooding have already been linked to global warming, will other natural disasters follow?

Then it takes natural disasters like Hurricane Katrina to recognize global warming,» Zaradic says.

«Using coal to make natural gas may be good for China's energy security, but it's an environmental disaster in the making,» said Robert B. Jackson, Nicholas Professor of Environmental Sciences and director of the Duke Center on Global Change.

Conservationists house these seeds as insurance for global food security in the face of war, natural disaster and climate change.

Basic climate science suggests that, as global greenhouse gas emissions increase, so too will the quantity and severity of natural disasters.

Faced with dwindling natural resources and imminent global disaster, we seem unable to turn off the tap.

Compared to the global death rate due to all causes, the rate of deaths due to natural disasters has remained quite constant.

The supply of food in impoverished nations is determined not only by global food prices, but also local political instability, natural disasters, the generosity of rich nations, and investment in agricultural development projects.

A Warmer Earth, and Fewer Insured Private insurers also point fingers at a changing climate, citing a report issued by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) earlier this year that concluded global warming is to blame for a doubling over the past five years of natural disasters — and that the situation will worsen if nothing is done to stop it.

Scientific research and natural disasters both cross international boundaries, Shin and DiEuliis agreed, which highlights the need for international coordination and global standards for dealing with dual - use technologies and preparing for CBRN disasters.

According to ClimateWise, a global network of 28 insurance industry organizations, not only is 2017 likely to be the most expensive year on record due to natural disasters and extreme weather events all over the globe, but over the past decade only 30 % of catastrophic losses were insured, leaving a climate risk protection gap of $ 1.7 trillion.

A climatologist tries to locate his son after global warming leads to worldwide natural disasters.

After an unprecedented series of natural disasters threatened the planet, the world's leaders came together to create an intricate network of satellites to control the global climate and keep everyone safe.

It starts with the malfunction of satellites meant to protect Earth from natural disasters during the onslaught of global warming.

After an unprecedented series of natural disasters threatened the planet, the world came together to create an intricate network of satellites to control the global climate and keep everyone safe.

Refusing to believe that global warming, natural disasters, riots and societal breakdown are inevitable, she doesn't succumb to Frank's fatalistic views.

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Deep economic and social inequalities, environmental degradation, biodiversity loss, disruption caused by natural disasters and climate change are a litmus test for the global community.

Stories of need and ones of hope have galvanised global attention on the vast problem of the loss of schooling because of conflict and natural disaster.

The cases focus on such topics as cloning, diabetes, drug dosages, natural disasters, global warming, nuclear power, skin cancer, stem cell research, population collapse, ecotourism, and many more.

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Although it is not a specialized language tool — its Web site deals more with projects on global warming, natural disasters, weather, water, and digital storytelling — it does help connect thousands of classrooms in 200 countries.

The impact of these hazards is often strongly influenced by human actions that contribute to disaster risk and long - term changes in the global climate; therefore, the causes of these hazards and disasters related to them are often less than «natural».

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When Min breaks into her psychiatrist's office, she finds out that she and Noah are involved in a global conspiracy that involves an asteroid, natural disasters and secret military operations.

Together, players will address real global challenges such as climate change, the search for renewable resources and natural disasters.