One of the shitcanned is Eric Dale (a reliably superb Stanley Tucci), a manager who shares the smell
of disaster with his protégé Peter Sullivan (a very fine Zachary Quinto, one of the film's producers).
I wish you'd reminded us (probably just me) to ensure your fabric is the right way up before cutting... I had a bit
of a disaster with my first attempt.
Compound this with the fact that one mineral will compete with many others and we have the making
of a disaster with prolonged high doses of anything.
Some spoke
of a disaster with no signs of hope.
A decade ago the country seemed on the verge
of disaster with the FARC on the ascendancy, but now the war there is all but over.
I've had a lot of success with their cupcake recipes and having had a couple
of disasters with Nigella's recipes before I thought it might be a safer one.
As Pielke goes on to observe, the «crime» that brought this «investigation» to bear was saying something true — «it is incorrect to associate the increasing costs
of disasters with the emission of greenhouse gases» — and being a prominent scientist while doing it.
«It is further incorrect to associate the increasing costs
of disasters with the emission of greenhouse gases.»
One «2013 Senate testimony featured the claim, often repeated, that it is «incorrect to associate the increasing costs
of disasters with the emission of greenhouse gases.
Similarly, on climate timescales it is incorrect to link the increasing costs
of disasters with the emission of greenhouse gases.
Not exact matches
The Chernobyl VR Project will be released on 26 April 2016 - the 30 th anniversary
of the Chernobyl
Disaster, and it will work
with Samsung Gear VR, Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, Playstation VR and other consumer VR headsets including Google Cardboard.
Just like the rest
of us, Knight had moments
of self - doubt and constant flirtations
with disaster as he launched and grew his company.
Certainly, there are many cases
of blatant discrimination — just look at the
disaster Uber faced
with how it handled sexual harassment.
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.
Most
of these ruminations are just a few pages long — the longest are six pages — and nearly all seem to be brimming
with eye - opening factoids: «Between 2003 and 2012, natural
disasters killed an average
of 106,654 people per year.»
With more than a decade
of experience, Akiko has covered some
of the biggest stories across Asia and the U.S. Prior to joining CNBC, Akiko was a Tokyo - based correspondent for ABC News, where she led network coverage
of the 2011 tsunami and nuclear
disaster in Japan.
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.
«Last night's death
of the health bill is an unmitigated
disaster for Trump, who said last year that it would be easy to replace Obamacare
with «something terrific,»» Valliere wrote in a note to clients on Tuesday.
Puerto Rico, which carried out roughly 1,000 relocations during the storm, bases its plan on guidelines from the Department
of Homeland Security
with help from the island's emergency preparedness and
disaster management agency.
Matt Mackowiak, a Texas - based Republican strategist who is president
of the Potomac Strategy Group, said Trump was entering the situation without having previously dealt
with such a
disaster, something he said was «unusual for political figures.»
This farm addresses that potential
disaster and ensures the possibility
of food production in times
of scarcity
with a system
of 27 dams, soaks, tanks and high capacity bores.
Canadian CEOs agreed that the BP
disaster will lead to much tougher regulation
of the entire North American oil extraction industry,
with a mean
of 6 on the 7 - point agreement scale.
«The president just stripped the Department
of Homeland Security
of its leader, was blasted by the outgoing head
of hurricane forecasting for how his budget cuts could set back this work, and lacks any experience (as a senator or governor)
with navigating a difficult
disaster response.
Experts say courts get bogged down
with those kinds
of lawsuits, and that spells
disaster for small companies.
«The Spanish situation is still too fluid to predict, but like the German result, the PR
disaster faced by Madrid and (Prime Minister Mariano) Rajoy's minority government are not reasons to be buying euros here, especially
with the leveraged money community already long
of euros,» Stephen Gallo, European head
of FX Strategy at the Bank
of Montreal, told CNBC via email.
I connected
with Julie Colombino, the founder and executive director
of REBUILD globally (RG), a nonprofit that was born amidst the
disaster of the 2010 Haiti earthquake to learn more about how she and her organization survived and thrived against all odds.
Starting a social business presents its own set
of challenges, but couple that
with the security risks, poor infrastructure and lack
of resources found in a
disaster area and you have the perfect recipe for failure.
And if the global economy truly is as screwed as some believe — like Kyle Bass, for example, a Dallas fund manager Lewis encounters who predicted the sub-prime mortgage
disaster and who has since bought an isolated ranch
with its own water supply and an arsenal
of weaponry, betting on severe economic collapse — then you're probably better off saving your nickels.
However, a few satellites
with high - power cameras and special sensors offer unique and detailed views
of the evolving
disaster from space.
A recent Forrester study determined that 57 percent
of businesses surveyed had no idea what this cost was,
with over 30 percent saying they experienced a
disaster in the past five years.
And it means replacing talk
of a wall
with joint efforts against the common threats
of drug trafficking, transnational crime, terrorism, natural
disasters, and cyber hacks.
Even if this person has the right skills and background for the job, a lack
of fit
with workplace culture can spell long - term
disaster.
Disaster films nearly always contain some not - so - subtle commentary on our mistreatment
of the environment, but this one was so topical upon its release that it could have been shown as a double - feature
with An Inconvenient Truth.
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.
Since the announcement
of the settlement, Wells Fargo not only has had to deal
with the financial fallout, but also
with a public relations
disaster.
With thousands
of residents displaced by Hurricane Harvey in need
of food and water, beer maker Anheuser - Busch has announced it is shipping emergency water to victims
of the natural
disaster.
Of course, a layoff should be your absolute last resort, but they can be done with a minimal chance of disaste
Of course, a layoff should be your absolute last resort, but they can be done
with a minimal chance
of disaste
of disaster.
With President Trump and the mayor
of San Juan in a war
of words this weekend over the relief efforts in hurricane - battered Puerto Rico and a stream
of harrowing images coming out
of the island and its neighbors in the Caribbean, it's easy to feel gloomy about the response to the
disaster.
The EPA, a federal agency charged
with safeguarding clean, livable air and water, funds and conducts research into the effects
of climate change on public health, the environment, and natural
disasters.
That can be tricky when you're dealing
with the stress
of an emergency, so Homeland Security noted it's best to have pre-scripted messages for each group — meaning you'll have to consider a number
of different
disaster scenarios and have the right messaging for each one.
In the race to merge these outsized expectations
with reality, you conflate your own identity
with that
of your company's, which is at once the best motivator and a recipe for emotional
disaster.
The Masters
of the Universe quickly became, in the words
of one
of Harvard's own graduates, the «Masters
of Disaster»
with their fingerprints on many a financial fiasco.
«As our business is involved
with sending people overseas we needed to ensure that we are diversified across many countries and regions to avoid the risks
of things like flu outbreak, terrorist attacks, war in the region, government unrest, natural
disasters, etc.,» says David.
More news + analysis tomorrow, but first I must deal
with my
disaster zone
of an inbox.
While most successful, growing companies occasionally flirt
with failure, Justice has in a sense been at the brink
of disaster since it was founded, and hasn't strayed that far from it along the way.
And all
of this,
of course, is to say nothing
of his easy flirtation
with nuclear
disaster; today we seem closer to war
with North Korea than ever before.
BP PLC, the world's third - biggest publicly traded energy company — and fourth - biggest public company
of any kind — flirted
with annihilation this year after a deadly explosion aboard the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig on April 20 and the environmental
disaster that spread across the Gulf
of Mexico in the four months that followed.
He also said the lack
of federal guidance has led to deeply uneven enforcement
of floodplain building at the state level,
with enormous disparities around the country resulting in more resilient states, in essence, subsidizing
disaster - prone development in others.
One example: In partnership
with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Uniqlo Recycle has delivered 20.3 million clothing items to refugees, evacuees, victims
of disaster, expectant and nursing mothers and others in need around the world since 2007.
If the region in which your headquarters is located is hit
with a natural
disaster like a hurricane or the power goes out in your building or city, but you have five or 15 or 50 employees spread out across the community, county or even the country, your entire business isn't suddenly out
of commission, and all
of your data isn't in one place.