Sentences with phrase «on being close to nature»

This emphasis on being close to nature is echoed with the use of natural building materials.

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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 free product trial, on the other hand, may not be as educational in nature, but it's still a very valuable offer for existing leads you're trying to nurture and who are closer to making a purchasing decision.

I'm not a fan of modern - day christianity and the close - minded nature of some of its followers, but if this kid has found some peace with his lot in life due to his relationship with this church, I'm not going to hate on it.

At the same time, Francis cites Dei Verbum, the dogmatic constitution on divine revelation, observing that the Church's duty to guard the deposit of faith, which closed with the death of the last apostle, is in «the very nature» of the Church.

Betz is on safer ground when he suggests that «the ultimate point of the analogia entis, as employed by Przywara, is precisely not by philosophical means to close the gap between God and creatures, grace and nature, reason and revelation (as Barth seems to have feared), but rather to widen it.»

Hence the minister directs his attention as much toward the «world» as the dean of a medical school has his eye on the potentially and actually sick people of the society outside his closed community of healers, or, to use a wholly different analogy, as much as the mayor of a city keeps in view the nature and the needs of the cultural and economic society of which his city is a center.

That young redbud tree delicately budding in my front yard in early spring, that golden haze in which the rolling hills close to my home are bathed on a summer morning, that lovely pond on my walk home from work out of whose rushes a red - winged blackbird almost invariably flies up as I pass by in early autumn, that winter belt of trees across the street transformed by an ice storm into a glittering fairyland — all those beauties of which nature is so achingly and serendipitously full are likewise my modest sources of healing and renewal.

Some mission organizations or individual missionaries consider a few «creative tactics» to gain admission to a closed country a small price to pay for the greater good of sharing the Gospel — missionaries like D. Due to the sensitive nature of his work, he asked that his name and the mission organization he worked with be withheld, but he has a couple decades of experience on the mission field in closed - off countries.

No religion could be close to the hearts of the Turks if it condemned reason and relied on myths and superstitions, favored laziness and lethargy instead of encouraging action and enterprise, made man the slave of man, and forced him to worship nature as god.

Athanasius goes on to explain that when He adopted our nature into «closest communion with Himself», he also took «with it that sentence of death which it had incurred... (thus)... from all eternity He provided first for our being, and afterwards for our redemption.»

For it can be shown, by a close comparison of the two sets of texts, that the basic metaphysical ideas to be conveyed by that study were already very much in Whitehead's mind when he was writing on the philosophy of nature?

And while even the best episodes of Galactica and Lost are ultimately pop - culture ephemera, HBO's mob show is closer to real art: Dostoevsky crossed with Emile Zola, a novelistic meditation on the nature of societal corruption and personal sin.

In the opinion of the Times» photography editor, the curator of a university museum «came closest to the truth when she told the prosecutor..., «It's the tension between the physical beauty of the photograph and the brutal nature of what's going on in it that gives it the particular quality that this work of art has.

Here, she tells us about her upcoming move to the South of France as a way to be closer to nature, her bedtime and beauty routines, her ways of dealing with jet lag, why she makes a point of packing parmesan and olive oil to bring on her journeys, and much more.

The company's Potato Pearls ® Premium Nature's Own Mashed Potatoes are based on a proprietary technology that is designed to produce the closest - to - scratch instant potato product available on the market today.

The company is also investing in 50 «Closer to Nature» projects, targeting cutbacks on energy and water consumption at its processing facilities.

Two crews of Italian videographers were aboard the ship and the one that was shooting a television nature documentary put on heavy - duty wetsuits to brave the freezing ocean, while getting up - close and personal with the aquatic birds.

In short, it's why every day, in all we do, we continue to deliver on the Arrowhead Mills brand promise — simple products, straight from nature and as close as you can get to home.

Hamilton quickly closed in on the Ferraris but the nature of the Hungaroring means it's tough to follow other cars, and he failed to get close enough to try an overtake.

Not only defensive lapses arsenal lack the mentality to win match of this nature, we have bad away record against stoke, barca is closing on series and yet some arsenal fans said is not good enough cos they watched him against napoli, we need quality signings, u are one goal down and u expect Walcott to come in and turn the match around is not possible, Ramsey just turning left and right with nothing to show, ozil is not active enough as a play maker, xhaka prone to mistake, Wenger with is old philosophy....

If you are looking for a baby shower gift, check out the deal I found on these highly - rated Tommee Tippee Closer to Nature baby bottles.

Carla's Honest Review on The Tommee Tippee Closer to Nature Electric Steam Sterliser People used to tell me how difficult and time consuming sterilising bottles could be, then a friend of mine introduced me to her Tommee Tippee Closer to Nature Electric Steam Sterliser.

In terms of appearance the Tommee Tippee Closer to Nature bottle can be either seen as stylish or awkward depending on your personal sense of aesthetics.

But with increasing dissatisfaction over the high - stakes testing currently consuming mainstream education; the growing recognition of the many benefits a child receives through experiences with art, movement, and nature; a concern over a reliance on technology by younger and younger students; and the news that leaders in the high - tech industry are touting the lifelong benefits of low - tech Waldorf schools in educating their own children, more and more parents and educators are taking a closer look at the Waldorf approach and what it has to offer.

This weeks Closer to Nature comes courtesy of a very industrious spider, a beautiful morning dew and the macro setting on my camera, which is my favourite setting to play with.

If you care about relationships with other mothers who care about raising children in a slow, simple, mindful, close - to - nature, art - filled, holistic way... Welcome to On Being Mom.

Due to the special programming during the Audubon Nature Festival, the entire sanctuary will be closed to general visitation on June 3 until 4:00 pm.

This chemical - free sterilising system, designed to kill 99.9 % of germs on bottles, is the star of the Tommee Tippee Closer to Nature Complete Feeding Set.

On Diary of a First Child, I'm trying to learn to eat and live closer to nature — if you are too, this is a perfect place to start!

As part of this year's celebration of World Water Day on the theme, «Nature For Water», WaterAid Ghana is calling for urgent action from the government to reach the 22 % of Ghanaians without access to clean water close to their homes, and leave no one behind.

No Mr. Fornal, you are simply uninformed as to the nature of the process, as I attempted to explain to you but you insist on persisting in the notion that «because the tallies are «computerized», this means the process so much as allows instant transmission or something close thereto of such tallies.

If one considers the «Party Political House» that is excluding Crossbenchers and Bishops, and takes into account the lagging nature of the Lords (new positions and party political strength are dependent on a prime minister post-election), the House of Lords composition is closer to votes cast at a general election than the Commons and has been since hereditary peers were (almost all) turfed out in 1999.

Officials with America's Natural Gas Alliance, based in Washington DC, say that the study is difficult to evaluate based on a preliminary review, but in a statement to Nature they add that «the findings raise questions and warrant a closer examination by the scientific community».

«In terms of practical nature conservation, these results signify that in the future it will no longer be sufficient to preserve small, isolated reserves — while these benefit specialized species with a simple genetic structure, the bulk of species that depend on an exchange between local populations will lose out in the medium to long term,» predicts Schmitt, and he adds in closing, «This will lead to a further decline of numerous insect species — with dramatic consequences for entire food webs and ecosystems.»

In compiling its report, the commission drew on data from the National Peatland Resource Inventory, drawn up by Richard Lindsay of the Nature Conservancy Council for Scotland to conclude that there are 67 000 hectares of surviving raised peatland in Britain, but that no more than a tenth of this is close to pristine condition, with a full range of plants and animals and water tables undamaged by drainage.

On June 30, following on work published in the scientific journal Nature by STRI post-doctoral fellow, Scott Mangan, a group of 50 researchers from 12 countries published a paper in Science (lead author, Joe LaManna, Washington University in St. Louis) showing that close plant relatives make bad neighbors and that the negative interactions between relatives are stronger in the tropics, which may explain why tropical forests are so rich in species diversity: Because plants do not do well next to their relatives, there is more space for non-relatives to filOn June 30, following on work published in the scientific journal Nature by STRI post-doctoral fellow, Scott Mangan, a group of 50 researchers from 12 countries published a paper in Science (lead author, Joe LaManna, Washington University in St. Louis) showing that close plant relatives make bad neighbors and that the negative interactions between relatives are stronger in the tropics, which may explain why tropical forests are so rich in species diversity: Because plants do not do well next to their relatives, there is more space for non-relatives to filon work published in the scientific journal Nature by STRI post-doctoral fellow, Scott Mangan, a group of 50 researchers from 12 countries published a paper in Science (lead author, Joe LaManna, Washington University in St. Louis) showing that close plant relatives make bad neighbors and that the negative interactions between relatives are stronger in the tropics, which may explain why tropical forests are so rich in species diversity: Because plants do not do well next to their relatives, there is more space for non-relatives to fill.

The field of regenerative medicine, because of the very nature of the science and the rapidly evolving clinical developments, not infrequently lends itself to often close calls between what constitutes an individualized treatment being performed by a doctor within the scope of his medical practice on the one hand, and what constitutes a medical product that is currently subject to the authorities Congress has already charged the FDA with exercising.

Although the nature of the electromagnetic engine powering brown - dwarf aurorae is still to be determined, the scenario of the subcorotation of magnetospheric plasma on closed field lines, powering in turn magnetosphere - ionosphere coupling currents, has been suggested as a plausible model for this case (Schrijver 2009; Nichols et al. 2012).

Based on the stars» lithium abundance, their probable spectral type, and close - orbiting nature, they may be 80 to 600 million years old (Fekel and Tomkin, 1983; and Edvardsson et al, 1993, page 122 for HR 799), but some believe the system to be 2.5 billion years old (Nordström et al, 2004).

The closer your diet is to nature, the healthier your microbiome will be, which also has a strong influence on your mental health.

If you have noted weight gain while on the low FODMAP diet — it may be that you are relying too much on processed foods and your goal should be to stick to foods as close to Mother Nature as possible — leafy low FODMAP greens, acceptable fruits, lean meats etc... You might have some other food intolerances that are contributing to your scratchy throat — oral allergy syndrome — or perhaps another intolerance — I think it would be a great idea to connect with a registered dietitian.

I enjoy spending time with people who are close to me, watching quality films, walking on nature trails and horseback riding.

well, I am looking for someone who likes older men, I just want a to find someone close to where I live and looking for someone that likes to be outside and with nature, I can be a versatile but I guess that depends on you too so be there when I need you and I will always be there when you need...

The emotional closing stretch, at the very least, ensures that the film ends on an admittedly affecting note, and yet it's ultimately impossible not to wish that the remainder of Deepwater Horizon had been similarly engrossing (particularly given the seemingly electrifying nature of the story's true - life origins).

With its bijou period trappings and Enya - lite score, it's easy to dismiss the film as another pat, issue - ducking weepie, but on closer inspection it offers interesting and cohesive musings on the illogical nature of the human character, and how that fits with the responsibilities of scientific discovery.

The very nature of heroism is put to the test in «Defendor,» highlighting Arthur's possible dementia as he closes in on his criminal obsession.

Though directors Chin and E. Chai Vaserhelyi take breaks to interview the wives, the documentarians want as many of the eighty - nine minutes taken up with close - ups of the climb, and in a feature that could snatch a nomination for cinematography, Jimmy Chin and Renan Ozturk capture the rain and sleet and pour down on the group as though Mother Nature is determined to keep the summit of Meru pristine, untouched by human hands.

Due to the nature of the information given in the closed session, Claudia and Martin are forbidden to speak to one another as the case goes on, though matters are a bit complicated, as the two were involved in an extramarital affair with one another that ended badly.

«Nature» sticks close to home for Bay Area viewers with tonight's episode at 8 on KQED: The episode looks at the ecosystem of the Yosemite Valley, as filmmaker Joseph Pontecorvo follows scientists who are measuring the impact of climate change on the wilderness area.