Sentences with phrase «other than a disaster»

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Perry has repeatedly said that storing fuel on site makes coal and nuclear plants less prone to shutdowns than other power generators in the event of disasters and attacks.

An emergency fund is a pure cash account which exists for no other purpose than to cover unexpected financial disasters.

Decades of research show that working more than 40 hours a week is unsustainable and severely dents productivity per hour, and neuroscientists and others warn that failing to give your brain adequate time to rest and recuperate is a recipe for disaster (which you might guess that many people have grasped for themselves, given the current mania for «mindfulness»).

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»).

Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: our ability to achieve our financial, strategic and operational plans or initiatives; our ability to predict and manage medical costs and price effectively and develop and maintain good relationships with physicians, hospitals and other health care providers; the impact of modifications to our operations and processes; our ability to identify potential strategic acquisitions or transactions and realize the expected benefits of such transactions, including with respect to the Merger; the substantial level of government regulation over our business and the potential effects of new laws or regulations or changes in existing laws or regulations; the outcome of litigation, regulatory audits, investigations, actions and / or guaranty fund assessments; uncertainties surrounding participation in government - sponsored programs such as Medicare; the effectiveness and security of our information technology and other business systems; unfavorable industry, economic or political conditions, including foreign currency movements; acts of war, terrorism, natural disasters or pandemics; our ability to obtain shareholder or regulatory approvals required for the Merger or the requirement to accept conditions that could reduce the anticipated benefits of the Merger as a condition to obtaining regulatory approvals; a longer time than anticipated to consummate the proposed Merger; problems regarding the successful integration of the businesses of Express Scripts and Cigna; unexpected costs regarding the proposed Merger; diversion of management's attention from ongoing business operations and opportunities during the pendency of the Merger; potential litigation associated with the proposed Merger; the ability to retain key personnel; the availability of financing, including relating to the proposed Merger; effects on the businesses as a result of uncertainty surrounding the proposed Merger; as well as more specific risks and uncertainties discussed in our most recent report on Form 10 - K and subsequent reports on Forms 10 - Q and 8 - K available on the Investor Relations section of www.cigna.com as well as on Express Scripts» most recent report on Form 10 - K and subsequent reports on Forms 10 - Q and 8 - K available on the Investor Relations section of www.express-scripts.com.

While the flood disaster does not discriminate, some people will recover quicker than others.

These risks and uncertainties include food safety and food - borne illness concerns; litigation; unfavorable publicity; federal, state and local regulation of our business including health care reform, labor and insurance costs; technology failures; failure to execute a business continuity plan following a disaster; health concerns including virus outbreaks; the intensely competitive nature of the restaurant industry; factors impacting our ability to drive sales growth; the impact of indebtedness we incurred in the RARE acquisition; our plans to expand our newer brands like Bahama Breeze and Seasons 52; our ability to successfully integrate Eddie V's restaurant operations; a lack of suitable new restaurant locations; higher - than - anticipated costs to open, close or remodel restaurants; increased advertising and marketing costs; a failure to develop and recruit effective leaders; the price and availability of key food products and utilities; shortages or interruptions in the delivery of food and other products; volatility in the market value of derivatives; general macroeconomic factors, including unemployment and interest rates; disruptions in the financial markets; risk of doing business with franchisees and vendors in foreign markets; failure to protect our service marks or other intellectual property; a possible impairment in the carrying value of our goodwill or other intangible assets; a failure of our internal controls over financial reporting or changes in accounting standards; and other factors and uncertainties discussed from time to time in reports filed by Darden with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

He was simply stating that we understand science much better now than we did in the Colonial times, and thus understand the causes behind hurricanes and other natural disasters.

If I there was the slightest chance that prayer did anything other than make the prayee feel better, I would pray for a superior being who prevented these natural disasters.

Other than religous views, natural disasters aren't just gonna come out of no where!

I often ask why were we fortunate enough to have something real underneath our feet, while so many others discover, when challenged by similar disasters, that their beliefs were no more real to them than fairy tales.

I'm speaking about the people that seem to think that a certain (name your disaster here...) happened, «because» God is (fill in your opinion of what God is mad at here...) «He's mad at the gays, he's mad at the non-believers (anyone other than a «true Christian»), etc...

Just wonder why it is the Americas that is mostly hit by natural disasters more than other continents?

I like that it looks gourmet, but involved minimal effort other than poking fork holes in the potato to avoid an unfortunate microwave disaster.

To show its commitment to employees in ways other than those work - related, Bennett Management developed a family disaster fund to help employees.

I'm worried that other than our clogged midfield, we are one mistimed injury to total disaster.

Seriously, anything other than a win against Bournemouth will be a disaster Our last 4 games were D - D - L - D No more Ds or Ls.

got to youtube and search for formula for disaster and baby bottle death and see how the formula companies are working their magic in other countries less fortunate than ours!

«After a disaster, one of the greatest losses — other than loss of life — is loss of control,» says Bev Clayton, a social worker and disaster services associate at the American Red Cross National Headquarters in Falls Church, Virginia.

That's thanks largely to House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, who was the first to suggest additional disaster aid — remember that FEMA only has about $ 800 million on hand, which is less than even New York's estimated storm bill of $ 1 billion — be offset by other budget cuts.

It is not surprising that disaster should be more common than the other «frames» or narratives the study surveyed (uncertainty, opportunity and explicit risk).

Maybe May knows that anything other than the softest possible Brexit will be a disaster.

However, as we have seen at Fukushima, the consequences of disaster, if it occurs, can be more extensive with nuclear than with other forms of energy production.

Although less than 9 percent of the city's overall budget is comes from federal aid — excluding Community Development Block Grant - Disaster Recovery and other Hurricane Sandy - related aid — 11 out of more than 40 mayoral agencies that represent 59 percent of total city spending get 92 percent of federal grant aid, according to Stringer's initial analysis of federal funding, which he conducted to pinpoint what's at stake for New Yorkers ahead of Trump's inauguration in January.

«It's extremely troubling that our governor is more fixated on disasters in other areas than he is on problems right here in New York,» said McLaughlin.

SPECTRUM NEWS VIDEO: Home fires kill more people every year than all other disasters combined.

I left in July 1994, for no good reason other than I thought the election of Tony Blair would be a disaster (such was my political insight that I thought John Prescott would be a more fitting heir to John Smith's legacy).

He added that he's «shocked» and «flabberghasted» that the four other boroughs, which suffered significantly less damage than Brooklyn, qualified for disaster aid.

Since 1986, the first year the National Weather Service reported data on heat - related deaths, more people in the United States have died from heat (3,979) than from any other weather - related disaster — more than floods (2,599), tornadoes (2,116) or hurricanes (1,391).

Women are more attracted to war heroes than regular soldiers or men who display heroic traits in other fields, such as in sports or natural disaster work, according to new research from the University of Southampton and partners in Europe.

HEAT ISLANDS Heat claims more lives than floods, hurricanes and other weather - related disasters.

Invasive species cost us more in environmental, economic, and health - care related damages than all other natural disasters combined.

«Today, not only are more people in harm's way than there were 50 years ago, but building in flood plains, earthquake zones and other high - risk areas has increased the likelihood that a routine natural hazard will become a major catastrophe,» warns a 2015 report from the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED), which maintains an international disaster database.

Between 1994 and 2013, temblors killed almost 750,000 people — more than all other disasters put together.

Many scientists and environmentalists warn that the government's present strategy of simply storing the plutonium could do more harm than good because it does nothing to reduce the risk of environmental disaster, and, rather than discourage other countries from developing nuclear weapons, it could provoke them to increase their efforts.

According to his analysis, floods killed more people than any other type of disaster — 26 per cent of all deaths — and caused the most damage — 32 per cent of the total bill.

But drought affected more people than any other type of disaster, accounting for 33 per cent of all victims.

Census - related statistics are used to allocate more than 400 billion dollars annually for disaster relief, job training centers, roads and other services.

Drought can strike virtually any region, and studies have shown that it affects more people than any other type of natural disaster.

River floods already displace more people within countries that any other cause, and affect far more people than other disasters.

Other than breast milk or formula, rice is the number one source of calories for infants in the first year of life, according to Stanford University pediatrician Alan Greene, and this is a nutritional disaster.

None of the supporting performances are bad, per se, it's just there isn't much for the other actors to do (which could be a byproduct of the Disaster Artist book more than anything else).

Other characters are rendered less convincingly than their real - life counterparts, with an assortment of fake - looking dye jobs, wigs and facial hair that make the cast of «The Disaster Artist» seem, incongruously, less real than the characters in «The Room.»

The message that getting the valuable video is more important than protecting oneself and others is not a good one to be putting out to audiences, especially in a disaster movie.

It certainly lags behind the other strong comedies of the year (It's a Disaster, This is the End, and The World's End), but there are enough good moments to be worth a rental, but not much more than that.

They were all incredibly special, but some more than others were a disaster and caused mischief.

But if you were suddenly without thought, you'd still find in Cowboys & Aliens a collection of disconnected explosions and flat production design, with characters who declare things to each other in inhuman exchanges very much like the ones in Relativity Media's last fucking disaster that's worse than you already think it will be, Season of the Witch.

In the past, even his lesser efforts have usually contained some element to make them worth considering — even a disaster like «The Curse of the Jade Scorpion» featured that hilarious supporting turn by Charlize Theron as a femme fatale for the ages — but other than Vittorio Storaro's reliably stunning cinematography, there is nothing alone those lines here.

Not many people know about the other apocalypse comedy of 2013, It's a Disaster, a lower key affair that is technically more of a comedic take on «No Exit» than something as bombastic as This is the End or The World's End.

Other East Asian miracles like Singapore, Korea, and China did have rapid growth in human capital, but no greater than that of the African growth disasters.