Sentences with phrase «world events of last year»

World events of last year paint a grim picture of the human species» obsession with race and ethnicity.

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Marfeel, which brought in around $ 10 million in revenue last year ($ 11.8 million USD) from publishing clients around the world — and made the Inc. 5000 EU list at No. 283 this year — doesn't anticipate that the events of this week will have a lasting impact on sales.

Last year it was «Call of Duty: WWII,» as seen above — a throwback to the many previous «Call of Duty» games set during the events of World War II.

«Three years ago I stood up in front of an audience for the opening keynote speech at Bitcoin 2014, in Amsterdam, and told the world that the main event of Bitcoin is not Bitcoin, it is the Blockchain, and it would change the world,» Byrne said at the Money 20/20 conference last month.

Last month, the World Drone Prix — organized by the World Organization of Racing Drones and Sheikh Hamdan, crown prince of Dubai — handed out roughly $ 1 million in prizes, including a $ 250,000 grand prize to a 15 - year - old British pilot who bested 100 other competitors at a two - day event in Dubai.

President Moon Jae - in met with Kim in the Demilitarized Zone in an event that was aired around the world last Friday, when the two leaders agreed to formally end the 68 - year - old Korean War and to work toward the «complete denuclearization» of the peninsula.

Benedict XVI is coming to World Youth Day, a weeklong series of religious events that the Roman Catholic Church organizes internationally every three years, last held in Sydney, Australia.

One of the most anticipated four - day events of the year in the food and beverage industry was held in Chicago last month when industry leaders and world - renowned chefs came together for the annual National Restaurant Association (NRA) Hotel - Motel Show.

After picking up his second PGA Tour win and first in five seasons at last year's event, it'd be hard to say Vegas had burned up the world of tournament golf in 2017.

Woods, who has not prevailed in a tour event since 2013 (so is not in this week's annual opener of the previous year's winners) made his long - awaited return from multiple back surgeries to competition at last month's Hero World Challenge.

Woods skipped last year's event due to injury — the first time he had missed a Masters in his professional career — and so did many of those who tune in to follow the every move of the former world No. 1.

Last year, they took home 11 gold medals, a world best, and 10 of them were in «nordic» related events while the 11th was in downhill skiing.

The event also sees a return to the UK for Collins, who last year at the age of 38 ran a 100m PB of 9.97 at the Lausanne Diamond League, while double world and Olympic champion Mo Farah, Olympic long jump champion Greg Rutherford and world 400m champion Christine Ohuruogu are among the other athletes confirmed for the meet.

@ larryking listen jock wenger could never coach anyother club because no big club would go six season without a trophy there is no way wenger could go to madrid and go two season without a trophy no way in hell he would be fired in no time bmunich fired klinsman less than half season look at the real madrid coach grave yard pelligrinie made 95 + points last season that amount would win the league in almost any country yet he got fired i can go on if fergi goes two seasons without a trophy am sure he gone i love arsenal but football is about winning trophies wenger has hypnotize you i do nt care arsenal have gone five years without a trophy and six witout the league not even a carling cup or fa cup and loosing all our best players all for money all this talk about wenger and his youth policies i can count on both hands all the players that came through arsenal youth system that went on to be world beaters look at the current crop walcott nasri diaby denilson bedtner clichy none of these are world class they have improve minimal @ arsenal compare that to barca their youths pedro and co are world beaters event the great vanpercy who we rate he would never leave arsenal because all that chance wenger gives him he would» t get at other big clubs this does not make sense we buy young players they take ages to develop most do nt» t then we sell them or they leave because they want to win things that how you grow pretty soon that top four will become very hard to stay in if we get out of that then what i wish all you wenger fans luck am all out of patients with him last chance this year................

The 2011 world 100m champion set his 100m PB of 9.69 at this event two years ago and this year, over double the distance, he faces the likes of fellow Jamaican Nickel Ashmeade — winner of the 200m event in Doha in May — as well as Qatar's world indoor 60m bronze medallist Femi Ogunode and France's European 100m champion Christophe Lemaitre, who returns to competitive action following injury that ruled him out of last month's Bislett Games and European Team Championships.

For the last four years, I've been lucky enough to work with hundreds of volunteers around the world to create an annual grassroots event that highlights cloth diapering.

«Building off the success of last year's event with 189 qualifying locations in 11 countries, we hope to show the entire world that cloth diapers are a real option for today's modern families, particularly catching the eye of expecting and new parents who may be seeking more planet - friendly and affordable alternatives to disposable diapers.»

In its third year The Great Cloth Diaper Change event will attempt to break last year's Guinness World Record of 8,251 cloth diapers changed around the world at one World Record of 8,251 cloth diapers changed around the world at one world at one time.

It was an awesome event but consisted of supporters around the world and mothers around the world nursing their babies and our based of event had about five thousand people participating last year.

Building on the success of last year's celebrations of the anniversaries of the 1939 and 1964 World's Fairs, the Borough President announced that her office will sponsor an annual «Queens Day» event that will celebrate our diversity and help unite us as «The World's Borough.»

«What the events of last autumn have shown and what the beginning of this year have shown is that governments do need to take the appropriate action to support the economy - whether it is the world economy or their own economy,» he said.

One of these events, a global bleaching event that began in 2014 and affected at least 70 percent of the world's reefs, just ended last year.

The report — the second such annual report — analyzes the findings from about 20 scientific studies of a dozen or so extreme weather events that occurred around the world last year, seeking to parse the relative influence of anthropogenic climate change.

Some event records set during that time have never been beaten, such as the Men's Hammer Throw world record, which was last broken by Soviet hammer thrower Yuri Sedykh in 1986 at the European Championships in Stuttgart, three years before the fall of the Berlin Wall and five years before the U.S.S.R. collapsed.

If strong, the El Niño event could not only wreak havoc on weather around the world, but could also trigger a resumption of global warming that has been seemingly stalled for the last 15 years.

This event was also held at the opening of Wizarding World of Harry Potter last year, but overall it was a very fun and amazing event.

SYNOPSIS: 10 years after the events of the last movie, the X-Men reunite to battle Apocalypse, the world's -LSB-...]

You can see this as recently as last year's Bleeding Edge, a fiercely funny 2001 - set New York City tale that pits the ominous bloom of the Internet Age against the real - world events of one terrible Tuesday.

The event kicked off last night with the world premiere of The Five - Year Engagement and now we've got 11 days of films ahead of us, one of which is the World Narrative Competition entry First Winter, and Shockya.com is lucky enough to exclusively host First Winter's poster dworld premiere of The Five - Year Engagement and now we've got 11 days of films ahead of us, one of which is the World Narrative Competition entry First Winter, and Shockya.com is lucky enough to exclusively host First Winter's poster dWorld Narrative Competition entry First Winter, and Shockya.com is lucky enough to exclusively host First Winter's poster debut!

Given the turbulent events of the last year, with the fallout of the Harvey Weinstein scandal still still ongoing, it's perhaps not surprising that this year's Golden Globes ceremony was dominated by talk of the need to change the Hollywood (and world) culture for the better and a celebration of women on film and TV.

Automobiles of the World — The monthly extract from «Automobile of the World» / The BSA Scout — Graham Skillen tells the story of the only British designed and built front wheel drive production car of the 30's / 1924 Vauxhall 23/60 Limosine — The editor tries one of Luton's overshadowed products and reveals his affection for «twenties perpendicular» / The Enfield Pageant Report — A review of one of the larger events of the year / Triumphs in the 20's and 30's — Last month Michael Worthington - Williams traced Triumph's early days - now he records their post-1933 resurgance / Racing History History?

The show's Charity Preview event is renowned as one of the largest fundraising events of its kind in the world, raising over $ 47 million in the last 10 years alone.

DCL was on hand at Digital Book World and CEO Mark Gross spoke with GoodEReader about a topic that was a pervasive theme at this year's event, especially in light of Apple's new initiatives last week, namely the digital publication of textbooks.

If you weren't paying close attention to events in the financial world last year and now feel at a disadvantage at dinner parties, The End of Wall Street will help.

The event follows the success of last year's World Travel Awards, which was hosted at the nearby Rixos Premium Belek.

Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority (ADTA) who won World's Leading Tourist Board 2010 at last years World Travel Awards, and the Environment Agency Abu Dhabi are headline sponsors of the event, which is held under the patronage of H.H. Sheikh Sultan Bin Tahnoon Al Nahyan, ADTA's Chairman.

World Travel Market, the premier global event for the travel industry, is delighted to announce the return of the WTM Vision Conference following last year's successful inaugural event.

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But travelling on the other side of the world the last couple of years put paid to that and I couldn't afford the Toronto event that took place earlier in the year.

Set 25 years after the events of the last game, Gears of Wars 4 features Marcus Fenix's son J.D. as he attempts to combat a new breed of enemy in a post-Locust world.

Thankfully, the long - awaited sequel will star Ellie and Joel once again, as you'll be playing as a 19 year - old Ellie this time around in a world that is set a few years after the events of The Last of Us.

Massively Overpowered's end - of - the - year 2017 awards continue today with our award for Best MMO Holiday Event, which was awarded to The Secret World last year.

Being somewhat limited in my freedom to be entertained as a kid, for many years of my life, gaming served as a diverse means of escape for me away from the trappings of a mostly mundane, repetitive life, at the end of the school day I would often think to myself «alright... so what are some of the good things that I have to look forward to when I get home...», one of the first things that I would do as soon as I got home after school was play FINAL FANTASY on PlayStation, I would eagerly walk home as quickly as I could just so that I could continue playing from the part where I had last left off the day before, as pathetic as this may come across, I can confidently say that many of the happiest moments that I have had in my life have been while being utterly enthralled by the developments in the games, I think that reminiscing about aspects of a video game with great fondness is a hallmark of an impactful form of entertainment, I would often be so «in the zone» while playing that anything aside from what was taking place on the screen would become completely null and void in my mind to the point where I forget that I was playing a video game, even though I did not live the events of the game, I can emphatise with them as if I had, that is the sort of impact that the emotional depth of the story, the characters, the music, the design and the overall world of the series have had on me, what appeals the most to me is that FINAL FANTASY allows us the luxury of divorcing ourselves of our current reality to assume that of a world of fantasy for a precious moment in time, which is a sentiment that makes me wish that our world as whole had a little more «FINAL FANTASY» within it so as to make us all want to wake up as soon as possible to enjoy another day

The horrific events in Paris over the weekend has prompted us to look back to the many artists in the last fifty years who have realised the power of art as a tool in raising awareness and propagating the concept of world peace.

Last week, New York was home to a litany of art - world galas in pursuit of funding for institutions — except for one: the Amref Health Africa ArtBall.Now in its second year, the event featured most of the familiar benefit trappings — from finely dressed attendees to... Read More

The New Yorker art critic and poet has kept a place in the Catskills for 40 years and entertains locals and the art world alike with epic firework displays every Fourth of July, an event that has been growing (1,400 guests last year) as fast as the creative community.

Videograms of a Revolution is a landmark in the history of film, as well as a captivating account of the Romanian Revolution - the last in the series of events starting with the Tian «anmen massacre, that collectively made 1989 the most decisive year for the world in living memory.

Over the last ten years, Sotheby's Beyond Limits has firmly established itself as one of the most prestigious platforms for the display and sale of modern and contemporary outdoor sculpture, and a key event in the art world calendar.

To mark the occasion is 25, a multi-media exhibition of works that respond to world events that have occurred over the last 25 years.

Matt Damon was one of several hundred «friends of Bill» who participated in this year's Clinton Global Initiative conference in Manhattan, a four - day event last week orchestrated by former President Bill Clinton and aimed at funneling wealth to projects that improve lives and the environment in the world's poorest places.