Sentences with phrase «come of age on»

On Thanksgiving (and Hannukah), here's a quick note — and song — of thanks to you for reading this blog, for attending to the issues and opportunities facing humanity as we come of age on a finite planet and, for those who comment here, trying to maintain a constructive approach.

With Jelly Bean, building on the solid groundwork of Ice Cream Sandwich, Google's platform is finally feeling up to speed for tablets; our experience with the Nexus 7, which runs Android 4.1, suggests that Android has — after the abortive mess of Honeycomb — eventually come of age on larger displays.

Having come of age on improvised no - budgets, they think just coming up with an interesting situation is enough.

August 28, 2014 • In the North Texas wilderness, men to find out what it means to come of age on the range — and what it means to pass that experience on to their children.

Maturing big - name Canadian startups like Shopify, Wattpad, and Hootsuite helped pave the way, Wealthsimple's Mike Katchen told Reuters, for the next «cohort of companies that are coming of age on the international stage.»

Sundance hints that «Joshua comes of age on screen as he rallies tens of thousands to civil disobedience» which means this is as much of a story about him as it is about the movement.

Judith Chemla is incredible as Jeanne, coming of age on her parents» 19th - century Normandy estate and setting forth on life's rough road.

Raised on an NES, came of age on the PS1, turned «crusty, old grumpy gamer» on the Xbox One and PS4.

It's a forced coming of age story, with Hellion's Josh Wiggins, still coming of age on his third feature.

No — they are coming of age on the cusp of 3D technology and laser printing, cyber-bullying and the endless world of YouTube, even a dating world of swipe left or right.

Richter came of age on the Hamburg punk scene where he produced record covers, band posters and political flyers, but he didn't start painting until he was in his late twenties.

He came of age on the heels of the Abstract Expressionists such as Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning and is often associated with the development of Pop Art in the early 1960s, although he does not consider himself a Pop Artist.

In 1941, his family migrated from Georgia to New York, where he came of age on 145th Street.

Climate change is a subset of the story of our time, which is that we are coming of age on a finite planet and only just now recognizing that it is finite.

What science - fiction tales, by Mr. Clarke or others, do you see having the most relevance to our current situation coming of age on a crowding planet?

You asked your readers today: «What science - fiction tales, by Mr. Clarke or others, do you see having the most relevance to our current situation coming of age on a crowding planet?»

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It manages to turn a less - than - scintillating - sounding subject — our aging electricity grid — into compelling reading, he claims, writing that even those who have never spent a minute pondering how the lights come on will leave this one understanding «that the electrical grid is one of the greatest engineering wonders of the modern world» and «why modernizing the grid is so complex and so critical for building our clean - energy future.»

Even apart from the fact that they don't know what they're talking about because they don't know what's out there, the bigger issues are that: (a) almost all of these reports come back with a variety of related findings that may be precisely on point; and (b) the very age of the prior research may be invaluable if the new questions and inquiries have to do with trend lines, changes in attitudes or different behaviors.

Hopkins said in a statement: «We're building a service that offers subscribers the most sought - after programming on television... With these two new deals in place, and additional partners to come, Hulu will soon give TV fans of all ages live and on - demand access to their favorite programs in a whole new, more flexible, highly personalized way.»

Compared to popular photo sharing platforms Snapchat, Whatsapp, Facebook, Instagram, and Flickr on the basis of number of photos shared per day, the current number of users, the age of each company, and photos shared per second, Snapchat came out on top despite being the youngest company (Photoworld).

Tokyo and Munich, in particular, coincided with the graphic design profession's coming of age, Hulse notes, when some now - universally recognized visual shorthands came into being, such as the men's and women's symbols on bathroom doors.

Shortly before she died in 2011, Jean Jennings Bartik reflected proudly on the fact that all the programmers who created the first general - purpose computer were women: «Despite our coming of age in an era when women's career opportunities were generally quite confined, we helped initiate the era of the computer.»

That shift came as prime - age men contributed a few more minutes of housework, but not enough to offset the gap, suggesting that the tasks like laundry and cleaning are probably being outsourced, while online shopping is more efficient.As they spent less time on chores, women worked and slept more, the data show.

In today's age of fake news, it probably doesn't come as a huge shock to you that false information might end up on the internet, but while posting utter nonsense has sadly come to be expected in the political realm, it's somewhat less expected in business reporting.

The problem, he warned, is that Canada's workforce is rapidly aging, while its companies are stuck in a low productivity gear, putting the country on track to generate only half of the annual growth in the next few decades that Canadians have come to expect over the past 50 years.

This Wonka Factory for weed comes with one major caveat: Flow Kana has no plans to grow or sell cannabis on the property, though it hopes to open a «tasting room» where adults over the age of 21 could imbibe.

«Our mentor told us, specifically because of our attire, that we had come off as being unpolished and had made a terrible impression on the middle - aged investor who, as it turned out, never followed up.»

Sure, there's still crime - fighting and high - tech gear, as in any superhero film these days, but focusing on Parker's vulnerability, and creating a relatable coming - of - age story, seems to be what makes this Spider - Man special.

The golden age of counterfeiting came to an end in 1865, when the Secret Service was created to crack down on phony bills.

So, in theory at least, serving anti-abortion ads to women of child - bearing age who have been reading about abortion online and who come near an abortion clinic is a spot - on example of how marketing should work when it's well tuned.

For many years to come, therefore, India will have a much larger group of working - age individuals than any other country on earth.

When three parents realize their teenage daughters have made a #SexPact to lose their virginity the night of senior prom, the adults set out to prevent any coitus from taking place on this sacred coming - of - age evening.

As the mighty smartphone has risen in popularity, it comes as no surprise that the number of armbands to choose from have multiplied — especially in an age when most people have their phone on them at all times.

Finally, don't put this issue down without reading «Making It Work,» Jeff Chu's moving profile of five businesses leading the fight against a quiet social crisis — the growing number of people on the autism spectrum who come of working age every year.

And I talk to a lot of middle - aged folks who are getting a late start but working hard to beat the odds and come out on top.

Any drop in the participation rate in this model, then, would come only from the changing sizes of the different age groups based on demographic shifts, and not any other factors.

When it comes to the potential of Quebec - style child care, a 2012 academic study on the provincial system estimated it had allowed 70,000 more mothers with children under the age of 14 to hold jobs in 2008 than would have otherwise been the case.

The court order, issued on Thursday, came in response to a flood of individuals seeking a piece of an estate some have valued at more than $ 500 million, left by Prince when he died unexpectedly in April at the age of 57, apparently without a will.

When the average age of a founder team comes in under 25, the startup performed 30 percent better than First Round's investments did on average.

Fortune caught up with the lifestyle guru and got her thoughts on her career, coming of age in the internet era, and her partnership with Snoop Dogg.

Her comments came shortly after the Senate Committee on Aging asked Mylan to provide information on the reasoning behind what it called the «drastic» price increase of EpiPen, and the American Medical Association «urge [d]» Mylan to «rein in these exorbitant costs.»

Millennials are savvy shoppers and many have come of age in a post-recession era, and our our research shows that this group routinely comparison shops on mobile to get the best value and shopping experience.

Between 65 % and 76 % of added sugars came from stores, 6 % and 12 % from QSRs, and 4 % and 6 % from FSRs, depending on age.

In addition, other payroll taxes on employees will end (e.g. EI premiums), and certain tax measures targeted on the elderly will come into play (e.g. the aged exemption, the pension income deduction, the non taxation of GIS, pension income splitting, and so on).

thanks, and yes, a pittance of a pension and regular checkups keep us on budget and head off any problems — best decision i ever made (financial or otherwise) was serving our country doing search - and - rescue, oil and chemical spill remediation, etc. (you can guess the branch of service)-- along the way, frugal living, along with dollar - cost averaging, asset allocation, and diversification allowed us to retire early — Vanguard has been very good over the years, despite the Dot Bomb, 2002, and the recession (where we actually came out better with a modest but bargain retirement home purchase)... it's not easy building additional «legs» on a retirement platform, but now that we're here, cash, real estate, investments and insurance products, along with a small pension all help to avoid any real dependence on social security (we won't even need it at full retirement age)-- however, like nearly everybody, we're headed for Medicare in several years, albeit with a nice supplemental and pharmacy benefits — but our main concern is staying fit, active, and healthy!

According to the OECD, Canada comes out on top if you look at the employment rate of everyone over the age of 15.

That means fewer working - age Illinoisans are expected to be counted on to support retirees in the coming years, driving up the amount of unfunded pensions even higher.

Japan has since agreed to lift the ban and allow imports of US beef from cattle that are under two years old, which is likely to place downward pressure on prices over the coming year, though it may take some time for the United States to establish systems to identify cattle age accurately.

Twenty - year - old female tour guides dressed in traditional kimonos wash their mouths and hands at Tokyo's Meiji Shrine before attending a purification ceremony with a Shinto priest to celebrate Japan's Coming of Age Day on January 11, 2013.

anyone who has read and understood the mountains of evidence for evolution and compared it to a contradictory, fanciful, error riddled story book written by bronze age desert dwelling goat herders and come up on the side of the bible, clearly hasn't understood the science.