Sentences with phrase «event of a history of»

The prophets looked back to the Exodus as the initiating event of a history of expectation.

It first proposes the dialectic of its object, which is an event as well as a meaning at the same time, similar to what we spoke of in part one with regard to the narration of the founding events of the history of Israel.

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This year's 29th installment, which kicks off March 11, could be the biggest yet with some of the most prominent speakers in the event's history.

The Australian Tourism Exchange 2005, the largest international trade show in the Southern Hemisphere, held in Perth in June, was touted as the most important event in the history of the state's tourism industry.

The following year, the Make Poverty History event in Sydney attracted the attention of Kevin Rudd, who was then in the running to become prime minister.

While the use of video - streaming tools like Facebook Live can create a compelling real - time record of news - worthy events — a rough draft of history, as someone once said of newspapers — it also raises questions about how platforms like Facebook (fb) and Twitter (twtr) handle that kind of information.

The intimate customer - service experience is enhanced by the surprise extras, including free in - store haircuts from high - end barbers, an evening open bar, and a diverse line - up of workshops and events ranging from ornament - making to banjo music and lectures on the history of code.

Among the events that happened on this day in history, in 2010 BP's Deepwater Horizon rig explodes in the Gulf of Mexico.

Musk believes that over the four - and - a-half-billion-year history of planet Earth, a dozen or so events have truly mattered.

The other high - profile event of 2014, the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 on a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing on March 8, 2014, with 239 passengers and crew, has become one of the biggest mysteries in the history of aviation.

One caveat: A history of public speaking doesn't automatically make you a true influencer, just like the absence of a long track record of speaking at events doesn't mean you aren't an influencer.

Her world record in the 800 - meter freestyle is seven seconds faster than the next competitor, and she now owns the eight fastest times in the history of the event.

Just as there's a wide spectrum for a medal loaded with history versus one earned in an overlooked skeet shooting competition, the prestige a medal bestows upon the winner depends on the sport and the back story of the event and its participants.

Among its best features: an overview of current events within each company and industry; a summary of each business's history from the start - up stage forward; and an index of data, which includes contact information for each business.

Whatever spurred the event, it is now the deadliest mass shooting in US history — and Paddock's victims join a growing number of people in the US that were intentionally killed at the end of a gun.

The event is scheduled for Nov. 11 — Veterans Day — and will focus on celebrating active military as well as the contributions of veterans throughout U.S. history, the Pentagon said in a memo earlier this month.

The last of the year's four tennis Grand Slam tournaments crowns its champions this weekend and women's favorite Serena Williams is looking to make history by becoming the first woman to win all four Grand Slam events in the same calendar year since Steffi Graf in 1988.

Trump responded to this rejection by saying that Erickson is a «total loser» with «a history of supporting establishment losers in failed campaigns so it is an honor to be uninvited from his event.»

Yes, that's worth re-stating: Women's demands for equality sparked one of the most significant events in modern European history.

It adds layers of obligations, regulations, costs, and pressures to the already challenging daily grind of running a business, not to mention hundreds of hours of planning, meetings with bankers and lawyers, and travel in preparation for the biggest event in the company's history.

«Our country has released our first official crypto in the history of the world,» Maduro said in a nationally televised event.

Here is a list of major events in the history of the retail chain.

The event, a first in the history of Mexico, where 82 % of the population is Catholic, was only announced by the church after it took place as officials feared people might misinterpret the ritual.

The principles of investment are simple, says Bernstein, so he takes a long view of the financial industry, dedicating half the book to investment history and theory (in a manner accessible to the math - challenged among us) in the hopes of giving his readers «the ability to coolly observe extraordinary current events and say «I've seen this movie before, and I know how it ends.»»

That would easily make it the most - watched presidential debate in history, and it could even rival the ratings of what is usually the year's biggest TV event: the Super Bowl.

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said the AI race could cause World War III, while famed physicist Stephen Hawking said Monday that the technology could be the «worst event in the history of our civilization.»

«That was the other opportunity — to make a difference within not just the legal profession but corporate Canada at large,» says Saguil, who was drawn to TD in part because of its history of sponsoring Pride events.

As we commit 2016 to the annals of history and usher in a brand new year, APF Canada's dedicated research team has compiled a list of key stories to watch in Canada - Asia relations, news, and current events in 2017.

While there's no question that our own discipline has been subject to the most reckless bout of Fed - induced speculation in history, we also have reason to believe that valuations are much closer to a two - sigma event than may be apparent.

One of the most enjoyable aspects of reading about events that shaped history is getting a better sense of what actually happened.

Over the years, his study of monetary history and current economic events has convinced him that it would be prudent to hold some gold as crisis insurance.

We'll confidently pursue our investment discipline in any event, in the full expectation that far better conditions will emerge to embrace market exposure over the completion of this cycle, as they always have in market cycles across history.

the history of this epic Facebook privacy fail is even longer than the under - disclosed events of 2015 suggest — i.e. when Facebook claims it found out about the breach as a result of investigations by journalists.

The past six months have been an extraordinary period for Chinese politics, with a steady series of high - level events and major changes unprecedented in recent history.

Rhodium compared the power outages stemming from Hurricane Maria as of October 26 with those from other events in US history.

Constellation CEO Rob Sands called the deal «a significant milestone for Constellation as the most transformational event in the history of our 68 - year - old company.»

Set in a city that is both rooted in U.S. history and a hub of modern business development, the event will be hosted by the Philadelphia - based Women's Business Enterprise Council of Pennsylvania, Delaware and Southern New Jersey (WBEC PA - DE-sNJ).

Given the absence of a public trading market of our common stock, and in accordance with the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants Accounting and Valuation Guide, Valuation of Privately - Held Company Equity Securities Issued as Compensation, our board of directors exercised reasonable judgment and considered numerous and subjective factors to determine the best estimate of fair value of our common stock, including independent third - party valuations of our common stock; the prices at which we sold shares of our convertible preferred stock to outside investors in arms - length transactions; the rights, preferences, and privileges of our convertible preferred stock relative to those of our common stock; our operating results, financial position, and capital resources; current business conditions and projections; the lack of marketability of our common stock; the hiring of key personnel and the experience of our management; the introduction of new products; our stage of development and material risks related to our business; the fact that the option grants involve illiquid securities in a private company; the likelihood of achieving a liquidity event, such as an initial public offering or a sale of our company given the prevailing market conditions and the nature and history of our business; industry trends and competitive environment; trends in consumer spending, including consumer confidence; and overall economic indicators, including gross domestic product, employment, inflation and interest rates, and the general economic outlook.

Facebook F8 Conference began with Mark Zuckerberg's Keynote; Facebook to introduce new online dating feature; Facebook now gets a new «Clear History» option; Facebook Messenger will get cleaner and faster after major update; OnePlus 6 pre-sale pop - up events to be organized in 8 Indian cities; Apple announces financial results of quarter ending on March 31 and watch more in this episode of Daily Tech Wrap with Danny D'Cruze.

When a group of Bitcoin users and companies split the digital currency into two different versions in August, it was an unprecedented event in the technology's nine - year history.

Given his rare combination of skillsets and history of actively publishing reports, Spencer is widely cited throughout the Bitcoin and Blockchain industry and is a regular speaker at industry and startup events.

Also in the post is a pretty concise narrative of each mind - boggling event that led up to this sell - off as well as a graph showing where it ranks percentage-wise against other Dow Jones nosedives throughout history.

The exact timing of launching LN in the main bitcoin network is unknown, and before that beta releases of applications are required, however, as the developers are convinced, the full - scale activation of the protocol can become one of the most important events in the history of «digital gold».

Great dollar rally of 2014 as Fukuyama's History returns in tooth and claw China and Japan are on a quasi-war footing, one misjudgement away from a chain of events that would shatter all economic assumptions (By Ambrose Evans - Pritchard Tks Fred!)

What has emerged on the wintry plains of North Dakota is a distinctive, if not unique event in the history of American environmentalism, and a seminal struggle over civil rights and Native American sovereignty.

If you are trying to find bad credit loans in Toronto, Mississauga, Brampton and the rest of the GTA, Addison Credit offers financing to debtors with poor credit, newcomers to Canada, and borrowers with a history of repossessions, bankruptcies, and other negative events.

-- 4 reasons why «gold has entered a new bull market» — Schroders — Market complacency is key to gold bull market say Schroders — Investors are currently pricing in the most benign risk environment in history as seen in the VIX — History shows gold has the potential to perform very well in periods of stock market weakness (see chart)-- You should buy insurance when insurers don't believe that the «risk event» will happen — Very high Chinese gold demand, negative global interest rates and a weak dollar should push goldhistory as seen in the VIX — History shows gold has the potential to perform very well in periods of stock market weakness (see chart)-- You should buy insurance when insurers don't believe that the «risk event» will happen — Very high Chinese gold demand, negative global interest rates and a weak dollar should push goldHistory shows gold has the potential to perform very well in periods of stock market weakness (see chart)-- You should buy insurance when insurers don't believe that the «risk event» will happen — Very high Chinese gold demand, negative global interest rates and a weak dollar should push gold higher

We are talking about a financial debacle that appears to be coming soon, and that could be the biggest such event in the history of the world, a debacle that could happen on Smirk's watch.

Developers at the time could access virtual anything of any value that a person's friends had posted on the social network: her hometown, current city, events and location check - ins; her interests, groups and all the pages she'd liked; her relationship statuses with romantic partners, friends and family; her birthday, activities, work history and political and religious affiliations; and her photos, notes and videos.

Contrary opinion has a history of effectiveness at extremes where a particular event has run its course so fully both in reality and in market prices that it is taken as common knowledge.