I know I said I usually turn the temperature down, and I almost always do, but
for this picture I thought it looked better with warmer tones.
Not exact matches
On a big -
picture scale, analysts don't
think the number of Apple TV units sold is very meaningful
for the company.
In a recent interview, innovation and leadership expert Hal Gregersen, co-author (with Clayton Christensen and Jeff Dyer) of The Innovator's DNA, told me that earnest, big -
picture thinking remains a struggle
for executives — even
for those with sincere intentions.
And that sounds really weird to people but if you
think about it, a really happy 80 - year - old couple that's been together
for 60 years, the reason that they've been together
for 60 years, it isn't because they took all these private jets and they had these crazy vacations and «Oh my God, look at their
pictures.»
Once you feel calm and centered,
think about your big -
picture goals
for the day.
She urged her colleagues in Congress to
think beyond the incremental rebuilding needs to consider the big
picture of helping the region better prepare
for and mitigate damage from future disasters.
Successful
thought leaders — also known as Influencers — shared original posts, along with
pictures of their younger selves, filled with pearls of wisdom
for new grads based on what they wish they had known at 22.
I try and create the right mood
for big
picture thinking, whether it be location, time of day or atmosphere.»
«I
think the worst is when people bring their newborn infants to the parks and ask us to hold them
for a
picture,» he said.
When the general public
thinks of executive MBAs, they often
picture thirty - and forty - something executives taking weekend classes (on the company dime) to prep them
for the next promotion.
In the 2010 midterms, Democrats
thought they could put Obama's
picture on a piece of literature and his supporters would «magically» turn out
for them, Messina said.
Asked if the
picture glorified war, he replied: «I
think it's nice
for veterans, because it shows what they go through, and that life — and the wives and families of veterans.
«I
think the
picture is getting a lot more clear —
for us it's always been clear.
When selecting photographers
for this project, he sought out those that had «insatiable curiosity, the kind that can get to the core of an assignment, the kind that can comprehend what a truck driver, or a farmer, or a driller or a housewife
thinks and feels and translate those
thoughts and feelings into
pictures that can be similarly comprehended by anyone.»
If you
think about it, the number - one thing that people use their device
for, other than making calls and sending messages, it's taking
pictures.
Clearly, as a populace we're ready
for any idea that might improve the overall economic
picture, and the folks at the Kauffmann Foundation
think they have one: Getting members of Congress to get off their butts and pass a startup visa to help bring more immigrant entrepreneurs into the country.
In fact, it is
thinking of lowering the 6.5 % threshold
for a short - term rate hike because it believes the headline number still gives too optimistic a
picture of the situation in the labour market.
«Most leaders do too much,» Murnighan told Kellogg Insight, explaining that this leads to «under - utilized and under - challenged» team members who often switch jobs in frustration, as well as stressed - out managers with little time
for big
picture thinking.
For him, that means dedicating time to doing things that he cares about — liking dropping his kids off at school, watching shows with them at the end of the day, and carving out time in the day to exercise and
think about the big
picture.
Carlson has a reputation
for being a big -
picture thinker, and lately he has been
thinking a lot about a different direction: squeezing more value out of his low - cost resource beyond 2020 through market expansion.
A manager will
think about the big
picture for months before sharing details.
Big
Picture: Amazon made a big splash with its $ 13.7 billion deal
for Whole Foods, but one analyst
thinks one more deal could be on the menu.
«I was studying
for my test and I saw all of my friends just having fun, drawing
pictures on the board and I remember
thinking: I should really be up there having fun with them but I've got to study
for this test.
But primarily it looks like big
picture thinking about how to control the variables in its model that currently exist outside its control — and that's potentially going to be good
for everyone on the road in urban centers.
As Conservatives must be starting to realize, now that their voices are growing hoarse from their first round of screeching about Mr. Trudeau's fashion choices, there are enough
pictures of their own beloved Stephen Harper dressed up in lame costumes
for them to
think about just letting this part of the story rest.
«What we know so far is that the secretary used some bad judgment, obviously, but, you know, in the big
picture, what he's done
for the VA, we believe, is moving in the right direction... and we would like to see this resolved so that he can get back to moving the VA in a direction we
think is the right direction.»
Twitter today is taking another step to build up its machine learning muscle, and also potentially to improve how it delivers photos and videos across its apps: the company is acquiring Magic Pony Technology, a company based out of London that has developed techniques of using neural networks (systems that essentially are designed to
think like human brains) and machine learning to provide expanded data
for images — used,
for example, to enhance a
picture or video taken on a mobile phone; or to help develop graphics
for virtual reality or augmented reality applications.
Here's a letter to the board of Biglari Holdings re: executive compensation [Noise Free Investing] & then more
thoughts on Biglari's compensation agreement [My Investing Notebook] Where things stand in the market [Bespoke Investment Group] A list of stocks Nasdaq is canceling trades in from yesterday's madness [Business Insider] The best interest rate chart in the world [Trader's Narrative] A great macro overview from Barry Ritholtz [The Big
Picture] A look at John Paulson's possible ownership of Bear Stearns CDOs [Zero Hedge] John Mauldin on the future of public debt [Advisor Perspectives] Top buys & sells from Morningstar's ultimate stock pickers [Morningstar] The truth about «Sell in May & Go Away» [WSJ] An interview with hedge fund manager Hugh Hendry [Investment Week] Bill Ackman: Let's have a public registry
for stock opinion [Barron's] Hedge fund Harbinger hires ex-Orange chief
for wireless plan [Dealbook] & Deutsche Telekom has been in talks with Harbinger [FT] Hedge funds begin to restructure fee system [FT]
«It's imperative consumers and loan entities extinguish any
thoughts of undercutting their standards because the value
for customers lies in the long term and big
picture.
I
think we tend to have a romanticized
picture of what it looked like
for people to leave everything behind and follow Jesus into unknown places.
I
think you would do well to get yourself a finer brush
for painting your religious
pictures.
It's also hard
for us to reckon with the intense requirements of context and «big
picture»
thinking that Bible study requires.
But, if you are the one to offer the contrast
for the other end of the scales (in
picture form, of course), then you'll be speaking to the action - area of their brain: «If you're
thinking you're busy — too busy to make it — then it's you this weekend is
for.
We tend to
think of holy war as the strong using God to justify their conquest of the weak, but the Old Testament flips this
picture on its head: God arises on behalf of the weak when the tyranny of the strong has raged
for far too long.
I
think a great symbol
for the word dysfunction would be a
picture of a church building.
Well, I always wondered what church this was from... I
think I got the
picture from images.google.com when I searched
for «mega church.»
@Athy... You'd
think if they read the bible like they say they do, they would «see the big
picture» or «know god's reasons»
for these things happening and get the H3LL OUTTA THERE!
For myself, as I have suggested, I do not
think the ambiguity of the historical evidence prevents us from having an outline
picture ofJesus.
I may not hold them responsible
for any opinion expressed in this book, but to their criticism and guidance I am unpayably indebted and only because of it dare hope that I have presented without undue distortion or prejudice a
picture of the major trends of
thought in the Jewish - Christian scriptures.
We can use these stories as evidence
for our need
for God: a bigger
picture way of
thinking about them, which allows us not to get too hung up on the swearing and violence they might contain.
Heller notes, it is also risky
for theologians simply to ignore scientific developments, as many do,
for they may then unwittingly retain in their
thinking elements of older, scientifically obsolete World
Pictures.
Amos Wilder adds a piece to our understanding of what these performances might have been like: When we
picture to ourselves the early Christian narrators we should make full allowance
for animated and expressive narration... oral speech also was less inhibited than today... when we
think of the early church meetings and testimonies and narrations we are probably well guided if we
think of the way in which Vachael Lindsay read or of the appropriate readings of James Weldon Johnson's God's Trombones (56).
And the real kicker is that the photographer who refused to take
pictures at the gay wedding,
for a couple who may have held deep religious convictions, would happily grab my money
for the same service even though I
think their religious beliefs are coo - coo
for cocoa puffs.
To Ken Margo: I am totally agree with you about this evil thing going around the earth... this evil minded people is there everywhere regardless of faith... that was not what i was trying to say... my point was to be able to recognize the One True God who is Unseen and who has no partners as He is not in need of any partners but we the creation is in need of Him... thats all... I wish I could do something to stop all these taking place around the earth... I
think we human fear the fed laws more than we fear the laws of our Creator,
for example not to associate any partner with Him, taking the life of others, drug dealing, human trafficking, believing in hereafter and so on... I remember a story that I was talking with one of my friends... I was telling him look we all obey the law of the land so much like
for example when we drive and no one moves even an inch when there is a school bus stop to pick / drop kids as it is a fed laws but when it comes to the laws of our Creator, we don't care... like having physical relationship outside of marriage and many more... then he said something nice... he said that its because we see the consequence of breaking the law of the land but we do not see the punishment of hereafter even though it is mentioned very details in Quran, it even gives
pictures of hereafter....
As
for pictures, I am beginning to
think that we
think in
pictures more than we admit, and our words (and theology) is an attempt to explain what our mind sees.
It is necessary that we should stop to look at one part of this
picture, the
picture of the Millennium,
for it has often played, and often still plays, a quite disproportionate part in Christian
thought.
However many similar questions (such as,
for example, the way in which Jesus
pictured the manner of the kingdom's coming or the relation in which he
thought of himself as standing toward it) may still be unanswered, that particular issue has surely been settled.
If he becomes revealed and lets himself be saved by Agnes, then he is the greatest man I can
picture;
for it is only aesthetics which is frivolous enough to
think that it extols the power of love by letting the lost soul be loved by an innocent girl and thereby saved; it is only aesthetics which sees amiss and
thinks the girl a heroine, whereas it is in fact the merman who is the hero.
When we acknowledge that our
pictures do not represent reality, then we can also give up the quest
for a coherent system of
thought to describe the world.
I
think it is cool to still be a «Christian», of course (well, only certain types)-- hell, I don't identify as an Atheist — it is an epiphenom
for me (see this post) and I too am viewed differently by many — see my
picture I drew here.