Sentences with phrase «for pointing the world»

Tasneem Essop, who is tracking negotiations for the environmental group WWF in Cape Town, South Africa, says that these short - term commitments are crucial for pointing the world in the right direction.

That means that readers have a lot of great content to choose from, and that's always a good thing for the points world.

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In his book The Demon - Haunted World, the renowned astrophysicist helpfully suggested questions to ask to detect baloney, science writer Michael Shermer points out in the extremely useful video below (hat tip to Jason Kottke for the pointer).

And de la Durantaye points out that the one topic on which the candidates do seem to align is not positive for the world economy.

The French - born Karpeles, 30, is suspected of falsifying data on the outstanding balance of the exchange, at one point the world's largest hub for trading the digital currency, they added.

And his internal compass now points to a world that many entrenched health system players will find uncomfortable, if unavoidable: The asset foundations that made them solid businesses for generations are now keeping them immobile — essentially paralyzing them.

Since I'm writing for Data Sheet this week, and not CEO Daily, I should point out that all of this Change - the - World - Don't - Be-Evil stuff started in the tech sector — even if some players (looking at you, Facebook) have wandered astray.

In the luxury goods world, the brand website is often more of a transit point for purchase via other venues.

The fact that there are women who are building companies that directly address a pain point for that female consumer is a huge opportunity magnified by the fact that the vast majority of the venture world is ignoring them.

As some other, savvier Twitter users are pointing out, this is a bad idea that can have real - world consequences for your career.

Linden Lab operates the virtual world called Second Life... Bolstering its rep for brash - to - the - point - of - crazy dealmaking, AOL purchased Bebo, the third - largest social network in the U.S., for $ 850 million.

The company points to a simple resource allocation problem that's hindered the most effective patient care: the fact that it is physically impossible for oncologists to keep track of every study, every clinical trial, and every breakthrough in the wildly stratified world of cancer research.

In 2014, the Guinness Book of World Records gave her an award for Longest TV Career for an Entertainer (female), for her, at that point, 70 years in the industry.

QNX, which made more than 60 % of the core software inside the world's car infotainment systems in 2011, has partnered with The Weather Network to send location - based weather data to drivers, and the intelligent dashboard system in many of Nissan's 2013 models, for instance, will feed drivers real - time local fuel prices, flight - status information, and points of interest supplied by Google.

As Manaus shows off its state - of - the - art developments, it has also become a focal point for the controversy surrounding the World Cup.

«I speak to people in the business world and the technology world, but I don't admire them,» he says, pointing an 8 - inch combat knife at me for emphasis.

«For sure, the priorities are immigration, the control of borders, of Europe, (the issue of) cultural identities and the understanding of how the Italian society should move ahead in a globalized world,» Terzi di Sant «Agata said, following the Italian election result which pointed to a hung parliament where no one party or coalition gained a majority of the vote that would allow it to govern alone.

It was reportedly responsible for 80 % of the world's cocaine trade at one point.

But for now, I'll point you to the CEO Action for Diversity and Inclusion, an organization comprised of some of the world's biggest companies who have made a public commitment to work together on issues of diversity and accountability in all its challenging nuance.

This documentary examines the world's diet and points to food choices as the culprits for declining health as well as a major cause of climate change.

Sagan won the green jersey for points at last summer's Tour de France and followed it up with an even more impressive performance at the Road World Championships in Richmond, Virginia, which he won in crafty fashion — surging on an uphill cobblestone section and never looking back.

In a report prepared for this month's Earth Hour global climate change campaign, University of Queensland reef researcher Ove Hoegh - Guldberg said the world heritage site was at a turning point.

For Mars, which is the sixth - largest privately held company in the United States, the deal offers a toehold into a world that touts the use of almonds, chia seeds, amaranth and buckwheat as selling points.

Contis was quick to point out that your business's name is a creative platform for telling a long - term story to the world, so it is worth spending some time and effort into finding the best fit.

With newspapers and television dominated by pictures and reports of hundreds of migrants who have either died or been turned away by the richest continent in the world, the situation has reached a breaking point for Europe's leaders.

The starting point for civic engagement in the existing political process is to support voting across the world.

I skied the world cup circuit for 16 years, and along the way there were many points in my career where I felt like I had to take two steps back to take five steps forward.

Many experts don't expect that the world will adopt Level 4 autonomy — the ability to summon a car that goes from point A to point B without human interference — for 25 years, or a full generational change.

While I share Reyes's deep admiration for Kim, it's worth pointing out that the best way to eradicate poverty is to start more uncomplicated businesses like Reyes's in the developing world and here.

The tipping point came in 1917, when President Wilson made the decision to enter World War I. Suffragettes argued that the effort to «make the world safe for democracy» (Wilson's words) ought to begin at home by extending the francWorld War I. Suffragettes argued that the effort to «make the world safe for democracy» (Wilson's words) ought to begin at home by extending the francworld safe for democracy» (Wilson's words) ought to begin at home by extending the franchise.

(At this point, it's also worth noting that Facebook's claims about the effectiveness of Free Basics as a development tool in India are highly debatable — the vast majority of those who took up the offer were existing Internet users who wanted some free data, and it seems a very small number of genuinely new users actually graduated to the world of paid - for Internet access.

A 1 percentage point growth slowdown in China would lead to a 0.5 percentage point decline in global GDP for the world, excluding China.

Beyonce's point of view was that she felt it her responsibility to do what she thought was «best for the world, and not what is most popular.»

According to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, the combined government debt held by the world's advanced economies is at its highest point since the Second Worldworld's advanced economies is at its highest point since the Second WorldWorld War.

He spent nearly a decade in the corporate world building high - end printers, not, it should be pointed out, manipulating plasma fuel for fusion experiments.

Twitter is under fire for being a platform for bigotry and nastiness, but Gates points out that it was also the forum where people around the world shared amazing achievements and heart - melting acts of kindness.

Sandberg told LinkedIn cofounder and chairman Reid Hoffman for an episode of his podcast «Masters of Scale» that at one point her late husband Dave Goldberg, who was the CEO of Survey Monkey, gave her «the world's best advice» on working with Zuckerberg that put her mind to ease.

At this point, I'm not saying yes or no to anything, but we've built our brand and our business around being honest and authentic and real, so for me, as long as we can find those things within that world, then yes we can make it happen.

While we haven't yet got to the point where Canadian oil production is literally stranded — shut down for lack of a place to store, let alone ship it — our product is selling for far less than the North American and world benchmark prices that continue to make filling up your car an expensive proposition.

For one, Rug World's annual revenues have passed that million - dollar milestone, the point at which Shallenberger feared manual systems would leave his company stalled.

While Google's arsenal of perks — which includes everything from «stock equity,» to «free 24/7 gym access,» «aaaaaamazing holiday parties,» and «mini-kitchens, snacks, drinks, free breakfast / lunch / dinner, all day, errr «day» — are notoriously cushy, the company wins real points with employees for attracting «the best talent and best people to work with in the world» as well as providing abundant «opportunities for career growth, and tons of career development resources.»

«With over 350 million photos in our database, we're out to serve as a gathering point for royalty free photos from all over the world,» stated the startup's CEO, Andrzej Stawarz.

«Meow Parlour is a really good starting point for people to come here and learn about some of the issues facing cats in the world today,» Ha said.

He acknowledged that he and his counterparts around the world have made things difficult for savers, while pointing out that low inflation will at least preserve the value of their money.

This past April, the United States Energy Information Agency released an estimate that fracking has effectively increased the volume of recoverable gas in the world six times over, to the point where it could satisfy current demand for 250 years — and that isn't counting a number of countries including Russia where the necessary geological data were unavailable.

THE world's first fully dedicated Olympic business venue, the Business Club Australia business centre, in Sydney's Darling Harbour, has been opened by Minister for Trade Mark Vaile.Mr Vaile said the centre would be the central point from which Austr...

His deep - value philosophy can be boiled down to four points: he's looking for high - quality stocks that protect against the downside; he wants businesses where short - term issues have caused investors to abandon the company; he wants to wait until valuations are «out - of - this - world» cheap, and he tries not to pay attention to macro issues like eurozone debt or Chinese growth.

«We are doing what journalists throughout said mainstream media are supposed to do: challenge the conventional wisdom, hold politicians» feet to the fire, ask tough questions, report facts that are in many cases inconvenient truths for career politicians, and give a voice to the millions of people worldwide who have had theirs taken away from them by world elites who consider the ordinary person beneath them,» Boyle said, pointing to Breitbart's record July traffic as evidence Americans «hunger for something different.»

«We have reached the bizarro - world point where, for all intents and purposes, conservatives are RINOs,» said John Ziegler, a nationally syndicated conservative talk show host who called Andrew Breitbart a friend.

As the hon. member before me pointed out, much of the world has lauded that, understands that and has given Canada credit for it.