Sentences with phrase «of a closed system of»

to reject... the ideology of a closed system of values in the name of creative anarchy is simply to substitute one ideology for another — the ideology of private virtue, the absolutization of one's own personal goals.

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But the elder Rosenthal is more than just a figurehead: He remains an active participant in all facets of Raleigh's business and is a close observer of the technologies and trends that could shape the organization's future, name - checking everything from Instagram to Elon Musk's proposed Hyperloop high - speed transportation system.

A $ 1.5 million system seamlessly slides the glass walls of the living room open and close to bring the sunshine inside anytime.

Speaking of Google, two months ago the company announced its bid to get in on the car - as - rolling - smartphone race, saying it aims to complete its Android - vehicle integration system by the close of 2014.

The intuitive notion of harnessing the body's own immune system to fight the enemy within is more than a century old — and seemingly, each time researchers have seemed close to turning that theory into reality, a new stumbling block appears.

In the Melbourne Mercer Global Pension Index last year, for example, Canada placed a close second to Australia, based on the quality of our pension system among a select group of 11 countries.

• Husky Injection Molding Systems, a Canada - based supplier of injection molding equipment to the global plastics industry, is exploring a sale of the company that could value it at close to $ 4 billion, including debt, according to Reuters.

Levy is comfortable connecting his closest friends through an email addressed to both of them, but he'll use what Grant calls the «double opt - in» system for the busiest people in his network.

There's a certain inevitability to the idea that the age of desktop operating systems and thousand - dollar boxes of enterprise software, the stalwarts of Microsoft's product stable, is slowly drawing to a close.

The two nuclear - powered probes launched 40 years ago and became the first and only robots to take close - up photographs of Uranus and Neptune, the planets» moons and rings, and other objects in the outer solar system.

That said, I also know of no better system for recreating the natural feeling of a parent's embrace for kids still in their infant stage, a period during which most babies want nothing more than to be held close and fast to the chest of a loved one.

Zipmark closed a total of $ 2 million in funding in late 2011, but it was doled out across two years via three payments after certain milestones were met: establishing a working system, then a beta version and, finally, exiting beta - testing.

He realized that the closed - off nature of computing systems and gaming consoles had led to a generation of kids who like computers but had no idea how to program them.

There were three cameras in the studio but nobody manning them, so viewers channel surfing on the far shores of the city's cable system were treated to static shots of the whole panel behind a plain wood veneer desk — no cuts from one speaker to the next, and however ready the guests might have been, no close - up was available.

In the coming months, owners of the Google Home smart speaker will be able to ask Google Assistant — the AI system embedded in Google's devices — to find the closest store with a particular item in stock.

Anne Sheehan, head of corporate governance at California State Teachers» Retirement System, which backs the additional climate reporting, said Exxon's letter suggests the voting is at least very close and may be going against the company.

Two telco companies that provide roaming services have begun their first day of trading on the ASX today, with Norwood Systems making solid gains while Flexiroam closed flat.

That transaction closed in September, and the combined Dell - EMC, now dubbed Dell Technologies, is — for now — the world's No. 1 seller of storage systems, No. 2 of servers, and No. 3 of PCs, according to research firm IDC.

Now the 1.25 million Americans who suffer from Type 1 diabetes might have a ray of hope on the horizon: A hybrid close - loop insulin delivery system that began rolling out last May.

In the course of hiring close to 10,000 people in my companies over the years, I've unfortunately seen the ineffectiveness of most of the fads, theories and scoring systems that promised to revolutionize the hiring process.

In a blog post titled, «Google + is the social backbone,» Dumbill described the new project as the first major step toward integrating all social applications, much like e-mail went from a number of closed systems to incorporating one online communication standard as a foundation.

Trump riffed that closing loopholes and reducing the complexity from the tax system might cost him personally, but said that the complex current tax code «disadvantages ordinary Americans who don't have an army of accountants while benefitting deep - pocketed special interests.»

A New York dermatologist who became a local celebrity after he pioneered the use of print advertising throughout the city's subway system has retired and closed his office after practicing for more than 40 years.

«Facebook and Apple have closed and proprietary formats, so you have to publish into their content - management system, and that just wouldn't work with us for a bunch of reasons,» Abrams said.

The cyclones were discovered as the Juno spacecraft made the first of at least 12 planned close encounters with Jupiter, which scientists believe set the stage for the development of Earth and other planets in the solar system.

For example, in «A Short History of the Income Tax,» John Steele Gordon points out that the U.S. income tax act of 1913 was only 14 pages long; by 1942, it had blossomed to 208 pages with over three - quarters of them «devoted to closing or defining loopholes» that tax lawyers and accountants were using to «game the system.»

Other options could involve an extension of the G - League that allows teams more flexibility with younger players, or teams could adopt something close to the academy system of soccer and basketball clubs in Europe.

Ever since Apple CEO Tim Cook confirmed that the company is working on «autonomous systems» for cars, details have trickled out as well as a few public sightings of the technology Now, thanks to the co-founder of self - driving car startup Voyage, we're getting an up close look at — and some expert insight on — Apple's Project Titan.

«They make a lot of money on an open internet,» Powell said, adding it is «much more profitable» than a closed system.

When Jobs first introduced the iPhone in 2007, it was a closed system — no one outside of Apple could create an app for it.

In 2017, NHTSA closed a probe into a May 2016 fatal crash involving a driver using the system and cited data from the automaker that crash rates fell by 40 percent after installation of Autopilot's Autosteer function.

In 2017, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration closed a probe into a May 2016 fatal crash involving a driver using the system and cited data from the automaker that crash rates fell by 40 percent after installation of Autopilot's Autosteer function.

Then there are the challenges of selling through a closed system like the LCBO, where wine and craft - beer producers enjoy higher profit margins than distilled beverages.

Unregulated, and closed to investment from all but the very rich and very well connected, they're famous for their robust returns, but more infamous for their spectacular busts, their managers» extravagant new - gilded - age lifestyles, and their influence, real and imagined, on the workings of the financial system.

The decline comes after the stock closed up more than 120 percent, after the telecom software and systems company announced it completed development of a new service that would enable customers to accept and process cryptocurrencies.

At its closest approach to Jupiter during each flyby, the robot briefly becomes the fastest human - made object in the solar system, reaching speeds of about 130,000 mph.

Still one week away from the launch of the new BlackBerry 10 operating system, the company saw its stock rise by 10 % on Monday alone, closing at $ 17.41 on the Toronto Stock Exchange, having risen from a 52 - week low of $ 6.10 in September.

The MIT - linked SolidEnergy Systems says it is very close to commercializing a new type of lithium metal battery that has about double the energy density of today's standard lithum - ion battery.

This spring, an investor closed on the warehouse for $ 30 per square foot, well below the going rate for the area, and started upgrading the power, water, and ventilation systems in a speculative bet that a new marijuana law would spark a wave of demand from growing operations.

Small businesses that need to keep a closer eye on return on time investment could set some parameters on how the time is used, or alternatively set up some kind of ranking of pain points that need solving within the business, with an incentive system for coming up with solutions.

You stated your interest in a city where you can grow your company to 50,000 employees over the next 20 years, a home base that can hold your interest... a strong sense of place, a rich cultural life, great transit systems, smart young people and plenty of infrastructure - ready land that is close to both the business center and top universities... density, walkability, and diversity... some of the nation's finest universities... tech - savvy millennials... Philadelphia, the birthplace of America, offers all of these desirable attributes at a more affordable cost.

The authors argue that what others perceive as a mess might actually be the result of a system where the «more important, urgent work tends to stay close by and near the top of the clutter» and the less important papers «tends to get buried to the bottom or near the back,» CNN reported.

Through the Ameren Accelerator, the company closed a deal with a major customer and currently is working with Ameren on a concept to help improve the efficiency of the systems at one of Ameren's energy centers.

The ethereum network's transition to proof - of - stake is getting closer to reality, beginning with a hybrid system that could soon begin testing.

Designed to provide exceptional service for high - priority, on - demand goods, DP World Cargospeed systems will deliver freight at the speed of flight and closer to the cost of trucking.»

By 2014, the company closed a $ 41 million round of Series C financing, and today has 350 employees delivering network diagnostics and security analytics systems.

Instead of the tiny explosions that drive the pistons of a standard internal - combustion engine, the Stirling drives its piston by forcing gas from one chamber to another in a perfectly closed system.

It would follow from this that the likelihood of a system of closer co-ordination in which domestic policies are allowed systematically to be affected by regional exchange rate concerns is pretty small.

Elon Musk's bright red Tesla Roadster, which was launched into space aboard the SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket on Feb. 6, could be looping around the Solar System and will survive close encounters with Earth for millions of year.

To understand the policy implications of globalization, one has to try to understand both the impact of these constraints and distortions and the interaction of these policies with the forces of technology and competition that are pushing or pulling economies and financial systems closer together.