For being one
of the few human beings in recorded history to hit a World Series - defining home run, Freese probably isn't very interesting on his own.
Farming is one
of the few human activities that can pull CO2 from the atmosphere and store it safely
Astronauts are
some of the few humans to describe this experience: when they move in space to «stand» on a ceiling, they report a moment of disorientation before their mental map flips so they feel right side up again.
In a nutshell, the protagonist, Haku, is one
of the few humans left in a world where everyone has animal ears and tails.
Brenton Thwaites plays one
of the few humans opposed to Set's rule.
Melanie (Saoirse Ronan) is one
of few humans left and when a Soul named Wanderer attempts to occupy her body, Melanie refuses to give way and let Wanderer consume her.
Saoirse Ronan has been attached for quite some time to star as Melanie Stryder, one
of few humans left after an alien invasion of souls.
Clay is a man
of few human talents.
Angie is one
of the few humans who were chosen among the best players to become Herobrine, the famous enti...
Not only is it one
of the few human foods that is actually safe for Fido, it has several nutritional benefits for our furry friend as well.
Oatmeal is one
of the few human foods that may aid in weight loss, too.
Shimizu's paintings of actress - model - businesswoman - celebrity Jessica Alba operate as a logical opposite of the aching, under - slept parent, showing one
of the few human smiles amongst the works.
Not exact matches
Few state laws provide any oversight whatsoever, and almost anyone, regardless
of expertise, can dissect and sell
human body parts.
Among
human resources outsourcing companies,
few provide as wide a range
of services as Insperity.
Over the last
few thousand years, these religious groups have shaped the course
of history and had a profound influence on the trajectory
of the
human race.
Because advances in AI allow the ability to rapidly automate many tasks that used to require
humans, with
fewer errors, there is a tremendous amount
of wealth to be made in this industry.
It's a fact I became more aware
of a
few months ago while interviewing vampire author Anne Rice for my upcoming book
Humans 3.0.
If a new technology is developed in the next
few years that radically extends the life expectancy
of human beings, odds are good that it will come out
of a company backed by Peter Thiel.
As part
of the series — produced by Darren Aronofsky and narrated by superstar Will Smith — several astronauts give personal anecdotes and perspectives about the planet based on a place
few humans who have actually visited outer space.
Examining modern campaign politics, the open - source movement and some
of the
few recent bright spots in the traditional music business, Benkler isolates a handful
of «design levers» — «elements
of successful cooperative
human systems that we can employ to motivate [people]... to contribute to the collective effort rather than exclusively pursue their own interests (at the expense
of those
of the group).»
I juxtaposed the two views a
few years ago in my TEDx talk by comparing a pair
of cartoons: The Jetsons, which in the 1960s proposed a Utopian future
of flying cars and robot maids, to WALL - E, the 2008 Oscar - nominated film that had
humans reduced by technology to useless blobs unable to walk.
He declined to give further details but the Syrian Observatory for
Human Rights, a Britain - based monitor
of the war, said the handover had happened on Monday and involved
fewer than 10 villages.
However, Dr. Shivji points out that despite these superpowers and the perceived ferociousness
of sharks, very
few have attacked
humans.
But killing off their
few fellow
human inhabitants may not be the right answer for the characters in the long run in a world full
of the undead.
Human interactions — especially in the age
of online shopping and self - service, when they are so
few and far between — are what your customers will remember and what they'll talk about, perhaps very publicly.
Automation is the all - purpose bogeyman
of today's workforce: millions
of jobs could be taken over by machines in the next
few years, experts say, and the big question is what to do about all the
humans left behind.
The seed round
of a
few million dollars — in which venture fund Polaris also participated — will go toward getting the technology prepped for
human trials, which 30 - year - old CEO Carl Schoellhammer anticipates will happen within the next 12 months.
But despite the game - changing nature
of this step forward,
few entrepreneurs take the time to fully address their
human resources needs or to implement the HR technologies that can streamline these systems.
As the US was rising to its power and glory during the 19 th Century, we had a horrible civil war, 15 depressions [Yes, with a D.],
few human rights, little rule
of law, periodic massacres in the streets, etc., etc. yet we still became the most successful country in the 20 th Century.
On the other hand, the investor known as the Oracle
of Omaha predicted that AI and automation could create «huge problems in terms
of democracy» as we know it, as people attempt to adjust to an economy that needs far
fewer human workers to be just as productive.
«The research should be done for the benefit
of the many, not the
few, and should apply to every
human,» he said.
Hassabis said that AlphaGo Zero has essentially acquired thousands
of years
of human knowledge during a period
of just a
few days, while also discovering new knowledge, Go strategies, and creative new Go moves.
Just as the eco-friendly movement a
few years back gave rise to sustainable building certifications, the wellness trend surrounding various aspects
of life today has given rise to certifications that promote the creation
of spaces that are
human - focused and improve health and overall wellbeing.
She points to a
few issues on which there's a «clear path,» like stamping out tuberculosis in Inuit communities, which she says is a matter
of putting in place «the X-ray machines and the
human resources and the drugs and the housing.»
Having said that I also think that there are very
few human - based financial services firms that do not understand the increasing importance
of software.
«During the recession and in its aftermath
fewer people voluntarily left jobs because the chances
of finding a new or better one were low compared to a healthier economic cycle,» says Rosemary Haefner, vice president
of human resources for CareerBuilder.
Let me briefly mention a
few steps that could be taken to increase the economy's potential over time — immigration policies that attract workers with scarce skills to the United States; education policies and job retraining programs that build and replenish
human capital; spending on infrastructure to remove bottlenecks; tax simplification and the elimination
of tax policies that distort investment and saving decisions; regulatory policies that are attentive to costs and benefits and that emphasize getting the incentives right.
The optimist's take on this trend is that robots help Amazon keep prices low, which means people buy more stuff, which means the company needs more people to man its warehouses even though it needs
fewer human hours
of labor per package.
I've been retired about 6 months now — to see see the relative effect
of saving and compounding over a
human - scaled period
of a
few years check out this graph
of my fund value over this period (hope the link works for people)
«There can be
few fields
of human endeavor in which history counts for so little as in the world
of finance.
Over the last
few years Canadian HR Reporter webinars have been recognized as an industry standard and include partnerships with a number
of leading organizations including the
Human Resources Professionals Association, the
Human Resources Institute
of Alberta, the
Human Resources Association
of New Brunswick and the Canadian
Human Rights Commission.
This team also discovered 3,200 genes that had
fewer loss -
of - function or missense mutations than would be expected suggesting that these are likely disease - causing variants that are rare or absent in the population because
of their detrimental effect on
human health.
«Such social doctrine provides directions but, with
few exceptions (for instance, the defense
of innocent
human life), does not provide directives
of immediate applicability to policy questions on which people
of good faith, guided by reason and conscience, can come to different conclusions.»
The common image
of Calvinism — and I hear it portrayed in this way often, even by people who know some things about theology — is that the religion
of John Calvin is a mean - spirited, narrow - minded perspective where a nasty God decides to save a
few people while arbitrarily consigning the vast portion
of the
human race to eternal suffering.
That is one
of the
few constants in life:
human beings are totally screwed up.
In the history
of human kind,
few people have been as widely quoted as Jesus.
That did not happen: there is no geological record
of a world - wide flood, there is not enough diversity to regenerate the population we currently, there is not enough water to cover the earth to the height
of Everest, the logistics
of retrieving and returning animals to the then - unknown Americas, Australia, etc. were staggeringly difficult, managing the animals on the Ark was impossible — a
few humans keeping predators from their prey, cleaning the waste, etc., pretty much all life on earth would have been killed, etc. etc..
Associated Press and
Human Rights Watch UN peacekeeping forces, some
of which were only a
few minutes away, were notified via electronic messages
of the attack minutes after it happened.
Domestically and internationally, Ahmadinejad is regarded by not a
few as a capricious dictator whose presidency has included serious
human rights violations, routine defiance
of the United Nations, development
of capabilities for nuclear weapons, and massive student protests against his government.
To maintain its dependency scam, revenue flow, nd unearned privileges and tax dodges, religion tries to force itself into every aspect
of life when dying is a time to bask in the glow
of loving
human, real relationships... and perhaps make a
few apologies... like for wasting others; time with ignorant, self - servinge proselytizing.