Sentences with phrase «of light to a world»

All through the 19th century these European nations had been extending their empires by colonising the world, chauvinistically regarding themselves as the bearers of light to a world in pagan darkness.

Not much of a light to the world, there.

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It manages to turn a less - than - scintillating - sounding subject — our aging electricity grid — into compelling reading, he claims, writing that even those who have never spent a minute pondering how the lights come on will leave this one understanding «that the electrical grid is one of the greatest engineering wonders of the modern world» and «why modernizing the grid is so complex and so critical for building our clean - energy future.»

I think a lot of people in the tech world feel conflicted as they begin to see friends and colleagues in a different light.

World Travel & Tourism Council CEO David Scowsill takes a look at the future of the U.K. when it comes to travel and tourism, in light of Brexit.

He's also a fighting champion, putting his undefeated record on the line four times in the past two years, most notably in two absolutely brutal victories over Sergey Kovalev to become the unified light heavyweight champion of the world.

But I think it's time for Canada to step out of the shadows and into the light on the world stage.

This is a major breakthrough because many more ideas have the opportunity to see the light of day and get their chance to benefit consumers — and the world.

Several recent high - profile cases of questionable corporate behaviour that have come to light here, and around the world, have a common element — whistleblowers.

One of the best meteor showers of the year coincides with Earth Day this year — meaning people all over the world will have the chance to see the 2018 Lyrid meteor shower light up the sky.

These lighter - than - air flying ships are being designed to deliver heavy freight loads to remote parts of the developing world that aren't served by conventional air service — and can't afford the costly infrastructure required to provide it.

The ability to take pictures in low light or to capture professional - looking HDR images has been achieved through software developments, like Almalence's own super sensor, which is used on millions of smartphones around the world today.

When I mention that Exxon Mobil (xom), the world's biggest publicly traded oil company, is known to have an impressive intelligence division (no doubt a decent training ground for U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, ex-CEO of Exxon), Gourley's eyes light up.

Other options include inviting your pet into your office (assuming she's not a barker or you don't have any calls to make), making sure you get plenty of natural light, or locating your chair so you can easily look out into the natural world.

Tell us what needs to be done in light of the massive data leak that tied world leaders to possible financial crimes.

With an entrepreneurial background that spans a variety of fields, including entertainment, fashion, technology and media, Aldridge created the original web series Project Luminary to shine a light on all the remarkable people changing the world one big, bold dream at a time.

The recent surge in growth in North American non-conventional oil production, whether it's light oil from North Dakota or the heavy stuff that comes out of Alberta's oil sands, is made possible by high oil prices, which are in turn linked to world demand remaining robust.

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A quarter of a century ago, when The World in 1988 light - heartedly ranked 50 countries according to where would be the best place to be born in 1988, America indeed came top.

«We were particularly encouraged to see fiscal discipline in light of the continued economic uncertainty seen elsewhere in Canada and the world, the establishment of a commission on tax competitiveness to evaluate current taxation instruments like the provincial sales tax, and proposed changes to the property transfer tax to start addressing housing affordability by increasing the exemption threshold and introducing a third tax rate on higher - valued properties.»

The World Bank contributed to the wave of good news last week, making encouraging projections for the U.S. economy in light of Trump's business - friendly policies.

Posted earlier as an opinion piece for CBC. See original post here (this post slightly modified from original) By Louis - Philippe Rochon Follow him on Twitter @Lprochon Much was at stake earlier this week when finance ministers from G20 countries met in Istanbul to discuss Greece and the state of the world economy in light of recent -LSB-...]

Since Canadian light oil has also been discounted to world prices in the last couple of years, the heavy (WCS) discount has looked even larger.

MILESTONES By Tiziana Barghini A grand plan to transform a vast area round the Suez Canal — one of the world's longest and oldest waterways, linking the Mediterranean and Red Seas — into a trading and industrial center could finally see the light of...

So let's see if that helps: the world's governments, companies and households are on the hook for 18 million tonnes of loonies, which would be roughly equivalent to the weight of the 9.4 million cars and light trucks sold in Canada between 2013 and 2017.

Beloved rainbow family of living light, This is an open letter from the world rainbow family to all rainbows everywhere.

The world is changing at whirlwind pace for the securities services industry, forcing small and large providers alike to reassess their approaches in light of new regulations, disruptive technology, rising costs and thinning margins.

By: Nadine James 3rd May 2018 Lacklustre investor performance, stemming from investors» decision to embrace a «wait and see» approach in light of geopolitical uncertainty muddying growth and market outlooks, has contributed to soft first - quarter gold demand, the World Gold Council (WGC) reports.

But when I took the opportunity to re-read these books in the light of my later findings about the depth of financial difficulty out there, it was obvious that — whilst from my own perspective those statements were true — for possibly the majority of ordinary individuals, my efforts to open up and explain the mysterious world of personal finance had failed.

At Paris Las Vegas Hotel & Casino, you are transported to the City of Lights with all the same passion, excitement, and ambiance of Europe's most romantic city, with all the excitement of the entertainment capital of the world.

In light of the heightened and almost frenzied attention paid to content marketing, there has been much written - and I'm sure internal meetings held in corporations all over the world - on the «how - to» of content creation.

He added that it's received attention in part for who it benefited, but added: «We did not need this incident to bring to light that in a fast evolving world of technological data collection, there are already many questionable practices going on.»

The current US recovery, which is now tied for the third - longest on record, has also been the weakest economic expansion since World War II, with an average annual growth rate of just 2 % over an 8 - year period.5 It may not take much to derail such tepid growth, particularly in light of continued high expectations.

I'm not even going to address how ridiculous that argument is in light of the issues of overpopulation or the fact that gay people can indeed have children (my wife and I are planning to have five), or how many orphans there are in the world that could use a loving home.

The world owes him a lot for the understanding of difficult things that he has brought to light.

We were just trying to find a place where we could focus and not be distracted, and I remember the clarity of saying, «OK, we want to be salt and light in the world at large.»

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And until that day, there is no better way to mourn the victims of a confusing, evil world and to celebrate the birth of a strange, wonderful child than to enter into the darkness ourselves and shine a light.

The sun is the light of the world, the provider of all things necessary to survive.

He created a world that bears witness to His glory (Psalm 19:1 - 6), and when humanity sinfully rebelled against His purpose, He chose Israel to be instructed by word and deed in the ways of covenant fidelity in order to become a light to all the nations (Genesis 12:1 - 3; Deuteronomy 4:1 - 8).

There is such beauty in this world in the simplest acts of kindness that its light pushes aside the darkness that some use to injure those around them.

At the same time, we recognize that, during the past five hundred years, the Holy Spirit, the Supreme Magisterium of God, has been faithfully at work among theologians and exegetes in both Catholic and Evangelical communities, bringing to light and enriching our understanding of important biblical truths in such matters as individual spiritual growth and development, the mission of Christ's Church, Christian worldview thinking, and moral and social issues in today's world.

«They really are trying to give it their best shot, and part of what they're doing is trying not to take their children out of the world... so that they're children can be salt and light right across society.

She is a former foreign correspondent at Catholic News Service (CNS) in Rome and the editor of «John Paul II: A Light for the World,» «Benedict XVI: Essays and Reflections on his Papacy,» and «From Pope John Paul II to Benedict XVI.»

God is speaking to them through dreams and visions and drawing them in love and grace out of the dark world of Islam and into the light of His Son.

This systemic usurpation of Jesus complete headship and right to His people, by a worldwide cabal of homo lupus is the backbone of the culture that hides the light under the bushel and shrouds the city on the hill, so that the world remains in darkness.

Dear friendly peoples of world, hope the all mankind could kindly arise with joint effort to save this peace loving people from the wicked and severe tortures and baseless accusations.How mankind in this century of light can treat another human being simply heap false accusations and put in prison for so many years when they have done no wrongs.l.

I find that most of my Christian friends who talk about homosexuality are either determined to not think about the issue because of tradition and fear or are on the other end and choose not to think about the issue because the pressure of contemporary culture (in our part of the world) is to equate my sexuality with the colour of my skin which is, in light of history, a silly equation but we should just adjust our understanding to accomodate.

What does this phrase mean, especially in light of the statements in passages like Isaiah 34:11, 45:18, and Jeremiah 4:23 say that God did not create the world without form and void, but that it would return to this state?

Each text will be introduced in turn with a brief explanation of how God is portrayed in the passage, and this will be followed with a brief explanation of how to understand God's actions in light of the Chaos Theory and in light of God taking on the sin of the whole world, just as Jesus did on the cross.