Sentences with phrase «of nudging towards»

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No doubt, it is a dismaying picture that confronts us: British company SCL Group, operating under the brand name Cambridge Analytica with the supervision of Steve Bannon, obtained data collected from Facebook by Cambridge University academic Alexandr Kogan, and used systems built by data scientist and whistleblower - to - be Chris Wylie to train its microtargeting algorithms to nudge scores of already - angry voters towards electing Donald Trump and leaving the European Union — a set of experiments largely bankrolled by US hedge - fund billionaire Robert Mercer, 90 % owner of Cambridge Analytica.

Those levels of honesty are true relationship and I love it when they bring clarification or nudges bc it helps move me towards manifesting poteential and freedom.

I see my role as that of nudging the Catholic Church gently towards a more genuinely humanistic worldview and practice.

He constantly directs us towards understanding our relationship with God as a living and lived reality, always nudging us to take this understanding out into the world in service of our neighbour, which in turn leads us into a deeper and more fulfilling relationship with Christ.

I say that, and I think I mean it, right up until I have to make a choice between following the nudge of the Holy Spirit towards honesty or propping up my own reputation.

I couldn't resist leaving you with a little * nudge * towards one of my favorite autumn soups: Borlotti beans (sometimes called cranberry beans) with kale & sausage (spicy sausage, to be exact).

Professor Charles Spence shares some insights into how the psychology of perception can be used to move (nudge) consumers towards healthier food choice from his new book, The perfect meal, co-authored by Dr. Betina Piqueras - Fiszman.

Giving gentle (and at times not so gentle) nudges towards balance and moderation, eating lots of plants, and enjoying the food you eat.

Valtteri Bottas had a strange moment towards the end of the first practice session at Spa when he went off the track at the Fagnes chicane and nudged the wall.

Many of those braving the elements thought Brown had opened the scoring ten minutes into the second half, when he redirected Jonathan Russell's smart pass towards goal, but the ball went the wrong side of the post, and instead it was Fulham who almost nudged themselves in front when Reece York glanced agonisingly wide when attempting to reach a cross from the left.

Perhaps the most significant finding in this study is that midwives judiciously employ a spectrum of interventions to «nudge» labour and birth towards positive outcomes.

No doubt, it is a dismaying picture that confronts us: British company SCL Group, operating under the brand name Cambridge Analytica with the supervision of Steve Bannon, obtained data collected from Facebook by Cambridge University academic Alexandr Kogan, and used systems built by data scientist and whistleblower - to - be Chris Wylie to train its microtargeting algorithms to nudge scores of already - angry voters towards electing Donald Trump and leaving the European Union — a set of experiments largely bankrolled by US hedge - fund billionaire Robert Mercer, 90 % owner of Cambridge Analytica.

However, if the chancellor can succeed in nudging commentators and taxpayers into the habit of referring to income tax and NICs as one and the same thing, then he will perhaps have laid the groundwork towards a Nigel Lawson - style reforming Budget in the future - possibly in the next parliament.

I'm instinctively in favour of the coalition's efforts to use «nudge» theory to steer us towards sensible behaviour in ways short of instruction or legislation: some nudges are financial, others merely crafty.

David Willetts, one of the most thoughtful Conservative Ministers, who is currently being nudged towards the exit by Cameron, used to say that Osborne was good at «grammar school solutions».

I'm assuming that Outer London swings will be broadly similar to the rest of the country and Inner London might stand still or even nudge towards Labour again.

Giving gentle (and at times not so gentle) nudges towards balance and moderation, eating lots of plants, and enjoying the food you eat.

Did you read the title of this post and immediately start nudging your mouse towards the «back» button?

But understanding the power of diet and lifestyle factors that nudge the microbiome towards health is empowering, and many are doing just that!

For those still hesitant to explore online dating, hopefully the three benefits highlighted here will nudge you across that line of doubt towards your fist online profile and a happy relationship.

While billions of dollars are being poured into technology - assisted behavior analysis and modification (Hello Apple HealthKit), why is it that the dating industry refuses to analyze member communication and nudge people towards better behavior?

A decade before he sparked outrage with «Cruising» (in which the leather scene supposedly nudges Al Pacino towards homicide), director William Friedkin presented this portrait of a group of New York friends on the cusp of liberation.

Ceylan nudges him towards the rocks of self - awareness.

In an sweetly (if horrendously irresponsible and almost certainly damaging) reversed parental relationship, Holly subtly nudges her father towards acts of intelligence and independence, wryly smiling to herself each time as she feels proud of what he can achieve when he puts his mind to it.

Korine nudges towards saying things about the American dream, materialism, and the need to escape as you break out into your his teens, but never really lets anything of substance emerge.

And to nudge us towards thinking of his dissociative identity disorder (or DID) in terms of «unleashing the mind's true potential», and «an ultimate doorway to things unknown... the supernatural».

By providing clear, understandable information that is accessed by somewhere between one - third and one - half of the nation's parents in any given year, GreatSchools has arguably done more than any other organization to bring sunlight to the education system and nudge parents towards schools of quality — and to choose those schools on the basis of trustworthy, unspun information.

The bottom - line for those looking to nudge their students towards an entrepreneurial path is pretty obvious; While it's certainly great to praise your kids» skills and work ethic, it's just as important to bring to life for them the benefits of this dream and the everyday advantages of being a business owner.

This could be accomplished by using principles of behavioral economics to nudge applicants towards particular schools at the time of choice, and through school lotteries that provide extra points for applicants from underrepresented groups.

Sit all day at a steady 70mph and select the goody - two - shoes Eco Pro mode (softening the effect of the accelerator, making the Optimum Shift Indicator more keen and reducing the power consumption of the climate control and heated mirrors and seats) and I'm sure it'd easily nudge up towards 50mpg and something like 600 miles on a tank.

So deceptively laid - back yet seductively rapid is the experience, the Fighter quickly gets under your skin and nudges you towards a more relaxed frame of mind.

Understeer never enters the equation, and while this is fun through the tight second - gear stuff, long, quick corners can be sweaty - palmed affairs as you attempt to nudge the nose in towards the apex without tipping the tail into a nasty twitch of turn - in oversteer.

You can feel the tyres nudge towards their limit of adhesion.

The temperature is edging down towards zero and the road has been gritted accordingly as I hit the A5, so grip is nudging towards the lower end of the scale, but it's dry so I'm pushing on.

If none of these blind giants gets their act together, Amazon is going to nudge them over — because they're already stumbling towards — the cliff.

Other optimisations of Sony's are largely about hooking you into Sony services: Sony Video Unlimited is a movie store that lets you rent and buy digital movies; Music Unlimited is a Spotify - like streaming service; and Reader by Sony is an ebook reader that also handily nudges you towards buying books from the Sony Reader store.

There are so many books, so many places to buy them, so many routes to the checkout, so many subtle nudges towards choosing a title — the fact is, what remains is that publishers need to find some way of getting their products in front of potential customers.

I was aiming for a roughly even amount of juice each day, and if rank started to head north of 1,000, I just dropped a little BookBub CPM action to nudge it back towards 500.

With each game in the King's Quest series, designer Roberta Williams nudges a little farther away from a simple treasure hunt towards a more complex mix of stories and characters.

As out of place the comparison becomes in the light of all the differences, it is ultimately for the best as it nudges the indie platformer more towards the likes of Shovel Knight than its failed contemporaries.

... nudge the dice towards sevenness, a collaboration between Tamara Gonzales and Chris Martin, was installed as part of a Regina Rex's signage project coinciding with the opening of EJ Hauser's show, Amphibian.

The last 6 years show several best estimates of ECS nudging down from 3C towards 2C.

The EU high - level group on sustainable finance was set up by the European Commission last December to look into ways of nudging the financial system towards long - term environmental and social objectives.»

«If they move another 2 to 3 degrees poleward in this century, very dry areas such as the Sahara desert could nudge farther towards the pole, perhaps by a few hundred miles,» said study team member John Wallace from the University of Washington.

Apart from wreaking havoc and killing a lot of people, Bopha's main effect was to nudge annual cyclone activity back up towards something approaching the long - term norms.

A nudge - towards - the - norm, however violent, doesn't offer much proof of an imminent apocalypse.

Experts» guidance on the pre-action instruction of an expert subject to any PAP nudges towards a single joint expert paid for jointly or, at least, and agreed expert.

What about «nudging» parties towards early resolution and «out of court» options such as mediation?

Travelling abroad is also significantly expensive and the uncertainties of being in a foreign land seem to nudge travelers towards insuring their holidays.

So far, Paper seems like it's nudging users towards a streamlined approach to creating and working together on documents, and eschewing the traditional notion of what a document should look like and how it should work to some extent.