Sentences with phrase «points every day as»

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«Yes, we must protect the environment — it is our number one resource — but at the end of the day, studies have pointed to global warming, human contact, coastal development» as other significant threats to coral.

That last point is something I'm very familiar with, as the St. Louis area (where I call home) has become home to three fast - growing startup competitions: placeholderArch Grants, the Ameren Accelerator Demo Day, and the St. Charles County Demo Day.

Walking in most other sneakers comes with a lot of resistance — there are pressure points on certain parts of your feet, the material creases to try to move with your feet, and as the day goes by, the shoes get increasingly uncomfortable.

As a starting point, I would suggest posting twice daily, alternating times of the day to find out when your highest engagement occurs.

Exercise self - control (I make it a point to to logout of social accounts, but during days when I'm not as disciplined as I want to be, I use a site blocking tool called Cold Turkey.)

However, someone needs to point out a few of the gaps opening in the seemingly impregnable reputation of the modern - day version of the Broken Hill Proprietary Company Ltd — now known as BHP Billiton.

To this day, I remember these feedback conversations as turning points in my career — where I took the feedback, put it to work and started seeing the results.

As some have pointed out online, Hutchins requested a Kronos sample on the day the video in question went up.

(I am facing that problem head - on every day as I try to write my new book on what the world will look like in 20 years - knowing that I'm going to be laughably wrong at various points along the way.

The answers are rarely so straightforward, a point the authors make abundantly clear as they walk readers through the logic and evolution of the modern day org.

Sydney Harbour Bridge The focal point for much the day's celebration, the Sydney Harbour Bridge, known locally as the??? coat hanger,??? was completed on March 19, 1932, and wasn't fully paid off until 1988.

During the most recent 3 - day government shutdown my Facebook feed had several requests seeking help renewing passports, proving two points — there is a high demand as renewals are up and most people wait until the last minute to handle it.

By Valentine's Day, as social psychologist Emily Balcetis points out in her thought - provoking talk, many already break their New Year's weight loss goals.

But, as I've pointed out repeatedly, the startling fact, backed by research, is that these days, Americans, if anything, have more leisure time than previous generations.

As «Blue Collar Millionaires» points out, «While the average physician's office nets about 10 percent, Dr. Long can make four times that — on a bad day.»

Analysts are currently calling for 140,000 new job's in the government's report this Friday, but the sum of the data in recent days is mixed at best as both ISM reports point to weak hiring, but this morning's data points to better than expected figures.

As a number of observers have pointed out (including Fortune), the question isn't so much whether Facebook filters out certain kinds of news — something that newspapers and other media entities do every day without much scrutiny.

One commenter on one of the Houzz polls described how she'd set up a really nice home office that she described as her «hub,» and made a point to work there for at least part of each day.

The Dow Jones industrial average closed 14.25 points lower at 24,448.69 — notching its first four - day losing streak since March — with Goldman Sachs as the worst - performing stock in the index.

Even as they dissented, several readers admitted that having to charge a phone every day is starting to get old and agreed with at least some of my points.

Fortune pointed to the quarterly report Tesla had filed just three days after the crash, warning that»... we face inherent risk of exposure to claims in the event our vehicles do not perform as expected resulting in personal injury or death,» and specifically calling out Autopilot as a technology that could result in such claims and materially affect financial performance.

As entrepreneurs, we've all experienced it at some point — that moment in the day where you are sitting at your desk and have lost all focus.

And, given that all our phones serve double duty as point - and - shoot cameras these days, one of the most important tests is camera quality.

As I pointed out recently, saying you don't know something these days isn't a commentary on your lack of knowledge but a confession of laziness and lack of interest, because the information is out there; it's mostly a matter of looking.

As part of your daily to - do list, make a point to touch one customer every day.

Whether it's the frustratingly unfulfilled promise of social media, or financially opaque ad placements, or agencies that substitute head count for experience, or awareness - building platforms that are disappearing like polar icecaps, or brands that are encrusted to the point of immobility with the bad decisions of a dozen previous custodians, a CMO's day often isn't nearly as much fun as it ought to be.

While this may take some pressure off the carriers (which is good for everyone), it can be a hard selling point for a small ecommerce business to overcome, as same - day shipping isn't a profitable alternative for most.

Daily fantasy sports, where players draft a roster of football players to compete for points in a single - day worth of games, were acknowledged by Virginia lawmakers as a game of skill vs. pure chance, a key difference that allows sites to avoid a federal ban on online gambling.

Still, the day had started off worse for Robbins, who had supported Jeb Bush's candidacy for president: At one point Glenview was down as much as $ 100 million, before the healthcare stocks recovered somewhat later in the day.

However, he points out that if executed properly, leveraging the popularity of Tiger long after his playing days could be key for the golf industry just as the NBA used Jordan to elevate its business.

The overall point, for Salzberg, is taking meditation out of the realm of colorful pillows and flowing clothing, and putting it squarely into the middle of the working day as a vital and practical tool.

It was a volatile close to the third quarter for the stock market, as evidenced by the fact that the Dow fluctuated by at least 100 points in either direction for five days in a row last week.

The day before the vote, London odds makers gave 80 % chance that Remain would be victorious, as polls revealed a 10 - point edge over the Leave campaign.

MarketWatch reports that interactions on niche Reddit forums (known as «subreddits») devoted to cryptocurrency have soared by a massive 930 % this year, and that at one point users were joining one of the main bitcoin forums at the rate of 1,300 a day.

«Most activities are aligned with an incentive, such as a gift card or point toward a volunteer day, which makes the program rewarding and engaging for employees.»

As has been pointed out by several observers of Fowler's claims over the past few days (to the genuine surprise of many) an HR department's primary allegiance is to the company, not to its workers.

Ordinary metrics such as calls per day and minutes per call are a decent starting point, but they alone are not comprehensive enough to paint a complete picture of the skills of any particular sales rep.. So, consider incorporating lesser - used metrics into your performance tracking, such as voicemail - return rate, dial - to - opportunity percentage and dials - to - appointments ratio.

But as Deep Work author Cal Newport pointed out when he highlighted the letter on his blog recently, this austere schedule actually contains some essential wisdom that many of us miss out on these days.

As pointed out by FiveThirtyEight, another solver, Keaton Ellis, had set a new record of 5.09 seconds earlier in the day, and was promptly beat by Etter's amazing solve, below.

Use them as starting points, but carefully monitor your analytics to be sure that the times and days you've chosen really are best.

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 a few exceptions, like utilities, most businesses will be happy to accept 45 - day payments, so long as they know you'll always pay your full obligations at that point.»

Stephenson's comments came a day after the finger - pointing over whether the Justice Department demanded as a condition of approving AT&T's $ 85 billion acquisition of Time Warner that CNN parent Turner Broadcasting or Direct TV be sold off.

I should probably note at this point that I have been a staunch (and somewhat lonely) supporter of comments and the value of reader engagement since the days when I was the «communities editor,» or social media editor, at a major national daily newspaper in Canada in 2008, when anti-comment opinions and emotions in the newsroom were just as heated as they are today.

But as Jason Fried points out in his column this month (page 104), it's not always possible to keep business out of the political crossfire these days.

As default rates on junk - rated debt is above nine percent, companies with junk status face an average interest rate that is a whopping ten percent points above Treasuries — these days, that translates into roughly 12 percent for a five - year loan.

Dunkin' did point out, though, that it saw an improvement in traffic in the afternoon as it began offering some new deals at that time of day.

Market Vectors Coal ETF ($ KOL), which we initially pointed out in this January 3 blog post as a potential trend reversal buy setup, continues to chop around in a sideways range since clearing resistance of its 200 - day moving average on January 2.

Coming off its biggest one - day decline since 2007, Shanghai's main share index seesawed throughout Tuesday — falling as much as 5 percent as trading opened and rising 1 percent at one point — to end down 1.7 percent.

The increase in hiring by small businesses is an encouraging sign for the economy amid estimates that the 16 - day government shutdown could have sliced off as much as 0.6 percentage point from fourth quarter gross domestic product (GDP) growth.