Sentences with phrase «taken by the power»

The commission will review the actions taken by the power companies, and will also be able to make specific recommendations about how to reform and modernize the way New York delivers power to its residents.

The Moreland Commission appointed by the governor will not only review the actions taken by the power companies before and after hurricanes Sandy and Irene and Tropical Storm Lee, but will also be able to make specific recommendations about how to reform and modernize the way New York delivers power to its residents.

The quotes above — full of insight and affirmation — are just some of the many that I've heard from educators taken by the power of design thinking and moved to bring it into their practice.

We like to walk along the beach, we are drawn by the ocean, taken by its power, its unceasing motion, its mystery and unspeakable beauty.

I was really taken by the power of live performance and its overt political messages.

Not exact matches

With penetrating insights and pointed anecdotes, Covey reveals a step - by - step pathway for living with fairness, integrity, service, and human dignity — principles that give us the security to adapt to change and the wisdom and power to take advantage of the opportunities that change creates.

That means superseding physical constraints like having an actual hospital by harnessing the power of mobile technology, making the act of taking your medicine less of a hassle, and peering into our very biological building blocks to wage war on the most intractable maladies.

If, by this possible omission and limitation of FCC powers, net neutrality were made ineffective by allowing the otherwise prohibited behaviors to occur further upstream, consumers would rightly judge their net neutrality to have been taken away.

The button change to red boosted conversions by 21 percent, but that doesn't mean that red holds some sort of magic power to get people to take action.

Environmental commitments by national governments and international agreements needed to be taken into account, and there would certain changes in the structure of power generation worldwide, Likhachev explained.

«Most of our companies are atoms leveraging bits» — lab science aided by computing power — «and they generally take more capital and a longer time horizon to hit those key milestones,» says Lindy Fishburne, executive director at Breakout Labs and managing director at Breakout Ventures.

The most successful people turn the lull into a creative advantage by taking a power nap, Kerr explains.

The other irony is the «revolutionary» forces which I fully expect to take power in many African nations by 2015 will expropriate Chinese properties just as they will expropriate any other colonial powers» «property.»

Businesses that take the grassroots tack, «playing by the rules of engagement for building real relationships, not paid - for relationships,» are the ones with staying power.

AnswerThePublic takes search - engine marketing one step further, taking into account the motivations that power the search terms entered by a business's target market.

«There are immense opportunities moving forward for the Paralympic movement to take it to another level, pushed by the power of media,» said Jeremy Snyder.

Shortly after taking power, his government signaled that legalization remained a priority, promising to unveil legislation by spring.

(See How Ridescout Demonstrates the Power of the Platform) You make the investments and do the hard work of building it once, it's used by many who couldn't justify the time or investment to do it themselves, and you take the money to the bank.

Then John discovered their number one power habit by asking — «What is the highest income and impact action my people can be taking to grow my business?»

Neuromarketing takes advantage of our subconscious decision - making power by leveraging psychological instincts, in subtle ways, that lead us into actionable decisions, which can be as simple as giving away a free T - shirt.

In the evening, the Trumps are to host the Macrons at the first state dinner conducted by Trump since he took power.

Even amid a restructuring, why would a streaming platform in 2016 take on the name of a music sharing startup that was at the height of its powers around 2000 and is still best remembered by many for its legal woes and the record industry consternation it caused?

That's because in the world of Amazon's series, based on the novel by Philip K. Dick, the Axis powers won World War II and occupied America, where a scrappy resistance movement is taking shape.

XCOR is pursuing the latter paradigm with its winged rocket - powered Lynx, a reusable space vehicle that will take off from a conventional runway and blast into suborbital space (roughly 330,000 feet, or 63 miles) powered by an onboard rocket motor before flying back to Earth and landing on a conventional runway.

«That will lead to more power by some of the giants, who will start consolidating more and taking companies off their IPO track,» he said.

With the German government planning to take its nuclear power plants offline by 2022, CEZ Group will likely have to supply even more power to its giant neighbour.

Take Bill Gates, of whom Susan Cain, author of Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking, said, «Bill Gates is quiet and bookish, but apparently unfazed by others» opinions of him: He's an introvert, but not shy.»

News of her firing comes on the same day that Zimbabwe's 93 year - old Robert Mugabe, the last of the generation of African leaders to take over from colonial rule, has had his hold on power broken by army units loyal to his former bodyguard Emmerson Mnangagwa.

Where an ISP is adjudged by a regulator to have monopoly power over final access to a customer a different view may be taken as has occurred in a number of recent decisions.

Or will you hit it out of the park by putting the power of financial education behind every swing you take?»

Rivals caught up to it relatively quickly and took Apple's pricing power away, forcing the company to react by releasing a smaller, cheaper iPad (the Mini).

Microsoft's (msft) ill - fated Tay bot experiment in which online commenters taught the bot — basically software that takes on human characteristics powered by artificial intelligence — to say racist and sexist things also illustrates this point.

Trump used his executive powers shortly after taking office to greenlight the two pipeline projects that had been blocked by President Barack Obama.

So rather than selling off this surplus power (often at a loss), Ontario will now take advantage of the storage offered by Quebec's hydro reservoirs.

By the end of the film, the Parrs finally realize that if they want their kids to take their powers seriously, they have to learn to trust them with those powers, too.

In the U.S., meanwhile, the value of diesel - powered models made by VW and its Audi luxury brand has taken a hit.

The quest for reunification is disputed by some North Korean experts who see Kim's nuclear program as primarily a means of retaining power and don't think he would threaten or forcibly try to take over South Korea.

In its political cycle, a party takes power, stays for years and is punted by a group of upstarts.

The IRS has policing power, and it wields that clout chiefly by auditing the returns of those who take the deductions.

Second, the Powerwall 2 storage system, which starts production this quarter at the Gigafactory, will take the energy that is generated by any source (whether from the solar roof, another solar power system, or even the grid) and use it when it's most beneficial, such as during the night, during a power outage, or when the customer can make money by doing so.

It does take a lot of intellectual power and thought by people in government in various agencies to understand where to draw the line and comply with the desire of the Trump administration for less regulation.

By allowing certain stock to have more voting power than other stock our company takes our public shareholder money but does not let us have an equal voice in our company's management.

It is logical that China's emergence as a global power should be taken into account more by the transatlantic partners in their relationship.

The government announced earlier this month it would take a 25 % stake in the joint venture with Google to deliver a high - speed internet service powered by helium - filled balloons.

Negotiations between creditors and government officials over the $ 9 billion owed by the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority, known as Prepa, have been taking place for more than a year.

In 1992, the then - government of the NDP's Mike Harcourt took a significant step in curbing the power of lobbyists by banning them from the speaker's corridor in the legislature.

Furthermore, if Powered Scooter Share users replace trips they would otherwise have taken by automobile, they have the potential to reduce traffic congestion, parking demand, and carbon emissions.

«By taking charge of their earning power, rather than waiting for governments, financial institutions and employers to «right themselves,» the baby boomer generation now has the power and access to put their skills and abilities on the global market regardless of where they live or work now,» he says.

His reference to intervening was taken by Democrats as a threat to fire Rosenstein, whose replacement would have the power to oust Mueller or rein in the scope of his investigation.

Ever since she discovered the transformative powers of financial literacy, her mission has been to teach others how to take control of their lives by taking control of their money.