Sentences with phrase «used as a challenge»

«Today are the first faith - based organization to be a participant in the global fund,» Bickerton said,» and so we want to use that as a challenge to all other faith - based organizations to come on board because we're not going to solve AIDS tuberculosis and malaria all by ourselves.»

Enabling troubled people to «own» their feelings of inadequacy and then use them as a challenge to develop personally and socially useful compensation is a healthy way to help them transform minuses into partial pluses.

«This modified dengue virus is very attractive for use as a challenge virus because we can use it to reliably induce dengue infection in a very high percentage of inoculated volunteers without causing serious illness,» said Dr. Whitehead.

One side is harder than the other, which can be used as a challenge to move them on.

I decided to use that as a challenge and see how close I can get.

Not exact matches

So it's clear to see that there are several reasons why brands are choosing to use influencer marketing as a weapon to overcome marketing challenges and get ahead of their competitors.

Mt. Gox subsequently shot from obscurity to dominate global trade in bitcoin, but as early as 2012 employees at the Tokyo - based exchange challenged Karpeles on issues such as whether client money was being used to cover costs.

Other studies by Kross suggest that, when people use their first names, they're more likely to see stressful situations (like public speaking) as challenging, rather than threatening.

In addition to the difficulty that many potential business owners face in accessing capital, aboriginal people have unique challenges to securing financing including legislation prohibiting the use of on - reserve assets as collateral, lack of local financial institutions to work with, and lack of access to angel investment or venture capital.

One unique challenge that the German market presents is the Reinheitsgebot — sometimes called the «German Beer Purity Law» — that has been on the books for centuries and says for a product to be marketed as a beer, it can only use four ingredients: water, yeast, malt and hops.

The Trump administration could seek to use eminent domain to seize land needed for a border barrier, as well as support roads and other infrastructure, though it would likely face costly legal challenges that could delay construction for years.

Despite a rapid growth approach to new markets, Sim says that the company made a strategic decision to defer entry into more challenging markets, such as China, where many domestic oil - and - gas firms already use similar software programs.

If we spin things forward over the next several years as the Machine becomes something that people use, what kinds of challenges do you expect and what are some of the key things that need to be accomplished?

«As an investor, I think the ideas and discoveries coming out of biohacking will change the world,» says Scholnick, though he adds that companies concentrating in this market face a challenge in developing products that are easy for consumers to understand and use.

Such risks, uncertainties and other factors include, without limitation: (1) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including financial market conditions, fluctuations in commodity prices, interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates, levels of end market demand in construction and in both the commercial and defense segments of the aerospace industry, levels of air travel, financial condition of commercial airlines, the impact of weather conditions and natural disasters and the financial condition of our customers and suppliers; (2) challenges in the development, production, delivery, support, performance and realization of the anticipated benefits of advanced technologies and new products and services; (3) the scope, nature, impact or timing of acquisition and divestiture or restructuring activity, including the pending acquisition of Rockwell Collins, including among other things integration of acquired businesses into United Technologies» existing businesses and realization of synergies and opportunities for growth and innovation; (4) future timing and levels of indebtedness, including indebtedness expected to be incurred by United Technologies in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition, and capital spending and research and development spending, including in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition; (5) future availability of credit and factors that may affect such availability, including credit market conditions and our capital structure; (6) the timing and scope of future repurchases of United Technologies» common stock, which may be suspended at any time due to various factors, including market conditions and the level of other investing activities and uses of cash, including in connection with the proposed acquisition of Rockwell; (7) delays and disruption in delivery of materials and services from suppliers; (8) company and customer - directed cost reduction efforts and restructuring costs and savings and other consequences thereof; (9) new business and investment opportunities; (10) our ability to realize the intended benefits of organizational changes; (11) the anticipated benefits of diversification and balance of operations across product lines, regions and industries; (12) the outcome of legal proceedings, investigations and other contingencies; (13) pension plan assumptions and future contributions; (14) the impact of the negotiation of collective bargaining agreements and labor disputes; (15) the effect of changes in political conditions in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate, including the effect of changes in U.S. trade policies or the U.K.'s pending withdrawal from the EU, on general market conditions, global trade policies and currency exchange rates in the near term and beyond; (16) the effect of changes in tax (including U.S. tax reform enacted on December 22, 2017, which is commonly referred to as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017), environmental, regulatory (including among other things import / export) and other laws and regulations in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate; (17) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins to receive the required regulatory approvals (and the risk that such approvals may result in the imposition of conditions that could adversely affect the combined company or the expected benefits of the merger) and to satisfy the other conditions to the closing of the pending acquisition on a timely basis or at all; (18) the occurrence of events that may give rise to a right of one or both of United Technologies or Rockwell Collins to terminate the merger agreement, including in circumstances that might require Rockwell Collins to pay a termination fee of $ 695 million to United Technologies or $ 50 million of expense reimbursement; (19) negative effects of the announcement or the completion of the merger on the market price of United Technologies» and / or Rockwell Collins» common stock and / or on their respective financial performance; (20) risks related to Rockwell Collins and United Technologies being restricted in their operation of their businesses while the merger agreement is in effect; (21) risks relating to the value of the United Technologies» shares to be issued in connection with the pending Rockwell acquisition, significant merger costs and / or unknown liabilities; (22) risks associated with third party contracts containing consent and / or other provisions that may be triggered by the Rockwell merger agreement; (23) risks associated with merger - related litigation or appraisal proceedings; and (24) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins, or the combined company, to retain and hire key personnel.

In July 2014, Fortune profiled Murphy as part of a question and answer series in which she explained her lengthy technology career and the challenges GoDaddy faces in helping its small business clients run their companies better using the data it collects for them.

«I used to think of a business challenge as a disagreement over strategic vision,» says Armitage, 40.

Tim Hortons» recent Duelling Donuts challenge, Air Canada's Facebook campaign to name its new no - frills airline and an Orbit Gum promotion that used fans» Facebook data to generate custom gum package designs all served as market research for the companies.

The challenges are immense, and as a young executive I used to find myself constantly turning to my father for advice.

Resilient people challenge themselves to use their experiences as learning opportunities because they know that's when they really grow.

Given the approach American political leadership has taken to the aftermath of the devastation in Puerto Rico, Musk provided a rare a glimmer of hope when he talked about rebuilding the destroyed electrical grid using solar power — though some have argued that his comments in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria may serve as a distraction from the enormous challenges the island faces.

The challenge has been that alternatives have generally have been as bad or worse, relying on high - temperature acids or in the case of illegal gold miners, using mercury.

The challenge is to create a grand vision for how to put these datasets together and use them in new ways, as Amazon has done.

This acclimation process gives the software a chance to record your brain waves and trains you to use them consistently before it throws a series of increasingly difficult challenges at you, such as reconstructing simply via thought a fallen bridge needed for a mystical journey while a fiery sky changes hue in response to your emotional state.

Using the best - selling 737 - 8 as the starting point for a new type of 737 could pose such challenges, but may also be cheaper to make because of economies of scale in busy 737 - 8 production.

At the Challenge Festival, startups like as BaseTrace, which «uses DNA - based tracers to track where industrial fluids are going in large, complex environments» and Reliefwatch, a cloud - based system that uses smartphone technology to track inventory and diseases for healthcare organizations in the developing world, battled it out on stage for a grand prize of $ 150,000 in investment.

Poloz used his speech to challenge the old cliché of Canadians as «hewers of wood and drawers of water.»

Users can see and comment on one another's responses to the challenges, but unlike Facebook, where users collect «likes,» or Instagram, where favored posts rack up hearts, Maverick doesn't use social affirmation as a currency.

As Satya Nadella said, we are pursuing AI so that we can empower every person and every organization with tools they can use to go solve the most pressing challenges of our society and our economy.

The potential for China to acquire cutting - edge European technology or convert critical infrastructure investments into strategic assets — including the potential for dual - use of assets such as ports — might also pose long - term challenges to U.S. interests, especially as U.S. - China competition intensifies.

«Privacy concerns» have been used by the Canadian government as a powerful pretext for inaction or silence and this should be challenged and denounced.

Pay - per - use services such as car - sharing and ride - hailing are starting to challenge traditional car ownership in some in some of China's most congested cities, such as Beijing and Shanghai, while global automakers are starting to bill themselves as «mobility» companies that do more than just build and sell vehicles.

In 1990, the Supreme Court of Canada had created a sophisticated legal test on workplace anti — discrimination claims, but, as the Court acknowledged in Tawney Meiorin's case, this test had proven to be complicated and challenging to use.

His decision to invoke a rarely used national security clause to justify the new tariffs will further undermine the multilateral economic system — already challenged by protectionism, state capitalism and by Chinese initiatives such as the Belt and Road Initiative.

The resources they produce could be used to relieve capacity problems in the Northeast, but continued legal challenges and political opposition have stalled or slowed planned infrastructure projects such as the Constitution Pipeline and Access Northeast pipeline.

Future Ready Singapore, 12 February 2015: As the international corporate community rethinks the way it conducts business to address global challenges, solving water scarcity and managing water use could be the top untapped opportunity that will have the biggest positive impact on societies.

Finding relative bargains in the stock market used to be a real challenge in months past as nearly every stock and asset class was deemed overvalued by historical measures.

While the benefits of distributed ledgers have been much discussed, Bain concluded that actual tools using blockchain for international payments and trade finance remain in their early stages as banks remain challenged by scaling the technology, along with uncertainties surrounding digital currencies and privacy issues.

While there are some signs of recognition such as the Fed's reduction in its estimated neutral rate from 4.5 percent to 3.0 percent during the last 2 years, the IMF's explicit use of the term secular stagnation in its World Economic Outlook, ECB president Mario Draghi's call for global coordination and greater use of fiscal policy, and Japan's indicated interest in fiscal - monetary cooperation, policymakers still have not made sufficiently radical adjustments in their world view to reflect this new reality of a world where generating adequate nominal GDP growth is likely to be the primary macroeconomic policy challenge for the next decade.

It requires either building up strong brand recognition to draw users to an independent site, or using an existing platform, such as Amazon or eBay, which can present other anticompetitive challenges.327 Indeed, most independent retailers choose to sell through Amazon328 — even when the business relationship risks undermining their business.

But as cryptocurrency has increased in use and popularity it has caused some challenges.

Using Shanghai as a case study, Dr. Zhou identified the key challenges to low - carbon city development in China as well as the role that Shanghai can play in creating a sustainable path of development for Chinese cities to model in the future.

Initially, the directors rejected the proposal: They felt it would strain resources, particularly as Tesla was dealing with manufacturing challenges with its Model X. (Separately, a month later, SpaceX purchased $ 90 million worth of bonds from SolarCity, a move that reportedly raised eyebrows in Washington, with some lawmakers concerned that Musk was using his aerospace venture's high - priced government contracts to buoy his solar company.)

With more job seekers using mobile devices during the job search process, some challenges are to be expected as the industry adjusts to new behaviors.

It's a challenge for Canadians still struggling to cope with the record amounts of consumer debt they amassed after the 2008 financial crisis because lenders use their prime rate as a benchmark for setting some other short - term rates including variable - rate mortgages and lines of credit.

He does so again here, using stability and challenge as the variables....

Use your own learning process to come up with the question — the challenges you encounter along the way are likely to be those of your audience as well.

Meanwhile, don't expect as big of a reaction to this month's nonfarm payrolls report because it will be released after FOMC and only be used to confirm or challenge the central bank's guidance.

One of the biggest challenges facing financial institutions is the need to prevent their systems being used to transfer funds for criminal activity such as the drugs trade or terrorism.

Along with those benefits, there are challenges to using a HELOC as a student debt refinancing plan.