Sentences with phrase «which call for action»

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The Securities and Exchange Commission announced the action Tuesday against the company, which is now called Altaba after its email and other digital services were sold to Verizon Communications for $ 4.48 billion last year.

Last month, Yelp debuted a Call to Action tool for advertisers only, which allows businesses to highlight a particular transaction on their Yelp pages, such as a special deal on a hotel room.

Bridgepoint's MCM is seemingly derivative of one plank in an existing plan from the Ontario government for health - care overhaul called the Action Plan for Health Care, which was introduced in 2012.

After identifying a founder as a constant learner, Elman looks for «a step I call «Deliberate Action,» which is they don't sit around and deliberate that much.

Last November, British lawmakers called for a tax on sugary drinks as a means of tackling childhood obesity but the idea was ruled out by the government which said it was not the right course of action.

Some of the kinds of transactions that Bitcoin can support include so - called M of N transactions, which require agreement between a certain subset of a group, and can be used for escrow, mediation, or shared financial management; time - locked transactions, in which bitcoins are distributed on a strict schedule, useful for trusts or wills; and even data - conditional transactions, in which a script uses a data input such as a regular Google search to monitor real - world events that would automatically trigger disbursements or other actions.

Writing a blog not only creates content — whether it's service - oriented or anecdotal — which can be used in a variety of marketing strategies, such as serving as content for email newsletters or providing a call - to - action.

A new tote bag in the brand's «Call to Action» line says «I ♥ K ♠ NY,» which, unfortunately for Kate Spade, looks just like «I love Kony.»

In 2008, as director of analytics for Obama's first presidential run, the former Google Chrome and Google AdWords product manager was tasked with figuring out which data and calls to action on the campaign's website would drive people to contribute.

EY's definition of purpose: «an aspirational reason for being which inspires and provides a call to action for an organization and its partners and stakeholders, and provides benefit to local and global society.»

For example, Qualaroo changed their call - to - action text from «Request a quote» to «Request pricing» and ran an A / B split test experiment to determine which one generates more clicks.

You can also designate calls as a conversion action, which then feed into your AdWords reporting for metrics such as cost per conversion and conversion rate.

Often, these calls - to - action lead to things like free ebooks, free whitepapers, free fact sheets, free webinars, free trials... basically, any content asset for which someone would be willing to exchange their information.

When she reaches the bottom of the article, she notices a call - to - action (CTA), which is essentially an ad, for one of your offers — a free painting consultation to help her decide which color scheme would work best with the size and type of nursery she's working with.

Zients noted on the Tuesday afternoon call that a little over a year ago President Barack Obama «called for action to crack down on conflicts of interest in retirement advice, which costs American families billions of dollars every year.»

Therefore, the way ads are written, the manner in which the value propositions are communicated and even how the copy, design and call - to - actions are developed for the landing pages are driven by the keyword selections.

Top technology companies have devoted lobbying dollars and dispatched their executives to the nation's capital in order to save the program, called Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, which benefits some of their employees.

5) Because we always include calls - to - action in our blog posts, newsjacking this story also generated leads for our sales organization, some of which will convert into future HubSpot customers.

A former Archbishop of Canterbury has called for urgent action to end the civil war in South Sudan which has already claimed more than 300 lives this month.

Indeed, «it is to all Christians that we address a fresh and insistent call to action» — for «beneath an outward appearance of indifference, in the heart of every man there is a will to live in brotherhood and a thirst for justice and peace, which is to be expanded.»

The important point for Schwartz here is not simply that modified thoughts and behaviors permanently altered patterns of brain activity, but that such modifications resulted from, as he calls it, «mindful attention» — conscious and purposive thoughts or actions in which the agent adopts the stance of a detached observer.

I concluded at the time of the riots that of all the things the government now needed to do, it was the married family which most urgently needed to be rebuilt: I was and remain as certain of that as anything I have ever written, and I have been saying it repeatedly for over 20 years: I was saying it, for instance, when I was attacking (in The Mail and also The Telegraph), as it went through the Commons, the parliamentary bill which became that disastrous piece of (Tory) legislation called the Children Act 1989, which abolished parental rights (substituting for them the much weaker «parental responsibility»), which encouraged parents not to spend too much time with their children, which even, preposterously, gave children the right to take legal action against theirparents for attempting to discipline them, which made it «unlawful for a parent or carer to smack their child, except where this amounts to «reasonable punishment»;» and which specified that «Whether a «smack» amounts to reasonable punishment will depend on the circumstances of each case taking into consideration factors like the age of the child and the nature of the smack.»

She sees herself and others as living from that influence in a new socio - historical situation which calls for different actions.

For example, the news that the one we love loves us in return calls for actions which express and celebrate the mutual love and enhance and deepen For example, the news that the one we love loves us in return calls for actions which express and celebrate the mutual love and enhance and deepen for actions which express and celebrate the mutual love and enhance and deepen it.

He was willing to settle for what he called «practical absolutes, «27 that is, visions of the mind or idealizations which, at any given time, had the value of an ultimate directive in decision or action, but which were clearly to be understood as being a piece with man's own nature and experience.

It goes on to call for recognizing the legitimacy of a religious worldview «as a basis for socially significant action (including those taken by state) and as an essential factor which should influence the development (amendment) of international law and the work of international organizations.»

And the leaders of the state obviously engage in actions for which others are called on to sacrifice.

The attempt of behaviouristic psychology, for example, to externalize reality into pure action - response not only denies the reality of the participating subjective consciousness but, equally important, the reality of personality as a more or less integral whole and the reality of the relations between persons as that which calls the personality into existence.

Its main lines were fixed from the time of testing which followed his baptism; but the kind of action it called for at any given stage must be determined by developments in which he read the signs of the divine will for his guidance.

Yet if we are not careful, we convert that directive into a sentimental blasphemy, which appeals to both liberals and conservatives in the church, but which is dangerous in a way: when we issue calls for action on the basis of Christ's presence, there tends to be no stopping us.

The initiative came out of a strategic directive adopted by the Association, which calls for «positively impacting the human condition,» and evidences a growing support for spiritual social action among the broader membership of Unity.

It is a case of the lay mind versus the professional, the latter seeking a formula which means different things to different groups, as a basis of common action; the former saying that common action now calls for a more precise definition of principles.

Thus testimony makes reference to a trial, that is, to a legal action including charges and defense and calling for a judicial decision which settles a dispute between two or several parties.

This idea of Calling is full of eschatological tension and a daring which conquers the world; indeed we might almost call it a «divine audacity» and the reason is this: God takes over all responsibility for our action in the world which in itself is sinful, if we, on our part, will only do here and now that which the present situation demands from one who loves God and his neighbor.23

The single «action» he called for was to urge Americans to light up the switchboards of Republican members of the House to compel them to support his approach, which includes tax hikes, to address the debt crisis.

Turning away from orthodox Christianity because of the emotional excesses of frontier evangelism, he found it easier as a young man to accept what was called the Doctrine of Necessity, which he defined as the belief â $ ˜that the human mind is impelled to action, or held in rest by some power, over which the mind itself has no control.â $ ™ Later, he frequently quoted to his partner, William H. Herndon, the lines for Hamlet: â $ ˜Thereâ $ ™ s a divinity that shapes our ends, rough â $ «hew them how he will.â $ ™ â $ œFrom Lincolnâ $ ™ s fatalism derived some of his most lovable traits: his compassion, his tolerance, his willingness to overlook mistakes.

The first thing to give us pause, as we survey the progress of human collectivization, is what I would call the inexorable nature of a phenomenon which arises directly and automatically out of the conjunction of two factors, both of a structural kind: first, the confined surface of the globe, and secondly, the incessant multiplication, within this restricted space, of human units endowed by ever - improving means of communication with a rapidly increasing scope for action; to which may be added the fact that their advanced psychic development makes them preeminently capable of influencing and inter-penetrating one another.

Kaplan has not time for what he calls mysticism (he mentioned Heschel and Buber by name in his reproach), because to him it is inimical to an ultimate reality which is constantly becoming, constantly encountered in the midst of responsible human action.

What we call «sins,» particular wrong actions, are for the most part to be understood as symptoms of the fundamental disorder which lies deep in the spirit.

A religious approach is the time - tested way of satisfying what Erich Fromm has called the universal human need for a «system of thought and action shared by a group which gives the individual a frame of orientation and an object of devotion.»

Moreover, all of this common knowledge of the so - called primary properties is based on measurements in terms of units: centimeter, gram, second, with operational definitions which are recipes for voluntary actions.

For then theory by definition presupposes some practice to be explained and criticized, and it issues in revised practice; and practice by definition presupposes some theory by which to assess the present situation calling for action, and it issues in theorizing about what happened and what to do neFor then theory by definition presupposes some practice to be explained and criticized, and it issues in revised practice; and practice by definition presupposes some theory by which to assess the present situation calling for action, and it issues in theorizing about what happened and what to do nefor action, and it issues in theorizing about what happened and what to do next.

There he says, one, that the shift from the concept of «the State's role as providers of equal opportunities to every citizen» to that of providing education, health and other social services «to those who can afford to pay» is a U-turn in public policy which «has been made surreptitiously by administrative action without public discussion and legislative sanction»; two, that the total commercialization of social sectors is «alien even to free market societies»; and three, that «the ready acceptance of self - financing concept in social sectors alien even to free - market societies is the end result of gradual disenchantment with the Kerala Model of Development», which has been emphasizing the social dimension rather than the economic, but that it is quite false to present the situation as calling for a choice between social development and economic growth.

GANDHI ON FAITH Faith gains in strength only when people are willing to lay down their lives for it... Faith is not like a delicate flower which would wither away... Robust faith in oneself and brave trust of the opponent, so - called or real, is the best safeguard... A living faith can not be manufactured by the rule of [the] majority... What is faith if it is not translated into action?

Decisions had to be made from time to time as to where or when services of the church would be held; the church needed to be told of the impending visit of an apostle, or of some prophet or teacher from abroad; a question has been raised as to the good faith of one of these visitors, and there must be some discussion of the point and a decision on it; a fellow Christian from another church is on a journey and needs hospitality; a member of the local congregation planning to visit a church abroad needs a letter of introduction to that church, which someone must be authorized to provide; a serious dispute about property rights or some other legal matter has arisen between two of the brothers and the church must name someone to help them settle the issue or must in some other way deal with it; a new local magistrate has begun to prosecute Christians for violating the law against unlicensed assembly, and consideration must be given to ways and means of meeting this crisis; charges have been brought against one of the members by another member, and these must be investigated and perhaps some disciplinary action taken; one of the members has died, and the church is called on for some special action in behalf of his family in the emergency; differences of opinion exist in the church on certain questions of morals or belief (such as marriage and divorce, or the resurrection), differences which local prophets and teachers are apparently unable to compose, and a letter must be written to the apostle — who will write this letter and what exactly will it say?

When a recipe calls for natural cocoa (which is acidic) and baking soda (an alkali), there is a leavening action that takes place, which causes your batter (etc.) to rise in the oven.

Alex Iwobi will be in action as Nigeria visit Poland and Mohamed Elneny has been called up to Egypt's squad for their match against Portugal tonight which is actually being played in Zurich.

Of course it would be silly to suggest that winning any game, cup or otherwise, isn't good for the club, but let's remember just how problematic FA Cup success has been for this club... I'm certainly not going to suggest I didn't enjoy seeing Arsenal win, I'm a fan of this club first and foremost, but how bad are things when you find yourself secretly wishing that your own team lost so that just maybe real change would finally come... I resent this team for even making me feel such thoughts and it's going to take a lot of effort on their part to earn my trust again... this club has treated the fans so poorly that it has created an incredibly fragile and toxic environment, so much so that a «what have you done for me lately» mentality has emerged... fans rise and fall depending on the results of each game because we don't have faith in those in charge to make the necessary changes to personnel and tactics... each time we win many fans attack any dissenting voices and make unrealistic claims about the players, the manager and the potential for unprecedented success... every time we lose the boo - birds run rampant, calling for heads to roll and predicting the worst... regardless of what side you fall on, it's not your fault, both sides are simply overcompensating for the horrible state of affairs that have been percolating for several years... it's hard to take the long view when those in charge have lied incessantly and refuse to take any responsibilities for their own actions... in the end, we are trapped by the same catch - 22 that ManU faced upon Fergie's exit... less fearful of maintaining the status quo than facing the unknown, which was validated, wrongly or rightly, by witnessing the difficulties they have faced during this transitory period... to be honest, the thing that scares me most is that this team has never prepared whatsoever for this eventuality, which considering our frugal nature and the way we have shunned many of our most revered former players is more than a little disconcerting

While the details of his career and longevity may be true, West also clearly called a player a complainer to the press, which would necessitate disciplinary action for many in the league were the situation reversed.

Early on Wednesday, French Minister for Sport Laura Flessel had called for «unified» action to stamp out racism in football following reports that Paul Pogba and Ousmane Dembele were abused during the match in St. Petersburg, while Football Against Racism in Europe (FARE) had asked for a FIFA investigation, which the governing body confirmed later in the day.