Sentences with phrase «world boomed this year»

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That policy change has since sparked a solar boom, setting up Japan to surpass Germany as the world's largest photovoltaics market by revenue this year, with sales nearly doubling to $ 20 billion, according to an IHS report.

We've been running a business together for eight years now: We founded Sonic Boom Wellness, a software company in the corporate wellness world, in June 2007 while we were dating.

The coal miner has been hurt as the world has turned to more environmentally - friendly energy sources such as natural gas — a trend that has accelerated in the last few years as gas prices have come down substantially due to surging supply from the U.S. fracking boom.

But a few years later the New York World's exposure of the racket behind the Klan had had its effect, the Coolidge boom had given the paraders something else to think about, Henry Ford had apologized and retracted, and the Protocols were on their way to the judicial examination which eventually stripped them to the fraudulent skin.

China «s craze for e-sports is being propelled by the country's booming video game market, the world's largest and one that is expected to register $ 27.5 billion in sales this year, according to the gaming consultancy Newzoo.

This year, Millennials — born between 1980 and 1996 — eclipsed Boomers as America's largest generation, numbering 83 million.2 However, the two generations came of age in vastly different worlds.

Driving an infrastructure boom across the mainland of the world's most populous nation, China Development Bank raised $ 11.1 billion in pubic bonds for its clients last year, more than any other investment bank in the world.

The boom years of the so - called Roaring»20s were fueled by optimism that the world had fought the war to end all wars, and good times had arrived permanently.

I have watched in awe at the booming world of Initial Coin Offerings (ICO) and the millions willingly thrown at dubious new ideas (just look at MatchPool a «dating» service that raised $ 6 million in 2 days) as well as the ease that new market indexes are built and get to dominate the crypto markets in days not years (see Iconomi buying 9 % of Byteball without spending a dime).

Among the issues raised were the $ 2 trillion valuation Saudi Arabia wants for the world's largest oil producer, the scale of dividends Aramco's prepared to pay and the impact of the shale boom on oil prices over the next few years.

While the SBC and several of its entities nearly folded during the depression years, the denomination experienced its greatest growth after World War II as evangelistic efforts, the postwar religious revival, and the baby boom swelled the membership rolls of most congregations.

But when the religion boom of the post — World War II years was over, it could no longer be ignored.

The survival of the marriage probably owed a lot to the fact that a few years later my mother was able to dust off her own teaching certificate and get back to the classroom to help teach hordes of post — World War II baby - boom children.

Brazil's economy has boomed in recent years, on the back of its extensive natural resources and industrial - scale agricultural practices, to become the seventh largest in the world.

New York City's boom is one of its largest expansions since World War II, with employment increasing by 18.9 percent between 2009 and 2017 — reaching 4.4 million jobs last year.

In science news around the world, eastern Asia is experiencing an unprecedented urbanization boom, the European Commission announces a plan to create a unified energy market for the European Union, an external review of the University of Minnesota's clinical trials procedures says the university didn't adequately protect its most vulnerable subjects, a new data repository of the world's oldest fossils is launched, and the Argonne National Laboratory's 24 - year - old Ask A Scientist service closes its virtual doors.

«I think this is part of a population boom that's going on around 45,000 years ago, which means modern humans got to the ends of the world by 45,000 years ago,» he says.

For the booming moose population of Isle Royale, a key species in the world's longest running predator - prey study on the island, skulls have shrunk by about 16 percent over a 40 - year period.

Recent genetic research of people across the globe suggests that roughly 45,000 to 20,000 years ago, one of the most dramatic population booms after humanity dispersed from Africa occurred in southern Asia, leading to «the highest population densities in the world in prehistory,» explains Michael Petraglia, an archaeologist at the University of Oxford in England.

Nuclear power is in the midst of a resurgence in the U.S. — the first application for a new reactor in more than 30 years was filed in September 2007 — and a construction boom of new reactors is underway around the world.

This find and others nearby (including the ancient city of Caral and a 3,600 - year - old adobe carving of a human sacrifice) are rewriting history by showing that the Americas had booming civilizations at the same time that Mesopotamia was thriving half a world away.

In the few years following publication of the 2007 scenarios, at least three major energy - market events failed to fit the world energy model: the 2008 financial crisis; the U.S. shale - gas boom; and Germany's decision, after the Fukushima nuclear disaster, to speed up its transition to renewables.

His proposal for an anchored network of floating booms and processing platforms received a lot of criticism — but now, just over a year later, Boyan is back with the results of a year - long investigation that shows his invention does offer a feasible method to rid the world's oceans of plastic pollution.

We live on this modern world and the Internet has been booming rapidly in the last few years.

The mobile dating market in the United States is racing to catch up with rest of the world, where mobile dating has boomed over the past several years.

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«Azmaish: A Journey through the Subcontinent,» Sabiha Sumar, Pakistan North American Premiere «BOOM FOR REAL The Late Teenage Years of Jean - Michel Basquiat,» Sara Driver, USA World Premiere «The China Hustle,» Jed Rothstein, USA World Premiere Cocaine Prison Violeta Ayala, Australia / Bolivia / France / USA World Premiere «Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars,» Lili Fini Zanuck, United Kingdom World Premiere «Ex Libris — The New York Public Library,» Frederick Wiseman, USA North American Premiere «The Final Year,» Greg Barker, USA World Premiere The Gospel According to André Kate Novack, USA World Premiere.

BOOM FOR REAL The Late Teenage Years of Jean - Michel Basquiat Description: Sara Driver's documentary is both a celebration of and elegy for the downtown New York art / music / film / performance world of the late 1970s and early»80s, through which Jean - Michel Basquiat shot like a rocket.

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The current vogue among these prestigious institutions for establishing branches in far - flung corners of the world is just part of a much bigger worldwide boom in international schools in recent years, with UK companies dominating this lucrative market.

Baby Boomers were born to parents who grew up during the turbulent years of world history.

Although volunteer travel has been booming for the last few years years, WWOOFing (World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms), or as it is known in some locations, Willing Workers on Organic Farms, is one of the last great strongholds of inexpensive volunteer travel.

Next stop Punakaiki, this dramatic landscape dates back 30 million years, with layered limestone forming the world - famous pancake rocks and coastal cliffs punctuated by booming blowholes.

Thousands of international music - lovers travel to Boom in Belgium every year to connect with world - class DJs like Lost Frequencies, A State of Trance, NERVO Nation and more.

Membership has been booming, with professional bloggers now being accepted into the 55 - year - old Guild for the first time, and a record number of Guild members have submitted work for its highly - competitive membership awards competition as well as for its Tourism Awards — the three finalists in its three geographical categories will be determined in early September and the winners of both Member and Tourism Awards announced at the Guild's prestigious Awards Dinner to be held at the Savoy Hotel, November 1, the eve of World Travel Market.

It's been a memorable year for the Wii — from Nintendo's demonstration that Nickelback aren't actually the worst band in the world at E3 to the success of Boom Blox and de Blob at retail, there certainly hasn't been a lack of things to discuss.

After Kefka made the world go boom, Celes wakes up in Final Fantasy VI's World of Ruin to find that she is all alone, save for Cid, her new «Granddad,» who has been nursing her back to health for the past world go boom, Celes wakes up in Final Fantasy VI's World of Ruin to find that she is all alone, save for Cid, her new «Granddad,» who has been nursing her back to health for the past World of Ruin to find that she is all alone, save for Cid, her new «Granddad,» who has been nursing her back to health for the past year.

2004 Post Coverage of Games and Game Consoles • Game and Software Reviews From The Post, Sorted by Title • Playing With TV: This Year's Hot Toys Take «Interactive» to a New Level • Dual Screens Give Gamers New Options • Video Game Makers Rush To Cash In On Top Titles • Half - Life 2's Real Battle: Theft, Lawsuits Made Getting It to Market A Daunting Task • Halo 2 Ready to Run Rings Around Video Game Industry • Screen Sizzlers: Video Gaming Industry's Hottest New Titles Aim At Generation XXX • Problems You Can Shake a Joystick At: War Room to Sickroom, Video Games Are Red - Hot • He's Got Games: Bing Gordon Knows What Plays in the Interactive Video World • MTV, Gamers Hope Video Clicks With Young Voters • Addicted Gamers, Losing Their Way • Madden NFL Scores Again • A New Player at The Video Screen: Gaming Industry Discovers Girls • Play Fast And Loose: New Portable Game Systems Are Close at Hand • Virtual War, Among Friends: With Cyber Cafes, Games Are No Longer a Solitary Pursuit • GameSpy Sees Room to Play • Video Cards Are Big Players • Handheld Lets Kids Leap Into Learning • Redesigns Add Variety To Games • Games Go Boom: Electronic Entertainment Exposition Showcases A $ 10 Billion Industry • Game Firms Think Small: In a Recent First, No Hot New Console Is Part of E3 • Welcome (Back?)

The Hepworth Wakefield art gallery in West Yorkshire has been named winner of the world's biggest museum prize after a year of «breathtaking» exhibitions, booming visitor numbers and the creation of an important award for contemporary sculpture.

My own presence via Creative Boom opens up a world of opportunity for me, and yes, ok — I've been building my own audience for seven years, but I started from scratch and was patient.

With the newspaper business booming 95 years ago, the Chicago Tribune immodestly announced an international design contest for «the most beautiful and distinctive office building in the world.»

I'm making note of this because our Pace University environmental documentary in 2014, «Green vs. Gold: Brazil's Race to Balance its Sports - Fueled Tourism Boom,» provided an early snapshot of the pollution issues (and social concerns) surrounding Brazil's big sports push, which that year included the World Cup.

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Yet the 27 - year - old Kamaoa Wind Farm remains a relic of the boom and inglorious bust of America's so - called «wind rush», the world's first major experiment in wind energy.

Driving this point home, the global climate cooled after 1940 until about 1975 — in spite of the copious emission of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases in the industrial boom years after World War II.

Moscow has for years used its giant energy reserves as a strategic tool to influence former satellite countries... The shale boom has reshaped the world energy market over the past decade, with the U.S. emerging as a new energy exporter, and the beginning of gas exports represents a big moment in this new world.»

«Texas Decision Could Double Wind Power Capacity in the U.S.,» Renewable Energy Access, 4 October 2007; coal - fired power plant equivalents calculated by assuming that an average plant has a 500 - megawatt capacity and operates 72 percent of the time, generating 3.15 billion kilowatt - hours of electricity per year; an average wind turbine operates 36 percent of the time; Iceland geothermal usage from Iceland National Energy Authority and Ministries of Industry and Commerce, Geothermal Development and Research in Iceland (Reykjavik, Iceland: April 2006), p. 16; European per person consumption from European Wind Energy Association (EWEA), «Wind Power on Course to Become Major European Energy Source by the End of the Decade,» press release (Brussels: 22 November 2004); China's solar water heaters calculated from Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century (REN21), Renewables Global Status Report, 2006 Update (Washington, DC: Worldwatch Institute, 2006), p. 21, and from Bingham Kennedy, Jr., Dissecting China's 2000 Census (Washington, DC: Population Reference Bureau, June 2001); Philippines from Geothermal Energy Association (GEA), «World Geothermal Power Up 50 %, New US Boom Possible,» press release (Washington, DC: 11 April 2002).

(11/15/07) «Ban the Bulb: Worldwide Shift from Incandescents to Compact Fluorescents Could Close 270 Coal - Fired Power Plants» (5/9/07) «Massive Diversion of U.S. Grain to Fuel Cars is Raising World Food Prices» (3/21/07) «Distillery Demand for Grain to Fuel Cars Vastly Understated: World May Be Facing Highest Grain Prices in History» (1/4/07) «Santa Claus is Chinese OR Why China is Rising and the United States is Declining» (12/14/06) «Exploding U.S. Grain Demand for Automotive Fuel Threatens World Food Security and Political Stability» (11/3/06) «The Earth is Shrinking: Advancing Deserts and Rising Seas Squeezing Civilization» (11/15/06) «U.S. Population Reaches 300 Million, Heading for 400 Million: No Cause for Celebration» (10/4/06) «Supermarkets and Service Stations Now Competing for Grain» (7/13/06) «Let's Raise Gas Taxes and Lower Income Taxes» (5/12/06) «Wind Energy Demand Booming: Cost Dropping Below Conventional Sources Marks Key Milestone in U.S. Shift to Renewable Energy» (3/22/06) «Learning From China: Why the Western Economic Model Will not Work for the World» (3/9/05) «China Replacing the United States and World's Leading Consumer» (2/16/05)» Foreign Policy Damaging U.S. Economy» (10/27/04) «A Short Path to Oil Independence» (10/13/04) «World Food Security Deteriorating: Food Crunch In 2005 Now Likely» (05/05/04) «World Food Prices Rising: Decades of Environmental Neglect Shrinking Harvests in Key Countries» (04/28/04) «Saudis Have U.S. Over a Barrel: Shifting Terms of Trade Between Grain and Oil» (4/14/04) «Europe Leading World Into Age of Wind Energy» (4/8/04) «China's Shrinking Grain Harvest: How Its Growing Grain Imports Will Affect World Food Prices» (3/10/04) «U.S. Leading World Away From Cigarettes» (2/18/04) «Troubling New Flows of Environmental Refugees» (1/28/04) «Wakeup Call on the Food Front» (12/16/03) «Coal: U.S. Promotes While Canada and Europe Move Beyond» (12/3/03) «World Facing Fourth Consecutive Grain Harvest Shortfall» (9/17/03) «Record Temperatures Shrinking World Grain Harvest» (8/27/03) «China Losing War with Advancing Deserts» (8/4/03) «Wind Power Set to Become World's Leading Energy Source» (6/25/03) «World Creating Food Bubble Economy Based on Unsustainable Use of Water» (3/13/03) «Global Temperature Near Record for 2002: Takes Toll in Deadly Heat Waves, Withered Harvests, & Melting Ice» (12/11/02) «Rising Temperatures & Falling Water Tables Raising Food Prices» (8/21/02) «Water Deficits Growing in Many Countries» (8/6/02) «World Turning to Bicycle for Mobility and Exercise» (7/17/02) «New York: Garbage Capital of the World» (4/17/02) «Earth's Ice Melting Faster Than Projected» (3/12/02) «World's Rangelands Deteriorating Under Mounting Pressure» (2/5/02) «World Wind Generating Capacity Jumps 31 Percent in 2001» (1/8/02) «This Year May be Second Warmest on Record» (12/18/01) «World Grain Harvest Falling Short by 54 Million Tons: Water Shortages Contributing to Shortfall» (11/21/01) «Rising Sea Level Forcing Evacuation of Island Country» (11/15/01) «Worsening Water Shortages Threaten China's Food Security» (10/4/01) «Wind Power: The Missing Link in the Bush Energy Plan» (5/31/01) «Dust Bowl Threatening China's Future» (5/23/01) «Paving the Planet: Cars and Crops Competing for Land» (2/14/01) «Obesity Epidemic Threatens Health in Exercise - Deprived Societies» (12/19/00) «HIV Epidemic Restructuring Africa's Population» (10/31/00) «Fish Farming May Overtake Cattle Ranching As a Food Source» (10/3/00) «OPEC Has World Over a Barrel Again» (9/8/00) «Climate Change Has World Skating on Thin Ice» (8/29/00) «The Rise and Fall of the Global Climate Coalition» (7/25/00) «HIV Epidemic Undermining sub-Saharan Africa» (7/18/00) «Population Growth and Hydrological Poverty» (6/21/00) «U.S. Farmers Double Cropping Corn And Wind Energy» (6/7/00) «World Kicking the Cigarette Habit» (5/10/00) «Falling Water Tables in China» (5/2/00) Top of page

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