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Wei Benhua may not have appropriately performed his role as independent non-executive director as required by the Credit Rating Agency Regulation, since he had limited interaction with the internal control functions. – European Securities and Markets Authority	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
While the verbiage sounds like this is an attempt to replace the National Assembly, it looks like it will be a body that works at a lower level to distribute resources to communes and communal councils, of course the optics of this are alarming ... (but) I doubt it will seriously impede any functions of the National Assembly. – David Smilde	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Driverless cars' further development can bring more benefits to us, since we can better realize functions relating to brain controlling with the help of the driverless cars' platform, in the end, cars, whether driverless or not, and machines are serving for people. Under such circumstances, people's intentions must be recognized. In our project, it makes the cars better serve human beings. – Duan Feng	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
People are assigned to missions, tasks and functions according to need as well as their capabilities, and women will be subject to the same standard and rules that men will. – Defense Secretary Ash Carter	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
I believe that leadership should be intimately aware of all important functions within an organization. – Dr. Nabil El Sanadi	added by Scott Murphy 8 years ago
I'm not very pessimistic, the market may go down further this week, but I don't expect to see the kind of rout we saw in the summer. The government needs a stable market in order to resume some basic functions of the market and push for further financial reforms. – Wang Yu	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Regulation keeps them in place. Regulation requires them to perform certain functions. – Mark Smith	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Your REM cycle is strongly connected to cognitive functions like creativity, memory and coming up with solutions to problems, we believe that since [REM sleep is] so restorative, disrupting that cycle [by waking up in the midst of it] can throw you off. – Rebecca Robbins	Found on CNN 8 years ago
Twenty-five years on the sex offender registry meant that I wouldn't be able to go to the skate park until I was 45 and by then, I probably wouldn't even want to go, if I had kids, I wouldn't have been able to go to their school functions. – Zach Anderson	Found on CNN 8 years ago
In general it's a very simple thing, what you have is batteries, very energy-dense batteries, and solar modules and the whole concept is that the battery basically gets recharged over the day and then supplies the whole energy during the night. That's the basic concept behind all these vehicles and then you basically have a standard configuration airplane that flies in that case autonomously, meaning that you have the autopilot that takes over the functions from the actual pilot. – Philipp Oettershagen	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
If Spain functions well then separatism goes down, but where is the president of the Spanish government? Rajoy shows he doesn't understand what's going on. – Albert Rivera	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
This will probably be one of the biggest topics I discuss with President Xi, we have repeatedly said to the Chinese government that we understand traditional intelligence-gathering functions that all states, including us, engage in. ... That is fundamentally different from your government or its proxies engaging directly in industrial espionage and stealing trade secrets, stealing proprietary information from companies. That we consider an act of aggression that has to stop. – Barack Obama	Found on CNN 8 years ago
We are not trying to reinvent the wheel in this code, but build on what's there, there clearly needs to be a significant rebuilding of confidence in the way this market functions. – Guy Debelle	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
And because of the way vasculature is organized in the brain, most of this damage happens in the front of the brain - what we call the frontal lobes. And that's very important because this is the site, the center, of the executive functions of the brain. Functions that allow you to put your life together, organize, plan ahead, understand abstract. And you can imagine this can make your life difficult. – Vassilis Koliatsos	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
There aren't many different options for people with limited dexterity, but not everyone functions like an 18-year-old. Some have never functioned at all. – Maura Horton	Found on CNN 8 years ago
Venoms have evolved to immobilize or kill... They target vital bodily functions. – Zoltan Takacs	Found on CNN 8 years ago
It's a big step if they can prove it's viable to drop IOE from core banking functions, not just non-mission critical operations. – Charlie Dai	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
There’s a lot of talk about technology taking over the drudgery work and allowing people to focus on more creative, more value-added work, but there’s also the potential to replace a lot of human functions, what’s happening isn’t that you eliminate a 50-person department. – Alex Kozlov	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
Previously it was thought that they transform into neurons and brain tissue, but especially with bone marrow cells that does not seem to be the case, the main effect seems to be through the supportive functions or nursing functions. – Dileep Yavagal	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
SolarCity’s management system will enable the Powerwall to be configured for a broad range of uses, including battery backup, time-of-use shifting and grid response, and we expect to support any or all of those functions in the future. – Jonathan Bass	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
The ability to make gadusol, which was first discovered in fish eggs, clearly has some evolutionary value to be found in so many species, we know it provides UV-B protection; it makes a pretty good sunscreen. But there may also be roles it plays as an antioxidant, in stress response, embryonic development and other functions. – Taifo Mahmud	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
It will be the same with computer power and autonomy, in the next 10 years we will most likely see autonomous cars from big car manufacturers -- Mercedes S class will have autonomous functions within three or four years. Some of other manufacturers like GM announced they will have semi-autonomous cars by 2020. And many other car manufacturers are already working on this type of technology. – Timo Birnschein	Found on CNN 8 years ago
We have got a number of office and support functions around western Canada that operate parallel to others and we are consolidating some of those functions. – Gary Weilinger	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
Our government must perform its central functions and purposes: to preserve the peace, protect the people, and serve justice, the government exists to ensure our domestic security — whether it's from a city riot, or the threat of a terrorist attack on our homeland. We have to restore that trust and prove to the people we can make America safe again. – Another Republican contender	Found on CNN 9 years ago

Wei Benhua may not have appropriately performed his role as independent non-executive director as required by the Credit Rating Agency Regulation, since he had limited interaction with the internal control functions.

– European Securities and Markets Authority

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

While the verbiage sounds like this is an attempt to replace the National Assembly, it looks like it will be a body that works at a lower level to distribute resources to communes and communal councils, of course the optics of this are alarming ... (but) I doubt it will seriously impede any functions of the National Assembly.

– David Smilde

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Driverless cars' further development can bring more benefits to us, since we can better realize functions relating to brain controlling with the help of the driverless cars' platform, in the end, cars, whether driverless or not, and machines are serving for people. Under such circumstances, people's intentions must be recognized. In our project, it makes the cars better serve human beings.

– Duan Feng

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

People are assigned to missions, tasks and functions according to need as well as their capabilities, and women will be subject to the same standard and rules that men will.

– Defense Secretary Ash Carter

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

I believe that leadership should be intimately aware of all important functions within an organization.

– Dr. Nabil El Sanadi

added by Scott Murphy
8 years ago

I'm not very pessimistic, the market may go down further this week, but I don't expect to see the kind of rout we saw in the summer. The government needs a stable market in order to resume some basic functions of the market and push for further financial reforms.

– Wang Yu

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Regulation keeps them in place. Regulation requires them to perform certain functions.

– Mark Smith

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Your REM cycle is strongly connected to cognitive functions like creativity, memory and coming up with solutions to problems, we believe that since [REM sleep is] so restorative, disrupting that cycle [by waking up in the midst of it] can throw you off.

– Rebecca Robbins

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Twenty-five years on the sex offender registry meant that I wouldn't be able to go to the skate park until I was 45 and by then, I probably wouldn't even want to go, if I had kids, I wouldn't have been able to go to their school functions.

– Zach Anderson

Found on CNN
8 years ago

In general it's a very simple thing, what you have is batteries, very energy-dense batteries, and solar modules and the whole concept is that the battery basically gets recharged over the day and then supplies the whole energy during the night. That's the basic concept behind all these vehicles and then you basically have a standard configuration airplane that flies in that case autonomously, meaning that you have the autopilot that takes over the functions from the actual pilot.

– Philipp Oettershagen

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

If Spain functions well then separatism goes down, but where is the president of the Spanish government? Rajoy shows he doesn't understand what's going on.

– Albert Rivera

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

This will probably be one of the biggest topics I discuss with President Xi, we have repeatedly said to the Chinese government that we understand traditional intelligence-gathering functions that all states, including us, engage in. ... That is fundamentally different from your government or its proxies engaging directly in industrial espionage and stealing trade secrets, stealing proprietary information from companies. That we consider an act of aggression that has to stop.

– Barack Obama

Found on CNN
8 years ago

We are not trying to reinvent the wheel in this code, but build on what's there, there clearly needs to be a significant rebuilding of confidence in the way this market functions.

– Guy Debelle

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

And because of the way vasculature is organized in the brain, most of this damage happens in the front of the brain - what we call the frontal lobes. And that's very important because this is the site, the center, of the executive functions of the brain. Functions that allow you to put your life together, organize, plan ahead, understand abstract. And you can imagine this can make your life difficult.

– Vassilis Koliatsos

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

There aren't many different options for people with limited dexterity, but not everyone functions like an 18-year-old. Some have never functioned at all.

– Maura Horton

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Venoms have evolved to immobilize or kill... They target vital bodily functions.

– Zoltan Takacs

Found on CNN
8 years ago

It's a big step if they can prove it's viable to drop IOE from core banking functions, not just non-mission critical operations.

– Charlie Dai

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

There’s a lot of talk about technology taking over the drudgery work and allowing people to focus on more creative, more value-added work, but there’s also the potential to replace a lot of human functions, what’s happening isn’t that you eliminate a 50-person department.

– Alex Kozlov

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

Previously it was thought that they transform into neurons and brain tissue, but especially with bone marrow cells that does not seem to be the case, the main effect seems to be through the supportive functions or nursing functions.

– Dileep Yavagal

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

SolarCity’s management system will enable the Powerwall to be configured for a broad range of uses, including battery backup, time-of-use shifting and grid response, and we expect to support any or all of those functions in the future.

– Jonathan Bass

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

The ability to make gadusol, which was first discovered in fish eggs, clearly has some evolutionary value to be found in so many species, we know it provides UV-B protection; it makes a pretty good sunscreen. But there may also be roles it plays as an antioxidant, in stress response, embryonic development and other functions.

– Taifo Mahmud

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

It will be the same with computer power and autonomy, in the next 10 years we will most likely see autonomous cars from big car manufacturers -- Mercedes S class will have autonomous functions within three or four years. Some of other manufacturers like GM announced they will have semi-autonomous cars by 2020. And many other car manufacturers are already working on this type of technology.

– Timo Birnschein

Found on CNN
8 years ago

We have got a number of office and support functions around western Canada that operate parallel to others and we are consolidating some of those functions.

– Gary Weilinger

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

Our government must perform its central functions and purposes: to preserve the peace, protect the people, and serve justice, the government exists to ensure our domestic security — whether it's from a city riot, or the threat of a terrorist attack on our homeland. We have to restore that trust and prove to the people we can make America safe again.

– Another Republican contender

Found on CNN
9 years ago

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