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They need to rid their minds of sentimentalism ( ' , 感情用事): the most successful teams have leaders who are able to set an overall direction and take immediate action.

In search of a meaningful life, Leah gave up what she had and set up her own yoga studios.

You would want that robot preloaded with a good set of values, said Russell.

The most difficult step in programming values will be deciding exactly what we believe is moral, and how to create a set of ethical rules.

Set rules for man-machine interaction.

Robots could also learn values from drawing patterns from large sets of data on human behavior.

It will be possible to create more sophisticated moral machines, if only we can find a way to set out human values as clear rules.

Setting a limit on the amount of sugar or salt in their products.

It will create a completely new set of rules.

It sets a bad example for other industries.

In April, France passed a law setting lower limits for a model's weight.

A good system is one that keeps that worst-case setting as improbable as possible while also offering strong protection in the event of a less-extraordinary attack.

They set a time limit for each specific task.

The thing that sets children apart from adults is not their ignorance, nor their lack of skills.

Somewhere along the way I set aside my hopes of writing that flawless essay.

Once you have worthy opponents, set some ground rules so everyone understands responsibilities and boundaries.

In the so-called effective schools, children are taught self-control under a set of strict rules.

Brits stayed up a half-hour later to watch it, and then they woke up earlier than usual the next morning thanks to summer nights, the phenomenon in which the sun barely sets in northern countries in the summertime.

The blasthit a bus about to set off for the Ugandan capital Kampala.

"You would want that robot preloaded with a good set of values," said Russell.

A California television station in Fresno reported Tuesday that James Savage set a record as the youngest swimmer to make the journey to the former prison.

After Hurricane Katrina hit in 2005, mail facilities were set up in dozens of locations across the country in the two weeks that USPS was unable to provide street delivery.

After Hurricane Katrina interrupted routine delivery, temporary mail service points were set up.

After new legislation demanded their removal from the roads, a low interest loan scheme was set up with three Egyptian banks so drivers could buy new cars.

Everybody's television set is connected to a system that streams personalized language or exercise classes.

He wanted to "set the standard for beauty in classical and mode cooling, and prove to the distant future that the French chefs of the 19th century were the most famous in the world", as he wrote in his papers.

Let's make sure to set a double date during the event.

Once you have worthy opponents, set some ground rules so everyone understands responsibilities and boundaries.

Songdo still lacks the financial stimulus for businesses to set up shop there.

The blast hit a bus about to set off for the Ugandan capital Kampala.

The explosion happened beside a bus which was about to set off for an overnight journey from Nairobi to the Ugandan capital Kampala.

They have special set menus for the week, usually in spring, at a number of different price points.

They need to rid their minds of sentimentalism: the most successful teams have leaders who are able to set an overall direction and take immediate action.

They would be allowed to send groups of self-driving cars on cross- state road trips, and even set up on-demand fleets of self-driving cars, like the one General Motors and Lyft are building.

Yuka Sasaki and her colleagues at Brown University set out to investigate the origins of this effect.

They came up with a brand-new set of design proceduresThey made originality a top priority in their fashion design.

Setting the right carbon price will therefore efficiently align the costs paid by carbon users with the true social opportunity cost of using carbon.

Most Grand Tourists, however, stayed for briefer periods and set out with less scholarly intentions, accompanied by a teacher or guardian, and expected to return home with souvenirs of their travels as well as an understanding of art and architecture formed by exposure to great masterpieces.

For example, one of the most popular data sets on multidisciplinary repository Dryad is about wood density around the world; it has been downloaded 5,700 times.

Different upbringings set children on different paths and can deepen socioeconomic divisions, especially because education is strongly linked to earnings.

This lawyer had fallen victim to the don’ts syndrome—a form of negative goals setting.

Many contemporary ideas about kitchen design can be traced back to another American, Christine Frederick, who set about enhancing the efficiency of the housewife.

In October 2000, the same month the survey was taken, the Washington-based Center for Media and Public Affairs wrote in its publication Media Monitor that, in a recent month of TV news coverage of American youth, just 2% of teens were shown at home, and just 1% were portrayed in a work setting.

But as the working classes prospered and the servant shortage set in, housekeeping became a matter of interest to the educated classes.

As a result, the bills do not require, as they should, that the results of these studies be used to set payment rates in Medicare.

It is building its second ice-breaking ship and setting up research drilling operations on an ice dome 13,422 feet above sea level that is one of the planet's coldest places.

It did not escape notice that a lobbying firm set up by Lynton Crosby, David Cameron's election campaign director, had previously acted for Philip Morris International.

But the invisible group wasn't far behind the high-risk set, with more than 13% of them exhibiting depression.

Assumptions about genetic differences between people of different races could be particularly dangerous in a medical setting.

The solution: set priorities—add up the annual cost of each item, then consider what else you could buy with the same money.

Unfortunately for them ( ' , and often the taxpayers), our energy systems are a bit like an aircraft carrier: they are unbelievably expensive, they are built to last for a very long time, they have a huge amount of inertia ( ' , meaning it takes a lot of energy to set them moving), and they have a lot of momentum once they are set in motion.

Energy.systems, like an aircraft carrier set in motion, have huge momentum.

And while Rubinoff believes there are a good number of four-year schools that truly care about these students and set aside significant resources and programs for them, he says that number isn't high enough.

A retired member of the Public and Commercial Services Union, she is setting up one of 1,100 action groups with the support of Climate Solidarity, a two-year environmental campaign aimed at trade unionists.

( ' , Harvard, for example, boasts a six-year graduation rate for underrepresented minority groups of 98 percent)Christian Vazquez, a first-generation Yale graduate, is another exception, his success story setting him far apart from students such as Nijay.

Although large companies could easily set up their own advertising departments, write their own advertisements andbuy media space themselves, they tend to use the services of largeadvertising agencies.

Also, Venice, the city eternally threatened by the sea, where every morning wooden pathways have to be set up to allow tourists to reach their hotels.

But good self-control can be set to run in families in that children who have good self-control are more likely to grow up to be healthy and prosperous parents.

Google and Apple have made it far too difficult to adjust these settings so it's up to us to take steps to ensure we set these triggers to suit our own needs, not the needs of the app makers.

Governments should set safety requirements and then let insurers price the risk of the robots based on the manufacturer's driving record, not the passenger's.

If Apple alters the security model of future iPhones so that even its own engineers' "reasonable assistance" will not be able to crack a given device when compelled by the government, a precedent set in this case might lose its lasting force.

If you'd like, I can set one aside for you.

Most Grand Tourists, however, stayed for briefer periods and set out with less scholarly intentions, accompanied by a teacher or guardian, and expected to return home with souvenirs of their travels as well as an understanding of art and architecture form

Put the list away and then set yourself the same task a week later.

Terrie Moffitt of Duke University and her research colleagues found that kids with self-control issues tended to grow up to become adults with a far more troubling set of issues to deal with.

The robotics revolution is set to bring humans face to face with an old fear—man-made creations as smart and capable as we are but without a moral compass.

The tiny island nation has set aside 500, 000 square kilometers 80 percent—of its maritime territory, for full protection.

This only applies to American space activities, but the hope is that it will help standardize a set of norms in the dawning commercial spaceflight industry throughout the world.

Unfortunately for them and often the taxpayers, our energy systems are a bit like an aircraft carrier : they are unbelievably expensive, they are built to last for a very long time, they have a huge amount of inertia meaning it takes a lot of energy to se

We crossed the English Channel at night, and we set off through France.

When you have done this, try to organize your life so that the time set aside for learning coincides with the time when your memory is at its best.

While farming is often difficult for both the body and mine, Sanchez says he and many of his fellow young farmers are motivated by desire to set a new standard for agriculture.

While there is still much progress to be made, other countries could learn a thing or two from the example set by France and Italy.

You can do this by learning a set number of lines of poetry at different times of the day and seeing when most lines stick.

According to the passage, the Adelmans set up "movers and Shakespeares" to give advice on leadership by analysing Shakespeare's plays.

Alice Moore is a teenager entrepreneur, who in may 2015 set up her business ailiecandy.

Although the main attraction was the soup, Roze's chain shops also set a new standard for dining out.

And besides, he or she has seen many students stupider than you, so nothing you're gong to ask will set the record for stupidity.

Another way of setting realistic goals is to analyze your short and long term objectives, keeping in mind your beliefs, values and strengths.

At last I ended up hitting the set with my first, and it stopped working altogether.

Before the training was introduced, 66% of set-freed condors died of electrocution.

Berger looked at how people spread a particular set of news stories: thousands of articles on the New York time's website.

But during the next week, set a goal of at least a mile and a half per run.

But it also set off the montgomery bus boycott.

Data shows that kids and teens who do read frequently, compared to infrequent readers, have more books in the home, more books purchased for them, parents who read more often, and parents who set aside time for them to read.

Depending on the kind of race you plan to enter, you can set up a timetable for the remaining weeks before the race.

Desktop computers, basic mobile phones, and box-set TVs defined 1992.

History gives art works special appeal to set them apart.

Holborn has one of the longest sets of escalators on the underground network at 23.

How did the author finally get this TV set working again?

I actually began to build up my arm muscles肌肉 shaking my set.

I put a small set of tinkertoys in front of each student, and said: "make something out of the tinkertoys."

I realized this a day later, when I saw newspaper advertisements for the set at seventy-five dollars less than I had paid.

If the self-centred guest arrives late, the nine others at the table set for ten will have to wait.

If you want time to have breakfast with your family, save some time the night before by setting out clothes, shoes, and bags.

In 1963 the UN set up the World Food Programme, one of whose purposes is to relieve worldwide starvation.

In 1997, the Kyoto Protocol explained our role in the earth's changing atmosphere and set international limits for gas emissions from 2008 to 2012.

In a recycling economy, we would make one set of 100 cans to start with, then replace them over and over again with recycled cans.

In addition, the team set up a separate experiment that suggested that the baby birds that most closely imitated their mom's voice were rewarded with the most food.

It can easily set TV on mute.

It is an attempt to deal with a set of weighty topics.

Jenny Mosley's quality circle time model involves setting up an on-going, timetable process of circle-meeting for adults and children.

Larry pulled over, set the brake and got hold the fire extinguishe?

Make sure that you plan for these difficulties at the time of setting your goals.

Motivation and goal setting are the two sides of same coin.

Now she is conceiving a romance that has Shanghai of the 1930s as the setting.

One day after school, while exploring the green woods of this magnificent mountain, I almost fell on a set of stairs.

One thing is certain: the truth about love is not yet set in stone.

Only then should you set your goals.

Realisation will probably set in seconds after you've clicked "send".

Recently, we bought a twenty-eight-foot travel trailer complete with a bathroom and a built-in TV set.

Set a specific life goal for their children.

Set boundaries for yourself as your time goes.

Set off early in the morning.

Set up reading groups for them.

Set your alarm clock an hour early and push yourself to work out! You will feel energized all day long.

She badly needed to set higher goals.

Some of them are also later sold, in order to limit the number of ponies according to the rules set by natural england.

Sometimes this technique would not work, and I had to pick up the set and shake it to remove the sound.

Stick to your set bedtime and wake-up time, no matter the day.

The four-year-old dog set off racing after the sheep across several fields and, being a city animal, lost both her sheep and her sense of direction.

The market, which was founded in 1979, sets up its tents every Saturday from 7:00 am to 1:00 pm.

The movie is set in a small town where the only movie theater is preparing to close down.

The person who sets out late might be careless in driving.

The set worked so beautiful when I first got it home that I would keep it on until stations signed off for the night.

Then I started developing a problem with the set that involved static noise.

These activities are regulated by flexible rules adapted from standardized sport rules and are set up by the children or by an involved adult.

They have set themselves apart in their timeless appeal and will probably be enjoyed for centuries into the future.

They take their driverless car to an appointment and set the empty vehicle to circle the building to avoid paying for parking.

This is the most ambitious goal for temperature rise set by the Paris agreement, after a push by low-lying island nations like Kiribati, which say limiting temperature rise to ?

This month, Germany's transport minister, Alexander Dobrindt, proposed the first set of rules for autonomous vehicles.

Unesco united nations educational, scientific and cultural organization recently set April 30 as a day to raise awareness of Jazz music, its significance, and its potential as a unifying voice across cultures.

Vaillant's team obtained their findings by comparing different sets of scores.

We are therefore not talking about adapting to a new standard, but to a constantly shifting set of conditions.

When people try to interrupt you, have set hours planned and let them know to come back during that time or that you'll find them then.

While high school does not generally encourage students to explore new aspects of life, college sets the stage for that exploration.

Without motivation you can neither set a goal nor reach it.

Yet, most parents use an educational program as a chance to park their kids in front of the set and do something in another room.

You must keep these points in mind while setting your goals.

You should have seen macy cry when ed was about to set off on the first day, though.

You should reassess your goals, and motivate yourself to set a fresh goal.

You will be anxious if you set out for a dinner late.

We reach for them mindlessly, setting our brains on auto-pilot and relaxing into the unconscious comfort of familiar routine.

Each set of circumstances， however bad， offers a unique opportunity for growth.

Rosenberg, the recipient of a Pulitzer Prize, offers a host of example of the social cure in action: In South Carolina, a state-sponsored antismoking program called Rage Against the Haze sets out to make cigarettes uncool.

Certainly, there are valid concerns about the patchwork regulations that could result if every state sets its own rules.

On May 31st Microsoft Set off the row: It said that Internet Explorer 10,the version due to appear windows 8, would have DNT as a default.

Yet its report may well set back reform by obscuring the depth and breadth of the challenge that Congress asked it to illuminate.

The Nobels were, of course, themselves set up by a very rich individual who had decided what he wanted to do with his own money.

Most archaeological sites, however, are discovered by archaeologists who have set out to look for them.

The infrastructure required to make a physical newspaper—printing presses, delivery trucks—isn’t just expensive; it’s excessive at a time when online-only competitors don’t have the same set of financial constraints.

In Denmark, the United States, and a few other countries, it is trying to set voluntary standards for models and fashion images that rely more on peer pressure for enforcement.

Rather than just focusing on GDP, over 40 different sets of criteria from health, education and civil society engagement have been measured to get a more rounded assessment of how countries are performing.

A series of fires ( ' , including those set by the British in 1814) and overcrowded conditions led to the construction of the existing Treasury Building.

Across 18 trials each, the living rats were 52 percent more likely on average to set the social robot free than the asocial one.

Every Saturday morning, at 9 am, more than 50,000 runner set off to run 5 km around their local park.

first, it is very expensive to set up the computer, card reader, and telecommunications networks necessary to make electronic money the dominant form of payment.

If the bills become law, state boards and commissions will be required to set aside 50 percent of board seats for women by 2022.

On May 31st Microsoft set off the row.

Our legal system was designed to set law apart from politics precisely because they are so closely tied.

The fund will also be used to compensate landowners who set aside habitat.

The infrastructure required to make a physical newspaper—printing presses, delivery trucks—isn't just expensive; it's excessive at a time when online-only competitors don't have the same set of financial constraints.

The most drastic, and thoroughly illegal, reaction has been the emergence of Sci-Hub, a kind of global photocopier for scientific papers, set up in 2012, which now claims to offer access to every paywalled article published since 2015.

These habits have helped companies earn billions of dollars when customers eat snacks or wipe counters almost without thinking, often in response to a carefully designed set of daily cues.

tim Harford, author of Messy: The Power of Disorder to Transform Our Lives, points to a study in the early 1980s that divided undergraduates into two groups: some were advised to set out monthly goals and study activities; others were told to plan activit

USFWS also set an interim goal of restoring prairie chicken populations to an annual average of 67, 000 birds over the next 10 years.

While these measures would be welcome in the short term, we must face up to the fact that the existing £4.5bn programme of grants to fund new affordable housing, set to expire in 2015, is unlikely to be extended beyond then.

You won't be eating out a lot, but save your pennies and once every few months treat yourself to a set lunch at a good restaurant —￡1.75 a week for three months gives you ￡21 — more than enough for a three course lunch at Michelin-Starred Arbutus.