We know also the power of World Heritage to bring together divided communities and promote international cooperation in difficult contexts.
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We have seen the power of World Heritage to bring together divided communities and promote international cooperation in difficult contexts.
At the Atlantic Council in Washington, he describes a job that forces one to "mix the world of power and the world of morality".
The Irish are some of the hardest working and caring people on the face of the Earth, they have had a short sharp lesson of the power of modern world economics whilst making huge strides in their quality of life and they will be better for it.
Hard assets will benefit as a hedge from the medium and long-term reduction in purchasing power of various world currencies, he said.
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In a 2011 article for the scholarly journal Science, researchers Martin Hilbert and Priscila Lopez estimated that the entire processing power of the world's stock of general-purpose computers in 2007 more or less equaled that of one human brain (about 6.4 quintillion instructions per second -- the standard measure of computer speed).
Last quarter, Intel's manufacturing edge helped it grab 76.3% of the market for the "x86" processors that power most of the world's computers, up from 74.4% during the year-ago period, according to Mercury Research.
Just look at what Intel has done to Advanced Micro Devices over the past 12 months: Thanks to a salvo of new processor designs--and a cutting-edge manufacturing process--Intel has grabbed 76.3% of the market for the "x86" processors that power most of the world's computers in the final quarter of last year, up from 74.4% during the year-ago period, according to Mercury Research.
Just look at what Intel has done to Advanced Micro Devices (nyse: AMD - news - people ) over the past 12 months: Thanks to a salvo of new processor designs--and a cutting-edge manufacturing process--Intel has grabbed 76.3% of the market for the "x86" processors that power most of the world's computers in the final quarter of last year, up from 74.4% during the year-ago period, according to Mercury Research.
It said the success of the initial project had enabled it to offer additional power to other members of the Southern African Power Pool, which is one of the largest interconnected grids in the world and links the power networks of nine countries in southern Africa.
But that hasn't stopped Steorn from making some big claims over much of the past year: The invention could end global warming, wean the world economy from its dependence on oil from war-torn regions and power some of the world's poorest communities.
As the balance of economic power in the world changes, mustn't the balance of political power change too?
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An additional indicator of the persuasive power of pictures comes from the world of neuroscience.
For digital CEOs used to the susceptibility of problems to the power of algorithms, the analog world of politics is a domain frustratingly beyond their reach.
It is a region that, in 50 years' time, will undoubtedly be the new power center of the world game.
Five of the likely contenders are from Latin America, a reflection of the increasing power of this part of the Catholic world.
To maximize the potential pulling power of having the world's biggest tee in Casey, Bohannon is also thinking on a grand scale to market the town's gargantuan landmark.
In April 2006, Intel Chief Executive PaulOtelliniPaul Otellini announced a restructuring effort that led to more than 10, 000 layoffs and a renewed focus on the so-called x86 processors that power most of the world's computers.
In April 2006, Intel Chief Executive Paul Otellini announced a restructuring effort that led to more than 10, 000 layoffs and a renewed focus on the so-called x86 processors that power most of the world's computers.
When you run the company that stamps out the chips that power most of the world's PCs and servers--as Intel Chief Executive PaulOtelliniPaul Otellini does--you've got a whole lot more riding on your quarterly results than the average tech company.
Many of these original workshops have been turned into apartments now, but small open-door shops still populate those same streets, where third- and fourth-generation craftspeople continue to make the mainsprings, bridges and balance cocks that power some of the world's most exquisite and pricey timepieces.
Since then, Intel Chief Executive PaulOtelliniPaul Otellini has taken the fight to AMD by focusing on the one spot where AMD had hurt it most: the so-called "x86" chips built by both Intel and AMD that power most of the world's PCs, servers and notebook computers.
Since then, Intel Chief Executive Paul Otellini has taken the fight to AMD by focusing on the one spot where AMD had hurt it most: the so-called "x86" chips built by both Intel and AMD that power most of the world's PCs, servers and notebook computers.
This led to the spread of a new form of merchant power across much of the developed world in the form of debt-fuelled consumer capitalism.
Not so much because of all the social and technology shifts since then, but because that year is so close to the high-water mark of U.S. predominance as the only great power to come out of World War II more or less intact.
As the euro crisis continues and the West shows little signs of growth, the World Bank says that global economic growth is increasingly dependent on the BRICS countries, which account for 27 percent of global purchasing power and 45 percent of the world's workforce.
Aggreko has become one of the world's largest suppliers of temporary power in recent years, having picked up a string of contracts for major events around the world.
This week we talked about the growing reach and influence of Chinese soft power around the world, and the advent of the e-bike on Beijing streets (Kuo and Osnos both worship at the temple of the e-bike, and never resist an opportunity to proselytize).
Where once the non-pro was exposed only to danger from lawnmowers and jig saws, the democratization of power equipment has opened up new world of hazards for the do-it-yourselfer.
It now has the largest installed base of wind power in the world, and is targeting to have 20 percent of its energy sourced from renewables by 2020.
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