It is not there to wait for you to go on quests, trigger events or make decisions.

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The most powerful feature, though, is the ability to create programs that can automate tasks, send alerts and trigger events based on data from the sensors.

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The purchasee already has low marks, which will be inherited by the purchaser, in addition to which the ratings agencies are likely to downgrade the new entity and trigger other negative events.

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Favorite music or songs associated with important personal events can trigger memory of lyrics and the experience connected to the music.

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Delivering a termination notice will trigger a series of events that are difficult to unwind or postpone without putting the organization at significant risk.

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And that's how a thunderstorm off the coast of India might trigger a pattern of events which led to the weather switch last spring.

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Some analysts have speculated that the collapse of the banks could trigger a series of events that lead to Cyprus leaving the euro, with unpredictable consequences for the rest of the eurozone.

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"The situation in Italy can be extrapolated to carry larger significance in Europe, but the reality is that the Continent's financial system is much more stable than when regional political events could trigger a panic-induced sell-off, " said Yoshihiro Okumura, general manager at Chibagin Asset Management.

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Making data digital from the start can trigger a whole range of positive events.

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Swipe your Visa card at a store in Sydney and you trigger a pretty amazing sequence of events.

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These are both events that could easily trigger the AMT.

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Supporters, who consider him a whistleblower who exposed war crimes and helped trigger the upheavals of the Arab Spring, held events on Saturday to mark his 1, 000th day of detention.

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External events, too, could prove a trigger.

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This involves mining data for lifecycle events to generate targeted messaging based on an automated trigger engine.

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