Sentences with phrase «as a magnet»

The city is hoping that the larger redevelopment projects will act as a magnet for drawing new customers, and in turn draw new retailers to the area.

Some varieties of crystals are believed to soak up the energy around them, while others act as a magnet for energy.

The controlled open enrollment plan is in addition to the existing choice programs such as magnet schools, alternative schools, special programs, advanced placement, and dual enrollment.

You are able to manipulate the environment with new types of weapons such as a magnet type thing and the ability to raise blocks out of the ground.

African cities have long served as magnets for struggling rural populations.

There are also resources on school integration policies and trends, as well as magnet school best practices.

The trees can be used as magnets or if you cut the sticks in half and make them smaller they could be ornaments for your tree or for the grandparents.

An optimistic profile will work as a magnet that will attract people of opposite sex towards you.

In some cases, charters are run as magnet schools by universities and colleges.

It is has come out of its shell, and emerged not just in the administration, but in this bone structure around the country as the magnet for entrepreneurs.

Those advantages are tremendous economic strength, and the dollar's power as magnet for global capital.

The electron acts as a magnet during the measurement.

A small number (102) of schools are identified as both magnet schools and charter schools in the Common Core of Data.

Some schools are also viewed as magnets for economic development and talent recruitment for their community or state.

Other options such as magnet classrooms or magnet schools can have initial start - up costs with teacher training or redistricting to open up space at a school.

Be careful, as this magnet located on your pet's collar may also attract metallic items from around your home.

For a moment, imagine you and your partner as magnets.

Using coconut oil as the fuel for the cleanse may add additional benefits as the oil acts as a magnet for bacteria and toxins, potentially aiding in their removal.

Similar to what happens in the life sciences sector, accumulation of tech companies in one location creates industry hubs that serve as magnets for more companies attracted by the concentration of talent.

For the first time, charter schools also are included in the rankings, although they don't perform nearly as well as the magnets.

Traditional methods for obtaining real estate leads include branded marketing materials such as magnets and calendars and even door to door farming.

«As a magnet school, everyone wants to showcase their program,» he adds.

Our attractive merchandise and graphics display act as a magnet for cat lovers at the shows!

It's not as elegant a system as the magnets of the iPads, but it's very effective.

in the 1970's, public schools known as magnets offered enrichment programs as an incentive to pull children from neighborhood schools.

The butcher - block countertops brought warmth to the dark gray cabinets, and we added backsplash made of galvanized metal sheets that matched the feel of the space, but also doubled as a magnet board for an unexpected and practical twist.

General Electric on Wednesday announced it will move its headquarters to Boston, making the iconic industrial giant the biggest company ever to relocate to the city and cementing the region's reputation as a magnet for innovation.

There are currently 39 schools operating as magnets in New York City.

The trick is to get them to come the first time and using that State Fair as a magnet to bring people to central New York.»

Under a commonsense system, some schools would surely continue to serve as all - purpose schools while other schools would offer specialized programs — just as magnet schools and charter schools do today.

Likewise, in its diverse references and inextricable dichotomies, Ofili's work functions as a magnet for viewers» own meanings, ideas, or arguments and encourages them to disagree freely, even with themselves.

This advanced case from Incipio is secured in place by Plextonium polycarbonate clips, which also double as magnets for the front lid to remain closed.

Bravo started as a magnet program within Lincoln High School in 1981.

You can even sign up for a free pet safety pack from the ASPCA which includes the stickers as well as a magnet with the number of poison control.

In fact, the U.S. may be losing ground as a magnet for global entrepreneurs, thanks to a backlog in the visas that allow them to start new businesses.

Just a hop away at the Willow Creek Vineyard, the memorably named Doot Doot Doot restaurant in the luxury boutique hotel Jackalope confirms the peninsula as a magnet for the new, cashed - up gastronomic tourist.

* Make sure you supervise children very closely while playing with the fishing pole as the magnet could be very dangerous if removed and swallowed.

«It's casinos, it's gaming, but it's casinos and gaming as a magnet for a larger resort that can bring families, attract conventions, people, come stay for a week... and the home run is the casino resort in the middle of a larger redevelopment plan that has housing in downtown,» added Cuomo.

The intent was to keep Progressive Media in place well after the election as a magnet for deep - pocketed progressives; as one of its organizers wistfully told me, «Imagine where we'd be if we had that in place four years later.»

Recently Mohammed Sheikh and his colleagues at the University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign statistically analyzed the timings, depths and durations of the short - term dips, finding that they are distributed according to a «power law» characteristic of a continuous phase transition (such as magnets realigning themselves in the presence of external magnetic fields).

«I like to think of the PB1 domains as magnets,» Strader said.

Think of Naomi as a magnet, and the various people she meets and interacts with as a pile of metal filings on a desk; she sweeps over all of them and rearranges things without actually picking anything up.

In subsequent years, two of these schools were restructured as magnet schools offering specialized programs in a small school setting.

Neighborhood schools in these zones that are disproportionately low - income would be reformed as magnet schools with attractive educational programs and themes to appeal to more middle - income families.

Walt Disney Magnet School, an eleven - acre site located on Chicago's lakefront, provides integrated instruction in the arts and technology as its magnet focus.

Alan Warhaftig, who retired last year after more than a decade as the magnet program co-coordinator at Fairfax High School, believes that the district's goal of rapid expansion of magnets could dilute the success of the programs.

School leaders at Bishop Woods Architecture and Design Magnet School say the way students learn in the school's second year as a magnet school is through hands - on, project - based instruction - or by seeing and by doing.

Halstead would eventually be re-opened as a magnet school.