Sentences with phrase «as urban myth»

And while drinking beer does not increase your milk supply, as urban myth suggests, consuming alcohol of any kind may decrease the amount of milk your baby drinks.

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• BP's C.F.O., Brian Gilvary, dismissed a claim that its C.E.O., Bob Dudley, had been poisoned in Moscow as «a complete urban myth.»

This would have been important because based on his TV appearances Fry is popularly perceived as an encyclopaedic authority on factual misconceptions and debunking urban myths.

As a Matter of Fact I Can't Fit into My Size 4 Jeans After Having Just Given Birth... Dear Readers, all of us mothers have certainly come across that urban myth about the friend, of the friend, of an acquaintance who went to high school with the so - and - so who used to know our sister,... Read More about As a Matter of Fact, I Can't Fit into My Size 4 Jeans After Having Just Given Birth

«There is both truth and urban myth in what you are hearing,» wrote a program officer, who went on to point out that a qualitative score of «excellent» doesn't mean as much as you might think.

There is a popular urban myth going around that you could eat as much fruits and veggies as you like.

As the case often with myths and «urban legends,» many of the these are based on facts that have been misunderstood and twisted.

The current «urban myth» in the fitness world is that cardio will actually cause your RMR (Resting Metabolic Rate, also know as BMR or Basil Metabolic Rate) to slow down, resulting in weight gain rather Read More

If you've been single for a while it can be all too easy to view tales of lasting love and marriage as some sort of sign for an urban relationship myth, meant only for the very handsome, the very rich or the very lucky!

Yet, easier overall doesn't always mean easier on an individual scale — and if you've been single a while it can be only too easy to view these tales of lasting love and marriage as some sort of urban relationship myth, meant only for the very handsome, the very rich or the very lucky.

Tarantino's films aren't so much stories as strings of anecdotes: movie moments, urban myths, conversations strewn with pop culture references.

Rocha is understood to be producing a number of other one - offs as part of the Urban Myths strand.

The Their Finest star is to front Sky Arts» Marilyn Monroe and Billy Wilder, formerly known as It's Me, Sugar, alongside Rome's James Purefoy, who plays Billy Wilder, as part of its Urban Myths strand.

It is part of the forthcoming Urban Myths season, which features The Sex Pistols vs Bill Grundy, starring Steve Pemberton, When Bowie Met Bolan (Lion TV), starring Jack Whitehall as Marc Bolan and Luke Treadaway as David Bowie, The Dali and The Cooper (Me & You Productions), starring David Suchet, Noel Fielding and Sheila Hancock and Public Enemy feat.

As he combs through East Los Angeles searching for any kind of clues he can find, he stumbles upon a larger, more sinister conspiracy than he ever imagined, involving billionaires, celebrities, urban myths, and even pop culture as we know iAs he combs through East Los Angeles searching for any kind of clues he can find, he stumbles upon a larger, more sinister conspiracy than he ever imagined, involving billionaires, celebrities, urban myths, and even pop culture as we know ias we know it.

It's a bit difficult to believe that Kearney isn't more readily identifiable by others, but if you can swallow that Bobby Z is mostly a legend (or urban myth), perhaps you can also swallow that a man as obsessed with Bobby Z for years wouldn't have seen a single picture of him.

What stories or urban myths did you hear as a child that made you afraid?

Although the series is now over a decade old, many recommendations are still relevant today, such as providing effective professional development, professionalizing teaching, fostering bipartisanship, and dispelling myths about urban districts.

Although the series is now over a decade old, many of the recommendations made by the task forces are still relevant today, such as providing effective professional development for teachers and principals, professionalizing teaching, political and policy challenges like bipartisanship, and dispelling myths about the challenges of leading urban districts.

Not as Good as You Think: The Myth of the Middle Class School is a documentary that shatters the myth that «good» schools located in «nice» neighborhoods are shielded from the education crisis that pervades schools in poor, urban arMyth of the Middle Class School is a documentary that shatters the myth that «good» schools located in «nice» neighborhoods are shielded from the education crisis that pervades schools in poor, urban armyth that «good» schools located in «nice» neighborhoods are shielded from the education crisis that pervades schools in poor, urban areas.

Another report blows away the myth of safety in schools: Rural students are almost as likely as urban students are to report that their school is unsafe, with suburban students only a few percentage points behind.

The GT500's engine and already almost urban - myth of a 200 - mph top speed are the main talking points on this car, but it handles aggressive cornering on the street well, though the ride is firm and unforgiving, as it should be.

The latter is closer to what I hear, but it could very well be an urban myth as well.

As investors become increasingly aware that the conventional wisdom of modern investing is largely myth and urban legend, there will be growing demand for new ideas, and for more choices.

Poinsettias (Euphorbia) have gotten a bad rap as an extremely poisonous plant due to an urban legend dating back to 1919 — reference for poinsettia myth.

- Link doesn't have much of a character in this game - they wanted players to relate to Link and play as themselves - Link's face doesn't have much expression in this game, and that was done on purpose - for Zelda games, the devs always try to make the player feel like Link - that was pushed even moreso for this entry - everytime a Zelda releases, Aonuma watches fan feedback and considers that for the future - the items Link uses to solve are always going to be important - regardless of the tech that Nintendo provides, exploration in the series is important - Link's growth through who he meets is also an important element of the franchise - Aonuma thought about Zelda freedom when considering Breath of the Wild, and was brought back to the days of the original Zelda - this was a big point of inspiration for Breath of the Wild - with Ocarina of Time 3D, Nintendo wanted to really utilize the 3D and had a desire to let players enjoy Ocarina of Time outside - the goal with A Link to the Past was creating more depth - Aonuma used to think that getting lost in a 3D world wasn't okay - this lead Aonuma to putting in tons of hints and guiding players - he has since changed that idea and convinced himself that it's okay to get lost - the first two years of development the devs created a game where just running around was fun - climbing is very important, because players can climb high and see destinations they want to visit - you can place your own markers to decide where you want to go - when the devs create a Zelda title, they consider not using the name Link - since they don't have anything else to go with, they choose Link - the name Link doesn't hold much value, since the player is the one creating the journey - when Nintendo first created Link, they wanted a character that is literally the link between people - that is why his name is Link - to think that the Zelda series has been around so long that there are all sorts of urban legends and myths makes Miyamoto really happy

David Harrison's first New York solo exhibition (16 September - 30 October 2016) since 2008 features recent paintings that draw on natural and urban themes as well as a rich vocabulary of myth, history and symbolism.

As a practicing visual artist, Barry Ace's work has been included in numerous group and solo exhibitions, including: Emergence from the Shadows — First Peoples Photographic Perspectives, Canadian Museum of Civilization (1996: Ottawa); Urban Myths: Aboriginal Artists in the City.

Paolo Canevari presents highly recognizable or even commonplace symbols in order to comment on such concept as religion, the urban myths of happiness or the major principles behind creation and destruction.

After continuing to be bit puzzled about Parker's justification for using the calm / windy versus Tmin relationship trends as a measure of UHI changes over time, I went back and reviewed Steve M's comments (see below at bottom of post) introducing the «Parker 2006: An Urban Myth?»

«The Skeptical Environmentalist» portrays several other elements of the Litany as little more than urban myths.

How is it that the conclusions of climate scientists can be called into question as a result of supposedly dubious statistical techniques, but the long history of nonsense from the skeptics, (such as the Robinson et al paper that accompanied the politically motivated Oregon Petition, the corporate funded propaganda campaigns of the Global Climate Coalition, and the recent urban myth that Martian «global warming» disproves a human influence on earthly climate) tells us nothing about the integrity of the skeptic theory of climate?

It is perhaps one of the most enduring legal «urban myths»: that a man and woman who live together for many years, support each, maybe have children together, are viewed in the eyes of the law as being married and so when their relationship ends, they will be entitled to receive a fair share of their home and any other assets.

With many motorcyclists thinking they know about motorcycle safety, crashes as well as misconceptions and myths, it is easy to hear something that goes in the form of an assumption, misconception or an urban legend.