Sentences with phrase «embraced as»

In internet - savvy circles [Amanda Hocking] has been embraced as a figurehead of the digital publishing revolution that is seen as blowing up the traditional book world — or «legacy publishing» as its detractors call it — and replacing it with the ebook, where direct contact between author and reader, free of the mediation of agent and publishing house, is but a few clicks away.

Ch 6.5 Training Your Intuition Intuition is often either knocked as superstitious (by Logic Brain types) or embraced as a mystical power (by Creative Brain types).

A journalist with a flexible schedule, Paul became one of the few male «trailing spouses» in their neighborhood in Beijing, an identity he embraced as it allowed him to pursue creative opportunities he never could have imagined prior to moving around the world.

I think she also embraced them as a way to be close to the mother she lost.

Initially embraced as exemplars of the libertarian ideal, the family turned out to be a dangerous sham, ruled by an evil patriarch.

Graphic novels and comics are more accepted and even embraced as a legitimate storytelling format than before, so most public libraries do supply them, and they are a big draw for many people.

Although EPUB has only embraced as an eBook standard within the last 12 months it has been embraced by many big names including; Sony, Google, Penguin, Harper Collins and Adobe, to name but a few.

The 2016 Ferrari 488 GTB is a replacement for the outgoing 458 Italia, and though it's yet to be seen if the new car will be as universally embraced as its predecessor, the 488 GTB is introducing some new rules to the game.

It's hard to think of another field in which experience is considered a liability and those who know the least about the nuts and bolts of an enterprise are embraced as experts.

Authentic diversity should not just be seen as a challenge in the classroom — it should be embraced as an opportunity and capitalized upon as a strength.

Duncan opened: «For the next several years, preschool, K — 12, and postsecondary educators are likely to face the challenge of doing more with less... [This] can and should be embraced as an opportunity to make dramatic improvements....

They provide a valuable and viable option for educating children and should be embraced as just one of many educational options in Indiana's educational toolbox.

Additionally, the report highlights that with historically disadvantaged student populations, charter schools should be embraced as a solution in Oakland's efforts to raise student achievement.

Giving teachers an advisory vote on charter - school operators ought to be embraced as a way to share in a solution.

Charters are public schools, and Fariña could have embraced them as a small but critical component of the education system, one that does an admirable job of educating poor kids of color.

Professor Orfield advises that «school choice should not be embraced as an end onto itself» because it «accords the biggest rewards to the most sophisticated families.»

Can we honestly say that the Common Core standards are so sound and so remarkable that they should be embraced as the standards by which every American child should be both educated and judged?

Time and time again, our clients tell us they see the best results when Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) is not sporadically implemented but is embraced as an integral component of the school day.

I look forward to what is yet - to - come including what I hope is an educational climate in NYC where collaboration among all schools, regardless of label, is the norm, where cooperation replaces conflict and charter schools are fully embraced as important parts of the system.

Reformers embraced it as a powerful intellectual force for change and used it to propel the budding choice movement forward.

The result was a hybrid plan that satisfied no one, but which the mayor embraced as his best opportunity to create change.

It was during this time that she first started working with Raptivity and embraced it as an engaging and valuable support for online and mobile learning.

The REC's recent Future of jobs commission report highlighted the need for inclusion and diversity to be embraced as a way of ensuring that employers are accessing the best talent they need, and this is particularly relevant to the education sector.

Yes, you are in a professional environment that should always be respected and embraced as such, but education can also feel quite (unnecessarily) competitive.

This is perhaps the reason the Obama administration has lent its support to the Common Core State Standards Initiative, which has been embraced as a reform solution by 44 states and the District of Columbia.

But he immediately embraced them as peers and sought opportunities to learn from them, even as he shared his considerable knowledge and insights,» says Professor Judith McLaughlin, director of HEP, sharing that his nominating classmates described Mitchell as a valued, calming presence and a vital contributor to class discussions.

Because the quotidian demands on K - 12 principals and their staffs severely limit the time they can devote both to training neophyte teachers and assessing the ongoing work of veteran instructors, video evaluations have been eagerly embraced as a time - saver.

It has captivated international audiences and been widely embraced as a defining love story for the new century.

For now, Bolt can be widely embraced as something ordinary yet fun.

This is the kind of film where that ugly old thing doesn't just survive the various attempts, it's embraced as a part of the family home.

Eighteen months have passed since Superman (Henry Cavill) destroyed half of Metropolis fighting General Zod (Michael Shannon), and while some people have embraced him as a god - like hero, others believe that he's a dangerous alien who should be held accountable for his actions.

Joe Robert Cole believes the womanizing playboy nature of Tony Stark wouldn't be as embraced as it has been in the past.

«Whether it's Winky, Bonnie, Violet or Dot, she'll be embraced as a new member of the PAC - MAN family, and we're excited for gamers to meet her in PAC - MAN Pop on their mobile devices.»

I wonder if this might go slightly to the left of what Oscar voters (and perhaps audiences) are used to, causing it to not quite be embraced as much as his previous works, but there's such talent on display here that I can't imagine the Academy completely ignoring it.

In 2016, Universal released BAD MOMS to nearly no fanfare; luckily, audiences embraced it as a middle finger to the demands of the overworked and underappreciated soccer mom.

2) The Homesman has not been embraced as it might have been, or as it should have been.

Indeed, the most substantial and clear dialogue in the film comes from a drunken party guest (Will Oldham) whose philosophy could be embraced as the crux of the film or dismissed as philosophical rambling — the film works with either take.

The movie currently boasts the highest Rotten Tomatoes critical score for a video game adaptation with 50 %, but US audiences haven't embraced it as widely as international markets.

Even though «Mockingjay: Part 2» will not be released until 2015, the three young stars of the blockbuster franchise embraced as filming for the movie is finally over.

Among those fans (and I count myself as one), Pulse (Japan, 2001) is embraced as one of his greatest works, perhaps his best.

It's not a literal adaptation of that graphic novel but a thematic one, extraordinarily potent material that preaches the gospel that all is, in fact, lost — that the bad guy is a representation of not evil, but the quintessence of what happens when nihilism is embraced as a moral code of conduct.

Rejected in life, after death he was recognized as the preeminent early modernist and embraced as the model artist - martyr in an uncaring, hardheaded world.

Spurned first by the French New Wave iconoclasts as belonging to the «tradition of quality» and later for the extremist political views their director embraced as a member of the right - wing National Front, Claude Autant - Lara's wartime films are rarely seen today.

And though Showgirls has been universally reviled and is now rather forcibly embraced as a cult film, the misleadingly - marketed movie is really yet another in a long line of Hollywood horror films masquerading as something else entirely.

In the late 90's interracial dating wasn't well embraced as it is in this century.

That so many big companies have already got behind the UK Dating Awards, and embraced it as a genuine Industry organisation and celebration.

Today, online dating has been accepted and embraced as the new norm.

Over time, this once niche collection trickled down to our favorite shopping mall stores and was embraced as the perfect palette cleanser from the cozy cables, pop colored plaids and red from the holiday season.

, I haven't embraced them as much as others.

While in France I could not help but notice how much red is embraced as much as blue.