Sentences with phrase «facing cities around»

To take just one example: one of the key challenges facing cities around the globe in the 21st century is flooding.

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The company has created an online toolkit for website creation and is holding events in cities around the country that provide free face - to - face training.
Residents clustered around Vancouver's Angus Park, a grassy strip just 10 minutes south of the downtown core, face the same challenges faced by most homeowners in that city: debt.
Other challenges New York faces include its inability to attract technology - focused industries, intensified regulation from city and state politicians, and the rise of financial centers around the world that will provide major competition.
Starry certainly faces a lot of obstacles, like lobbying from traditional ISPs, weather conditions, and getting permission to put its antennas around cities.
The talent coming out of the city's universities is top - tier and tends to stick around and Kik doesn't face the same poaching problems as most San Francisco firms.
Our partner site CityLab explores the cities of the future and investigates the biggest ideas and issues facing city dwellers around the world.
The growing legal questions around Mr Cohen's services for Mr Trump come as the lawyer faces a grand - jury investigation being led by federal prosecutors in New York City who are exploring bank fraud, wire fraud or campaign finance charges, according to people familiar with the matter who, like others, spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss an ongoing investigation.
The growing legal questions around Cohen's services for Trump come as the lawyer faces a grand jury investigation being led by federal prosecutors in New York City who are exploring bank fraud, wire fraud or campaign finance charges, according to people familiar with the matter who, like others, spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss an ongoing investigation.
The people of Ferguson — and all protesters who gather in cities and colleges and communities around the world — are doing one thing: they are standing with their hands up and their faces blank.
The Sri Ram Sene was one of the most active groups that launched a series of attacks on Christians and their property in and around Mangalore city in the southern state of Karnataka, India in August - September 2008, according to a report, «The Ugly Face of Sangh Parivar,» published by the People's Union of Civil Liberties (PUCL), in March 2009.
The demonstration began near City Hall around 3 p.m. Protesters entered the building chanting «Face the people!»
I want to wake up to a new city and new faces around me; I want to step outside and walk for hours, following paths chosen by whim and fancy.
With Manchester United facing bottom - side Leicester City, it could be a good time to try out Radamel Falcao, for whom a great spell in front of goal is surely just around the corner.
Last season we started the season by beating Man City in the Community Shield, and it meant we were far more confident when facing them in the League, and if this has the same effect on Chelsea this time around, then Wenger won't be the only one believing that we can beat Mourinho to the League title as well....
With Arsenal just five points behind the league leaders and with Leicester facing us as well as Man City this month, Wenger insisted that a few good results would see Arsenal right back in the thick of things and he clearly expects the clubs around us to have slip ups of their own.
Fortunately for us, the Gunners are due to face Man City in the Premier League on November 5th and we will be hoping for some fireworks around the City goal.
The Arsenal boss faced the media for the first time on Thursday morning and questions naturally centred around Welbeck rather than their upcoming game against Manchester City.
Still struggling at the bottom of current league standings, Crystal Palace will be hoping to turn things around this weekend as they travel to face fellow newly promoted side, Hull City.
On that basis, the bookmaker odds on offer, where we are quoted as around 5/1 to win the game, and City at around 2/1 on, would appear to be wide of the mark, but of course the two games where we have faced each other this season tell another story.
After one game last season they were bottom of the league so Arsene Wenger will certainly be hoping for a much brighter start this time around, though that has been made difficult by their starting fixtures as they face Jurgen Klopp's Liverpool at the Emirates before a trip to the reigning champions Leicester City.
Antonio Conte and Pep Guardiola face their first season in England with Chelsea and Manchester City whilst Jurgen Klopp and Jose Mourinho hope to turn things around for Liverpool and Manchester United...
For most sides, a trip to the City of Manchester to face the province's newest playboy's would be a daunting prospect, but the Trotters have been a reslient sort away from home this season, albeit against weaker opposition than that of a City team which cost somewhere around # 300 to assemble.
The Baby Jogger City Versa was lightweight and easy to move around with, and the baby could sit forward or inward facing.
When he announced the endorsement, the union's president, Bruce Both, said Meng had «pledged her support for our Union's effort to hold Walmart accountable for reckless corporate policies that effect the worker families, small business owners, and women that live in the 6th Congressional,» adding: «Our Union believes that Grace will help unify an ethnically diverse community around the most pressing issue facing our Unions membership: keeping New York City Walmart free.»
«Our Union believes that Grace will help unify an ethnically diverse community around the most pressing issue facing our Unions membership: keeping New York City Walmart free.»
And Buffalo faces severe issues: in 17 zip codes around the city, there's more than double the rate of children with elevated lead levels compared to Flint.
Watch exclusive footage of running battles in the streets of the City, as demonstrators face off with riot police around London Bridge.
«When I look around at the city I love, I see the fear on the face of every single retiree, afraid they may have to sell their home because of runaway property taxes,» he said.
But Skyler — whose own name was at one point bandied around as a potential mayoral candidate — warned that the mayor - elect faces a huge challenge in overseeing a workforce of 300,000 city employees and a $ 70 billion budget.
Around the same time, the Wall Street Journal posted an article about the state withholding funds for 14 homeless shelters facing persistent code violations, an escalation of a feud between City Hall and the executive chamber that made advocates howl.
It's still unclear whether Bill de Blasio will be able to stave off a runoff tonight, but in the race for public advocate — an almost entirely powerless position that is nevertheless first in the line of succession for the mayoralty, for some reason — state Senator Daniel Squadron and city Councilwoman Letitia James are locked in at around 33 percent to 35 percent each, and will face each other for the championship on October 1, according to the AP.
Coming off of a closer - than - anyone - expected loss to Mayor Bloomberg in November, Thompson announced today that he won't seek statewide office this year, choosing instead to flash his face around the city so people remember who is.
«It's a great honor,» said Veronica Kelly, who works with the New York City Global Partners, a non-profit organization that connects municipal leaders in New York City with leaders from around the world to discuss shared problems facing their cities.
A coalition of elected officials and activists rallied on the steps of City Hall around a series of bills that would provide legal counsel to low - income tenants facing eviction.
Some see it as a slap in the face to the city of Syracuse which selected COR to develop the site and gave it $ 1.5 million to develop the public infrastructure around it.
Cities around the world are facing major water - related challenges.
We then found ourselves faced with the bill of several hundred billion dollars in insurance losses and the cost of rebuilding a major city, not to mention the couple of thousand of dead Americans — all because we didn't want to spend the couple of hundred million dollars to solve the problems of the dikes around New Orleans.
The field of urban planning is gaining interest as cities around the world, including nearby Houston, are facing increased exposure to weather - related risks and hazards ranging from sea level rise and flooding to temperature build - up and urban heat island effect.
«With BAU (Business As Usual) humanity faces a very abrupt future of misery; including rapid 5 to 9 meter sea level rise taking out coastal cities around the planet.
My history as the manager of a high end catering company in fast paced New York City had left me facing issues around my health prior to and during my studies with IPE.
Whether they cover the wearer's eyes or whole face, masks add an element of mystery and intrigue when worn, especially around this particular holiday in the city.
I must have walked around with a silly grin on my face for that first full week, unable to believe that I was finally living in the city of my dreams — everything about it just seemed so picturesque in those early spring moments.
«It's one of my favourite cities at the moment, especially for the art, there is so much going on here,» continues Unwerth, who has worked for a slew of top fashion publications including Vogue, Vanity Fair, Interview, The Face, Arena, and i - D, and published dozens of books of personal work from exhibitions around the world.
Drenched in nature's glow (i.e. sweat) while walking around the city, I had a huge smile on my face for one...
The site helps millions of members come together in face - to - face meetings organized around a common theme, cause, or interest, and now hosts 340,000 monthly Meetups in 45,000 cities around the world.
You can create a character and walk around the city of Franktown and play with other MakeMeBabies is using advanced face detection technology to predict what your baby will look like.
The whole «two people walk around a city and fall in love» plot has been done — most notably by Richard Linklater with his «Before Sunrise» / «Before Sunset» / «Before Midnight» trilogy — but by making his young lovers into the future President and First Lady of the United States, writer - director Richard Tanne easily clears one of the biggest hurdles facing anyone trying to grab an audience.
The motivation behind New Leaders was to supply new blood to cities that were reportedly facing shortages of qualified principals ready to turn around dysfunctional schools.
This year in Chicago Public Schools has been rough on budgets, but E4E - Chicago teacher leaders like Lacey Clayborn, an eighth grade math teacher at Howe School of Excellence, are planning and executing events around the city to appreciate their colleagues who thrive in the face of adversity.
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