Sentences with phrase «from urban activity»

The hotel is near embassies and major attractions, yet it stands in a quiet area removed from urban activity.

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They can choose from a number of employee - led activities such as meditation, surf lessons, urban hikes, soccer, aerial yoga, and more — and at the end of the day, reconvene for a happy hour.
«Most rural places are culturally distinct from urban and suburban markets, where local competition is higher and where pressure from customers makes local businesses more likely to adopt new business activities to stay ahead of the curve,» says Fortunato.
Urban Station developed a proposal that combines specially designed spaces and services with a physical platform where freelancers, entrepreneurs and companies from different industries can conduct their activities in a flexible manner, concerning themselves only with their work, with the possibility of joining a community charged with entrepreneurial energy in an ecosystem that brings together entities like Endeavor, Tedex, Start Up Chile with entrepreneurs from every sector, multinationals and local companies, transcending borders and strengthening the network.
Open Streets, an «urban playground» that shuts down Milwaukee from Logan Boulevard to Ashland Avenue for pedestrian activities, is still scheduled for 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, said Ethan Spotts, a spokesman for the alliance.
This focus on urban centres as increasingly independently articulated nodes of a national political activity questions the established notion of a hierarchically organised identity from the top down.
As it is, McMahon said, Cuomo's program promises to promote growth in a way that will increase Syracuse's urban density and spur sales tax growth from greater economic activity.
In parkour — an activity that evolved from obstacle course training — athletes vault, leap, and climb through the urban environment, often launching themselves to the tops of walls.
As part of the experiment, eight volunteers aged 65 and over (from a wider sample of 95 people aged 65 and over) wore a mobile EEG head - set which recorded their brain activity when walking between busy and green urban spaces.
If you haven't heard of this, Urban dictionary defines Man Cave as «A room, space, corner or area of a dwelling that is specifically reserved for a male person to be in a solitary condition, away from the rest of the household in order to work, play, involve himself in certain hobbies, activities without interruption.
Qing Li and his colleagues from Nippon Medical School found that visits to the forest (compared with urban trips) can have a long - lasting influence on immune system markers, increasing the activity of antiviral cells and intracellular anti-cancer proteins — and these changes remained significant for a full week after the visit.
To make it easier, we're putting on a whole host of activities from urban golf to fun quizzes and bowling.
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From bootlegs to urban battlefields this groundbreaking series traces the origin of the gangs that dominated criminal activities and invented their own codes of conduct.
Today's youth hostels are helping school children from all backgrounds to participate in a range of different activities in rural and urban areas across the country.
It is through this that YHA is enabling young children, especially those from disadvantaged backgrounds, to participate in activities in rural and urban areas of England and Wales.
From observing conditions there and in other cities, we believe that bargaining and related union activity have not only hampered urban public schools with such things as cumbersome contracts, but have introduced practices into the education system that are counterproductive, fomenting a demoralizing pattern of acrimony between teachers and administrators that is fundamentally at odds with effective education.
Building off the four free lesson plans, these new activities further inspire students in urban areas to gain real world insights and understanding of where their food comes from and how it is grown and raised.
Apart from the 2012 Hyundai Veloster, the second vehicle designed at the California center, and unveiled at this year's Detroit Motor Show is the Hyundai Curb Concept which is a compact Urban Activity...
Apart from the 2012 Hyundai Veloster, the second vehicle designed at the California center, and unveiled at this year's Detroit Motor Show is the Hyundai Curb Concept which is a compact Urban Activity Vehicle (UAV).
The Trumann area has many excellent school districts, 2 large hospitals in Jonesboro, low traffic congestion, easy commute, low crime rates, low cost of living, many options for home ownership, from urban to rural, and opportunities for outdoor activities are abundant, including duck hunting, and fishing.
To encourage visitors to discover everything a park experience can be, the list of 99 Ways to Find Your Park includes a wide range of activities: from urban hikes and taking a sunrise selfie, to earning a Junior Ranger Badge and writing poetry.
With world - class hotels, activities and adventures to choose from, travellers can experience BC's pristine wildlife or urban coastal culture with each customized vacation package.
From urban amenities to outdoor activities, Vancouver is a beautiful destination to visit for sightseers, for adventurers and for families.
Inn by the Sea offers a perfect combination of relaxed seaside getaway in a naturally beautiful coastal setting, with a mile of pristine sand beach, rejuvenating sea inspired SPA, heated pool and captivating local cuisine in ocean view Sea Glass restaurant, yet is only minutes from Portland's urban chic, small port city with shopping, galleries and water activities.
The viewer encounters the unexpected through the artist's photographs which reveal a spontaneous and surprising urban reality and have to be understood as an independent and separate activity from the sculptures.
Staged in K11 Art Foundation's pop - up venue, a space previously used to show future building projects that continue to change the urban landscape around Hong Kong, HACK SPACE forms an alternative hacker narrative, weaving moments from the history of western hacker activity with artworks that rethink space through unconventional methodologies of making and thinking.
This additional program could be for either teens or seniors dedicated to expanding activities from the neighborhood and accessible through a new bike and walking path, converting the alley into part of an urban infrastructure.»
participants will also get to enjoy all the activities of the larger festival, as well as a tour of a local urban farm and garden, and an informal tiny house dinner where advocates can swap stories on, presumably, everything from teeny tiny energy bills, to tip on how to not elbow your partner in the face as you get dressed in the morning (OK, I made that last part up.
The Urban Heat Island Effect (UHI) is a phenomenon whereby the concentration of structures and waste heat from human activity (most notably air conditioners and internal combustion engines) results in a slightly warmer envelope of air over urbanised areas when compared to surrounding rural areas.
Many health centres, hospitals and charities now see the health benefits of urban agriculture in preventing illness and triggering healing responses and use food growing related activities to treat patients suffering from both physical and mental illness.
Firstly, the RUAF Foundation cooperates with urban producers, local NGOs, public administrations and other relevant stakeholder groups in setting up of concrete short chain marketing initiatives, for example within the framework of the Market - oriented urban agriculture project in Gaza (implemented in cooperation with Oxfam) agricultural value chains in various specific product groups are supported in a market - for the poor - perspective; The From Seed to Table programme supported 30 urban farmer groups in 17 cities to innovate their local production systems, engage in value - adding activities and establish innovative short marketing channels; The projects in Freetown and Makeni in Sierra Leone implemented in cooperation with COOPI helped to establish various youth - led agro-enterprises (in pig raising and slaughtering; milk and fruit processing and waste management).
Health benefits may include: physical activity from walking and cycling, which can help prevent heart disease, some cancers, type 2 diabetes, and some obesity - related risks; lower urban air pollution concentrations; lower rates of traffic injury risks for users of dedicated bicycle and pedestrian networks; and less noise stress.
This activity report analyzes the results from a conducted a public opinion survey in 2013, in five cities in Latin America to learn about citizens» perceptions about quality of life, urban infrastructure needs and public services.
Participants worked in conjunction with nearly one dozen community organizations on a wide array of volunteer activities, ranging from urban agriculture to mural painting.
From Seed to Table (FStT) is a major 3 - year programme aimed to encourage urban farmer groups to innovate their local production systems, to engage in value - adding activities and establish innovative short marketing channels in 18 major cities, and to enhance the capacities of NGOs to support them effectively in such activities.
It really matters to making policy how much of the warming is from CO2, and how much is from methane, land use changes, urban island (asphalt, concrete, air conditioning, etc.), carbon black, solar changes (sun activity lower and heliosphere at low level), or the catch all — natural variability.
They would deny any role from solar activity, urban heat island effects, land use changes i.e. wooded areas cleared for agriculture, aerosols, or natural variability.
Poor households involved in urban agriculture benefit economically from their production activities by saving on food expenditure or sales of surplus crop and livestock production, and in addition may benefit from production and sales of processed products or agricultural inputs.
This activity report collects the proceedings of a workshop on Climate Change and Urban Planning, held in Rotterdam, from 28 - 30 May 2009.
Having watched urban beekeeping grow from an illegal, underground activity into an accepted part of community sustainability, she suggests that she too has found her place in society as a result: «This is the first time in my life when I've just felt absolutely on the right path.»
We used Kitty Cams to investigate the activities of urban free - roaming cats in Athens, Georgia from Nov. 2010 - Oct. 2011, with goals for wildlife conservation and for improving the health and well - being of pet cats.»
Urban living is within your reach, and you can choose from the many activities offered to you.
Linking objectively measured physical activity with objectively measured urban form: findings from SMARTRAQ
Our recent report from the Urban Institute provides findings from early implementation activities of... Continue Reading
a risk that Indigenous peoples become permanently isolated from the labour market in urban and regional areas, without the support of CDEP or some similar arrangement that meets the particular needs of Indigenous unemployed people and allows them activity, training and purpose; and
Home - building activity slowed in August, with housing starts down 0.8 percent to a rate of 1,180,000, according to the latest data from the U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
Home - building activity in April fell short of forecasts in an unexpected move down, with housing starts dipping 2.6 percent to a rate of 1,172,000, according to the latest data from the U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
Home - building activity tumbled in September, with housing starts down 4.7 percent to a rate of 1,127,000, according to the latest data from the U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
Home - building activity rose in a surprise November, with housing starts up 3.3 percent to a rate of 1,297,000, according to the latest data from the U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
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