Sentences with phrase «in tight knit communities»

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People in Israel's tight - knit startup community are talking about the reported death, and the odd life, of once high - flying startup Mobli.

Sure, that was bad for your business (particularly if it's based in a small town or serves a tight knit community), but it's nothing like our post-social media reality.

On an intellectual level, he knew many of his friends in Boulder's tight - knit entrepreneurial community weren't «crushing it.»

Go to any number of Prius forums and you can see how, like any enthusiastic World of Warcraft gamer, Prius drivers are a tight - knit community, constantly sharing tips and tricks with each other in the hopes of getting to that next level — 70 miles per gallon or 700 miles on a single tank of gas.

The resistance in Denmark may be particularly strong because there are so few positions in a very small tight - knit business community.

The city also has the best schools in the state, low crime rates and a very tight - knit community.

At face value, Holacracy is a business philosophy in Vegas's tight - knit Downtown community of entrepreneurs.

While WeWork is known for workspaces, Neumann and the company have worked to build communities within those workspaces, which makes people in even different companies feel like they are part of something tight - knit (and work even harder as a result).»

I prefer the small tight knit church communities to huge ones... though I love the brothers and sisters in both structures and feel empathy for pastors in general.

Likewise, mentions of social connections, which they say are often provided in a «tight - knit moral community,» suggest stronger relationships among Christian tweeters and are, they add, often an indicator of happiness.

Life in the Bible was lived in close relationships — tight - knit community was the cultural norm.

Word got out in the tight - knit barbecue community and donations and volunteers flowed.

The Chevallum State School is the only community building in the tight - knit community.

«Unfortunately, she works in a semi-rural district in a tight - knit community where change isn't always at the top of the list of things to do,» he said.

In fact, even in non-Western societies, those that have less frequent community interactions (typically farming tribes) show more similar infant - caregiver patterns and infant behaviours (including crying, fussiness, and distal interactions with the caregiver) to Western societies than those who live in a more tight - knit community [5In fact, even in non-Western societies, those that have less frequent community interactions (typically farming tribes) show more similar infant - caregiver patterns and infant behaviours (including crying, fussiness, and distal interactions with the caregiver) to Western societies than those who live in a more tight - knit community [5in non-Western societies, those that have less frequent community interactions (typically farming tribes) show more similar infant - caregiver patterns and infant behaviours (including crying, fussiness, and distal interactions with the caregiver) to Western societies than those who live in a more tight - knit community [5in a more tight - knit community [5].

A smooth - talking bankrupt real estate investor, Stern, 40, is a member of the tight - knit Satmar Hasidic community in Monsey, N.Y., who helped local politicians win office by directing tens of thousands of his allies» dollars to campaign coffers and rallying the Orthodox Jewish community's support, sources said.

Those people who live the longest and experience the lowest rates of disease live in rural, tight knit communities.

Even though Iyengar yoga was popular back in my early days of practice, it was still a small and relatively tight - knit community.

I am from the largest city in Kansas, Wichita, and I learned so much about the importance of building a community of tight - knit, ride - or - die, friends that have your back regardless of any situation.

Alice I'm so happy you joine #SundaySupper and you are correct in saying that we are a tight knit community that loves to help eachother out.

community is tight - knit and active, often hosting events that allow members to meet and interact in person.

The JDate community is tight - knit and active, often hosting events that allow members to meet and interact in person.

In this Alaskan village, there is a tight - knit community where traditions are starting to fade, just as the youth feel they are trapped by limited opportunities, leading to underage drinking.

PUZZLE is a closely observed portrait of Agnes, who has reached her early 40s without ever venturing far from home, family or the tight - knit immigrant community in which she was raised by her widowed father.

Starring John David Washington, Anthony Ramos and Kelvin Harrison Jr., the plot centers on the tight - knit community of Bed - Stuy in Brooklyn, where a young father witnesses the police shooting of an unarmed black man.

Meanwhile, staying with Dovid in a tight - knit community, where anything resembling an open relationship is utterly impractical, would mean a life without sexual satisfaction.

Set in Germany on the eve of the First World War, his story takes place within the suffocating confines of the director's own village of the damned, where a series of suspicious accidents threatens the harmony of a seemingly tight - knit Protestant community.

The director's forte is on display in his daring but distancing latest, a drama that erupts within a tight - knit Orthodox Jewish community shaken by a patriarchy - defying romance between two women.

In this utterly engrossing, suspenseful film by Andrew Okpeaha MacLean, Iñupiaq teenagers Qalli and Aivaaq have grown up like brothers in a tight - knit, Alaskan community defined as much by ancient traditions as by hip - hop and snowmobileIn this utterly engrossing, suspenseful film by Andrew Okpeaha MacLean, Iñupiaq teenagers Qalli and Aivaaq have grown up like brothers in a tight - knit, Alaskan community defined as much by ancient traditions as by hip - hop and snowmobilein a tight - knit, Alaskan community defined as much by ancient traditions as by hip - hop and snowmobiles.

INDEPENDENT & FOREIGN FILMS Angels Crest (R for profanity and sexuality) Dysfunctional family drama chronicling the blame game played in the wake of the accidental death of a toddler (Ameko Eks Mass Carroll) as his estranged parents (Thomas Dekker and Lily Collins) and members of their tight - knit community try to make sense of the tragedy.

(In Danish with subtitles) Silent Light (Unrated) Mexican morality play about a devout Mennonite family man (Cornelio Wall Fehr) tormented by the crisis in faith which arises after he starts cheating on his wife (Miriam Toews) with a neighbor (Maria Pankratz) who's also a member of their tight - knit religious communitIn Danish with subtitles) Silent Light (Unrated) Mexican morality play about a devout Mennonite family man (Cornelio Wall Fehr) tormented by the crisis in faith which arises after he starts cheating on his wife (Miriam Toews) with a neighbor (Maria Pankratz) who's also a member of their tight - knit religious communitin faith which arises after he starts cheating on his wife (Miriam Toews) with a neighbor (Maria Pankratz) who's also a member of their tight - knit religious community.

When young father Manny (Anthony Ramos) witnesses the police shooting of an unarmed black man, the tight - knit community of Bed - Stuy is pushed to the brink in Reinaldo Marcus Green's Sundance Award - winning portrait of race, family and consequence.

An account of the witchhunt that ensues after a false accusation of paedophilia among a tight - knit group of friends, some critics have complained about the central, innocent man's passivity in the face of his increasing pariah status within the community.

Accustomed to life in New York, the tight - knit family is ill - prepared for the drastically different set of obstacles that their new community presents.

At first, all the men in the tight - knit community support the women.

The movie begins as a portrait of the tight - knit community in a small and peaceful Danish town, showing the men bonding over a shared passion for hunting and drinking.

(In French with subtitles) Small Town Murder Songs (Unrated) Peter Stormare stars in this gothic tale of crime and redemption about an aging police officer who successful suppresses his violent tendencies until a murder disrupts the peace of his tight - knit, Mennonite community in rural OntariIn French with subtitles) Small Town Murder Songs (Unrated) Peter Stormare stars in this gothic tale of crime and redemption about an aging police officer who successful suppresses his violent tendencies until a murder disrupts the peace of his tight - knit, Mennonite community in rural Ontariin this gothic tale of crime and redemption about an aging police officer who successful suppresses his violent tendencies until a murder disrupts the peace of his tight - knit, Mennonite community in rural Ontariin rural Ontario.

Higher Ground (Unrated) Vera Farmiga makes her directorial debut and stars in this adaptation of The Dark World, Carolyn Briggs» memoir about a Born Again Christian who comes to question her faith while living in a tight - knit, evangelical community.

For Toni, the protagonist of Anna Rose Holmer's beguiling debut feature The Fits, hers comes in an inner - city community centre, where a tight - knit dance team has been gripped by mystery.

Pernell is a history teacher at York Comprehensive High School in York, S.C., a rural, socially conservative, tight - knit community with roots in the mining industry.

Through a tight - knit student community and a curriculum that practices the principle of consilience, or the unity of knowledge, Wild believes that his school model will keep students engaged in their own learning.

It has had a beneficial impact on members of the group academically, and also in the tight - knit community it has created within the school.

Successful Catholic schools typically attract parents with equivalent (or superior) academics in addition to religious instruction, strong moral environment, and tight - knit community.

Nearly 20 years ago, Oakland embarked on a deliberate strategy to improve the quality of schools by making them smaller, based on the belief that smaller schools could become more tight - knit communities in which students and families were known well and supported.

Founded in 2012 in a location with a history of failing schools, Riverdale Community School PS 446 enjoys strong leadership and a tight - knit cCommunity School PS 446 enjoys strong leadership and a tight - knit communitycommunity.

In Compton, the only other city where the Parent Trigger law has been tested (it's currently tied up in court due to similar backlash), an opposition built of teachers and PTA parents turned Parent Revolution's conversation about the need for instant and radical change at California's most neglected schools into a political attack on the tight - knit Compton communitIn Compton, the only other city where the Parent Trigger law has been tested (it's currently tied up in court due to similar backlash), an opposition built of teachers and PTA parents turned Parent Revolution's conversation about the need for instant and radical change at California's most neglected schools into a political attack on the tight - knit Compton communitin court due to similar backlash), an opposition built of teachers and PTA parents turned Parent Revolution's conversation about the need for instant and radical change at California's most neglected schools into a political attack on the tight - knit Compton community.

Positives of living in a tight - knit community: 1.

The aftershocks of her choice — and the nagging question of what might have been — continue to haunt the trio, threatening to unravel their friendship and shake the foundations of their tight - knit black community in Southern California.

Growing up in a leafy Delaware suburb, McBride recounts her childhood as mimicking Leave it to Beaver because of the tight - knit community she grew up in, full of traditional nuclear families.

If you've put down stakes in an up - and - coming development, burglars may be able to cash in on the fact the community is less tight - knit.