Sentences with phrase «life as a commodity»

It's easy to think of term life as a commodity, the go - to product for a default sale.

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«What we have done as a state, we've said lets live off one commodity,» he said.

Commodities are bought and sold on a global scale, with many of them being viewed as necessary for daily life.

What did the revolts brought to the people in those countries any thing other than continuos unending revolts and demonstrations scarcity of essential commodities and products adding to the sky high prices... While other essential needs such as electricity power supply, water, gas, diesel, petrol are being used as a pressure tool by the opposition or the ruling party to keep people mad on the streets rather than going home seeing to their daily living making and minding their own businesses... but what business will continue with such chaos and disorder...?

I much prefer A.W. Tozer's definition, though: «Faith is the gaze of a soul upon a living God», seeing it, myself, as a commodity He produces within us, rather than one we, ourselves, create.

Ours is indeed a consumeristic culture, the kind that too often turns people into commodities, and I believe Christians can speak into that culture in a unique, life - giving way — not only as it concerns sex - on - demand, but also as it concerns food - on - demand, celebrity - on - demand, stuff - on - demand, cheap - goods - on - demand, pornography - on - demand, entertainment - on - demand, comfort - on - demand, distraction - on - demand, information - on - demand, power - on - demand, energy - on - demand, and all those habits that tend to thrive at the expense of the dignity and value of our fellow human beings or our planet.

Pope Benedict XVI himself has said that an «industrial use of creatures, so that geese are fed in such a way as to produce as large a liver as possible, or hens live so packed together that they become just caricatures of birds, this degrading of living creatures to a commodity seems to me in fact to contradict the relationship of mutuality that comes across in the Bible.»

The learning that is supposed to come from what the late Abraham Maslow immortalized as the «peak experience» proves to be an elusive commodity for the person trying to translate it into a better life 365 days a year.

In the modern metropolis, life — God's first gift and the fundamental right of every individual on which all other rights are based — is often treated as just one more commodity to be organised, commercialised, and manipulated accordingto convenience.»

Americans in the early twentieth century were still becoming acquainted with mass advertising, which was designed to create new needs where none had existed before, such as for mouthwash or deodorant, or to promote products, such as baby food, that responded to and enabled a more fast - paced life brought on by technological innovation.67 With the mass production and advertising of goods, memorable packaging and branding became an essential part of the product, «an integral part of the commodity itself,» as one business executive noted in 1913.68

Some of my friends in the media vigorously attack Nigerian journalists and statesmen who openly commend the Ghanaian administration for the strides made so far.Chief Dele Momodu recently said this about of our President «People don't know why I love Ghana so much and the current leader in particular.He is modest, not flamboyant as we see of other leaders», on BBC few days ago Nigerians interviewed used the positive signs in Ghana as appropriate yardstick to attack their government, a documentary going round in the international media exposes the lackadaisical performance of the Nigerian government using the positive performance recorded under John Mahama.The latest BBC reports on the Nigerian economy captures that the cost of living in Nigeria continue to soar and in June, accelerated to 16.5 % the highest rate in almost 11 years.Gari which is supposed to be the cheapest commodity in the country can not be afforded by the poor.

Cohen is blocked from commodities trading until 2018 due to an investigation by Preet Bharara, the former US Attorney who did not make life easy for the governor during his years as a federal prosecutor.

GJ 1214 b GJ 1214 b is nearly three times as wide and some 300ºF hotter than Earth, but it may nonetheless have an abundance of life's most prized commodity: liquid water.

As a result of the thick shell and considerable gravity, Europa's waters are more scientifically interesting as a possible breeding ground for life than a potential commoditAs a result of the thick shell and considerable gravity, Europa's waters are more scientifically interesting as a possible breeding ground for life than a potential commoditas a possible breeding ground for life than a potential commodity.

Living at the mercy of world markets As a result, every time there is a price spike in the global commodities marketplace, Africans suffer disproportionately compared to citizens on other continents.

The state's niche producers are supplying everything from off - season wasabi and lavender teddy bears to fresh salmon and live abalone and see this as the future, rather than low value, bulk commodities.

Regard your time as a valuable commodity and choose your actions according to what you want out of life.

Given how precious time is as a commodity in our lives, asking one to commit more time to their already hectic schedule to exercise is generally unrealistic.

As other moms would know, time is a very limited and valuable commodity at this stage in our lives so it's immensely useful to know a few tricks for dressing up very quickly.

But the travels into these poor areas are not without risk as they are indeed confronted with the politics surrounding these commodities, and they see great suffering while those in power literally play with people's lives.

It hasn't so much been redeemed with time as recognized as quintessential Huston: a motley gang of eccentrics and specialists, a quest in search of a certain grail, a culture of betrayal where human life as a disposable commodity, and a perfectly Hustonian twist that makes all their sacrifices meaningless.

Parallels are drawn between slavery as a commodity and the lives of young women of the time, who were seen as property to be «sold off» to the most suitable bidders for their hands in marriage.

They see books as a commodity, something that the public can't live without, instead of the consumer product it is.

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The amount of an instrument (equity, future, option commodity etc.) that they can buy in one day will be governed by a number of things, most notably how much cash or credit they have (they normally have more cash and cash equivalents on hand than most human beings will see in their life), how much they can afford to move the market price (including how fair they think the valuation is currently) and the liquidity of the market for the instrument as a whole.

Asset allocation is an investment strategy that is used to choose among various asset classes such as stocks, bonds, commodities, foreign currencies, real estate, annuities and life insurance, and high value collectibles including precious metals.

These dogs are considered commodities and as such, never given the proper food, care or get to know life outside of their small cages.

Marc Abraham, Kennel Club veterinary advisor and narrator of the STOP Puppy Farming film, said: «There is now an alarming trend which is seeing breeders view dogs just as commodities without any regard for their rights as living creatures.

After spending the vast majority of her life as a money - making commodity rather than a cherished family member, she is still learning what it's liked to be loved.

If these breeders truly cared about dogs as living creatures and not about them as a COMMODITY, they'd have only as many dogs as they could love and support — FOR THEIR ENTIRE LIVES.

These dogs are treated as a commodity, not a living breathing entity.

Puppies bred in these factory - like settings are regarded as nothing more than a cash crop commodity, and despite the poor conditions in which the breeder dogs are forced to live, puppy mills are still legal in every state.

In puppy mills, dogs are treated as nothing more than commodities, forced to live in tiny wire cages and deprived of basic needs such as water and food.

(Per Statement of Probable Cause, April 2008) Rather than view each animal individually as life with the capacity to feel pain or suffer, these type of breeders appear to see animals as property — as populations, breeding stock, commodities or products to generate income.

In Singapore, where I used to work as a regional commodities reporter, life is quite fast - paced.

Set in 2084, this third person action fantasy game has an extraordinary narrative as players rebuild the life of a female protagonist named Nilin in Neo-Paris amid a world where memories are the ultimate commodity.

«While they were opposed to the idea of art as commodity, and disdainful of Pop Art,» said Rachleff, «most of the artists would have loved to make a living off of their art work.»

On the one hand we have decoded human DNA, bringing within reach the possibility to prolong life indefinitely; on the other hand we have seen the transformation of industrial countries into leisure societies and the simultaneous exploitation of the Third World as a depot of cheap labor and manpower, where time is still a negotiable commodity.

The customization of epistemological Conceptualism represents the most significant paradigm shift in living memory, as design professions migrate from myopic design assignments — design me a toaster — towards conceiving the intangible commodities that feed the experience economy — design me a system.

Living in a 1790s farmhouse and managing 180 acres with pigs, chickens, goats, rabbits, apiaries, greenhouse, and gardens, Nadin bills his enterprise as «art and agriculture,» selling the fruits of his land and his studio to the city as commodities seemingly equivalent in his mind.

Moderated by Sharon Louden, Artist and Editor Panelists include: Sean Mellyn and Jennifer Dalton, Artists and Contributors to «Living and Sustaining a Creative Life» Christian Viveros - Faune, Writer, Curator and Art Critic for the Village Voice Paddy Johnson, is the founding Editor of Art F City and writes a column on art and Internet for artnet news At a time when art is increasingly viewed as a commodity and art - school graduates feel that gallery representation is imperative for making a living and a career, it is more important than ever to show the reality of how an artist sustains a creative practice overLiving and Sustaining a Creative Life» Christian Viveros - Faune, Writer, Curator and Art Critic for the Village Voice Paddy Johnson, is the founding Editor of Art F City and writes a column on art and Internet for artnet news At a time when art is increasingly viewed as a commodity and art - school graduates feel that gallery representation is imperative for making a living and a career, it is more important than ever to show the reality of how an artist sustains a creative practice overliving and a career, it is more important than ever to show the reality of how an artist sustains a creative practice over time.

Coosje van Bruggen and Claes Oldenburg's oversized commodities invade the landscape, assuming the character of living forms as mundane objects are transformed into the extraordinary.

The frames, inlaid with mother - of - pearl and coins and carved with touristy scenes drawn from island life or mythology, are spotted with holes, as if the painting's very status as an art commodity were threatened with extinction.

art has become more and more of a commodity, many students graduating from art school believe that they will immediately make a living as an artist by obtaining gallery representation.

Rosenquist has described the development of his perspective on commodity culture in numerous interviews; having lived on the poverty line as a young artist in New York, he felt estranged from the capitalist system: «My values had changed... In a country where capitalists advertise in media — I lost track of all that.

Loggers on the Ottawa River or in the British Columbia wilderness, western settlers living off of and clearing prairie land to prepare it for farming, gold prospectors in the Klondike, oil sands pioneers punching holes in the boreal forest — all of them became intimate with Canadian nature even as they transformed it from ecology to commodity.

Optimizing the total biosphere plant growth potential, is the goal we should be working toward as stewards of the planet, not the growth of wasteful government controls, or the manipulation of stocks and prices of commodities, or creating scare stories to lay the ground work for elitist control, resulting in the detriment of all life forms.

Whatever you believe, coffee is not essential to our lives and thus it is one commodity worth considering giving up entirely in order to benefit the planet and our pocketbooks in a time of economic and ecologic peril.The Coffee bean is a comfort commodity which requires the removal of established natural areas, as well as intensive energy requirements to plant, harvest, and transport it to seasonally addicted consumers, like myself.

Whatever the artists» views on the rights and wrongs of meat, farming and industrial agriculture, one thing seems clear — she is asking us to look long and hard at these living creatures that are increasingly treated as a commodity.

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