Sentences with phrase «life urban society»

Painted in the last phase of the artist's career, this work is an ironic comment on low - life urban society.

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Yet urban living offers many opportunities for society to craft a more sustainable way of living and working.
Instead of teaching their own positive convictions, which can help overcome a dehumanizing orthodoxy and so transform the life of the church, these schools seem to think that they will transform society and church by offering this or that course in urban studies, by relocating the setting of education to the places «where people live,» and by increased field experiences.
Most damning of all, America has become the very embodiment of that alienation, anomie, and dehumanization which is the curse of existence in a highly technological and urban society (Heidegger has remarked that, metaphysically speaking, America and Russia are the same, for here «time as history» has vanished from human life).
In today's urban lifestyle everyone is going techno friendly or what to upgrade their self with latest technology to enhance the standard of living in society, so why not you can give a hi - tech stroller to your baby?
Given that American society is one of the most urbanized in the world — 82 percent of Americans live in cities or in the suburbs (a number on the rise)-- the slump in urban population support should be a wake - up call for the GOP to immediately change direction.
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They look at the perils and possibilities of mushrooming urban societies and how city life can be made more livable, from more urban gardening to better mass transit (complete with budget estimates).
It led to profound changes in society, including greater population densities, new diseases, poorer health, social inequality, urban living, and ultimately, the rise of ancient civilizations.
These differences in their genetic makeup are an indication that urban life does impact the evolutionary trajectory of a species, write researchers at Martin Luther University and the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle - Leipzig - Jena in the current issue of the renowned journal «Proceedings of the Royal Society B».
Living Room Coffee table, Urban Outfitters Couch, custom Z Gallerie Dresser, Blue Print Furniture Turquoise bench, cb2 Side tables, Target Mirror, vintage Black Bull, Vincon Gallery Wall, Society 6 Fan, Vintage (spray painted gold) White spiked container, Jonathan Adler
While Christian single interracial dating or married couples can live peacefully in most urban societies of the world, they may still be stigmatized in rural areas, and sadly even within the confines of their own church and family.
With names like «South Asian Society» (immigrants who arrived... with the downtowns of cities like Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal and Calgary filling with young, urban singles who live in high - rise condos, drink microbrewed beer and take...
Plus, see what... With names like «South Asian Society» (immigrants who arrived... with the downtowns of cities like Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal and Calgary filling with young, urban singles who live
In this character - driven coming of age story about two 15 year old Latinas who struggle to recognize the sexual undercurrent in their friendship while growing up in an urban immigrant community within the U.S.. On the surface, «Mosquita Y Mari» is a story of best friends struggling with life's universal questions, including finding one's place in society.
The disconnect between real life and the high school experience and the absence of any real connection to peers and teachers causes many students on the margins to give up: More than 30 percent of U.S. students who enter high school never finish, according to a recent report by Harvard University's Civil Rights Project, the Urban Institute, Advocates for Children of New York, and the Civil Society Institute.
«Providing high - quality education for every child is a moral imperative if we truly want to live up to the ideals of a public education system and a democratic society,» she says of her commitment to urban education.
National Center for Learning Disabilities National Council on Independent Living National Council of La Raza National Disability Rights Network National Down Syndrome Congress National Down Syndrome Society National Urban League National Women's Law Center The New Teacher Project Poverty & Race Research Action Council Public Advocates Southeast Asia Research Action Center Stand for Children U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Structural racism, crime and decades of urban disinvestment mean that our society has handed these beautiful young people and thousands of others just like them dozens of obstacles to achieving the life you and I want for our children — all before they were even born.
The characters are delightfully typecast - there's the tragic figure of our much put - upon anti-hero who is driven to commit violence for what he believes is a justified cause; a truly dastardly old - Etonian poetry - spouting villain (who, if this was a play, would receive hisses from the audience every time he came on stage); the exceedingly wealthy and influential Lord Tansor, living off the gains of his brighter ancestors; a dead - ringer for Uriah Heap; plus a massive supporting cast representing every strata of society, both urban and country; and last but not least, Evenwood House itself and its great library - the representation of everything that Edward yearns for but that remains tantalizingly out of reach.
The trio came to live in her back yard in urban Chicago as part of the Cats at Work program created by Tree House Humane Society as an effective solution to the serious rodent problem typical in most densely populated cities.
This is because feral cats choose to live near food and shelter, both of which are in plentiful supply in our society, particularly in urban areas.
Living in Harmony with Coyotes Thursday, October 6, 2016 from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM (EDT) Presented by nationally known expert LYNSEY WHITE DASHER Director, Humane Wildlife Conflict Resolution The Humane Society of the United States Lynsey White Dasher helps urban and suburban communities find effective and humane solutions to human - wildlife conflicts with species including -LSB-...]
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7th grade: The geographic, political, economic, religious, and social structures of the Mayan civilization; landforms and climates of the Yucatan peninsula, and their effects on economies and development of urban societies; Mayan class structures, family life, warfare, religious beliefs and practices; and Mayan achievements in astronomy and mathematics.
Urban people live in stressed societies... and the Karoo offers a healing experience.
Liu Wei (b. 1972, and lives and works in Beijing, China) explores 21st century socio - political concepts such as the contradictions of contemporary society and the transformation of developing cities and the urban landscape.
1982 John Bernd Ping Chong / The Fiji Theater Company Collective for Living Cinema Cunningham Dance Foundation Dance Theater Workshop Danspace Project The Drawing Center Eye and Ear Theater Vangelis Katsoulis Kenneth King / Transmedia The Kitchen Joseph Kubera David H. Macbride / GAGEEGO Chris Mann Charles Moulton Rosalind Newman / Harvest Dance Foundation Performance Space 122 The Poetry Project PS1 / Institute for Art and Urban Resources Garry Reigenborn Gus Solomons Jr. / Solomons Company Dance Eva Soltes The Squat Theatre Symphony Space Anne Tardos Whitney Museum Independent Study Program Scholarship Stefan Wolpe Society
Inspired by notion of the garden as a metaphor for society, Narielwalla's works in Sanctuary gather as a multi-sensory forest, a refuge from the chaos of urban life and open up a space for contemplation and reflection.
A city without residents — an unfinished plan, a paradoxical place where the realization of a modern dream society in terms of urban infrastructure lacks only the inhabitants to live their fulfilled dream life.
After Americas Society's exploration of the emergence of mid-century modern design through our 2015 exhibition MODERNO: Design for Living in Brazil, Mexico, and Venezuela 1940 - 1978, we aim to present a previous step in the configuration of modern impulses and projects for the urban environment in small cities and big capitals.»
Many of these objects hint at people living on the margins of society, such as backwoods survivalists, urban guerrillas, or members of a motorcycle gang.
Leonardo Drew is known for his sculptures and installations of found natural and manmade materials that evoke urban living, humanity's relationship with nature, African - American society and other references.
Brooding and violent, at times absurd and at others disquieting, the LONDON PICTURES reveal what might be termed the nervous system of quotidian contemporary society: the impulses, outbursts, sorrows, hopes, temper and desires of daily urban life.
Being drawn to their uneasy balance of modernity and nostalgia, these paintings reflected a complex and contradictory attitude toward urban society and fashionable resort life, keenly depicting the social changes that made the sea - bathing fad possible, while, at the same time, reaching longingly back to classical themes of the nude in an idyllic landscape.
From the press release: Brooding and violent, at times absurd and at others disquieting, the LONDON PICTURES reveal what might be termed the nervous system of quotidian contemporary society: the impulses, outbursts, sorrows, hopes, temper and desires of daily urban life.
The Chiltern Street gallery was key to the launch of the Superhumanism (or Super Humanism) movement, [6] which is defined as «art about people, people living the life of an urban society», [7] and about which Treadwell wrote the first book in 1979.
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.»
About Blog The term «Market Urbanism» refers to the synthesis of free - market economics and ethics, with an appreciation of the urban way of life and its benefits to society.
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