Sentences with phrase «of meaningful activities»

In 2012, Stuart Schmill wrote an essay for Inside Higher Ed in which he lamented the trend of students dropping out of meaningful activities just to take more AP courses.

(Yes, I know the middle «Musical» activity really isn't musical at all, but you try thinking of meaningful activities for this topic related to music!)

At worst such leisure becomes a great emptiness - a time void of any meaningful activity.

Once locked up, enforced solitude, lack of meaningful activity, drugs and perpetual insecurity plague prisons.

«Feelings of frustration and anxiety due to the lack of meaningful activity has resulted in a rise in mental illness, gender based violence and alcohol and drug abuse,» (ADRA Thailand 2011).

This movement came to be known as «developmentally appropriate curricula» or «developmentally appropriate practices,» and in some communities has transformed rigid classrooms into bustling centers of meaningful activity.

With games such as Carcassonne and Patchwork we suggested a very light, non-scoring variant that allowed for keeping a lot of the meaningful activity without the burdens implied by competition.

Not exact matches

By focusing on outcomes for Canadians and making evidence - based decisions that are anchored in meaningful data and indicators, the Government is moving to a culture of measurement and impact, and is putting in place the tools to deliver on priorities, align resources to programs and activities that deliver real value for Canadians, and provide meaningful information to Canadians and Parliament.

«Despite periods of feverish activity, the market was unable to sustain meaningful momentum,» the report concluded.

«We believe that the commentary of the wireless operators over the past two days about iPhone pre-order activity is meaningful, especially in light of conservative Street expectations for Apple,» BTIG Research analyst Walt Piecyk wrote on Thursday.

Yet, they are some of the most meaningful moments and activities of our lives.

You will stay more consistently motivated if you're working on activities that are inherently meaningful or are part of a larger mission.

In turn, this provides marketers with a platform to accelerate the conversion of B2B event and digital marketing activities into meaningful business contacts and transactions.

In North America, we see several meaningful differences from prior cycles, including a high level of oil - directed activity.»

Through our rich engagement platform of events, digital media, e-learning and powerful branding, lead - generation and business development tools from Questex, you can accelerate the process of converting your B2B event and digital marketing activities into meaningful business contacts — and sales.

Prior research has shown that the use of social media may detract from face - to - face relationships, reduce investment in meaningful activities, increase sedentary behavior by encouraging more screen time, lead to internet addiction, and erode self - esteem through unfavorable social comparison.

While wrongdoers unfortunately exist in all facets of society, there is no basis to conclude that virtual currency is enabling violence or other criminal activity, or that stricter regulation of virtual currency would have a meaningful impact on those activities.

Another commentary, written by associates of the Impact of Equity Engagement (IE2), tells of that initiative's efforts to «understand the nature of impact within public equities — where investors» engagement activities have generated meaningful social and environmental impacts.»

«Taking advantage of the calmer market, private equity and venture - capital - backed deals saw meaningful upticks in activity,» the firm says.

«Before they can transform financial activity in a meaningful and lasting manner, crypto assets will first need to earn the confidence and support of consumers and financial authorities.»

IMPACT had called for a meaningful definition of «conflict diamonds» that does not only define conflict as rebel groups financing their activities to overthrow governments.

Like Weber, Berger adopts an interpretive approach to social life, emphasizing the meaningful character of human activity.

Jacquie, your story is familiar... And I agree with Douglas — living with gratitude and empathy for others can be, itself, an act of worship — for those who believe in a literal god, I think that is a much more meaningful way to honor the divine than a once a week meeting or other activities commonly referred to as worship.

In regard to the nature of theological language, it would mean avoiding a position which limited meaningful or nonmythological theological statements to assertions about God's activity which apply universally.

They thus came naturally to him to be used as metaphors in his parables proclaiming the Kingdom of God, to an audience predominantly consisting of peasants and others who belonged to the deprived and alienated social groups.40 The images from nature, therefore, become meaningful to an audience who were in constant relationship with nature in their daily activities on the farm, with its experience of pathos and joy.

He had praise for Luther's role in providing inspiration for creative and meaningful activity in socialist Germany — an impetus for Christians and non-Christians alike in the upbuilding of a socialist state.

Clearly this activity will be taking place somewhere, because human existence is too problematic for people to stop searching for ideas and ways of living that will make everyday life meaningful.

When group activity is analyzed carefully, however, it becomes apparent that some groups have achieved far greater facility in communicating in a fundamental way than others, and that, indeed, some of the groups seldom reach a point where interaction is on a meaningful level.

He added: «The most effective way to deal with it is to accept that it is there, to educate ourselves as best we can about both the benefits and the risks of online activity and to seek to engage our children and young people in meaningful regular dialogue about those issues.»

In the context of his aforementioned essay, «accidental activities» are not intrinsically meaningful; «goal - oriented,» their meaning depends entirely on their being completed.

Family participation in meaningful, enjoyable church activities develops their awareness of the church fellowship as a part of their extended family.

Reading your comments and connecting with you on social media makes my day, and turns the often solitary activities of cooking, photographing, and writing into something that's actually meaningful.

In an industry where customer service is at the forefront of all business activities, the hospitality sector is flush with meaningful data.

We provide a wide array of fun and meaningful activities in a caring environment.

While I don't agree that the church's «message should be one of... finding a partner, getting married and sticking together» — given the many ways to live well today, that's an extremely narrow and heteronormative view — the book does speak to the ways the church is a place of support, friendship and guidance for men, whether by offering engaging activities (at the risk of sounding cliche, group sporting events for example) or teaching classes to build marketable skills or acting as an employment center to help them find meaningful careers with decent wages or offering essential mental health counseling.

«BostonTechMom provides a carefully curated selection of events, programs, and activities in Boston and throughout MA that expose children to technology in a fun, engaging, and meaningful way,» Reitmeyer says, adding that parents can find everything from camps to after - school programs and one - off special events on the site.

Laura: On NaturalMath.com, you write about a community of people sharing naturally math - rich and meaningful activities for children from babyhood on.

Designed for individuals who reside with loved ones in the surrounding area, community access day programs offer a wide variety of structured activities, supportive instruction, and meaningful life experiences that enhances independence and encourages community engagement.

I snapped at my daughters, we rarely went outside or did any meaningful activities together, I fought with my husband... and I stayed up late at night with insomnia most nights even IF my newborn daughter slept for long periods of time at night.

With a variety of programs and activities, summer camp offers fun and meaningful adventures to match a child's interests and maturity level.

Thanks to efforts of this collective, the revived Loisaida Festival of 2014 expanded beyond a one - day music and street fair to include culturally relevant and meaningful activities, including documentary screenings, oral histories, performances and poetry, during the entire weekend.

Mr. Idris further encouraged the students to engage themselves in other meaningful activities that will add value to the society but more particularly on the preservation of the campus environment.

This means reforming the way parties are funded to incentivise meaningful engagement and talking up party activity as a public good rather than some sort of anti social behaviour.

Real energy, creativity, and labor must be directed — by scientists, institutions, and funding organizations — toward the integration of meaningful, well - conceived training into the research activities of every science trainee, at every level... including, notably, the nation's postdocs.

Students do the meaningful activity of gathering, organizing, analyzing, and interpreting information and explaining it to others.

Like holding a wake or sitting shivah, a virtual memorial provides the bereaved with social support, a sense of connection with both the deceased and the living, and meaningful activity.

Instead of focusing solely on reducing pain intensity, this psychological treatment encourages patients to engage in meaningful life activities, while promoting mindfulness and acceptance of difficult experiences such as pain.

Psychological support and new coping skills are helping patients at high risk of developing chronic pain and long - term, high - dose opioid use taper their opioids and rebuild their lives with activities that are meaningful and joyful to them.

Meaningful progress in cognitive neuroscience depends on mapping patterns of brain activity, which are constantly and rapidly changing with every experience we have.

These are the kinds of things that a mobile worker might miss out on while away from home and technology could enable families to continue to enjoy their meaningful family activities even when they're not together.