Sentences with phrase «of urban elements»

Dewantoro has since expanded his colour palette to include brighter, earthier tones, but maintains his focus on the landscape, a mixture of urban elements and the natural environment decidedly void of human presence, heightening the sense of drama they evoke.

Devoid of urban elements and even the passage of time, these works display an affectionate symbiosis between woman and environment, while also narrating the distinction of human experience — elegant garments seem to frolic throughout the landscape without fully coalescing, while nature itself maintains a somewhat masculine, rugged quality.

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David H. Stevens, president and CEO of the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA), testified today before the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs at a hearing titled, «Housing Finance Reform: Essential Elements of a Government Guarantee for Mortgage - Backed Secur

WASHINGTON, D.C. (October 9, 2013)-- E.J. Burke, Chairman - Elect of the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA), testified today before the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs at a hearing titled «Housing Finance Reform: Essential Elements of the Multifamily

If we turn to the non-written elements of first - century culture, and particularly those encountered in the urban environments of the eastern empire, the importance of imperial ideology in the public culture of its day becomes all the more visible.

Our monitoring of several hundred urban schools under the pressures of racial change has made one thing very clear: while the elements of failure are depressingly similar from school to school, those of success are unique.

Whether the issue was civil rights, Vietnam or urban renewal, the Century always feared the activities of the radical element, and abhorred the use of violence to gain power in public life.

No one who reads Cardinal Lawrence Shehan's memoirs, in which he poignantly recalls being booed by masses of Catholic parishioners in 1966 when he testified before the Baltimore City Council in favor of an open - housing ordinance, can fail to realize that there were ugly elements in urban ethnic Catholicism.

I had such a wonderful experience with the Urban Remedy company and I highly recommend a cleanse that includes all elements of detoxing rather than you typical «juice cleanse» that leaves you hungry and too much room to consume things that might not be considered «Cleanse material» lol..

If you look closely at our new urban art collection you'll see elements of design made popular by street art.

Michael Mina 74 is being created by the award - winning design firm, AvroKO and will evoke a rich, stylish tone with design details that carefully blend elements of urban street with warm, relaxed comforts of a beachside Mediterranean villa.

GIS may enhance the tree inventory system with the application of mobile - based QR code technology, which could provide effective management of inventory elements, tree in particular, in urban areas to avoid project budget cutback, improve the efficiency of an existing program and educate and provide information to the public.

To find out, the researchers measured trace elements in the sloughed skins of seasnakes from urban - industrial versus other areas and in dark versus light skin.

Although sugars and grains with a high glycemic load now represent a dominant element of the modern urban diet, these foods were rarely or never consumed by average citizens as recently as 200 y ago.

From Michelle Garibay Events — «The photographer for this urban farm - to - market wedding inspiration shoot, Ashely Bee, wanted to create a fresh, botanical - inspired design in a city setting with the hardness of metal and wood paid with soft, organic elements.

Oh, there's the brand of nudity that all of sudden Hollywood deems shocking (ie: nonsexual male nakedness intended to be comedic, as if we all don't know what men's bodies look like), there's copious, irresponsible consumption of alcohol and other mind - altering substances, there's even flirtation with the criminal elements of an urban environment possibly more organized for the benefit of criminals than the law - abiding.

On the surface it looks like any other urban drama, but Tipping's use of whimsical fairy tale and sci - fi elements combines with heartbreaking social commentary for a totally unique experience.

The action is also well - staged in that gritty, John Carpenter-esque way — DeMonaco's commitment to his weird, twisted metal world of urban warfare is what holds up a lot of the shakier elements and characterization.

But what made Levy's ascension so highly symbolic was its unique combination of all the elements of urban school drama: a mayor whose desire to wrest control from the city's elected school board was long voiced; a city fed up with failure on a grand scale and in the long term; a competition between city hall and school leadership to pass the blame; and the realization, finally, that a system the size of a Fortune 500 company might be better led by someone with the skills of a Fortune 500 executive.

We found several elements were important to the success of these schools specifically, these successful urban charter schools including:

We were concerned, though, that despite applications of the best reform initiatives, too many of our students still did not achieve to their potential; that authentic learning (which we believe so critical to urban student success) was largely missing; and that the fundamental issue of how to teach critical thinking was rarely addressed as an integrated element of instruction.

Academic learning that comes to mind includes more prosaic elements of law, such as contract vs criminal vs administrative law; the developmental history of their own city; recent (50 years) political history of their city; basics of land law; current vs past thinking in urban planning; specific budgetary investigations at both the state and local level; school funding law in their state; essentials of Leadership, EPA impacts on dismantling abandoned structures; economic price theory; or the competitive strengths and weaknesses of their own city or region.

Our papers in Educational Policy show that CBAs in larger districts tend to regulate far more elements of district decision - making, and CBAs in urban areas are more restrictive with respect to what administrators can and can not do than in smaller or non-urban areas.

Likewise, in ongoing work using a larger sample of schools from around the state, preliminary results point to larger gains in urban schools, most of which embrace key elements of the No Excuses paradigm.

Nicole Howard, EdD Urban Education Leadership»15 and principal at North Lawndale College Prep High School, argues that elements of college life need to be embedded in high school curriculum for urban students, to build the idea that college is a reality for low - income urban students from day one of the high school experiUrban Education Leadership»15 and principal at North Lawndale College Prep High School, argues that elements of college life need to be embedded in high school curriculum for urban students, to build the idea that college is a reality for low - income urban students from day one of the high school experiurban students, to build the idea that college is a reality for low - income urban students from day one of the high school experiurban students from day one of the high school experience:

Whether urban, rural, suburban, or frontier, this magazine issue takes a deep dive into the elements that influence access and opportunity that cross boundaries of school type.

Riley — a central investigator in the Leadership on the Front - Line study that followed leaders in urban schools in the United Kingdom, Ireland, and France — explains a tool her team developed to help urban leaders «take the pulse» of significant elements and actors involved in their immediate school contexts.

This book reports on key elements of success at six urban middle - grades school districts that are part of the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation's Program for Student Achievement.

As a result of our commitment to continuous improvement, virtually everything the Center does now to enact these program elements is different from what it did when the EdD Urban Education Leadership program began.

«With more than 25 million customers around the world projected to use some form of shared mobility by 2020, Maven is a key element of our strategy to changing ownership models in the automotive industry,» Julia Steyn, GM vice president of Urban Mobility Programs, said in a statement.

The Urban Concept features 1 +1 seating, combining elements of a racing car, sports car and city car into one vehicle, the Germany auto maker says.

Exclusive Edition: S - Class Coupé and Cabriolet Night Edition: This exclusively elegant series of compact models impresses with a combination of AMG bodystyling on the exterior and Urban Line with white elements in the interior.

There's also a strong possibility of reduced fuel consumption, particularly for motorists who do a lot of short, low - speed urban journeys where the plug - in hybrid system is in its element.

James Shilling, Ph.D., another panelist and the Professor of Real Estate and Urban Land Economics at the University of Wisconsin - Madison said «The ability to refinance for lower interest rates is an important element of the U.S. system as it allows consumers to take equity out of their home and put it back into the economy.»

While shelter dogs may no longer have to worry about the elements or the hazards of our urban jungle, they face a different set of problems in their temporary home.

We are a diverse cohort coming from India, China, Malaysia, Turkey and England, and we are going to share a variety of elements of urban design.

Each of the 77 guestrooms and suites feature high ceilings and urban elements similar to high - end artist lofts, along with luxury amenities such as fully loaded iPads ® and laptops, complimentary WiFi, and spectacular views of NYC.

The venue encompasses both a chic indoor lounge and a large alfresco dining area, both of which incorporate a blend of contemporary urban design with touches of traditional elements.

«We are upgrading an already beautiful independent hotel to meet the signature elements of the Holiday Inn brand relaunch; as such, the assignment takes advantage of our deep experience in construction and renovation in difficult urban markets.»

- Link doesn't have much of a character in this game - they wanted players to relate to Link and play as themselves - Link's face doesn't have much expression in this game, and that was done on purpose - for Zelda games, the devs always try to make the player feel like Link - that was pushed even moreso for this entry - everytime a Zelda releases, Aonuma watches fan feedback and considers that for the future - the items Link uses to solve are always going to be important - regardless of the tech that Nintendo provides, exploration in the series is important - Link's growth through who he meets is also an important element of the franchise - Aonuma thought about Zelda freedom when considering Breath of the Wild, and was brought back to the days of the original Zelda - this was a big point of inspiration for Breath of the Wild - with Ocarina of Time 3D, Nintendo wanted to really utilize the 3D and had a desire to let players enjoy Ocarina of Time outside - the goal with A Link to the Past was creating more depth - Aonuma used to think that getting lost in a 3D world wasn't okay - this lead Aonuma to putting in tons of hints and guiding players - he has since changed that idea and convinced himself that it's okay to get lost - the first two years of development the devs created a game where just running around was fun - climbing is very important, because players can climb high and see destinations they want to visit - you can place your own markers to decide where you want to go - when the devs create a Zelda title, they consider not using the name Link - since they don't have anything else to go with, they choose Link - the name Link doesn't hold much value, since the player is the one creating the journey - when Nintendo first created Link, they wanted a character that is literally the link between people - that is why his name is Link - to think that the Zelda series has been around so long that there are all sorts of urban legends and myths makes Miyamoto really happy

Oddly enough, there's been a couple of other parkour references in video games recently - Marc Ecko's Getting Up from Atari twinned elements of parkour and graffiti in a «tough urban package», and a GDC lecture from the Assassin's Creed team mentioned that the Ubisoft title «strives for real world rules and drew influence from many sources including parkour».

The depopulation of the environment allows for the ambient natural elements to sort of take over from whatever else is going on and gives the player a sense of vastness that so many open world games squander in urban jungles when real jungles — or in this case the mostly temperate plains and prairies — are what they should truly showcase.

His interest is in the linear elements of urban landscapes and the geometric building blocks of architectural forms.

He currently lives and works out of Brooklyn, NY, where he continues his pursuit of marrying craft and catharsis in his artwork, borrowing elements from cinema, literature, and urban life.

His paintings contain a mash - up of historical and cultural references, combining elements of 18th and 19th century colonial portraiture and folk art with visual signifiers of contemporary urban culture, including jewelry and body art associated with present - day gangsters and hipsters.

The public will also feature works that investigate elements of urban and natural landscapes.

Its specific constellation of reference includes everything from vernacular or anonymous urban architectural elements, product display design, and the accidental cumulative aesthetics of, say, the garage, as well as an elaborate, on - going discourse regarding the sculpture and its pedestal that goes back to Brancusi.

Other series, like her «Matador» paintings, explored sexual identity or incorporated elements from urban life and popular culture, although she passionately disapproved of the burgeoning Pop Art movement.

Her abstract compositions combine elements of both urban skylines and organic forms found in...

Regarding the latter, Mourão's incorporation of quotidian items is more than an aesthetic decision; these elements offer social commentary and satirize living conditions in some of Brazil's urban centers, where upper - and middle - class families reside in gated neighborhoods, fenced off from the larger community.