Sentences with phrase «on connection to nature»

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«There's vacant land, no gathering space, no connection to nature,» says Donald Carter, director of Carnegie Mellon's Remaking Cities Institute, who has advised Hsieh on his redevelopment plans.

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The newly unsealed charge, filed October 3 by the special counsel Robert Mueller's office, said that on January 27 Papadopoulos lied to FBI agents about «the timing, extent, and nature of his relationships and interactions with certain foreign nationals whom he understood to have close connections with senior Russian government officials.»

According to documents released on Oct. 30, 2017, in an interview conducted as part of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian election interference, Papadopoulos misrepresented the timing of conversations with an individual known to be substantially connected to Russian government officials, his knowledge of the individual's Russian connections and the nature of his interactions with a female Russian national.

The Priests are predatory animals preying on the meek and trade their spiritual connection to fill their animal nature eyes with physical gold — just a shiny blinding metal.

Whether and how far these reflections concerning a positive relation between spirit and matter may be significant when it is a question of asking in philosophical and theological terms whether an ontological connection between man and the animal kingdom asserted by the natural sciences to be a fact, is open to an explanatory interpretation on the basis of the nature of spirit and matter, can only be judged after we have examined some aspects of «becoming» in general.

For all of Hendra's thoughtful reflection on issues as vast as the nature of faith and the ethical implications of satire, this reader, for one, felt that there were too many missed opportunities in this book» opportunities to make vital connections.

She has a deep connection to nature and a daily ritual of foot baths, lemon water in the morning and making a nightly hot water bottle (in the cooler months) I've carried on these rituals... but don't seem to get the foot baths in as often as she does.

When I began talking to my fellow volunteers and really dove into what the Nature Museum is about — preserving and protecting native Illinois wildlife while giving the public an opportunity for an authentic connection to nature — that is when I found that concentrating on a local level is much more approachable to someone like me, and probably you asNature Museum is about — preserving and protecting native Illinois wildlife while giving the public an opportunity for an authentic connection to nature — that is when I found that concentrating on a local level is much more approachable to someone like me, and probably you asnature — that is when I found that concentrating on a local level is much more approachable to someone like me, and probably you as well.

The Nature Museum has given visitors the opportunity to create an authentic connection to nature, and has provided the Academy with a new opportunity to build on its legacy of hands - on science education, scientific research, and citizen scNature Museum has given visitors the opportunity to create an authentic connection to nature, and has provided the Academy with a new opportunity to build on its legacy of hands - on science education, scientific research, and citizen scnature, and has provided the Academy with a new opportunity to build on its legacy of hands - on science education, scientific research, and citizen science.

Those positions harkened back to her earliest connections to nature, Cushing recalled, «when I would visit my grandparents» home on the Cape, watching shorebirds and paddling through salt marshes.»

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These clear connections between the capacity to experience particular emotions and brain function, on the one hand, and between brain function and morality on the other, cement the inextricable nature of our neurochemistry and our moral / socio - emotional capacities.

As will be described in an upcoming issue of Nature, surgeons from the European Institute of Telesurgery in Strasbourg working here in the U.S. manipulated the distant machine via a high - speed fiberoptic connection, observing its responses to their hand motions just 155 milliseconds later on a video screen.

The researchers caution that their findings, described online on May 4 in npj Schizophrenia — a new publication from Nature Publishing Group — do not establish a cause - and - effect relationship between mental illness and yeast infections but may support a more detailed examination into the role of lifestyle, immune system weaknesses and gut - brain connections as contributing factors to the risk of psychiatric disorders and memory impairment.

Roulin says he and his colleagues now hope to launch an educational program in Europe, to encourage connection between children from Europe and the Middle East and raise awareness about the interdependence of nature on a global scale.

To do those things, the program relies on «deep neural networks» — computer programs that mimic the connections of neurons in the brain and have the capacity to learn, as the team reports online today in NaturTo do those things, the program relies on «deep neural networks» — computer programs that mimic the connections of neurons in the brain and have the capacity to learn, as the team reports online today in Naturto learn, as the team reports online today in Nature.

So the number of possible paths is limited by the connection possibilities to the points as they lie on a curve, and the zigzag nature of the paths joining them.

Experience, he emphasizes, should be frequent and hands - on; nature documentaries can only do so much, and regular forays into local green spaces are no less important than grand Yosemite adventures: «A meaningful connection with nature is forged first and foremost through firsthand, multisensory experiences, from abundant unstructured time in the backyard to weekends in the park and occasional visits to wilderness.»

He makes a cogent case for the importance of cultivating a «nature connection» in children and offers thoughtful guidance on how to do so amid today's pressures of hectic, high - tech, increasingly urbanized life.

As a surfer, I'm lucky enough to experience a connection with nature on a daily basis.

For a bedroom with verdant views of the outdoors, a simple gray, white and blue palette keeps the emphasis on the room's connection to nature.

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Nature is on display in its full glory; not just through trees, sunlight, and water, but in that elusive and unexplained connection between two people so strongly drawn to one another.

Perhaps intended as loving homage, «The Better Angels» instead borders deeply on self - serious parody, virtually utilizing a checklist of every stylistic trope Edwards» cinematic maharishi uses — hushed ponderous voice - over about the nature of life; that gliding camera; dancing wide - angle shots; jump cuts; dancing in fields; a spiritual connection to nature — and one by one employing them all without a trace of ironic self - awareness.

Based on a D. H. Lawrence novel of living free in a changing Britain and how that plays out sexually in such a suppressed society, we start with two good friends (Glenda Jackson and Jennie Lindon), a rougher contact in high society (Oliver Reed) and more open, freewheeling friend (Alan Bates) examining the slowly blooming new freedoms, their connection to nature, each other and what that portends for the future in this lush, warm, personal film that holds up extremely well today and has some of the best work of all involved.

The school bases much of its reputation and success on an ability to engage pupils with nature and maximising their connection to the world around them.

Write freely about the object, perhaps describing its nature, reflecting on your relationship to it, and uncovering connections between it and its surroundings.

In reading, it means that when you know a little about a topic going in, the text adds more knowledge and detail to your framework — easily and naturally deepening your understanding and building connections to existing knowledge while still leaving you enough processing capacity to be able to reflect on the nature of the ideas in the text.

One after one, participants responded with different answers: «Fun,» «internal accomplishments,» «adrenaline rush,» «connection to nature,» «to say he did it,» «flow,» and so on.

Rather than dumping information onto participants, organizers relied on metaphors of nature and nurture — allowing attendees to draw their own conclusions about the connection between a night walk through the woods and working in and with a high - needs school.

However, a very insightful piece on this book by Melville House's Nikki Griffiths points to various anthropological research that finds a strikingly small number of cultures make any sexual connection whatsoever to breasts, and that individuals from one country were actually horrified and repulsed by Western sexualization of what nature intended strictly for nourishing offspring.

In his first major novel since Holes, critically acclaimed novelist Louis Sachar uses his signature wit combined with a unique blend of adventure and deeply felt characters to explore issues of race, the nature of celebrity, the invisible connections that determine a person's life, and what it takes to stay on course.

Understanding that a major revamping of all its product packaging (including the Nature's Variety logo itself) could create confusion amongst consumers, the company came up with a comprehensive transition strategy that utilizes resources such as on - pack stickers, freezer decals and shelf signage to make a clear connection between the old and new designs.

This sanctuary places special emphasis on connections and bonds between human, especially youth, and animal relationships, relating how important it is to be close to nature and respect other beings.

«This partnership with SFJAZZ is the latest in our experimental new program, Tunes on Trails, which seeks to provide community connection to music and nature through brief pop - up concerts in different park locations.»

Our mission is to explore our global ocean, inspiring and educating people throughout the world to act responsibly for its protection, documenting the critical connection between humanity and nature, and celebrating the ocean's vital importance to the survival of all life on our planet.

An Lam Saigon River Private Residence is a unique property located on the banks of the Saigon River a few kilometres north of downtown Ho Chi Minh City in South Vietnam.â $ ˜An Lam means â $ ˜peaceful nature in Vietnamese, and indeed this name suits this residence which offers a tranquil tropical paradise set in a lush garden overlooking the quiet flowing of the river.Blending in its natural environment with sophisticated elegance, the residence hosts 15 well - appointed rooms and villas harmonizing traditional Vietnamese elements in modern style, providing outstanding amenities such as complimentary LAN and Wi - Fi connections, flat - screen television with international channels, a lounge area and a lot more to offer maximum comfort and intimacy.

Living on a planet overwhelmed by giant vegetation, Beastmen have developed a deep connection to nature that endowed them with super-human resilience and keen survival skills.

This central campus resource serves as a hub for exploring design in nature and the natural connections between art and science, offering students hands - on access to more than 80,000 specimens along with high - end microscopes and aquatic tanks.

During these troubling times, Wheat's exhibition becomes a hopeful rumination on the garden as a symbol of our connection to nature and its role in generating and nourishing life.

In a time of packaged genealogy and promised connection to history's grandeur and romance, Bole's work turns the soil on her own family's past to produce a more visceral interpretation of the arcane nature and collapse of familial histories, artifacts and images.

The works are displayed mounted to materials such as aluminum or plexiglass, though rather than using these materials in their traditional mounting methods, the images are adhered to the surface and leaned on shelves or stood on the floor, with exposed sections of their mounting substrate and their freestanding nature highlighting the object qualities of the prints, along with their physical connection to the depicted subjects.

His installations and sculptures focus on the connection between humans, technology, and nature, often featuring hard - to - curate elements, such as bees, ice, and dogs.

On the walls are maps and texts describing how both ballast and slaves were dropped off in semisecret locations around New York to avoid tariffs, thus furthering the connection between human trafficking and uprooted nature.

reinforce the private nature of reading, and the one - on - one connection the act creates.Handmade books in particular ask the reader to pause and contem

Your interior «reading voice» helps to both reinforce the private nature of reading, and the one - on - one connection the act creates.Handmade books in particular ask the reader to pause and contemplate the physicality of the book, the particular hands that have produced the work, and the time it took them to do so.

During the waiting list period, pre-op and post surgery recovery, Dominic used painting, drawing and interactive documentation on social media outlets, to focus on the temporal nature of our physical bodies, human connection, and the mental / physical implications of organ donation.

On April 24, Paradigm Gallery + Studio in Philadelphia will debut two solo shows that explore humans» connection to nature: Nicomi Nix Turner's «No God for a Wanderer» and Sarah Louise Davey's «The Garden of No Distant Place.»

Her focus in both painting and photography has been on reclaiming visions of the past and her connection to nature.