Sentences with phrase «other urban environments»

Through a series of timed image sequences, viewers witness stationary shots of streets, parks, houses of parliament, and other urban environments.

Similarly, downtown Honolulu and Waikiki on Oahu are not much different from any other urban environment except that they happen to be next to a beach and it's warm.

Not exact matches

But here is the greatest misunderstanding: «Imagine a world where people could contribute the skills that inspire them - teaching, tutoring, urban farming, cleaning up the environment, painting murals - rather than telemarketing or whatever other stupid tasks bosses need done to supplement their millions.»

When you put that up against an urban environment, which also has its own set of rhythms and its own heartbeat in a way, you can start to draw out a lot of interesting comparisons there — how urban and rural rhythms can match up at some times and, in other times, they're drastically different.

Today, Latin America is more urbanized than any other part of the world — 85 percent of its population will live in cities by 2025 — placing the region at the forefront of the fight to reduce food waste in the urban environment.

So despite living in an urban environment, I'm actually generally less concerned about break - ins than I am about other hazards because, 1) we are busy and despite our best efforts to move through the world mindfully, there have been instances where we have accidentally left something on, 2) we live in a side - by - side condo and more humans means more potential for hazards.

The fact that Tunisia is quite urban relative to many other predominantly Muslim countries may also be a factor as it is economically harder to maintain a larger family in an urban environment.

Insufficient water not only harms trees, but allows other problems to have an outsized effect on trees in urban environments.

Land use, however, is controlled at the local level in environments with unique characteristics across urban, agricultural and a multitude of other settings.

«Our other research study into London's air quality, published this week in Atmospheric Environment, investigated the underlining factors responsible for the air pollution exposure in urban environments.

In one of his own studies, published this past March in the American Journal of Health Promotion, Sallis collaborated with urban design specialist Lawrence Frank of the University of British Columbia and others to link Atlanta's built environment with walking patterns in the city.

This issue requires carefully constructed cost - effectiveness studies carried out in the environments where the interventions will be implemented; these are likely to differ between cities in the United States and in other countries and between rural and urban areas.»

This suggests that some plants are better suited than others to the urban roof environment, says Williams, who will present the findings at the Australasian Plant Conservation Conference next week.

Although many other developments and technologies have come along to help us reproduce almost like rabbits, Laland argues that «if it were the case that humans were adapted to environments in the Pleistocene [epoch ending more than 10,000 years ago] but not the Holocene [modern era, which followed], you would expect human populations would have shrunk when they moved into urban environments.»

July 20 — 25, 2014 Omega Institute, Rhinebeck, NY The Holistic Life Foundation has more than a decade of experience teaching yoga and mindfulness to youth classified as «high - risk» or «hard - to - reach» in urban environments, and has developed a unique blend of yoga, mindfulness, tai chi, and other self - healing arts.

Her aim as a nutritionist is to aid and empower others to achieve a state of vibrant health and balance via the best possible nutrition and healing modalities for our bodies and minds; and to nurture our connection with spirit and nature even within an urban environment.

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.

Godzilla is a game about giant monsters fighting each other in various urban environments as buildings crumble around them and military vehicles try to bring the beasts down.

Strong technical skills, particularly in integrating technology in the classroom to drive academic achievement Demonstrated volunteer or community service At least one (or more) of the following: o National Board Certificationo TAP Experience (sign on bonus for TAP certification) o Core Knowledge Experienceo Experience with Blended Learningo At least two years of successful teaching in an urban environment ESSENTIAL POSITION FUNCTIONS: An Elementary School teacher is required to perform the following duties: Plan and implement a blended learning environment, providing direct and indirect instruction in the areas of Social Studies, Science, Language Arts, Health, and Mathematics based on state standards Participation in all TAP requirements, focusing on data - driven instruction Create inviting, innovative and engaging learning environment that develops student critical thinking and problem solving skills Prepare students for strong academic achievement and passing of all required assessments Communicate regularly with parents Continually assess student progress toward mastery of standards and keep students and parents well informed of student progress by collecting and tracking data, providing daily feedback, weekly assessments, and occasional parent / teacher conferences Work with the Special Education teachers and administration to serve special needs students in the classroom Attend all grade level and staff meetings and attend designated school functions outside of school hours Establish and enforce rules for behavior and procedures for maintaining order among the students for whom you are responsible Accept and incorporate feedback and coaching from administrative staff Perform necessary duties including but not limited to morning, lunch, dismissal, and after - school duties Preforms other duties, as deemed appropriate, by the principal Dress professionally and uphold all school policies

In 2014, Impact Academy was the subject of an important study conducted by the Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education (SCOPE); among other things, this study found that Impact Academy is an exemplar of student - centered teaching and learning in an urban environment.

Ford will use the location to continue testing its Fusion Hybrid self - driving prototypes, which have cameras, radar, LIDAR, and other sensors to help navigate urban environments.

Toyota says the i - TRIL Concept targets those customers who «still wish to have fun whilst driving even at slow speeds in the urban environment,» and that the study is a viable alternative to A and B segment cars, other EV products, and even motorcycles.

Rear - wheel drive made the car easier to avoid spin - outs during hard maneuvers than front drive rivals, and allowed it to better withstand rough driving over curbs and other obstacles in the urban environment.

While, at the other extreme is the Pivo battery - powered city car, first seen at the Tokyo Motor Show in October 2005, which has been designed to serve customers who want freedom and mobility in the busiest of urban environments.

Your safety and the safety of others is highly important in an urban environment.

Attempts to eradicate feral cats by starvation fail because there are other food sources that are a by - product of urban and suburban environments.

Pit Bulls are quite resilient and can do well in an urban environment, provided they have enough exercise and other positive outlets for their energy.

Wildlife experts agree that removing wildlife from the urban environment creates a hole in the ecosystem for other similar animals to fill.

There are breeds that are happy in urban environments and apartments and others that thrive with more room to roam and lots of daily exercise and challenges.

Pit bulls can do well in an urban environment, provided they have enough exercise and other positive outlets for their energy.

Many spitz breeds, like the Akita and Chow Chow, retain wolf - like characteristics like independence, suspiciousness, and aggression towards unfamiliar humans and other dogs, and they require much training and socialization when they are puppies before they become manageable in an urban environment.

In an urban environment, humans and many species of wildlife live in close proximity to each other, which may result in human - wildlife conflicts.

These attributes include whether your units work well in urban environments, forest environments, with others, alone, etc..

On the other hand, the value added by the map Gauntlet is the existence of multiple environments in one map: a jungle, an arctic environment, and an urban environment — all in one map, hence enriching the gameplay experience.

The official description of «The Neighborhood» reads as follows, «In The Neighborhood, players will work their way through a restrained 2D urban cityscape, using music and magic to unleash a vibrant and magical 3D environment by interacting with billboards, rooftops, trains and other surprises hidden within the city landscape.»

«That Sidibé was a «popular» photographer rather than a satirical pop commentator on vernacular culture — which is to say he was a photographer firmly grounded in his environment who combined work - for - hire portraiture with his own exploratory documentation of the quotidian excitement of his Bamako neighborhood — made him one among several recording angels of a new generation of urban Africans, of which the other most important Malian example was his elder, Seydou Keita.

This sculpture, like so many other works by Dion, investigates what happens to animals as they adapt to and thrive in our newly developed urban ecosystems, and when human environments intersect with nature.

The Hunter and the Factory, curated by Magalí Arriola and Juan Gaitán, «is an exhibition comprising a selection of artworks from La Colección Jumex that combined with other artistic proposals generates an allegorical environment pertaining to the relations that arise between urban spaces and nature, as well as the problems that these generate.

Viewers got to see Hayuk's colorful, layered weave paintings that balance between tradition, psychedelic, strict geometry and abstraction, Revok's abstract geo - based works inspired by patterns and waste materials from urban environments, Peterson's signature b / w visions of power struggles and conflicts in the society, and Deiana's meticulous ball point pen on paper works that create abstraction out of textures, TV static and other everyday occurrences.

The other nominees for the award are Karla Black, Martin Boyce, and Hilary Lloyd, but Boyce, who makes sculptural installations that reference urban environments and Modernism, is the bookmakers» favorite.

Some respond to their urban environment, others ignore it, but all are inspired by the nonstop energy and flux of downtown San Diego.

While the founders of Drop City abandoned conventional society, other artists, like Emory Douglas, could not abandon the urban environment in a time of desperate need.

One shows a station in a clearly urban environment, the other in a more rural setting.

Beginning with a single division devoted to domestic energy policy (Energy Probe), it has grown into a hydra - like body that, among other things, addresses foreign aid and investment (Probe International), government policies relating to Canadian natural resources (Environment Probe), and regulatory matters that affect cities (the Urban Renaissance Institute).

COOPI (Italy, project coordination) and RUAF Foundation (the Netherlands), in cooperation with institutions and organisations involved in the Freetown Multi-Stakeholder Forum on Urban Agriculture and Food Security (including the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food Security; Freetown City Council; Ministry of Land, Housing and Environment; Ministry of Health and Sanitation; National Association of Farmers in Sierra Leone (NAFSL); Sierra Leone Youth Empowerment Organisation (SLYEO); Njala University; and other stakeholders).

Climate change may also augment or intensify other stresses on vegetation encountered in urban environments, including increased atmospheric pollution, heat island effects, a highly variable water cycle, and frequent exposure to new pests and diseases.

Obviously that is not practical, so the question is how can we deploy the greenest technologies and methods not only build our buildings, but also arrange and structure them amongst other buildings and urban structures to create a holistically sustainable built environment?

«This study concludes that the level of infrasound at houses near the wind turbines assessed is no greater than that experienced in other urban and rural environments, and that the contribution of wind turbines to the measured infrasound levels is insignificant in comparison with the background level of infrasound in the environment.»

Although urban and rural regions in the Northeast have profoundly different built and natural environments, both include populations that have been shown to be highly vulnerable to climate hazards and other stresses.

The Congress was co-organized by ZHAW — Zurich University of Applied Sciences Institute of Environment and Nature Resources, Centre Urban Greening, Competence Centre Green Roofs (Hochschule WÃ $ denswil)-- and the International Green Roof Association (IGRA), among others, and the tours were led by graduate students and volunteers from ZHAW / The World Green Roof Congress.