Sentences with phrase «surrounded by a society»

Is your moral compass strong enough to recognize a bad system when surrounded by the society that supports it?

inFAMOUS Second Son brings you an action adventure game where surrounded by a society that fears them, superhumans are ruthlessly hunted down and caged by the Department of Unified Protection.

Synopsis: Surrounded by a society that fears them, superhumans are ruthlessly hunted down and caged by the Department of Unified Protection.

Not exact matches

There is some controversy surrounding the scientific rationale of eating like our ancient ancestors — i.e., animal proteins and plants, the kinds of foods and that would be amassed by a hunter - gatherer society.

Like any of number of fictional futures, from Metropolis to Altered Carbon, it is a society where the wealthy in live in glistening towers in the clouds, surrounded by technologies of luxury and convenience, looking down on an underclass that can not afford basic necessities.

In New York especially, but also in other metropolises, there was a large, flourishing, and frequently very public gay world that was tolerated, sometimes celebrated, by the surrounding society.

The Jews history to manipulate and to achieve their objectives has not chanced, in fact by analyzing the State of Israel today, we see that they are a closed in society prisoners within their own castle, surrounded by a concrete wall.

The Church should be so invested in the lives of others, especially the «least of these» in society, that when someone exhibits unstable behavior or are threatened by violence, they are surrounded with biblical love and ensured the help they need.

He is surrounded by an entire society of magical beings — his son Merlin, the Holy Leprechaun Spirit, the good fairy Mary, thousands of other fairies, pixies and the souls of many millions of dead people.

The church, into which one is born (like the medieval Catholic Church), is distinguished by an ethic of conservation and compromise in its relationship with the surrounding society; the sect, which one must join as an adult (like the Anabaptists), rejects the surrounding society and has an ethic of rigor, perfection and transformation; the mystic is primarily a subjectively religious person who is not linked to any particular religious body (or, if linked to one, does not find it very important).

Globalization has also meant that we are moving from what may be called the closed society — that is, one surrounded by a clear boundary — to the open society.

Any people and pastor wishing to take God's Word in Scripture seriously, therefore, will regularly be asking what issues or values in the surrounding society are addressed by that Word.

Surrounded by such places, and steeped in the principles of Catholic social teaching, the participants of the Seminar grapple with the monumental questions of our day: How, after a half - century of degradation, can the institution of the family, the bedrock of civil society, possibly bear the weight it must bear if freedom is to serve the common good?

In the rosy portraits of assisted suicide drawn by the likes of the Hemlock Society, cool - headed patients put their affairs in order, make their peace with Heaven, and drift away peacefully to the dulcet strains of their favorite music, surrounded by loved ones and kindly, compassionate medical assistants.

Its strategy is not based on the concepts of prosperity and power of the surrounding society, but rather it views the present age in the light shed upon it by the power of the coming Kingdom.

He is surrounded by an entire society of magical beings — his son Merlin, the Holy Leprechaun Spirit, the good fairy Mary, thousands of Leprechaun saints, fairies, pixies and the souls of many millions of dead people.

It's pretty difficult being a young person surrounded by friends and family who do not understand food issues, but with the knowledge that is out there on the internet, people like us can live fairly functionally in a society based around wheat.

Incest survivors have lived with the most terrible secrets, have constantly been told by society not to say anything (explicitly or implicitly), we generally can't share our pasts and experiences because there is still such a culture of shame surrounding us.

I realized that somehow, surrounded by all this materialistic abundance and going with the flow of society, we were raising our kids in a manner that didn't agree with our core values and who we truly are.

Reading is a good habit that we, as a society, should promote more with our children, who will grow up surrounded by television, video games, and iPads.

«New Yorkers deserve an attorney general who is unwavering in her fight to uphold and defend their most basic rights,» Ms. James said in a brief speech at the Brooklyn Historical Society, where she was surrounded by cheering supporters holding signs calling her «the people's lawyer.»

«Our work extends the empirical evidence collected by colleagues in the West and argues strongly for disruption in practice and attitudes surrounding sleep and wellbeing in societies where these are believed to hinder rather than enhance societal advancement.»

But as the Royal Society of Chemistry emphasised, we are all in our daily lives surrounded by many chemicals that occur naturally and which are potential carcinogens.

The supplement examines the issues surrounding distracted driving by teens, exploring developmental states and changes that are associated with adolescents» distractibility and their relation to driving, examining patterns of distraction among newly licensed adolescents as well as brain function, considering the potential role played by parental modeling of distracted behavior while driving, accounting for the role of technology and the influence of peer passengers and society norms, and investigating policy, legislation, and intervention.

The way our bodies — including voice, mood, posture, and so on — are influenced by surrounding bodies is one of the mysteries of human existence, but one that provides the glue that holds entire societies together.

«Our research shows that habitats surrounding palm oil plantations, although they are affected by agricultural activity, still sustain a number of threatened species,» says Chris Carbone, a senior research fellow at the Zoological Society of London.

Paper and Research Team These observational results were published by Takano et al. as «Distributions of molecules in the circumnuclear disk and surrounding starburst ring in the Seyfert galaxy NGC 1068 observed with ALMA» (in the astronomical journal Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan (PASJ), issued in July 2014) and by Nakajima et al. «A Multi-Transition Study of Molecules toward NGC 1068 based on High - Resolution Imaging Observations with ALMA» (in PASJ issued in February 2015).

Since its establishment in 1974, AAU has been characterised by a problem - based and project - oriented teaching method (PBL)-- also called the Aalborg Model, and by extensive collaboration with the surrounding society.

A large scale review of the evidence surrounding the health benefits of whole grains by the American Society for Nutrition concluded that whole grains played a major role in lowering the risk of chronic diseases, such as coronary heart disease, cancer (particularly colorectal cancer), and diabetes.

As a society we are surrounded by more toxins than ever before.

«Our work extends the empirical evidence collected by colleagues in the West, and argues strongly for disruption in practice and attitudes surrounding sleep and well - being in societies where these are believed to hinder rather than enhance societal advancement,» he added in a journal news release.

This document (written by Johnson) presents a summary of the controversy surrounding the divergent treatment approaches reflected in the Lyme disease guidelines of the Infectious Diseases Society of America and the International Lyme and Associated Diseases Society.

The opening image of «Café Society» sets the tone: a breathtaking shot of an impossibly clear - blue swimming pool at dusk, surrounded by elegant people in formal wear.

The piece proceeds in the mode of cultural studies by analysing the racial discourses surrounding the film: black rural folklorism, the representation of stereotypical black comic or menial roles in film, the commodification and packaging of black culture, and what Naremore calls «a chic, upscale «Africanism», redolent of café society, Broadway theatre, and the European avant - garde.»

In this film, the trick is played on all the characters, by the society that raised and surrounded them.

This film really spoke to me because of the issues that still surround our society, and the performances — especially by Sean Penn, Emilie Hirsch, and James Franco — were nothing short of near - perfection.

Judi Dench brings merciless truth - telling to her role as a society arbiter; Sutherland is deeply amusing as a man who lives surrounded by women and considers it a blessing and a fate, and as his wife Blethyn finds a balance between her character's mercenary and loving sides.

If it seems weird to you and like you're fighting against society... surround yourself by others who have similar interests / goals.

The Humane Society of North Texas (http://hsnt.org) conducts abuse, neglect and abuse investigations for Tarrant, Parker, Johnson, Wise, Denton and surrounding counties and can be contacted at 817-332-4768, ext. 113 or by reporting online at http://hsnt.org/documents/CrueltyReport.xls.

The Sioux Falls Area Humane Society also provides animal control services for multiple counties surrounding the Sioux Falls Area, as well as a partnership to help care for the animals taken in by the Animal Control of Sioux Falls.

Not only does the new center free up kennel space at the main shelter location, but it also allows the Humane Society of Boulder Valley to serve the surrounding region by providing animals available for adoption in a pet - friendly venue.

Progress is hampered, however, by the ongoing controversy surrounding vaccines, failure to comply with current national vaccine policies and guidelines, resistance to change, and denial of adverse events within the general veterinary community as well as within society as a whole.

According to the American Humane Society, pets are happiest when they are home, surrounded by familiar sights, sounds and smells.

According to the American Humane Society, pets are most content when they are home surrounded by those sights, sounds and smells familiar to them.

Tonight, he sleeps at the Blue Ridge Humane Society, a no - kill shelter in Hendersonville, where he will make up for lost time, surrounded by new friends.

As an advocate of trap - neuter - return working for one of that nation's leading animal welfare organizations, Best Friends Animal Society — and somebody quite familiar with the science surrounding TNR and free - roaming cats in general — I feel compelled to respond to R. Scott Nolen's recent article («Cats may be greater threat to wildlife than first thought,» JAVMA News, April 1, 2013) about the paper published earlier this year by the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS).

«Technology was largely misunderstood by the society that surrounded us.

Over the last few months, I've gotten a chance to directly interact with these artists and get a deeper understanding of where their work stems from; highly influenced by their individual place in society, each living and breathing different aspects of life that surrounds us.

Because the performance was made in an arts institution, and subsequently shown in galleries and museums, Sierra forces the institution to engage with ethical questions surrounding the hierarchical structures enforced by a capitalist society.

The complication of desire by sublimation and trepidation has always been inherent in our society, yet given the present conditions surrounding the AIDS epidemic, its expression in Larmon's paintings seems particularly timely and apt.