Sentences with phrase «urban myths in»

«I am grateful to my hon. Friend for asking that question, because it enables me to puncture one of the great urban myths in the immigration debate, which is that most immigration comes from within the European Union.

«There is both truth and urban myth in what you are hearing,» wrote a program officer, who went on to point out that a qualitative score of «excellent» doesn't mean as much as you might think.

Earlier, the committee had heard how it had become an urban myth in schools that teachers needed to mark in green and purple ink and give very detailed assessments of the work.

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It may sound like an urban myth, but in the backstage area of the Matterhorn Bobsleds ride, there is a small attic space with a basketball hoop and a cramped area for cast members to play quick games between shifts.

There's an urban myth that Einstein said the most powerful force in the universe is compounding [interest].

• BP's C.F.O., Brian Gilvary, dismissed a claim that its C.E.O., Bob Dudley, had been poisoned in Moscow as «a complete urban myth.»

One of the most persistent myths in America today is that urban areas are innovative and rural areas are not.

But what I do know is this: From that sharing of tips, tricks, rumours and urban myths emerges a gaming experience with more sense of community than anything I've seen in years.

(And contrary to urban myth, the divorce rate has never reached 50 percent Furthermore, rates plummet for couples who regularly engage in religious activities together.)

Early last year, when news broke of Joseph Fiennes playing Michael Jackson in the U.K. anthology series Urban Myths, the backlash and uproar was swift.

I thought it was an urban myth, but it is actually true that Kinder ® Surprise Eggs are not legal in the United States!

Contrary to common belief, many young fathers have real strengths; and the stereotype of the young buck who impregnates the neighbourhood is largely an urban myth: the single most powerful predictor of adolescent fatherhood is being involved in a long - term relationship with the baby's mother (Hanson et al, 1989).

A Labour skew in the current electoral arrangement is, so to speak, an urban myth; the real problem is that the poor no longer vote, since they no longer have anyone to vote for.

These questions are just a sample of the urban lore investigated in our newest eBook, Fact or Fiction: Science Tackles 58 Popular Myths.

The current «urban myth» in the fitness world is that cardio will actually cause your RMR (Resting Metabolic Rate, also know as BMR or Basil Metabolic Rate) to slow down, resulting in weight gain rather Read More

In an article for Fast Company, reporter Austin Carr was interviewing Tinder founder Sean Rad, who let him know this wasn't some urban myth.

Clark and his screenwriter A Ray Moore had only Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho, Michael Powell's Peeping Tom, the»60s urban myth of the babysitter and the man upstairs, and Italy's gialli, to guide them in their invention of the tropes that would come to dominate the horror landscape of the late»70s and»80s.

Cow tipping is a common urban myth (although some would argue it's true) portrayed in some films.

Dr. Thomas Jordan, seismologist from Southern California Earthquake Center, dissects urban myths and action gags in Dwayne Johnson's disaster movie

Still wondering if she's the victim of a harmless urban myth, she tries one other test: Watchers of the video have their faces distorted in photographs.

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Orr students generated excitement and opened dialogue with their unconventional video dispelling pervasive myths and countering negative stereotypes about youth in urban school settings in America.

In a call with reporters Tuesday, Orr said «I think that it is a little bit more of an urban myth about students just blowing off the test when they sit down with it.

Not as Good as You Think: The Myth of the Middle Class School is a documentary that shatters the myth that «good» schools located in «nice» neighborhoods are shielded from the education crisis that pervades schools in poor, urban arMyth of the Middle Class School is a documentary that shatters the myth that «good» schools located in «nice» neighborhoods are shielded from the education crisis that pervades schools in poor, urban armyth that «good» schools located in «nice» neighborhoods are shielded from the education crisis that pervades schools in poor, urban areas.

Another report blows away the myth of safety in schools: Rural students are almost as likely as urban students are to report that their school is unsafe, with suburban students only a few percentage points behind.

When no one could actually provide evidence to verify this urban myth, the team decided to not spend valuable conference time in this way.

I feel like I've been writing stories since I was a teenager (more than a few years ago now), and I wrote a web series pilot called Dating in LA and Other Urban Myths starring Jen Lilley, Lesley Fera, Tamara Taylor and Kris Polaha that we filmed in 2013.

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But that's an urban myth,» says Debra Sawatzky, a gemologist and estate jewelry appraiser in Toronto.

In fact, bankruptcy is a great solution even though people carry all sorts of urban myths and irrational fears about filing bankruptcy.

There's an urban myth that Einstein said the most powerful force in the universe is compounding [interest].

Don't get caught up in the urban myths that make the rounds about shelter animals.

This urban myth came from the fact that the saliva from the tick creates a red mark from inflammation, not from the tick leaving its head in the skin.

The close was partially demolished, and later being closed to the public for many years became shrouded in myths and urban legends, tales of ghosts and murders.

- 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

I started painting again when I was living on a council estate in south - east London and wanted to tell the stories that people tell each other about living in a place like that: stories that become urban myths.

Combining French anthropologist Andre Leroi - Gourhain's theorie of evolution with the myth of the centaur Chiron the film narrates the hybrid existence of human beings in contemporary urban environments.

As a practicing visual artist, Barry Ace's work has been included in numerous group and solo exhibitions, including: Emergence from the Shadows — First Peoples Photographic Perspectives, Canadian Museum of Civilization (1996: Ottawa); Urban Myths: Aboriginal Artists in the City.

«Our Future Foyle Project» — Building on Myths and Foundations to design contextual and cultural responses to health and wellbeing problems in an urban landscape.

Not everything in it is a masterpiece, but among its 95 prints are stunning portraits of actors, geishas and warriors; colorful retellings of old myths; views of contemporary urban life; and gorgeous, poetically captivating landscapes.

Paolo Canevari presents highly recognizable or even commonplace symbols in order to comment on such concept as religion, the urban myths of happiness or the major principles behind creation and destruction.

Or could it really be that, in her groupthinking echo chamber, they really do believe that the pause / hiatus / halt in rising temperatures really is just a denier's deliberate, malicious urban myth.

Regarding the rural - cold - island» effect — which I coined and used in my publications including in my book «Climate Change: Myths & Realities» published in 2008, is exactly opposite of urban - heat - island effect.

Snopes.com, confirming its transformation from debunker of urban myths to just another political hack «fact checker,» cites some speculative comments made in 1930 by Swedish scientist Svante Arrhenius to conclude, «In essence, the relationship between carbon dioxide and climate had already been firmly established by the early 20th century.&raquin 1930 by Swedish scientist Svante Arrhenius to conclude, «In essence, the relationship between carbon dioxide and climate had already been firmly established by the early 20th century.&raquIn essence, the relationship between carbon dioxide and climate had already been firmly established by the early 20th century.»

The «panic» about cooling in the 1970's is an urban myth.

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Urban myth from ignorance of life in the snowy wastes or deliberate misinformation from AGW to promote the idea that back - radiation from a cold object can heat a warmer object?

Maybe urban myth, but whem Chairman Mao decreed there were too many rats in China, he ordered each person to take a rat tail to a repository every week for a payment.

It is perhaps one of the most enduring legal «urban myths»: that a man and woman who live together for many years, support each, maybe have children together, are viewed in the eyes of the law as being married and so when their relationship ends, they will be entitled to receive a fair share of their home and any other assets.

The urban myth that «all legal functions must be performed by lawyers working in a law firm» has been debunked.