Sentences with phrase «urban settings»

With an active pipeline, Loews will continue adding hotels in urban settings and resort destinations across the globe, leveraging the brand's stellar reputation and strong track record in the 4 to 5 - star space.

We took a look outside the Bay Area to places that invigorated former transportation corridors, historic buildings, neglected urban settings, and recycled buildings — much like we have here.

McCue - McGrath works specifically to address the effects of urban settings on dogs and the people who live in these environments.

Chronic exposure to environmental pollutants has been suggested as a possible contributing factor in dogs that spend a lot of time in urban settings.

Dr. Lee has been in the field of emergency and critical care since 1997, and she has practiced in several urban settings including Boston and Philadelphia.

Dense animal population in kennels and urban settings increases the chance of exposure to infected urine.

TNR works in different climates, and in rural and urban settings.

In both rural and urban settings, the veterinary technician deals with a wide variety of animals, each one requiring specialized treatment and care.

The further melding of suburban - style living with urban settings — surban — is expected to find expression in even more new developments as buyers seek access to the best of both worlds.

Young professionals may even be able to afford water views otherwise unavailable to them in more urban settings.

Family Dollar's mix of name brands and quality, private brand merchandise, appeals to shoppers in more than 7,200 stores in rural and urban settings across 45 states.

For example, an editor might use these keywords to describe a mystery suspense novel: «noir atmosphere,» «urban settings,» «world - weary protagonists,» «harsh realism,» «psychological depth,» «wistful poetry,» «atmospheric,» «urban landscape,» «violent portrait.»

The worlds of his books are urban settings with a twist of the paranormal lurking just behind the scenes and generous doses of magic, martial arts, and mayhem.

The heroines who seized my heart belonged to the sophisticated urban settings of Wouk's Youngblood Hawke and Betty Smith's A Tree Grows in Brooklyn or Joy in the Morning; if precocious girls elsewhere, poised on the verge of puberty, were reading Austen or the Brontës, I didn't know it and I doubt I would have cared.

Her most anticipated books are mostly standalones, with younger characters in urban settings rather than the billionaires that usually dominate romances set in cities.

- Kirkus «Contemporary fiction fans fond of urban settings and humor in the vein of Nora Ephron or Nick Hornsby should appreciate this tale of city life and marriage, while those searching for characters on the Asperger's spectrum could find young Matthew, portrayed as high functioning but challenging, authentic and recognizable as he navigates various connections with his parents and others.»

Because of its solid and comfortable everyday driver demeanor, buyers of the new 2009 Acura TSX will probably opt for the five - speed automatic transmission, for ease of driving in traffic and urban settings.

All of these characteristics make this the perfect choice for urban settings and stop - and - go driving.

Toyota has announced the availability of the 2013 Scion iQ EV (Electric Vehicle) in the U.S for use in car - sharing programs, in urban settings and metropolitan environments.

And with its 36.1 - foot turning diameter, the Insight offers good maneuverability in congested urban settings.

«The main inspiration for this concept was the contrast that we saw in the grey tones of the urban settings in São Paulo and the bright natural colors that we saw near our studio in Rio,» said Robert Bauer, Chief Designer at the Rio studio.

In urban settings, we like its manageable size and brake - hold feature, while on the highway we appreciate its quiet and supple ride.

In such urban settings, you also won't care as much about a subcompact's show weaknesses: namely in longer, higher - speed cruising and in the sportier, dynamic driving that can take place on byways outside of city limits.

The silence and the instant response of electric cars, especially in noisy and chaotic urban settings is very hard to argue against.

The sedan is exclusively available with the sophisticated Burgundy Night Pearl, which is a great option for urban settings.

Truth be told, the Prius C is most at home in urban settings where its compact size makes it easy to maneuver and park.

A control in the cabin closes a valve inside the available titanium exhaust that significantly reduces outside exhaust volume — ideal in crowded or urban settings.

Between the birth of our country and today, the percentage of people living in rural instead of urban settings has reversed, with now more than 80 per cent of Canadians being city...

The optional Around View Monitor system is a wise investment if you need to operate the QX in tight parking garages or urban settings.

The Jeep Compass offers up the ability to make your drives throughout urban settings smooth, easy and fully accommodating as well as conquer an see how...

The shallow dash, thin A-pillars, and upright windshield and side windows make for an unobstructed view of the road making it less scary than you'd think to park and maneuver in urban settings, although, the heavy steering can be exhausting in these same situations.

The Jeep Compass offers up the ability to make your drives throughout urban settings smooth, easy and fully accommodating as well as conquer even the toughest terrain without a hitch.

The whole point of a tiny little car is to be super maneuverable in tight urban settings.

The frame is different from the XD's, and its overall length is 14.7 inches shorter, which should make the Titan easier to maneuver in urban settings, despite a cab size and overall width that's identical between the two.

Acceleration isn't exactly immediate, but it's good enough for urban settings, and the steering offers satisfying levels of speed and resistance.

After all, hybrids make the most efficient use of their powertrains in urban settings, and the Prius c is an ideal city car.

Heffernan now has grants to test whether the Maine results can be replicated in North Carolina, and whether teachers can be trained online to use the system across the country, especially in more urban settings.

Prior experience with and commitment to engaging students from racially and economically diverse urban settings

His talk about «edu - localism» connects with his usual arguments about how improved transit infrastructure in urban settings makes everything better — he wants kids to be able to easily commute across town to access better schools that might be far from the neighborhoods they live in.

We work to improve learning opportunities and outcomes in urban settings and to address disparities that affect historically marginalized groups.

His passion for students receiving a high - quality education in urban settings drives the work that he does, both in and out of the classroom.

A 20 - year veteran educator in Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools (MNPS), Richard is a transformational leader with extensive experience driving innovative programs to improve teacher practice and school design in urban settings.

There, he conducted research on the literacy experiences of students in urban settings.

He has authored numerous journal articles and book chapters on the conditions of urban education, urban teacher support and development, and effective pedagogy in urban settings.

So providing students with rich workbased learning experiences, not an easy task in more urban settings, is made even more difficult.

You may soon see that develop in all of these urban settings.

Of the three teachers initially selected, one taught in a suburban school whose students are almost exclusively European American, while the other two (one of whom is an ELL teacher) taught in urban settings where the student populations included native speakers of Arabic, Chinese, Creole (French), English, Karenni, Kurundi, Nepali, Somali, Spanish, Swahili, and Vietnamese.

The administration has resisted revision of the «highly qualified» policy, at least in part, because alternative certification programs provide a key source of teachers for hard to fill slots, often in low - performing urban settings.

A new study based on the Annenberg Institute on School Reform's (AISR) work with the Transatlantic School Innovation Alliance (TISA) adds to the emerging literature supporting the idea that peer networks among educational practitioners, both within and across schools, can improve teaching and learning.In England, there has been a focus over the past decade on developing formal peer networks, especially in urban settings that have traditionally underperformed relative to other areas of the country.

This report concludes that «six educationally relevant disparities» — vision problems, asthma, teen pregnancy, aggression and violence, physical inactivity, poor nutrition, and concentration problems — have negative academic outcomes for minority students in urban settings.