Sentences with phrase «urban settings as»

This is every bit as true in urban settings as it is in rural settings.

His work features imagery of everyday and consumer objects, such as paper clips, light bulbs, and champagne flutes, found in desolate urban settings as a reference to his upbringing, but also to broader universal ideas including desire, luxury, and the influx of consumerism into South African society.

Ng explores unusual urban settings as art sites.

Melissa Groo: Though now most drawn to wild, remote places, I grew up in as urban a setting as you can imagine — New York City.

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During Hurricane Harvey, we saw how a city's layout can worsen the effects of a storm, as Houston's urban sprawl and scant zoning likely set the stage for catastrophic flooding.

Alphabet's Sidewalk Labs, the company's urban planning team, is set to pitch a proposal to rebuild part of a struggling American city as a new high - tech «smart city,» The Wall Street Journal reports.

For example, in the purchase of a boat for recreational purposes, set aside a sum up to the price of the boat to give to the food bank or an organization such as the Urban League.

«1 Many of us who live in urban, industrial settings forget that we are members of a larger community of life, that we share with other creatures a common evolutionary heritage, that we depend on them for our sustenance, and that the earth is their home as well as our own.

But with the advent of the Industrial Revolution, the urban setting became known as the site of disease, pollution, crime, squalor and ugliness.

Rev Isaac set up his street pastor team in 2003 as a response to gun and knife crime in Britain's urban areas.

There are many distinctions noted between the various Sufi orders — as to whether they observed seemliness or extravagance in their exercises, whether they were urban or rural, whether they tried to propagate the faith among non-Muslims or wandered about with no particular mission, whether they set up new dynasties dedicated to holy war or the extirpation of heresy, and the like.

As an architect and urban planner, Mimi was used to creating solutions where there previously were none, and so with sleep still in her eyes, she set about designing a merino wool baby sleep bag.

• modern design, solid wood mini-crib sized for urban living spaces • bassinet with extended use as mini-crib, comfortably up to 12 months (longer usage dependant upon baby's size) • sized for room - to - room mobility during nap time; fits easily through small & standard doorways • patented no - tools - required easy set up in under 5 minutes • compact-fold construction for easy storage & transport (durable storage bag available) • open slats on all four sides maximize all important air - flow • 2 position adjustable mattress platform for growing baby • 4 lockable castors • ** colour may vary per country

One study of kids living in highly - stressed urban settings found that parents who identified themselves as practitioners of positive discipline were more likely to have children who were stress - resilient (Wyman et al 1991).

They think about the logistics, especially in urban settings such as using public transportation, going up stairs into apartments, or getting your stroller in and out of a car.

Trailside also serves as the visitor center to the Blue Hills, the state's largest swath of protected land in a suburban / urban setting.

A variety of affordable transit options such as public transit, taxis, car shares, cycling, and safe pedestrian pathways is critical for residents of Erie County to engage in a wide variety of community activities across urban, suburban, and rural settings.

White sees a military school as an opportunity to open doors that are often closed to children in an urban setting.

The area also includes the Staten Island Ferry terminal and has a slightly more urban, sometimes even hip, feel than other parts of the decidedly suburban borough: A major waterfront revitalization project will include «MRKTPL,» touted as «Staten Island's first artisanal food hall» and set to open in 2017.

In particular, devotees of genetics might want to cede a little ground to their colleagues in epidemiology, who over the past decade have amassed a provocative, interlocking set of studies implicating urban birthplace and migrant status as persistent risk factors.

As part of the experiment, eight volunteers aged 65 and over (from a wider sample of 95 people aged 65 and over) wore a mobile EEG head - set which recorded their brain activity when walking between busy and green urban spaces.

A new examination of remoteness as a barrier to health care, published online in the Journal of Global Health, notes that most surveys and policy documents categorize families as living either in an urban or rural setting, and this dichotomy can mask disparities of the most remote families.

But as this special issue on cities makes clear, the gathering of inventive humans into this urban setting will likely help spur advances.

These include technologies for passively cooling buildings and urban areas, such as cool roofs and pavements, as well as the broader set of energy efficiency measures to reduce the need for active cooling.

A new examination of remoteness as a barrier to health care, published online today in the Journal of Global Health, notes that most surveys and policy documents categorize families as living either in an urban or rural setting, and this dichotomy can mask disparities of the most remote families.

While lack of space (such as in an urban or apartment setting) usually motivates the vertical approach, there are many other advantages to this creative way of gardening:

As the war died down and population moved away from agriculture and into more urban settings, gardening in the backyard became more impractical and began to decline.

Witch hazel saplings are also sold for living fences and parking strips, as the plant's low water requirements make it a practical option for urban settings.

Mary travels and teaches with Richard and also within the caregiver and hospital setting as part of the core faculty of the Being with Dying program (Upaya Zen Center) and the Urban Zen Integrative Therapy Trainings.

House plants are likewise helpful in purifying the air you breathe, as they are natural filters, and can be placed in homes situated in urban settings.

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Ironmongers» Hall was in fact built in 1925 in a Tudor style to reflect the golden age of craft in the 16th century, and it certainly made an imposing and beautiful setting for a wedding, as well as a stark contrast to the urban jungle that is the surrounding Barbican Centre.

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In 2000, Washington could be seen starring opposite Chinese action star Jet Li in Romeo Must Die, an urban update of Romeo and Juliet set between rival Asian and African American gangs in Oakland, California.In 2005, Washington was cast as Dr. Preston Burke, one of the leads on the ABC medical - drama Grey's Anatomy.

With two exceptions — Topsy - Turvy and Vera Drake (which takes place in the 1950s)-- Leigh's films are set in contemporary urban or suburban Britain and might be described as social dramas, although even at their darkest they have a comic edge.

Leigh, the writer and director of such classics as «Naked» and «Secrets and Lies,» usually tells stories set in the present day, often of a more urban character.

His twin sister, Olive (Douglas, Ghost World), is adamantly opposed to urban development, especially in a place as lovely as that where Gavin is planning to set up construction in.

Other highlights in this strand include: Miguel Gomes» mixes fantasy, documentary, docu - fiction, Brechtian pantomime and echoes of MGM musical in the epic ARABIAN NIGHTS; the World Premiere of William Fairman and Max Gogarty's CHEMSEX, an unflinching, powerful documentary about the pleasures and perils associated with the «chemsex» scene that's far more than a sensationalist exposé; the European Premiere of CLOSET MONSTER, Stephen Dunn's remarkable debut feature about an artistic, sexually confused teen who has conversations with his pet hamster, voiced by Isabella Rossellini; THE ENDLESS RIVER a devasting new film set in small - town South Africa from Oliver Hermanus, Diep Hoang Nguyen's beautiful debut, FLAPPING IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE, a wry, weird socially probing take on the teen pregnancy scenario that focuses on a girl whose escape from village life to pursue an urban education has her frozen in mid-flight; LUCIFER, Gust Van den Berghe's thrillingly cinematic tale of Lucifer as an angel who visits a Mexican village, filmed in «Tondoscope» — a circular frame in the centre of the screen; the European premiere of KOTHANODI a compelling, unsettling fairytale from India; veteran Algerian director Merzak Allouache's gritty and delicate portrait of a drug addicted petty thief in MADAME COURAGE; Radu Muntean's excellent ONE FLOOR BELOW, which combines taut, low - key realism with incisive psychological and ethical insights in a drama centering on a man, his wife and a neighbor; and QUEEN OF EARTH, Alex Ross Perry's devilish study of mental breakdown and dysfunctional power dynamics between female best friends, starring Elisabeth Moss.

Karl Urban and Sam Neill are set to make appearances as well.

Assuming Urban isn't practicing a bit of misdirection, it certainly explains why Benedict was shown wearing a Starfleet uniform in photos that leaked in February from the film's set: In the original series episode «Where No Man Has Gone Before» (the second Star Trek pilot), Lt. Commander Gary Mitchell is a Starfleet Academy friend of Kirk's who serves as helmsman about the Enterprise when the ship penetrates the galactic barrier.

What framework of a narrative unspools at a leisurely pace, mostly content to observe as Moonee plays with a set of friends around the alternately pastoral and urban area surrounding the motel.

Star Trek Beyond is set for release on July 22nd 2016 and features returning cast members Chris Pine as James Kirk, Zachary Quinto as Spock, Simon Pegg as Scotty, Zoë Saldana as Uhura, Karl Urban as Bones, John Cho as Sulu and Anton Yelchin as Chekov alongside new additions Idris Elba (Luther), Sofia Boutella (Kingsman: The Secret Service), Joe Taslim (The Raid) and Lydia Wilson (About Time).

New Mexico's charter cap shields small districts from enrollment loss, and as a result, the state's charters cluster primarily in urban settings (51 percent of charter schools operate there compared to 21 percent of New Mexico's district schools) and in suburbs (which host 12.3 percent of the state's charters but only 8.2 percent of its district schools).

More specifically, studies show outstanding successes in urban settings such as New York City and Boston, but plenty of mediocrity — and worse — in the nation's heartland.

As a former teacher with a deep passion for education, Charner - Laird knew she wanted to study early - career teachers in urban settings.

Because rural school communities vary widely, «generic» improvement plans designed for large urban districts usually do not work as well in rural settings, according to the authors of a new book on rural education programs.

For the past fifteen years, a set of large urban districts have agreed to participate in what's still called the «Trial Urban District Assessment,» or TUDA, as part of the National Assessment of Educational Progurban districts have agreed to participate in what's still called the «Trial Urban District Assessment,» or TUDA, as part of the National Assessment of Educational ProgUrban District Assessment,» or TUDA, as part of the National Assessment of Educational Progress.