Sentences with phrase «urban world where»

She lives in this uber - urban world where mamas compare organic snacks and clothing for their kids and choosing not to breastfeed would turn her into a leper with the other yoga moms.

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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.»

Tortuga specializes in travel backpacks, though it makes a few other products too, and was created based on a real - world experience its founders had during a 2009 backpacking trip around Europe, where they realized how painfully ineffective luggage was for city - dwellers and urban backpackers.

We are entering a whole new world where the surreal is becoming the real — a world of urban communes and floating parishes, teen - age gurus and tentmaker priests, Jesus freaks and Jesus - freak deprogrammers.

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.

With more than half of the world's population now living in cities, urban sprawl is a growing problem — particularly in North America, where single - family homes and two - car garages are common.

«With the very survival of the planet at stake, we hope leaders will be inspired to act — especially in urban areas where an increasing majority of the world's population lives.

Imagine a world where the rooftops and pavements of every urban area are resurfaced to increase the reflection of the Sun's light rays.

This translates into an average temperature rise of 4.3 C over land in the northern hemisphere where most of the world's population lives, and even more in urban areas.

Recent research from the World Health Organization (WHO) found that more than 80 % of the world's urban population lives in areas where air quality regularly fails health standWorld Health Organization (WHO) found that more than 80 % of the world's urban population lives in areas where air quality regularly fails health standworld's urban population lives in areas where air quality regularly fails health standards.

In 2008, the world reached the tipping point where more people were living in urban areas than outside of them.

Roddy, trying to rid himself of the interloper, finds himself sent down the pipes, where he is accidentally introduced into a world of subterranean urban vermin delights.

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.

The world of Netflix's Bright is one where Elven, Human and Orcish cultures collide in a nasty urban environment (well, except for the Elves who have taken over a part of downtown Los Angeles and made it pretty spiffy).

An adorable animated adaptation of Gabrielle Vincent's popular children's book, «Ernest & Celestine» depicts a world of bears and mice where the two species have a lifelong fear of one another propagated by urban legends and fairy stories.

But where those films at least attempted to draw on real social anxieties around urban alienation, or struggled with the interconnectedness of the post-9 / 11 world, 360 just draws on those films.

The film turns the bustling streets and chilly urban atmosphere into an alienated world where «Baby Boy» Frank Bono, the disconnected killer who prefers the isolation of his own company, uses his spite and self - hatred to focus on the meticulous details of plotting and executing a murder.

Last Train Home Where: Red Vic Movie House, 1727 Haight St., 415-668-3994 When: Jan. 23 - 24 Why: It's an annual tradition created by accelerated modernization, an expanding economy and the world's largest populace: Each year, 130 million Chinese peasants, displaced from their villages to work in urban factories, crowd train stations to return home for the New Year.

After 12 years teaching English Language Arts and history at an urban middle school, where he has inspired students with a love of Shakespeare and Tennessee Williams plays, Holt hopes to further what he sees as his mission in education giving «students access to learning situations that are as close to the real world as possible.»

In urban schools students come and go all day.No 45 minutes is like the time that preceded it or the time that will follow.Urban schools report 125 classroom interruptions per week.Announcements, students going, students coming, messengers, safety aides, and intrusions by other school staff account for just some of these interruptions.It is not unusual for students to stay on task only 5 or 10 minutes in every hour.Textbook companies and curriculum reformers are constantly thwarted by this reality.They sell their materials to schools with the assurance that all the students will learn X amount in Y time.They are continually dismayed to observe that an hour of school time is not an hour of learning time.Many insightful observers of life in urban schools have pointed out that it is incredibly naive to believe that learning of subject matter is the main activity occurring in these schools.If one observes the activities and events which actually transpire — minute by minute, hour by hour, day in and day out — it is not possible to reasonably conclude that learning is the primary activity of youth attending urban schools.What does the process of changing what one does every 45 minutes and even the place where one does it portend for fulfilling a job in the world of work?If one is constantly being reinforced in the behaviors of coming, going, and being interrupted, what kind of work is one being prepared for?

Building off the four free lesson plans, these new activities further inspire students in urban areas to gain real world insights and understanding of where their food comes from and how it is grown and raised.

In a world where millions of students, especially low - income and urban kids, are getting a poor education, teachers unions and school bureaucracies have been fighting choice programs for more than two decades.

The urban SUV is being exported to various markets world - over, including South Africa, Taiwan, Australia and several European countries, where it has received an equally enthusiastic response.

The Spark has done well in a number of world markets where physical space is at a premium, and considering how much we liked the Sonic, we're optimistic that the Spark will be a fun, if not sporty, urban runabout.

But another ordeal awaits him beyond the urban ruins, in an idyllic country refuge where Chris meets a woman, Pauline, who is largely untouched by the world's horrors.

Andrea opened a window for me onto black urban life I didn't know, a world where aunts owned beauty shops, and mothers worried about their daughters getting close to 30 without a husband, a world of camaraderie, with childhood friendships that lasted through adulthood.

Urban Sketchers is a network of artists around the world who draw the cities where they live and travel to.

Urban Sketchers is a network of artists around the world who draw the cities where they live.

Then, National Geographic's own Urban Insider, Annie Fitzsimmons, shares why Berlin is one of the hottest cities in the world and where else you should be traveling in 2015.

Machu Picchu, the stone city, built by the Inca Pachakuteq, is now one of the Modern World's Seven Wonders, protected by the Young Mountain; the impressive Waynapicchu, situated among abrupt mountains and almost inaccessible places, presenting a set of buildings, such as the Main Square, groups of houses, stairways, towers, walls, water fountains, where ceremonial places stand out, such as the Intiwatana (Solar observatory), the Temple of the Three Windows, the Sacred Temple, etc., and all of this built with an incredible urban harmony, in such a hostile place, demonstrating the advanced development level of Incan engineering.

And, if urban excitement isn't on your itinerary, our resorts welcome you to some of the most breathtaking and pristine areas in the world, where you can bask on an inviting beach, challenge yourself on a stunning golf course and feel the rush of fresh powder on an exhilarating ski hill.

The Institute's newest program aims to realize the potential of parks in urban areas to contribute to the livability of our cities and the sustainability of our planet by bringing park ideals and values directly to our urban centers, where the majority of the world's population now resides.

The guest house aims to create an urban village atmosphere where travelers from all over the world are welcome.

These include beaches in urban, tropical, exotic getaways, off the beaten path and truly remote areas of the world where the beaches are almost unknown to the tourist visitor

For the environmental programmes, you will also be lodged in Santa Teresa in the heart of the Mata Atlantica (Tijuca national park), the world's largest urban subtropical rainforest, it provides ready access to the Christ statue of Corcovado as well as to the city centre, sambadromo (the place where the samba schools compete) and beautiful beaches.

Urban Sketchers is a network of artists around the world who draw the cities where they live and travel to.

Another game from Telltale based upon a comic book (Fables by Bill Willingham — published by Vertigo DC) though this time it is centered around an urban fantasy world where creatures from fairy tales live in a section of New York City.

- 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

It was the Grand Theft Auto series» shift into 3D with Grand Theft Auto III that raised the bar for game - making, as players were immersed in a highly detailed, open world where they could explore gritty urban locations and follow the game's narrative at their own pace.

We don't want instanced housing or open world housing where urban sprawl takes up half the world and people can't find a place to make their home.

His work often deals with subjects at the fringes of normality, peripheral or marginal sites, unnamed places where urban and natural worlds meet.

Juxtaposing the natural and man - made worlds the pieces are designed as receding landscapes where the urban and the technological dominate the foregrounds and jagged peaks and distant vistas span the backgrounds.

Shortly after World War I, the U.S. population became increasingly urban rather than rural, but where artists lived did not necessarily dictate where they worked.

In my narrative silkscreen prints of human - animal hybrid creatures in urban environments, I create alternate worlds that are often based off of cities I have lived in, such as my hometown of Providence, RI and New York, where I live now.

A new installation by Gillick occupies the 1000 sq. m. Main hall of the CAC and refers to the industrial areas normally found on the outskirts of urban centres throughout the world in the 1990s, where one might repair a scooter, purchase construction materials or order a specific, custom made tool.

Sparks has served on a variety of boards and advisory committees, including the Credit Committee and the Capital Formation Committee for Living Cities, a philanthropic collaborative of 22 of the world's largest foundations and financial institutions, focused on improving the lives of low - income people and the urban areas where they live.

Exploring these spaces, the exhibition captures a more inhabitable and inclusive urban world, where the possibilities of collective action and dreams of a shared future continue to be explored.

Frank Havermans has also made a site - specific installation as a proposal for urban change in a world where everything is about efficiency, speed and standardization.

They largely feature cityscapes and urban settings, and viewers will have difficulty distinguishing where the real world ends and the created world begins.

LSU's Brittany Sievers has been awarded an artist's residency at art - st - urban in Switzerland, where she will work closely with world - renowned sculptor Heinz Aeschlimann.