Sentences with phrase «who pioneered a life»

A heart surgeon who pioneered a life - saving new medical device first challenged conventional wisdom as a medical student 28 years ago.

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Carvin, who gained fame in media circles for his pioneering live - reporting work on Twitter and other social networks during the Arab Spring uprising in Egypt, announced in a blog post published on Medium that the project will be suspending operations on August 31.

Darin Kingston of d.light, whose profitable solar - powered LED lanterns simultaneously address poverty, education, air pollution / toxic fumes / health risks, energy savings, carbon footprint, and more Janine Benyus, biomimicry pioneer who finds models in the natural world for everything from extracting water from fog (as a desert beetle does) to construction materials (spider silk) to designing flood - resistant buildings by studying anthills in India's monsoon climate, and shows what's possible when you invite the planet to join your design thinking team Dean Cycon, whose coffee company has not only exclusively sold organic fairly traded gourmet coffee and cocoa beans since its founding in 1993, but has funded dozens of village - led community development projects in the lands where he sources his beans John Kremer, whose concept of exponential growth through «biological marketing,» just as a single kernel of corn grows into a plant bearing thousands of new kernels, could completely change your business strategy Amory Lovins of the Rocky Mountain Institute, who built a near - net - zero - energy luxury home back in 1983, and has developed a scientific, economically viable plan to get the entire economy off oil, coal, and nuclear and onto renewables — while keeping and even improving our high standard of living

Consumer Electronics - LittleUpStarts: LittleUpStarts Consumer Electronics At Little UpStarts we love new technology and the opportunity we get to work with designers & pioneers who have a deep passion for technology, what they do and the amazing ability to turn great ideas into innovative product, improving our everyday lives....

According to live video marketing expert Joel Comm, a pioneer who has been using the format since 2008, that combination of an audience primed for video content and a gadget that puts a lens at eye - level is the perfect set - up for a new kind of live video.

The Eastern Orthodox Church, for example and certainly not exclusively, endorses the teachings of pioneering Christian monastics known as the Desert Fathers, who placed great emphasis on living in continual «remembrance of death.»

D. H. Lawrence can stand as the pioneer representative of those who have used the literary art to explore human emotion and to protest and prophesy against the repression and devaluation of the sexual life.

Suffice to say: self - confessed «nerds» around the world, people perhaps a little like Hazel and Augustus, who don't quite fit in but want a full life and a better future, have found purpose and fellowship through the pioneering leadership of the Green brothers.

That experiment was repeated in the back - in to - nature communes of the 1960s and»70s, which were inspired in part by people like Scott and Helen Nearing who had pioneered the simple life of rural homesteading decades earlier.

Whether it be ordained clergy on the staff or teachers who embody the life and vision of a school, adults in schools are engaging in a tremendous, pioneering ministry.

In his homily at the October 7 Mass that combined Hildegard's honor with the opening of the synod, Benedict noted that saints like her are the «pioneers and bringers of the new evangelization» because they «show the beauty of the Gospel to those who are indifferent or even hostile» and invite «tepid believers to live with the joy of faith.»

He may not join your church but he will prepare the way for the movement from within Hindu society towards Christ who shall fulfill India's highest aspirations and impart that life of freedom for which she has been panting for ages... «(Kaj Baago, Pioneers of Indigenous Christianity pp. 207 - 214).

Like Fernand Braudel and others who ventured into the long - neglected territory of the history of ordinary life, Lasch was a pioneer in connecting the history of everyday things to larger economic developments.

ALTHEA GIBSON SCHOLARSHIP (Value: $ 2,000 / year; Open to: African American applicants): In 2007, USTA NorCal enacted the Diversity Committee Althea Gibson College Scholarship in honor of the valuable contributions Althea Gibson made to tennis, as well as in honor of her memory, life, and achievements of this exceptional pioneer who paved the way for millions who followed.

This weekend, I saw «McConkey,» a documentary on the life and death of Shane McConkey, who was revered as a pioneer of freeskiing and ski - BASE jumping.

Or is teaching more effective if it results in children who are innovative, pioneering, and life - long learners?

And to the surprise of the local Park District, residents who live near the Pioneer Park swimming pool voiced objections.

First published in 2013, A Healing Landscape: Environmental and Social History of the Site of Mass Audubon's Boston Nature Center by Scholar - in - Residence Steven Pavlos Holmes, PhD, tells the stories of the people who have lived and worked on the land over the past two centuries — including early farming families, a Revolutionary war soldier, pioneering birdwatchers, the residents and staff of the Boston State Hospital, and, of course, the Clark Cooper Community Gardens and Mass Audubon.

Thanks to this development, many LGBT pioneers and allies who fought for recognition and civil rights will now have a place to live and thrive.

Patrice O'Shaugnessy has a great piece about a civil rights pioneer who has lived for many years in obscurity right here in the Bronx.

Fong, a physician and astrophysicist who trained in part at NASA, weaves firsthand, nail - biting ER experiences with gripping historical narrative as he recounts 100 years of breakthroughs, such as inducing hypothermia as life - saving therapy and pioneering facial reconstruction for burn victims.

From Anthony Hopkins's portrayal of the fictional Hannibal Lecter to the real - life testimonies of the Donner Party — a band of US pioneers who in December 1846 became stranded in the Sierra Nevada mountains and had to resort to eating their companions — stories of cannibalism are utterly compelling.

Career - centered efforts At Vandenberg, the pioneers of the mission, such as Tom Schmugge, a retired NASA engineer who first came up with the idea of a soil moisture mission, and other scientists who have dedicated their lives to the mission, erupted with cheers, hugs and handshakes.

Marjan Mashkour, an Iranian archaeozoologist who works at the CNRS in Paris and initiated the study with Burger and Fereidoun Biglari, a prehistoric archaeologist at the National Museum of Iran, added: «The Neolithic way of life originates in the Fertile Crescent, maybe also some Neolithic pioneers started moving from there.

Thanks to a new four - year $ 15.8 M grant from the U.S. Department of Defense's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), Columbia Engineering Professor Ken Shepard, a pioneer in the development of electronics that interface with biological systems, is leading a team to do just that: invent an implanted brain - interface device that could transform the lives of people with neurodegenerative diseases or people who are hearing and visually impaired.

Bell and Boehnke, who have pioneered chemical and mineralogical tests to determine the condition of ancient zircons, were searching for carbon, the key component for life.

Claire Gmachl, who was not involved in the research and is Princeton's Eugene Higgins Professor of Electrical Engineering and a pioneer in the field of semiconductor lasers, said that because lasers, masers and other forms of coherent light sources are used in communications, sensing, medicine and many other aspects of modern life, the study is an important one.

Among the instructors is Manu Prakash, PhD, assistant professor of bioengineering at Stanford and a pioneer in the field of «frugal science,» who has brought his powerful $ 1 paper microscopes to Madagascar and taught students how to explore the microscopic world in which they live, including the lice in their hair, the pathogens in their water and the disease - causing parasites in their environment.

Moore vividly re-creates the life of this Scottish pioneer, who was noted not only for his innovative surgical techniques but also for his investigations into organ transplantation (he implanted a cock's testicle into a hen's belly) and animal dissection (he carved up a giraffe and several whales).

Following a stint in the Air Force, I was approached by a physicist at Washington University in St. Louis named Michel Ter - Pogossian, who pioneered the use of short - lived radioactive cyclotron - produced isotopes in biology and medicine, which to most people was completely novel.

Karl Deisseroth, a Stanford University professor who worked with Boyden to pioneer the technique, was also honored with one of the life sciences prizes.

Indeed, the El Portalón individuals had more hunter - gatherer ancestry than pioneer farmers from Germany, Hungary and Spain who lived several thousand years earlier.

Donna is a true lifelong student, pioneer, and gifted teacher who is dedicated to making the world healthier — one gut at a time Every time I talk to Donna, I learn something that is not just new, but also life - changing.

Dr. Collin Campbell a pioneer in the plant based revolution brought this to life with his book the China Study, a book i would recommend to anyone who wants to see the research on animal foods and their many affects on our overall health.

According to Dr. Edward Howell, an early pioneer in the field of human nutrition who spent his entire professional life studying enzymes, if you don't have enough enzymes to digest your food, great strain is placed on your entire body to «pick up the slack.»

A pioneer cougar, who loves passionately and lives life to the fullest, she's had five husbands — the last fourteen years her junior.

A biography of the pioneering comedian Richard Pryor that features interviews with family members who describe his often difficult life as well as sit - downs with modern - day comics who explain the influence Pryor's unique style had on them.

The Aviator is based on the life of one of the great pioneers of aviation in the 20th Century, Howard Hughes, who made quite a fortune, and a good share of fame, as one of the most prominent American figures in the 20s through the 40s, which is where John Logan's (The Last Samurai, Sinbad) script dedicates its focus on.

There's also an A-list behind - the - scenes team, as both Brian Grazer (of Ron Howard's Imagine Entertainment) and rock pioneer Mick Jagger (who was friends with Brown in real life) serve as producers.

Whether he is quizzing networking pioneers — men around his own age who still marvel at having been present at the creation — or listening to the testimony of «modern - day hermits» living off the grid and away from pervasive electromagnetic radiation, Mr. Herzog communicates compassion and astonishment in equal measure.

The Good Time star plays a wealthy pioneer who sets out across the American frontier to marry the love of his life (Mia Wasikowska), but that logline hardly does the film justice, and since the film kind of defies description, just go in expecting a clever deconstruction of traditional gender roles.

Proceeds from the event go to the Motion Picture Pioneers Assistance Fund, an industry charity that helps movie industry veterans who are encountering an illness, injury or life - changing event.

Adding some depth in limited roles are Matthias Schoenaerts (Rust and Bone) as Hans, Einar's childhood friend all grown up, and Sebastian Koch (The Lives of Others) as the pioneering doctor who performs the sex reassignment surgeries that physically transition Einar into Lili.

, a partially animated re-telling of the fascinating life of John R. Brinkley, a quack doctor and radio pioneer who implanted his patients with goat testicles.

Amazing Grace (Samuel Goldwyn, February 23) Starring: Ioan Gruffudd, Albert Finney, Benedict Cumberbatch, Michael Gambon, Romola Garai Director: Michael Apted Rating: PG The Pitch: The life and times of William Wilberforce, the 18th century British anti-slavery pioneer who earned the animosity of the king for his efforts.

Chan's award was clearly given for his pioneering stunt work and status as a global cinematic icon — but in a fun clip package that included one ridiculous physical feat after another, director Brett Ratner asserted, «Jackie Chan is one of the greatest entertainers who has ever lived.»

Using rare, archival footage that brings their extraordinary world to life, How to Change the World is the story of the pioneers who founded Greenpeace and defined the modern green movement.

We Live in Public (Unrated) 15 minutes of fame documentary revisiting the rise and fall of dotcom pioneer Josh Harris who with his girlfriend broadcast their every move over the internet 24/7 for half a year until he suffered a nervous breakdown and collapsed into mental illness after she dumped him and moved out of the surveillance camera - flooded apartment.

Depending on who you ask, Hugh Hefner was either a pioneer of sexual liberation and body positivity, or an exploitative «pimp» who damaged countless women's lives and heavily contributed to our rigid, often artificial beauty standards and the blurred line between sexuality and objectification.

While it would have been nice to see Condon take a more active stance against the ignorance that drove much of the politics and education of the times, all in all, Kinsey is a well - crafted film that offers a respectful look at a pioneer who changed the lives and attitudes of millions around the world.