Sentences with phrase «work meets play»

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Even our interruptions have interruptions, as office workers play with their iPhones and BlackBerrys during the very meetings that distract them from their actual work.

Mark Schankerman, a professor at the London School of Economics, who first met Spangenberg after he donated some of his patent fortune to fund work in entrepreneurship at the London school, said patent trolls and their lawyers play a role in limiting the patent economy, especially in cases where they are demanding too much for IP — «the «holdups,» as he called them.

I challenge our team to infuse a little playfulness everyday even in a work environment, it can be while testing our products, team painting events, battling on old arcade games during lunch or getting kids in the office to play with us at an all hands meeting (usually over summer).

Playing weekend golf and dining or meeting Saturday mornings around the kitchen table in my Connecticut home for an informal work session was all part of the GE / NBC protocol.

It provides business casual clothes that meet the customer's desire to transition from work to play and back to work again with ease and style.

In fact, she and others who met at GOSH are currently working on an «open source hardware manifesto» to publish in the coming months that will detail some specific ways repurposed objects can play a bigger role in science and tech projects.

«It provides business casual clothes that meet the customer's desire to transition from work to play and back to work again with ease and style,» Kaye says.

Also, purposefully do things that take you away from your work, such as meeting friends for coffee or playing with your child in the park.

You don't want to be the guy or gal playing «left out» regarding the company softball team but you do want to be included in post work «meetings» at the downtown pub.

The place is even large enough to conduct business meetings, play some piano or guitar, and do some art work.

Hoon chose to work with NTY after meeting Ron Olson, NTY's cofounder, who'd started the franchisor now known as Winmark, a Plymouth - based company whose franchise brands include resale stores Once Upon a Child, Play It Again Sports and Music Go Round.

Lichtenfeld covers all the basics: stay active and healthy, exercise, play sports, eat right, socialize a lot with family and friends, meet new friends, keep learning, do volunteer work, be involved in your community, run for office, attend church or other religious / spiritual activities, read books and newspapers, check your email and text your friends.

Play's transcendent dimension, its experience of the meeting of the holy and the human spirit, is fully understood as transcendence only in light of the Spirit's further definitive work on Lewis's behalf, his introduction of Lewis to the person of Christ.

You apply for a job in my community by running a campaign for a paid office that my local tax dollars pay for and you get elected then show up to your first scheduled meeting and decide to spend the first 5 minutes — eating donuts instead of working, speaking to the audience about your personal problems with your wife, telling the audience about an upcoming play your kid will be in, telling the captive audience about the benefits of being gay, speaking to them about God or praying aloud to your God regardless of which God the rest of the audience believes in.

With stunning consistency, virtually every indicator of civic engagement currently available shows the same pattern of increase followed by stagnation and decline — newspaper reading; TV news watching; attending political meetings; petition signing; running for public office; attending public meetings; serving as an officer or committee member in any local clubs or organizations; writing letters to the editor; participating in local meetings of national organizations; attending religious services; socializing informally with friends, relatives or neighbors; attending club meetings; joining unions; entertaining friends at home; participating in picnics; eating the evening meal with the whole family; going out to bars, nightclubs, discos or taverns; playing cards; sending greeting cards; attending parties; playing sports; donating money as a percentage of income; working on community projects; giving blood.

On more than one occasion, I took my right hand and fellow partner in crime (if you will forgive the comparison), Ian Metcalfe, along to meetings with me (we were ace at good cop - bad cop — I'll let you decide who played which role), and more often than not, the meetings were directed at Ian with the assumption that I worked for him.

Agreed: «don't let the left hand know what the right hand is doing...» Those who «show» their faith, whether through their profession (Pastor, Missionary) or pious works (church board, conference speaker), can only be assessed as more sincere if there is evidence they were religious / pious / faithful when no one was looking (Pope John Paul II never confirmed this, but as a young priest, it was reported he worked in the Polish underground to save many Jewish children from the Nazi's, years later, he was visiting Israel and a woman who claimed he was the priest who saved her from the Nazis stepped forward to meet him, he blessed her, yet never did confirm or deny if he had played the part of a hero).

Boldly transforming itself for mobile and global travelers who blend work and play, Marriott leads the industry with innovations, including the Greatroom Lobby, Future of Meetings and Mobile Guest Services that elevates style & design and technology.

Such a move would benefit players such as Chelsea's Willian, who as a consequence of Brazil's strength in depth did not meet the 75 percent criterion and so had to granted his work permit on appeal, or Seattle's DeAndre Yedlin, whose will not have played the requisite 75 percent by the time his move to Tottenham comes around.

Upon meeting, Petrino told Jackson he wants him to play right away, no redshirt, and that he'd work to become a physical deep threat.

, Lacazettes barely met let alone worked with the squad, on the back of being in Oz the previous week, huge changes in climate, playing in extremely humid stadium... how does this compare to anything that's likely to occur in 2/3 weeks time back in the uk??

Most Babywearing International chapters maintain lending libraries where members and meeting attendees can try on (or borrow) a large selection of baby carriers to see what works best for them, since babies need special things to be able to be comfortable, as for playing you'll need to get the best baby swings.

If you miss your girlfriends, meet at the park while the kids play, or plan a working lunch where one of you can bring food to your friend's office.

Now I juggle three kids, school, piano and violin lessons, play dates, board meetings, community obligations and the works.

But the diplomatic service in those days, and probably still today, is like a large family whose members keep meeting at work and play.

Yes, they organized through the Facebook, and yes they learned about Obama's positions in part through YouTube, but when it was time for the real work of politics, they met face - to - face at a bowling alley, and they played their most important role by standing in line at their own precinct caucuses.

«New York state played an instrumental role in every major decision related to the dredging project and approved and oversaw the work and does not dispute that GE met all of its commitments,» reads the GE statement.

As I wrote earlier, Rangel's remarks were intended as shots as State Sen. Adriano Espaillat — who Rangel has accused of playing racial politics — and Clyde Williams, a Harlem resident since 2001 who is funding his campaign, in part, with support from people he met while working in Washington.

Legislative meetings in Albany are only part of the push to get GENDA over the finish line — an effort in which ESPA, Housing Works, and the New York Civil Liberties Union play prime roles among a broad coalition of labor, faith, women's, business, and law enforcement leaders.

Increasing intake of fruits and vegetables among fourth and fifth grade students via serious video game play showed promising results, but more work must be done to ensure children are meeting their recommended intake.

The aim of the talk at the 2013 Meeting of the Americas, which is sponsored by the American Geophysical Union (AGU), is to focus on the specific role geoscientists can play in disaster risk reduction and how their work should fit in with the roles played by other experts for any given community.

We also discuss what's going on in New Mexico with renewable energy, work that offers a better response to meeting people's energy needs and also is better environmentally and more affordable than nuclear power — or coal, oil, and natural gas that also play major roles in New Mexico.

«Infectious disease can mean making trade - offs between the risks and rewards of meeting others,» says Eli Fenichel, Arizona State University assistant professor and co-organizer of a transdisciplinary working group at NIMBioS that has developed a better model for understanding the role human decisons play in the spread of disease.

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You can easily and stylishly transition from a work meeting, to building a fort with your kids in the backyard or play with your toddler on an afternoon walk.

I had so much fun playing with the beauty stuffs today at work, ooh and I met a nice German lady who working in fashion with me today, it so nice to meet and work with other nice lady who from Germany like you three lovelies Glamdevils:).

I went to Vegas for work and not play unfortunately, the FFANY gals were there to work on our charity venture QVC Presents FFANY «Shoes On Sale» by meeting new contacts and soliciting for donations!

the advantages of giving your dating life a digital boost are obvious: not only are dating apps an efficient way for busy single professionals to balance work and play, a reputable dating site will let you be up front about your Polish dating requirements (for example, meeting singles who appreciate your Polish heritage) and will endeavour to connect you to singles who feel the same.

Athletic 6 «0 tall and plays football and love to smile laugh very out going love to dance play basketball love to cook an work out and love to fun and like to meet someone outgoing

The dating site is working with Entertainment One and BBC Films to help promote the film and give singles the chance to meet David Brent, played by comedian Ricky Gervais, or win a year's supply of gig tickets.

[I «am a nice guy looking to meet nice peaple and make nice friends.My time here in NIagara Fall mostly just working and siting at home playing video games.

Truly Social's founder and creative director, Sebastian Coman, said: «The real beauty of our new dating system is that our apps work in harmony — getting to know the love of your life on Flirt Planet Meet and then before interacting in person, practising the art of seduction in Flirt Planet Play, to build up your confidence and sweep them off your feet!»

Just moved looking to meet new people or maybe just one Love a day at the beach, traveling to warm places, working out, playing sports and cuddling up when it's cold

Im a simple person who gets along with others... Im also willing to learn new things and find somebody special I can enjoy life with... Im fun and easy - going... I love to work - out and play tennis... I want to meet someone who is passionate about life...open - minded..

«Working at Drawing Down the Moon as a matchmaker allows me to play a key part in helping people create the right opportunities to meet that special someone,» wrote Senior Matchmaker and Date Coach Lizzee Fearnly in her bio.

so i suck at this and also do nt really believe dating sites actually work because you wont know anything about a person until you meet them so i own and run my own business selling games i work a lot and want someone fun to play with i get bored easy with games if the story does not grab me (when playing alone) i enjoy gaming and do consider myself a nerd / geek i have worked for Nintendo and Microsoft i also worked for game crazy until they fired me for telling someone my opinion on game then they stopped selling old school games so i opened my own store in 2002 been working for myself ever since

so i suck at this and also do nt really believe dating sites actually work because you wont know anything about a person until you meet them so i own and run my own business selling games i work a lot and want someone fun to play with i get bored easy with games if the story does not grab...

53jear old harding working women who enjoys going go movies, play bingo, have a good sense of humorand enjoy meeting new peple and also goingout to dinner and also stay home and enjoying each other

I don't play head games I do work a lot of hours really don't drink I do not like the bar seen like to go out and try new things or I could just stay home and watch movies have goals and moved here about a year ago from iowa and would like to meet the right girl and must have a job

I would like to meet someone who would enjoy watching tv, playing games, walking in the park, working out, cooking, camping and other things equally with me.