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Once we are there we've got the ability to carry out a coordination role or urban search and rescue looking for survivors trapped in collapsed buildings. – Gary Francis	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
They are finding the urban areas that have little scraps of habitat that they can making a living in. – Roland Kays	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
Worldwide, e-waste constitutes a valuable 'urban mine', a large potential reservoir of recyclable materials. – David Malone	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
As birds and mosquitoes sought water, they came into closer contact and amplified the virus, particularly in urban areas. The lack of water could have caused some sources of water to stagnate, making the water sources more attractive for mosquitoes to lay eggs. – Karen Smith	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
Urban density and housing cost are both rising rapidly, the idea is to take a small area and make it into a comfortable living environment that can be adapted according to changing needs. – Jinhee Park	Found on CNN 9 years ago
In the battlefield of the immediate future, urban warfare will require more specialized skills such as the use of snipers. – Jasmine Opperman	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
Families with children are indicator species about the health of an urban neighborhood. – Gary Johnson	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
We have prepared a challenging program that will see Capt. Wales deploy on urban and field training exercises, domestic deployments, as well as participate in indigenous engagement activities, while all our units are highly capable, we have selected those units that best utilize Capt. Wales' skill sets and give him some experience of the diverse range of capability we have within the ADF. – Mark Binskin	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
They will have to go with physical distribution if they want to go beyond the urban consumers who are just buying online and the setting up of a local manufacturing facility would be a step in that direction. – Neil Shah	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
This is about a communications system which will operate very well in battle conditions despite dense urban development. Battle conditions are, for instance, when there is no mobile phone connection and the generally available wireless network is gone, so we have to supply such a network by ourselves. – Wojciech Komorniczak	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
We are draining a finite supply of water, it was ugly last year, and it's going to get uglier this year California is increasing distribution from a separate state-operated system of reservoirs and canals with fewer mandatory obligations. The State Water Project announced last month that The State Water Project could provide local agencies and farmers 15 percent of the water they requested, up from 5 percent last year. Some communities and endangered wildlife that rely on federal water will receive some water but still suffer cuts. Urban areas, including the San Francisco Bay Area and Sacramento area, will receive a quarter of typical water allotments but could receive more if public health is threatened. The water in the snowpack, California's primary water source, is at a fifth of its normal level, according to state officials. Federal officials said they don't expect a snow survey next week to show improved conditions. With enough precipitation, The State Water Project can provide more water later in the year. Paul Wegner, president of the California Farm Bureau Federation, said the federal government's announcement is another sign California needs to speed up construction of water storage projects and to reform laws requiring the government to prioritize water to preserve the environment and fish species. – Paul Betancourt	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
After a period of urban planning that prioritized the automobile and private space, Miami is rediscovering the public realm with a real commitment to creating a variety of exciting civic spaces and engaging cultural buildings. – Zaha Hadid	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
While loss of civilian life is regrettable, combatting a terrorist organization with semi-state military capabilities that intentionally conceals those capabilities within and beneath homes, schools, hospitals and mosques is the reality of urban warfare. – Peter Lerner	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
The Asia-Pacific region is also in the midst of the largest and most consequential urban transformation in history. – Shunichi Murata	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
I have spent my life in service to others -- encouraging urban high school students to apply, attend and graduate college, and convening a number of activities helping minorities and people of color get involved in civic life, however, over the years, I have not been able to really work on my own health and nutrition goals. – Chip Greenidge	Found on CNN 9 years ago
We understood that Urban Outfitters’ target market was young people and considered that using a noticeably underweight model was likely to impress upon that audience that the image was representative of the people who might wear Urban Outfitters’ clothing, and as being something to aspire to, we therefore concluded that the ad was irresponsible. – The ASA	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
New York City Bike Share's management of Citi Bike left too many New Yorkers in the lurch, while Citi Bike has become part of our urban landscape, auditors found that the bike sharing program's spotty maintenance, poorly-cleaned bikes and substandard docking stations inconvenienced riders and discouraged growth in the system. – Comptroller Scott Stringer	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
Across the developing world, photonic radiative cooling makes off-grid cooling a possibility in rural regions, in addition to meeting skyrocketing demand for air conditioning in urban areas. – Aaswath Raman	Found on CNN 9 years ago
Young people would go out to urban areas, and the elders would stay back to manage the land. – Bennie Roman	Found on CNN 9 years ago
When there is not frequent, reliable, accessible transport, this can affect women and anyone's ability to access opportunity and notably employment in urban areas, which can make a big difference for women in particular, (Women) tend to be more reliant on public transport and on non-motorized means, particularly in low-income or middle-income countries, in emerging economies. – Mary Crass	Found on CNN 9 years ago
The emerging interest in several countries on women-only initiatives should be seen as an opportunity for improving security in cities but not as a silver bullet for dealing with gender-based violence in transportation and urban settings, women-only initiatives are not likely to provide long-term solutions as they only segregate by gender and provide a short-term remedy instead of addressing more fundamental issues. – Julie Babinard	Found on CNN 9 years ago
( Republicans) made black voter engagement a top priority by committing time, talent and resources across the country in pivotal states and urban centers. The midterm results are the beginning fruits of that labor. – Tara Wall	Found on CNN 9 years ago
We are planning that by the first quarter of next year there will not be a territory, space, controlled by al Shabaab, We know that is not the end. We know al Shabaab will melt into society and keep continuing this asymmetric urban warfare for some time but that is the next phase of the conflict. – Hassan Sheikh Mohamud	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
A peasant becomes fond of his pig and is glad to salt away its pork. What is significant, and is so difficult for the urban stranger to understand, is that the two statements are connected by an and not by a but. – John Berger	added by anonymous 10 years ago

Once we are there we've got the ability to carry out a coordination role or urban search and rescue looking for survivors trapped in collapsed buildings.

– Gary Francis

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

They are finding the urban areas that have little scraps of habitat that they can making a living in.

– Roland Kays

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

Worldwide, e-waste constitutes a valuable 'urban mine', a large potential reservoir of recyclable materials.

– David Malone

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

As birds and mosquitoes sought water, they came into closer contact and amplified the virus, particularly in urban areas. The lack of water could have caused some sources of water to stagnate, making the water sources more attractive for mosquitoes to lay eggs.

– Karen Smith

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

Urban density and housing cost are both rising rapidly, the idea is to take a small area and make it into a comfortable living environment that can be adapted according to changing needs.

– Jinhee Park

Found on CNN
9 years ago

In the battlefield of the immediate future, urban warfare will require more specialized skills such as the use of snipers.

– Jasmine Opperman

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

Families with children are indicator species about the health of an urban neighborhood.

– Gary Johnson

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

We have prepared a challenging program that will see Capt. Wales deploy on urban and field training exercises, domestic deployments, as well as participate in indigenous engagement activities, while all our units are highly capable, we have selected those units that best utilize Capt. Wales' skill sets and give him some experience of the diverse range of capability we have within the ADF.

– Mark Binskin

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

They will have to go with physical distribution if they want to go beyond the urban consumers who are just buying online and the setting up of a local manufacturing facility would be a step in that direction.

– Neil Shah

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

This is about a communications system which will operate very well in battle conditions despite dense urban development. Battle conditions are, for instance, when there is no mobile phone connection and the generally available wireless network is gone, so we have to supply such a network by ourselves.

– Wojciech Komorniczak

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

We are draining a finite supply of water, it was ugly last year, and it's going to get uglier this year California is increasing distribution from a separate state-operated system of reservoirs and canals with fewer mandatory obligations. The State Water Project announced last month that The State Water Project could provide local agencies and farmers 15 percent of the water they requested, up from 5 percent last year. Some communities and endangered wildlife that rely on federal water will receive some water but still suffer cuts. Urban areas, including the San Francisco Bay Area and Sacramento area, will receive a quarter of typical water allotments but could receive more if public health is threatened. The water in the snowpack, California's primary water source, is at a fifth of its normal level, according to state officials. Federal officials said they don't expect a snow survey next week to show improved conditions. With enough precipitation, The State Water Project can provide more water later in the year. Paul Wegner, president of the California Farm Bureau Federation, said the federal government's announcement is another sign California needs to speed up construction of water storage projects and to reform laws requiring the government to prioritize water to preserve the environment and fish species.

– Paul Betancourt

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

After a period of urban planning that prioritized the automobile and private space, Miami is rediscovering the public realm with a real commitment to creating a variety of exciting civic spaces and engaging cultural buildings.

– Zaha Hadid

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

While loss of civilian life is regrettable, combatting a terrorist organization with semi-state military capabilities that intentionally conceals those capabilities within and beneath homes, schools, hospitals and mosques is the reality of urban warfare.

– Peter Lerner

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

The Asia-Pacific region is also in the midst of the largest and most consequential urban transformation in history.

– Shunichi Murata

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

I have spent my life in service to others -- encouraging urban high school students to apply, attend and graduate college, and convening a number of activities helping minorities and people of color get involved in civic life, however, over the years, I have not been able to really work on my own health and nutrition goals.

– Chip Greenidge

Found on CNN
9 years ago

We understood that Urban Outfitters’ target market was young people and considered that using a noticeably underweight model was likely to impress upon that audience that the image was representative of the people who might wear Urban Outfitters’ clothing, and as being something to aspire to, we therefore concluded that the ad was irresponsible.

– The ASA

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

New York City Bike Share's management of Citi Bike left too many New Yorkers in the lurch, while Citi Bike has become part of our urban landscape, auditors found that the bike sharing program's spotty maintenance, poorly-cleaned bikes and substandard docking stations inconvenienced riders and discouraged growth in the system.

– Comptroller Scott Stringer

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

Across the developing world, photonic radiative cooling makes off-grid cooling a possibility in rural regions, in addition to meeting skyrocketing demand for air conditioning in urban areas.

– Aaswath Raman

Found on CNN
9 years ago

Young people would go out to urban areas, and the elders would stay back to manage the land.

– Bennie Roman

Found on CNN
9 years ago

When there is not frequent, reliable, accessible transport, this can affect women and anyone's ability to access opportunity and notably employment in urban areas, which can make a big difference for women in particular, (Women) tend to be more reliant on public transport and on non-motorized means, particularly in low-income or middle-income countries, in emerging economies.

– Mary Crass

Found on CNN
9 years ago

The emerging interest in several countries on women-only initiatives should be seen as an opportunity for improving security in cities but not as a silver bullet for dealing with gender-based violence in transportation and urban settings, women-only initiatives are not likely to provide long-term solutions as they only segregate by gender and provide a short-term remedy instead of addressing more fundamental issues.

– Julie Babinard

Found on CNN
9 years ago

( Republicans) made black voter engagement a top priority by committing time, talent and resources across the country in pivotal states and urban centers. The midterm results are the beginning fruits of that labor.

– Tara Wall

Found on CNN
9 years ago

We are planning that by the first quarter of next year there will not be a territory, space, controlled by al Shabaab, We know that is not the end. We know al Shabaab will melt into society and keep continuing this asymmetric urban warfare for some time but that is the next phase of the conflict.

– Hassan Sheikh Mohamud

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

A peasant becomes fond of his pig and is glad to salt away its pork. What is significant, and is so difficult for the urban stranger to understand, is that the two statements are connected by an and not by a but.

– John Berger

added by anonymous
10 years ago

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