Sentences with phrase «because water acts»

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He noted that number is understated because the 2012 JOBS Act allows companies to confidentially file for a public offering in order to test the waters.

«He said Walt Disney got on the Jungle Cruise one day and was upset because the ride operators weren't acting surprised when the hippos jumped out of the water,» says Lipp.

To believe dripping sewage water is an act of faith I think is rather ridiculous... people are probably angry and defensive because they feel foolish over such an non miraculous stunt.

«The process of destructuring takes place irresistibly, just as water dripping steadily on a rock... this happens because gradually but irresistably the media bring everything - all acts of violence and all the opinions of the world - into the family or local circle... Everything... comes to us piece by piece, without any logical connection...»

I can't prove that Jesus didn't walk on a lake, transmute water into wine, dispel a rainstorm, wither a fig tree, cure blindness and muteness with his magic spittle, or reanimate a few corpses, although we call these acts miracles because they're impossible.

If you guessed any other state than Florida, you're off your rocker, because Florida is currently doing the rest of the U.S. a favor by acting as a repository to our nation's ends, oddities and at least one ominous vessel hailing from undead waters.

Because of the flash - freezing, they stay seperate, and are wonderful used in cocktails and just water for dinner, almost acting as lemon ice cubes.

Yes he did hold a good position, but we are lucky because he has learned his trade on the continent, so knows how to act as a «water carrier» for our centre backs to for the defensive triangle.

Breastfed babies are not often constipated because of colostrum in breast milk, which acts as a mild laxative, but babies who are being fed from a bottle may suffer from constipation, because of excessive solid or less water.

In February, Castillo ruled the trapshooting violates the federal Clean Water Act because lead shot falls into ponds in the park.

Brian Bushner decided to put his name on the ballot because he thinks the current board didn't act fast enough when they learned the water was contaminated with PFOA two years ago.

He said that while he has confidence in the state DEC's investigation, the EPA should look into the situation, too, because the discharge may have violated the federal Clean Water Act as well as agreements involving the shared waters of the United States and Canada.

What's interesting is they are smart enough not to go to Congress and say, «We want to repeal the Safe Drinking Water Act or want to repeal the Clean Air Act,» because even in this Congress it wouldn't fly.

But because the scales tilt about 30 degrees upwards from the wing surface, they act like springs, bouncing away water droplets that land on them.

Two Atlantic Ocean coral species — elkhorn and staghorn — are listed as «threatened» under the Endangered Species Act, and NOAA is considering whether an additional 82 coral species also warrant some level of protection under the law because of threats from warming water, ocean acidification and pollution.

That's in part because the identity of the chemicals used by the gas industry for drilling and fracturing are protected as trade secrets, and because the EPA, based on an exemption passed under the 2005 Energy Policy Act, does not have authority to investigate the fracturing process under the Safe Drinking Water Act.

Totten Glacier, the largest glacier in East Antarctica, is being melted from below by warm water that reaches the ice when winds over the ocean are strong — a cause for concern because the glacier holds more than 11 feet of sea level rise and acts as a plug that helps lock in the ice of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet.

The project, called CarbFix, won't act as a global warming panacea because it uses more water than some industrial sites can offer.

Antarctic cod prosper in frigid waters because their blood contains glycoproteins that act like antifreeze.

The canyons are important because they act as a refuge for important species of fish and provide a habitat for sensitive species of deep water corals and sponges.

But the NRDC said the mercury rule could not be withdrawn before its expected Jan. 24 publication in the Federal Register because it was subject to a Clean Water Act provision that, given the wording of Priebus» memorandum, forbade withdrawal.

Because these bodies of water are sites where photosynthesis occurs, they also act as carbon stores.

I've been experimenting with T10 dextran coated iron oxide nanoparticles, obviously not the same as fullerenes, but still a very interesting tool, I've been testing if the coating is giving the particle antioxidant abilities because of it's the (basically) indigestable sugar chains (glucose) creating a high surface area which are largely made from hydroxyl groups, I hypothesised this act's as a «sink» for reactive oxygen species converting them to water.

My understanding is that Heartland's in hot water because it was caught apparently trying to lobby for a specific piece of legislation — Wisconsin Act 10.

Because grapefruits are 90 % water, which fills you up, they also act as a natural appetite suppressant.

First, it acts as a binder, bringing the rest of the ingredients together (if your smoothie has ever separated into chunky greens and swampy water, it's likely because it was fat - free).

One of the benefits of drinking water is it will help you lose weight and this is because drinking water will help make you fuller which in turn will make you eat less food and act as a great appetite suppresant.

It also acts as anti-inflammatory and antioxidant, and because it is both fat - soluble and water - soluble, has a special affinity for nerve and brain cells, which are surrounded by fatty sheaths.

«Because oil and water don't mix, your carrier will act as a dispersant for blending your essential oils into your bath water,» she says.

Soluble fiber, because it turns into a gel when combined with water, acts as a sort of mop in the body, trapping substances that would otherwise be harmful as it moves through the intestines.

Because despite how they may be advertised, these films are generally about treading water for as long as possible until bringing out most of the big robot set pieces in the last act.

Whether it's snow, water main breaks, Halloween pranks — no matter what you do, you're going to have a sector of the community that thinks that you acted in the wrong way, because it impacted their lives in a negative sense.

The authorities take too long to act and often don't act at all because the dogs have food, water and shelter — even if that shelter is a shed or cage they live in for years.

It acts to increase the bulk of stool because it absorbs a great deal of water.

I bought a Syrian hamster about a month ago now, it seems like he doesn't like to be held because he trys biting me quite viciously, I don't know why that is I look after him really well make sure he gets exercise, plenty of food / water / chew toys and I clean the cage once a week thoroughly, so I don't know why he's acting out like that?

Second, water acts as a cooling mechanism for dogs, because they don't perspire (except on their feet).

Water hyacinth is a good plant to place in the header pond, mainly because its many roots act as a natural filter.

Whales migrate to Cabo not just for the warm water, but also because of the high salt content in the Sea of Cortez, which acts like a pain reliever for mothers giving birth.

, you are lying on the floor of your place looking up, a small draft runs through the room, between the door and the window, and all things seem perfectly still, wind only disturbs concrete in imperceptible ways, or it may take millions of years to be noticed and, as the air runs through the space, all your plants move and all is animated and all is alive somehow, and here are the thoughts of all men in all ages and lands, they are not original with me, and that wind upon your plants is the common air that bathes the globe, and we have no ambitions of universalism, and I'm glad we don't, but the particles of air bring traces of pollen and are charged with electricity, desert sand, maybe sea water, and these particles were somewhere else before they were dragged here, and their route will not end by the door of this house, and if we tell each other stories, one can imagine that they might have been bathed by this same air, regrouped and recombined, recharged as a vehicle for sound, swirling as it moves, bringing the sound of a drum, like that Kabuki story where a fox recognizes the voice of its parents as a girl plays a drum made out of their skin, or any other event, and yet I always felt your work never tells stories, I tend to think that narrative implies a past tense, even if that past was just five seconds ago, one second ago was already the past, and human memory is irrelevant in geological time, plants and fish know not what tomorrow will bring, neither rocks nor metal do, but we all live here now, and we all need visions and we all need dreams, and as long as your metal sculptures vibrate they are always in the Present, and their past is a material truth alien to narrative, but well, maybe narrative does not imply a past tense at all and they are writing their own story while they gently move and breathe, and maybe nothing was really still before the wind came in, passing through the window as if through an irrational portal to make those plants dance, but everything was already moving and breathing in near complete silence, and if you're focused enough you can feel the pulse of a concrete wall and you can feel the tectonic movements of the earth, and you can hear the magma flowing under our feet and our bones crackling like a wild fire, and you can see the light of fireflies reflected in polished metal, and there is nothing magical about that, it is just the way things are, and sometimes we have to raise our voice because the music is too loud and let your clothes move to a powerful bass, sound waves and bright lights, powerful like the sun, blinding us if we stare for too long, but isn't it the biggest sign of love, like singing to a corn field, and all acts of kindness that are not pitiful nor utilitarian, that are truly horizontal as everything around us is impregnated with the deadliest violence, vertical and systemic, poisonous, and sometimes you just want to feel the sun burning your skin and look for life in all things declared dead, a kind of vitality that operates like corrosion, strong as the wind near the sea, transforming all things,

Invasions of introduced species may seem funny, but as a great article this week in The New Yorker makes clear for the case of Asian carp introduced in the Midwest, just because the fish may look or act funny (like the seemingly hilarious carp the fly waaay out of the water), the impacts to natural communities can be devastating.

[Of course, this experiment is faulty b / c the thermal mass of the water is acting like a hot water bottle...] Conceptually, however, you can show your students the diffusion effect associated with CO2 and H2O, that the heat will eventually work its way out of the water into its surroundings [like heat trapped in a hot rock], and that climate science is a complex endeavor because the CO2 signal is not the sole factor out there [although one of the only man - made ones — others: water, aerosols, sun, et al]

The 7,000 islands of the Philippines sit in the middle of the world's most storm - prone region, which gets some of the biggest typhoons because of vast expanses of warm water that act as fuel and few pieces of land to slow storms down.

[Of course, this experiment is faulty b / c the thermal mass of the water is acting like a hot water bottle...] Conceptually, however, you can show your students the diffusion effect associated with CO2 and H2O, that the heat will eventually work its way out of the water into its surroundings [like heat trapped in a hot rock], and that climate science is a complex endeavor because the CO2 signal is not the sole factor out there.

Environmental groups have sought to force the federal government to restrict carbon dioxide emissions using the Clean Air Act, the Endangered Species Act (because of threats to polar bears from global warming) and other federal laws, and now they are poised to add the Clean Water Act to the list.

Lindzen also suggested that water vapor would act as a negative feedback on global warming because the upper troposphere would dry out as it warmed (which also fits the «sky will open up» ideas) but the fact is that the troposphere has gotten wetter.

Because the ice acts like the glass in a greenhouse, the water beneath it begins to warm, and the ice begins to melt From the Bottom.

Totten Glacier, the largest glacier in East Antarctica, is being melted from below by warm water that reaches the ice when winds over the ocean are strong — a cause for concern because the glacier holds more than 11 feet of sea level rise and acts as a plug that helps lock in the ice of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet.

This acts as a positive feedback on the surface warming, because water vapor itself is a powerful greenhouse gas that, like CO2, absorbs and re-emits longwave radiation back to the surface.

This has never happened before because the sea ice never retreated very much in the summer and the water temperature could not rise above zero because of the ice cover... The permafrost is acting as a cap for a very large amount of methane (CH4), which is sitting in the sediments underneath in the form of methane hydrates.

The Environmental Protection Agency is investigating whether it can use the Clean Water Act to control greenhouse gas emissions because of ocean acidification.