Sentences with phrase «against a tree which»

In one photograph the mirror is oriented so the painted lines on a road continue in the reflection of the mirror and then again beyond it; in another, a mirror leans against a tree which borrows a reflected trunk to become whole.

Not exact matches

«To fight against that process will simply to be turning trees into dollar bills, which we eventually burn.»

But on a tree which has had to struggle against inner accidents of its own development and external accidents of climate, the broken branches, the torn leaves, and the dried or sickly or wilted blossoms have their place: they reveal to us the greater or lesser difficulties encountered by the tree itself in its growth.

As I gaze out my window, for example, the data of my experience include people and cars, rocks and trees, the breeze against my face, the ideas I am entertaining, and the sensation of my elbow against the table on which I lean.

For example, there is the distinction which men make between themselves as souls, selves, or thinking beings, over against the inanimate world of rocks, trees, and mountains.

At the beginning, Yahweh is pictured, not only as indignant at man's eating of the «tree of the knowledge of good and evil» (Genesis 2:9) and so becoming conscious of sin, but as being anxious lest man should «take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever,» and, in order to guard against this event, man is driven from Eden and its gates are guarded by «the flame of a sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.»

On our first afternoon, Hiro and Louisa ran to the backyard, discovered the juniper orbs all over the ground and immediately invented a new game later titled, Avocado Smash, in which the helpless fruits were lobbed against the trunk of the tree leaving smears of luscious green on the bark and busted avocados on the ground.

According to Jamie Wilson, a third - generation Sequoia Orange Co. www.sequoiaorange.com owner and president of Sequoia Orange, the prorate Headquarter: Exeter, Calif. law was something that most citrus producers Employees: 100 to 170 Specialty: Citrus grower loosely followed, even the larger ones, which is why Jamie Wilson, president: the company was surprised when the government «Through proper nutrition for our trees, proper pruning and making filed a lawsuit against his family's company and our trees more healthy, we will other growers.

New York state is expanding its fight against the emerald ash borer, which has killed hundreds of millions of ash trees in North America, including many trees in upstate New York.

The Goshen residents, who all live in the New Hampton area, have filed against the town, Orange County and the State Department of Environmental Conservation claiming they did not clear tree growth and other obstructions from the Wallkill River, which resulted in the flooding of their homes.

Until the 19th Century, peppered moths were predominantly pale - coloured, and used this to camouflage themselves against lichen - covered tree trunks, which made them almost invisible to predators.

It's possible to compare this new generational chronology directly against the climate record, which researchers can also measure on a finer scale by examining changes to tree rings, lake sediments and other materials.

She points out that there are alternative explanations for why trees in New York were bigger, such as defensive reactions against pollution in which the plants produce antioxidants.

So, for instance, it can take an image in which a chameleon is concealed against the trunk of a tree and enhance subtle color differences so that the chameleon stands out blue against an orange background.

ELM trees can now be «vaccinated» against Dutch elm disease, the dreaded blight which has wiped out tens of millions of elms around the world.

In the US, they have been directed against the gypsy moth, which destroys oak trees, while in Brazil and Nicaragua, they are sprayed on soya bean plantations.

The fungus which causes Chalara dieback of ash trees has the potential to defend itself against virus attacks, research by British scientists has shown.

Faria et al show that samples from microcephaly cases are distributed around the evolutionary tree, which strongly argues against (although again can't absolutely disprove) this idea.

[11] Another option is tea tree oil, which is powerful against germs.

The Princess of France restages on several occasions a scene in which Victor picks up his backpack from under a tree, and with each recurrence he's pitted against another of the women in his life.

As I write this Thursday afternoon, we are still waiting to see two strong Palme contenders: The Wild Pear Tree by Turkish auteur Nuri Bilge Ceylan, a Cannes favourite who took the top prize in 2014 with Winter Sleep; and Lebanese director Nadine Labaki's Capernaum, titled for a Biblical town where Jesus Christ is said to have performed miracles, which is getting good advance buzz for its story about an unhappy boy launching a lawsuit against the adults who vex him.

Weirdly stylish, at the same time as being grotty and gaudy, the film features an insane climax set against a Boschian landscape of burned tree trunks, which the final shots of The Neon Demon appears to echo.

The fir trees, which had stood motionless and black against the gray sky, appeared alive again, green and moist in the fresh light.

GBM's approach empowers communities to take action against climate change, the impacts of which are already being witnessed across Africa, through food security and water harvesting activities (adaptation) and planting the appropriate trees in appropriate places (mitigation).

They want to be able to stretch out completely, as though they were stretching out against a tree, which is a favorite scratching post of cats in the wild.

This tree protects itself against forest fires by causing an explosion which keeps the fire away from its kernel.

The nests of the brilliant yellow weaver birds which dangle from the trees near our table are things of intricate wonder, cosy spherical shelters against the world outside.

If weather permits, we highly recommend booking a seat at the poolside terrace, which offers spectacular views of kite - surfers practising their skills, swaying palm trees, and waves splashing against the shoreline.

Aloha from Sydney beach cottage friends, it's a lovely but windy day here on the beaches, I'm sitting in the Summer Room with a nice coffee and open windows... looking out at that blue Aussie sky which still makes me smile and its contrast against the bright green of the wisteria leaves... and a tree which I do not know the...

The Electric - type Raikou and the Fire - type Entei are now available to join your team, both of which are permitted for use in the Battle Tree and against other players at the Battle Spot.

Gravel's off - road terrain certainly factors into the damage modelling as crashing into large trees, rocks, immovable structures, barriers and misjudged jumps will result in a reduction in the engine's power and erratic steering as the vehicle pulls to one side rather than remaining in a straight line which means the player will have to fight against the car when damage modelling is switched to active.

This vast drawing, which is more than 22 feet long, depicts Cai's home town, the ancient city of Quanzhou, with its pagodas, banyan trees, and distant mountains seen against the ghostly outline of Frank Gehry's design for the as yet unbuilt Quanzhou Museum of Contemporary Art (an ambitious project that Cai is overseeing).

The artwork is taken from the Atkinson's Trees series, which consists of tree renderings in black silhouettes painted against a white background.

In Tomoko Nagai's works, various motifs including animals such as bears, cats, and horses; young girls and imaginary figures; and trees and mushrooms are scattered against backgrounds of forest or rooms which look precisely as if they were theater sets.

This does two things that may be important: it allows the non-annually resolved proxies to be used (recent previous reconstructions, e.g. MBH98, Esper et al., used only those with at least a value each year, to allow calibration against the instrumental record; Moberg's approach allows the use of data that only provide 50 y means); and it throws away the long - term signal from the tree rings, which they consider to be untrustworthy.

And this adjunct to the story, from the Brisbane Times: «The ACCC is taking civil action against Holden GM, supplier of Saab cars in Australia, over claims it made last year that 17 native trees would be planted for every vehicle sold, which would offset carbon dioxide emissions for the life of the car.

Drought conditions appear to decrease host tree defenses against spruce beetles, which attack the inner layers of bark, feeding and breeding in the phloem, a soft inner bark tissue, which impedes tree growth and eventually kills vast swaths of forest.

Another is a huge uptick in the appetites of pine tree beetles in the Rocky Mountains, against which the Forest Service is fighting a desperate battle.

exactly... i recall seeing a graph produced from ice core samples in which the CO2 content of thousands of years past was measured against tree ring data... what it showed was CO2 levels rising 300 years after rapid vegetative growth (natural warming) and incidently the PPM of CO2 measured higher than current levels.

does the 15ppm consider CO2 contributed from deforestation (which as this becomes more extensive against the growing population, the atmosphere breaks well beyond saturation point as trees can not convert CO2 fast enough to combat the production), the burning of peat, the likely disturbances and resulting CO2 emitted from deep sea drilling (i.e. decomposed life forms from the ocean bed reaching the atmosphere) the CO2 deposits from extensive farming, the population of all mammals exhaling CO2, chemical productions with CO2 bi-products and all other man related processes that give off CO2?

If I understand correctly the graph showing tree ring width dependence on tree age, trees above 300 years old show an increase in tree ring width, which is against the general pattern of exponential growth decline.

For more information on the boreal forest, check out the web site of Forest Ethics, the environmental group that's launched a major campaign against Victoria's Secret, which sends out a million catalogs a day made from boreal forest trees.

Unlike the dry grip of gecko's feet, the toepads of tree frogs are covered by tightly packed «nanopillars,» each with a small dimple in the end, which create strong friction against the surfaces they contact, according to Scientific American.

Avoid piling leaves against the base of trees which is known as volcano mulching.

In a Feb. 25 post playing on the recent killer whale incident at Sea World (a post which can no longer be read thanks to a temporary restraining order granted against HAN by a Louisiana state judge), HAN wrote about the supposed fate of «veteran wildlife guide Dizzy Dimarco» who was said to have been thrown into the upper limbs of a tree while feeding giraffes at Global Wildlife.

Travelers and the boarding school filed a suit against an interior landscape company alleging shoddy workmanship that resulted in 5,000 lights installed and connected to an overloaded three - outlet electrical adapter which caused the velvet skirt, packages underneath the tree, and the 25 - foot - tall artificial evergreen to burst into flames.

It will also cover you in case you have an accident along with a person who does not own insurance or even if you bang your car against a pole or tree or any other inanimate object which is not insured.

You would also be covered against instances like banging your car into a lamp post or tree which are in most cases uninsured.

Some savings only come with time, such as making your home more protected against falling trees and branches, which does not offer immediate discounts but can earn you a savings if you don't file any claims for a few years.

You can also claim for reimbursement in instances where you bang your car against a tree or a pole which may not have auto insurance coverage.