Sentences with phrase «as ridges»

Patella ridges hold the kneecap in place, and as long as the ridges are deep (picture a pea in a peapod), the kneecap can only move up and down as nature intended.

Genes with high expression levels are clustered in genomic regions known as ridges.

The side of Pluto's largest moon viewed by NASA's passing New Horizons spacecraft in July 2015 is characterized by a system of «pull apart» tectonic faults, which are expressed as ridges, scarps and valleys — the latter sometimes reaching more than 4 miles (6.5 kilometers) deep.

The grid cut can also aid in thinner rolling of the lefse, as the ridges help preserve structural integrity.

Features such as ridged outsole pay homage to the original's tire - like construction, while design on the upper creates a 3D visual effect.

Hormigueros in Puerto Rico is said to be named for its topography, as its ridged valleys are reminiscent of anthills («hormigas» is the Spanish...

As the ridge tumbles steeply on either side into the valleys below, distant paddy and spice plantations create spectacular scenery.

The view over the school's grounds summons other layers of meaning over time, as this ridge - top site would have provided the Cadigal people, the traditional owners, a place to survey the harbour and the wetlands and witness «a world changing around them» to quote Wesley Enoch who spoke at the launch as the first indigenous director of the Sydney Festival.

Other problems with the LBWEG as perceived by HMANA include its failure to require that developers of industrial wind energy projects avoid known bird migration pathways and daily movement flyways, avoid features of the landscape known to attract raptors (such as ridge lines and coastlines), avoid areas formally designated as Important Bird Areas and avoid documented locations of any species protected under the federal Endangered Species Act.

You won't find a 3.5 mm headphone jack on this device either, though you will find the volume rocker on the right edge again, as well as that ridged power button.

The only real physical annoyance about the X Play is its loose volume rocker, which rattles when I move the phone around and feels nowhere near as nice and tactile as the ridged power button.

Not exact matches

No predictions were made as to the future habitability of the Town of Tangier at 2100 or the types of habitat (upland or wetland) that might be present, though study authors did note that interior water had increased over time and that present upland ridges may need to be raised in the future.

I have sat in the shade leaning against its rough, ridged bark, noticing how its roots distend and break through the surface of the soil, as I read a book or watch my children ride their bikes.

If one sets out well before dawn, and arrives at the top in time to see the sunrise, one will find oneself walking as much in the clouds as through the trees, and there is a brief period (twenty minutes or so) when the sunlight first reaches the ridge, at a sharply lateral angle, and one is all at once passing through shifting veils of translucent gold.

And nearly every evening, as the sun descends below its ridgeline, the whole mountain is briefly crowned in purple and pale gold, and the southwest horizon, where the ridge descends, is transformed into a gulf of amethyst, rose, and orange.

In defining philosophical anthropology as the problem of finding one essence of man in the constant flux of individuals and cultures, Buber has once again made visible the way of the «narrow ridge.»

Another product of the narrow ridge, one equally essential to the life of dialogue, is the realistic trust which recognizes the strength of the tendency toward appearance yet stands ready to deal with the other as a partner and to confirm him in becoming his real self.

If this debate is still being carried on by those whose interpretation of human existence is distorted by what I have called falling off to one side or the other of the ridge, this essay will still be as relevant then as it is today, although the tone of urgency in which it was written will indeed be dated.

The German Catholic theologian Karl Thieme sees Buber's impact as coming principally through his position of «an outspoken «between,»» the position that we have called «the narrow ridge.»

In this dialectic we see once again what I have described as falling off to one side or the other of the ridge of human existence before God.

This criticism reveals a total misunderstanding of Buber's philosophy of dialogue which is, as we have seen, a narrow ridge between the abysses of objectivism on the one side and subjectivism on the other.

Perhaps no other phrase so aptly characterizes the quality and significance of Martin Buber's life and thought as the one of the «narrow ridge.»

In these studies Buber leads us on a narrow ridge between the traditionalist's insistence on the literal truth of the biblical narrative and the modern critic's tendency to regard this narrative as of merely literary or symbolic significance.

The view that Jesus was a village farmer who also has practiced part - time carpentry in his native village and immediate surroundings as corroborated by the parabolic emphases has been confirmed by recent archaeological discoveries.31 Recent explorations have revealed that Nazareth was a small agricultural village that came into being in the 3rd century BCE.32 Settlements in Nazareth were mostly found right at the top, whereas in the nearby «three northern spurs» they were to be found largely «on the slopes, lower ridges, and just off the basins.

Stressing the endeavor for social justice as a complement to the task of evangelism, recognizing the inadequacy of benevolences to meet the challenge, and therefore seeking concrete, structural, political involvement based on a Biblically informed concept of «social justice,» editor Smedes argues that the church's action will «find its way on the ridge between harmless generalities and divisive particularities.

Where, then, does this order come from, this teeming life I see from my window: urgent spider making her living with her pre-nylon web, coyote crafty across the ridge - top, muddy Rio Grande as warm with no - see - ems (an invisible insect peculiar to early evenings)?

Vacation this year took us to Fredericksburg, Virginia just to see a ridge known as Marye's Heights.

One isolated ridge - top in the Andean foothills of western Ecuador, only twenty square kilo - meters in area, lost as many as ninety unique plant species when the last of its forest was cleared to plant subsistence crops (Wolf 1987).

Mila, they are very versitile because they are able to «keep» the sauce because of their ridges as opposed to flat pasta like penne.

As you work, take special care at the ridge where the bottom connects to the side.

Because as you drink your wine, the ridges on the side of the aerating wine glass absorbs oxygen and releases carbon dioxide.

Fusion Tech Tape Dispenser Bracket is a unique and robust solution designed to position rolls of packaging tape onto any 2 ″ thick ridge — such as a table backsplash.

You were definitely paying attention as you ate those sandwiches... the thin layer of PBJ on one side, the thick layer with two jelly pockets on the other, the border and midline ridges of PB to stick to the other side so that it won't leak ANYWHERE when cut & packed... And never made the night before, always fresh in the morning... But did you know I can make them in my sleep at 6 AM?

The Santa Cruz Mountains appellation was among the first to be defined by mountain topography, following the fog line along the coast to encompass the highest vineyards on the ridge tops as high as 2600 feet elevation.

You can leave the pieces as is, or you can roll them over the back of a fork to create ridges.

As is tradition, we will be visiting Portmoak near Edinburgh in April for some ridge / wave soaring, which will be excellent for new members who wish to experience flying in a new location.

As you approach the green get more precise with your read by looking for ridge tapers either on or near your line, seeing if your putt is uphill or downhill, and how much slope you have to tend to for speed control.

We are way above the tree line as we start skiing down from the ridge above Val Thorens, and we have a giddy sensation of being weightless in a vast white outer space.

Indeed, X-rays revealed spurs of cartilage growing along the ridges of Arazi's knee joints, raising the fear that, under the stress of training and racing, the spurs could eventually break off as painful chips.

It's one of the truly mysterious mountain ranges in Colorado with summits rising just shy of 14,000 feet and consisting of what one website described as, «dramatic serrated ridges... riddled with gnarled, tooth - like spires.»

Several of her colors were on sale on her website for $ 1 per bottle, so I bought 6 as well as two full price shades, a ridge filler and cuticle oil.

Their little lungs are not quite mature enough to support them in the outside world at this stage, and their brain is changing appearance wise, taking on the grooves and ridges that make it look the same as an adults».

It comes with a ridged neckline so you can see baby as you feed.

As the foreskin moves forward on the shaft, it bunches up behind the coronal ridge, and may sometimes roll forward over the corona, depending upon the length of the stroke.

When you want to buy a home it will be better if you get a reliable maple ridge realtor since he will help you in experiencing an extremely big difference as compared when you could have carried out the process alone.

My advice would be to lean back as much as possible, ridge your breast like a «TACO» so that the baby has something to hold onto.

Sometimes if baby wasn't able to get into an ideal presentation at birth, for example if mom had an uncorrected type of in - utero constraint, and so baby wasn't crowning properly as they were coming through, those cranial bones can really jam together and sometimes they'll even ridge up or overlap.

Sometimes the frenulum can be attached to the back of the lower gum ridge as well as the floor of the mouth.

I now serve as executive director for an organization that has protected and now stewards nearly 5,000 acres of land with high conservation values, including farmland, ridge lines and river corridors.

It takes time to cover something as large as the world's oceans, so the 2,000 - plus census takers from more than 80 countries have broken up their assignment into 17 more manageable subgroups — like coral reefs, continental shelves, and mid-ocean ridges — that should provide a good overview of what's out there.