Sentences with phrase «by small explosions»

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Other economists say the recent explosion of incomes at the top did hurt everyone else, by concentrating economic and political power among a relatively small group.

I won't ever understand how people could actually believe that something so massive, complex, and beautiful was actually started by some magical chance of a random explosion, and that humans somehow evolved from some small celled organism that happened to be created out of the explosion.

In an effort to quiet the concerns of residents who are rattled by the barrage of late - night explosions, Schenectady County legislators last night repealed the legal use of small fireworks.

The small business crawl is an expression of support for the small operators impacted by the explosion and fire that rocked the East Village in March.

Small explosions have been reported at the British embassy in Tehran, as the dispute over 15 Royal Navy personnel seized by Iran took a new turn.

SCHENECTADY — In an effort to quiet the concerns of residents who are rattled by the barrage of late - night explosions, Schenectady County legislators on Tuesday night repealed the legal use of small fireworks.

Smaller galaxies would have a weaker gravitational hold on this material, so they could end up dominated by dark matter, which would be unaffected by the explosions.

This calcium and other heavy elements could have been created in supernova explosions, and then incorporated into new stars, but the clusters as they are today are too small to keep hold of the material violently thrown out by supernovae.

The array listens for the echoes of seismic waves — generated by distant earthquakes or small explosions detonated nearby — as they bounce off subsurface structure.

I»VE BEEN intrigued by the exploits of Kit Tucker from the CSIRO Division of Mining and Mineral Processing ever since I saw him conduct a small explosion in the parking area at last November's Great Australian Science Show in Brisbane.

The 2006 explosion was relatively small, releasing energy equivalent to about 1,000 tons of TNT — a fraction of the 15 - kiloton bomb dropped by the United States on Hiroshima, Japan, in 1945.

An explosion at 7:36 was the one that probably ignited the cook - off, but it was followed by a series of small explosions that gave the soldiers on the base time to take cover.

These sources seemed best explained by hot matter spiraling into black holes tens to thousands of times as massive as the small ones born at the hearts of individual supernova explosions (ScienceNOW, 7 June 2001).

The aftermath of the neutron star collision detected in August included the gravitational waves spotted by LIGO and VIRGO (pale arcs); a near - light - speed jet that produced gamma rays (magenta); expanding debris from a kilonova — an explosion similar to a supernova, but smaller — that produced ultraviolet (violet), optical and infrared (blue - white to red) emission; and X-rays (blue).

In 2013, the two were awarded a $ 1.5 million contract by the US Army to support their research using small - scale models of under - vehicle explosions.

Wilkinson and a small cadre of scientists are studying whether traumatic brain injury (TBI) caused by battlefield explosions can damage soldiers» pituitary glands in ways that cause lasting health problems.

The puffs occurred approximately once every three hours; after about 12 hours, a much larger eruption of material began, apparently eased out by the smaller - scale explosions.

The admittedly small sprites used for units are made up for by impressive environmental effects, be they shifts in the map's layout, ambient flora and fauna, or good old fashioned explosions.

And that was largely true because of the amazing achievements of small independent movies encouraged by the explosion of formats available and independent producers.

With a welcoming heavy emphasis on the smaller details, its gorgeous skies are only upstaged by the raindrops on your bird's cockpit and the explosions happening all around you as your missile volleys connect with the tailing cats behind you.

Following the daily activities of death metal band Dethklok — idiot vocalist Nathan Explosion (voiced by Small), self - loathing bass player William Murderface (Blacha), balding Midwesterner Pickles the Drummer (Small), «the world's fastest guitarist» Skwisgaar Skwigelf (Small), and Norwegian naïf Toki Wartooth (Blacha)-- «Metalocalypse» certainly allows its characters to ramble incoherently, but its premise demands such focus that even the incoherent rambling has to lead somewhere.

A pastiche of both American and agrarian values, The Guard is a high - octane world of drug - smuggling, dollar bills and explosions, frequently interrupted by shaggy dogs, small - town racism and dodgy dealings with the IRA.

Blue Valentine Where: Sundance Kabuki Cinemas, 1881 Post St., 415-929-4650 When: All Week Why: The best of intentions can't rescue a flatlining relationship, a lesson learned through tears, small explosions and passionless embraces by Dean (Ryan Gosling) and Cindy (Michelle Williams), a still - young married couple watching the embers of their romance turn cold in Derek Cianfrance's Blue Valentine.

Consulting the colorful compasses and graphs of the WeatherNet Classroom Web site, which track data captured by equipment mounted on the school's rooftop, the class puzzled over how best to survive a chemical spill on a nearby highway or the fallout of a small - scale atomic explosion in downtown Washington, located just 25 miles south of this quiet suburban community.

As you progress, two abilities can be combined by using one and then unstacking to a smaller doll and using its ability on the larger doll — for example, you can light a flame with one doll and then unstack to a farting doll and fart on the flame to cause an explosion.

A large amount of vibration occurs when you have been hit by an enemy to stress the impact or during an explosion to highlight the force of the blast and a smaller vibration when shooting enemies to underline the recoil of your weapon.

When the Xbox Live Indie Games service was first announced, it was hoped that lowering the normally draconian barrier of entry for developing on a console would allow small, independent teams to create an explosion of creativity not bound down by the corporate world.

He used an example that players will be able to disintegrate small pieces of walls, shoot holes through solid objects and even demolish entire buildings by well placed explosions.

For example a sequence of sparks or small explosion effects can be followed by a large explosion effect.

Players navigate the Bomber sibling of their choice through dozens of small, grid - like areas, taking out obstacles and enemies by dropping timed bombs that blow up in straight cross-like explosions, while collecting powerups that can increase player speed, explosion size, and the amount of bombs that can be onscreen at once.

Recently The Onion did a small skit about the latest car - porn film Fast & Furious 5, taking the usual pot - shot at the action extravaganza by claiming the script was written by a small child obsessed with explosions.

The Chunk series consists of three, six - foot - square acrylic paintings plus two smaller paintings where large portions of the canvas contain black or brown blocky figurative structures accompanied by explosions of straight lines of bright colors with soft round forms capping the ends.

Globally, the explosion of art book fairs is driven by young creators and designers embracing them, but even established artists like Richard Prince have begun producing small editions of cheaply produced artist books.

Contemporary Art's sterile and vapid embracement of commerce and style in a hegemonic culture of white cubes, art fairs and Bienalle's is being rightly challenged by a new breed of artist whose work demands to be seen, whether on the streets, or in the recent explosion of small independent galleries and project spaces dedicated to providing a platform for this generations voices.

New York, curated by Anne Ellegood New Prints Winter, 2003, International Print Center, New York, NY 2002 Keine Kleingkeit (Not Really Small), Kunsthalle, Basel, Switzerland (catalogue) 2001 Ball Point Inklings, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA 2000 Points, Lines, Planes, Les Filles du Calvaire, Brussels, Belgium (catalogue) Bad Touch, Lump Gallery Projects, Raleigh, North Carolina Studio International, Paintings from the Ophiuchus Collection, The Hydra Workshop, Hydra, Greece Warped: Painting and the Feminine, Angel Row Gallery, Nottingham, UK (catalogue) Mapping, Territory, Connections, Galerie Anne de Villepoix, Paris, France Points, Lines, Planes, Les Filles du Calvaire, Paris, France (catalogue) Painting Function, Spaces Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio, curated by Saul Ostrow Joanne Greenbaum, Charlene von Heyl, Amy Sillman, James Van Damme Gallery, Brussels, Belgium Examining Pictures, Armand Hammer Museum, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA curated by Francesco Bonami and Judith Nesbitt 1999 Examining Pictures, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Illinois, curated by Francesco Bonami and Judith Nesbitt Nacht Bild (After Image), Kunsthalle, Basel, Switzerland curated by Peter Packesch Examining Pictures, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, UK, curated by Francesco Bonami and Judith Nesbitt 1997 Current Undercurrent, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York Painting Now and Forever, Part 1, Matthew Marks Gallery, New York, NY Exploiting the Abstract, Feigen Contemporary, New York, NY 1996 Explosion in a Tool Factory, Hovel, New York, NY Un Oeil Americain, Galerie le Carre, Lilles, France 1995 Wacko, The Workspace Gallery, New York, NY Other Rooms, Ronald Feldman Gallery, New York, NY Natural, Arena Gallery, Brooklyn, New York Jane Fine, Joanne Greenbaum, John Paul Philippe, Arena Gallery, Brooklyn, NY Pleasant Pebble, The Workspace Gallery, New York, NY 1994 New York Abstract Painting, Salvatore Ala Gallery, New York, NY 1992 Vibology, White Columns, curated by Bill Arning AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS 2010 Artist in Residence, CCA Andratx Art Center, Andratx Mallorca, Spain 2009 Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant 2007 Artist in Residence, The Chinati Foundation, Marfa, Texas 2005 Artist in Residence, Greenwich House Pottery, New York, N.Y. 2004 The Pollock - Krasner Foundation, Inc..

Guest essay by Caleb Shaw I once had a very good science teacher who I fear I made wild, not so much by causing small explosions in the back of his classroom, (which I think he secretly approved of,) as with my failures in math.

«Siberia has explosion holes in it that smell like methane» Just a small point of fact, because it is often misunderstood even by scientists; methane is a colorless and odorless gas.

Even though our daily electricity consumption is much higher than can be handled by small renewable energy devices, our most frequent need seems to be for charging our mobile devices, which is probably why we're seeing a virtual explosion in new charging options for personal devices.

Additionally, a standard small business policy will usually cover losses from windstorm, hail, explosion, theft, and damage caused by aircraft, automobiles or vandalism.