Sentences with phrase «by tall structures»

The mating and nesting behavior of Lesser Prairie Chickens (and other ground birds, such as the Sage Grouse) is known to be adversely affected by tall structures, which obviously include industrial - scale wind turbines.

Not exact matches

The tower is still in the planning stage, but if it is build, it will be the sixth tallest structure in the UK, and exceed the height of the tallest building, the Shard in London, by at least ten metres.

Next week, the Bin Laden Group (yes, that Bin Laden; it was founded by Osama Bin Laden's father) will kick off construction on what will be the tallest man - made structure...

«The compact new high efficiency system also allowed the removal of a tall existing structure and hoppers, making solids handling more accessible for the plant operator, improving operational efficiency and enhancing OH&S benefits by reducing solids handling.

While some children seem to be «climbers» by nature, it doesn't mean that your child will only be happy when he's scaling tall (and not - so - tall) structures.

A UNESCO World Heritage site, Uluru (as it is called by the Aborigines) or Ayers Rock (to certain Anglophones) is a geological structure standing 1,141 feet tall and 8,200 feet long.

In the current tests of the two - story, 22 - foot - tall structure, the researchers are studying the behavior of full - scale seismic safety systems made from advanced wood materials — including rocking walls, which can rock during a temblor and then re-center back by itself, and a mass timber floor designed to withstand strong earthquakes.

Across cultures, countries and eras, people have built fires by piling wood or other fuel in pyramid - or cone - shaped structures that are about as tall as they are wide at the base, Bejan says.

Using data from the GPS stations, an accelerometer that measures ground motion in Kathmandu, data from seismological stations around the world, and radar images collected by orbiting satellites, an international team of scientists led by Caltech has pieced together the first complete account of what physically happened during the Gorkha earthquake — a picture that explains how the large earthquake wound up leaving the majority of low - story buildings unscathed while devastating some treasured taller structures.

After Tonto saves John from being shot by Cavendish, for example, the lawman wakes up on top of a tall structure on a steep mountain.

Designed by internationally acclaimed architect Zaha Hadid, this futuristic structure will house Glasgow's existing transport collection and new exhibits, with the Clyde - built Glenlee Tall Ship berthed alongside.

With 755 horsepower the 2019 Chevrolet Corvette zr1 is the most powerful Corvette ever it's also the most technologically advanced behind me are the rolling s's at Road Atlanta and we're here to see if we can reach to the supercar levels of performance afforded by this thing's massive power big tires and the tall wing on the back after that we'll take to the streets to see if a car this powerful can behave itself in public this is a monster of a car I've had some brief track opportunities moving this morning to get used to the pace of this machine which is phenomenal we're gonna warm up as we get out to the road Atlanta and sort of build up to the pace that this car can operate at now initially when you hop in this car you have this shrine to the engine right above you you see the line of the hood it kind of dominates the center of the view you can see over it it doesn't affect visibility but it's immediately obvious and that kind of speaks to what makes this car special it's a monster of an engine listen to that [Music] that is tremendous tremendous acceleration and incredible power but what I finding so far my brief time here at the Atlanta is that everything else in the car is rut has risen to match hurt me while I lay into it on the back straight look you know 150 mile - an - hour indicated we're going to ease up a little bit on it because I need to focus on talking rather than driving but like I was saying the attributes of the rest of the car the steering the braking capability the grip every system of this car is riding to the same level of the power and I think that's what makes it really impressive initially this is undoubtedly a mega mega fast car but it's one that doesn't terrify you with its performance potential there's a level of electronic sophistication that is unparalleled at this price point but it's hard not to get you know totally slipped away by the power of this engine so that's why I keep coming back to it this car has an electronically controlled limited slip differential it has shocks filled with magnetically responsive fluid that can react faster to inputs and everything this car has a super sophisticated stability control system that teaches you how to drive it quick but also makes you go faster we haven't even gotten into exploring it yet because the limits of this car are so high that frankly it takes a while to grow into it but [Music] I think what's impressive about this car is despite how fast it is it is approachable you can buy this car to track dates with it and grow with it as a driver and as an owner I think that's a really special [Music] because you will never be more talented than this car is fast ever unless you are a racing driver casually grazing under 50 miles an hour on this straight okay I'm just going to enjoy driving this now [Music][Applause][Music] this particular Corvette zr1 comes with the cars track performance package a lot of those changes happen underneath the sheet metal but one of the big differences that is immediately obvious is this giant carbon fiber wing now the way this thing is mounted is actually into the structure of the vehicle and it makes you know loading the rear hatch a bit more difficult but we're assuming that's okay if you're looking for the track performance this thing delivers also giving you that performance are these Michelin Pilot Sport cup tires which are basically track oriented tires that you can drive on the street but as we wake our way to the front of the thing what really matters is what's under the hood that's right there's actually a hole in the hood of this thing and that's because this engine is so tall it's tall because it has a larger supercharger and a bunch of added cooling on it to help it you know keep at the right temperature the supercharger is way larger than the one on the zo six and it has a more cooling capacity and the downside is it's taller so it pops literally through the hood the cool thing is from the top you can actually see this shake when you're looking at it from you know a camera from the top of the vehicle this all makes for 755 horsepower making this the most powerful Corvette ever now what's important about that is this not just the power but likewise everything in the car has to be built to accommodate and be able to drive to the level of speed this thing can develop that's why you had the massive cooling so I had the aerodynamics and that's why I had the electronic sophistication inside [Applause] we had a lot of time to take this car on the track yesterday and I've had the night to think about things Matt today two crews on the road and see how this extreme performance machine deals with the sort of more civil minded stuff of street driving the track impressions remain this thing is unquestionably one of the most capable cars you can get from a dealer these days a lot of that's besides the point now because we're on the street we have speed limits they have the ever - present threat of law enforcement around every corner so the question is what does this car feel like in public when you slow this car down it feels like a more powerful Corvette you don't get much tram lining from these big wheels though we as the front end doesn't want to follow grooves in the pavement it is louder it is a little firmer but it's certainly livable on a day to day basis that's surprising for a vehicle of this capability normally these track oriented cars are so hardcore that you wouldn't want to drive them to the racetrack but let's face it you spend more time driving to the track than you do on the track and the fact that this thing works well in both disciplines is really impressive I can also dial everything back and cruise and not feel like I'm getting punished for driving a hardcore track machine that's a that's a really nice accomplishment that's something that you won't find in cars that are this fast and costs maybe double this much the engine in this car dominates the entire experience you can't miss the engine and the whole friend this car is sort of a shrine to it the way it pops out of the hood the way it's covered with coolers around the sides it is the experience of this car and that does make driving this thing special and also the fact that it doesn't look half bad either in fact I think it has some of the coolest looking wheels currently available on a new car this car as we mentioned this car has the track package the track package on this car gives you what they call competition bucket seats which are a little wide for my tastes but I'm you know not the widest person in the world this automatic transmission works well I mean there's so much torque again out of this engine that it can be very smooth and almost imperceptible its clunky on occasion I think I'd might opt for the manual although Chevy tells me about 80 % of its customers will go for the automatic I don't think they're gonna be disappointed and that's gonna be the faster transmission drag strip on the street - and on the racetrack man it was a little bit more satisfying to my taste though we've talked about the exhaust I have it set in the track setting let's quiet it down a little bit so you can hear the difference now I've set that separately from everything else so let's put it stealth what happened to the engine sound that's pretty that's pretty amazing man stealth is really stealth and then go back to track Wow actually a really big difference that's that's pretty great the Corvette has always been a strong value proposition and nowhere is that more evident than this zr1 giving you a nearly unbeatable track performance per dollar now the nice thing is on the road this doesn't feel like a ragged edge track machine either you could genuinely drive it every day the compromises are few and that's what makes this car so special if you like what you see keep it tuned right here and be sure to visit Edmunds.com [Music]

Designed by the Hausart Project, the landmark Batumi Tower is the tallest structure in the city and features a unique eight - cabin carousel wheel on the 27th floor.

Built to commemorate the 1775 earthquake, this colossal structure is supported by columns measuring over 11m and is topped by a statue 23m tall.

Regardless of the methods used by Noodle (a snake that — shockingly — moves around exactly like one would) to get his game approved by the platforming police, one thing is for sure: by placing the unlikely hero in settings that have all staples of the genre — like gaps, moving pieces, water, tall structures that need to be climbed, fire pits, deadly spikes, and small platforms — the folks at Sumo Digital unearthed an incredibly original concept with such an inborn simplicity that it is sort of uncanny nobody had ever thought about it (or maybe someone had done so but ended up being stopped by mysterious dark forces).

Planned to house the new Communist government in what was then Petrograd (St. Petersburg), the monument was a pipe dream of a structure; by 1932 the nearly 16 - foot - tall model itself had vanished.

A particularly significant work by one of Arte Povera's forerunners is Mario Merz's From Continent to Continent, a more than five - foot - tall igloo - like structure.

Although Monument's size — some of the limbs are taller than an adult viewer — reinforces the idea that the painting depicts (and, in itself, might be) a monument, the meaning of the fleshy structure imagined by Guston remains ambiguous, and was never clarified by the artist himself.

The tower, organized by artists Mark di Suvero and Irving Petlin, is a fifty - eight - foot - tall structure covered with artwork contributed by over four hundred artists that is installed on an empty lot on Sunset Avenue in Hollywood, California, and remains on view for three months.8 When the lease on the site expires and is not renewed, the tower is dismantled and the panels sold in a fund - raising effort by the Los Angeles Peace Center to raise money for the cause.9 Rosenquist participates in a panel discussion, «What about Pop Art?

The resulting structure was approximately two feet tall and thirteen and a half feet by seventeen and a half feet in length and width.

The new structure also brings the outside in, by the inclusion of a «public living wall,» (29» 4» tall and 150» wide) on the third - floor Pat and Bill Wilson Sculpture Terrace, composed of more than 19,000 plants and 37 species, 21 of which are native to the area.

von Cranach stacks the stunning round objects and forms them into tall cubic structures by wrapping them with fine thread so that they appear to be otherworldly, science fiction monuments

They are tall, wooden skeleton - like structures over which she stretches sexual fetish wear like nylon, lingerie, leather and wigs and are held in place by a single hand that seems to emerge from the wall.

Skin to weight is a formal structure of two circular steel weights connected by a tall iron rod upon which sits the rolled skin of half a cow.

They just keep getting warmer from baseline (one story wooden structure, no parking lot) to completed construction (surrounded by asphalt next to a tall brick building).

So are raptors, looking for easy food (dead or injured birds and bats lying under wind turbines) or perching opportunities on tall structures, are also attracted by them: https://savetheeagles.wordpress.com/2013/05/28/raptors-attracted-to-windfarms-2/

Testing of the tuned mass damper — a device that is mounted in tall structures to reduce any tower movement caused by wind or seismic activity — is complete and construction has commenced on the permanent elevator for the Unit 1 tower.

The tuned mass damper has been installed, a device that is mounted in tall structures to reduce the tower movement caused by wind or seismic activity.

But according to Matt Robinson in the Vancouver Sun, The developer Tobi Reyes said building a taller wood structure than anyone else had before «wasn't by design.»

Absolute World Towers, which form part of a five - building complex and were designed by the architectural practices MAD and Burka Architects, won over the jury primarily through their unmistakable design: «The way the two structures twist organically by up to eight degrees per floor is not just a superb technical achievement, but also a refreshing change to the set forms of high - rise routine,» says the panel of experts in explaining the choice of the pair of towers, 176 and 158 meters tall, as the winner.