Sentences with phrase «first testing ground»

FNJ: I first became involved with Zabludowicz Collection in 2013, when they invited me to take part in their first Testing Ground Masterclass workshop for emerging artists.

Most unusually, he wants to open the door a little to public eyes, long curious about what really happens in the halls of the «McKinsey mafia,» and the Kumar debacle is his first testing ground.

Not exact matches

Italy's two populist parties have shown they can find common ground in the first test of a possible political alliance.»

Perth will host the opening Commonwealth Bank Test in November, with Australia to take on South Africa at the WACA Ground - the first time Perth has had the opening Test of the summer since it hosted Zimbabwe in 2003.

First, you'll get a kind of testing ground for your own ideas; you'll get to see which branding tactics work and which ones are falling flat.

In fact, as an industry leader they are one of the first producers to begin final grind testing to further ensure product wholesomeness.

A tricky tie away to Watford will be his first test in the West Ham hot seat, and hitting the ground running, with a clearly - defined tactical plan, will be crucial to Moyes» hopes of rejuvenating his new side.

Seeing a bike under a tree with happy children is for me the start of a dream Christmas which is made even better by that first bike ride in between a Christmas Day breakfast and lunch, when everyone is wrapped up in coats and scarfs, there's a sprinkling of snow on the ground and children from the neighbourhood are out testing their new bikes and roller boots.

It is located 40 ″ from the ground which is ok for an average height, but if you are much taller or shorter, test it first.

Boeing announced the first test firing of the laser, from a plane on the ground, earlier this summer.

But the new work, by a team of engineers from the French ground improvement company Ménard and physicists from Aix Marseille Université in France, is the first to put a seismic wave cloak to the test.

But alternative approaches, like capturing CO2 directly from the air using chemical reactions or absorbing it with ground - up minerals added to soils, are just beginning to see their first real - world tests.

That would be the first real test of whether Thune and Rockefeller have been able to find any common ground.

That only began to change in the late 1990s when financier and philanthropist George Soros as well as international relief organizations — first Great Britain's Medical Emergency Relief International, or Merlin, and later the Boston - based Partners in Health (PIH)-- began using this province as a testing ground for developing a comprehensive program to combat TB.

When SMART - 1, the European Space Agency's first mission to the moon, launched in September 2003, astronomers hailed it as the testing ground for a revolutionary and efficient solar - electric - propulsion technology.

For Cohen, the chromosome 21 map was not the first step in a chromosome - by - chromosome approach, but a technological testing ground for his real goal — to map all the human chromosomes in one fell swoop.

When she first heard her test results, she collapsed to the ground and wailed, she said.

But first, I laid some basic ground rules to make sure my sleep experiment wasn't altered by any big issues before testing out other natural methods.

Last but not least in this section is «The Beginning» Making Episode 1, where we take a detailed look at most of the aspects of getting this project off the ground with scenes featuring organising the cast, final screen tests, getting over the daunting requirements for the effects, convincing Spielberg it's going to work, first day of shooting, stunt work and so much more.

The first paper, released in July 2009 by Roland Fryer and Steven Levitt, found that while there are no mean differences between boys and girls in math when they start school, girls gradually lose ground, so that the gap between boys and girls after six years of schooling is half as large as the black - white test score gap.

First, the latest IES evaluation of the D.C. school - voucher program, which showed that voucher users lost ground (compared with non-users) during their first year in private schools, when judged by test scFirst, the latest IES evaluation of the D.C. school - voucher program, which showed that voucher users lost ground (compared with non-users) during their first year in private schools, when judged by test scfirst year in private schools, when judged by test scores.

The patterns in the teacher assessments mirror those in the test - score data: black and Hispanic students start out substantially below whites, and black students lose ground over the first two years of school, whereas Hispanics maintain their position relative to whites.

In Indiana, researchers found that students lost ground in math — as measured by test scores — in the first two years after leaving public school, but began to improve after four years if they stayed with the program.

The first - year test results indicate that English Learners and economically disadvantaged students have the most ground to cover.

This scenario happened in 2007 with Common Ground and Odyssey Community School (due to poor test data) and Achievement First - Hartford in 2013 (due to excessive suspensions / special education / civil rights complaints).

Since the onset of No Child Left Behind we have lost enormous ground on the argument that high - stakes objective standardized tests are illegitimate measures of children's» progress in the first place.

When my new four - wheel - drive Forester 2.5 XT long - term test car was delivered to Evo Towers, the first fall of winter was swirling around outside my window, cloaking the ground with its chilly blanket

The awesome, newly restored Vulcan bomber recently used Bruntingthorpe's runway for its first test flight, and I was interested to see what the LP640 could achieve at ground level.

First we'll hit the road for a two - day tour of some of the most testing tarmac Yorkshire has to offer, then we'll visit Millbrook Proving Ground to run performance figures, before finally heading to Bedford Autodrome for some timed laps of the quick and challenging West Circuit.

Somewhere between the streets carefully monitored by tourists» phones and speed cameras, even in London you can find some empty stretches of dead end or restricted - access roads that form corners, ramps, and straightaways of a first - rate urban racetrack providing a perfect test ground for the 05's dynamic talents.

The Miata and I go all the way back to the late Eighties, when I was invited by Mazda chairman Kenichi Yamamoto to have the very first journalist test drive of a pre-production prototype at the Miyoshi Proving Ground.

«Being with Corvette Racing for this many years and having the same core team, I find we hit the ground running from the first test to the first race, almost as an extension of the previous year.

I usually test the power supply to the module first and the ground.

GENERAL Vehicle / model: ’17 Jeep Grand Cherokee Trailhawk 4x4 Base price: $ 43,095 Price as tested: $ 53,515 Options as tested: Customer Preferred Package 28J ($ 2,695), Jeep Active Safety Group ($ 1,495), 5.7 L Hemi V - 8 ($ 3,295), Rock Rails ($ 895), Uconnect 8.4 NAV ($ 450), Blind Spot and Cross Path Detection ($ 595), Destination Charge ($ 995) ENGINE Type: Chrysler 16 - valve V - 8 Displacement (ci / liter): 345/5.7 Bore x stroke (in): 3.92 x3.58 Compression ratio -LRB-: 1): 10.5 Intake / FI: Naturally aspirated, sequential multi-port electronic Mfg.'s power rating @ rpm (hp): 360 @ 5,150 Mfg.'s torque rating @ rpm (lb - ft): 390 @ 4,250 Mfg.'s suggested fuel type: Midrange unleaded recommended; regular unleaded acceptable DRIVETRAIN Transmission: ZF 845RE 8 - spd automatic Ratios -LRB-: 1): First 4.71 Second 3.14 Third 2.11 Fourth 1.67 Fifth 1.29 Sixth 1.00 Seventh 0.84 Eighth 0.67 Reverse 3.30 Axle ratio -LRB-: 1): 3.09 Transfer case: MP 3022 2 - spd Low - range ratio -LRB-: 1): 2.72 Crawl ratio -LRB-: 1): 39.6 FRAME / BODY Frame: Steel unibody Body: Steel SUSPENSION / AXLES Front: Short - and long - arm independent, coil springs, twin - tube coilover shocks, steel upper - and aluminum lower - control arms, stabilizer bar / ZF 7.7 - in Rear: Multi-link, coil springs, twin - tube shocks (with load leveling for towing), aluminum lower control arm, independent upper links plus a separate toe link, stabilizer bar / ZF 7.7 - in STEERING Type: Electric rack - and - pinion Turns (lock - to - lock): 3.2 Ratio -LRB-: 1): 16.7 BRAKES Front: 13.8x1.3 - in vented disc, two - piston caliper Rear: 13.0x0.9 - in vented disc, single - piston caliper ABS: Four - wheel WHEELS / TIRES Wheels (in): 18x8.0 Tires: P265 / 60R18 Goodyear Wrangler All - Terrain Adventure with Kevlar FUEL ECONOMY EPA city / highway: 14/22 Observed city / highway / trail: 15.7 DIMENSIONS / CAPACITIES Weight (lb): 5,154 Wheelbase (in): 114.8 Overall length (in): 189.8 Overall width (in): 76.5 (84.8 w / mirrors) Height (in): 69.3 Track f / r (in): 63.9 / 64.1 Minimum ground clearance (in): 8.2 (standard height), 10.4 (suspension position # 2) Turning diameter, curb - to - curb (ft): 37.1 Approach / departure angles (deg): 26.2 (standard height) 36.1 (suspension position # 2, air dam off) / 24.0 (standard suspension), 27.1 (air suspension position # 2) Breakover angle (deg): 18.2 (standard height), 22.8 (suspension position # 2) GVWR (lb): 6,800 Payload (lb): 1,190 Maximum towing capacity (lb): 7,200 Seating: 5 Fuel capacity (gal): 24.6 PERFORMANCE 0 - 60 mph (sec): 7.3 Quarter - mile (sec @ mph): 15.6 @ 90.9 Braking 60 - 0 mph (ft): 132.8 Ramp Travel Index (20 - deg, points): 375

After test driving other names in the mid-size, this one fit me the best.I love the way it feels on the road.We have all weather conditions here.I've taken it up and down heavy gravel, sand and snow terrain.I took her up to northern bc for x-mas this year and had miles of glare ice, hard pack snow, really rough highways, no problem maintaing 50 - 60 mph.The family and I were completely comfortable.I feel safe and confident driving it.Haven't had any issues except the fuel door does nt like to open in -25 temp.I did recieve a recall notice to repair a ground wire.Have 6k on it now and will wait until she goes in for her first service at 8k to address the recall.

For the first test, I drove gently over mostly flat ground.

The next generation of the Kia Rondo (Carens in Europe, but probably finally the Korean automaker will call cee'd MPV) continues its development, and today we bring to you ta first video of the 2014 Kia Rondo (yet to be confirmed if Kia will sell in USA) while testing on a proving ground, in Europe.

A stunning combination of mountain passes, arid desert, high altitude, chaotic city streets, heat, humidity and wilderness will provide the perfect testing ground for our first hybrid.

The official Kobo iOS app has undergone massive changes since it first debuted a few years ago and serves as their staging ground to test new features that eventually trickle done into other devices.

First try a taste test on your pet with just the Marmite etc, and if they like it you can progress to the point where you grind up your worm tablet into a very small amount of the product and simply let them lick it up themselves.

I'm sure it applies to cat food as well: How to grade your dog's food: Start with a grade of 100: 1) For every listing of «by - product», subtract 10 points 2) For every non-specific animal source -LRB-» meat» or «poultry», meat, meal or fat) reference, subtract 10 points 3) If the food contains BHA, BHT, or ethoxyquin, subtract 10 points 4) For every grain «mill run» or non-specific grain source, subtract 5 points 5) If the same grain ingredient is used 2 or more times in the first five ingredients (i.e. «ground brown rice», «brewerâ $ ™ s rice», «rice flour» are all the same grain), subtract 5 points 6) If the protein sources are not meat meal and there are less than 2 meats in the top 3 ingredients, subtract 3 points 7) If it contains any artificial colorants, subtract 3 points 8) If it contains ground corn or whole grain corn, subtract 3 points 9) If corn is listed in the top 5 ingredients, subtract 2 more points 10) If the food contains any animal fat other than fish oil, subtract 2 points 11) If lamb is the only animal protein source (unless your dog is allergic to other protein sources), subtract 2 points 12) If it contains soy or soybeans, subtract 2 points 13) If it contains wheat (unless you know that your dog is not allergic to wheat), subtract 2 points 14) If it contains beef (unless you know that your dog is not allergic to beef), subtract 1 point 15) If it contains salt, subtract 1 point Extra Credit: 1) If any of the meat sources are organic, add 5 points 2) If the food is endorsed by any major breed group or nutritionist, add 5 points 3) If the food is baked not extruded, add 5 points 4) If the food contains probiotics, add 3 points 5) If the food contains fruit, add 3 points 6) If the food contains vegetables (NOT corn or other grains), add 3 points 7) If the animal sources are hormone - free and antibiotic - free, add 2 points 8) If the food contains barley, add 2 points 9) If the food contains flax seed oil (not just the seeds), add 2 points 10) If the food contains oats or oatmeal, add 1 point 11) If the food contains sunflower oil, add 1 point 12) For every different specific animal protein source (other than the first one; count «chicken» and «chicken meal» as only one protein source, but «chicken» and «'' as 2 different sources), add 1 point 13) If it contains glucosamine and chondroitin, add 1 point 14) If the vegetables have been tested for pesticides and are pesticide - free, add 1 point

Costa Rica Surf and Sup's ground school offers a thorough primer on everything first time surfers must know before testing the surf waters.

Marco and Andy built the Bluepoint Engine from the ground up, and put the engine to the test in developing the first downloadable game for the PlayStation Network.

The camp is big, and a testing ground for The Phantom Pain's open - world stealth, which is a first for the MGS series.

ZombiU is built from the ground up to take full advantage of the WiiU and its revolutionary New Controller and will test your will to survive in a fear - fueled zombie Survival Horror First Person Shooter.

As part of the sixth annual Testing Ground for Art and Education season at Zabludowicz Collection, A Sense of Things is a curatorial collaboration between students on the MFA Curating courses at Goldsmiths College, and this year, for the first time, The Cass, London Metropolitan University.

Fresh from New York, The Still House Group brought its brand of ever - evolving DIY art to London for the first time in Testing Ground: Still House Group at the Zabludowicz Collection.

As part of the fifth annual Testing Ground for Art and Education season at Zabludowicz Collection, Disappearing Into One is a curatorial collaboration between students on the MFA Curating courses at Goldsmiths College, and this year, for the first time, Chelsea College of Art.

Master Class will run alongside the exhibition during the first in February as part of the Testing Ground season.

The annual Testing Ground for Art and Education starts the year with a collaboration between MFA Curating students from Goldsmiths and, for the first time, Chelsea College of Art.