Sentences with phrase «gearing up to a close»

Plot: With the HBO fantasy series gearing up to a close, this penultimate season will pick up where the last left off; with Cersei in power and the Mother of Dragons en route to Westeros.

Here's one more study showing that more roads are not the answer to our rush hour traffic problems: they only attract more cars.NPR reported on the study as LA was gearing up to close 10 miles of Interstate 405 for the weekend to allow for the latest phase of a $ 1 billion widening project.

Though not all that surprising, Bon - Ton (the parent company of brands such as Elder - Beerman, Younkers, Carson's, Herberger's, and Boston Store) filed for bankruptcy protection on February 4th shortly after the struggling retailer announced it was gearing up to close 20 % of its 260 store footprint.

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Widespread fires forced many Main Street business owners to evacuate or close their stores, just as shops geared up for the last three weeks of holiday sales.

European markets closed higher on Wednesday afternoon as investors geared up for a rate decision from the U.S. Federal Reserve and continued to digest earnings reports.

As always, the bride is looking incredible as she took time out with close friends and the partners of Cesc Fabregas and Luis Suarez to gear up for the wedding, as seen in the Instagram post below.

But with a pileup of injuries and no signs of the team stepping up a gear and making a legitimate push to the postseason, it seems highly unlikely that the Mets would risk yet another setback for Wheeler in the closing days of a lost season.

As the European championships are drawing closer to a fantastic end, football clubs all over Europe, especially in England, are gearing up for the domestic football to begin - to set pulses racing for fans and everyone who is involved alike.

Geared towards anyone who wishes to check out stylish, functional baby gear up close and personal, attendees will also have the chance to win cool prizes, enjoy refreshments, and walk away with a killer gift bag.

Whether the Pizza Happy Meal is being geared up for a local or regional marketing program can't be determined, but sources close to the Oak Brook - based fast - food firm say such a menu addition is definitely in the works.

The second trimester is drawing to a close, and as your body gears up for the final lap, you may start noticing some new symptoms.

He speculated Astorino was using the office, which closed in May, at 125 Park Avenue to gear up for a run for governor in 2018.

An East Harlem assemblyman is gearing up for a campaign to replace Congressman Charles Rangel, a source close to the state lawmaker said.

This gear allows the probe to analyze surface minerals, hunt for underground water, monitor Martian weather and take spectacular up - close images of the planet's surface.

The lovely, last sighing strains of my Christmas holiday have come to a close, and I'm gearing up for a very busy few months ahead.

While we're no closer to finding out what Christopher Nolan «s next directorial project will be, a film is gearing up that is something very near; the directorial debut of Nolan's regular DoP Wally Pfister, an original sci - fi project called «Transcendence,» which has already attracted some serious A-list talent in the shape of Johnny Depp, who's going to be playing the film's lead.

It's unfortunate that a film with such gritty and sometimes horrific realism would switch gears so close to the goal line, becoming a typical formulaic thriller, because for all intents and purposes it had a strong and very definite point of view that it wanted to drive home and had to that point set us up so beautifully to receive it.

As September draws to a close all across Australia people are gearing up for the Grand Final.

The gearing combines the best of both worlds: close - ratio first to third warrants plenty of take - off grunt, sweet spot - focused fourth and fifth beef up the mid-range urge, long legs in seventh and eighth support economical highway cruising.

It won't, however, change up twice if you manually select a higher gear close to its own upshift point, which is nice.

First up is the NASCAR course, where the FR - S gets shockingly close to the outside wall before he switches gears to tackle the road course.

The position of the gear lever is excellent; it's up high and close to the steering wheel.

The newly improved close - ratio 6 - speed manual gearbox includes the world's first synchronized down / up shift rev control system, which allows drivers of any skill level to experience perfectly smooth gear shifts every time.

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dimming memory rearview mirror, Bose sound system - inc: (10) speakers, Bose Audio Pilot digital processing, Carpeted floor mats, Cruise control, Dual zone auto climate control - inc: vents in rear of console, individual left / right temp controls, rest mode, charcoal filter, humidity sensor, Front center armrest w / illuminated climate - controlled storage, retractable cupholders, Front seatback magazine pockets,Gauges - inc: electro - luminescent analog speedometer, tachometer, fuel & coolant, GPS / CD - ROM based navigation system, Hand polished burl walnut wood trim - inc: dash, console, doors, shift gate, HomeLink compatible 3 - button garage door control, Leather trimmed shift knob,Lighting - inc: front Xenon reading lamps, rear reading lamps, courtesy lamps w / programmable fade - out time, Multifunction display in speedometer face - inc: odometer, trip meter / computer, flexible service system, oil level, digital speed readout, radio / CD / phone status, Multifunction steering wheel - 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impact body protection air bag for all outboard seating positions

The high - revving four - cylinder unit made 192 hp / 210 Nm, and is paired to the M3's «dogleg» (first gear hangs out like a dog's leg, push up for second gear) close - ratio Getrag five - speed manual.

In the city you need to stick to lower gears and rev the engine up to pass other cars or close gaps in traffic.

It's an electronic system that lets the rider upshift and downshift without having to use the clutch and also without having to close the throttle to move up a gear.

Most of the time the shifts up through the gears are close to undetectable.

The manual transmission is a 6 - speed, close ratio setup with a solid feel when swapping gears, and the automatic version features one more gear up to be a 7 - speed.

The replica can fool some eyes from a great distance and some people may gear up in an urge to see the beast and follow it but come closer and you can see the faux design elements used in the car to replicate the 1000 BHP beast.

Ignoring the shift recommendations of the instrument cluster, we kept close to third gear, changing down to second for the really tight turns and up to fourth for longer straights.

Here's another update: Got the transmission fixed at one of the top rated dealerships fairly close to the house and I've had no issues with it since; however, it doesn't go quite like it originally did; a little slower to change gears and get up to speed.

Mobile Geeks get close up with the Tab S8 to see if this is a mediocre «Me Too» device, or one of real quality that further enhances Lenovo's reputation for building top quality gear.

With markets and Canadian online brokerages closed for New Years, the deals and promotions engine looks like it'll need some time to warm up before it kicks back into gear on the first Monday of... Read More»

«While our 140th year is gearing up to be one of unprecedented growth and expansion for its programs and educational outreach, it is our sincerest hope that the further we get from our date of inception, the closer we come to being an organization that is no longer needed — that our work will have permeated society to the point that the rights of companion animals will be second nature to everyone.»

As you gear up for the holidays, it is important to try to keep your pet's eating and exercise habits as close to their normal routine as possible.

Equipped with snorkel gear and an ocean kayak, our knowledgeable guides will make sure to get you up close and personal with the amazing wildlife.

This is definitely surf territory here, but if you're looking to spice it up a bit and still get a great session in the water, keep your kiteboarding gear close by and you'll be able to catch a few good days per week of kitesurfing in Malpaís.

Pack your snorkel gear and head to one of these top 10 dive sites in Queensland to get up close and personal with some of our Great Barrier Reef locals.

A couple of days ago once of our Facebook readers (Micha Ǝ Sav to be exact) sent us a message to let us know that Ubisoft is gearing up for the Ghost Recon Wildlands closed beta.

It seems almost certain there will be even more Fallout 4 news on the way as we loom ever closer to E3, particularly as Bethesda gear up for their first E3 press conference.

- the game's shading mechanism has changed, which allows for increased gear texture quality - all graphical aspects and programming mechanisms have been built up from scratch for this sequel - maximum resolution is 1080p in TV mode - a bigger focus for Nintendo was the 60 frames per second - occasionally the resolution will be scaled down when there is too much ink displaying on the screen - Nintendo reduced the CPU load and refined the way to use CPU power effectively to maintain 60 fps in all matches - weapons were tweaked to let players be more creative by thinking about unique weapon characteristics and their best uses - weapons are designed to be effective when they are used during the right occasion - Special weapons are stronger than the original ones when used in the right situation, but weaker otherwise - the damage and effect of slowing down your movement when you step in the opponent's ink are reduced from original - you can jump up in rank if you're good enough, but only up until S - you can't jump up from C, B or A to S + - when you win battles in Ranked mode, the Ranked meter fills and your rank goes up when its fully filled - when you lose a battle, the gauge does not decrease, but the meter starts to crack - once the meter reaches its limit, it breaks - when the meter breaks, you have to start over again from the beginning or from a lower rank - highest rank is still S +, but if you fill up the Ranked meter, you get numbers after the alphabet such as «S +1», «S +2» and so on - maximum number is «S +50», but this number will not be displayed to your opponent - you are the only one to see it, and you can check it on your own status screen - Ranked Power is calculated by an algorithm to measure how strong each player is with minuteness - this will determine if a player's rank is worthy of receiving a big jump (like from «C» to «A»)- Ranked Power has no relation to your splat rate, and is more tied into to how well you lead your team to victory - you won't drop off more than one rank even if you play poorly - stage rotation time was changed to two hours - this was done because the devs expected people to play for an hour or so, but they found people play much longer - with Salmon Run, Nintendo considered how to implement a co-op oriented mode in a player - versus - player type of game - the devs will monitor how users are playing this mode to see if there's some tweaks they can throw in - more Salmon Run maps will be added in the future, but Nintendo wouldn't comment on adding more enemy types to the mode - rewards are changed each time Salmon Run is played - you can obtain rewards when playing locally, but not gear - originally Nintendo had an idea for this mode, but had no background setting, enemy designs, etc. - Inoue suggested that it should be salmon - themed - when Nintendo hosted the Splatfest that pit Callie against Marie, the development of Splatoon 2 had started - the devs had already decided to have the result reflected in the sequel - they even had an idea to announce the Splatfest with a phrase «Your choice will change the next Splatoon» - the timing to announce a sequel wasn't right, so they decided against this - they eventually released a series of short stories about the Squid Sisters to show how the Splatfest affected the sequel's story - Nintendo wouldn't say if Marina is an Octoling, and noted that Inklings are not paying attention to this too much - Inklings don't care about appearances, as long as everyone is doing something fresh - the Squid Sisters had composers who produced their songs, but Off the Hook are composing their music by themselves - Pearl is genius artist, but she couldn't find a right partner because she's a bit too edgy - she eventually found Marina as a partner though, and their chemistry is sparkling right now - Nintendo is planning a year of content updates for Splatoon 2 - when finished, the quantity of stages will be more than the original - some of the additional stages are totally new and some will be arranged stages from the first game - not all original stages will return and they are choosing stages based on the potential for them to be improved - Brella is shotgun-esque weapon, so the ink hits your opponent more if you are closer - it can shield damage when you open it, but the amount of damage has a limit and once it reaches it, it breaks - you can shoot ink, but you can't use the shield feature when it breaks - the shield won't prevent your allies ink - there are more new weapon categories which haven't been revealed yet - there are no other ranked modes outside of the three current options - the future holds any sort of possibility, but the devs didn't get specific about adding more content like that - for the modes, they adjusted the rule designs so that players will experience the more interesting aspects

You can change around their weapons, abilities and upgrades you get them closer to your style of play, and more upgrades and gear becomes available as you gain XP and level up from play, though there is less than presented in War for Cybertron.

The first title delivered an experience unlike any we'd seen before, the second brought multiplayer that soaked up hours like a sponge, and I'm here to say that Gears of War 3 wraps it all up in a tidy package that sends a clear message — This is how you close out a trilogy properly.

Bethesda has their Elder Scrolls - themed CCG (Elder Scrolls Legends) in closed beta right now, and former Lionhead Studios employees founded Flaming Fowl Games and are gearing up to unleash Fable...

Despite being one of the best if not the closest Gears of War clones to date — Inversion does offer up a vast amount of enjoyable gameplay sequences albeit over-filled with cut - scenes and sometimes a linear path too long to walk.

And the counter keeps going up with over $ 95.000 at the time of this writing and still 23 days to go before the project is closed and the developers Gears for Breakfast get the money.

The game begins with an option screen to change settings of your car such as tyre type, suspension stiffness and gear changes, although it is initially set up for each rally as a default — snow tyres for Finland and closer gear ratios for the hills of Greece.

It's no coincidence that the trailer was released so close to E3; the studio is clearly gearing up for their first ever E3 press conference.

Kepes utilised a wide spectrum of imagery and techniques in his work, including but not limited to: geometric studies of prisms and cones; the refractive properties of mirrors and lenses; mechanical forms including propellers and gears; domestic objects such as fabric, sieves and string and items drawn from the natural world, which ranged from feathers and bone to close - up fragments of the human body.