Sentences with phrase «of pyrotechnic»

Many of his sculptural experiments were realised as unpredictable volatile events, involving explosions and fireworks — in 1979 he joined the London Fire Brigade to further his knowledge of pyrotechnic devices.

For all of the pyrotechnic lunacy exploding off all over each fight, the action is incredibly trackable.

A writer of pyrotechnic virtuosity and profound compassion, a mind to which nothing human is alien, David Mitchell spins genres, cultures, and ideas like gossamer threads around and through these nine linked stories.

Mercedes hasn't yet revealed how the SLS overcomes this snag, but unofficial rumours suggest some form of pyrotechnic system able to release the hinges so the doors can be pulled free.

The gist of her pyrotechnic - laden presentation: Don't let families and other unnecessary things get in your way.

It's professional hack extraordinaire Joel Schumacher's latest sloppy bucket of pyrotechnic tripe, and not coincidentally the umpteenth summer skinny dip in Jerry Bruckheimer's putrid pond of retread action twaddle.

Hong Kong's reigning champion of pyrotechnic mayhem continues to move outside of his comfort zone with the psychological crime drama That Demon Within, but the results fail to hit the mark as poor plotting, loose direction and an increasingly preposterous...

For this week's edition of Film Club, A.V. Club film editor A.A. Dowd and staff critic Ignatiy Vishnevetsky take a look at Transformers: The Last Knight, which finds Michael Bay, the maestro of pyrotechnic wreckage, pitting alien robots against the audience's patience for the fifth time.

We think we can improve our performance by changing the recipe of the pyrotechnic portion and thereby better liberate the terephthalic acid from the framework.»

Sparklers are one type of pyrotechnic that are now legal in the county and people like Michael Barnes say the addition has made his long weekend a blast.

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And if you can stick it out to the end of the day, the short yet impressive grand finale pyrotechnic waterfall display (at the River Theatre) will inspire you to make all sorts of marvelous summertime plans.

The two displays comprised an estimated seven tonnes of fireworks, including 12,000 shells, 25,000 shooting comets and 100,000 individual pyrotechnic effects — the biggest show the city has ever seen.

Whenever a normal particle and an antiparticle meet, they annihilate each other, converting all their mass into energy in a pyrotechnic demonstration of Einstein's famous law, E = mc2.

Currently, red fireworks get their hue primarily from strontium monochloride, which is produced by burning strontium compounds with polyvinyl chloride and a variety of other pyrotechnic ingredients.

The flashiest of these is the «Donk's pyrotechnic system, fueled by a 2.5 - gallon propane tank.

In a proof - of - principle experiment, the researchers packed UiO - 66 into a grenade along with the pyrotechnic agents that generate the burn.

Pyrotechnic from Formula X for Sephora is the last of my red manis from last week.

Voldemort's pyrotechnic assault upon Hogwarts may come a little late for July 4, but it is more than worthy of Bastille Day.

The beginning of the siege, where the police station is peppered with hundreds of bullets, is particularly well - done: in the absence of real ammunition, Carpenter uses pyrotechnic charges to disturb office materials in a unnerving way.

Ghirahim was a villain in The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, and his fighting style in Hyrule Warriors mixes together both dexterous swordplay and pyrotechnic magic.

After swiftly establishing, commenting upon and making fun of the most cliché - ridden plot motivation imaginable for an antihero in love, the bulk of the film focuses on Deadpool attempting — in his cynical, trying - not - to - care way — to save a rage - filled mutant teenager with pyrotechnic powers from a super-soldier from the future (Brolin's Cable) intent on killing him, Terminator - style.

Like a breath of fresh air, Seabiscuit reminds us of the power of good storytelling, more satisfying than any pyrotechnic display or 20 car pile - up.

Saying but three words throughout, Bang Bang is one of the most interesting characters of the piece, fit with pyrotechnic exploits and all.

Initially, it looked like Martin McDonagh's pyrotechnic script for «Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri» was the likely winner, but there seems to be momentum building for Jordan Peele and «Get Out» after its Writers Guild of America victory, so I'm calling it a toss - up.

Before a side - impact crash, a small, replaceable pyrotechnic in the seat bolster explodes and activates an air bag that can move the passenger up to 2.75 inches toward the centerline of the car.

Pyrotechnic mechanisms release the hood hinges to allow the inflating airbag to raise the rear of the hood 0.4 inches.

Activation by a pyrotechnic device, in the event of an impact, occurs in milliseconds and its effect is to help cushion the pedestrian's body.

To enhance occupant protection in rear - end impacts, the front seats» head restraints are of the Active type, employing fast - reacting pyrotechnic action to pivot the restraints into close proximity with the occupants» heads.

Sensors detect impact with a pedestrian, when the vehicle registers speeds of 25 - 50 km / hr, which then sets off a pyrotechnic activator to raise the rear of the hood (the portion closest to the windshield) approximately 10 cm to help absorb the impact.

Once the system detects the possibility of a rollover, a pyrotechnic trigger deploys the high - strength aluminum roll bars within 150 milliseconds.

It is the first Buick to offer a standard active hood pedestrian safety system that senses the imminent impact of a pedestrian between 16 - 30 mph and uses a pyrotechnic actuator to lift the back of the hood up about 4 inches to lessen the impact and potentially reduce injury.

Pyrotechnic actuators located in the bonnet hinges lift the hood around 60 mm in less than 20 milliseconds from the moment of impact.

automatic pyrotechnic deployment of the rollover hoops should dedicated sensors detect that a rollover is imminent,

When the vehicle senses a pedestrian collision, pyrotechnic charges, similar to airbag deployment technology, fire at the rear of the vehicle's hood, raising it up about 10 cm, to allow for a cushioning effect upon impact.

In the event of a collision, a small pyrotechnic charge raises the trailing edge of the bonnet close the lower edge of the windscreen.

The 2018 Regal family is the first Buick to offer a standard active hood pedestrian safety system that senses the imminent impact of a pedestrian between 16 - 30 mph and uses a pyrotechnic actuator to lift the back of the hood up about 4 inches to lessen the impact and potentially reduce injury.

In the event of a collision with a pedestrian, a pyrotechnic element at the back of the engine hood raises it several centimeters to cushion the impact.

When the car senses an impact with a pedestrian, pistons fired by a pyrotechnic device instantly raise the back of the hood by about four inches to «catch» the pedestrian and help prevent serious injury.

As Ben's friends oohed and ahhed, the neighbors came out of their houses and joined them, enjoying the breathtaking pyrotechnic display on the eve of an ordinary day.

Romantic couples have candle - lit cocktails on the rocks over Serendipity while later in the evening Ukrainian go - go dancers gyrate in back - of - beach joints and backpackers reach for the mojito buckets while taking in the pyrotechnic shows and booming sound systems at early hours beach bar parties.

These pyrotechnic prognostics can make fights go on for entirely too long, making each win feel like little more than an act of luck than a hard - fought victory.

Even so, with 12 cars on track compared to F1 2012's 24, and nowhere near the pyrotechnic delights of DiRT Showdown, this should be Codemasters» best looking console release yet.

The superhero fighting game series swoops back, with an impressive cast of DC denizens including Batman, SuperGirl and Green Lantern, as well as a full - bodied campaign mode and some incredibly pyrotechnic battles.

Stephen Cripps: Pyrotechnic Sculptor celebrates the acquisition of Cripps» archive by the Henry Moore Institute Archive.

Adela Goldbard's investigations into society's ills form the basis of her photographs, videos, and pyrotechnic sculptures.

To celebrate her seventy - fifth birthday, Judy Chicago drew inspiration from her earliest explorations of feminist imagery to create a monumental pyrotechnic performance piece, A Butterfly for Brooklyn, in Brooklyn's Prospect Park on April 26th, 2014.

Often referred to as a pyrotechnic artist, one of Signer's performative paradoxes is captured in this photograph, Aktion in Sedrun (Action in Sedrun), and features his sculptural pieces mid-air after being shot skyward by a series of gridded charges.

For the tightly curated show «Thought Collision Factories,» Lisa Le Feuvre, head of sculpture studies at the Henry Moore Institute, focused on the pyrotechnic pieces Oppenheim made between 1972 and 1986, emphasizing his playful, noisy, and outlandish machine structures and firework projects.

Before disintegrating in a pyrotechnic display of unscrupulous manipulation, Enron was one of the most intense lobbyists for Kyoto.

But — the Danish wind industry with its mission to bulldoze homes and replace them, and the families that occupy them, with exploding pyrotechnic, sonic torture devices — in an astonishing admission of guilt — at least now recognises that humans and giant wind turbines are entirely INCOMPATIBLE.