Sentences with phrase «off by a meter»

Satellite navigation systems have been off by meters in Australia because of old mapping coordinates.

Not exact matches

Overseas, indoor world records were broken in separate meets as WENDELL MOTTLEY of Trinidad lowered the 440 - yard mark by [3/10] of a second with a 47.3 in a Cosford, England meet, and MICHEL JAZY of France clipped 1.2 seconds off the 1,500 - meter record of 3:41.9 (set in Berlin by East Germany's Jurgen May a week earlier) at a meet in Lyon, France.
• Hungary «sslender Sandor Iharos provided latest flurry in prodigal year for track «sdistance men, stepped off 5,000 meters in 13 minutes 40.6 seconds at Budapest, 6.2 seconds faster than briefly held world mark of Russia's Vladimir Kuc, lowered Chris Chataway's three - mile record by nine seconds to 13:14.2 in samerace.
He demolished the 400 - meter field by 40 meters, broke the school's sophomore record with a 50.8 and walked off the track as if he'd just taken a jog around the block.
But Washington's shrewd little Nordic - blond coxswain Dave Amundsen had husbanded the energy in his boat by holding off the Huskies» final sprint for an extra 100 meters, and Washington was able to match California's move.
Stickles, who holds the world medley records for 440 yards and 400 meters, clipped 3.4 seconds off the old mark held by USC's Charles Bittick.
If you have gas, each gas appliance will have a shut off valve and there will be an emergency shut off valve that cuts the supply to your entire house, usually outside by the meter.
Ropos drops off the current meter and resurfaces for a second attempt at the node tests that were stymied by the current closer to shore.
«Every time a truck would go by,» she recalled as we sat sipping coffee, «the meter would spike off the charts.»
The signal bounced off the asteroid, and its radar echoes were received by the National Radio Astronomy Observatory's (NRAO) 100 - meter (330 - foot) Green Bank Telescope in West Virginia.
If launched properly by allowing the flight control system to orient itself with the satellites, the Phantom drone will return to within 1 meter of its home position when the operator turns the transmitter off.
By tapping into smart meters, the system tracks when the lights go on and off, and when gas usage spikes (indicating, for instance, when a meal is being cooked).
A British team directed by University of Edinburgh glaciologist Martin Siegert of the British Antarctic Survey returned from Antarctica's Lake Ellsworth last week, where it dropped off a drill, 3400 meters of hose, a giant hot water boiler, and four 1.5 megawatt generators.
The photo taken by Hans Graber from the R / V Knorr on 31 July 2006 at 13:46 EST during experiment in the Mid-Atlantic Bight off the New Jersey coast shows one of these internal wave packets several 10's of meters below the surface approaching the ship.
My research indicates that the Siberian peat moss, Arctic tundra, and methal hydrates (frozen methane at the bottom of the ocean) all have an excellent chance of melting and releasing their stored co2.Recent methane concentration figures also hit the news last week, and methane has increased after a long time being steady.The forests of north america are drying out and are very susceptible to massive insect infestations and wildfires, and the massive die offs - 25 % of total forests, have begun.And, the most recent stories on the Amazon forecast that with the change in rainfall patterns one third of the Amazon will dry and turn to grassland, thereby creating a domino cascade effect for the rest of the Amazon.With co2 levels risng faster now that the oceans have reached carrying capacity, the oceans having become also more acidic, and the looming threat of a North Atlanic current shutdown (note the recent terrible news on salinity upwelling levels off Greenland,) and the change in cold water upwellings, leading to far less biomass for the fish to feed upon, all lead to the conclusion we may not have to worry about NASA completing its inventory of near earth objects greater than 140 meters across by 2026 (Recent Benjamin Dean astronomy lecture here in San Francisco).
First we note that the middle troposphere (7,500 meters) as measured by NASA has seen recently a sharp cooling off since the start of April:
While the Silvonic Pro lets you know if your water has an unacceptable level of minerals by shutting off quickly, the EC - 3 conductivity meter shows the quality of your water.
Another study in the International Journal of Sports Medicine discovered that sodium bicarbonate helped to stave off fatigue in swimmers, improving their finish times in the 200 - meter freestyle race — most likely by assisting with the athletes» acid - buffering capacity.
You might also have a parasitic draw, i.e. something that is using too much current when the car is switched off - this can be checked by switching the meter into current mode (A on the dial) and putting it in series with the battery - but don't attempt to start the car like that or you'll destroy the meter...
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Winn Van Meter has every single stereotypical WASP problem: he is forced to endure hordes of relatives and wedding party members invading his summer home on an island off the coast of Maine because is daughter had the audacity to decide to marry her live - in boyfriend who impregnated her, he is Captain Ahab - like in his quest throughout the book to gain membership to the exclusive Pequod Club, he is beyond irritated that his marriage produced only daughters and no sons, and then one of those daughters (not the same daughter who is pregnant and marrying, this would be the other daughter who got pregnant and is not marrying) had to let the entire Ophidian club at Harvard — of which Winn was a member in his day some forty years ago — learn that she was pregnant by one of their current members.
Water is the forgotten utility — many think they can't save, but we're inundated with successes from those who've slashed # 100s off bills by fitting water meters and cutting down on how much they use.
To make sure the puppy dog has gotten the idea, place a thin rope (or something similar) of about ten meters long on the puppy and allow him to run off freely, without letting him see that you are holding onto the rope or leash, you can make it less obvious by placing the leash flat on the ground so he does not notice.
Fast forward to New Years Eve — we made a HUMAN mistake by taking her on a quick walk around the block between 5 - 6:30 PM before keeping her inside for the night (because of fireworks) and someone down the street let off a huge BIG loud boom with lights and the whole thing... It seriously scared me to my core and I know it frightened our poor baby girl — she immediately didn't respond to commands even with the e-collar, and basically pulled / drug me more than 300 meters all the way home.
Entertainment Just off the kitchen to the right in a zone of its own is the formal lounge room which measures around 7 meters by 7 meters with glass all around to bring in the views, with built in buffet cabinets and bench tops, a huge digital plasma TV with all the gadgets you require, solid timber furniture and comfortable leather chairs that you just sink into.
After, swim off the sybaritic excess in the hotel's 25 - meter indoor lap pool or indulge further in the sumptuous Flora Spa by Sisley.
What could be more relaxing (as much as we can call technical diving relaxing) than hanging off a ledge in 45 meters and watching sharks, tunas and eagle rays cruise by.
Possible sites include: Bandit Ledge: The gentle hills and ridges of this site support a surprising amount of beautiful cauliflower corals Garden Eel Cove: The slow drop - off ends in a sandy bottom covered with graceful garden eels Anglers: A beautiful archway housing a big family of lionfish High Rock: A massive ridge capped by a pinnacle rising to within 10 feet (approx. 3 meters) of the water's surface Anchor Drag: A maze of canyons, arches small caverns provide enjoyable exploration of the lobsters, crabs, shrimp and puffer fish who live here North Golden Arches: The main attraction is a rock arch with scattered coral heads throughout the area South Golden Arches: A large rock arch with a sandy area, housing numerous marine animals Harlequin: A great spot for a deep dive to see large schools of fish Kaloko Arches: The main attractions here are the unique rock outcroppings and lava formations Turtle Pinnacle: One of best sites to find green sea turtles Eel Cove: Interesting and rapid drop - off for deep diving Thunder Reef: Good spot for viewing deep - water animals West Kaiwi: This dive site is one of the best for observing fish, with lots of coral and a nearby drop - off Please note: This is not an introductory dive.
Located just off Lauriston Place (which runs to Bristo Square), these rooms are just a short walk from George Square and The Pleasance so perfect for visitors to Edinburgh during the summer and offering quality student accommodation throughout the rest of the year.These en - suite rooms are 13 meters squared in size and have a small double (four by six feet) which are spacious for single occupancy and an economic option for 2 sharing.
The cottage is situated 100 meters from the beach, a small distance from all ameneties in a very quiet place at the end off a small road by the trees.
The hotel has 288 rooms spread across 6 towers that are 10 to 20 meters off the rainforest floor and are connected by around 5 miles» worth of catwalks.
This hotel is a mere 150 meters from the beach and is built high off the ground, with private balconies, bathrooms (complemented by hand carved stone sinks), beds with pillow top mattresses and verandas for outdoor relaxation.
Approximately 60 miles off the mainland out of Belize City, right in the center of Lighthouse Reef is a large, almost perfectly circular limestone sinkhole more than 300 meters across and 135 meters deep, made famous by Jacques Cousteau.
- starts you off in a small town - in town you can visit shops, talk to people and accept a quest - the quest puts you in the middle of a volcano - your end goal is defeating the gigantic fire beast Ifrit - team up with a Goblin and Chocobo - fight multiple enemies, including some unfriendly Chocobo - enemies leave behind loot like recovery items and materials for crafting - by pressing L or R, you get access to four attacks - attack names include Plunder Slash, Mercurial Thrust and Trinity - charge a power meter and then hit L+R at the same time for special movies - one special lets you change into Cloud with very powerful attacks - run with the B - button - camera switching is handled by the D - Pad - info on the upper screen that gives you constant battle updates - bottom screen shows the status of all the characters, plus a map
By keeping your boost boosting you'll gradually fill your RUSH meter, a special move of sorts that'll decimate anyone in your path and contribute to your overall objective, or more importantly it'll help you contribute more than anyone else so you can show off at the end of each round.
-- fast - paced and combo - centric — fighting involves meleeing, kicking and shooting — dodge attacks and activate Witch Time — Torture Attacks return — new Torture Attack featurs a pair of grinders and a fatality — Umbral Climax meter is charged by successful combos — this turns regular attacks into enormous, screen - sized strikes — send enemies flying with giant, floating fists and feet made from hair — still leaves Bayonetta in very revealing \» outfits \» after these attacks — on location is the back of a speeding harrier jet flying through the heart of a congested city — you \'re being chased by other jets and massive, horrific angels — appearance from Jeanne confirmed — features off - TV play — \» Touch \» mode allows players to control Bayonetta using the GamePad \'s touchscreen [Source: Gonintendo]
- 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 aspeoff 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 aspeOff 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
The environmental explosions are called Power Plays, and to set them off you need to power up a meter by executing jumps, drifts, and drafts.
When she's being swarmed, Erika panics and can't move until she's shaken off all the critters... proximity to any given biomass causes Erika to be panicked, as represented by an onscreen meter consisting of the Japanese words «zowa zowa,» onomatopoeia for the chills running down poor Erika's spine.
By grinding on rails, bouncing off cars, plastic trees, and awnings, or wall running, the player builds up a Style meter.
Your main gun starts off pretty weak, but by collecting the appropriate icons, it can be made significantly more powerful as your gun meter fills.
Conner's LOOKING FOR MUSHROOMS (Short Version)(1959 — 67), his chronicle of his time in Mexico, serves as the jumping - off point for a program of psychedelic dispatches from distant lands, including works by Ben Van Meter, Chick Strand, Bruce Baillie, and Lawrence Jordan.
When the car leaves the Metropolitan area, the meter is turned off by the EZPass readers at the Bridges and tunnels.
Risk: E.g., if SL rises on a 5 - year doubling as has been hypothesized by Hansen, et al. as possible, and reinforced by the recent SLR analysis of corals off the Texas coast where SLR rose 1.5 or more meters on decadal scales...?
and «Where was all the water going to come from» so I decided to have a go and try to work out how much water would be needed to allow the World Ocean to rise by just 1 meter, there are two variables that I can not solve, 1 is that the world is curved so as you go up then you need more water for the next meter than you needed for the preceding meter and this is an exponential issue as it gets worse the higher you go, the other is that even though there are many areas where you could get a large rise without any inland flooding, like the «White Cliffs of Dover» then there are also many areas where there would be massive inland flooding, like Holland, so I had to make two assumptions to kill off two variable issues that I can not solve, so assuming that the world is flat, which it's not, and that there would be no inland flooding, and there will be massive inland flooding then using them then I got an answer.
«We found examples around the world where people are reaping the benefits by switching off lights in cities at night, switching to LEDs, smart lighting and smart metering»
When «smart meters», voluntary for now but soon to be mandatory, become widespread, the inevitable «rolling brownouts», which can only be accomplished now by shutting down entire substations, can be effected by shutting off power to the hoi polloi (me, for example) on an individual basis while the nomenklature are inconvenienced not a whit.
Do you think that deep sea dumping of mining tailings in the Bismark Sea off PNG as authorised by Ross Garnaut from Highland Pacific and Lihir plus river dumping by OkTedi also could contribute to sub 700 meter temperature increase?
Even if they are off by an order of magnitude, a 6 meter rise in sea level will dramatically alter the coastlines of the world.
In reality, the Ontario government needs smart meters for one overriding reason: After replacing the province's ever - reliable coal stations with never - reliable wind and solar facilities, the province will have bought for itself a largely uncontrollable system dominated by power plants that can't be turned off and on as needed.
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