Sentences with phrase «wire act on»

UK's high - wire act on power supplies laid bare.

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The indictment was unsealed in Detroit on Thursday, revealing that Winterkorn had been charged on March 14 with wire fraud and conspiracy to defraud Volkswagen's American customers and violate the Clean Air Act.

The coda to the TurinGames will be inspired by Venice's annual winter Carnevale — think acrobats,high - wire acts and actors in costumes from the 1971 Fellini film The Clowns.When the tumbling is over, Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli (above) will performand pass the Olympic torch to Canadian pop star Avril Lavigne, who will acceptit on behalf of the host of the 2010 Games, Vancouver.

Finally, a Twitter interview can be an interesting way to run a one - on - one public conversation, though it practice it can feel like competitive poetry or a freestyle rap showdown — i.e., a public balancing act on a very narrow wire.

Small radio frequency (RF) coils strategically placed around a patient's head — the twisted copper wires shown in the image at right — act as antennas, detecting that hum and transmitting it to domino - sized green amplifiers, which read the signal and pass it on to an external computer.

Dayton Jones and Thomas Kuiper, radio astronomers at JPL, have sketched a plan for deploying a rover to build a VLF radio telescope - essentially a huge network of wires acting as radio - wave receivers - in a crater on the lunar farside, where the moon's bulk blots out Earth's radio noise.

As subjects ran on a treadmill wearing the exosuit, the actuation unit pulled on the wires, which acted as a second pair of hip extensor muscles applying force to the legs with each stride.

Depending on how the CNTs grow, a fraction of these carbon nanotubes can end up behaving like metallic wires that always conduct electricity, instead of acting like semiconductors that can be switched off.

A long fiber called the axon extends from the cell body and is coated with a protective sheath called myelin, which acts like insulation on a wire, protecting the axon and facilitating sending and receiving electrical signals.

In most cases, what you get for your money is a box with three or four 9 volt batteries connected in series with a switch to turn it on, a light bulb in the circuit which will light up if the terminals are accidentally touched together (it acts as a fuse which won't blow in case of a short circuit), a couple of leads with clips and two silver electrodes which in most cases are small gauge silver wires.

The opening scene, in which the two friends share a Christmas Eve donut because they're too broke to afford one for each of them, unsentimentally suggests the high - wire act that making a living on the streets can be without the film ever slowing down its electronica - soundtracked strut.

In the 2008 documentary about his walk, Man on Wire, the talking heads and archival footage unveiled his feat, in all its danger and its daring, as an act of human transcendence of the kind we call art.

This all said one must remember that this is the cinemax arm of HBO, so while the acting is pretty good all around, it is by no means on the level of something like The Wire or Six Feet Under.

We're given the usual movie tropes: shots of the rapt young Philippe watching a circus act or, later on, juggling and wire - walking for spare change on the Left Bank, etc..

Recognizing an opportunity to recreate that incredible moment (one that only a small crowd of people had the privilege to experience) on the big screen, director Robert Zemeckis gives Petit's famous high - wire act the Hollywood treatment with the generically titled «The Walk,» and in IMAX 3D, no less.

In moving from Man on Wire to The Walk, we must revisit Petit's spectacular tight rope act with a hefty side of fromage.

It's a nimble high - wire act that Cretton, expanding on his 2008 short film of the same name, executes with poise and precision.

It's such a psychological high - wire act, unfolding with such austere formal commitment (usually in claustrophobic, locked - off medium - shot interiors) as to become almost unbearable, but if Chastain's is the titanic performance, Farrell's is the iceberg on which Julie wrecks herself — all the more lethal for how much is concealed.

In movies she acted in Cactus Flower (1969), Butterflies Are Free (1972), The Sugarland Express (1974) by Steven Spielberg, Shampoo (1975) by Hal Ashby with Warren Beatty, Foul Play (1978) with Chevy Chase, Private Benjamin (1980), Best Friends (1982) by Norman Jewison with Burt Reynolds, Swing Shift (1984) and Overboard (1987) with Kurt Russell, Bird on a Wire (1990) with Mel Gibson, Death Becomes Her (1992) with Bruce Willis and Meryl Streep, The First Wives Club (1996) with Bette Midler and Diane Keaton, Everyone Says I Love You (1996) by Woody Allen, HouseSitter (2002) with Steve Martin, The Banger Sisters (2002) with Susan Sarandon.

A gritty, intelligent, complex and well - acted series that fired on all cylinders throughout most of its five seasons, «The Wire» represents TV drama at its finest, anchored by a fantastic ensemble cast that rivals «Game of Thrones» in its sheer size and ability to squeeze great performances out of even the smallest roles.

British actor Idris Elba has joined a new Tv talent show.The Wire star will act as a mentor on a new U.K. series called Launching People, which aims...

It was like a soufflé that takes place on a high - wire act, but then it would collapse,» he said of the earlier versions.

«I'm tired of acting on wires in front of a green screen,» carps star actress Maria Enders (Juliette Binoche) in Clouds of Sils Maria, a complaint that connects the protagonist to her obvious predecessor in director Olivier Assayas» oeuvre: Maggie Cheung in 1996's Irma Vep.

A work of nonfiction that dances along the edges of documentary and fiction, confession and characterization, Actress follows Brandy Burre, former featured player on The Wire, as she struggles to revive her acting career while playing the real - life roles of mother and homemaker.

On the less sympathetic side, we get Dixon (Sam Rockwell, in a daring, high - wire act of a performance), a patrol cop with accusations of race - based torture against him.

When you have two of today's best working actors acting on a high - wire to do justice to two of the most recognisable figures of the 20th century, it's best to keep the focus solely located on them.

But «impressive» hardly starts to cover it: love the film or not (I was a little cool on it, overall), Baby Driver is indisputably one of 2017's most audacious piece of film craftsmanship, a high - wire act of choreographing every element of the film production process into one steady flow.

Recognizing an opportunity to recreate that once - in - a-lifetime moment on the big screen, director Robert Zemeckis gives Petit's famous high - wire act the Hollywood treatment with this adaptation of the unbelievable true story.

«Snowden» (December 25): Joseph Gordon - Levitt doubles down on the biopic beat this season, following up his Phillipe Petit high - wire act with that of controversial subject Edward Snowden, in the latest project from Oliver Stone.

The Telecommunications Act of 1934 established: «For the purpose of regulating interstate and foreign commerce in communication by wire and radio so as to make available, so far as possible, to all the people of the United States, without discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, or sex, a rapid, efficient, Nationwide, and world - wide wire and radio communication service with adequate facilities at reasonable charges, for the purpose of the national defense, for the purpose of promoting -LSB-...]

So I was having trouble with my 96 accord it was sputtering and Hesitant replaced plugs and wires checked my EGR it was good then suddenly out of nowhere it stalled out on me while driving and now it won't start it acts like it wants to but it won't turn over I smacked the starter a few times this is the first time its happened

It has been a balancing act that has, at times, caused me to teeter on the high wire of writing and almost fall.

Bennett, who started work on The Mothers nine years ago when she was seventeen, walks a high - wire act: treading complicated story arcs, maturing characters and voice and tone with impressive panache.

I didn't say put on a high - wire act for the whole fucking city of Miami!»

We're wired to have opinions about investments even when strong evidence says that acting on our opinions will likely lose us money.

U.S. federal law under the Animal Welfare Act allows breeders to keep animals in cages with wire flooring that are stacked on top of each other.

Under the federal Animal Welfare Act, it is completely legal to keep a dog in a cage only six inches longer than the dog in each direction, with a wire floor, stacked on top of another cage, for the dog's entire life.

Furthermore, the habitat comes with four plastic clips, as well as a clip located on the front door which acts as a latch that can lock the wire top of the cage to the pan on the bottom.

Amaze yourself as you take each challenge head on, from speedy Rippin» Zip Lines, midair jumps, suspended gravity defying climbing walls, walk the plank and high wire acts that will have you coming back for more!

Ms. Frankenthaler's high - wire act is especially evident in the jagged pools and terraces of color in the aptly titled «Flood» and in «Interior Landscape,» which centers on a single, exuberant splash.

From the agitation of the elliptical spots that inaugurated his precocious beginnings in the early 1960s, to the torrents of impasto with which he sprayed his way through the 1980s and 1990s, followed by more experiments in texture and paint application — not all successful, but never diffident — Poons's career has been something of a protracted high - wire act, dedicated to the pursuit of painting on its own terms.

However, I love and fear the high wire act of answering questions about climate change on the spot.

(4) An employee of any regularly published newspaper, magazine, wire service, radio station, or television station acting in the course of bona fide news gathering duties on a full - time or contractual or part - time basis, shall be deemed to have consent to record and divulge communications or conversations otherwise prohibited by this chapter if the consent is expressly given or if the recording or transmitting device is readily apparent or obvious to the speakers.

The Power Core system that facilitates that charging can also act as a wireless receiver, which Logitech claims allows inputs on the G903 to be received as fast, or faster than some competitor wired mice.

Professional Profile Utilize technology to drive the construction and renovation process, including both diagnostic and construction tools, equipment, and various media such as tile, drywall, wood, brick, flooring, wiring, plumbing, and fixtures Perform needs - based technical assessments to identify areas of concern while facilitating an effective and timely solution to any construction issues Apply technical knowledge and education to installation, maintenance, and repair tasks, focusing on the accurate and efficient completion of all assigned jobs Maintain a strong working knowledge of products, materials, construction techniques, equipment maintenance and use, and other relevant industry knowledge and trends Organize and manage construction and renovation process from initial consultation to job completion, while collaborating effectively with other staff, material and equipment vendors, and firm management Interact in a professional and effective manner with customers utilizing polished introduction and explanatory skills, providing complete and accurate issue descriptions Provide complete support to other construction personnel and management with technical assistance, guidance, and successful collaboration Lead through example with consistent work ethic, attitude, and professionalism, while performing all construction and design tasks, supporting all project management and execution tasks, and facilitating high - quality relationships with vendors, customers, and other interested parties Participate extensively in all continuing education and advanced technical training opportunities Address customer and staff queries and resolve them in an expedited manner Act as a liaison between clients, vendors, suppliers, construction team members, and management staff members