Not exact matches
The stockpiling began in the 1990s,
as Congress implemented the military - transfer program to equip police
with automatic weapons and
armored trucks to better protect themselves against drug gangs and neutralize armed assailants like the two men who carried out the Columbine High School massacre.
As law enforcement officers descended on the town of 21,000 equipped
with armored trucks, body
armor, camouflage, and assault rifles, and fired tear gas and rubber bullets into crowds of protesters during the last two weeks, civilians and politicians are making call to rein in the weapons arsenals cops have been amassing.
The idea is to arm
armored combat vehicles and tactical wheeled vehicles
with additional protective technology to secure platforms and soldiers from enemy fire; vehicles slated for use of APS systems are infantry fighting vehicles such
as Bradleys along
with Stykers, Abrams tanks and even tactical vehicles such
as transport trucks and the emerging Humvee replacement, the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle.
Inc. spoke
with armored truck manufacturer Lenco and rifle manufacturer Daniel Defense to see how their businesses could be affected and how it felt
as a business owner to see their products being used in Ferguson.
Falstaff at war is a parody of the other knights: too fat to be hoisted onto a horse, he spends the battle
as a tubby suit of
armor, waddling from tree to tree, justifying his mid-battle feint of death
with «the better part of valor is discretion.»
The problem
with the «malnutrition» response is that the suits of
armor were very expensive and contained intricate non-functional aspects such
as engravings.
There are places where he resorts to the imagery of myth and speaks of Christ
as if he were living an unseen life
with God in a heavenly realm above, from which he would descend to appear on the earth at the imminent end - time.38 At other times Paul could speak of the church
as the body of Christ, of which the Christian believers formed «the limbs and organs».39 He exhorted the Galatians to «put on Christ
as a garment», 40 he said to the Romans, «Let Christ Jesus himself be the
armor that you wear», 41 and he told the Galatians how he was in travail until they «took the shape of Christ».42 In various ways Paul spoke of the risen Christ
as an indwelling presence in the believer, the most moving passage being his own testimony, I have been crucified
with Christ; the life I now live is not my life, but the life which Christ lives in me; and my present bodily life is lived by faith in the Son of God who loved me and gave himself up for me.»
Just
as with the belt of truth, we will look at this second piece of the
armor in three ways.
So it is
with good reason today,
as we turn to look at the spiritual
armor which God has given for us to use in this spiritual war, that Paul begins his discussion
with the belt of truth.
The martial language of
armor, breastplates, shields, and helmets disrupts the language of love
as if to convey the fierceness of the temptation to fall back into the attitudes and habits associated
with the old way of life (6:6 - 18).
Today we cover the helmet of salvation, and just
as with the other pieces of
armor, we will look at three things.
With all of that in mind, let's move on to discuss what the helmet is to be used for
as part of the Christian's
armor.
I agree
with Mike on (Pursue an intimate relationship
with Jesus
as your lifelong goal) and here are the words of God, which actually an
armor for all of us in our life, so: a Recite God's word.Psalm 119:11 I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you.
Nassau County jail's private medical provider,
Armor Correctional Health Services, has agreed to pay $ 350,000
as part of a settlement
with New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman.
«The minority leader is well within his rights to have separate counsel not associated
with the county executive especially in a matter such
as the
Armor litigation, which arises out of an extremely controversial relationship
with a county vendor,» Clines wrote.
Armor also had said Tuesday it would work
with county officials to guarantee a «seamless transition» to a new jail health care provider «
as long
as all parties adhere to the contractual terms of the current contract.»
Mike served around the world: the DMZ in Korea, defending the German border in the Cold War, commanding an infantry company in Desert Storm
with the 1st
Armored Division, serving
as a European foreign area officer, earning two masters degrees from Indiana University, teaching at West Point and the Command and General Staff College, leading logistics units in Hawaii, and commanding two training battalions after the attacks of 9/11.
The word «psychopath» conjures up movie images of brutal, inexplicable violence: Jack Nicholson chasing his family
with an ax in The Shining or Anthony Hopkins
as Hannibal Lecter, his face locked into an
armored mask to keep him from biting people to death.
«Studying the formation and evolution of jets in metals and, more generally, how materials at extreme conditions respond using X-ray phase contrast imaging is relevant to such things
as meteorite impacts, the performance of explosives and detonators, understanding crack nucleation and propagation in materials, and the development of new materials
with tailored properties whose applications include automotive and airplane components, lighter and more impact - resistant
armor, and debris shields in space, to name a few.»
Among angiosperm species, wood density emerged
as a useful predictive trait of drought survival, perhaps because trees
with dense wood tend to have more
armor around their xylem.
He suggests that different layers of this
armor were lost in different fishes,
with the dentine layer becoming the scales of sharks and skates and the bony layer becoming the scales of animals such
as zebrafish.
But
as armor began to become obsolete in the 1600s
with the invention of gunpowder, the greaves and sabatons were the first things to go.
Farther inland, he trekked through arid forests where giant jumping rats surfaced among baobabs — odd, upside - down trees
with wide bases and pointed tops —
as well
as through a sandless desert landscape speckled
with thorny
armored bushes
with thick, fleshy leaves that harbored hissing cockroaches.
Ultimately, the team hopes to combine their
armor penetrating - approach
with adoptive T cell therapy,
as well
as standard chemo.
Animals
with such shells somehow use brittle, crumbly chalk (known formally
as calcium carbonate) to build
armor that can protect them along unforgiving reefs and rocky shorelines.
Instead, think of them
as armor that will protect you in this crazy world,
with all of the bazillion details you deal
with every day.
As with any relationship, it is important to hold space and let down our defense mechanisms, our «metal
armoring,» so we can be authentic
with our partner.
I believe that the organism will always try to balance itself, so if you notice that one chakra is out of whack, be kind to yourself
as it is not a sign of anything other than your Self trying to be in balance
with all the
armor and defenses we pile around our sacred core being.
And while the inspiration look would be fine for the office
as well, I think that pairing the duo
with a black top and black shoes adds a fierceness to the outfit that is sometimes a necessary
armor in the workplace.
Russian women regard foreigners
as «knights in shining
armor»: kind, noble, considerate and eager to help
with household and kids.
The brother serves
as a stand in to the bride, and any Protect your electronic devices
with Ghost
Armor, the best screen protection available!
The good news is that some parts of this shopping list are checked off
with style and grace: Tony and Pepper are still, at heart, the leads in a screwball comedy — and Downey and Paltrow are top form here; the new villain has the comics» Crimson Dynamo's name — Ivan Vanko [Mickey Rourke]-- but instead of wearing the hopelessly out of date crimson
armor, wields a pair of plasma whips that can slice and dice even Stark's fancy suit; and finally, there's Justin Hammer [Sam Rockwell — who was a finalist in casting Stark], a hi - tech weapons manufacturer who got Stark's old Department of Defence contracts even though he's not nearly
as talented.
Anyways, picking up where Iron Man left off, Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) now outed
as the
armored superhero, is living the high life
with more paparazzi, parties and willing women (I contemplated using the «p» word there) to contend
with than the most famous of celebrities.
This latest title in the franchise will follow the same formula
as the previous titles; you play a futuristic super-policeman
with a powerful suit featuring advanced
armor and weapons.
Michael Mann «s 1995 film Heat wastes no time at all — it begins
with the heist of an
armored car and compels us to keep watching
as our career thieves continue down this dangerous path.
There are flying Monovisions, Breaker Tubes
with powerful shells of
armor that can only be destroyed by mortar fire or explosive cannons, and massive mini-boss variants known
as the Big Willie or Volt Dropper.
With other monsters I was less cheap, instead making use of things like traps and learning their weak points to take them down efficiently or to break off things like horns or chest plates to take home
as valuable
armor - upgrading loot.
The game adapts to Big Boss» changing toolbox of espionage tactics, however, and
as you eventually come face - to - face
with heavily
armored soldiers, you'll find that your tranquilizer gun isn't nearly
as effective
as it was in the early portion of the game.
Horizon Zero Dawn's young machine hunter Aloy comes to life in Monster Hunter: World for PS4
with Aloy's bow and full
armor set
as well
as Palico
armor that can make the player's Palico look like a machine from Horizon Zero Dawn.
Carefully balancing out
armor against your choice of weapon can lead to a powerful build, such
as how in many previous Monster Hunter games a combination of a Greatsword
with the Focus and Crit Draw skills would lead to a near unstoppable damage output.
As part of Monster Hunter World's ongoing relationship
with PlayStation, the PS4 version of the game will feature a full
armor set based on Aloy from Horizon: Zero Dawn.
Not only does Al's
armored body look every inch like the animated Al, but the effects are good enough that there were several times that I forgot we were dealing
with CGI and really looked at that suit of
armor as the wounded and disembodied Al..
There will be a total of 14 quests added to the game along
with the additional weapons and
armor sets, one bonus Palico, and some Guild Card backgrounds
as well.
Sticking
with design, the DLC also introduces new weapons /
armor and abilities to improve Aloy's adventure, which are fun
as hell to use in older missions in the game.
As a means of illustration, it took me about two days of playing in order to collect enough materials to craft the weapon that I eventually finished the game
with, and that's not counting the time invested for the
armor I was wearing.
For 90 seconds, the Evasion Mantle grants you an increased invulnerability window when dodging — comparable to an
armor set
with the Evade Window skill maxed out —
as well
as an attack boost when you dodge an attack at the last moment.
At the end of Iron Man, after revealing his identity
as the
armored superhero to the world, an exhausted Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) returned to his mansion, only to be greeted by Jackson's Fury who emerged from the shadows
with word of a superhero team: the Avengers — clearly influenced by The Ultimates comics by writer Mark Millar and artist Bryan Hitch.
Combat is the same
as it always was, but
with Bayonetta Witch Time, you can upgrade
armor, but not weapons, enemy AI amounts to either throwing something at you, or running straight at you, for ALL enemies, and sidequests are shallow fetch quests,
with one out of every five truly being any good.
In the comics, Killmonger is typically depicted
as shirtless, but dons a gold and red jaguar
armor with a long pointed mask in a dual
with T'Challa.
Then, a Senate hearing committee tries to claim Tony's invention
as the property of the United States, and we meet the slimy weapons manufacturer Justin Hammer (Sam Rockwell), who is also trying to come up
with something similar to the Iron Man
armor.