With Isaac on its way, gates were closed at the mouths of the canals to block storm surge, and pumps were primed to push rainwater out, said Marcia St. Martin, the executive director of the board.
One thing that comes across in Bob Woodward's new book is the way Gates, along with certain generals, pushed the Afghan policy review in a direction that they, and not President Obama, wanted it to go.
I was initially unconvinced by the idea of Gates opening up to her, telling the details of his early relationship with Jackie – although it's true a combination of a good looks, alcohol and an understanding manner can sometimes work wonders – but the scene was well-written and the way Gates abandoned their drink rang true.
Maybe we are looking at the one-way gate between life and death.
"It's lockdown there to us, basically, but it appears to be a one-way gate," he said.
Smoluchowski proposed a system that did not rely on an intelligent observer based on a spring-loaded one-way gate, opened by thermal fluctuations.
As you progress from level to level the challenges get more complex; there are one-way gates or locked areas that require you to slide over a key.
This property to move persistently along walls enabled us to design patterns that control direction of movements, resulting in uni-directional circling or one-way gating between two areas.
One-way gates prevent the animals from backing away in fear.
Overall, we believe the use of bellows-based respiratory gating provides a simple robust way to gate PET/MRI data without affecting MR imaging.
The way the gate is lighted produces sharp white lines around its edges, adding a bit of magic to the scene.
