| 单词 | impermeable |
| 例句 | They tie nkisis of leaves around their wrists and declare themselves impermeable to bullets, immune to death. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z But it is illusion to think that there is anything fragile about the life of the earth; surely this is the toughest membrane imaginable in the universe, opaque to probability, impermeable to death. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Those that come close suddenly change direction before hitting her glove, bouncing off as though she is surrounded by something invisible and impermeable. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Yet behind the captivation of the romantic domain, rests a tragic drama, and a fable of loss and disillusionment, yet the impermeable sense of magic and idealism. World literature tour: France 2011-03-28T11:30:33Z It’s a distinction that leaves chronic fatigue patients with only two options: their condition is either biological, currently incurable and impermeable to psychological factors; or they’re hypochondriacs who have invented the whole thing. ‘It was like being buried alive’: battle to recover from chronic fatigue syndrome 2016-02-15T05:00:00Z Something “impermeable,” Hans Holbein suspects as he paints Cromwell’s forbidding portrait. Review: ‘Wolf Hall,’ by Hilary Mantel 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z Unshredded leaves will form an impermeable layer that prevents moisture and oxygen from reaching the soil, which can lead to excessive heat, mold, and bad smells. How much mulch is too much mulch? 2022-05-02T04:00:00Z And moving forward, as walls that once seemed impermeable continue to crumble, maybe it will become a template, too. Party-Rap Tunes, Served Up Light 2015-04-19T04:00:00Z No clue, though it jams electronic transmissions and sound, and it’s firmly impermeable, as the characters demonstrate repeatedly by feeling it up in a way that does Marcel Marceau proud. TV Tonight: Under the Dome 2013-06-24T13:52:12Z Tasha said, “I thought I was a strong, tough, impermeable, African-American athlete. Nobody could manipulate me, nobody could take advantage of me.” "These girls became perfect prey": The women who ended Larry Nassar's abuse tell their stories 2019-09-14T04:00:00Z “Cork is an amazing natural material, impermeable to liquids and gas, and with great thermal qualities,” Ms. Grindi said. Style: Turning Cork Into Couture 2011-08-22T11:36:34Z Privilege seems to create an impermeable protective shell around some people; for others it sharpens their alertness to inequality. Poem of the Week: The New Colossus by Emma Lazarus 2012-06-04T10:42:44Z “Most figurative sculpture offers a body that is impermeable, strong, powerful,” she said. Rose B. Simpson Thinks in Clay 2022-06-16T04:00:00Z The family, tormented in the end by this slow hammering of grief and regret, were impermeable to sympathy. Rewind TV: The Man Who Crossed Hitler; Hans Litten vs Adolf Hitler: To Stop a Tyrant; Random; American: The Bill Hicks Story; The Hour ? review 2011-08-27T23:05:58Z It occupies a 19th-century walnut table and recalls a Greek kylix, but it flops, uncannily, to one side, its body made not of rigid and impermeable pottery, but of softly coiled machine-braided rope. Inside a Designer’s Theatrical Apartment and Studio in Rome 2019-01-28T05:00:00Z All you had to do was search out police barricades, the flash of cameras and impermeable masses of assembled fans, all of which required the blockage of an entire city street. Scene City: Tribeca Film Festival Honors Artists with a Dinner Hosted by Chanel 2014-04-23T20:03:00Z When in the treatment facility they wear thick protective yellow impermeable suits, rubber boots and respirator masks, two pairs of rubber gloves, thick goggles and rubber full-length aprons to protect them from the disease. Doctors on the Ebola frontline: 'You can see the fear when they look at us' 2014-08-05T04:00:00Z Mummies don’t just overcome death with their impermeable agelessness and unchanging masks; they also hide all the weaknesses and flaws of life. Exhibition Review: King Tut Reigns at the Discovery Center and the Met 2010-04-22T22:18:00Z In the past, Ms. d’Anglejan-Chatillon explained, the contemporary art world was “very impermeable to a lot of other possibilities,” because it had plenty to sell. An Event Filled With Art History Makes Room for Today 2022-06-15T04:00:00Z The first show didn’t age well, but its rock-solid commitment to its own stupidity have made it impermeable to any doubts. Review: Fuller House's Forced Nostalgia Is Bad News For TV 2016-02-26T05:00:00Z Soil sealing means that fertile land is covered by impermeable materials like concrete. Can the heat from running computers help grow our food? It’s complicated 2023-04-12T04:00:00Z There’s a depressing insularity to it — a very specific bubble of determination within the larger, protectively impermeable bubble that is Texas itself. Review | Netflix’s ‘Cheer’ is the documentary that hard-working cheerleaders have long deserved 2020-01-08T05:00:00Z The integration of women's long hair in Chinese tribal capes made of sheep's and yak's wool helped guarantee a dense natural weave that made the cape nearly impermeable. ArtsBeat: In Paris, an Exhibition Dedicated to Hair 2012-09-25T19:04:21Z There’s a lot of the true, impermeable Nora Webster in that sentence. ‘Nora Webster,’ by Colm Toibin 2014-10-13T04:00:00Z They are not impermeable to the damage that would happen if you ride your bike every day.” Looking Smart on the Pedals 2013-07-10T20:56:39Z Despite all of the challenges of her life, Sainte-Marie’s infectiously hopeful energy and radiant smile seem impermeable to cynicism and despair. Buffy Sainte-Marie Broke Boundaries in Folk. A Documentary Tells Her Story. 2022-11-21T05:00:00Z He painted our cities: impermeable, alien and at once impossibly distant and suffocatingly close. Perspective | In Hopper’s early Paris paintings, reflections of today’s strange, desolate cities 2021-01-07T05:00:00Z The line between showmanship and sentiment is often thick and impermeable, but midway through his Tuesday evening performance in Fort Greene Park in Brooklyn, Charles Bradley obliterated it. Music Review: A Journeyman Soul Singer Embraces His Audience in Word and in Deed 2011-07-27T21:53:11Z But sequestered in a warren of rooms, it felt chopped up and impermeable — disconnected rather than porous. 'UH-OH: Frances Stark, 1991-2015' at Hammer Museum is an enthralling midcareer survey 2015-11-11T05:00:00Z Contagious diseases — both in fiction and in real life — remind us that the social and cultural boundaries we use to structure society are fragile and porous, not stable and impermeable. Apocalyptic fiction helps us deal with the anxiety of the coronavirus pandemic 2020-03-23T04:00:00Z What’s more, he becomes the unwitting avatar of an age when technology has made the once impermeable membrane between artist and audience thinned to virtual nonexistence. When you were at the movies this year, reality wasn’t too far away 2014-12-30T05:00:00Z Linen, cotton or silk — all treated to be impermeable to water and ultraviolet rays — are cut and sewn into the canopies, which might be adorned with lace, ribbon, embroidery or even ostrich feathers. 12 Treasures of Europe 2014-10-17T04:00:00Z He’s an impermeable wall to the army of agents, publicists, executives and journalists who constantly threaten to chip away at Larry’s time to the detriment of the product. 'Raw, sad, hilarious': how Rip Torn lit up TV with The Larry Sanders Show 2019-07-10T04:00:00Z Eyes closed, hands splayed by her side, in a crocheted black bikini, she seemed impermeable to stress. Modern Mothers’ Turn to Scratch an Itch 2013-08-16T23:18:36Z There’s this excellent line about his sometime friend Saul Bellow: “Saul: who like a precious jewel may let himself be handled, but who is impermeable.” Books of The Times: A Lifetime of Anxiety and Lust 2011-05-25T22:16:59Z This impermeable barrier blocks the uncontrolled movement of material into the root, by forming a tight seal between cells. Protein root discovery seals future of climate-proof plants 2023-10-27T04:00:00Z Officials said the debris would be put into dumpsters lined with impermeable plastic, then wrapped up like a burrito and sealed with glue. Hawaii agrees to hand over site to Maui County for wildfire landfill and memorial 2023-10-27T04:00:00Z A key characteristic of such environments is the presence of impermeable, heat-retaining surfaces created using brick, stone, asphalt, and concrete. Does urbanization trigger plant evolution? 2023-10-20T04:00:00Z Breakneck urbanisation in China has encased vast stretches of land in impermeable concrete, often along the banks of major rivers, that traditionally served as flood plains. Lingering rains from typhoon batter China for seventh day 2023-09-11T04:00:00Z Trees cannot grow tall and strong when completely squeezed by impermeable surfaces. Trees and housing: How to combat canopy inequity 2023-08-25T04:00:00Z An “impermeable fabric barrier” will be erected at the mouth of the slough to prevent crossover of water with the river. Chemical treatment to be deployed against invasive fish in Colorado River 2023-08-18T04:00:00Z Rapid urbanisation has meant the spread of impermeable concrete surfaces and reduced natural wetlands and marshes that had in the past absorbed rain. Explainer: Why was northern China ravaged by floods? 2023-08-09T04:00:00Z Natural and permeable surfaces are replaced by impermeable structures like buildings and roads. The floor is lava That suggested the volcanic rocks inside the seamount were also rich in water, trapped by an impermeable cap, the team concluded. Undersea mountains help lubricate ‘slow slip’ earthquakes 2023-06-21T04:00:00Z Lignin itself is a complex polymer that is impermeable to water and confers mechanical strength to vascular tissue. Fundamentals of Biology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The bilayer lipid membrane that surrounds a neuron is impermeable to ions. Concepts of Biology 2013-04-25T00:00:00Z Producing outstanding kimchi requires a Goldilocks situation, Kim says: fermentation vessels need to be semipermeable rather than overly permeable or impermeable. Science Shows Why Traditional Kimchi Making Works So Well 2023-05-16T04:00:00Z America’s nuclear umbrella may look less impermeable these days to our Asia friends. Opinion | South Korea-U.S. partnership is an epic success. We need to keep it that way. 2023-04-25T04:00:00Z They erected sea walls in white Istrian stone, impermeable to salt. Venice Is Saved! Woe Is Venice. 2023-04-01T04:00:00Z The model accounted for impermeable rock traps of different kinds, the destructive effect of microbes, and the assumption—based on oil industry experience—that only 10% of hydrogen accumulations might ever be tapped economically. Hidden hydrogen: Earth may hold vast stores of a renewable, carbon-free fuel 2023-02-15T05:00:00Z Semipermeable membranes are permeable to certain types of solutes and to water, but typically cell membranes are impermeable to solutes. Concepts of Biology 2013-04-25T00:00:00Z Clean bedding regularly, and place impermeable covers on your pillows and mattress to block dust mite allergens. Six ways to improve your home’s air quality this winter 2023-01-16T05:00:00Z The bank is an armored wall of concrete, steel and riprap: impermeable. How stray logs in Puget Sound turn industrial shorelines green 2023-01-15T05:00:00Z It goes over highly impermeable ground and little room exists in its urban path for building spreading grounds. In a Drought, California is Watching Water Wash Out to Sea 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z Gaucher believes the first target for natural hydrogen explorers should be shallow accumulations that sit under impermeable caps within a kilometer or two of the surface. Hidden hydrogen: Earth may hold vast stores of a renewable, carbon-free fuel 2023-02-15T05:00:00Z And that’s already a challenge: One paleo valley found outside of Sacramento has been slated for a housing development, which would cover it with impermeable concrete and asphalt. Opinion | California Could Capture Its Destructive Floodwaters to Fight Drought 2023-01-07T05:00:00Z Officials also recommended sealing corpses in impermeable bags and cremating them within 24 hours. The Coronavirus May Spread From Corpses, Scientists Report 2022-12-15T05:00:00Z The paleovalleys are rare geologic features in the Central Valley, where much of the ground has layers of impermeable clay and silt that impede the downward movement of water. From the air, scientists map 'fast paths' for recharging California's groundwater 2022-11-18T05:00:00Z That means no artificial turf, bare soil or impermeable surfaces within the area to be converted. Tear out your lawn, get more free cash. LADWP ups rebates for customers 2022-11-03T04:00:00Z Natural replenishment is much slower in confined aquifers like the Potomac, where layers of impermeable clays and rocks beneath the surface make it hard for rainwater to seep back into the ground. There’s Something in the Water in Virginia. Before You Say ‘Yuck,’ Wait. 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z Repolarization follows as the membrane again becomes impermeable to Na+, and K+ moves from high to low concentration. College Physics for AP Courses 2015-08-12T00:00:00Z However, when impermeable mica flakes were inserted between the tip and the cut base, the seedling did not bend. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z The city's development meant increased pavement and impermeable surfaces, leading to higher runoff and more flooding. After deluge, climate change fears make S.Korea prioritise Seoul flood defences 2022-08-11T04:00:00Z Still, the city needs impermeable surfaces too, including affordable housing. Extreme Weather Is Soaking New York City. Community Gardens Can Help. 2022-07-27T04:00:00Z The second is to provide an impermeable barrier beneath the contaminant. Physical Geology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The depolarization causes the membrane to again become impermeable to Na+ , and the movement of K+ quickly returns the cell to its resting potential, or repolarizes it. College Physics for AP Courses 2015-08-12T00:00:00Z The descending limb of the loop of Henle is water impermeable, so the water flows from the filtrate to the interstitial fluid. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z More than 50% of Seoul's land areas are impermeable, with the figure much higher in the affluent Gangnam district with wide boulevards and office buildings, experts said. After deluge, climate change fears make S.Korea prioritise Seoul flood defences 2022-08-11T04:00:00Z The presence of easily-drained sands and gravels overlying more impermeable clays weathered from volcanic ash, along with recent regrading of the slope, may have been contributing causes of this slide. An Introduction to Geology 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z An aquifer is a body of rock or sediment that has sufficient permeability for water to be extracted, while an aquitard is an impermeable body. Physical Geology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z In its resting state, the cell membrane is permeable to K+ and Cl- , and impermeable to Na+ . College Physics for AP Courses 2015-08-12T00:00:00Z The descending limb of the loop of Henle is water impermeable, so the water flows from the filtrate to the interstitial fluid. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z Cells are bound together by tight junctions that form an impermeable barrier. Anatomy and Physiology 2013-06-19T00:00:00Z When one cone of depression intersects another cone of depression or a barrier feature like an impermeable mountain block, drawdown is intensified. An Introduction to Geology 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z Figure 20.24 Depiction of the process of directional drilling and fracking to recover gas from impermeable rocks. Physical Geology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z That bubble no longer feels as impermeable to the outside world as it used to. Baseball, fragile yet relentless, returns as Opening Day arrives 2022-04-07T04:00:00Z The sodium-potassium pump helps in the development of negative charge inside the cell by making the membrane impermeable to positively charged ions. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z It is completely impermeable to water due to the absence of aquaporin proteins, but ions, mainly Na+ and CL–, are actively reabsorbed by a cotransport system. Anatomy and Physiology 2013-06-19T00:00:00Z Eventually what remains is the impermeable underbelly, such as shale or granite. To Revive a River, Restore Its Hidden Gut 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z A permeable material has a greater number of larger, well-connected pores spaces, whereas an impermeable material has fewer, smaller pores that are poorly connected. Physical Geology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z On impermeable surfaces, rains become surface runoff, picking up fertilizers, road chemicals and herbicides that get into our waterways. How to chose the right hardscaping material for a solid foundation | Produced by Seattle Times Marketing 2022-03-23T04:00:00Z The plasma membrane is impermeable to polar molecules, so transport proteins are required. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z That means deep repositories are best situated in certain types of clay, salt, or hard crystalline rock, because they have small, disconnected pore spaces and are almost impermeable to water. Finland built this tomb to store nuclear waste. Can it survive for 100,000 years? 2022-02-23T05:00:00Z Americans are living in two different countries right now, and the border between those countries is impermeable. When Your Office Decides the Pandemic Is Over 2022-01-28T05:00:00Z Both oil and gas migrate toward the surface and can be trapped beneath impermeable rock layers in structural features, such as anticlines or faults. Physical Geology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Coalition ground forces were also present, using armored vehicles to support the SDF as it fanned out around the prison to make the perimeter impermeable. U.S.-backed Syrian forces announce defeat of Islamic State in prison standoff 2022-01-26T05:00:00Z Suddenly, a Georgia defense that came about as close to impermeable developed the bad kind of holiness: 24 points and 319 yards in the second quarter. Alabama thrashes Georgia’s vaunted defense to win SEC championship 2021-12-04T05:00:00Z They do not, however, create an impermeable barrier to infection. Colin Powell had been treated for a cancer that severely impairs the immune system, lowering coronavirus vaccine effectiveness 2021-10-18T04:00:00Z Complicating matters, miles of impermeable hard rock jut up from below. In clashes over cannabis, race, and water, hard data is scarce 2021-08-31T04:00:00Z But in that case, the substances would have to be able to pass through the protective and mostly impermeable blood-brain barrier that separates our brains from the rest of our bodies. How exercise may help keep our memory sharp 2021-08-28T04:00:00Z The shots don’t create an impermeable protective sheath. Rise of delta variant and waning immunity are fueling breakthrough infections, experts say 2021-08-17T04:00:00Z There will be a public courtyard and pedestrian pathways meant to break the impermeable barrier that the cold-storage complex now creates in the neighborhood. A $2-billion mega-project could reshape the Arts District 2021-04-29T04:00:00Z The younger woman she’s talking to is appalled and jolted by a sense that the two “lived in different universes,” which were “separated by a wall, infinitely high, impermeable.” I’m Realizing My Friends Are Racist. What Should I Do? 2021-03-23T04:00:00Z But, like missile defense, that is hardly an impermeable shield. White House Weighs New Cybersecurity Approach After Failure to Detect Hacks 2021-03-14T05:00:00Z We like to think of our houses as impermeable fortresses when in fact they are full of holes that offer access to food and shelter. Perspective | This column stinks: A mystery smell in our house has us on nasal alert. 2021-03-14T05:00:00Z She wound up with essentially solid hair, impermeable to shampoo, as she explained in TikTok videos posted Feb. 3. 'Gorilla Glue Girl' finds her happy ending, with help from a Beverly Hills surgeon 2021-02-11T05:00:00Z The city’s waste management regulations declare, “Solid waste delivered to the facility shall only be deposited, placed, sorted, disposed or processed in an enclosed building with impermeable floors.” Problems at D.C.’s trash transfer stations include structural damage and coronavirus 2020-12-21T05:00:00Z We see this in his followers, who are often impermeable to information that contradicts their cherished beliefs. Psychiatrist Bandy Lee: Trump's meltdown shows it's the "most dangerous period of this presidency" 2020-11-09T05:00:00Z He had spent more than a decade trying to penetrate high school football with statistical analysis, finding the culture of community and tradition nearly impermeable until he massaged his pitch. Friday Night Bytes: Can Analytics Revolutionize High School Football? 2020-11-05T05:00:00Z Many voters are still supporting Trump because they’re living in a hermetically sealed disinformation bubble that is impermeable to reality. Opinion | How can 42 percent of Americans still support the worst president in our history? 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z A perforated drain tile is installed to improve drainage, and after the cagelike structure is built, impermeable vertical plates are added to prevent roots from venturing under the street. Omaha landscaping plan promotes native plants, healthy trees 2020-08-01T04:00:00Z Even Trump — with his limited ability to comprehend written English, or anything else outside his impermeable penumbra of ego — can read the writing on the wall. The Democrats' dilemma: Supposedly they're winning — but their leaders keep on losing 2020-06-29T04:00:00Z “While it’s not impermeable, we are in essence protected from cases around us — at least that’s the model. For those reasons, we’re still very comfortable being in Orlando.” Despite Virus Spike, N.B.A. Is ‘Very Comfortable’ With Florida Plan 2020-06-26T04:00:00Z “They are impermeable to social reforms. And as ‘France’s top cop,’ the interior minister becomes a mere ventriloquist for the police, and can’t really reform.” French Police Push Back Against Proposed Reforms 2020-06-12T04:00:00Z There’s an impermeable liner keeping all the garbage and methane in place. The Tragedy of the Compost 2020-05-26T04:00:00Z “Sovereignty is not a guarantee of security. Borders aren’t impermeable; oceans aren’t moats. We were vulnerable to an infection that began in Wuhan, and it proves that globalization is a reality rather than a choice.” America First meets global pandemic, testing Trump worldview 2020-04-29T04:00:00Z The subsurface of Kilauea is a byzantine collection of rocky features, including many impermeable walls of frozen magma. Did Heavy Rain Make Hawaii’s Kilauea Volcano Erupt? 2020-04-22T04:00:00Z They receive bodies wrapped in impermeable plastic wrappings, which they remove for the ritual and replace before removing again to lower the deceased into the ground. Around the world, the devout are adapting their rituals to fit life under the coronavirus 2020-04-22T04:00:00Z Governors of those states can entertain the illusion of alternative facts, imagining their borders are impermeable. Opinion | Foot-dragging GOP governors are imperiling the whole country 2020-04-03T04:00:00Z While homemade and even surgical masks are far from impermeable, an incremental reduction in risk would still be an improvement. Opinion | Let health workers have the medical gear. But we should all start covering our faces. 2020-03-31T04:00:00Z “No quarantine is entirely impermeable,” said Howard Markel, a physician and medical historian at the University of Michigan, who conducted studies into more than 40 communities. As coronavirus spreads, islands from Maine to Hawaii experiment with isolation 2020-03-24T04:00:00Z The plants have succeeded in their intent to take back an area that seemed impermeable to life. Nature surrounds us, even in quarantine 2020-03-22T04:00:00Z Transporter proteins shuttle substrate molecules across the otherwise impermeable lipid bilayer of the cell membrane. Protein structure reveals how a malaria parasite imports a wide range of sugars 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z Doctors like myself, who went to medical school in the 20th century, were taught to think that there was an impermeable barrier between the brain and the immune system. From depression to dementia, inflammation is medicine’s new frontier | Edward Bullmore 2020-01-19T05:00:00Z An impermeable block has crumbled, my muse being, I guess, the grim reaper. The Art of Dying 2019-12-16T05:00:00Z Miles is a Brit, from the fringe of Birmingham, with an accent of impermeable glumness. Boys Will Be Boys in “Ford v Ferrari” 2019-11-08T05:00:00Z These areas suffer from the same urban heat island effect that causes the rising number of heat deaths in Phoenix, where fewer trees and larger swaths of impermeable ground prime areas for heat absorption. Boiling point: in Tucson, not everyone is equal in the face of heat 2019-08-31T04:00:00Z This creates an impermeable clot, perfect for preventing bleeding. A colourful sea of blood vessel cells wins science image competition 2019-08-13T04:00:00Z Cornyn is stuck in a partisan bubble so impermeable, the argument goes, that it’s better to chalk this up to ignorance than dishonesty. John Cornyn's rhetoric on health care takes a ridiculous turn 2019-07-30T04:00:00Z Inselbergs hold another gift: deposits of concentrated iron ore, protected from washing away by the impermeable surface. Dinosaur-age landscapes lurk in Southern Hemisphere 2019-06-26T04:00:00Z Scientists say the benefit of salt is it’s nearly impermeable. US underground nuclear waste dump explained 2019-03-23T04:00:00Z Beauty is synonymous with a highly precarious yet glossy and impermeable outer shell. Welcome to Брайтон Бич, Brooklyn 2018-12-14T05:00:00Z That combination produces much less runoff than a single-slab, impermeable driveway, experts say. Porous paving options catch on, one driveway at a time 2018-11-27T05:00:00Z Using a combination of horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing, Mitchell’s team cracked the code for getting gas out of rock that was thought to be impermeable. How the US fracking boom almost fell apart 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z “You’ve basically made an absorbent surface into an impermeable surface,” Miller said. Flash flood watch issued for parts of Riverside, San Bernardino counties charred by wildfire 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z Replacing an impermeable parking lot with a LEED-certified building also would help the environment, supporters say. Takoma Park seeks a ‘progressive’ future for a parking lot 2018-07-23T04:00:00Z The measure would allow the county to levy a tax of 2.5 cents per square foot of “impermeable space” on private property. L.A. County votes to put new property tax before voters to clean storm water Other sites have cranes, impermeable surfaces and safety standards for workers and equipment. Shipping's financiers turning the tide on shipbreaking practices 2018-05-15T04:00:00Z Paying to dig an enormous hole, paying to line it with impermeable clay, paying to fill it with leaves and sticks and then paying to monitor it for 30 or 40 years is absurd. A roundup of recent Michigan newspaper editorials 2018-04-02T04:00:00Z The landfills have no liner of impermeable material to protect groundwater from contaminants. Minnesota counties against stricter debris disposal rules 2018-03-12T04:00:00Z The subway is also using a different type of concrete that is embedded with impermeable plastic membranes to replace older concrete in the system. Water, Water Everywhere in New York Subway. And With it, Problems 2018-02-12T05:00:00Z He says the permit requires that the marina basin be lined with impermeable clay to isolate it from the groundwater system and that groundwater monitoring wells be installed near the wetlands. Michigan marina project near sand dunes gets key permit 2018-02-02T05:00:00Z The very notion of "cultural appropriation" is simplistic, to the degree that it assumes cultures have sharp, impermeable boundaries. When ‘Gentrification’ Isn’t About Housing 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z Today, most of them work in Srinagar, but not as traders - the old routes are now sealed by impermeable modern borders. The Tibetan Muslims who made Kashmir home 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z Without changing the imbalance of demographics between public and private schools, “there may be what amounts to an impermeable ceiling on the citywide impact of big city public school integration efforts,” the report concludes. Private school enrollment contributes to school segregation, study finds 2017-11-24T05:00:00Z As the country’s fourth-largest city expanded, replacing prairie with impermeable surfaces such as pavement and concrete, the land was rendered less and less capable of absorbing floodwater. Opinion | Houston is paying the price for public officials’ ignorance 2017-08-29T04:00:00Z Home addresses are at everybody’s fingertips, just a few clicks away, rendering the golfers’ bubble existence far from impermeable. When Pro Golfers Confront Threats Off the Fairways 2017-08-04T04:00:00Z They are perfect diagrams of the apparent equality and actual inequality of the tech sphere, where impermeable septa divide those in the inner circles from the rest. The billion-dollar palaces of Apple, Facebook and Google 2017-07-23T04:00:00Z Then another year is needed to construct the final, impermeable tunnel wall. Bellevue transit tunnel underway, but no giant drill for this job 2017-02-24T05:00:00Z “By the age of eight I was such a traumatized specimen, such an anxious, constipated mess . . . that even my relatively impermeable mother couldn’t overlook the evidence.” Opinion | ‘This Close to Happy’: The risks of going public about depression 2017-02-10T05:00:00Z “It would never surface as dust,” Laursen says: the lake will be sealed in perpetuity by an impermeable dam. ‘You can't live in a museum’: the battle for Greenland's uranium 2017-01-28T05:00:00Z Under this design approach, buildings are made as watertight as possible through the use of impermeable materials and flood barriers. A Guide to Flood-Resistant Building Terms 2017-01-25T05:00:00Z It also comes with the 20-foot-thick seam limestone - bound by layers of impermeable shale rock - that could largely withstand any explosion. Iron Mountain mine expands to hold data secure 2017-01-14T05:00:00Z A new site entrance, access road and well pad will be constructed before a protective membrane is installed "to create an impermeable barrier underneath the site", the firm said. Fracking at Preston New Road: Cuadrilla's work begins for shale gas extraction - BBC News 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z According to Today in Science, “The rubber interior provided a layer impermeable to water, though still flexible,” which made it ideal for clothing. Google Doodle Honors Raincoat Inventor Charles Macintosh 2016-12-29T05:00:00Z It is often found squeezed tightly into tree pits surrounded by impermeable asphalt and concrete, making rain absorption difficult. London Plane: A Tree With Gritty Roots 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z Typically, fracking involves injections into impermeable rock layers that inhibit the spread of fluid and increase pore pressure. Fracking can prime faults for subsequent quakes 2016-11-18T05:00:00Z As Shirzaei and his team noted in one part of their study, some areas seemed immune from tremors, possibly because layers of impermeable rocks lie between the wastewater injection point and susceptible fault zones. Series of Texas quakes likely triggered by oil and gas industry activity 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z “There you will find 26 million children living within high-poverty school districts, effectively trapped by impermeable borders, while greater educational opportunities often are being enjoyed by their better-off peers right next door.” The Most Economically Segregated School Districts 2016-08-23T04:00:00Z If you're working in areas with these plants, wear long sleeves, long pants tucked into boots and impermeable gloves. 4 Ways to Protect Yourself Against Poison Ivy, Oak and Sumac 2016-08-11T04:00:00Z I may be leaving a few details out — such as the role of neurons and axon terminals — but really it’s a case of his lone brain cell being impermeable. 13 years later, our beagle is a jumbo-sized bundle of mirth, mayhem and methane 2016-07-27T04:00:00Z According to Mark Sargent’s “enclosed world” version of the flat-Earth theory, indeed, space travel had to be faked because there is actually an impermeable solid dome enclosing our flat planet. Why bad ideas refuse to die | Steven Poole 2016-06-28T04:00:00Z Their set is peppered with impermeable hits – Up the Junction, Tempted, Is That Love? – while Chris Difford and Glenn Tillbrook’s evident delight at the rejuvenated Squeeze’s success is a pretty infectious thing. Glastonbury 2016 verdict: Muse, Adele, Coldplay and more 2016-06-27T04:00:00Z Puddling and minor flooding has long been a problem in the area, which is replete with concrete surfaces that are impermeable to rainwater, but Tuesday’s unprecedented flash flood prompted officials to act, Cheh said. After station flood, D.C. moves to improve drainage near Cleveland Park Metro 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z Shale is almost impermeable to oil and gas, so companies must fracture the rock to liberate those hydrocarbons. Can fracking power Europe? 2016-02-29T05:00:00Z As for Carson, one wonders about the impermeable state of his ego: He is making a fool of himself, but doesn’t seem to notice it. How Donald Trump Lost—and Won 2016-01-15T05:00:00Z Currently, storm water runs directly from impermeable surfaces into the harbor. California Beach City Enlists Private Partner to Rejuvenate Pier 2016-01-12T05:00:00Z But the goal of good social legislation is not to create impermeable dams that will stop every possible bad behavior; it is to put obstacles in their way. Six Snowballs Thrown in the Gun-Control Debate 2015-12-09T05:00:00Z Sprawling urban areas have eaten away at farmable lands, sickening them from chemical runoff or choking them under impermeable, man-made coverings. 14 Dirty Photos That Show Why Soil Matters 2015-12-04T05:00:00Z “We think that many items could be restorable because the compacted clay, according to my geologist friends and according to the . archaeologists, compacted clay forms like an impermeable membrane,” he said. World War II vehicles may be underground near Alexandria 2015-11-16T05:00:00Z For months, Trump had appeared impermeable to attacks from his Republican rivals in the November 2016 race for the White House. Ben Carson pulls ahead of Donald Trump in national poll 2015-10-27T04:00:00Z As a sunbaked desert of impermeable concrete and tarmac, the city is slowly being dried to death. Is Frank Gehry really the right person to revitalise the Los Angeles river? 2015-10-23T04:00:00Z A typical bed cover is designed to be impermeable only to body heat via layers of air pockets in feathers or similar light material. Seven scientific facts to ruin childhood | Dean Burnett 2015-09-22T04:00:00Z It’s running across impermeable surfaces and not even soaking into the permeable surfaces. Flash flood kills man east of Redlands as extreme Southland heat persists 2015-09-09T04:00:00Z Operators are having to drill more wells, pump more steam underground and lay more pipe above ground to meet targets, thanks to varying thickness, impermeable rock formations and high water-saturation levels. Falling Crude Prices Upend Canada’s Oil Sands Projects 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z When it rains, water soaks into the soil, through compacted dirt and rock, until it is blocked by an impermeable surface. Drought-Plagued Western States Play Politics with Water 2015-07-20T04:00:00Z A photo caption with the article said Dominion Virginia Power is moving coal ash to an “impermeable storage pond.” A pollution hazard in the making 2015-07-07T04:00:00Z Dominion officials want to seal the ash from the peninsula in an impermeable pond on the property. In Northern Va., environmentalists concerned about disposal of coal ash 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z Divided into two sections, one the standard impermeable, the other permeable, the differences seem nearly noticeable at first. West Virginia editorial roundup 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z Hunters or people handling the raw meat of wild hogs should wear impermeable gloves. Hunters get to root of feral pig problem 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z The ponds will be drained and covered by an impermeable liner, then topped with 24 inches of soil, Dominion said. Dominion Virginia Power to close coal ash ponds in state 2015-04-17T04:00:00Z Officials say it would be entombed in impermeable rock chambers far below the lake’s greatest depths in the vicinity. Kildee: Congress should oppose Canada’s nuclear waste plan 2015-04-10T04:00:00Z Dominion plans to cover the final pond with two impermeable layers made of a tough plastic to protect the coal ash from rainwater. In Northern Va., environmentalists concerned about disposal of coal ash 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z The impermeable side is slick and shiny; the permeable side is bumpy and porous. West Virginia editorial roundup 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z The line of armed officers created an impermeable barrier and, after charging the crowd, left more than 50 people battered, bruised and in need of hospitalization. Why North Carolina is the new Selma 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z Mike Hughes, Duke Energy's vice president for community relations, said the ash would be encased in several layers of impermeable, high-density plastic. North Carolina community fights Duke Energy plan to dump toxic coal ash 2015-02-01T05:00:00Z The gear became known as Liberian P.P.E.’s, or personal protective equipment, a reference to the more impermeable suits worn by health workers. As Ebola Ebbs in Africa, Focus Turns From Death to Life 2015-01-31T05:00:00Z With graphene we’ve got our hands on the thinnest possible fabric and at the same time it’s completely impermeable to any molecule. A Graphene Discoverer Speculates on the Future of Computing 2015-01-23T05:00:00Z For relief, Kamara liked to pour water over the outside of his suit and feel the lukewarm liquid trickle over its impermeable polyethylene. Surviving Ebola 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z He found it difficult to wear an impermeable protective suit in tropical heat for even the 45- to 60-minute maximum stretches recommended by Doctors Without Borders. How Ebola Roared Back 2014-12-29T05:00:00Z Although several thousand feet of impermeable rock usually separate the liberated oil and natural gas from the surface, environmental activists claim fracking operations pose an unacceptable pollution threat to groundwater. Cuomo's Defense Of Anti-Science Fracking Ban: "I'm Not A Scientist" 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z After that, the company is required to drain the water and cover the lake with layers of impermeable sheeting to prevent more contaminated water from seeping into the ground. Dam breaks, tainted wells prompt new look at coal-ash dumps that escaped EPA review 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z "The problem is that it's a very impermeable tissue," says Heppenstall. The most detailed nerve images ever recorded are also the most psychedelic 2014-12-10T05:00:00Z Filipino cuisine, of course, is not an immutable, impermeable object, identical on every one of the 7,107 islands in the archipelago. Manila Mart in Beltsville caters to Pinoys and American fanboys alike There’s no mention of amnesty, no brash rhetoric about the rule of law, no fulminating about building an impermeable fence. John Kasich Charts a Different Course 2014-12-05T05:00:00Z Common sense tells us that thousands of feet of impermeable rock provide an effective barrier between underground fracking activity and water supplies. Cuomo's Defense Of Anti-Science Fracking Ban: "I'm Not A Scientist" 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z The impoundment slowly filled with piped-in slurry, to which the power plant added chemicals so the waste would solidify into an impermeable barrier to prevent leaking. Dam breaks, tainted wells prompt new look at coal-ash dumps that escaped EPA review 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z In a discovery that experts say could revolutionize fuel cell technology, scientists in Britain have found that graphene, the world's thinnest, strongest and most impermeable material, can allow protons to pass through it. Ultra-strong graphene's weak spot could be key to fuel cells 2014-11-26T05:00:00Z But the Giants have traditionally been impermeable to public opinion when it comes to coaching or administrative hirings and firings. Giants and Tom Coughlin Near a Crossroads 2014-11-22T05:00:00Z There are bad runs in sport, ghastly hoodoos impermeable to passing years or pity, and there is Wales against New Zealand since 1953. How can Wales end their NZ hoodoo? 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z Those inside the family often wrapped themselves in layers of denial, as impermeable as the protective suits worn by health care workers. In Ebola Outbreak in Liberia, a Family’s Strength Can Be Its Fatal Flaw 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends equipment for medical workers treating Ebola patients include either a coverall or “fluid resistant or impermeable gown that extends to at least mid-calf.” Lawsuit: Surgical gowns let diseases pass through 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z Knowing that graphene is impermeable to even the smallest of atoms, hydrogen, Geim's team decided to test whether protons, or hydrogen atoms stripped of their electrons, were also repelled. Ultra-strong graphene's weak spot could be key to fuel cells 2014-11-26T05:00:00Z In Texas, doctors are told the best protection against the Ebola virus is not an impermeable suit, face mask or double set of gloves. Ebola Guidelines for Doctors’ Offices Are Called Vague and Vary by Region 2014-10-22T04:00:00Z With: EBOLA-GEAR: Manufacturers and distributors of impermeable gowns and full-body suits meant to protect medical workers from Ebola are scrambling to keep up with a surge of new orders from U.S. hospitals. AP-IL—Illinois News Digest 1:30 pm, IL 2014-10-21T04:00:00Z Those caregivers would have impermeable suits with gloves and masks that are tight fitting. Recent editorials from Texas newspapers 2014-10-21T04:00:00Z The protective equipment includes a surgical cap and hood, goggles, a medical mask, impermeable overalls, an apron, two sets of gloves and rubber boots. How is Ebola being treated? 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z Staff at the hospital told El País that the protective suits they were given did not meet World Health Organisation standards, which specify that suits must be impermeable and include a breathing apparatus. Ebola crisis: substandard equipment blamed as nurse tests positive in Spain 2014-10-07T04:00:00Z Meanwhile the glut of history books written by Glenn Beck and every other former morning drive-time host prove how much constant work is required to create impermeable alternate histories. The war on high-school history classes is a whole new level of dumb 2014-09-30T04:00:00Z The only way to tell if a culture is truly impermeable to ideas is if you present them in a credible way, persist past rejection and continue to press for influence without being overbearing. SalesforceVoice: To Position Social Media With The CEO, Be The CEO Of Social Media 2014-09-16T04:00:00Z Broadband carries speech, information and entertainment, and there should be an impermeable wall of separation between regulators and the Internet. Guest: The Internet is not like an electric or water utility 2014-08-31T04:00:00Z All parts of the clothing must be completely impermeable since Ebola is spread in bodily fluids such as sweat, urine and blood. How is Ebola being treated? 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z In fact, governments appear fairly adept at keeping their borders impermeable from the inside by their own people, but less so from the outside by others. Border Fences Can't Stop Ebola, the Islamic State or Immigration Crises 2014-08-29T04:00:00Z When River Bend first opened 53 years ago, its greens – like those at many old clubs – were merely built on the native soil, which happened to be impermeable clay. Scientists Drive to Create More Resilient Turf Grass for Golf 2014-08-18T04:00:00Z Recent genetic analysis has highlighted, to a degree that is impossible to ignore, the fact that the barriers between species have never been impermeable. Should You Fear the Pizzly Bear? 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z But when the candidate is a veteran or a military spouse, the language barrier can be that much more impermeable. Employer Roadmap Aims To Better Connect Companies With Veterans, Spouses 2014-08-12T04:00:00Z He's not closed or impermeable, but there is a tendency to glide and smooth, to pass lightly from one subject to another, while leaving a degree of complexity under the surface. David Adjaye interview: 'I'm not always looking at the usual references' 2014-08-02T04:00:00Z Republican hostility for immigration is simply an immovable object, impermeable to reason. Watching immigration reform slip away 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z Beneath our carefully crafted digital branding, we must build an impermeable foundation of character. The Digital Economy Is Destroying American Values 2014-06-17T04:00:00Z The money quote, the words that capture his impermeable condescension that the elite always knows best, was the one he uttered in response to the 2005 French referendum on the European constitution. Why David Cameron is right in his bid to junk Mr Juncker 2014-06-08T04:00:00Z In the Midwest, aquifers are frequently used, but the surrounding rock needs to be impermeable. Natural Gas Storage Injections To Date Point To Potentially Ugly Winter 2014-06-03T04:00:00Z Rain seeps through the top soil layer until it reaches the impermeable clay and is forced to move along the surface, which becomes slippery. Torrential rains caused Pr. George’s landslide, report says The bedrock is a mixture of old crystalline rocks and some younger sediments, which are mostly impermeable and reasonably strong. Afghan landslide was 'an accident waiting to happen' 2014-05-05T04:00:00Z The mineral is so impermeable that it yields only a fraction of its hydrocarbons to producers. John Browne, former chief executive at BP, becomes the face of fracking in Britain 2014-04-25T14:14:31Z According to state officials, a layer of this impermeable clay contributed to the Oso slide; it kept rainwater trapped in the looser sediments near the surface, so they were saturated and more prone to fail. In a State Known for Landslides, a Deadly Mix of Loose Sediments and Heavy Rain 2014-03-27T01:11:01Z If written on an impermeable surface, the tags usually disappeared after a couple of weeks. Social Media Graffiti 2014-03-20T16:27:00Z By contrast, oil flows much more sluggishly through impermeable tight rock. The economics of shale oil: Saudi America 2014-02-13T15:59:49Z Frame barriers consist of rigid frames holding an impermeable membrane and use the weight of the floodwater itself to hold the barrier in place. How do you stop flooding? 2014-01-29T10:15:09Z Normally the digestive system is surrounded by an impermeable wall of cells. Gut Bacteria May Exacerbate Depression 2013-10-19T04:15:16.943Z What this means is that the steep and impermeable walls that have kept management separate from other creative activities dissolve: all creative activities are part of the same game. Beach Reads: What On Earth Is Going On? " 2013-08-13T20:01:00Z However, this city has so much unfulfilled demand for tourism that, over the long term, the industry is relatively impermeable to short-term headwinds. Executive Profile update 2013-06-17T05:00:00Z But the statistics suggest that an impermeable border is a fantasy, no matter how much money and technology is thrown at it. Economix Blog: The Challenge of Securing the Border 2013-04-19T17:02:34Z Sustainable drainage guidelines suggest that impermeable surfaces should be replaced with permeable material, allowing rainwater to drain into the ground - a process known as infiltration. How do you stop flooding? 2014-01-29T10:15:09Z Rather than invading godforsaken desert territories, we need to throw up an impermeable cordon sanitaire around the contaminated parts – close off air links, aid, commerce, banking. Viewpoint: Algeria Shows How War on Terror Is Like War on Drugs 2013-01-24T19:05:24Z He devised a three-chambered cell-culture system in which the chambers were separated by impermeable barriers of sterile silicon grease, preventing the diffusion of fluid from one chamber to another. The Nerve-Growth Factor: A New Tool for Manipulating Neurons 2013-01-03T11:15:00.190Z Vast swathes of impermeable concrete beneath the surface can prevent rainwater soaking away and increase the risk of flash flooding. Billionaires' basements: the luxury bunkers making holes in London streets 2012-11-09T20:00:01Z “While silicon may appear to be impermeable, eventually it dissolves in water,” Fiorenzo Omenetto, a biomedical engineer at Tufts School of Engineering, said in a prepared statement. Silk-Based Electronics Dissolve on Cue for Vanishing Medical Implants 2012-09-27T18:45:06.567Z In contrast with the outer mucous layer, the inner mucous layer provides a relatively impermeable barrier against the microbiota. Reciprocal interactions of the intestinal microbiota and immune system 2012-09-13T11:20:55.227Z Farmers watched happily as their soybean fields drank up the moisture, and ground that had been nearly impermeable to plow blades began to squish underfoot. Hurricane Isaac Brings Some Relief to Corn Belt 2012-09-02T18:10:03Z The male warrior is supposed to have a completely impermeable, sealed-up body that cannot be penetrated by anything. Is Sexual Violence Endemic to the U.S. Military? 2012-07-18T20:36:53Z He thought about Jane vaguely, through a fog of fond concern, fearing that she had her mother’s flat, bland surface without Mrs. Allsop’s force of conviction—or whatever it was that kept her impermeable, buoyant. Tessa Hadley: “An Abduction.” 2012-07-02T04:00:00Z Underground waste, officials say, is contained by layer after layer of impermeable rock. Are Fracking Wastewater Wells Poisoning the Ground Beneath Our Feet? 2012-06-21T17:45:00.210Z The river at the top of the falls flows over hard, impermeable rock; at the foot is found a softer stratum--such as chalk or clay--which is easily washed away. The Fire-Gods A Tale of the Congo 2012-03-26T02:00:32.267Z So tight as to be impermeable to air; as, an airÐtight cylinder. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z When dried lymph or a crust is to be sent by mail or other conveyance, it should be wrapped in some impermeably envelope, for which purpose gutta-percha tissue is very convenient. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z Other layers of impermeable rock underneath the fractured area would block migration of the gas, she said. Can Fracking and Carbon Sequestration Co-Exist? 2012-03-16T17:15:00.200Z Probably the enormous pressure to which the blocks are subjected, in the first two processes, renders the composition almost impermeable to the passage of the fluid, so that depolarisation cannot take place very rapidly. Electric Bells and All About Them A Practical Book for Practical Men 2012-03-06T03:00:25.273Z The company also lines the inside of the tank with an impermeable plastic. Green Blog: Enlisting Nanoparticles to Help Replace Oil 2012-02-27T17:58:03Z These plants have a very leathery, impermeable skin, from which evaporation takes place but slowly, which enables them to inhabit arid regions. The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits 2012-02-17T03:00:37.163Z At a CCS plant, the carbon gas will be compressed into a liquid form, pumped downward into porous rock underneath a layer of impermeable rock, known as cap rock. Carbon Capture Projects Imperiled by Worst-Case Scenario: Energy 2012-02-07T02:03:09Z Level regions having permeable soil horizons lying on top of an impermeable horizon provide poor drainage. A Distributional Study of the Amphibians of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Mexico 2011-12-31T03:00:17.400Z They comprise a metallic casing, containing a flexible diaphragm of rubber or of some fabric impermeable to gas. Gas-Engines and Producer-Gas Plants A Practice Treatise Setting Forth the Principles of Gas-Engines and Producer Design, the Selection and Installation of an Engine, Conditions of Perfect Operation, Producer-Gas Engines and Their Possibilities, the Care of Gas-Engines and Producer-Gas Plants, with a Chapter on Volatile Hydrocarbon and Oil Engines 2011-12-28T03:00:31.087Z A study published in this month’s edition of Biological Conservation warns that the black bear population just north of the border in Arizona may be threatened by the increasingly impermeable barriers at the border. Border Fence Affecting Black Bears, Too, Study Says 2011-12-22T04:39:42Z The managers of Kashagan have had to wrap the islands and the equipment in impermeable membranes to block all contamination of the Caspian, home to seals and caviar-bearing sturgeon. For Big Oil, a Cautionary Kazakh Tale 2011-11-23T22:00:55Z The project’s structures are wrapped in impermeable membranes to keep contamination from the Caspian, home to seals and caviar-bearing sturgeon, and surrounded by barriers to fend off ice. Biggest Oil Find in Decades Becomes $39 Billion Cautionary Tale 2011-11-17T08:02:57Z By the side of this trench dig another, and throw the earth from it into the first, and so on until you have rendered the subsoil of the whole parcel impermeable to rain water. Man and Nature or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action 2011-11-11T03:00:34.027Z But Dr. Stone and his colleagues speculated that they might be influenced by a widespread misconception that gloves are impermeable to pathogens. Well Blog: Gloves Are No Guarantee Your Doctor's Hands Are Clean 2011-11-08T18:10:13Z These air curtains are not impermeable: Up to 80 percent of the devices' energy consumption goes to cooling down warm air that leaks in. Curtailing Open Grocery Refrigerators' Energy Loss 2011-11-02T15:55:00Z J'avais beau—I had fine—to buy all my impermeable vestments, I carry them never. Mr. Punch in the Highlands 2011-11-01T02:00:23.677Z Mr. Walsh tells us that applications, to destroy this insect, are better made in May or June, as the eggs are protected by the scale in winter, and it is impermeable to watery solutions. American Pomology Apples 2011-10-03T02:00:29.477Z A bolt of lightning struck and fried the supposedly impermeable microchips. L.I.R.R.?s New Signal System Brings Same Old Reliability Issues 2011-09-30T23:57:24Z It was about 140 feet long, 63 feet in diameter through the middle, and the envelope was of fine cloth coated with an impermeable varnish. The Great War in England in 1897 2011-09-20T02:00:17.083Z The Illinois Basin was selected specifically because of its special qualities, including its deep layers of impermeable, protective rock sitting above CO2 storage sites 7,000 feet beneath the earth's surface. Using Corn Ethanol to Develop Carbon Capture and Storage 2011-09-12T17:15:09.813Z The cancer cell has been long believed to be impermeable to antibodies that could target it for destruction. Antibodies Target Cancer's Insides 2011-09-07T20:05:59Z The logic of sprawl saw cities eat up a larger and larger share of the surrounding real estate, fueling habitat destruction, smog from tailpipe emissions, runoff from impermeable pavement and other environmental ills. Can Suburbs Be Designed to Do Away with the Car? 2011-08-17T11:15:00.387Z Here and there where an impermeable rock formation crosses these channels there are deep pools which, except in years of drought, last all through the winter; and these are the drinking-places of the game. Jock of the Bushveld 2011-08-04T02:00:24.987Z A word that has reclassified in an entertaining manner our impermeable and eternal ignorance. The Roycroft Dictionary Concocted by Ali Baba and the Bunch on Rainy Days. 2011-07-02T02:00:10.980Z The Times’s paywall, started a year ago, may be the most impermeable in the industry, with no free articles available online. Murdoch’s Leap Finds Converts in Cannes as Paywall Use Grows 2011-06-24T16:35:15Z Charles also knew that if he could find a way to make a fabric impermeable to hydrogen, he could make a balloon too. Helium Hokum: Why Airships Will Never Be Part of Our Transportation Infrastructure 2011-05-27T15:45:00.230Z As a thin membrane — flexible, strong and impermeable — graphene is an attractive platform on which to build devices. The long game 2011-05-25T17:20:01.410Z The prophecy itself is full of melody and mist; of music not wholly unrecognisable and vapour not wholly impermeable. William Blake A Critical Essay 2011-05-04T02:00:18.110Z It is built of logs cemented with mud, which, however, is not impermeable, for the wind and the rain and other atmospheric annoyances find easy access through its walls. The Canadian Portrait Gallery - Volumes 1 to 4 2011-03-23T02:00:23.527Z The first filter which was more or less completely impermeable to bacteria was the Pasteur-Chamberland, which was devised in Pasteur’s laboratory, and is made of dense biscuit porcelain. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" 2011-03-14T03:01:00.580Z He says at least 1,000 waste pits were opened up by Texaco around their wells, but since they were not made impermeable, toxic waste gradually seeped into the soil. Environmental saga 2011-03-01T13:40:23Z While most states require drillers to dispose of this water in underground storage wells below impermeable rock layers, Pennsylvania has few such wells. Drilling Down: Regulation Lax as Gas Wells? Tainted Water Hits Rivers 2011-02-26T22:41:29Z Davies argues that the eruption is driven by pressurized water from a deep aquifer in permeable material beneath an impermeable rock layer. Indonesia's Infamous Mud Volcano Could Outlive All of Us 2011-02-24T19:03:00Z The idea was that the dark line would reinforce the biased notion that borders are impermeable—and that states are therefore meaningful categories to rely on for decision making. Border Bias and Our Perception of Risk 2011-02-21T14:15:08.067Z The old lady had thrown off her impermeable chrysalis, and had emerged therefrom a very sober fritillary. A Woman's Burden 2011-02-13T03:00:21.253Z Gas trapped in shale, coal seams and impermeable sandstone is collectively known as unconventional gas. PetroChina to Buy Encana Asset in Biggest Acquisition 2011-02-10T05:27:03Z Strong antiseptics and materials that coagulate albumen cannot be introduced locally by ordinary methods, as the skin is impermeable to them, but by electrolysis they can be introduced to the exact depth required. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" 2011-02-06T03:00:53.093Z He argues that the wellbore pierced the impermeable rock, allowing water to gush up and sweep overlying mud to the surface. Indonesia's Infamous Mud Volcano Could Outlive All of Us 2011-02-24T19:03:00Z Teens are often "in this impermeable, Superman adolescence where it's, 'Yeah, yeah, I know that, but I'm the exception,' " says Williams. Talking to Teens About Marijuana?9 Do's and Don'ts 2010-12-17T17:01:00Z The dump, expected to cost $75 million, will be a concrete-lined hole in the ground set in nearly impermeable red clay, which is supposed to prevent the waste from contaminating underground water supplies. Texas Proposal Spurs Race to Dispose of Nuclear Waste 2010-12-03T02:30:00Z Many professionals advise clients to zip their mattresses and box springs into impermeable casings, but not all products are created equal. How to Fight a Scourge: Scenes from the Bedbug Summit 2010-09-23T19:00:00Z “Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac received enormous federal bailouts but now they’re throwing up impermeable barriers to bank lending to create jobs, stimulate the economy, and boost clean energy,” Mr. Brown said in a statement. Fannie and Freddie Are Sued in California 2010-07-14T20:57:00Z There are salt sheets and domes that form impermeable caps on oil fields. BP disaster: Rare mix of geological factors created rich but dangerous reserves 2010-07-13T04:00:00Z Ms. Warmerdam said that based on the available data, the chemical could be used safely with precautions like respirators, impermeable tarps and extra restrictions on use around schools, businesses and homes. Dispute Over Pesticide for California Strawberries Has Implications Beyond State 2010-06-19T21:48:00Z The approvals put the U.S. oil major one step closer to completing a deal meant to ramp up global exploration for natural gas in substances like shale or impermeable sands. UPDATE 1-Exxon-XTO deal clears regulators 2010-03-16T18:27:00Z Previously, the sea floor had been considered an impermeable barrier sealing methane, Shakhova said. Methane bubbles in Arctic seas stir warming fears 2010-03-04T19:26:00Z For one thing, the public and private sectors don’t have some impermeable wall between them. Mitch McConnell gets all stimulated 2010-02-22T14:23:00Z Countries in which are extensive marshes, or the subsoil of which is tenacious or impermeable, are usually those most frequently and seriously visited. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" An osmotic membrane is not a semi-permeable membrane, as sometimes described, i.e. a membrane permeable to water but impermeable to the solute. The Mechanism of Life Let the porous stratum or set of strata, a a, rest on the impermeable rock d, and be covered by another mass of an impermeable nature. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology The night closed down over them like a purple bowl, glazed and impermeable. Where the Pavement Ends Struck again, again rebounded; then struck and clung hungrily, licking out over that impermeable surface in darting tongues of flame as the surprised Nerado doubled and then quadrupled his power. Triplanetary The foundations for these heads were carried down to an impermeable stratum by means of two bottomless caissons, filled eventually with concrete, 213� ft. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" This definition is inexact, since no membrane permeable to water is absolutely impermeable to the solutes. The Mechanism of Life Our responsibility and actions remain individual and impermeable. St. Paul's Epistle to the Romans, Vol. I A Practical Exposition Or it may be that the mine has penetrated into some hollow basin of impermeable strata filled only with porous material which is kept constantly saturated. Twentieth Century Inventions A Forecast If the skin is covered with an impermeable coating of grease or tar, death results from blood poisoning, owing to the retention of materials destined to be excreted by the skin. Special Report on Diseases of Cattle If the salt solution be replaced by one of glue, gelatin or gum, it will be found that the membrane is impermeable to these solutes. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 3 "Destructors" to "Diameter" Consider an inextensible osmotic cell containing a solution of sugar, the walls of the cell being impermeable to sugar but permeable to salt. The Mechanism of Life "If the walls absorbed all the ultra-violet and were impermeable to light without ultra-violet, the ship would appear as a black opaque substance and could be seen." Astounding Stories of Super-Science September 1930 It was of silk, prepared with gutta percha, a substance impermeable by acids or gasses; and its volume, which was three thousand cubic yards, enabled it to ascend to the loftiest heights. A Winter Amid the Ice and Other Thrilling Stories The drains must not be impermeable or closed, and sewers are not to be used for drainage purposes. The Home Medical Library, Volume V (of VI) These pieces are fitted closely together, length under length, and form an impermeable wall along the side of the pit. Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson The interior of the wall is plastered with gypsum in order to render it impermeable. Scientific American Supplement, No. 647, May 26, 1888 They consist simply of wooden uprights to which are affixed cross-pieces that support an impermeable canvas. Scientific American Supplement, No. 488, May 9, 1885 Jean Cornbutte contrived to surround this part of the pipe with some metallic canvas, which is impermeable by heat. A Winter Amid the Ice and Other Thrilling Stories The relative position of the impermeable underlying strata varies in its distance from the surface soil. The Home Medical Library, Volume V (of VI) The man of one idea is more or less impermeable to any process of reasoning that is foreign to this idea. The Cult of Incompetence He was so gross, so impermeable to all the subtler issues of being. Tales of Space and Time This softens the rubber and becomes, after volatilization of the Ammonia, hard and impermeable to gases and fluids. One Thousand Secrets of Wise and Rich Men Revealed Happily their skins, perfectly impermeable, had preserved them, and the snow itself had aided in retaining their heat, which it prevented from escaping. A Winter Amid the Ice and Other Thrilling Stories The source of the ground water is the rainfall, part of which drains into the porous soil until it reaches an impermeable stratum, where it collects. The Home Medical Library, Volume V (of VI) Where it is necessary to build in damp localities the site should be thoroughly drained, and the space upon which the house is constructed should be carefully covered with some impermeable cement. Health on the Farm A Manual of Rural Sanitation and Hygiene The bulk of the dam rests on impermeable material of sufficient supporting power. Boy Scouts in the Canal Zone The Plot Against Uncle Sam It renders the foundations and superstructure of buildings impermeable to humidity. The Life of Thomas, Lord Cochrane, Tenth Earl of Dundonald, Vol. II A marsh, or a tract of land, which from its form and impermeable bottom retains stagnant water. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. Its roots are long and vertical and their development stops in contact with an impermeable layer of soil. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 44th Annual Meeting Rochester, N.Y. August 31 and September 1, 1953 Collodion is sometimes used over small wounds, and is quite efficient in that it forms a coating over any surface upon which it is placed that is impermeable to both air and water. Health on the Farm A Manual of Rural Sanitation and Hygiene In conclusion it may be noted that any of the methods of constructing impermeable diaphragms can be used for constructing impermeable coatings. Concrete Construction Methods and Costs The old operation of "perineal section" for so-called impermeable stricture is very different, being difficult, dangerous, and uncertain in its results. A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners A marsh in which, from its concave and impermeable bottom, the waters remain stagnant, rendering the surface a quaking bog. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. It seemed so compressed and impermeable that one could not fancy how even a thunderbolt could shatter it, or the wildest blast of any hurricane dissipate its enormous depth. St. Winifred's, or The World of School VIII. shows, much covered by fallen stones, and its original height may have been increased by débris; but at all events it was thoroughly impermeable, and such as would be required in a climatep. Historical Introduction to Studies Among the Sedentary Indians of New Mexico; Report on the Ruins of the Pueblo of Pecos Papers Of The Archæological Institute Of America, American Series, Vol. I Bituminous Coatings.—Bituminous coatings of one composition or another are among the most commonly used of impermeable coatings. Concrete Construction Methods and Costs But there was something in Julian’s nature which, by God’s grace, seemed to secure him from evil, as though he were surrounded by an atmosphere impermeable to base and wicked hearts. Julian Home A tract of land or bog on which, from its impermeable bottom, the collected fresh water remains stagnant. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. Soon it attempted to approach this vision, but was surprised to find itself foiled by the cold impermeable surface of the glass. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, April 5, 1916 I had to wear henceforth the shoes or boots that are without fur and the leather of which is prepared in such a manner as to be impermeable to water or damp snow. The Land of the Long Night Skeptical in attitude, a cold listener, obviously impermeable to mere verbiage and affected by the logic of facts alone, he had a ruthless finger ready to poke into the interstices of a loosely-woven argument. Woodrow Wilson and the World War A Chronicle of Our Own Times. Struck and rebounded, then struck and clung hungrily, licking out over that impermeable surface in darting tongues of red flame as the surprised Nerado doubled and then quadrupled his power. Triplanetary Animals have the power to form quickly a natural scab over a wound, which is impermeable and at the same time elastic. Victorian Worthies Sixteen Biographies These balls produce death by forming an impermeable wedge in the intestines of horses, thereby impeding and in some instances totally arresting the process of digestion. Clovers and How to Grow Them Articles of Western trade were also for sale—stacks of calico, braid, and thread, "new impermeable matches made in Trieste," and "toilet soap of the finest quality." An Australian in China Being the Narrative of a Quiet Journey Across China to Burma It would not take many centuries for mounds upon these sharp, exposed ridges to be entirely washed away, in spite of the fact that the fine loess is almost impermeable. Archeological Investigations Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin 76 Instead of trunks, they had two large bags, two saddle-bags, and two valises, all of thick Russian leather, fastened with padlocks, and impermeable to water. History Of The Missions Of The American Board Of Commissioners For Foreign Missions To The Oriental Churches, Volume I. Again, on Mercury it is seven times greater, which heat would scorch and consume every organic substance on the earth, and speedily envelope the boiling ocean in a shroud of impermeable vapor. Outlines of a Mechanical Theory of Storms Containing the True Law of Lunar Influence Sealing is accomplished not only in the process of canning but by covering with substances which are impermeable. Public School Domestic Science Was it entirely benevolence, or some wish to test the strength of Oxford—to bring undergraduates into contact with something coarser, some terrific impermeable force that would be manner-proof against Oxford? Masques & Phases Doubtless they serve in part to deceive the too inquisitive monkey or other enemy, who probably concludes that if one of the pits is hard and impermeable, the other two are so likewise. Falling in Love With Other Essays on More Exact Branches of Science Mrs. Fisher, being old, was of a closer, more impermeable texture, and offered more resistance; but she too had odd sensations, also in their place to be described. The Enchanted April Highly probable it was that it was not any form of electricity, for glass is impermeable to the electrical current. Notable Events of the Nineteenth Century Great Deeds of Men and Nations and the Progress of the World May it not therefore be supposed that there must exist dividing walls in which this difference of permeability becomes greater and greater, which would be permeable to the solvent and absolutely impermeable to the solute? The New Physics and Its Evolution If this is isolating and impermeable, there will be no interest in raising the electrodes sensibly above its lower edge. Scientific American Supplement No. 819, September 12, 1891 Fancy yourself a seed-pea, anxious to sprout, but coated all round with a hard covering of impermeable sealing-wax, and you will be in a position faintly to appreciate the unfortunate predicament of a grower coco-nut. Falling in Love With Other Essays on More Exact Branches of Science The rind of the earth, with its vegetation and weather-impacted surface, forms a comparatively impermeable envelope to the mountain, not likely to be broken through, except at a few places. The Art of Travel Shifts and Contrivances Available in Wild Countries On this soil, which is almost impermeable, rain will roll like a pail of water thrown on a bituminous pavement. Atlantida All these operations are performed in the interior of the pocket, N, through the impermeable, triple fabric of which no light can enter. Scientific American Supplement, No. 530, February 27, 1886 The first question that meets us in the use of the method in medicine is what normal constituents of the body are permeable or impermeable to the X rays. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 6, May, 1896 The rain, which had streamed down incessantly for a few days past, had drenched the unpaved ground, and here and there, where the soil was impermeable to moisture, had formed puddles and pools. The Youth of the Great Elector Antonym: impermeable. permission, n. consent, allowance, license, leave, permit, authorization, warrant. Putnam's Word Book None of our guesses ever stuck to him, and we had grown weary of rediscovering that anything so simple could also be so impermeable to our ingenuity. The Collectors He also had some diving-dresses prepared, which, by their impermeable and resisting texture, allowed divers to survey the bottom of the sea. The Moon-Voyage The flat roof sometimes formed a terrace, on which the plants of a "roof-garden" might be found growing either in earthenware tubs or in earth spread over a layer of impermeable cement. Life in the Roman World of Nero and St. Paul Somehow, the impermeable perfection of Mrs. MacGregor exasperated Mr. Vandervelde almost to the point of throwing things at her. The Purple Heights Having left her appointed course, she finds on trying to return to her former society that it is little less impermeable to her than she has seen rank outsiders find it. Contemporary American Novelists (1900-1920) Wood and cloth may be experimented with in succession, and will give the same results; but there are other substances that are impermeable, and will not allow themselves to be traversed. Scientific American Supplement, No. 492, June 6, 1885 This goblet was the ligneous and impermeable capsule, the fruit, naturally and deeply hollowed out, of a tree called quatela. The Solitary of Juan Fernandez, or the Real Robinson Crusoe Almost immediately after its introduction into the fistula there is formed about it an almost impermeable layer of a metallic albuminate, which effectively prevents further rapid action of the caustic. Diseases of the Horse's Foot Whilst it is not an impermeable barrier to the passage of poisons, the placenta offers a varying degree of obstruction: it allows copper and lead to pass easily, arsenic with greater difficulty. Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine Being impermeable to liquids and gases, and not readly affected by exposure to air, acids, and alkalies, it is used, especially when vulcanized, for many purposes in the arts and in manufactures. The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Section C Certain layers of chalcedony are practically impermeable, and these consequently remain uncoloured, so that an alternation of dark and white bands is obtained, thus giving rise to an onyx. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 Clothed in his impermeable jacket, he was walking under the water, some cables’ lengths from the shore of the islet, when the engineer was thrown into the sea. The Mysterious Island Also, its action may be regulated by altering the strength of the solution, and the liability to form impermeable albuminates thus diminished. Diseases of the Horse's Foot His cheeks and his forehead seemed in their smoothness as if coated with some impermeable and indestructible hard-finish. With the Procession His face quickly returned to its original countenance, an impermeable barrier to his insides, and no one except myself had any inclination about what had happened. The Revolutions of Time In proportion as the air becomes hot by compression, so it cools by expansion, if the vessel containing it is impermeable to heat. Scientific American Supplement, No. 275, April 9, 1881 He stated further that while the flow in the sewers was proportional to the aggregate rainfall during the time of concentration, it was also directly proportional to the impermeable area. The Sewerage of Sea Coast Towns All the tinned foods had long since perished, but the impermeable glass seemed to have preserved fruits and vegetables of the finer sort, and chipped beef and the like, in a state of perfect soundness. Darkness and Dawn He spread his wisdom by spiritual contagion rather than impermeable precept. Autobiography of a Yogi As I looked about myself to reconnoiter the feelings of my comrades I was fruitless, for they all wore impermeable countenances, though that was itself an indicator of their resolve. The Revolutions of Time We find there a granitic sand, of a blackish-brown colour, which is covered in the forests with thick layers of rich earth, and on the banks of the river with clay almost impermeable to water. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 Mr. D. E. Lloyd-Davies, M.Inst.C.E., gives two very interesting diagrams in the paper previously referred to, which show the average percentage of effective impermeable area according to the population per acre. The Sewerage of Sea Coast Towns By the side of this trench dig another, and throw the earth from it into the first, and so on until you have rendered the subsoil of the whole parcel impermeable to rain-water. The Earth as Modified by Human Action A layer .1 of an inch in thickness was quite impermeable to light, as judged by the eye aided by the tube. The Power of Movement in Plants This renders it perfectly impermeable to fluids, and, in a great measure, even to gases. Familiar Letters on Chemistry Around my tender and unconscious spirit was flung the luminous web, the light and elastic but impermeable veil, which it was hoped would keep me 'unspotted from the world'. Father and Son: a study of two temperaments He showed that the quantity reaching the sewer at any point was proportional to the time of concentration at that point and the percentage of impermeable area in the district. The Sewerage of Sea Coast Towns "As officials they were impermeable to the feelings of humanity, as this paved ground is impermeable to the rain." Resurrection It may be worth adding that the layer, when dried, remained equally impermeable to light. The Power of Movement in Plants The soil of this vast depression is entirely argillaceous, and therefore impermeable, so that the waters remain there and make of it a region very difficult to cross during the hot season. Michael Strogoff Or, The Courier of the Czar Modern anatomists know that the heart is divided into two approximately equal parts by an impermeable septum of tough fibres. A History of Science — Volume 1 If the whole area of the district is not impermeable the percentage which is so must be carefully estimated, and will naturally vary in each case. The Sewerage of Sea Coast Towns I loved her with a double love which shot its arrows of desire, and then lost them in the sky, where they faded out of sight in the impermeable ether. The Lily of the Valley The fog, in fact, had risen, but still hung above the house-tops, impermeable by any heavenly beam. The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft The surface soil was spongy, and rested on impermeable rock; it breathed in the damp mists by night, and breathed them out again by day, under Branchspell's rays. A Voyage to Arcturus |
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