Every year, growers fold the higher parts of the plant downward so the plant stays at heights accessible by a standing human.

While an innate cautiousness around heights is helpful for survival, an extreme fear can interfere with the activities of everyday life, such as climbing up a flight of stairs or a ladder or even standing on a chair.

I was standing on the Södermalm heights with my parents and siblings, from which we had a superb view.

He was reported standing 3 ' 11 " ( 1. 19 m ), although he himself told newspapers different heights, ranging from 3 ' 6 " ( 1. 07 m ) up to 4 feet ( 1. 22 m ).

* Measurement of sitting and standing heights

For example, production of the The Lord Of The Rings film trilogy used several Ames room sets in Shire sequences to make the heights of the diminutively-sized hobbits correct when standing next to the taller Gandalf.

These picturesque craggy heights form the parapet of High Raise's southern plateau, standing atop the valley wall and the centrepiece of many views.

In more recent eyewitness accounts it has consistently been described as resembling either an ape or giant ground-dwelling sloth and having long arms, powerful claws that could tear apart palm trees, a sloping back, reaching heights of 7 feet when standing on its hind legs and is covered in thick, matted fur.

The choreographies of Assiko use several lop-sided walks, successive small close walks that the dancers make at different heights, standing up or crouching, which makes you feel they float on the stage.

An experienced shooter could spot a standing wolf a kilometre away at heights of up to 100 – 140 metres.

This schedule together with the continuity of George Hook, Off the Ball, Sean Moncrieff and Tom Dunne has driven the station to new heights of daily listenership and standing.

For hundreds of years this captivating idol, standing in the posture of meditation, exhibits the heights of detachment, quietness, art and expressions.

A sketch in Maidstone Museum indicates that three sarsen standing stones survived to heights of 7 feet forming the walls of the burial chamber.

Under Visual meteorological conditions the minimum visual range, distance from cloud, and heights to be maintained above ground vary by jurisdiction, and may also vary according to the airspace in which the aircraft is operating.

Their mature heights vary from the smallest species of chinkapins, often shrubby, to the giant of past American forests, Castanea dentata that could reach.

He wrote that daily tides are related to the Moon's orbit, while tidal heights vary with the cycles of the Moon, and he hypothesized about yearly tidal cycles synchronized with the equinoxes and solstices.

The main ski centers are located in Central Chile right in the middle of the Andes, at heights that vary from 2, 400 meters ( 7, 872 ft ) up to 3, 000 meters ( 9840 ft ) above sea level.

Lengths of containers, which each have a unique ISO 6346 reporting mark, vary from to and heights from to.

Ceiling heights vary.

Heel heights vary, but the majority are sold either as flats or with heels greater than three inches ( 7. 5 cm ).

This is appropriate when the response variable has a normal distribution ( intuitively, when a response variable can vary essentially indefinitely in either direction with no fixed " zero value ", as with temperature, or more generally for any quantity that only varies by a relatively small amount, e. g. human heights ).

They are identical except for their heights, which vary considerably.

Snares and Tenors can use this chart to establish guidelines for stick heights, but techniques and specifications may vary between lines and can be changed depending on what the music calls for.

The thickness of the zone of capillary saturation depends on the pore size, but typically, the heights vary between a centimeter or so for coarse sand to tens of meters for a silt or clay.

The peaks of the Faraya Mzaar mountain range vary between heights of 1913 and 2465 meters.

Track themes vary greatly, with tracks taking places in volcanic islands, underground catacombs, the heights of Machu Pichu, and a thick Sequoia forest.

The heights of the fences can also vary greatly, the most famous example being the-high Green Monster in Fenway Park's left field.

Track themes vary greatly, with tracks taking places in volcanic islands, underground catacombs, the heights of Machu Pichu, and a thick Sequoia forest.

After Herbie Hewett refused to play for the county from 1894 onwards Lionel Palairet was always the mainstay of Somerset's batting, and though his form did vary somewhat he reached many notable heights, such as when he scored 292 against Hampshire or when he averaged 56 for the season in 1901.

It may be viewed as analogous to height: just as a released object will fall through a difference in heights caused by a gravitational field, so a charge will ' fall ' across the voltage caused by an electric field.

None of these heights is in any way related to geodetic or ellipsoidial heights, which express the height of a point above the reference ellipsoid.

The traditional spirit level produces these practically most useful heights above sea level directly ; the more economical use of GPS instruments for height determination requires precise knowledge of the figure of the geoid, as GPS only gives heights above the GRS80 reference ellipsoid.

Three consecutive missed jumps, at any height or combination of heights, will eliminate the jumper from competition.

For example, the population mean height is equal to the sum of the heights of every individual divided by the total number of individuals.

Similarly, the expression for the maximum height reached by a vertically projected body with velocity v is useful for small heights and small initial velocities only.

The average of these eight heights is the antenna height above average terrain.

Currently, coast Douglas-fir trees or more in height and in diameter are common in old growth stands, and maximum heights of and diameters up to have been documented.

Practically all of the Province is located between 600 and 1, 000 m above sea level, with the highest point being Peñalara at 2, 430 m and the lowest Alberche river in Villa del Prado at 430 m. Other considerable heights, as well as being famous, are the Ball of the World mountain ( la Bola del Mundo ) in Navacerrada, at a height of 2, 258 m and the seven peaks in Cercedilla, at 2, 138 m.

For example, one may be interested in the heights of adult female giraffes, but be unable to measure the height of every single giraffe in a population due to cost or time constraints.

Wave heights of these tsunamis are predicted to be on the order of in height, capable of traversing the lake in just a few minutes.

Most HPs are designed to reach a height of around 33 metres ( 100 feet ), although larger models are capable of reaching heights of over 100 metres ( 328 feet ).

Thus, if we consider the correlation coefficient between the heights of fathers and their sons over all adult males, and compare it to the same correlation coefficient calculated when the fathers are selected to be between 165 cm and 170 cm in height, the correlation will be weaker in the latter case.

The name Cromarty variously derives from the Gaelic crom ( crooked ), and from bati ( bay ), or from àrd ( height ), meaning either the " crooked bay ", or the " bend between the heights " ( referring to the high rocks, or Sutors, which guard the entrance to the Firth ), and gave the title to the earldom of Cromarty.

It includes functionality for spot heights, polar coordinates, coordinate joins, transition curves, height interpolation, helmert transformations, as well as full GPS integration using multiple different coordinate systems.

The increased resolution allows the audience to be much closer to the screen ; typically all rows are within one screen height ; conventional theatre seating runs 8 to 12 screen heights.

In the northern part of its range, black oak is a relatively small tree, reaching a height of 20 – 25 m ( 65 – 80 ft ) and a diameter of 90 cm ( 35 in ), but it grows larger in the south and center of its range, where heights of up to 42 m ( 140 ft ) are known.

It is the fourth-tallest building in the Greater China region and the eighth-tallest office building in the world, based on structural heights ; by roof height, only the Taipei 101, Shanghai World Financial Center, Willis Tower, International Commerce Centre and Burj Khalifa exceed it.

Changes in the height and structure of the base account for the differing heights of the overall structures.

Almost all these islands are as individual towers in a classic fenglin landscape with heights from 50m to 100m, and height / width ratios of up to about six.

The use of HAT for heights, and LAT for depths, means that the mariner can quickly look at the chart to ensure that they have sufficient clearance to pass any obstruction, though they may have to calculate height of tide to ensure their safety.

Two heights are sometimes quoted for megatsunamis-the height of the wave itself ( in water ), and the height to which it washes when it reaches land, which depending upon the locale, can be several times larger.