Sentences with phrase «island home by»

Young Link sets out upon a quest to rescue his sister, Aryll, who was plucked from their island home by a massive bird, mistaken for a young pirate maiden.

We can presume, surely, that this is the only draft Constitution (using the term in a modern sense) to have been authored in our island home by an official government!

Not exact matches

Bernie Sanders headed home on Sunday to Brooklyn, New York for a campaign event at Coney Island where he was introduced by the former lead singer of R.E.M. and a well - known Sanders supporter, Michael Stipe.

New Jersey: Named by one of the state's proprietors, Sir George Carteret, for his home, the Channel island of Jersey, a bastardization of the Latin Caesarea, the Roman name for the island.

In 2005, 469 homes sold on the U.S. islands; by 2010, that number had fallen to 161.

When Joe Massaro bought a heart - shaped island, he had no idea he was also purchasing the architectural plans of a home designed by Frank Lloyd Wright himself.

Filmed on location on Necker Island, Branson's private retreat in the Caribbean; at his home in Oxfordshire and in Oslo for a meeting with «The Elders» - a independent group of global leaders put together by Branson and Peter Gabriel.

The price of a family sedan in Singapore could equal a home in the U.S., and an MIT study suggested automated cars could potentially reduce the congestion on the densely - populated island by around 60 %.

Since its founding in 2006 in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana following the devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina, SBP has rebuilt homes for more than 1,300 families with the help of 180,000 volunteers in New Orleans; Joplin, MO; Staten Island, NY; Rockaway, NY; Monmouth and Ocean Counties, NJ; San Marcos, TX; Columbia, SC; White Sulphur Springs, WV and Baton Rouge, LA.

«We are not able to disclose anything,» Neely said.Egner did not return a call by The Tyee's deadline.The Vancouver Island Health Authority's regional licensing manager, Kim Macdonald, says there is no data to compare the quality of care at homes where support staff jobs have been contracted out with that where it hasn't.

They can no longer administer it at home since they don't have electricity but drive to her father's house to use his generator, powered by gasoline, which is now in short supply on the island.

Since being hit by Hurricane Maria last year, Puerto Rico has been embroiled in a power crisis, and Tesla has been doing its part helping the island nation through its products such as the Powerpack, Powerwall home battery, and solar panels.

For example, retirees or vacationers with summer homes, cabins or short - term rental units in parts of B.C.'s Okanagan Valley or Vancouver Island are still implicitly portrayed by these policies as speculators, despite intentions of long - term ownership (rather than speculative activity such as pre-construction flipping) and despite their contribution to B.C.'s economy in many ways.

Tesla's shipment will help homes, businesses, schools and hospitals on the island make use of their existing solar panel installations by providing energy storage.

«But we're also starting an effort of home - by - home rebuilding, where New Yorkers will go down and actually work with different non-for-profits on the island to rebuild actual homes.»

An overhead view of the damage done to homes and other structures on the island of St. Thomas, by hurricanes Irma and Maria.

Dick's plot was slight: the struggles of Frank Frink (would - be artist, Jew - in - hiding) to survive in San Francisco; the efforts of select Japanese and Germans to prevent a German nuclear assault on the Japanese Home Islands; and the search by Frink's ex-wife Juliana and others for the eponymous Man in the High Castle.

Persecuted Christians on Indonesia's Ambon island face desperate conditions and the world is largely ignoring their plight, said two Americans who recently returned from a visit to the island.As many as 500,000 Christians have been driven from their homes and more than 2,500 have been killed by Muslim «jihad» warriors who have publicly declared they will push all Christians off the island or kill them.Christians are fleeing into the mountains, flooding into refugee camps and clogging ports to wait for the few ships ferrying refugees off the island.

Edited by Molly S. Wales — Photos by Dry Creek Kitchen Recipes: Parsley and Garlic Crusted Quailwith Heirloom Tomatoes Marinated Vegetables for the Grill Renowned chef Mark Purdy's education began early, on the small island of Nantucket where he and his brother caught blue fish at the beach down the street from their summer home.

By Leyla Loued - Khenissi The Island of Mauritius is located east of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean.It was once the home of the now - extinct dodo bird.

As the pilot of a Piper Cub (used for artillery fire spotting and short island hops) came in for a landing — with an open cockpit, naturally in that weather — he was struck in the face by what would have been a home - run ball.

The same can not be said for the Rhode Island Rams, who somehow lost to the Saint Joseph's Hawks Tuesday night... by 30... at home.

Keeping everybody within your group happy is certainly a priority on any vacation, and whether you're staying on Lanai or are hoping to make a day trip from your home at other Hawaii hotels, finding ways to stuff your itinerary full with family - friendly activities is by no means difficult on this small but dynamic island!

Reviewed by Hilary Levey Friedman When I think about my childhood home I think about Buddy's pizza, Leo's Coney Island Greek salad, and Lelli's zip sauce.

The study, written by A. Mark Durand, M.D. of the department of health in the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands, compared the results of 1,707 home births with 15,033 hospital deliveries.

Erie County Conservative Party Chairman Ralph Lorigo, who managed to get himself onto the ballot to force a gubernatorial primary with former Long Island Rep. Rick Lazio, is having a fundraiser today at the home of Paladino's brother, Joseph, and is also being assisted by the father of Carl Paladino's campaign manager, Michael Caputo.

A seaside Long Island home used by the FBI to transmit disinformation to the Nazis is among 20 New York places nominated to the State and National Registers of Historic Places.

Malliotakis has the backing of the Republican committee on Staten Island, her home borough, and Massey has been endorsed by Queens County weeks ago.

I was appalled by the account of Harold Wilson's government, as recently as the late 1960s, forcibly removing Chagos Islanders from their homes to make way for a US airbase on Diego Garcia, even though many lived on islands over 100 miles away.

Prosecutors alleged Percoco turned to bribes as a way to pay for rising personal costs, driven in part by a move from a modest Staten Island neighborhood to a larger home in an upscale town in Westchester County near where Cuomo lives in the house of his girlfriend, Sandra Lee.

Aguilar - Vallinos was heading home from work at a restaurant on City Island when she was struck and killed by a hit - and - run driver on the City Island Bridge on Sept. 11 2015.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - Homeowners who repaired their homes hit by Hurricane Sandy will no longer be on the hook for higher tax bills - Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a bill Thursday paving the way for $ 4 million in property tax relief for storm victims.

A married couple from Staten Island is charged with swiping more than $ 767,000 in federal aid by lying that their primary home was destroyed by Superstorm Sandy, fed eral authorities said...

These homes are a neighborhood blight, attracting squatters and dragging down nearby property values by an estimated $ 53 million for more than 8,000 one - to - four - family homes across Brooklyn, the Bronx, Staten Island and Queens, according to the report.

There are at least 793 deer that currently call Staten Island home — up from just 24 in 2008, a 3,204 percent increase — according to a Parks Department survey first reported by the Staten Island Advance.

Staten Island Borough President James Molinaro says his office has received 400 inquiries about home buyouts but is unsure how the programs offered by the city and state will help.

If approved by the Long Island Power Authority, the governor said the facility would be the largest offshore wind project in the nation's history, creating 2.4 gigawatts of offshore wind power by 2030, or enough to power 1.25 million homes.

Former Rep. Anthony Weiner tours homes damaged by Hurricane Sandy, 428 Loretto St., Staten Island at 2:45 p.m.

Former GOP Sen. Mike Balboni and his wife will host a fund - raiser for Democratic state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman next Monday at their Long Island home, according to an invitation sent out by the Nassau County Democratic Party.

Seven partners will be harnessing local and international expertise to create Strategies for Puerto Rico Housing Resilience, a free practical design and construction guide to minimizing and reversing the devastation to homes caused by Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

More importantly, while Recchia's constituents were neglected and let down by his lack of action and advocacy, Michael Grimm gave Brooklyn and Staten Island residents, and millions of homeowners across the country, the Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act, which lowered their flood insurance premiums and stabilized home values.

Carrión hasn't mentioned the conflict - of - interest scandal exposed by the Daily News in March 2009 in which he failed to pay an architect who designed a renovation of his City Island home.

The trio were honored by the officials for organizing a monthly caravan of supplies from Home Depot's warehouse to Staten Island residents that needed help rebuilding.

Bronx elected officials and South Bronx residents were taken by surprise by Mayor de Blasio's announcement the NYPD tow pound at 320 Concord Avenue will be the home of one of four new city jails to replace the aging Rikers Island jail complex.

Hillary Clinton dropped by the resort island of Martha's Vineyard over the weekend to pick up more than $ 1 million in campaign contributions during an elegant party at the summer home of one of her most devoted supporters.

At 64, she's been sent to a Long Island nursing home after decades of declining health and suicide attempts — Hevesi saved her once by breaking down a door.

Several thousand Long Island residents whose homes were devastated by superstorm Sandy can't get full...

The City Council passed legislation on Wednesday night to give a rebate on taxes paid for homes significantly damaged by Sandy, the Staten Island Advance reported.

ST. GEORGE — A plan to tear down St. George homes and replace them with a 68 unit, six story apartment building is being attacked by Staten Island's borough president.

But perhaps the most bizarre favor came on Christmas Day in 2013, when Reichberg and the witness reported to be Rechntiz — who are both Jewish — dressed up as Christmas elves and swung by Grant's Staten Island home to drop off a video game system for his kids and jewelery for his wife, according to the complaint.