Sentences with phrase «older islands such»

Older islands such as Kauai and Oahu have the luxury of time to cultivate more extensive coral barriers, while younger Lanai and the still - building Big Island are surrounded by sharp relief formations that offer swim - throughs, grottoes and arches.

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Elia, speaking to early childhood educators, administrators and advocates, noted that only 7 percent of Long Island 4 - year - olds have access to state - funded, full - day pre-K, compared with 100 percent of such students in New York City.

The current development site, a century - old former Jesuit retreat, sparked such controversy that Staten Island Borough President James Oddo fought to label streets at the residential project with names symbolic of greed and deceit.

Old Masset village on the Haida Gwaii Islands off the British Columbia coast did this by contracting George and others to initiate the largest such intentional ocean fertilization effort to date.

«It's no coincidence that this area is such a dynamic place,» he says, also citing the recent discovery — published in Nature last October — of the world's oldest known figurative art, on the neighboring island of Sulawesi.

The link between crust thickness and age prompted two possible explanations — both related to the fact that hotter mantle tends to make more magma: Mantle hot spots — highly volcanic regions, such as the Hawaiian Islands and Iceland — could have thickened the old crust by covering it in layers of lava at a later time.

First - time 31 - year - old director Koldo Serra's thriller The Backwoods (AKA El bosque de las sombras, 2006) re-charts thematic territory covered, in years prior, by such well - worn classics as Deliverance and Southern Comfort, and such B - grade horror pictures as Savage Island (2004).

The visuals of the island and its «3D» effects are reminiscent of games such as Street Racer or the original Mario Kart and I mean that literally — there's no modern - day polish or 3D polygons in use (at least from what I could see), just good old 16 - bit sprites in action.

Convening and working with networks of schools and educators has been integral to CCE's work from the start, with projects ranging from the 20 + year old Boston Pilot School Network (now the Boston Autonomous Schools Network) to newer networks such as the Rhode Island Scaling Up Proficiency Based Graduation Network.

Prominent historian Painter — whose works, such as The History of White People, have explored race, gender and class in America — offers a more personal take on those themes as she reflects on enrolling in the Rhode Island School of Design as a 64 - year - old black woman and what it means to continue growing and discovering joy as we age.

The peninsula also has several notable highlights that are worth a stopover, such as peculiar old Balinese sea temples with shrines made of coral, as well as one of the island's oldest Chinese temples, with impressive adornments and architectural features.

In the towns, like the capital, Kralendijk, you can wander among colorful Dutch Caribbean architecture, shop at markets for gifts to take home, such as the locally produced salt, or visit museums and old houses to learn about the colonial history of the island.

Be sure not to miss some of the best views of the island from spots such as the old fortress in Corfu Town or the monastery at Paleokastritsa.

Ubud is Bali's spiritual heart, and everyday life on the island is imbued with ritual, so start your day's exploration with a stroll around the old center, dropping into temples and observing local rites, such as the lighting of incense and placement of offerings at colorful shrines.

The four - day «long weekend» cruises will depart Thursdays and feature a full - day visit to Bermuda where guests can relax on the island's pink beaches, enjoy snorkelling, kayaking and other water sports, and visit historical landmarks such as Royal Naval Dockyard and Gibb's Hill Lighthouse, the oldest cast iron lighthouse in the Western Hemisphere.

He started playing old adventures on the PC such as Leisure Suit Larry and Monkey Island.

Wilbert Roget, II, the award - winning composer for games such as Call of Duty: WWII, Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris, Dead Island 2, and Star Wars: The Old Republic, is writing the original soundtrack for Anew.

Nintendo is filling that need with a new adventure for the Nintendo 3DS entitled Yoshi's New Island which revamps the old concept with new visual styles that reference the original Super NES title such as oil, watercolor and pastels.

Konami is currently sitting on a lot of popular properties such as Castlevania, Silent Hill, Goemon, Dance Dance Revolution, Gradius, and Contra plus it also owns the old Hudson catalog giving it control of familiar names like Bonk, Adventure Island, and Bomberman.

Maybe it was because I most recently had been playing Dead Island and that game has such a loud and demonstrative intro movie with each start up (the raucous rap song, «Who Do You Voodoo, Bitch,» thumping to life every time that you turned it on), but the starkness, the minimalism of the start screen of Dark Souls felt old school, felt hardcore.

The essays place Manolis» Key West paintings in perspective, portraying the island, the southernmost point of the United States, as a storied artists» colony and a centuries old source of inspiration for such legendary figures as John James Audubon, who depicted the abundant tropical wildlife, and Winslow Homer, whose mesmerizing harbor scenes are considered some of the greatest watercolors ever painted.

Hi Amber, An old friend of mine is actually from Hawaii and she has such a lovely way of bringing the islands into her California home.

A Texas couple breathes new life into their 100 - year - old home such as using a thoughtful mix of materials from reclaimed walls for their kitchen island.

Old - fashioned looks, such as the embossed stainless steel above the range and the beaded - board ceiling and island base, form the basis for a warm and inviting intimacy in this period - inspired kitchen.