Sentences with phrase «abandoned villages of»

Two teachers, the middle - aged sourpuss Mrs. Hogg (Helen McCrory) and the younger, sweeter Eve Parkins (Phoebe Fox) are accompanying the children to the now - abandoned village of Crythin Gifford.

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They loaded all of the «evils» and «sins» of the village onto a goat and then either killed it or abandoned it out in the desert to die.

Think of how you would view witchcraft as a retarding influence on society and how you would long for the day when the shining light of science and reason would illuminate your village and the majority of the population would abandon their belief in witches, pixies and elves.

Residents in this village say the District Chief Executive of the constituency, George Opare Addo abandoned the school building after construction.

About 750 criminals, including cattle rustlers, bandits and kidnappers have sworn an oath to abandon their illegal activities in Anchau village, Kubau local government area of...

According to Jinjiri, the suspect, who was a divorcee and a resident of Abunabo village, allegedly abandoned the baby after giving birth four months after her new marriage.

NEW YORK, NY — Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman announced grant awards totaling $ 12.6 million to help 76 cities, towns, and villages across the state address the problem of vacant properties and so - called «zombie homes» — vacant and abandoned homes that are not maintained during a prolonged foreclosure proceeding.

This Restore NY project is a great example of remediating and revitalizing an abandoned industrial site and bringing it back to life as a value - added economic property in our community,» Carla DeShaw, mayor of the Village of Canastota, said in a news release that the office of Gov. Andrew Cuomo issued Jan. 22.

The subsidies are for the Lighthouse Point project, which includes a hotel, 100 housing units, «an urban beach» and shops arranged in a faux streetscape to create «a charming old - world merchant village» on an abandoned Coast Guard parcel just south of the St. George Ferry terminal, according to its developers.

It was held in the Village of Haverstraw because no community should be abandoned by the Republicans no matter what the ethnic demographics indicate.

In 2012, the Rockland County village of Haverstraw swiftly abandoned a law — billed as first in the nation — banning tobacco displays in all retail stores after it was sued by the tobacco industry, which contended it violated free speech.

As one community official wrote to me, «It is imperative that our children know the value of their cultural heritage here in Collata so that they will not abandon their village when they grow up.»

To figure out when the Jemez villages were abandoned, Liebmann and his colleagues counted the rings of trees now growing on the landscape.

Many trees now growing in and around the Jemez villages sprouted in the 1630s and 1640s, suggesting that the communities were abandoned around that time, the team reports today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Yes, abandon hope all ye who seek sophisticated wit.Here «parody» is redefined as rehashing scenes from The Grudge, The Village, Saw and, er, Brokeback Mountain with a hearty squirt of toilet humour.That said, you'll probably titter out loud at least four times and it's more fun than Date Movie â $ «but then so is flushing your own head down the loo.

Forzani describes the novel as «a mix of anarchy and spaghetti Western» in which «a group of violent criminals who have stolen 250 kg of gold hide out in an abandoned village in the South of France where an eccentric female artist spends her summers each year.

Abandoning all hope that it's about anything of even such piddling bumper - sticker consequence, The Village could also be a simple love story between a blind girl (Ivy Walker (Bryce Dallas Howard, Ron's spawn)-RRB- and a near - mute (Lucius Hunt (Joaquin Phoenix)-RRB-, but it's so wrapped up in justification for its twist that it lets the air out of its cotillion courtship in a slow hiss.

His journey includes some of the most iconic war scenes put to film, from surf - loving Lt Col Kilgore, and the famous helicopter attack on a Viet Cong village (to the strains of Wagner), the surreal USO jungle show by Playboy Playmates, to the Do Lung Bridge, the US» last outpost, where soldiers are abandoned to their fate and the only sound, besides explosions, is the yelling of the damned for salvation.

Starring Khalid Laith, Razane Jammal, Aiysha Hart, Carole Abboud, Paul Luebke and May El Calamawy, «The story follows a young Emirati couple who return home from the U.S. to discover that their new apartment in a luxury high - rise built on the site of an abandoned fishing village is also home to the malevolent beings known as «djinn.

Every frame is a work of art with beautifully stunning environments such as a graveyard for dragons, caverns made of crystal, dimly lit crypts, twisted forests, abandoned mines, a mushroom village, and a dastardly forge filled with molten metal where the undead army crafts their weapons.

A disenchanted youth and his two older sisters chafe under the rule of their domineering father, toiling day after day as charcoal makers, living a life of enforced deprivation in an abandoned village.

As a mountaineer trekking through abandoned villages and decrepit Buddhist temples, players battle ghosts and solve puzzles through roughly 20 hours of gameplay.

But researchers had to abandon their cars and either walk or hitch a ride on one of the ubiquitous and noisy three - wheeled farm vehicles to travel up the steeper mountain paths to clusters of houses in smaller villages to find the private schools.

The veneer of new wealth around the village - gourmet restaurants and art galleries, a winery - can not conceal abandoned outbuildings, disused air raid shelters, rusting farm tools, and trucks left wherever they stopped.

Now, the family's hope rests on The Larkspur, an old abandoned coaching inn in the quaint village of Gresham.

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Surprisingly, during the days of logging, fur trade and fishing camps, the islands» populations were higher than today; you can still explore the abandoned villages and settlements for a glimpse into the past.

Heading south from Burnaby Island, we cross Skincuttle Inlet, and pass the abandoned Haida village of Haigi, long since deserted as a result of a smallpox epidemic.

Although the assumption goes well together with the migration of workforce and wildly picturesque mountains and villages, Eastern Europe is far from being abandoned.

Starting near the northern boundary of Gwaii Haanas, near the abandoned Haida village of Tanu, this trip travels south, stopping each day at a new wilderness campsite.

On this westernmost European archipelago, an abandoned 18th - century village of tumbledown stone cottages was renovated into a folksy rural getaway — lace curtains; iron beds with homemade quilts — against a jaw - dropping landscape.

There is little shade and the sun can be scorching, but abandoned Hawaiian village sites and views of the volcanic coastline make this one of Maui's most adventurous hikes.

Days 2 to 14: Starting near the northern boundary of Gwaii Haanas, near the abandoned Haida village of Tanu, this trip travels south, stopping each day at a new wilderness campsite.

Ramble beaches, explore aboriginal villages and abandoned homesteads, handle colourful intertidal critters, and meet some of the fascinating people who live in this remote — and stunningly beautiful — region.

I loved the creative itineraries of these trips, which often featured fascinating off - the - beaten - path destinations; we explored the city cemetery, visited an abandoned hacienda, and ate at the homes of local families in a Mayan village.

Some experts speculate that drought and wars led to the eventual decline of this great civilization; others believe that the Maya simply evolved into a less centralized lifestyle, abandoning great cities for numerous small villages.

Other historical attractions include Dhayah Fort, a 16th century mud - brick fort with a strategically - important position on a hilltop, and the Jazirat al - Hamra, the ruins of an abandoned fishing village.

The next day, we visited the abandoned Kwakiutl village of Mamalilaculla on Village village of Mamalilaculla on Village Village Island.

There were children running and playing along the highway in their bare feet; locals bicycling through the village; thin and sad - looking dogs roaming around and laying in the middle of the road; lots of garbage and litter scattered along the side of the road; abandoned buildings with jungle growth creeping inside them and graffiti on the exterior; open - air handicraft markets selling typical Mexican souvenirs and blankets in a variety of vibrant colours; empty bus stops covered in graffiti; small, open - air and simple restaurants with red Coca Cola signs on the exterior, and matching tables and chairs serving authentic cuisine; locals cooking and serving fresh meat on a barbeque along the road; a small park and square; narrow gravel roads stemming off of the highway to the remainder of the village; and tiny one - room houses with either thatched roofs and wooden panels on the sides or square white painted houses with a flat roof, barred windows and always a satellite dish on top.

Looking to escape the traditional Christmas celebrations and spend a few days hibernating on the North Cornish coast, I found my perfect winter hideaway on the edge of a tiny once abandoned village called Port Quin...

Looking up at the sky reveals a partially destroyed moon, there are trolls and other horrible things roaming the night and quite a few abandoned villages containing helpful notes filling you in on some of the details.

Speaking of which question marks scattered around the map indicate something worth checking out, sometimes it's a monsters nest or an abandoned village or some treasure.

Shuval / Cheval has left the village to fulfill his own goal, and Lilia has abandoned the path of a Rider and gone on her own journey.

Its partner, the Female Ant, can be found in one of the abandoned houses in Kakariko Village.

- the protagonist meets Tico, a mysterious bird - like creature - Tico leads you to the World of Icarnus, a truly magical place where the Incarnus live - monsters here are huge and they also drop a lot more items than regular monsters - in some places, you will be able to witness monsters fighting each other - use your drone to watch the fight from up close, but from a safe distance - there's a mysterious village that seems to be abandoned - there are some facilities in there run by Incarnus - there's a store run by a frog - like Incarnus, which stocks some rare items - this village has a strange structure that looks like an altar - the Incarnus are said to be pretty close to the gods

Fatal Frame 2: Crimson Butterfly follows the story of Mio and Mayu Amakura, a pair of twins who stumble upon a lost and abandoned village named Minakami Vvillage named Minakami VillageVillage.

The girls must uncover the secrets of an ancient ritual and the abandoned village which is now been permanently shrouded in a mysterious darkness in order to escape its grasp.

230 sq. km chunk of post soviet state, featuring deep forests, cities, villages, abandoned military bases, and more..

Once you exit the safety of town or village, you can't come home until you've won, been defeated, or abandoned your quest.

In the game, we assume control of a team of mercenaries that traverse deserts, sunken villages, ruined cities, and abandoned military complexes to perform various tasks, facing hordes of enemies at the same time.