Sentences with phrase «acts as our island»

There is also a resting platform at the end of the 30» pool that acts as an island and a place to breathe during what can be a strenuous activity.

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The artificial island and interconnectors could act as a spider web, she explained, making it possible to send energy to different countries where it is needed, getting better prices in the process.

In Canada, however, the printer companies are prevented from excluding third parties by the Competition Act, which has enabled refilling businesses such as Island Inkjet to operate and provide some measure of competitive pricing discipline.

The lucky candidate to land the gig will act as an administrative assistant in Branson's office and as a personal assistant to Keny Jones, who is the general manager of Necker Island.

São Tomé and Príncipe, an island nation off the west coast of Africa, decided last month to cut diplomatic ties with the island - an act Taiwan condemned as an «abrupt and unfriendly decision.»

Hunter Taubman Fischer & Li LLC acted as counsel to the Company, Ogier acted as Cayman Islands legal counsel to the Company, and Mei & Mark LLP acted as counsel to the underwriters for the IPO.

The Cordillera Central mountain range that forms the spine of the island of Puerto Rico acted as a juicer for Hurricane Maria, Huffman explained, rapidly squeezing out 20 to 36 inches of rain from the cyclone.

The attacker, known only as Juhanda, was found guilty of an act of terrorism committed last November when he threw a petrol bomb at Oikumene Church on Borneo island on a Sunday morning.

Considered Cuba's largest and most influential institution outside the government, the Catholic Church today acts as both a force for reforms and a mediator between the government and opposition groups, including some of the island's boldest dissidents.

His first local recruiting victory, in 2013 — 14, came in the form of 6» 4» guard Milton Doyle — from Chicago's Marshall High — who helped the Ramblers make the transition from the Horizon League to the Missouri Valley Conference and acted as a pied piper for other players before finishing his career in 2017 and heading to the Long Island Nets of the NBA's G League.

Babies Getaway acts as the single best destination for those parents and caregivers who are in need of baby gear rental, baby equipment rental, baby furniture, stroller rental, crib rental, or wish to rent a car seat in East Long Island, NY.

Staten Island DA Dan Donovan, who acted as the special prosecutor in Sen. Kevin Parker's assault case, released a statement in the wake of the Brooklyn Democrat's conviction on two misdemeanor charges, saying he respects the jury's decision despite the fact that it did not deliver a felony guilty verdict.

And the Privy Council, acting as their highest court, still provides a useful guarantee of legal certainty to the owners of the many corporations nominally residing on these islands.

Flanagan in May had pledged to push for SAFE Act changes after he replaced fellow Long Island Republican Dean Skelos as the majority leader, who stepped down following a corruption arrest.

It's unclear whether Cuomo will appoint an acting district attorney Donovan goes to Washington as Staten Island's congressman, but what is clear is that there soon will be a new DA.

A vote on the bill, backed by Sen. Diane Savino of Staten Island, comes as her office also released a report showing an increase in lewd acts on public transportation, a 51.7 percent increase.

In all, Mr. Ickes, a longtime contributor to Mr. de Blasio, acted as the intermediary for $ 19,250 in donations in the four days leading up to the announcement that A.E.G. could bring its festival to Randalls Island.

Oddo, along with other «North Shore stakeholders» as he called them — Snug Harbor Cultural Center, the Staten Island Yankees and the St. George Theatre — met with Deputy Mayor Alicia Glen about their concerns and she was told «the mayor's office needs to take charge of this and compel the appropriate agencies to act now,» Oddo said.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — It's unclear whether Gov. Andrew Cuomo will appoint an acting district attorney when DA Dan Donovan goes to Washington as Staten Island's congressman, but what is clear is that there soon will be a nISLAND, N.Y. — It's unclear whether Gov. Andrew Cuomo will appoint an acting district attorney when DA Dan Donovan goes to Washington as Staten Island's congressman, but what is clear is that there soon will be a nIsland's congressman, but what is clear is that there soon will be a new DA.

The Lopez scandal, which includes claims of sexual harassment made against him by two other women, is the subject of probes by the state's Joint Commission on Public Ethics and Staten Island District Attorney Daniel Donovan who is acting as a special prosecutor.

At 10 a.m., Sen. James Sanders Jr hosts a press conference advocating for Far Rockaway to be included in the Long Island Rail Road's CityTicket program, with his bill known as the Long Island Rail Road Fare Act, Rockaway LIRR station, Nameoke St., Queens.

RICHMOND TOWN — A lawyer who stole nearly $ 2 million from a Staten Island cemetery while serving as acting president pleaded guilty to grand larceny Wednesday, the attorney general announced.

Ultimately, a compromise was struck, with Sen. Andrew Lanza, a Staten Island Republican who is known to have a cordial relationship with Gov. Andrew Cuomo, acting as a key legislative negotiator on the issue.

The New York Daily News reported Sunday that de Blasio «offered his help» to Staten Island property owner Michael Shah with more than 200 code violations, and that weeks earlier, Shah had donated the maximum $ 4,950 to de Blasio and had begun acting as an «intermediary» to raise $ 11,850 in additional funds.

As a federal prosecutor representing Long Island, Brooklyn and Queens, and as Acting Deputy Chief of the Public Integrity Section, Todd took down corrupt elected officials who used taxpayer dollars to fund lavish lifestyles, as well as drug kingpins and other major felonAs a federal prosecutor representing Long Island, Brooklyn and Queens, and as Acting Deputy Chief of the Public Integrity Section, Todd took down corrupt elected officials who used taxpayer dollars to fund lavish lifestyles, as well as drug kingpins and other major felonas Acting Deputy Chief of the Public Integrity Section, Todd took down corrupt elected officials who used taxpayer dollars to fund lavish lifestyles, as well as drug kingpins and other major felonas well as drug kingpins and other major felonas drug kingpins and other major felons.

State Assemblyman Robert Sweeney (D - Lindenhurst) unveiled his version of the bill, known as the «Long Island Water Quality Control Act,» at the end of last month.

Supporters of conservation brought up strategies to stop the sale of the island, including lobbying Congress to revoke the act putting Plum Island up for sale, designating the island as property for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services, selling it to New York State or a non-profit group that will focus on preservation, or — if necessary — filing a lawsuit against the goverisland, including lobbying Congress to revoke the act putting Plum Island up for sale, designating the island as property for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services, selling it to New York State or a non-profit group that will focus on preservation, or — if necessary — filing a lawsuit against the goverIsland up for sale, designating the island as property for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services, selling it to New York State or a non-profit group that will focus on preservation, or — if necessary — filing a lawsuit against the goverisland as property for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services, selling it to New York State or a non-profit group that will focus on preservation, or — if necessary — filing a lawsuit against the government.

But one Staten Island Democratic source told the Observer that the candidate would depend on whether Mr. Cuomo, a Democrat, opts to appoint a district attorney — likely a fellow Democrat — to keep the seat warm ahead of November, rather than allowing for the office's top - ranked prosecutor to serve as acting DA.

The monarch has, therefore, alerted the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Fatai Owoseni; Director of State Security Service, Mr. Adekunle Ajanaku, as well as the Executive Secretaries of Lagos Island Local Government and Lagos Island Local Council Development Authority to move against the perpetrators of the illegal act.

Senate Co-Leader Dean Skelos (R - Long Island) and Sen. Martin Golden (R - Brooklyn) said they would not support expanding a proposed education investment tax credit to help fund scholarships for the college kids of illegal immigrants — a plan some saw as a compromise to the DREAM Act that was voted down in the Senate last week.

COBBLE HILL — A Brooklyn judge ruled Thursday that William Thompson Sr., father of mayoral candidate Bill Thompson, will act as mediator between Long Island College Hospital and its employees, according to reports.

ALBANY, NY — Separate audits of Metro - North Railroad and the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) found they failed to properly manage overtime paid by funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), allowing abuses such as allowing some conductors to charge overtime for tasks such as washing up for work, New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli announced today.

Diane Savino, an IDC member who represents portions of Staten Island and Brooklyn, has been a leading advocate for the bill, just as she was with the successful Marriage Equality Act several years ago.

To keep Lady Liberty's hemline dry, the architects propose creating a network of piers, islets, and underwater kelp forests that would surround Liberty Island as well as Ellis Island, and that would act as buffers to keep back storm surges.

While the researchers in the current study can't pinpoint exposure, people in the Faroe Islands eat a lot of seafood, such as whale meat and blubber — which act like storage containers for these persistent chemicals.

Laidre suspects that the coconut crabs act as a «ruler of the atoll,» keeping ground - nesting bird species from finding homes on crab - filled islands.

By acting as the lemur's worst nightmare, the fossa helps maintain the island's blissful natural balance.

First the spruce and white pine trees that cover High Island materialize from the fog, then the rocky headland, and finally the sea, as if the mere act of watching has drawn them all into existence.

Elements in this so - called island of stability could act as powerful nuclear fuel for future fission - propelled space missions.

For the first time during the hurricane, PRSN took over as the tsunami warning focal point for Puerto Rico on the west side of the island, acting as the central point of contact for tsunami and other coastal hazards.

I love versatile dresses, like this red swing dress from River Island, that acts as a blank palate for...

Located primarily on the island of Great Britain and in Northern Ireland, the United Kingdom is bounded by the Atlantic Ocean, the North Sea, the English Internet freedom declined in 2017 as the Investigatory Powers Act (IP Act) authorized a range of surveillance powers, including some bulk surveillance of

City Island (PG - 13 for sexuality, smoking and profanity) Kitchen sink sitcom about a wacky Italian - American family with a lot of skeletons in the closet, from a patriarch (Andy Garcia) who's secretly taking acting lessons, to a Prodigal Son (Steven Strait) who's an ex-con, to a daughter (Dominik Garcia - Lorido) who's working as a stripper, to a teenager (Ezra Miller) who's a chubby chaser, to his sexually - frustrated wife (Julianna Margulies).

And then there's Johnny Depp, popping up near the end of the second act and threatening to steal the film as his oddball detective, Guy Lapointe, devours scenery like a shark chowing through Amity Island tourists.

In adapting HG Wells's science fiction novel about a renegade scientist who creates an island of monsters, Hutchinson would be working with one of his great acting idols, as well as the acclaimed director John Frankenheimer.

When Ellis and his best friend, Neckbone (Jacob Lofland, totally convincing as a sweet kid acting tough), take a risky trip to a deserted island, they find Mud hiding out and begin helping him, though they're not sure whether they should trust this magical, murderous man.

Answering our call was Annette Bening, who plays former Hollywood leading lady Gloria Grahame romantically linked to a much younger man in her final years in «Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool»; Jessica Chastain, who plays real - life poker entrepreneur Molly Bloom targeted by the FBI in «Molly's Game»; Diane Kruger, who won the Cannes film festival's top acting prize for her portrayal of a woman whose husband and child have been killed by terrorists in «In the Fade»; Margot Robbie, who stars as disgraced figure skater Tonya Harding in the quirky «I, Tonya»; Saoirse Ronan, as a Sacramento teen looking for her place in the world in «Lady Bird»; and Kate Winslet, who stars in Woody Allen's 1950s Coney Island drama «Wonder Wheel.»

We could have devoted this entire week to praising documentaries — Dana and Amy and Kam, you've championed Wormwood and Casting JonBenet and The Work — so I'm going to go to bat for a movie that has stayed with me as filmmaking, as storytelling, and as an act of personal courage, Strong Island.

Her efforts to gussy up feel like desperate acts of prayer from an antiquated era, as the husband is rarely seen onscreen (though he does find the time to play Dead Island).

Felicity Jones is her innocent daughter Miranda; Ben Whislaw as Ariel is a sprite who spirits about the island in truly enchanting effects; Djimon Hounsou makes a fearsome Caliban, and the cast of acting greats includes David Straithairn, Russell Brand, Alfred Molina, Alan Cumming and Chris Cooper.