Sentences with phrase «as black island»

Top dive sites in Nha Trang include Hon Mun Island which is also known as The Black Island.

Sail to Bali Hai Reef (also known as Black Island) with seven of your closest mates aboard the S.V. Domino and enjoy lunch on the island.

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In between, we are given snapshots of a vanished America where religion and culture still played a vital role in public life, as well as odd and unexpected little tidbits: a craze for church bell towers in the 1920s; Cram's home life with his beloved wife, Bess, and their children; the messy business breakup with Goodhue; Cram's mildly embarrassing foray into the horror genre, Black Spirits and White; his strange proposal for an island to be raised ex nihilo in Boston's Charles River; the problems inherent when working with rich Swedenborgians; and a Japanese Christian university he designed on a mix of Oriental and Dutch Modernist themes.

She is not Black American - although slaves were brought over to the leeward islands during the trans - Atlantic Slave Trade - Her parents are Haitian Immigrants - She was brought up to admire Whites and their culture - She does not see herself as a American Black Woman - She claims that she is beyond that... Her husband is White and all of her friends are White - Please look up her bio - Google it!

I make this: ground beef taco seasoning doritos shredded cheese (mexican) onion black olives chili beans thousand island dressing lettuce tomatoes its basically the same as all of you have been saying there was a potluck at a place where I worked and the lady brought the meat in a crockpot warm and added all the other ingredients when it was time to eat letting the people add their own doritos and dressing.

Besides the quantity exported to Europe, a great deal is consumed in the countries which produce it; the natives of the East Indian Islands, who have little taste for black pepper, or the finer spices so abundantly produced in their country, use immense quantities of the Capsicum; the consumption of which is as universal as that of salt.

Solomon is Rihanna's personal chef — yes, that Rihanna: RiRi, island queen, Puma designer, and multiplatinum - selling artist whose most recent album, Anti, had her hailed as one of three black women who radicalized pop in 2016.

(as I was told), as the natural sand on the island is a grey / black (volcanic).

Backers say Gregory has the capacity to make news as Suffolk's legislative leader, and would be the first black House member from a majority - Long Island district.

Clinton cited recent incidents of unarmed black men around the country being killed by police such as Freddie Gray in Baltimore, Tamir Rice in Cleveland and Garner, who she said was «choked to death after being stopped for selling cigarettes on the streets of our city,» in Staten Island.

It's not the first unexpected thing to crop up for City Hall in Mr. de Blasio's inaugural year, nor is it unrelated to another unforeseen circumstance: the death of Eric Garner, a black Staten Island man, as police tried to arrest him for selling loose cigarettes.

Mr. Lynch has been outspoken critic of Mr. de Blasio, particularly in the wake of the death of Eric Garner, an unarmed black man who died on Staten Island as a police officer tried to arrest him.

Should the insurance bill pass, Uber would still have to get regulatory approval to actually operate in upstate New York and Long Island from one municipality at a time, be it Poughkeepsie, Utica, Ithaca, Buffalo, etc. (In New York City, where ridesharing is forbidden, Uber now operates mostly as a black car service).

Democrats, along with several civil rights groups, attacked the now - adopted district lines as unfairly stacking the deck against Democrats in downstate communities and said they split apart a predominately black and Latino area on Long Island to dilute its mostly Democratic voters into several Republican districts.

Although many vertebrate species have diversified on the island after arriving by overwater «sweepstakes» dispersal, most — such as the flying lizards and black - crested macaque monkeys — have speciated in such a way that their geographic ranges are non-overlapping, with their ranges meeting like pieces in a jigsaw puzzle.

The island is home to a range of animals such as fur seals and macaroni penguins that depend upon krill, and others, such as black - browed albatrosses, which eat substantial amounts of krill as well as fish and squid.

Rhode island is known as «Little Rhody» and BlackChristianPeopleMeet.com is here to bring their Black Christian Singles together.

I hate hearing black people being refered to as «exotic», like we have no more depth than a picture of a tropical island or an unusual vase.

The Margot of the title, as played to alien, frostbitten perfection by Nicole Kidman, is a NEW YORKER contributor (and Jennifer Jason Leigh, as Margot's sister Pauline, played Mrs. Parker herself once upon a time) who's ventured out to wintry Long Island to talk her sister out of marrying schlub Malcolm (Jack Black).

-- «Judy Berlin» (1999): This small - budget gem, shot in black and white, stars Edie Falco as a klutzy Long Island woman, without any particular talent, who decides to go to Hollywood to be an actress.

Technological advances have offered ways around this: Netflix made space not just for Ford's Strong Island, but also Laverne Cox's rise to prominence as trans inmate Sophia Burset in Orange is the New Black, which led to her cover appearance on Time's Transgender Tipping Point issue in May 2014.

10:45 pm — TCM — The Black Stallion I wouldn't dare to guess how many times I saw this movie as a horse - crazy kid, but I would dare argue that its central section with its almost total lack of dialogue as Alec and The Black get to know each other while shipwrecked on a deserted island is still among my favorite sections in any family movie.

Gulliver's Travels (12/22) Overhaul of the Jonathan Swift classic, set in the present, stars Jack Black in the title role as an aspiring travel writer sent on his first assignment to investigate the Bermuda Triangle who ends up on the mysterious island of Lilliput where he towers over its tiny inhabitants.

In «Ford's «Strong Island,» a kind of filmic memoir of the Long Island prosecutorial injustice that led to the white killer of his black brother William in a garage dispute never even standing trial, the aims are as much personal as social.

Her seventh graders at the Mare Island Technology Academy, in Vallejo, California, choose a seafaring species — such as the harbor seal, black - footed albatross, or leatherback turtle — and draw a picture of it, using pencil or ink.

I helped black and other students new to the islands understand, for example, that Pidgin, a creole language spoken in the Hawaiian Islands, is not «broken English,» as it is often desislands understand, for example, that Pidgin, a creole language spoken in the Hawaiian Islands, is not «broken English,» as it is often desIslands, is not «broken English,» as it is often described.

In the book The Water is Wide, Pat Conroy chronicled his experiences as a white teacher assigned to an isolated island off the coast of South Carolina where most of the people were poor and black.

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.

Typing on the T200's island - style black - on - silver keyboard was mostly pleasant, as I cranked out Facebook posts and furiously IM - ed my friends with ease.

The official citation pays tribute to the island's «exceptional natural beauty» and refers to «over 250 km of sandy beaches with long, uninterrupted sweeps of ocean beach, with more than 40 km of strikingly coloured sand cliffs, as well as spectacular dune blowouts and ocean surf beaches; tall rainforests growing on low nutrient sands; perched dune lakes including both clear «white water» lakes and dark «black water» lakes; banksia woodlands, heath, patterned swampy fens and sheltered mangrove areas in a spectacular «mosaic landscape.»

Iceland played a pivotal role in the production, as its black volcanic sand beaches stood in for the Japanese island of Iwo Jima.

The Channel Islands also serve as the meeting ground for sea birds and shore birds that rarely occur together, such as black oystercatchers from the north and American oystercatchers from the south.

The engine started, the exhaust pipe spit out black smoke and I smiled as I watched the island fade into the morning haze.

Set on the hillside overlooking Shipwreck Beach and Mount Haupu (also known as Black Mountain), this luxurious island residence is a great place for a family to settle in for a fun Kauai vacation.

Beaufort, Coastal Black and 40 Knots are just three estate wineries located within easy reach of Campbell River — as is Quadra Island's SouthEnd Winery.

Hidden in a private corner of our 23 - acres of tropical paradise, your wedding photos will astound your friends and family as they marvel over the picturesque backdrop of historic Black Rock, the blue Pacific Ocean and the island of Lana`i.

We sat down to an impeccably presented feast — roasted chicken in a soft polenta, seared scallops in a black pudding, cutlets of Flinders Island lamb, and the freshest oysters I have ever encountered — and as we ate, both men began to speak candidly about the state of Tasmanian wine.

Massive waves exploded into white foam on black stone cliffs, hordes of pelicans squabbled over jagged rock islands and monkeys screamed from the canopies overhead as we disembarked.

The birds are the innocents, not built for survival on an island where black rats were introduced as predators.

According to «Animal Activist Finds Himself in Rat's Nest of Legal Trouble» (Dec. 15), the black rats, Rattus rattus, that Rob Puddicombe tried to rescue on Anacapa Island are known primarily as urban nuisances.

Among the eggs the rats like to munch are those of the petite, black and white Xantus's murrelet, which nests only on Santa Barbara and Anacapa islands and is a candidate for listing as a threatened species, officials say.

«The black rat was the last nonnative animal on this island,» said Kate Faulkner, chief of resource management for the park, as she hiked up the rugged path toward Inspiration Point on a recent media tour of the island.

Iconic dive sites include Blue Pearl Bay, Black Island, the Stepping Stones and the Cathedral - renowned as some of the best diving on the Great Barrier Reef.

These structures have proven to increase coral growth by up to 5 times, and the inventor claims up to ten times faster coral growth can be achieved.They are making an incredible effect on the Gili islands, by being natural sea breakers, attract and give protection for all kinds of marine kife, including octopus, cuttlefish cowrie shells and as you will see in this video a very rare black frog fish.

Situated beachfront on award - winning Kaanapali Beach, the Maui Nui L ūʻau shares the music, dance and history of the islands right here at the foot of the famous cliff diving point, Pu'u Keka'a, or Black Rock as it is commonly called.

Cuisine — To create Japengo's modern Pacific Rim cuisine, Hyatt Regency Maui Resort and Spa's Executive Chef Matt Smith sources exceptional local produce and products from Maui and the surrounding islands, such as Olowalu tomatoes, Kula lettuces, Alii Kula lavender, Hawaiian red and black sea salt, and freshly caught seafood, and thoughtfully prepares them using authentic Asian cooking methods.

Feel the sand in your feet as the ocean waves roll over them, and marvel at the black - sand beaches on Hawaii's Big Island.

On various islands you will find reserves for birds such as the reserve for the black catbird on Caye Caulker and a bird sanctuary on Man - of - War Caye where you will find pelicans, frigate birds and brown bobbies.

For us here at the Gili Shark Conservation project the most magical thing about the beautiful reefs surrounding the three Gili islands is the abundance of juvenile black tip and white tip reef sharks who are consistently sighted in the region making it a unique and important location for these species life cycles by playing the part as a shark nursery.

Bali Sharks, also known as the Serangan Shark Island Project, is a private nature conservation initiative that has embarked on a mission to save black tip and white tip reef sharks, while providing visitors to Bali with the first environmentally - friendly tour of its kind in Indonesia.