Sentences with phrase «by pirates who»

It was originally founded by pirates who tired of piracy, and is now inhabited by their descendants.

The story sees Otis» village dismantled by pirates who clearly have conflict with the Owls.

Ambergris Caye was probably named by the pirates who frequented the island in the early 17th century.

This means the ratio of thefts by end - users who intend to enjoy the content they steal to thefts by pirates who intend to profit from the content they steal may be lower in the book publishing industry than in any other medium.

South Korea has deployed a warship to the sea off Ghana after three South Korean sailors were kidnapped by pirates who have now been identified as Nigerians.

Not exact matches

Spire's technology is also used by shipping businesses to determine if a vessel may have been taken over by pirates, who typically turn off beacons that Spire can track through a signal.

Co-founded by Peter Sunde, who also co-founded the notorious Pirate Bay file - sharing site, it's a «social payment service» that lets people donate a fixed amount each month that then gets split up between the online services they want to support — kind of like a tip jar.

Silk Road 2.0 was launched late last year, weeks after authorities had shuttered the original Silk Road website in October and arrested its alleged owner, Ross Ulbricht, who went by the online alias, Dread Pirate Roberts.

Like fashion pirates who add allure to cheap handbags by slapping fake designer labels onto them, rogue pharmaceutical vendors abroad have taken to using «Canada,» «Canadian» and the maple leaf to flog counterfeit pharmaceuticals worldwide.

The movie industry estimates that in Mexico, for every DVD sold legally, another 10 are pirated, often by notorious and dangerous drug cartels who are making a name for themselves in media piracy.

Only accessible via the Tor browser, it was founded in 2011 by American computer programmer Ross Ulbricht, who went via the online moniker Dread Pirate Roberts.

Ulbricht, who prosecutors say went by the alias Dread Pirate Roberts in a reference to the 1987 movie «The Princess Bride,» faces up to life in prison and a mandatory minimum term of 20 years.

Their recently released «research» paper identifies a Bitcoin address with supposed links directly to other Bitcoin addresses that were controlled by William Ulbricht, also known as Dread Pirate Roberts, who operated the Silk Road marketplace until its recent seizure by the FBI.

I wanted to twist that saying a bit by saying that those who lower the standards that God places for us in their heart or who confine the body are actually the pirates that are stealing from God.

so yes Mormonism is a cult created by a man who was a wheeler and dealer, a pirate.

The Pirate As a Christian, my prayers go out to the families of those who were killed by this deranged person.

Take the professional street vendors for example, all too well known from popular Italian beaches, selling everything from «Rolex» watches to «Ray Ban» shades (stiff fines await tourists who buy pirated brand name products, by the way).

Funniest thing in the entire thread was the person who said that while Taillon has more upside, Nova is currently the Pirates best starting pitcher (for the record, he isn't, by a long shot).

Put - upon Dodgers enjoyed three - day respite from cellar, but at Pirates» insistence returned, mollified by neighborly Phillies, who won two for New Manager Eddie Sawyer, then subsided into recognized win - a-few, lose - a-few pace.

And by governance on a daily basis, mean from the how from kings, aristocrats, down through every layer of bureaucracy till you get to your local tax collector, what / why / how these people ran the government administration on a day to day basis, from dealing with a rival city who recently stole one of your citizens crops, to pirates interfering with trade on the Mediterranean, to drought, city administration, what to do with tax money, neighborly disputes, superstition, weather, crime, theft, laws and battles of ideology, to political rivalries and infighting, to a foreigner spreading strange religious ideas in the city (or dealing with somebody accused of a crime they claim they did not commit), I mean everything and everything these officials may have dealt with, daily, and how they changed over time.

He argues vehemently that if there was any usefulness to the election, it was that it provided an insight into how democratic process could be subverted by an organized electoral pirates who worked to enthrone a regime of anomie in pursuit of a Hobbesian fiefdom that Ekiti has become.

The governor - elect is the son of the former New York Governor Mario Cuomo, and former major league baseball prospect, who was recruited by the Pittsburgh Pirates.

As wonderful as blogging is, there's very little that's going to contribute to a grant or paper,» said Dr. Isis, a pseudonymous blogger who focuses on gender issues in science and scientific lifestyles, when she spoke at ScienceOnline2011 by video link, wearing sunglasses, a surgical mask, and a woolly pirate hat to conceal her identity.

Their seafaring abilities were still celebrated 1,000 years later by Greek historian Thucydides, who credited the Minoans with building the world's first navy and ridding the seas of pirates.

Among other things, I ran the Great Wall of China Marathon; worked out on a pearl boat in the Kimberley; appeared semi-naked in a music video wrapped only in cling wrap; worked on a Norwegian reality TV show filmed in Malta; trained eagles in Mongolia; donned a wig and lived like Dolly Parton in her hometown in Tennessee for a month; rode a bicycle around Taiwan; sailed on a pirate ship from Seattle towards Mexico before hitting a storm and having to be rescued by theUS Coast Guard; and helped educate young girls in Kosovo who are banned from attending school because they wear headscarves.

Shrek and his buddies are attacked by pirates and animated trees who later capture the ogre and chain him up.

The Pirates are no super powerful race, nor are the chozo who were infected by the phazon along with all the other creatures.

In «Dead Men Tell No Tales,» Johnny Depp's Jack Sparrow is pursued by old rival Captain Salazar (Javier Bardem), who has escaped from the Devil's Triangle with his ghost crew, and is now determined to kill every pirate at sea.

The only character, in fact, who survives «Pirates of Silicon Valley» unscathed is Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak — the primary narrator of the tale, sympathetically played by Joey Slotnick, whose puppy - dog eyes and awesome facial hair give him a lovable, albeit mawkish, «I'm doing this for the right reasons» appeal.

Will Turner (Orlando Bloom), who was saved from shipwreck as a boy by the equally young Elizabeth Swann (Kiera Knightley) whom he's been pining for ever after, enlists the help of renegade pirate Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) when Miss Swann is abducted by cursed pirates led by the particularly wicked Captain Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush) with whom Sparrow of course has a score to settle.

Bardem may have been sold on the idea of the new «Pirates» movie by his wife, Penelope Cruz, who starred in «Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides.»

The film will take place during the WWII era and will tell the story of a young orphan who is kidnapped by pirates and taken to a far away land (Neverland).

As the movie begins, Pippi (played here by Tami Erin) is living the high life on board the good ship Hoptoad, along with her father (John Schuck) Captain Ephraim Longstocking (who is implied to be a pirate of some variety, like he is in the books).

This time, Captain Sparrow will come up against a new foe in the form of Captain Salazar, played by Javier Bardem, a ghost pirate who could do with some moisturizer on his face by the looks of it.

Meanwhile, another rescue party is being organized by Commodore Norrington (Jack Davenport), the newly promoted British officer who wants to marry the pirate's hostage.

First appearing in Avengers # 257 (1985) by Roger Stern and John Buscema, Nebula was a space pirate who came into possession of Thanos» ship during a period when the titan was dead.

The film is directed by Stuart Beattie who recently directed «Tomorrow When the War Began» and has writing credits on big blockbusters including «Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl», «Collateral», «and «G.I Joe: The Rise of Cobra».

A corporate executive (Søren Malling), who starts the film giddy about successfully negotiating a sale, faces a tougher battle when one of his company's ships is taken over by pirates.

On the rare occasions that the pirates are left to be the scurvy dogs they are, the movie finds its humor (the brethren court scene is funny as it turns into an all - out brawl and punctuated by a unfortunately forgettable cameo by Keith Richards, Depp's inspiration for the role of Sparrow), but otherwise, two seamen (Lee Arenberg and Mackenzie Cook) who have traveled the whole of this voyage provide amusing asides to the proceedings while a monkey steals every scene it's in.

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That film is The Goonies, the 1985 comedy adventure film directed by Richard Donner, about a group of young friends who try to beat a family of criminals to a hidden pirate treasure to help save the neighborhood where they all live from being torn down and turned into a golf course.

And yet going toe - to - toe with the lead is the main Somali pirate Barkhad Abdi who is an electrifying revelation (also remarkably good are his pirate co-stars all played by first - timers, Faysal Ahmed, Barkhad Abdirahman and Mahet M. Al).

So real quick: all these daughters of Major General Stanley get found by pirates and the eldest daughter Mabel falls in love with Frederic who just left the pirates but then there's a problem and he has to go back with the pirates, but Mabel fights the pirates and they all end up together in the end.

But during her quest to gather data and bring the cure to the world, Pearl is captured by cannibalistic Flesh Pirates who plot to keep the antidote for themselves and rule the world.

You'll also probably enjoy — beyond Hanks — the terrific performances by the actors playing the pirates, especially Barhkad Abdi, who plays Muse, their leader (my thanks to Hollis Robbins for that link).

Forced to confront Beckett and the East Indian Trading Company's exploitation of the seaways, they rally the elusive and eccentric Pirate Lords from around the world, as well as the unlucky Jack Sparrow who has been deigned to the realm of the dead by a dishonorable deed.

Rob Marshall, the talented filmmaker behind the Academy Award ® - winning musical «Chicago» and Disney's «Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides,» helms the film, which is based on the Tony ® - winning original musical by James Lapine, who also penned the screenplay, and legendary composer Stephen Sondheim, who provides the music and lyrics — including an all - new song for the big - screen adaptation.

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.

In keeping with Elliott and Rosso's «Pirates» formula, the intervening plot proves far more complicated than such archetypal material demands, and as such is likely to alienate younger viewers who may already be overwhelmed by the intensity of Verbinski's vision.

The script by Jason Fuchs is set during World War II and follows an orphan who is kidnapped by pirates and brought to Neverland.