Sentences with phrase «island setting more»

There's also a whimsical trading game that forces you to get to know the game's island setting more intimately than in previous games.

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Reducing those fuel costs by switching to wind or solar could permanently set these island economies on a more positive trajectory.

On October 4, two weeks after Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico, Trump finally sent Congress a request for $ 29 billion more for disaster victims in the mainland US, Puerto Rico, and the US Virgin Islands; $ 13 billion is set aside to replenish the shrinking FEMA disaster relief fund, and the rest will go to pay federal flood insurance claims.

Since the 1960s the U.S. Government itself has encouraged American banks to set up branches in Caribbean hot - money centers and more distant islands as a means of attracting foreign money into the dollar.

An estimated 400,000 of the island's more than 3 million residents have left the US territory for the mainland since the record - setting September storm.

Jemez and Las Palmas were reluctant to sell star player Viera, who scored four goals and set up three more in 23 league starts this season for the Canary Islands - based club, but Viera was keen to leave because the offer from China was too good to turn down.

The area also includes the Staten Island Ferry terminal and has a slightly more urban, sometimes even hip, feel than other parts of the decidedly suburban borough: A major waterfront revitalization project will include «MRKTPL,» touted as «Staten Island's first artisanal food hall» and set to open in 2017.

Many criticized the governor, whose budget set a modest 2.6 percent increase in operating aid for the Island's schools, and the region's legislative delegation for not coming across with more money.

James Oddo launched a dedicated Tourism and Cultural Affairs office Monday that aims to get more tourists to explore Staten Island with high - end hotels and mega-projects on the way such as the Empire Outlets and the New York Wheel set to take over the waterfront.

So along with some friends, I sniffed out equipment scattered around the island; helped organize musicians into bands; and headlined the show with a raucous set of White Stripes songs, complete with my own blues guitar stylings (although attendees were far more impressed by the drummer's skills).

On Saturdays 40 years ago, when Singer (then Alison Tepper) was 5 years old and wanted to be in ballet class, she and her parents would set out on a very different errand: visiting her autistic 7 - year - old brother, Steven, at the Willowbrook State School, an institution on Staten Island, New York, that housed more than 5,000 people diagnosed with mental retardation and developmental disabilities.

At the tip of Long Island, Montauk is a gorgeous beach setting, and couldn't have been a more perfect spot for this bride and groom.

To give the set a more casual vibe, I paired it with a Labels Are For Clothes T - Shirt from River Island.

After the whimsy of last week's The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society and the real - life dramas of 2017's Another Mother's Son, the Channel Islands become home to something altogether more eerie in this Jersey - set debut feature from writer - director Michael Pearce.

galaxy 1 and 2 done that for wii, i liked sunshine but preferred Mario 64 and galaxies games so much more, due to wii limitations, the worlds in galaxy had to be kept small, but imagine bigger Mario 64 style worlds, and a huge open world based in the mushroom kingdom, like super Mario bros 3, with the giant world, water world, ice, etc i want a 3d super Mario bros 3, but with a mix of galaxy 1 and 2 and Mario 64 game play, while i liked Mario sunshine, i quickly got bored of the tropical island setting, and music, and the water based game play just didn't do it for me, and for most Mario fans, the sales speaks for itself, the fact is most Mario fans did not like sunshine.

From FPS titles like Call of Duty to more open - world affairs like Dead Island, the player is given a set of instructions and controls and told to approach the game world in a specific way to succeed.

It feels like a set of islands more than a complete town, and doesn't feel as expansive as Dead Rising 3.

It's a journey rendered all the more unsettling by Pearce's incongruously sun - gilded visuals, which make the setting feel more like Antonioni's glowing Mediterranean than an island in the English Channel.

Mickey and Ginny's relationship becomes even more complicated when her daughter, Carolina (Juno Temple) returns to Coney Island, a marked woman who's trying to escape from her gangster boyfriend and also falls for Mickey as their lives all intertwine with the amusement park serving as the setting.

Dead Island Riptide is set to bring more zombie action to fans with additional gameplay mechanics, all new locales to explore, more types of zombies to provide constant threats, an additional character class and the a co-op experience.

Set on a tidal island off the coast of England, DOGGED follows... Read More

Netflix announced today that comedy icons Adam Sandler and Chris Rock will reunite to star in a new Netflix original film set to begin production in Long Island, New York Read More →

Suspecting there's more out there than just their boring land mass, they set out to investigate the island's ruins.

Only a cartoon character without a soul could actually defend large corporations and the wealthy who avoid more than $ 100 billion in taxes every year by setting up offshore tax shelters in places like the Cayman Islands (home to more than 18,000 corporations), Bermuda and the Bahamas that help giant multinationals like General Electric avoid billions of dollars in corporate income taxes.

Two states, New Hampshire and Rhode Island, set even more stringent standards than the NAEP.

Over the patchwork logging roads that run through the many small villages of Vancouver Island, we experimented with the different driving modes rather than leaving it in the more frenetic Sport Plus — whose firmly sprung suspension settings proved too punishing over such ragged pavement.

But it's much more than that, and we got to experience it on a small off - road setting on Bainbridge Island, a ferry ride west of Seattle.

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After more than nineteen months at sea, Adams had reached the fabled island of Japan, where no Englishman had ever before set foot.

Ten minutes to Dog River Bridge, then forty more between the channel markers in Mobile Bay to Dauphin Island, where the EPA had set up shop.

Though the settings of these two novels could not be more different — an isolated island off the coast of Australia vs. a modern American prison — the moral questions raised by each will have a similar resonance in readers» minds.

Happily, the wondrous Birds Without Wings more than lives up to expectations.Like Corelli's Mandolin, which was set on the Greek Island of Cephalonia during its Italian occupation in World War II,...

More than 200 pets were given shelter at a community college gymnasium on Long Island, set up by the North Shore Animal League America.

PHOENIX — Sept. 13, 2016 — When Daisy trotted out the doors of a Staten Island PetSmart store on a Saturday in August, she became more than the milestone - setting seven millionth pet adopted through PetSmart ® and PetSmart Charities ® since the in - store adoption program began in 1994.

The quaint village offers both relaxing beach settings along with more formal accommodations for your Catalina Island meetings.

While many people see no more of Lombok than the glistening Gilis off the northwest of the mainland, the island has plenty more on offer including the opportunity to climb the second highest peak in Indonesia, surf on some of the best waves in the country or relax in a little - known paddy - set village.

While you could skip through and touch upon the absolute highlights with a week or so, set aside four weeks and you'll enjoy far more of a rewarding and under - visited island.

World - class resort facilities will include an expansive swimming pool, with guests able to relax on loungers set out on the central pool island, with a gym, tennis and beach volleyball available for the more energetic.

With its 55 beachfront suites, lush gardens, spa, a trio of haute eateries, a cigar lounge, and the island's largest wine cellar (with more than 8,000 bottles), Sivory Punta Cana set the standard for other small luxury hotels on the island.

This sprawling, opulent resort, set just a few miles north of downtown Sonoma, might as well be its own private island; its vast array of on - site... Read More

Krabi is a beautiful province made up of more than 100 islands, which include the idyllic setting for the movie adaptation of The Beach.

All guests at this resort — set on the island of Andros — enjoy sanctuary in the comfort of their own garden cottages, but at mealtime it's customary for... Read More

The only eco-resort in the Bahamas, Tiamo is appropriately set on the island of Andros, whose thousands of square miles of unsullied nature are usually... Read More

A horseback or carriage ride into the Big Island's Waipio Valley, a lush ancient gorge sacred to the Hawaiians, where taro is still cultivated as it was by the original Polynesian settlers who set foot here more than a thousand years ago.

Yes you can light up the dancefloor and greet the dawn in one of the many clubs which dot the island, some of the best being set in famous resorts like Atlantis The Palm, but there is more to this destinations after - dark scene than neon lights.

But the five - bedroom villa is more than a picturesque setting; its location close to the beach and Ibiza Town puts you at the center of island life.

Amed is set more or less due north of Candi Dasa and east of Tulamben and so makes a convenient stopping point for those travelling around the island.

Set towards the south of Ko Kut at a curve in the road and right next to the similarly laid - back Eve's House (more on that below), Wooden Hut's graffiti - sprayed facade and reggae beats sounding from the lounge / bar / restaurant signal that you've found one of the island's edgier places to stay.

Four weeks in Lombok: While you could skip through and touch upon the absolute highlights with a week or so in Lombok, set aside four weeks and you'll enjoy far more of a rewarding and under - visited island.

The North Island has it all... beaches, volcanoes, fabulous cities, famous movie sets, more adrenaline generating activities, and even caves filled...