Sentences with word «kea»

The wild sheep are available only on the rocky summit of Mauna Kea on Hawaii, which also offers the best ranges for pig, pheasant and chukar.
Newly renovated interiors welcome you to the Fairmont Kea Lani in style, from the lobby's gracious, airy atrium to the restaurant's warm wood paneling.
The Fairmont Kea Lani Resort Hotel is adjacent.
If it is in the most distant part of its orbit, the world's largest telescopes — such as the twin 10 - meter telescopes at the W. M. Keck Observatory and the Subaru Telescope, all on Mauna Kea in Hawaii — will be needed to see it.
Brad Doell was named director of sales and marketing at Mauna Kea Resort in Waimea on Hawaii Island.
Turtle Independence Day is one of my favorites and the fireworks at Mauna Kea Beach Hotel.
MAUNA KEA, HI — A primitive ocean on Mars once held more water than Earth's Arctic Ocean, according to NASA scientists who measured signatures of water in the planet's atmosphere using the most powerful telescopes on Earth including the W. M. Keck Observatory in Hawaii.
The James - Clerk - Maxwell Observatory is established near the summit of Mauna Kea volcano in Hawaii.
With Mauna Kea Golf Course, Robert Trent Jones Sr. transformed what was seemingly a barren lava field into what is now one of Hawaii's most popular courses.
Koa Kea Hotel at Poipu Beach offers a casual lunch at the pool bar overlooking the ocean.
The unobstructed 180 degree ocean views, situated on the Mauna Kea resort golf course, and no visible neighbors let us enjoy incredible sunsets every night.
Its elders are staunchly proud of the island, which has managed to avoid the development that has befallen its neighbors — though you'll still find swoon - worthy resorts like Ko'a Kea Hotel & Resort on Poipu Beach and the St. Regis Princeville.
Our Oceanfront guestrooms offer the ultimate getaway experience with unobstructed ocean views infusing the island feel into every moment of your stay at Ko`a Kea Resort.
Jason hiked a short trail (30 minutes) up to Kea Point for a better look at some of the mountains while Simone did some reading and relaxing back at camp.
The PADI Boat Diver Specialty is offered at Jack's Diving Locker on one of their custom - built dive boats such as Kea Nui — a 34» Newton Dive Special.
The Institute for Astronomy (IfA) was founded at the University of Hawai`i (UH) in 1967 to manage the Haleakalā Observatories on Maui and the Mauna Kea Observatories on the Big Island, and to carry out its own program of fundamental research into the stars, planets, and galaxies that make up our Universe.
Hub said he is hopeful that advocates, including KEA President Stephanie Winkler, will be able to persuade lawmakers to listen, so at this point he and his district leadership team are not saying, «the sky is falling.»
I've always been interested in fashion and I started this blog in 2009 while I was studying «Fashion Design» at Kea Design & Business.
• Soul - soothing therapies and body treatments at the transcendent new Mauna Kea Spa by Mandara.
In the spring of 2007 we welcomed Kea Nui, our second Newton manufactured dive boat.
At a special meeting held today, the University of Hawai`i Board of Regents (BOR) voted to approve the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) Project on Mauna Kea with the recommended conditions of the Mauna...
Dozens of native Hawaiians and non-Hawaiians gathered at the entrance to Mauna Kea summit on Tuesday to protest further development on their «sacred mountain,» blocking the way for the planned ceremony.
Faced with a complicated set of locks, kleptomaniac keas crack the problem faster if they are allowed to study the set - up in advance
Kea parrots are renowned thieves in their native New Zealand, and with good reason — even a complicated sequence of locks can't foil them.
May2013Q & A on WaKIDS: Washington's KEA Process» This resource comes from a Q&A session hosted by the BUILD Initiative and the Early Learning Challen...
Since we were measuring the dimming of blue light from these distant galaxies caused by the foreground gas, the thin atmosphere at the summit of Mauna Kea allowed more of this blue light to reach the telescope and be measured by the highly sensitive detectors of the LRIS spectrograph.
Hiromitsu Miyata of Kyoto University in Japan first presented keas with boxes of food secured with up to three bolts.
«It's really hard to convince us that she gave [the case] the due diligence that it deserves,» says Kealoha Pisciotta, who participated in the hearings both as an individual and as president of Mauna Kea Anaina Hou, an organization of Hawaiian cultural practitioners.
The findings were supported by measurements of an isotope of helium being produced in boulders left by the Mauna Kea glacier thousands of years ago.
Telescope officials say Mauna Kea remains the first choice, but they are looking for alternate sites in case the project can't be built in Hawaii.
Richard Wurdeman, attorney for the Mauna Kea Hui, says this move indicates the court views the issues involved as important for the state.
«I think it's safe to say that this is one of the largest, one of the most highly - contested contested case hearings in the history of the fake state of Hawaii, and to make a decision so quickly, I find that surprising,» said Kahookahi Kanuha, who was among those arrested at Mauna Kea while trying to block construction crews from reaching the summit.
The study consisted of document reviews, telephone interviews with state agency respondents and local preschool directors, and in - person interviews with district administrators, principals, kindergarten teachers, and other KEA assessors.
«Opening a parallel system of public schools that has the potential to take away from our current traditional system of schools is certainly not what's in the best interest of children,» KEA President Stephanie Winkler said during the committee meeting.
As states develop KEAs and other young child assessment systems, there are opportunities to develop and use these assessments for multiple purposes, including the development of partnerships with families.
May2013Top 10 Recommendations for Implementing KEA» Initially developed to support state early childhood leaders, this fact sheet offers readers from al...
It was not only that; you will be greeted by a common bird of New Zealand, named Kea.
Mauna Kea becomes snowcapped in the winter adding an element of beauty to this giant mountain.
* All room reservations will incur a mandatory daily resort fee of $ 37, which includes valet parking, lei greeting upon arrival, one in - room bottle of private label wine (must be 21 or older), high - speed wireless internet access, wellness classes (excluding Saturdays), hosted evening manager cocktail reception on Wednesdays, keepsake Ko'a Kea flip flops, and access to over 3,000 same - day newspapers and magazines worldwide on your personal devices via PressReader.
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