Sentences with phrase «of interesting diversions»

Upscale Excitement The Riviera Nayarit offers a variety of interesting diversions along its coast.

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My position on statistics is that they are an interesting diversion and a perfect destination for the procrastinator but are ultimately meaningless as a means of analysing games, providing no further insight over and above what the eyes can tell the average supporter.

If Weigl was available, there would be many clubs interested in the player, which would cause an auction - like bidding system for the player, which I am sure Mourinho and United would be keen to avoid, so the mere suggestion of United's interest in the play could cause another diversion with United having a clear run at whoever they see as the player to solve the midfield problem.

«The Presidency has also failed to offer explanations on the alleged involvement of its officials in various sneaky oil subsidy deals as well as reported diversion of N1.1 trillion worth of crude last year to service APC interests.

It's contrary to the public interest; inequitable, disproportionate, unfair and a clear case of conflict of interest for leaders of the National Assembly to enjoy unbridled discretion in the allocation and diversion of projects to their constituencies.»

Its interesting ideas and the moments in which it does come together ultimately redeem it, as least as a passing diversion, but it is the least essential Harry Potter film since Chamber of Secrets.

Those that despised the second film for its darkness generally applaud this sequel for bringing back the sense of fun again, while for others it is a quaintly amusing diversion that isn't quite as interesting as the other two films, but still entertains.

While it isn't as touching or as exuberantly funny as the original, it's a cute summer diversion for kids with just enough wink - wink slyness and cheeky cinematic asides to hold the interests of older teens and adults.

How to Lose Your Lover has all of the tools and talent on board for an amusing 90 - minute diversion, but after the first half hour has passed, it becomes less and less interesting, ultimately ditching whatever credibility it might have had for a pat and predictable (and not altogether convincing) happy ending.

WHY SEE IT: An interesting and creative premise for a film that is clearly a labor of love — kind of an indie comedy take on CUBE and LABYRINTH, with a touch of ALICE IN WONDERLAND and Terry Gilliam insanity thrown in for good measure — DAVE MADE A MAZE is an amusing diversion for fans of budget filmmaking who can appreciate a smirk - inducing comedy with a light touch of horror and fantasy.

In what turns out to be the silliest and least interesting diversion in the movie, he starts to believe he has inadvertently put out a hit on Carol and spends a great deal of time running around trying to chase down her would - be assassin.

Pleasant, if formulaic, Whip It is mostly a mindless diversion designed to hold your interest via a profusion of such teensploit staples as the gratuitous hot tub party and the cafeteria food fight.

I'm mostly interested in playing adventure games like Uncharted and FPS (Resistance) but the potential for amusing diversions with the touch controls does have plenty of appeal too.

Outside of the campaign and massive multiplayer battles, there are side - modes that offer some interesting diversions.

Most of the way, it's an interesting diversion, and even if the plot seems dog - tired, the characters are lively and the situations interesting enough to keep you at attention.

Special interests who oppose giving parents a choice have often raised the specter of funding diversions from traditional schools to create political roadblocks for public charter schools.

Rikuo's love interest is a diversion from the dull writing, but she's not really a commanding presence on the page, and the exorcist who intervenes in the last half of the book is a pretty flimsy character.

We can't replicate the personality and character of those eclectic brick - and - mortar newsstands that are pleasant diversions whenever exploring a city (such as the one in the lead image, which is located in the London Borough of Croydon), but we'll do our best to keep things lively and interesting.

Her main areas of interest include infectious disease control, population management, intake diversion / safety net programs, and community medicine.

We have a shoebox rack of baby snakes behind our counter; it is often the focus of interest for customers in a store that has many interest - inducing diversions.

A bit dated but of interest: In 2001, it was estimated that «U.S. animal care and control strategy on exterminating homeless dogs and cats... was costing the U.S. approximately $ 600 million per year in tax - funded expenditures, and close to $ 2 billion a year when the diversion of charitable contributions to capturing and disposing of homeless dogs and cats is factored in.»

Notorious for its rocking nightlife and impossibly beautiful white - sand beaches, Cancun offers amazing diversions and attractions for travelers of all interests.

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Rather than letting players discover interesting side - missions and little diversions for themselves, thus handing them a reason to explore the city, every potential sub-plot is given to you via the magic of Alfred and the all - knowing Batcomputer.

However, these diversions are most interesting when they take on the form of plentiful boss fights — well - designed battles that test your brain much more than they do your brawn, like one battle in limbo where you play a game of Simon Says with a ghost king to deal damage to him.

After a new expanded tutorial quest chain — an interesting and canonical diversion that vastly improves the new player experience — you'll settle into a routine of picking missions from a massive list of different planets from your space ship hub, at which point you'll be grouped together with three fellow Tenno and sent into battle.

Dozens of games ship without many meaningful choices — these games may be fun short - term diversions, but they are rarely considered deep or interesting.

Although the game feels about six years too late, Smart As offers a nice set of diversions that'll keep players interested until the inevitable boredom sets in.

So far, this looks like an interesting diversion, but Toys For Bob will need to inject a heck of a lot of humour and provide a creative palette that moves beyond interchangeable character parts to recapture the interest of consumers.

The painterly effects that interest him suggest energy that flows, the expansion and compression of form, the diversion of a line, the spatial illusions of colour.

In the vitrines we see, for example, Hepworth's predilection for collaging her work against cloudscapes or photographing them with vegetation; the comprehensive planning which preceded filming the sculpture in 1961; her own photographs of works by Nuam Gabo on a windowsill; her proposals for public commissions and the ensuing correspondence; and an interesting diversion into the work of Simon Nicholson, one of Barbara's triplets with Ben.

Even more interesting, if the moderators allow this diversion, Davis very recently co-authored a paper with Real Climate's very own Dr. Michael Mann (via their advisee, who was 1st author), and that paper won the AAG Climate Specialty Group's paper of the year award.

The perception is perhaps unfair, based as it is on a small, activist - minded band, but it goes back to Adam Smith's remark about producer interests: «People of the same trade seldom meet together, even for merriment and diversion, but the conversation ends in a conspiracy against the public.»

Given the time I had and in wading through literally reams of paper and data, I have also attempted to present the case for diversion but may just be another voice crying out in the wilderness since there seems to be no true interest in diverting materials from the landfill waste stream.

Suggesting a source separation method of waste stream diversion, and trying to build a convincing economic argument for source separation has been a challenge because there is plenty of evidence that it appears no one is presently interested.

Ultimately the interest in and ability to utilize source separation strategies will devolve to economic considerations in addition to the positive environmental considerations of diversion.

Concerns for personal economic interest in maintaining the «status quo» may work to the detriment of the «bigger picture» of waste stream diversion.

Interesting that you, like Mann, cling to your misapplication of PCA with ad - homs, diversions, etc, anything but rational explanations.

And in reality, all of «climategate», as well as much of this comment thread, is a diversion, and therefore a tactical and strategic success of those whose interest is in keeping to business as usual.

I was struggling with the «topic at hand» from which I wanted to gain at least a glimmer of understanding — meh threw me a bone with «International Rivers» which I snatched (if only as a diversion) because it interested me, and therefore added one more tiny scatter to my brain, but perhaps, more importantly, an addition to my puzzle: What Makes AGM Run?

That's what's so interesting about the Blue Diversion toilet developed by Eawag, the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology.

3D Printed homes are like shipping container homes: a sort of interesting fad, a fun diversion.

Either way, the story of the rise and fall of something that captured the attention of so many people is an interesting diversion.

In an interesting juxtaposition, families rank both technology and classic road trip diversions high on the list of most effective ways to keep kids carefree on the road.