Sentences with phrase «of land bridges»

Quaternary coastlines and marine archaeology: towards the prehistory of land bridges and continental shelves

He wore it when envoys of the petty kingdoms of the land bridge were in Jerusalem, consulting with King Zedekiah about how to throw off the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar.

For example, we are telling the story of the land bridge, but we are also telling these cultures» creation stories: «We have always been here... we came from the sky... we came from the ground.»

The Wrangel Island mammoth, for one, declined approximately 65 percent in body size in the 5,000 years after the severing of the land bridge linking the island to Eurasia.

Kahului Airport (OGG) is located on the northern edge of the land bridge between Haleakala and the West Maui Mountain Range on the island of Maui.

Finally, we spent the last half of the day seeing both sides of the land bridge — where the water comes rushing in and out — and jumping between the natural crystal blue pools and waterfalls above.

It seems that the 1950s schematic map is a rough sketch of what one sees from the air on a foggy day, so the absence of a land bridge to Warming Island doesn't prove that the sketcher saw water there... just a gap in the ridgelines.

Not exact matches

Bridge or no bridge, Deluce was determined to get hold of the island airport's landing slots, and the best - case scenario was to have them all to hiBridge or no bridge, Deluce was determined to get hold of the island airport's landing slots, and the best - case scenario was to have them all to hibridge, Deluce was determined to get hold of the island airport's landing slots, and the best - case scenario was to have them all to himself.

A 1.7 - hectare site combining 12 land holdings near Canning Bridge in Applecross has come onto the market, representing one of the most significant masterplan development opportunities in Perth.

We will build gleaming new roads, bridges, highways, railways, and waterways all across our land,» Trump said, calling for public and private infrastructure investments of at least $ 1.5 trillion over 10 years.

We will build gleaming new roads, bridges, highways, railways, and waterways all across our land, «Trump said, calling for public and private infrastructure investments of at...

This year marks the completion of an ambitious five - year, $ 380 million revitalization of St. Louis's famed Eero Saarinen - designed Gateway Arch and surrounding parklands, which now includes a subterranean museum and a land bridge that creates a much - needed link between the grounds and the city itself (which was formerly separated by a highway).

Main image: Hope Rosinski taking pictures of the installation of the Bayou Bridge pipeline on her land.

Looming over Pompeo's trip is uncertainty over Trump's policy on Syria, which has shifted between a speedy all - out withdrawal of American forces from the country and leaving a lasting footprint to deter Iran from completing a land bridge from Tehran to Beirut.

For a period of four hours, this would have created a land bridge about two miles long and three miles wide.

«While many Southern Baptists share my deep commitment to religious freedom and the right of Muslims to have places of worship, they also feel that a Southern Baptist denominational leader filing suit to allow individual mosques to be built is «a bridge too far,»» Land wrote in a letter to the ADL explaining the move.

The bridge between heaven and earth is none other than Jesus Christ and the new covenant which gathers into the peace of God the faithful from all lands.

The waqfs were created for a great variety of services, such as the building and upkeep of water conduits, fountains, wells, roads, sidewalks, bridges, kitchens for the distribution of free meals, guest houses, homes for widows, schools, libraries, mosques, tekkes, cemeteries, open — air places for prayer, caravansaries to lodge full caravans of men and animals, clock - rooms for telling time, bakeries for distributing bread and cakes to the poor, dispensaries, hospitals, public baths, shaded land on the roadside.

The ancient recipe which follows was invented by the Alaxsxaq Indians of the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes on the Bering Land Bridge.

After all of the holiday buzz this curried lentil and sweet potato dish landed exactly on that bridge, a lazy Sunday after a flurry of a holiday weekend.

The groups also called for hard data on whether it was economically feasible to get around so - called «constraints» such as the risk of flooding private land or overwhelming bridges, which Mr Burke says limits how much extra water can be pumped into the system.

In the early 2000s Murrin Bridge Vineyard, on Wiradjuri land in the Riverina in NSW, became the first Indigenous - owned wine business in Australia when it released the inaugural vintages of chardonnay and shiraz from vines planted in the late 1990s.

Harvey Fresh started processing juice on 100 hectares of land in the farming community of Harvey, south of Perth, in 1986 and now runs a juice plant, a dairy factory and a winery for the Harvey River Bridge Estate and Joseph River labels.

Now he's set to land another class act in the guise of Wayne Bridge who, like so many of the above players, finds himself out of the frame at his current Premier League club.

While the deal would no doubt be expensive for Chelsea, this looks an exciting prospect if they can pull it off, as they look in need of landing some top class young players to bring through a new generation of talent at Stamford Bridge.

It's unclear whether he'd even get that at Chelsea in all honesty, but if he does want a switch to Stamford Bridge then new boss Antonio Conte will have to fork out a huge amount of money to land him.

Hanninen's mean - sounding Toyota Yaris WRC slid wide into a corner while going over a bridge and the force of the crash put it onto three wheels, but thankfully it landed back on the tarmac.

Chelsea's hopes of landing Borussia Dortmund striker Pierre - Emerick Aubameyan have been hit after the Bundesliga outfit blocked the player's move to Stamford Bridge.

Bamford is considered one of the hottest prospects in English football though his chances of «making the grade» at Stamford Bridge may prove tricky given the summer acquisitions of Diego Costa and Loic Remy and Rodgers will look to land the forward next summer.

And Louis van Gaal could have a better chance of landing the highly - rated 21 - year - old defender than Stamford Bridge boss Jose Mourinho.

However, the reigning Barclays Premier League champions have been unable to land either defender and now look set to turn their attentions to luring Rose away from White Hart Lane before they begin the defence of their title against Swansea City at Stamford Bridge on Saturday evening.

Chelsea have been seen as the favourites to land the player this summer, but Belgian teammate Marouane Fellaini and friend Paul Pogba could hold an influence in Mino Raiola's player moving to the Theatre of Dreams instead of Stamford Bridge.

The Italy boss is the frontrunner for the job and widely expected to replace Guus Hiddink in the Stamford Bridge dugout ahead of the 2016/17 campaign, with his relationship with Pogba perhaps giving the Blues a chance of landing the former Le Havre academy prodigy.

The 28 - year - old is out of the first - team image at Stamford Bridge at the time after failing to get a summer move back to Atletico Madrid, who stay keen to land him in January.

Chelsea or Manchester City could land the first big blow of the Premier League title race on Saturday when they meet at Stamford Bridge.

DUNDEE TOWNSHIP — Opponents of a $ 55 million highway and bridge plan Wednesday night urged the Dundee Township Park District not to give up land.

Godfrey Bloom's «bongo - bongo land» comments and Stuart Wheeler's claim that women don't deserve to be on company boards because they're not very good at chess and bridge, will deter many of the protest votes that might otherwise have gone their way.

«New detection technology at the border is going to make the Peace Bridge, the American plaza, the most modern, state - of - the - art land point entry between the United States and Canada,» Higgins said.

Mayor Byron Brown, Congressman Brian Higgins and Commissioner of Public Works Steven Stepniak provided an update Tuesday on the land - bridge, which is expected to help further public and private investment into the city.

Filed in state Supreme Court in Albany County, the lawsuit claims that the two state agencies violated the state Wild, Scenic and Recreational Rivers System Act, adopted in 1972, and the park's State Land Master Plan, in approving the snowmobile trail, the construction of a new snowmobile bridge over the Cedar River, and snowmobile use of a former Finch logging bridge (Polaris Bridge) on the upper Hudson bridge over the Cedar River, and snowmobile use of a former Finch logging bridge (Polaris Bridge) on the upper Hudson bridge (Polaris Bridge) on the upper Hudson Bridge) on the upper Hudson River.

It would create a land bank of 250 acres and allow withdrawals of small amounts of land to fix bridges and lay cable lines for internet access.

Lagos State is the smallest entity of the Nigerian Federation by land size; a small string of lagoonal islands connected by bridges to an increasingly packed mainland.

Joseph Saladino, Oyster Bay Town supervisor, agreed, saying construction of a tunnel or bridge from the Seaford - Oyster Bay Expressway to Westchester would damage federally - protected wetlands and require the expensive acquisition of private land.

The new bridge will be built on land and assembled by the crane — a time saver that helped the contractors underbid their nearest competitors by $ 800 million, or about a quarter of the total project cost, CBS 2's Lou Young reported in January.

The Garden Bridge Trust has still not secured the land on the South Bank for the bridge's south landing and construction is now expected to begin in the spring of 2017 — approximately 18 months later than plBridge Trust has still not secured the land on the South Bank for the bridge's south landing and construction is now expected to begin in the spring of 2017 — approximately 18 months later than plbridge's south landing and construction is now expected to begin in the spring of 2017 — approximately 18 months later than planned.

Here it goes - Footage of the devastation caused by Irene: roads and bridges being washed away, houses pushed off foundations, cars flushed down streets, flooded farm land, dead animals in the farm fields, old and young crying as they enter their mud clogged homes GO TO The brave Republicans standing behind their hypocrite leader Cantor, followed by their callous video clips speaking about how we can't afford to help unless we cut, cut, cut.

A runaway kangaroo enjoyed its 15 footloose minutes of fame Saturday in the land down under the Verrazano Bridge.

Diaz will specifically focus on a request for expressions of interest that the state put out in December for a 12.8 acre site at Harlem River Yards, a large stretch of land by the Willis Avenue Bridge along the water.

The committee oversees construction issues of major facilities across Erie County; as well as issues concerning the Erie County Industrial Development Agency and Industrial Land Development Corporation; acts upon the repair and maintenance of county roads and bridges, general county infrastructure repair on buildings and other physical plant facilities; and discusses ideas concerning economic development, job creation and workforce development.

While the Peace Bridge Authority backs the federal lawmakers, at least one Buffalo Common Council member has now expressed concerns for the acquisition of land Higgins says will be needed.