Sentences with phrase «old maps around»

My father's area of research was the history of cartography, so there were also old maps around the house.

Not exact matches

Using the same process — mapping to the portfolio with the most appropriate risk level — would suggest that equity exposure drop by around 10 percent for the 55 year old and another 10 percent for a 60 year old, as the chart below shows.

That is, maybe just a plain old map would be a good place to start, especially if you haven't spent years wandering around Brooklyn and eating at these restaurants.

Because these photons are so old, the familiar two - dimensional map of the CMB is often called a «baby picture» of the universe, providing a window back into the primordial conditions that created the cosmos we see around us today.

University of Utah scientists have mapped the near - surface geology around Old Faithful, revealing the reservoir of heated water that feeds the geyser's surface vent and how the ground shaking behaves in between eruptions.

In case you get turned around, the Brunton Tag Along Zipper Pull Compass — as well as an old - school map — will guide you.

In each region of the map there are saucer - headed brontosauruses roaming around crumbing old world buildings.

Much of the external debate around its introduction has inevitably focused on the mechanics — what grade constitutes a pass, how do the new boundaries map onto the old, what exactly are the exam boards looking for?

The oldest known star map, found in the tomb of 18th dynasty Egyptian architect Senenmut (who lived around 1400 BC), includes a depiction of Mars.

Mouille Point Map - Mouille Point detail and street level map showing the suburb of Mouille Point, some attractions including the oldest operational lighthouse in South Africa is often used as a landmark by locals when giving directions around this part of Cape Town as well the trendy eateries located on Beach Road and the PromenaMap - Mouille Point detail and street level map showing the suburb of Mouille Point, some attractions including the oldest operational lighthouse in South Africa is often used as a landmark by locals when giving directions around this part of Cape Town as well the trendy eateries located on Beach Road and the Promenamap showing the suburb of Mouille Point, some attractions including the oldest operational lighthouse in South Africa is often used as a landmark by locals when giving directions around this part of Cape Town as well the trendy eateries located on Beach Road and the Promenade.

Located in chests scattered around the maps are good old - fashioned power weapons for players to get their dirty mitts on.

The game and its mechanics are typical of old - school arcade shooters, similar to that Tron tank game where you went around in those 3D vector maps shooting down the Recognizers.

To their credit my laggy old Guardian runs around the map quite happily with no rubber - banding, my opponents don't stutter or warp about, my guns and abilities appear to fire off instantaneously.

You float around — much like in the old classic Asteroid — and have a boost button to spin yourself across the map or out of upcoming danger.

Once upon a time those extra weapons or maps would probably have been unlocked through normal gameplay means or a cheat code that your friend's friend's older brother read in a magazine and passed around.

Although in terms of visual quality and the impressive 60 FPS, Zenith looks completely amazing in how it has been re-touched from its old Ascension days, but the more I looked around the map I felt that Pinnacle on Halo: Reach from the Xbox 360 was potentially more of a better remake only in how Reach changed the gameplay with its unique weapons and jet packs.

Producer Tymon Smektala told us that the countryside map in Dying Light: The Following would be twice as big as the original ones (Slums and Old Town) combined, and he wasn't kidding around.

Also, the novelty of everyone pulling out their speeder bike at any time and cruising around the map, or boost jumping and attacking from mid-air, never got old for me.

Hell I've almost already got recreations of all of the Halo 2 maps of old and that alone is worthy of praise and giddy laughter all around.

In the game, players could travel around maps and encounter enemies that initiate a battle sequence, much like random encounters in older Final Fantasy titles.

Granted, at the core of the experience, you'll still be running around a map to install various attack towers to dispel the coming threat of beasts, but the old hand - drawn aesthetic has been scrapped in favour of a 3D, almost Claymation-esque approach.

Artist Statement In ON THE MOVE, Yvette Drury Dubinsky uses found then manipulated images and old maps and through these comments on the recent and historical dispersions of people around the world.

The thread got batted around for a week or so, and dropped off the Forums map, until this past weekend, when the old thread got new life with some opinions about which CFLs are the best bet for light quality, light quantity, non-flickering and non-buzzing.

I was rooting through my old files and came across the 115 km route I mapped out around Toronto almost a decade ago (pdf).

That said, the game comes with both new and old features, from scavenging items to swinging around the map with your slinger.

♦ water (we can see a lake from our house and are near Puget Sound so water is everywhere around our home), ♦ a getaway (my husband and I would love our home to feel like a getaway or vacation home for ourselves and our guests), ♦ adventure (we love old maps, things collected from travels, books, etc).

I like to use the same elements around the room to help make things flow and feel cohesive — the same glass bud vases and spring blooms, old books, a pop of green, and the color of the frames mimic the tone of the wicker bottle and map hanging over the apothecary cabinet.