Sentences with phrase «reach the island of»

Last year, Giustra's friend and fellow philanthropist Amed Khan convinced him to visit Greece to see first - hand the plight of Syrians crossing the waters between Turkey and Greece to reach the island of Lesbos.

MATHEMATICIANS often compare their work to exploring an unknown land, tentatively stepping across an opaque world until they reach islands of understanding.

Another is that a group of larger bodied hominins — H. erectus — reached the island of Flores about 1 million years ago only to shrink because of a lack of predators and scarce resources, a process called island dwarfing.

Putting Neutrons to Work For scientists to reach the island of stability, they'll have to take advantage of neutrons as well as protons.

It takes a short boat ride to reach the island of Malalison.

Once you reach the island of Gili Trawangan you will be picked up by a horse and cart as there are no cars or motorbikes or dogs on any of the three Gili Islands lending to the ultimate atmosphere of tropical serenity.The rooms are of a very high standard 20 separate modern villa units which are all very pleasant and comfortable with facilities such as air conditioning and hot and cold water in the luxury en suite bathrooms.

Reaching the island of Bintan has never been easier with so many ferries which will bring you in from all of the neighboring islands including the 55 minute trip from Singapore and with a check out time of 12 noon; you can be back in Singapore you can be back in Singapore early in the morning for a connection flight.

Not exact matches

Minutes after the governor announced in a press conference Wednesday that electric generation had reached 50 percent, a power outage affected the north of the island, crippling San Juan and forcing the closure of several shopping centers, where those living without power or air conditioning shop and take refuge.

Padilla is also pursuing a wide - reaching restructuring of the island's overall $ 72 billion debt.

«The logistical challenge to reaching those in need was really the lack of telecommunications in the island,» Arteaga explained.

When a natural disaster is so widespread — reaching all the way from the Leeward Islands in the Caribbean to now the Southeast of the United States — it can take a space - based view to put it all in perspective.

With ongoing communications outages across the island, a team at Starbucks is continuing to work on reaching out to all of them to make sure they are safe and receiving the support they need, said Ross Goldstein, Starbucks director of regional operations in Latin America.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP)-- A spiraling Puerto Rico debt crisis reached a new milestone as the island missed nearly $ 370 million on a bond payment Monday and officials warned of worse to come if the U.S. Congress doesn't help it dig out from a mountain...

A church in the United Arab Emirates has expanded its services to reach natives on the island of Ras al Khaimah (RAK).

With Soviet missiles in Cuba and a U.S. Naval blockade of the island in place, the Vatican secretly reached out to both sides in 1962.

Boyce, who is located in Trinidad and Tobago, has struggled to reach major Christian leaders in Irma's path to confirm the extent of the damage among the evangelical community across the Leeward Islands.

Scottish theologian Ronald Gregor Smith said in 1966: «The tide of secularism has swept over the whole of the western world, the world that was once called Christendom, and beyond that it has reached into every land... It has flooded over every island and the remotest parts of the world».5 No longer can it be said that Christian beliefs, values and aspirations are shaping our public life.

The string of beautiful islands reaching from the north coast of South America to the «West Indies» (so named by Columbus in a miscalculation of some 12,000 miles) was soon colonized.

A church in the United Arab Emirates has expanded its services to reach natives on the island of Ras... More

Reached at a motor home park in Providence, Rhode Island, Store spoke of the surge of support he's seen in recent months — the 60 like - minded people (including someone who works for Homeland Security, he boasted) who joined his small crew on the Mall in Washington, and the hundreds who gathered in Times Square in New York.

Of course, both Columbus and his doctor believed that they had reached the Spice Islands, the East Indies.

CHICAGO --- Goose Island Beer Company has reached a new, multiyear partnership agreement with the Chicago White Sox, naming one of the largest craft breweries in the Midwest as the new official craft beer partner of the White Sox.

It's colored this beautiful, vibrant blue because of mineral deposits, and it has this island in the middle and you're surrounded by mountains reaching 11,000 to 12,000 feet.

Looking at a map of Florida and the islands to the east, a fisherman feels that he can reach out and touch the sandy spits of the Bahamas from the shores of the mainland.

Born on the same day, May 9, 1975, on the same island, they have both conquered long odds to reach not one but two pinnacles of amateur basketball.

When I reach the eastern point of the island I rig up with a metal jig and a sliver of pork rind and start to fish.

Sure, Syracuse reached the Sweet 16 with a grotesque win over Michigan State, Texas and Nevada played one of the better games of the first round, and Oklahoma's Trae Young scored 28 points in a loss to Rhode Island.

Jan 04,2016... Looking at a map of Florida and the islands to the east, a fisherman feels that he can reach out and...

I reached for the remote — it was marooned on the distant island of an ottoman — but my index finger fell an inch short.

Regular Season Play - In Game: Due to Major League Baseball exclusivities, any play - in game to determine the final team (s) to reach the MLB Postseason, i.e. a 163rd game, will be blacked out in the United States (including the territories of Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands).

The tiny island nation was the surprise team in the 2016 European Championships, reaching the quarterfinals after a stunning Round of 16 victory over England.

«Strákarnir Okkar» (Our Boys) from an island nation with a population of around 330,000 produced smart, well - disciplined and entertaining football to reach the quarter finals.

New footbridges will connect Clark Island to West Island and West Island to the west bank of the river, letting residents park on the west side and use the bridges to reach the facilities on the east side.

Ever since this page announced plans to help the Chicago Children's Museum find an ideal home, many Tribune readers have nominated a site that belongs high on any list: A new museum in the northern reaches of Northerly Island, south of the Adler Planetarium, could anchor a wealth of cultural, educational and recreational activities.

In terms of cottage country in Ontario, Muskoka seems to be the land of the rich & famous... Only 90 min from Toronto and reaching from Algonquin Park in the east to the shores of the Georgian Bay Islands in the west, the District of Muskoka also includes the towns of Gravenhurst, Bracebridge and Huntsville and the townships of Georgian Bay, Lake of Bays and Muskoka Lakes.

In the first weeks of life, we kept our baby in arm's reach on a blanket on the dinner table as we ate and on our kitchen island as we prepared our meals.

A mom from California, Cristal Logothetis, was heartsick to see families and young children losing their lives in an effort to reach the small island of Kos off the coast of Greece after fleeing Syria.

The BBC's Ed Thomas has matched the image released by French police with a photo on the arrival papers of man who reached the Greek island of Leros on 3 October.

Kevin Law, president of the Long Island Association and a former LIPA chief, said the bigger commitment to wind could prove helpful now that the state has reached an agreement to shutter the 2,000 - megawatt Indian Point nuclear power plant.

Long Island's largest beer distributor has reached a tentative deal with its delivery workers, which comes after months of disagreement at Clare Rose over pension and pay.

(His fellow GOPer, Long Island Rep. Peter King, was a sponsor of the bill and voted «yes» after taking it on the chin from Democratic Rep. Anthony Weiner when members of his conference refused to provide sufficient support to reach the majority's two - thirds requirement back in July).

As far as I know (from here) the standard way for Syrian refugees to enter Greece from Turkey has been to cross the sea covertly by boat to reach one of the Greek islands that are not far from the Turkish coast.

«I think it is reaching a point of critical mass where Democrats in every section of the state of New York, from Long Island all the way to Niagara Falls, are saying that they want to see Democrats work together,» the Buffalo mayor said.

I reached out to Staten Island GOP chairman John Friscia, who said that there were complaints from supporters of each side about the other, along with some other races, and so they left the top of the ticket blank.

«It diversifies us and I think it gives us a reach in a number of cases we are viewed strictly as a New York City or Long Island firm,» D'Amato said.

THE BRONX — Comptroller Scott Stringer reached a $ 5.9 million pre-litigation settlement with the family of Staten Island man Eric Garner, who died last year after police placed him in a chokehold during his arrest.

Long Island will reach $ 15 in six years, but upstate would only reach a rate of $ 12.50 an hour in five years.

Elsewhere, we are reaching more citizens in need through our expansion of social services» outreach to libraries around the county, everywhere from Grand Island to South Buffalo to Sardinia and all other points countywide, because we know poverty is not just limited to the inner city — it is everywhere.

McMahon, whose Staten Island district represents the only New York City - area district within reach for Republicans, is among the most well - funded freshman members — he's raised $ 1.5 million to date and had more than $ 1 million in cash on hand through the end of the first quarter.

In that deal, New York City, Long Island, and Westchester County were given a different timeline to reach the higher wage than the rest of the state.