Sentences with phrase «who see the island»

Few people who see the island and all that it offers will ever forget it.

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Wisdom from the island of Okinawa, which has a shockingly high number of residents who live to see their 100th birthday, helped him deal with a professional crisis and learn to manage his career in a sustainable way.

Who could forget the company formerly known as Long Island Ice Tea, which got a second wind on the NASDAQ when it rebranded as Long Blockchain, or Kodak, which similarly saw its shares surge following the announcement of a Kodak coin.

The proposal was met by opposition from citizens and politicians who, for environmental and noise reasons, don't want to see Porter expand its footprint at the city's Billy Bishop island airport.

There's little question people who care about the environment would dearly like to see the Natural Resources minister lose his Saanich - Gulf Islands riding.

Those who have a brain and think for themselves see that is is bunk (see the «invisible pink unicorn» comments), leaving those of us who still believe in a higher power and seek spiritual understanding on an island.

You can see it Ernest Thompson Seton's Two Little Savages: Being the Adventures of Two Boys Who Lived as Indians and What They Learned, or Jules Verne's Around the World in 80 Days, or R.M. Ballantyne's The Coral Island.

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.

What I see here is the beauty of who we are as a people: Puerto Rico too had its share of immigrants, who brought their traditional foods and adapted the recipes to the island.

Seeing my dad for the first time, standing with a tour group of older women who refused to leave the island until they «saw the bride».

You don't even need to land on the island to see the evidence of the 300,000 refugees who have come to shore since January.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat who has been considered broadly popular on Long Island, has seen his numbers worsen over the last month in the Senate district.

The president gave some shout - outs from the stage before launching into his scripted remarks, recognizing Mayor Bloomberg, who isn't seeing eye - to - eye with Obama on his reform agenda; and also state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli (although he mispronounced the Long Island Democrat's name, calling him Dee - Nah - POH - li; that's the second time the president has done that).

«I haven't seen anything like this,» said Hoffmann, who said he's conducted municipal audits for other Long Island towns and school districts.

Thanks to Governor Cuomo, residents who utilize the LIRR every day will finally be able to see a light at the end of the tunnel - with this unprecedented investment in this region's transportation infrastructure, we can push Long Island into the 21st century while ensuring it's viability for generations to come.»

New York Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman's legislative proposals follow protests last year after a grand jury declined to indict a police officer seen on video choking an unarmed Staten Island man who died.

Pataki, who endorsed Lazio but was not on hand at the convention to see his preferred candidate become the party's designee, lauds the former Long Island congressman, calling him a «new leader with new ideas,» adding:

Senate Democrats say this is something they've seen before, most recently with the retirement of the late Sen. Owen Johnson who was replaced on the ballot by Phil Boyle in the Long Island district.

«We are here because we want to see New York give its youth a second chance,» said the Rev. Margaret A. Allen, one of 36 clergy members from Long Island who released a letter Tuesday to Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan (R - East Northport).

«I think you're going to see more children, not fewer children, exposed to lead,» said Senator Jack Reed, a Democrat [from Rhode Island] who has sought more funding for lead - abatement programs on the Senate subcommittee that funds HUD.

Christie has already had a serious brush with Potomac fever, with the New Jersey governor bowing out of the White House race this year, much to the chagrin of Island boosters who wanted to see him take the plunge.

«What we've seen historically — albeit in the general elections — is that when Staten Island feels like there's a mayor that either they really don't like or a candidate they do like if they have potential, they do turn out and vote,» said Bradley Tusk, an entrepreneur and former adviser to the mayor's predecessor Michael Bloomberg, who plans to work against de Blasio with or without a candidate to support using the group «NYC Deserves Better.»

Such a case occurred on Long Island in 2008, when leaders of the Suffolk County Conservative Party sniffed out that members of the local police union were switching their party enrollments in an attempt to bring about the defeat of a county sheriff who was seen as cooperating in an effort to downsize the department.

Staten Island residents who have registered and who cross the Verrazano at least three times a month will see their E-ZPass toll go up to $ 6 per crossing.

«The world saw an African - American man in Staten Island die,» Cuomo said, specifically referring to Eric Garner, the Staten Island man who died after being placed in a chokehold while he was arrested by a white police officer.

«If Fidler's forced to run in the new Orthodox district or against Golden, he's got a track record to run on,» said state Sen. Diane Savino (D — Coney Island), who saw her district lines change slightly under the new plan.

Let's see, Doc: Lew Lehrman, Pierre Rinfret, Perry Duryea (a Long Island darling and previous fixture in the Legislature) and then there was a hitherto obscure Peekskill Assemblyman and protege of D'Amato's named George Elmer Pataki who rid the State of Cuomo fatigue...... like you, I find it laughable that this gang is counting its chickens already in the middle of a rather contentious campaign for the White House right in the here and now.

If the governor calls a special session on April 19 to fill former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's Lower Manhattan seat, the Staten Island Advance would like to see a similar contest held for the vacant South Shore seat most recently held by Joe Borelli, who was sworn into his new position in the NYC Council last week.

On - topic questions included the timing of the effectiveness of the laws signed today and when ICE will close it's office on Rikers Island, how many people currently on Rikers Island will be covered by these laws, details of Carlos Rodriguez (who was held on Rikers Island for eight months on an ICE detainer) path to this country and his thoughts during his eight month detention, what Mayor de Blasio would like to see the federal government do about immigration and what he will do absent such action, what he would tell Republicans who think his approach is a dangerous precedent, de Blasio and Melissa Mark - Viverito's positions on municipal IDs and voting rights for non-citizens, the number of people arrested on misdemeanors and then subject to ICE detainers and whether persons arrested on felony charges must first go through the justice system before being subject to an ICE detainer.

But for many of us who come from the Caribbean Islands, we see him as a controversial figure,» said Mark - Viverito, who was born in Puerto Rico.

«It's a tough morning to see the head of your union arrested, so I just want to offer my thoughts to the people who work at Rikers Island and work in the Department of Correction,» de Blasio added.

Several elected officials — among them City Council Minority Leader Vincent Ignizio (R - South Shore) and Councilman Steven Matteo (R - Mid - Island / Brooklyn), who asked Bratton about the police headcount on Staten Island at a recent Council hearing — have said they'd like to see more officers on the streets.

For the good he saw in the new state budget, the mayor mostly praised Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, a Bronx Democrat who de Blasio has said is the city's strongest ally in budget negotiations among Cuomo, who is a second - term Democrat; Heastie; and Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan, a Long Island Republican.

Governor Cuomo, who was criticized in past elections for not helping Democrats win seats in the Senate, appears to be seeing the handwriting on the wall and is taking a more active role this year, appearing at rallies on Long Island and New York City.

McMahon, who served the Staten Island / Brooklyn district for one term beginning in 2009, told the Washington newspaper that as Grimm (R - Staten Island / Brooklyn) enters a guilty plea to felony tax fraud in Brooklyn court Tuesday, he has been getting a lot of calls from people interested in seeing him run for the seat.

The sisters, who were 38 at the time, were seen arguing on the narrow, winding Hana Highway on the island of Maui before their SUV plunged 200 feet over a cliff.

I visited the island this past weekend, and I saw firsthand just how dire the situation is for the nearly 3.5 million Americans who make their home there.

New York State GOP Chairman Ed Cox has indicated he would prefer to see Staten Island Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis succeed Mr. Grimm, but he has little influence among the local party leaders who will pick the candidate for the special election.

In 2007, Hispanic lawmakers saw a crisis brewing on eastern Long Island: Under the direction of the Suffolk County executive, Steve Levy, the police were raiding rooming houses full of immigrants and arresting drivers, many of them Hispanic, who lacked licenses or identification.

«I am proud that I ran for attorney general for the state of New York,» he said, «And to those of you in the audience who work for the Staten Island district attorney's office — I will see you [this] morning at 9 o'clock.»

Sen. Andrew Lanza, a Staten Island Republican who chairs the chamber's Ethics Committee, said he would like to see all lawmakers disclose their outside clients.

O'Neill, an American who, when he applied, was at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, is an example — if a rare one (see the related article in Science).

According to Tara Stevens, who will earn her doctorate at the University of Rhode Island Graduate School of Oceanography later this year, about 200 killer whales are believed to live in the area, most of which are seen in the summer months around Newfoundland.

With the new recognition, he notes, Sark will likely see a boost in tourism, especially among amateur astronomers who might visit to take advantage of the island's crisp, clear skies during winter months, perhaps to catch a spectacular view of the Milky Way (main picture).

«A human influence on beak size evolution is not new; we have seen the signs in Darwin's finches on the inhabited island of Santa Cruz in the Galápagos,» says Peter Grant of Princeton University, who studies ecology and evolution in Darwin's finches.

«It is good to see this kind of research, but a definitive answer isn't really possible given the lack of chronological control,» says archaeologist Terry Hunt of the University of Hawaii, Manoa, who has worked extensively on the island.

Seven hundred or so people who live on Tangier Island — 170 kilometres south - east of Washington DC — may see much of the island vanish under rising Island — 170 kilometres south - east of Washington DC — may see much of the island vanish under rising island vanish under rising water.

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Lets see here... I'm a teacher here in Kodiak who enjoys a lot of what the island has to offer.

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