Sentences with phrase «for small branches»

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According to data from the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), a branch of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the life expectancy for a baby born in 2016 fell to 78.6 years, which is a small but statistically significant decline of 0.1 percent.

It branched into Class B motor homes (also known as «camper» or «conversion» vans) in 2008 and added smaller Class C models that go for as little as $ 60,000 each.

That means smarter, smaller branch designs focused on sales and advice and a more flexible and functional smartphone interface for consumers.

thanks, and yes, a pittance of a pension and regular checkups keep us on budget and head off any problems — best decision i ever made (financial or otherwise) was serving our country doing search - and - rescue, oil and chemical spill remediation, etc. (you can guess the branch of service)-- along the way, frugal living, along with dollar - cost averaging, asset allocation, and diversification allowed us to retire early — Vanguard has been very good over the years, despite the Dot Bomb, 2002, and the recession (where we actually came out better with a modest but bargain retirement home purchase)... it's not easy building additional «legs» on a retirement platform, but now that we're here, cash, real estate, investments and insurance products, along with a small pension all help to avoid any real dependence on social security (we won't even need it at full retirement age)-- however, like nearly everybody, we're headed for Medicare in several years, albeit with a nice supplemental and pharmacy benefits — but our main concern is staying fit, active, and healthy!

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Investments include increases in affordable - housing and small - business lending totaling around $ 15 billion, a raise in hourly wages for 22,000 employees of an average 10 percent, 400 new branches in U.S. banking markets and bigger philanthropic contributions.

I really need to branch out more and I think that will be easier for me once I don't live in small town Nebraska anymore — everyone here is all about the meat and that's just not me.

The KHS Group exhibits the future of filling and packaging systems under the motto «Technology 4.0», at drinktec, presenting new systems for all container segments and all branches of industry, from small craft brewers to large water bottlers.

At Powell's for Cooks & Gardeners (one of their specialty branches, on SE Hawthorne), it's one of their new, highlighted books in the front of the store, with a small staff review.

I looked first and especially for small producers who were themselves farmers, but then branched out to those producers who use their local produce,» she said in a recent interview.

Apple orchards across the region open up to the public and charge a small fee for families to pick their own apples right off the branch.

My favorite is the Boon Grass since it looks pretty in your kitchen and has different attachment «branches» for smaller items like nipples to dry.

The kindergarten kids loved: • Cheap jewels from the craft store • Jingle bells for the branches (attached with small safety pins.

It's not completely clear what's responsible for the small increase in deaths among home - birthed babies, said neonatologist Dr. Michael Malloy, from the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston.

The field houses, in a new network of small neighborhood parks, offered separate indoor gyms for boys and girls, English - language programs, early branches of the Chicago Public Library and public bathing facilities.

Cradleboards were used during periods when the infant's mother had to travel or otherwise be mobile for work... The cradleboard could be carried on the mother's back... The cradleboard can also be stood up against a large tree or rock if the infant is small, or hung from a pole (as inside an Iroquois longhouse), or even hung from a sturdy tree branch...

Also according to the agreement, KeyCorp and First Niagara will not enter into new, non-compete agreements with their small business and middle market managers and their retail regional and branch managers for 180 days following the closing of the merger.

After a slew of budget hearings focused on smaller allocations for libraries, the budget deal tonight includes an extra $ 39 million for libraries — which will mean universal six - day library service and extended hours at some branches.

«Initially, NIPHT was consulting in imaging and lighting, but I had such a demand for the bioluminescent fungi that I decided to develop them into a commercial product and include [them] as a small branch of the company,» Hickey says.

The explanation might lie in small airborne birds» need to detect and track objects whose image moves very swiftly across the retina — for blue tits, for example, to be able to see and avoid all branches when they take cover from predators by flying straight into bushes.

He is an unquestioned leader in separation science, an important branch of analytical chemistry, who is particularly known for his studies of certain separation methods like micellar electrokinetic capillary chromatography, a useful technique for analyzing a wide variety of small molecules.

When stimulated in one of these ways for five days or longer, the mice's brains had smaller, less - branched blood vessels.

Thus, in a 1991 account of new data with important implications for the mystery of the origin of galaxies, we are helpfully informed that the moral of the data is «do not use O / Fe in a small sample of stars», and that the data leaves a puzzle about globular clusters «with very different horizontal branch (post-main sequence) morphologies».

«These data recover the well - known solar 5 - minute oscillation at a peak of 3 mHz (5.5 min) from the disk - averaged light with a radial - velocity amplitude of only 47 cm / s, an incredibly small velocity from a stellar point of view», says Prof. Strassmeier, PEPSI principal investigator and director of the Cosmic Magnetic Field branch at the Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam (AIP).

While similar phenotypes observed in bsl1 have been described for d11 mutants in rice (e.g., semidwarf stature, small seeds, and clustered panicle branches; Tanabe et al., 2005; Wu et al., 2016), the lack of bristles is a phenotype unique to S. viridis.

The Solar Energy Research Center, which is expected to be complete by the end of 2014, will have approximately 40,000 square feet of space to house the northern branch of the Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis, among other smaller labs.

Skin cells, for example, are small and compact, while nerve cells that enable you to wiggle your toes have long, branching nerve fibers called axons that conduct electrical impulses.

The liver makes between 600 — 900 mls of bile each day, and what is not sent during meals to the duodenum (beginning of your small bowel) directly via the liver's main duct to emulsify fat, it is diverted through a smaller duct (branching off the main liver duct) to the gallbladder for storage until required.

Other studies have shown that soy protein is less effective for body builders than whey protein because its amino acids are more likely to go into splanchnic circulation (stomach, small intestines, colon, liver, pancreas and spleen) than into peripheral regions such as muscle tissues.4, 5 This makes sense because whey protein provides greater amounts of the branched chain amino acids (BCAAs) leucine, isoleucine and valine as well as more methionine and lysine, all of which are critically needed for muscle building.6 - 9 Researchers have also found the low BCAA content of soy protein adversely affects muscle building by disrupting both leucine signaling10 and the activation of myogenic translation initiation factors.

A small proportion of energy from fermented fiber is used for bacterial growth and mainte - nance, and bacteria are excreted in feces, which also contain short - chain fatty acids (Cummings and Branch, 1986).

We bought some thyme for the garden as a small thank you, but Bebo is slowly but surely destroying it branch by branch every visit to the garden!

Desperate for money, Mary takes a job as a clerk at the small branch library where Judy works, but is flummoxed by the complexities of the Dewey decimal system.

Typically, it's the 16,000 - plus DGA voters rewarding the helmers behind big, commercial movies («The Martian,» «American Sniper,» «Captain Phillips») while the much smaller academy directors branch (512 active members this year) go for artier dramas («Room,» «Foxcatcher,» «Nebraska»).

The Oscars» acting branch, which votes for the actors nominated at the final awards, rarely rewards acting in blockbusters, because it's not as obviously showy as the acting in smaller, less visual effects - dependent movies.

Even though the mustard seed is so small when it is planted in the ground, it grows into a tree large enough for birds to stand on its branches and to make their nests in it.

Adobe Captivate is a rapid responsive authoring tool that is used for creating elearning contents such as software demonstrations, software simulations, branched scenarios, and randomized quizzes in Small Web Formats -LRB-.

In Maryland, the small cadre of reformers there (including the Old Line State branch of 50 CAN and the Center for Education Reform) are looking to rewrite the state's charter school law, which favors districts at children's expense.

Secondly, when observing General Motors vehicles from all over the World for hints on just what in tarnation this mystery machine could be, the proportions and shape that seem to match the vehicle best is the Holden VE Series II Statesman — the Zeta platform - based, rear - wheel - drive sport sedan that its smaller brother, the Commodore, branched off into North America as the late Pontiac G8.

Libraries are paying far too much for e-books and this has resulted in many branches to have smaller collections.

«One of government's goals is to ensure that doing business in B.C. is easy and exciting,» said Coralee Oakes, Minister of Small Business and Red Tape Reduction and Minister Responsible for the Liquor Distribution Branch, in a release.

There is only a small handful that are offering comprehensive tools to join an online club via the library or for people to meet at a specific branch to talk about it.

She has worked as an editor for small presses and branched out to take on some indie clients.

We have also purchased a limited number of iKits ---- small collections of portable devices including e-readers, tablets, and netbooks ---- and distribute them to library staff in our branches for them to try out, learn, to support customers, and to use as part of their day - to - day work.

But my point is that Credit Unions are much more competitive than banks in this area and it would take some shopping around because many credit unions are very small (not many branches) so you would have to find one that is convenient for you.

A small local credit union for example may know you and the other payee personally and be a little more relaxed about cashing / depositing the check versus a national financial institution with many branches and cashiers that have never interacted with you before.

The bank even permits non-U.S. citizens to apply at physical branch locations, which is rare amongst most institutions in the U.S. Finally, we liked the flexibility Regions Bank offered on both its range of loan amounts and maturity terms, especially for small - dollar loans.

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Currently, if you are affiliated with a number of military or government branches, make a small donation to the National Military Family Association or the Voices for America's Troops, or volunteer for the Red Cross, then you're eligible to join.

Some parts of the book are a bit complicated for the new investor but the bottom line is to start small and invest in some of Herman's more tried and true stocks and over time branch out from there.

The Consumer Banking segment consists of branch - based lending and deposit gathering activities for consumers and small businesses, national deposit gathering, national auto lending and consumer home loan lending and servicing activities.