Sentences with phrase «from high country»

Follow your taste buds across the region with fresh seafood from the Great Ocean Road, local cheeses from the High Country, and cool climate wines from the rolling hills of the Yarra Valley.

Abington Farm is 1 kilometre from the High Country Mountain Rivers Scenic Route 91, a loop drive off the Princes Highway, between Traralgon and Stratford on the C105 Traralgon Heyfield Road.

They save the Dodge, Chevy and Ford (one each) for towing the boat, hauling the camper, and fetching the occasional elk or deer carcass down from the high country.

All tours depart from the High Country Conference Center (HCCC) / Drury Hotel at 12:00 pm and return to same location late afternoon or early evening.

Not exact matches

Since launch, users from more than 14,000 different high schools across the country have already downloaded the app, says Levy.

A global HR report from SHRM details that 57 percent of English - speaking workers in Asian countries have a moderate to high proficiency in the language.

The M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) is no longer reserved for bombarding the bejesus out of ISIS militants in Syria from the cover of the war - torn country's rolling deserts: Marine Corps officials are experimenting with firing the guided artillery system from the deck of an amphibious ship in the middle of the ocean.

The industrial country has high levels of PM2.5 (particulate matter at 2.5 micrometers), pollution caused by decades of heavy manufacturing and unfettered vehicle exhaust — particularly from motorbikes.

Expanding on this belief, they assessed over 15,000 leaders from more than 300 organizations across 20 industries and 18 countries to determine which conversational skills have the highest impact on overall performance.

But in reality it's a high - tech delivery robot called Starship and potentially the next mega-profitable invention to spring from this snowy, miniature country on the northern edge of Europe — one of the more unexpected launching pads on the planet.

In its spring forecast, the European Commission said it expects economic growth across the 28 - country EU to dip to 2.3 percent this year, from last year's decade - high rate of 2.4 percent.

He was amazed by the high prices Starbucks was charging for a commodity that was once Guatemala's top export but had collapsed in value in the 1980s as cheap beans from countries like Vietnam flooded the market.

He went from a lightly - recruited guard who had one scholarship offer (from Cleveland State) to the best high school player in the country.

North American firms are looking abroad to fill the skills gap, using higher compensation to lure workers from developing countries.

In peer countries like Canada, some citizens are taxed at higher rates throughout the year, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development notes, but they get a lot more from their government in terms of social services, including health care.

Using data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Business Insider analyzed the expenditures of the highest - earning 20 % of households in the country, which on average make $ 177,851 annually before taxes, and the lowest - earning 20 % of households, which on average pull in $ 10,916 annually before taxes.

Those high regulatory costs, combined with low returns, tend to keep corporations from developing GM crops for poor countries.

French energy giant Engie SA bought the cargo to meet high gas demand during freezing weather in the northeast U.S.. Although not completely unheard of (Norway has previously sent LNG to the U.S.), this would have been the first time that the country imported a cargo from northwest European storage tanks, some of which undoubtedly came from the $ 27 billion Yamal LNG plant Russia started a month ago.

In September, the City of Calgary, which has some of the highest office rents in the country, adopted an Alternative Workplace Strategies policy encouraging employees who can to work from home.

Since Europe is so small, when a cellphone user from one country enters another, rather than pay high roaming rates, they just slip in a SIM card from the new country and take advantage of local rates.

After the first travel ban was blocked in court, President Trump signed a new executive order last week temporarily blocking travel to the U.S. from countries he said pose a high terrorism risk.

The country sealed $ 17.57 billion from 408 M&A deals in 2017 — the highest in five years, a Duff & Phelps report showed.

Trudeau, like his predecessors, says the higher prices that result from supply management save the federal government from having to match the farm subsidies doled out by most other countries.

That's why such a huge share of finished medications in the U.S. stem from outside the country (and the number's even higher for generic therapies).

With an MBA from Boston University and a BA from SUNY Albany, Garcia also serves as the Chairwoman for the largest Latino Professional Organization in the country, ALPFA, and has tripled its membership to a record high of 72,000 members.

The visas may be popular with high everyone from Microsoft to New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, but they aren't completely without critics, who contend that the program drives down wages and can be exploitative to visa holders who are dependent on their companies for their right to live in the country.

Meanwhile, entrepreneurs from the U.S., Germany and France have already set up shop in the country, undeterred by high taxes and startup costs.

Instead of competing over the same small number of hyper - talented players as his neighbors, he decided to innovate: He became one of the first college coaches to track and pursue high school recruits from across the country.

Last week's travel ban, a decision that impacts talent at some of the country's most high - profile tech companies, brought out strong responses from bold - faced names including Mark Zuckerberg and Sergey Brin.

An even pricier Plus International plan starting at $ 95 per month has those three extras, throws in unlimited calling from the United States to phones in dozens of other countries, which makes sense given the plan's name, and also adds unlimited high - speed tethering to other devices.

Austria is one of the only countries to jump significantly from elementary school pay to high school.

Shenfeld thinks the loonie will stay around par, but could get as high as US$ 1.04 in 2013, thanks to continuing demand for Canadian - dollar bonds from foreign countries.

ESPN's list shows the highest - paid athlete in each country and results are based on salaries and prize money from 2011 or the most recent season.

This banking union, he continues, will necessarily result in higher yields for troubled sovereigns from a pan-European banking system, where banks are not tied to the country in which they are headquartered.

Unfortunately, watching the Princeton Tigers in action hasn't been able to distract homeowners from the fact that New Jersey has the highest property taxes in the country.

«But if not, protectionism could trigger a stronger dollar, retaliation from other countries and higher domestic inflation.»

Add to that the fact that Honolulu has one of the highest costs of living in the country — due in part to the cost of importing supplies and exporting products from the islands — and it's no wonder that most business owners are quickly lured back to the mainland for anything more than a long vacation.

The company has particularly targeted this campaign at developing countries like India where, according to the World Health Organization, more than 1,000 children under five die from diarrhea every day — the highest rate in the world.

Beijing has been pushing for greater domestic spending, cracking down on shopping agents known as «daigou» bringing products into China from overseas, and cutting high tax rates on imported luxury goods sold in the country.

Looking at data from the World Justice Project, Transparency said it found that most countries that score low for civil liberties also tend to score high for corruption.

Today HighWired.com is the world's largest online community of high schools, with more than 10,000 from 50 states and 65 countries.

«The Presidential Medal of Freedom is not just our nation's highest civilian honor — it's a tribute to the idea that all of us, no matter where we come from, have the opportunity to change this country for the better,» Obama said in a statement posted on White House website.

The state's lawmakers passed legislation that will raise the minimum wage from $ 8 an hour to $ 11, the highest minimum wage in the country.

Manufacturing is routinely relocated to take advantage of lower labor costs in different countries, and competition among suppliers to get a contract from a major athletic shoe brand is high.

«Insulation from competition, high resource prices, generally good trade with the U.S., and other conditions have meant that Canadian businesses have not had to innovate as much as businesses in other countries in order to be profitable,» the board found.

Differences in emotions varied between countries, with the highest association with feeling energised, relaxed, and sexy being the South American sample from Colombia and Brazil.

While a weak sterling is being keenly watched as the driver of higher prices within the country, Ben Brettell from Hargreaves Lansdown says its effect should fall out of the numbers reasonably soon and we should watch for more permanent trends.

This amounts to the country's top 100 highest - paid CEOs making 171 times the earnings of an average Canadian wage — a jump from 105 times in 1998.

[As] concerns over rising food prices subsided [from the second quarter], political stability is now the second highest concern after recent high - profile demonstrations and as politics [dominates] the media headlines,» Richard Hall, country manager of Nielsen Malaysia, told CNBC in an e-mail interview.

Husky Energy in Superior is one of about 50 refineries in the country that still uses hydrogen fluoride to process high - octane gasoline, according to a 2013 report from the United Steelworkers Union.