Sentences with phrase «maintain close ties»

I also maintain close ties with many veterinarians in the community in order to take a more holistic approach to dog training.

Despite Apple and Nike expanding beyond their initial Nike + candidate, the two companies maintain close ties, with Apple CEO Tim Cook serving on Nike's board of directors.

However, his background appears to be the most important source of his influence on district priorities, because it enables him to maintain close ties with and access to state department staff.

On the one hand, digital tools enable migrants to maintain close ties with their country of origin.

Speaking in Rome on Sunday, Mr Kerry expressed regret at the UK's decision but said the US would maintain close ties with the EU.

Duke's Chowder House staff and Moscrip himself maintain close ties to the communities where they work.

Shannon and his family maintain close ties to the community and regularly participate in local business and charity organizations including a brain tumor research fund established in honor of his late wife Judy, VanMatre says.

The Republican Governors Association and its tax - exempt arm have maintained close ties to some of America's most prominent companies, which have poured millions into the campaigns of Republican governors since 2008.

Rauschenbusch remained more self - consciously rooted in Scripture than did Adams, however, and he maintained closer ties to church circles than to academic ones.

The company also maintains close ties with Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz and participates in community projects with him, Mora says.

Williams graduated from Grambling in 1977 and has maintained close ties to the school and to its living icon, Eddie Robinson, who has won more games, 405, than any other college coach.

The company had the capital commitments to purchase the facility and pay to lift the deed restrictions, and also said it intended to keep the facility's nearly 200 union jobs, a pledge that helped win the backing of 1199 SEIU, the powerful health care union that maintains close ties to Mayor Bill de Blasio and to Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

However, he maintained close ties to the Independence Party of Minnesota, which also broke from the Reform party around the same time.

This morning's release was sent by David Catalfamo, who joined her this week and previously served as George Pataki's communications director and senior vice president of the Empire State Development Corporation, and maintains close ties to the former governor.

Fearing a primary challenge — particularly from a Latino candidate — Crowley has maintained close ties to whoever is in charge of the Bronx Democratic organization.

Citizens Union has gained a reputation as a centrist group and has maintained closer ties to some politicians, including the governor.

(Cohen is now in private practice, but maintains close ties to the administration.)

Despite being out of office, Johnson has maintained close ties to Klein and the IDC and would have likely joined the conference if he had won the race in 2010.

Cohen, who maintains close ties to Cuomoland despite being out of public life for nearly two years, said in the interview that a Moreland Act Commission continues to be a sword of Damacles the governor holds over the Legislature.

FAMILIES FOR EXCELLENT SCHOOLS FIRST MADE an issue of school safety in February, shortly after the New York Times reported on controversial student discipline practices at Success Academy, the city's largest charter network, which maintains close ties to FES.

Kosta has undergone extensive training and was certified with five different schools: Yoga 23, Sivananda Yoga, Mysore Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga, Andiappan Yoga and Universal Yoga and maintains close ties to many other yoga schools around the world.

Perhaps even more critically, we are learning that maintaining close ties to alumni matters a lot.

FAMILIES FOR EXCELLENT SCHOOLS FIRST MADE an issue of school safety in February, shortly after the New York Times reported on controversial student discipline practices at Success Academy, the city's largest charter network, which maintains close ties to FES.

Moskowitz maintains close ties to hedge - fund billionaire John Paulson, who has been a major donor to both Trump and Success Academy.

We are totally committed to providing IndieCommerce stores the means to continue to sell e-books, and, at minimum, we expect to move forward quickly with one or more partners who will better understand — and who will maintain closer ties to — your stores, and to the book industry in general.

But the New Realism movement has often been compared to the pop art movement in New York for their use and critique of mass - produced commercial objects (Villeglé's ripped cinema posters, Arman's collections of detritus and trash), although Nouveau Réalisme maintained closer ties with Dada than with pop art.

Raised in San Francisco, Julie Heffernan maintains close ties to California, and is a graduate of the University of California, Santa Cruz, and the Yale University School of Art.

For Bruce Yonemoto and Haruko Tanaka, their mutual Japanese heritage and a media - soaked Southern California are rich sources of inspiration.Tanya Aguiñiga blends a keen vocabulary of modernist forms and a passion for traditional fiber and ceramic arts, maintaining close ties to communities of artists and craftspeople throughout Mexico.

David was educated at the University of Toronto Schools, where he maintains close ties.

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Among mankind there have been those who have had a purity of spirit, a joyous heart, a strong soul, a powerful mind, and a close tie to the supernatural world which have enabled them to maintain a continuous relationship with the Almighty Power.

So while punishment erodes the connection that leads to better behavior, discipline — which comes from the word «to teach» — fosters closer ties, and a relationship with you that children are desperate to maintain.

Because of the two countries» close historical, cultural, and religious ties — the so - called «Slavic brotherhood» — Moscow has been able to maintain a strong foothold in the region.

Despite his age, Mr Peres has maintained an active public schedule, mostly through his non-governmental Peres Centre for Peace, which promotes closer ties between Israel and the Palestinians.

Members of the SCQB maintain close collaborative ties across CSHL as well as with many other groups in the New York area, including Computer Science and Applied Mathematics at Stony Brook University and the New York Genome Center.

They are incredibly dedicated to working out, staying healthy, and maintaining close family and friend ties.

The game seeks to stand out from the battle royale crowd by maintaining closer mechanical ties to the survival genre from which these games spawned, as well as playing up the game - show angle by introducing the Show Director role.

- the game's shading mechanism has changed, which allows for increased gear texture quality - all graphical aspects and programming mechanisms have been built up from scratch for this sequel - maximum resolution is 1080p in TV mode - a bigger focus for Nintendo was the 60 frames per second - occasionally the resolution will be scaled down when there is too much ink displaying on the screen - Nintendo reduced the CPU load and refined the way to use CPU power effectively to maintain 60 fps in all matches - weapons were tweaked to let players be more creative by thinking about unique weapon characteristics and their best uses - weapons are designed to be effective when they are used during the right occasion - Special weapons are stronger than the original ones when used in the right situation, but weaker otherwise - the damage and effect of slowing down your movement when you step in the opponent's ink are reduced from original - you can jump up in rank if you're good enough, but only up until S - you can't jump up from C, B or A to S + - when you win battles in Ranked mode, the Ranked meter fills and your rank goes up when its fully filled - when you lose a battle, the gauge does not decrease, but the meter starts to crack - once the meter reaches its limit, it breaks - when the meter breaks, you have to start over again from the beginning or from a lower rank - highest rank is still S +, but if you fill up the Ranked meter, you get numbers after the alphabet such as «S +1», «S +2» and so on - maximum number is «S +50», but this number will not be displayed to your opponent - you are the only one to see it, and you can check it on your own status screen - Ranked Power is calculated by an algorithm to measure how strong each player is with minuteness - this will determine if a player's rank is worthy of receiving a big jump (like from «C» to «A»)- Ranked Power has no relation to your splat rate, and is more tied into to how well you lead your team to victory - you won't drop off more than one rank even if you play poorly - stage rotation time was changed to two hours - this was done because the devs expected people to play for an hour or so, but they found people play much longer - with Salmon Run, Nintendo considered how to implement a co-op oriented mode in a player - versus - player type of game - the devs will monitor how users are playing this mode to see if there's some tweaks they can throw in - more Salmon Run maps will be added in the future, but Nintendo wouldn't comment on adding more enemy types to the mode - rewards are changed each time Salmon Run is played - you can obtain rewards when playing locally, but not gear - originally Nintendo had an idea for this mode, but had no background setting, enemy designs, etc. - Inoue suggested that it should be salmon - themed - when Nintendo hosted the Splatfest that pit Callie against Marie, the development of Splatoon 2 had started - the devs had already decided to have the result reflected in the sequel - they even had an idea to announce the Splatfest with a phrase «Your choice will change the next Splatoon» - the timing to announce a sequel wasn't right, so they decided against this - they eventually released a series of short stories about the Squid Sisters to show how the Splatfest affected the sequel's story - Nintendo wouldn't say if Marina is an Octoling, and noted that Inklings are not paying attention to this too much - Inklings don't care about appearances, as long as everyone is doing something fresh - the Squid Sisters had composers who produced their songs, but Off the Hook are composing their music by themselves - Pearl is genius artist, but she couldn't find a right partner because she's a bit too edgy - she eventually found Marina as a partner though, and their chemistry is sparkling right now - Nintendo is planning a year of content updates for Splatoon 2 - when finished, the quantity of stages will be more than the original - some of the additional stages are totally new and some will be arranged stages from the first game - not all original stages will return and they are choosing stages based on the potential for them to be improved - Brella is shotgun-esque weapon, so the ink hits your opponent more if you are closer - it can shield damage when you open it, but the amount of damage has a limit and once it reaches it, it breaks - you can shoot ink, but you can't use the shield feature when it breaks - the shield won't prevent your allies ink - there are more new weapon categories which haven't been revealed yet - there are no other ranked modes outside of the three current options - the future holds any sort of possibility, but the devs didn't get specific about adding more content like that - for the modes, they adjusted the rule designs so that players will experience the more interesting aspects

A few years later, Wiley found himself at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco, far enough from Los Angeles for him to establish his independence but close enough to maintain family ties.

The regulator also indicated that it would maintain a close watch on the nascent market for bitcoin - tied financial products.

• Introduce «menu selling» procedure which significantly streamlined customer handling tasks • Decrease interest paid by the customer, resulting in increased customer satisfaction, while keeping revenue at par with earlier financial years • Close a lucrative deal with a multinational company, which resulted in $ 850,000 of revenue each year for the next 7 years • Confer with clients looking for financing and insurance coverage options for their vehicles • Provide customers with information on how to handle financing and insurance coverage by giving them a list of possible options • Make financing arrangements with a view of minimizing impact on the selling gross of the company • Create and maintain relationships between financers and borrowers by placing clear instructions and timelines • Tie customers close to dealerships in a bid to ensure return business opportunities • Create and administer vehicle service contracts, offering mechanical coverage in a bid to generate F&I income • Control paperwork once deals are closed and ensure that all information from the customers» end is complete and accurate • Train and educate sales people to deliver information regarding the benefits of protective proClose a lucrative deal with a multinational company, which resulted in $ 850,000 of revenue each year for the next 7 years • Confer with clients looking for financing and insurance coverage options for their vehicles • Provide customers with information on how to handle financing and insurance coverage by giving them a list of possible options • Make financing arrangements with a view of minimizing impact on the selling gross of the company • Create and maintain relationships between financers and borrowers by placing clear instructions and timelines • Tie customers close to dealerships in a bid to ensure return business opportunities • Create and administer vehicle service contracts, offering mechanical coverage in a bid to generate F&I income • Control paperwork once deals are closed and ensure that all information from the customers» end is complete and accurate • Train and educate sales people to deliver information regarding the benefits of protective proclose to dealerships in a bid to ensure return business opportunities • Create and administer vehicle service contracts, offering mechanical coverage in a bid to generate F&I income • Control paperwork once deals are closed and ensure that all information from the customers» end is complete and accurate • Train and educate sales people to deliver information regarding the benefits of protective products

Long heralded as a strength of African - American and other minority families, the use of relatives and fictive kin (unrelated persons with whom family has a close relationship) as caregivers for children is an important measure for increasing permanency for minority children while simultaneously maintaining ties to their family system.

A significant number of nonresident fathers still maintain ties with their children (Amato & Sobolewski, 2004), and recent evidence indicates that when fathers maintain an active presence in their children's lives and foster close bonds with them, their children appear to benefit (Amato & Gilbreth, 1999).»

An unanswered question for future research to explore is why close ties to resident stepmothers do not result in better outcomes for adolescents despite the fact that adolescents report being closer on average to resident stepmothers than to nonresident biological mothers and as close to nonresident biological mothers who maintain contact with their children.»