Sentences with phrase «on the branch in»

What does an exotic bird with a colorful beak sitting on a branch in the rain forest look like to you?

Michael, who was training to be Father's ambassador to beasts, balanced on a branch in a tree nearby, conferring with a family of squirrels.

Any stateside readers — or internet surfers — should check out his wonderfully evocative oil paintings of Big Apple life, including chess players in Washington Square Park and birds congressing on branches in Central Park.

Which just goes to show, sometimes happiness comes in small pretty packages... singing on a branch in Alaska.

Why should I rush to the retail stores when the autumn leaves that were starting to turn on the branches in my own backyard provided all the inspiration and free fall decor I truly needed?

Not exact matches

Kaiser Permanente is made up of multiple branches to handle a variety of healthcare needs and operates their health plans on a not - for - profit basis, with a mix of for - profit businesses and health centers mixed in to help subsidize the other parts of the group.

In an Oct. 4 letter to acting Secretary of the Army Ryan McCarthy, Sen. Marco Rubio demanded the branch nullify the military commission of 2nd Lt. Spenser Rapone, the West Point graduate, Afghanistan combat veteran, and self - identified member of the Democratic Socialists of America who posted photos of himself wearing a Che Guevara shirt under his uniform and a «Communism Will Win» sign tucked into his cover on Sept. 24.

Without a central hub for academics to branch out on their work in Canada, deep learning's southbound pioneers served as pied pipers, bringing their students with them, creating a brain drain.

Putting together a galactic - scale blockbuster is a global effort, involving not only this visual effects shop — Shore estimates his team is responsible for 250 of the shots cinema - goers will see once Star Wars Episode VII opens on Dec. 18 — but also ILM's head office in San Francisco, as well as branches in London and Singapore.

A 1 % increase in speed of service, on the other hand, led to only a 0.8 % increase in satisfaction and a 0.2 % increase in branch profitability.

In the past two years, Yardstick has branched into another vertical: selling software that allows clients to administer certification tests online rather than on paper.

The deployment of such technology is the latest move by a Canadian bank to beef up its digital capabilities as customers increasingly conduct their banking on mobile phones and computers, rather than over the phone or in a brick - and - mortar branch.

Armed with a better understanding of mobile technology, free from costly branch networks and focused intensely on the user experience, these online firms are muscling in on the lucrative business of providing loans, mortgages and portfolio management services to the public.

The decision is part of a broader suit against O'Leary by the chamber's Nova Scotia branch, which alleges that O'Leary reneged on a promise to be keynote speaker at the group's gala event in Halifax on May 18, 2017.

By 30 he was managing the largest branch in Toronto; by 40 he was Scotia's most senior executive in the United States, running its corporate lending business on Wall Street.

With his eye on a demo model dark green Triumph GT6 car, Waugh, then in his early 20s, approached the branch manager about a loan.

«At 7:32 p.m. local time today, US forces - Afghanistan conducted a strike on an ISIS - K tunnel complex in Achin district, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, as part of ongoing efforts to defeat ISIS - K in Afghanistan in 2017,» US Central Command said in a statement, referring to the ISIS branch in Afghanistan and Pakistan, ISIS - Khorasan.

Without this safety net, people are less likely to branch out on their own, in turn hurting entrepreneurship and small business creation.

In an e-mail in March, Allopenna, Cambridge's Toronto branch manager, stressed that what happened in the U.S. shouldn't reflect on the Canadian industrIn an e-mail in March, Allopenna, Cambridge's Toronto branch manager, stressed that what happened in the U.S. shouldn't reflect on the Canadian industrin March, Allopenna, Cambridge's Toronto branch manager, stressed that what happened in the U.S. shouldn't reflect on the Canadian industrin the U.S. shouldn't reflect on the Canadian industry.

And while the rather thin outsole doesn't offer much protection if you step on a sharp rock or a protruding branch, the shoes will keep your feet safe from pokes and scratches as you jog through brambles, and they breathe well enough to keep your foot cool even in hot, humid weather.

BroadbandTV, the Vancouver - based company dedicated to monetizing web video content on behalf of its creators, is opening a branch office in midtown Manhattan to be closest to where marketing decisions are made.

More than 1,200 veterans representing every branch of the military sent a letter to House and Senate leaders on February 12, saying that «strategic investments in the State Department and USAID will be essential if we are to solidify our hard - fought gains and prevent other bad actors from filling the void» around the world.

So I had to go back in and change cross-arms to expand them out and let branches cascade over the shoots so it resulted in a dimpled instead of intense light on the fruit.

Traditionally, judges have been extremely cautious about stepping on the executive branch's authority in such matters, legal experts said.

Starting on June 1 in Chicago, and later at San Francisco (July), New York City (August), Denver (September), and Boston (October), small business owners and entrepreneurs will have a chance to network and learn at select Capital One Cafés and within Capital One's Union Square Flagship branch in New York City.

«At 7:32 p.m. local time today, US forces - Afghanistan conducted a strike on an ISIS - K tunnel complex in Achin district, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, as part of ongoing efforts to defeat ISIS - K in Afghanistan in 2017,» US Central Command said in a statement, referring to the Islamic State branch in Afghanistan and Pakistan, ISIS - Khorasan.

Ankara launched a massive ground and air campaign, codenamed «Olive Branch,» against the US - backed SDF forces in Afrin on January 20 in response to the US's announcement that it would train and maintain a 30,000 - strong, predominately Kurdish force in the region.

While his standing among troops has likely been burnished by some of his policies — like boosting spending and reducing executive - branch input in battlefield decision - making — he has faced public criticism on some initiatives, like raising the budget and expanding US involvement in Afghanistan.

People wait outside a Bank of India at Jheel chowk branch, people wait in a long queue to deposit and withdraw new currency notes on Nov. 30, 2016 in New Delhi, India.

An Air Force review has found that the branch failed to report «several dozen» service members found guilty of violent offenses to the federal gun background check database, with representatives of the service telling the New York Times that the reporting failure that allowed disgraced airman Devin Patrick Kelley to purchase the firearms he used to murder 26 parishioners in a Sutherland Springs, Texas, church on Nov. 5 «was not an isolated incident.»

Early on in her tenure, she became known for being a bit of an intrapreneur unafraid of taking imitative, as she showed by authorizing the 1993 Waco raid of the Branch Davidian cult compound.

In an announcement on Facebook this morning, Branch CEO and co-founder Josh Miller explained the new arm of the company was created «with the goal of helping people connect with others around their interests.

BANKWEST»S branch on Bayview Terrace, Claremont as well as locations in Cannington and Victoria Park will be auctioned next month.

Last year BankWest sold branches on a similar basis at 853 Hay Street in the Perth CBD, and in the Perth suburbs of Kalamunda, Leederville and Osborne Park.

RBS came under fire earlier this year after announcing it would close 62 branches across Scotland, and was forced to partially renege on its plans and suspend 10 branch closures in response to public anger.

Then in June this year, Revolut branched out into the business market, launching business accounts on its app.

Created by Soros in 1979, Open Society is a grant - making foundation with branches and partners around the world and focuses on supporting democracies and combating issues of injustice and discrimination, among other causes.

Gunmen from the North African branch of Al Qaeda killed 16 people, including four Europeans, at a beach resort town in Ivory Coast on Sunday.

When we hired an Arizona - based employee in my last company, I was quick to list our «Arizona office» address on our website despite the fact we did not actually have an office in Arizona, just an employee who was willing to let us list her home address as our branch office location.

Before branching out on his own, he was one of legendary investor Julian Robertson's first so - called tiger cubs, responsible for some big market calls during the 1990s such as the collapse of oil prices after start of the Persian Gulf War and the plunge in the British pound.

The US Air Force, struggling to retain pilots and fill undesirable positions, is considering paying up to $ 455,000 in annual bonuses, the branch's personnel chief, Lt. Gen. Gina Grosso, told the House Armed Services subcommittee for military personnel on Wednesday.

While you may have your rival's photo on your office dartboard, offering the olive branch of peace by quoting a competitor or mentioning their work in your field may well lead to them sharing the article with their contacts and client base, and they might even return the favor in the future.

Testing this new technology is likely being done in the hope of compensating for the branch closures, and to ensure that customers will still be satisfied by online services the bank is offering, especially those that largely rely on human interactions to get answers to queries.

The Dowdles spoke to people on all sides of the siege: FBI agents, ATF agents, and David Thibodeau, a Branch Davidian who survived the fire (played by Rory Culkin in the series).

In 2004, when J.C. Penney put its 2,800 Eckerds pharmacies on the block, Jean Coutu teamed up with CVS to buy 1,560 branches.

Al Qaeda's North African branch said its attack on a beach resort in Ivory Coast on Sunday that killed 18 people was revenge for France's offensive against Islamist militants in the Sahel region and called for French forces to withdraw.

Separately, the same regulator that penalized Marriott - the Shanghai branch of the state cyberspace administration - accused Zara of placing Taiwan in a pull - down list of countries on its Chinese website.

Canwest Immigration Services Pvt Ltd, an associate of Alliance Canada Inc., will open a branch in Bangalore to provide immigration consulting services to professionals and business people seeking relocation in Canada on a permanent basis.

Russia's executive branch has weighed in on a proposed bill to regulate ICOs, offering several suggestions on how to improve it.

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!