Sentences with phrase «or quarters if»

Cut your tomatoes in half or quarters if they are larger sized, and place the skin side down on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.

1 bunch of radishes - french breakfast (pink with white tips if you can find them - if not, the red ones will work, slice in half or quarters if large), tops removed.

Rinse the Brussels sprouts and cut off the tough bottom ends and slice in half (or quarters if the sprouts are large).

Cut into halves, or quarter if large.

1/2 cup whole wheat pastry flour 1 tablespoon minced fresh rosemary 1 teaspoon fine sea salt 1/2 teaspoon pepper 12 ounces vegetarian beef - style strips or chunks (thawed, if frozen) 1 tablespoon refined coconut oil 4 cloves garlic, minced 4 1/2 cups low - sodium vegetable stock 1 1/2 cups dry red wine 3 carrots, cut into 1 - inch chunks 1 pound red potatoes, cut into 1 - inch chunks 1 onion, cut into 1 - inch chunks 1/2 pound cremini (brown) mushrooms, halved (or quartered if large) 1 cup fresh or frozen peas

1 tablespoon ground coriander 1/2 tablespoon ground cumin 1/4 teaspoon ground turmeric 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper 3 tablespoons canola oil 1 1/4 teaspoons salt, or to taste 1/4 cup diced onions (about 1/2 medium onion) 1 1/2 cups diced tomato (fresh or canned) 1 one - inch knob of ginger, peeled and finely grated 1 pound cremini or button mushrooms, halved lengthwise (or quartered if very large) 1 10 - ounce bag frozen peas, defrosted

To serve: 1.6 pounds (750 grams) fresh strawberries, hulled and halved or quartered if too large, leaving a few whole with the stems for garnish Fresh raspberries, for garnish (optional) Fresh mint leaves, for garnish (optional)

extra-virgin olive oil 1/4 mixed cherry or small ripe tomatoes (halved or quartered if large) 6 cups tender purslane leaves (about 1 lb.)

1 1/2 cups unbleached all - purpose flour 1/2 teaspoon baking powder 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt 6 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened 3/4 cup granulated sugar, plus 1 tablespoon 1 large egg 1/2 cup buttermilk 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract 1/2 teaspoon almond extract 2 teaspoons finely grated lemon zest, divided 1 pound strawberries, halved — or quartered if very large

Ingredients 8 strips bacon (8 ounces), halved 4 garlic cloves, thinly sliced 3 chicken legs, drumsticks and thighs (about 2 1/2 pounds total) 1 teaspoon kosher salt Freshly ground black pepper 11 or 12 figs, halved or quartered if large 12 thyme sprigs 2 tablespoons vermouth 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice

Thus the second year, the other halve is removed (if the sink rate remains the same) or a quarter if it was a linear reduction.

Not exact matches

You get a $ 1 discount if you make more than 30 trades or maintain an average daily balance of at least $ 100,000 in the prior calendar quarter.

«If you can help them hit their end - of - quarter or year - end milestones, they have more incentive to give you a break on the price,» says Marien.

Of course by the next quarter if I felt ripped off I could advocate for seven percent or maybe ops requirements needed to be upped to 20 percent for one quarter.

In the Marines, we are often working in close quarters in really uncomfortable settings (like a chest deep fighting hole, and, oh yeah, it's probably raining), and if you can't get along in the group, you're not going to be able to effective leader or member of the team.

And if your company is like three quarters of the organizations in that same study, your team struggles or fails to execute your plans.

A new employee needs to be part of the long - term corporate strategy - and if you can visualize where you want to be in five years, or even by next quarter, it will be significantly more natural to see how a new employee fits into that matrix.

If you're not doing cross-functional outings at least once a quarter — like Marketing + Customer Service or Engineering + Sales Development — then consider implementing these activities.

Moreover, while prisoners were generally taken, particularly if they were in large numbers — whole companies or even battalions of soldiers giving themselves up, as sometimes happened — it was an unspoken rule that soldiers who resisted too long or too hard had given up any right to quarter.

Here's a simple test: If someone sat down with you and asked you a series of questions about your company's revenue, expenses, and profits (or losses) for the previous month, quarter, and year, could you answer within a few minutes, using your accounting software?

If managers wait till the end of the quarter or year to salute positive results, employees may only barely remember the context.

If they say, «I am going to expand capacity or we're going to increase distribution in the next quarter», they deliver,» he explained.

«If you look at seasonality of [economic] growth, the first quarter has been weak for seven or eight straight years,» says Rick Rieder of BlackRock.

Recently, I was even asked if I wanted to pay US$ 20 to insure a pair of $ 80 ice skates beyond the three - month warranty or $ 12 to protect a $ 40 television cable for a «lifetime» of protection — a quarter of each product's price in exchange for extra «peace of mind.»

«It's the ninth inning, it's the fourth quarter or whatever time frame that resonates as well as the obvious meaning, which is something like, «We haven't had a recession yet, but we're about to, and if that's the case, stocks are way too expensive.»»

«Twitter will get this initial pop, and then once they report a few quarters and if they are not demonstrating an ability to keep customers up, or revenue per customer at certain level, they will be penalized.»

You know if your sales are up versus the prior period, be it the prior day, week, month, quarter or year.

So it doesn't take a lot, even if you're a small company, to find some way to solicit feedback from either a large group of your customers through an email campaign with a SurveyMonkey link or even just kind of talking to customers on a regular basis over the fourth quarter to get some feedback.

It's a good idea to stay away from foods that contain garlic, onion or heavy spices — especially if you work in close quarters.

Even if we assume that Apple Pay accounts for three - quarters of US mobile and e-commerce spending in 2017, that would still leave $ 743 billion in Apple Pay volume that would need to take place in stores — or 13.8 % of total in - store retail volume, a $ 554 billion higher dollar volume than what we forecast for mobile payments as a whole.

With the Dow Jones, S&P 500 and Nasdaq indexes each kicking off the fourth quarter at record highs, most investors are either cheering, wondering if the market is too expensive to put more money into or worrying about a possible correction.

Here's how to assess if your current quarters can accommodate future growth or you need to choose another site.

«Why, I could make a quarter of a million dollars a year in this field or in Hollywood if I wanted to,» Graham said.

Also, Fortune excludes companies that lost money in the quarter ended May 31 or June 30, if the loss represents deterioration in business conditions.

He adds that even if technology is having a long - term negative impact on GDP growth, the change from quarter to quarter or even year to year is probably negligible.

State and federal unemployment taxes, but only if (1) they pay wages to employees totaling $ 1,500 or more in any quarter of a calendar year, or (2) they employed at least one person during any day of the week during any 20 weeks in a calendar year, regardless of whether or not the weeks were consecutive.

Watching the New England Patriots — trailing 21 - zip in the second quarter, down 25 points in the third, 19 points in the hole with less than 600 seconds to go in regulation — rally to win the Super Bowl in overtime, I couldn't help but wonder if there was some mysterious science behind «the miraculous comeback»: something measurable, or at least point - to - able, that captures the transformation of human spirit that drives an individual — or, more inexplicably, a team of separate beings — to see «victory» when «loss» is flashing all around them.

To be fair, if there is going to be any real financial damage, it's unlikely show up until Google's second quarter, since most of the major brands didn't withdraw spending from YouTube until the second half of March or later.

So if you can take the loss to pretty much zero, and it was a relatively minor loss in the last quarter, and be putting the subscriber needle in the right direction, you're at least showing, whether it's a partner or a buyer or however it comes down, «Hey, there's a bottom here.

Unless the Committee or Board determines otherwise prior to the transaction, if substantially all of the assets of the Company are acquired by another corporation or in case of a reorganization of the Company involving the acquisition of the Company by another entity, (i) stock options and stock appreciation rights become exercisable immediately prior to the transaction; (ii) restrictions with respect to restricted stock and RSRs lapse and shares are delivered; and (iii) performance shares and performance units pay out pro rata based on performance through the end of the last calendar quarter.

Also, if a majority of the Board is comprised of persons other than (i) persons for whose election proxies were solicited by the Board; or (ii) persons who were appointed by the Board to fill vacancies caused by death or resignation or to fill newly - created directorships («Board Change»), unless the Committee or Board determines otherwise prior to such Board Change, then participants immediately prior to the Board Change who cease to be employees or non-employee directors within six months after such Board Change for any reason other than death or permanent disability generally have their (i) options and stock appreciation rights become immediately exercisable and to the extent not canceled or cashed out, generally have at least six months to exercise such awards; (ii) restrictions with respect to restricted stock and RSRs lapse and generally shares are delivered; and (iii) performance shares and performance units pay out pro rata based on performance through the end of the last calendar quarter before the time the participant ceased to be an employee.

For example, many companies report third - quarter earnings in October, which can cause some volatility: If earnings are down, or far off from analyst projections, stock prices can dip.

Evidence continues to mount regarding Canada's lousy economic trajectory, and there is now a pretty broad consensus among Canadian economists that the economy was likely in recession in the first half of the year. That's not a sure thing, of course: we won't know until September 1 if second quarter GDP grew or shrank.

If you are looking to assess the composition of your portfolio, or you are seeking new opportunities, here are some key sector themes to think about during the second quarter.

Karen Holdhouse, an analyst at Goldman Sachs, asked executives on the corporation's first - quarter conference call what they would do from an operational perspective if changing the company's communication strategies were not successful, and in particular, if the company planned to extend «an olive branch» to Canadian Tim Hortons consumers or to its franchisees.

If the deficit is due to an economic recession, defined as two consecutive quarters of negative growth in real gross domestic product, or to «extraordinary events», such as a natural disaster or war, that results in an «cost» of more than $ 3 billion, then the operating budgets of departments and agencies would be automatically frozen to pay for any wage increases.

The lock - up agreements pertaining to this offering will expire 150 days after the date of this prospectus; provided, that such restricted period will end ten business days prior to the scheduled closure of our trading window for the first full fiscal quarter completed after the date of this prospectus if (i) such restricted period ends during or within ten business days prior to the scheduled closure of such trading window and (ii) such restricted period will end at least 120 days after the date of this prospectus.

If you want to help your team be more innovative, productive or sell more each quarter changing your story in specific ways is the key.

The first quarter of 2018 is the last quarter in which OPEC's cuts would be in effect, if the cartel doesn't extend or deepen production reductions.

We are not under any obligation and do not intend to make publicly available any update or other revisions to any of the forward - looking statements contained in this press release or the fourth quarter earnings call to reflect circumstances existing after the date of this press release or to reflect the occurrence of future events even if experience or future events make it clear that any expected results expressed or implied by those forward - looking statements will not be realized.