Sentences with phrase «such as at home»

Apparently, according to Boing Boing, a high school in Pennsylvania supplied students with laptop computers... with the unusual and unannounced feature that the school could remotely turn on the webcams installed in the computers and watch the students away from the school, such as at home, without the students knowing about it.

Wider parking spaces are recommended, especially for parking facilities such as those at a Home Depot, where customers are as likely to show up with a half - ton truck as they are to arrive in a Honda Civic sedan.

Couples basically seek similar desires as swingers but may choose not to attend organised swingers parties and instead usually prefer a more discrete venue for elevating their sex lives such as at home where they may invite other couples or swingers to dinner in order to get to know them first.

In its March 30 - April 3 survey, Pew Research Center for the People and the Press asked 1,507 Americans if they «display the American flag, in places such as at your home or office, or on your car or clothing.»

Believers in the technology - is - alienating - us theory are quick to point out the real separation is happening in more intimate settings, such as at home, where families aren't talking much at the dinner table because they're all on their phones.

Not exact matches

UPS is in talks with at least one U.S. trucking firm to launch an in - home delivery service for large, heavy goods such as couches and treadmills.

A year after Couture and Laforce bought the business, Artika's products were being offered across Canada and the U.S. at such retailers as Costco, Home Depot and Lowe's.

Prices on food, such as pork (and, in turn, bacon), may also fluctuate, since a drop in Chinese purchasing power would likely force U.S. farmers to produce less, potentially driving up costs at home.

And yet, for all his professional accolades, Shannon was comfortable being something that we too often take for granted: an amateur.Shannon was «an amateur unicyclist» and «an amateur juggler,» and could often be found tinkering away at his home, building things from scratch such as a robotic mouse that could navigate a maze.

As home to hundreds of mining companies, Canada often finds itself at the centre of such disputes.

Each department at the online retailer reflects a different shopping category, such as automotive, home and garden, gaming, and travel.

In 2017, Walmart has also introduced a membership - free, two - day shipping program, a discount for customers who pick up an online order at a order rather than have it shopped, curbside grocery pickup at hundreds of stores and other novel services such as having a Walmart store worker drop off an online order on the way home after their shift.

Buyers favour physical shops for red - hot items such as video games; those asking for the newly launched Assassin's Creed III at the Futureshop.ca store wanted to take it home right there, says spokesman Elliott Chun.

New businesses now offer services such as at - home fertility testing, birth - control tracking, and smart - menstruation tracking devices.

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Otherwise, there's the nearby and ever - entertaining New York City, a hundred - plus miles of Atlantic Ocean coastline, a smallish mountain range or two, a major amusement park, a half dozen professional sports teams (most of them mediocre at best), small - time skiing, a pretty Ivy League campus by the name of Princeton University, a wealth of black bear in exclusive suburban communities, the early homes of such celebrity types as Martha Stewart, Jack Nicholson and Bruce Springsteen, the site of the Hindenburg disaster, and (for visionary types) the ghosts of Albert Einstein and Thomas Edison, who lived and worked in the state for awhile.

Since my husband also works at Hint as COO our work and home life are extremely integrated, which works for us because we love what we do, and it's such a big part of our life.

At the same time, Canadian Tire has also had to face off with U.S. competitors such as Walmart and Lowe's, which recently merged with home renovation retailer Rona.

That includes visits to World Record hot spots in the U.S. such as the World's Tallest Outdoor Rock - Climbing Wall in Reno, Nevada; Bowling Green, Kentucky's Mammoth Cave National Park, which is home to the world's longest known cave system; the World's Largest Living Tree — a giant sequoia named General Sherman — in California's Sequoia National Park; and the volcanic - formed Crater Lake in Oregon, which at 1,943 feet is America's deepest lake.

This will permit under - employed target populations (such as stay - at - home moms or place - bound retirees) to find opportunities literally at their fingertips — wherever they may be.

At this moment, 75 % of the top 20 retailers in the US have already implemented proximity technologies (beacons, sensors, etc.) into their marketing strategy, including such giants as Home Depot, Lowe's, Target, Walmart, Safeway, Rite Aid, and Macy's.

Salamunovic said he often visits these stores when he's staying at his second home in Los Angeles to pick up brands such as Vince, John Varvatos and the Made & Crafted line by Levis — all of which he says are difficult to find in Canada.

«Younger consumers are more likely to watch shows on mobile devices but life milestones such as the purchase of a home or starting a family will increase adoption of TV sets for this age group,» says Barbara Kraus, another director of research at Parks Associates.

Add in all the perks of producing at home — such as eliminating exchange rate uncertainty, lower chances of supply chain disruptions, a more plentiful supply of qualified labour and the synergies that develop when the R&D guys can easily chat with factory floor employees — and the overall costs of building a new factory in the U.S. or China are roughly equal.

Such as the fact that as of 2010, about half of rural households in America did not have internet access at home.

Correction: An earlier version of this post incorrectly raised the possibility of a link between the malware and network break - ins at such big retailers as Target and Home Depot.

In addition to mortgage insurance, it also issues mortgage - backed securities and pursues a variety of social policy agendas at the behest of Ottawa, such as disseminating information on regional housing markets, improving access to affordable housing and encouraging energy efficiency in new homes.

First, you can check SmartyPig's list of retail partners (which include such blue - chip outfits as Amazon.com, Apple Tours, Best Buy, Gap, Home Depot, and Lowe's) to see if one of them is selling whatever you were saving for at a good price; if so, you can have your savings converted to a gift card for that retailer, which SmartyPig will ship to you for free.

Through local connectivity such as Wi - Fi, Bluetooth, or ZigBee (or even IoT connectivity through the cloud) your Siri - like device (Apple's Siri, Microsoft's Cortana, Google Assistant, Amazon's Alexa, and now Facebook's Jarvis) can communicate with other devices at your home and control them.

Remote work isn't without its drawbacks, such as the tendency for people to work too much from home, while at the same time getting less exercise than if they had to trudge into an office.

In addition to appliances such as refrigerators and washing machines, Penney last year added showrooms for and mattresses at some 500 stores in its efforts to become less reliant on apparel, bolster its home goods category, and frankly, to capitalize on the years - long sales decline at Sears, once the leading seller of appliances in the United States.

Working at home may offer benefits, such as flexible hours, but some businesses providing the opportunity are offering broken promises and false claims.

In some cases, you may be able to do this from the comfort of your home, but you can also do it at a local business, such as a music shop, or remotely through sites like Tutor.com.

The situation drove home how Uber and Lyft have helped set expectations for ride access and experience — as well as how enhanced visibility at a festival such as SXSW isn't always a good thing for emerging brands.

Genesis car owners need an Amazon device at home with a built - in Alexa service such as the Amazon Echo, its portable bluetooth speaker the Amazon Tap and Amazon Fire TV.

For a major purchase such as a home, the general recommendation is to check your credit report and credit score at least 6 months in advance.

Rather than relying on personal assets such as a car, boat or home to secure the loan, unsecured lenders look exclusively at a borrower's credit worthiness to determine eligibility, making those with high credit scores and a long, solid credit history the best candidates for an unsecured business line of credit.

But, unlike similar policies such as telecommuting — which substituted a nine - to - five day at the office with a nine - to - five day working from home, or flextime, which lets employees control when they start their days but not how many hours they must work — ROWE was all about giving workers complete autonomy.

Stick with a similar routine as you established at home, such as every three hours.

Canada is home to a few well - known «unicorn» companies (ventures that are valued at US$ 1 billion or more) such as Shopify, Slack and Hootsuite.

This is especially true in large countries, such as China and India, where the sheer size of the millennial population is already having a global impact, but also here at home in Canada, where the millennial cohort is becoming an important strategic voting bloc.

Finally, consumers are expected to pay more attention to security in 2018 in the aftermath of the Yahoo hack and Equifax breach — plus newer vulnerabilities such as the Krack Attack, which puts every Wi - Fi connection in the world at risk... including wireless routers in homes.

It means we will be able to use that money to invest in our priorities at home, such as housing, schools and the NHS, and it means the days of paying vast sums to the European Union every year are coming to an end.

Known as a «Zestimate,» this home valuation algorithm looks at the recent sale prices of similar properties gathered from public records, such as tax assessments, as well as user - submitted data.

'» David Neeleman came up with key ideas for JetBlue — such as satellite TV at every seat and at - home reservationists — through networking at conferences and elsewhere.

Even if you're a stay - at - home parent without an income, your family would feel the financial impact of your absence because the contributions you made, such as child care, would have to be outsourced.

Still, owning a home at market price in an area such as Vancouver continued to be very difficult for an average household to afford.

These tariffs were controversial both at home and abroad because, even as they helped steelmakers, they squeezed steel users, such as the auto industry.

But they still have to convince the rest of the world that reforms at home are real, not ephemeral, and that structural problems, such as China's shadow banking, will not reach proportions critical enough to impact other sectors of the economy.

In addition, make sure that everyone else at home, such as a spouse or the kids, realizes that you are working.