Sentences with phrase «worked as a lion»

Sharon speaks fluent Russian and once worked as a lion tamer for a traveling Mexican circus.

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Business loan brokers who prefer to work on their own might want to consider opening their own businesses and start making inroads with commercial lenders, as well as bringing over previous clients to help build their own portfolio without the lion's share going to the brokerage firm.

The 53 - year - old has worked among elephants, lions and rhinos on several game reserves in the Kwazulu - Natal Province as a safari rest camp supervisor.

Xenophanes (approximately 570 «500 b.c.) has earned for himself a perpetual place in undergraduate philosophy textbooks with his famous line that «if horses or oxen or lions had hands they could draw with and thus could accomplish such works as men, horses would draw the figures of the gods as similar to horses, and oxen as similar to oxen, and they would make the bodies of the sort which each of them had.»

Our partners and pals and Significant Others, The people who work in the Caring Professions, The service that pays for my therapy sessions, The Muppets and Smurfs and of course Mr. Rogers, The U.S.C.C. and Los Angeles Dodgers, The lady who serves as our story - time reader (At present) the Senate Majority Leader, Delores in day - care, Ms. Sands in ceramics, Francesca who networks my fam» ly dynamics, Picasso and Scarecrow, the Cowardly Lion And Ronald McDonald and Richard Mcbrien, Miss Piggy and Kermit and Bozo and Bartok, Corita and Gloria Steinem and Starhawk, And Rudolf the Reindeer and Santa's ten elves But best of all most of all, god is our selves!

As it turned out, the woman had passed through Sarasota when Matola was working for the Romanian lion tamer.

I also work as a gardener, as front of house in The Lion House Gallery in Lavenham and I co-own and manage The Handmade Shop & Gallery in Bury St Edmunds, which is a group of talented East Anglian artists who jointly stock and run the gallery on a day - to - day basis.

The black / multicolored swatch was worked with Lion Brand Fancy Fur eyelash yarn in the color known as «Stained Glass Black».

Albany, New York, May 24, 2016 — New York State Homes and Community Renewal (HCR) and the New York State Office for People With Developmental Disabilities (OPWDD) joined Living Resources, Regan Development, The Community Preservation Corporation, elected officials, and partners to announce the opening of Lion Heart Residences in Cohoes, a new $ 16.4 million 72 - unit development that offers affordable homes for working families, as well as apartments with support services for people with developmental disabilities.

A reformer who won the lion's share of labor endorsements in the race, including that of the Working Families Party, Torres was supported by State Senator Gustavo Rivera, who ousted disgraced and jailed incumbent Pedro Espada, Jr. in 2010, as well as by the Bronx's most popular elected official, Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr. (who has broken with his father on social issues like LGBT rights and marriage equality).

We need to make sure that we are in control over the things that affects us.Anytime there is flood and people loose their life, most of the blame goes to sitting presidents.I am not saying that the central government does not have responsibility to ensure that enabling environment is created.They have a great work to do but as citizens what is our quota?When you move around Accra, sometimes i becomes angry within myself because i am in doubt as to whether our sanitation laws exit.People because of the tax they claim they pay waits for zoom lion workers to come and clean the choked gutters before our houses and shops either than that, it will remain like that.Is it modernity or civilization that has turned us to forget our traditional values or duties of ensuring that our environments is clean?Everybody in our Ghanaian setting knows the responsibility of men and women in making sure that our environments are clean not waiting for flood to occur and we start blaming sitting presidents.To the media, though your responsibility is to keep governments on it toes, you equally have a mandate in educating the public of what we are expected to do as citizens in other to ensure that our dear nation is a better ecosystem for all of us to live.The attention of the media should be shifted from making politicians popular to making us aware as citizens of our responsibilities.I sometimes get confused to hear journalists calling opponents to comment on issues concerning the sitting governments and the only thing that comes to my mind is what do the journalist want to hear from the political opponents?Nothing.They will end up criticizing without giving an alternative.The media should rather resort in questioning people directly to where the problems are coming from.Let us build our institutions.When it comes to energy issues.Citifm will call Hon.KT Hammond who was a deputy minister living who he worked under (His boss at that time) and I always become confused because what can we expect from him?nothing.

«As the work grows, it gets harder to control; it is a lion growing in strength.

They bust their butts and have done the lion's share of the work and tried to be as open as possible.»

The lion's share of the credit for the work accomplished by postdocs is routinely accorded to their PIs, as are the financial proceeds of their discoveries, which also fill the coffers of universities and fund the salaries of the deans (who frequently ignore the existence of postdocs, refusing them any sort of official status as either employees or students).

«Sea lions can be seen as sentinels of human health,» says Kathi Lefebvre, a research biologist at the Northwest Fisheries Science Center in Seattle, Washington, who was not involved with the work.

Are you tempted to work in a unique environment where soils support habitats for wildlife such as sea lions, elephant seals, albatrosses, penguins, sooty shearwaters, white - chinned petrels, prions and rare and endemic passerines and wild flowers?

Todd: «I'd rather work toward my dreams, live one day like a lion and give my all, than relax and live a thousand days as a lamb.»

Hey my name is ryan im 29 years my height is 5,9 bluish green eyes easy to get along with easy going love gaming movie and tv shows love art anything to do with it and i love the out doors i also work at food lion as a stocker

Sharp - eyed viewers should watch for parodies of and winking nods to earlier Aardman works, as well as «The Lion King,» «Lady and the Tramp» and other animated classics.

Each eventually formed his own production company — Altman's Lion's Gate, Coppola's American Zoetrope — and patronized the work of aspiring young film - makers (such as Altman's nurturing of Alan Rudolph and Coppola's of Caleb Deschanel).

It's an unabashedly high concept premise that's employed to positive effect by director John Landis, although it does go without saying that the lion's share of praise for the film's success belongs to both Aykroyd and Murphy - as the actors» exceedingly engaging work ultimately proves instrumental in smoothing over some of the more questionable elements within the narrative.

The talented actress - turned - director Joan Chen (Xiu Xiu) should get the lion's share of the credit as to why what would ordinarily be a routine tearjerker works somewhat, along with an endearing performance by Ryder.

The long takes, loaded dialogue, and sharp compositions all significantly elevate the proceedings, but they only go so far; the plot and characters do the lion's share of the work and render the film as satisfying as it is.

Guillermo del Toro took home the Golden Lion (last seen awarded to an American film in 2010, courtesy of Sofia Coppola's Somewhere) for The Shape of Water, which is just unlikely to be remembered as his best work as it is a great Leone.

Ben Stiller stars as a night watchman who works in the Museum of Natural History where all of the characters — including lions --- come to life as soon as the sun sets in Night at the Museum.

Mia Farrow's affecting, tremulous work as the mother of the devil's spawn was left out of the Best Actress race, which ended in a tie between Barbra Streisand for Funny Girl and Katharine Hepburn for The Lion in Winter.

Casting liberal lion Redford against type as a hawk with his finger on the button works out nicely, and implicitly nods to one of this film's inspirations, the superior Three Days of the Condor.

Although Chazelle should get the lion's share of the credit as to why the film works, that shouldn't take away from the phenomenal performances, not only in acting, but also in singing, dancing, and playing instruments, to Crazy Stupid Love and Gangster Squad cast - mates Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling, who took over the roles from the originally pitched Emma Watson (who was iffy on the project before ultimately being unavailable) and Whiplash star Miles Teller (who, reportedly, lost the gig trying to stall for a bigger paycheck).

Though based on a true, if sanitized story — in real life the rescued lion cub named Elsa was never fully rehabilitated and died piteously and prematurely of a tick disease; the happily married Joy and George eventually divorced and were both brutally murdered in two separate incidents — the film works best as a parable about parents and children.

Although DiCaprio is getting the lion's share of notices for his portrayal of Glass (the moment when he talks about not being afraid of dying is powerful stuff), Hardy, Poulter and Gleeson all do outstanding work — and the key native cast is equally as good.

The film's creators have sought to create a distinct and illuminating order to the world of wildlife, a mood that worked in The Lion King as supporting the story, but never felt forced or preachy.

(cont'd)- I'm giving away hundreds of listings on the Vault, and as a result of doing so, won't see one thin dime of income on the site until October or later - Given all the time and money I've already sunk into developing the site, I don't even expect to earn back my upfront investment until sometime next year - I'm already personally reaching out to publishers on behalf of authors who are listed in the Vault, on my own time and my own long distance bill, despite the fact that I don't stand to earn so much as a finder's fee if any of those contacts result in an offer - I make my The IndieAuthor Guide available for free on my author site and blog - I built Publetariat, a free resource for self - pubbing authors and small imprints, by myself, and paid for its registration, software and hosting out of my own pocket - I shoulder all the ongoing expense and the lion's share of administration for the Publetariat site, which since its launch on 2/11 of this year, has only earned $ 36 in ad revenue; the site never has, and likely never will, earn its keep in ad revenue, but I keep it going because I know it's a valuable resource for authors and publishers - I've given away far more copies of my novels than I've sold, because I'm a pushover for anyone who emails me to say s / he can't afford to buy them - I paid my own travel expenses to speak at this year's O'Reilly Tools of Change conference, nearly $ 1000, just to be part of the Rise of Ebooks panel and raise awareness about self - published authors who are strategically leveraging ebooks - I judge in self - published book competitions, and I read the * entire * book in every case, despite the fact that the honorarium has never been more than $ 12 per book — a figure that works out to less than $.50 per hour of my time spent reading and commenting In spite of all this, you still come here and elsewhere to insinuate I'm greedy and only out to take advantage of my fellow authors.

The publishers will have to adjust again, like they have done so many times before (paperback / trade paperback, ebooks as we speak, the printing press) but they are well placed to slide in because, after all, they have the lion's share of personnel, technologies and connections to have their work placed in the higher echelons.

Rosie, as a doctor, works long hours so it makes sense that Penn, an aspiring writer, takes on the lion's share of laundry, cooking and homework.

Along the way he learned to fly small planes, worked as a tour guide at Universal Studios in Los Angeles, cooked and waited tables at Chez Panisse in Berkeley, and tended bar at the Red Lion Inn in Boulder.

I'm not annoyed or surprised — I predicted that once Amazon had its way with the big 5, once indies had served their purpose as a stick with which to threaten trad pubs, it would go back to business as usual, where the lion's share of sales went to trad pubs and Amazon imprints (a variation of trad pub), and indies had to generate far more content and work far harder for a much smaller slice of the pie.

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Our owner, operator and dog trainer, Emily, worked as a professional sea lion and dolphin trainer for the US Navy's Marine Mammal program for over 6 years.

As working dogs, Catahoulas have been used to track and hunt all manner of woodland wildlife, including wild hogs, deer, mountain lions, black bears, raccoons, and squirrels.

Lori gives us entrée to her life as a ranger in parks from Alaska to Florida, shares stories about pets and wildlife in the parks, and details her exciting work with mountain lions at Capitol Reef.

Other differences in the structure of the larynx may be at work here as well, but I can't find a lion that will talk to me about it.

Before veterinary school, she lived in South Africa for 5 years working with wildlife as a professional field guide specializing in animal behavior, and the Big Five game species (elephants, lions, leopards, buffalo, and rhino).

(As the village vet, he once had to work on some passing circus lions!)

His most memorable trip was to South Africa, where he had the opportunity to work with exotic wildlife such as lions, rhinoceroses, cheetahs, and antelopes.

While I thought I had made it abundantly clear to the rescue's leadership that working on the newsletter was all I could offer, as I had a husband, four dogs and two jobs taking up the lion's share of my time and energy, within weeks that boundary began to crumble.

David Stephenson: If you go around the island today and you'll see there's Cape Barren geese everywhere, there's young everywhere, we've seen cats work as like a pride of lions on Cape Barren geese, they'll work as a pack.

She worked with multiple animals including «BLT» a trio made up of a Bengal tiger, an African lion, and an American black bear raised together after being rescued as juveniles.

She has worked with a wide variety of animals including: dogs, cats, cattle, horses and wildlife such as bears, mountain lions and eagles.

While in Switzerland, she helped Dr. Pfister work with small animals and large cats such as lions and tigers.

To better understand what's going on with these animals, we work closely with researchers from NOAA's National Marine Mammal Laboratory to study the California sea lion population as a whole.