query: what are the 3 branches of usa government

pos: Federal government of the United States Federal government of the United States The Federal Government of the United States (U.S. Federal Government) is the national government of the United States, a federal republic in North America, composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and several island possessions. The federal government is composed of three distinct branches: legislative, executive, and judicial, whose powers are vested by the U.S. Constitution in the Congress, the President, and the federal courts, respectively. The powers and duties of these branches are further defined by acts of congress, including the creation of executive departments and courts inferior to

pos: USA/From Where We Stand USA/From Where We Stand USA/From Where We Stand: Readings in Contemporary American Problems is a non-fiction book published by Fearon Publishers in 1970. The book's editor was then-Assemblyman for California's 27th District, Leo J. Ryan. Ryan later went on to become a United States Representative from California's 11th congressional district. Ryan was assassinated by members of Peoples Temple in Guyana. He was posthumously awarded the Congressional Gold Medal in 1983. The book functions as a guide to California politics and government. Topics discussed include California elections, political parties, State Government including the executive, legislative and judiciary branches, local government, and

pos: Wisconsin branches of government. Published every two years with updated information, copies are available by contacting state legislators. Wisconsin's Constitution outlines the structure and function of state government. Wisconsin's government is organized into three branches: executive, legislative, and judicial. The executive branch is headed by the governor. The current governor, Scott Walker, assumed office on January 3, 2011. In addition to the governor, the executive branch includes five other elected constitutional officers: Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, Attorney General, Treasurer, and State Superintendent of Public Instruction. Four members of the Wisconsin executive branch are Republicans. The Secretary of State is a

pos: Constitution of Kazakhstan jurisdiction over, and is responsible for, all territory in Kazakhstan. Regional, political divisions, including location of the capital, are left open to lower level legislation. "Republic of Kazakhstan" and "Kazakhstan" are considered one and the same. The government's power is derived from the people and citizens have the right to vote in referendums and free elections. Article 3 establishes provincial government. Representation of the people is a right reserved to the executive and legislative branches. The government is divided between the executive, legislative, and judicial branches. Each branch is prevented from abusing its power by a system of checks and

pos: Reuben Sechele Nyangweso ( GAI) provides courses and training for public servants to optimize the relationships between and among the various branches of government. On 29 February to March 3 GU held the Executive – Legislative branches relations course. One notable attendee was Hon Reuben Nyangweso of Kakamega County Assemble. He was notable because he was the only foreign attendee among the various high ranking US government officials attending. It’s necessary that both branches learn to work together within the bounds of the law. This course curriculum and presenters emphasized the importance of each branch of government observing the founder’s intent. GAI’s mission

pos: Boko Haram well as the executive, parliamentary and legislative branches of government. Boko Haram's spokesman also claimed responsibility for the killing outside his home in Maiduguri of the politician Abba Anas Ibn Umar Garbai, the younger brother of the Shehu of Borno, who was the second most prominent Muslim in the country after the Sultan of Sokoto. He added: "We are doing what we are doing to fight injustice, if they stop their satanic ways of doing things and the injustices, we would stop what we are doing". This was one of several political and religious assassinations Boko Haram carried out that

pos: Cognitive Madisonianism Cognitive Madisonianism Cognitive Madisonianism is the idea that divided government is better than one in which a single party controls both the executive and legislative branches. A relatively large percentage of the populace of the USA [over 20%] supposedly voted a split ticket because of this belief between 1992-1996, according to "Split-Ticket Voting: The Effects of Cognitive Madisonianism" by Lewis-Beck and Nadeau. In the USA, Cognitive Madisonianism is in keeping with Article One of the United States Constitution, and the principle of separation of powers under the United States Constitution. It comes about from a belief that James Madison, and

pos: Government of Georgia (U.S. state) Government of Georgia (U.S. state) The state government of Georgia is the U.S. state governmental body established by the Georgia State Constitution. It is a republican form of government with three branches: the legislature, executive, and judiciary. Through a system of separation of powers or "checks and balances", each of these branches has some authority to act on its own, some authority to regulate the other two branches, and has some of its own authority, in turn, regulated by the other branches. The seat of government for Georgia is located in Atlanta. The current statewide elected officials are as follows:

pos: Dubuque Bank and Trust Dubuque Bank and Trust Dubuque Bank and Trust Company is a bank headquartered in Dubuque, Iowa. It is a subsidiary of Heartland Financial USA, Inc., a bank holding company. The bank has 11 branches, all of which are in Iowa. It is the 7th largest bank headquartered in Iowa. The bank was established on July 3, 1935. In 1988, the bank acquired Fireside Credit after it filed for bankruptcy protection. In 1989, the bank acquired Key City Bank. In 1991, the bank acquired Farley State Bank. In 2004, Douglas J. Horstmann was named president and chief executive officer of the

pos: Malaysia Malaysia, as well as its main commercial and financial centre. Putrajaya, a purpose-built city constructed from 1999, is the seat of government, as many executive and judicial branches of the federal government were moved there to ease growing congestion within Kuala Lumpur. Due to the rise in labour-intensive industries, the country is estimated to have over 3 million migrant workers; about 10 per cent of the population. Sabah-based NGOs estimate that out of the 3 million that make up the population of Sabah, 2 million are illegal immigrants. Malaysia hosts a population of refugees and asylum seekers numbering approximately 171,500.

pos: Government of El Salvador years, and re-election is not permitted. The executive branch of the government of El Salvador consists of the following departments, each led by a minister: The Ministry of Defence of El Salvador commands the armed forces, consisting of the following branches: The Salvadoran legislature is a unicameral body. It is made up of 84 deputies, all of whom are elected by direct popular vote according to closed-list proportional representation to serve three-year terms and are eligible for immediate re-election. Of these, 64 are elected in 14 multi-seat constituencies, corresponding to the country's 14 departments, which return between 3 and 16

pos: Wisconsin circuit courts executive branches. Under the separation of powers doctrine, no branch of government may exercise a power of government assigned exclusively to another branch. The purpose of separating powers among the branches of government is to avoid concentration of governmental power in the hands of a new and to give the various branches the ability to check actions by the other branches. In reviewing the validity of state laws, the courts are limited to determining whether the law violates any provision of the constitution. The courts may invalidate a law that violates individual rights, such as the right to equal protection

pos: Constitution the use of the metric system of measurement instead of national units previously used. Constitutions usually explicitly divide power between various branches of government. The standard model, described by the Baron de Montesquieu, involves three branches of government: executive, legislative and judicial. Some constitutions include additional branches, such as an auditory branch. Constitutions vary extensively as to the degree of separation of powers between these branches. In presidential and semi-presidential systems of government, department secretaries/ministers are accountable to the president, who has patronage powers to appoint and dismiss ministers. The president is accountable to the people in an election. In

pos: Government of Indonesia Government of Indonesia The term Government of Indonesia (Indonesian: "Pemerintah Indonesia") can have a number of different meanings. At its widest, it can refer collectively to the three traditional branches of government – the Executive branch, Legislative branch and Judicial branch. The term is also used colloquially to mean the Executive and Legislature together, as these are the branches of government responsible for day-to-day governance of the nation and lawmaking. At its narrowest, the term is used to refer to the Executive Branch in form of the Cabinet of Indonesia as this is the branches of government responsible for day-to-day

pos: Separation of powers review, the judiciary is still separate from the other branches. Australia does not maintain a strict separation between the legislative and executive branches of government—indeed, government ministers are required to be members of parliament—but the federal judiciary strictly guards its independence from the other two branches. However, under influence from the American constitution, the Australian constitution does define the three branches of government separately, and this has been interpreted by the judiciary to induce an implicit separation of powers. State governments have a similar level of separation of power, but this is generally on the basis of convention, rather than

pos: Government of Pakistan Government of Pakistan The Government of Pakistan () is a federal government established by the Constitution of Pakistan as a constituted governing authority of the four provinces of a proclaimed and established by the parliamentary democratic republic, constitutionally called the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. Effecting the Westminster system for governing the state, the government is mainly composed of the executive, legislative, and judicial branches, in which all powers are vested by the Constitution in the Parliament, the Prime Minister and the Supreme Court. The powers and duties of these branches are further defined by acts and amendments of the Parliament,

pos: Government of Georgia (U.S. state) four years. Serving members wield both executive and legislative power in their county. Most of the 536 cities in Georgia are governed by a mayor-council system. All municipalities in the state are considered cities. Most basic public services rendered outside of the cities are provided by the counties. Government of Georgia (U.S. state) The state government of Georgia is the U.S. state governmental body established by the Georgia State Constitution. It is a republican form of government with three branches: the legislature, executive, and judiciary. Through a system of separation of powers or "checks and balances", each of these branches

pos: Organization of the government of Thailand "sapha thetsaban"). The mayors and the municipal councillors are directly elected by the local citizens. As for an administrative organisation, the government is also divided into two branches: the executive branch led by an administrative organisation chief (นายกองค์การบริหาร "nayok ong kan borihan") and the legislative branch led by an administrative organisation council (สภาองค์การบริหาร "sapha ong kan borihan"). The administrative organisation chiefs and councillors are directly elected by the local citizens. Special local government (ราชการส่วนท้องถิ่นรูปแบบพิเศษ) is established in some significant localities. Currently, this type of local government is found in: The governments of Bangkok and Pattaya are divided into two branches:

pos: 1997 Constitution of Fiji: Chapter 7 1997 Constitution of Fiji: Chapter 7 Chapter 7: Executive Government. Chapter 7 of the 1997 Constitution is titled "Executive Government." There are five Parts, further subdivided into thirty sections, which set out the organization, functions, and responsibilities of the executive branch of government. Modeled on the Westminster system, Fiji's constitution does not separate the Executive and Legislative branches of government as strictly as do many democracies, but despite considerable overlap, the branches of government are nevertheless constitutionally distinct. Part 1 of Chapter 7, comprising Sections 85 through 88, establishes the offices of President and Vice-President and briefly summarizes their functions

pos: Judicial Executive Legislative Advisory and Consultative Council Judicial Executive Legislative Advisory and Consultative Council The Judicial Executive Legislative Advisory and Consultative Council (JELACC) of the Philippines is a body created by a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) signed on May 13, 2008, which serves as "the forum and venue for the representatives of the 3 branches of the government to undertake measures on matters affecting the primacy of the rule of law, specifically tastked to identify the problems and issues, formulate solutions, and to implement them." The historical move which was aimed "to strengthen the consultation and coordination among the three branches of government in upholding the rule

pos: Lean Government Lean government does not necessarily promote low taxes, only efficient use of those taxes levied. Tax policy is discerned by the legislative and executive branches of government with oversight of the judicial branch of government. Lean government is implemented by the administrative function of government through executive order, legislative mandate, or departmental administrative decisions. Lean government can be applied in legislative, executive, and judicial branches of government. Several types of non-value added activity, or waste (muda in Japanese), are common in government administrative and service processes. Lean methods focus on identifying and eliminating these wastes. The list below identifies common

neg: HSBC Bank USA in assets and $78 million in deposits in two branches and focused on the Asian-American community, for $23.75 million. In 1999, the company acquired Republic New York for $10.3 billion and moved its head office from One HSBC Center in Buffalo to what is now the HSBC Tower, Midtown Manhattan on Fifth Avenue. In 2004, HSBC USA sold two upstate New York branches to Gloversville-based City National Bank & Trust Co. HSBC did not have enough nearby branches to give it economies of scale. In July 2011, the company sold its branches in upstate New York to First Niagara Financial

neg: Dubuque Bank and Trust bank. Horstmann retired in 2017. In 2012, the bank acquired 3 branches from Liberty Bank, FSB. Dubuque Bank and Trust Dubuque Bank and Trust Company is a bank headquartered in Dubuque, Iowa. It is a subsidiary of Heartland Financial USA, Inc., a bank holding company. The bank has 11 branches, all of which are in Iowa. It is the 7th largest bank headquartered in Iowa. The bank was established on July 3, 1935. In 1988, the bank acquired Fireside Credit after it filed for bankruptcy protection. In 1989, the bank acquired Key City Bank. In 1991, the bank acquired Farley

neg: South African environmental law Africa, as in most modern states, is divided broadly into three branches: The Constitution sets the framework for these three branches. Of particular practical importance for the administration of environmental laws are the respective powers of the national, provincial and local levels of government. "Co-operative governance" refers to and regulates the interrelationship between these levels. Chapter 3 of the Constitution, entitled "Co-operative government," reflects a "fundamental departure from the past," in that the three levels of government are "no longer regarded as hierarchical tiers with the national government at the helm," but rather, in the words of the Constitution, as

neg: Puthiamputhur areas are having branches of Puthiamputhur companies. VIP COMMUNITY J.RAVI SHANKAR B.E P.PON GANESH B.E Above 250 Ready made garments private companies, 3 Elementary schools, 2 higher secondary schools, 3 children's schools, 1 Government hospital and 5 Private hospitals and Medicals. police station, Panchayat office, Union office. Government library. Lodge, Cinema theater, Petrol bunks, Government technical training centre, 3 Churches and lot of Hindu temples, Islam masuthi, Rice mills, Private power plant (It is in outside of Puthiamputhur), private bank, society bank, TMB BANK ATM and AXIS BANK ATM centres, 2 financial institutions, 3 government ration stores, government tax centre,

neg: Marine Midland Bank Securities (USA)), a New York-based primary dealer in US government securities. In 1994, Marine Midland acquired Spectrum Home Mortgage, which operated in eight states. Then in 1995, Marine acquired United Northern Federal Savings Bank, with branches in Watertown and Lowville, New York. Marine Midland also acquired The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation's six New York City retail branches, and the next year Hang Seng Bank's two branches in New York City. That same year, Marine Midland acquired 11 branches from the East River Savings Bank in the New York Metropolitan area. Marine also acquired the US dollar clearing business of

neg: Huccha Venkat Bigg Boss Kannada 3. His sene has following branches in Bangalore: His sene has following branches in Karnataka: His sene has following branches in USA: Venkat is frequently seen as a controversial person by news outlets. Two of his most notable controversies center around things he said while promoting his 2014 film "Huccha Venkat", where he made claims that he was married to the Kannada actress Ramya and gave an expletive-laden rant to a television interviewer. Ramya responded to Venkat's claims by filing a police report and publicly refuting his statements, to which Venkat did not issue any response -

neg: Sonic Wings Special team. A pilot's secret fighter is unlocked by completing the game with the chosen pilot. The NATO and Secret teams are unlocked by unlocking all secret fighters in USA, Japan, Russia, Sweden, P.K.F. teams. There are 17 stages in this game, but only 9 are playable at a time. After completing stage 1, 3 stages are randomly chosen out of 5. The game includes a branching system that allows player to choose 1 of 2 branches after completing stages 5, 7, or 8. If secret fighter is chosen, alternate version of the stages appear instead. It allows saving the game

neg: Amauli district. It is connected by roadways with all major cities of Uttar Pradesh. schools: There are 3 national bank in Amauli named Panjab national bank, bank of Baroda, central bank of India. Amauli Amauli is a village situated in Uttar Pradesh, India. It is one of the 13 block headquarter of Fatehpur District. The population of this village is about 15000. There are 50 government and private schools and colleges, situated in the 5 km radius of Amauli. One government CHC and many private hospitals are here. There are 3 branches of nationalized banks located here, these are Punjab National

neg: Catholic Charities USA in antipoverty, legal aid, voter registration, housing and community organization." During the 2012 debate over the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Catholic Charities USA was among the Catholic groups that expressed support for the Obama administration's efforts to address religious objections to some features of its implementation, even as the National Conference of Catholic Bishops opposed the administration's proposals as part of a larger government attack on religious liberty. Several diocesan branches of Catholic Charities participated in a lawsuit against provisions related to birth control insurance coverage, but not the national organization. Catholic Charities USA has endorsed the DREAM

neg: Commercial Bank of Ethiopia Addis Ababa Bank was an affiliate that National and Grindlays Bank had established in 1963 and of which it owned 40%. At the time of nationalization, Addis Ababa Bank had 26 branches. The merger of Addis Ababa Bank with CBE made CBE the sole commercial bank in Ethiopia, with 128 branches and 3,633 employees. In 1991, when Eritrea achieved its independence, Eritrean government nationalization the branches there. In 1994, these branches formed the basis for what became the Commercial Bank of Eritrea. Also in 1994, the Ethiopian government reorganized and reestablished CBE. In 2004, CBE closed its branch in Djibouti

neg: Psilocybe tampanensis necks that are 2.2–3 µm thick, and infrequently have irregular branches. There are no pleurocystidia (cystidia on the gill face). Clamp connections are present in the hyphae. Guzmán considers "Psilocybe tampanensis" to be intermediate in form between "P. mexicana" and "P. caerulescens". "Psilocybe mexicana" has a more "Mycena"-like fruit body shape, and longer basidia measuring 22–24 by 7.7–11 μm. It is known only from Mexico and Guatemala. "Psilocybe caerulescens", found in the USA and Venezuela, is also somewhat similar, but has a collybioid habit (small to medium-sized mushrooms with a convex cap), with spores measuring 6.7–8 by 5.2–6.5 by 3.3–5.2

neg: Presbyterian Church (USA) The Form of Government, 3) The Directory For Worship, and 4) The Rules of Discipline. The Presbyterian Church (USA) has a representative form of government, known as presbyterian polity, with four levels of government and administration, as outlined in the "Book of Order". The councils (governing bodies) are as follows: At the congregational level, the governing body is called the "session", from the Latin word "sessio", meaning "a sitting". The session is made up of the pastors of the church and all elders elected and installed to active service. Following a pattern set in the first congregation of Christians in

neg: Separation of powers under the United States Constitution the express powers written in the Constitution to create a functional national government. All three branches of the US government have certain powers and those powers relate to the other branches of government. One of these powers is called the express powers. These powers are expressly given, in the Constitution, to each branch of government. Another power is the implied powers. These powers are those that are necessary to perform expressed powers. There are also inherent and concurrent powers. Inherent powers are those that are not found in the Constitution yet the different branches of government can still exercise them.

neg: Buddleja davidii 'Potter's Purple' panicle. 'Potter's Purple' is (2013) only cultivated in the USA. Hardiness: USDA zones 6–9. Buddleja davidii 'Potter's Purple' Buddleja davidii 'Potter's Purple' is an American cultivar selected by Charles Cresson and introduced by Jack Potter of the Wister Garden*, at the Scott Arboretum, Swarthmore College, Pennsylvania, in 1984. 'Potter's Purple' has a coarse, irregular habit, with the arching branches typical of the species, growing to a height of 3 m. The large panicles of dark violet flowers, not strongly scented, are on a par with 'Black Knight' and 'African Queen'. The leaves are relatively large, and dark green. Seed is

neg: Men in black urged him to develop a hoax—which Barker subsequently published—about what Barker called "blackmen", three mysterious UFO inhabitants who silenced Sherwood's pseudonymous identity, "Dr. Richard H. Pratt". Men in black In popular culture and UFO conspiracy theories, men in black (MIB) are supposed men dressed in black suits who claim to be quasi-government agents who harass or threaten UFO witnesses to keep them quiet about what they have seen. It is sometimes implied that they may be aliens themselves. The term is also frequently used to describe mysterious men working for unknown organizations, as well as various branches of government allegedly

neg: Dark Rain intense attention from the government. The couple slowly come to the realization of how important the pregnancy is to the government, and how far it will go to get what it wants in what could be the first non-mutated birth in ten years. They find themselves escorted under armed guard to a secret maternity hospital overseen by Dr. Clayton Royce, a USA governmental Secretary in charge of births, from which they are not allowed to leave. The McAllisters are truly horrified when they find that Dr. Royce has hidden designs on their new-born son as he intends him to be

neg: Bothrioplana Bothrioplana Bothrioplana is a genus of freshwater flatworms, the sole genus in the family Bothrioplanidae and order Bothrioplanida. Species of "Bothrioplana" are small organisms, usually measuring 2–3 cm in length, but reaching up to 7 mm. The body is transparent, elongate, with a round posterior end and a truncate front end, and lacks eyes. The mouth lies on the ventral side at about the middle of the body, as in most turbellarians, and has a short pharynx. The intestine is tripartite, similarly to what occurs in triclads, having one anterior and two posterior branches. The posterior branches unite behind the

neg: Mars Society Bombay (IIT-B). MSI endeavors to set a platform for bringing immense talent pool of Indian students to the forefront and achieve country's ambitious space missions. Mars Society Bangladesh chapter was found in 2016. A group of 40 students and three teams from Bangladesh participated in 2016 University Rover Challenge (URC 2016) powered by Mars Society, held in June 2016 at Utah, USA. There is a chapter in Australia, with branches in Australian Capital Territory (ACT), New South Wales (NSW), Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, and Western Australia. The main goals for Mars Society Australia are to support government

neg: Epigraphy of altars, records of building or of engineering works accomplished. The facts directly commemorated are rarely important." But when the information from hundreds of such inscriptions is collected together, "you can trace the whole policy of the Imperial Government in the matter of recruiting, to what extent and till what date legionaries were raised in Italy; what contingents for various branches of the service were drawn from the provinces, and which provinces provided most; how far provincials garrisoned their own countries, and which of them, like the British recruits, were sent as a measure of precaution to serve elsewhere; or,

neg: Nixon Peabody gaming. Lawyers at the Washington office perform much of their work at the Court of Federal Claims. Despite a "generally positive opinion of firm culture," junior lawyers have complained about the lack of transparency between upper management and associates. Nixon Peabody has an array of 13 US branches plus 3 international offshoots in London, Hong Kong and Shanghai. Offering a full spread of practices, a few of which are garlanded with regional Chambers USA rankings." The firm's IT team was ranked 9th in 2011 by Computerworld. The magazine noted that it had "centralized the firm's data centers, consolidated its storage

neg: Clapper v. Amnesty International USA [Supreme] Court to the significant factual error in the government’s submissions. His letter should explain what the NSD's [National Security Division of the U.S. Justice Department] notice policy was when "Clapper" was before the courts; on what basis the NSD came to the conclusion that the policy was justified; how it came to pass that the government misrepresented the NSD’s policy; and what the NSD’s notice policy is now." Clapper v. Amnesty International USA Clapper v. Amnesty International, 568 U.S. 398 (2013), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that Amnesty International USA and others

neg: Crime Stoppers USA Crime Stoppers USA Crime Stoppers USA is the umbrella organization for Crime Stoppers programs in the United States. It is a non-profit, non-governmental, IRS 501(c)(3) tax-exempt charitable organization that advises its member programs and sets operational standards for Crime Stoppers organizations across the United States and its territories. Conferences are held each year to educate local program boards of issues affecting their programs. Crime Stoppers USA is not a legal or law enforcement organization; at this time it receives no government funding and is funded solely on dues, grants and donations. Crime Stoppers began in Albuquerque, New Mexico in July

neg: Netco Government Services Netco Government Services Previously known as Netco Government Services, is a privately held business headquartered in Herndon, Virginia, USA, that provides network services to various branches of the US Government. In 2006 the company was purchased by Harris Corporation and made into a new sect known as Harris ITS (Information Technology services). Harris Corp is located in Melbourne, Florida. Netco's predecessor company, WAM!NET, was founded in 2000 in Minnesota and was substantially taken over by a $100 million investment in 2001 by Cerberus Capital Management. WAM!NET's commercial business and the rights to the name WAM!NET were sold in July 2003

neg: Netco Government Services Air Force contracts and assumed its name in 2006. Netco, technically, no longer exists. Netco Government Services Previously known as Netco Government Services, is a privately held business headquartered in Herndon, Virginia, USA, that provides network services to various branches of the US Government. In 2006 the company was purchased by Harris Corporation and made into a new sect known as Harris ITS (Information Technology services). Harris Corp is located in Melbourne, Florida. Netco's predecessor company, WAM!NET, was founded in 2000 in Minnesota and was substantially taken over by a $100 million investment in 2001 by Cerberus Capital Management. WAM!NET's

neg: Amauli Amauli Amauli is a village situated in Uttar Pradesh, India. It is one of the 13 block headquarter of Fatehpur District. The population of this village is about 15000. There are 50 government and private schools and colleges, situated in the 5 km radius of Amauli. One government CHC and many private hospitals are here. There are 3 branches of nationalized banks located here, these are Punjab National Bank, Bank of Baroda and Central Bank of India. The Postal Index Number (PIN) of Amauli is 212631. All mobile operator services are available here.It is the fourth biggest market of Fatehpur

neg: USA Next for financial investment companies." The "Times" reported in February 2005 the group's recent hires: In March 2004, the United Seniors Association commissioned a push-poll about the potential rise in long distance telephone costs as a result of a prior DC Circuit Court ruling. In a letter to Congress on March 10, 2004, Mary P. Mahoney, Vice President of Government Relations for USA, wrote: "We are concerned about the recent development in the DC Circuit Court that over turned what Congress has done in regard to local telephone competition. We know you must be as concerned about this as we are...

neg: Voting advice application and raise topics of conversation in debates. The best case of democracy-making is to have the candidates answer personally on VAA's statements. This way the VAA automatically generates full see-through to the politics, everyone can see what the candidates think. Changing your opinions is a lot harder when your answers on hot political topics are in public for everyone to see. Election Compass USA, developed in cooperation with the Wall Street Journal, was presented on January 2, 2008. Election Compass USA provides information about the 2008 US presidential elections. Within 3 weeks 1 million people visited Election Compass USA. At

neg: Supreme Court of the United States interview on "C-SPAN", journalists Joan Biskupic (of "USA Today") and Lyle Denniston (of "SCOTUSblog") argued that the Court is a "very open" institution with only the justices' private conferences inaccessible to others. In October 2010, the Court began the practice of posting on its website recordings and transcripts of oral arguments on the Friday after they occur. Some Court decisions have been criticized for injecting the Court into the political arena, and deciding questions that are the purview of the other two branches of government. The "Bush v. Gore" decision, in which the Supreme Court intervened in the 2000 presidential

neg: Greens South Australia senators, and preselected Sarah Hanson-Young to the number 1 preference on the Senate ballot, with Robert Simms at number 2. Only Hanson-Young was reelected, being assigned a 3-year term. The party's State Council meets once a quarter to deal with the party’s administrative matters. The party also has a Policy and Campaigning Council, which includes representatives from branches and member action groups and meets every two months to shape the party’s strategic priorities Branches are where new members first meet other Greens, talk politics and policy, get involved in local campaigning and fundraising, and find out about what else is

neg: Buddleja davidii 'Pink Pearl' Buddleja davidii 'Pink Pearl' Buddleja davidii 'Pink Pearl' is an old European cultivar. 'Pink Pearl' is considered aesthetically inferior to other, more recent, pink varieties, and was unplaced in the public popularity poll held as part of the Buddleja trials organized by the Royal Horticultural Society at Wisley. 'Pink Pearl' grows to 3 m in height and greater width, with arching branches typical of the species bearing dense terminal panicles of flowers with a more lilac hue and distinct yellow eye; the long leaves are silvery-green. 'Pink Pearl' is cultivated in the UK and USA. A specimen is grown as

neg: Lollicup Coffee & Tea Lollicup Coffee & Tea Lollicup Coffee & Tea (Chinese: 樂立杯; pinyin: "lè lì bēi") is a Taiwanese American chain of tea shops founded by Lollicup USA, Inc., with headquarters in Chino, California. The company was founded in 2000 by Alan Yu and Marvin Cheng, and currently has 38 branches in the United States and China. Formerly known as Lollicup Tea Zone, the fast food chain specializes in bubble tea and coffee. Lollicup USA, Inc., is listed in the Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing privately held companies in America, with a rank of 2939 for its 3-year growth of 123% and

neg: Subud International Cultural Association services to individuals and organisations working for the public benefit in the fields of art, culture, and creativity. SICA provides information, training, networking, and support services and opportunities to engage with regional, national, and international cultural initiatives and events. The Subud International Cultural Association was incorporated in the USA as a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization in 1993. Affiliated with the World Subud Association, SICA has subsidiary branches in the UK, the USA, Canada, and Australia, with representatives in India, Chile, Indonesia, Colombia, Germany, France, and Italy. SICA serves a worldwide Subud membership and the general public in the many communities where

neg: Public library advocacy proposed to close six of the twenty-two branches in order to meet the projected deficit. After an out-pouring of public support, city officials commissioned the High Performance Government Team to come up with alternatives to closing branches. This team suggested cutting hours in lieu of closing branches. In August 2010, the IMCPL board voted to cut the 26 percent of the system’s hours from 1,324 to 980 at Central Library and the 22 branches. The Central Library is now closed every Thursday with hours reduced on other days throughout the week, beginning October 3, 2010. Branches will be closed either

neg: Coxeter–Dynkin diagram the remaining n*(n-3)/2 branches are labeled as infinite (∞) representing the non-intersecting mirrors. The only nonhyperbolic example is Euclidean symmetry four mirrors in a square or rectangle as , [∞,2,∞] (orbifold *2222). Another branch representation for non-intersecting mirrors by Vinberg gives infinite branches as dotted or dashed lines, so this diagram can be shown as , with the four order-2 branches suppressed around the perimeter. For example, a quadrilateral domain (a b c d) will have two infinite order branches connecting ultraparallel mirrors. The smallest hyperbolic example is , [∞,3,∞] or [iπ/λ,3,iπ/λ] (orbifold *3222), where (λ,λ) are the distance between

neg: National Revolutionary Martyrs' Shrine the various branches of the Republic of China Military, similar to the rituals at the Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall and Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall, take place at the shrine. The Martyrs' Shrine was the site of the funeral of Chiang Ching-kuo in 1988. On March 29 (Youth Day, commemorating the Huanghuagang Uprising) and September 3 (Armed Forces Day) of every year the President of the Republic of China leads the heads of the five Yuans (branches of government) to pay their respects to the martyrs by bowing and offering incense. Similar shrines are located in each locality in Taiwan, and

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Highlands County, Florida the Republican candidate not won an absolute majority since then. The top private employers of Highlands County are as follows:
1. Florida Hospital (1500)
2. Walmart (796)
3. Agero (600)
4. Highlands Regional Medical Center (413)
5. Delray Plants (350)
6. Palms of Sebring (257)
7. Alan Jay Automotive Network (250)
8. Lake Placid Health Care (210)
9. Positive Medical Transport (150)
10. E-Stone USA (87) Highlands County is part of the Heartland Library Cooperative which has 7 branches that serve Highlands County and some of the surrounding counties in the Florida Heartland, including Glades, DeSoto, Hardee, and Okeechobee. Highlands

neg: S.K.D.A.V. Government Polytechnic, Rourkela its curriculum. From year 1967 to 2012 the Institute imparted diploma education exclusively to girl students around the state of Odisha. In the year 2013 the Government of Odisha decided to change the curriculum of the Institute to facilitate co-aid engineering diploma courses to the students so that girls and boys get equal chances for studying, which in turn resulted in change of name of the institute from S.K.D.A.V. Government Polytechnic for Women's to "S.K.D.A.V. Government Polytechnic". The Institute offer 3 year Diploma Engineering and office management in following branches of: The institute also imparts : The students are admitted

neg: Alexander Bittelman girded itself for a political assault. Following the end of World War II, the government of the United States quickly moved away from its wartime ally against Nazi Germany, the Soviet Union. A Second Red Scare swept the country, fueled by the partially-justified fear of conservative politicians that a network of spies on behalf of an aggressive and expansionistic USSR had penetrated various branches of American government, education, and popular culture. The Communist Party USA was seen by political decisionmakers as the directing center of such subversive activity. By the end of 1947, internal pressure had grown to the point

neg: Commerce Clause the founders. The outer limits of the Interstate Commerce Clause power have been the subject of long, intense political controversy. Interpretation of the sixteen words of the Commerce Clause has helped define the balance of power between the federal government and the states and the balance of power between the two elected branches of the federal government and the Judiciary. As such, it directly affects the lives of American citizens. The commerce clause provides comprehensive powers to the United States over navigable waters. These powers are critical to understanding the rights of landowners adjoining or exercising what would otherwise be

neg: NHS dentistry based in the 17 undergraduate dental hospitals and one post-graduate institute. At the inception of the NHS in 1948 there were 3 branches of dental service, and these 3 branches still exist today, although the organisation of services in England has changed much more than in the rest of the UK: The contract between the NHS and dentists determines what work is provided for under the NHS, payments to dentists, and charges to patients. The contract has been revised several times, covering more than just charges and prices. A contract introduced in 2006 was said by the British Dental Association

neg: Iris schachtii a short stem or peduncle, that can grow up to between tall. It has 1–3 short branches, which can be hidden by the bracts. The stem has a short, semi-sheathing leaf, and 1 stem leaf, the branches have partially inflated spathes (leaves of the flower bud), which are long, and generally green with purple staining. They are transparent or membranous on the edges. The stems (and the 3 branches) hold several flowers, 2 or more,(1–3), in spring, in April, or between May and June. The flowers normally open in a sequence. The large flowers, are in diameter, come in shades

neg: House of Saud Al Mishari and the Al Farhan are called cadet branches. Members of the cadet branches hold high and influential positions in government though they are not in the line of succession to the Saudi throne. Many cadet members intermarry within the Al Saud to reestablish their lineage and continue to wield influence in the government. All members of the royal family have the title of Emir (Prince) but sons, daughters, patrilineal granddaughters and grandsons of Ibn Saud are referred to by the style "His Royal Highness" (HRH), differing from those belonging to the cadet branches who are called "His Highness"

neg: Global surveillance disclosures (2013–present) Snowden that were seen by "Süddeutsche Zeitung" (SZ) and "Norddeutscher Rundfunk" revealed that several telecom operators have played a key role in helping the British intelligence agency Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) tap into worldwide fiber-optic communications. The telecom operators are: Each of them were assigned a particular area of the international fiber-optic network for which they were individually responsible. The following networks have been infiltrated by GCHQ: TAT-14 (Europe-USA), Atlantic Crossing 1 (Europe-USA), Circe South (France-UK), Circe North (The Netherlands-UK), Flag Atlantic-1, Flag Europa-Asia, SEA-ME-WE 3 (Southeast Asia-Middle East-Western Europe), SEA-ME-WE 4 (Southeast Asia-Middle East-Western Europe), Solas (Ireland-UK), UK-France 3,

neg: High School Affiliated to Renmin University of China branch under the governance of RDFZ United. Besides RDFZ, there are more than ten schools which are under the governance of RDFZ United. Some of them are created by RDFZ (RDFZ 1st Branch, RDFZ 2nd Branch, etc.) while others are assimilated (Bijie, Beihang, etc.) due to the reputation of RDFZ brand. RDFZ United is also one of the few that have branches located outside mainland China. Princeton International School of Mathematics and Science, or RDFZ USA, is a joint venture of RDFZ United located in Princeton, NJ, USA. Foreign passport holders are allowed to attend as long as they have

neg: Axos Bank all 50 states. The number of employees running and managing the bank has grown from 35 in 2007 to 534 as of December 31, 2015. In October 2011, Bank of Internet USA changed its name to BofI Federal Bank. However, BofI Federal Bank continued to use the Bank of Internet USA brand for its online consumer direct banking. The goal of Bank of Internet USA remained to provide banking services more cost-effectively by eliminating the overhead costs of branches. According to Andrew Micheletti, CFO and VP of BofI Holding, Inc., “We are taking advantage of the Internet for both efficiency

neg: Mohaka Viaduct piles, and the digging of to deep foundations in the river bed, enabled by the use of pressurised caissons. However, the Government of the day faced major financial problems following the 1929 stock market crash in the USA, and the onset of what would become the Great Depression of the 1930s. To cut costs work was suspended on most of the line, although foundation work continued at the Mohaka viaduct. Then on 3 February 1931 the Hawke’s Bay earthquake caused an enormous amount of damage to both the line and the associated works. This, combined with ongoing financial difficulties, caused

neg: Scott Sports sponsoring 35 persons, running division 10 persons and motorsports division 40 persons. The name 'Scott USA' was changed to 'Scott Sports', representing a shift in emphasis to the European market. Scott Sports Scott Sports SA (formerly Scott USA) is a Swiss producer of bicycles, winter equipment, motorsports gear and sportswear. Company's main office is in Givisiez, Switzerland. Branches are located around Europe and in USA, South Africa and India. In 1958, engineer and skier Ed Scott from Sun Valley, Idaho, invented a ski pole made of aluminium, which compared favorably with those made of bamboo or steel. On the basis

neg: Coxeter–Dynkin diagram the ultraparallel mirrors. The alternate expression is , with three order-2 branches suppressed around the perimeter. Similarly (2 3 2 3) (orbifold *3232) can be represented as and (3 3 3 3), (orbifold *3333) can be represented as a complete graph . The highest quadrilateral domain (∞ ∞ ∞ ∞) is an infinite square, represented by a complete tetrahedral graph with 4 perimeter branches as ideal vertices and two diagonal branches as infinity (shown as dotted lines) for ultraparallel mirrors: . Compact hyperbolic groups are called Lannér groups after Folke Lannér who first studied them in 1950. They only exist

neg: Truth in Accounting in numerous publications covering federal and state-level government accounting issues. USA Today quoted TIA CEO Weinberg in 2012, saying, "By law, the federal government can't tell the truth [about its debt]." USA Today also quoted Weinberg in 2011: "The (federal) debt only tells us what the government owes to the public. It doesn't take into account what's owed to seniors, veterans and retired employees. Without accurate accounting, we can't make good decisions." Kevin Palmer at Watchdog Wire reported on TIA's methodology: "Truth In Accounting’s figure includes not only this public debt, but also intergovernmental debts (loans made from one government

neg: Performance audit the entity being audited. However, some national governments require agencies, departments and branches to periodically retain outside auditors to conduct them. In the USA, all auditors who follow GAGAS standards are required to maintain independence, supervision, continuing professional education, and conduct the audit using a specific process designed to increase the quality of the audit and reduce the politicization of audit work. Although there are separate professional credentials and certifications for Financial Auditors, the persons that conduct Performance Audits in the USA are often Certified Public Accountants, Certified Internal Auditors, or have a broad background in public policy, business or

neg: 2 22 honeycomb the 4-dimensional 16-cell honeycomb. The 2 honeycomb is one of 127 uniform honeycombs (39 unique) with formula_1 symmetry. 24 of them have doubled symmetry 3,3,3 with 2 equally ringed branches, and 7 have sextupled (3!) symmetry [3[3]] with identical rings on all 3 branches. There are no regular honeycombs in the family since its Coxeter diagram a nonlinear graph, but the 2 and birectified 2 are isotopic, with only one type of facet: 2, and rectified 1 polytopes respectively. The birectified 2 honeycomb , has rectified 1_22 polytope facets, , and a proprism {3}×{3}×{3} vertex figure. Its facets are centered

neg: Congress of the Republic of Peru functions while Congress is in session similar to what an upper-chamber would. It has the responsibility of appointing high-ranking government officers and commencing the removal process of them as well as the heads of the two other branches of government. The Plenary Assembly may assign this committee special responsibilities excluding constitutional reform measures, approval of international treaties, organic acts, the budget, and the General Account of the Republic Act. The Assembly consist of twenty-five percent of the total number of congressmen elected proportionally to the number of seats each party holds in Congress. They are installed within the first 15

neg: Mahamevnawa Buddhist Monastery context, but English translations are also available. To widen its Dhamma Service, Mahamevnawa monastery started a Buddhist television channel named Shraddha TV in 2012. Later Mahamevnawa started a radio channel named Shraddha Radio too. Mahamevnawa Buddhist Monastery Mahamevnawa Buddhist Monastery is an organization of Buddhist monasteries of Sri Lankan origin established to benefit the spiritual development of human beings using the teachings of the Gautama Buddha. Its main monastery is in Polgahawela, Sri Lanka, and Sri Lanka is home to 40 branches of the organization. Overseas branches are in Canada, USA, Australia, UK, Dubai, South Korea, India, Italy, and Germany.

neg: Ceramium shuttleworthianum Ceramium shuttleworthianum Ceramium shuttleworthianum is a small marine red alga. "Ceramium shuttleworthianum" is a small alga fundamentally monosiphonous with densely interwoven branches. The cylindrical branches are incompletely corticate. Spines are formed in whorls on the cortical bands near the apices of the branches which are inrolled near the tips. The spines have a multicellular base merging with the cortical bands cells and are 2 to 3 cells long. Only 3 other species in the British Isles have spines which help in identification: "Ceramium echionotum", "Ceramium ciliatum", "Ceramium gaditanum". on the rocks, mussels and in rock pools in the littoral. Generally

neg: Due Process Clause either unenforceable or limited in scope. Critics of SDP decisions typically assert that those liberties ought to be left to the more politically accountable branches of government. Courts have viewed the due process clause, and sometimes other clauses of the Constitution, as embracing those fundamental rights that are "implicit in the concept of ordered liberty". Just what those rights are is not always clear, nor is the Supreme Court's authority to enforce such unenumerated rights clear. Some of those rights have long histories or "are deeply rooted" in American society. The courts have largely abandoned the Lochner era approach (c.

neg: Salsola stocksii Salsola stocksii Salsola stocksii is a shrub species of the family Amaranthaceae. "Salsola stocksii" is a sturdy, glabrous or pruinose shrub 25–80 cm tall, its branches are prostrate or ascending. The distinct, sessile, spreading leaves are terete, fleshy, to 5 mm long and 1,5 mm in diameter. The opposite branches spread nearly horizontally. The inflorescences are wide paniculate with 3–12 cm long spike-like branches with numerous flowers. Perianth segments are only 1,5 mm long. The 5 stamens are alternating with ovate staminodes. Fruiting, the perianth segments develop spreading brown wings, circa 6 mm in diameter. The seed diameter is 2,5–3

neg: Men in black Men in black In popular culture and UFO conspiracy theories, men in black (MIB) are supposed men dressed in black suits who claim to be quasi-government agents who harass or threaten UFO witnesses to keep them quiet about what they have seen. It is sometimes implied that they may be aliens themselves. The term is also frequently used to describe mysterious men working for unknown organizations, as well as various branches of government allegedly designed to protect secrets or perform other strange activities. The term is generic, used for any unusual, threatening or strangely behaved individual whose appearance on the

neg: Włocławek of Rembrandt van Rijn, Albrecht Altdorfer, Heinrich Aldegrever, Parmigianino, Vespasiano Strada oder Lucas van Leyden. According to "Rzeczpospolita" report: the major corporations are: There are many other international companies: Delecta (Rieber&Son)- Orkla Group, Norway; Top2000 - Hamelin Group, France; Drumet - WireCo Group, USA; Kujawianka/ ATlanta Poland (Bakal Group), Poland; ACPCO2 - Belgium; Koło, Sanitec Group - France; Teutonia, Newell Rubbermaid Group - USA; Solvay - Belgium; ACV- Belgium; Remwil, Orlen Group, Poland; Budizol, Poland; Naturana - Germany; PV Prefabet, PV Group - Germany. Many transport and logistic companies has branches in or near the city. From 2012 the city

neg: Levi Strauss & Co. some 3% of Levi's jeans sold annually with the "Made in the USA" label were shown to have been made by Chinese laborers under what the United States Department of Labor called "slavelike" conditions. , most Levi's jeans are made outside the US, though a few of the higher-end, more expensive styles are still made in the U.S. Cited for sub-minimum wages, seven-day work weeks with 12-hour shifts, poor living conditions and other indignities, Tan Holdings Corporation, Levi Strauss' Marianas subcontractor, paid what were then the largest fines in U.S. labor history, distributing more than $9 million in restitution to

neg: Canada/USA Mathcamp Canada/USA Mathcamp Canada/USA Mathcamp is a five-week academic summer program for middle and high school students with talent and passion for mathematics. Rather than training students for contests or providing courses for credit, Mathcamp introduces students to the various branches of advanced mathematics they are otherwise unlikely to discover until well into their college years. Mathcamp was founded in 1993 by Dr. George Thomas, who recognized that students interested in mathematics frequently lacked the resources and camaraderie to pursue their interest. Mira Bernstein became the director when Thomas left in 2002 to found MathPath, a program for younger students. Mathcamp

neg: U.S. Route 3 junction with US 302. This portion of the road is noted for fairly frequent moose sightings, especially during sunrise and sunset when moose are particularly active. Heading north from Twin Mountain, US 3 passes through the village of Carroll, where NH 115 branches to the northeast and US 3 bears to the northwest and the town of Whitefield. In the center of Whitefield, NH 142 branches to the northwest and NH 116 crosses, running roughly southwest to northeast. US 3 continues north to Lancaster, where it joins US 2 in the town center, and where NH 135 branches off to

neg: Triatomic hydrogen still some contamination from HD, which also has mass 3. The spectrum of H is mainly due to transitions to the longer lived state of 2pA". The spectrum can be measured via a two step photo-ionization method. Transitions dropping to the lower 2sA' state are affected by its very short lifetime in what is called predissociation. The spectral lines involved are broadened. In the spectrum there are bands due to rotation with P Q and R branches. The R branch is very weak in H isotopomer but strong with D (trideuterium). The symmetric stretch vibration mode has a wave number

neg: YMCA of Metropolitan Chattanooga are: YMCA of Metropolitan Chattanooga The YMCA of Metropolitan Chattanooga is a community service organization committed to providing services and programs to promote a healthy spirit, mind and body for all. The YMCA’s three focus areas are Social Responsibility, Youth Development, and Healthy Living. In 2016, YMCA of Metropolitan Chattanooga served more than 250,000 meals to area youth through its feeding programs. Today, YMCA of Metropolitan Chattanooga includes 8 branches and over 120 program sites in the Chattanooga area. The YMCA of Metropolitan Chattanooga is a chapter of the national YMCA-USA. The branches that make up the YMCA of Metropolitan

neg: Victoria League Victoria League The Victoria League for Commonwealth Friendship (1901–present) is a voluntary charitable organisation which connects people from Commonwealth countries. There are currently branches in the UK, Australia and New Zealand with affiliated organisations in Canada and the USA. The Victoria League in the UK had about 500 members in Britain in 2000 and their patron is Queen Elizabeth II. It is one of more than 80 non-governmental organisations (NGOs) that promote cooperation and peace within the Commonwealth of Nations. Overseas branches are autonomous, operating within their own countries regulations; however they all share the same history of birth. The

neg: Victoria League cordial. Victoria League The Victoria League for Commonwealth Friendship (1901–present) is a voluntary charitable organisation which connects people from Commonwealth countries. There are currently branches in the UK, Australia and New Zealand with affiliated organisations in Canada and the USA. The Victoria League in the UK had about 500 members in Britain in 2000 and their patron is Queen Elizabeth II. It is one of more than 80 non-governmental organisations (NGOs) that promote cooperation and peace within the Commonwealth of Nations. Overseas branches are autonomous, operating within their own countries regulations; however they all share the same history of birth.

neg: Banksia verticillata bushy shrub with many branches up to 3 m (10 ft) high, but can reach 5 m (16 ft) high in sheltered locations. It may be much lower or even adopt a prostrate habit in highly exposed areas which are blasted by high wind, or occasionally grow as a single-trunked tree. The rough grey bark has fissures, the stems and branches are finely hairy when young and become smooth with age. The leathery bright green leaves are arranged whorled, or alternately on branches, and are borne on 0.5–1.1 mm long petioles. They measure 3–9 cm (1.4–3.8 in) in length, and

neg: Chinese sun and moon mirrors ten suns and twelve constellations? The suns are combined with these constellations, therefore ["jia"] is joined to ["zi"]. But what are the so called ten suns? Are there ten real suns, or is there only one with ten different names? (74, tr. Forke 1911: 412) "Jia" 甲 and "zi" 子 are the first signs of the heavenly stems and earthly branches in the Chinese calendar. Three "Inner Chapters" of the (c. 320 CE) "Baopuzi", written by the Jin Dynasty scholar Ge Hong, provide information about "yangsui" 陽燧 "burning-mirrors" and "fangzhu" 方諸 "dew-mirrors". In Chapter 3 "Rejoinder to Popular Conceptions", Ge

neg: Dubai Women's Sevens December 2007 at Dubai "(Source Canada Union)" Participants included Canada and USA, but there were no inter-national matches Date: 27–29 November 2008. Venue/Date: 4 December 2009, Dubai. As ever the status of some teams is debatable. Possible International match ups are: Venue/Date: 2–3 December 2009, Dubai. As ever the status of some teams is debatable. Fixtures between what appear to be international teams are: 2–3 December 2011 The first fully sanctioned IRB women's tournament (apart from the 2009 World Cup). Held alongside that year's Dubai Sevens and the normal Women's Invitational, with the semi-finals, the final and all of the

neg: Reinwardtiodendron humile Reinwardtiodendron humile Reinwardtiodendron humile is a small tree species in the family Meliaceae. There are no subspecies listed in the Catalogue of Life. They are shrubs to trees, typically 3-6 (to 27) m in height. Branches are greyish-white to brownish grey. Leaves: 120–200 mm; with petiole and rachis adaxially flat, abaxially rounded; leaflets generally in number of 3 or 5, sub-opposite or opposites; petioles 3–5 mm; thin elliptic to oblong-lanceolate, 60-100 × 25–40 mm, coriaceous, both surfaces glabrous and glossy. The female flowers are sessile, globose, 2–3 mm in diameter, axillary in the apical part of the branches, in spikes;

neg: Huntington Bancshares Asset Relief Program and in December 2010, the company repaid the Treasury. The U.S. government made a profit of over $144 million from its investment in the company. In 2009, Huntington bid against rival Fifth Third Bank to acquire National City Corp. branches in the Pittsburgh region from PNC Financial Services. The United States Department of Justice ordered PNC to sell the branches to comply with United States antitrust law concerns after the National City acquisition by PNC. Ultimately, PNC sold the overlapping branches to First Niagara Bank. On October 3, 2009, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation named Huntington as

neg: Al Hilal Bank Al Hilal Bank Al Hilal Bank (Arabic: مصرف الهلال), is a progressive Islamic bank headquartered in Abu Dhabi. With an authorized capital of AED 4 billion, it was founded by the Abu Dhabi Investment Council, an investment arm of the Abu Dhabi government. From its home in Abu Dhabi, the bank opened its first four branches in the UAE on June 19, 2008. Today, it employs around 1,500 staff members and operates 25 branches and 116 ATMs across the UAE as well as 3 branches in Kazakhstan. The bank provides Islamic Personal, Corporate, Treasury, Investment, and Wholesale banking services to

neg: Fortunato Abat the Philippine Constitution, and the creation of a "Transition Government" of ""Discipline and Authoritative Governance"" where ""All the three (3) branches of government are collectively responsible and accountable to the President that has oversight power over the discharge of their functions and responsibilities. Focus of governance. Governance is focused on the civil service and the military and police service"." Fortunato Abat Maj. Gen. Fortunato Abat (June 10, 1925 – March 7, 2018) was a Filipino major general who served as the 20th Secretary of the Department of National Defense (DND), Ambassador to the People's Republic of China, and Commanding General

neg: Palm Sunday are not readily available that far north. There is no canonical requirement as to what kind of branches must be used, so some Orthodox believers use olive branches. Whatever the kind, these branches are blessed and distributed together with candles either during the All-Night Vigil on the Eve of the Feast (Saturday night), or before the Divine Liturgy on Sunday morning. The Great Entrance of the Divine Liturgy commemorates the "Entry of the Lord into Jerusalem", so the meaningfulness of this moment is punctuated on Palm Sunday as everyone stands, holding their branches and lit candles. The faithful take these

neg: Heuristic (computer science) structure matches the solution structure. Each following step depends upon the step before it, thus the heuristic search learns what avenues to pursue and which ones to disregard by measuring how close the current step is to the solution. Therefore, some possibilities will never be generated as they are measured to be less likely to complete the solution. A heuristic method can accomplish its task by using search trees. However, instead of generating all possible solution branches, a heuristic selects branches more likely to produce outcomes than other branches. It is selective at each decision point, picking branches that are

neg: Ems-Chemie Germany 12.2%), followed by the USA (9.2%) and Asia (China 7.3%, Japan 6.6%). The largest sales markets of the Group are Germany (21.9%), China (14.0%) and the USA (11.9%). The Ems Group is structured in branches for high-performance Polymere (Ems-Grivory and Ems-Eftec), with sales of CHF 1.6 billion, and specialty chemicals (Ems-Griltec and Ems-Patvag), with sales of CHF 0.3 billion. Ems-Eftec offers equipment and materials for the automobile industry in the fields of gluing (body parts), densities (welding seams), vapors (vibration of the sheet metal) and protection (plastisols for the body). Ems-Grivory produces high-performance polymers that are delivered to customers

neg: Jim Rohr much bigger franchise, the 426 U.S. branches of the Royal Bank of Canada, collectively known as RBC Bank (USA). In February 2013, Rohr announced to the PNC board that he wanted to vacate his CEO role after the 2013 annual shareholders meeting and then retire from the company altogether in 2014. Rohr was named to the General Electric Co. board of directors in September 2013. In April 2014, Rohr vacated his role as Chairman, retiring after 42 years with PNC, including 13 years as CEO. Upon his retirement, PNC's assets exceeded $320 billion, or four times what they had been

neg: Russ Tice the intelligence community now has sway over what is going on". Tice gave an example in an interview with RT, saying "I noticed that the intelligence community is not being hit with the sequester... Is there some kind of leverage that is being placed on our three branches of government to make sure that the intelligence community gets what they want? In other words, is the intelligence community running this country, not our government." Russ Tice Russell D. Tice (born 1961) is a former intelligence analyst for the United States Air Force, Office of Naval Intelligence, Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA),

neg: Leucospermum royenifolium Western Cape and Eastern Cape provinces of South Africa. "Leucospermum royenifolium" is a spreading, somewhat upright to creeping shrub of about ½ m (1⅔ ft) high, that may form a dense mat of 1–3 m (3–10 ft) in diameter. Its main, horizontal branches are woody near the base and covered in a layer of bark of 3–5 mm (0.12–0.20 in) thick. The flowering stems also are somewhat upright to creeping, 2–3 mm (0.08-0.12 in) in cross section, initially powdery hairy but later hairless. The leaves are speading at about 45° relative to the branches, elliptic in shape, 1½–2¼ cm (0.6–0.9