Just don't try to live like the King
during his last few years on this planet.
Not exact matches
Last year then — Prime Minister Taavi Rõivas earned loud cheers
on The Daily Show when he described to host Trevor Noah how he had filed his taxes
on his iPad
during a
few idle minutes in the Luxembourg Airport.
By
last year, Uber was working with a
few big retailers, and
during the holiday season partnered with Shopify
on a campaign for buying
last - minute gifts.
Cook went
on to say that, in China, «growth in iPhone activations has actually accelerated over the past
few weeks, and we have had the best performance of the
year for the App Store in China
during the
last 2 weeks.»
During the
last few years, a lot of hype has been heaped
on the Brics (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa).
Let's take a look at some of the key fundamentals that have kept gold prices
on a tight leash
during the
last few years against the backdrop of a sharp correction in the equities markets, rising inflation, geopolitical unrest and the likely end of an era of low interest rates.
* As Tavis Smiley reports in his new book
on Martin Luther King, Jr., the civil rights leader faced a major decline in popularity
during his
last few years, as many thought his social justice agenda too radical.
During the opening months of
last season, the 24 -
year - old was troubled by constant hamstring problems and despite netting a
few goals early
on, he wasn't hitting the heights he had previously demonstrated.
Team Holzman is no stranger to that role though as they started with a lower seed
last year and then went
on to upset a
few Teams
during their Playoff run.
The second item is that nearly all of the major prospects the Dodgers refused to trade over the
last few years during deadline season are now
on the big - league roster and contributing.
This is an incredibly difficult question to answer for a variety of reasons, most importantly because over the
years our once vaunted «beautiful» style of play has become a shadow of it's former self, only to be replaced by a less than stellar «plug and play» mentality where players play out of position and adjustments / substitutions are rarely forthcoming before the 75th minute... if you look at our current players, very
few would make sense in the traditional Wengerian system... at present, we don't have the personnel to move the ball quickly from deep - lying position, efficient one touch midfielders that can make the necessary through balls or the disciplined and pacey forwards to stretch defences into wide positions, without the aid of the backs coming up into the final 3rd, so that we can attack the defensive lanes in the same clinical fashion we did
years ago...
on this current squad, we have only 1 central defender
on staf, Mustafi, who seems to have any prowess in the offensive zone or who can even pass two zones through so that we can advance play quickly out of our own end (I have seen some inklings that suggest Holding might have some offensive qualities but too early to tell)... unfortunately Mustafi has a tendency to get himself in trouble when he gets overly aggressive
on the ball... from our backs out wide, we've seen pace from the likes of Bellerin and Gibbs and the spirited albeit offensively stunted play of Monreal, but none of these players possess the skill - set required in the offensive zone for the new Wenger scheme which requires deft touches, timely runs to the baseline and consistent crossing, especially when Giroud was playing and his ratio of scored goals per clear chances was relatively low (better
last year though)... obviously I like Bellerin's future prospects, as you can't teach pace, but I do worry that he regressed
last season, which was obvious to Wenger because there was no way he would have used Ox as the right side wing - back so often knowing that Barcelona could come calling in the off - season, if he thought otherwise... as for our midfielders, not a single one, minus the more confident Xhaka I watched played for the Swiss national team a couple
years ago, who truly makes sense under the traditional Wenger model... Ramsey holds onto the ball too long, gives the ball away cheaply far too often and abandons his defensive responsibilities
on a regular basis (doesn't score enough recently to justify): that being said, I've always thought he does possess a little something special, unfortunately he thinks so too... Xhaka is a little too slow to ever boss the midfield and he tends to telegraph his one true strength, his long ball play: although I must admit he did get a bit better
during some points in the latter part of
last season... it always made me wonder why whenever he played with Coq Wenger always seemed to play Francis in a more advanced role
on the pitch... as for Coq, he is way too reckless at the wrong times and has exhibited little offensive prowess yet finds himself in and around the box far too often... let's face it Wenger was ready to throw him in the trash heap when injuries forced him to use Francis and then he had the nerve to act like this was all part of a bigger Wenger constructed plan... he like Ramsey, Xhaka and Elneny don't offer the skills necessary to satisfy the quick transitory nature of our old offensive scheme or the stout defensive mindset needed to protect the defensive zone so that our offensive players can remain aggressive in the final third...
on the front end, we have Ozil, a player of immense skill but stunted by his physical demeanor that tends to offend, the fact that he's been played out of position far too many times since arriving and that the players in front of him, minus Sanchez, make little to no sense considering what he has to offer (especially Giroud); just think about the quick counter-attack offence in Real or the space and protection he receives in the German National team's midfield, where teams couldn't afford to focus too heavily
on one individual... this player was a passing «specialist» long before he arrived in North London, so only an arrogant or ignorant individual would try to reinvent the wheel and / or not surround such a talent with the necessary components... in regards to Ox, Walcott and Welbeck, although they all possess serious talents I see them in large part as headless chickens who are
on the injury table too much, lack the necessary first - touch and / or lack the finishing flair to warrant their inclusion in a regular starting eleven; I would say that, of the 3, Ox showed the most upside once we went to a back 3, but even he became a bit too consumed by his pending contract talks before the season ended and that concerned me a bit... if I had to choose one of those 3 players to stay
on it would be Ox due to his potential as a plausible alternative to Bellerin in that wing - back position should we continue to use that formation... in Sanchez, we get one of the most committed skill players we've seen
on this squad for some
years but that could all change soon, if it hasn't already of course... strangely enough, even he doesn't make sense given the constructs of the original Wenger offensive model because he holds onto the ball too long and he will give the ball up a little too often in the offensive zone... a fact that is largely forgotten due to his infectious energy and the fact that the numbers he has achieved seem to justify the means... finally, and in many ways most crucially, Giroud, there is nothing about this team or the offensive system that Wenger has traditionally employed that would even suggest such a player would make sense as a starter... too slow, too inefficient and way too easily dispossessed... once again, I think he has some special skills and, at times, has showed some world - class qualities but he's lack of mobility is an albatross around the necks of our offence... so when you ask who would be our best starting 11, I don't have a clue because of the 5 or 6 players that truly deserve a place in this side, 1 just arrived, 3 aren't under contract beyond 2018 and the other was just sold to Juve... man, this is theraputic because following this team is like an addiction to heroin without the benefits
Mourinho is known to have a fair
few digs at Wenger
during his two different stints with London rivals Chelsea, although it was Mourinho who has been deemed the more recent «Specialist in Failure», following
on from a torrid season with Chelsea
last year.
Picture this, we don't come out of the gate firing
on all cylinders, Wenger speaks of how there wasn't enough time for the first - teamers to build chemistry, several key players aren't even playing because of Wenger's utterly ridiculous policy regarding players who played in the Confed Cup or the under21s and the boo - birds have returned in full flight... if these things were to happen, which is quite possible considering the Groundhog Day mentality of this club, how long do you think it will take for Wenger to recant his earlier statements regarding Europa... I would suggest that it's these sorts of comments from Wenger which are often his undoing... why would any manager worth his weight in salt make such a definitive statement before the season has even started... why would any manager who fashions himself an educated man make such pronouncements before even knowing what his starting 11 will be come Friday, let alone
on September 1st... why would any manager who has a tenuous relationship with a great many supporters offer up such a potentially contentious talking point considering how many times his own words have come back to bite him in the ass... I think he does this because he doesn't care what you or I think, in fact he's more than slightly infuriated by the very idea of having to answer to the likes of you and me... that might have been acceptable
during his formative
years in charge, when the fans were rewarded with an scintillating brand of football and success felt like a forgone conclusion, but this new Wenger led team barely resembles that team of ore... whereas in times past we relished a
few words from our seemingly cerebral manager, in recent times those words have been replaced by a myriad of excuses, a plethora of infuriating stories about who he could have signed but didn't and what can only be construed as outright fabrications... it's kind of funny that when we want some answers, like
during the whole contract debacle of
last season, we can't get an intelligent word out of him, but when we just what him to show his managerial acumen through his actions, we can't seem to get him to shut - up... I beg you to prove me wrong Arsene
Time for some brutal honesty... this team, as it stands, is in no better position to compete next season than they were 12 months ago, minus the fact that some fans have been easily snowed by the acquisition of Lacazette, the free transfer LB and the release of Sanogo... if you look at the facts carefully you will see a team that still has far more questions than answers... to better show what I mean by this statement I will briefly discuss the current state of affairs
on a position - by - position basis... in goal we have 4 potential candidates, but in reality we have only 1 option with any real future and somehow he's the only one we have actively tried to get rid of for
years because he and his father were a little too involved
on social media and he got caught smoking (funny how people still defend Wiltshire under the same and far worse circumstances)... you would think we would want to keep any goaltender that Juventus had interest in, as they seem to have a pretty good history when it comes to that position... as far as the defenders
on our current roster there are only a
few individuals whom have the skill and / or youth worthy of our time and / or investment, as such we should get rid of anyone who doesn't meet those simple requirements, which means we should get rid of DeBouchy, Gibbs, Gabriel, Mertz and loan out Chambers to see if
last seasons foray with Middlesborough was an anomaly or a prediction of things to come... some fans have lamented wildly about the return of Mertz to the starting lineup due to his FA Cup performance but these sort of pie in the sky meanderings are indicative of what's wrong with this club and it's wishy - washy fan - base... in addition to these moves the club should aggressively pursue the acquisition of dominant and mobile CB to stabilize an all too fragile defensive group that has self - destructed
on numerous occasions over the past 5 seasons... moving forward and building
on our need to re-establish our once dominant presence throughout the middle of the park we need to target a CDM then do whatever it takes to get that player into the fold without any of the usual nickel and diming we have become famous for (this kind of ruthless haggling has cost us numerous special players and certainly can't help make the player in question feel good about the way their future potential employer feels about them)... in order for us to become dominant again we need to be strong up the middle again from Goalkeeper to CB to DM to ACM to striker, like we did in our most glorious
years before and
during Wenger's reign... with this in mind, if we want Ozil to be that dominant attacking midfielder we can't keep leaving him exposed to constant ridicule about his lack of defensive prowess and provide him with the proper players in the final third... he was never a good defensive player in Real or with the German National squad and they certainly didn't suffer as a result of his presence
on the pitch... as for the rest of the midfield the blame falls squarely in the hands of Wenger and Gazidis, the fact that Ramsey, Ox, Sanchez and even Ozil were allowed to regularly start when none of the aforementioned had more than a
year left under contract is criminal for a club of this size and financial might... the fact that we could find money for Walcott and Xhaka, who weren't even guaranteed starters, means that our whole business model needs a complete overhaul... for me it's time to get rid of some serious deadweight, even if it means selling them below what you believe their market value is just to simply right this ship and change the stagnant culture that currently exists... this means saying goodbye to Wiltshire, Elneny, Carzola, Walcott and Ramsey... everyone, minus Elneny, have spent just as much time
on the training table as
on the field of play, which would be manageable if they weren't so inconsistent from a performance standpoint (excluding Carzola, who is like the recent version of Rosicky — too bad, both will be deeply missed)... in their places we need to bring in some proven performers with no history of injuries... up front, although I do like the possibilities that a player like Lacazette presents, the fact that we had to wait so many
years to acquire some true quality at the striker position falls once again squarely at the feet of Wenger... this issue highlights the ultimate scam being perpetrated by this club since the arrival of Kroenke: pretend your a small market club when it comes to making purchases but milk your fans like a big market club when it comes to ticket prices and merchandising... I believe the reason why Wenger hasn't pursued someone of Henry's quality, minus a fairly inexpensive RVP, was that he knew that they would demand players of a similar ilk to be brought
on board and that wasn't possible when the business model was that of a «selling» club... does it really make sense that we could only make a cheeky bid for Suarez, or that we couldn't get Higuain over the line when he was being offered up for half the price he eventually went to Juve for, or that we've only paid any interest to strikers who were clearly not going to press their current teams to let them go to Arsenal like Benzema or Cavani... just part of the facade that finally came crashing down when Sanchez finally called their bluff... the fact remains that no one wants to win more than Sanchez, including Wenger, and although I don't agree with everything that he has done off the field, I would much rather have Alexis front and center than a manager who has clearly bought into the Kroenke model in large part due to the fact that his enormous ego suggests that only he could accomplish great things without breaking the bank... unfortunately that isn't possible anymore as the game has changed quite dramatically in the
last 15
years, which has left a largely complacent and complicit Wenger
on the outside looking in... so don't blame those players who demanded more and were left wanting... don't blame those fans who have tried desperately to raise awareness for several
years when cracks began to appear... place the blame at the feet of those who were well aware all along of the potential pitfalls of just such a plan but continued to follow it even when it was no longer a financial necessity, like it ever really was...
Considering this is a school that has a less - than - stellar reputation when it comes to sexual misconduct
during the
last few years, one would think that Penn State might be a bit more proactive
on this front.
If you are trying to be a savvy shopper, getting the best prices
on school supplies while ensuring your child has what they need, and maybe even a
few fun or special items, you need a complete strategy rather than just buying from the school supply list that comes out
during the
last months of the old school
year.
The USDA guidelines implemented over the
last few years include limits
on calories, fat, sugar, and sodium for all food and drinks sold
during the school day for 100,000 schools across the country.
During the
last fiscal
year, the state spent $ 500 million
on the health home program, which enrolled
fewer than 200,000 people.
There were a lot of endorsements by press release
during last year's political races, and a
few in - person appearances by the governor (
on behalf of Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz, who defeated Republican incumbent Chris Collins, widely viewed as a potential Cuomo opponent in 2014, and also for Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone).
Gouin is now continuing this research by following families
during their ASD - affected children's
last years of high school and the first
few years after graduation to examine the impact of social support services
on parental health.
A study evaluating the origins of shrubs and herbs
on a group of islands in the Arctic Circle finds that seeds arrived from hundreds of kilometers away to restore plant communities lost
during the
last ice age — all in a matter of a
few thousand
years.
I'm
on day 6 of the test... and I know you originally posted this
last year... but I have gained a
few pounds in the first days... and while I do eat the cream and hard cheeses and nuts as snacks
during this test... I'm worried about gaining weight too - I don't think I can «see» the weight in the mirror but it makes me feel worried.
He stayed
on the show until its final season in 1997, although he wasn't
on very much
during its
last few years.
During our review of Blue Valentine
on last week's podcast we briefly discussed the fact that Ryan Gosling had been notably absent from the big screen over the past
few years, which seemed strange considering that he had been garnering critical acclaim for his performances in Half Nelson and Lars and the Real Girl.
I'm going to start with a question: Dana, from your experience reporting
on education and Mark and Tara, from your teaching and other work, what changes regarding the use of standardized testing have you noticed
during the
last few years?
Aside from a commitment to oppose the expansion of selection in English schools, the Labour conference has been light
on education policy, and although Corbyn has renewed a commitment to the idea of a national education service, there have been
few details about the policy first mooted
during his leadership campaign
last year.
Many people who have emailed us or commented
on our blog
during the
last few years have mixed reactions about social networks employed by Amazon and Kobo in their book experience.
While all the tech world might be hooked
on to the tablet devices keenly awaiting the plethora of launches that is all set to hog the limelight
during the
last few months of this
year, Amazon has quietly started shipping their latest Kindle e-reader.
I've expressed my creative nature in many ways
during my life, usually in multiple ways
during each period, but for the
last few years, I've concentrated
on creating with words.
During the
last few years Amazon, Apple, Barnes and Noble, and Kobo have all been out pricing Sony
on eBooks and e-reader prices have fallen dramatically, due to cutthroat competition.
During this webcast, we covered: • Our proprietary portfolio management process • Personnel changes made in 2015 and the people managing the Fund • Key objectives over the
last few years and their impact
on current performance • Fund performance YTD • Fund outlook for the 2nd half of 2017 & beyond
There are just
few periods where 10 -
year trailing returns fell to very low levels - after the stock market crash of the early 1930's, in the early 1940's, and again
during the late 1970's and the early 1980's (
on an inflation - adjusted basis, the 10 -
year returns
during these
last two periods were also negative).
of total client assets in the several
years leading up to the 2000 market peak, and John Hussman has experienced similar investor attrition over the
last few years as his valuation models have kept him largely
on the sidelines
during the market's current bull market run.
The 1:50 models in pastel colours belong to buildings the architects worked
on during the
last few years.
During the
last few years of his life, Francis worked mainly
on smaller paintings, completing a series of about 150 before he died.
For example, [Kruss 1983] has this to say about the Lewis glacier
on Mt. Kenya: «A decrease in the annual precipitation
on the order of 150 mm in the
last quarter of the 19th century, followed by a secular air temperature rise of a
few tenths of a degree centigrade
during the first half of the 20th century, together with associated albedo and cloudiness variation, constitute the most likely cause of the Lewis Glacier wastage
during the
last 100
years.»
Small wonder atmospheric methane can cause such global catastrophe considering its dramatic rise
during the
last few years, as elucidated by Carana
on 5 December 2013 in the figure below.»
If you look what has happened
during the
last few years in China and India and how negotiations
on emission caps are very tough, and that there is lots of coal in China, etc., I do not know how you can think that the high emission scenarios ar so unlikely.
Based
on local sea level records spanning the
last 2000
years, there is medium confidence that fluctuations in GMSL
during this interval have not exceeded ~ ± 0.25 m
on time scales of a
few hundred
years.
During the
last few years, reports based
on Exxon's public filings have shown that the company continues to support politicians and organizations that sow doubt about climate change and work to halt action
on it.
To point out just a couple of things: — oceans warming slower (or cooling slower) than lands
on long - time trends is absolutely normal, because water is more difficult both to warm or to cool (I mean, we require both a bigger heat flow and more time); at the contrary, I see as a non-sense theory (made by some serrist, but don't know who) that oceans are storing up heat, and that suddenly they will release such heat as a positive feedback: or the water warms than no heat can be considered ad «stored» (we have no phase change inside oceans, so no latent heat) or oceans begin to release heat but in the same time they have to cool (because they are losing heat); so, I don't feel strange that in
last years land temperatures for some series (NCDC and GISS) can be heating up while oceans are slightly cooling, but I feel strange that they are heating up so much to reverse global trend from slightly negative / stable to slightly positive; but, in the end, all this is not an evidence that lands» warming is led by UHI (but, this effect, I would not exclude it from having a small part in temperature trends for some regional area, but just small); both because, as writtend, it is normal to have waters warming slower than lands, and because lands» temperatures are often measured in a not so precise way (despite they continue to give us a global uncertainity in TT values which is barely the instrumental's one)-- but, to point out, HadCRU and MSU of
last years (I mean always 2002 - 2006) follow much better waters» temperatures trend; — metropolis and larger cities temperature trends actually show an increase in UHI effect, but I think the sites are
few, and the covered area is very small worldwide, so the global effect is very poor (but it still can be sensible for regional effects); but I would not run out a small warming trend for airport measurements due mainly to three things: increasing jet planes traffic, enlarging airports (then more buildings and more asphalt — if you follow motor sports, or simply live in a town / city, you will know how easy they get very warmer than air
during day, and how much it can slow night - time cooling) and overall having airports nearer to cities (if not becoming an area inside the city after some decade of hurban growth, e.g. Milan - Linate); — I found no point about UHI in towns and villages; you will tell me they are not large cities; but, in comparison with 20-40-60
years ago when they were «countryside», many small towns and villages have become part of larger hurban areas (at least in Europe and Asia) so examining just larger cities would not be enough in my opinion to get a full view of UHI effect (still remembering that it has a small global effect: we can say many matters are due to UHI instead of GW, maybe even that a small part of measured GW is due to UHI, and that GW measurements are not so precise to make us able to make good analisyses and predictions, but not that GW is due to UHI).
That's brought a more complete understanding of how warmer air temperatures — projected to surpass those regularly experienced
on Earth at any point
during at least the
last few million
years — are affecting the sea level.
Vincentrj # 28 you are unclear re the division of your opinions / inferences between the 3 basic sub-topics (1) heat is entering the oceans due to radiative imbalance due to humans burning carbon fuels (2) the heat rate coupled with its estimated duration (based
on its cause) will make it within a
few decades become unprecedented
during the
last several thousand
years and same for the surface temperature rise that will be required to stop it (3) the effects
on flora & fauna will be highly negative even within this century and more so for centuries and millenia thereafter, in particular the human species which has softened much and expects much more since the days when a mammoth tusk through the groin was met with «well Og's had it, press
on».
During the
last few years, tiny houses have been catching
on in a big way: there are now television shows devoted to them, scads of blogs about them, and even efforts afoot to get them written into the international residential code.
For many
years important events in human evolution have been attributed to climate change and as part of a recent study, scientists have been considering the precise impact that climate change has had
on human evolution
during the
last few hundred thousand
years.
Internships can
last from a
few weeks
during the summer holidays to a
year depending
on the sector and employer.
During the
last few years, I have diligently analyzed data, and made correlating recommendations
on computer modifications, along with directing technicians and engineers in the use and maintenance of computer hardware.
Industry experts have tossed the «cash
on the sidelines» phrase about so often
during the
last few years that the supposed mountain of money has taken
on almost mythical proportions.