Sentences with phrase «in the feeding frenzy of»

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A bad internet connection in the middle of the feeding frenzy that is course selection can leave you in a 300 - level physics class as a history major.

To make some sense out of the online educational feeding frenzy, we spoke to Rick Armbruster, director of product development for Eduventures.com, a Boston - based company that conducts research and tracks investment in the education industry.

They were so enamored with Holmes, so swept up in the unicorn feeding frenzy of the private equity bubble, that they failed to conduct basic due diligence.

The media feeds on this frenzy of fear and negativity because it brings in traffic and advertising dollars.

< 3 Beef stew, or according to my husband, THE beef stew slightly adapted from Do - Ahead Dinners: How to Feed Friends and Family Without the Frenzy 1/2 large onion 1 medium carrot, peeled 1 small stick of celery 2 garlic cloves, peeled olive oil 70g bacon in small cubes 500g round steak in bite sized pieces 1 tablespoon all purpose flour salt and freshly ground black pepper 1 tablespoon unsalted butter 2 tablespoons crushed canned tomatoes 2/3 cup (160 ml) red wine — not your cheapest, not your best 2 tablespoons water 1 bay leaf 3 sprigs of fresh thyme 1 sprig fresh oregano, + a few leaves extra for serving Preheat the oven to 150 °C / 300 °F.

When the title of this post came up in my Bloglovin feed I thought it sounded like a calorie laden fat frenzy, the kind of thing kids are served at food chain restaurant!

You know the street vendors that candy peanuts in the big steel drums driving the whole neighborhood into a feeding frenzy with the scent of caramelized sugar?

Not surprisingly, the media feeding frenzy has resulted, anecdotal evidence suggests, in a sharp drop in youth football registrations for this fall's season, with parents fearful that playing football will almost inevitably expose their kid to an unreasonable risk of injury (which, of course, is patently untrue; more than 7 million kids in the U.S. currently play football, very few of whom, statistically speaking and despite a few well - publicized cases - are likely to end up committing suicide because of the hits they sustained playing the sport, and millions upon countless millions who have played football over the past century without apparent ill effect).

The idea that someone is committing robbery or sexual assault because of laughing gas — either in some drug - addled frenzy or to feed their non-existent addiction to a non-addictive drug — is almost laughable.

«It seems that there are many that are more concerned with feeding frenzies of scandals, ignoring what is going on with job creation and health care and what is going on with education and other issues in our state,» Sharpton said.

«Amidst the feeding frenzy of leaked reports, numerous investigations, politicians taking chunks out of each other and months of rumour and speculation, what has been forgotten is that in the middle of all this are teachers trying their best to support children and young people, many of whom are taking critical exams.

«Pupils and staff in the affected schools and local communities were scapegoated and pilloried amid the feeding frenzy of leaked reports, rumour and speculation.

You wouldn't guess it from the current feeding frenzy over Ed Miliband's leadership, but Cameron's dreams of governing alone in 2015 are more distant than they have ever been before.

The former party leader Paddy Ashdown praised Clegg's resilience, saying he had withstood «the most ravenous media feeding frenzy I have ever experienced as a Lib Dem in 40 years of politics».

«When money comes in to the state of New York, there is a feeding frenzy that you can't imagine,» said DeFrancisco, who chairs the Senate finance committee.

In fact, other researchers may have already caught Sagittarius A * in the act of such a feeding frenzy, albeit on a much smaller scalIn fact, other researchers may have already caught Sagittarius A * in the act of such a feeding frenzy, albeit on a much smaller scalin the act of such a feeding frenzy, albeit on a much smaller scale.

The program's modest scale — less than 1 % of NIH's approximately $ 10 billion in stimulus funds — reflects the desire to establish a realistic number of sustainable new faculty positions rather than set off a «feeding frenzy,» Berg says.

Scientists are keeping a close watch on variables that might affect life in the open ocean, including depleted oxygen levels caused by a feeding frenzy from oil - and gas - eating microbes, and the unknown effects of dispersants, which break the oil into droplets but may keep it suspended in the water.

Another negative mechanism: Microdroplets of oil dispersed in the water might set off a feeding frenzy of microbes able to dine on the hydrocarbons, further reducing oxygen levels.

The feeding frenzy that began when scientists went after $ 10.4 billion in stimulus money at the National Institutes of Health seems to have given way to more normal grant - seeking behavior.

Although numerous devices will be able to measure different aspects of the ensuing feeding frenzy, only one telescope has a chance of obtaining actual pictures of this explosive event and observing it in real time.

It's the fastest - growing spot on the planet, which inevitably means growing pains: «We're seeing a real rush, almost a feeding frenzy of foreign mining investment, and in some cases, land grabs.»

Analyses of shark teeth embedded in the reptile s bones suggest a feeding frenzy of sorts once the reptile died.

In their feeding frenzy, these behemoths generate a lot of energy in the cores of their host galaxies, dazzling the cosmos with powerful radiatioIn their feeding frenzy, these behemoths generate a lot of energy in the cores of their host galaxies, dazzling the cosmos with powerful radiatioin the cores of their host galaxies, dazzling the cosmos with powerful radiation.

«These galaxies entered a feeding frenzy that would quickly exhaust the food supply in the following hundreds of million years and lead to the new galaxy's slow starvation for the rest of its life,» said lead author Hai Fu, a UC Irvine postdoctoral scholar.

When this happened, the supermassive black hole at the centre of the second galaxy began disrupting the first one's feeding frenzy, thereby preventing accretion — which is what made Markarian 1018 shine brightly in the first place.

The Bad: Aside from the potential for it to result in a feeding frenzy for five days of the week «because you can», Tzvetkoff raises the issue that the 5:2 Diet does not instil healthy eating habits.

If a cheat day is a feeding frenzy that packs in lots of extra calories, then I'm against it.

Millions of children — and adults — gobble down pounds of sweets, finishing just in time for the next holiday feeding frenzy.

We'll enter the fray with a pack of wolves, get caught up in a feeding frenzy with a school of piranhas, and take to the skies with an aerial hunter as we investigate the group hunters of the animal world.

Of all the horror in existence, there's nothing quite like the visual spectacle of the slimy, gooey feeding frenzy featured in the climaOf all the horror in existence, there's nothing quite like the visual spectacle of the slimy, gooey feeding frenzy featured in the climaof the slimy, gooey feeding frenzy featured in the climax.

What You Need To Know: «Prisoners» placed highly on the Black List in 2009, and a feeding frenzy of talent circled the picture for months, including Bryan Singer, Mark Wahlberg, Christian Bale, Antoine Fuqua, Leonardo DiCaprio and Hugh Jackman.

I'm just being realistic here, folks, because seeing a film just because an actress is scantily clad in a PG - 13 kind of way is only feeding the frenzy of these awful films.

Niccol's noted sci - fi aesthetics — best demonstrated in his debut effort Gattaca — are evident in Roberto Schaefer's (The Paperboy) competently lensed imagery, and the talented Ronan does the best she can with a largely unworkable character; however The Host is as parasitic as its antagonists, feeding on the frenzy for otherworldly teen ephemera, and offering instant gratification instead of intelligent substance.

I've got a friend in New York who wants me to call on every parent in America to Opt Out of state mandated standardized tests which are, of course, the mother's milk of the No Child Left Untested federal testing feeding frenzy.

In fact, implementation of the Common Core state standards and the associated tests is about to usher in a feeding frenzy in the «education marketplace.&raquIn fact, implementation of the Common Core state standards and the associated tests is about to usher in a feeding frenzy in the «education marketplace.&raquin a feeding frenzy in the «education marketplace.&raquin the «education marketplace.»

The three - pointed star is doing its damndest to meet the demand of an «SUV feeding frenzy» it's seeing in the marketplace, and its newest arrival to the U.S., the redesigned 2016 Mercedes - Benz GLC300, is maybe the most delicious thing they've cooked up yet.

King's glowing endorsement led to a veritable publisher feeding frenzy in the USA with rights being sold to Viking Penguin for $ 2m; the sale of rights to 12 further countries followed soon after.

When the book was released last year, I looked on the positive side, noting that «it's nice to see that in the middle of the book - publishing feeding frenzy, the author himself is receiving some genuine appreciation from the people who knew and remembered him.»

I recently read articles in PW describing how the numbers of submissions to major publishers are declining, and competition for good first works has become a feeding frenzy.

With constant calls, letters, and emails from creditors, you may begin to feel like a small fish in the middle of a shark feeding frenzy — while your creditors want to devour what little you have, you have few options to regain the security you once had.

One word of caution: any turtle that develops a cut, sore or abrasion will bleed in minute amounts into the tank and suddenly become the subject of a feeding frenzy that can quickly develop into a horrifying scenario.

Combine the tapered opening of the Golden Gate Strait with plentiful food, and you have a recipe for what appears to be a feeding frenzy in a tight space.

During the Sailfish season (December to June) divers have the opportunity to witness twenty, forty or even more Atlantic Sailfish in an organized feeding frenzy of sardine «bait balls».

Their sheer number (the shoals can stretch for kilometres) results in a feeding frenzy as sharks, dolphins, seals, whales and two - legged fisherman head out to catch as many from the ball of sardines as they can.

(Usually the last Sunday in November) Spark a feeding frenzy as «Monkey City» honors these cheeky guardians of the ancient temples and ruins with over 8,000 lbs of food during the annual Monkey Buffet Festival.

The sounds of a feeding frenzy were all that could be heard as we drifted and spun in the tide currents; Common Murres gargled and cheeped, the gulls squawked overhead and Humpback Whales exhaled at the surface.

Russel Sharpe, chief operating officer, Citymax Hotels Landmark Group provides an insightful view to the current «state of health» of the hospitality sector in Dubai, including the mid-market «feeding frenzy».

I do, however, have a problem with the sheer number of developers and publishers that attempt to prey on this new wave of gaming consumers by releasing quick and easy low - quality titles in order to feed into this frenzy of «casual - mania».

Activision found a niche in the current generation of gamers and they are putting on a feeding frenzy to the masses.