Sentences with phrase «kicked about by»

Not exact matches

This year, though, Brin kicked off the Founders Letter with a quote taken from the very beginning of «A Tale of Two Cities,» a book written over 150 years ago by Charles Dickens — a historical fiction about the French Revolution.

It seems like everyone is on a health kick, but when I look at what people are eating, it also seems like french fries are still being consumed by just about everyone.

Some companies kick the tires of their adherence to the code of ethics by checking in with both managers and employees about it during performance reviews.

It's odd in that it kicks things off by asking you some weirdly specific questions about whether you earn income through farming, estates, or corporate partnerships.

But numerous irritants remain, leaving uncertainty about what happens next, with U.S. steel and aluminum tariffs set to kick in next week and the deadline fast approaching to get a deal that can be voted on by the current U.S. Congress.

The annual South By Southwest Interactive conference kicks off Friday and the advance buzz is all about a fierce competition between two location - tagging social networking companies: Foursquare and Gowalla.

The gathering, which also included a keynote speech by former U.S. Senator and New York Knicks star Bill Bradley, kicked off with a short speech by Booth, DFA's cofounder (with Rex Sinquefeld), about the history of the fund company.

I am still kicking myself for not sticking to it back in 2010 when I bought my first bitcoins (I could have been a millionaire by now) but I did get back in and now have about $ 1,000 in BTC, ETC, and LTC combined.

Well - being check - ins — Kick off your one - on - one meetings by asking your employee about their work - life balance and their overall satisfaction with remote work.

So far, 2018 has been a roller coaster ride of industry shifts for publishers, kicked off by Facebook's sweeping algorithm change that left brands wondering about the future of traffic growth and monetization on social.

They were then kicked out by the Romans because of Jesus causing a coup but returned during 500 A.D. about 100 years before Muhammed was born.

Change can only come about through agreement, not by kicking people in the back side because we think we have bigger boots.

We all know about the peacefulness of the so called religion of peace, so to point out horrendous acts perpertrated by its devotees is like kicking in open doors... But spending billions & billions on preventing 1 individual murder by terrorists (on US soil), is that really smart and proportionate?

Anyway, I love your blog, your breaker - sheep thoughts / actions and you as a person, but my last issue is that you are writing about too many relevant and intriguing issues and I'm losing «profits» by spending too much time reading and commenting... any chance I could get a financial kick - back (profit) for my time spent adding to the spirtiuality section of your blog!?

errr, if you want to talk about kicking a hornet's nest, the opening volley was made by certain members of the Dover School District.

I was inspired by the mind - blowing miso soup at Dragonfly (go there now; now); that lil kick of ginger and crunch of sesame seeds is what it's all about.

It is nowhere near «spicy» but it does have a slight kick that really evens out the sweetness of the homemade cranberry sauce, which by the way, is extremely easy to make on your own and it only takes about 10 - 15 minutes.

This bread that was kicking about the cottage was Ezekial sprouted grain bread which is fine for a treat though does contain wheat gluten and yeast so not a regular by any means.

i have been on a bit of a health kick lately... (you would never know it by those s'mores brownies i posted, but hey - its all about balance) and have been obsessing over these energy bites or power balls or protein bites or whatever else you want to call them.

Things I changed: - cut the sugar by about half, using mostly dark brown sugar for the molasses kick - scratched the nutmeg and allspice but added about 1/3 extra of all of the other spices and also added nearly a tsp of ground cardamon - replaced the veggie oil with melted leaf lard - scratched the raisins - baked it on a deep sheet for only ~ 20 minutes - just barely until firm to the touch - then cut that sheet into three layers - replaced the icing with my own 16 ounce cream cheese, 8 ounce butter, ~ 6 ounce heavy cream, ~ 5 ounce honey, 1 tsp vanilla combo - toasted the coconut before dressing the cake.

As Arsenal look to kick off their Champions League campaign by picking up some points away to Paris Saint Germain in the first match of the group phase, there were some concerns about Arsenal's star centre back.

Yeh let's hope a 6 figure salary, being worshipped by masses and kicking a ball about for a living, as well as having a manager to motivate them in the only comp we are likely to win, will have the lads turn out!

The ensuing free kick takes a big deflection and only misses the goal by about a foot.

Box Score Hero: While there wasn't much to cheer about for the Cougars, one stat likely to impress is the kick returns by Teondray Caldwell.

The fact it was in a crucial international at a hostile away fixture makes it even more remarkable but perhaps the reason most are talking about it is because it happened in the same ground as the original spot kick by the Czechoslovakian international star Antonin Panenka (hence the name) against the German keeper Sepp Maier that won the 1976 Euro championships.

But here one is, just in time to kick off 2018 by speculating about Eric Hosmer.

Scotland still had to negotiate a late scare in injury time when a delicious free kick from substitute Robbie Brady was headed beyond his own goalkeeper and onto the bar by centre back Grant Hanley, but Scotland held on for a win that they just about deserved.

The timing of the talk about Arsene Wenger getting a new Arsenal contract could hardly have been worse, on the back of a title ending defeat by Chelsea that looked so simple for the Blues that the Gunners have been compared to youngsters kicking a ball about with the big boys in the playground.

Disappointment in the pre-season transfer window, followed by rationalizations of why we should give the team and Wenger a chance and not write them off before a ball is kicked in anger, followed by analyzing each set back as «too early to panic» followed by excuses about injuries and referees, followed by anger and disappointment after the inevitable reality sets in and Arsenal are effectively eliminated from the PL race before the year is even finished and the PL has reached its half way point.

The most recent edition of The Sauerbrun Report, which has 40 subscribers who each pay an annual $ 10 fee, offers a kick - by - kick account of Sauerbrun's preseason, a story about the friction between Sauerbrun and since - released placekicker Kevin Butler — whom Thompson refers to as Butthead — and a glossary of terms such as Sauerboot (a typical Sauerbrun punt), Sauerpooch (a kick from inside the 50) and Sauerbrat (a bratwurst cooked over coals in the parking lot north of Soldier Field).

Its not about the Liverpool result — we all knew we were going to get our backsides kicked by them and that is the problem.

weekly and are actually serious about your craft, you'll take the initiative to improve yourself... Petr Cech trains himself with tennis balls, Ronaldinho improved by training with his dog, David Beckham stayed several hours afree training to practice free kicks.

All of the excitement that has been building in the army of Arsenal fans about our first summer of transfer did not go sailing over the bar along with the penalty kick missed by Granit Xhaka but it did effectively send his home nation Switzerland if Wenger is crashing out of the tournament.

OT: Even if by some miracle Wenger got kicked out and we brought in Simeone or Klopp that most of us moan about and pray we get, whoever becomes our new manager will struggle and we'll be hearing Simeone out or Klopp out withing weeks..

Ok so Aston Villa were the underdogs but look at the fuss made out of a possible disallowed penalty and free kick outside the area for AV on the BBC, when Ozil was clearly brought down inside the penalty area, but didn't make a fuss about it, got up and carried on, Bellerin was smacked by Agbonlahor with what looked like a forearm smash, or possibly an elbow in head and was down for a while, when the ball was on it's way, but hadn't even reached him and we weren't even allowed a replay by the BBC, let alone a comment on a possible penalty / free kick / yellow card.

by ED I don't know about you all folks but I am dreading the summer transfer window this year, not because of the usual lack of activity from Arsenal in terms of incoming signings but that there is a genuine possibility that we could be set to lose many Arsenal players including two of our biggest stars in Alexis and Mesut Ozil, who would inevitably kick start the exodus and turn as back to a feeder club.

He was obstructed by a slight pull on his arm in front of the goal with reasonable chance of nutmeging the keeper YES it seams light but in real speed he was obstructed and that's what the ref / linesman saw, if it was the EPL unless your Delle Alli its defenetly no penalty but some leagues they give free kicks for just about everything, if you look at stats in every country how long a game is played without interruption (game stoping) I think EPL has the longest time in play, not quite shore about Sweeden where the ref is from

And he launched into a slightly puzzling metaphor about being undressed — as his defence certainly was at times by Brighton's swift counter-attacks — which seemed to mean «Don't kick a man when he is down.»

@leo will be in his element with all the transfer rumours kicking about over the wknd we will see if can post a record amount of rumors before deadline day see if he can set a club record and that is a challenge to all the others @geoff highbury ghost writer and whoever gets the most right in there comments get a write up artical for there great services rendered in the effort of rumor mongering and all there comments for one day are all thumbs up guaranteed by the admin of just arsenal LOL

Got home from the game about an hour or so ago, purely because the trains were delayed and what not, nearly got my head kicked in by the Southampton lot on the way back too and this is after seeing us loose 2 - 1 at home to a lesser team than us and then I just read that Stan Kroenke has taken 3 million quid out the club which coincidently is part of the 3 % rise of season ticket prices... Not been my night really.

Bet they «prepared» by having a bit of a kick about with the reserves and were told, ok, go out and win, that's the plan boys!!

Just this week the boss seemed to contradict himself in the space of a single sentence, reported by Metro, when he talked about his preparations for the long haul trip to face BATE Borisov tonight, which is unfortunately sandwiched in between the EPL game against West Brom on Monday and a stupidly early kick - off against Brighton on Sunday.

There are still plenty of free agents worth talking about who are waiting by the phone, hoping to sign well before spring training kicks off in February.

Mickelson, making his first appearance back in Scotland since the Ryder Cup at last week's Scottish Open and figuring reporters would question him about the incident, dodged the controversy by issuing a statement to kick off his presser at Gullane.

I looked at Twitter about an hour before the kick off to see the players that had been selected, and was horrified to read the meltdown taking place by various individuals and West Ham groups before a ball had been kicked.

I'll gloss over the shenanigans that delayed the kick off, and instead write about the marvellous entertainment served up by the players on this emotional night.

Pies» predictions: United are probably about to receive one of the biggest kickings they've had in years, Real Madrid will dismantle the remainder of Dortmund's threadbare squad over two legs, PSG will beat Chelsea in the first leg but still go out (Jose Mourinho have never been knocked out in the quarters) and Simeone's Atletico Madrid will oust Barca by engaging in two of the most vicious, guerilla - style bloodbaths you've even seen.

The four former stars kicked off the «LFC World Presented by Standard Chartered» at High Street Phoenix here where they reminisced about the greatest night in Liverpool history, that miraculous comeback from 0 - 3 down against Italian giants AC Milan in the Champions League final in 2005 in Istanbul.

So that's a scoring rate of about 13 percent for shots assisted by corner kicks.

A night of karaoke and beer / rum has essentially obliterated my Sunday morning, so I think I'll keep today's pre match blog rather short, because from when I'm typing now kick off is about two hours away and the team news will be put by the time I've fried up my bacon and egg as the recovery meal of champions.