Sentences with phrase «like albatrosses»

Simon Jarman and colleagues have published a paper in Frontiers in Marine Science describing novel DNA meta - barcoding approaches to tracking the interactions between fishing fleets and iconic seabirds like albatrosses.

Understanding population dynamics is crucial for the conservation of long - lived species like albatrosses, but collecting data on albatrosses before they reach adulthood and begin to breed is challenging.

Unlike other long - distance travelling seabirds like albatrosses, frigatebirds» feathers lack waterproof oil so they can't take a break on the sea.

The unicorn is more like an albatross.

For years, I wore stepmother like an albatross around my neck, allowing its weight to pull me under the dark waters of depression.

And rather than feeling like an albatross, the limitations have led to a new purpose and more creative ways to make amazing recipes that still really, really work.

Morita's work in The Karate Kid is iconographic — the character functions like any number of old Asian man archetypes from martial arts cinema, but, transplanted to American pop (his arrival softened by Yoda in The Empire Strikes Back), Miyagi becomes something like an albatross for Asians in modern Western culture not for its incompetence, but for its tonal perfection.

Not exact matches

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

His arms, spread like the wings of a giant albatross, flap gently below his russet - haired head.

Like most on here I would like to see Rooney left out altogether but that albatross of a contract that Moyes saddled us with has a couple more years to Like most on here I would like to see Rooney left out altogether but that albatross of a contract that Moyes saddled us with has a couple more years to like to see Rooney left out altogether but that albatross of a contract that Moyes saddled us with has a couple more years to run.

It's analogous to that applied to the banks, bankers» bonuses and the commodification of risk, whereby giant financial institutions become both our saviours and our albatross, like the half full and half empty glass.

Modern birds have several flying styles: They can soar on thermals like hawks and albatrosses, glide and flap like storks, or explode from the ground like pheasants and roadrunners, flapping their wings to become airborne for a few hundred meters before landing.

We'd like to study the albatross, another very long - lived bird.»

«As more albatrosses relocate to higher islands like Oahu in response to sea level rise, where mosquitoes are more prevalent, this disease, and perhaps others, will become a more important threat to the species, so we need to understand more about it and how to prevent its transmission.»

Although the Laysan albatross chicks of Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge live in the central Pacific, more than 1,000 miles from human civilization, their stomachs look like miniature garbage dumps, full of bottle caps, toothbrushes, cigarette lighters — even golf balls.

Like modern - day albatrosses, the newly described species would have been a soaring champ.

Try products like NARS Albatross or any of the Becca highlighters.

Aside from that, the character roster is really packed this time around (although I would like to know where the rest of the Koopalings, Deadly Six, and Storm the Albatross are).

A small collection of supplemental extras feature a clutch of Web links, a photo gallery, desktop images and four bonus video cuts (including a cover of Fleetwood Mac's «Albatross») from a 2004 Kraków show, but the best inclusion is a 22 - minute interview in which the brothers Cavanaugh discuss various parts of their musical inspiration (Live Aid ’85 was a kickstarter) and influences, which include usual suspects like Led Zeppelin, U2, Pink Floyd and Black Sabbath but also, interestingly enough, Dire Straits.

Honestly, though... and no one's asking, but... wouldn't it be better to not have a career than be tied to great white albatrosses like this?

I've never owned any real estate, but I can imagine what an albatross that must feel like when you want to unload it.

This is important to figure out early on, usually before you even arrive, because the last thing you want to do is end up as an albatross on their busy schedule, or, conversely, come off as being rude, treating them like some sort of one - night stand.

Look for the huge wings of the albatross and other local species like red - footed boobies.

And albatross that, during their mating dance, clacked their bills together like castanets.

Jeffrey Bay is one of South Africa's major surf hangouts, its coast a long curved strip of beach after beach with popular surfing breaks with names like: Kitchen Windows, Magnatubes, Boneyards, Supertubes, Albatross and — just in case you were wondering if anyone actually swims here too — Main Beach.

Like Homer Simpson's $ 82,000 albatross of a car — which featured extra-large cup - holders, three horns, and an engine that caused people «to think the world's coming to an end» — Resident Evil 6 is not only the most comprehensive Resident Evil game to date; this is the mea culpa fans have been demanding.

Like the Ancient Mariner alluded to in her albatross remark, Alice Neel seemed doomed to tell her tale over and over in paint to whomever she could corner.

Seabirds — species like Laysan Albatross and Pink - footed Shearwater — are «off the radar» for most people.

Like every other albatross, the young hybrid will stay out at sea for around five years before returning to the place of its birth to court with other birds and find a mate of its own.

And there, like a feathered nation, half a million goose - sized albatross chicks await foraging parents who may be gone for weeks in search of food.

It may look like a lovely yellow flower, but it grows up to eight feet tall, choking up areas of land so that albatross can't nest or easily take off or land from flight.

I would like to see if over this 19 - year interval the amount of plastic ingested by the albatross chicks at Midway has changed.