Sentences with phrase «nests of albatross»

And the bits and pieces are everywhere, even in the nests of albatross chicks, ending up here most likely because a parent brought it back as food for either its current or past chicks.

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By leading the effort to re-confirm him, the Corporate Democrats (but not most of their colleagues who had to face voters this autumn) removed this albatross from the Republican neck and put it around their own.

This group is our nations albatross, not because they are Christian, but because they are some of the most uninformed, intolerant, ignorant, and racist people in our country.

Can others really not see why he is considered an albatross of a contract by the rest of the league and we couldn't move him without giving value away with him?

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

, we don't deserve a top four finish... and we won't get it under wenger... we r a shapeless team with at least 5 players who are lucky to be in the epl let alone a club with the riches of arsenal... whatever it takes to get rid of wenger is fine with me the guy is a delusional fraud and an albatross round our proverbial neck...

instead they upped his wages and he's now just an albatross around the neck of the club... Should be offered out at whatever the market will pay in the summer... Might just have to go on a free as not many clubs outside of Middle East or china would pay this guy 7 m a year for his average skill set

But don't be fooled: a 2006 genetic study found that more than 10 per cent of albatross chicks had a father that was not their mother's partner.

This one island called Steeple Jason Island has 120,000 blackbird albatross nests on it during the year and about 70 pairs of striated caracaras, on an island that's about 700 hectares [three square miles].

It is an excellent example of the value of long - term demographic studies for long - lived species such as albatrosses,» according to Oregon State University's Robert Suryan, a seabird ecologist who was not involved in the study.

Even if the global community surmounted these barriers of gross inequity, and then shrugged off the albatross of rising populations, stabilising global emissions would not prevent disruption of the climate.

So the mathematical model developed in studying the ants is applicable not only to very different kinds of animals which share just the feature that they have a home to return to, such as Albatrosses.

Among Laysan albatross, pairs of females may stay together as «socially monogamous» couples for more than 10 years, during which time they return to their shared nests every year to raise their chicks.

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.

Advance the conversation from what students can't do — the albatross of traditional assessments and their role in bias — to what they can and will do when we personalize the experience for each and for all, using the full throttle of adaptive, blended learning.

But for smaller schools or those whose budgets can not support a communications department or individual, the trend is to seek an affordable solution but still remove this albatross from around the necks of their overwhelmed technology department.

For the Laysan albatross project, she couldn't go to Midway for the entire life cycle of the birds; and of course, she wasn't there right after the tsunami hit.

The 4G version of the tablet also became somewhat of an albatross for T - Mobile as it could not move enough units to justify further support, which led both Dell and T - Mobile to essentially abandon it while Dell continued to support the Wi - Fi version with updates.

Despite being burdened by the matrimonial albatross of five husbands, Panchaali is no man - hater, and on the contrary, finds the women in her life to be equally, if not more difficult, to appease, and above all, to trust.

In her letter, Warren wrote that she and President - elect Trump are in agreement that «student loan debt should not be «an albatross around [the necks of students]» for the rest of their lives.»

It's part of the Kilauea Point National Wildlife Refuge, where thousands of migratory seabirds, such as red - footed boobies, great frigatebirds and albatross, rest, forage or nest.

Framed by breathtaking views of Kaua'i's north shore, Hawaii's endangered birds are seen nesting in the cliffs, including the Hawaiian Gallinule, red - footed boobies, tropicbirds, albatrosses and frigate birds.

Drive to the very end of Farrington Highway and hike to the westernmost point where dolphins and humpbacks play in the surf and albatross come to nest.

As the southernmost island in the archipelago, Española's relative isolation has resulted in not only an abundance of unusual wildlife, but species and subspecies that are endemic to the island, such as Española (Hood) mockingbird, Española (Hood) racer snake, Española (Hood) lava lizard, waved albatross and brightly colored marine iguanas.

Not many people go to the Galapagos Islands for a show, but that is exactly what they may get if they run into an albatross pair along the craggy cliffs of Española (Hood) Island.

From the spouting whales crossing the Bolivar Channel to the waved albatrosses nesting along the cliffs of Espanola, you'll experience the undeniable wonder of Darwin's Enchanted Isles.

Once on shore we walk to the nesting site of the Southern Royal Albatross or to Northwest Bay, pass beautiful megaherbs growing on the hills.

The albatross are one of the island's top attractions and only nest on Española.

This morning cruise for two and a half hours out from Kaikoura on the «Albatross Encounter» for close up seabird viewing in the albatross capital of New Zealand, if not tAlbatross Encounter» for close up seabird viewing in the albatross capital of New Zealand, if not talbatross capital of New Zealand, if not the world.

Sony's Playstation Vita has met with less than expected numbers for both of its weeks on store shelves, and while the wifi SKU has seen decent — if not spectacular — sales, the 3G model has been an albatross around the system's neck, weighing down the overall figures for -LSB-...]

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.

Then the Albatross rises and takes its place in the sky; not as a giant laser cannon, but as a titanic floating fortress of death.

The arrival of ten or so Short - tailed Albatrosses in the Northwest Hawaiian Islands, and two successful nestings, is a highly significant development.

The images below show the devastating impact of plastic waste on the albatrosses that nest on Midway Atoll, within the monument's boundaries.

In the middle of the last century, things weren't looking good for the majestic Short - tailed Albatross.

Doing everything possible to ensure high numbers of nesting Laysan albatross is key to bringing their population back.

One nest with a couple of eggs inside was found on the Kule atoll, accompanied by two female birds; the other, on Midway atoll, contained fresh eggs and was guarded by both a male and female albatross.

Learn how biologists managed to bring back the endangered Short - Tail Albatross to nest on the atoll; meet Wisdom, a Laysan albatross who has been nesting on Midway for nearly 60 years; find out the strategies being used to eradicate invasive plant and animal species; discover the beauty of endangered Monk seals, sea turtles, spinner dolphins, corals and so mAlbatross to nest on the atoll; meet Wisdom, a Laysan albatross who has been nesting on Midway for nearly 60 years; find out the strategies being used to eradicate invasive plant and animal species; discover the beauty of endangered Monk seals, sea turtles, spinner dolphins, corals and so malbatross who has been nesting on Midway for nearly 60 years; find out the strategies being used to eradicate invasive plant and animal species; discover the beauty of endangered Monk seals, sea turtles, spinner dolphins, corals and so much more.

This is an incredible loss, especially since the Laysan albatross is a threatened species and about 70 % of the world's population nests on Midway Atoll.

The March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan killed an estimated 110,000 Laysan and black - footed albatross chicks — about 22 percent of this year's young — at Midway Atoll, where more than two - thirds of the world's Laysan albatross nest.

In addition to the terns, there are frigatebirds, noddies, tropicbirds, and Bonin Petrels, not to mention 600,000 breeding pairs of Laysan Albatross and 60,000 pairs of Black - footed Albatross — virtually the entire world populations.

An albatross chick doesn't have much of a chance of survival unless both parents are working to feed and care for it.

At Rusty Bucket, my favorite spot, I could indeed see a definite lack of Black - footed Albatross nests and yet the dune I had helped clear of invasive plants three years earlier was still there, still beautiful.

Midway's Wildlife Biologist Pete Leary assures me that he has not seen a Black - Footed and Laysan grooming one another, as two albatross do when they are mated with a member of their own species.

From a total of 1,520 albatross nests surveyed on the island in December, there were now four chicks left.»

About 70 percent of the world's population of Laysan albatrosses nests on Midway Atoll.

With 5.5 million sea birds nesting in the monument every year and 14 million residing in it seasonally it is collectively the largest tropical seabird rookery in the world, and includes 99 % of the world's Laysan Albatross (vulnerable) and 98 % of the world's Black - footed Albatross (endangered).

However, as wild and beautiful as Midway Atoll is one of the topics increasingly being studied and documented at Midway relates to the impact marine plastic pollution is having on the resident albatross nesting there.

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.

Midway is home to the world's largest nesting colonies of Laysan and black - footed albatross.