Sentences with phrase «off than at the beginning»

Many years and five or six physicians later, I was actually worse off than at the beginning of that period.

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Popular interest in digital currencies has taken off in the last several months, helping send bitcoin from less than $ 1,000 at the beginning of 2017 to a high above $ 19,000 in mid-December.

After all, at a younger company just beginning to grow and scale, they are better off making fifty decisions and five mistakes a day than make ten decision and being right every time.

Online banking began over thirty years ago, and mobile banking took off more than ten years ago — which means that there are at least one if not two generations that haven't experienced the old fashioned passbook savings account, nor have they learned financial responsib...

«Unfortunately, a few bad actors are taking advantage of the [VA home loan] program as home lenders have begun targeting veterans and servicemembers to generate profit and fees at their expense, often leading to higher loan amounts and putting families in a worse financial position than they started off,» observed Senator Tillis.

The musical year that began with Ashlee Simpson getting booed off the stage at the Orange Bowl and climaxed with Mariah Carey's less - than - earth - shattering performance...

But we should be careful here and elsewhere not to shut off the conversation before it has begun — and to hope that in fact it will turn out to go further than either camp might have at first expected.

Too many in the pan at once will cause them to steam, rather than brown, once they begin to give off moisture.

While he will now be afforded a few days off, he is likely to arrive at Chelsea sooner rather than later to begin pre-season preparations, and in turn that will also lead to further developments in the transfer market as Costa is seemingly set to stay in west London for the foreseeable future.

The first three rounds all began at 6:30 a.m. ET, but with inclement weather predicted for Saturday afternoon, the women will go off split tees (Nos. 1 and 10) starting at 6 a.m. Unless there's a playoff (or multiple extra frames, since the format calls for overtime to determine ties for gold, silver, and bronze medals), stormy weather earlier than the forecast calls for, or a return of the glacial tempo that marred Wednesday's opening round, the 59 - woman field should wrap it up by 1 p.m..

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...

Morata has been keen to leave the Santiago Bernabeu this summer, being somewhat of a peripheral figure at the club during the past season, coming off the bench more times than he actually started, scoring twenty goals for the club in their bid to lift the La Liga title and retain the UEFA Champions League trophy, becoming the first club to do that since the competition was rebranded when the Premier League era in England began.

The blistering pace at which the Baggies began the season caught everyone off - guard, the majority expecting nothing less than another typical West Brom - like season of strife and trouble down near the foot of the table.

The Queens Republican operative convicted of stealing more than a million dollars from the mayor was led off to prison Monday to begin serving a sentence of at least a year.

My thyroid, though much better off than working under fluorescent lights, was still screaming at me to slow down — which I began to do.

I also want you to note that you may gain a little weight in the beginning — it won't be noticeable to others, as you will only be converting fat to muscle (I'm sure you've heard muscle weighs more than fat, and it does), so I also urge you to stay off the scale for at least the first 30 days.

«New Year New Me» is our new morning alarm as we attempt to wake up at 6 am to start the day off with exercise and a meal of more than coffee before heading to work, and «New Year, Who Dis» is posted as instagram captions everywhere as people begin to meal prep or improve their self - care routines in some kind of way.

Rather than possessing a clear beginning, middle and end, this movie starts off with a short introduction and a set piece at Gringotts Bank (where a Horcrux is hidden).

I began to speculate whether a guy like Irwin Allen would bother ripping off a guy like Robert Altman, and have ol' Paul Newman, from Quintet more recently than Allen's own The Towering Inferno, materializing out of another bleak futuristic landscape (at least futuristic - in - the - making).

At this point Disney has more live - action fairy tales in various stages of development than we can count, but the movie that kicked off that whole craze to begin with was 2010's Alice in Wonderland.

While quick and eager to offer food for thought with its questions raised, they are then far less sure to offer any sort of satisfying explanations or even at least the beginnings of them, the wishy - washy vagueness ultimately coming off as a willful decision less for intriguing, stimulating ambiguity than to rather gracelessly leave open back doors for sequels.

They had a great IMF team at the beginning, which they killed off, and the film became focused on Ethan Hunt rather than a team.

A report published recently by IPR North has already found that disadvantaged pupils in the North begin school at a worse off position academically than those in the capital.

The news on the introduction of the new diesel model comes soon after the series production of the new G - Class kicked off at the Magna Steyr plant in Austria, where more than 300,000 have been built since its very beginnings, back in 1979.

The snapshot is a great beginning — but I'm really interested in following this through as time goes on as an author that sells 100 books a week on a regular basis will ultimately earn more than someone who debuts at 1,000 books a week then falls off to 30 — 40 in the next 10 weeks.

Google will feature more than 50 developers showing off Android smartphone and tablet apps at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona beginning Feb. 14.

It also doesn't mean that you are better off than if you had invested large amounts at the beginning of a market rise.

On a net asset value basis (using management's last estimate of DHT's fleet value, $ 400 million) DHT is trading for less than its fleet value on an unchartered basis, despite the roughly $ 100 million at least in free cash flow to be collected by DHT through 2012 when the charters begin to roll off.

Purr - loving volunteers and do - gooders are needed to come to the rescue of more than 1,000 cats and kittens that have been dropped off at Orange County's animal shelter since the beginning of May.

Every year at the start of Fall more than 60 % of the North Pacific Humpback Whale population will begin their migration from Alaska to Hawaii, with many of them choosing to stay in the waters off of Maui during their visit.

At the beginning of the game I was more than happy to take on side jobs from Garrett's colleague Basso, climbing into windows and kicking off side missions for a bit of coin, or to find one member of the various sets of collectibles sprinkled throughout town.

Rather than wait for Black Friday, Cyber Monday or Taco Tuesday, Nintendo has already begun its holiday sale on the eShop for the Switch, 3DS family of consoles and even the Wii U. Discounts reach as deep as 75 percent off for some games, and the sale runs from now until Dec. 11 at 8:59 a.m. PT.

The camps on the second island are certainly a tad more challenging than what you encounter at the beginning of the game, but there isn't much that can beat shooting open a cage trapping a leopard, wingsuit diving off a cliff then causing chaos with explosive tipped arrows.

Through Aug. 17, 2014 Sam Doyle at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) Self - taught artist Sam Doyle hailed from Saint Helena Island, S.C., where he began painting on cast - off sheets of metal and wood boards more than 70 years ago.

Also did you know that more than 90 % of divorce cases settle without trial Usually what happens is everyone is angry or hurt at the beginning, but then after things cool off they realize how costly litigation is, and start to work toward settlement.

Personally, I'd rather keep the life insurance, use the cash values to supplement my investments and / or use the cash value to pay my income in the years the stock market goes down (like 2001, 2008, etc) so that I don't end up worse off than when I began because at the end of the day that account can't lose its value, I can't be sued for the value of it, I don't need to report it on my son's FAFSA form for college, AND if I pull money out of it for my son's school, the dividend still pays the same amount as if I hadn't drawn the money out in the first place (fun fact: that last point isn't something that a northwestern policy does, but new york life and massmutual's contracts do).

There are differences, however, in terms of charging speed, as Super Charge begins leveling off harder than Dash Charge at the 30 minute mark.

The fastest charging rate occurs from 10 % to 5 %, with a linear slope that begins curving at that current drop - off, where voltage starts remaining somewhat constant after a fast climb from 2V to over 3.5 V. Throughout this test, peak temperature hits 38 ° Celsius, which is significantly hotter than most other standards in this list.

Nebraska is knocked off many a person's list immediately due to the less than competitive wages offered to the medical assisting community, and it's not until you begin looking at information concerning the cost of living there that the full story reveals itself.

Also did you know that more than 90 % of divorce cases settle without trial Usually what happens is everyone is angry or hurt at the beginning, but then after things cool off they realize how costly litigation is, and start to work toward settlement.

For retail specifically, a better - than - expected sales year - topped off by a strong Christmas season - should maintain the investor interest so prevalent at the beginning of the year.

The company has begun liquidating its more than 700 U.S. locations, but is holding off at its 200 best stores for the next few weeks.

My new one is due at the beginning of the month, so I'm planning on taking a couple months off from home improvement (other than the nursery, of course..