Sentences with phrase «on the fantasies of»

Most sane people can keep that in check without actually acting on their fantasy of skinning the cat.

Nerdland (read our review) takes a satirical look at a pair of ne'er do well Los Angeles roommates — aspiring actor John (Paul Rudd) and wan na» be screenwriter Elliot (Patton Oswalt)-- hung up on fantasies of making it big in the movies.

It certainly * feels * like the Warren Buffets and Bill Millers of this world can beat the market... is it actually all just random chance playing on the fantasies of those hopeful to get rich?

The left - wing focus on the fantasy of runaway global warming takes all their attention off the real pollution — air, water and land pollution in China, India and other parts of Asia, for one important example.

I would agree to idea that -18 C is based on the fantasy of Earth being similar to the imagined blackbody.

Relationships are based on the fantasy of the need for others for survival, excessive dependency, and a fear of rejection and / or abandonment.

Not exact matches

NBC is already leaning on its stable of TV stars to create some of Seeso's original content, including a variety sketch show produced and hosted by Parks star Amy Poehler and a «fantasy roleplaying» comedy show hosted by Community creator Dan Harmon.

George R.R. Martin, the author of the book series that spawned television's popular fantasy drama Game of Thrones on HBO, announced on his LiveJournal page this weekend that he failed to meet his Dec. 31, 2015 deadline to finish his novel The Winds of Winter.

The buddy - cop film, with elements of «Lord of the Rings» - style fantasy, only got positive reviews from 12 % of top movie critics on Rotten Tomatoes.

Based on his method, these eight players, all of whom come cheaply, are solid picks for your fantasy hockey team.

If you have a million minds working on developing this fantasy world, you never know what great brand extensions are going to come out of it.»

But a new study on patent infringement, one packed with lots of great data on things like the law firms and courts most involved, pulls back the curtain on fantasy and reveals the role of big businesses in the fast - changing patent law landscape.

The bowl operates similarly to other fantasy football platforms: Users will select a team of nine players — who score points based on their real - life, in - game performances — and face off against teams assembled by other contestants across the country.

But those fantasies of devoting lots of time to recording deep thoughts and in - depth recollections usually founder on a simple reality: keeping such a long - form journal is really time consuming.

For those looking to push their boundaries on the mountain beyond sliding on one or two pieces of wood, head over to Olympic Park and take a fantasy camp in bobsled, skeleton, or luge.

In Song's opinion, there are two kinds of entrepreneurs: people who build a startup because they're passionate about a specific business — a desire to create the world's largest cold - pressed juice empire, say, or a sudden insight that betting on video games is the future of fantasy sports — and people who are entrepreneurs because that's just the only thing they can imagine doing.

Whether it's robust online fantasy leagues, the proliferation of live - blogging, watching playoff hockey on your mobile phone, or the ever - increasing number of athletes and coaches using Twitter, it's no secret the Internet and social media have significantly transformed the way sports are played, covered and consumed.

Daily fantasy sports, where players draft a roster of football players to compete for points in a single - day worth of games, were acknowledged by Virginia lawmakers as a game of skill vs. pure chance, a key difference that allows sites to avoid a federal ban on online gambling.

Meanwhile, social media was buzzing after images emerged of Trump placing his hands on a glowing orb at the inauguration ceremony of a new center for combating extremist ideology — instigating comparisons from fantasy epics to science fiction.

On behalf of our 312 member companies, we will continue to work with New York legislators and lawmakers to develop common sense consumer protection measures to ensure that the millions of New Yorkers who play fantasy sports regularly can continue to enjoy the games they love.

It's not the first time a late, broken play has changed the outcome of bets and fantasy matchups across the country — earlier in the season the Chiefs had a similar play on «Monday Night Football» against the Redskins, leaving bettors elated or furious depending on which side of the game they were on.

More than just a marketing deal, it gives DraftKings access to extensive MLB video content, letting fantasy players do their research on site instead of having to click away to sports news sites or broadcast television.

New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has begun his crackdown on daily fantasy sports (DFS), threatening the continuation of the online sports games.

«If you randomly picked a fantasy lineup and played against someone who put thought into it, they would beat you 9 times out of 10, if not more,» Robins argued on ESPN.

One of the engineers who worked on the feature — long - time Googler Lan Liu — gushed about the roll - out on Google +: «Very proud that our moonshot project came out of fantasy into reality:)»

Despite it being the fantasy series» shortest season yet, Game of Thrones showrunners D.B. Weiss and David Benioff have promised the final episodes will be on a much more cinematic level with movie - length run times — and Hollywood blockbuster budgets to match at an average of $ 15 million per episode.

There are also many feature stories — on budding fantasy sports mogul Jason Robins of DraftKings and ex-NSA tech whiz Will Ackerly of Virtru, for starters.

Based on a series of young - adult fantasy novels by Cassandra Clare, it was shot in Toronto and Hamilton and stars Jonathan Rhys Meyers.

Bernstein research estimated that 59 percent of total U.S. TV ad revenue growth in the third quarter of last year was from spending on daily fantasy football ads.

In the Sept. 5 issue of Fortune, we imagined a new kind of fantasy league: one focused on business leaders, where the stats are ruled more by market cap and earnings per share than on - base percentage and earned run averages.

On June 10, 2016, the governor of Colorado signed legislation to specifically permit daily fantasy contests in the state.

«Because the outcomes of games in daily fantasy sports leagues depends partially on chance, an individual's payment of a fee to participate in such activities is a bet,» Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton wrote in a nine - page Jan. 19 decision.

However, state lawmakers held 2016 hearings to debate a proposed law that would define certain daily fantasy contests as games of skill and remove them from the state's overall ban on cash - based fantasy games over the internet.

If we are to pull out of the suicide - pact fantasy economy of perpetual, exponential growth on a finite planet, it's time to grow up and move on.

Let me share a comment from Dr. Hall, which will put this GDP fantasy to bed (You can read his full comments on the «recessions» page of www.nber.org (click here) He writes: «Because a recession influences the economy broadly and is not confined to one sector, the committee emphasizes economy - wide measures of economic activity.

Amazon is similar story on a grander scale of accounting fraud and fantasy promotion.

I come to these conversations based on what I read from the author and only contribute my own voice to counter what I feel is a diatribe of irrational and fantasy charmed people with letters after their names who have no idea of what they write about.

If one uses real rates of inflation produced by Shadowstats (versus the fantasy land figures of low inflation quoted by the Bureau of Labor Statistics every month for years on end), one can prove that the US dollar has crashed.

When not actively trying to catch up on Game of Thrones, she is outlining and writing her first fantasy novel, working in a nursing home, traveling, or spending time with her family.

While my client wears a headset and views VR Hentai porn [a type of hardcore anime porn], I mimic the sensual actions of the animated character with my actual body creating an amazingly convincing sexual fantasy for my clients that yearn to get it on with an animated lover.

The fantasy built on oil is crumbling, showing that its benefits were barely felt outside privileged sites of elite -LSB-...]

DraftKings and FanDuel have defended the integrity of the one - day fantasy industry after news broke that a mid-level content manager at DraftKings won $ 350,000 on his company's rival site.

or you might as well put that book on the shelf with the other childish fantasy books that idulge the child like maybe «The Wizard of OZ.»

If you're truly grappling with the existence of god there is only one decision to make: do you choose to live your life based on fact and reason, or do you live it based on fantasy?

Orwell was on to something, for there does seem to be an element of fantasy in Scobie's words, whether it's a lunatic's fantasy or just that of a spiritual malingerer.

and not on some fantasy book that was compiled by a bunch of politically motivated Romans that distorted it to their own ends.

Try not to tell another sane person to think about something that never happened cept in some fantasy world where 95 % of mankind was ignorant to the world around him and the other % was high on readily available opiates and power trips.

Focusing on the fantasy and ignoring the reality of who and what humans are is also dehumanizing.

Humans are capable of forming ethical, well - reasoned decisions without needing to perpetuate such incoherent, closed - minded fantasy... I swear, christians are among the most frightened, baby - brained people on the planet!

Amd why did God give us a book full of make believe stories and expect us to believe in him based on fantasy instead of just giving us proof?