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Interacting selectively and non-covalently with ATP, adenosine 5'-triphosphate, a universally important coenzyme and enzyme regulator.
Catalysis of the phosphorylation of an amino acid residue in a protein, usually according to the reaction: a protein + ATP = a phosphoprotein + ADP.
Catalysis of the reactions: ATP + protein serine = ADP + protein serine phosphate, and ATP + protein threonine = ADP + protein threonine phosphate.
Conveys a signal from an upstream receptor or intracellular signal transducer, converting the signal into a form where it can ultimately trigger a change in the state or activity of a cell.
Long distance growth of a single axon process involved in cellular development.
The process whose specific outcome is the progression of the central nervous system over time, from its formation to the mature structure. The central nervous system is the core nervous system that serves an integrating and coordinating function. In vertebrates it consists of the brain and spinal cord. In those invertebrates with a central nervous system it typically consists of a brain, cerebral ganglia and a nerve cord.
Generation of a long process of a CNS neuron, that carries efferent (outgoing) action potentials from the cell body towards target cells in a different central nervous system region.
The process in which the anatomical structures of a dendrite are generated and organized. A dendrite is a freely branching protoplasmic process of a nerve cell.
The directed movement of substances into, out of, or mediated by an endosome, a membrane-bounded organelle that carries materials newly ingested by endocytosis. It passes many of the materials to lysosomes for degradation.
The process whose specific outcome is the progression of the forebrain over time, from its formation to the mature structure. The forebrain is the anterior of the three primary divisions of the developing chordate brain or the corresponding part of the adult brain (in vertebrates, includes especially the cerebral hemispheres, the thalamus, and the hypothalamus and especially in higher vertebrates is the main control center for sensory and associative information processing, visceral functions, and voluntary motor functions).
The process in which a signal is passed on to downstream components within the cell, which become activated themselves to further propagate the signal and finally trigger a change in the function or state of the cell.
The process whose specific outcome is the progression of nervous tissue over time, from its formation to its mature state.
The characteristic movement of an immature neuron from germinal zones to specific positions where they will reside as they mature.
The process of introducing a phosphate group on to a protein.
Any process that results in a change in state or activity of a cell or an organism (in terms of movement, secretion, enzyme production, gene expression, etc.) as a result of a stimulus from a virus.


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M.B.A. Hopefuls Apply Themselves–A Lot
When it comes to applying to M.B.A. programs, prospective business-school students go big. Very big.
Nearly eight percent of M.B.A. hopefuls (7.7%) submitted eight or more applications this year, according to an online survey of 560 applicants by Stacy Blackman Consulting, an admissions consulting firm. That's down slightly from last year's tally (8.3%), but still a high figure considering the amount of work required to complete each application.
Some writers on GMAT Club, a popular online forum for business-school applicants, acknowledge in their posts that they've applied to many schools because they're unsure of their odds at any individual program. It's not unusual to see users with 10 or more programs on their wish lists.
Students think they're improving their odds of admission by trying their luck at more schools, Blackman says, but it's not so simple. She tells clients to apply to between four and six schools: one or two aspirational programs, one or two that are more within reach and a safety.
"There are diminishing returns" after a certain point, she says, since each application requires significant work — writing essays, asking for recommendations, coordinating the sheer logistics of deadlines, score submissions and interview appointments.
Applying to a half-dozen or more schools is costly, too. Harvard Business School charges a $250 application fee; Stanford Graduate School of Business and University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School each request $265; the business schools at MIT, Northwestern University, Columbia University, Dartmouth College, Yale University, Duke University, New York University and others all charge $225 or more. That means someone applying to eight elite schools might easily pay more than $1,800.
Meanwhile, 40% of respondents this year applied to between five and seven schools and 41.1% tried their luck at three or four schools. Last year, those figures were 38.4% and 37.5%, respectively.
How do applicants even figure out which schools to aim for? External rankings, such as those published by the Financial Times or Bloomberg BusinessWeek still wield tremendous power– more than 70% of survey respondents said rankings were "extremely important," while just 0.9% said the lists are "not at all important."
Blackman says she's surprised to see applicants remain so devoted to those lists. While they can be "a good starting point" for determining the type of school at which an applicant might be a good fit, she says, "they can't be your bible."

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The Shady Grove Case: Is Scalia Getting Soft on Plaintiffs?
Shady Grove Orthopedic Associates v. Allstate Insurance, which the Supreme Court handed down on Wednesday, is one of those opinions you'd only read in full if you are one of the following: 1) a civil procedure professor, 2) an insomniac litigator in hour 15 of a flight to Australia and who cannot bare another look at the SkyMall offerings, 3) a Supreme Court junkie who's had four too many cans of Red Bull.
Why do we say this? Well, it's about Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23. It's also divvied up into about 23 separate opinions, concurrences and dissents.*
But it is, unquestionably, an important ruling — one that any litigator who deals with class actions from time to time should know about. It's also, at the end of the day, pretty interesting.
The bottom line on the case: it provides a deep blow to state rules that curtail when and how plaintiffs can file class-action lawsuits. The court, led by Justice Antonin Scalia, held that the federal class action rule that governs class actions, Rule 23, overrides a New York law prohibiting class actions that seek to recover statutory penalties or minimal recoveries.
If read expansively, the decision could be used to shoot down other state laws that rein in class actions. Click here for Marcia Coyle's writeup at the National Law Journal; here for a piece from Forbes; here for a writeup from JD Journal.
At issue in the case was whether New York's rule was procedural or substantive in nature. All you jurisdiction mavens will recall that a 1938 U.S. Supreme Court ruling called Erie v. Tompkins Railroad established the principle that federal courts, when hearing cases brought by residents of two states, shall apply state law to substantive issues and federal law to procedural issues.
On Wednesday, the court found New York's law procedural in nature and therefore in conflict with Rule 23. In other words, class actions can go forward if they meet the requirements of Rule 23 regardless of state laws that might otherwise erect separate barriers.
Archis Parasharami, a partner at Mayer Brown, told the NLJ that the decision will "upend" a large number of state statutes that, in the NLJ's words, "limit remedies which can be sought by class actions or that outright prohibit certain class actions."
This, of course, would be bad for defendants and their lawyers, and good for the plaintiffs bar. Yes, you read that correctly: Justice Scalia, long the scourge of the plaintiffs bar, has written a plaintiff-friendly opinion. Had it come down today — April Fool's Day — we wouldn't have believed it either.
* Some poor soul at the Supreme Court had to actually type this:
SCALIA, J., announced the judgment of the Court and delivered the opinion of the Court with respect to Parts I and II–A, in which ROBERTS, C. J., and STEVENS, THOMAS, and SOTOMAYOR, JJ., joined, an opin-ion with respect to Parts II–B and II–D, in which ROBERTS, C. J., and THOMAS, and SOTOMAYOR, JJ., joined, and an opinion with respect to Part II–C, in which ROBERTS, C. J., and, THOMAS, J., joined. STEVENS, J., filed an opinion concurring in part and concurring in the judgment. GINSBURG, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which KENNEDY, BREYER, and ALITO, JJ., joined.


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I have a Firefall Beta key here if anyone wants it just post "OMG FIREFALL" and I'll send it your way. First come first serve!
On a side note I don't know if these are hard to get or if everyone already has one, I just know I got one and its not my cup of tea so have fun ^_^
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Two Brits coming to the US to get trashed and "destroy America" and "dig up Marilyn Monroe" were deported. Whether digging up Marilyn Monroe is terrorism remains to be seen – after all, the two weren't Muslims, which is supposed to be criteria numero uno
In any case, don't try to engage Homeland Security's humor, because it hasn't got one. A bit of common sense and cultural reference also place high on Homeland Sec's Wishlist on Amazon. Sadly, no one's offering to pony up to help our new men in black/blue look a little less 'tarded.
According to the Daily Mail, Bunting said: "The officials told us we were not allowed in to the country because of Leigh's tweet. They wanted to know what we were going to do. They asked why we wanted to destroy America and we tried to explain it meant to get trashed and party.
"I almost burst out laughing when they asked me if I was going to be Leigh's lookout while he dug up Marilyn Monroe. I couldn't believe it because it was a quote from the comedy Family Guy which is an American show."
Sadly, 235 years after the Revolution, the Brits still haven't lost their ability to overestimate us no matter how silly we act. No wonder we remain fast friends. Now where shall we jointly invade *this* week?
I don't know if this will hurt our war on terror, or otherwise limit success on new Bin Laden-style actions, but the announcement that the Navy Seals and Heidi Klum are breaking up took me by surprise. First, because I hadn't realized they were an item. Second, I thought she could do better. Two-and-a-halfth, I wondered if she'd done any of that deep sea demolition / sabotage stuff, or just beach shots - what were their vacations like? Three-and-three-quarters, I wonder what she'll get for alimony - Annapolis? CNIC San Diego? Or just Diego Garcia? (the island, not the actor)
I guess ever since some company wanted to do a mobile game based on the Seals rescue targeted assassination capture oops deep sea disposal strike against terror, it was just a matter of time before the human side of the Navy Seals came out. With the capture of 2 Seals in Somalia, we can see the damaging side effects of relationship depression - first Demi Moore, now this?
And how come Heidi Klum? Couldn't the Seals get a Made in America supermodel? I mean, it's not all Lindsay Lohan / Paris Hilton... There's always Miley Cyrus. Hmmm, okay, maybe not. Lady Gaga? Perhaps a security risk, at least on CD. Maybe this is Demi's chance - a Navy Seal Jane sequel? (of GI Jane, not the Charlie Sheen movie)
Good luck, kids - hope you're back on your feet real quick.
[Full disclosure - I've been meaning to write about something absurd and meaningless for some time, but Wendy kept beating me to it. This time I've got her in a Bulgarian strangle hold. And about time - I'd been working on a "Davos the Fish" column, and she goes and blows me out of the water. Well, try to make *this* one seriously. #Occupy Heidi? ]
As Hunter Thompson seems strangely absent from this year's mesmerizing contests, I thought I'd do my best to report live from the Palmetto State (via my tracking equipment in my bedroom 8000 miles away.
Here are the top stories from this Thursday, less than 48 hours before voting begins.
Obama rakes the media for depicting him as being cold and aloof just because he's cold and aloof.
Michelle Bachmann memorializes role played by Concord, South Carolina in the Revolution.
Rick Perry reveals faith inspired his decision to quit race, saying, "God wanted me to be #5".
Santorum stance increases due to gay support. Campaign says Santorum actually prefers frothy beer to frothy mixtures of lube and fecal matter - but keeps donations anyway.
Mitt Romney sympathizes with Newt Gingrich on "Open Marriage"; offers to teach him about polygamy.
Bill Clinton calls Obama's speech a "fairy tale"; Obama team calls him a dumb racist cracker. Nabisco sues.
Ron Paul proposes "Occupy Fort Knox" trying to blur a return to the Gold standard with support from the 99%.
Fox News protests Clinton's portrayal of "our own Fox channel", offers to change slogan to "Fairly Unbalanced"
South Carolina's largest paper endorses "None of the Above"; says hasn't seen such a pack of white trash losers since Sherman pushed the remnants of Lee's Army to the sea.
John Huntsman quits race for 2nd time, as most Americans didn't notice the first.
Latest Gallup/MSNBC poll shows most Americans thought the election was next year; confused whether it's in London or Sochi.
Candidates ready final push of campaign ads, finding voters are more persuaded with videos of cool phones than issue statements. Endorsements from iPhone, Razr and Galaxy S still up for grabs, while Nokia's WinPhone based Lumia's reported to be in Mitt's pocket. (Blackberry has been polling in the low single digits among predominantly white conservative voters)
Sexual harassment and gay bashing reported in early polling as voters confused about terms like "Unaffiliated Voters", "Crossover Ballot" and "Open Primaries".
Newt continues his conversion from rockbed conservative to socialist lite, revamping his campaign to re-focus New Hampshire's "vampire capitalism" theme to his new "sharing" message, apparently in an attempt to pull in female voters. Herman Cain speaking earlier today on Meet the Press expressed skepticism at this new strategy.
Cain is testing changes in FEC rules on the 2 year anniversary of the Citizens United ruling by offering a large for the price of a medium and a jumbo-size drink with every ballot.
Now that we've had a Sunday where our most revered Christian white person blew the Super Bowl and exposed our sins and failings, we're in the perfect spirit to embrace MLK Day. (And Robert E. Lee Day, for those 3 unrepentent, recidivist Southern states).
We've a holiday calendar chock full of days to feel good about ourselves - Fourth of July (kick an Englishman day), Memorial Day (kick all those other people day), Labor Day (kick off early day), Thanksgiving (great we had those injuns nice enough to bring us food to keep us around to kick their ass later day), and Halloween (kick a pumpkin day).
Presumably we could have had 2 days to feel repentant - Easter, which we turned from just another lynching of a brown person into a surreal Bunny Day (aka Bonne Idée from the original French) laying eggs of all things, however you're supposed to interpret this. (some cultures have turned that into a large phallic stick and an as yet unfertilized egg, if you get my drift - thank God we left all that crap in Europe.
And Christmas, which we rebranded from the birth of that lynched brown guy into either the White Man's Burden, jolly bearded fat white man passing presents around, or December Madness sale. (The only holy person I remember from my church upbringing was St. Macy)
So while those on the conservative aisle will be up in arms (literally) over a perceived anti-whitey day, well, so what? If there's one day we can bond together and feel a little sorry for being white assholes, it's this day. Hey, don't think it's just a black thing, despite Malcolm.
We can toss a bit of remorse towards Mexicans we wiped out and whose land we sold, and who we're evicting at record numbers now. (Okay, the Mexican Americans are breeding at record numbers too, but we'll work that out on say - Cinco de Mayo? Alamo Day kinda has mixed reactions.) There are the Native Americans we slaughtered (sure, the bit about smallpox blankets was made up, but the bit about random shooting out of trains - kinda like those Blackwater videos in Iraq? yes, a staple of obnoxious white boy asshole behavior since time memorial). Golden Spike? Thanks to the Chinese, who we worked to death and then threw out of the country.
So, just as Tebow will be down on bended knee regretting some lapse in piety, the rest of us (whiteys, of course) can take a day to take cognizance of what jerks we've been. After all, 364 days of the year, it's great to be white. What's the problem of taking 1 day to do things different?
And about that President's Day? Well, I could never remember which one was Washington and which Lincoln anyway - and besides, they're on our money - every day is Washington's Birthday when you spend a buck or a quarter, Lincoln's when you spend a fiver or a nickel. And if you want a permanent memorial to white boy-ism, we have the $10 bill, named after Alexander Hamilton, who was the Geithner of his day. And the $20 bill, emblazoned with Andrew Jackson, who makes Ron Paul look like a social worker. Andrew Jackson destroyed the national bank, put the spoils system on steroids to enhance his own power, used war and treaty and connivance to push out the Indian Tribes, backed the theft of Texas from Mexico, and fostered the "Union above all" attitude with his military threats against South Carolina in the Nullification crisis. While people of color may get their days on the calendar and place in the Oval Office. But as the real estate gal says, "location, location, location" - until they have a place on our money, well, ain't good enough.
We're about to lose the reins of power for a generation.
Maybe hyperbole, but the Republicans know how to pile on, and Obama will be the "failed president", just like Carter.
Mitt will be the pro-business alternative, and through their magic pixie dust, the Republicans will get Americans to vote for the Dow Jones, because it looks just like the NCAA standings or March Madness to them - they just like to gamble, even with their own future.
(of course conservatives are still kicking tires and looking for alternatives, and Politico naïvely proposes that Mitt's "finished first but battered", but everyone else gets it - it's all about the VP now, which I'd hazard to guess won't be Newt)
While my forays to that other blog are not of mathematical significance, I think aside from a few like Greenwald and Stoller that the "left" side of the aisle just doesn't get Ron Paul or even where the popularity of conservatism lies.
Something I read yesterday noted that liberals should have 60-70% of the electorate at this point if you believe position polls.
But they just can't close the deal.
Too many weasel words, too much scoffing, too little understanding "the customer".
And in baseball terms, we haven't been working on our farm clubs - everything's been Obama of late. A recent flurry of speculation went up about Hillary as VP and then Prez in 2016. Really? God love her, but after 2009 meltdown, Occupy Wall Street, and 4 more years of counter-productive and expensive foreign wars, don't we have any new cards up our sleeves?
The sad answer is, "not really". I like Alan Grayson, but I have trouble imagining him as nationally electable. Perhaps Al Franken, who has both the charismatic personality and the command of issues. Short of that, it's blahsville. We don't even have characters that are significantly annoying (i.e. any publicity is good publicity - where's our Palin?)
Or why do I say "we"? Do I care about the Democratic Party? With its anti-labor caviling, its fellow-traveler support for the war on terror, its fear-induced defaults on the Constitution and fiscal responsibility and social commitment, I'm just not into it anymore. When something as basic as Social Security became an unnecessary bargaining chip for deficits, when Democrats couldn't even articulate the business needs for universal health care, I pretty well checked out.
Don't know what to think. My only optimism is that Ron Paul got some traction, but I'm still not sure that traction is because he's the only one talking at least some sense on the most pertinent issues (much more a straight shooter than the mealy mouthed McCain), or that that straight-shooting is just a lead-in to whacked out implementation (Paul's Web site implies the latter, and the company you keep...)
So grin and bear it. Occupy Mancos, as that might be the only unclaimed turf for the next generation. Unless they strike oil, and then I don't know how we'll keep Wendy down on the farm. Perhaps buy her one of those New Mexican UFOs like they used for Dennis Kucinich. Hey, if you're going to do Sangre de Cristo, you might as well watch Jodorowsky's Santa Sangre. (Sadly we'll never see his version of Dune)
It's curious that Barack Obama and Mitt Romney have so much in common. They were both raised in Indonesia. They are both tall and healthy looking. They both belong to un-American religions. They both stand for absolutely nothing.
The Politico review scourges Romney for having "No Core Beliefs" as if that's a bad thing. Al Gore had core beliefs. Howard Dean too. Bill Clinton? Well, he did have a certain form of sincerity and ability to carry the brand, but not wedded to a particular cause - how else would he get along with Obama?
Obama's made a career of moving up the ladder, pushing off one benefactor for the next, adopting a new community to sustain him until he goes for the next. A bit like Dylan in his early days, but then Dylan grew up (might have been that motorcycle crash, but so many other influences...). Obama's Core Brand is to have no Core Beliefs while pretending he does. Any sort of behavior fits into Le Pôt Obama.
Republicans have shown themselves fickle to Core Beliefs - they want Beliefs worn on sleeves. How else would a lech like Gingrich stand a chance among "religious" folk? How could the shallow and self-indulgent W be their leader 2 elections in a row? They want an uncompassionate bastard who swears he's a Christian, and then so much the better if he shows some sincere nastiness just to stress the "compassionate" part.
But Romney isn't even very good at wearing his beliefs on his sleeves. Which ironically makes him the more electable, and more detested among his cohort.
I have a rather curious feeling about today's caucus and the elections it kicks off. I think we're going to find that Citizen Mitt is every bit the contestant Obama feared. I noted yesterday that part of Obama's strength is he never fights back (except his known fits of pique). Romney is probably his match.
And while 2008 brand Obama was the candidate we were waiting for, 2012 Obama reeks of Hope fatigue and the candidate's smug expectations. And they almost worked - while Ron Paul may be occasionally inspirational, the rest of the pack is a bunch of loose cannons far from set for prime time. Except for Mitt. The New York Times has been trying to smear him for a year now, and all Gail Collins can bring up (incessantly) is the one about his dog on vacation. That's pretty solid - no gaffes about Sarajevo coming out of this dude, no soundbites like "Mission Accomplished" or "no governing legal authority" or even "I did not have sex with that woman". [many thanks to Herman Cain for getting our obligatory election sex scandal out of the way early in the season]
Mitt may be a real Nowhere Man, and right now that's better than being a candidate people love to hate. Sure, they distrust him for his religion and his inability to act like an irritable born-again nutcake. And the left is assured he'll do something horrible, whether it's appoint the wrong judges or be too friendly to Wall Street. But there's just not enough venom to go around.
Obama's a penny-pinching poker player and a conservative basketball player. He's been playing rope-a-dope and run-out-the-clock since April 2008. And he almost made it. But now there are 10 months to election time, and he's met a character just as bland and unprincipled as him, but without the dirt and the failed rhetoric, the unfulfilled expectations and the slow drag of an underperforming economy.
If I wind up what's happening now, my usually inaccurate crystal ball sees a Romney/Paul ticket going up against Obama/Biden. And in another year of anti-incumbantism tied to "men's men" succeeding in the free market (see Mitt gut that new acquistion; see Ron birth triplets while giving his anti-cross of gold speech), our bumbling bureaucratic duo are going to be seen as no match.
Tick tick tick. The real clock starts now. How do you see that timebomb?
Okay, I got sucked into Dennis' Beatles overview at Digby's place.
And then I say Ron Paul decrying student loans.
I'm waiting for sincere Paul to confront America's "greatest generation" and call them out.
"Hey, you bunch of ass-licking panty-waist losers, you got GI Bill for school, home loans, free health care, veterans' preference on jobs - never has there been a generation who sucked off the government harder, making Linda Lovelace look like a rank amateur 15-year-old with no pool, a plain old Nokia feature phone and a bad case of strep throat."
Rick, Paul, George and Dingo (Cain). And Michele, ma belle.
It's amazing - there's never been this unpresidential of a lineup.
Most of them look hard-pressed to make it to campus glee club.
Student president looks like a reach.
Why should "Mormon" be an issue more than "Moron"?
These guys are one Godfather's pizza short of a home delivery.
They're like a pepperoni short of the pep.
I feel embarrassed that this is our "two-party system".
"Baby we were born to run?" Run run run run away.
I'm embarrassed that they make Obama look good.
How do we make any progress with this disaster?
"Occupy Washington" might as well be "cockpit found abandoned"
Lights off, nobody home. Unbelievable. "Greatest nation on earth"
Dictated by fucktard principles. Am I the only one that sees a problem with that?
Well, I looked at how badly my stocks have been doing. I realized that over the years, how even in "boom years" only a few stocks did well, many of the sectors tanked.
Investment's not an easy business. Especially when insiders hedge off part of the market, short-sellers bring down well-run companies, government's handing out free money to your competitors....
Some article yesterday wrote that "honest bankers are victims too", and while it's tempting to believe otherwise, anyone who doesn't treat the market illegally can't compete. So honest traders are victims too.
The people making the profits aren't doing it on the market side of the business - they've gamed it so they get revenues whatever they do. That's a kind of "arbitrage", where you've got a guaranteed non-competitive profit stream.
Of course they get these illegally and immorally, whatever the machinations and protests of their lobbyists.
Honest bankers, honest stock traders should be pissed too - the money's coming out of their pockets for the sake of a few.
While we see skyrocketing profits on Wall Street and in banking, I'm sure if you look at the figures closely, you'll find that it's still a minority who are making a bonanza. Okay, and if you're a clerk at one of these companies, you probably get some trickle down effect, while the rest of us get the full douche.
What do the 99% want? An end to the free lunch at Tiffany's.
[David Brooks comments on Steve Jobs & "decline of innovation". Thanks, granddad.]
This graph shows huge crop yield improvements since 1960:
The modern PC world is only 30 years old, and is hitting a completely new era with flash hard drives and optical/nano chips and cloud computing infrastructure in the next 3 years.
Computer-assisted drug tech is just hitting stride, such as a major breakthrough in finding the genetic origin of ALS.
Genome mapping was only finalized in the last decade.
We're in the middle of a major shift from internal combustion to electric vehicles.
US manufacturing output is about the same as China's with 1/9th the workers:
There are major advances in alternate energy, as well as decreases in energy consumption.
There are major efforts on environmental cleanup.
Maglev & other transportation technologies - gains in flight efficiency can be seen here: http://people.hofstra.edu/geotrans/eng/ch3en/conc3en/aircraftenergyefficiency.html
Possibly the only good to come out of our wars is a major advance in medical technology, such as artificial limbs.
It's also useful to understand that compared to the 1800's, the 1900's discoveries were pretty name - nothing life-changing like electricity, refrigeration, automobiles & the internal combustion engine, air flight (ok, 1903, but pretty much there), vaccines and bacteriology, genetics & evolution (plus Lamarckism which we'll see more of a revival over the next decade), the Curies' work on radiation.
Even Einstein's theory of Relativity was published in 1905.
What Brooks undoubtedly misses is that it's more of an age for cooperative work than individual heroes. Project Management is picking up as a way of guaranteeing results. Social media and internet collaboration from open source to teleconferencing to telecommuting tie into a connected way of working. Teamwork becomes more important than pure "leadership" - companies can't risk depending on a single hero.
The amount of information processed by kids today might be 100 times what they got in the 1960's in terms of vivid cultural information, access to language, display of scientific principles, access to on-line dictionaries & encyclopedias, even translation services.
What's also missed is what innovation is. It's hard to say that Steve Jobs invented anything. I had the same idea for iTunes as he did as early as 1994, and I certainly was no genius or unique. But iTunes succeeded through organization, not innovation - a successful business model, key agreements with industry professionals plus harnessing the right delivery mechanisms.
One of Steve Jobs' key advantages is Supply Chain Management, an aspect few people think about. Besides being a bastard about sourcing at extremely low prices, he was also a genius at keeping parts & total units delivered on time, as well as cornering the market on key components to give his competitors headaches. The Mac came from Xerox, and while Apple probably had innovations, the main bit was design and a business case - Xerox was too stodgy to productize its research, but Jobs & Woz paid to get in the door and walked out with all the ideas they needed.
Pixar was a technical innovation by George Lucas - Jobs turned it into a business success, with key Disney deals. If anything, Jobs was better at killing technology and dumbing down devices if he didn't see an immediate purpose. The iPad was released to ridicule at how much it was missing.
As interesting as "innovation" is, something like distribution is likely much more important. Nokia phones weren't so innovative - they were just great at getting solid phones everywhere in the world. Wal-Mart grew to a behemoth based on innovative distribution technology. Ikea's advantage is distribution and design for DIY construction. Amazon's distribution network is every bit as important as its on-line access, and that network has turned into a successful cloud computing business as well, with data centers the size of multiple football fields.
Even with agricultural productivity, the bigger issue is distribution - famines only occur due to wars and natural catastrophes like earthquakes now - even something like flowers can be sourced from South Africa and distributed around Europe. And I doubt someone like David Brooks has taste for anything as mundane as distribution.
A while ago a well known economist studied the question of how it was possible to walk out of his office in Manhattan and get a sandwich with fresh tomato and lettuce - what were all the processes that went into making this tiny miracle? Forget all the innovation doomsdayers.
It was just 22 years ago that we still had the Cold War with us, staring down Russia and the antagonistic China, concerned about imminent overpopulation. Now we have a friendly China with no population growth that's rounded the bend in feeding its population, and handling the migration from rural to urban, and starting on the trip to managing the environment. We have a defanged Russia, with no new military menace (other than ourselves). We have major innovations in computing, dispersed communications, production and cooperation to drive new growth.
The main thing working against us is an idiotic, vampire banking system that's sucked much of the innovation out of the system. And that's something Brooks seems to support.
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Born June 30, 1942, in Chatfield, Ark., daughter of the late Jamie and Pearl Mae Morgan Lewis, she lived in Missouri for more than 25 years. She was a member of St. John Missionary Baptist Church and had been employed as a nurse aide and mail clerk.
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Senator John Kerry captured the democratic nomination in nine states on Super Tuesday. He is the winner in New York, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Ohio, Connecticut, Maryland, Georgia, Minnesota and California.
Howard Dean did surprise some by winning in his home state of Vermont.
Sources close to Senator John Edwards say he will drop out of the race Wednesday. Reverend Al Sharpton says he is also considering leaving the race.
Democratic National Committeeman Bill Avery says voters are looking for a candidate who can beat President Bush.
"They're looking not so much at likeability, or as much at issues as they are who is elect able. And I believe Kerry is seen to have the edge on national security," said Avery.
Democrats are now looking forward to talking about issues and trying to unseat a once very popular incumbent.
"I think Kerry will be a solid candidate to go up against Bush on national security, and the war on terror. I think the economy is going to be huge and jobs are going to be huge," said Barry Rubin with the Nebraska Democratic Party.
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Name of Product: Counterfeit LG-branded TM-510 Cell Phone Batteries
Units: About 50,000
Manufacturer/Importer: Verizon Wireless of Bedminster, N.J.
Hazard: Some LG-branded TM-510 batteries may be counterfeit and susceptible to overcharging, especially if used with a non-LG charger. LG Infocomm U.S.A. Inc. states that these are counterfeit LG-branded batteries, which do not contain a safety device in the circuitry to prevent overcharging. In turn, the counterfeit batteries can overheat, posing a fire and burn hazard to users.
Incidents/Injuries: Verizon Wireless has received 18 reports of incidents involving counterfeit batteries, including injuries to users and property damage.
Description: The recalled batteries can be found in LG TM-510 model cell phones, have a manufacturer/date code of "AEMLLL 02220," AEMMHH 02220," "AEMLLL 02X25H" or "AEMMHH 02725" and were distributed by Verizon Wireless. The manufacturer/date code can be found on the battery, below the words, "Model/Modelo" or "LG." The phone's model number appears on the back side of the phone beneath the battery. The cell phones, which come in black or silver, may have the Verizon Wireless name on the front.
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Special Project to Promote and Develop Hospital Playrooms as Part of Advanced Pediatric Care
Tokyo - The non-profit organization (NPO) Children's Health Forum (Director: Minoru Tanabe), using a donation from Manulife Life Insurance Company (President and CEO: Geoff Crickmay; hereinafter "Manulife Japan"), is implementing a special initiative called the Manulife WakuWaku Room Project, aimed at financially supporting the development of model playrooms at pediatric healthcare facilities. Applications to receive funding for this initiative were accepted from 22 facilities nationwide. Following a careful selection process, two facilities (one from Osaka Prefecture and one from Aichi Prefecture) have been selected as recipients.
The Manulife WakuWaku Room Project is based on the "WakuWaku Room," a playroom at Aichi Children's Health and Medical Center (Ohbu-shi, Aichi Prefecture), a prefecture-supported hospital which is known as one of the most advanced children's hospitals in Japan. The Manulife WakuWaku Room Project aims to develop sufficiently furnished, full-fledged playrooms in Japanese pediatric facilities and raise awareness of the significance of the "playroom" concept, which is central to caring for the total wellness of children who are hospitalized or are undergoing outpatient treatment.
In selecting the recipients for the Manulife WakuWaku Room Project, the NPO Children's Health Forum established a Selection Committee to study the candidate facilities. The Committee examined specifically each facility's current initiatives for improving the overall healthcare environment for children and the outlook of future efforts, as well as the system in place for managing and maintaining such a playroom. On-site inspections were also part of the selection process. Multiple meetings were held to discuss the candidate facilities and all candidates were carefully studied. As a result of this process, the two facilities below were selected as recipients.
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Both facilities have already begun preparation for opening a Manulife WakuWaku Room at their facilities. Toyota Kosei Hospital (formerly Kamo Hospital) will do a symbolic opening of its Manulife WakuWaku Room in conjunction with the hospital's official opening in January 2008, while Kinki University Hospital plans to open its playroom in April 2008.


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With a stay at Courtyard by Marriott San Diego Mission Valley/Hotel Circle in San Diego (Mission Valley), you'll be convenient to Riverwalk Golf Club and University of San Diego.
This family-friendly hotel is close to San Diego Zoo and Balboa Park.
Make yourself at home in one of the 317 air-conditioned rooms featuring refrigerators and microwaves. Wired and wireless Internet access is complimentary, while iPod docking stations and cable programming provide entertainment. Private bathrooms with shower/tub combinations feature designer toiletries and hair dryers. Conveniences include safes and desks, as well as phones with free local calls.
Be sure to enjoy recreational amenities, including an outdoor pool, a spa tub, and a fitness center. This hotel also features complimentary wireless Internet access, concierge services, and gift shops/newsstands.
Grab a bite to eat at the hotel's restaurant, which features a bar, or stay in and take advantage of room service (during limited hours). Quench your thirst with your favorite drink at a bar/lounge. Cooked-to-order breakfasts are available daily for a fee.
Featured amenities include complimentary high-speed (wired) Internet access, a 24-hour business center, and express check-in. Planning an event in San Diego? This hotel has facilities measuring 5000 square feet (465 square meters), including meeting rooms. Self parking (subject to charges) is available onsite.
About the Courtyard by Marriott San Diego Mission Valley/Hotel Circle595 Hotel Circle South San Diego CA 92108
Hotel Amenities
In addition to an outdoor pool, Courtyard by Marriott San Diego Mission Valley/Hotel Circle provides a spa tub and a fitness center. The hotel offers a restaurant, a coffee shop/café, and a snack bar/deli. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. High-speed wired and wireless Internet access is complimentary.
Business-related amenities at this 3-star property consist of a 24-hour business center and meeting rooms. Event facilities measure 5000 square feet (465 square meters). This family-friendly hotel also offers tour/ticket assistance, multilingual staff, and gift shops/newsstands. Parking is available onsite for a surcharge.
Courtyard by Marriott San Diego Mission Valley/Hotel Circle has designated areas for smoking.
- 24-hour front desk
- ATM/banking
- Restaurant
- Bar/lounge
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Coffee/tea in common areas
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Concierge services
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Elevator/lift
- Express check-out
- Fitness facilities
- Gift shops or newsstand
- Designated smoking areas (fines apply)
- Designated smoking areas
- Express check-in
- Snack bar/deli
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Total number of rooms - 317
- Laundry facilities
- Meeting rooms 10
- Number of floors - 10
- Luggage storage
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Conference space size (meters) - 465
- Year Built 1976
- 24-hour business center
- Self parking (surcharge)
- Outdoor pool
- Television in common areas
- Coffee shop or café
- Free WiFi
- Free wired high-speed Internet
- Pool umbrellas
- Multilingual staff
- Conference space size (feet) - 5000
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Spa tub
Family Friendly Amenities
- Family Hotel
- Outdoor pool
- Free Wi-Fi
- Snack bar/deli
- Laundry facilities
- Refrigerator
- Microwave
- Cribs/infant beds (complimentary)
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi , Free wired high-speed Internet
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi , Free wired high-speed Internet
Self parking (surcharge)
Room Amenities
- Video-game console
- Air conditioning
- Phone
- Microwave
- Free toiletries
- Cable TV service
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Television
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Coffee/tea maker
- Free newspaper
- Desk
- Free local calls
- Hair dryer
- Daily housekeeping
- Hypo-allergenic bedding available
- Iron/ironing board
- iPod docking station
- In-room safe
- Pay movies
- Premium bedding
- Premium TV channels
- Private bathroom
- Refrigerator
- Shower/tub combination
- Designer toiletries
- Room service (limited hours)
- Free cribs/infant beds
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
- Rollaway/extra beds (surcharge)
- Free WiFi
- Free wired high-speed Internet
Where to Eat
Cooked-to-order breakfasts are available for a surcharge and are served each morning.
The Bistro - This bistro serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Guests can enjoy drinks at the bar. A children's menu is available.
Room service (during limited hours) is available.
Nearby Things to Do
An outdoor pool and a spa tub are on site. Other recreational amenities include a fitness center.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Golfing nearby
- Surfing/boogie boarding nearby
- Personal motorized watercraft on site
- Kayaking nearby
- Sailing nearby
- Mountain biking nearby
- Water skiing nearby
- Hiking/biking trails nearby
- Golf lessons available nearby
To make requests for specific accessibility needs, complete the "Special or Accessibility Requests" section of "Trip Preferences" when you book your hotel.
- Roll-in shower
- Accessible bathroom
- In-room accessibility
Hotel Policies
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
Check-out time is noon
Payment types
- Pets not allowed
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
Optional extras
- Breakfast fee: between USD 5 and USD 12 per person (approximately)
- Self parking fee: USD 19 per day (in/out privileges)
- In-room microwave fee: USD 25.00 per night
- Rollaway beds are available for an additional fee
Hotel Name
- Courtyard Marriott Hotel San Diego Mission Valley
- Courtyard Marriott San Diego Mission Valley
- Courtyard San Diego Mission Valley
- Marriott Courtyard San Diego Mission Valley
- Marriott San Diego Mission Valley
- San Diego Mission Valley Marriott
- Courtyard Marriott San Diego Mission Valley/Hotel Circle Hotel
- Courtyard Marriott San Diego Mission Valley/Hotel Circle
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Children 18 years old and younger stay free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding. The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation.


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London, May 24 - Actor Johnny Depp is reportedly trying to work things out with girlfriend Vanessa Paradis.
"For the first time in a long time, he is talking about her. They both want to make it work," contactmusic. com quoted a source as saying.
The 48-year-old has continuously denied splitting from his longtime girlfriend but speculation has remained as to whether they are still together. (IANS)
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Achieve Technologies approached Rip-Off Report several months ago with the express purpose of resolving consumer concerns posted on Rip-off Report. After a recent mailing to everyone who filed a Rip-off Report, it became apparent that Achieve Technologies is sincere in their commitment to remedy any and all customer concerns. Company executives stated to Rip-off Report that Achieve Technologies has now dedicated a portion of their customer service team to work exclusively on making improvements in the customer service arena. These changes were implemented as a direct result of feedback they received from Rip-off Report.
As a sign of their commitment, Achieve Technologies and their sister companies recently had every employee go through a new customer satisfaction training program. This training will ensure that all customer concerns and questions are answered in a timely fashion and all clients issues are addressed, this new training program was designed to reiterate the fact that customer service is their primary concern.
Achieve Technologies understands the saying, you can be judged by the company that you keep " so Achieve Technologies is working with their affiliate companies to make sure they are held to the same high standard. In fact, Rip-off Report learned from a company executive that they have ended relationships with companies that were not willing to make changes. In todays business world how often do you find a company willing to walk away from profits in the name of ethics? Achieve Technologies/Vision Learning has and says they will again, if necessary. Achieve Technologies/Vision Learning carefully screens the companies that refer them business in an effort to help the clients that are working towards a successful business. Achieve Technologies/Vision Learning also endorses companies that they refer clients to, but maintains that those services are 100 % optional and will welcome feedback on these companies for further evaluation at firstname.lastname@example.com
New company executives also stated that over that last few months they have streamlined their directory assistance branch of the customer service and live chat departments in an effort to eliminate dropped calls or unusually long hold times. In addition, Achieve Technologies/Vision Learning has added new processes that allow them to better serve clients from all across country.
Because of our investigation and the sincere efforts put forth by Achieve Technologies/Vision Learning, Rip-off Report is proud to give Achieve Technologies/Vision Learning a positive rating. All in all, the company implemented strategic changes to its Customer Service Department and reached its goal of achieving total customer satisfaction through excellent service. This was made possible by a totally honest approach to corporate introspection.
Achieve Technologies/Vision Learning CEO stated " We understand that the only way to grow as a company is by first recognizing our weaknesses and then committing the resources necessary to fix the problems those weaknesses have created " . He then added, We know that we have made mistakes, all businesses do, but I can assure you that we are 100% committed to resolving those issues and creating an excellent experience for our clients .
Achieve Technologies/Vision Learning has also improved its services by offering live webinars, live chat and a special team of personnel dedicated to offering technical support through email or phone support in between a clients appointments with their coach. After each appointment with a client, emails are sent with clear instructions of assignments and a reiteration of what was covered during their appointment with their coach. This provides a multitude of options for a client to gain assistance during our program and provide us with necessary feedback from the client if they have any concerns or require assistance. Thanks to this feedback from clients, Achieve Technologies/Vision Learning has made changes and to the information presented and continues to strive for excellence in order to be more effective.
Achieve Technologies/Vision Learning understands that clients come to us with a dream to run a successful and profitable Internet Business, our program is designed to teach how you can own and run that Internet business. We often refer to the well known quote Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime this is a fundamental belief of our coaching program and we provide you with the tools and the knowledge, but sometimes its still not enough " Rip-off Report regrets that we need to say this, but there is still some form of effort and work required on the part of each client. In the business that Achieve Technologies is in they understand the confusion and dedication required with beginning a new business and they have built a program to assist in reducing that confusion and to keep its clients on track and motivated to their best ability, but ultimately the client has to be dedicated and complete all assignments and complete the work in order to be successful.
They also know that the best laid plans are guaranteed to fail if you do not use them. Achieve Technologies/Vision Learning cannot be held responsible for a clients failure to use their advice. That is no fault of the company. For example, When you plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce?
Achieve Technologies/Vision Learning realizes that there can occasionally be a breakdown in communication between the client and the coach, for any number of reasons. Achieve Technologies/Vision Learning is managing issues when they arise and proactively looking for ways to decrease possible misunderstandings in the future through added employee incentives, instituting high standards for sales executives, adding extensive quality assurance measures, implementing workforce management and increasing training.
Achieve Technologies/Vision Learning has found that the main reason they lose clients is because of the failure of the clients business to produce profits. Once the client sees their business venture as a failure their first impulse is to cut their relationship with Achieve Technologies/Vision Learning, instead of giving us the opportunity to honor our commitment to them to provide them with continued support and access to training materials for as long as they wish to use it.
In spite of all these situations, which show that bad service is not always a fault of Achieve Technologies/Vision Learning, I believe you have a company that is ready to serve those who need more assistance and is willing to make things right if they seem to have fallen apart.
Rip-off Report knows, there is no company or individual that is perfect Achieve Technologies/Vision Learning knows this also and demonstrates their need for continuing improvement - that is why Rip-off Report feels you can be completely confident, safe and secure when doing business with them as a member of ..Rip-off Reports Corporate Advocacy, Business Remediation & Customer Satisfaction Program. ...A program that benefits the consumer, assures them of complete satisfaction and confidence when doing business with a member business.
As a part of the Corporate Advocacy Program - Rip-off Report sent an email to every client who filed a Report on Achieve Technologies/Vision Learning and I would now like to share the results with you.
As usual, the majority of clients stated that they appreciated our efforts and related how they had already been taken care of in a satisfactory manner. It never fails, most customers asked if they could remove the Report they filed and we explained that unfortunately, it was not possible. It is Rip-off Report's philosophy that it is much more beneficial for the consumer to see how a company like Achieve Technologies/Vision Learning takes care of their mistakes. No company is without its share of problems, however, there are many companies who continually sweep those problems under the rug and never achieve the growth that other companies such as Achieve Technologies/Vision Learning enjoys.
Rip-off Report feels Achieve Technologies/Vision Learning has learned from all those who have complained... and they even seemed to be thankful for those who have brought problems to their attention. One executive stated, "We can only improve our business based on feedback from our clients, sometimes that feedback may be hard to hear but it is the only way we can become better."
Achieve Technologies shows leadership by joining the Corporate Advocacy Business Remediation and Customer Satisfaction Program.
Keep in mind, Achieve Technologies/Vision Learning has worked with over half a million clients and with only 20 Rip-off Reports to show for it. What really is amazing that despite Rip-off report appearing at the top of most search engines about Achieve Technologies/Vision Learning, ..if there was a real problem with this company, there would be a lot more complaints about Achieve Technologies/Vision Learning. Plus, their complaint ratio is less than one half of one percent. Rip-off report feels that this is significantly way below the industry standard for the clientele that they work with. From our perspective, it is quite unusual for a company who has had so few complaints request on their own to be a part of the Corporate Advocacy Business Remediation and Customer Satisfaction Program. Achieve Technologies/Vision is showing leadership for other companies to follow that care about their clients.
While Rip- off Report does not endorse any company, including Achieve Technologies/Vision Learning, overall, our research demonstrated to us that Achieve Technologies is a solid, reliable company that stands behind its service.
Many companies that contact Rip-off Report make claims that the Reports about them are false, were filed by the same person or even a competitor. Yes, Rip-off Report knows this can happen from time to time; however, we know this is not true most of the time. From federal to local law enforcement agencies, most use Rip-off Report regularly. When Rip-off Report works with law enforcement to assist consumers, never once have we heard from any agency that the Reports filed had bogus contact information. These agencies include FBI, FTC, SEC, Homeland Security, US Postal Inspectors, Justice Department, IRS, Federal Prosecutors and local law enforcement in the USA along with government agencies in more than eight other countries.
Rip-off Report does not solicit its Corporate Advocacy Business Remediation & Customer Satisfaction Program. Any participation in this program is completely voluntary and at the request of the program member.
This program requires the Member Business to agree to satisfy all complaints - past, present and in the future, even when those complaints come to us by e-mail.
The Member Business must also state improvements they are willing to make to their business which benefits the customer to avoid the reported problems from happening again in the future.
Anyone contacting the following e-mail address will get immediate attention. (within 3-5 business days, usually within 24 to 48 hours) We ask that you contact Achieve Technologies/Vision Learning Customer Service: at customer assistance@achievetechnologies..net
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Be sure to contact us with your questions and comments about any business that is part of the Corporate Advocacy Business Remediation and Customer Satisfaction Program. Your questions, comments and suggestions are always welcome and will be considered even if we don't agree with them. Please realize Rip-off Report is chartering in new territory, working to make a change for both consumers and businesses alike.
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Consumers can feel confident and secure when doing business with Achieve Technologies/Vision Learning.
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Curzon Soho reviews
Absolutely fabulous. I can't say anything more to describe Curzon.
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Shows a great selection of 'world cinema' in very comfortable surroundings. I'm a big fan!
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Always shows the coolest pictures from all over the world. Nice cafe/dining area at the ground floor, cool bar in the basement with an amazing collection of DVDs! And the seats are really comfy too. Thumbs up for Curzon.
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The Bulldogs hosted Elma at Stewart Field for a 1A Evergreen League match. For Elma it turned out to be almost a one player game as Brooke Goldsmith out performed everyone on the filed of play that night.
Making both goals for the Eagles, Goldsmith also was in position to take all the shots on goal, several that were deflected by Montesano goalkeeper Kacie Kloempken. But after several opportunities, Goldsmith was able to make two goals stick and lead the Eagles to another victory in their season.
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Fable II: See the Future
See the Future is an action-packed journey that requires you to lift the curses placed on three mysterious items that have come into the possession of Murgo the Trader. In See the Future, heed the call for a hero to restore color and balance to the world, or let Albion fall to the wayside. Those who emerge victorious will receive the ultimate reward - a quest that provides a vision of Albion's future and what lies ahead for those born into the heroic bloodline. The fantastical new quests in See the Future will bring you face to face with new characters, creatures, events and legendary artifacts. Get ready to meet new characters and creatures. Murgo: Remember him from the childhood sequence of Fable II? Murgo returns to Bowerstone Market to bring an amazing array of new wares, including potions that can transform canine companions into new breeds. The Ghosts of the Snowglobe Quest: Holding a disturbing secret, the small model village inside it was once a real town in Albion. The people who once inhabited it are now ghosts condemned to endless torment until the shadowy threat that cursed them is defeated. The Cursed Knight Quest: Forever banished to a land beyond the dead, the Cursed Knight awaits a hero who has the strength and will to dress up in convincing costumes, even imitating a hobbe or balverine, to save him from his fate. The Colosseum: The Colosseum puts even the Crucible to shame. Only the greatest heroes have triumphed here. Your abilities will be put to the test to prove yourself in combat once and for all, to win the ultimate in prizes.
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Definición de labour en inglés:
sustantivo[mass noun]
- The majority of migrant workers earn their living in the city by doing manual labour.
- The men go off and look for casual labour during the day while women and children spend the day looking for shade.
- These subjects were agricultural workers with varying periods of manual labour in the field.
- Today there is a growing acceptance of illegal casual labour and a strong demand for it.
- In this society, his job was one of the few, in which people exactly performed manual labor.
- It also aims to replace a number of full-time workers with casual and part-time labour.
- Fourth, the working class and labour movement, repressed, shackled, lacking independence, was no alternative.
- Steelworkers Canadian director Ken Neumann said the merger creates a new force in the Canadian labour movement, as well as in federal and provincial politics.
- But turning labour into a political force to be reckoned with in Alberta is a tall order, which McGowan clearly outlined in his paper.
- This was announced at the end of last week by the Ministry of Labour and Social Policy.
- They seem to think that the way to beat Labour is to be more Leftist than Labour!
- South Swindon has a new Member of Parliament but the seat is still held by Labour.
- Teresa Page was a hard-working councillor and Labour will be sad to see her go.
- They also received 300 mg every three hours while in labor until delivery.
- Both Lamaze and Bradley encourage partner participation in labor and delivery.
- The drug prostaglandin is injected into the womb and this causes it to contract strongly as in labour.
- The labor of moles dig dexterously underground.
- The labour of moles has caused some messy practical problems for the grass cutters.
verbo[no object]
- At 51, she breathes with real difficulty, wheezing and labouring to draw breath as we talk.
- And like Mr Sherry, Mr Hillier has laboured for many years and has likewise produced three heavy volumes, the last of which is about to see the light of day in the bookshops.
- In this atmosphere, the House of Representatives has labored hard.
- And she actively fought for the most dispossessed of that class, those who labored in the nation's fields.
- On Saturday, John Paul slept in his old bed, visited his old street and drove by the quarry, no longer used, where he laboured during the Nazi occupation of Poland.
- Forsaking the books, it was pick and shovel for a year of manual labouring for the young David.
- The home side struggled to overcome Edinburgh, but despite labouring for long periods the grit of the Irish forwards eventually saw them through.
- He was laden with a heavy old radio and was labouring to keep up.
- There had been a failure specifically to identify favourable material, but that was attributed to the difficulties under which the applicant has been labouring by reason of having been detained.
- Our taxis, which had labored up the narrow, winding road, descended much more swiftly.
- She labored up to the stoop, red face partially hidden by brown paper bags.
- In the terrible heat, the fugitives labored up a tomb-lined slope toward Nuceria.
- He felt the engine laboring, gathering speed slowly, the breakdown lane narrowing rapidly ahead.
- She turned on her radar detector and slid up to a hundred and five, riding easily, her huge engine hardly laboring as she raced through the night.
- The engines labored to push the bulky ship off the side of the building and into the air.
- The waves were strong, The Heart of Isis laboured heavily and the men were tested sorely, but by nightfall they had cleared the island without finding safe harbor.
a labour of Hercules
- see Hercules.
a labour of love
- A task done for pleasure, not reward: he spent eight years rebuilding the house—a labour of loveMás ejemplos en oraciones
- You're right, it was a labor of love.
- These and the other films scheduled have all been labours of love.
- Since I usually get paid by the word (except for labours of love, of course, like this review), I'm all in favour of that.
labour the point
- Explain or discuss something at excessive length.Oraciones de ejemplo
overemphasize, belabour, overstress, place/lay too much emphasis on, overdo, strain, over-elaborate, overplay, attach too much importance/weight to, make too much of, exaggerate, dwell on, harp on (about), expound on, expand
- The council labours the point that the benchmark return for a company is the 'risk-free' return shareholders could earn on their investment.
- In my own writings, I have always laboured the point that beer can be used in many different ways: as a marinade, in braising, sauces, batters, doughs, and so forth.
- If I am labouring the point it is for a reason.
Verbos con partícula
labour under
- I'm always open to listening to new artists, labouring under the belief that all artists were at some point new and that they had to be given their fair shake.
- I think they are laboring under the belief that the state has put up everything they've got to show, that Amber's the icing on the cake.
- I was marginally shocked when they sat down beside me; I was still labouring under the belief that guys were way too cool to sit cross - legged, especially on the grass.
Middle English: from Old French labour (noun), labourer (verb), both from Latin labor 'toil, trouble'.
Labour came into English through French from Latin labor 'toil, distress, trouble', also found in laboratory (early 17th century) a place of work, and elaborate (late 16th century) 'produced by much labour'. In the late 18th century the Scottish economist Adam Smith used the word technically for work directed towards providing the needs of a community, and paved the way for the use of labour in political contexts. The British Labour Party was formed in 1906 to represent ordinary working people. A task requiring enormous strength or effort is a labour of Hercules or a Herculean labour. In Greek mythology Hercules had superhuman strength and performed twelve tasks or 'labours' imposed on him as a penance for killing his children in a fit of madness. After his death he was ranked among the gods.
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outside- 1950's french army duffel bag - dead stock cowhide leather inside- dead stock indigo chambray - japanese selvage denim inner pktadditional- french army rifle sling closure- pocket for U-lock- loops for fixing the bag to the frame
Paris based Smog Bicylettes collaborate with Amsterdam based Atelier de l'Armée for a limited series of bikes with handcrafted backpack and roll kit.
The fixed gear bike with a Smog Bicyclettes frame has a hand painted camouflage pattern based on the Swedish army M90 camou and is outfitted with a wooden Tibaut Malet handlebar and a leather Brooks saddle. It comes with a handcrafted Atelier de l'Armée backpack and roll kit custom made to fit the frame. Both are made out of a 1950's French army duffel bag mixed with dead stock cowhide leather. The additional trouser strap is made out of a French army rifle sling.
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