... around the world The immediate trigger ofthe crisis was the end ofthe housing booms in the United States and other countries and the associated problems in mortgage markets, notably the 206 ... public offerings, and mutual funds during the same period Nevertheless, Congress did not seriously consider the question of whether financial conglomerates threatened the stability ofthe financial ... pay off their credit card balances As in the case of nonprime home mortgages, LCFIs ignored the risks of nonprime credit card loans because they could securitize most ofthe loans However, the...
... functions of Ó FEBS 2004 b-arrestins, or by modulating the activity of protein kinase C, which can activate Raf isoforms at the apex ofthe ERK1/2 module (reviewed in [42]) Redox regulation at each of ... effects of pharmacological inhibitors of ERK1/2 activation can be established, as contributions of glial cell derived cytokines or vascular effects ofthe inhibitors are not a factor However, the ... not a factor However, the possibility of other kinases also being affected by the inhibitors cannot be excluded Molecular manipulation of select components ofthe ERK1/2 signaling pathway will be...
... I.1 What’s theDark Side? I.1.1 Why theDark Side? I.1.2 Who Cares About theDark Side? I.1.3 How Dark is theDark Side? I.1.4 What Else is on theDark Side? I.1.5 Ethics and theDarkSide I.1.6 ... start ofthe race The analysis ofthe failure ofthe project concludes the following: “Study after study reveals that sprinters have the most problems in the fractions of a second around the start, ... opposing group of professors never lost the desire to stop the project.) The Achilles’ heel ofthe project was the conceptual conflict between the anonymity ofthe feedback and the security against...
... access thedarksideofthe lung, in other words, the lung interior, and define the architecture of parenchyma that is not Page of (page number not for citation purposes) anchored to the pleural ... colleagues equate the presence of alveolar deformation in the pleural plane with alveolar instability and injury The authors defend this assumption with the observation that in the absence of injurious ... estimates of tissue architecture) are excellent[11] In light of these observations it must be concluded that Pavone’s index of alveolar instability is biased by the constraint to keep the local...
... held their position by virtue ofthe divine right of kings’ They were the anointed representatives of God on Earth and to challenge the legitimacy of their rule was to flout the will ofthe divine ... power 59 Thedarksideof leadership and silence in the workplace 77 The folly and the dangers of leadership education in business schools 96 PART II Case studies 115 Thedarksideof leadership ... influential Why thedark side? Why now? 13 individuals advocated political ends, in the pursuit of which the lives of their followers, not to mention those of their enemies, were of little significance...
... ke is the rate of return that the equity investor in this asset would demand given the riskiness ofthe cash flows and the value of equity at the end ofthe asset’s life is the value ofthe asset ... million The value of equity today can be computed as the sum ofthe present values ofthe free cash flows to equity during the next 10 years and the present value ofthe terminal value at the end of ... discounted back to the present to get the value ofthe firm today shown above as $ 2,645.60 million Note that this is not the value ofthe equity ofthe firm To get to the value ofthe equity, you...
... play is historical The later suggestion of Mr Acheson that theDark Lady, far from being a maid of honor, kept a tavern in Oxford and was the mother of Davenant the poet, is the one I should have ... motherly interest in Pembroke There is a further temptation in the theory for me The most charming of all Shakespear's old women, indeed the most charming of all his women, young or old, is the ... was she who suggested a scene of jealousy between Queen Elizabeth and theDark Lady at the expense ofthe unfortunate Bard Now this, if theDark Lady was a maid of honor, was quite easy If she...
... two, and then tell the entire story of that theme: the history of salt; the fragility of democracy; the use and misuse of punctuation This book has no such unifying theme We did consider, for ... Most of their theories sounded perfectly logical It was the roaring 1990s economy, they said, that helped turn back crime It was the proliferation of gun control laws, they said It was the sort of ... speeches about the wonderful opportunities ofthe global economy; they’ll be trying to keep body and soul together for people on the streets of these cities.” The smart money was plainly on the criminals...
... revenue Unlike the busy lifestyle of fulfilling orders taken through a Web site, the passive-revenue lifestyle lets the site the work, not you 19 20 Part I: Meeting the Other Sideof Google Google ... controlled their costs and tracked their returns) In time, the advantages of eBay’s system got the attention of midsize brick-and-mortar stores, which now operate eBay outlets as an essential part of their ... Part I: Meeting the Other Sideof Google In the next two years, online businesses might want to diversify their marketing efforts, reaching for recognition on other platforms besides Google’s...
... differences in the spectral maxima in the visible region ofthe Fe(III) species, spectra ofthe Asp40 mutants were essentially similar to that ofthe wild-type protein Additionally, spin states ofthe Fe(III), ... mM)1Æs)1) ofthe wild-type protein (Table 2) The data indicate that mutation of Asp40 at the haem proximal side alters the cyanide binding property only slightly, and may not significantly affect the ... significantly affect the binding of exogenous ligands, such as the cyanide anion, to the Fe(III) complex [17], and O2 and CO to the Fe(II) complex [18] However, the PDE activities of these mutants are...
... rumblings of thunder we could hear the low sough and moan ofthe wind in the trees outside ofthe stockade, like the suppressed wail of human beings in pain; then would come a flare of flickering ... was then the county-seat of Union county, but the name did not suit the people, and the title ofthe county was changed to Davis Late at night we retired, making our beds on the soft sides of ... abundance of clear and good water The stockade had two gates, the main entrance being on the north side and the other through the eastern fence or wall The guardhouse was opposite the main gate, the...
... but, when they come to the bumps in the road, they have in place the team and the skills to maneuver around the danger zone First, in Part I, we discuss the hard realities of life in the modern ... WELCOME TO THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT JUNGLE 11 Attempting to create successful project teams through the use of squishy-sounding words like these is often derided as the use of soft skills But the ability ... little understanding ofthe real concerns and issues ofthe local employees Discussion with peers at other sites revealed much the same feeling After the calls, many ofthe attendees at Tom’s...
... them navigate the twists and turns ofthe financial universe That effort was the genesis of a loyal community that remains to this day, and it was then I realized the power ofthe Internet, the ... enjoyed the California weather, I was a New Yorker at heart, and I wanted to be closer to the other sideof my family CHAPTER • BAGEL BOY 17 My lone goal was to be on the other sideofthe cash ... be true to themselves and find some semblance of balance The Other Sideof Wall Street ends with Chapter 18 aptly titled The Journey,” but there are now another dozen chapters since the book was...
... THE BIRTH OFTHESUV Early Rumblings Reviving a Corpse Creating the Ford Explorer Paving the Road to Ever Bigger SUVs TheSUV Economy Reptile Dreams 18 43 61 81 93 PART TWO THE D A R K SIDEOF ... Seducing the Press The Green Prince The Ford Explorer-Firestone Tire Debacle 221 238 271 282 303 PART THREE THE F U T U R E OFTHESUV 16 17 18 19 20 The Next Drivers of SUVs Crossover Utilities The ... popularity of SUVs has revived the economy ofthe upper Midwest and has helped power the American economy since the early 1990s Yet the proliferation of SUVs has created huge problems Their safe...
... make sure we don’t get on the wrong track or try to too much We’re always thinking about new markets we could enter, but it’s only by saying no that you can concentrate on the things that are really ... Eat your ownpoint where you can dogfood Get to a and will use it yourself Launch.better The sooner, the ... Priority Severity Impact LOE (Estimated) LOE (Actual) Browser/OS Relationships Keep it Redundant with the resolving comment Keep it Captured implicitly Captured implicitly Always “yesterday” Priority...
... but, when they come to the bumps in the road, they have in place the team and the skills to maneuver around the danger zone First, in Part I, we discuss the hard realities of life in the modern ... WELCOME TO THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT JUNGLE 11 Attempting to create successful project teams through the use of squishy-sounding words like these is often derided as the use of soft skills But the ability ... the request ofthe subject, but the issues faced and the decisions made are real These are people in the weeds, just like you, fighting their way out.) In Part IV, we go through the five process...
... little understanding ofthe real concerns and issues ofthe local employees Discussion with peers at other sites revealed much the same feeling After the calls, many ofthe attendees at Tom’s ... enough, there may be no impact, but the later in a project they are discovered, the larger their impact on cost and the greater the time to fix them Arun has found that driving a process of constant ... to find in the knowledge worker world Susan Lucia Annunzio, former adjunct professor of management at the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business and president and CEO ofThe Center...
... leadership, view the world in this simplistic way Quite often, this hinders the dissemination ofthe technology they create, exactly the opposite of what they would like to see The next three stories ... Accountability: All the team members knew what was expected of them and what they could expect of others Accountability went all the way to the design center VP, who himself told the team in a kickoff meeting ... project, much as they with schedules One set is shown to the outside world; the other is what the team is driven to meet Of course, the internal cost estimate is more aggressive—often much more...
... have discussed only twelve ofthe open items and closed only five of them Ravi has scheduled another two-hour meeting for the next day Another day shot, they drift back to their cubicles Jiao calls ... through each ofthe five phases of a project called Alpha Omega, inside the communications division of a hypothetical tech company called Best Technology Company (BTC) PM Assignment The communications ... reaching the front ofthe room “But I agree; the process has worked Here are Ravi’s pros and cons.” He projects the list they had all been e-mailed a few days earlier He then shows a list of Sheila’s...