Sentences with phrase «long as brick»

As long as brick and mortar bookstores and libraries don't disappear, I'm okay with it.

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The radio broadcasting business is undergoing a similar process as the brick - and - mortar meltdown, where PE firms piled into big retailers during the LBO boom before the Financial Crisis and left the sector strewn with over-indebted retailers that then got slammed by a structural shift to online that they no longer had the resources to follow.

I've also set some goals: In the near term, I want to add staff, grow my audience and increase sales; in the long term, I want to open a brick - and - mortar space somewhere in the States, to function as a design studio, store and workshop venue.

Pragmatism may be preventing Bezos from pulling the trigger on long - rumored initiatives such as same - day delivery and a move into brick - and - mortar retail — two projects that remain tremendous financial challenges, even for a company of Amazon's scale and execution prowess.

Acme, the brick - maker, was listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as making the biggest brick in history, a nine - foot - long monster dubbed «Baby Clay.»

It has come a long way from its beginnings as an online bookstore — it is now not only a one - stop shop where you can buy Tuscan milk, underwear, and an array of Amazon - built gadgets, but also an incredibly profitable technological services company that is making inroads into health care, banking, and brick - and - mortar retail.

But, perhaps more importantly, the acquisitions could go a long way to proving out Forerunner's thesis: That as more purchases move online, traditional brick - and - mortar retailers will struggle to adapt and digitally native brands and retailers will be valued at a premium.

As a long - term indicator of trend, the 200 - day moving average usually acts as a brick walAs a long - term indicator of trend, the 200 - day moving average usually acts as a brick walas a brick wall.

A: Amazon (AMZN) is a company we have long admired, but only recently were we afforded an opportunity to purchase it at a lower price - to - sales ratio than the average bricks and mortar store (defining sales as gross market value of all items sold on its website).

We used DUPLO to demonstrate how long a swordfish is, Z counted 158 bricks in 3m, which was the same as all three children lying end to end.

The district must order 50 bricks at a time, which can mean long waits for some buyers as orders trickle in, officials said.

A portion of the century - old building, whose imposing red brick turrets jut up from the intersection of Atlantic and Bedford avenues like the spires of a medieval castle, has long served as an assessment center for the department.

«Defects are intermixed with the normal diamond structure, just as if the wall had an occasional half - brick or longer brick or row of bricks that's slightly displaced to one side or another.»

You can use tea bags, discs, bricks or even loose tea, so long as it's the real thing.

There's nothing wrong with that, as long as the 20 + hours you spend in - game manage to entertain and enthral as much as the bricks themselves.

Sufficed to say that Robert Englund appears in fright latex, affecting equal parts Dr. Strangelove and Lionel Barrymore's Mr. Potter as Mr. Gartley, the decrepit, despotic owner of an old industrial steam laundry that features as its centerpiece the massive, four - story long Hadley Watson Model - 6 Steam Ironer & Folder, which sits in the middle of his brick sweatshop belching steam like the boiler in The Overlook Hotel.

BRICK cements Joseph Gordon - Levitt's transition from kid comedy star to serious adult actor, though, for those with long memories, he was doing some excellent work as his generation's designated «creepy kid» before signing up for the absurdist shenanigans of «Third Rock from the Sun.»

«With LEGO Education's long tradition of using the LEGO brick as a strong hands - on learning tool to increase engagement and Pearson's renowned credibility and strong foothold in the education market, we know this solution will help educators with students who need extra support.»

DesignShare has long argued that school design and architecture need to be as much about caps, gowns, and mortarboards as about mortar, steel, and bricks.

While it might turn out to be necessary to possess some factual bricks before you can use your cognitive mortar to construct a wall, so long as you can «always look them up» the schools are absolved from any obligation to ensure that facts are stored in your brain.

What used to be a small pamphlet now is a hundreds - pages long brick of a book, sometimes divided into multiple, smaller books so as not to break bindings.

Verify the ground is good and then and work your way back towards the fuse box looking for an open as long as the wiring is accessible (Have a friend / brick depress the pedal).

There is already a pretty simple, brick - free solution for getting Froyo on the Streak, as long as you can install a driver.

That may not be BN's problem for too much longer though, as company founder Leonaro Riggio started openly opining on the notion of buying back the company's 689 brick - and - mortar stores (not to mention bn.com) back in February.

Fans have been complaining for a long time about the relative insanity of paying $ 4 per comic book, and digital's been threatening to shutter brick and mortar comic shops as well.

So, if you start to complete all these tasks, you will lose the warranty of your Google Nexus 10 — be careful as if you damage or brick your tablet while trying to update it to Android 5.1 Lollipop via Chroma custom ROM firmware, you will no longer be able to reclaim the warranty (so, you might have to learn how to manually fix a bricked Android based device).

Having just re-upped for another two books with my brick - and - mortar house, I don't have to weigh the decision anymore, but as JSB wrote, like any other author, I'm only one or two flops away from no longer having a publishing home.

Presumably, so long as I avoid certain pitfalls of self - publishing (improper editing, crappy cover design, and lazy marketing), the only big disadvantages of going indie would be visibility: hurdles to jump to get brick - and - mortar locations to stock the title, and to get Amazon and other online retailers to stick the book cover somewhere noticeable (Hugh Howey is a very convincing pseudo-advocate for self - publishing).

If it is, in fact, trying to drive consumer prices down (and accept short - term losses) in order to be the only (or major) supplier of books to consumers and / or reseller of books from publishers, this can be viewed as predatory pricing — perhaps good for the consumer in the very short run, but less so in the long run, since there are significant fixed costs to establishing a similar e - book / bricks & mortar presence in the market, particularly in the light of Amazon's potential willingness to drop prices enough to make business untenable for the new entrant.

But logistical issues such as terms and catalogues may no longer be relevant moving into 2016, as Amazon expands into bricks - and - mortar stores, possibly bypassing the traditional publisher - distributor - bookseller model.

They want high ebook prices so that they can hang onto their outdated IP - dependent business model of selling paperbacks and hardcovers in big box brick & mortar stores for as long as possible.

Seeing my values drop like a brick isn't much fun, but as long as its not going to be a 10 year bear market I'll be happy.

It's not as big a deal with online investing where you won't need to worry about brick and mortar locations given the long - term nature of your investment transactions.

A number of studies were conducted over the last decade and each came to the same conclusion: There is very little difference in the heat efficiency between a brick - to - brick new window replacement and a retrofitted window combined with a storm window, as long as the windows were low - E.

Hyman highlights ProShares Decline of the Retail Store ETF (EMTY), which tracks the inverse of the returns of the Solactive - ProShares Brick and Mortar Retail Store Index and ProShares Long / Online Short Stores ETF (CLIX), which provides investors with an opportunity to benefit from the outperformance of online retailers as well as the underperformance of bricks - and - mortar retailers.

In the case of a glass tank, if nothing else, a heavy weight, such as a brick, can be placed on top, as long as it doesn't reduce the amount of air surface too much.

This places greater emphasis on composing a suitable team, especially as the game only allows one of each operator class per team; the progression system where you use «renown'to unlock operators kind of hits a brick wall after you collect around half, however, and it's a painfully long grind to get the remaining characters without having to resort to the awkwardly shoehorned in micro-transaction system.

However, if you're moving from an original Xbox One then you'll need to swap out the power brick as the new machine no longer needs it.

After Burner II and Hang On should be included, but I was having difficulties building the Hang On motorcycle out of bricks, and I could tell it would take a long time to get After Burner right, so I decided to just start the project with the three I had already completed with the hopes that I'd be able to build the rest as the project gathered support.

Billy and Jimmy aren't alone, as long - standing foes Williams, Linda, and even the brick - busting Abobo try and stop them.

As of January 1st, the LEGO Group no longer asks for the thematic purpose when selling large quantities of LEGO bricks for projects.

Granted, some Li - ion batteries have a long life, but as you may have also experienced, some of them aren't so long - lived, and if you can't replace the battery, the device essentially becomes a brick.

At some point, a metaphorical «Nokia brick» goes from somewhat valuable to entirely obsolete as newer, longer - range, more mainstream models (Blackberrys, iPhones) start making their way onto the used market too.

As long as you can see the difference between online providers of San Gabriel renters insurance and those companies that have been established in brick and mortar offices for a long period of time, then you'll be a little more selective on whom you choosAs long as you can see the difference between online providers of San Gabriel renters insurance and those companies that have been established in brick and mortar offices for a long period of time, then you'll be a little more selective on whom you choosas you can see the difference between online providers of San Gabriel renters insurance and those companies that have been established in brick and mortar offices for a long period of time, then you'll be a little more selective on whom you choose.

The gripping power of assembled LEGO bricks, how well they stick together, is called the «clutch»; although there is no official estimate from the LEGO company as to how many times you can stick and unstick the bricks together, LEGO fans have conducted tests that indicate the bricks can be used 36,000 - 38,000 times before they will no longer hold firmly together.

However, if you want to work as long as possible without carrying around your power brick, then the Surface Book 2 15 comes out ahead.

Otherwise, if you don't mind carrying around a brick in your pocket or bag, the ZeroLemon Rugged Battery Case offers the most capable charging case available — as long as you're willing to deal with all that added bulk.

As you'll see in our video preview, getting all the power of a Huawei Mate phone no longer means carrying around a giant brick of a phone in your pocket.

The long - term effect is unclear, although it is likely to result in creative new store formats as brick - and - mortar retailers incorporate their online platforms and try to enhance the «store experience.»

British bricks and mortar has long been established as a popular choice for an investor community looking to balance domestic volatility with a portfolio - diversifying asset.