Sentences with phrase «with noble ends»

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Independent bookstores, which were already threatened by big chains, like Borders and Barnes & Noble, knew they would end up having to compete with Amazon's wholesale prices and scale.

While ending buffering is certainly a noble goal, the challenge redoubles almost daily with the creation of new products that demand better and better delivery systems.

Farsight the Eagle brings to Tirian Roonwit's last message: «I was with him in his last hour and he gave me this message to your Majesty: to remember that all worlds draw to an end and that noble death is a treasure which no one is too poor to buy.»

The human mind that abstracts from the realism and intuition of St. John, to theologise its own version of the Jesus of History as distinct from the Jesus of Faith, must always end up with a supreme Prophet who is less than the transcendent divine, who is not pre-existent to the Universe and Creation, and who at the very highest is «divine» only as a supreme emanation of a «holy and noble consciousness» at the root of being itself, and identified with Creation itself.

It was an ending that brought tears to my own eyes as I watched Diana, both blessed and cursed with immortality, realize that she will mourn Trevor literally forever as she takes on the noble but never - ending task of rescuing mortals from their own appalling pickles.

If in the ruins of Rome, St. Augustine dreamed of a civilisation that should be the City of God on earth, and penned, even while weighted with despair and expectation of the end of the world, the noble outline of the Christian order which inspired so much of mediaeval thought, how much more reason have we today, with so much greater resources, to expect for our civilisation a resurrection out of our decay.

Despite having allowed Kouyate and Noble to blag season ending sick - notes he attempted to maintain the same system equipped with unsuitable players against a Liverpool side that were set up very differently.

West Ham captain Mark Noble has stressed the club have had a «great season» no matter what as they wait to see if it ends with a place in Europe, and has labelled the 2015 - 16 campaign «the most important in club history.»

ENDS For interview requests ahead of the march or on the day please contact: Pauline Doyle on: 07976 832 861 Ciaran Naidoo on: 07768 931 315 Shaun Noble on: 07768 693 940 Notes to editors: Unite is Britain and Ireland's largest trade union with 1.5 million members working across all sectors of the economy.

The one - term mayor whose administration is marked by reform, revitalization, and controversy, ended Thursday night when upstart candidate Steve Noble took the party line by a wide margin, along with most of his supporters in the ward races.

German politics at the time had the following rough divisions: A far left wing, personified by the KPD and USPD, which wanted a radical redistribution of wealth from rich profiteers to people at all levels; a social reorganization, doing away with noble, military, landowning, and industrial elite rulers; and an end to...

In the end, despite eloquent reasoning between both sides of the lengthy Parks and Recreation debate, votes fell along political lines, with advocates of keeping Steve Noble's job representing the Noble faction on the common council, and the refuseniks hailing from «Team Gallo.»

After the end of that administration, the Support Our Troops Foundation appears to have gone to sleep, abandoning what I think was its noble objective with the «demise» of that administration.

«The time has come for humanity to journey to Mars» is how the Declaration begins, and it ends with the words, «No nobler cause has ever been.

Spooner became deeply infatuated with Wilberforce, and she encouraged him not to give up on his noble goals; with her help, Wilberforce launched a second campaign to persuade England's lawmakers to end the slave trade.

Chris Evans being more comfortable than ever playing the role of noble Cap, coupled with how Civil War handles Steve's relationship with Bucky Barnes (Sebastian Stan, who's also solid in his own right), helps make Steve's storyline more impactful - but in the end the MCU version of Civil War is still more interesting as an Iron Man story than a Captain America story.

UNTITLED JUSTIN NOBLE PROJECT (single camera) STUDIO: CBS TV Studios / ABC Studios TEAM: Justin Noble (w, co-ep), Aaron Kaplan (ep), Dana Honor (ep), Will Gluck (d, ep), Richard Schwartz (ep), Wendi Trilling (ep), Kat Dennings (p) LOGLINE: Revolves around two guest service associates at a high - end resort and the co-workers and guests that they're stuck with for eight to 16 hours aNOBLE PROJECT (single camera) STUDIO: CBS TV Studios / ABC Studios TEAM: Justin Noble (w, co-ep), Aaron Kaplan (ep), Dana Honor (ep), Will Gluck (d, ep), Richard Schwartz (ep), Wendi Trilling (ep), Kat Dennings (p) LOGLINE: Revolves around two guest service associates at a high - end resort and the co-workers and guests that they're stuck with for eight to 16 hours aNoble (w, co-ep), Aaron Kaplan (ep), Dana Honor (ep), Will Gluck (d, ep), Richard Schwartz (ep), Wendi Trilling (ep), Kat Dennings (p) LOGLINE: Revolves around two guest service associates at a high - end resort and the co-workers and guests that they're stuck with for eight to 16 hours a day.

Whitegate School Head Lee Noble said: «It's been great working with MX Display after winning this competition and we are delighted with the end results.

The approach is similar to the one Barnes & Noble uses with its Nook Simple Touch with Glowlight, but Amazon's software implementation adjusts the hue of the lighting so that the page appears whiter as you advance the light level toward the high end of its 24 levels of brightness.

Barnes and Noble announced at a recent earnings call that they have ended their partnership with Microsoft.

On the smaller end is Amazon's basic Kindle or Barnes & Noble's Nook Glowlight +, which are pretty light and easy to take with you on the go.

Barnes & Noble will stop manufacturing its own Nook tablets, marking the end of its expensive attempt to compete alone with deep - pocketed rivals Amazon.com, Apple and Google in the tablet wars.

Earlier this year, Bethesda Row book lovers were disappointed to hear that Barnes & Noble would close its three - level store at the corner of Woodmont and Bethesda avenues when its lease expires with Federal Realty Investment Trust at the end of 2017.

Barnes & Noble said Thursday that its split with Microsoft would provide «a clearer path» to split the two businesses, which it said could take place by the end of August 2015.

TheStreet.com noted that Barnes & Noble ended a three - year e-book partnership with Microsoft Corp. and Adobe Systems Inc. in 2003 because of disappointing demand for a tablet device they produced.

According to theStreet.com, one unnamed wireless industry insider said that Barnes & Noble was working with Sprint after discussions for a similar deal ended with Verizon Wireless.

At the end of the workshop, you'll leave with knowledge of a reliable conversion process based on freely available software that will quickly get your book exported to files for the Amazon KDP, Barnes & Noble, PubIt, and Apple iTunes marketplaces.

If you are unfamiliar with Youtube embedding, we will show you how to add the end result to your websites and ebook listings on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Kobo, and many more!

Horner's employment with Barnes & Noble ended right after the deal with Author Solutions was concluded, but the contract between Nook Press Author Services and its users confirms her statement that Barnes & Noble plans to expand the range of services.

Kobo recently raised the ire of some authors due to restrictions in its self - publishing platform, Writing Life, due to the appearance of erotica and adult - themed self - published ebooks making their way into online book retailers» children's sections, with the end result being a statement from the company that they will not consider for sale certain inappropriate thematic elements and that, like most of the other retailers including Amazon and Barnes and Noble, they would be deleting titles whose metadata or keywords seemed intentionally misleading.

But by the time Apple's iPad, the Nook from Barnes & Noble (BKS), and others finish chewing away at its market share, Jeff Bezos and company will end up with something like 30 percent of digital book business, says J.P. Morgan analyst Imran Khan

With over 130 picture books, and double that number planned by the end of 2010, Barnes & Noble launches Nook Color with an engaging, albeit proprietary, approach to storytelling for childWith over 130 picture books, and double that number planned by the end of 2010, Barnes & Noble launches Nook Color with an engaging, albeit proprietary, approach to storytelling for childwith an engaging, albeit proprietary, approach to storytelling for children.

Barnes & Noble ended up in a lawsuit with shareholders (including the Louisiana Municipal Police Employees Retirement System).

With over 130 picture books, and double that number planned by the end of 2010, Barnes & Noble launches NookColor with an engaging, albeit proprietary, approach to storytelling for childWith over 130 picture books, and double that number planned by the end of 2010, Barnes & Noble launches NookColor with an engaging, albeit proprietary, approach to storytelling for childwith an engaging, albeit proprietary, approach to storytelling for children.

Nonetheless the fact that we might end up with Barnes and Noble stores that sell Ques and not Nooks is weird.

Get Pop - Cultured at Barnes & Noble: With this month bookended by Anime Expo in Anaheim Los Angeles at the beginning of it and Comic - Con International in San Diego toward the end, it's pretty safe to say that this month is a pop - culture paradise.

The long wait just gets ended when Barnes and Noble mark its comeback in the competitive market with its latest version of the tablet, Nook tablet -LSB-...]

For Amazon, Kobo and Barnes and Noble, tablets were the clear high end of the reading market, with color touchscreen and full app stores.

While the launch of the iPad almost certainly was a foretelling of the end of the dedicated eReader device, the actual extinction event started this week with Barnes & Noble's introduction of a $ 149.00, Wi - Fi only Nook, as well as a significant price drop of the Wi - Fi / 3G model to $ 199 from $ 259.00.

As with the music industry, what I suspect will end up happening is a consolidation of the various houses into a few major players (with, most likely, Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and Apple among them).

To that end, Google will offer most of the titles that currently are available in other e-bookstores at launch or shortly after with prices similar to those at Amazon and Barnes & Noble, Google told the publication.

[75] On December 4, 2014, Barnes & Noble announced an end to its partnership with Microsoft connected to Nook and that it intended to complete the separation of Nook by the end of the first quarter of 2015.

Such statements reflect the current views of Barnes & Noble with respect to future events, the outcome of which is subject to certain risks, including, among others, the general economic environment and consumer spending patterns, decreased consumer demand for Barnes & Noble's products, low growth or declining sales and net income due to various factors, possible disruptions in Barnes & Noble's computer systems, telephone systems or supply chain, possible risks associated with data privacy, information security and intellectual property, possible work stoppages or increases in labor costs, possible increases in shipping rates or interruptions in shipping service, effects of competition, possible risks that inventory in channels of distribution may be larger than able to be sold, possible risks associated with changes in the strategic direction of the device business, including possible reduction in sales of content, accessories and other merchandise and other adverse financial impacts, possible risk that component parts will be rendered obsolete or otherwise not be able to be effectively utilized in devices to be sold, possible risk that financial and operational forecasts and projections are not achieved, possible risk that returns from consumers or channels of distribution may be greater than estimated, the risk that digital sales growth is less than expectations and the risk that it does not exceed the rate of investment spend, higher - than - anticipated store closing or relocation costs, higher interest rates, the performance of Barnes & Noble's online, digital and other initiatives, the success of Barnes & Noble's strategic investments, unanticipated increases in merchandise, component or occupancy costs, unanticipated adverse litigation results or effects, product and component shortages, the potential adverse impact on the Company's businesses resulting from the Company's prior reviews of strategic alternatives and the potential separation of the Company's businesses, the risk that the transactions with Microsoft and Pearson do not achieve the expected benefits for the parties or impose costs on the Company in excess of what the Company anticipates, including the risk that NOOK Media's applications are not commercially successful or that the expected distribution of those applications is not achieved, risks associated with the international expansion contemplated by the relationship with Microsoft, including that it is not successful or is delayed, the risk that NOOK Media is not able to perform its obligations under the Microsoft and Pearson commercial agreements and the consequences thereof, risks associated with the restatement contained in, the delayed filing of, and the material weakness in internal controls described in Barnes & Noble's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended April 27, 2013, risks associated with the SEC investigation disclosed in the quarterly report on Form 10 - Q for the fiscal quarter ended October 26, 2013, risks associated with the ongoing efforts to rationalize the NOOK business and the expected costs and benefits of such efforts and associated risks and other factors which may be outside of Barnes & Noble's control, including those factors discussed in detail in Item 1A, «Risk Factors,» in Barnes & Noble's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended April 27, 2013, and in Barnes & Noble's other filings made hereafter from time to time with the SEC.

Two separate public companies will be created, with one set to contain the Nook tablet and e-reader side of the business, and Barnes & Noble hopes to complete all the necessary steps for separation by the end of the first quarter of next year.

You will, however, leave with a strong understanding of how a book ends up on the shelves of Barnes & Noble, and where authors stand within the whirring machinery of the publishing business.

Based on the press release, the claim is that Barnes & Noble used information, including design details, gained from meetings with Spring Design which were intended to end in a joint product.

But Barnes & Noble is dealing with tough competition on that end from the likes of Amazon.com Inc.'s Kindle and others.

Barnes & Noble Inc. has put its Sterling Publishing business up for sale, say people familiar with the situation, signaling a likely end to its decades - long involvement in the publishing of its own books.

However, Borders ended the relationship with Amazon to run its own [borders.com website] which now redirects to Barnes & Nobles.

Such statements reflect the current views of Barnes & Noble with respect to future events, the outcome of which is subject to certain risks, including, among others, the effect of the proposed separation of NOOK Media, the general economic environment and consumer spending patterns, decreased consumer demand for Barnes & Noble's products, low growth or declining sales and net income due to various factors, possible disruptions in Barnes & Noble's computer systems, telephone systems or supply chain, possible risks associated with data privacy, information security and intellectual property, possible work stoppages or increases in labor costs, possible increases in shipping rates or interruptions in shipping service, effects of competition, possible risks that inventory in channels of distribution may be larger than able to be sold, possible risks associated with changes in the strategic direction of the device business, including possible reduction in sales of content, accessories and other merchandise and other adverse financial impacts, possible risk that component parts will be rendered obsolete or otherwise not be able to be effectively utilized in devices to be sold, possible risk that financial and operational forecasts and projections are not achieved, possible risk that returns from consumers or channels of distribution may be greater than estimated, the risk that digital sales growth is less than expectations and the risk that it does not exceed the rate of investment spend, higher - than - anticipated store closing or relocation costs, higher interest rates, the performance of Barnes & Noble's online, digital and other initiatives, the success of Barnes & Noble's strategic investments, unanticipated increases in merchandise, component or occupancy costs, unanticipated adverse litigation results or effects, product and component shortages, risks associated with the commercial agreement with Samsung, the potential adverse impact on the Company's businesses resulting from the Company's prior reviews of strategic alternatives and the potential separation of the Company's businesses (including with respect to the timing of the completion thereof), the risk that the transactions with Pearson and Samsung do not achieve the expected benefits for the parties or impose costs on the Company in excess of what the Company anticipates, including the risk that NOOK Media's applications are not commercially successful or that the expected distribution of those applications is not achieved, risks associated with the international expansion previously undertaken, including any risks associated with a reduction of international operations following termination of the Microsoft commercial agreement, the risk that NOOK Media is not able to perform its obligations under the Pearson and Samsung commercial agreements and the consequences thereof, the risks associated with the termination of Microsoft commercial agreement, including potential customer losses, risks associated with the restatement contained in, the delayed filing of, and the material weakness in internal controls described in Barnes & Noble's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended April 27, 2013, risks associated with the SEC investigation disclosed in the quarterly report on Form 10 - Q for the fiscal quarter ended October 26, 2013, risks associated with the ongoing efforts to rationalize the NOOK business and the expected costs and benefits of such efforts and associated risks and other factors which may be outside of Barnes & Noble's control, including those factors discussed in detail in Item 1A, «Risk Factors,» in Barnes & Noble's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended May 3, 2014, and in Barnes & Noble's other filings made hereafter from time to time with the SEC.