The downside of the British system, of course, is that handicaps are based on fewer reported scores and thus are slower to reflect a player's changing ability.
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Scaradorable the Hunter starts getting into expensive casting cost territory at five, but players get a very reasonable 4000 points of power and a potentially game changing ability for the price.
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Some industry insiders suspect discounting like this on a such a wide scale could fundamentally change shopping behavior, much like Walmart changed promotional activity with EDLP or the internet is changing our ability to always compare pirces.
The improved ability to scale infrastructure up or down to meet dynamically changing and new business needs increases business ability while shared IT infrastructure not only reduces hardware acquisition costs but also results in significant savings in IT staffing costs and data center space, power, and cooling.
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Consider fast-paced industries where products and services are rapidly changing, and where the ability to identify opportunities will be essential, like the tech sector or social media.
The preservation of employment, for instance, impairs management flexibility to adjust inputs to changing market conditions, and its ability to explore new business opportunities.
They can thus be found inside network routers, telecoms switches, mobile-phone base stations and many other devices that need both the processing speed of specialist hardware and the ability to respond to changing standards.
In the last year Asimo has mastered running and more importantly, the ability to react to a changing environment.
Competitive European economies need young people to join their workforce with skills that are adaptable to the workplace, experience in doing a job and an ability to keep up with changing technologies.
But surely the real answer is the market is changing at a pace that already outstripped our ability to simultaneously interpret it.
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The second objection, according to the board's chair, is the effect changing its status would have upon its current ability to make arm's-length decisions from the assembly government.
And, despite all the noise and very real angst over our ability to compete in this fast-changing world, so are most Americans.
He makes a strong case for lifting restrictions on their ability to refinance their loans and for changing laws that prevent them from discharging their debt in bankruptcy court.
And what does it tell us about the defense establishment's ability to cope with the swiftly expanding and changing threats facing Israel?
It will benefit from British Airways' experience in the transatlantic market and have the ability to be innovative and respond quickly to changing customer demands.
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For the Lib Dems, the political dynamic between now and the next Assembly elections in 2016 will therefore largely be governed by the fortunes of the party at a UK level, rather than the ability to make any sort of game-changing move in Wales.
The ability to manipulate large, complex and fast-changing data can provide a competitive advantage, Bain told Processor.com.
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The organization does not have the ability to easily assess the impact of new or changing regulations that affect policy.
This approach allows site owners the ability to quickly and cheaply optimize and adapt to changing layouts and features of the rapidly changing platform.
In an early paper, Lanier wrote of the ability of some octopuses to express fear or anger by changing color.
The publishing industry is changing and authors are becoming empowered, not just because of their ability to self-publish, but also because of the free flow of information and easier networking, Penn said.
Still, for Mr. Newell, the changing winds in the scientific research shouldn't give Johns Hopkins the ability to veer away from his aunt's wishes.
Even internationally, where health issues are not as prevalent, a key driver of growth has been McDonald's ability to develop new food products that cater to the current and changing lifestyles of a specific region.
After a century of unprecedented growth in science, technology, and the economy, we now face tremendous challenges to our ability to fuel the future: a fluctuating oil price, a changing climate, and continued dependence on unreliable energy sources.
"SpareOne has become a game-changing preparedness device since its launch, gaining national notoriety for its innovation and ability to keep lines of communication open when power is completely unavailable or inaccessible, " said Alan Cymberknoh, SpareOne Project Director at XPAL Power.
Increasingly, the federal government and many state governments are demanding greater efficiencies, cost reductions and more data on outcomes from colleges and universities further complicating the ability of those institutions to be flexible and responsive to the constantly changing outside world.
So is the ability to integrate new ideas into existing mental models, particularly in fast-changing fields like technology.
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Our ability to resist an impulse determines our success in learning a new behavior or changing an old habit.
The trial is significant because it tests the ability of U.S. patent and design laws to keep pace with the fast-changing technology industry and to ultimately benefit consumers.
Even as prospective theater adversaries build up their military capabilities and acquire more advanced weapons and systems, the ability of regional allies to contribute to their own defense and the security of their regions is changing.
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