There comes a point where rules cease to promote safety or efficiency and become ends in themselves.

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In short, naval arms control is an excellent example of the degree to which weapons limitation or reduction agreements have become ends in themselves.

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The answer, historically, has come from organizations devoted to solving conflicts or protecting the rule of law as ends in themselves, who often try to remind donors of the economic dividends of their work.

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But tools are not ends in themselves.

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The first thing the winning players will do when Sunday's game ends is drape themselves in celebratory gear emblazoned with the Super Bowl logo.

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It took them a while to hit their stride but when once they did, Chelsea imposed themselves on the game in a manner that has eluded them, to costly ends, in recent matches.

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Sadly, even though Balanced see themselves in an escrow role for buyers and sellers, that is where it ends because they still depend on transactions and chargebacks flowing through the monopolistic credit card networks.

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