Under the laws of quantum mechanics, the nuclei of atoms have shell-like structures analogous to the spheres in which given numbers of electrons exist in certain orbits around the nucleus.
The gray hyperglaze-like shell reminds us of the Samsung Galaxy S III in some ways.
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Inspired by the mysterious, incredible power of information technology, the LaCie Blade Runner combines an anthropomorphic metal interior with an angular cage-like shell.
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On Ruhrgas, Gazprom Export, GDF Suez, Qatar Petroleum, Royal Dutch Shell and Statoil - would like to see coal's share of the energy mix fall from 24% currently to between 4% and 9% by 2030.
But now cash-strapped consumers are often less willing to shell out for extras like French fries and fountain drinks -- items which traditionally receive a lofty markup, says Evan Hackel, a franchise management consultant in Reading, Mass.
And just how consumers shell out on e-commerce sites like, Amazon.com.
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The firing tube is supported in a tripod-like design and fires roughly a 3-pound shell, some 14 inches in length and a bit larger than 2 inches in diameter.
"How the sound reflects off this reflecting surface with this composite object on it - which is pretty big and has a cloaking shell on it - really reflects... just like a flat surface does, " Dr Cummer said.
Maybe South Africa are a little shell-shocked that club rugby can be like that.
In Africa, the corporate citizenship programs for companies like Shell, De Beers and Monsanto consist mostly of small-scale social projects like health clinics or micro-credit schemes.
And he points out that there are also non-Microsoft products in the space, like the Google Chromebook, the leading clam-shell style notebook on Amazon.com.
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Scaroni says he can win at a game that has humiliated sizable competitors like Shell and BP with one-way "renegotiations" and outright expropriation of their reserves.
Betina has found a way to modernize hand-embroidery techniques and indigenous materials like shell and pineapple weave fabric by playing on the strengths of her youth and her personal style urban with traces of influence from designers like Nicolas Ghesquiere, the team at Kenzo, Proenza Schouler, Givenchy and Alexander Wang.
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"It was like practicing bleeding, " says the shell-shocked Scruggs.
In essence, the idea is that the only thing really phone-like in a phone anymore is the outer shell: inside is a laptop waiting to break free.
After pollutants like mercury and sulfur are filtered out, the clean syngas can be burned to create electricity, like at the 250-megawatt power plant Shell built in Buggenum, Holland.
Scaroni says he can win at a game that has humiliated sizable competitors like Shell and BP (nyse: BP - news - people ) with one-way "renegotiations" and outright expropriation of their reserves.
But no hint of the cathedral-like, entrance hall and interior can be gleaned from this shell.
Proposals include a building a gas-to-liquids plant on the Gulf Coast like the giant Pearl GTL plant Shell has finally finished in Qatar.
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And the way the skinny neck disappeared between the animal's breastplate and shell-a squirming, live thing slipping hidden into dead stony stuff-it seemed suddenly like the Mystery of Mysteries, the very source of Life .
The idea was for Shell to keep growing in an asset-light manner, outsourcing much of the drilling to oilfield contractors like Schlumberger.
The idea was for Shell to keep growing in an asset-light manner, outsourcing much of the drilling to oilfield contractors like Schlumberger (nyse: SLB - news - people ).
It's split between two modes: an old-school one that works like the original right down to three buttons on the shell and an app mode that utilizes the touchscreen and allows users to play rock, paper, scissors with their pets.
The arena-in-progress resembles a rusty turtle, a shell of weathered steel and glass lurching its way into the intersection like it wants to cross the street and buy a dryer at P.
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