singe, wired, hard-wired, high wire, a High-Wire Act. end (LAST POINT)

• Moving a Masterpiece to La Guardia Is a High-Wire Act

“Personally, my life revolves around the half-dozen things that comfort me, and nothing more. I think I’m just wired that way.”

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adj. - Equipped with a flexible cable of wire especially for electric or telephone service; Telegraphed.

Churchill wired back. — George Bernard Shaw
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Institutional change and work-flow redesign are critical, she added, given the high rates of turnover in nursing home staff across the country.
The changes need to become hard-wired in an organization, said Mr. West, of Qualis. “A lot of places do well when they have a lot of support,” he said. “But it’s hard to keep that momentum going. That’s the real challenge.”

Safety Alert: Petzl America Warns of Burn Hazard from Headlamps; Product Should Only Be Used with Non-Rechargeable Batteries

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a safety alert for the following consumer products. Consumers should immediately stop using rechargable batteries with any of the products listed below.
Name of Product: “MYO” and “MYO Belt” Headlamps
Units: About 322,000
Distributor: Petzl America, of Clearfield, Utah
Manufacturer: Petzl S.A., of Crolles, France
Hazard: If the headlamp is used with rechargeable batteries, the cable connecting the battery pack to the lamp can spark, melt, or catch fire. This poses a burn hazard to consumers.
Incidents/Injuries: Petzl has received 13 reports of sparking and/or melting, with 2 reports of flames. One consumer received a minor burn to the hand, and another experienced singed hair.

Qualcomm, Nokia End Patent Fight

Qualcomm and Nokia agreed to end their legal battles over patent licensing, a deal that could bring big benefits to both companies and affect other players in the cellphone industry.

end (LAST POINT) Show phonetics

noun

1 [C] the point in space or time beyond which something no longer exists, or a part of something that includes this point:

This cable should have a plug at one end and a socket at the other.

We damaged the end of the piano when we moved it.

Get to the end of the queue and wait your turn like everyone else.

Our house is the third from the end on the left.

Is it safe to stand the computer on (its) end?

The end of the film was much more exciting than I'd expected.

This latest injury must surely mean that her tennis career is now at an end (= finished).

The statement said there would be no end to the violence until the terrorists' demands were met.

2 [S] POLITE WORD FOR death:

We were all by her bedside when the end finally came.

He met his end (= died) in a shoot-out with the police.

3 [C] either of the two halves of a sports field:

The teams change ends at half-time so that neither side has an unfair advantage.

4 [C] US one of the two players in American football who begin play furthest from the ball

end 

verb [I or T]

to finish or stop, or to make something finish or stop:

When is your meeting due to end?

Her resignation ends months of speculation about her future.

Their marriage ended in 1991.

The match ended in a draw.

I'd like to end with a song from my first album.

She ended her speech on an optimistic note.

ending 

noun [C]

1 the last part of a story:

People want love stories with happy endings.

2 a part added to the end of a word:

To make the plural of 'dog', you add the plural ending '-s'.

endless Show phonetics

adjective

never finishing or seeming never to finish:

We used to have endless arguments about politics.

He seems to think that I have an endless supply of money.

The possibilities are endless.

endlessly Show phonetics

adverb

I find myself endlessly repeating the same phrases.

singe Show phonetics
verb [I or T] singeing
to burn slightly on the surface, without producing flames:
My jumper started to singe when I leaned over a burning candle.

singe Show phonetics
noun [C]
a slight burn mark:
The hot iron left a singe (mark) on my dress.


hard-wire
tr.v., -wired, -wir·ing, -wires.

1. To connect (electronic components, for example) by electrical wires or cables.
2. To implement (a capability) through logic circuitry that is permanently connected within a computer and therefore not subject to change by programming.
3. To determine or put into effect by physiological or neurological mechanisms; make automatic or innate: “It may be that certain orders of anxiety are hard-wired in us” (Armand Schwerner).

The company also is reaffirming its pugnacious side. "We're competitive to a fault," he says in the transcript, adding: "Our divisions will have clear goals, built on our ruthless attack strategies to continue to grow profitably. Growing, winning and being the best is also hard wired into our DNA."

high wire

noun

1. a high tightrope.

   • denoting an activity requiring great skill or judgement.

     modifier noun: high-wire

     "the high-wire act performed daily by many mental health workers"

Japan’s Whaling Obsession 
Nationalism seems hard-wired into Japan’s insistence on maintaining the right to exploit any and all ocean resources.

 hard-wired

━━ a. 【コンピュータ】ハードウェアに組み込みの.
hardwired logic　【コンピュータ】配線論理.

Under Obama, Web Would Be the Way
CHICAGO -- Armed with millions of e-mail addresses and a political operation that harnessed the Internet like no campaign before it, Barack Obama will enter the White House with the opportunity to create the first truly "wired" presidency.
(By Shailagh Murray and Matthew Mosk, The Washington Post)