Then begins the awkward and often meaningless dance between the parents of the pusher and the parents of the pushee, both trying to do the right thing.

Immunoprecipitation was performed by incubating protein lysates (1 mg) with 2 μg of specific antibodies (α-ALK or α-ALK Y1604 ) at 4°C overnight, and the resulting immunocomplexes with 30 μl of Protein G-Sepharose beads for 2 h at 4°C. The immunoadsorbed pellets were washed 4 times with 1% Triton X-100 lysis buffer and heated at 95°C in Laemmli buffer.

This is a truly shameful vignette of almost superhuman undergraduate arrogance, toffishness and twittishness.

Yet at the same time, 401(k) traders became more contrarian in their response to falling markets during the crisis. Therefore, the increased sensitivity to market volatility was offset, in part, by a tendency to 'buy on the dips' in response to falling markets.