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Speaker's Profile
Speaker's Profile
M.M. Pant
Prof. M.M. Pant (www.mmpant.net) is an internationally renowned expert specialising in pedagogy, technology and the development of tools and curricula for 21st enhance the pedagogy using latest available technologies.
He is especially noted for his efforts in leveraging social media for improving learning and bringing the mobile into the classroom where it has been traditionally banned.
Prof. Pant's current work and interests revolve around the development, delivery and promotion of educational products, processes and services that cater for the needs and interests of future learners, a framework that is named "Learning 221".
His past roles include being the Former Pro-Vice Chancellor, Indira Gandhi National OpenUniversity (IGNOU) and being on the faculty of IIT, Kanpur (the premier engineering institution in India), MLNR Engineering College and Faculty as well as Visiting Professor, University of Western Ontario, Canada.
He has been a visiting scientist at European research centres in Italy, England, Germany and Sweden. Prof. Pant is the founder of the LMP Education Trust, an organisation that supports under privileged learners.
Vishal Singhal
Vishal is a leader and serial entrepreneur in areas of mobile, media and hi-tech industries . He has started and run many startups like etruevalue.com, India Venture Group and most recently CellStrat. Vishal has expertise in planning, sales and marketing of mobile products, services, e-commerce and media consulting. Vishal, in his recent endeavor at CellStrat, specializes in strategy, platforms and applications related to mobile media, mobile web and systems integration. CellStrat is a management consulting and mobile solutions firm working in industries as diverse as mobile / telecom service provider, media/advertising, retail and manufacturing, high-tech and financial services.
Vishal has published white papers on mobile media and mobile advertising in prominent magazines in India and abroad and is a speaker in leading conferences. Vishal is an organizer and convener for CellStrat Executive Forum, CellStrat"s executive leadership seminars in India.
Vishal holds an MBA from University of Western Sydney in Sydney, Australia.
Anurag Bist
Anurag brings years of entrepreneurial, leadership and IPR domain experience to the founding team of Ashmar. In 1999, Anurag co-founded VxTel, a successful fabless semiconductor company providing silicon solutions for VoIP infrastructure.
Anurag led the worldwide firmware team at VxTel and helped grow the company from 5 people to over 160 in 2 years. In 2001, Intel acquired VxTel for $550 Million in cash.
Anurag has held various technical and management positions in companies such as Intel, Conexant Systems, Rockwell Semiconductor Systems and AT&T Bell Labs. He holds 15 US patents and has over 15 other patents pending, and is a past recipient of IEEE Capocelli award for paper in Data Compression Conference. He is a Charter member of TiE Southern California. He is also a member of the Pan-IIT Leadership Council and a recipient of 2008 IIT Kanpur Alumni Award for Entrepreneurial Leadership and Technology Innovation.
Anurag received the B. Tech. degree from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India, the M.S. degree from Princeton University, and the Ph.D. degree from the University of Hawaii, all in Electrical Engineering.
Vivek Agarwal, CEO, LIQVID
Vivek is the founder and CEO of EnglishEdge, a premium English learning programme. EnglishEdge has at its core, the unique Blended Learning Methodology that leverages the power of technology to make learning scalable. EnglishEdge has a tie-up with BBC Active and University of Cambridge.
Vivek did his MBA from Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta, where he was awarded the B C Roy memorial prize for organisational ability. He has been a regular feature in conferences and seminars in India and has also spoken in the UK and USA.
He is passionate about education and is committed to exploring the use of technology to make high quality education and training available to a very large number of people at a cost that they can afford and at a place they can reach.
Prior to creating EnglishEdge, Vivek had co-founded eGurucool. eGurucool emerged as the pioneer in the field of elearning in India, combining a unique learning methodology and a huge infrastructure of technology and content creation processes. The Investors included Newscorp and IFC, Washington. eGurucool was subsequently sold to NIIT.
Satish Jha, President and CEO, OLPC India
Satish Jha has worked at the intersection of technology and management both in global markets and the social space. He has served as a global information management executive with two of the world's largest pharmaceutical companies and as CEO of a consulting firm.
A former Editor with The Times of India and the Indian Express Groups in India, Jha also founded, mentored and seeded a couple of dozen social projects with a focus on technology, business strategies and public policy in the areas of universal access to education, healthcare and bridging the digital divide. He is a member of the UN-GAID (United Nations Global Alliance for ICT and Development), Special Advisor to the Kofi Annan Center and co-chairs the World IT Forum (WITFOR).
He studied international affairs at The Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy and has an MBA from EDHEC/ Thesues in France. His co-edited work with Leon Strous on "ICTs for Development and Prosperity" was published by IFIP in late 2007.
Anurag Agarwal
Anurag Agrawal heads the iProf Live & Distance Learning businesses at iProf Learning Solutions. He was previously the India CEO for Novatium Solutions, an Ericsson associate company.
Anurag has experience of over 19 years across sales and distribution, customer life-cycle management, service marketing, customer relationship management and business development. He has been instrumental in launch of telecom service across various markets in India with operators like Essar Cellphone (currently Vodafone), Spice Communications and Reliance Infocomm. He has also had a stint with ICICI Limited in infrastructure projects division handling long term financing of telecommunication projects in India.
Anurag has done his PGDM from IIM, Lucknow and engineering bachelors from BITs, Mesra.
Atul Pant
In 2001, Atul co-founded Enabling Dimensions, a company based in Singapore and India, providing bespoke elearning experiences for organisations like WWF, UEFA, Michigan Virtual University and companies like Nokia and ITC. Enabling Dimensions has creating elearning solutions to help corporate managers better understand sustainable development, made math and science more fun for middle school students, facilitated blind students improve their English spellings while playing a game and sensitized the youth about the adverse impact of doping.
Realizing that the 20th century paradigm for success, where stockpiling knowledge and acquiring basic cognitive skills led to lifelong employment, is fast becoming irrelevant, in 2008 Atul founded
Timeless Lifeskills, a company based in the UK providing learning solutions to impart 21st century skills like self-learning, critical and creative thinking, financial literacy, learning-to-be and more.
Kinner Sachdev
One of the youngest patent holders in India, Kinner is an Entrepreneur, speaker, and an Educationist. After a short stint with Siemens, UK, he started Scientity Inc. from Newcastle University in UK with his friends. Kinner also holds various other portfolios such as Director - Avshaun Diagnostics, Editorial Director - Liveo Magazine and Joint-Project Director Alabbar School of Management at Raffles University. Kinner holds various patents in the field of Robotics, IT and Siesmology.
With a Masters degree in Industrial and Commercial Biotechnology from Newcastle University and an Executive program on Innovation & Entrepreneurship from Cambridge University, Kinner is a believer in convergence of different disciplines to achieve cutting-edge breakthroughs . He loves sharing his thoughts in various conferences and other platforms on technology, innovation, convergence and success. A brown belt in Kung-Fu, a second degree Reiki practitioner, Kinner loves to read philosophy and about ancient scientific practices.
Manoj Pant
Mr. Manoj Pant is a C.E.O. at Shankh Inc., Mumbai. He is also M.D. Roamware India & V.P. Global Support at Roamware Inc B.Tech. from I.I.T. Kanpur in 1973. He has over 38 years experience across high technology complex businesses with a high Customer service focus.
He has been Head -Application Services , Customer Service at Reliance Infocomm now Reliance Communications Ltd. and VP Network Operations at Hutchison Max Telecom Ltd. Mumbai He also has been V. P. Corporate Affairs /Network Operations at Hutchison Telecom, India (Now Vodafone, India).
Email: manojpant@yahoo.com
Mob: +91 98200 18300
Skype: manoj.pant
Twitter: @manojpant
Lovely Kumar, Chief-Projects, LARKS & C&G Certified Trainer
A graduate in economics from KMC, Delhi University and a postgraduate in communications management from the Mudra Institute of Communication, Ahmedabad (MICA) with a specialization in advertising account planning, Lovely is a City & Guilds certified training professional who has over the last 15 years worked with a variety of organizations both corporate (NDTV, Ushak Kaal Communications, Ma- Foi Consulting Solutions Ltd., Ma Foi Academy and IKH ) and academic (AIMA, Icfai Business School, Icfai School of Financial Studies, BIMTECH etc). This blend ensures that she brings to the table a unique perspective and insight. She is certified in the Extended DISC personal analysis, Thomas International's PPA-HJA & TAS.
Currently is pursuing a Masters in Science in Learning Facilitation and Management from Concordia University, Chicago. She is also certified on the ROI methodology. She has worked with clients such as Wipro, HP, Phillip's, Prometric, Pipal Research, Macmillon Publishing, HECL, City & Guilds, Intertek, CSC etc.
Anila Rattan, Chief-Strategy, LARKS and C&G Certified Trainer
A hotel management graduate from the Indian Institute of Hotel Management, Aurangabad (IIHM-Taj group) and a diploma holder from the American Hotels and Motels Association (AHMA). Anila Rattan is the Chief-Strategy of LARKS, a specialist training company. She is a City & Guilds, UK (a premier organization in skill certification) certified training professional with over 15 years of experience in corporate training delivery, program structuring, content development and training consultancy. She is certified in the Extended DISC personal analysis, Thomas International's PPA-HJA & TAS.
She is also certified on the ROI methodology. Currently is pursuing a Masters in Science in Learning Facilitation and Management from Concordia University, Chicago. Her last assignment was at IKH & prior to that she was the training head-north, Mafoi Academy. She has worked with a variety of premier organizations such as the Taj group of hotels, GECIS, Lifelong Appliances, City & Guilds, All India Management Association (AIMA) and Ma foi Consulting Solutions Limited.
G.D. Sharma
Prof. G. D. Sharma has done his Ph.D. in Economics from Bombay University and Masters in Economics from Jodhpur University. Recently retired as Director-(a position Equivalent of Vice-Chancellor of Central University) Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC), New Delhi- an autonomous organization of University Grants Commission (UGC) New Delhi. He served CEC as Director from October 2003 to March 2007. Prior to this he served as Senior Fellow and Head, Higher Education Unit, NIEPA, New Delhi till September 2003, now renamed as National University of Educational Planning and Administration (NUEPA).
He was Secretary, University Grants Commission (UGC), New Delhi from 1996 to 1999. Also has served as Director, Indian Institute of Education (IIE), Pune and as a Consultant of UNESCO, UNDP and IIEP, Paris. He was the Chairman of the Committee on Higher Education of Punjab Government. He was also lead consultant for developing report on Higher Education in Andhrapradesh.
He has published 12 books and 55 research papers. His major areas of work, particularly research and consultancy, include planning and management of university education, equity, quality and financing of higher education, trade in educational services under GATS: WTO regime. He was awarded D.Litt. Degree (Hon. Cause) by Nagarjun University, Andhrapadesh.
Sanjay Malaviya
Chief Executive of Planet EDU, comes with over 22 years of hands-on experience in the services industry, with specialization in the MICE (Meetings, Incentive, Conferences & Exhibitions), IT and Educational services businesses.
With specialized skills in Computer based systems analysis, Project design, Testing and Implementation, he is the architect of Planet EDUs proprietary products, "ExtraLearn- learning facilitation system", "ExtraBack - educational back office solution", which has serviced over 650,000 learners in the last 6 years with an average support to over 150,000 learners annually.
As the Chief Executive of Planet EDU, Sanjay provides leadership, management and operations expertise to the overall functioning of the company with excellent man management skills and specialization in international networking. He also takes responsibilities of the strategic international business development for Planet EDU and has successfully taken the company from the start to managing businesses worth about 12.5 million GBP annually.
Rachna Pant
Mrs. Rachna Pant took over as the Principal of Ramjas School, R.K.Puram, New Delhi on Monday, 7th April 2008. Prior to this Mrs. Pant as Director, Academics, had been instrumental in setting up an International School at Bangkok, Thailand.
The school, the first and only school in Thailand with CBSE Affiliation offers IGCSE as well as IB Curriculum and has 13 schools across 7 countries of the world.
Mrs.Rachna Pant, winner of the National Teacher Award, 2003 and several other prestigious awards, a dynamic and multifaceted personality, is well known in the academic world for the numerous innovative changes she introduced at the Summer Fields School, Kailash Colony, as the Principal from 1998 to 2006.
Deepti Pant
She is trained in design management and User Research from National Institute of Design, Deepti has more than 16 years of professional experience in the field of Design reserach and Innovation. In her career as design strategist and forecaster, she has done research and innovation assignments with Samsung, Volkswagen, Colgate and Palmolive, LG mobile phones, Pl constructions,P&G Singapore etc, She is formally trained in the craft of filmmaking from FTII, Pune and has worked with ravidespande productions in the area of ad films and corporate films. And as a student, she has worked with Saeed Mirza and Vishal Bhardwaj. She has been head of Onionxt :The Trends and innovation Division Of Onio Design, Pune and Director - Strategy at Centre for Knowledge Societies.
Currently she is the founder director of Ralibha : which is an ethnographic research company using design research tools to understand consumer needs and future trends and PALIYOON DESIGN & FILM HUB that caters to visualization and creation of Graphic design, exhibition design and film and animation solutions.
Marmar Mukhopadhyay
Prof. Marmar Mukhopadhyay, beginning as a village school teacher, was involved in Policy Making and Planning at the highest level in India. Former Director of NIEPA and Chairman of National Open School, Prof. Mukhopadhyay was Vice-President (Asia) of ICDE (Oslo), Member Steering Committee of IMAGE (Washington D.C.). He is consulted by UNESCO, UNICEF, World Bank, COL, British Council, NIIT, IBM, INTEL, etc. He represented India in many international forums.
He is author of many books, papers and articles; best known among his books is Total Quality Management in Education. He is Director of ETMA and chairman of the ETMA Council.
Navyug Mohnot, CEO, QAI
Navyug Mohnot is an alumni of the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. Post that, he went to the US to do a PhD from the University of Rochester. He pioneered the concept of Operational Excellence and contributed to growth of the IT industry on the bedrock of quality.
He was awarded the IIT Alumni Award for "Outstanding Contribution to National Development" for his contribution to the space of Operational Excellence to the IT industry. In a survey by Dataquest, he was recognized as 1 of the 50 leaders who have shaped the Indian IT industry.
Under Navyug's stewardship, QAI has grown from a single location entity to a trans global organization with offices all over the world. It has also gone on to become the thought leader in this space. Navyug Mohnot has been a strong evangelist of Operational Excellence and has spoken at various conferences around the world.
Navyug is a TiE Charter Member, a mentor on the NASSCOM Emerge Forum and on the editorial advisory board of India for the first journal on consulting titled "Consulting Ahead."
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by Paul Lilly — Tuesday, November 08, 2016, 09:52 AM EDT
Tesla Acquires German Automation Firm Grohmann To Accelerate EV Production Targeting 500K Vehicles Per Year
Tesla is growing faster than probably most people anticipated. The company is certainly outperforming Wall Street's expectations coming off its first profitable quarter since 2013 in which it recorded net income of $22 million, or 14 cents a share, for the three-month period ended September 30, 2016. To keep the momentum going and to hit its ambitious target of producing 500,000 cars per year by 2018, Tesla today announced plans to acquire Grohmann Engineering, a major player in automation manufacturing systems.
"Accelerating a sustainable energy future is only possible with high-volume factories. They allow us to manufacture high-quality products with economies of scale, making them more affordable and accessible to the world. As the machine that builds the machine, our factories are so important that we believe they will ultimately deserve an order of magnitude more attention in engineering than what they produce. At very high production volumes, the factory becomes more of a product than the product itself," Tesla said.
Tesla is building electric vehicles as fast as it can to keep up with demand. In the past four years, Tesla has increased the production rate at its Fremont Factory by 400 percent, and it expects this acquisition to accelerate that growth rate.
In its most recent quarter, Tesla saw net orders for its new Model S and Model X vehicles grow by 68 percent year-over-year. It also opened 17 new stores and service centers to increase its customer support network to 250 locations globally the third quarter.
Once the deal with Grohmann is complete, the automation company will become Tesla Grohmann Automation. It will serve as the initial base for Tesla Advanced Automation Germany headquarters with plans to add more locations in the years to come. Grohmann founder and CEO Klaus Grohmann will continue to be in charge and will oversee an aggressive expansion effort consisting of over 1,000 advanced engineering and skilled technician job hires in Germany over the next two years.
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Christopher Gibbs, a farmer and former GOP official in Ohio, is now mulling a run against one of President Trump's fiercest defenders, Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH).
Posted By: By Katie Lobosco, CNN
Ohio farmer Christopher Gibbs is weighing an independent run to unseat one of President Donald Trump's strongest supporters attached to the House impeachment inquiry -- Rep. Jim Jordan.
Gibbs, a former local Republican official, voted for Trump in 2016. But he became an outspoken critic of the President's trade policies and has declared his independence from the GOP.
"The two-party system has failed Americans," Gibbs told CNN's Kate Bolduan on Monday.
"People are just literally tired of that," added Gibbs, who raises cattle and grows soybeans, alfalfa and corn.
Jordan, whom Republicans added to the House Intelligence Committee specifically for its impeachment probe, was a consistently vocal defender of the President during two weeks of public hearings in the inquiry.
It's not just Trump's trade war with China that upsets Gibbs. He's also criticized the President for pulling out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership and for putting tariffs on foreign steel and aluminum, which he said raised the cost of things like tractors, grain bins and fencing.
Farmers are an important demographic for Trump in the 2020 election and the President has often called them "patriots" for making sacrifices while he negotiates with Beijing for a larger trade deal.
In an earlier appearance on CNN in May, Gibbs took issue with that characterization.
"To me, that's just a design to make me continue to be quiet. And I'm not going to be quiet," he said at the time.
Gibbs said his interest in jumping into the race is about more than Trump's agricultural policies and defeating Jordan.
"This is bigger than that," Gibbs said Monday.
"The disruptive nature of populism is corrupting both of these parties," he added.
If Gibbs decides to enter the 2020 race, he'll be facing an uphill battle. Jordan won with more than 65% of the vote in his last election.
But it's possible Gibbs could capitalize on the attention Jordan has garnered during the House impeachment hearings this month.
After New York Republican Rep. Elise Stefanik also took a lead role during the hearings, money poured into her Democratic opponent, Tedra Cobb's, campaign.
Cobb said on Twitter that she raised more than $1 million after a moment between Stefanik and Democratic House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff went viral, though the moment has raised Stefanik's profile, too.
Jim Jordan plans to run for GOP leadership even if Democrats take the House
Here's why Jim Jordan is running for House speaker


so this week is another week im giving the girl from starbucks to chat back at me. if she doesnt let me know her feelings so i can chance it or stop thinking about her. Most people at this stage would give up and move on. i think this starbucks/UNLTD girl is quite a rariety so ill give her the benefit of the doubt and and an extra week to chat back at me. She doesnt have to tell me her inner most deep secrets she just has to tell me wether she likes me or not. if she likes me ill defintely pursue a relationship with her, if she doesnt like me ill let her go. Its too hard at this moment.
Unless im helping teaching over at cobble hills most of my thoughts are going to her at the moment, i cant help myself thinking about the starbucks girl (i have yet to mention names untill im going out wither her) which may never happen....but id like to at least try...so ill giver her another week, i just dont want to have another broken heart knowing that she only thinks im a garbage guy and not a future boyfriend..
thats my blog today and im stickin with it!!


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A cerebro-vascular accident is when blood flow to a part of the brain is stopped either by a blockage or the rupture of the blood vessel.
Statistics from the Greater Accra Regional Hospital indicate a surge in cerebro-vascular accident cases being reported at the Emergency Unit. Emergency medicine specialist Dr. Emmanuel Ahiable attributed this to the poor management of hypertension by patients.


I literally couldn't watch the game on TV last night. I had to keep channel hopping; pretending I was engrossed in that damn irritating Supernanny who went to the U S of A to go and fix their disgusting children and pathetic, 'disempowered' parents. I swear, watching those children scream and throw food and furniture was easier than watching 'Gram' Smith hobbling to a loss, with cramp and not enough runs on the board.
Eish and eina! What happens to the Proteas when they are in these international tournaments at home? It's agony; for them, their supporters and fans, the broadcasters, the reporters and even bloggers.
So, now we'll get pages of analysis, discussion, excuses. And the reality of it is that they just weren't match ready. But, actually, as hosts of an international competition they needed to be. Sies. Straight to the naughty corner!
I have just come back from the second day of our four day (two weekend) TheatreSports and improv training course, and even though I am moeg I am also filled with inspiration. It is such a wonderful process, this learning how to improvise, make things up, work with each other, relax, be silly and create an open mind and heart, ready for all the possibilities.
It's difficult stuff, and this group of wonderful experimenters is interesting and interested, scared and challenged and having tons of really intense fun (I hope).
Tea and a bath is what I need now.
How hectic is that thought? Omigod! Well the reason there is talk of G'town 2010 is because The Edge, Cape Town's edgiest fringe collaborative are calling for submissions! Here's what they say.
Attention theatre makers from Cape Town.
Are you planning to take an amazing, extraordinarily edgy and fabulously professional work to the Grahamstown Festival Fringe next year?
The Cape Town Edge initiative is calling for applications towards its 2010 creative programme for the National Arts Festival, Grahamstown.
It's great when Eid and Rosh Hashana fall on the same weekend. What a brilliant opportunity to see how similar we all are; how the holidays bring family, friends and communities together, and how pretty (and spoilt) the children of all denominations are.
And here, in Woodstock, the smells of cooking are completely amazing. Children are running around in their best clothes, with sticky coins in hot little hands. The weather has played with beautifully. The rain has gone and the sun is shining, with no hint of the South Easter that was supposed to come.
And everyone is spring cleaning, decorating, painting. We've also got the fever. Our front wall has been scraped a bit (and now it looks like it has some kind of skin disease) and Big Friendly is trying to empty out the spare room which is getting long-awaited cupboards and bookshelves this week. Yay!
I was exhausted and stressed when I arrived at TheatreSports yesterday evening. We have our weekly improv class before our Monday night show and I didn't even feel like being there. About fifteen minutes into the class though, I was doubled up with laughter. And this lasted right through into a sweetie of a performance. Some of our audience were people who had seen us for the first time in Darling at the Voorkamerfest, and they brought along a whole group of friends. It was a big, fat jaul, and I'm still smiling, even though today is the opening of an industrial theatre project that has the butterflies going crazy in my gut.
So even though today is going to be a long one, I am still looking forward to tonight, where we do more of the same, only totally different, at The Kalk Bay Theatre. Come and join us!


The second week of this year's Six Nation's Championship resembled so far the outcome from last year where Ireland and England battled to 4-1 results, with the former winning the trophy on points differential. Both XVs triumphed last week to go 2-0 and set up the clash in two weeks on March 1 (Sunday) in Dublin.
Wales and France are 1-1, and Italy and Scotland have no wins, setting up - again - the contest for the wooden spoon or last place. These outcomes also paralleled 2014.
The Red Roses continued their dominance over Italy with a convincing six try smashing at Twickenham. Italy have beaten the other four countries but never England since the Azzurri joined in 2000.
The English unleashed wave after wave of attacking with Man of the Match, the speedy winger/center Jonathan Joseph, scoring two tries. But poor English tackling allowed Italy three tries. In the end, it was too much experience that determined the outcome.
The game reflected modern rugby, hard hits, collisions, and constant defense. The Irish scored no tries, but benefitted from fly-half Jonathan Sexton's five penalties for 15 points. For Ireland Coach Joe Schmidt, this marked the ninth test match victory in a row since last year's loss to England in this tournament. The bruising game recorded Ireland making 143 tackles to France's 88. These teams will meet again in this year's Rugby World Cup.
Wales recorded its eight straight victory against Scotland, a narrow away win, and a chance to keep their hopes alive for a possible Six Nations Championship. Long breakaways, and also two yellow cards marked the first half. Stuart Hogg, Scottish full-back, romped for a 60-meter try to put Scotland up 10-3. But Wales came back in the second half, led by the precise kicking of its full-back Leigh Halfpenny.


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Samuel Byrd
Samuel, circa 1976; Age-progression to age 56 (circa 2014)
Missing From Hamden, Connecticut
Classification Endangered Runaway
Distinguishing Characteristics African-American male. Black hair, brown eyes.
Samuel was last seen in Hamden, Connecticut sometime in June 1977, shortly after his graduation from Hamden High School. He was last seen in an airport limousine at Tweed New Haven Regional Airport, and has never been heard from again. Authorities believe Samuel left of his own accord.
Samuel's family members did not report him missing until 2014, over thirty years after his disappearance. His case remains unsolved.
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Leaders in Business - Brian Ambrose has been at the helm of George Best Belfast City Airport during some of its most successful and controversial times. We hear more about the former Short Brothers apprentice and get a hold on the challenges facing the airport.
Brian Ambrose knows the aviation sector intimately. He began his career with an apprenticeship at Shorts then followed several years within the aircraft design team. It wasn't until 1997 that he joined the Belfast City Airport as operations director and oversaw the construction of the current terminal before being installed as Chief Executive when Bombardier sold the airport to the Spanish infrastructure giant Ferrovial in 2003. Currently Ambrose oversees some 115 flights in and out of the airport each day. As East Belfast's second largest employer the airport has 1,500 personnel, including 41 different businesses located on site and handling some 2.6 million passengers each year. 2009 saw Belfast City Airport buck the trend in terms of aviation. While many of the UK's leading airports recorded a double digit percentage decline in passenger numbers due to the ongoing economic conditions, Ambrose oversaw 2.5% passenger growth outshining the likes of Heathrow, Manchester, Edinburgh. Continuing investment by the airport's owners, ABN Amro, has seen Ambrose's shareholders continue to back his plans for improvements at the airfield. Having wholeheartedly supported the runway extension, (a decision on which is imminent) the owners rubber-stamped a £10 million infrastructure investment which has already witnessed the creation of a new departures lounge, increased security capacity, conferencing facilities and new set down/drop off area externally. It's investment such as this that supports a strong portfolio of partner airlines including bmi, flybe, Ryanair, Manx2 and the most recent addition of an easyJet service to London Luton, the latter an airline which Ambrose believes will add further services from the City should the Luton service prove successful. Away from the airport, Ambrose completed his second year as Chair of the CBI in Northern Ireland, a demanding role in itself as previous incumbents will testify. He was also appointed Chairman of the charity Mencap in Northern Ireland. 2010 looks set to be as busy and potentially successful as last year. Ambrose has made no secret of his ambition to capture 15% of Northern Ireland's direct European market – a natural progression given the City now covers every major airport in the UK. A further £10 million of foreign investment is promised by the shareholder should planners give the green light to the runway extension which will allow airlines to fly direct to European destinations. Next month the World Duty Free is due to open in the new departures lounge with the final internal works completed by Easter. Continuing to exceed the expectations of his customers is a key long term goal for Ambrose and he and his team aim to set new standards within the industry. While the current terminal was built with expansion in mind, Ambrose is adamant that development of the remainder of site will go-ahead, most notably the addition of a hotel which will cater for the four million passengers a year that Ambrose has set his team as a principal objective over the next five years. Although his own business has performed well last year Ambrose believes a tough year lies ahead for the local economy. He believes linkages between business and government must be strengthened to address certain issues, including optimising the £1.5 billion infrastructure programme for 2010; focusing the skills agenda to assist our most ambitious companies to grow; implementing innovation and export opportunities; facilitating access to finance for businesses facing a demanding year ahead; ensuring the planning system processes applications in a timely and efficient manner – an issue obviously close to his heart. Over the years, Ambrose has installed a team who care passionately about the business and are committed to its ongoing success. As to his own success and inspiration, Ambrose attributes that to a series of leaders he has reported to including Sir Roy McNulty at Bombardier, Luis Sanchez the previous chairman from Ferrovial and current chairman Hans Meissner.


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What does Chords under Midi Morph Modifier do?
On the Piano MIDI overlay, hitting it once enables a major triad (hitting C outputs C-E-G). Hitting it a second time creates a minor triad (hitting C outputs C Eb G). Hitting it a third time turns off triads. I believe this only works for MIDI buttons, not MPE or XYZ pad.


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Research Brief: Bringing race awareness to medical students
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August 24 is the 50th anniversary of the world's first successful bone marrow transplant from a matched, related donor.
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UMN Medical School researchers study how cues drive our behavior
Neuroscientist Benjamin Saunders used a Pavlovian model of conditioning to see if a simple cue could motivate action.
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UMN researchers find the link between heart and blood cells in early development
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Quick diagnosis and treatment by U of M doctors saved this child's life.
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Surgery changes a med student's path
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Natore (bengalisch: নাটোর) ist ein Distrikt in Rajshahi. Die im Hauptstadt des Distrikts bildet die gleichnamige Stadt Natore. Die Gesamtfläche des Distrikt beträgt 1900,2 km². Der Distrikt setzt sich aus 7 Upazilas zusammen. Der größte Teil des Bezirks Natore besteht aus Flachland.

Natore grenzt im Norden an die Bezirke Naogaon und Bogra, im Süden an die Bezirke Pabna und Kushtia, im Osten an die Bezirke Pabna und Sirajganj und im Westen an den Bezirk Rajshahi. Der Distrikt hat 1.706.673 Einwohner (Volkszählung 2011). Die Alphabetisierungsrate liegt bei 49,6 % der Bevölkerung. 93,2 % der Bevölkerung sind Muslime, 6,1 % sind Hindus und 0,7 % sind Christen, Buddhisten oder sonstige.

Das Klima ist tropisch und das ganze Jahr über warm. Die jährliche Durchschnittstemperatur dieses Distrikts variiert von maximal 37,8 Grad Celsius bis minimal 11,2 Grad. Die jährliche Niederschlagsmenge beträgt 1862 mm (2011) und die Luftfeuchtigkeit ist ganzjährig hoch.

Die Wirtschaft des Distrikt ist vorwiegend von der Landwirtschaft geprägt. Laut der Volkszählung von 2011 arbeiten 70,6 % der Arbeitskräfte in der Landwirtschaft, 24,4 % im Dienstleistungssektor (meist in informellen Verhältnissen) und 5,0 % in der Industrie.

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PHOENIX (February 27) – New York based Premier – one of the largest manufacturers of paint rollers, paint brushes, and related accessories in the U.S. – has expanded their footprint to Phoenix, relocating the operations from Portland.
Premier is a family-owned and operated company, going back three generations, and is celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2018. The expansion to Phoenix will be one of four company locations and will increase their connectivity to their growing consumer base.
"Premier is proud to call Phoenix our new home. Strategically, it was an easy decision to make a move from Portland, OR as we can better serve our customers on a national level. The pro-business environment will also enable Premier to expand its warehouse/manufacturing in the future" said Kevin Leichter, CEO of Premier Paint Roller Co LLC.
In addition to their headquarters in Richmond Hill, New York, Premier also has operations in Shanghai and Mexico City. The new location in Phoenix is a 40,000 square foot space in Phoenix near Buckeye Road and 35th Avenue, and will serve as a products distribution center.
Assisting the company with the new building were Rusty Kennedy of CBRE Phoenix, and Don and Payson MacWilliam of Colliers.
Premier is one of the largest manufacturers of paint rollers, paint brushes and related accessories in North America. We manufacture high-quality products for various market segments. Three generations of leadership have committed to setting the highest standards of excellence for paint accessories in the industry. For more information, visit PremierPaintRoller.com.
Phoenix is the fifth-largest American city, home to 1.6 million people. The most populous state capital, it was named the 2017 "Highest Performing City" by Governing Magazine. Key industries include advanced business and financial services, technology, health and life sciences, hospitality, and advanced manufacturing. At 517 square miles, with world-renowned mountain trails and opportunity for diverse lifestyles, Phoenix has the shortest average commute times among the 12 largest U.S. metropolitan areas. Founded in 1868, Phoenix's wild-west roots grew to host major events in a dynamic downtown for the Super Bowl, NCAA championships and music festivals. For more information, visit Phoenix.gov.
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Alcohol may be part of the diet for some people but too much of a good thing could lead to Liver Cirrhosis
Taking anything in excess has never been beneficial to anyone. The excessive intake of alcohol is no different, as copious amounts of alcohol could lead to Liver Cirrhosis.
What exactly is this medical condition and how can you protect yourself?
The Leading Cause
Liver Cirrhosis is a condition of severe damage to the liver that impairs its ability to function normally. In the United States of America, the most common cause of Liver Cirrhosis is chronic alcoholism, a pathologic condition resulting from the habitual use of alcohol in excessive amounts.
There are other causes of Cirrhosis, such as a chronic viral infection of the liver (Hepatitis types B, C and D), and a number of inherited diseases such as cystic fibrosis and Wilson's Disease, a recessive gene disorder in which copper accumulates in body tissue.
If severe, Liver Cirrhosis may lead to liver failure and even death. In the Western world, Cirrhosis is the third-leading cause of death in people aged between 45 and 65 years old (after cardiovascular disease and cancer). It may also cause a dangerous brain abnormality called Portal-Systemic Encephalopathy (PSE), which may lead to a coma.
The Symptoms
The scary thing about Liver Cirrhosis is that you may already have it, but the symptoms may have yet to bare its fangs. Most people suffering from this condition have no symptoms for years, while others may experience weakness, loss of appetite, malaise and weight loss.
When the liver is incapable of functioning normally, a blocked bile flow commonly occurs, causing the victims to suffer from jaundice, itching and fatty yellow skin nodules.
In more extreme cases and advanced stages of Liver Cirrhosis, people may also suffer from massive internal bleeding within the throat and brain abnormalities due to the accumulation of ammonia in the blood.
Although the condition of Liver Cirrhosis is irreversible, early detection and treatment will help to slow down the degeneration of your liver. Holland & Barrett has a few supplements which help in the treatment of those suffering from Liver Cirrhosis.
An extract of milk thistle (Silybum marianum), which is high in a flavonoid compound known as Silymarin, may improve liver function and increase survival in people with Cirrhosis. Clinical trials have shown that Silymarin (420–600mg per day) improves liver function and protects liver cells against oxidative damage in people with alcohol-related liver disease.
In one double-blind trial, a significant increase in survival rate was found in people with Cirrhosis who were given 140mg of Silymarin three times a day for approximately two years. Positive results were also found in a 12-month controlled study of adults with diabetes and alcoholic Liver Cirrhosis taking the same daily amount of Silymarin.
However, another double-blind trial found that 150mg of Silymarin three times a day for two years had no significant effect on the survival rate among alcoholics with Liver Cirrhosis. So, it is quintessential that patients suffering from Liver Cirrhosis adhere to the dosage guidelines strictly in order for the supplement to work its magic.
Branched-Chain Amino Acids
In addition to protein deficiency, Liver Cirrhosis is characterised by low blood levels of branched-chain amino acids (BCAAs) in relation to other amino acids. This imbalance may contribute to the development of PSE. BCAA supplementation could be a way to correct this problem, as well as to provide a source of needed protein.
BCAAs (isoleucine, leucine, and valine) represent a good protein source for people with Cirrhosis because they are less likely to induce PSE. A controlled study of protein-intolerant people with Cirrhosis showed that BCAA supplementation corrected abnormal protein metabolism about as well as an equivalent amount of dietary protein without inducing PSE as frequently.
In a small double-blind trial, people with Liver Cirrhosis taking five grams per day of BCAAs had significant improvement in their ability to process protein.
Therapeutic effects of oral BCAAs have also been shown in children with liver failure and in adults with Cirrhosis of the liver without PSE. Overall, it appears that BCAA supplementation does not always help in Cirrhosis, but some people with and without PSE may benefit.
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Get your creative juices flowing with new classes at the Cameron Art Museum
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By Gabrielle Williams | December 25, 2020 at 11:58 AM EST - Updated December 25 at 11:58 AM
WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - The Cameron Art Museum (CAM) in Wilmington launched new sessions of virtual and in-person classes starting in 2021.
Course offerings include portrait painting, watercolor, pastels, knitting, creative writing, and art appreciation.
"We have two sessions that are set up the first session," said September Kruger, the Director of Lifelong Learning at CAM. "Our winter session runs from January, into mid February. And then we have another session that will start in March and run into April."
Most of the classes are geared towards adults and they do cost some money which will help support the museum and its programming.
"They range anywhere from $15, which you can do for an art appreciation course on a Sunday afternoon, to more expensive courses that take you over learning about a particular technique over several weeks, like watercolor or pastel or oil painting," said Kruger. "And those classes are more expensive, and they're rated according to the length of the course."
All of the classes follow the health and safety regualtions in place to fight against COVID-19.
"In order to deal with the recent events, almost every class is virtual," said Kruger. "You are working at home in the safety of your own environment. There are a few classes that we will have to be here in person. So for instance, in a class called writing the lifting body, and that's going to take place in one of our galleries in the museum, you can either do that in person or virtual. And that class will be socially distance, there will be a limited number of participants that can be on site for the in person class. And then we'll make sure that in addition to social distancing, mask wearing. We'll also have all of the normal things available like hand sanitizers, and individual stations so that people feel safe while they're working there together in the museum."
You can browse course listings and register for classes here.
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English language and linguistics: general interest
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The Cambridge Guide to Australian English Usage is an up-to-date, evidence-based account of the variable points in Australian usage and style, in alphabetical format. Its description of Australian English uses a wealth of primary sources (linguistic corpora; the internet; public surveys of usage, conducted through Australian Style) as well as the latest editions of English dictionaries, style manuals and grammars. With all this input the Cambridge Guide to Australian English Usage provides in-depth coverage of the currency of alternative usages in spelling, punctuation and word choice in Australia, while showing the influence of British and American English here as well. This book is designed for everyone who writes and edits documents and non-fiction texts, for print or electronic delivery. Tertiary students and staff will get plenty of help from it, as well as professional editors who work with manuscripts of many different authors and commissions from multiple publishers.
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'This work provides a clearly laid out, consistent and easy to use guide for writers who wish to make informed decisions about language and style. It is well grounded in both linguistic study and actual usage based on a range of primary sources, including Australian sources on the internet, the Australian ICE linguistic corpus and user surveys of Australian style, as well as recent dictionaries, style manuals and grammars. … A style guide is rarely considered to be an attractive or engaging read, but Pam Peters's informal, chatty style brings this work alive. … Recommended for libraries with Australian Studies and Linguistics collections.' Reference Reviews
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Postby scowdich » Mon Sep 17, 2007 8:01 am UTC
Good Omens.
The Charlie Parker Omnibook in E-flat.
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Postby no-genius » Mon Sep 17, 2007 2:39 pm UTC
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (trilogy in 4 parts) by Douglas Adams
also, the Salmon of doubt - read it again last week.
History of Western Philosophy by Bertrand Russell, because that is how i roll.
I don't sing, I just shout. All. On. One. Note.
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Postby Bakemaster » Mon Sep 17, 2007 5:29 pm UTC
scowdich wrote: The Charlie Parker Omnibook in E-flat.
Yes. Except B-flat.
Postby pollywog » Mon Sep 24, 2007 8:04 am UTC
Lyra Ngalia wrote: Some get swapped out of the list every once in a while, but it's usually pretty consistent.
The Golden Compass/Northern Lights by Philip Pullman - Really loved the first one, liked the second one a lot, and was thoroughly let down by the third. It's kind of like he started off a little JRR Tolkien and ended up a lot CS Lewis in terms of subtlety.
Dune by Frank Herbert - I really think Dune by itself is one of the greats. It is just so dense and engaging, and the ending is so perfect. But then Herbert had to go and write more stuff for it.
War of the Flowers by Tad Williams - I'd put Otherland on here instead if it wasn't so damned long. This is I think the only time Tad Williams was able to write a story that fit a single book, and it's a great one. A nice spin on normal faerie fantasies.
Foundation by Isaac Asimov - Foundation was one of those books that when I read the end, I just sat there and stared at the book in shock, it was that good. The only other one out of that series that gave me the same reaction was Second Foundation.
Brave New World by Aldous Leonard Huxley - I like it a lot more than 1984. I think it has to do with the fact that 1984 focused more on how humans corrupt their society and is terrifying in that right, while Brave New World focused on how technology corrupted and crippled society.
I agree with this much of what you say. I've not read the others, so maybe I shall now. My only disagreement was Pullman trilogy. I loved all of those books.
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Re: What is your favourite book?
Postby Jack Saladin » Fri Sep 28, 2007 7:12 am UTC
Yes, I thought they only got better as the trilogy continued, with the third being one of the best books I've read.
Postby Lambic » Fri Sep 28, 2007 6:15 pm UTC
Errr . . . really? I liked the first couple of books, but the recursive control structure that ran the Foundation universe sort of got on my nerves after a while. It was like a children's song. To the tune of body parts song:
"The fragments of the Empire are influence by the . . . Foundation"
"The Foundation is influenced by the . . . Second Foundation"
"The Second Foundation is influenced by the . . . Mule"
"The Mule is influenced by the . . . Gaia"
"The Gaia is influenced by the . . . R. Daneel"
In Asimov's mind the universe worked like a bad continental bureaucracy (redundant I know).
I was really hoping that someone would be brave enough to say "Gödel, Escher, Bach" and then end up under a massive internet pile-on of (good natured) ridicule. This may mean that I am a bad person.
Incidentally, I freakin' love Gödel, Escher, Bach.
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Postby Angelene » Sat Sep 29, 2007 10:08 am UTC
Oh I don't deal in favourites, it's too discriminative, and I don't reread books. Books of note include:
Jung Chang's Wild Swans was a fascinating insight into three generations of women in China.
Graham Greene's The End of the Affair... "The slowly growing pain in my upper arm where her weight lay was the greatest pleasure I had ever known"
Dave Eggers' A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius...a rather apt title. Go read McSweeney's. Go!
Jonathan Safran Foer's Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close..."I wondered, for the first time in my life, if life was worth all the work it took to live"
Michael Chabon's The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay...oh what a book, and soon to be a film, all going well.
The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy had the most devastatingly beautifully written prose I've ever read, perhaps almost excessively so, at times...but a beautiful book nonetheless.
The Road, by Cormac McCarthy, this year's Pulitzer winner. A heartbreaking and ultimately terrifying tale, staggering in the beauty of its writing...I defy you to read this and not be moved.
The Comfort of Strangers by Ian McEwan...an interest in McEwan has now been sparked in Cara.
"Some people need a red carpet rolled out in front of them in order to walk forward into friendship. They can't see the tiny outstretched hands all around them, everywhere, like leaves on trees."
Postby Jesse » Sat Sep 29, 2007 12:59 pm UTC
Do not read Enduring Love by him. Ugh.
Atonement is very good, and try to pick up his early short stories, they were a lot of fun.
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Postby danb » Sun Sep 30, 2007 3:42 pm UTC
Portnoy's Complaint and American Pastoral, both by Philip Roth; Song of Solomon, by Toni Morrison; David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens; Henderson the Rain King, by Saul Bellow. I've also enjoyed everything I've ever read by David Sedaris and Bill Bryson.
Postby Angelene » Mon Oct 01, 2007 4:46 am UTC
OhOhOh, and Papillon by Henri Charrière!!! Heavens, such an oversight that was. Positively unputdownable, as my poor degree found out when I picked it up a couple of days before finals. Oh well.
Postby Cheese » Tue Oct 02, 2007 9:04 pm UTC
How the hell am I supposed to pick my favourite book?
Here are a few that are not my favourites, reasons given:
Slaughterhouse Five: Great plot, characters, message, etc. BUT I had to use it for study in English lessons. And I hate picking apart a text to see hidden authors' thoughts that werent there in the first place, then analysing them and presenting them as 'evidence'. So I went off it. This has happened to several books for me over the years, but most of them I'd grow out of.
David Eddings' Elenium and Tamuli: They're pretty much the same basic plotlines as the Belgariad and Malloreon, with an older main character, less books in each series, and weirder sex bits (although thankfully less of them). If he'd stolen someone else's story and made changes, it'd be slightly acceptable, but taking your own and mauling them is unforgivable.
Anyway, if I ever do find an ultimately best book, I'll post it, but I'm currently still searching.
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Postby Amicitia » Wed Oct 03, 2007 4:58 am UTC
Isn't everyone taught that there's no "secret meaning" one is uncovering, but merely textual analysis, which is a form of speculation? This is something I'm really stuck on. I had one teacher like that, but the rest acknowledged something around the lines of "if you see something more meaningful, then go for it."
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Postby joshdrilling » Wed Oct 03, 2007 5:55 am UTC
Cat's Cradle is the best Vonnegut book.
The Brothers Karamazov is the best Dostoevsky book.
Strangers in a Strange Land is the best Heinlein book.
One Hundred Years of Solitude is the best Gabriel Garcia Marquez book.
And the Divine Comedy is the most important poem, by Dante Alighieri. I'm growing up now, and I can't believe how many people haven't read it. What the fuck.
Thus, the best book would be written by Fyodor Garcia Alighieinleinnegut. Tell me when they collaborate.
Postby Angelene » Wed Oct 03, 2007 5:58 am UTC
One Hundred Years of Solitude bored me to tears. I'm so very sorry.
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Postby Scigatt » Wed Oct 03, 2007 7:29 am UTC
The Nature of the Chemical Bond, 3rd ed. by Linus Pauling.
Postby no-genius » Wed Oct 03, 2007 3:16 pm UTC
I've said this before, but Hitchhikers : DDddda111234
daydalus
Postby daydalus » Wed Oct 03, 2007 3:19 pm UTC
Diamond Age, Stephenson. Moby Dick, Melville. Lord of the Rings, Tolkien. The Fountainhead, Rand (but dont call me an objectivist, I just like idealistic artists).
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Postby Reckless » Wed Oct 03, 2007 5:15 pm UTC
Underworld, by Don DeLillo.
Johnny Got His Gun and the Hitchhiker's series are close seconds.
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Postby lesliesage » Fri Oct 05, 2007 10:26 pm UTC
daydalus wrote: The Fountainhead, Rand (but dont call me an objectivist, I just like idealistic artists).
Ah, same here. Say what you will of Ayn Rand, I fell in love with the Fountainhead's Dominique, and wanted to be her. Beautiful and brutal, temperamental and traitorous. Brilliant. Passionate and fiercely autonomous.
Favourite at the moment is The Poisonwood Bible, Barbara Kingsolver. Here's about half my list of faves. It's so hard to choose.
Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid's Tale
Orson Scott Card, Ender's Game
Charlotte Perkins Gilman, The Yellow Wallpaper
Ernest Hemingway, The Old Man and the Sea
Kazuo Ishiguro, The Remains of the Day
Andrea Levy, Small Island
Lois Lowry, The Giver
Toni Morrison, Beloved
Marge Piercy, Woman on the Edge of Time
Ayn Rand, The Fountainhead, We the Living
Salman Rushdie, Midnight's Children
Jose Saramago, The History of the Seige of Lisbon
Sir Walter Scott, Ivanhoe.
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Postby Vitamin_A » Sun Oct 07, 2007 7:03 am UTC
I used to read a lot more when I was younger, but then I got busy, and haven't been able to do it as frequently, however, my favourite books include (in no particular order):
- many of Frederick Forsyth's books
- Brave New World
- The Harry Potter Series
- The Artemis Fowl Series
- The Hunt For Red October
- By Way of Deception
and of course, my all-time favourite, How to Win Friends and Influence People
...kidding, of course.
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Postby Swordfish » Mon Oct 08, 2007 6:03 am UTC
This might seem like a strange one for people, and I didn't see anyone mention it, but I have to say that my favorite book would be The Caine Mutiny. I read it back in highschool and really enjoyed it.
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arbivark
Postby arbivark » Mon Oct 08, 2007 6:24 am UTC
Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein.
He's one of my favorite authors, and I would also recomend "For Us, the Living" for a really good commentary of the United States.
Yeah I'll go with For Us the Living. Not because it's a good book, but because it's the only Heinlein novel I haven't read yet.
Eoin
Postby Eoin » Mon Oct 08, 2007 2:49 pm UTC
I could very easily end up listing ten or twelve, but that would make a complete mess of answering a question with the word "book" in it. Instead I'll only make a slight mess of answering it, and list three favourite "book".
A Game of Thrones, George R.R. Martin (Favourite Sci-Fi/Fantasy. First book of a brilliant, and ongoing, series)
1984, George Orwell (Favourite "classic")
The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul, Douglas Adams (Favourite Comedy)
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Postby Tisiphone » Mon Oct 08, 2007 2:58 pm UTC
His Dark Materials Series by Phillip Pullman
The Abhorsen Series by Garth Nix
Dracula by Bram Stoker
The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
I can't decide... I really am unable to comprehend people who say they "don't read", I must read at least 2-3 books a week or I feel incomplete and unproductive. It is also a requirement for me to fall asleep properly.
I'd love to have your cake and eat it too.
cathrl
Postby cathrl » Tue Oct 09, 2007 9:54 pm UTC
There are so many (most of them listed here) that I'll go with the ones which I keep going back and rereading, and which nobody's mentioned yet...
One Day In The Life Of Ivan Denisovitch (Solzenitsyn...I think)
Susan Cooper's "Dark is Rising" series. Just don't mention the movie. I'm trying to pretend it doesn't exist.
Barbara Hambly's Dark Tower series.
My one book for a desert island, though, would have to be LotR.
justinpizza
Postby justinpizza » Wed Oct 10, 2007 10:26 pm UTC
Lie Down in Darkness by William Styron
This book destroyed me. Every time I read Styron, it's infuriating because his prose is as close to perfect as I think anyone can get. He's ridiculous, and amazing.
Post Office - Charles Bukowksi
Most people have strong opinions on Bukowski. I'm one of the rabid fans. I love the simplicity of his prose. He still manages to get some very intricate and complicated ideas across with his blunt force style, though. It's genius.
On a side note, I moved into this town(Tallahassee) back in January. I was finally able to obtain a library card, and I'm definitely using this thread for ideas after my initial romp. Today I got:
Ham on Rye - Charles Bukowski
Cat's Cradle - Kurt Vonnegut
Set this House on Fire - William Styron
The Great Short Novels of Henry James
Underworld - Don DeLillo
High Fidelity - Nick Hornsby
They give us a month to hold the books, but I'll probably tear through these in under two weeks. I'm an English major on hiatus from school, and after a year and a half away from academi I've finally regained my desire to read.
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Postby OfChampions » Fri Oct 12, 2007 5:17 pm UTC
Breakfast of Champions - Kurt Vonnegut
Catcher in the Rye - J.D. Sallinger
Hithchiker's Trilogy and books thereof - Douglas Adams
Utopia - Sir John
The Human Comedy - Saroyan
Farenheit 451 - Bradbury
And there are many more I've read...
... but I don't like poetry or prose, so the hell with the diving comedy, no irony or coincidence or cute pun intended.
Except maybe the last one, I may have subconsciously gone for the pun.
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Postby Joshmonster » Fri Oct 12, 2007 6:41 pm UTC
Picking one book is waaaay too hard, so I'll just pick several and take up a lot of space
American Gods - Mr. Gaiman.
I really love the integration of ancient mythology into our modern world and how he pictures what 'gods' would be doing if they were hanging around today.
Hairstyles of the Damned - Joe Meno.
I can read this book over and over and it is still awesome every time. It's a story about a kid in high school in the early 90's and his discovery of the wonders of life. Drugs, music, girls, and a little bit of D&D. I really like how his music tastes change throughout the book from "I like stuff thats loud" to "I like stuff that means stuff and stuff".
A Song of Ice and Fire - George R. R. Martin.
This series is one of the best I've ever read. I like how everything the characters do have consequences and that there are no 'fairy tale endings'. Bad things happen and they are especially prevalent in this series.
yellie
Postby yellie » Sat Oct 13, 2007 1:37 am UTC
- His Dark Materials
- Artefacts of Power quartet
- Obligatory mention of Catcher in the Rye
- It's 21st century equivalent, The Perks of Being A Wallflower
Anything written by:
- Ian Irvine
- Hunter S. Thompson
- Chuck Palahniuk
- Eoin Colfer
Eschatokyrios
Postby Eschatokyrios » Sat Oct 13, 2007 1:44 am UTC
Slaughterhouse Five, for the very unique storytelling and simple beauty of the prose.
East of Eden, for the atmosphere that Steinbeck creates, and the depth of his storytelling.
The Left Hand of Darkness, because it looks at such a basic concept as gender in such an interesting way, and still manages to tell a moving, very human story. Same goes for The Disposessed, although I like Left Hand of Darkness more.
A Canticle for Leibowitz: a very interesting and sad story about the rebuilding of human civilization after a nuclear war. It's interesting how it tracks the development of post-nuclear civilizations and their response to the ruins of ours, and I like the use of the Catholic church as a framework by which to tell the story.
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Postby Ethereal » Sun Oct 14, 2007 2:10 am UTC
I'd say anything by Cornelia Funke. Sure, not the best writer in the world, but her books were influential in my life. They were books I could find in both English and Dutch, which, initially was why I read them. Fantasy books (as well as mystery and science-fiction) have been more my style ever since I read the phantom tollbooth all those years ago.
(also, OfChampions you may need to be pun-ished.)
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Postby Jobo » Sun Oct 14, 2007 4:59 am UTC
Norwegian Wood, by Haruki Murakami.
Honestly, a lot of this guy's books would end up on my favorites list, but this was the first novel of his that I read, and... I'm not sure what it is that I love so much. Everything just goes together so nicely. I'm sort of in the middle of rereading it for a third or fourth time now... it's just enjoyable to read.
I couldn't tell you what would get the number two place, though. Roald Dahl's Going Solo was amazing, as was The Great Gatsby, my collection of Bradbury's short stories, or... others. Tough call.
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Postby ducknerd » Tue Oct 16, 2007 6:11 am UTC
I massively second Haruki Murakami, especially his short stories.
The Scar, by China Mieville; No, he really doesn't know how to create characters, but his world-building and prose style are almost painfully awesome.
Snow Crash. Because it's Snow Crash.
Just about anything by Barbara Kingsolver, although I specifically liked her essays in High Tide in Tucson.
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Postby Q.W.Quee » Tue Oct 16, 2007 11:03 am UTC
The Hungry Caterpillar, and you know it.
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Postby George Orr » Tue Oct 16, 2007 8:41 pm UTC
Jobo wrote: Norwegian Wood, by Haruki Murakami.
Murakami is where it's at, for sure. I just finished reading Kafka on the Shore, which was the first of his that I've read. Right now I'm reading The Wind Up Bird Chronicle, which is also fucking brilliant. The rest of his stuff is on my to-buy list.
That said, Kafka on the Shore was awesome in such a twisted, mysterious way that I'm still wondering about a few points. I know that there are supposed to be some purposefully loose ends in the book, but I'm just the kind of person who enjoys figuring things like this out. I've got a lot of ideas, and if there are enough people here who have read it, I would enjoy starting a thread to discuss a few of the more fleeting/mysterious aspects of its plot and/or metaphysics.
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Postby no-genius » Tue Oct 16, 2007 11:08 pm UTC
Of the books I read recently, it would have to be VALIS by Philip K Dick. Reading that book was so much fun!
Postby George Orr » Tue Oct 16, 2007 11:30 pm UTC
no-genius wrote: Of the books I read recently, it would have to be VALIS by Philip K Dick. Reading that book was so much fun!
Ah, so that's where your "location" thing comes from. I knew it sounded familiar, but I couldn't remember where it was from until now. And yeah, it's an awesome book.
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Postby MeteTheLame » Wed Oct 17, 2007 2:15 am UTC
The Sirens of Titans, Kurt Vonnegut
Martian Chronicles, Ray Bradbury
Brave New World, Aldous Huxley.
The latter two being my favorite authors ever. Bradbury is the better writer, but Huxley is (was) greatest thinker of the twentieth century.
I also really like Catch-22, but found Heller's other work to be unispired at best. He must have just gotten lucky. Closing Time was unbelievably disappointing.
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Postby jamesusillxd » Wed Oct 17, 2007 4:04 pm UTC
Ian Banks: The Wasp Factory
Phillip Pullmans His Dark Materials trilogy
And Stephen Kings Dark Tower trilogy(Witch i havent actually finished yet).
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Postby airtank » Thu Oct 18, 2007 12:44 am UTC
TO THE TWO OF YOU WHO SAID ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF SOLITUDE:
I'm <3ing at the two of you SO HARD right now! I read A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings last year and was immediately in love. I'm planning on picking up One Hundred Years soon. Thanks for reminding me.
I've been devouring books since I was like ten, so we'll see how well I can remember some of these:
Wraeththu trilogy (Storm Constantine)
Bless Me, Ultima (Rudolfo A. Anaya)
The Last Unicorn (Peter S. Beagle)
Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand)
Ender's Game and Ender's Shadow (Orson Scott Card)
Hitchiker's Guide and ensuing adventures (Douglas Adams)
Survivor (Chuck Palahniuk)
The Things They Carried (Tim O'Brien)
A Man Walks Into a Room (Nicole Krauss)
The Power of One (Bryce Courtenay)
I'm hesitant to include these since they're not strictly books, but I'm doing it anyway:
Neil Gaiman's Sandman series (graphic novels)
Art Spiegelman's Maus (graphic novels)
Rabbithead by Rebecca Dart (comic)
Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris (essays)


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RAHEEM STERLING made a quick getaway from training today - but still stopped to sign autographs for some young fans.
Sterling is at the centre of the biggest transfer saga of the summer after his agent's explosive interview yesterday.
Aidy Ward, who represents Sterling, declared the England international will not sign a new deal at Anfield - even for £900,000 a week.
Today the 20-year-old was back at work, for training at Liverpool's Melwood HQ.
Sterling exited the Reds HQ in a white Land Rover and was tailed by a group of young fans.
While the former QPR hotshot did not stop at the gate for them, he did pull over further down the road to sign autographs.
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Can FDA Put Some Heat Back Under European Adaptive Pathways?
Peter O'Donnell is a freelance journalist who specializes in European health affairs and is based in Brussels, Belgium.
Applied Clinical Trials, Applied Clinical Trials-09-01-2018, Volume 27, Issue 9
Columns | View from Brussels
Peter O'Donnell gauges the impact of FDA guidance on igniting the adaptive pathways debate in Europe.
The FDA's August release of draft guidance on innovative clinical trial designs for cancer therapies has excited interest not only among the US oncology community but also among some far-sighted drug developers in Europe, too. The FDA document, "Expansion Cohorts: Use in First-In-Human Clinical Trials to Expedite Development of Oncology Drugs and Biologics" (http://bit.ly/2nZ0vN7), offers advice on designing and conducting adaptive designs that can assess multiple aspects of a drug in development in a single trial while enrolling the minimum number of study participants.
The essence of these first-in-human multiple expansion cohort trials is that they can expedite development by proceeding seamlessly from initial determination of a potentially effective dose to individual cohorts, with trial objectives more typical of Phase II than Phase I trials. An FDA statement accompanying the release stresses the merits of targeted treatments, and records rising patient demand to enter these early trials and increasing calls to speed development and approval processes. The advantage of addressing multiple questions in a single trial that is amended as new objectives are identified is to avoid the time lag and additional resources experienced with the opening of new clinical trials, says the FDA.
The avowed objective of greater efficiency in drug development that can make highly effective drugs widely and rapidly available to the public could play well among drug developers in Europe. So, too, will the tone of the FDA invitation to comment: "We want your input to make sure that the final guidance is comprehensive and forward looking and adapts to rapidly changing research developments and technologies. Our regulatory work needs to remain as advanced as the many new cancer therapies currently working their way through development."
The drive in Europe toward adaptive pathways today gives every appearance of having run into the sand. Half-forgotten now are the heady days earlier in this second decade of the 21st century, when the European Medicines Agency (EMA) ran a pilot project to explore accelerating market access for new medicines.
Around 2015, the potential downsides of targeted medicine and adaptive pathways started to dominate European debate. Prominent European scientists raised concerns over the EMA pilot, questioning the conflation of "new" and "innovative" or the assumption that early market entry is beneficial to society, and flatly rejecting the principle that, "something is better than nothing." The European Public Health Alliance attacked the EU approach on the grounds that it had "prevented and impeded any political scrutiny." The European consumer defense body, BEUC, got in on the act with a study whose focus was clear from the title: "Fast-track approval for new medicines – patient safety at risk?", and which warned of the "unnecessary health risks" of adaptive pathways "because these medicines would be put on the market before there is complete information about their safety."
Even more substantially, the highly influential German health technology assessment body known as IQWiG (its name in English means the institute for quality and efficiency in healthcare) judged the EMA-backed approach as leaving "open questions unanswered"-particularly what it termed "perplexity" over the concept of real-world data. IQWiG said it "again sees its concerns about adaptive pathways confirmed," because "evidently neither industry nor EMA has a concept as to how real-world data can be used after drug approval to allow drawing reliable conclusions on benefit and harm." Since real-world data is "a key component of the adaptive pathways concept," uncertainty over its nature, its availability, or access to it means that the whole concept needs rethinking, said IQWiG.
Battered by such allegations, the topic has slipped down Europe's strategic agenda. The FDA draft guidance may restore some vigor to the debate. With its careful enumeration of recommended safeguards, the U.S. document not only makes some contribution to detailing protective mechanisms on the specific questions surrounding expansion cohorts, it also brings a balanced approach to the broader issues of adaptive pathways as a concept. Alongside its forward-looking enthusiasm, it sets out cautions over patient safety and methodological integrity in what amounts to a thoughtful outline of the pros and cons.
"It is critical that investigators, institutional review boards (IRBs), and regulators are updated with new safety information so that they can provide the necessary oversight for protection of human subjects and so that investigators can ensure that patients can provide adequate informed consent," it continues. And it warns against "inefficient drug development based on possibly missed interpretation of preliminary trial results and unplanned analyses that can lead to delays in proper clinical development."
The guidance also urges tight constraints on patient populations. Informed consent documents should be updated as new information is obtained during the trial that may affect a patient's decision to participate in or remain in the trial. Ethics review boards should frequently review evolving new safety information, and the background information for each expansion cohort should contain the scientific rationale for that individual cohort, with descriptions of the prespecified stopping rules.
The relative inactivity of European regulators on adaptive pathways is in part down to Brexit. The distractions for EMA of having to move from London to Amsterdam by next March has severely impacted its ability to do anything more than keep up with its core activity of assessing and monitoring marketing authorization applications. Adaptive pathways is simply one more extra task on which EMA and the Commission were due to act two years ago, but which has been neglected for pressure of resources, admitted the EU health commissioner in mid-August.
However, Europe hasn't completely gone into hibernation on the subject. Since 2015, an EU-backed project, ADAPT SMART, has been working quietly away at-in its own words-"laying the foundations and building consensus to make adaptive pathways work for all." The latest FDA entrance into the debate may help.
Peter O'Donnell is a freelance journalist who specializes in European health affairs and is based in Brussels, Belgium
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Over the past 30 years, amphibians worldwide have been infected with a lethal skin disease known as the amphibian chytrid fungus (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis).
But Rowley, along with Ross Alford from James Cook University, have just published a study that might provide a clue as to how individual frogs may fight the disease.
As part of the study, Rowley, Prof. Alford, and a small team of volunteers tracked 3 amphibian species in the rainforests of northeast Queensland, monitoring each subject's temperature both daily and nightly for 16 days.
After two weeks of "intensive frog-stalking," the research results showed a remarkable pattern: the warmer the frogs were, the less likely they were to be infected with amphibian chytrid. To be exact, frogs were "very unlikely" to be infected if at least 75% of their body was over 77 degrees Fahrenheit (25 degrees Celsius).
Although the exact reason for the pattern is unknown, Rowley theorizes that the frogs' immune systems operate more efficiently at warmer temperatures. As when humans get fevers, a high temperature may help the frog fight off the infection. Or, the fungus may simply start dying at high temperatures.
One of the three species studied: tapping green-eyed frog (Litoria serrata) with a tag. Photo courtesy of Jodi Rowley.
Second of the three species studied: Leuser's tree frog (Litoria lesueuri) with a tag. Photo courtesy of Jodi Rowley.
Third of the three species studied: torrent frog (Litoria nannotis) with a tag. Photo courtesy of Jodi Rowley.
CITATION: Rowley, J. J. L. & Alford, R. A. (2013)Hot bodies protect amphibians against chytrid infection in nature. Scientific Reports 3, 1515; DOI:10.1038/srep01515.


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