will know the form. First the reading, discussion and questions, then the book signing. Several people bring a book to be signed. Among them may be a man who slips several copies of your book out of protective plastic covers. He's probably a dealer. The easiest way to find out is to ask: "Who shall I sign it to?" A dealer will say in a rush: "Oh, nobody -- just your signature is fine."
http://www.mg.co.za/article/2010-02-12-kiss-books-goodbye-heres-ipad
Thursday, February 25, 2010
A Face-Off on the Safety of a Drug for Diabetes
Three years ago, Dr. Steven E. Nissen, a cardiologist at the Cleveland Clinic, conducted a landmark study that suggested that the best-selling diabetes drug Avandia raised the risk of heart attacks. The study led to a Congressional inquiry, stringent safety warnings, a sharp drop in the drug’s sales and a plunge in the share price of GlaxoSmithKline, Avandia’s maker.
The battle between Dr. Nissen and GlaxoSmithKline was waged from afar in news releases and published papers. But on May 10, 2007, 11 days before Dr. Nissen’s study was published in The New England Journal of Medicine, he and four company executives met face to face in a private meeting whose details have not been disclosed until now.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/23/health/23niss.html?ref=science
The battle between Dr. Nissen and GlaxoSmithKline was waged from afar in news releases and published papers. But on May 10, 2007, 11 days before Dr. Nissen’s study was published in The New England Journal of Medicine, he and four company executives met face to face in a private meeting whose details have not been disclosed until now.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/23/health/23niss.html?ref=science
It’s sex or no degree – students
students hundreds of rands to pass their degrees will be investigated.
Victims have told university authorities that they were victimised because they did not want to align themselves with a “corrupt demand”.
Students said they were failed because they did not pay their lecturer or accede to his demands for sexual favours.
http://www.sowetan.co.za/News/Article.aspx?id=1117589
Victims have told university authorities that they were victimised because they did not want to align themselves with a “corrupt demand”.
Students said they were failed because they did not pay their lecturer or accede to his demands for sexual favours.
http://www.sowetan.co.za/News/Article.aspx?id=1117589
HIV can be held in check in five years
THE global Aids epidemic could be contained within five years by testing everybody in high-risk regions and immediately treating all those who are found to be HIV-positive, according to a leading scientist.
Universal therapy with anti-retroviral drugs would not only save millions of lives but would also prevent transmission of HIV by making people who carry the virus less infectious, said Dr Brian Williams, of the South African Centre for Epidemiological Modelling and Analysis .
http://www.sowetan.co.za/News/Article.aspx?id=1117440
Universal therapy with anti-retroviral drugs would not only save millions of lives but would also prevent transmission of HIV by making people who carry the virus less infectious, said Dr Brian Williams, of the South African Centre for Epidemiological Modelling and Analysis .
http://www.sowetan.co.za/News/Article.aspx?id=1117440
How to decline Facebook friends without offence
A colleague I just met at work has invited me to be their friend on Facebook. I don't want to offend them, but nor do I want to share my candid photos and lousy Scrabble scores with someone I hardly know. "Can I be your friend?" might work as an ice-breaker among small children, but it's not a question you hear often between adults, at least not outside of Las Vegas.Friendship, it is generally understood, is a relationship that evolves through shared interests, common experiences and a primeval need to share your neighbour's power tools.
http://www.mg.co.za/article/2010-02-22-how-to-decline-facebook-friends-without-offence
http://www.mg.co.za/article/2010-02-22-how-to-decline-facebook-friends-without-offence
FCC seeking more spectrum for wireless broadband
WASHINGTON – Federal regulators are hoping to find more wireless spectrum for mobile broadband services by reallocating some airwaves now assigned to television broadcasters and others.
Under a long-awaited proposal outlined by the Federal Communications Commission on Wednesday, broadcasters and other existing spectrum holders would voluntarily give back some spectrum and share in proceeds raised by government auctions of those airwaves to wireless companies.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100224/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_fcc_spectrum_shortage
Under a long-awaited proposal outlined by the Federal Communications Commission on Wednesday, broadcasters and other existing spectrum holders would voluntarily give back some spectrum and share in proceeds raised by government auctions of those airwaves to wireless companies.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100224/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_fcc_spectrum_shortage
Obama, Republicans clash at heated health summit
With tempers flaring, President Barack Obama and congressional Republicans clashed in an extraordinary live-on-TV summit Thursday over the right prescription for the nation's broken health care system, talking of agreement but holding to long-entrenched positions that leave them far apart.
"We have a very difficult gap to bridge here," said Rep. Eric Cantor, the No. 2 House Republican. "We just can't afford this. That's the ultimate problem."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100225/ap_on_bi_ge/us_health_care_overhaul
"We have a very difficult gap to bridge here," said Rep. Eric Cantor, the No. 2 House Republican. "We just can't afford this. That's the ultimate problem."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100225/ap_on_bi_ge/us_health_care_overhaul
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