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...really fun, and at least one will probably win a Nobel Prize (our money is on David Liu). The 1b class is more of a mixed bag, taking fewer risks and breaking less ground than LS1a. This class takes a more traditional approach to biology, expanding on the now-defunct BS50 course by focusing on genetics and some peripheral disease-related material. The 1a profs seem more polished than those in 1b, though Daniel Hartl stands out as a truly impressive lecturer. Maryellen Ruvolo and John Wakeley clearly have interesting points to make, but get lost in their expansive Powerpoint...
...economic slowdown of late 2006 was part of a wider crisis of globalization, as energy prices soared and the drive toward free trade lost momentum. With oil stuck above $70 per bbl. and the Doha round of trade negotiations defunct, growth was bound to slacken. But what made matters unexpectedly worse was miscalculations by the world's central bankers...
...news in the making-and, if you look on the walls of the administrative offices, to be photographed. Plans are afoot to capture more of the tourist dollar, through art and guided tours of Gooniyandi country. "The demise of trad-itional communities is due to structures, such as the [defunct] Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Comm-ission, that have been imposed from afar by governments," says school principal Len Boyle. "It's far better now that the money, and responsibility, is in the hands of local comm-unities." Independently run by an Aboriginal community board, the school draws on funding...
...favorite was Mocha Walnut, which is defunct, but these days [after bypass surgery] I like Cherry Garcia frozen yogurt...
...bank's financial innovations were born partly out of necessity. Once an outpost of defunct British investment bank Hill Samuel Ltd., Australian executives carried out a management buyout in the mid-'80s and renamed the bank Macquarie in honor of a 19th century colonial governor. But it wasn't until 1996, when Australia's commodity exports began to result in large budget surpluses for the government, that Macquarie's chief executive, Allan Moss, who had joined the bank in the sleepy Hill Samuel days, saw his big chance. "Bond markets were drying up," recalls Gary Turner, a Sydney-based financial...