As befits someone whose first decade of professional output inspired a book called "Habits, Patterns, Algorithms" (ORO Editions, 2008), he's the quintessential polymath: one part nerdy, several parts worldly and equally interested in bees and Brigitte Bardot.

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With a keyboard add-on, the MediaPad 10 FHD can be transformed into a ultra-book, and its VGA and HDMI output and office software compatibility supports all your business and entertainment needs.

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My favorite memory of him: the night I hosted a book party in his honor (his prolific output, all banged out on typewriter, made this a frequent occurrence), when he dragged in his co-author, Captain Lou Albano, and a passel of other pro wrestlers, for a night of rowdiness and grappling stories.

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After years spent in TV writers rooms and fielding script notes from network executives, Cannell took critiques from his book editors in stride and kept up a steady output.

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However, like the others in this prolific writing team - colourist Jamie Grant and story writer Grant Morrison - he is unwilling to put his finger on just what it is about their output which holds such appeal for US comic book readers.

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So long as it could book a quarter of its reserves and a fifth of its oil output via the Russian venture, BP cared little about slower growth.

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His book addresses the argument in cost-benefit terms, and concludes that spending 1-2% of global output to avoid a significant temperature rise is a bargain worth taking a similar conclusion to that in his original 2006 study.

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