The first two novels - The Knife of Never Letting Go and The Ask and the Answer - were shortlisted for the Carnegie in 2009 and 2010.
The problem with legacy business intelligence is that the power to ask and answer questions is too often out of the hands of the end-users in large organizations.
Startup HealthTap is going after this problem with a free question-and-answer service in which consumers anonymously ask questions and doctors answer the questions.
That's why I think it is important that there's a clear legal base, it is important that there is support within the region, but critically that politicians continue to answer and ask the difficult questions.
There was a red cloth wound around the tower, and Sopheng said that the cloth showed that this was a living temple where locals came to leave their offerings and to ask the gods to answer their prayers.
IBM's Watson supercomputer can field an awkwardly worded question, figure out what you're trying to ask, retrieve the answer and spit it out fast enough to beat human champions on the TV quiz show "Jeopardy!"
For now, enjoy the hands-on photos and feel free to ask questions in the comments -- we're listening and will answer to the best of our ability.
They are worried about what is going on and if you just go outside and ask any Sudanese about the future, the typical answer will - and you will get, the future is ambiguous.
The update to Google's search application for the iPhone, which Apple will release through its App Store software distribution service for the smart phone, will allow users to ask a question and get an answer from the Mountain View, Calif.
And if you call Detroit and ask, the usual answer you get is what companies like GM for example earn in the region.
During the question-and-answer session, attendees got the chance to ask their most pressing questions.
In the show, Captain Kirk would ask the computer any question and the computer would spit out an answer.
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As Hurd began his get-acquainted briefings two years ago, he displayed an unerring willingness to bore in and ask the same question over and over again until he could grasp a clear answer.
In 1999, Mary Lou found the answer and started Just Ask A Woman, a marketing and branding consultancy focused on female consumers.
But ask a gamer, and the answer may well be the name of a server that hosts his or her favorite massively multiplayer online game (MMOG).
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Go ahead, ask questions and we, the brand, will answer your questions.
And if the answer is no, ask them why not.
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Still, you didn't ask me what my preferences were, and I'm going to do my best to answer the question that you did ask.
If the question is life - and that's one of the most profound questions we can ask, he says - the answer is almost certainly not Mars or an asteroid, but rather the icy moons orbiting distant planets like Saturn and Jupiter.
Ask Istanbullus what makes their city special and the answer usually comes straight from their stomachs.
Judicial regulation of the environment would ask legal experts to inexpertly answer scientific questions and would create a fractured regulatory framework, crippling interstate and international businesses.
Before your appointment talk to your older child about questions the doctor may ask him or her, and be prepared to answer questions on behalf of your child as necessary.
Beepl lets you ask questions on any topic and automatically find the best people to answer them.
We'd throw them into the natural world to contemplate it and then ask them to serve their answer up on a plate.
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Ask the young and educated what they want from their government and the answer is progress.
But ask Aidan and Sue Nelson what makes the region special and they will answer without hesitation: the food and the people who produce it.
If you are the one told to back off and respect boundaries, ask yourself a question and answer honestly: Were you acting out of concern, or were you trying to fulfill some unmet need of your own?
The markets ask what they are going to do with Greece and there is no convincing answer.
"The answer undoubtedly lies somewhere in the community and I want to ask the Bolton community as a whole whether they know of anyone who may have tried to conceal a birth or who recently have been pregnant but now is without a baby or appears withdrawn, upset or in physical discomfort, " she added.
Ask serial Australian entrepreneur Brett Blundy about his most satisfying business investment and the answer is surprising.
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