COLD CASE FILE CUT!

 

 

3pm Monday afternoon:  May 1953  The patient is wheeled into the tutorial room of 5th year medical students.  He is pallid against the pale blue hospital gown. Slightly apprehensive.  The students wait expectantly for the tutorial to begin. Professor Fransie Van Zyl, an esteemed surgeon who was to become the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at Stellenbosch, gives brilliant tutorials.

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Zermatt – skiing on top of the world

 

 

Zermatt’s world-famous reputation as a top ski resort began badly. From the late 1880s, driven by the spirit of adventure, mountain-conquering British lords and gentlemen felt the desire to discover the unknown − the untamed Alpine world − and pit their strength and skills against it. The 4 478-metre Matterhorn, which dominated the skyline of the town, was a tempting challenge.

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Whose Genome is it anyway?

 

 

The job is his. The well-oiled cogs of his five-year plan are turning. Slickly. Champion of Business, Change Management Consultant extraordinaire. IQ, EQ and the barage of psychometric tests reveal an open-minded, adaptable, gifted, persuasive, ingenious, prudent risk taker, a strongly goal- orientated strategist. He has charisma a ‘can do’ attitude and is on top of his game. His body is his temple and his habit Armani. Confident, smiling, he is master of his universe. And a tough negotiator – his proposed financial package is impressive – the cost to company staggering. This is the casting agency’s final call for the role of Merger and Acquisition Director. A sample of DNA swabbed expertly from inside his cheek.

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