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The local writer Rosemary Furber teaches creative writing workshops.
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Sara Furber, chief operating officer in corporate and investment banking, quit to take a senior role in
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"Search engine marketing company boss, Mark Furber, believes a five-year development plan for the new search project QUAERO could be out-moded due to the pace of technology change and it has therefore no chance of overtaking Google."
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More scenes with Furber would have been a desirable and delightful touch.
Penelope Andrew: Film Review of Easy Virtue: Much of Noel Coward's Charm Survives Intact 2009
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What is obvious in this current production are the almost seamless performances of Scott Thomas and Kris Marshall (Furber, the butler) in their charming, just slightly-over-the top but well-crafted character roles.
Penelope Andrew: Film Review of Easy Virtue: Much of Noel Coward's Charm Survives Intact 2009
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Furber pointed to the construction of the Warman Sport and Cultural Village and the Wickenheiser Centre in Shaunavon, both of which will soon come to a halt due to ballooning costs and the refusal of the Sask Party to provide increased funding.
Archive 2009-08-01 2009
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Furber pointed to the construction of the Warman Sport and Cultural Village and the Wickenheiser Centre in Shaunavon, both of which will soon come to a halt due to ballooning costs and the refusal of the Sask Party to provide increased funding.
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"Our aim is to use the computer to understand better how the brain works at the level of spike patterns, and to see if biology can help us see how to build computer systems that continue functioning despite component failures," said Prof Furber.
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Professor Steve Furber, of the university school of computer science, said computer science had much to learn from biological systems.
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Professor Furber said: Our brains keep working despite frequent failures of their component neurons, and this 'fault-tolerant' characteristic is of great interest to engineers who wish to make computers more reliable.
The Brain Box Zoe Brain 2006
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