Mr. Poland has been hailed as a national hero, as the speakers noted.
As several of the speakers noted, scientific studies in the past few years have proved the value of potentially powerful new prevention tools.
But as each of the speakers noted, the central role women play in society translates into a "butterfly effect" affecting ever-larger circles of humanity.
The harrowing sixth season of "Buffy" was, as Tamzin Cook, one of the speakers, noted, "quite painful to watch".
It consists of PowerPoint slides with case-based video vignettes, as well as speaker notes and audio, and learner evaluation materials.
The speakers noted, as one example, the fact that currently we collect many health indicators only sporadically rather than constantly.
Not only were mentors--with a few notable exceptions--absent from the meeting; but effective mentoring appears to be absent from the lives of many postdocs, as speaker after speaker noted.
Pelosi underscored these hopes in her opening speech to the House as speaker, noting that her election comes amid the 100th anniversary of women's suffrage.
The connected pocket computer (otherwise known as a smartphone) and the social Web have created monster new markets, as more than one speaker noted, and the money is flowing accordingly.
The only difference between dirt and a potato, as one speaker noted, is the way these building blocks are arranged.
As one conference speaker noted, the SNP aim at this election is to replace Labour in Scotland - and then be prepared to work with Labour in England.
