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|CANCER SCREENING BY DETECTION OF ULTRASTRUCTURAL AND MOLECULAR MARKERS - The present invention relates to detection of cancer, or assessment of risk of development thereof. In particular, the present invention provides compositions and methods detection of field carcinogenesis by identification of ultrastructural and molecular markers in a subject.
|AUTOMATED CELL COLLECTION AND SMEARING - The present invention provides systems, devices, and methods for cell collection and/or cell smearing (e.g., on a slide). In particular, provided herein is an cell collection device, a translating slide holder, systems comprising such devices, and methods of use thereof.
|Prophylaxis and Treatment of Enteropathogenic Bacterial Infection - In accordance with the present invention, methods are provided for the prevention and/or treatment of enteropathogenic bacterial infection in the gastrointestinal tract of a subject, and the diarrhea associated with the infection, by administration to the subject of a low molecular weight polyethylene glycol, as well concurrent administration with other antibiotic and antidiarrheal agents. Methods for reduction or suppression of inflammation, and inhibition of β1-integrin expression in the gastrointestinal mucosa are also provided. Also described is a kit suitable for use with the methods disclosed.
|Compositions and Methods - Compositions comprising polyethylene glycol (PEG) are disclosed for the prophylaxis and/or treatment of head and neck squamous cell carcinomas (HNSCC). Methods for the prophylaxis and/or treatment of HNSCC comprising administering an effective amount of PEG are also disclosed. Also disclosed are methods and compositions for suppressing the surface expression of EGFR using PEG.
|METHODS OF DIAGNOSING CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION - Methods of diagnosing
|METHOD FOR NON-CONTRAST ENHANCED MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY - A method for non-contrast enhanced magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) of a three-dimensional (3D) volume of a subject having a vascular structure extending through the 3D volume and having flowing spins passing through vascular structure. The method includes applying at least one radiofrequency (RF) pulse to a first slice to label the flowing spins passing into a second slice located within the 3D volume adjacent to the first slice and acquiring imaging data from the second slice using a two-dimensional (2D) pulse sequence and sampling k-space using a non-Cartesian sampling pattern. The acquisition of the of the imaging data is repeated to acquire a series of second slices located across the 3D volume to acquire respective sets of imaging data spanning the 3D volume. The sets of imaging data is reconstructed into a time-series of image frames depicting the flowing spins passing through the vascular structure.
|CANCER SCREENING BY DETECTION OF ULTRASTRUCTURAL AND MOLECULAR MARKERS - The present invention relates to detection of cancer, or assessment of risk of development thereof. In particular, the present invention provides compositions and methods detection of field carcinogenesis by identification of ultrastructural and molecular markers in a subject.
|PROBE APPARATUS FOR RECOGNIZING ABNORMAL TISSUE - The present invention relates to probe apparatuses and component combinations thereof that are used to recognize possibly abnormal living tissue using a detected early increase in microvascular blood supply and corresponding applications. In one embodiment there is disclosed an apparatus that emits broadband light obtained from a light source onto microvasculature of tissue disposed within a human body and receives interacted light that is obtained from interaction of the broadband light with the microvasculature for transmission to a receiver. Different further embodiments include combinations of optical fibers, polarizers and lenses that assist in the selection of a predetermined depth profile of interacted light. In another embodiment, a kit apparatus is described that has various probe tips and/or light transmission elements that provide for various combinations of predetermined depth profiles of interacted light. In a further embodiment, a method of making a spectral data probe for depth range detection selectivity for detection of blood within microvasculature of tissue is described.
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maggliolini cordial glassesby Massimo Lunardon $230.00
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A Carnival Of Color
Splashed with color and artistry, these charismatic glasses add a shot of inspiration to lackluster table settings. Each one of the six, mesmerizing cordial glasses epitomizes pleasure: colors tango up and through the hand-blown glass, stems evoke images of fire, dyed silk, water, and more. Let the drinks flow and watch your party conversation do the same. Handmade in Italy at the Massimo Lunardon. Sold as a set of six.
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Massive Software was tapped by Rhythm & Hues to create lifelike CG animals for Universal's EVAN ALMIGHTY. These included large establishing shots of hundreds of animals paired two-by-two as described in the biblical story of Noah's Ark.
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In a historic judgment by Supreme Court of Pakistan , the judges have ordered an action against Malik Riaz (real estate mafia lord), Salman (Son in law of Malik Riaz) and Arsalan Iftikhar Chaudhry (Chief Justice's own son).
We salute Chief Justice and Supreme Court for showing us that, at least in their eyes, no one is above the law.
SC orders action against Riaz, Salman and Arsalan
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ISLAMABAD: A two member bench of the Supreme Court comprising of Justice Jawwad S Khawaja and Justice Khilji Arif have concluded hearing of the Arsalan Iftikhar suo moto case and issued its short order.
In the short order the Supreme Court directed Attorney General Ifran Qadir to take strict action against Malik Raiz, Salman Ahmed (Riaz's son-in-law) and Arsalan Iftikhar according to the law. The court said that the three had the right to a transparent trial.
The court ruled that Malik Riaz tried to buy justice, adding those giving bribes and those taking it were both sinners.
The two member bench also rejected the plea of Malik Riaz's counsel Zahid Bukhari to form a commission or send the case to an investigation agency.
The short order was written on the basis of statements recorded by parties in the case along with those of Hamid Mir, Kamran Khan and Shaheen Sehbai.
Shaheen Sehbai admitted that the son of the CJ was targeted to hatch a conspiracy against the judiciary.
The order further said that Malik Riaz had accepted that despite spending more than Rs340 million he could not get relief. The media should not be used by such persons who do not respect the law and constitution, the order said.
We need to go for across the board accountability without becoming a prey of illusions
After the remarkable of 17 member honorable bench of Supreme Court of Pakistan. Some players of democracy card join by some opportunists are playing Democracy Card and Ethnic Card.
NRO case was in pending before emergency SC just gave a ruling on that . Most of the criticism is based on speculation and this is being done either deliberately or due to ignorance of the facts.
Some points to think for people who are due to ignorance falling into this propaganda:
-Yes,Musharraf needs to be trialed but who is going to invoke article 6. SC has provided solid grounds for that in 31st July 2009 judgment.
-SC has now called for the list of loan-settlements beneficiaries from banks and it will involve all.
-Karachi and Lahore land mafia cases are being opened.
-Recently Karachi City Government's acres of land is taken back from Army control by SC.
-PPP has a great chance to bring the khakis to justice as well if they come out of the deals they have made.
-Missing persons case is reopened including Dr. Aafia case and the delay is being done by agencies and so called democratic government.
-Bugti case has been registered and in the courts.
And their numerous other good things which are happening .
Establishment is playing games and they will not stop this but it doesn't mean we start falling into their trap.
Only thing which will stop them for another MERAI AZIZ HAM WATNON or something similar (which is being planned) is a strong judiciary and a good way to keep judiciary out the equation is to destroy its reputation.
Weaknesses are there and if any one has a problem with any judgment then why don't they challenge it in the court or at least they should have defended it properly in the court if the whole drama is for NRO .
The criticism over creating a team of judges to supervise accountability cases is baseless as their are examples of similar for terrorism cases but no one criticize that. It's the job of superior judiciary to see what is happening in lower courts. Another thing it will do is to ensure the proper trial without any delays like it has been the practice which was also criticized by many.
The other thing which is being propagated is why only Swiss cases are opened?
This is not the true picture Swiss cases were especially mentioned because it involves international courts otherwise the judgment says to open all the cases.
We need to slowly move towards a system of social-economic justice without losing our track.
These plutocrats (not democrats) are playing democracy card and ethnic card like khakis play national security card.
For once we need to go for across the board accountability without becoming a prey of illusions created by the players of National Security Card, Democracy Card, Shaheed Card, Ethnic Card, Sectarian or any other Card.


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In early 1936, from our place by the wall, Wolfgang and I eavesdropped on a rare argument between our parents. There had been a strangely irritable atmosphere all day. My mother evidently started it, reminding my father in a few short sentences what she had put up with, politically and personally, in the last three years. She said she wasn't complaining, but she had never dreamt of such a future. From morning to night she was standing in front of pots, pans, and washboards, and when the day was over she had to attend to the torn clothes of the children, patched five times over. And then, after what seemed like a hesitant pause, she asked whether my father did not, after all, want to reconsider joining the Party. The gentlemen from the education authority had called twice in the course of the year to persuade him to give way; at the last visit they had even held out the prospect of rapid promotion. In any case, she couldn't cope anymore…And to indicate the end of her plea, after a long pause she added a simple "Please!"
My father replied a little too wordily (as I sometimes thought in the years to come), but at the same time revealed how uneasy he had been about the question for a long time. He said something about the readjustments that she, like many others, had been forced to make. He spoke about habit, which after often difficult beginnings provides a certain degree of stability. He spoke about conscience and trust in God. Also that he himself, as well as my brothers and I, could gradually relieve her of some of the work in the household, and so on. But my mother insisted on an answer, suggesting that joining the Party would not change anything: "After all, we remain who we are!" It did not take long for my father to retort: "Precisely not! It would change everything!"
A portrait of an intellectually rigorous German household opposed to the Nazis and how its members suffered for their political stance
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'We have met all our... financial disclosures as required by corporate law,' TCIG boss says
It didn't take too long for Tribal Councils Investment Group (TCIG) to make a name for itself as a rising star and model for First Nations wealth generation when it was formed in the early 1990s.
Founded with investments of $25,000 each from the seven Manitoba tribal councils, it parlayed that modest investment into a group of operating companies, joint ventures and equity investments that generate about $100 million in annual revenue.
Tribal Councils Investment Group of Manitoba Ltd.
Operating businesses
Arctic Beverages Ltd. -- wholly owned
First Canadian Health Management Corp. -- in partnership with Express Scripts Canada
First Canadian Fuels Ltd. -- in association with Domo Gasoline Corp.
First Canadian Infastrcuture Inc. -- in association with CH2M HILL
Precambrian Wholesale Ltd.
TCIG-Munro Construction Inc. -- in partnership with Hugh Munro Construction
Wok Box Fresh Asian Kitchen
First Canadian Transportation
First Canadian Merchant Services -- partnered with Alliance Merchant Services Canada Inc.
Famous Dave's -- multi-unit franchise agreement
First Canadian Modular Homes
Investment holdings
Exchange Income Corporation
Artis Real Estate Investment Trust
Paragon Pharmacies Ltd.
Big Freight Systems Inc.
All in West! Capital Corporation
First Nations Bank of Canada
Larters at St. Andrews and The Meadows at East St. Paul Golf & Country Clubs.
But complaints about lack of accountability to shareholders and recent losses have now soured TCIG's reputation.
The corporation, led by CEO Allan McLeod, has racked up total losses of $4.7 million for the years 2010 and 2011 combined and in September was on pace for another $3.3 million in losses this year.
Irrespective of the bottom line performance of the holdings, one of its shareholders, Dakota Ojibway Tribal Council, through its business entity Dakota Ojibway Investments Ltd. feels it has exhausted all avenues in getting questions answered and has now turned to the courts.
On Tuesday it filed a notice of application with the provincial court seeking court assistance to compel TCIG to provide certain information to shareholders, declare that TCIG has breached obligations to the shareholders and, depending on the results of an investigation, appoint a receiver-manager.
Prior to the court filing McLeod said in an interview, "We have met all our legal shareholder disclosure agreement, including financial disclosures, as required by corporate law."
In correspondence prior to Tuesday, lawyers for TCIG responded to DOI's lawyers in a letter saying among other things, "TCIG follows all of its appropriate and required governance obligations," and "Your client is in breach of its obligations as a shareholder and will be held accountable for same."
TCIG's initial investment back in the early '90s -- the purchase of Arctic Beverages, the Pepsi bottler and product distributor in northern Canada -- was an immediate boon and has been a cash cow ever since.
Other heady investments in companies such as Exchange Income Corp. and Big Freight and Precambrian Wholesale Ltd. generated solid returns.
But its forays into operating restaurants, such as the Wok Box, have proven to be a cash drain. It is losing money on a trucking business and rising costs are dragging down profits.
Challenging financial conditions may have exacerbated conflicts with management that have been brewing for some time.
Philip Dorion, the founding chairman who had been on the board for almost 20 years, resigned last year over disagreements with management, including that he did not agree with the manner in which the company was dealing with the First Nations communities who are the shareholders.
TCIG had been making dividend payments of $100,000 per year to its seven tribal council shareholders (although that has been disrupted with the recent losses) and regularly contributes to community events such as powwows and golf tournament fundraisers.
But questions are being raised about the actual benefits First Nations receive. In a recent internal staff presentation, the company's marching orders stated, "Our focus on First Nation business has taken us away from our core business areas that make money. (We need to) shift from community benefits model to good profitable business model."
David Meeches, the chief of Long Plain First Nation and chairman of the Dakota Ojibway Tribal Council, said, "When First Nations and tribal councils were created they were geared toward service delivery. They were not necessarily created for economic development purposes."
He said the idea for TCIG was for the tribal councils to invest $25,000 each and create an investment group and see if it could spur economic development.
"Today the opposite is happening," Meeches said. "So little is provided to the creators, so little benefit, if any, to individual First Nations that the original intent is lost."
But it is management's refusal to disclose key information and a perceived lack of accountability to shareholders that may eventually get TCIG into hot water. Last year, an attempt by the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs to have management disclose certain details of company activities was put down by a counterattack by TCIG.
Meeches has been seeking disclosure on a number of issues for some time. Those requests were formalized recently culminating in this week's legal action by DOI.
In most cases it would be the shareholders' representative to the TCIG board who might traditionally access the kind of information that DOI is seeking. But DOTC's current representative, Irvin McIvor, lost his position as chief of Sandy Bay Ojibway First Nation in a recent election. Meeches said there have been complications in being able to install DOTC's newly nominated representative to TCIG's board and hence a disruption in what otherwise would be the appropriate chain of the information flow.
DOI is seeking information on issues such as salary and bonuses for senior management, details on the operation of TCIG's corporate jet and disclosures on revenues and expenses related to an American division of TCIG. Management's refusal to provide the information that DOI says is their right under The Corporations Act is now at the crux of a potential legal action against TCIG.
"It's not about getting people fired, it is about accountability for our investments," Meeches said.
Confidential internal documents obtained by the Free Press reveal that TCIG has been losing money on some of its companies, including the Wok Box restaurants, and is losing $600,000 per year on the operation of the corporate jet it acquired two years ago.
Those documents also indicate a round of head-office layoffs and a staff Powerpoint presentation that called for "austerity" measures.
The information also indicated McLeod has a salary and bonus package worth $1.18 million per year and a contract that ensures his employment until 2025.
That would put McLeod's remuneration among the top CEOs of Winnipeg public companies and just below the $1.3 million Edward Kennedy made last year as the CEO of the North West Company -- a billion-dollar company.
But what's causing the latest shareholder activism is the company's determination to keep much of the key management and governance data away from prying eyes -- even if they are the eyes of one of the founding shareholders.
Meeches and four other chiefs from DOTC have had enough. Meeches said that he is determined to take whatever legal measures at his disposal to obtain some clarity.
"How can it be that the investors in the enterprise are not allowed to know anything that is going on," Meeches said.
Although Meeches and McLeod have butted heads in the past, Meeches said his motivation is his responsibility to his community.
In a telephone interview on Friday afternoon, McLeod was confident there would be no legal challenge to his authority, saying, "There will be no filing... Their letter is highly inaccurate."
But Meeches said he has learned a few things from his own experience in business and he is bringing that to bear in his questioning of TCIG's affairs.
"It is easy for me to stand up and say to whomever that I have increased our asset base and revenues... but anyone with common sense will say that is only part of the financial equation," Meeches said. "We are asking for the other side, the expense side. Standing up and saying we make $100 million per year without telling you where the money is going leaves you to wonder."
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MASTER_SITES cleanup.
- Replace ${MASTER_SITE_FOO} with FOO.
- Merge MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR into MASTER_SITES when possible. (This means 99.9%
of the time.)
- Remove occurrences of MASTER_SITE_LOCAL when no subdirectory was present and
no hint of what it should be was present.
- Fix some logic.
- And generally, make things more simple and easy to understand.
While there, add magic values to the FESTIVAL, GENTOO, GIMP, GNUPG, QT and
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- Use MASTER_SITE_LOCAL.
- Bump PORTREVISION.
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Back out the previous change. Mita-san will continue to
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Reset MAINTAINER to ports@.
We cannot contact them for a long time.
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In the 1930s, Eisenberg said, the famed naturalist Aldo Leopold once visited some lands in Chihuahua, Mexico that were owned by her grandfather on a huge cattle ranch, and Leopold remarked on how intact and thriving the lands appeared which, at that time, were still roamed by wolves. Leopold was one of the first to point to the importance of predation in ecosystem function.
"My grandfather still felt he had to get rid of the wolves, so he gave my dad a summer job in which he was supposed to watch the cattle, and kill any wolves he saw," Eisenberg said. "My father later told me that he couldn't bring himself to do it, because he couldn't see that they were really causing any harm."
Eisenberg comes from a ranching background, and now lives in a valley in northwestern Montana where the wolf and grizzly bear population outnumbers humans. In continued research, she's working to understand and demonstrate ranching practices and other techniques that can be used to balance commercial land use with the presence of wolves and other predators. It's both possible and necessary, she said.
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Other Thoughts: Not going to be a moron here and write that it's the adapters fault it doesn't have No-Key Rollover Support, the adapter is doing it's job converting the PS2 to USB, but if you want Full NKRO for gaming you have to have straight PS2 to PS2. I will hold down W and press D and 1 second later if I'm still holding W it will clear its "Stack" and I will stop moving completely in a game. This makes playing WoW Impossible, so I bit the bullet and bought a new mechanical keyboard. Why my brother's MSI Mobo comes with PS2.. and my $250 Sabertooth z87 doesn't is beyond me, but that's a different story. Long live PS2, the superior keyboard connection :(READ FULL REVIEW
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Cons: I've heard of stable overclocks on this chip reaching 5.0ghz stable, I've sat here many different days and nights for hours at a time after disappointing FPS when I have time trying to get it to run at 4.4ghz stable. Still get blue screened. On. Every. Game. Even in Google Chrome?
Other Thoughts: I bought this chip for my gaming rig, and have been building computers since I was 13 years old. I am 24 now. First chip I ever bought was an AMD 3000+ to match my Radeon 9800Pro and I stuck with AMD since.
I paired this with a Sabertooth Mobo to overclock stable.
I will now use this chip/mobo setup to stream movies and scroll Facebook on my living room TV and I will be buying a new CPU/MOBO setup. I will explain why below.
After all the problems getting my gaming rig to run BF3 last July on Ultra with a GTX570, OCed to only 4.4GhZ.... because its impossible after 4.4GhZ without getting BSoD, games will not start, computer will crash after 4.4ghz. I have never in my life had this problem with a chip. I absolutely have the knowledge to overclock, FBS overclock ETC. Even without FBS I can't pull it above 4.4ghz. To actually have to read a guide on how to overclock THIS chip is a slap in the face. Hey my AMD 6000+ and my AMD 3000+ were both indestructible, overclocked the living **** out of them, I pulled my AMD 6000+ from 3.2ghz to 4.4ghz for 6 years, cooked both of them in an air cooled case, left them both on for weeks at a time, 100 degree weather outside, sun beating down on my PC through the window, but this chip you sold me has to be the most embarrassing attempt at competing with Intel.
My brother's Intel 2770k being 3 years old runs BF3 Ultra, flawlessly. I have to run my AMD 8350 at Medium, to run it flawlessly? How do you expect me to play Titanfall or Battlefield 4 with this? I can't, I can't even play WoW on Ultra with this, and I don't even want to think about attempting newer games.
I stopped playing BF3 because it was not enjoyable playing on Medium Settings, now looking at getting back into BF4, I won't even buy it until I have my new setup. I know I'm complaining alot, but I have done absolutely everything I can to help this chip.
I play WoW, have for 8 years. My AMD 6000+ Dualcore which is 7 years old puts out ~30FPS on Ultra. Why the HELL is this 8350 putting out 45FPS on Ultra with dips as low as 8FPS? I have reinstalled, I have restarted, overclocked, overclocked, overclocked, overclocked literally over a hundred different times, a hundred different settings. The gains are nil. Why is my brothers 2770k putting out ~130FPS on Ultra with dips no lower than 100FPS SAME EXACT 570, being 3 years older than MY CURRENT CHIP?
I recently viewed over forums about Low FPS issues, and video card bottlenecking issues while gaming with this chip. I came to the conclusion that is IS the chip. And in order to upgrade my 570 to an 870 this year, I have to buy a completely new setup after less than a year of use. I generally have a build for 3-5+ years only because of overclocking, but again, this is a slap in the face.
Beyond angry with blowing $520 on this Chip and a Sabertooth when I could have spent $100 more and bought an Intel 4770k.
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See, for me the friendship issue is a moot one now. She busted that up when she asked about this during my rehearsal dinner, and slunk around town trying to track me down the day after my wedding! I mean it is all pretty sleazy. So after that, after not even having TIME to consider what I should do, I count the friendship thing moot. I have a low tolerance for what amounted to a shakedown.
Now, some have said "it is beginner work", which is odd because nobody has seen the image...but anyway, yeah, I have done better, and I WILL do better.
Does that mean one should not value their work?
Why are some people so ready to devalue photography to the point of nothingness? I did two shoots which she was very pleased with. She got several prints out of it, including a pretty good 11x14. So why should that work be considered worth nothing?
Add to that the fact that I revisit images so I can see how I have improved, and we have a definate value to these items.
Let me put it this way....
If you can't go back and see what you have done wrong, how can you improve? It would be like taking pictures with no film in the camera! At a certain point you have no concept of how you are doing without a history to look back on.
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