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Legend has it that St Patrick planted a yew tree at the head of the strand of Carlingford Lough, which pointed its dark green fronds towards the heavens for 700 years.

The 21 participating banks joining the Bookrunning Mandated Lead Arrangers in the transaction include: Rabobank International, The Royal Bank of Scotland plc and RBS (Deutschland) AG, First Gulf Bank PJSC, Singapore Branch, Indian Overseas Bank, Singapore Branch, Qatar National Bank SAQ, Singapore Branch, United Overseas Bank Limited, Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited, The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Limited, Singapore Branch, British Arab Commercial Bank plc, Chinatrust Commercial Bank Co.

The U.S. Navy was an integral partner in evaluating this flu test for FDA clearance, with the Naval Health Research Center (NHRC) in San Diego, CA providing testing on both archival and prospective clinical specimens to ensure the specificity of the test, while Navy Medical Research Unit-3 (NAMRU-3) provided invaluable access to avian influenza isolates for development and testing.

The E. coli secretion strain is extremely stable during fermentation and is routinely employed in commercial-scale production using fermenters with capacities of up to 4 m³.

This suggested that some of the HEV isolates may have been present locally for a period of time and inadequately cooked pig livers could be one possible source for hepatitis E in Hong Kong.

During the past six years, we have planted over half a billion trees as part of our reforestation programme.

Canadian authorities seized 51 tons of cannabis herb and 1.9 million cannabis plants in 2010, and United States authorities assessed that 12 per cent of all the cannabis herb entering the United States in 2010 had entered the country from Canada (although not necessarily all of the cannabis herb was produced in Canada).

Other unfavourable factors included: reduced resistance of grafted plantsdue tounusually high temperatures during the cropping season; and/or poor management operations such as the supply of organic matter in adequate amounts, the cropping density, and proper use of water.

Past influenza pandemics are generally believed to be a result of a new strain crossing the species barrier and achieving effective replication and aerosol dissemination among humans.

For the purposes of this module, labelling means to affix with a label that is marked with a name and/or other identifying information (e.g. bar code) that can be used to confirm construct or transformant identity.

It is based on an E. coli K12 strain and a series of highly expressive plasmids.

[...] [...] acid-resistant strains ofpathogens.

The secretariat also received support from several non-traditional sources, including the Korean Expressway Corporation, the Korea Maritime Institute and the International Union of Railways.

The aircraft stayed at the airport for just a few hours, but I had to spend a great deal of time in advance coordinating matters through ITOCHU AVIATIONbetween the airport service company in Juba and the JASDF headquarters. I had to come to Juba three days prior to the arrival of the C-130H in order to receive the JASDF advance team that came separately from Japan to prepare for the aircraft's arrival.

This year’s vaccine has the same H1N1 virus as last year’s flu vaccine, but with two new strains not present in the 2011-2012 batch.

Representatives of the following intergovernmental organizations, non-governmental organizations and other organizations were present: Asian Development Bank; Asian Institute of Transport Development; Organization for Cooperation between Railways; Conference on Interaction and Confidence-building Measures in Asia; Global Infrastructure Fund Research Foundation Japan; Global Road Safety Partnership; Institute of Road Traffic Education; International Air Transport Association; International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations; International Road Transport Union; International Union of Railways; Korea Expressway Corporation; Korea Railroad Research Institute; Korea Research Institute for Human Settlements; Korea Transport Institute; Mekong River Commission; and Thai International Freight Forwarders Association.

Upon enquiry, the Advisory Committee was informed that in 2011/12, a total of6,584 tree seedlings had been planted and that the tree seedling campaign had increased the incomes of local communities involved in the production of tree seedlings; increased the vegetation cover needed to combat desertification; reduced the amount of solid waste disposed in dump sites by utilizing empty juice boxes to plant seedlings; and created further opportunities for synergy among United Nations organizations undertaking similar environmental activities; and that the planted trees had contributed to the uptake of carbon dioxide emitted by the activities of UNAMID.

The potato plant or tuber with the same origin, the same plot, the same variety, the same grade, the same harvest period and practically consistent quality is taken as a lot.

We watch a bird fly or we gaze at the stars; we observe the physical agility of a cat or study the formation of a rock; we marvel at a seashell and read with astonishment about a new discovery.

Ltd. in response to theKirayaka Bank Group’s request, and will commit itself to the establishment of a new company by making a capital contribution and sending a managerial person to represent the new company so that Ikeda Kouki’s business with its existing customers may be taken over smoothly with the present business arrangements maintained as they are.

Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation, Tokyo, Japan, [...][...]

The United Nations Secretary-General appointed a Group of Eminent Persons in 2010 with the following members: Alpha Oumar Konaré, former President of the Republic of Mali (Co-Chair of the Group); Fazle Hasan Abed, the founder and Chairperson of the Bangladesh Rehabilitation Assistance Committee (BRAC); Nancy Birdsall, the founding President of the Center for Global Development; Kemal Dervis, Vice-President and Director of Global Economy and Development at the Brookings Institution; James Wolfensohn, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Wolfensohn and Company and former President of the World Bank (Co-Chair of the Group); Hiromasa Yonekura, Chairman of Sumitomo Chemical Company Ltd.

Meanwhile, with the supports from country donors, and some Inernational and Non-governmental Organizations such as GTZ, MRC-GTZ, W.B/WWF/IDRC/CRDI/Oxfam America/RECOFTC/WEP/DANIDA/ITTO, etc., the Royal Government has been reforesting in order to restore the deforestation made so far through germinating all kinds of plants and distributing 2,120,000 of them to people to grow on 850 hectares of deforested land.

Yesterday, settlers rampaged on lands belonging to Palestinian families in the town of Al-Dhahiryeh south of Al-Khalil, destroying over 55 olive trees and vandalizing properties with threatening anti-Palestinian graffiti.

In fact, for the current pandemic a report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) suggests that some degree of pre-existing immunity to the novel H1N1strains exists, especially among adults aged 60 years and above.

Moreover, TACHI-S intends to request a written commitment from Johnson Controls, K.K. agreeingthat (i) if, at any time during a two-year period commencing on the payment and transfer date (the payment and transfer will be made on May 20, 2010), Johnson Controls, K.K. transfers all or part of the shares in TACHI-S acquired through the Third-Party Allotment, Johnson Controls, K.K. will promptly advise TACHI-S in writing of the transferee’s name and address, the number of shares transferred, the transfer [...][...]