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ASPERAssistant Secretary for Personnel Administration
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asper and Crotalus basiliscus obtained from specimens collected in Mexico and kept at the serpentarium of BIRMEX.
Preclinical efficacy against toxic activities of medically relevant Bothrops sp. (Serpentes: Viperidae) snake venoms by a polyspecific antivenom produced in Mexico
Bothrops asper occurs in a relatively limited area of south-central Tamaulipas, where it is generally associated with humid, mid-low elevations on the eastern slopes of the Sierra Madre Oriental and adjacent lowlands (Fig.
Distribution of Bothrops asper in Tamaulipas, Mexico and a review of prey items
"It is extremely clever," Asper said of the device that is about eight feet tall with an antenna.
Studying Antarctica remotely from USM
And yet, Asper says, "it kind of ticks me off" that the school would sell it.
Jersey cash grab leaves players cold
What Asper has been able to do is create a vaccine prototype to protect cattle against a number of non-O157 STEC bacteria that are responsible for human outbreaks of disease around the world.
New cattle vaccine may make food, water safer for human consumption
The Harper-in-a-helicopter scene from Marc Edge's book, Asper Nation: Canada's Most Dangerous Media Company, is metaphor for CanWest Global's complex identity as until recently a very successful corporation, while at the same time a vehicle for the Asper family's neo-liberal campaigns against the welfare state and the centre-left Canadian consensus.
Marc Edge, Asper Nation: Canada's Most Dangerous Media Company
(2005) suggested that Bothrops asper is dominant over smaller and ecologically less versatile pit vipers, often displacing them by means of competitive exclusion.
A prey item not previously recorded for Bothrops asper: a case of ophiophagy involving two sympatric pit viper species/Una presa de Bothrops asper no reportada previamente: un caso de ofiofagia que involucra dos especies simpatricas de viboras
Perhaps if Asper removed her blinders she would see that the inability of women and others to get necessary medical care, the inability of young people to go to school and the inability of those who sell olive oil to earn their living make the separation wall more than a minor inconvenience.
Debate on Israel continues ..
Izzy: The Passionate Life and Turbulent Times of Izzy Asper, Canada's Media
Moguls of Winnipeg: two books examine the controversial Asper media legacy
10 after months of speculation, this is make or break for CanWest, a family-controlled media company helmed by Leonard Asper, son of founder Izzy Asper, who died in 2003.
Dangerous liaison: will banker break CanWest in AAC deal?
The Edmonton Journal of June 6, 2006, another Asper newspaper, had this to say on the subject of re-opening the same-sex marriage debate:
Do the Asper media promote "gay marriage?"
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