. A new homologous cDNA probe for the RT1.D α-chain region was developed and proved significantly more sensitive at detecting specific mRNA levels in 1B-6 cells than a human class II α-chain specific probe used in previous studies. Recombinant rat γ-interferon induced MHC class II (RT1.D) antigen at concentrations as low as 1 U/ml (in the presence of bovine TSH), as detected by both α-chain specific mRNA transcripts and surface antigen expression. There was no evidence for constitutive expression of MHC class II transcripts in proliferating 1B-6 cells in the absence of γ-interferon, even when bovine TSH was present. These studies add further evidence to our hypothesis that MHC class II antigen expression in thyroid cells is secondary to external stimulating factors.
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The Company is also pleased to announce that Mr. David Atkinson, a current director of Esstra, has been appointed as Interim Chief Financial Officer of the Company. Mr. Atkinson has been involved in the investment industry for more than 30 years with both private and public companies, he is the current President and CEO of Earthworks Industries Inc., which he founded in 1993, and is responsible for the financial and strategic planning requirements of both Earthworks and its wholly owned U.S. subsidiary, Cortina Integrated Waste Management Inc.
Mrs. Hodges and Mr. Atkinson succeed Ms. Sharon Lewis as Corporate Secretary and Chief Financial Officer respectively. The Board of Directors of Esstra would like to thank Ms. Lewis for her service to the Company and wishes her the best in her future endeavours.
On behalf of the Board of Directors,
Esstra Industries Inc.
Ms. Virginia Olnick
Chief Executive Officer
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To view the source version of this press release, please visitThis is a fantastic question. It highlights the fact that just because your partner gets'sober' does not mean they are healthy emotionally. I wish I could answer your question with a specific timeline but there really is no way to provide that. Lack of empathy  may be a deep issue that is part of  the PA's personality. It could also be a matter of education and investing time into developing that emotional maturity. The solid thing I can say is that it takes effort and desire on their part (I know yet another "it's up to them") to learn or relearn healthy emotional connection.Former Hackney Power Station worker speaks out about asbestos-related cancer for Action Mesothelioma Day
PUBLISHED: 17:58 05 July 2019
Former Hackney Power Station worker John Richards.
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A former Hackney Power Station apprentice has been diagnosed with terminal cancer after being exposed to asbestos during his time there.
John Richards, 73, worked at the plant from 1962 to 1967 while training with the Central Electricity Generating Board. Then in 2017, after regularly becoming short of breath, he was told he had mesothelioma, a cancer of the lining of the lungs associated with asbestos exposure.
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Law firm Irwin Mitchell helped secure a payout for John, including the cost of private immunotherapy. He is now sharing his story for Action Mesothelioma Day, which is today.
The grandfather of four said: "I'm determined to live life to the full and continue to carry on with my interests and hobbies for as long as I am able. I go out for a ride with my local motorcycle club at least once a week, and I have attended the Papworth Mesothelioma Social Group."
Action Mesothelioma Day campaigns to raise awareness of the incurable disease.A state corrections officer was charged today with rigging more than $230,000 in state contracts and steering them to an alarm company.
Frederick J. Armstrong, 58, of Pemberton, was suspended with pay. The indictment also charged Paul Kerth, 57, of Collingswood, owner of Independent Alarm Distributors, Inc., and several companies Kerth owns.
A corrections officer since June 1988, Armstrong was a construction management specialist in the capital planning and construction unit of the Department of Corrections when he rigged the bids to give contracts to Kerth's firms, Attorney General Anne Milgram said.
Kerth was originally charged in a Dec. 3 indictment, which did not name Armstrong.
Authorities said Kerth, aided by Armstrong, rigged nine bids for alarm contracts with the Department of Corrections between April 1999 and December 2004.
Kerth allegedly arranged for his other companies, Adirondack Alarm and Automatic Alarm, as well as other contractors, to submit higher "cover" bids, making him the lowest bidder and the winner of the contract.
Armstrong is accused of encouraging Kerth to arrange the cover bids and of soliciting bids from contractors supplied by Kerth, Milgram said.
During the investigation, Armstrong, who earns $91,781, was reassigned to the maintenance unit in June 2006.
Armstrong was charged with official misconduct, fraud, theft by deception and two counts each of conspiracy and misconduct by a corporate official.
An administrative hearing will be held Friday at which time he will be suspended without pay, said Corrections spokeswoman Deidre Fedkenheuer.
Armstrong was reassigned the same time his co-worker, Gerald Kennedy, was removed as assistant director of the operations division. Kennedy, assistant director in charge of the unit, was accused of signing off on $348,000 worth of contracts awarded to construction firms Kennedy secretly owned.
Kerth was charged with official misconduct and two counts each of conspiracy, theft by deception, fraud and misconduct by a corporate official.Here's how the internet is celebrating Nick-Priyanka's marriage rumours!
It’s been a few days since the news of Priyanka Chopara’s engagement to Nick Jonas came to the fore but looks like the hype refuses to die. If you have been missing in action from the social world this weekend, #Nickyanka memes about the couple’s chat mangni, pat bihaa are all over the internet and honestly, it’s hilarious and…how!
So, here it goes, from filmy digs to desi shenanigans that are typical to Indian households, we bring to you the best of the collective memes, courtesy Twitter.
Each meme is sure to tickle your funny bone.
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Perhaps Israel's cynicism with regard to Adams comes from the long and often antagonistic relationship between Israel and Irish Republicanism. During the dark days of the Troubles of Northern Ireland, Irish Republicans identified with the far-off struggle of the Palestinians... Murals found on buildings in Belfast's Catholic neighborhoods depict Arab 'freedom fighters' in a common struggle... Many Northern Irish Catholics perceive Israel in a similar fashion to that of the Protestant community, an aggressive colonial movement usurping land from an indigenous population.
Israel's rhetoric, oddly enough, can match the idioms and language-style of Northern Ireland's Protestants. In the past two centuries, Ulster's Protestants have proclaimed their province as a beacon of Protestant liberty and freedom amidst backwaters of Papal tyranny and superstition... As the crises of Irish home rule and Irish independence unfolded at the beginning of the 20th century, Ulster Protestants refused to submit to the prospect of 'Rome rule,' and so they engineered Ulster's exemption from the Irish Free State...
Israel and its unwavering supporters have long proclaimed the country's separation from the rest of the Middle East, an enlightened democracy surrounded by Oriental barbarism and irrational hatred... During the recent war in Gaza, pro-Israel commentators wrote of Israel as a product of the Judeo-Christian culture that fostered the Enlightenment, while they regarded Israel's Hamas opponents as implacably fanatical and possessing an unreasonable medieval cultural ethos...
The rhetoric of Ian Paisley and Mark Steyn vastly simplified the Northern Irish and Arab-Israeli conflicts. They are not Manicheist struggles between good and evil, liberty and tyranny, nor are they caroonish battles between progress and darkness. Rather, they are both messy and complex clashes over territory, sovereignty, and identity... Israel should cease discouraging third parties from engaging with Hamas in ways that might clarify the movement's view and test its behavior, and Israel could start by meeting with Adams.Hornet are an energetic metal band from London, bringing together elements of metal, punk and rock in their July 2013 debut album ‘Skies Are Falling’. Rocking crowds at venues such as The Barfly, The Garage and The Intrepid Fox, Hornet are proving