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agar - A polysaccharide gelifying agent used in nutrient media preparations and obtained from Rhodophyta (red algae). Both the type of agar and its concentration can affect the growth and appearance of cultured explants. [FAO]

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When Tusshar Kapoor got distracted by sex workers  -  21 Aug 2007
Apun Ka Choice,While shooting for Anant Mahadevan’s movie ‘Agar’ in Bangkok, Tusshar had a harrowing experience. He was filming a sad song at Pattaya, an area known for

YOUR WHOLE PET  -  21 Aug 2007
San Francisco Chronicle,One place where you won't get into trouble is AltVetMed, a site founded in 1996 -- prehistory in terms of the Web -- by holistic veterinarians Jan Agar

Condom awakening at Ardh Kumbh  -  21 Aug 2007
Hindustan Times,The government has however banned posters stating: "Sambhog keval patni sangh, agar gair ke sang to condom ke sang" (Have sex only with wife, but if you are

Win cash 300 times your prediction, each match  -  21 Aug 2007
Indiatimes,Explaining this novel service, Dinesh Wadhawan, Managing Director & CEO, Times Internet Limited, said, "The contest is based on the insight 'Agar life main

Comparison of the MicroScan System and the Agar Dilution Assay for ...  -  Aug 20, 2007
Annals of Clinical & Laboratory Science (subscription),The minimal inhibitory concentrations (MICs) of Q/D, vancomycin, and teicoplanin were determined by the agar dilution method according to CLSI guidelines.

Comparison of Protocols for Surveillance of Methicillin-resistant ...  -  Aug 20, 2007
Annals of Clinical & Laboratory Science (subscription),One was plated directly on a blood agar plate (D-BAP) and observed at 24 and 48 hr. Another was incubated overnight in tryptic soy broth (TSB) with 6.5%

Mick’s era to stay  -  Aug 18, 2007
York Press,Richard Agar managed 25 wins, 11 losses in 2004, and Paul Broadbent had 16 wins, one draw and 14 losses in 2003. However, Cook is the only one to include a

£1.5m site to support research into ageing  -  Aug 20, 2007
The Northern Echo,Dewjo'c director Steve Agar said: "The Science City development on the General Hospital site is now really beginning to take shape.

Call for setting up agar auction centre in Jorhat  -  Jul 29, 2007
Assam Tribune,JORHAT, July 28 – With a view to giving a major thrust to the agar wood (locally known as sansi) industry in the State, a proposal has been mooted to set up

TW3: Hey, Mr. Spaceman, please take me along  -  Aug 18, 2007
Times Herald-Record,My early spaceman heroes were '50s B-movie stalwarts like John Agar and Richard Carlson, guys who, in movies like "Zontar, the Thing from Venus" and "It

Guest review by Chris Agar, visited April 2007  -  Jul 27, 2007
About - News & Issues,From Chris Agar: Las Vegas was my second stop on a fly/drive trip arranged through Virgin Holidays UK for my honeymoon. We upgraded the hotel from Circus

Spirited show from Congleton  -  Aug 17, 2007
Northwich Guardian,Openers Malcom Agar (40) and number three James Hughes (83) provided the bulk of Warrington's runs with only Stuart Adlam (1-21) tasting any early success.

Talk shows pour fire on immigration debate  -  Aug 7, 2007
Chicago Sun-Times,Responding to oft-hurled accusations of racism, conservative WLS morning host Jerry Agar, himself a Canadian immigrant, says people complaining about such

Longer bus wait times likely: mayor  -  Aug 10, 2007
Guelph Mercury (subscription),Agar just finished his second year at the University of Guelph studying economics but plans on starting at Ryerson in the fall to study urban planning.

Fangs for the memory  -  Aug 20, 2007
Australian Life Scientist,Citron and Goldstein carefully dissected the rattler's mouth, and aspirated or swabbed all parts, then cultured the samples on a variety of agar media.

Glimpses of myriad shades of India  -  Aug 20, 2007
Times of India,The evening ended on a musical note with the group singing Saat saheli khadi khadi ... . ALSOSPOT - TED: Swati Agarwal, Neeti Agar wa l , Apoorva Agarwal

Reality travel  -  Jul 26, 2007
Prague Post,The four-person team from Canada is rounded out by sound man Matt Stronach and Jason Agar behind the camera. The team spends about a week in each location.

Post mortem in the center right confuses the doctors  -  Aug 4, 2007
New Anatolian,The True Path Party (DYP) of Mehmet Agar which changed its name to Democrat Party (DP) just before the elections is dead. So is the Motherland Party led by

Aspen counts its beetle-infested lodgepoles  -  Aug 20, 2007
Summit Daily News,By Charles Agar ASPEN — Since finding West End trees infested with the very same mountain pine beetle that is devastating forests all across Colorado,

Seapine opens UK office  -  Aug 2, 2007
Bizjournals.com,Ashley Agar, formerly of Contemporary plc, will join Seapine as business development manager for the UK, the company said. Seapine, based in Mason,

Truck knocks out power to restaurant  -  Aug 10, 2007
Providence Journal (subscription),An Agar foods delivery truck maneuvering around the building hit a pole toward the rear of the lot, which snapped, causing a transformer to pop and leaving

Up the old garden path  -  Aug 10, 2007
Borehanwood Times,If you know of an example, please contact me by email at nigel.agar@hertscc.gov.uk or write to me at 34 Oakfield Avenue, Hitchin, SG4 9JB.

Diamond Trust Bank set to expand and re-brand  -  Aug 10, 2007
Standard,The bank is an affiliate of the Agar Khan Fund for Economic Development (AKFED), the economic development arm of the Agar Khan Development Network.

Mehmet Y. Yilmaz: Opposition party styles responsible for AKP victory  -  Jul 23, 2007
Hürriyet,Another reason too was the fiasco of the unification between Mehmet Agar and Erkan Mumcu. It could well be though that the aggressive attitude by MHP leader

Seapine Software Establishes UK Office  -  Aug 1, 2007
Business Wire (press release),Also announced today, Ashley Agar is joining Seapine Software Ltd. from Contemporary plc, a leading Business Intelligence Consultancy and prior Seapine

European book tells techniques of cooking  -  Jul 24, 2007
El Paso Times,I had not used agar-agar before -- mainly because I wasn't sure how to use it. "The Basics" devotes a page to this thickener, produced from seaweed.

Airmount inflatable isolators available from Air Springs Supply  -  Jul 31, 2007
Ferret,Yet they are robust enough to give decades of service suspending an entire production unit, such as a vibrating screen conveyor,�? says Agar, whose company

Ponds in Agoura Hills are stocked with fish for people to catch ...  -  Aug 6, 2007
Ventura County Star (subscription),Kane Agar, 4, slips away for a moment to run a stick alongside the trout pond leaving his grandfather, Tom Agar, to fish for him.

SPLA denies dragging feet on troop redeployment  -  Jul 25, 2007
Sudan Tribune,Malik Agar Ayar, Blue Nile Governor and SPLM Northern Sector deputy secretary-general, told journalists in Khartoum that most SPLA troops in Blue Nile and

Best of the blogs: how should we pay to repair the nation's aging ...  -  Aug 9, 2007
The Journal News / Lohud.com,Then I happened to switch on Jerry Agar's show on WABC-AM Radio. He was finishing his commentary on why we should privatize our infrastructure.

Will Former Leaders Step In to Resurrect Turkey's Devastated ...  -  Jul 24, 2007
MEMRI,As soon as the elections results appeared in the media –showing only 5.5% of the general vote for DP – Mehmet Agar announced his resignation as the chairman

Brochure describes tomography holders for TEM  -  Jul 23, 2007
Laboratory Talk,Agar Scientific announces the availability of Fischione Instruments's range of advanced tomography holders for transmission electron microscopes (TEM).

Turkish Democratic Party leader resigns after failure at elections  -  Jul 23, 2007
Trend News Agency,Cihan ) - The chairman of the Democrat Party (DP), Mehmet Agar announced his resignation on Sunday as his party failed to pass the 10 percent threshold

Fights hand police go-ahead for new dispersal zone  -  Aug 9, 2007
Camden New Journal,...and to expel non-residents for 24 hours, from a wedge of Kentish Town and Camden Town that includes the St Pancras Way and Agar Grove estates.

World Web Technologies Inc. Joins the American Hotel & Lodging ...  -  Jul 31, 2007
Hospitality Net (press release)For additional information on WebRezPro or World Web Technologies, contact Janie Agar at (403) 218-4656 or visit www.webrezpro.com.

Local kick boxers in the ring  -  Aug 8, 2007
Cotswold Journal,Ricky Glover is taking on Cardiff's Ahmed Agar while other local fighters will be locking horns with opponents from Middlesbrough and Manchester.

Rahul pitches for youth's pivot role in Cong in Amethi  -  Jul 26, 2007
Daily News & Analysis,..."Agar Amethi ko aage badhana hai to rajniti mein yovaon ko aage lana hohga" (If Amethi has to be taken on the path of progress, youth have to be brought to

Press Scan  -  Jul 25, 2007
Turkish Press,Democrat Party (DP) Chairman Mehmet Agar, who resigned after his political party suffered a serious failure in Sunday's general elections, said that they

Canadian Tour coming to Seaforth  -  Jul 25, 2007
The Huron Expositor,Carolanne Doig says she and Maureen Agar are now concentrating on getting spectator tickets printed so they can begin selling them by Aug.

New Paltz eatery features Japanese tea  -  Jul 24, 2007
Poughkeepsie Journal,...an-dama (little azuki balls), sanshou senbei (Szechuan pepper cookies), kohakukan (caramel agar-agar squares) and kuzu mushi yokan (azuki-kuzu squares).

Election Reactions From the Streets  -  Jul 24, 2007
BİA,Some want Baykal to follow Agar's example and resign. Some interpret the MHP's success as "temporary". There are those who believe that the AKP bought votes

Indonesia's pudding journey  -  Aug 11, 2007
Jakarta Post,...the brood pudding made from white bread, the diplomat pudding made from agar-agar (gelatin made from seaweed) and the cabinet pudding.

Scoreboard: Rodeo  -  Aug 20, 2007
Billings Gazette,Agar, SD 73, 499; Dustin Reeves, Owanka, SD, 73, 499; Randy VandenBos,Valier, 71, 87; Buck Lunak, Cut Bank, 71, 87; John Addison, Belvidere, SD, 71, 87.

Convicted Killer Withdraws Parole Request  -  Aug 3, 2007
CKNW,He then hijacked a car and drove to the Richmond RCMP Detachment where he gunned down Constable Tom Agar, who was standing behind the front counter.

Big in biotech supply  -  Aug 20, 2007
Philadelphia Inquirer,...approached Tarler about supplying $100000 worth of sheep blood a year to use in agar culture plates that detect contamination or disease.

Seapine Software announces opening of office in England to meet demand  -  Aug 2, 2007
Cincinnati Enquirer,The company also said Ashley Agar, formerly with Contemporary plc, will become its business development manager for the United Kingdom.

Kiir urges SPLM to takes lead in organizing Sudanese politically  -  Aug 19, 2007
Sudan Tribune,Mark Nyipoch of Western Bahr el Ghazal state, Anthony Bol Madut of Warrap state, Taban Deng Gai of Unity state, Malik Agar of Blue Nile state.

Only One Bully Here  -  Aug 18, 2007
Outlook (subscription),..."Pehle aap India ke liye khelte hain, phir aap team ke liye, aur agar thodi bahut jagah bach jaye to aap apne liye khelte hain." (First you play for India,

Can Oprah Help Get Obama into the White House?  -  Aug 18, 2007
AlterNet,But thanks to the fertile emotional agar of The Oprah Winfrey Show, the interview was well received. In the end, the proven convention-hall orator walked

Cross Country: Turtle sanctuary needs funds  -  Aug 19, 2007
New Straits Times,As of yesterday, 288 penyu agar (green turtles) had laid eggs on Cherating beach this year, in contrast to the 160 turtles recorded for the whole of last

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