"Many of us have spent at this point six years or longer together, " said Teddy Goff, Obama's 2012 digital director, who is not affiliated with the fledgling bodies.

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"This is something we've never seen available for patients before, " said John Miguelez, senior clinical director at Advanced Arm Dynamics, who is not affiliated with Touch Bionics.

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Jim Dowd, a Managing Director of North Capital Private Securities Corp, a Broker Dealer affiliated with crowdfunding start-up 99funding.com is very focused on the regulatory aspect of this new industry.

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"The two different types have fairly dramatically different clinical behaviors, " said Matthew Kulke, director of the carcinoid and pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor program at the Harvard-affiliated Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston.

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Tang Dagang, director of the Vehicle Emission Control Center, a policy research group also affiliated with the ministry, said pressure increased last year to tighten diesel fuel standards after the State Council, or cabinet, announced stricter air-quality rules.

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Dr. Faiq Billal is Director of Science the Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO) an affiliated body of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) having its headquarters at Rabat, Kingdom of Morocco.

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Reportedly, his association also helped someone affiliated with such a group to gain a political appointment to an exceedingly sensitive post: "policy director" of the Department of Homeland Security's Information Analysis and Infrastructure Protection division.

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