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AbstractThe technical objective of this project is to develop a prototype of a face recognition application in a cloud computing environment utilizing MBARK as the middleware. The application will have a client piece that will run on a mobile device such as a laptop and a server piece that will run on a higher-performance computing cluster. The specific objectives of this development project can be enumerated as follows: 1. Implement a distributed MBARK system that allows local functions, such as data capture and filtering, to pass data and control streams to/from remote server functions such as compute-intensive analysis and database matching.
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Went to one of the not-so-local gun stores today. Just browsing.
I've had my heart set on a Kahr PM9 w/blackened slide for a while now.
So the pinklady and I walk in, and we're looking through the glass counter case at the semi-autos. My eye's are hunting for the Kahr's.
Ahhh, here we go. Lets see...CW40... that's it?... I keep looking further down the counter to my left. There stands a fella with an open gun case on the counter and in it is a Kahr PM9 with a blackened slide. :yup:
He's talking with the store clerk. I see paperwork on the counter. Oh no, he's buying it. :aargh4: :frown:
So, there's a break in their conversation, I ask, "uh..can I take a look at that?" :duh:
He said, "This?, no, I just bought it." Then he grins and says, sure, checks the chamber and hands it to me.
So of course I drooled all over it. Worked the slide, checked out the grip, how it felt in my hand. :duh: :image035:
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Makes 24 brownies
These giant brownies have a chocolate-chip-flecked layer of cheesecake swirled into the dark chocolate batter; thereby combining the best of both brownies and cheesecake.
1-1/2 cups unsweetened applesauce
Cream Cheese Filling
Two 8-ounce packages nonfat cream cheese,
at room temperature
1 large egg
2 large egg whites
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
6 tablespoons mini-morsel
semisweet chocolate chips
Brownie Batter
2 cups all-purpose flour
1-1/3 cups unsweetened cocoa powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 large eggs
4 large egg whites
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
4 cups granulated sugar
1. Place a strainer over a bowl deep enough so the bottom of the strainer doesn't touch the bottom of the bowl. Put the applesauce in the strainer and set aside to drain for 15 minutes; you should have 1 cup drained applesauce.
2. Place the oven rack in the lower-middle position and preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Lightly spray a 13-by-9-inch baking pan with butter-flavored vegetable oil and set aside.
3. To make the filling: Mix the cream cheese, egg, egg whites and vanilla in a large bowl with an electric mixer on medium until combined. Stir in the chocolate chips by hand. Set aside.
4. To make the batter: In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, cocoa powder and salt. Set aside. Place the eggs and egg whites in a large mixing bowl and whisk until foamy. Add the sugar, drained applesauce and vanilla and stir until the sugar has dissolved. Fold in the flour mixture until the dry ingredients are just moistened.
5. Pour half of the brownie batter into the baking pan. Spoon the cream cheese mixture on top. Pour the remaining brownie batter on top of the cream cheese mixture. With a butter knife, make swirls through the batter to produce a marbled effect. Bake for 55 minutes, or until the center is set. Cool on a rack, cut into 2-inch squares and serve.
Nutritional information per brownie: 224 calories (9.7% from fat), 2.4 g fat (1.2 g saturated fat), 6.5 g protein, 47.3 g carbohydrate, 29 mg cholesterol, 158 mg sodium.
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Benchmark Stock
When you hear business news, benchmark indices like the Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 are usually mentioned as economic indicators for what happened on the stock market.
For example, the Dow Jones Industrial Average comprises 30 different companies that trade on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) or the NASDAQ. When investors hear "Dow Jones edges higher today," it simply means that, on average, the companies which constitute the index showed a price increase.
Benchmark indices contain stocks from different industries and provide a gauge of the overall market sentiment.
That said, the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 are not the only benchmark indices—there are many more, including the NASDAQ Composite Index, Russell 2000, S&P Midcap Index, and the NYSE Composite Index.
No matter which stock market index an investor looks at, it is bound to contain stocks from different industries. Within each index are benchmark stocks—companies that are leading indicators for both their respective industries and the economy in general.
How is it possible that one benchmark stock can gauge the national and global economy? Some of the benchmark stocks sell a great amount of products or services to consumers and businesses, and based on the earnings growth or contractions of these companies, analysts often get an idea about the health of the economy.
For example, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE/WMT), the world's biggest retailer, is often referred to as a benchmark stock for retail sales. If profits and revenue at Wal-Mart are strong, consumer retail sales can be construed as healthy. At the same time, weak or strong Wal-Mart revenues point to how much discretionary income the average American has and their spending patterns. When consumers are buying goods from cheaper retailers, diverting sales from more expensive retailers, it means that they are hoping to save money.
Similarly, General Electric Company (NYSE/GE), which is really a portfolio of large diversified corporations, is also a benchmark stock and reflects general business sentiment. If General Electric (GE) is reporting strong earnings and sales, it means business activity is strong. In addition, it also suggests that customers aren't as price-sensitive, and are more willing to spend money.
Another benchmark stock is Nucor Corporation (NYSE/NUE). The company manufactures and sells steel products around the world. If the company reports higher revenue growth and increasing profits, it means manufacturing and construction is picking up.
Another one of the benchmark stocks that Profit Confidential follows is Union Pacific Corporation (NYSE/UNP). Following this company is a great way to get a feel for the industrial economy. Union Pacific is the market leader among the railroads, which are also a key indicator for the stock market.
Following benchmark stocks is a great way to focus your stock market view. With benchmark stocks, you can look beyond the headlines and get a solid feel for how a business and industry is doing. Following benchmark stocks helps provide clarity through all the noise.
As the editors at Profit Confidential, we spend a significant amount of time researching benchmark stocks, and how they reflect both domestic and global economic sentiment. We regularly guide our readers and provide regular commentary on these benchmark stocks.


text: Alessandro Pivaro (aka Alex Lextar)'s first approach to the dj-career happen when he was 16. At that time, he bought the first consolle and the first vynil ("Silver Screen" by Felix Da Housecat). So, Alex has begun to work as dj in the clubs of North Italy, like Suite 54 / Boom Club, dFace, Malibù, Lake Parade, Number One and Mirò. under the monikers Steve Enderson, Monofono, Alex Lextar and Gigabeat Bros, Alessandro has released many tracks. Sometimes he also collaborates with his brother Gabriel.Alex Lextar's biography Alex Lextar Musician


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Honda, University of Tokyo Create Preventative Traffic Jam System
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Honda's traffic system
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Honda plans to unveil this system in testing that will be conducted in Italy and Indonesia in May and July 2012
One of the unfortunate realities of driving is
the traffic jam
, where cars can sometimes sit bumper-to-bumper for hours at a time. For those who are tired of not making it to work on time, Honda has a new system that may eliminate future traffic congestion.
Honda Motor Co. and the Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology at the University of Tokyo have collaborated to create a new driving assistant, which tracks the driving behavior of the vehicle and calculates whether this pace could cause a traffic jam.
Honda and the University of Tokyo developed this new system with the understanding that the acceleration and deceleration of a car can affect all other vehicles on the road. By researching these patterns, it was possible to create a system that predicts the probability of traffic congestion and warns the driver of this possibility. It is then up to the driver to change their speed.
"Rather than providing information to help the driver avoid existing congestion based on current traffic information, the system monitors the acceleration and deceleration patterns of the vehicle to determine whether the driver's driving pattern is likely to create traffic congestion," said Honda. "Based on this determination, the system provides the driver with appropriate information, including a color-coded display through the on-board terminal, to encourage smooth driving which will help alleviate the intensity of acceleration and deceleration by trailing vehicles, thereby helping to prevent or minimize the occurrence of vehicle congestion."
According to Honda, the new anti-traffic system helped increase the average speed of vehicles by 23 percent and even enhanced the fuel efficiency of "trailing vehicles" by 8 percent, since traffic congestion causes an increase in CO2 emissions.
Honda also noted that
cloud connectivity in vehicles
via such a system could allow cars to estimate the patterns of other drivers.
Honda plans to unveil this system in testing that will be conducted in Italy and Indonesia in May and July 2012.
Back in February, Bill Ford Jr., the great-grandson of Henry Ford, urged automakers and tech experts to
create new traffic jam technologies
because congested highways could someday mean limiting the number automobiles that can be sold or used on the roads at a given time. With technology like the system being developed at Honda, this worry could no longer be an issue.
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Below is a Sample Schedule. The link above will take you to the most up-to-date class schedule for 2016.
- 7:45-9:05 Breakfast
- 9:30-11:00am Modern Technique or Ballet for the Modern Dancer
- Ten minute break
- 11:10am-12:40pm Technique Class Two
- 12:40-2:00pm Lunch
- 2:00-3:10pm Dance Styles Class (Jazz, Musical Theatre, Global forms)
- Ten minute break
- 3:30-4:40pm Creative Practice: Dance Improvisation or Dancemaking
- 4:45-6:00pm (alternating)
- Theory & History: Lecture and or laboratory, students will study anatomy for dance, Dance History and Current Trends, and other related topics to the Contemporary Collegiate Dance Student
- Repertory: Students will learn and perform works of Contemporary Choreography taught by faculty
- 6:00-7:30pm Dinner
- 8:00-11:00 pm Supervised Evening Activities: Informal lectures, film viewings, Q & A sessions, recreational outings (IU Art Museum, Indiana Memorial Union, IU Outdoor Pool, local eateries)
- Lights out at 11:00pm.
Week One, July 9 - July 16
- Sunday 7/9, arrival and check-in between 3-5pm, dinner 6-7pm, group evening meeting and opening celebration
- Monday 7/10 - Friday 7/14, daily schedule as listed above
- Saturday 7/15, Master class intensives:
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- Aerial Dance workshop
- Evening Activity
- Sunday 7/16, Day off, IU and recreational outings, laundry day!
Week Two, July 17 - July 21
- Monday 7/17 - Thursday 7/20, daily schedule
- Friday 7/21, daily schedule until lunch, Culminating Showing at 3:30 for family and friends
- Check out and Depart Friday after Showing
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wow! So much mean-ness! I just joines MDC, and was loving reading all the posts, but I can't believe how some people are treating the OP! I have been veg for about 5 years, even vegan for awhile, but I admit I fall off the wagon... For a lot of people being veg*n is a process and you will mess up along the way. I would rather support someone who has been veg*n and eaten meat then scare them away... Even if she decided to eat some meat once a week or something we should still support her for trying to do better than most people. I don't know if I will stick around or not
Honestly though, doesnt it make sense that if you post that you pigged out on meat in a VEG board that SOMEONE is going to be unsupportive? The key word is VEG board. We all have a right to respond however we want. I dont know why some of you are just so surprised at our lack of support. We are in a VEG BOARD!
I have to admit that people who act like the veg*n police really bug me as well. I had a couple friends like that at one time. I think it's the whole being categorized as one thing or another and then having to stick so rigidly to one or another. Even though one person may adhere rigidly to being what a vegan or vegetarian entails, others may not. If anything the op learned how meat can make you feel after you've omitted from your diet. I've been a vegetarian for 6 years and I will have a bite of something with meat in it (rarely, but it happens). Some may not consider that to be very vegetarian, but who cares?? It's my life. I know the consequences and how my body feels when I do eat meat. I also know what eating meat does to the environment and every other ethical reason that people don't eat more for. But it gets down to that it's my choice and I don't let myself feel shitty because it's not something someone else would do.
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5Pointz Painted: Queens Loses a Graffiti Landmark
For more than 20 years, graffiti artists were free to spray paint the outside walls of a drab warehouse in Long Island City. 5Pointz became an international graffiti landmark, but early Tuesday morning, the building's owner Jerry Wolkoff ordered the warehouse to be whitewashed.
A small crowd gathered across the street from the five-story warehouse Tuesday morning. It included the curators of the 5Pointz Aerosol Art Center, who stared blankly at their once colorful canvas.
Pacing in the shadows of the elevated train, "galleries" curator Jonathan Cohen searched for the right words to describe what happened to his 20 years of work.
"I just want to say, what happened last night was disgusting," he said.
Shaking his head, the MC in residence at 5Pointz, the rapper known as Dreddy Kruger, said he wished they'd been given notice before the owner decided to paint over the art.
"Its murder overnight," he said. "It's backhanded, it's underhanded."
Building owner Jerry Wolkoff had allowed artists to create spray paint murals on the facade for more than two decades, but had decided to demolish the former warehouse and build two apartment towers. In October, a group of 5Pointz artists sued to keep the building from being demolished, claiming it would destroy valuable works of art.
"My building . . . has now outlived its usefulness," Wolkoff told WNYC by phone. "It's time, it's an old building."
He said he loves the art and the artists, and that he painted the walls at 2 a.m. to avoid any confrontations.
"It's like a Band-Aid, I just wanted to take one rip off in one time. I felt it was best for them and I. I had tears in my eyes when I painted this morning," Wolkoff said.
That's little comfort for 5Pointz artist Justin Perez, better known by his graffiti name "Mars." He stopped by the site and tried to find one of his pieces through the white paint, but then gave up. Perez said the worst thing is that 5Pointz was one of the rare places where it was legal to spray paint art.
"This is what separates graffiti from vandalism," he said. "You don't have to worry about people running around the streets of New York destroying your place, they have a safe haven so they can come here and perform their arts."
But it was only safe until Wolkoff got permits to put up two apartment towers there. He said there will be a 60-foot wall for artists to paint on. Meanwhile, the artists at 5Pointz vowed to continue to fight the demolition in court.
Marie Cecile Figeul, a lead volunteer with 5Pointz, said over 1,500 pieces were destroyed.
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Mercurius covers the entire gamut of disease-application
NATIONAL JOURNAL OF HOMOEOPATHY 2003 Jan / Feb VOL V NO 1.
Dr Navin Pawaskar
Those painful Beginnings
My relation with Mercurius dates back to at least a decade when I was a novice still struggling to understand homoeopathy and homoeopathic practice. Those were the days when even a case of simple pharyngitis or tonsillitis would send a shiver down my spine and a few septic foci on the tonsils or some abscess draining down the crypts would scare me.
It was difficult to understand and pick up the characteristics in the case. The high fever that accompanied the tonsillitis would give me sleepless nights. The severe throat pains would be distressing to both: the patient and me!! In such states, characteristics like pain on empty swallowing, profuse salivation and thick white coated moist tongue would bring a sigh of relief' because now you knew that your friend Mercurius will do the job for you. So too a toothache troubling your near & dear ones, who would wake you up at night with sharp pains radiating to the ears going upto temples: better at times by warmth, with great desire to drink water and to clinch it- the classical moist tongue. Then you ask them to open the mouth, where if you found either a deep caries or a painful abscess, you knew it was time to call your friend - the Mercurius.
Our Growth
As we grew in practice and our nerves settled, cases with slightly moderate complexity started visiting us.
The two cases of Infectious Mononucleosis where the entire cervical chain of glands had got involved with hepato splenomegaly and high-grade fever and a blood picture with rise in Monocyte count, are worth noting.
The first child: a fearless child, extremely irritable yet mature in his behaviour, chilly with throat pains along with glandular swelling worse on empty swallowing. The clinching chord was given by the father: when the child gets angry especially when contradicted or teased, he tends to aim to hit at the nose of the opposite person or tries desperately to catch it. This allowed me to see the precautious, fearless and aggressive mercury with this key note. Did the hit at nose mean to hit on their pride?
The other boy was constitutionally Nat-mur, but since the fever, had developed submandibular glands giving him an appearance of bull neck. The glands started appearing on the Rt and moved to the Lt. Merc-i-f settled this case beautifully, followed later by the constitutional.
A deep trophic ulcer appeared before me in the remote interiors along the sea-coast. While I was doing my rural posting. The man was not in a position to give a full history with details of his symptoms because there were none. But by God's grace I could observe that only that particular foot which had ulcer was sweating. He had no signs of peripheral vascular disease and the ulcer was due to the Hansen's disease, which he had suffered from. This pointed to a tuberculo-syphillitic miasm with offensive discharges, painlessness & sweating of affected parts. Mercurius once again bailed me out and gave relief to the poor hapless, hopeful villager.
The use of Mercurius in cellulitis especially if the cellulitis is due to post-traumatic necrosis or due to secondary pyoderma with thin, offensive oozing and red proud flesh-like look has many a times been helped by Mercurius.
Learning from Experience: If we look back at all these experiences, we find a strong tuberculo-syphilitic miasm at its base and a predominant infective processes in the suppurating stage of inflammation involving skin, extra-cellular spaces, RES or glands. Not to miss the destructive caries which gives rise to pain or the destructive ulcer, which would grow deeper, but without any pain.
The experiences with these cases helped me to learn a lot and grow both in my confidence and in practice. Recently, I got a chance to work on orthopaedic cases and thus move on to the realm.
A 12-yr old young boy complained of pain and swelling at the lower end of femur with fever. The child was unable to walk and was limping. It was so sudden that an X-ray was ordered immediately which revealed Osteomyelitis of lower end of femur with sequestrum. Child was given Calc-phos. There came a time case when necrotic material could not find a vent out, thus increasing the pain, swelling & fever.
Calc-phos was continued till it formed the vent. Inspite of forming the vent, the swelling would not go down and pain & fever continued with vellow offensive discharge. The outer end of sinus looked like a chunk of red meat with proud red flesh. Based on remedy relationship to Calc-phos, the tuberculo-syphylitic depth of the disease and the necrosis of bone, helped me to prescribe Merc-sol in multiple doses which helped to improve the discharges & thus relieve the fever as well as pain & swelling.
The Next Experience followed immediately and consolidated my learning. This young boy of 15 yrs had pain in his hips with severe adductor spasm. The child was unable to move his limb at all. His ESR was on the higher side. An x-ray was ordered which showed osteolytic lesion on Lt Iliac crest. The child was given Merc-sol in infrequent doses. Later the repetition was increased. By the 4th day the child was able to walk with reduction of adductor spasm and at the end of the week, child had complete range of movement. At the end of 1st month the ESR started to show a decrease in the level. Today, the child is completely asymptomatic. Bone lesions have to be still re-evaluated.
One more case which opened up, The Mental Aspect of Merc-sol
for me, was a young man, intelligent, hard working, but with a lot of
fascination for war, armies and violence. He was regularly beaten up in the name
of discipline by his parents and teacher. He could not overcome these
experiences, got sensitized, worked hard, went from a small village to a big
city to become an Engineer. In Engineering College, he went through a lot of
vexation & inferior feeling because he came from a small village.
He started developing bitterness towards his own parents, and his culture. When he came back to the village, he revolted against the entire community and the religion with lot of aggression, to the extent that he started breaking the idols of Gods thus preventing his family from their freedom of religion. He did this fearlessly during the daytime, but during the night he dreamt people were running thirsty for his blood.
He was suffering from ulcerative colitis. The ulcers would give away leading to bleeding per rectum, along with severe abdominal colic with mucoid stools & never get 'done' sensation. Thus a violent, aggressive, hard working yet intelligent boy at one hand, underwent severe suppression of his anger in childhood and became revengeful, and rebelious against system of religion- violent and destructive. But the sub-conscious told the true story of fear which he harboured within, which depicted the threat to his life when he saw the mob (society) thirsty for his blood. Thus on one hand lay the aggression and on the another hand the counter balancing force-fear. And luckily one could get the characteristic physical particular of never get done sensation which is the hall mark of Mercurius
Later, I found that in many other cases of intestinal infections and
ulceration, as an acute exacerbation of ulcerative collitis or the bacillary
descentry Merc-sol stands as one of the major remedies presenting mainly as
severe abdominal pain along the sigmoid colon with severe tenesmus in the
rectum, passing scanty, but mucoid to bloody stool and the classic sensation of
never get done feeling or at least the tenesmus not better after stool. The
other general of thirst and the characteristic particular of moist coated tongue
helped to confirm the presence of Merc-sol in these cases.
Last, but not the least, Merc-sol in malignancy has proved to be a saviour and also a reliever for those who want to live and for those who want to die.
A man in his late 60's developed squamous cell carcinoma at the base of the tongue. Constitutionally, he was a hard hearted, hard working, emotionless, energetic man who had lost his wife, but still wanted to get married inspite of knowing that he had cancer. Calc-flour was his constitutional and Merc-i-f played a great deep active anti-miasmatic through its antisyphilitic action. Whenever there was any block in the improvement and later when the end was near, it gave a lot of pain relief. When he developed secondaries in the glands which also involved the nerve sheath. This would give rise to severe neuralgias especially at night. Although, he had reached T3 N2 M1 stage and was prognosticated to have a very short life span, he managed to survive on homeopathy with all his senses intact and his energies vitalized till the end of his life. Those 1 ˝ - 2 yrs of his journey were with homoeopathy alone in which mercurius played a very major role.
The Antisyphilltic Role of Merc-i-f in cases where
there is destruction of structure as in case of atrophic rhinitis when the nasal
mucous membrane along with the nasal plate is on the verge of atrophic and
ulcerative destruction giving rise to offensive discharge from the nose which
are quite embarrassing with complete anosmia.
One of our patients who was helpless with this atrophic rhinitis was tremendously helped by Merc-i-f. Only when we could approach the case through Boger's approach, could we see the totality as described above.
Not only has mercurius allowed the people to pass off peacefully, but has also allowed young infants to survive critical moments. I had a rare chance to experience a case of a neonate who was just 28 days old who landed up with intra-hepatic biliary stasis with serum bilirubin rising high above 20 mg with the ratio of direct to indirect, reversed.
There was no other symptom that the mother could give except that the child had cyclical vomiting. This characteristic along with the understanding of the pathogenesis, the increased viscosity of bile in intra-hepatic biliary stasis described as plastic exudates, the vomiting of cyclical nature indicating the time aspect and the epoch as infant, again indicating time; finally combined with the predominant action on liver, pointed towards Merc-dulcis. Merc-dulcis resolved the entire case in a week's time adding to the vitality of the infant and unleashing new energies into the life.
What more can I expect from this great friend of mine with its range of clinical condition and its depth to handle all pathology ranging from infections, inflammation, ulceration to malignancies, miasmatically covering the most dreaded tuberculo-syphylitic range, and standing with me when I faced life-death situation with my patients? You cannot help, but develop a deep reverence for this great liquid metal-only one of its kind in the universe!


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Temporal range: Triassic–Recent[1]
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The Clitellata are a class of annelid worms, characterized by having a clitellum - the 'collar' that forms a reproductive cocoon during part of their life cycles. The clitellates comprise around 8,000 species. Unlike the class of Polychaeta, they do not have parapodia and their heads are less developed.
Clitellates live on land, in freshwater or in the ocean.
All clitellata are hermaphrodites. During copulation, the clitellum produces a mucus that holds worms in place whilst they mate. During reproduction, the clitellum secretes a yolk (albumen) and a proteinaceous sheath which hardens. The worm then creeps out backward from the coat and deposits either fertilized zygotes or both ovae and sperm into the coat, which is then packed into a cocoon. The zygotes then develop directly in the cocoon without passing through a larval stage (as opposed to other annelids, e.g. Polychaeta.) This mechanism is considered to be apomorphic (a newly derived characteristic rather than an evolutionarily ancestral one).[2]
According to modern phylogenetic analyses, the Clitellata are considered to be a monophyletic subclade of the polychaetes.
Historically, the group was classified into the subclasses Oligochaeta and the Hirudinea. The oligochaetes contained the tubificids (Naididae, Lumbricidae, and Lumbriculidae - commonly the tube worms and the earthworms. The Hirudinea contained the leeches and the branchiobdellids. Modern analysis has revealed Branchiobdella and Hirudinea are two sister groups to the lumbriculids and they are daughter groups to the tree of oligochaetes. Hence, the terms Oligochaeta and Clitellata are considered synonymous.
- Branchiobdella - formerly in Hirudinea
- Hirudinea (leeches)
- Oligochaeta (earthworms - aquatic microdriles and terrestrial megadriles)
The Acanthobdellidea, a sister group to Hirudinea, are sometimes moved out of the Hirudinea as a distinct subclass, too. Overall, clitellate phylogeny is not well resolved.
Namely, the Acanthobdellidea, Branchiobdella and Hirudinea are monophyletic, but are embedded among the Oligochaeta, which are an evolutionary grade of lineages that are outwardly similar, but not very close relatives. In particular, the leeches and earthworms appear to be very close relatives. Two approaches are possible:[3]
- abolish Oligochaeta as traditionally delimited in favor of a number of smaller monophyletic lineages
- treat Oligochaeta and Clitellata as synonymous while splitting up the traditional "oligochaetes" into monophyletic lineages.
- ^ Manum, S. B.; Bose, M. N.; Sawyer, R. Y. T. (1991). "Clitellate cocoons in freshwater deposits since the Triassic". Zoologica Scripta. 20 (4): 347. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.1991.tb00300.x.
- ^ Reichardt (2006): pp.63, 67-68
- ^ Erséus et al. (2008)
- Erséus, Christer; Wetzel, Mark J. & Gustavsson, Lena (2008): ICZN rules – a farewell to Tubificidae (Annelida, Clitellata). Zootaxa 1744: 66–68. PDF fulltext
- Reichardt, Anna Katharina (2006): Systematische Zoologie.
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Fibonacci Price and Time Factors on ES, YM and NQ for June 12, 2009
Yesterday the September index futures contracts made what should be interim upside targets within the parameters for intraday high timing cycles. Since there are outstanding targets to upside and prior resistance related to these targets has broken, we're favoring the idea that the rally will resume at least to the targets I'll identify below.
On the YM (eMini Dow contract), we're currently in a timing low cycle on the 45 minute chart. This means that the number of bars in prior corrective declines have been counted and multiplied by specific Fibonacci ratios. The 2 outstanding 45 minute bars this morning are where the maximum number of these timing ratios overlap, so if we are indeed seeing another corrective decline, we should see the rally resume during this morning's session. If we can see this time and price support hold, initial major upside target is 8871.
On the ES (eMini S& P contract), the time cycle factors also come into play during this morning's session. Initial major upside target is 954.25.
And on corresponding Nasdaq contract, we also have strong time and price support and an initial major upside target at 1517.75.
If price blows through this time and price support this morning, we can expect a rapid acceleration to the downside. We'll keep track of this and switch emphasis if needed, with longer term downside targets projected in a further update.


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A Call to Turn Inward - Keeping the West's financial rout at bay
As the financial crisis that erupted in the United States deepened and spread to Europe and Asia, bank executives, bloggers and newspaper opinion writers throughout Africa hastened to comment on what went wrong in the system that the United States and its allies put in place in 1944 in Bretton Woods, N.H., and why African banks so far have been able to withstand the rout.
The consensus is, African countries won't completely escape the proverbial cold that the world seems to catch when the United States coughs, but this time something must be done to keep that chills from turning to pneumonia. That "something" must come from Africans themselves.
Especially to be avoided, many say, are loans from the World Bank and International Monetary Fund, offspring of the Bretton Woods gathering.
"The global lenders have a track record of [ensnaring] underdeveloped countries that are in debt and there is little concrete evidence to suggest that this time round they will behave differently," warns an Oct. 10 editorial in The Namibian.
By all accounts, the conservative nature of Africa's banking system has kept it from succumbing to the credit crisis. "Over-borrowing in the name of some dubious ventures, especially in the U.S., Japan and Europe, often meet with willing and eager-to-give banks.
If you add that to the scandalous insider dealings and jumbo remunerations, entitlements and rewards of chief executive officers, CEOs of big industry players, then we should understand that the implosion at the international credit market was bound to happen. Very few of those things apply here," one online writer in Nigeria declared.
Chris Matthee, acting managing director of Bank Windhoek, one of Namibia's four commercial banks, could well have been describing the norm at banks throughout the continent when he recently spoke to local reporters. "Namibian banks have to comply with very strict regulations, which do not permit them to use deposits to fund foreign assets. In addition, the limited foreign assets they may hold are subject to the highly restrictive exchange control regulations of the Common Monetary Area. Bank Windhoek and its unit trust funds consequently have no direct exposure whatsoever in the subprime market or in institutions, which have exposure therein," Matthee said.
The very isolation that limited opportunities for Namibian banks in the good times is now protecting them from the aftermath of the subprime fallout, Matthee noted. "Our banking law and prudential requirements for the banking industry, legal framework for collateral on property finance and lending policies that are far more conventional and conservative, ensure that credit risk is managed far more prudently than has been the case in the U.S." Fallout there will be.
In its October World Economic Outlook, the IMF projects that economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa will shrink as a result of the financial turmoil in the United States, Europe and Asia, and high energy and food prices. Even with the projected contraction — to just over 6 percent between 2008 and 2009 from nearly 7 percent in 2007 — sub-Saharan Africa's economic growth will continue its trend of outpacing overall global growth, which the IMF projects at 3.0 percent in 2008 and 3 percent in 2009 from 5 percent in 2007. Growth in the United States is projected at 1.6 percent in 2008 and 0.1 percent in 2009 from 2 percent in 2007.
Many expect reduced demand for Africa's exports as economic growth in developed countries slows. South Africa's Finance Minister Trevor Manuel already predicts that the slowdown will result in a "major decline" in demand for South African minerals, leading to lower export earnings.
Internal pressure is mounting to bolster the continent's banking system and economies by promoting such practices as lower consumer spending, lower credit extension, debt reduction and savings. A strong, local capital base could fund the infrastructure overhaul the continent so badly needs, further stimulating national economies. "Africans must learn to save and slowly build up our own capital base.
We must do so individually and collectively. This is our responsibility and we have to start acting immediately," The Namibian editorial urges.
The hope is that Africa's growing middle class will halt its slide towards consumerism and join in this conservative agenda. "A debt-driven society, as we are rapidly becoming, will always be on a knife's edge and every effort must be made to stem its further spread," an online writer in Namibia warned.


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Whats up all just got my plasma blue wrx feels good to have a new ride
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Inside The Park: The Iona Softball Blog
Eileen McCann is a junior outfielder on the Iona College softball team. This season, McCann will be taking Iona fans inside the world of not only an Iona softball player, but that of a student-athlete. After two short seasons, McCann has had a very successful career at Iona. A two-time MAAC Champion, McCann is a Mass Communications major with a concentration in Public Relations.
This week was a tough one. After arriving back in New Rochelle from Florida late Sunday night, we were given all of Monday off to recuperate and catch up on sleep and schoolwork and such. These single days off come and go so quickly that they seem to be over before you even realize that you've had the day off. And so, after 24 hours of softball deprivation, we jumped back into our routine Tuesday with a lift and indoor evening practice. Fatigue appeared to be the theme of Wednesday's practice. Weather conditions permitted us the rare opportunity of getting on Rice Oval for a change, which we all love to do. Our only problem was we were scheduled to condition with Coach Carr directly after practice which, as one could guess, we don't exactly love. Given the fact that we were all a little extra tired this week, our team demeanor was more dreadful than enthusiastic knowing what was in store for us. Despite our pleas for mercy and desperate requests for an emergency schedule change to coach, we ran that afternoon. The previous Wednesday, we ran very well as a team and Coach Carr had expressed how hard we had been working and how we were ready to open our season strong. The same praise was not given this week, however. The running killed us, and I can safely say that none of us are proud of the efforts we put forth. Sprint after sprint, we failed to make our designated time as we lazily jogged through the line. As a result of our inexcusable performance, we were chewed out, and we were punished. And once more the following day, we were chewed out... again, and punished… again.
The season is long, there's no doubt about it. The tedious days and weeks take their toll on everyone. It's easy to let one's high spirits and positive attitude diminish as one becomes enveloped in the ever-accelerating hustle and bustle of a student-athlete's day. It's easy to let your opinion of the people you see every day shift from admiration to apprehension. When days like this past Wednesday come and knock you down, you have to take them for what they are: gut checks. Any given moment on any day can give rise to adversity, and you have to decide what to do with it. You can face it head on, and accept that whatever the outcome may be, you will become better as a result, or you can fight it. You can resist the challenge, knowing full well that, in doing so, you're disrespecting yourself, your game, and the people that dedicate their lives to making you better.
We finished out the week strong, and were given the weekend to rest (or "study, sleep, and take medicine" as coach says) before getting back to the grind this week. Last Wednesday hit us hard, and served to test those of us who may be dragging our feet at a time when we simply can't afford it. Our struggle allowed our flaws to be brought to light and examined, and that, in itself, allowed us to get better in some way this week. I have no doubt that we're going to kill it this week with Coach Carr, in addition to putting in productive work at practice and lift. Our bus to Longwood, VA, is scheduled to leave Friday morning and we're going to ride being better prepared for any challenges we face this weekend, and the rest of our season.
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text: Dennis "Red" Gendron has been named University of Maine head men's ice hockey coach by UMaine President Paul Ferguson and Director of Athletics Steve Abbott. Gendron, who has won two NCAA Hockey National Championships and an NHL Stanley Cup as an assistant coach, will be formally announced as Maine's head coach in a series of events on Tuesday, May 28, 2013. The media along with University of Maine athletic fans and the public are invited to attend these events.Gendron will be introduced in a press conference at 1 PM at Alfond Arena. He will speak to the media and be available for individual interviews following the official news conference. He will also be available to greet fans in the Alfond Family Lounge after the press conference.At 5 PM on Tuesday evening, Gendron will be at Season's Grille, located at 427 Main Street in Bangor. Everyone is encouraged to come out and welcome Coach Gendron to Maine and the start of a new era in Maine hockey. Members of the 2013-14 Maine hockey team will be in attendance during the day as well.Gendron's first college hockey coaching experience was with the Black Bears, where he assisted Coach Shawn Walsh with the 1993 NCAA Division I National Championship team. In his 34-year coaching career, Gendron has worked with championship teams at all levels. At Bellows Free Academy in Vermont, he guided squads to four state championships in the 1980s. Gendron earned three NHL championship rings as a coach and has twice had his name engraved on the Stanley Cup. He was an assistant coach for the New Jersey Devils when they captured the Stanley Cup in 1995, and was an assistant and head coach, respectively, with their AHL team in Albany when the Devils won the Stanley Cup in 2000 and 2003. The last two seasons, Gendron was associate head coach at Yale University: the Bulldogs earned the 2013 NCAA Division I National Championship."Our primary goal in this search was to find an individual who could bring the best balance to our men's hockey program as a nationally competitive team on the ice and support our student-athletes' preparation for the future based upon solid academic foundations," says President Ferguson. "We are so pleased to have found that individual in Red Gendron, who personifies that balance. His personal passion for the Black Bears and UMaine is extraordinary and will no doubt unite the Black Bear Nation."Abbott says Gendron "truly appreciates both the history of this great hockey program and the potential that exists here to compete for Hockey East and national championships. He is an enthusiastic competitor who loves this university and is passionate about Maine hockey."


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Ozarks' History: University of the Ozarks, 1987-Present
In 1987 the institution changed its name to University of the Ozarks.
Today, Ozarks offers a broad curriculum with a strong emphasis on the liberal arts. The university is a member of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools and is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission.
Sixteen buildings on the campus house the institution's programs. Groundbreaking for the new Walton Fine Arts Center took place on October 28, 1984, the College's 150th birthday, and the University dedicated two other new buildings - Robson Library and the Boreham Business Building - in 1996. In 1997, Ozarks was the recipient of a $39.5 million gift from the Walton Family Charitable Support Foundation, the largest single gift in the history of Arkansas for a private college. The gift kicked off the university's $55 million PRIDE & PROMISE campaign.
Today, more than 175 years after its inception in a frontier setting, University of the Ozarks continues its long-standing mission of education and service in a Christian environment.


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Traditional vs. Cosmopolitan: Idealized Femininity and National Representation in Nigerian Beauty Pageants
Oluwakemi M. Balogun, Sociology
Drawing from interviews, ethnographic observations and content analysis, this talk compares two different pageants in Nigeria. The first pageant, the Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria utilizes "international standards" to select and send contestants to Miss World and Miss Universe, the top pageants in the world. While the second contest, Queen Nigeria whose winners do not compete outside of Nigeria, brands itself as a Nigerian-based socio-cultural pageant. Through an analysis of the various discourses surrounding these pageants, I map two distinct ideologies of idealized femininity, one based on a traditional model and another based on a cosmopolitan standard, onto specific strands of national representation, situated at the local and transnational levels. I argue that national representations can exist at multiple levels within the same country, and show how gendered discourses, specifically representations of women play a role in crafting nationalism. I examine the content, structure, beauty standards and associated bodily display of these pageants in order to substantiate my argument.
The Look of a Woman: Surgical Reconstruction of the Transsexual Face
Eric Plemons, Anthropology
Early surgical procedures intended to change a person's sex focused on the genitals as the site of a body's maleness or femaleness, and took the reconstruction of these organs as the means by which "sex" could be changed. Genital reconstructive surgery and endocrine interventions have remained at the center of both medical and popular imaginations in the question of somatic sex change. However, in the mid-1980s a novel set of techniques was developed in order to change a part of the body that proponents claim plays a more central role in the assessment and attribution of sex in everyday life: the face. Facial Feminization Surgery (FFS)—a set of bone and soft tissue techniques intended to feminize thefaces of male-to-female transsexuals—is predicated upon the notion that femininity is a measurable quality of the craniofacial complex that can be both reliably assessed and surgically reproduced. Such an assertion begs the questions: What does a woman look like? What forms of knowledge are used to support a claim to know?
This talk will address the history and current application of these techniques, calling special attention to the discourses of "science" and "aesthetics" that surgeons use to both support their claims to recognize "the feminine" and plan their interventions to produce it. From these distinct ontological beginnings, surgeons work toward the production of a femininity that is not only normative, but one that is also staged as the realization of the transsexual patient's "true self." Patients and surgeons share a projected post-surgical future in which the patient "passes" as an ordinary woman. The uncertain place of race and ethnicity within the medical category of "femininity" will be discussed from the perspective of both surgeon and patients.


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1939 Buick "frame help"
I bought a 1939 buick four door about 2 months ago, I got it tore down now. I im looking for some help. I dont care about keeping original, To be honest I plan on driving it alot. "its my dream car" I dont want to keep it hidden in the garage.
What do you guys think I should do? is there a frame that i can just swap. I know the wheelbase is 121 inchs. I found some cars that have the same wheel base, but the frame is to wide. Dose anybody know of a frame that might work?
If not what Would be a good donor car to use for a stub front end. "My brother and uncle Are great welders" If it has to come to that. I have never done anything like that but im sure i can do a bunch of reading and measuring and line it up. Just not sure what would be the best car to use.
I want the outcome to be a old look with the modern tech. If you can help I would Greatly thank you.
Frame rebuild
I did a 1938 Chevrolet coupe and used the original frame. My frame is a top hat type, meaning that it has a bottom plate with a U shaped top hat. Its strong and best of all it fits my cars body. Call TCI in California and they will send you a free catalog with bolt in/weld in independent front suspension kit. Mine cost about 1400.00 with power rack and pinion steering. It took me, a novice, about 4 hours to install and I had a professional weld on the coil spring caps. For the rear, I used a ford 8" with Posie super slide kit with new leaf springs. Their kit cost me around 400.00 and came with everything. I had the rear rebuilt with new bearings and a new ring and pinion with the ratio that I wanted. My chassis came out beautiful and looks and drives perfect too. Good luck on your 4 door!
I wish this was a chevy. because it would be alot cheeper. I called alot of people to see about buying a kit. the only thing they offedr is a stub kit. "fatman fab." and after shipping it was 3295.00 im tryen to figure out a cheeper way to do this. "i got to many kids to be spending that much money, this close to christmas" "SO FAR I LOVE THIS SITE"
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THere is a wiwk article posted here on doing Gm parts swaps. but the parts would be hard to find unless you have yard close by with lots of older 50's 60 GM cars/ We have a 37 pontiac in the shop and the coil spring pockets are part of the frame rails , so there is no easy bolt on kits. , A jaguar xjs crosmember swap might be able to work. 2 of those in the shop, I just haven't taken a tape measure out to look,,, the 37 is a long way down on the to do list.
The first thing you need to learn is that you DO NOT want to buy someone's complete kit for a Mustang II IFS. If you shop around you can save a considerable amount of money. When I did the one on my truck I did some judicious shopping at swap meets and it wound up costing right around a grand so don't let anyone try to sell you a $3000-$4000 Mustang II IFS unless you're building a show car.
As an example the link below is for all the components for the package except the Mustang II crossmember and Speedway Motors sells it for around a grand. Includes upper and lower control arms, big GM disk brakes, steering rack, spindles, strut rods etc. All you need to add to this is a crossmember and Heidts or Fatman sell them for around $400. So for under $1500 you have the entire package and you're good to go. Whoever you talked to at Fatman is trying to sell you the "fancy" stuff. For a full fendered car you don't need all that polished junk cause no one will ever see it. Just the stock Mustang stuff with upgraded brakes will do just fine.
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Thanks centerline, I just called speedway and they said they dont offer anything for the buick. said they had a kit that i could try to make work. it was 1400.00, I hate to spending tha much on something that might not work well for me.
I hate sounding dumb, but i cant find the wiki link for the gm sub frame. I like the idea of useing the stub. BUT i really Hate to cut this frame up. Thats why i was hoping to find a diffrent frame to put under this car. I was gonna put the org. frame out back so when my kids got older i could then rebuild it and have a org car. "that might sound dumb to some people"
The only thing i came up with was a 1982 buick lesbra but the frame is way to wide. the 121 in. wheel base is KILLING me. what do you guys think about taking a frame that is the same width and streching it to the 121 in wheel base i need. "it was just a idea" Thanks you guys are the "bees knees"
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I'm confused here why would you want it back to stock for your kids? If you build it to look stock on the outside, who cares what you do underneath. Besides maybe the kids would rather have a street rod than a stocker, they are going to grow up with it being a street rod. Build the restorod and let the kids decide what they want. That's like feeding them ice cream while they grow up then switching back to milk. AS far as money goes, this is not a cheap hobby, when you are raising kids and trying to build a car, unless you are on unlimited funds, it is dam hard to do. building cars today cost a lot more than years ago, where you could get parts at the yard and they did not get a lot for them. Today they all sell the parts and most get a ton of money out of one car. IMO build the frame you have, don't worry about making it stock again, and do it when you can. you said it was your dream car, it might take awhile, maybe a few years, but you will get it done, the kids can grow up helping you, they might like the old cars, and you get two birds with one stone, you get the car, and all of us get some more street rodders in our ranks. Good luck.
If you're not living on the edge, you're taking up too much ground.
So, can anyone suggest an appropriate donor car for a front clip for his Buick?
I used a Cutlass G-Body (Cutlass) front end on my 1939 Olds. Required cutting off the original front end and welding on the Cutlass front end. Decent G-body donor cars should be available for less than $1000. Total cost will depend on whose labor puts it together.
The Buick is a bigger car that an Olds I have had good success using 70 to 81 Camaro or Firebird, or Mid 70s A body parts on Buicks. It matches up withing fractions to the original frame. You can use 80s RWD Cadillac spindles, and disc brakes, a bolt on to these front ends, and the stock 39 wheels will bolt up. You will have to relocate the motor mounts.
The reason no one had a Mustang kit, the frame has big spring pockets built into the frame. You have to cut the frame rails off, install straight frame sections, and then you can adapt a Mustang.
I ran into the same problem with my '36 Olds, nobody had any parts for them. I called Minnesota Hot Rod Hardware, and they were able to get the complete front end kit (mustang 2, disk brakes, dropped spindles, etc) built by a company in Wisconsin for $1800 to my door. I realize it is not cheap, but it is all new, and fit perfect.
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If you can weld you could trim off the coil spring bump out pockets and box the outside of the frame with flat plate then swap in a front suspension that comes with a usable cross member with the components mounted to it. , the classic truck guys do it all the time They use various suspension systems, volari, amc, jagurar,
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The front brakes can be upgraded to disk brakes- contact disk brake mike
on the web- the kit I bought from him worked fine. These arew not easy
cars to rod but have a style that is unmistakeable. Jim
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A lot of the 30's GM products used weird by today;s standards suspension components. the '30's Chev and pontiac Knee action, and the combination A arm'shock absorber. king pin spindles. etc. They do a lot more crosmembewr swaps in Austrailia, New Zeland England If you do a few searches you can find a lot of how to and builds using newer components,
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Digital channels, online social activity, and mobile technology give business buyers unprecedented purchasing power. Just look around your next sales or customer meeting, count the number of smartphones and tablets, and see if you disagree.
To capture the attention of the perpetually-connected business buyer, we see B2B CMOs taking on significantly broader, and often unfamiliar, responsibilities. To learn exactly how top marketers respond to these new world challenges, Forrester teamed with the BMA to conduct a joint study about the pace of change, skills required, and degree of collaboration needed to deliver the always-on experiences business buyers now expect.
Kathy Button Bell, 2013-14 BMA Chair, and I presented the findings from this study of 117 marketing leaders during the BLAZE conference last May. I'm now following this presentation with a new report that takes a closer look at the evolving role of the B2B CMO -- a report that we would like to share with our friends at the BMA and with you. To get a complimentary copy, please visit this site to register for and download the report.
What did we find in the survey responses? That it's never been a better time to be a B2B marketer!
B2B marketing executives enjoy more company clout. For example, a majority 88% of respondents said their peers turn to them more often for data and insight needed to strategize and plan, and 78% agreed that marketing's influence on corporate strategy is greater today than it was just two short years ago. This is a welcome change from the days when marketing's role seldom ventured beyond the "make it pretty" department.
This new peer and boardroom attention energizes many B2B marketing leaders. Yet many also express concern over the skills and cross-department teamwork needed to meet the rising tide of business expectations. Practically all those surveyed (96%) feel that the breadth of marketing skills needed for their teams to succeed has increased dramatically. To fill the gap, 60% said they seek out younger workers in the hiring process who have greater technical comfort and facility.
The report contains many other key insights that show how B2B CMOs have graduated from a walk-on role in some "Off-Boardroom" play to headlining the executive show when they embrace new job mandates and:
- Keep an eye on strategy, not tactics. Effective CMOs become more accountable when they adopt objectives linked directly to overall business goals — like customer acquisition, retention, market share, and account penetration.
- Collaborate with peers to obsess over customers. Marketing execs deepen customer engagement when they coordinate input across the enterprise to identify gaps in sales, purchase, and support experiences that inhibit fanatical attention to customer interactions.
- Delegate effectively. Rather than taking on more tactical activity, top chief marketers prioritize their calendars based on three factors: 1) strategic importance; 2) customer value; and 3) long-term brand health. Everything else, they give to someone else to do.
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Comment from Shail Khiyara (not verified) on Tue, 07/16/2013 - 18:43
Laura: Great article. Indeed a renaissance is underway in the world of Marketing and the tradition CMO role. Balloons & banners marketing in B2B is not the norm and being replaced by Thought Leadership, Customer Obsession (as you define it) and more of a cross-functional look across the business, vs. just focusing on marketing tactics.
Interesting times for B2B marketers
Comment from Michael Idinopulos (not verified) on Wed, 07/17/2013 - 10:44
These are fascinating findings, and highly consistent with my own personal experiences as a B2B marketer who markets to B2B marketers (Say that 10 times fast!). It feels like a sequel to the late 1990s and early 2000s. The first Internet/Intranet boom hit, and IT managers had to evolve into CIOs or risk irrelevance. All the trends you talk about (cloud, social, mobile), are passing the strategic torch to marketers, who now face their own "grow-or-go" inflection point. Exciting times!
Thank you for the thoughtful comments
Comment from Laura Ramos on Wed, 07/17/2013 - 17:06
Michael and Shail: Thanks so much for the feedback. I really appreciate knowing that the ideas resonate with those of you in the market dealing with these issues day to day. Did you get a chance to download the report? It's readily available.... just follow the link.
Downloaded the report
Comment from Michael Idinopulos (not verified) on Wed, 07/17/2013 - 17:24
Yep, I downloaded it. Great stuff! As I read through it in detail, I'll post any comments I have here.
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Neuropsychiatric lupus (NPSLE) is difficult to diagnose and can be present when disease activity in other organs cannot be identified.
Gangliosides are fats on the outer covering of cells and are found throughout the brain. Some people can make antibodies (immune proteins) that target one of these fats, called ganglioside M1.
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Children with higher levels of anti-ganglioside M1 antibodies seemed to have weaker results on brain (neuropsychological) tests. A similar trend was observed for children with higher levels of anti-ribosomal P antibodies, but this finding was not statistically confirmed.
In children with lupus, overall disease activity level was not statistically related to levels of either anti-ganglioside or anti-ribosomal P antibodies. Levels of anti-nuclear antibodies or antibodies to double-stranded DNA were not statistically related to clinical evidence for NPSLE.
What were the limitations of the study?
This small, preliminary study suggests that children with lupus may have anti-ganglioside M1 and anti-ribosomal P antibodies before developing NPSLE. This does not prove cause and effect and should be confirmed in a large group of children with lupus.
What do the results mean for you?
This study found that anti-ganglioside M1 antibodies might help to predict NPSLE in children with lupus, especially when paired with anti-ribosomal P antibodies.
The role of measurement of serum autoantibodies in prediction of pediatric neuropsychiatric systemic lupus erythematosus.
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