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Saving the Bay through education, advocacy, litigation, and restoration.
An egret stands sentinal in Mattawoman Creek. Photo ©Krista Schlyer/iLCP
State fisheries biologists have called the Mattawoman Creek "the best, most productive tributary to the Chesapeake Bay." It is renowned nationally for its fish habitat. It is considered the best nursery for migratory (live in ocean but spawn in fresh water) fish in the entire Bay watershed. Once again it is being threatened. This time by the draft Comprehensive Plan currently proposed by the Charles County Planning Commission.
Mattawoman Creek is a shallow tributary to the Potomac River. Its 60,300 acre watershed is located in Prince George's and Charles Counties; 44,479 acres of the watershed is located in Charles County.
State and federal agencies have consistently characterized the Mattawoman watershed as exceptional in terms of its biodiversity and biological productivity. The Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has noted the creek's abundant underwater grasses and fish resources, including largemouth bass, rockfish, catfish, carp, bluegill, pumpkinseed sunfish, white and yellow perch, pickerel, and crappie.
It is home to more than 50 species of fish, as well as mussels, wood ducks and bald eagles. Its extensive wetlands and forest help support one of the healthiest food webs in the Bay, and help filter harmful nitrogen, phosphorus and other pollution.
The watershed's beauty and natural fecundity is priceless. Its fate will be a test of our resolve to save the Bay.
The watershed also has tremendous economic and cultural value. The commercial bass fishing industry in the Potomac River alone is worth $25 million a year in business.
Government officials have recognized the value of the watershed. In the Charles County portion of the watershed, there are approximately 5,900 acres of state protected land and park land, and 316 acres of County park land. Additionally, Charles County holds Forest Conservation Easements on approximately 400 acres in the watershed.
The Army Corps of Engineers Watershed Management Plan characterized Mattawoman Creek as high risk due to the pressures of increased urbanization and loss of forest and wetland resources. Maryland's 1998 Clean Water Action Plan placed the Mattawoman in the top 25 percent of all watersheds in Maryland for having the highest loads of nitrogen and phosphorus per watershed acre. Portions of the watershed are also listed as impaired for nutrients and sediments on the state's "Dirty Waters" list.
In short, one of the natural gems of the Chesapeake Bay watershed is threatened once again.
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RAYMOND WEIL - Worldwide Top News
The opening of new points of sale, prestige events and the renewal of the emblematic parsifal collection, without a shadow of doubt combined to make 2010 an extremely fruitful year for RAYMOND WEIL. True to its traditional dynamism, the end of the year was just as hectic for the Swiss watchmaker: a new communications strategy and the opening of new shop-in-shops in North America; the strengthening of its presence in the Caribbean and Middle East; the official launch of the new parsifal in Russia; a prestigious exhibition in Shanghai; The International Photography Prize; the sale of a Special Edition to help with the struggle against cancer, and the selection of a RAYMOND WEIL by a star as a lucky charm.
New marketing strategy and the opening of new sale points in North America
In the autumn of 2010, RAYMOND WEIL USA launched a multi-layered advertising and marketing strategy that resulted in the Brand's increase in sales and consumer perception. Focusing on editorial and advertising, RAYMOND WEIL was featured in many lifestyle and fashion publications, receiving more than 500 editorial mentions resulting in over 300 MILLION contacts. Emphasis was also placed on building shop-in-shops and gaining real estate in high image accounts throughout North America and the Caribbean, starting with the construction of the RAYMOND WEIL boutique at Swedish Jewelers in Edmonton, Canada.
RAYMOND WEIL strengthens its presence in the Caribbean
The Caribbean territory has always been a focus for RAYMOND WEIL, however, in 2010, the company launched a multi-dimensional campaign targeting the tourism market, far exceeding previous years' levels. Through targeted advertising on cruise ships and the building of shop-in-shops in high traffic areas, RAYMOND WEIL was able to increase its awareness with the consumer, which translated into an increase in sales!
The Swiss Brand in the Middle East
In 2010, the watchmaking brand obtained excellent results in the United Arab Emirates, after two difficult years due to the crisis. Our local partner will thus take advantage of this recovery in the Middle East economy to develop the RAYMOND WEIL distribution in Abu Dhabi with the opening of 4 new sales points in 2011!
In Iran in September, RAYMOND WEIL opened a new boutique in the Iran Almas Shopping Center in Tehran. It should be noted that sales have increased significantly in the country compared with 2009.
New parsifal collection launch in Russia
To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the creation of the Parsifal collection, on 12 November, RAYMOND WEIL, officially launched the new parsifal in Moscow. To formally introduce the collection, a combined event was arranged, including a presentation made by Pierre Bernheim and a cocktail for partners at the Golden Apple Hotel, followed by a première of "Lioness of Aquitaine" at the Lenkom Theatre.
Exhibition at the Grand Gateway Plaza in Shanghai
During the end of year festivities, a prestige exhibition was held at the Grand Gateway Plaza in Shanghai. A sublime setting, with classical music and eurhythmic timekeepers once again illustrated the close relationship between RAYMOND WEIL and art.
The new parsifal, whose contours were redesigned for the collection's 20th anniversary, was the star attraction for the public throughout the exhibition.
RAYMOND WEIL International Photography Prize and the RW Club Special Award.
Ever more international and diversified, the 5th edition of the RAYMOND WEIL International Photography Prize unveiled its lucky winner. This year the jury was especially impressed by the works of Elena Rendina, whom it nominated as the competition's laureate.
Educated at the ECAL in Lausanne, Switzerland's most prestigious art school, this young lady was strongly influenced by contemporary art and developed her competencies in the world of fashion and advertising photography.
With her innate creative skills, she conceives the decors, costumes and accessories used in these photographs, in order to create both enigmatic and poetic environments. In particular, her accessories are veritable sculptures. The innovative talent of Elena Rendina, completely in step with her times, is in perfect harmony with the new generation of artists dear to RAYMOND WEIL.
The RW Club Members' Special Award, for its part, was won by Louise Te Poele. As a platform for the exchange of value added between RAYMOND WEIL and its various target audiences, the RW Club is always listening to the comments, impressions and suggestions made by its members. It is not surprising, therefore, that the club also wishes to give them the possibility to take part in the selection of artists.
A RAYMOND WEIL Limited Edition in support of Union for International Cancer Control
The Union for International Cancer Control and RAYMOND WEIL, have decided to combine their efforts in the struggle against cancer.
The Swiss Watchmaker offered its clients the possibility of buying on-line from its website, just during the month of September 2010, the magnificent freelancer Limited Edition timekeeper, in support of the International Union Against Cancer.
The money collected was handed over to the president of the UICC - M. Cary Adams – by Olivier Bernheim, President and Managing Director of RAYMOND WEIL, during a luncheon.
RAYMOND WEIL intends to continue its modest contribution towards the struggle against cancer through new projects in 2011 and on an ongoing basis.
X Factor 2010 Winner, Matt Cardle selects RAYMOND WEIL don giovanni to replace his lucky charm
Having recently lost his own watch in the back of a taxi, shortly after his incredible X Factor win, Matt Cardle selected his new RAYMOND WEIL watch at a recent interview and photo shoot, during his extensive promotional campaign that began the morning after the show had ended.
The RAYMOND WEIL don giovanni is the perfect choice for Matt to wear for the beginning of what promises to be a very successful career. The watch is named after the famous opera also entitled Don Giovanni – what better choice for a singer.
Photo legends:
SWEDISH_JEWELERS_EDMONTON: opening of the Swedish Jewelers' shop-in-shop in Edmonton, Canada
ELENA_RENDINA_PICTURE_1 & 2 & 3: photos of the RAYMOND WEIL International Photography Prize winner
LOUISE_TE_POELE_PICTURE: photo of the RW Club Members' Special Award winner
FREELANCER_CONTRE_LE_CANCER: RW Club Limited Edition
CARY_ADAMS_AND_OLIVIER_BERNHEIM: from left to right: Cary Adam and Olivier Bernheim
MATT_CARDLE: The X Factor winner wearing a RAYMOND WEIL

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Chapter 6: Geological Activity from Plate Tectonics Processes
Plate tectonics = natural disasters - weather disasters
So many natural disasters occur because of plate tectonics processes. By using what we know about plate tectonics we can understand where most earthquakes and volcanic eruptions will strike. We can know where to look for many types of mineral deposits.
The scar in this satellite image is of the San Andreas Fault as it runs through the San Francisco Bay Area. The fault is seen from the upper left to the lower right of this image. The fault forms a trough that is filled with water at Crystal Springs Reservoir. The development in pink and green is San Mateo and Burlingame. Foster City, which is built on fill, has curved streets extending into the bay. Scientists will use space-based radar along this same flight path over the next years to look for changes in the ground surface along the fault.
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Geological Stresses
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Principle of Horizontality
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Mountain Building
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Earthquake Characteristics
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Earthquake Zones
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Earthquakes at Transform Plate Boundaries
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Earthquakes at Convergent Plate Boundaries
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Intraplate Earthquakes
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Predicting Earthquakes
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21st Century Tsunami
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Measuring Earthquake Magnitude
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Locating Earthquake Epicenters
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Scales that Represent Earthquake Magnitude
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Earthquake Damage
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Earthquake Safe Structures
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Staying Safe in an Earthquake
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Volcano Characteristics
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Volcanoes at Plate Boundaries
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Volcanoes at Hotspots
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Magma Composition at Volcanoes
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Explosive Eruptions
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Effusive Eruptions
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Predicting Volcanic Eruptions
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Types of Volcanoes
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Volcanic Landforms
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Hot Springs and Geysers
Chapter Summary
Most earthquakes and volcanoes are located along plate boundaries. Plate tectonic processes can explain why we see these types of geological activity where we do. Stresses build up in some locations and may cause folding or faulting. Earthquakes strike along all three types of plate boundaries. The most damaging earthquakes are shallow and people in earthquake-prone regions must be aware of the potential damage from earthquakes. Seismologists have scales for measuring earthquake intensity and magnitude and work with designers to create earthquake-safe structures and guidelines for being safe in earthquakes. Earthquakes are often associated with volcanoes. Volcanoes erupt at all types of plate boundaries except transform. Volcanic eruptions can be quiet or explosive and the volcanoes they form range from large shields, to classic peaks, to small cones. Volcanic activity creates unique landforms. Some geological activity, both earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, are located away from plate boundaries.
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IIRC Nick's resistors are for fail safe termination, a different issue to the normal 120R termination.
Hi Nick, I understand your rationale for using the 680R's on A,B as you show, but that's not quite the same termination as the d/s for the LTC1480 shows. I would think the 120R would quench the noise even on a floating line.
Termination resistorsIf the transceivers are not at the ends of the cable termination resistors are probably necessary. Something like 120 ohms, connected between the A and B cables, at each end only, stop the signal reflecting back along the cable.
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Dr Joerg Reinhardt - Appointed as chairman to the Novartis board of directors, effective August 1, 2013
Singapore: Novartis has appointed Dr Joerg Reinhardt as chairman to the board of directors effective August 1, 2013, for duration of three years. This is following the exit of Dr Daniel Vasella from the postion of chairman. During the transition period, current vice chairman, Professor Dr Ulrich Lehner will lead the board on an ad interim basis.
Dr Lehner, while apeaking about Dr Vasella's exit said that, "It is with great regret that the Novartis board of directors acknowledges the departure of Dr Daniel Vasella from the board, Novartis is thus losing a unique forward thinker of the industry and an extraordinarily successful business leader. There could not be more impressive proof of the sustainability of Dr Vasella's corporate strategy than that we were able to increase the dividend 16 times in succession regardless of economic and regulatory challenges."
He aslo added, "While the board and Dr Vasella agreed to cancel the proposed non-compete agreement and to forgo all compensation linked to it, we are happy in the knowledge that Dr Vasella will remain committed to the company that he has shaped like no other for the next few years."
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Exhibitors' stall at 7th in-Pharma Japan and 26th Interphex Japan, which are being held from July 10 to 12, 2013, at Tokyo Big Sight, Japan
Tokyo: The 7th in-Pharma Japan and 26th Interphex Japan, which are being concurrently held at Tokyo Big Sight, Japan, kick started with much pomp and grandeur. The keynote address, which featured the theme, 'Quest for Growth', emphasized on how life science firms in Japan are venturing into emerging markets in China, India, Brazil and Russia (BRIC), among other nations, despite stifled innovation in the 'land of the rising sun'.
The keynote was delivered by Dr Taro Iwamoto, president and representative director, Otsuka Pharmaceutical, Japan; Mr Tony Alvarez, representative director and president, MSD (Merck Sharpe Dohme) KK, and Mr Fumiyoshi Sakai, director, equity research, equities, Credit Suisse Securities, Japan. All three speakers concurred on the observation that in today's world, growth and innovation go hand in hand.
The success formula
Dr Iwamoto said that in order to innovate and to grow, a company should create business leaders, who have experience and can deal with the diverse aspects of business in diverse regions of the world. Dr Iwamoto, who formerly faced a tough time working with US firm Syntex due to his English language barrier, said that he follows the success mantra put forward by best selling author Mr Jack Welsh - be full of energy, energize the team mates, be on the edge all times in terms of idea generation, execute protocols, and work with passion.
He further added that leaders should not only 'act' on protocols but also 'produce' the best methodologies. He said that the best way to innovate is to change oneself and create something new. "Innovation is not development of technology, it is what you can develop in order to meet the demands of your customer," said Dr Iwamoto.
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International development expert to speak, Nov. 8
Posted November 3, 2005; 11:35 a.m.
International development expert Michael Edwards will discuss "Civil Society: Big Idea or Political Slogan?" at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 8, in 16 Robertson Hall.
Edwards is director of the governance and civil society program at the Ford Foundation, which works with state and local governments and citizens' groups to foster peace and social justice. He has been active in the international development arena for more than 20 years.
Previously, Edwards worked for the World Bank in Washington, D.C., leading efforts to improve the agency's understanding of and engagement with a wide range of civic groups. He also has held senior management positions with international relief and development organizations, including Oxfam and Save the Children.
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Winners of the "Brightest Lights" GigaPan Photo Competition are:
1st Place: Jason Buchheim - The Green Flash at the last moment of the setting sun
2nd Place: Issam Kanafani - Kaaba
3rd Place: Jim Trotter - City garden with parts
Thank you to everyone who participated. View all the submissions below!
Competition Entries:
voting ends February 19, 2013, 12:00AM
- Entry Name: Yes, Virginia --- has some Christmas lights by T. E. Smith-Lamothe
This residence near Burgess, Virginia on State highway #200 is famous in the region for its colourful and bright light display. The lights are a collection of every Yuletide theme imaginable and seems to grow larger every passing year.
- Entry Name: Fayetteville AR Square 2012 by mkuss15
- Entry Name: Kaaba by Issam Kanafani
. For more work, please visit our Website at: للمزيد من الاعمال الرجاء زيارة المواقع التالية . Official Website: www.refractiveshadows.com . Facebook page: www.facebook.com/pages/Refractive-Shadows/190241901000079 . The Kaaba, A large stone structure co...
- Entry Name: Downtown Harstad by Trygve Selmer
A closer look downtown Harstad an early morning (around 03.00), when the Town asleep and the first sunbeams has stroke the streets and buildings. Mouseover the number beneath the snapshots. Then click the link in the description to get information/history of the zoomed view. A panorama that includes the Towns...
- Entry Name: Times Square, NYC 2012, IVRPA by Brian Richards
The Brightest Lights in VR Panoramic Photography (IVRPA) let their hair down amidst the Brightest Lights on Times Square during the NYC 2012, IVRPA Conference, www.NYC2012.org To view this in 360 VR Panoramic mode see www.360cities.net/image/times-square-nyc-2012-ivrpa-conference-new-york-city
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San Francisco Cliff House, Seal Rock and Sutro Bath under the moon and stars.
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About us
Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI) is a response to redress the limited institutional capacity in India for strengthening training, research and policy development in the area of Public Health. The PHFI is working towards building public health capacity in India by:
(a) Establishing a network of new institutes of public health over the next 6-8 years;
(b) Establishing a strong national research network of public health and allied institutions which would undertake policy and program relevant research that will advance public health goals in prioritized areas with suitable international partnerships where useful and appropriate;
(c) Engaging public health expertise to collectively undertake analytic work for generating policy recommendations related to public health action, in not only the health sector but also in all other sectors which impact upon health of the people, and developing a vigorous advocacy platform to effectively communicate these recommendations to policy makers and other relevant stake holder groups, (including civil society organizations which represent the interests of people's health); and
(d) Assisting the growth of existing public health training institutions/departments and facilitating their evolution into major institutes of Public Health;
(e) Facilitating the establishment of an independent accreditation body for degrees in public health which are awarded by training institutions across India.
Sir Micheal Hirst ,Global IDF President addressing the session in Endline Evaluation meet of CCEBDM Cycle-3 at Delhi.
Hon'ble Chief Minister of Assam, Shri Tarun Gogoi & Prof. K. Srinath Reddy, President of PHFI at CCEBDM Guwahati Batch Convocation
Course Description:
Title of the Course: Certificate Course in Evidence Based Diabetes Management
Programme Duration: 12 months (one year)
Introduction & Objectives of the Course: The Certificate Course in Evidence Based Diabetes Management (CCEBDM) is based on the principles of Evidence Based Medicine. The fundamental objective of CCEBDM is to improve results of treatment for patients by serving as evidence based guidance for clinical decision making in risk assessment, diagnosis, prognosis and management of diabetes. It is also an effort to translate and transfer emerging evidence from clinical research to clinical practice. The course is a joint certification by Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI) and Dr. Mohan's Diabetes Specialties Center, Chennai, recognized by International Diabetes Federation as an IDF Center of Education for 2013-2015 and is one of only eight centers recognized by IDF worldwide. The course is delivered by Public Health Foundation of India and it is supported with an educational grant by MSD Pharmaceuticals Pvt. Ltd., India.
This course aims to:
Develop core skills and competencies in primary care physicians for the practice of evidence based diabetes management.
Establish networks between primary care physicians and existing specialized diabetes care centers in India for improving patient outcomes in Diabetes care.
Course Outline:
- Module 1 – Introductory Overview of Diabetes Mellitus
- Module 2 – Presentation And Initial Evaluation of Type 2 Diabetes
- Module 3 – Non-Pharmacological Management of Type 2 Diabetes
- Module 4 – Approach to Pharmacotherapy of Type 2 Diabetes: Part 1
- Module 5 – Approach to Pharmacotherapy of Type 2 Diabetes: Part 2
- Module 6 – Acute Complications of Type 2 Diabetes
- Module 7 – Chronic Complications of Type 2 Diabetes: Part 1
- Module 8 – Chronic Complications of Type 2 Diabetes: Part 2
- Module 9 – Other Complications of Type 2 Diabetes
- Module 10 – Special Topics in Care of Patients with Type 2 Diabetes
- Module 11 – Other Types of Diabetes mellitus
- Module 12 – Conclusion & Take Home Messages
- 3 Facilitator Guides
- 1 Hour Exit-Examination inform of 50 MCQs
- Pre-test and Post-test for every module
- 3 Assignments (to be submitted in form of case studies throughout the program).
Participants attending the CCEBDM session at their respective center
Participants writing an exit-examination at their respective center
Qualification gained on successful completion of the course:
Participant will be awarded with the IDF recognized Certificate stating that they have successfully completed a yearlong course in evidence based diabetes management duly signed by Public Health Foundation of India, Dr. Mohan's Diabetes Education Academy and their respective Regional Faculty.
Eligibility Criteria:
For the enrolment in the course: A participant must be MBBS with minimum 3 years of clinical experience.
For obtaining the certificate: Minimum 10 modules are compulsory to be attended out of 12 modules, 3 interim assignments needs to be submitted, an exit examination should be passed with minimum 50 percent marks to obtain a certificate.
Additional Activities:
Ongoing support to the currently enrolled students:
- We provide free access to the CCEBDM website (www.ccebdm.org) to the participants
- Regular information is circulated (through e-mails and SMS) by the Secretariat staff to the participants who fall short of attendance or who does not submit their assignments on time and to their respective regional faculty
- The dates of the Examination are communicated to the participants well in advance so that they make prior arrangements for their availability for the Exit –Examination
- Before issuing the certificates to the eligible candidates (who fall under the criteria for obtaining a certificate for the successful completion of the course), a prior cross verification was sought from the respective regional faculty.
Ongoing support to the alumni after the course:
- Circulating the information (through SMS and e-mails) about the various upcoming National and International conferences and conclaves like:
- Providing a full support to the currently enrolled participants and the alumni by providing them a concession in registration fee in all the National & International conferences exclusively for CCEBDM participants (of all the three Cycles)
- Inviting them for Continued Medical Education (CME's) conducted by Regional Faculty from time to time (kindly refer to website).
- Online access to the web portal of CCEBDM website which is updated from time to time with latest events in the field of diabetes and the programme.
Contact Us:
Dr. Sandeep Bhalla
Program Director - Training
The Centre for Chronic Conditions and Injuries (CCCI)
E-mail: [email protected]
Telephone No. : +91 9891090418
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NoSQL Benchmarking
posted 6 years ago in Dev Platform category by Hye Jeong Lee
NoSQL is the talk of the town. And we have already covered what it is for in one of our previous blogs. Today I would like to share the NoSQL benchmark test results we have recently conducted. It will help you to understand if the soon to develop system is compatible to NoSQL, and which NoSQL product to select.
In this article we will reveal the characteristics of Cassandra, HBase and MongoDB identified through multiple workloads.
Why NoSQL?
The interest in NoSQL continues to rise because the amount of data to process continues to increase. International internet companies, including Google and Facebook, have their own NoSQL solution designed to process the exploding amount of data.
Why are they using NoSQL instead of RDBMS?
Twitter is still using MySQL. Although smaller than Facebook, the international SNS company MySpace uses MS SQL Server as their main storage.
RDBMS is known to experience burden when processing tera or peta unit large sized data. However, this can be resolved through sharding. For instance, NHN's Café, Blog and News services use RDBMS through sharding.
There is no single correct answer in processing bulk data. Since every situation is different, the company must select the solution that best fits their situation and apply that for seamless service.
Out of the RDBMSs, Oracle is an exception since Oracle's performance and functions, such as mass data processing or data synchronization, are far more superior to other RDBMS. However, the high cost can be a problem. Depending on the size, it may be more economical to develop a NoSQL than purchasing an Oracle license.
Even if you have enough expertise on how to process bulk data with RDBMS, we will need to have continuous interest and training in NoSQL. NoSQL is gaining popularity because of its ability to process mass data, but it still has many technical (or functional) limitations compared to RDBMS. However, this will be resolved as time passes.
NoSQL provides a non-relational, and in the long run, schema-free data model, allowing the horizontal extension of the system. Instead, it is less structured than RDBMS and does not guarantee ACID. Therefore, after the INSERT operation is completed and SELECT conducted, a different value can be acquired. And after the NoSQL demo has failed and restored, the stored value may be different than before. Operations such as transactions or join cannot be conducted.
While ACID has been abandoned, the flexibility, scalability and usability of data storage have increased. Therefore, it is more suitable for explosive amounts of data processing.
Now let's see if the NoSQL products really play the expected part for the internet services you are to develop. Why don't we take a look at the characteristics of the most widely used NoSQL products (Cassandra, HBase, MongoDB) by looking into each of its architectures and benchmark tests that were conducted.
Benchmarking Tests using YCSB
YCSB (Yahoo Cloud Servicing Benchmark) is a test framework developed by Yahoo. It allows to conduct benchmark tests on storages by creating "work loads". Through this benchmark, the storage most suitable for the service that is to be developed can be selected.
Basic operations are Insert, Update, Read, and Scan. There are basic workload sets that combine the basic operations, but new additional workloads can also be created.
YCBS currently supports Cassandra, HBase, MongoDB, Voldemort and JDBC. If tests on other storages are needed, then use YCBS interfaces to test during the development process.
This article contains tests conducted on the following products and versions.
- Cassandra-0.7.4
Although Cassandra's latest version is 0.8.0, we have decided to use the previous version known to be stable. Because when testing with the 0.8 version, the gossip protocol between nodes malfunctioned and the node up/down information was incorrect.
- HBase-0.90.2 (Hadoop-0.20-append)
The HBase-0.90.2 (Hadoop-0.20-append) was selected because, if not the Hadoop-append version, there may be problems on decreased durability in HDFS.
- MongoDB-1.8.1
The test workload is as follows.
- Insert Only
Enter 50 million 1K-sized records to the empty DB.
- Read Only
Search the key in the Zipfian Distribution for a one hour period on the DB that contains 50 million 1K-sized records.
- Read & Update
Conduct read and update one-on-one instead of read under the identical conditions of Read Only.
There are three testing equipments with the same specifications:
- Nehalem 6 Core x 2 CPU, 16GB Memory.
Each conduct replicates and distributes three copies. However, with MongoDB the performance result was abnormally high when both replications and distribution compositions were organized, so the test was conducted only with the replica set. The parameter for each product is shown in the following listings. Other items were set to default.
- Cassandra
# If a minimum of one succeeds while replicating, then it is returned to application. Consistency Level, Read=ONE, Write=ONE # Can be set to periodic(default) or batch. # Periodically writes (fsync) the commit log on the disk, # and batch executes regularly (1ms) collecting those to fsync every time. commitlog_sync: batch, commitlog_sync_batch_window_in_ms: 1 # Degree the key location is cached. When 1.0 - everything is cached. key_cached=1.0
- HBase
HeapSize, HBase=8G, HDFS=2G
- MongoDB
# Size of Oplog. Oplog is the log the master accumulated for replication. --oplogSize=100G
The results are as shown in the following figure.
- All three products showed better throughput in INSERT.
- Cassandra showed outstanding throughput in INSERT-only with 20,000 ops.
- HBase also presented relatively good performance in INSERT-only.
- The products did not show large differences with READ-only than INSERT-only.
- HBase's performance was better than Cassandra in READ-only.
- Cassandra's performance in READ-and-UPDATE was better than the other two products. Cassandra's READ-and-UPDATE might have been higher than READ-only due to Cassandra's excellent insert throughout.
- MongoDB's throughout in all three conditions was the lowest of the three products. MongoDB, which uses the Memory Mapped File (mmap), probably showed poor performance because the large data size exceeded the physical memory size.
Cassandra and HBase Architecture
Both Cassandra and HBase are influenced by Google's BigTable. (Although Cassandra was directly influenced by Amazon's Dynamo.) BigTable is a Column-Oriented DB that stores data in a Multidimensional Sorted Map format and has the <row key, column family, column key> data structure. Column family is a basic unit that stores data with column groups that are related to each other.
In BigTable, data is written basically with the append method. In other words, when modifying data, the updates are appended to a file, rather than an in-place update in the stored file. The figure below shows BigTable's data read/insert path.
When a write operation is inserted, it is first placed in a memory space called memtable. If the memtable is full, then the whole data is stored in a file called SSTable (Sorted String Table). Data may be lost if the server collapses before the memtable data is moved to SSTable, so to provide durability it is necessary to save the history of commit logs every time before writing to the memtable. When conducting the read operation, first find the pertaining key in the memtable. If it is not in the memtable, search for it in the SSTable. You may have to search multiple SSTables.
There are advantages in the writing operation if this architecture is used. This is because the 'writing' operation is only recorded in the memory and moved to the actual disk only after a certain amount has been accumulated. Therefore, concurrent I/O can be avoided. However, when "reading", if "reading" is done in the SSTable and not in the memtable, then the performance will relatively decrease. Both Cassandra and HBase use bloom filter to quickly judge whether the key exists in the SSTable and creates an index for use. However, if there are many SSTables, then a lot of I/O will be created during the reading operation. Therefore, compaction is done to improve the reading performance. Compaction is where two SSTables merge and sort to become one SSTable, which decreases the number of SSTables. The reading and writing performance improved as more compactions are done.
For these reasons READ and READ-and-UPDATE are much slower than INSERT operations in these NoSQL solutions.
Additionally, Cassandra uses consistent hashing. The HBase and Casandra may have their similarities, there are differences as well. Cassandra prefers AP (Availability & Partition tolerance) while HBase prefers CP (Consistency & Partition tolerance). CAP theorem is a theory in Distributed Computing.
The theory claims that there is no system that provides all three Consistency, Availability and Partition tolerance. For example, replications must be made in multiple nodes to increase usability, and the adjustability between replicated data must be met. However, in order to make operation possible, even during network partitioning, it becomes difficult to guarantee the adjustability between replications or data. Therefore, only a part of the CAP can be provided.
As mentioned before, Amazon's Dynamo has a direct influence on Cassandra. Dynamo uses consistent hashing to disperse data to the key-value store, and provides high adjustability. Consistent hashing sequences the value (slot) that hashed the key and placed it in a ring format. The multiple nodes that create the cluster processes certain ranges of the ring. Therefore, every time a node in the cluster falls out or comes in, the closed node on the ring can take over the concerned range or distribute the range without rehashing.
Cassandra also raises the usability level with the concept of consistency level. This concept is related to replication. Confirmation of the number of replications and the completion of replication can be adjusted with the system parameter. For example, if three replications are maintained and a write operation is inserted, then the operation is only considered to be successful if the three replications are completed.
However, Cassandra allows only N (under 3) number of executions to be checked and immediately returns to value. Therefore, write can be conducted successfully even with failures in the replication node, which raises usability. Histories of failed write operations are recorded on a different node, and the operation can be retried at a later date (this is called "hinted handoff"). Since the success of replicated writing is not guaranteed, the data suitability is checked in the reading stage. Generally, if there are multiple replications, it is collected into one when reading. However, Cassandra keeps in mind that not all replications match, and reads the data from all three replications, checks whether it is identical, and restores the latest data if it is not suitable (this is called "read repair").
This is why Cassandra is slower in reading than writing.
Now let's look into HBase. HBase has the same structure as BigTable. While BigTable operates on the tablet unit, HBase disperses and replicates with the region unit. Key is arranged according to ranges, and the location of the region, where the key is stored in, is saved as meta data (this is called meta region). Therefore, if a key is inserted, first find the region, and later the client will cache this information. HBase places the writing operation in a single region, without distributing and splits the region if it becomes too large. Adjustments, such as creating regions in advance, must be made for the action above.
HDFS is in charge of data storage and replication. When writing a file with Hadoop's distribution file system, HDFS writes multiple replications (synchronous replication) and only reads one of them when reading. This guarantees data integrity and lowers reading overhead. However, since HBase and HDFS operates separately, the location of the node that contains memtable and SSTable may change, which may cause additional network I/O.
What happens if there is a failure in the node? If the region server collapses, other nodes take over the tasks which comprised the region. In other words, the commit log that pertains to the region is replayed and memtable is created. If the failed node contains HDFS's data, then chunk that pertains to the node is migrated to a different node.
Thus, we have looked at the similarities and differences of Cassandra and HBase.
Then why did the two products show a difference in writing during the comparison test?
- First of all, there is a difference in commit log. Cassandra writes the commit log once in the local file system. However, HBase enter the commit log in the HDFS and HDFS conducts the replication. Data locality is not put into consideration, so the file write request will probably be sent to a different physical node in the network.
- Second, Cassandra receives the write request on all three nodes, but HBase only 'writes' on a single region in the beginning, and receives requests on only one node.
Then why is there a difference in reading performance?
There are various differences, but for one READ request Cassandra reads the data three times while HBase only reads the data once. This places an influence on the throughput.
MongoDB Architecture
MongoDB is unlike Cassandra or HBase eplained earlier. There are too many functional groups that can be classified as NoSQL, which makes it difficult to compare with Cassandra and HBase on the same level.
Cassandra and HBase is for processing full-scale large amounts of data, while MongoDB can be used quickly, schema-free when using a certain amount of data.
MongoDB adopts a documented-oriented format, so it is more similar to RDBMS than a key-value or column oriented format.
MongoDB operates on a memory base and places high performance above data scalability. If reading and writing is conducted within the usable memory, then high-performance is possible. However, performance is not guaranteed if operations exceed the given memory. Therefore, MongoDB should be used as a medium or small-sized storage system.
Configure a test condition similar to the original test on a lower specification server and test 300 thousand records instead of 50 million, and MongoDB will record greater performance than Cassandra or HBase.
Mongo DB uses BSON for data storage. (As known as Binary JSON, but is similar to Hessian than JSON in data encoding format and expressive datatype.)
The logical unit that is expressed using BSON is called document. (When using NPC as an example, it is the same as when the NPC data is recorded on the disk and searched.) Document is a concept that corresponds to a row in RDBMS. The difference is that a document in MongoDB does not have a schema.
Accumulated documents are called collections. A collection corresponds to a table in RDBMS.
Basic query method is to search the collection to find documents that meet the conditions. Each document has a field called _id, which acts as the OID (Object Identifier), and all query results are returned with this _id.
Index can also be created for collections. An index can be prepared for the fields in the document. This index is implemented in B-Tree, similar to that of RDBM's index. Each collection creates an index for _id by default. One of the strengths of MongoDB is that its functions are similar to RDBMS, in that it supports indexing and JOIN.
Further, we will now look at the structure of MongoDB.
MongoDB Structure
MongoDB is configurable in replication and distribution configuration. The system configuration recommended by MongoDB is three shard servers and three replica sets for each server (in other words, nine nodes). Replications are made possible by Master/Slave or a replica set. Replica set supports automatic failover. It has one master and multiple slaves, and write can only be sent to the master. If the master is terminated, service is resumed after one of the slaves are appointed as a master.
The distribution method provided by MongoDB is sharding. Each collection can shard, and a field in the Collection can designate a shard key. Like HBase, sharding is operated with the Order-preserving partitioning method. Chunk is included in the <collection, minkey, maxkey>, a continuous data range within shard, and can be as big as 64M. Chunks that have exceeded the maximum size can split into two chunks, and the divided chunks can migrate to different shard servers. The following figure contains a picture of MongoDB, which is composed of shards and replica sets.
The client first contacts a process called mongos, which is in charge of routing and coordination. Coordination is done over multiple nodes through requests and the results are collected and returned. The config server retains meta information on shards and chunks.
Now let's look into MongoDB's internal structure. MongoDB uses the asynchronous method for replication. When a "write" operation is inserted, master stores the history in Oplog. Oplog is a fixed sized, FlfO method collection called capped collection. Logs accumulated in the Oplog are regularly polled by the slave, read, then implemented. If the slave failed to replay the log while the Oplog fills up, then the slave must suspend log-based replications and synchronizes by resyncing the master's data. One of Oplog's other distinctive characteristics is that it can conduct the saved operations idempotently when replaying the log. Operation logs are saved in the order it was executed in, so logs can be replayed after that period. Ops such as increment are changed to set ops when logged for this purpose.
MongoDB's replication and failover method and query power is similar to RDBMS. The most significant difference is that flexibility in data storage is provided to the application while schema-free data is stored.
RDBMS Architecture
Unlike NoSQL, RDBMS is "read" operation oriented. The detailed method differs for each product, but generally NoSQL products are implemented so that mass data can be 'written' quickly. On the other hand, RDBMS, which is 'read' oriented, not only enables quick reading, but also provides many functions and inquiry features. DBMS can quickly inquire values using indexes, but at the same time indexes slow down 'writing'. Since an index must be configured for every 'writing' operation, the more indexes there are, the more time is needed to configure the indexes.
The difference of RDBMS and NoSQL can be compared with ACID and BASE, but comparisons can also be made with reading and writing.
If the business you are to build requires more reading than writing, and needs complex reading methods, as well as basic aggregate functions such as SUM() or AVG(), then RDBMS might be a better choice than NoSQL.
We have looked at benchmark tests done on Cassandra, HBase, MongoDB and the differences between the products. Cassandra and HBase show excellent writing abilities, but its reading performance did not meet expectations. This was because unlike existing RDBMSs, the two products were optimized for writing, and this resulted in a lot of concurrent I/O when reading.
MongoDB has similar structures to that of RDBMS and shows great flexibility in data modeling especially for medium and small-sized businesses.
By Lee Hye Jeong, Storage System Development Team, NHN Corporation.


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Jake Scott in the 7th round of the 1970 draft.
The year we took Richmond Webb and Keith Sims with our first 2 picks. The left side of our line was incredible.
Stop the foolishness.
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4. Zach Thomas
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Deshaun Watson is the TRUTH!
few years from now, Reshad Jones 5th round 2010 draft.
The Miami Dolphins selected Otis James McDuffie in the first round (25th pick overall) of the 1993 NFL Draft. His 415 career catches are fourth all-time in Dolphins history. In 1998, McDuffie caught 90 passes, leading the NFL in that category. He is the only Dolphin to achieve this feat. With the exception of Mark Clayton and Mark Duper, McDuffie caught more passes thrown by Dan Marino than any other Miami Dolphin.
Dan Marino. He was one of the greatest players of all time and we got him at the end of the first round and after five QBs were off the board.
"As scarce as truth is, the supply has always been in excess of the demand."
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Yeremiah Bell - NFL Draft: 2003 / Round: 6 / Pick: 213
Bell was solid for a while. Was he a 6th? Pretty good pick
Definately not best pick all time but damn good pick in 9th round
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|Warmwater flyfishing Bass, pike and even muskies in your backyard
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Great day on the water which almost got off to a disastrous start when I flipped the 'yak trying to rescue my rod
Mark had the hot rod this year - all I could manage was a follow from something not very large
Lots of interesting things going on out there though:
Ospreys circling overhead and the biggest snapping turtle I've ever seen came crashing though the undergrowth at one point - can't wait to see the pics.
Also, a large fish (pushing 10 lbs) which I couldn't identify got airborne about 30 feet from the kayak. It didn't look like a bass - plain olive coloring, dark back, large scales and orange tinged fins. Looked like an elongated Carp but I've never seen one jump like that before before.
Thanks Mark for organizing and John for the Albino Peacock tail feather
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Quentin- Yes......what are you doing Sunday? I'll be out there in my new ride, and you are more than welcome to join me. PM me for more details if you're interested.
I'm picking her up after work....I'm rather preoccupied right now.
Sounds like you did a little better than I did in my local pike waters. You even got a good adrenaline rush to help keep things interesting! Gonna give 'em another try this year?
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Thanks for the boat ride Mark, it was a good time. Thats a nice river to fish. I could see a lot of fishy spots for later in the year. Oh, that was sun burn. Almost forgot what it was like after the winter.
Lessons learned for me are:
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Pike Clave report
Our gathering took place today, a day after a cold front and substantial amount of rain had passed through the area. Not the best conditions for pike, but what are ya gonna do?
Our first signs of pike didn't happen until mid-afternoon when a fish bit through my 30 pound fluoro tippet on the strike like it was butter. I rerigged with Tyger Wire, and two casts later was into another fish that this time stayed on. Not huge, but a good start and nice tussel on the 9 weight.
I had contact with one more fish late in the day....it was a class size larger than the first, and only stayed hooked long enough for me to see its substantial size. I'll be seeing that one in my sleep tonight.
I had planned to try some of the flies that Pete had sent me and some of my own, but I really didn't need to change from Adrian's Daredevle flatwing from last year's pike swap. It did a fine job of getting some attention.
My only real regret was the weather....could have been better, could have been worse. I feel that if we'd had a few days in a row of the sun we experienced today, things would have been a notch better with more action for everyone involved. And speaking of weather, John and Adrian, check yourselves for windburn. I got my share.
Nice to fish with John for the first time, and always nice to fish with Adrian. I think I know where I'll be next weekend.
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Charges expected Wednesday for Gail Gerlach
SPOKANE, Wash. - Wednesday, Spokane county prosecutors are expected to announce whether or not they will press charges against a man who shot someone stealing his car.
Gail Gerlach killed Brendon Kaluza-Graham during the theft from his Lee street residence back on March 25th.
Gerlach says he opened fire with a single shot because he thought Kaluza-Graham was reaching for a gun while pulling out of Gerlach's driveway in the stolen SUV20337444
However, when Spokane police say when they searched the Chevy Suburban, they only found a screwdriver in one of Kaluza-Graham's pockets.
Gerlach, a self employed plumber, says he fired in self defense however, major crimes detectives say the single bullet Gerlach fired went through the back windshield of the stolen car passing through the headrest before striking Kaluza-Graham in the head.
Court records show this was the fifth time Kaluza-Graham had wound up in a stolen car, but detectives are concerned the thief was no longer a threat to Gerlach when he fired the fatal round.
KXLY 4 sources say the Spokane Police Department was ready to recommend a second degree murder charge in the days after the incident but decided to wait until evidence in the case had been analyzed by the Washington State Patrol Crime Lab.
Spokane County Prosecutor Steve Tucker is expected to explain his rationale for the charging decision on Wednesday. We can also gain insight by looking at similar cases where citizens shot unarmed suspects.
On June 14th, 2007 , Alan Turnipseed shot and killed a man driving through his Freya Street neighborhood at a high rate of speed. Turnipseed says he confronted Josh Smith who allegedly threatened him with a tire iron and tried to run him over. Turnipseed shot and killed Smith behind the wheel of his car.
A deadlocked jury refused to convict Turnipseed, but in his second trial jurors were allowed to consider the lesser charge of first degree manslaughter and reached a unanimous verdict.
Gerlach's attorney told KXLY he has not been advised of the charging decision, but his client is "waiting on pins and needles" to hear how prosecutors feel.
Kaluza-Graham's grandparents say, they think a second degree murder charge is appropriate. They also feel Gerlach should have been required to take a class covering the laws regarding the use of deadly force before being granted his concealed-carry license.
If Gerlach is charged with either count he faces a minimum seven years in prison.
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Instead of making the sauce from scratch, use raspberry pancake syrup.
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Had to put my gal down today. Lucyana's Chicago Hope MH and Qaa. Hope was 13 years old.
Knew this day was coming but when reality hit it hit hard. For sure one of the toughest days of my life. Feel better now after being there with her and knowing she is now pain free and running around chasing ducks, creeping, and all that good stuff.
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Nassau Hall's rarely opened Faculty Room will open its doors to the public from noon to 3 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 10, as part of an Historic Open House weekend to celebrate Mercer County's 175th anniversary, which spotlights architecture in the county. Caroline Harris, associate director for education at the Princeton University Art Museum, will give a talk at noon in the Faculty Room. In addition, the art museum will be open to the public from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 10, and from 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 11, with a collections highlights tour at 2 p.m. each day.


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From Betty's Soul Food Collection... Golden corn muffin mix tops a Southern greens-and-corn egg bake.
Collard is a variety of cabbage that doesn't form a head but grows with large, loose leaves at the top of a tall stem. The greens taste a bit like spinach without the bite. Their fibrous texture tenderizes with the traditional slow, long cooking that is the hallmark of soul food. In this recipe, the greens are boiled for a short time and then finish softening in the oven.
Potlikker is the tasty broth that remains after cooking collards and other greens. After the greens are removed from the pot, you can soak up all of the vitamin-packed liquid with cornbread or any other type of starch.
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Rice is a staple dish in many countries and it is eaten almost daily as a side dish in Brazil. It was introduced to Brazil by Portuguese African slaves. Rice in Brazil is cooked using the absorption method, where the exact amount of water required is used to cook the rice, leaving you with light, fluffy and separated grains. It is served to accompany bean dishes such as Black Bean Stew and alongside barbecued meats, poultry and fish.
Serves 6-8
• 2 cups (400g) basmati rice
• 2 tbs olive oil
• 2 garlic cloves, crushed
• 1 tsp sea salt
1. Place the rice in a fine mesh sieve and rinse under cold running water, until the water runs clear. Drain well.
2. Heat the olive oil in a heavy-based saucepan over low to medium heat. Add the garlic and cook until softened. Add the rice and cook, stirring constantly, for 1 to 2 minutes, or until lightly toasted.
3. Add 3 cups (750ml) water to the rice in the pan and season with the salt. Bring to the boil, then reduce the heat to low, cover, and cook for 12 minutes, or until the rice is tender and all the water has been absorbed.
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If you were to look up "Vintage Synthesizer" in the dictionary, you would likely find a picture of a Moog modular system. Robert Moog is considered the father of analog synthesizers — not because he was the first to build such instruments, but because his brilliant circuit designs sounded amazing and thus, became the most popular among serious musicians looking to forge new ground in music. The first Moog modular prototype was built in in 1964, with orders for custom systems being taken as early as 1965, and a commercially available product line by 1967. Moog Music continued to build and sell these analog music machines to universities, studios and musicians throughout the sixties and seventies. Eventually, the technology in these systems was transferred into more compact, portable and affordable synthesizers like the Minimoog, ultimately giving rise to the modern synthesizer.
As imposing as these systems may look, they are merely solid walnut cabinets housing smaller dedicated function "modules" which, when interconnected by patch cables, can be used to create, shape and manipulate electronic sounds into musical bliss. This modular approach allowed buyers to configure the systems to meet their needs or their budgets. In addition to custom configurations, Moog Music also offered pre-configured systems in a variety of models:
|Synthesizer 1c
|Limited complexity, designed to satisfy the requirements of independent composers.
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|A portable version of the 1c plus space for an optional sequencer.
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|Moderately complex facilities, suitable for use in electronic music courses or studios.
|Synthesizer 2p
|A portable version of the 2c.
|Synthesizer 3c
|A large and versatile system suitable for commercial studios.
|Synthesizer 3p
|A portable version of the 3c.
|Synthesizer 10
|Most compact system suitable for live performance or small private studios.
|Synthesizer 12
|Same as Synthesizer 10 with new 921 series oscillators and 952 keyboard.
|Synthesizer 15
|A complete studio synthesizer in a portable package. New 921 series oscillators.
|Synthesizer 35
|A compact studio system with basic synthesizer functions. New 921 series oscillators.
|Synthesizer 55
|A total studio system with complete synthesizer functions. New 921 series oscillators.
The Moog modular synthesizers use the 900-series of modules. These modules, many of them designed entirely by Robert Moog, are examples of analog synthesis at its finest. The modules are actually quite musician-friendly with straight forward input and output jacks and clearly labeled knobs. There are no technical electronic diagrams silk-screened all over them or esoteric controls. They were very easy to grasp conceptually, making them perfect candidates for music labs and professional musicians alike.
The voltage-controlled oscillator modules produce stunning tones with only one real drawback...drift. Revised VCO modules (the 921-series) were eventually released that offered more stable tuning. But the legend of the Moog sound truly comes from the 24 dB/oct lowpass filter (the 904A). To this day, no one has come close to improving upon the original Moog filter and its patented ladder design. Additional modules include VCAs, envelope generators, highpass filters, equalizers, noise generators, a sequencer, and utilitarian modules such as audio mixers, control voltage processors and power supplies. There is no dedicated LFO module, however. Instead, one of the VCO modules has a rate slow enough (0.1 Hz) that it can be used as an LFO instead of a sound source.
Even the smallest and most compact of the synthesizer systems offered had everything needed for a complete and flexible synthesizer. All systems came with at least three oscillators, while the larger 3p and 55 models had as many as ten oscillators! All systems also featured a remote keyboard controller. Typically 49-note keyboards were used although a 61-note keyboard was used on the larger models. Dynamic controllers were also available, including a nearly full keyboard-length ribbon controller, X-Y joystick controller and foot pedal keyboard. Pitch and Mod wheels may not have been invented yet, but even these early synthesizers had plenty of expressive performance controls. Ribbon controllers and X-Y joystick controllers would continue to be utilized for various control purposes in the decades following the Moog synthesizers.
One common problem with these synths is their incompatibility with the Gate/Trigger systems used in most other synths. Moog equipment, for the most part, used a 'high-state' logic called 'S-trig' which maintained a +5V until a trigger was sent, and this was done by dropping the voltage to 0. This is the opposite of what's commonly used in other synths of the time. It also can lead to a problem if a patch used an extensive amount of triggering connections, as each module would cause a voltage drop...and enough of them would send the logic over into low-state and fire the S-trigger. This problem is little-known, and can lead to a good bit of frustration for users who have never worked with Moog products before.
When they were new, Moog modular synthesizers were very expensive. They originally sold between $2,000 and $10,000 for complete systems; individual modules varied from $100 to $1,300 each. They can be even more expensive today on the second-hand market. They are, after all, rare and irreplaceable legacies of synthesizer history. Fortunately, it is possible to experiment with them via Arturia's Moog Modular V - an amazing software synth plug-in modeled after the modular Moog synths, with modernizations such as stereo and polyphonic voices, non-drifting oscillators, advanced modulation abilities, MIDI/Tempo sync, patch memory, total recall, controller automation, and much more — all for less than $350! It is not the same as the real thing, but it is still a fun way to start patching and routing some sounds, experimenting and seeing what might happen, and getting a taste of the experience of working with a modular Moog.
Moog's modular synthesizers have been used by Keith Emerson, Hans Zimmer, Mark Isham, Vangelis, John Cage, Vince Clarke, Klaus Schulze, Stevie Wonder, Tangerine Dream, Depeche Mode and famously by Walter/Wendy Carlos on the album "Switched on Bach" which was a ground-breaking classical album performed entirely with Moog modular synthesizers in 1968.
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- Demos & Media
moog modular tutorial clip 17 fun1
Brochure - Moog Music 1973 Catalog
Price List - Moog Music 1974 Price List
- Specifications
- Polyphony - Monophonic
- Oscillators - Typically 3 to 10 oscillators per system. Range from 0.1 Hz to 15 KHz.
- Waveforms - Sine, Triangle, Rectangular (pulse), Sawtooth.
- LFO - 1 VCO (model 901 or 921) can be used as an LFO. Range from 0.1 Hz to 15 KHz.
- Filter - Lowpass 24 dB/oct VCF. Highpass VCF (20 Hz to 30 KHz). Parametric EQ aka Fixed Filter Bank.
- VCA - Typically 1 to 5 VCA modules per system. ADSR Envelope generators
- Envelope - ADSR Envelope generators can control VCA, VCO or VCF modules.
- Effects - Spring Reverb.
- Sequencer - 3 parts, 8 steps.
- Keyboard - 49-key duophonic and 61-key monophonic models. Ribbon Controller, Foot Pedal Controller, X-Y Joystick Controller.
- Memory - None
- Control - CV / Gate
- Date Produced - 1964 - 1981
- Websites of Interest
Moog Archives - Rare documents and photos.
- Shop for Keyboards, MIDI & Gear
Guitar Center: Synths and MIDI
Sweetwater: Hot items in Keyboars section
The Musician's Friend: Keyboard gear
AMS: Brand synths and accessories
The Woodwind & Brasswind Store
music123.com: Synth Blow Out Deal Section
zZounds: Keyboards and MIDI equipment
- Resources & Credits
Images from Kevin Lightner's Synthfool, Moog Archives, Moog System 55 Pictures and scans from Moog Product Brochures.
Additional information provided by DAC Crowell.
Review updated June 2012.
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State Bank (the official bank charter name) was first opened as Wonder Lake State Bank in October 1979. The leadership of the organizing charter determined that Wonder Lake and surrounding small communities were on the verge of growth and needed a local financial institution. The idea of a locally owned community bank that promoted the name of the community was a formula for success.
The bank grew over the years thanks to the continued patronage of our loyal customers. As the population of Wonder Lake and McHenry County continued to grow, the bank recognized the need to build additional banking locations in surrounding communities. If we fast forward to today, the bank has a total of six locations located on the east side of Wonder Lake and one on the west side of Wonder Lake, Johnsburg, Spring Grove, Lakemoor and Hebron. Each banking location followed the history of Wonder Lake State Bank by proudly naming each location after the community it serves.
As our bank grew, it became evident that our group of individually named banks needed an umbrella name to encapsulate the group of banking locations. The bank group is now known as The State Bank Group. Additionally, our logo changed in 2000 in effort to have a more uniform logo design for all of our banks under the umbrella of The State Bank Group. Our mission was to design a new logo that did not forget its history and reflected all our banks-today and tomorrow.
Our old logo incorporated the letters WL for Wonder Lake State Bank (our first location) with an image of a sailboat. This represented the first community we served-Wonder Lake. As the bank grew and we opened additional facilities in Wonder Lake, Johnsburg and Spring Grove, the adaptability of the logo was diminished. As we prepared for the opening of our fifth location in Lakemoor, it became evident that it was time to redesign the Logo.
The redesigned logo represents many elements of our organization. The sailboat is the same sailboat that was used in the original logo, hence keeping historic elements of the logo. The size increase of the sailboat is symbolic of the growth of the Bank. The sailboat is on waves that are representative of the ability of the bank to continue to flourish in the waters of constant change in McHenry County. The addition of flying birds in the logo are represent our customers who are "soaring to new heights" by banking with their community bank-our bank. The outside border represents the strength of the institution and the inside border represents our layered services. It is a logo we can be proud of and hope you recognize the logo as your local community bank's logo and as The State Bank Group.
In 2014, we proudly celebrate our 35th Anniversary and we honor that anniversary with a special logo. We thank all of our customers who have made this anniversary possible and we look forward to serving our local communities for another 35-years.


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Chiefs win 4th in a row
VICTORIA, British Columbia - Alessio Bertaggia's tip of a Brenden Kichton pass found the net 3:38 into overtime to lift the Spokane Chiefs to a 4-3 OT win over the Victoria Royals Friday night in Victoria, B.C. The win was Spokane's 4th straight and lifted them past Tri City into 4th place in the Western Conference playoff race.
The Chiefs jumped out to a 1-0 lead on a Mitch Holmberg power play goal 3:30 into the first period. Holmberg's 36th goal of the year was assisted by Brenden Kichton and Mike Aviani. Victoria's Logan Nelson and Brandon Magee scored power play goals in the period to give the Royals a 2-1 lead after one. Spokane's Carter Proft would score Spokane's second power play goal of the night on a 5 on 3 advantage at 12:56 of the second period to tie the game at two after 40 minutes. Kichton picked up his second assist of the night, while Reid Gow had the other helper.
Spokane would take the lead at 6:12 of the third on Blake Gal's 12th goal of the year from Dylan Walchuk and Todd Fiddler. Nelson then tied the game at 13:24 for Victoria to send the game in overtime. Chiefs goalie would make a point blank save early in overtime to keep the game tied, before Bertaggia tipped in his 22nd of the year from Kichton and Gow in overtime for the game winner. The goal was originally credited to Aviani, but upon review, Bertaggia got credit for the goal.
Spokane outshot Victoria 36-32 in the game, going 2-6 on the power play and 3-5 on the penalty kill. The Chiefs now have an 8 point lead over the Royals for 4th in the Conference. The two teams will finish off their season series in Victoria Saturday night at 7:05pm.


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AlTonya Washington is a South Carolina native and graduate of Winston Salem State University in North Carolina. She released her first contemporary romance with BET Books in 2003. Remember Love was nominated as Best First Multicultural Romance by Romantic Times magazine. In 2004 she was named Best New Romance Author by the readers of Shades of Romance magazine. Her second novel, Guarded Love, was labeled a Top Pick by Romantic Times magazine. Her third novel, Finding Love Again, won the Romantic Times magazine Reviewers Choice Award for Best Multicultural Romance of 2004.
2005 marked the release of her first Historical Romance, Wild Ravens, released by Genesis Press. In 2006, her fourth novel, Love Scheme, was nominated for the annual Romance Slam Jam Emma Award as Favorite Steamy Romance. She released her sixth novel in January 2006 (A Lovers Dream) for the Harlequin/Kimani Press label. The sequel, A Lovers Pretense, was released in August 2006. Also in August, she released her eighth novel, In The Midst of Passion, with Dafina Books. In March 2007 she released the third title in the Ramsey series, A Lovers Mask, which has been nominated for the Romance Slam Jam Emma Award. In November 2007, AlTonya released her tenth novel, Pride and Consequence, with Harlequin/Kimani. The title was rated a Top Pick by Romantic Times magazine.
AlTonya currently resides in North Carolina where she and her long time love Derric raise their son. AlTonya works for an academic library as a senior library assistant. She will soon begin teaching the third semester of her course, Writing the Romance Novel, for Central Piedmont Community College in Charlotte, NC. She released the fourth installment in the Ramsey series, A Lovers Regret, in winter 2008, and her second Historical romance, Passions Furies, in August 2008, along with Rivals Desire with Harlequin/Kimani. This will mark AlTonyas thirteenth novel.


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Looking for info on the dvi format. I have a great idea for a WYSIWYG editor using tex/dvi. The program tkDvi is a place to start learning (the code seems cleaner than xdvi). They say the documentation of the dvi format is part of the TeX program which is written in WEB and you must do 'wave' to extract the documentation from the code! Go figure!
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Few courses in the country are favored with as lovely a setting as Garrison's. The front nine are close fitting, with restless shifts in terrain. The lively, rolling greens are protected by bunkers and water. The back nine are more open and forgiving, but precise shot making is still rewarded, especially on the 17th hole, where the green is nested among trees, sand, and water.
Zagat's 2007-08 America's Top Golf Courses Guide
(The course, as seen from above)
ZAGAT Review - Rated Excellent
"Located on the Hudson River opposite West Point, this circa-1960s Dick Wilson design offers woodsy, rolling hills with many elevation changes, tough tee shots over deep ravines, side hill lies and challenging greens with lots of false fronts. It's much less crowded than city courses plus a much better value for many, and while some grouse about the claustrophobic facilities, golfer-gourmands praise the great restaurant and 19th hole."


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Stringent prosecution system coming to tackle littering, says minister
KINGSTON, Jamaica - Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Noel Arscott, says that a stringent system of prosecution will begin soon to cut down on public littering.
"Whether it is a sweetie paper, a bottle, or a bag of garbage itself, we are going to begin a process to enforce the law, because we have to bring decency and sanity to the country," Arscott declared.
The minister was speaking Friday at the handing over of space in Montego Bay's Charles Gordon Market for the establishment of a police post.
In his address, Arscott emphasised the importance of conforming to the laws of the land regarding the proper disposal of garbage.
The minister also commended the St James Parish Council for providing space for the police post and gave a commitment to assist "as far as resources will allow" to make the market environment safer.


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Binghamton University to host reflections and readings on torture, survival and resistance
BINGHAMTON, NY – The Latin American and Caribbean Area Studies Program at Binghamton University will host a reading with author, activist and educator, Alicia Partnoy, and author Ruth Irupé Sanabria, as they present reflections and readings on "Torture, Survival and Resistance". The first reading entitled, "Faith and Religion in Argentine Prison Writing" will be held from 6:30-8:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Mar. 2, in the Mandela Room on campus. The second reading entitled, "A Mother/Daughter Writing against State Terrorism: From The Little School to The Strange House" will be held from 6:30-8:30 p.m. on Thursday, Mar. 3 in the Mandela Room. Both readings are free and open to the public.
During her Mar. 2nd presentation, Partnoy will speak on the role faith and religion have played in the writing of Argentinean prisoners. She will also reflect on her personal experiences as a survivor of imprisonment and torture in one of the many secret detention camps set up after the 1976 military coup in Argentina.
On Mar. 3, Partnoy will be joined by her daughter Ruth Irupé Sanabria, for a reading that will convey both the experiences of a mother who survived imprisonment and torture, and a child whose parent has "disappeared."
Partnoy is author of "The Little School: Tales of Disappearance and Survival; Little Low Flying/Volando bajito" (poetry); and "Revenge of the Apple/Venganza de la manzana" (poetry). She is the editor of "You Can't Drown the Fire: Latin American Women Writing in Exile". Partnoy is an associate professor at Loyola Marymount University. She oversees the Proyecto VOS-Voices of Survivors program.
Sanabria is the author of "The Strange House Testifies", which placed second in the 12th Annual Latino Book Awards. Her poems have appeared in anthologies such as "Women Writing Resistance", "Poets Against the War", and "U.S. Latino Literature Today". She has read her poetry across the USA, Mexico, and Peru.
This program is co-sponsored by Binghamton University's Judaic Studies, History, and Comparative Literature departments, along with the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities.
For more information, contact Juanita Díaz-Cotto, LACAS Director at 917-434-8109 or by e-mail at email@example.com.


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G4S Canada Releases Casi-Rusco Upgrade Solution
The retrofit solution is based on AMAG's existing Symmetry platform.
By SSI Staff · May 30, 2014
TORONTO — G4S Canada has released a new upgrade solution for legacy Casi-Rusco access control security systems. Centered on AMAG's existing Symmetry software, the solution allows for an easy migration path from existing Casi-Rusco installations with minimal downtime or additional investment, according to the company.
Casi-Rusco manufactures systems under the brands Secure Perfect, Picture Perfect and Facility Commander. Support for these systems will be discontinued as of 2020. The G4S upgrade solution is available now for users who are looking to migrate away from these end-of-life products.
Symmetry is a complete solution for access control where the software and door controllers are designed as one solution by the same team.
"There are a lot of Casi-Rusco users across the country who are looking for the best way forward," says Rob Plume, G4S Canada's director of sales and technology, Client Solutions. "They've invested in a system which the manufacturer is now walking away from. Our solution offers an easy migration to AMAG's advanced Symmetry software platform while preserving the customer's existing card readers, cabling, enclosures, wiring and infrastructure. And AMAG has never orphaned a product in over 40 years of operation."


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Lush Luxury on the Dorset Green
Dorset Inn • Dorset, VT
Escape Kit
- A Two-Night Stay for Two in a Standard Room, Sundays through Thursdays ($210) or Fridays and Saturdays ($245)
- Or, A Two-Night Stay for Two in a Suite, Sundays through Thursdays ($355)
- Daily Country Breakfast for Two
- Complimentary Afternoon Refreshments
If you've turned emerald with envy watching friends and family get away for days of play while you're left to toil at home, Escape to the picturesque town of Dorset, Vermont––ranked among New England's best small towns by Boston magazine—for a trip that'll have you saving green... rather than seeing it.
Our sage advice? Hole up for two nights in a Standard Room, Sundays through Thursdays ($210) or Fridays and Saturdays ($245) at The Dorset Inn. Or, opt for a Sunday-through-Thursday stay in a Deluxe Fireplace Suite ($355). Either way, old-world furniture combined with country décor and working fireplaces lend a colonial charm to the place.
Founded in 1796, The Green Mountain State's oldest continually operating inn is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and was Voted third Best Historic Inn byYankee magazine and named Inn of the Month by Country Living in 2007.
Start your day with an included country breakfast for two in the sunny garden room. Get a taste of Vermont's local products with dishes featuring Vermont smoked meats, maple syrup, and seasonal fruits—enough to awaken even the most jaded of travelers.
Wander into the village, just a few paces from the inn's front porch, where immaculate, white clapboard homes line the streets and gorgeous arches grace the village green. Check out the Dorset Historical Society or pick up locally made souvenirs from H.N. Williams Store, serving the town since 1840. Any time of year, Escapees will enjoy a discount book of coupons for nearby Manchester Designer Outlets.
Escape during Vermont's postcard-perfect winter and hit the snowy slopes at Stratton. Bromley Mountain is also nearby, and an avalanche of history awaits at Hildene—Robert Todd Lincoln's historic estate. Of course, nothing conjures up a traditional New England snow scene like an ice skating session at Riley Rink at Hunter Park.
If the walls of this 200-year-old inn could talk, they would tell you to slowly sip the complimentary afternoon refreshments before you treat yourself to a classic bistro dinner at the inn's restaurant—recently recognized as one of America's Best Restaurants for Wine Lovers by Wine Spectator.
For the traditional New England hospitality, colonial gentility, and savings you crave, consider this Escape your green light.
"The oldest continuously operating inn in Vermont, the Dorset has 25 rooms and suites boasting plenty of well-preserved details. But it's also wonderfully up-to-date, with luxe amenities for discerning guests."-- Boston Magazine
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I've taken over a project without any documentation. I've got no access to the original code...
...and I'd like to avoid re-writing the whole thing.
Is there a way to read the original sketch off an Uno?
I know I wouldn't get clean code...
...but it would be a starting point.
You're not being overly helpful, CB.
The original physical construction was a nightmare.
I think I'll harvest the parts and rebuild.
They actually paid money for this!
Is that thing in the upper-right corner supposed to be so tarnished-looking? Did it overheat? Exposed to corrosive gas?
I wonder how the 7805 in the middle was damaged. And aren't they supposed to each have two capacitors?
BTW, CB, thanks for your first feedback.
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In a stem cell transplant — also called a bone marrow transplant — a patient's blood-forming stem cells are replaced by infusing new ones into his or her bloodstream. The procedure can be an effective form of treatment for certain forms of cancer, specific genetic diseases, and other types of blood disorders. For most people, the aim of the transplant is to cure the disease.
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center physicians have performed more than 4,000 autologous and allogeneic transplants over three decades and oversee transplants in close to 400 patients each year. Because of the expertise of our transplant team, our patients often have excellent results. In fact, our one-year survival rate for allogeneic bone marrow transplantation is the best in the tri-state region, according to results of an independent study conducted by the US National Marrow Donor Program.
Blood-Forming Stem Cells
Blood-forming, or hematopoietic, stem cells are immature cells that can develop into any type of blood cell, including:
- white blood cells, which help the body fight infections
- red blood cells, which carry oxygen throughout the body
- platelets, which are important in blood clotting and controlling bleeding
Stem cells are produced in the bone marrow, a sponge-like tissue that is found inside large bones (for example, in the breastbone, pelvis, ribs, and spine). Before a transplant, stem cells can be collected from a person's bone marrow or from the bloodstream, where peripheral blood stem cells (PBSCs) circulate.
Another source of stem cells is blood from a newborn's umbilical cord and placenta, which can be donated to a stem cell bank by the baby's mother.
Who Is Eligible for a Transplant?
Transplantation can be an extremely challenging procedure for a patient and family. This is both because of the toxicity of the high-dose preparative regimens and the extended period during which the patient's immune system is suppressed. For this reason, physicians carefully select patients for this procedure. Newer technology has allowed us to transplant patients who are older and sicker, but an extensive pre-transplant evaluation is still necessary.
Types of Transplantation
The are two main types of transplant: autologous transplant, in which a patient's own stem cells are collected and then transplanted back into the patient, and allogeneic transplant, in which the stem cells are obtained from another person, most commonly a brother or sister.
Before an autologous or allogeneic transplant, a patient receives either chemotherapy or a combination of chemotherapy and radiation. This treatment, called the preparative regimen or conditioning, eradicates cancerous cells as well as the blood-forming stem cells in the bone marrow, decreasing the number of mature blood cells in a person's body.
Next, stem cells are infused into the patient's bloodstream through an intravenous catheter, in a procedure that is similar to a blood transfusion. No surgery is required. Over the following days, the transplanted stem cells travel to the bone marrow, where they will grow and develop into new mature blood cells, including red and white blood cells and platelets.
It usually takes several weeks before all the mature blood cells are replenished. During this time, special measures are taken to protect the patient from infections and bleeding.
Successful autologous and allogeneic transplants provide patients with new, healthy bone marrow. Allogeneic transplants also give patients a new immune system, which is derived from the donor's stem cells and may provide protection against cancer.
Diseases Treated with Transplantation
Different types of transplants are known to be more effective for some diseases than others. Your team of doctors will determine which type of transplant is best for you after considering the specifics of your disease and a number of other factors — for instance, what other treatments you have received and your general health status. Your transplant doctor will discuss these factors in detail with you.
Autologous transplantation can be used to treat a person who is diagnosed with:
- Amyloidosis
- Germ cell tumors (testicular cancer)
- Solid tumors
Allogeneic transplantation can be used to treat a person who is diagnosed with:
- Acute leukemias
- Amegakaryocytosis/congenital thrombocytopenia
- Aplastic anemia/refractory anemia
- Chronic lymphocytic leukemia
- Familial erythrophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis
- Myelodysplastic syndrome/other myelodysplastic disorders
- Osteopetrosis
- Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria
- Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome
Either autologous or allogeneic transplantation can be used to treat people diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, or multiple myeloma.