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"THE GAME" - (6:00-6:30 p.m. ET)
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SUPERWOMAN -When Kelly (Brittany Daniel) attempts to please Jason (Coby Pitts), take care of her daughter and impress Jason's parents who visit from out of town, she overworks herself and has a breakdown. Meanwhile, Malik (Hosea Chanchez starts to worry about winning the playoff game and enlists Derwin (Pooch Hall) as his new practice partner. Tia Mowry and Wendy Raquel Robinson also star. Sheldon Epps directed the episode written by Erica Montolfo (#40596-011).


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Belgian GP 2008
Sunday Team Quotes
Felipe Massa (1st): "This was a very strange race, with the start and finish taking place in rather difficult conditions. After the start I thought Eau Rouge might be wetter and so I was a bit cautious. Kimi attacked and managed to get by. From then on I realized it would be hard to pass the two guys ahead of me, even if the lap times were quite similar. I tried to manage the situation, especially towards the end. When it started to rain, I had a pretty good margin over my closest pursuers and I preferred not to take any risks, especially given what was going on in front of me. Today the car wasn't perfectly balanced. On Saturday morning, we had slightly reduced the aerodynamic downforcc, as you usually do for the race here, but today's track conditions definitely did not suit this choice. The hard tyres? They were definitely slower than the soft ones and lacked grip, which made the car a bit inconsistent in terms of balance."
Kimi Raikkonen (18th): "I came here to win and I came close. In the final laps the track conditions were very critical and unfortunately, I ran wide and when I tried to get back on track, I spun and ended up in the wall. It was a shame because today the car was working really well. I got a good start and managed to pass Felipe on the straight and then overtook Hamilton when he spun at the start of the second lap. On the soft tyres, I could run at a good pace, while the final set, the harder ones, was not quite there - definitely not as good in performance terms as those I'd used in the past couple of days - and the balance of the car was not as good as earlier. The arrival of the rain definitely did not help. In these conditions, if you are in front you have to be more cautious as you don't know how much grip you'll find in each braking area. That's how Hamilton managed to close on me and then happened what you all saw. It's the second race in a row that I've failed to score points. Clearly the championship situation is what it is, but I'm not the sort to give up that easily."
Stefano Domenicali, Team Principal: "I have often said that the race is not over until the official results are published and that was the case today. As usual, Ferrari will not comment on the Stewards' decision. After the race, we were called to the Stewards and we explained our position. We are very disappointed for Kimi, who had driven a great race and deserved the win, especially at this rather difficult time. This result is obviously very important for our Championship hopes: now we must maintain maximum concentration and prepare as well as possible for the forthcoming races, starting at Monza where we will be racing in front of our home fans. We will also need their support at such a delicate point in the season."
Luca Baldisserri, Head of Trackside Operations: "This was a very intense weekend, which only ended two hours after the chequered flag. Kimi drove a very nice race and it's a real shame it wasn't crowned with a deserved win after he attacked all race long. Felipe drove in a very calculating fashion, without taking unnecessary risks when the conditions were really critical. The soft tyres worked very well, while the hard ones struggled a bit, especially with Kimi: we need to establish what caused this. As for the rest, the F2008 proved to be very competitive and the team worked in impeccable fashion throughout the race. Now we must continue to push because we absolutely want to reach our objectives."
BMW Sauber
Nick Heidfeld (2nd): "I had a fantastic race weekend and I am very happy today. At the start I got off better than the guys in front of me. Then I decided to go for the outside line, but unfortunately Heikki Kovalainen crashed into my car. This can happen, and I was lucky my car wasn't damaged. Of course I lost a lot of places. Later on in the race I was able to get some back, but then I got stuck in traffic. When the drizzle set in I was convinced it would be heavier on the next lap and decided to change to wet weather tyres. The team asked me if I meant what I said. When I left the pit lane after the stop I asked on the radio how many laps to go, and my engineer said this one and another one. As I couldn't see any cars on the track I thought, oh this was probably the wrong decision, but then it paid off. It was a Hero or Zero decision."
Robert Kubica (6th): "I am not happy with the result, as today I had the chance to finish on the podium. We had a problem during the second pit stop. I lost two or three positions and returned to the track behind Nick. When it started raining he went into the pits to change tyres. I could not do the same as it would have cost too much time because I was directly behind Nick, so it would have meant us coming into the pits together. Also I had no information about the weather as I had problems with my radio. We gave away points today. However, that's racing."
Dr. Mario Theissen, BMW Motorsport Director: "It was a turbulent race - both immediately after the start and during the final laps. Nick was involved in a collision in turn 1 after the turmoil at the start and, like Robert, lost some positions. As a result, both cars dropped out of the points' positions. After that the pit crew had problems connecting the nozzle during Robert's second pit stop. Finally we recovered from these problems. Nick, his race engineer and our strategists took the right decision two laps before the end of the race by changing to wet weather tyres. The team's ninth podium and Robert's sixth place scored us nine points. With five races to go the team has 105 points, four more than in the entire 2007 season."
Willy Rampf, Technical Director: "This was the most amazing race I have ever experienced. Up until two laps from the end everything was quite normal, but then things changed dramatically when it started raining. Nick radioed to the pits that he wanted to change tyres. He was the first driver to take this decision. The pit crew reacted quickly, and from then on he was the fastest man on the track and made up many places. He finally finished third. For Robert things, unfortunately, went wrong during the second pit stop when we had a problem when refuelling, which cost him several positions. However, overall it was a very good result for our team. We scored another podium finish and a total of nine points today."
Fernando Alonso (4th): "We finished fourth after a difficult race with plenty of incidents. It's a good result for the team, especially for our position in the championship because our objective was to score some important points. We missed out on a podium today, but we have shown that we can be the third strongest team in the championship."
Nelson Piquet (DNF, Accident): "The plan was to run a one-stop strategy today and so my car was heavy on fuel. I made a good start and gained five places, which was encouraging, but there were still some damp patches on the circuit and I made a mistake. It's a shame because I'm sure we could have done something today. I want to remain positive and I'm now looking forward to Monza, where we tested last week. I hope we can have a strong race there."
Pat Symonds, Executive Director of Engineering: "Once again, unpredictability produced a superb race. It's pleasing for us that the car was very quick in the dry conditions and that we achieved a good finishing position through fantastic driving from Fernando and good team work from everyone. Our target is fourth position in the championship and today was a good step towards that."
Flavio Briatore, Managing Director: "We had a good strategy today and Fernando did everything right, which paid us back with a fourth place just behind the top two teams. It's an encouraging result that we are pleased to score for ING in the Belgian Grand Prix, and we now want to maintain this momentum for Monza next week. We are confident that we can continue fighting back in the constructors' championship."
Nico Rosberg (12th): "It wasn't such an exciting race for me today. Ultimately I did the best I could from where I started and the performance we had in the car and, I think adding all this up, 12th is probably about the best we could have achieved. At the end of the race we had to make the difficult judgement to come in for the wet tyres, and although we didn't make any gain, I still think it was a good decision to take. Overall then, it wasn't a good weekend for us and now we need to look forward to Monza and try to improve things. After the recent test there we are confident that it is a track that will suit us better."
Kazuki Nakajima (14th): "Today was a difficult race for me. I had a bit of contact in the first corner which cost me some time, so from then on I just tried to maintain a consistent pace because I was on a one-stop strategy. Given this, I think my race pace was not bad compared with those around me. I made some progress during the race, then just at the end, the rain came and it was a tough call to either to stay on the slicks or try to see what the wets might do for us. In the end we made the stop and changed the tyres, but we didn't have enough time to make up any ground."
Sam Michael, Technical Director: "It was a fairly uneventful race today as we were simply not competitive enough. We went for a one-stop strategy with both cars, which worked and helped to improve our position, but not enough for us to make progress into the points, which is what matters. The last lap dash on wets was a choice to see if we could make something of the opportunity, it worked for Heidfeld who jumped into a podium position, but there was insufficient track time for us to take advantage."
Red Bull-Renault
Mark Webber (8th): "The first few laps were quite tricky due to the conditions, but our start was okay. I was running a bit short and when doing that it helps to have a clear track, but I didn't. I lost some time behind Bourdais, who was a bit heavier, but we were still in a reasonable position. Then I got hit by Heikki (Kovalainen) and lost some time. It hurt our strategy, which was quite aggressive. The car felt best in the last stint on the prime tyres. It's a shame we didn't get any points today, the guys had put a lot of effort in."
David Coulthard (11th): "I got held up a lot behind the Hondas at the start and it was hard to make up positions from there. We have poor drivability. The changeable conditions made things interesting at the end, we could probably have changed to intermediate tyres one lap earlier."
Christian Horner, Sporting Director: "A busy afternoon for the drivers and the pit crew. Mark was unlucky in the first stint of the race when he got hit following a very optimistic move by Kovalainen, which cost him a lot of time and track position. In the final laps we gambled to split the cars and left Mark on dry tyres and put David on intermediates. David had a poor start and we had elected to run a one stop strategy, anticipating variable conditions which arrived with three laps to go. Today's result doesn't represent the hard work that the team is putting in at the moment, but I'm sure our luck will change soon."
Fabrice Lom, Renault: "A very difficult race with mixed conditions, especially at the end. It was a hard race for the engine, which was very stressed on this track. We will cross our fingers as we still have Monza to do, which is fifty percent of the job."
Timo Glock (9th, penalised 25 seconds): "I had quite a tricky race but I am pleased with a point because for a long time today it looked like we would not be able to achieve that. I have to say thank you to the team, especially the guys who work on the starts because it was mega for both cars and in the last couple of races they have done a perfect job. I couldn't make up as many places as I wanted at the first corner because I saw Sebastien Bourdais slide into Jarno and I thought there would be a mess so I tried to stay out of it. Then for the first couple of laps I couldn't get any heat into the tyres. I struggled quite a lot and lost a few places. When the rain started I made the decision to come in and change to standard wet tyres and it was the right thing to do. It was not easy but I just got past Mark Webber in the last corner and took the final point."
Jarno Trulli (16th): "I was very unlucky because I had a great start and from 11th I was in the top six, but I was hit really hard from the back and this damaged the car. After that the car was undrivable and on top of that the accident caused a gearbox problem, so my only target was to finish the race. Once again I wasn't very lucky here - it seems to happen too often at Spa that I am competitive but I have bad luck. I was hoping we could have a strong race and score some points. This was possible because we had a competitive strategy and a great start so it's a shame that we couldn't manage to do it."
Tadashi Yamashina, Team Principal: "In the end we have to be quite happy with a point considering what happened in qualifying and earlier in the race. We had an exceptional start with both cars but unfortunately Jarno was hit at turn one and that basically ruined his race. Without this accident he would have been able to get a good result because he made up a lot of places at the start and we had a competitive strategy. Unfortunately his gearbox and diffuser were damaged and this made the car very difficult to drive. When the rain came late in the race, it was a good strategy to change to the standard wet tyres on Timo's car as this allowed him to finish in the points. One point is much, much better than nothing and this result encourages all the team, at the factory and at the track, to keep fighting. I am very proud of our team today."
Toro Rosso-Ferrari
Sebastian Vettel (5th): "Both me and Seb have good reason to smile after a race like that. The last lap was unbelievable and I was shocked as I got passed in the last fifty metres and then Heidfeld followed by Alonso drove past me with a "whoosh" on their intermediates. It was very tricky at the end and you really had to trust your car. We were all saying that Eau Rouge and Blanchimont are now flat, but with a few drops of rain, I tell you, you see the real nature of these corners. Overall it was a fantastic race, even though I was stuck in traffic for a while. But I was very happy with the car and we had a very strong pace today. The guys at the front are still in a different dimension, but we have made some good steps forward and now it is up to us to use that potential at the next few races."
Sebastien Bourdais (7th): "On the last lap it was a lottery with the car getting away from you with every turn of the wheel. It's a horrible situation, as everything had been under control up until then. But I am not in a situation where I can risk everything and at the end of the race I didn't even know where I finished. It was so close to being a great result I felt I could almost touch it and so it was a very frustrating way to finish what was a great weekend up to that point. Such a shame, but nevertheless a very strong result for the team."
Franz Tost, Team Principal: "I am really very happy with this result and now we head for our home race in Monza, hoping to carry the momentum with us. It's also the home race for our engine supplier and I expect the Prancing Horse to be on very good form next weekend. A very good start and a very good race from Bourdais until he was unlucky on the last lap, as the rain came a bit too early for him. But that's the game at Spa. It was definitely his best race for Toro Rosso and I am very happy for him. Vettel struggled a bit at the start, but then he too drove a fantastic race, passing Glock and Piquet with some good moves. At the end, he also passed his team-mate. In the closing stages we thought about bringing them in for intermediates but by then it was too late to make that call. But in the dry, in straightforward conditions, it was undoubtedly our best performance. We have moved ahead of Honda and are now on equal points with Williams and I hope we can score more points in the remaining five races. Fantastic!"
Jenson Button (15th): "It's been a tough weekend and unfortunately the car's performance has been a long way off where I thought we would be here in Spa. I didn't have a great start from 17th and got completely boxed in with cars everywhere that I wanted to go. I then lost some time in the train of cars caught behind Rubens when he had his gearbox problem. The car was not handling well at all throughout the first stint as I had no grip and very little balance. So when I came in and switched to the prime tyre, we added front wing which I thought we needed, but not having had the opportunity to compare the two tyres yesterday, this unfortunately gave me too much front end. Our rear tyre pressures were also too low which made the car very difficult to drive."
Rubens Barrichello (DNF, Gearbox): "The race was actually going quite well for me but unfortunately I lost sixth gear not long after I overtook Trulli. I tried to keep going but with the way that the gearbox works, you have to go through sixth gear before you can get seventh gear, which caused over-revving of the engine and the potential for significant damage. The team decided it would be best to retire the car as this is my first race with this engine and I have to race with it at Monza next weekend. Overall it has not been a great weekend. Our biggest problem has been our struggle to get temperature into the tyres, which affected our performance very badly."
Ross Brawn, Team Principal: "Both cars got off to a clean start gaining a place each. We decided to split the strategy such that Rubens would be two-stopping and Jenson only once, in order to be well placed to take advantage of any variable weather conditions and safety car periods. Rubens did a valiant job of battling through almost ten laps without sixth gear. However we indentified that the problem with the gearbox was getting worse and it became dangerous for him to continue as we risked damaging the engine and transmission and the engine was new for this race. As a result of running behind Rubens during this period, Jenson lost touch with the cars he was competing with. Jenson had good pace up until his planned pitstop but struggled for pace after switching to the prime tyre. In the closing laps of the race we decided to switch to wets, as the cars around us were struggling in the rain and there may have been a chance to take advantage. The cars who remained on dry tyres lost a lot of time in the final lap and most lost position. Unfortunately it all came too late in the race for Jenson to move into a points position and this ultimately proved to be a neutral strategy for us, with nothing lost or gained."
Force India-Ferrari
Adrian Sutil (13th): "It was a strong race for us, with a good performance. We had quite a lot of fights on the circuit and lots of overtaking. I caught up with Button and was right behind him, but then there was the rain in the last laps. As there were just a couple of laps left and we were quite quick on the wet conditions with dry tyres, we stayed out and I could pass him and some other guys. I am quite happy with this race."
Giancarlo Fisichella (17th): "Unfortunately Nakajima spun and came across in front of my car and I broke the front wing and damaged the car quite a lot. Coming back to the pits I lost a lot of time as I had no front wing and punctured tyres. Unfortunately when I went out of the pitlane I was just in front of the leaders and then had blue flags at least 40 times! Towards the end of the race, looking at the weather I called the box and said I wanted to put on the rain tyres. It was the right choice but there were just two or three laps left and it would have been nice to have those conditions earlier, but I think considering the start the end result was not too bad."
Dr. Vijay Mallya, Team Principal: "An extraordinary end to the race - and a great pleasure considering this to get two cars to the flag. Both drivers had excellent drives and kept clean despite the challenging conditions. Once again I think we have had a positive weekend: we've outraced the Hondas and we need to continue this form and pick up some points when the chances come up for the rest of the year."
Mike Gascoyne, Chief Technical Officer: "An exciting race in the end and good to get two cars to the finish yet again. Unfortunately Giancarlo's race was compromised at the start when Nakajima spun and hit him. There was nothing he could do to avoid hitting him, but he did a good job to get to the finish from then on and unlap himself at the end to finish just one lap down. Adrian was on a two stop strategy, running lower downforce and made some progress early on but then a spin dropped him to the back. He then drove an excellent race, particularly in the closing stages."
Lewis Hamilton (3rd, penalised 25 seconds): "That was one of the most exciting races of my whole career - it was incredibly tough. My spin on lap two put me on the back foot for the rest of the race, but I could see Kimi ahead and I was just pushing, pushing, pushing to close that gap, hoping he would catch traffic and allow me to get nearer. When the heavens opened, Kimi was a little cautious under braking and I was able to get really close. When I had a look around the outside at the chicane, we almost had an accident, and I needed to steer left to avoid him. As we crossed the start/finish line, I left him the space to get back ahead and then managed to get my car up the inside at La Source."
Heikki Kovalainen (10th): "I got squeezed between two cars at the first corner, and it cost me a lot of places. But I knew I had the car to claw things back and was making good progress until I came up alongside Mark Webber at the final chicane. I knew I was faster than him, but maybe he didn't realise I was on the inside and we touched, spinning him in front of me. That's racing. It was a racing accident, but it earned me a drive-through penalty and knocked me back down the field. Still, my pace was good on the prime tyre, and I still managed to overtake quite a few cars. In the last few laps I thought I could take advantage of the damp conditions until I started to lose gears. In the end, the gearbox failed on the very last lap and I had to stop."
Ron Dennis, Team Principal: "That was a sensational Grand Prix, which kept everyone on the edge of their seat, whomever they were supporting. On the second lap, Lewis made a rare mistake, dropping him to second place behind Kimi Raikkonen, whom he put under considerable pressure thereafter. But our car is slightly superior to that of our opposition in slippery conditions, so when the rain came we were reasonably confident that Lewis would be able to press home his advantage. He duly took the lead, finished first on the track, but then received a 25 second time penalty. After the race we registered our intention to appeal it. Heikki didn't get away cleanly at the start, but then drove fast and well through the field until his charge was interrupted by the incident with Mark Webber. He was awarded a stop-go penalty, but continued to push hard until being forced to stop on the very last lap. All in all, it was a challenging race for all the drivers, all of whom handled the conditions responsibly, and both our guys showed pace and determination throughout."
Norbert Haug, Mercedes Motorsport Director: "After a thrilling race, Lewis took victory on the track which he lost following the stewards' decision. In our opinion Lewis did not achieve this win because of an illegitimate advantage. However, we will keep our heads up. We are now looking forward to the next race in Monza on the coming weekend - we need to continue to be fully focused as nothing is decided in the World Championship yet."

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by Brian DeCandia, sports information graduate assistant
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Powered by three runners in the top-50, the Georgia College women's cross country team placed ninth at the NCAA Southeast Regional Championships Saturday. Four-of-six runners placed in the top-80 at McAlpine Park, led by freshman Allison Lones (Kathleen, Ga.) in 33rd.
Leading the Bobcats for the sixth race this season, Lones crossed the finish line at 24:00 on the 6K course, shattering the previous school record set by Bonnie Ueltzen in 2008 (24:13). Junior Karissa Ekstrom (Alpharetta, Ga.) would also have broken the school record if not for Lones. Ekstrom finished 35th with a time of 24:03.
Senior Dani Destiche (Snellville, Ga.) was 41st with a time of 24:18, while freshman Andrea Byrnes (Snellville, Ga.) placed 78th with a time of 25:19. Destiche's time puts her fifth in the school's all-time 6K records.
Freshman Ashton Passino (Alpharetta, Ga.) finished 91st with a time of 25:43. The Bobcats featured a youthful lineup, with Lones, Byrnes and Passino all competing in their first region championship meet.
The Bobcats finished with 276 points, tied with eighth place team UNC Pembroke, only to be edged out by eight tenths of a second on the average team finish. GC finished fifth among Peach Belt Conference (PBC) schools.
Columbus State University was third with 93 points, King College finished second with 91 points and host Queens University came in first place with 40 total points. Lenior Rhyne University's Kate Griewisch won the individual title with a time of 20:55.
The race brings to a close the 2010 season for Bobcat cross country, a year that saw Lones snap both the 5K and 6K distance school records and the GC women finished in the top three in each of their first six races. Lones also became the fifth All-Peach Belt Conference (PBC) runner in school history.
The Georgia College Department of Athletics, back-to-back winners of the PBC Commissioner's Cup, sponsors 10 varsity athletic programs at the NCAA Division II level. As a Division II program, Bobcat Athletics prides itself on balancing the life of the student-athlete, evidenced by the teams' multiple appearances in post-season competition as well as documented academic success and community-service involvement. Sign up at www.twitter.com/GCSUBobcats and www.facebook.com/gcbobcats for up-to-the-minute reports, and visit www.GCBobcats.com for more information, and to nominate your favorite former Bobcats and Colonials to the GC Athletics Hall of Fame.


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CAIRO — The Egyptian judiciary intensified its resistance Wednesday to a move last week by President Mohamed Morsi to greatly enlarge his power, as the country's top courts joined a growing number of striking judges in expressions of dissent.
Egypt's highest appeals court, known as the Court of Cassation, suspended work in protest of the edict authorizing Morsi to legislate without judicial oversight. The Supreme Constitutional Court accused the president, an Islamist backed by the Muslim Brotherhood, of participating in an attack on the justice system.
Morsi's move, which opposition groups and political analysts have deemed a power grab, set off a nationwide wave of protests, culminating in a rally in Cairo's Tahrir Square on Tuesday night in which tens of thousands called for the president's ouster. On Wednesday, protesters still clashed sporadically with security forces on the fringes of the square.
The crisis has underscored the deepening polarization of Egypt's political classes as the country struggles to define a new body of laws and the nature of its religious identity two years after a popular uprising forced longtime autocrat Hosni Mubarak from power.
At the center of the turmoil is Egypt's nascent constitution. The assembly tasked with drafting the charter has been dominated by Islamists — a reflection of the country's first democratically elected parliament, which was dissolved by a court order this year.
But liberals and secularists say that the constituent assembly does not adequately represent them and accuse it of seeking to implement Islamic law through the charter. Many have seized on the outrage over Morsi's decree as an opportunity to rally wider support against Islamist rule.
The head of the assembly said Wednesday that a final draft of the constitution would soon be ready, with a vote expected Thursday. If approved, the document would be put to a public referendum.
But opposition leaders said Wednesday that the move by the Muslim Brotherhood-led committee to push forward with the draft amid the crisis would be a grave mistake.
The assembly "doesn't express Egyptians now, and morally and politically it's already been dissolved," said Hamdeen Sabahi, a prominent secular politician and one of the top contenders for Egypt's presidency in the summer. "But if they insist on completing the draft from one side and only one faction of Egyptians — the Muslim Brotherhood — it means it won't even be a constitution."
Egypt's crisis would only deepen, Sabahi added, "and, of course, we will refuse that."
The crisis has pitted Morsi and his Islamist supporters against not only a justice system still dominated by Mubarak appointees but also an unlikely alliance of human rights groups, liberal youth activists and the old-regime loyalists they once opposed.
Opposition leaders said they planned to hold more marches Thursday and Friday, and the Muslim Brotherhood called for a rival nationwide demonstration in support of the edict Saturday.
Meanwhile, the Supreme Constitutional Court, the country's highest judicial power, vowed to resist what it characterized as an attempt by Morsi to undermine the court system.
"The court will not be intimidated by any threats or blackmail and will not submit to any pressures practiced on it from any direction, regardless of its power and unity," Maher Samy, the court's spokesman, said at a news conference.
The court also vowed to examine the legality of Morsi's action.
The president and his supporters say the decree was necessary to safeguard the democratic gains of Egypt's uprising. The declaration included the removal of the country's deeply unpopular general prosecutor, a Mubarak appointee, and the protection of the constitution-drafting assembly against the possibility of a court-ordered dissolution.
And Essam el-Erian, a leader of the Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party, pushed back Wednesday against the constitutional court's statement.
"The judges' partisan entry into the current debates is harmful to the process of democratization," Erian tweeted an hour after the court's news conference. "The Egyptian judiciary is above politics and partisanship."
Morsi's spokesman attempted to clarify the controversial decree Monday night, saying that it is temporary and renders only "acts of sovereignty" immune from judicial appeal.
For many of Morsi's opponents, however, the decree merely confirms their fear that the Muslim Brotherhood is seeking to replicate a decades-old authoritarian regime, rather than help Egypt make the transition to democracy.
"Whoever does not respect the judiciary is not fit to rule Egypt," said Ekramy al-Sayed Abdou, a protester in Tahrir Square on Tuesday night.
But even as the protests dragged into a sixth day, analysts said the high stakes for both sides mean that some type of compromise is likely.
Yasser el-Shimy, an Egypt analyst for the International Crisis Group, said the protests have transformed the country's normally fractious liberal and secular opposition into a more unified and effective "pressure group." At the same time, he said, any serious reversal by Morsi will cost him his credibility.
"If he were to back away now, he would be finished as a president," Shimy said.
More likely, the analyst predicted, Morsi and the judiciary will reach a compromise in which the president gets to keep some elements of the decree, such as the protection of the constituent assembly and the elected upper house of parliament against court efforts to dissolve them, while backing off his claim for total legislative control.
Sabahi, court officials and others said Wednesday that they would not accept anything short of a full retreat.
Ingy Hassieb contributed to this report.


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Perl Module Monday: Plack
This will be a slightly unusual installment of PMM, as I want to look at a module so new that it isn't actually on CPAN yet, just GitHub: Plack. (When it makes it to CPAN, it should be here.)
Plack is a reference implementation of the burgeoning PSGI initiative. What is PSGI? Well, if you follow that link you'll get a more complete explanation, but the short form is that it is a Perl alternative to Python's WSGI (Web Server Gateway Interface) and Ruby's Rack. The longer-form is that it's a specification layer to decouple web applications from the specifics of how they're being run, whether that's CGI, FastCGI, Apache with mod_perl, etc. The longer explanation can be had at the link.
Back to Plack: Plack is the first reference implementation of the PSGI spec, and already it can pass all of the Catalyst tests. And as of this commit, the plackup script can coerce a an app written for Catalyst, CGI, etc. into running under different environments, thanks to the magic of PSGI.
I'll be watching Plack very closely. I see a PSGI connector for my XML-RPC server in the not-too-distant future.


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Looks like the Raiders are fine with allowing Hue Jackson to be the front man in their issues with NFL officials.
Jackson broke his policy of not criticizing officials in the wake of some calls in a 27-21 win over the Minnesota Vikings that left him scratching his head.
He said he planned on contacting the NFL and simply wanted a fair playing field.
At one point Jackson said he didn't know what a legal hit is any more.
Jackson talks to the media at 2 p.m. in his weekly press briefing, at which point he'll be asked about the penalties and also presumably have an update on injured wide receiver Darrius Heyward-Bey.
With 12 penalties for 117 yards against the Vikings, Oakland leads the NFL with 103 penalties for 892 yards and is on pace set the league record in both categories. They have 17 personal fouls on defense alone, just two behind the 1998 Chiefs over 16 games when they set the current NFL records of 158 penalties and 1,304 yards.
And the Raiders still have six games to play.
Linebacker Aaron Curry has already been hit with three personal fouls since joining the Raiders.
"The thing about it football is a game full of personal fouls,'' Curry said. "They're all personal. It all depends on whether a referee decides to throw his flag or not. Every hit we make, they're all borderline.
"You can call a personal foul on every play, you can call a holding on every play, you can call a facemask on every play. It just depends on what the guys feel like calling.''
Safety Matt Giordano said the Raiders respect the rules but can't be affected on the field by concern over getting a flag and positioning themselves for a hit that is within the rules.
"It slows you down as a defensive player if you're thinking, `OK, how can I hit this guy,' '' Giordano said." I honestly think as a defender, that's how defenders get hurt, they're thinking about where to place their head on a receiver's body, because if they go too high, they could actually damage themselves rather than make the play that they needed to make.''
While Jackson said the Raiders weren't allowed to fine players for penalties, defensive tackle Tommy Kelly said there is a "fine jar'' and that players are aware of the problem.
"We have officials every day at practice,'' Kelly said. "Coach stresses it. We stress it with each other. I don't know what else we can do.''
Following a Week 2 loss in Buffalo, when Richard Seymour and Kelly among others were grumbling about all the flags the Raiders get as opposed to teams without their reputation, players have been careful with their words.
"I'm not really going to comment officiating,'' tight end Kevin Boss said. "Coach took care of that.''
Said Giordano: "You know what, you can't control what the refs do. That's what they do. I've never seen a ref lose or win a game. So it always comes down the players so you've always got to be ready and with the understanding that you've got to play with poise.''
Even Curry, whose helmet-to-helmet personal foul against Minnesota seemed particularly iffy, wasn't taking the bait.
"The referees are just doing their job,'' Curry said. "There's a rule book and the Raiders are going by it.''
A few other notes:
— Place kicker Sebastian Janikowski felt his sore left hamstring was a factor on the 49-yard field goal attempt that was blocked.
"I had to kick it lower to get it there and I kicked it too low,'' Janikowski said.
He said he goes to treatment every day but conceded it could bother him all season.
"With hamstrings, they take awhile to heal,'' Janikowski said.
— Center Samson Satele, who left the game with a concussion, was in the locker room and talking to reporters. He said he felt fine. Asked about the concussion protocol for being cleared to play, he said, "It hasn't come up yet. I'll go see now.''
— Boss was pleased to be included as a part of the passing offense, catching five passes for 37 yards with a long of 11.
"It was real nice. I want to feel involved and help this team the way I know how,'' Boss said. "I haven't lost any confidence in my abilities. I know what I can do to help this team in that part of the offense. So it felt good.''


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Niacin is one of the most stable of the B vitamins. It is resistant to the effects of heat, light, air, acid, and alkali. A white crystalline substance that is soluble in both water and alcohol, niacin and niacinamide are both readily absorbed from the small intestine. Small amounts may be stored in the liver, but most of the excess is excreted in the urine.
Another important fact about vitamin B3 is that it can be manufactured from the amino acid tryptophan, which is essential (needed in the diet). So niacin is not truly essential in the diet when enough protein, containing adequate tryptophan, and other nutrients are consumed. When niacin is not present in sufficient amounts, extra protein is needed. Also, when we are deficient in such nutrients as vitamins B1, B2, and B6, vitamin C, and iron, we cannot easily convert tryptophan to niacin. Many foods that are low in tryptophan are also low in niacin or, as in corn, the niacin is not readily available. Corn is low in tryptophan and its niacin is bound, so it must receive special treatment. Native Americans knew this and would soak corn in ash water before or after grinding to release the niacin. Even when they subsisted almost solely on corn, they did not experience the serious niacin deficiency
disease called pellagra. In the time around the American Civil War, in the South poor white farm workers subsisted on "quick cornmeal," the poorly prepared white people's version, and pellagra was epidemic until the discovery that it was a dietary deficiency disease. Pellagra, the disease of the "three Ds"--diarrhea, dermatitis, and dementia--historically
has been a problem of corn-eaters, whereas beriberi has been a disease most correlated with rice-eating cultures.
Sources: Only small to moderate amounts of vitamin B3 occur in foods as pure niacin;
other niacin is converted from the amino acid tryptophan, as just discussed. The best sources of vitamin B3 are liver and other organ meats, poultry, fish, and peanuts, all of which have both niacin and tryptophan. Yeast, dried beans and peas, wheat germ, whole grains, avocados, dates, figs, and prunes are pretty good sources of niacin. Milk and eggs are good because of their levels of tryptophan. Though B3 is stable, the milling and processing of whole grains can remove up to 90 percent of the niacin. Thus, manufacturers will often "enrich" their products by adding niacin.
Functions: Niacin acts as part of two coenzymes, nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD)
and nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADP), that are involved in more than 50 different metabolic reactions in the human species. They play a key role in glycolysis (that is, extracting energy from carbohydrate and glucose), are important in fatty acid synthesis and in the deamination (nitrogen removal) of amino acids, are needed in the formation of red blood cells and steroids, and are helpful in the metabolism of some drugs and toxicants. Thus, niacin is a vital precursor for the coenzymes that supply energy to body cells.


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Expertise: Allergy and Immunology, Antibody Deficiency, Ataxia-Telangiectasia, Chronic Granulomatous Disease, Common Variable Immunodeficiency, Complement Deficiency, DiGeorge Syndrome, Gamma Globulin Therapy, Hyper-IgE Syndrome, Hyper-IgM Syndrome, Hypogammaglobulinemia, IgA Deficiency, IgM Deficiency, Leukocyte Adhesion Deficiency, Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases, Severe Combined Immunodeficiency (SCID), Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome, X-linked Agammaglobulinemia ...read more
Research Interests: Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases; Ataxia-Telangiectasia; IgA deficiency; Common variable immunodeficiency; Chronic granulomatous disease and other disorders of phagocytes; Severe combined immunodeficiency; Hypogammaglobulinemia; Immunoglobulin therapy; IVIG; DiGeorge syndrome; Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome; Hyper-IgM syndrome; Hyper-IgE syndrome; Complement deficiency; X-linked agammaglobulinemia; Antibody deficiency; IgM deficiency ...read more
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Dr. Howard Lederman is a professor of pediatrics at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He is the director of the Immunodeficiency Clinic, the Pediatric Immunology Laboratory, and the Ataxia-Telangiectasia (A-T) Clinical Center.
Dr. Lederman specializes in the evaluation, diagnostic testing and long-term management of patients of all ages who have known or suspected primary immunodeficiency diseases. He is an expert on the use of gamma globulin therapy for a wide variety of disorders.
After receiving his M.D. and Ph.D. from the University of Michigan, Dr. Lederman came to Johns Hopkins Children's Center for a residency in pediatrics, followed by a fellowship in immunology at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto.
Dr. Lederman's current research laboratory and clinical research focuses on better understanding and treating patients with ataxia-telangiectasia, a devastating neurological disorder for which there is no cure.
He is a member of numerous professional societies, including American Association of Immunologists, the American Society for Microbiology and the Clinical Immunology Society.
- Director, Immunodeficiency Clinic
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- Director, Pediatric Immunology Laboratory
- Professor of Pediatrics
- Joint Appointment in Medicine
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- MD, University of Michigan Medical School (1977)
- Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine / Pediatrics (1981)
- The Hospital for Sick Children / Immunology (1983)
Board Certifications
- American Board of Pediatrics / Pediatrics (1984)
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Dr. Lederman's current research laboratory and clinical research focuses on better understanding and treating patients with ataxia-telangiectasia, a devastating neurological disorder for which there is no cure.
Clinical Trial KeywordsImmunoglobulin, Gamma globulin, Ataxia- Telangiectasia
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Cell-Based Approaches For Modeling and Treating Ataxia-Telangiectasia
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McGrath-Morrow S, Lefton-Greif M, Rosquist K, Crawford T, Kelly A, Zeitlin P, Carson K , Lederman HM. "Pulmonary function in adolescents with ataxia-telangiectasia." Pediatr Pulmonol. 2008 Jan;43(1):59-66.
Daniels JA, Maitra A, Lederman HM, and Montgomery E. "Gastrointestinal tract pathology in patients with common variable immunodeficiency (CVID): A clinicopathologic study and review." Am J Surg Pathol. 2007 Dec;31(12):1800-12.
Alterman N, Fattal-Valevski A, Moyal L, Crawford TO, Lederman HM, Ziv Y, and Shiloh Y. "Ataxia-Telangiectasia: Mild neurological presentation despite null ATM mutation and severe cellular phenotype." Am J Med Genet A. 2007 Aug 15;143A(16):1827-34.
Shreffler WG, Visness CM, Burger M, Cruikshank WW, Lederman HM, de la Morena M, Grindle K, Calatroni A, Sampson HA and Gern JE. "Standardization and performance evaluation of mononuclear cell cytokine secretion assays in a multicenter study." BMC Immunol. 2006 Dec 12;7:29.
Lin, DDM, Crawford TO, Lederman HM, Barker PB. "Proton MR Spectroscopic Imaging in Ataxia-Telangiectasia." Neuropediatrics. 2006 Aug;37(4):241-6.
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NEW HAVEN, Conn. – The Bulldogs, coming off a season-high team score of 190.275, will play host to Bridgeport, Rhode Island College and Springfield College this Saturday at the Bulldog Invitational. The competition is part of the Yale University Athletic Department's fifth-annual "Pink Zone" weekend.
Yale recently faced Springfield in the opening meet of the 2012 season. The Bulldogs beat Springfield 189.475-184.55. Springfield scored a season-high team score of 185.35 last weekend in a loss to SUNY Cortland. Last year, Yale finished second at the Bulldog Invitational, which included teams from Temple and Springfield. Yale scored a 184.35 to Springfield's 178.95.
The meet marks Yale's first meeting of the season with local rival and Division II powerhouse Bridgeport. The Purple Knights, who have been the defending ECAC Division II champions for the past three years, scored a season-high 194.625 against Towson last weekend. Yale last faced Bridgeport in 2010, when the Bulldogs fell 190.7-188.3.
Yale bested Rhode Island College last year 179.5-155.575. RIC has scored as high as a 172.15 this season.
Competition is scheduled to begin at 1:00 p.m. in Yale's John J. Lee Amphitheater. Fans are asked to wear pink. Admission is free, but all donations and proceeds from raffles and the auction will benefit the Smilow Cancer Hospital at Yale-New Haven.
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The Lure
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In 1979, Felice Picano rocketed to fame with the publication of this shocking, controversial thriller. Riveting and candid in its depiction of the gay sexual subculture of the era, and praised by Stephen King as "Explosive...Felice Picano is one hell of a writer," "The Lure "thrusts young widower Noel Hathaway into a dark universe of physical and psychological violence; an unwilling lure used by the police to unmask an elusive killer.
Felice Picano is the author of 18 books, including the international best-sellers "The Book of Lies "and "Like People in History "as well as the acclaimed literary memoirs "Ambidextrous, Men Who Loved Me, " and "A House on the Ocean, A House on the Bay." He has been nominated for several Lambda Literary Awards and is a recipient of the Ferro-Grumley award for fiction. Formerly a longtime New Yorker, he currently resides in Los Angeles.
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Red-hot Blues handle Avalanche to start road tripby Rick Sadowski
DENVER -- If the St. Louis Blues have any weaknesses, they have yet to show many while running up an 18-3-3 record and challenging for first place in the hotly contested Central Division.
The Blues were solid in all aspects of the game Wednesday in a 4-1 win against the Colorado Avalanche at Pepsi Center that opened a three-game road trip.
The Blues are as hot as any team in the NHL. They've won five consecutive games and are 10-1-1 in their past 12.
"We are sticking to the way we play," said left wing Alexander Steen, who scored his 20th goal in the first period to tie Washington Capitals forward Alex Ovechkin for the NHL lead. "Pucks are bouncing our way and we are taking care in our own end and our goaltending has been phenomenal. We have been getting our chances, and our power play has been clicking, and it helps that we are playing sound offensively."
The win was the second for the Blues in two games this season against the Avalanche (17-6-0), whose winning streak ended at three. The Blues had lost eight consecutive games here since a 1-0 win April 12, 2009.
"We haven't had good history in this building the past few years, so we needed to set the tone," said Blues captain David Backes, who had a goal and an assist in the first period when St. Louis took a 3-1 lead. "We wanted to make sure we were playing the right way and going to the net with sticks on the ice."
Avalanche center Matt Duchene returned to the lineup after missing three games because of an oblique injury; he played because center Paul Stastny was scratched after experiencing back spasms.
Duchene hasn't had a full practice since he was injured Nov. 16 against the Florida Panthers and wasn't expected to play until Friday against the Minnesota Wild.
"I was going to take two more days, but when Paulie went down it was one of those situations where I need to step in and I felt good enough to do so," Duchene said. "At that point it wasn't precautionary anymore and we just went with it. I'm just thankful to get out of that game without anything more in terms of being hurt. I feel great and I'm looking forward to playing on the weekend."
The Blues scored at even strength, on a power play and while shorthanded in the first period. Chris Stewart closed the scoring with an empty-net goal with 1:44 to play.
Backes opened the scoring at 2:46 when he redirected T.J. Oshie's pass behind goalie Semyon Varlamov, who on Saturday posted a 1-0 overtime win against the Los Angeles Kings.
"To tell you the truth, I didn't see the goalie," Backes said. "I saw the pass coming across and had defenders on me and just had my stick out there and [Oshie] made a great play. So I don't think I can take much credit for putting it in the right spot, just making the hard play and finding some luck."
Steen made it 2-0 at 6:10 on a power play. It took the Blues 36 seconds to convert after Avalanche defenseman Jan Hejda tripped Oshie. Backes slid the puck through the slot to Steen, who had inside position on defenseman Nate Guenin for a chip shot past Varlamov.
"I just came down the back side," Steen said. "The last time we played them we had a couple shots from the slot. They were sitting a little bit on it, but that opened up a back-door pass."
Avalanche coach Patrick Roy used his timeout immediately after Steen's goal to settle the team, which at that point was being outshot 9-1.
"I told the guys let's try to get one and go into the second in a one-goal game," Roy said.
The Avalanche pulled within 2-1 at 8:24 when Patrick Bordeleau scored his third goal, a career high. Brad Malone took a shot while skating along the right-wing boards that goalie Jaroslav Halak stopped. The rebound went to the Blues' Maxim Lapierre, but Hejda stole the puck for a shot on goal and Bordeleau jammed it in.
Colorado had a chance to tie the game on a power play when Ian Cole went off for holding Duchene. Instead, Blues forward Jaden Schwartz scooped up the puck in his zone after the Avalanche misfired on a pass. Schwartz went end-to-end before firing the puck by Varlamov's glove at 18:12 for a shorthanded goal and a 3-1 lead.
"They had some momentum going with the puck in their end, so it was nice to put us back up by a couple of goals," Schwartz said.
Roy said, "That hurt a lot. We didn't have a good first period."
The Blues killed all four Avalanche power plays and have killed 20 of 21 penalties in the past seven games.
"Our power play was brutal," Duchene said. "It felt like at times we didn't want the puck, we were kind of shoveling off the problem to the next guy. When you're on the power play, you have to want the thing. We have to execute better and we didn't do that and that let us down for sure.
"We lost the game in the first 10 minutes. I think if we play a little bit better in the first 10, if we go into the second with a 2-1 deficit, I think maybe it's a different game. They're a good team and we've got a lot to learn before we can beat a team like that consistently. They do a lot of really good things and we can learn from them. We also can't give them too much respect. They're in our head a little bit probably, and we have to get rid of that and keep moving on here."


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We're back to our routine. Lulu has been focused on his work and I'm in charge of providing delicious meals for him. Last night we hosted another dinner party. To save time, I put together a healthy yet delicious strawberry and almond salad for the first course, to the delight of our guests.
Almonds are rich in protein and gave extra crunch to the salad. Strawberries provided color and natural sweetness. I wished I had found the same out-of-this-world mara des bois strawberries I had last week in Paris but thankfully the ones from our garden fit the bill wonderfully.
Throwing a dinner party doesn't have to be time-consuming. I usually try to make one elaborate dish and a quick and easy dish so I'm not too exhausted when it's time to greet our guests!
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What's the center of activity in most homes? It's the kitchen, of course — so selecting personalized gifts for the kitchen as housewarming presents is always a good idea. Best of all, even if the family already has casserole dishes or cutting boards, it's unlikely they have ones that are personalized!
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4 things you might not know about BYOD
Today's business leaders and employees are driving the business need for BYOD, we know that. As always, network security and preventing security breaches remains a top concern as organizations want to keep their corporate data inside and secure.
SearchConsumerization.com in conjunction with industry expert and thought leader Zeus Kerravala surveyed our Networking and Security audience to gain further insight into this emerging market and better understand current IT priorities and trends. In addition to buyer insights, the below Infographic provides helpful tips to maximize your marketing effectiveness with these buyers today.
How the origin of a tech project can inform your content strategy
Aside from a major hardware failure, websites going down or the inability to get into email (the tech crisis I think our IT department dreads the most), I'd never really put much thought into how a tech project comes to be. That is, until I met Kevin Stokes and Randall Gamby. Kevin, CIO for the town of Brookline, and Randall, Information Security Officer for the Medicaid Information Service Center of New York, came to our offices literally just to chat with our sales force about how they do what they do. One of the topics they covered was the origin of the technology project. I found it very interesting, particularly as a marketer responsible for helping technology marketers improve the effectiveness of their content marketing efforts.
What I'd never really thought of prior to this discussion, is how the classification structure IT departments use to categorize the types of technology projects they're handling, can actually inform and prioritize the focus of your content. Some of you may be asking "what's a classification structure"- don't worry, I did too. Basically, IT departments look at tech projects in certain 'buckets' which dictate everything from how they research, to the prioritization of the efforts.
While these structures can vary organization to organization, there are some basics themes you'll see come through:
- Something Broke– I think we're all familiar with this one. When a something goes down, it's a scramble to fix the problem. There may be some research here, but it will be quick, and right to the point. These projects are typically priority one on any given day.
- The Upgrade– Another area technology teams monitor are upgrades for the various hardware and software products the organization leverages. These can be either mandatory or optional, with the research process here being one that starts basically when your marketing does. IT teams follow the news around the upgrades, explore the pros and cons, and work to understand what it's going to look like for their organization, sometimes well in advance of when they'll plan to actually deploy.
- New Features– Thanks to business owners like us marketers, there's often a demand on IT for a new functionality or feature of an existing system to support and overall goal or new strategy. Sometimes, these projects actually originate within IT as the anticipatory result of a business focus. These projects typically result in a tech purchase, managed by IT (hot button topic business vs. IT, we'll circle back to that one in a future post but in the meantime, that link will take you to a great paper on the subject).
- Strategic Endeavors– Some organizations may put an emphasis on what I'll call 'strategic IT.' Based on the overall direction of the business, technology needs may be evolving. It may be a 'right now' thing or maybe it's a '3-5 year' thing- in either case, Sr. IT is often monitoring the landscape for the right strategic investment. Randall mentioned spending as much as 30% of his time simply researching/monitoring the technology landscape.
So what does this mean for your content strategy? Based on these categorizations, you can see different content needs (or opportunities) emerge. I bucket them into four content focuses:
- Crisis Management– whatever the solution, it's always important to understand what happens when the unexpected happens. Make sure your buying teams have access to information on how 'easy' it is to get the product or service back up and running in the event of an emergency. This content will work particularly well with your In-the-trenches team members who will ultimately manage the product in the enterprise. They're also typically the ones responsible for researching the project, so this could give you a leg up. Play up the 'minimal business impact' when marketing to your more senior or strategic personas (line-of-business (LOB) or Sr. IT- side bar, for a little bit more on what matters to these guys to inform your persona, check out this post & infographic).
- Navigating the Upgrade– while it's important to publish content yourself on how amazing the new version is, you're not exactly the most credible source out there (I know, the truth hurts). The reality is independent content can do wonders here for you (The CMO Council and Netline had some interesting research here recently). Build a strong alignment with relevant 3rd party content and integrate custom content into your plans.
- Bells and Whistles– this might seem like and obvious one on the surface, but the reality is 'bells and whistles' mean different things to different people. Make sure you're producing content that covers what matters to each of the project's influencers. Your personas will be critical here. What the business cares about, will differ from Sr. IT, which will differ even further from line-of-staff IT. Position the benefits to each persona, and distribute the content accordingly.
- Forward Thinking– Finally, build out the content that speaks to how your solution enables the tomorrow infrastructure. Look mainly to target your more senior personas with these messages and be sure to align them with more wide-reaching, relevant publications, relevant groups or communities, and conferences, to intercept researchers tasked with thinking about the IT of tomorrow within their organization.
Some of these themes will likely emerge as you lay out your personas if you haven't already. If you're in the process of working through personas, remember to focus on things like common pain points and priorities in addition to role or level within an organization.
As a thorough content marketer, obviously I didn't let this interview slip away without capitalizing on the content – so if you're interested in checking out this portion of the interview, you can read it here, or view it here.
CIOs Really Are Different
In a word – "pragmatic". While the current technology evolution has media outlets like TechTarget filled with discussions on cloud computing, big data, and mobility/BYOD, CIOs state their top concerns revolve around risk management, virtualization, and the health of their networking infrastructure. In fact, fewer than 1 in 5 CIOs surveyed said they had a 'cloud first' mentality – opting to use cloud solutions whenever possible. Most CIOs, 3 out of 5, described their approach to cloud computing as 'pragmatic' – considering cloud alternatives where it makes sense. They're also pragmatic about their suppliers – with some 35% saying they will consider new suppliers for every significant purchase, while 65% say they will consider new suppliers only when their current suppliers cannot fulfill their needs.
For marketers, the takeaway from all of this research is that most CIOs are practical, rooted in the problems of today, and willing to consider new vendors and new solutions when it makes sense. To achieve this, marketers should follow the following guidelines:
1. Keep discussions strategic. Talk about how your solution works today, and describe how you think it will fit in 3 years into the future given the current trends in technology. CIO's refer to this as "helping me see around corners". They expect that you have the same planning horizon as them.
2. Tactical discussions should include how use of your solution will improve operating margins, reducing operating or materials costs, or increasing top-line revenue. This is how the CIO is going to have to discuss your product with their peers.
3. Be available. Make sure your products and solutions can be found by CIOs and their teams by advertising to active researchers on the most appropriate TechTarget community for your technology.
3 Interesting Findings from our APAC IT Buyer's Survey
Our annual APAC IT Buyer's Survey is one of the most popular pieces of research we produce.
It drills down into the steps technology researchers take prior to making a purchase and highlights differences among the major geos in the region. Here are a few key findings from this year's edition of the survey:
BANT (Budget, Authority, Need, Timeline) is an unreliable barometer for qualifying a sales opportunity. Why?
- Budgets and timelines shift over the course of the research journey. Purchasing authority is seldom centralized with a single individual.
- In most cases, a team of researchers evaluate vendors and solutions. Often, the technology specialists can veto buying from a provider they dislike.
- Accurate BANT data is tough to collect, regardless of how you try to gather it. Early- and mid-stage researchers are unlikely to be honest with
you about their companies' purchasing plans.
Marketers need to maintain a strong media mix "right sizing" their investments in online campaigns and offline events to effectively influence buyer.
- Some of the more traditional markets like China, Japan and India are seeing
online research start to carry significant weight in the overall buying process.
- Online activity accelerates as a purchase nears. Most buyers download multiple
assets prior to making a purchase.
- SIs and consultants are influencers in the purchasing process, typically recommending
or specifying solutions and vendors.
Whitepapers are widely viewed as useful content in supporting technology purchases.
- Most whitepaper downloads occur when a project is planned or as the company is building its business case.
- Relevancy trumps brand familiarity when it comes to determining whether to read a whitepaper. Most have downloaded a paper from a vendor they did not know because the content related to a current project.
- Few buyers want to receive a call immediately following a single download. Instead, they prefer to be introduced to additional content before feeling comfortable with a direct engagement with the vendor.
I'd be happy to review the results in greater detail with you. Feel free to shoot me an e-mail if you'd like to set up time to speak.ot know because the content related to a current project.
5 Reasons to Consider Microsites for your Marketing Strategy
In the world of digital marketing, the popularity of microsites constantly fluctuates. In the early 2000's they were wildly popular; specifically with B2C organizations. Since that time, they have dipped in popularity and some people have suggested that microsites are dead or offer little value. In the B2B world, where the sales process is complex and arduous, microsites have proven to be powerful tools to help capture, engage, and convert prospects to leads.
Here are 5 reasons you should consider a microsite in your B2B marketing efforts:
1. Microsites are Targeting Tools – Microsites help you communicate better with your prospects through targeting. As a B2B technology marketer, I surf through countless parent brand websites. Many large organizations struggle to make relevant content easy to find. Microsites simplify the user experience by making content available that helps solve problems while eliminating distracting corporate information.
Going Deeper: A recent client used their microsite to get even deeper with their targeting strategy; specifically they created buyer persona paths viewable on the microsite:
This type of user experience offers end users the most relevant, targeted content. As found in this DemandGen Buyer Behavior one of the most common pain points for buyers is finding content targeted to their industry (persona based content). Personal driven microsites get the most relevant content in front of your prospects and ultimate allows for better conversations.
The Impact: On average, when we build sites with a persona strategy we see a 200% increase in content click rates and a 170% higher social share rate than sites without.
2. Elevate your Brand – As marketers, we have many goals; driving awareness, demand generation, social presence, generating revenue, etc. First and foremost, microsites are a powerful way to lift brand awareness and enhance perceptions.Compared to parent sites, highly focused content of microsites offer better, deeper connection with visitors.
The Impact: At TechTarget we run 20+ microsites for our customers at any given point. To monitor the performance and measure results, we use a 3rd party to survey prospects exposed and not exposed to specific microsites. Results show that users exposed to microsites have a 7.5 % higher likelihood to recommend, 9% increase in brand consideration, and 13.6% increase in message association. Bottom line: Microsite move metrics that matter.
Need more? Check out this published report on online ad effectiveness performance.
3. Reporting – As a marketer, I'm required to analyze massive amounts of data to prove campaign success. Microsites offer sophisticated, comprehensive data metrics that help effectively optimize performance and ultimately showcase front end ROI.
The Impact: TechTarget powered microsites receive a variety of detailed reporting from standard page views, dwell time, and other engagement metrics to performance benchmarking, click and scroll mapping. This level of reporting provides front end ROI metrics to assist in optimization. In addition, micros
ites are a great place to run A/B tests. We recently conducted A/B testing on registration pages within a microsite and saw a 275% increase in conversion rates for in target leads.
4. They are Easy, Fast, and Flexible to build – Internal projects that require web developer support tend to be difficult to launch and difficult to optimize. Using a microsite (especially with a partner) is a great way to help speed deployment and ease internal workload strains. A partner can help make microsite creation turn-key, deliver rapid deployments, save internal resources, and be more cost effective. Using a partner that produces a high volume of microsites will give you experience you can trust, and simplify the process from start to finish.
The Impact: At TechTarget we are running 20+ microsites at any given point. We have the expertise to build these quickly, and the resources and tools dedicated to do this in a cost effective manner. I have seen clients try to take these projects on themselves and build times be 6+ months, I have also seen our microsites be spec'd out and built to achieve specific goals successfully in less than 2 months.
5. Place to house social media and user generated content – As Lynne Capozzi says, "user generated content needs a home…at the end of the day, user-generated, social content is fundamentally scattered. Microsites give UGC a home and helps put it to work within an integrated digital marketing plan". With a microsite you can create units to house multiple social media feeds, as well as easily allow users to share what they view and encourage viral growth.
The Impact: Many of the TechTarget microsites are enabled with Social tools. For example, one of our vendor's social shares rates on the microsite 9x above average. The focus and community element of the site led to huge social sharing rates.
Parting Thoughts: If you need a fast to deploy, easy to optimize marketing tool, microsites should be high on the consideration list. The segmentation, content housing capabilities, and brand exposure are proven to elevate brand values. Have you considered adding a microsite to your marketing strategy yet?
Ready to get started? Check out these links for some best practices:
Microsite Design and Development: Best Practices
Microsites 101: Best Practices for Success
10 Microsite Best Practices for B2B Demand Generation
Mobile Microsite Best Practices
What the research process for a B2B technology project really looks like
In the B2B marketing realm, we're hearing more and more about the shift of control from the seller to the buyer when it comes to conducting research. 67% of the buy cycle is completed online according to Sirius Decisions, thanks to the proliferation of content, and immediate access to peers afforded by social platforms. As a result, marketer's are feeling the pressure to create more content, and leverage more outlets to promote it- according to the Content Marketing Institute and MarketingProfs, the use of all marketing tactics, with the exception of print, is up.
But, how do you know it's really necessary? What does that research process really look like and how do you know when is the right time to reach out to your prospects? With the recent release of our IT Deal Alert™ product suite, and thanks to the insights of our Activity Intelligence™ platform, we were actually able to see the research process of a real, caller qualified enterprise technology project. We took a look at all the activity on our network, leading up to the day the project was qualified to help you, as B2B technology marketers, see just how important your presence, in various capacities, throughout the buy cycle really is.
For more information on this particular journey, or how you can leverage our intelligence solutions, please contact your TechTarget sales representative, or Courtney Kay- email@example.com.
Cloud backup services adoption is up- Is your marketing helping you capitalize on it?
Cloud backup is one of the oldest cloud storage services around; but, it's only in the past couple of years that it's grown-up enough to be seriously considered by enterprises. According to TechTarget's Storage Purchase Intentions survey conducted by SearchStorage.com, IT professionals identified that cloud backup usage is rapidly growing.
Users have an average of 13 TB of data in the cloud, representing about 37% of their total backup volume. Companies are storing their primary data in the cloud, backing up everything from their laptops to their phones to their tablets. Those using it trust it, with 88% being satisfied with their cloud-based backup and 58% planning to expand the use of backup services within the coming year.
While the market's grown 71% over the past 2.5 years, 59% of those surveyed, still haven't made the leap. The good news is, 1 out of 4 is committed to evaluating cloud backup solutions within the year. The market is still very fragmented with a lot of niche players and no clear leader. Now is the right time to amp up your marketing efforts.
But, how can you adjust your marketing strategy to tap this growing market? The following infographic walks through some quick and easy ways to adjust your marketing efforts to effectively tap this growing market. For more information, or to schedule a briefing on the full Storage Purchase Intentions study, please contact TechTarget Storage Publisher Jillian Coffin at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Progressive Marketer's Tip: 4 strategies to optimizing your streaming media investment
As marketers, many of us understand the value of adding webcasts (or webinars) and videos to our content marketing plans. Streaming media provides prospects with a more engaging experience than traditional white papers or other PDFs which for us marketers, means better branding and more dynamic leads.
The trick about streaming however, is getting the prospects to actually show up, and when they do, stick it out. Unlike other content forms, webcasts require a real commitment from the viewer.
Leveraging the findings from TechTarget's recent Webcast User Experience Infographic, I'll give you some quick tips to increase the effectiveness of your streaming content, showcasing some real TechTarget campaigns that benefitted from these best practice tactics.
1) Use Technical Experts. 87% of webcast downloaders indicated that they prefer a webcast with an industry expert speaking (a 167% higher likelihood of attracting a prospect).
Campaign Proof Point – In a recent award winning TechTarget microsite, the two primary videos on the site were hosted by a leading industry expert and drove 76% of the overall streaming media views. The industry expert drove 15X higher views than videos and webcasts with just vendor provided speakers.
2) Diversify your Promotional Channels. While 80% of survey respondents noted finding out about webcasts through e-mail, other mediums are starting to gain traction. Plan to integrate display, partner promotion, paid search and especially social outreach in your promotional plans. Enable sharing of your event on social platforms to help turn your prospects into your marketers.
Campaign Proof Point – In the same microsite example as above a well-rounded promotional strategy was utilized. By the nature of this being a microsite search elements are considered, as well as email and banners to help drive traffic. To go a step further and increase the user engagement the site offered the chance to share these webcasts and videos easily with social share buttons. This well rounded content and promotional campaign saw 12x the average social share rates.
3) Offer it On-Demand, and Fast. If, like me, you have a DVR, you might not recall the last time you watched a show during its original air time. Your prospects exhibit the same habits- Our study showed that 83% of users said they have signed up for a live webcast but then missed the live day. But, the more important point is that 76% went back to view the on-demand version. Offering an on-demand option is the best way to extend the reach, and regain otherwise lost viewers.
Campaign Proof Point – We recently ran an information security webcast with a live component. The program boasted both a live goal and full campaign guarantee. By extending the webcast on-demand we were able to generate over 40% more prospects. The on-demand option fits prospects' busy schedules and extends the reach of your streaming content.
4) Integrate Recommended Content and Next Steps. Your prospects get inundated with content, ads and offers today. The fact that he or she has committed to your streaming content is a real win, make sure you maximize that interaction by offering more relevant content and meaningful next steps. Believe it or not, that's what your prospects are asking for. In our study we asked an open ended question of what users would improve their webcast experience. Over 40% of those that responded requested more related content be available. Today's streaming player's provide lots of opportunities for recommended content, and give you the opportunity to drive more engagement (and thus intelligence) from your prospects.
Campaign Proof Point – In constructing a recent webcast program, the Client Consultant responsible for the program recommended a mix of multiple related assets and media types which were then incorporated into the interactive webcast player. These additional related content pieces, in conjunction with clear positioning and calls-to-action resulted in a 30% re-engagement rate (meaning a quarter of the webcast leads took a secondary action with that brand's other content.)
So whether streaming media plays a large part in your overall content strategy today, or is something you are just starting to invest in and fine-tune, take these cues direct from our most frequent webcast viewers. They are looking for expert technical content, available across multiple channels, to be viewed on their schedule and with actionable next steps. I've seen campaigns successfully engage key prospects with this strategy – so try implementing these tips to re-capture some of those long-forgotten viewers and get the best value out of your streaming investments.
Building a comprehensive (cost effective) content plan
"Brands are publishers." "Content is King." "Traditional marketing talks at people. Content marketing talks with them." All very true statements from thought leaders; but, for a small business (or small marketing department in a big business), how do you produce enough content, and the kind of content that engages, with limited budget, limited resources and a to-do list a mile long?
Coming up on May 8th in San Francisco, I'll be presenting a prescriptive, three step plan to building a strong content strategy, laying out clear content priorities, while maximizing your content marketing efforts and investments. Below is a quick sneak peak of the presentation. The event is complimentary to all technology marketers.
You can register for the TechTarget Online ROI Summit here: http://techtargetsummit.techtarget.com/sanfrancisco/ If you're interested in the content, but San Francisco (or the timing) are inconvenient, just reach out to me directly (firstname.lastname@example.com) and we can schedule a time for an exclusive session for you and your marketing team members.
Infographic: Building Better Webcasts
While building a webcast (or webinar if you prefer) has gotten easier in terms of production, and cheaper in terms of hosting or outsourcing, it hasn't necessarily gotten easier in terms of building good content, in fact, it might have gotten harder. Today's content-rich landscape can make it pretty challenging to create the kind of content that really engages. To help technology marketers build better webcast content, TechTarget conducted a survey of its North American Webcast users. The following infographic highlights some of the marketer tips derived from the study's findings. If you're interested in a briefing on the full results, contact Theron Shreve (firstname.lastname@example.com) TechTarget's Director of Streaming of Media.


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Samsung Jasper SCH-i200 Uncovered With Snapdragon S4 for Verizon
For the moment, Samsung has us eagerly awaiting news about upcoming products on several fronts. We've got the Galaxy S III to look forward to learning about, assuming that's what Samsung has in store for its May 3 event, and there are plenty of questions about just what's going on with what we've been hearing about last-minute tablet hardware changes. As if our plates weren't full enough, we've spotted what looks like another upcoming Samsung handset, and one with some interesting hardware, at that.
The Bluetooth SIG recently published listing details for the Samsung SCH-i200. That paperwork reveals little about the phone itself, but armed with that model number we tracked-down a GLBenchmark entry for the handset, revealing quite a bit about what we could hope to see.
It appears that the SCH-i200 is undergoing testing for Verizon as codename Jasper. The phone would arrive running Ice Cream Sandwich, and be powered by a Snapdragon S4 MSM8960 processor running at 1.5GHz the same type used in the HTC One X on AT&T. So far, this sounds like a pretty high-end piece of gear, but then we come to the display. According to this, Jasper won't have any kind of high-resolution 720p screen, but a WVGA component, instead.
That makes for an unusual combination of high-end and (what's rapidly becoming) low-end hardware. As such, it's hard to guess exactly what Samsung's planning for this model; will it be positioned as a budget-priced Android, or could this odd configuration possibly be intended with power savings in mind? As far as how it fits into Verizon's lineup, the phone's model number has us thinking about phones like the Gem and the Illusion low and mid-range phones released as the i100 and i110, respectively. Samsung's Jasper could easily find itself bringing more modern hardware to that same mid-tier position.
Source: Bluetooth SIG, GLBenchmarks


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We may never fully understand how ten armed men were able to terrorize a city of 19 million, but this is at least part of the explanation:
In the first wave of the attacks, two young gunmen armed with assault rifles blithely ignored more than 60 police officers patrolling the city's main train station and sprayed bullets into the crowd. Bapu Thombre, assistant commissioner with the Mumbai railway police, said the police were armed mainly with batons or World War I-era rifles and spread out across the station.
"They are not trained to respond to major attacks," he said.
The gunmen continued their rampage outside the station. They eventually ambushed a police van, killed five officers inside – including the city's counterterrorism chief – and hijacked the vehicle as two wounded officers lay bleeding in the back seat.
"The way Mumbai police handled the situation, they were not combat ready," said Jimmy Katrak, a security consultant. "You don't need the Indian army to neutralize eight to nine people."
Constable Arun Jadhav, one of the wounded policemen, said the men laughed when they noticed the dead officers wore bulletproof vests.
With no SWAT team in this city of 18 million, authorities called in the only unit in the country trained to deal with such crises. But the National Security Guards, which largely devotes its resources to protecting top officials, is based outside of New Delhi and it took the commandos nearly 10 hours to reach the scene. …
Even the commandos lacked the proper equipment, including night vision goggles and thermal sensors that would have allowed them to locate the hostages and gunmen inside the buildings, [Ajai Sahni, head of the New Delhi-based Institute for Conflict Management] said.
At the Jewish center, commandos rappelled from a helicopter onto the roof and slowly descended the narrow, five-story building in a 10-hour shooting and grenade battle with the two gunmen inside.
From his home in Israel, Assaf Hefetz, a former Israeli police commissioner who created the country's police anti-terror unit three decades ago, watched the slow-motion operation in disbelief. The commandos should have swarmed the building in a massive, coordinated attack that would have overwhelmed the gunmen and ended the standoff in seconds, he said.
"You have to come from the roof and all the windows and all the doors and create other entrances by demolition charges," he said.
The slow pace of the operations made it appear that the commandos' main goal was to stay safe, Hefetz said.
In view of the number of terrorist attacks India has suffered, its failure to be more prepared is puzzling.
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