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Case Reports in Neurological Medicine
Volume 2013, Article ID 812158, 6 pages
Cerebral Aneurysms: A Rare Feature of Behçet's Disease—A Case Report and Review of the Literature
1Department of Endocrinology and Internal Medicine, Tahar Sfar University Hospital of Mahdia, Hiboun District, 5100 Mahdia, Tunisia
2Department of Neurology, Fattouma Bourguiba University Hospital of Monastir, 1st June Street, 5000 Monastir, Tunisia
3Department of Medical Imagery, Tahar Sfar University Hospital of Mahdia, Hiboun District, 5100 Mahdia, Tunisia
Received 8 June 2013; Accepted 10 July 2013
Academic Editors: K. Arnautovíc, Ö. Ateş, and H. Ikeda
Copyright © 2013 Samia Younes et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Behçet's disease (BD) is a multisystem vascular inflammatory disease with several clinical manifestations. Intracranial aneurysms are an extremely rare but nevertheless severe complication of BD. We report a case of a 44-year-old man. The diagnosis of BD was made based on the presence of recurrent oral aphthous ulcers and positive human leukocyte antigen (HLA-) B51 in the absence of evidence of other diseases. MRI showed an ancient ischemic right capsulolenticular lesion, subacute white matter hypersignals of the left capsule lenticular region, and multiple arterial aneurysms. The patient underwent two-month systemic high-dose corticosteroids and immunosuppressive therapy associated with severe neurological deficiency upon admission and severe impairment upon discharge. A thorough review of the literature showed 20 case reports of intracranial aneurysms in BD.
1. Introduction
Behçet's disease (BD) is a chronic, relapsing multisystem vascular inflammatory disorder. Vasculitis is its major pathological feature. It mostly affected young adult men [1, 2]. Neurological involvement is relatively uncommon and it may be the first symptom in only 3% of patients [2]. Ischemic events and aneurysms due to Behçet's disease are scarce and may cause life-threatening complications [3–7]. Their pathogenesis remains unknown [2, 8–10]. On account of the risk of serious bleeding complication, it is important to make the diagnosis as soon as possible. We report a rare case of neuro-Behçet in a 44-year-old man with unusual multiple cerebral aneurysms and stroke.
2. Case Report
A 44-year-old right-handed male, with previously healthy status and no family history, was admitted with complaints of acute, generalized headache associated with left arm and leg weakness. He had been suffering from oral aphthous ulcers for 5 years but no genital ulcers. One year ago, he was diagnosed with a cerebral ischemic stroke reveled with left hemiparesis. He developed significant behavioral changes, insomnia, and visual hallucinations that occurred 2 weeks prior to the outbreak of right hemiparesis. The patient was afebrile. He had a blood pressure of 130/80 mmHg, a pulse of 84 beats/min and a respiratory rate of 18 breaths/min. Physical examination revealed also oral aphthous ulceration but no genital scars due to healed ulcers. A thorough neurological examination revealed a normal conscience, no neck stiffness, but dysarthria, quadripyramidal syndrome with tetraparesis, predominant left motor deficit, and bilateral Babinski sign. Examination of the sensibility showed decreased senses of touch, pain, and temperature in the left side of the body. Computed tomography imaging and cerebral MRI disclosed an ancient ischemic right capsulolenticular lesion, with recent ischemic lesions in left capsule-lenticular region (Figure 1). MRI with gadolinium revealed enhancing lesions compatible with intracranial multiple arterial aneurysms (Figure 2). Thoracoabdominal computed tomography angiography had showed no extracranial aneurysms. Laboratory analysis showed a white blood cells count at 9.000 cells/mL with 85% neutrophils, a hemoglobin value at 10.8 g/dL, and a platelet count at 570.000 cells/mL. The erythrocyte sedimentation rate was over 111 mm/hour and the C-reactive protein was at 30 mg/L. Creatinine, electrolyte levels, liver tests, and coagulation studies were within the normal range. All serologic markers of hepatitis B and C, HIV, and syphilis were negative and no microorganisms could be identified from his blood and urine cultures. Immunological analysis including anti-nuclear and anti-phospholipid antibodies, rheumatoid factor, and anti-neutrophilic cytoplasmic antibodies were also within the referential range. Multiple laboratory tests and radiological studies ruled out a hypercoagulability syndrome and a heart disease. A Pathergy test was repeated and found to be clearly negative. The diagnosis of BD was made based on the presence of recurrent oral aphthous ulcers and positive human leukocyte antigen (HLA) B51 in the absence of evidence of other diseases.
Since then, the patient was treated with Methylprednisolone pulses linked with a high-dose regimen of prednisone (1 mg/kg/day) during two months, daily Azathioprine, and physical rehabilitation was started. Coil embolization of aneurysms was not performed because the aneurysms were numerous and there was no bleeding.
Ten months after discharge, despite marked regression of mental impairment and no further ischemic events, he developed a pseudobulbar effect including uncontrollable episodes of crying, dysarthria associated with urinary incontinence. The control MRI remained unchanged with persistent diffuse and unruptured aneurysmal dilatation and ancient cerebral stroke (Figure 3).
3. Discussion
BD is a multisystemic recurrent inflammatory disorder affecting the eyes, skin and mucosa, joints, vascular system, lungs, gastrointestinal tract, and nervous system [2, 11, 12].
Its clinical pattern and outcomes are various and serious. Venous system's involvement is more common than arterial system's one [2]. The neurological features of BD are mainly related to vasculitis of cerebral vessels. The association of BD with cerebral aneurysms is scarce [2] and its pathogenesis remains unknown.
Peripheral aneurysms are likely more frequent than intracranial even underestimated [2, 11]. Benamour et al. reported only one cerebral aneurysm in 316 cases with BD [1]. Most instances occur, like BD, in men at the age of 41.1 years old (Table 1).
Table 1 summarizes 22 cases of intracranial aneurysms in BD patients previously reported in the literature. The age of these cases was ranged between 12 and 65 years and the male: female ratio was 4.25. The main clinical feature was acute subarachnoid hemorrhage in 12 patients unlike our case of aneurysms first identified as unruptured and associated with an ischemic stroke. The association of cerebral stroke with intracranial aneurysms is rather uncommon detected previously in 4 patients (cases 2, 8, 12, and 14). Cerebral hematoma was detected in 1 patient (case 11). The diagnosis of BD was often established before intracranial aneurysms and the preceding term ranged from 1 month to 25 years (mean: 8 years). Intracranial aneurysms were the first manifestation in 2 cases. Currently, the MRI is considered the most sensitive, noninvasive, and safe screening imaging for the accurate assessment of intracranial aneurysms [2]. Most of them are located in the anterior cerebral circulation, similar to those in the aneurysm cases without BD, and arise from middle cerebral artery (Table 1) and were multiple in 7 cases (Table 1) like our patient. Five of the patients had internal carotid artery aneurysms; 3 had superior cerebellar artery aneurysm (Table 1). Five cases were diagnosed with associated extracranial aneurysms: one retinal aneurysm, another celiac trunk, another superior mesenteric, another with coronary aneurysm, and several pulmonary aneurysms (Table 1). Until it may often be associated with extracranial locations, we might search peripheral arterial involvement which estimated in 7% of patients and it mostly affects the abdominal aorta and the femoral and pulmonary arteries [11]. Furthermore, our review showed peripheral thrombosis in 4 patients with different locations (Table 1). Unlike other cases, our patient had no extracranial aneurysms. Vascular complications such as dissection were mentioned in 2 cases and rupture in 13 cases. One case was associated with arteriovenous malformation; both conditions carry a high risk of delayed bleeding.
Our review of the literature showed that the cerebral aneurysms were mostly treated in 11 cases with steroid therapy, Colchicine in 3 cases, Cyclophosphamide in 3 cases, Interferon in 1 case, and Azathioprine associated with steroid therapy in our case (Table 1).
Many attempts were made with clipping in 7 patients and coil embolization in 6 cases and surgical resection was carried out in 2 cases. Given that data is missing for 13 cases, there was satisfactory result in 11 cases after a long-term follow-up; only 2 patients died and relapse of aneurysm of middle cerebral artery occurred in 1 case and was treated successfully with steroid therapy (Table 1). Our patient was treated with a high regimen of corticosteroids. He did not receive antiplatelet drugs because of the risk of major bleeding. He also underwent neither coil embolization nor surgery.
Vasculitis is more and more raised as the typical pathogenesis in arterial involvement of BD [7, 11, 12], but its part in cerebral aneurysms has not yet been clarified [8–10]. The inflammatory disorder may probably increase the risk of bleeding [13, 14]. Nevertheless, the histopathological examination of 2 cases (1 and 5) with intracranial aneurysms showed no vasculitis [15, 16]. Thus, it suggests the incidental aneurysm in BD, but the aneurysms whether extracranial or intracranial are more common in BD than other vasculitides. This would not be just a coincidence.
The diagnosis of neuro-Behçet can be tricky to establish in the absence of other criteria. Thereafter, the diagnosis of BD in our case was carried on the basis of recurrent oral aphthous ulcers and intracranial aneurysms and was strengthened by the positive human leukocyte antigen (HLA) B51 in the absence of evidence of other diseases. Then, the association of other vasculitides or clinical features at that time may support the diagnosis of BD.
Currently, corticosteroid and immunosuppressive therapy are warranted and beneficial when given in the early stage of the disease to prevent vascular complications and relapses [17]. Because of the multiple aneurysms, their histopathological properties, and the high risk of rupture, surgical resection is performed in carefully selected cases [17]. Many attempts have been made to manage these serious lesions by clipping or coil embolization and may be completely successful. It is difficult to predict its course and response to treatment. Intracranial aneurysms such as in BD carry a poor prognosis despite early and prompt treatment. Intracranial aneurysms rupture and dissection are often the dreadful complication, albeit rare [3, 5, 6, 8, 17–19], associated with a high mortality and poor neurological outcomes [4, 12]. Interestingly, the aneurysm disappears after corticosteroid regimen in several cases [6, 9, 19, 20]. In fact, our patient had no recurrence of cerebral stroke, but aneurysms persist and developed neurological and behavioral impairment upon discharge.
4. Conclusion
Intracranial aneurysm is an extremely rare but nevertheless severe complication of BD. The same lines of treatment used to manage vasculitis in BD and at time endovascular embolization should also be used to treat intracranial aneurysms related to BD. The literature, however, is limited to case reports, and the incidence of these lesions is unknown. It is possible that more of these lesions will be detected with increased use of noninvasive vascular imaging. More work is required to better delineate the natural history of this condition and to come up with treatment guidelines.
Conflict of Interests
The authors report no conflict of interests.
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More International hotel chains like Hilton,Holiday Inn, Intercontinental, Marriott, Accor expanding into India.The hospitality and travel Industry is normally considered to be a skilled professional oriented Industry. The success of hospitality & travel operation mainly depends on skilled manpower, therefore training is an integral tool which helps in developing knowledge and skills, which further fulfills the frequent demands of industry. The Hospitality and Travel Industry has transformed the country as a huge development destination. It is both substantively and geographically demanding.
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Age: 17 to 24 years
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- Hospitality
- Front Office Assistant
- House Keeping Supervisor
- Executive in F & B Dept.
- Executive in Food Production
- Guest Relationship Officer
- Travel Desk Executive
- Travel & Tourism
- Tour Leader
- Itinerary Planner
- Fares & Ticketing Officer.
- Language Interpreter
- Foreign Exchange or Sales
- Operations Department
- Be a part of Fashion shows
- Be a part of Business Awards
- Overseas job opportunities
- Travel around the world and get paid for it
- Complimentary vacations worldwide
- Discounted travel for your family
- Meet Celebrities
- High Prifile Weddings
- Front Office Executive
- Guest Realtion Executive
- Travel Agencies
- Tour Operators
- Hospitality
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(1) your own cell phone
() a television in your bedroom
(2) an iPod
() a photo printer
() your own phone line
() TiVo or a generic digital video recorder
(3) high-speed internet access (i.e., not dialup)
() a surround sound system in bedroom
() DVD player in bedroom
() at least a hundred DVDs
(4) a childfree bathroom
() your own in-house office
() a pool
() a guest house
(5) a game room
(6) a queen-size bed or larger
(7) a stocked bar (Soo much booze! How did we get this much booze?)
(8) a working dishwasher
() an icemaker
() a working washer and dryer (not counting complex)
() more than 20 pairs of shoes
() at least ten things from a designer store
() expensive sunglasses
(9) framed original art (not lithographs or prints)
() Egyptian cotton sheets or towels
(10) a multi-speed bike (stil haven't ridden it)
() a gym membership
() large exercise equipment at home
() your own set of golf clubs
() a pool table
() a tennis court
() local access to a lake, large pond, or the sea
() your own pair of skis
() enough camping gear for a weekend trip in an isolated area
() a boat
() a jet ski
() a neighborhood committee membership
() a beach house or a vacation house/cabin
(11) wealthy family members
(12) two or more family cars (not at the moment, but that should be fixed soon)
() a walk-in closet or pantry
() a yard
() a hammock
() a personal trainer
(13) good credit
() expensive jewelry
() a designer bag that required being on a waiting list to get
() at least $100 cash in your possession right now
() more than two credit cards bearing your name (not counting gas cards or debit cards)
(14) a stock portfolio (nothing I've purchased though)
(15) a passport
() a horse
() a trust fund (either for you or created by you)
() private medical insurance
() a college degree, and no outstanding student loans
Do you:
() shop for non-needed items for yourself (like clothes, jewelry, electronics) at least once a week
() do your regular grocery shopping at high-end or specialty stores
() pay someone else to clean your house, do dishes, or launder your clothes (not counting dry-cleaning)
(16) go on weekend mini-vacations
() send dinners back with every flaw
() wear perfume or cologne (not body spray)
() regularly get your hair styled or nails done in a salon
() have a job but don't need the money OR
() stay at home with little financial sacrifice
() pay someone else to cook your meals
() pay someone else to watch your children or walk your dogs
() regularly pay someone else to drive you / taxis
() expect a gift after you fight with your partner
Are you:
() an only child
() married/partnered to a wealthy person
() baffled/surprised when you don't get your way
Have you:
() been on a cruise
(17) traveled out of the country
() met a celebrity
() been to the Caribbean
() been to Europe
(18) been to Hawaii
() been to New York
() eaten at the space needle in Seattle
() been to the Mall of America
() been on the Eiffel tower in Paris
() been on the Statue of Liberty in New York
() moved more than three times because you wanted to
() dined with local political figures
(19) been to both the Atlantic coast and the Pacific coast
Did you:
() go to another country for your honeymoon
(20) hire a professional photographer for your wedding or party (bat-mitzvah)
(21) take riding or swimming lessons as a child (as a three year old count?)
() attend private school
() have a Sweet 16 birthday party thrown for you


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US Campgrounds
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Hilbilly Acres Bait Shop
Hilbilly Acres Bait Shop, Indiana
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RV hookups are available
Activities: fishing
Hilbilly Acres Bait Shop is a good position for RV-ing; there are splendid comfortable cabins here.
As if Hilbilly Acres Bait Shop wasn't enough, you can also go playing golf, and whitewater paddling, so running out of entertaining things to do won't happen. The friendly folks working here and all the exciting things beat anything. Some people opt for Hilbilly Acres Bait Shop all through their trip to Shakamak State Park.
You need to get out of the house, and Hilbilly Acres Bait Shop in Indiana is such a delightful place. Naturally there are
restrooms here.
There are showers here at Hilbilly Acres Bait Shop, and hope you like fishing, the fishing is good . Indiana has so much to offer nature lovers.
Hilbilly Acres Bait Shop is a very popular campground with campers
from Midland. Hilbilly Acres Bait Shop is positioned in an area with loads of exciting things to do, and it certainly is a delightful campground. If you like swamps, you're in luck, Goose Pond is right nearby, and a journey here wouldn't be complete without a visit to close by Shakamak State Park. A game of bowling is exciting at close by Sullivan Bowling Lanes, and if you feel like getting out on the water, Outdoor World is close at hand. Loads of fun is at this campground. If you're here at Hilbilly Acres Bait Shop and you like golf, you can stop by Washington Country Club, and needless to say Willow Slough is a pretty stream that is worth checking out. While you're here at Hilbilly Acres
Bait Shop you will meet lots of folks from nearby Midland. A golf course close to Hilbilly Acres Bait Shop is Bicknell Country Club; nice family pleasure looms for you at Parkview Lanes.
Pleasant Grove Farm, Lyons
6 miles away
Holiday Inn Express WASHINGTON, Washington
18 miles away
Days Inn Sullivan, Sullivan
19 miles away
Baymont Inn & Suites Washington, Washington
20 miles away
Other campgrounds near Hilbilly Acres Bait Shop, Indiana:
Sunset City Park, Linton
, 4 miles away
Sunset, Linton
, 4 miles away
Greene-Sullivan State Forest - Wampler Lake, Midland
, 4 miles away
Greene - Sullivan State Forest, Dugger
, 5 miles away
Greene-Sullivan State Forest - Reservoir 26, Dugger
, 5 miles away
Greene-Sullivan State Forest - Horseman's Camp, Dugger
, 6 miles away
Greene-Sullivan State Forest - Narrow Lake, Dugger
, 7 miles away
Shakamak State Park, Jasonville
, 10 miles away
Sullivan County Park, Sullivan
, 17 miles away
Montgomery Raritan Park - Civic Club, Montgomery
, 20 miles away
Paddling Rivers Near Hilbilly Acres Bait Shop, Indiana:
White River, Martin County
, 29 miles away
Class I-II(IV) - 0.1 miles long (Hindostan Falls)
Public Lands near Hilbilly Acres Bait Shop, Indiana:
Shakamak State Park, Indiana
, 11 miles away
McCormick's Creek State Park, Indiana
, 35 miles away
Golf Courses Near Hilbilly Acres Bait Shop, Indiana:
Phil Harris Golf Course, Linton
, 3 miles away
Bicknell Country Club, Bicknell
, 16 miles away
Washington Country Club, Washington
, 18 miles away
Sullivan Elks Country Club, Sullivan
, 18 miles away
Lakeview Golf Course, Loogootee
, 20 miles away
Current weather conditions at Hilbilly Acres Bait Shop, Indiana
Local climate location: TERRE HAUTE 12 miles away
Outdoors Recreation Near Washington, Indiana
Outdoors recreation in the vicinity of Washington, Indiana, the metro area neareast to Hilbilly Acres Bait Shop. Find info on campgrounds, marinas, hiking trails, ski resorts, lakes, beaches, parks, whitewater, golf courses and more.
Indiana Campgrounds
Complete list of all campgrounds in Indiana
Greene County Campgrounds
Complete list of all campgrounds in Greene County
Books about campgrounds in Indiana
List of books available on Amazon.com about campgrounds in Indiana.
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Keynote: "Making big mathematical ideas accessible to all learners" (Shelley Dole)
Big mathematics ideas take time to develop. Helping children develop meaningful mathematics knowledge requires rich learning experiences that actively engage them in thinking and reasoning. Educational psychologist Jerome Bruner (1915-2016) theorised that any learner at any age is capable of learning any material so long as it is packaged and delivered in an organised way. Bruner also suggested that structuring learning experiences that progress through a sequence of enactive (doing) to iconic (physical/diagrammatic) to symbolic representation supports connected knowledge and understanding. Both these ideas have major implications for designing mathematics instruction. Drawing on these notions, examples of classroom activities that immerse learners in the big ideas of mathematics despite their starting level knowledge, are presented. All activities are designed to promote and build reasoning, a big idea that threads throughout the school mathematics curriculum.


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Wednesday, February 1, 2012
I Don't Think It's Winter Here!
6 comments:
- AnonymousFebruary 1, 2012 at 3:53 PM
So pretty & I love all the bright kitchen colors!!ReplyDelete
Warm here in Northeast Pennsylvania too!!
Have A Great Day!!
Hi Sandy, I am excited to hear about your giveaway!!! I love your dish cloths. I am going to look for that wool. What size hook would you suggest? I am very very rusty. It is 64 degrees here today. I was out and about and actually felt warm wearing a lightweight jacket. xoReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 1, 2012 at 6:02 PM
Your dishcloth is so pretty! I always knit and crochet myself a whole new stack of them every summer. I just love them. It's been unseasonably warm here in Illinois the last few days too.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 1, 2012 at 8:06 PM
60 degrees here is Missouri today. How can this be possible? We are all worried about what might come. Everything looks great. I love the dishcloths and look forward to your Valentine cloth. ~KellyReplyDelete
unDeniably Domestic
I love these pretty dishcloths. My mom used to crochet those a lot and I miss them.ReplyDelete
We haven't had winter here in West Texas yet, either. maybe we won't. I sure hope it snows some, tho.
I am loving your little lights beneath your cabinets...looks COOL.
Wish it was warm here in N.E. England we are about to enter a relly cold spell. Snow is on the way.ReplyDelete


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Do you make these monster-sized
mistakes when building your list?
Time-and-again I see marketers (beginners and advanced)
make these same mistakes when building a list:
You create a squeeze page with the full intention of testing every element on the page to optimize conversions. But it's
too challenging
to make the changes so you never end up doing the things
you know
you should be doing (like split testing).
You create a squeeze page with the full intention of testing every element on the page to optimize conversions. But it's
too challenging
to make the changes so you never end up doing the things
you know
you should be doing (like split testing).
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without knowing for sure
that they are maximized for conversions or which elements work best for your market.
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instead of maximizing the traffic
you already have (hint - it's far easier and less expensive to get the most out of the traffic you already have).
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psychological and emotional
impact that your squeeze pages have on your readers (this is the single biggest missing element on the vast majority of squeeze pages I see out there). I'll touch more on this later and you'll see why and how to create squeeze pages that heighten the visitor's emotional response.
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Testing different
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for the opt-in box
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And testing a whole lot more
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Before now that is.
Let me show you why it is imperative that you test and refine your squeeze pages for maximum conversions and then
I'll share with you a way to do all
of this stuff quickly and painlessly.
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Traffic is at 1000 visitors per month from paid advertising.
The current squeeze page converts at 20%
So you add 200 people to your list every month
2% of those people (4 people) go on to buy your $50 product for total sales of $200
Scenario 2 - Squeeze Page Is Fully Optimized
Traffic is at 1000 visitors per month from paid advertising.
The current squeeze page converts at 40%
So you add 400 people to your list every month
4% of those people (16 people) go on to buy your $50 product for total sales of $800, or a 400% Increase (x4)!
Yipee Skippy! You've
your sales and profits. That's what most marketers think and they are completely missing the big picture.
Ultimately you are going to make your money from your 'back end'. People who get on your list but don't buy initially may buy at a later date. People who did buy may buy something of a higher value down the road.
Here's the distinction…
The marketer in scenario 2 can pay QUADRUPLE (x4) what you can for the same amount of traffic.
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Doubling (or more) the effectiveness of your squeeze page is the single biggest opportunity available for you to be a real player in your market.
So, how do you double the effectiveness of your squeeze pages?
You need to test multiple headlines to find the one that converts the best.
You need to test multiple backgrounds to find the one that converts the best. This should include video backgrounds as well as different images.
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In fact, we've created landing pages with Lead Profit Systems that are converting at 90%!
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Here's your biggest opportunity. We are the only landing page builder out there that incorporates psychological and emotional triggers into your pages to skyrocket conversions!
Let's talk about that last point for a minute…
How does Lead Profit Systems allow you to use psychological and emotional triggers on your pages?
For instance...
Imagine your visitors coming to your squeeze page and being greeted by a living person (via video background) and some soothing sounds of beach. Instantly the video and audio heighten the emotions of the visitor. Rather than reading about a beach (in this example), the visitor will see and hear the beach. Truthfully, they can almost feel the beach.
Do you think that might heighten conversions?
I've said it before but it is worth saying again - people take action when they are compelled by emotion - not logic. And Lead Profit Systems is the only software of it's kind to be able to create squeeze pages that actually heighten the emotional condition of the visitor.
What's probably best is to illustrate by way of example…
You Can See This Live Page HERE
As you see, every component of this landing page works in harmony and activate many senses and different zones in your visitor's brain. There's message to read and this message is nicely blended and seems to be part of the video background. The background video further creates a unique atmosphere in full adequation with the written message.
Those 2 combined elements trigger different emotions and contribute to get rid of any potential fear or doubt your visitor might have. There's no obstacle created, no objection to overcome as the visitor is now instantly involved at an emotional level. The audio signal (a Tibetan bowl) is further setting the whole scene by activating a new sense (hearing) and completing the whole emotional construction.
This page converts at 76% for this reason. And you can build as many as you wish using LeadProfitSystems.
Background: Select if you want a solid background, an image background (from one of our 50 royalty-free images), if you wish to upload your own creative, search one from Google images, or if you want to play a video (works with a Youtube link, BUT also with any mp4 link such as Vimeo links, self-hosted or S3 videos).
When using
background video
here to check the video background demo
), you can decide whether you want to play its sound, to loop, and to allow it to be paused.
You can also simply enter any URL and our engine will generate a screenshot and use it as the background of your Landing Page (you can also blur it as you wish with 1 click)! Click
here for a demo
(it's highly powerful with PPC, PPV, Facebook... landing pages)
Content Box Layout
You can use our default settings, or you can select box Width, Background Color, if you want Borders or not (if yes: border color, border style, border radius and width), Box Transparency.
You can decide to add Effects to the content box (fade in, swing, pulse, bounce, shake...), as well as enable / disable Shadow effect below the box.
When using background video, you can decide whether you want to play its sound, to loop, and to allow it to be paused.
Content Box Position
You can visually move the content box around the page. This way you can position it wherever you want and make it match your background perfectly.
If you're not sure where to position your content box, you can simply use the Preview mode to see where your box will be displayed on your live website.
Headline & Copy Visual Editor
Use our WYSIWG editor to simply add your headline, sub-headline and any other copy you would like to add.
It comes with great fonts and features as well so that you can either create a simple headline or a full-blown copy with sub-headline, bullet points...
Opt-in Process Selection
Regular Optin Page, Smart Optin Page, Click-Through Page? LeadProSystems is the most powerful system out there as you can simply select some amazing options for your landing pages.
you can create Squeeze pages but any kind of landing pages as well!
We provide hundreds of different Call-to-Actions so that you can select the best one for your lead generation page.
Simply select the one you wish from our library and it will be automatically resized and adapted to fit your page.
Finally, you can add a nice effect (swing, pulse, flash, shake...) to your call-to-action to further increase your conversion rate!
You may also use Text link based call-to-actions, or your own Buttons if you wish!
Speak to your Visitors
One the best conversion booster we've uncovered while creating this platform is AUDIO. Audio messages & Background Music displayed on your landing page, welcoming your visitors, telling them what to do is a MUST when you want to convert visitors into subscribers!
Lead Profit Systems platform comes preloaded with tens of professionally recorded Welcome messages and Ambiant background music to create a unique atmosphere. We've invested thousands of dollars to create those unique soundtracks and you can use those freely at no extra cost! You can play a few of them using the player on the right (keep in mind it's just a tiny fraction of what is waiting for you inside)
International Ready: On top of providing English messages (male / female), we also provide messages in French, German, Spanish, Italian, Swedish... languages for all your international lead generation pages!
Mix Audio and Video Components
With Lead Pro Systems you can mix multimedia components to convey your message
a background soundtrack (to build ambiance) with a nice welcome / call-to-action message (see above) as well as video background to complete the landing page.
Growing List Of Royalty free voice and background soundtracks
you can use at will at no extra cost on all your landing pages, and even for your clients if you wish!
150+ and growing welcoming messages and
25+ and growing
background music tracks (at time of writing). You can play a few of them in the playlist widget above, but it's just a small selection
Video Squeeze Pages
In between your copy and the optin form / call-to-action, you can easily add a Video (which is a great way to further pre-sell your visitors and provide valuable content).
It's as easy as pasting your Youtube or any embed code and that's it, you now have a Video squeeze page or a Video Landing page (click-through / smart optin). It works with any of the other settings.
Let's recap what we've seen so far through this example.
You can create gorgious Squeeze pages with static or video backgrounds, you can easily design and position them pretty much as you wish, you can use SmartOptin technology to increase your conversion rate.
You can add videos to pre-sell your visitors, you can welcome them using professionally recorded "call-to-action" audio messages. But that's not all...
Traffic Re-Generation
Do not waste your valuable traffic. With just one click you can activate our amazing Traffic Regeneration feature to get your visitors back before they leave!
Studies have shown that 20 to 30%
of your leaving traffic will stay on your page using this technology!
Precise Geo-Localization
Another great psychological trigger: showing your visitors a highly localized message. It instantly clicks in the head of your visitors and it triggers a higher response rate!
We're using the paid Maxmin IPV2 API to deliver instant localization tag in your copy
. But don't worry, you don't have to pay for this. We pay for you! You read it well, each time we display your landing page using this Localization tag to your visitor we pay for you! But we don't charge you a cent for this
(see it in action in the demo video above)
Even if your visitor lives in the smallest city you can think of, Lead Profit Systems engine will find it and it will boost your conversions!
Geo Targeting
Maybe you want to make sure you only send traffic from a given country or set of countries to the page you're building, or you're running different campaigns from different traffic sources and countries and you want to better monitor. It's easy with Lead Profit Systems!
simply pick the allowed countries
, enter an alternate URL (could be an URL to another landing page created with Lead Profit Systems) for other countries or pick one alternate URL for each specific country, and you're done! It also works with MaxMind IPV2 premium API and we pay for your traffic so that you can focus on your marketing efforts!
Many Publishing Options
We believe in usability and simplicity. So you have 3 ways to publish your newly generated Squeeze / Landing page
1-Click Publishing on SSL server
:It's truly one click. You click on "Host Page with CNM" and then Generate and that's it. Your web page is now published on our
domain. You will have a secure URL like this one: https://onlinenewsletters.net/kth02/
Want to publish on
? Simply use your https url generated by our engine and add it to your Facebook page!
Download your web page
: simply click Download and we will generate a complete set of files you can simply upload as is to your own domain and server. You can upload it as provided by our engine
with NO editing
Built-In Uploader:
you can also let our engine upload your web page onto any server of your choice, BUT without download / uploading anything. Our engine will take care of everything for you. You just need to enter the ftp details, select where you want to upload and you're done!
See How Powerful...
And What It Could Do For You?!
Perfect For All Your List Building & Sales Funnels Projects
You have the Ideas, We'll help you get Leads.
Save Your Time
Focus on what's important for your business and use the best lead generation platform.
simply paste your Analytics code or any other tracking code and you're done.
simply check a few boxes to manage and redirect international traffic the way you want!
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In 2011, King George Farmers Market initiated credit card/ SNAP (Food Stamps) payments. The Market now averages about 500 visitors a week, exceeding 600 per day during the busy summer months.
For 2012, the Board has decided to open the Market to growers in both King George and Westmoreland Counties. To access our 2012 Rules and Application, click 2012 Market Rules and App. Application deadline is April 9th. Market opens April 28th.
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Modeling and optimization for piercing energy consumption
Energy consumption is an important quality index in the production of seamless tubes. The complex factors affecting energy consumption make it difficult to build its mechanism model, and optimization is also very difficult, if not impossible. The piercing process was divided into three parts based on the production process, and an energy consumption prediction model was proposed based on the step mean value staged multiway partial least square method. On the basis of the batch process prediction model, a genetic algorithm was adopted to calculate the optimum mean value of each process parameter and the minimum piercing energy consumption. Simulation proves that the optimization method based on the energy consumption prediction model can obtain the optimum process parameters effectively and also provide reliable evidences for practical production.
Key wordsseamless tube piercing energy consumption mean value staged multiway partial least square method genetic algorithm
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Family Camp
Tyler Schellie
Monday, July 9, 2018
This year the First Baptist Church of Big Spring is once again hosting their Family Camp from July 27th to July 29th. With last year's camp being a very successful event, two other churches have decided to partner with them.
"We just want to unplug and disconnect from the world, and reconnect with the family," Children's Pastor Justin Green said.
The staff as been working together to create a great weekend get-away filled with games, worship, and a ton of outdoor fun. The purpose of the camp is to allow families to get away from everyday distractions and spend some much needed quality time playing and praising as a family.
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4 or 5 thousand years ago, a music instrument called "sheng" was invented in China or somewhere in the south east Asia. In the first place, its reeds were made of bamboo.
After 18th century, Chinese "sheng" was imported to Europe. It gave helpful hints for new free-reed instruments, such as harmonicas and accordions, to western people. In 1820s, first accordions were made in German and Austria.
In 1850s, last years of Edo era, some diatonic accordions were imported into Japan. The Japanese began to make diatonic accordions from 1890s.
In 1920s, piano type accordions became to be seen in Japan. But at that time they were still too expensive to buy for common Japanese.
After W.W.II, 1950s were golden age of accordion in Japan. Accordions were played in UTAGOE UNDOH (or "Song - Voice - Movement") all over Japan. Almost every city in Japan had some UTAGOE KISSA( or "Song - Voice - Cafe")s which were always full of young people singing Russian folk songs to the accompaniment of the piano accordion.
Besides such zeal among the youth, hundreds of accordionists were seen in every pub and beer hall in Japan until the end of 1960s when KARAOKE began taking their place.
In Japan, primary school pupils (below 12 years old) are supposed to play accordions in the class. (A picture painted by a schoolboy, 8 years old)
Accordion makers in Japan, such as Tombo and Yamaha, invented the "ensemble accordion" which has no bass button for the left hand. This type is very convenient for pupils to handle: its weight became much lighter, the response of bellowing also get better and quicker, and the price was also reduced much lower. The quality of "ensemble accordion" orchestras at primary (or elementaly) school in Japan often surprise and impress the western people who have a chance to listen to them.
After the invention of the ensemble accordion, Japanese makers inclined to produce no high grade medel. Thus, almost all expensive accordions are imported from Italy, German, French , and so on.
In 1990s, accordions are boomig quietly again. Some young accordionists became known all over the world, such as Yasuhiro KOBAYASHI(click this, here and here) and Mie MIKI.
Accordion Worldwide's Accordion History will also inform you of the history about accordions in Japan.


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On Path of Totality, their sophomore disc for Relapse records, Brooklyn's Tombs offer up a dark sonic vision that is both brutal and beautiful. While the band is rooted in the world of black metal, what elevates it above that often tedious and monolithically monotonous genre is the constant musical crossbreeding that Tombs engage in.
Singer, guitarist and Tombs band leader Mike Hill is an unabashed fan of much of the "alternative" sounds of the 1980s and 1990s, and thus influences ranging from industrialists Godflesh and SWANS to gothic faves like The Cure and Joy Division are allowed to bleed into Tombs' blackened metal anthems. This creates moody atmospheres that contrast with, and thus ultimately enhance, the band's overall attack (and that confuses the hell out of reviewers who only listen to black metal and nothing else).
While on songs like Path Of Totality's roaring "Black Hole of Summer," Hill does offer up the genre's requisite growly vocals, these sound more like Matt Pike's sub-Lemmy hoarse croak or Justin Broadrick's Godflesh bellows than they do The Cookie Monster. And on excellent tracks like "Passageways" and "Silent World," Hill – a fan of the melodious pipes of goth metal master Glenn Danzig – submits more tuneful, dark vocal stylings that recall Broadrick's ethereal post-Godflesh outfit, Jesu.
Elsewhere, tracks like "Constellation," "Bloodletters," and "Vermillion" combine the fury of black metal with Sonic Youth-style chiming guitar textures that transport the listener, rather than deaden his or her senses.
Overall, Tombs' openness to musical experimentation makes Path Of Totality an exciting and engaging experience from beginning to end, suggesting that this band has still only begun on what should be a very interesting and rewarding artistic journey.
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With all the feasting and party-going, it can be tough to keep up your normal routine during the Holidays. You're constantly on the go, and it feels like there is some type of event every night.
Here are five small, but effective habits you can use to survive the holidays with your health and fitness intact. Keep in mind this is coming from someone who also has a Birthday over the Holidays, which adds on even more eating and drinking festivities. Let's just say I've learned my lesson(s) over the years!
1. Chug, chug, chug your water. Seriously drink as much as you can. Since you're dehydrating yourself by drinking alcohol and eating tasty salt filled foods, I promise this tactic will help you out the next day. Always have a filled water bottle by your side. After a night out, make sure to have at least 1 full glass before you go to asleep. I aim for at least 6-8 glasses on a normal day and 2-4 extra if I'm indulging in extra wine and decadent food.
2. Bring your own dish to the party. We've all heard the myth where the average American gains 7 pounds between Thanksgiving and New Years. Can it happen? Sure. However, having healthy options always available can help reduce the risk. We'll always bring some type of roasted vegetable dish and/or a large salad to our events. This helps us 1.) fill up on healthy options 2.) get our greens in. You'll also have people asking you for the recipes by the end of the night.
3. Workout in the morning. By far, the best way to ensure that you don't miss a workout is to do it first thing in the morning. This helps guarantee that unforeseen interruptions (i.e the pre drinks you get invited to before the actual party starts) won't interfere with exercise. Also, studies have shown our will power is higher early in the day. But don't beat yourself up if you can't get the workout in. There's always tomorrow (and next year!)
4. Take your deserved time off. Follow the use it or lose it rule. If you have remaining vacation days at work, take them. Get the extra sleep your body is craving and remove yourself from the stressful daily commute. Just make sure to put your PTO days on the calendar as soon as possible, before someone else on your team swipes them up.
5. Go easy on the dessert. For us wine drinkers, this extra dose of sugar can be extremely painful the next morning. I suggest sticking to a few bites of whatever you'd like to try, but then again I'd rather drink the calories in wine.
Now it's time to go follow my own advice.
Cheers and Happy Holidays!


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Alconbury goalkeeper Leigh Turner has had mouth surgery last week causing him to miss the 4-0 defeat to P & T panthers. When asked about what he had done he said: ' I dont want to comment all i can say is im still in pain and hope to be fit for the next game.' Updates on his fitness will be published here


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Spicy's Comments: This guide has brought to my attention the Fungus' advantages in the Unknown Origin scenario. Particularly, being able to start at any country because of its unique spore abilities. It's a very well written guide that also gives Dr Bulgaria's insights on the scenario itself. I have not made any significant changes to his guide/strategy except for its structure. Don't forget to thank Dr Bulgaria for this amazing guide.
Unknown Origin Scenario (Any country):
In a way this scenario is the easiest of them all because it is the same plagues you already know and love/hate but you do not get to choose a starting country. Starting country is selected at random.
The easiest way to beat is to cheat: keep on restarting until you get a favourable starting country (hint: China) and play as usual. If you aim to be a fair player however or if you love a challenge you have to be able to beat this with ANY starting country. I easily managed to beat the crap out of this scenario with the Neurax Worm (my favourite plague anyway) on Brutal and scoring 3 Biohazards by strategically deploying Trojan planes so I thought this would be the way to go on Mega Brutal. After about 20 failed attempts however I changed my mind.
The main problem here is the initial infectivity since you cannot pre-choose the right Genes - even if you choose Native Biome this is not enough since you may be inserted into a dry country after choosing Hydrophile, wet one after choosing Xerophile etc. I came to the conclusion that only one disease type allows you to start in any country and yet develop without hindrance infecting other countries - Fungus. By using the spore burst ability you can get your disease into about 20 starting countries at the same time while evolving transmissions and infectious symptoms and get both infecting and killing the world fast not allowing the Cure to overdevelop.
I tested it several times adjusting symptoms accordingly and while there is no single way to victory I managed to get 3 biohazards on Mega-Brutal in 3 out of 5 tries. Chance plays a significant role as spore bursts are random but with the right tactic chance will be on your side and you will succeed more often than you will fail. Here is some general advice:
- Pay attention to the messages displayed during the game. Getting one of those "Airplanes use/Ships use new sterilisation techniques" early in the game is a bad sign and usually means you will fail because one of those pesky islands will remain uninfected while the rest of the world burns (could be Greenland but it could also be the Philippines). Try to adjust your symptoms accordingly to the random events (fall in urban populace for example means that symptoms like sneezing will be less effective in spreading the disease and you should avoid it)
- During the initial stage of the game play on slow. This tactic requires you to take full advantage of popping the red bubbles as soon as they appear and then spending the DNA point as soon as you acquire it. You can speed it up towards the middle
- Once you are done using the Spore Burst ability check to see if you managed to infect at least one country on each continent ideally some islands and if you are lucky India, China or Pakistan. If only rich/small/cold countries are infected restart (you must be REALLY unlucky to not hit at least a couple of Petri dishes from 12 tries). After using the second Spore eruption again check how many countries are still uninfected. If there are more than 3 island countries you might as well restart.
Catalytic Switch or ATP Boost - take your pick. In my opinion Catalytic is better since it allows you to get easy DNA points later in the game when you do not get so much DNA from infections/deaths. This can allow you to do a late Genetic reshuffle and maximise your score. You can also evolve some late lethal symptoms to turbo speed the rate at which people die. If you choose ATP boost I would use it for several early symptoms picks - Abscesses, Hypersensitivity and/or Rash.
Aquacyte - no matter how lucky you are you would still need to be able to spread by sea to at least several islands. This one would help
Patho Stasis - you need this for Spore bursts
Darwinist or Genetic Mimic - again take your pick. Being able to evolve a couple of extra symptoms for free is nice, help with stopping the Cure is not so bad either. Personally I prefer Genetic Mimic
Extremophile - you want ALL the initially infected countries to get red ASAP
1. The first stage of this game involves a routine. Pop the first red bubble than immediately spend the DNA for a spore burst. Pop the red bubble in the newly infected country and again immediately spend it for another spore burst. Keep going until you finish all your spore bursts (do not spend Spore Eruptions yet). If you are doing all right at this stage you should have some extra 8-9 DNA points from infections or occasional orange bubbles bursts. Spend them on Water 1 the moment you have enough. Spend the rest on the following symptoms as soon as you can: Cysts, Hypersensitivity, Rash
2. You have to play it slow after finishing with the bursts and evolve Air 1 as soon as you can
3. Evolve Sweating and Skin lesions as soon as you have the DNA
4 Evolve 1 Spore Eruption and pop the bubbles ASAP. Use the DNA to evolve Water 2 then evolve Air 2 as soon as you have enough DNA.
5. I you are lucky at this stage infection will be going fast enough to allow you to rack up some extra DNA points and evolve Extreme Bioaerosole. If you are not so lucky use your second Spore Eruption pop the red bubbles and use the DNA to do it. This is a judgement call but if you see that your DNA points remain unchanged for a long period of time (a month) use it.
6. Evolve Inflammation wait to collect enough DNA and evolve Necrosis
7. Evolve Drug resistance 1, Cold 1, Heat 1 then Drug resistance 2
8. Evolve Internal Haemorrhage and Immune suppression. Pop your second Spore Eruption if you haven't done so already and evolve Spore Hardening. Evolve Cold 2 Heat 2 and Environmental Hardening.
9. Evolve Total Organ Failure, Coma, Paralysis, Seizures and insanity as soon as you have the DNA to do it. After that you can evolve some more killing symptoms of you wish or use the final points you are getting for Genetic reshuffle - use them for symptoms if you are running out of time and for Reshuffle if Cure if it is getting too high (more than 25%)
This last stage is kind of chaotic especially if you like playing on fast as I do. You have to adjust your strategy accordingly to the circumstances. If your plague is taking too long to infect countries use your second Spore eruption early and bank on luck to infect the last islands. If you are infecting fast enough but the islands are not infected wait and use it at a late stage to infect the last 5-6 countries at once. Your aim is to finish the game before 365 days and with a cure bellow 30%. You have to move to the Necrosis stage as soon as possible and then be a bit lucky with the final infections. One repeat failure I had and this one is entirely down to luck unfortunately is to have spend both my Spore Eruptions and still have a non infected island - New Zealand, Madagascar, Greenland, Philippines etc. If this happens you are out of luck and will have to restart.
That's it! Good luck


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I have recently been engaged in discussions on the proper way of drafting contracts. As I personally have been engaged in patent and technology litigations, I often tend to take a dispute-oriented approach to contract drafting. For example, I consider the ramifications of the contract being argued in court, who would have the burden of proof, whether I make a legal compromise by inserting intentionally vague provisions (would it be interpreted to our benefit or not), and so forth.
However, there is also another realm, which can be qualified as a "deal-lawyer-type" of contract drafting, where the main focus is to get the deal through one way or another. Here the issue is already somewhat different: you may be limited by time or expenses or you may have an opportunity to identify only some of the issues that you consider as the greatest deal-breakers in the deal.
An excellent example of these distinctions between different drafting types can be found in patent licensing with its carrot and stick licensing approaches. In the former the licensor voluntarily grants a license and enters into a commercial relationship while, in the latter, the patent holder threatens to sue the licensee for patent infringement if the licensee does not pay for a license. It is very likely that in the latter case, the agreement would, at some point, be tested in court so you should be careful when drafting, keeping the forthcoming litigation constantly in mind.
However, when talking about handling an assignment it is not only about how we draft agreements but what is our scope and role as advisors in overall. Steven M. Davidoff, professor at the Michael E. Moritz College of Law at Ohio State University, recently posted lessons from a collapsed deal involving Goldman Sachs, which was in a legal dispute over its role as the advisor in the sale of the speech recognition company Dragon System.
While I fully agree with what one commentator said, that there is only one thing that is more dangerous to an M&A client than inexperienced bankers and lawyers and that is "...if the client reckons himself smarter or better at doing deals than the bankers and lawyers who are being paid to advise him/her." It is not very often than people with legal education do have the business acumen to create also "commercial win-win deals" for their clients. That "weak spot" should perhaps be the target of the personal development of all us lawyers to make us also more solution-oriented and to make the claim "if the world were full of lawyers, there would be no deals executed" less true.
Take a couple of minutes and read this through as this outlines the importance communicating the working methods and scope clearly – to ensure that the clients' expectations are met. And yet, in this case, it still might not have been enough…


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