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ASA President Named to Head NSF Division of Mathematical Sciences
Dr. Sastry G. Pantula, president of the American Statistical Association (ASA), today was named director of the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Mathematical Sciences in the Mathematical and Physical Science Directorate. Dr. Pantula’s appointment will become effective in September.

Loyalty Builders Announces Mathematical Marketing eSeminar Series
The series is targeted to marketers who are interested in adopting new and powerful tools and techniques to increase marketing ROI and move closer to true 1 to 1 marketing practices.

Loyalty Builders CEO Mark Klein to Present Virtual Seminar on Mathematical Marketing for the Direct Marketing Association
Mark Klein, founder and CEO of Loyalty Builders, will host a Direct Marketing Association (DMA) Virtual Seminar entitled "The New Rules of Mathematical Marketing" on August 19, 2008 from 1-2 p.m. EST, featuring the new techniques and processes of Mathematical Marketing.

Fractal Antenna Technology: Cracking the Common Myths
A Fractal Antenna is an antenna that can be broken up into smaller parts Fractal just means a part of, so in this scenario they are referring to an antenna that can have feelers added or removed

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