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Jungle Xin Zhao
Xin Zhao Build
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Late Game
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This is my first guide, so please go easy on me :p When I made the switch from normal PVP to Ranked PVP I noticed a huge change in the way people play not only the champions, but the game its self. Another thing I noticed is that Xin Zhao is arguably the most used jungler in the game. I had never used jungle before, but I decided to give it a shot with Xin. After about 3 PVP's with an average kill score of 15, I fell in love with Xin. Armor reduction, powerful 3 shot, ending with a knock up, passive heal for every 3rd strike, attack speed increase, gap closer, movement speed reduction, and a big AOE ultimate move that can give distance for your allies to get away, and knock the enemy into your team. If you have never tried Xin before, these would be a great reason to give him a try.
Pros / Cons
+ Very strong single target damage
+ Good crowd control with knock up, knock back, and a slow
+ Passive armor reduction allows him to take down early game tanks
+ Passive healing every third strike
+ Great ganking abilities
+ Can easily solo towers
+ Not known for being very durable
+ Strength is based largely on attack speed. Attack speed reduction hinders him more than other champions
+ Only escape tool is his ultimate
I always favored Scaling Runes more than flat runes. Its true, you don't have the early game advantage, but by mid game you're already getting a bigger boost from scaling. I build all my character to be at least a little bit durable, and Xin is no different, so I stick with Seal of Scaling Armor, Glyph of Scaling Magic Resistance, Mark of Scaling Attack Damage, and Greater Quintessence of Scaling Attack Damage.
There's not much to say for masteries. 21/9/0 works best, focusing on the offensive and some light durability from tank side. Anything from the Utility page is a waste.
I like to start with the Long Sword and some health potions to cover the
health you will lose from wolves before you attack blue. I never found a place for the new jungling
items, so I still with normal items. The long sword will increase the power of normal
attacks and your Q. After jungling for a few minutes, and
preferably getting a kill or assist, head back and pick up another Long Sword
(work towards The Brutalizer) and some Tier one boots. once you
start to make some real money off your jungling/lane assisting you should pick up Berserker's Greaves
and start to finish off The Black Cleaver. Start to work on Nashor's Tooth. Great attack speed increase,
cool down reduction, and the ability power increase will give a good boost to the healing effect from Battle Cry and the damage from Audacious Charge.
The next item you will focus on is Statikk Shiv. This will increase Xin's over all
usefulness with an increase to attack speed, increasing the speed of
Three Talon Strike, and the passive from The Black Cleaver
and the passive from the item has always been a favorite of mine. With the huge boost to attack
speed the charges on the shiv will rack up very quickly, giving you a chain lighting that will deal
more magic damage. Next you should work on Trinity Force. I dont think
this weapon needs an introduction. Well rounded in everything but some tanky traits, I would start
with Phage then work from there as you see fit. The last item will
change depending on the situation. If everything is going well and you just want some more power,
Zypher and Last Whisper are good choices.
However, if things look a little rough and your getting hit too hard or are finding that
Battle Cry isn't covering your health loss, work on
Frozen Mallet or Blood Thirster. These are just my
recommendations for the last item. Truth be told, to this day I still haven't finished a Xin Zhou
build. If anyone finds anything they think would be better feel free to let me know it comments.
Skill Sequence
Much like Vayne, one of Xin Zhao's signatures
is his powerful three hits from Three Talon Strike. This is the
first move you should max. Three Talon Strike adds increased attack
damage to your basic attacks and ends with a knock up when the third strike hits an enemy. This is
a very useful move for slowing the enemy champions down just enough for your team to get there,
and also on enemies who have channeling abilities, like Master Yi, and
Nunu when he goes for his ultimate. Another useful aspect is that
whenever Xin hit any enemy, even enemy towers, the cooldown of all his other abilities is reduced
by one second, even his ultimate. The second skill you should max is Audacious Charge. This is Xin's gap closer, his most useful tool for ganking and catching up to
the opponent. His charge hit all near by enemies near the target hit and slows all of their
movement speeds for 2 seconds. Not much more to say here. Technically speaking, you will max his
ultimate before Battle Cry, so that's number three. His ultimate move
is Crescent Sweep. This move is his knock back, knocking back every
enemy hit, except for the enemies affected by his passive. A useful tool for getting the enemy
away from your team if they are fleeing a losing team battle, or for getting the enemy near your
team if they try to run away. His last move to be maxed is his W, Battle Cry.
This ability has a passive effect that heals Xin Zhou on every third strike, even strikes against
a tower, making him arguably the best champion at soloing towers. The abilities active effect
increases his attack speed dramatically. The reason we max this last is because although good,
increased attack speed should ALWAYS come second to increased damage and crowd control. Plus, the
ability power from Nashor's Tooth and Trinity Force
will increase the healing effect more than increasing the ability its self would. Lastly, I should
cover his passive. His passive is Challenge, which decreases the armor
of enemies hit by basic attacks, Three Talon Strike, and Audacious Charge
by 15%. This is what gives him a good edge against early game tanks, and tanks in general.
Thanks for taking the time to read my guide, I hope you all like it. If anyone has any comments or recommendations, please feel free to post.


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We tested whether a nonnoradrenergic component of reflex vasoconstriction of skin blood flow (SkBF) is sensitive to female reproductive hormones. Six women taking oral contraceptives underwent whole-body cooling during high-hormone (HH) and low-hormone (LH) phases of oral contraceptive use. SkBF was monitored by laser Doppler flowmetry (LDF) at sites treated by intradermal injection of yohimbine-propranolol (5 mM and 1 mM; YOPR) to block the effects of norepinephrine (NE) or at saline (Sal) control sites. Mean arterial pressure (MAP) was measured with the use of the Penaz method. Cutaneous vascular conductance (CVC = LDF/mean arterial pressure) was expressed as a percentage of baseline. Whole body skin temperature was decreased from 34 to 31°C in HH and LH. In both HH and LH, CVC at Sal-treated sites was reduced during cooling (CVC = 53.1 ± 8.6% and 54.4 ± 4.2%, bothP < 0.05). In HH, CVC at YOPR sites was reduced during cooling (78.8 ± 3.6%, P < 0.05). In contrast, CVC at YOPR sites was not reduced significantly during cooling in LH (CVC = 95.9 ± 2.8%, P > 0.05). Across phases, CVC at YOPR sites during cooling was significantly different (P < 0.05). After cooling, the effects of NE at YOPR sites were completely blocked. These data indicate that a nonnoradrenergic mechanism of reflex cutaneous vasoconstriction is present in women and is associated with reproductive hormone status.
- skin blood flow
- cotransmitter
- human
- cold stress
- estrogen
- progesterone
the reflex controlof the cutaneous circulation is mediated by two branches of the sympathetic nervous system: a vasodilator system of unknown neurotransmitter and a noradrenergic vasoconstrictor system (15). The reflex control of body temperature in a normothermic environment is accomplished by alterations in vasoconstrictor nerve activity. A hypothermic challenge, such as exposure to a cold environment, will cause an increase in cutaneous noradrenergic vasoconstrictor nerve activity, resulting in cutaneous vasoconstriction and heat conservation. More subtle alterations of vasoconstrictor activity also affect heat transfer in the minute-to-minute regulation of internal temperature. Thus the mechanisms of regulation of the vasoconstrictor system are fundamentally important in maintaining and protecting body temperature.
During the human menstrual cycle, internal temperature fluctuations follow cyclic secretion of the endogenous reproductive hormones estrogen and progesterone. Several investigators (18, 19,43) have shown that endogenous female reproductive hormone status alters the control of a variety of thermoregulatory effectors. Similarly, the exogenous female reproductive hormones, estrogen and progestins, affect thermoregulatory control in women taking oral contraceptives (5-7, 41). This alteration includes control of both the cutaneous vasodilator and vasoconstrictor systems (5-7).
We (42) recently demonstrated a nonnoradrenergic mechanism of reflex sympathetic vasoconstriction of the cutaneous circulation in healthy men. Although, the identity of the putative cotransmitter and its control are unclear, it is quite possible that female reproductive hormones might affect the vascular control by this nonnoradrenergic mechanism. Female reproductive hormones are known to influence the sympathetic nervous system as measured by nerve activity recording (9, 30), plasma norepinephrine concentration (1, 8,26, 27, 49), adrenergic receptor expression and sensitivity (10, 11, 13, 28, 29), and expression of noradrenergic cotransmitters and their receptors (8, 32, 33, 50). Furthermore, our laboratory (7) has shown that exogenous reproductive hormones affect the control of the vasoconstrictor system. Reports (32, 33, 50) in the literature indicating that female reproductive hormones modulate expression of sympathetic cotransmitters known to affect skin blood flow in animal models (14, 24, 31, 35, 36) led us to test the hypothesis that the nonnoradrenergic mechanism mediating cutaneous vasoconstriction observed in men (31), in women is modulated by female reproductive hormone status.
Our laboratory has developed a method whereby the vasomotor effects of norepinephrine are antagonized in a discrete region of skin, thus revealing the effects of a nonnoradrenergic mediator of vasoconstriction (42). As in past studies (5-7), we studied healthy young women at the end of both the high-hormone and the low-hormone weeks of oral contraceptive use. We found that nonnoradrenergic reflex vasoconstriction participates in the reduction of skin blood flow during whole body cooling in healthy young women. Furthermore, we observed that the contribution this mechanism makes to reflex vasoconstriction in females is associated with reproductive hormone status.
The Institutional Review Board of the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio approved the protocol used in this study. The subjects were healthy young women voluntarily taking oral contraceptives. The oral contraceptives were the combination type that provides a low dose of ethinyl estradiol and a progestin for 21 days, followed by a 7-day period of placebo pills. Studies (21,22) have shown that the half-life of ethinyl estradiol and synthetic progestin is ∼22 h, with plasma levels of the synthetic progestins and ethinyl estradiol being below measurable levels at 96 and 24 h, respectively. Five of the six subjects were taking triphasic pills, which provide an increasing dose of progestin that peaks in the third week. The subjects were not taking any medication other than oral contraceptives and did not consume caffeine or alcohol for 12 h before the study. All subjects were nonsmokers. Each subject provided written consent to participate in this study.
Each subject participated in two experiments, one at the end of the high-hormone phase and one at the end of the low-hormone (placebo) phase. All experiments were performed between 0700 and 1000. Subjects reported to the laboratory 1 h before the experiment was to begin. Separate intradermal injections (50 μl) of saline, 1 mM propranolol (Sigma), and a solution of 5 mM yohimbine-1 mM propranolol (Sigma) were applied to skin of the dorsal forearm. Treatment sites were separated by at least 4 cm. The location of the intradermal injection on the forearm was randomized with regard to proximal to distal ordering. One subject required a higher dose of yohimbine to antagonize the vasoconstrictor effects of norepinephrine. In that subject, the dose of yohimbine was increased to 7.5 mM.
The dosages of yohimbine-propranolol used completely antagonize the vasomotor effects of a dose of norepinephrine that induces a reduction in cutaneous vascular conductance (CVC) that is not significantly different from that observed during whole body cooling at a control site (∼50% of baseline). In a previous study (42), we noted a potential influence from β-adrenergic receptor activation during reflex vasoconstriction. Thus, to completely remove the effects of endogenous norepinephrine, a combination of α- and β-adrenergic blockade is required. We also noted that yohimbine at these levels used was an effective antagonist of both α1- and α2-adrenergic receptors (38). Provided the vasomotor effects of norepinephrine are successfully antagonized, remaining reflex vasoconstrictor responses to whole body cooling must be mediated by something originating from noradrenergic nerves but not norepinephrine, likely a noradrenergic cotransmitter. This logic is based partly on the fact that presynaptic blockade of noradrenergic nerves with bretylium completely abolishes reflex vasoconstriction (4-6, 14, 26, 31).
Skin blood flow was measured with laser Doppler flowmetry (model MBF3D, Vasamedics, LaserFlo, and Moor Instruments) (39). Arterial pressure was measured at the finger by photoplethysmography (Finapres, Ohmeda; Englewood, CO). CVC was indexed as the ratio of skin blood flow to mean arterial pressure. Flow probes were held in place by custom-built aluminum heaters, which provide the ability to simultaneously control local temperature and apply drugs via iontophoresis at the site of blood flow monitoring (34,42). Whole body skin temperature (TSk) was controlled with a water-perfused suit covering the legs, one arm, and torso, but not the arm where blood flow was measured (34). Throughout the protocol, temperature at the sites of blood flow measurement was controlled at 34°C. Whole body TSk was measured as the weighted average from six representative sites: calf, thigh, abdomen, lower back, upper back, and chest (34,48).
Subjects rested supine for the duration of the study. After 15 min of baseline data collection at a whole body TSk of 34°C, progressive whole body cooling was performed. The water perfusing the suit was gradually cooled, at a rate of 2°C/min, for a period of 15 min. After 15 min, the water perfusing the suit was warmed and TSk was returned to the precooling level. This protocol decreases skin temperature only; internal temperature actually increases slightly during this protocol (7). Also, the temperatures used in this study are below that required to stimulate catecholamine release from the adrenal glands (25). The adequacy of the blockade at the site pretreated with yohimbine-propranolol was then tested by iontophoretic application (20 μA, 10 min) of 10 mM norepinephrine (Arterenol; Sigma) dissolved in propylene glycol (USP grade; ICN). Norepinephrine was also applied to the saline-treated site through iontophoresis (20 μA, 10 min). The efficacy of the blockade of β-adrenergic receptors was tested by iontophoretic application of isoproterenol at sites treated with propranolol (20 μA, 10 min). Isoproterenol was then applied to untreated sites to demonstrate its vasodilatory effectiveness.
Data analysis.
Data were collected once per second and stored as 20-s averages. Blood flow and CVC are expressed as percentages of baseline from the time period immediately preceding either the whole body cooling period or the test of norepinephrine antagonism. To confirm that the progressive whole body cooling protocol was similar across phases, whole body TSk during whole body cooling was compared across hormone phases by two-way analysis of variance (ANOVA). To find whether a reduction in skin blood flow occurred, CVC values during whole body cooling and iontophoresis of norepinephrine at both yohimbine-propranolol and saline-treated sites were analyzed by one-way ANOVA with repeated measures, followed by a Dunnett's post hoc analysis when a significant difference was detected. To show that the stimulus to cause cutaneous vasoconstriction induced by iontophoretic application of NE was not significantly different than the vasoconstriction induced by whole body cooling, we compared the CVC values from the final minute of cooling at saline-treated sites with the CVC values from the minute 8 of NE iontophoresis at the saline-treated sites by t-test. The exclusion criteria applied to accept a yohimbine-propranolol-treated site as completely blocked were that CVC at the site could not fall to <90% or rise by >100% of the preiontophoresis baseline value by minute 8of iontophoresis of norepinephrine. CVC values were analyzed as a function of TSk. To find whether CVC at either saline or yohimbine-propranolol-treated sites differed across hormone phases, CVC data collected during whole body cooling from each treatment site were compared across hormone phases by two-way ANOVA. CVC values during whole body cooling from sites treated with only propranolol were compared with those from saline-treated sites to find whether β-adrenergic receptors modulated the reflex vasoconstriction induced by whole body cooling. The exclusion criteria applied to consider a propranolol-treated site blocked were that CVC could not increase >100% or decrease >20% of baseline by the minute 10after iontophoresis of isoproterenol. CVC data collected during application of isoproterenol were analyzed by one-way ANOVA, followed by a Dunnett's post hoc test when a significant difference was detected. Statistical significance was set at P < 0.05. Data are expressed as means ± SE.
Whole body TSk was reduced from 34.0 ± 0.03°C to 31.4 ± 0.03°C in the high-hormone phase and 34.0 ± 0.03°C to 31.3 ± 0.07°C in low-hormone phase. Two-way ANOVA did not detect a significant difference in whole body TSkduring the whole body cooling protocols when compared across hormone phases (P > 0.05). Also, two-way ANOVA did not detect a significant difference in CVC during cooling between saline-treated sites across hormone phases (P > 0.05). Responses in CVC from saline-treated sites to whole body cooling or to the iontophoretic application of NE were not significantly different in either high- or low-reproductive hormone phase (P = 0.27 and P = 0.36, respectively).
Figure 1 A shows the average values for CVC (±SE) at saline and yohimbine-propranolol-treated sites during whole body cooling in six women in the high-hormone phase. During whole body cooling, CVC values at saline-treated sites were significantly reduced from baseline starting at a whole body TSk of 33.0 ± 0.02°C (P < 0.01), at which average CVC at saline-treated sites was 62.5 ± 6.4% of baseline. CVC at saline-treated sites remained significantly reduced from baseline for the remainder of the cooling protocol, reaching 53.5 ± 10.2% baseline at the lowest TSk analyzed, 31.4 ± 0.03°C. CVC at yohimbine-propranolol-treated sites was significantly reduced from baseline at a whole body TSk of 32.6 ± 0.02°C with the accompanying CVC value being 85.2 ± 6.7% baseline. Average CVC at yohimbine-propranolol-treated sites remained significantly reduced from baseline throughout the remainder of the cooling protocol, reaching 79.3 ± 4.3% of baseline at a whole body TSk of 31.4 ± 0.04°C.
Figure 1 B shows the average response in CVC to the iontophoretic application of norepinephrine at saline and yohimbine-propranolol-treated sites in the high-hormone phase. After whole body cooling, application of exogenous norepinephrine caused a significant reduction in CVC at saline-treated sites (P< 0.05). CVC at saline-treated sites was significantly reduced by norepinephrine at minute 5 of iontophoresis to 75.2 ± 7.5% baseline and remained reduced throughout the application of norepinephrine, reaching 69.5 ± 5.4% baseline at minute 8 of iontophoresis (P < 0.05 in both cases). CVC values at yohimbine-propranolol-treated sites were not significantly different from baseline at any time during iontophoretic application of norepinephrine (P > 0.05). CVC at yohimbine-propranolol-treated sites at minute 8 of iontophoresis averaged 101.1 ± 9.7% baseline.
Figure 2 A shows the average values for CVC during progressive whole body cooling in the same six women in the low-hormone phase. Progressive whole body cooling in the low-hormone phase caused a significant reduction in CVC at saline-treated sites at a whole body TSk of 33.7 ± 0.01°C and cooler (P < 0.05). Average CVC at saline-treated sites at a whole body TSk of 33.7°C was 78.9 ± 5.9% baseline and reached 57.0 ± 4.5% baseline at the lowest whole body TSk, 31.3 ± 0.08°C. More importantly, CVC values at yohimbine-propranolol-treated sites were not significantly reduced from baseline at any time during progressive whole body cooling in the low-hormone phase (P > 0.05). Average CVC at the yohimbine-propranolol-treated site was 93.7 ± 3.9% of baseline (P = 0.25, relative to baseline) when TSk was 31.3 ± 0.08°C.
Figure 2 B shows the average responses in CVC at saline and yohimbine-propranolol-treated sites to the iontophoretic application of norepinephrine in the low-hormone phase. As in the high-hormone phase, application of exogenous norepinephrine by iontophoresis caused a significant reduction in CVC at saline-treated sites (P< 0.05) but not at yohimbine-propranolol-treated sites (P > 0.05). Average CVC values at saline-treated sites at minute 2 of iontophoresis were 87.2 ± 4.9% baseline (P < 0.05) and reached 64.4 ± 6.3% baseline at minute 8 iontophoresis (P < 0.05 relative to baseline in both cases). At minute 8 of iontophoresis of norepinephrine, the average CVC value at the yohimbine-propranolol-treated site was 101.2 ± 3.5% baseline (P > 0.05).
Figure 3 A shows individual responses in CVC from yohimbine-propranolol-treated sites during whole body cooling in high-hormone status. Note that all six subjects vasoconstricted during whole body cooling at the yohimbine-propranolol-treated sites during whole body cooling. Figure3 B shows responses in CVC from the same individuals at yohimbine-propranolol-treated sites during whole body cooling in the low-hormone phase. Note that in four of the six subjects, blood flow remained within 10% of baseline during whole body cooling.
Comparison of CVC values from yohimbine-propranolol-treated sites across hormone phases by two-way ANOVA detected a significant difference (P < 0.001). Interestingly, neither CVC responses to cooling at saline-treated sites nor the associated whole body skin temperatures were significantly different across phases. Also, the responses in CVC to norepinephrine iontophoresis at the saline-treated sites across phases did not differ statistically across phases by two-way ANOVA (P = 0.78).
Figure 4 A shows the average (±SE) response in CVC to body cooling from sites treated with propranolol and saline from six women in the high-hormone phase of oral contraceptives. No statistically significant difference was detected between propranolol-treated sites and saline-treated sites in high-hormone phase (P = 0.95) by two-way ANOVA. Figure4 B illustrates the average response in CVC (±SE) during exogenous application of isoproterenol via iontophoresis (20 μA, 10 min) at propranolol-treated and control sites in the same six women, as shown in Fig. 4 A. One-way ANOVA did not detect a significant change in CVC at the propranolol-treated sites either during or for the 10 min after iontophoresis. CVC values at control sites were significantly different from baseline after iontophoretic application of isoproterenol beginning at 4 min after the end of iontophoresis. At that time, CVC was 313.2 ± 93.9% of baseline and reached 435.3 ± 94.5% of baseline at minute 10 after iontophoresis (P < 0.05). As shown in Fig.5, similar results were found in the low-hormone phase in that pretreatment with propranolol did not significantly affect the reflex response to whole body cooling.
The major finding from this study is that a nonnoradrenergic mechanism of reflex vasoconstriction, previously identified in men (42), participates in the control of skin blood flow in women. More importantly, this mechanism is associated with reproductive hormone status, either being modulated directly by female reproductive hormones or indirectly by pathways sensitive to female reproductive hormones. In the high-reproductive hormone phase, when both estrogen and the progestin are elevated, a significant, persistent vasoconstrictor response in CVC was observed during whole body cooling at sites where the effects of norepinephrine were completely blocked (Fig. 1). This is similar to our earlier observation in men (42), but in women it appears to play a measurable role only in the high-reproductive hormone phase. During the low-reproductive hormone phase, pharmacological blockade of the effects of norepinephrine also essentially abolished reflex vasoconstriction during whole body cooling (Fig. 2). Therefore, in the low-reproductive hormone phase nonnoradrenergic vasoconstriction does not appear to participate measurably in reflex cutaneous vasoconstriction. Second, we (42) noted that β-adrenergic receptors might modulate the intensity of reflex cutaneous vasoconstriction in men by contributing a background vasodilator influence. Findings from the present study do not suggest β-adrenergic receptors participate importantly in active cutaneous vasoconstriction in women during either high- or low-reproductive hormone status (Figs. 4 and 5).
Our interpretation that the nonnoradrenergic mechanism of vasoconstriction is the result of a cotransmitter released from noradrenergic nerve endings is based on several observations. Studies by our laboratory and by others (3, 6, 7, 16, 23, 42) show that locally applied bretylium abolishes reflex vasoconstriction. Indeed, this is true for both low- and high-reproductive hormone phases of oral contraceptive use (7). The specificity of bretylium for presynaptic inhibition of sympathetic vasoconstrictor nerves shows this reflex cutaneous vasoconstriction to be mediated by noradrenergic nerves. We also observed a persistent reflex cutaneous vasoconstrictor response to whole body cooling at sites where the vasoconstrictor effects of norepinephrine were antagonized by localized pretreatment with a solution of yohimbine and propranolol (42). Results from bretylium-treated sites suggest noradrenergic nerves as the origin of the mediator of reflex cutaneous vasoconstriction, and results from sites treated with the solution of yohimbine and propranolol indicate a component of that reflex vasoconstriction is not due to norepinephrine per se. Taken together, these observations suggest a cotransmitter released from noradrenergic nerves as the mechanism for that nonnoradrenergic component of vasoconstriction. Likely candidates for this putative cotransmitter include neuropeptide Y (NPY), galanin, and ATP, neurotransmitters that have been demonstrated to be present in cutaneous sympathetic perivascular nerves (37, 51).
The role of norepinephrine as the primary neurotransmitter was demonstrated in the present study by the results obtained during the low-hormone phase, when inhibition of noradrenergic vasoconstriction prevented measurable reflex cutaneous vasoconstriction. In contrast, during the high-hormone phase, the nonnoradrenergic component accounted for ∼40% of the reflex reduction in CVC observed during whole body cooling, with the remainder being mediated by norepinephrine.
In the present study, there was no difference between phases in the whole body skin temperatures during the cooling protocols. Thus the stimulus to vasoconstrict was not significantly different between hormone phases. Also, a two-way ANOVA of the response in CVC to whole body cooling from the saline-treated sites did not detect a significant difference across hormone phases, similar to findings by Charkoudian and Johnson (7). Thus the difference across hormone phases in the response of the cutaneous vasculature to whole body cooling was neither the stimulus nor the net response at the saline-treated sites. What does appear to differ across hormone phases is the mediator(s) of the vasoconstriction.
Female reproductive hormones can exert controlling influences on sympathetic cotransmitter and receptor expression (32, 33, 50,53). The levels of mRNA for NPY are decreased in pituitary and hypothalamus after treatment with estrogen only, suggesting that estrogen is a negative regulator of NPY gene expression (32,40). However, estrogen priming, followed by progesterone treatment, increases mRNA content for NPY in the hypothalamus and NPY content in the anterior pituitary (32). Parker et al. (33) showed that NPY receptors, specifically the Y2 receptor, were downregulated by progesterone treatment in the rat hypothalamus. However, Xu et al. (53) showed that hypothalamic NPY Y1 receptors are upregulated by progesterone treatment after estrogen priming. In our subjects, female reproductive hormones levels did not include estrogen priming as above or in the endogenously driven menstrual cycle. Hence, this difference in reproductive hormone pattern, as well as tissue and species differences among the above studies, limit the extrapolations relative to cutaneous vascular control in normally cycling females.
In the cutaneous circulation, norepinephrine can act through α- and β-adrenergic receptors, each of which can be modulated by female reproductive hormones. Chronic estrogen treatment decreases the sensitivity of α2-adrenergic receptors (11,13), through an endothelial-dependent mechanism (11,28, 29). Consistent with estrogen desensitizing α-adrenergic receptor-mediated vasoconstriction, Sudhir et al. (44) found that exogenous estrogen attenuated the vasoconstrictor response to exogenous norepinephrine but not to angiotensin II. Estrogen has not been found to influence the synthesis or activity of tyrosine hydroxylase, the rate-limiting enzyme in the synthesis of norepinephrine, in either perivascular nerves or the sympathetic supply to the vas deferens (2, 17). Despite the potential for estrogen to modify the effects of norepinephrine, we did not detect a significant difference in the vasoconstrictor effects of exogenous norepinephrine across phases at saline-treated sites. It may be that our failure to detect a difference in norepinephrine-induced vasoconstrictor effects is due to female reproductive hormone status affecting both α-adrenergic receptor-mediated vasoconstrictor and vasodilator effects. Thus parallel increases in both α-adrenergic effects could obscure any phase dependence on those pathways of vasomotor control.
In men, we noted that β-adrenergic receptors may modulate the intensity of reflex cutaneous vasoconstriction (42). Although several studies (10, 45-47, 52) have noted that female reproductive hormones can affect β-adrenergic receptor expression and sensitivity, our findings did not indicate a significant difference in the vasomotor response to whole body cooling between control sites and sites with β-adrenergic receptors blocked by propranolol.
We noted an unexpected similarity with the data from an earlier report (42) regarding a sympathetic cotransmitter-mediated vasoconstriction in men. The participation of a sympathetic cotransmitter in the reflex control of the cutaneous circulation in men (42) is more like the results here from the high-reproductive hormone phase in women than those from the low-reproductive hormone phase. These data obviously raise questions regarding the reflex control of the cutaneous circulation as well as the influence of exogenous reproductive hormones on that control. The similarity in response in CVC to whole body cooling between men, presumably in a "low-reproductive hormone status," and women in a high-reproductive hormone status is intriguing. The expected result would be that the vasomotor response in men would more closely resemble the results from the women in the low-reproductive hormone phase. This expectation is based on two assumptions: 1) the hormone profile of men is similar to that of women in the low-hormone phase, and 2) exogenous hormones accurately model the endogenous reproductive hormone cycle in women. Measured levels of plasma estradiol in men indicate that although low, estrogen and progesterone are not absent and in the case of estrogen can be increased (12). Although neither estrogen nor progesterone levels reach the same level in men as they do in women, the possibility for an influence of these hormones in men cannot be excluded. Also, synthetic progestins can exert androgenic effects (38). However, the progestins in the types of oral contraceptives being taken by these subjects have lower levels of androgenicity than do previous prescribed synthetic progestins (4, 20). Still, the similarity between the results from the male subjects and the female subjects in high-reproductive hormone phase may be due to an androgenic influence of the synthetic progestins. Furthermore, there may be nonspecific effects of the synthetic female reproductive hormones that cause the reflex control of skin blood flow in women in the high-hormone phase to be similar to that in men, presumably in a low-hormone phase. Clearly more work is required to better understand the neural control-reproductive hormone interactions to explain this unexpected observation.
In our study, subjects were taking oral contraceptives that contained both estrogen and a progestin. Endogenous female reproductive hormones alter sympathetic nervous activity, as indicated by circulating norepinephrine, although reports (1, 8, 26, 27, 44, 49) are inconsistent in describing the correlation between plasma norepinephrine and female reproductive hormones. Direct measurements of muscle sympathetic nerve activity (MSNA) by Ettinger et al. (9) and by Minson et al. (30) demonstrate that reproductive hormone status can affect sympathetic nerve activity. Stachenfeld et al. (41) showed exogenous progesterone to cause an increase in internal temperature and in the internal temperature threshold for sweating. Findings from Ettinger et al. (9) and Minson et al. (30) suggest that progesterone increases MSNA and estrogen decreases MSNA. Clearly, more work is needed to determine in modulating the reflex control of the cardiovascular system in humans.
Potential limitations.
We did not measure plasma hormone levels in this population of subjects. Therefore, we do not have direct measured evidence of elevated and reduced hormone levels during phases of high-hormone and low-hormone pills. These subjects experience pharmacological doses of these hormones that may exert nonspecific effects. Also, these subjects do not experience an estrogen surge that precedes elevation of progesterone as is the case with endogenous hormone levels. In these subjects, both hormones are increased simultaneously. Thus only limited interpretations of these data can be made with regard to the native condition. Finally, the full extent of androgenic effects of synthetic hormones is still not completely known. The androgenic effects are significantly reduced from the first generation of oral contraceptive medications; however, a small androgenic influence participating in altering reflex control of the cutaneous circulation cannot be completely ruled out.
In conclusion, we found that a nonnoradrenergic mechanism (probably a sympathetic cotransmitter) participates in the reflex control of skin blood flow and that this mechanism is modulated directly or indirectly by female reproductive hormones. During periods of elevated levels of synthetic estrogen and progesterone, a putative sympathetic cotransmitter participates in reflex cutaneous vasoconstriction mediating as much as 40% of the reflex reduction in CVC observed in this protocol. In contrast, during periods of low circulating levels of synthetic estrogen and progesterone, the putative sympathetic cotransmitter does not appear to participate measurably in the reflex control of skin blood flow in this protocol. Furthermore, it does not appear that cutaneous β-adrenergic receptor function as measured in this protocol is affected by female reproductive hormones status. Future studies are required to find whether estrogen or progesterone is the principal source of modulation of the sympathetic cotransmitter mediating vasoconstriction, to discover the origin of the apparent gender difference in β-adrenergic receptor function and to identify the specific transmitter or transmitters mediating this alternate pathway of vasoconstriction.
The authors thank Adham R. Saad and P. Goldyn Taylor for assistance with the experimental protocols. We also thank the subjects for participation in the study.
This study was supported by National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Grant HL-59166, a Student Research Development Award from the Texas chapter of the American College of Sports Medicine, and a predoctoral award from The Foundation of the American College of Sports Medicine. K. Aoki was supported by a grant from the Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science for Young Scientists.
Present addresses: K. Aoki, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Department of Kinesiology, Graduate School of Science, 1-1 Minami-Ohsawa, Hachioji, Tokyo 192-0397, Japan; N. Charkoudian, Anesthesia Research, Mayo Clinic, 200 First St., SW, Rochester, Minnesota 55905.
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Discussion in 'OT Driven' started by CaptainCanada, Jan 14, 2005.
Nice RS. I love that body style. Would love to see a coupe made again. Quick question though, what's hanging down under the car in the 8th pic from the top?
Very nice, any performance mods?
Nice RS
so whats up with the STi stickers and badges?
also, whenever i see one of these cars, i see the rims are gold (stock)...
I always loved that year of Impreza
I woulda died to see a 22b STi
do wrx motor swap for cheap now!
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JDM STi Version 5 struts
5-Zigen Springs
Cusco Adjustable Camber mounts
20mm WRX rear swaybar
MRT catless headerback exhaust (magnaflow muffler)
Cobb Tuning Cold Air Intake
STi Pink I Badge
STi banner
Silverstars in headlights and foglights.
Replica 22b wing w/ carbon fibre center
Oh, the thing hanging down, it's a plastic piece that got knocked loose when I hit a branch that I couldnt avoid. One of the clips broke and I havent had a chance to put a new one on there to clip it back to the underside.
I like the I badge and the STi banner on the car, and technically it's not rice because I have STi suspension bits on the car.
Oh, and Kpac, the gold wheels came stock on the 98s, not the 2000s. I've got a set of 98 golds that I use for race wheels.
Also, the car will be a TOTALLY different beast in the summer. I've got an 2.5L STi shortblock sitting in my garage, along with a UTEC, VF30, and some other goodies....all waiting to go on in the summer.
oooh... FUN
my UTEC and VF34 are going on next month, but I only have a small dog 2.0, not a big dog 2.5
Nice, I was looking at Imprezas before and was planning on similar mods until I got an RX-8. That car is gonna be crazy!
it's rice because you felt the need to try and justify it.
I have a friend with the same car as mine, same mods that I'll be doing too. I've never felt a car pull like his does. Should be an adventure when i've got all the parts. Cant wait. I love my car, and I'll love it even more with like 350hp.
great looking rs
man I want one
I totaly want a RS, sweet looking ride!
Thanks for the comments everyone. I love my car very much.
Nice, I also have a 2000 RS, love it. Planning on doing a WRX swap sometime thi year, really looking forwad to that.
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I'm finding they probably would have done a lot better with more structure from the beginning. It's really tedious for me because I really wish they were all creative, self-led, disciplined little geniuses, learning math and science and writing skills because they suddenly got interested in building something we just happen to have materials for. The fact is, though... It's not like that! Another fact of life- when you are outnumbered by your children seven to one, you just can't let them go all different directions according to their own whims. Or, at least I can't. Maybe somebody here has some advice on that.
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Detained human right activist, Reverend David Ugolor, has written a letter to Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Mohammend Adoke, over an Edo High Court ruling asking the police to release him forthwith.
Justice Esther Edigin had last week ordered the immediate release of Ugolor from detention.
Ugolor was arrested on July 27 over the murder of Private Secretary to Governor Adams Oshiomhole, Comrade Olaitan Oyerinde. A suspect in police custody identified Ugolor as the sponsor of the murder and told police interrogators that he was paid N200, 000 out of an agreed N2m for the job.
In a letter signed by his Counsel, Olayiwola Afolabi, Ugolor urged Adoke to explain to the police the implication of disobeying court orders. He told the AGF that the motion exparte on notice including the order of court were served to the respondents.
The letter reads: "As the Chief Law Officer of the federation, we are of the opinion that apart from being a party to the suit, your attention should be drawn to the none compliance with the order of court in respect of Rev. David Ugolor's matter."
At a press briefing, Afolabi said the police cannot claim ignorance of the court order, saying he personally took the court order to force headquarters in Abuja. He said, "We want to give the IGP opportunity to ensure compliance. We believe that he will comply. The IGP should not allow politician to use him."
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We help make the UK a global leader in security and resilience technology by making it easier for partnerships between industry, academia and users to quickly develop and demonstrate innovative solutions.
What we do
We facilitate the development of innovative solutions to UK security challenges and demonstrate them to buyers and investors from the UK and overseas.
We provide a forum:
- for government to articulate its security requirements to industry and academia to enable exportable solutions to be developed quickly and efficiently
- to build partnerships between end-users, government, industry and academia in order to test and deliver solutions
- to facilitate commercialisation of products through demonstrating capability, efficiencies and the potential market to buyers and investors
We also provides overseas governments with access to UK expertise, innovative technologies and novel ways of working.
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Patent Trolls and Small-Business Employmentby Ian Appel, Joan Farre-Mensa, and Elena Simintzi
Overview — Patent trolls are organizations that own patents but do not make or use the patented technology directly, instead using their patent portfolios to target firms with patent-infringement claims. This paper provides evidence that state anti-troll laws have had a net positive effect for small firms in high-tech industries. There is no significant effect for larger or non-high-tech firms.
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We analyze how frivolous patent-infringement claims made by "patent trolls" affect small firms' ability to create jobs, raise capital, and survive. Our identification strategy exploits the staggered passage of anti-patent-troll laws at the state level. We find that the passage of this legislation leads to a 2% increase in employment at small firms in high-tech industries, which are a frequent target of patent trolls. By contrast, the laws have no significant impact on employment at larger or non-high-tech firms. Anti-troll legislation is also associated with fewer business bankruptcies. Financing appears to be a key channel driving our findings: in states with an already established VC presence, the passage of anti-troll laws leads to a 19% increase in the number of firms receiving VC funding. Our findings suggest that measures aimed at curbing the litigation threat posed by patent trolls may play an important role in reducing both the real and financing frictions faced by small businesses.
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The Seeds of Dissolution: Discrepancy and Incoherence in Buyer-Supplier Exchange
In this research, we examine a novel mechanism of interorganizational relationship dissolution: incoherence in a partner's behavior. We propose that the discrepancy between an exchange partner's opportunistic behavior and the focal firm's expectations may create a state of incoherence and uncertainty and that this effect can be damaging to the exchange even when the partner's behavior is better than expected. Using nearly 500 longitudinal, confidential reports of industrial buyers and sellers, we find supportive evidence that (1) the net effect of the discrepancy is initially positive when behavior is better than expected but becomes rapidly negative thereafter, and (2) the net effect of the discrepancy is always negative when behavior is worse than expected. Thus, these effects will generally damage the exchange even as the partner tries to improve the relationship. This gives insight into why exchange relationships that hit a downward spiral can be difficult, if not impossible, to salvage. We also show that the dysfunctional consequences of discrepancy are mitigated through exchange structures such as the magnitude of dependence on an organizational partner, the development phase of the relationship, and the presence of bilateral idiosyncratic investments. Implications for theory and the management of interorganizational relationships are developed.
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CEA Increase Efforts to Educate on Digital Television TransitionIndustry Agrees on Voluntary Label Program (March 15, 2006)
The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA(R)) today announced a broad-based, member-driven voluntary effort to help inform consumers about the nation's transition from analog to digital television (DTV). The effort will include a voluntary labeling program for TVs that have only analog TV tuners, as well as general consumer education about the transition to digital.
The CEA Executive Board asked the Video Division Board to draft and agree upon voluntary language for a Consumer Advisory Label to help inform consumers about television sets that are equipped with only an analog (NTSC) tuner. The language agreed upon is as follows: Notice: This TV has only an 'analog' broadcast tuner so will require a converter box after February 17, 2009 to receive over-the-air broadcasts with an antenna, because of the nation's transition to digital broadcasting on that date, as required by Federal law. (It should continue to work as before with cable and satellite TV systems, gaming consoles, VCRs, DVD players and similar products.)
The Consumer Advisory Label will be placed prominently on analog only TVs. CE manufacturers also will agree to include such language permanently and conspicuously on the outside of the retail packaging of analog-only TV. CEA and TV manufacturers are working with retailers and others on implementation dates and overall DTV consumer education, in order to have the broadest impact.
CEA forecasts that U.S. consumers will purchase more than 18 million DTV sets and displays this year, marking a 50 percent increase over 2005 sales. Just within the first 8 weeks of 2006, more than 1.6 million DTV units have been sold to dealers. This represents a 60 percent increase over the same period in 2005. By the end of 2006, CEA forecasts total DTV unit shipments will be over 48 million. 2006 also marks a landmark year in which DTV units - even HDTV units - will outsell analog television sets.
CEA also will continue its award-winning efforts to educate consumers about the DTV transition. CEA's wealth of voluntary education and promotional initiatives includes websites, printed collateral and media outreach. CEA currently operates various websites that promote the DTV transition through consumer and retailer education. Resources can be found at www.ce.org/hdtv. CEA will also reach out to consumer advocacy and other organizations representing hard to reach populations to ensure the educational materials reach a broader audience.
About CEA:
The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) is the preeminent trade association promoting growth in the consumer technology industry through technology policy, events, research, promotion and the fostering of business and strategic relationships. CEA represents more than 2,100 corporate members involved in the design, development, manufacturing, distribution and integration of audio, video, mobile electronics, wireless and landline communications, information technology, home networking, multimedia and accessory products, as well as related services that are sold through consumer channels. Combined, CEA's members account for more than $125 billion in annual sales. CEA's resources are available online at www.CE.org, the definitive source for information about the consumer electronics industry.
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Do you know exactly what a hiring manager is going to ask you in your next interview. Wouldn't it be really great if you knew these questions beforehand. Well as of now there is no way we can read minds. The next best thing to do is, go through commonly asked interview questions and their answers.\n
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Do you know exactly what a hiring manager is going to ask you in your next interview. Wouldn't it be really great if you knew these questions beforehand. Well as of now there is no way we can read minds. The next best thing to do is, go through commonly asked interview questions and their answers.
There is no point having a canned response for any question, regardless of the type, nevertheless it helps spending some time getting comfortable with questions that you might probably be asked by the hiring managers, the sort of responses they are looking at and what all it takes to show that you are the right person for the job.
The following questions and answers should serve as an interview study guide of sorts. Always remember an interview is a two way process, the interviewer not only gets to grill you, you are well within your rights to tactfully extract information from the interviewer.
Try a little bit of sniffing, ask pointed questions, you may ask the employer what is his or her favourite part about working in the organization. You may probe about the company's growth by asking about their future plans and the new products and services they are going to launch in the near future.
The question may appear simple, however unlike many other people, do not take it too casually, for it is a crucial – make or break question. Rather than giving your entire employment or personal history, opt for a concise and compelling pitch, that presents you as the right fit for the job. Share around two or three specific accomplishments or experiences, wrap up the conversation by talking about how this previous experience has positioned you quite favorably for this particular role.
You may answer this question by sharing your true strengths, do not go by what the interviewer might want to hear. Do bear in mind, the strengths you wish to share, must be the mosttargeted towards the particular position, they have to be specific, instead of just saying people skills, go for persuasive communication, or it could be relationship building as well. This ought to be followed by a pertinent example of how you actually demonstrated the same in a professional setting.
Well do not be intimidated by this question at all. You are in luck, as it is indeed a great setup to go right ahead and sell yourself, along with your skills. All you need to do is craft an intelligent answer that is comprehensive, and communicates you can do the work well, you can as well deliver great results on time. And the most important thing is that you would fit really well, within the team, and the organizational culture. The important point is to be able to convincingly communicate, that you would be a better hire than any of the other possible candidates interviewing for the same position.
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Archive for February, 2007
Personal Stuff On BlogsWednesday, February 28th, 2007
Is personal stuff on blogs "oversharing"? Ace thinks so:
One thing I agree with: The personal stuff on blogs? I know a lot of people consider blogs to be partly a personal journal, but I've always had a major "ick" reaction to that. Not just Sullivan's beagles, boyfriend, and bronchitis stuff, but personal stuff from anyone.
Who cares?
I try to avoid that myself under the "who cares" principle.
I guess a lot of people do care, but it always seemed like oversharing to me.
So what of it, do you like when bloggers share personal stuff or is it "oversharing"?
Germany: State DeterminismWednesday, February 28th, 2007
The notion of individual liberty is not German. Can you imagine a 16 year old being forcibly taken from parents because they home school? This case is disturbing on so many levels. The Dr. Speak is what bothers me the most. Can't you just hear the soothing tones of a superior cooing about what is good for you? Check out the doctor's notes.
No I.Q. tests, no physical symptoms, she is healthy and fine, but this is what the Doctors say:
Melissa Busekros was examined by us. She has a childhood emotional disorder, severe school phobia and an oppositional denial-syndrome. Melissa lacks insight into her illness and the need for treatment, and considers herself healthy and her behaviour fully normal. M. needs urgent help in a closed setting if need be, and subsequent special education treatment to ensure schooling.
As it isn't furthermore not possible for the parents to judge the danger to their daughter correctly, and make the necessary decisions about the daughter's further development or the type and length of the treatment and the schooling, the responsibility for her residence, healthcare and representation before officials and authorities should rest with the youth welfare office in Erlangen.
By reason of the ascertained findings, at the present moment, we must proceed from the assumption that the child's welfare is endangered and also the conditions for inpatient placement a therapeutic special education facility are met. By reason of the severity of the symptomatology, the provision of stable and dependable contacts with peers and adult caretakers as well as the development of Melissa's very limited mental ability to cope with pressure can only be assured in such facilities.
M. is incapable of leading the self-determined and self-structured life she wishes. The necessary measure is necessary for avoiding a considerable endangerment to her further physical and emotional development, and it can only be implemented in a special education setting, as previous experience shows that she whould avoid other measures.
In addition, M. needs professional child and adolescent psychiatric treatment and care, that can be implemented in an outpatient setting. By reason of the detected clinical-psychiatric disorders, Melissa Busekros' psychological health has already deviated from the condition which is typical for the respective age for at least one year. M. has met the requirements for granting integration assistance as per (SGB VIII) §35a, section 1, sentence 2, No. 1, because without future professional therapeutic help there is the danger that her participation in the life of society is restricted.
Her psychological health has deviated from the condition which is typical for the respective age for at least one year? Does that mean she is immature emotionally, developmentally by a year? These pictures surely demonstrate a deranged family.
Paul Belian points to this Washington Times op-ed. Read the whole thing. In case you're not absolutely convinced that Europe and America have entirely different notions of what democracy, freedom, etc. really mean, here is evidence.
Home-schooling has been illegal in Germany since Adolf Hitler outlawed it in 1938 and ordered all children to be sent to state schools. The home-schooling community in Germany is tiny. As Hitler knew, Germans tend to obey orders unquestioningly. Only some 500 children are being home-schooled in a country of 80 million. Home-schooling families are prosecuted without mercy.
Last March, a judge in Hamburg sentenced a home-schooling father of six to a week in prison and a fine of $2,000. Last September, a Paderborn mother of 12 was locked up in jail for two weeks. The family belongs to a group of seven ethnic German families who immigrated to Paderborn from the former Soviet Union. The Soviets persecuted them because they were Baptists. An initiative of the Paderborn Baptists to establish their own private school was rejected by the German authorities. A court ruled that the Baptists showed "a stubborn contempt both for the state's educational duty as well as the right of their children to develop their personalities by attending school."
And here, according to World Net Daily, is the German state's solution:
German authorities who sent 15 uniformed police officers to take custody of a 15-year-old girl who committed the crime of being homeschooled now have suggested a solution that, in their minds, would "resolve" the situation: the parents should give up custody of their other five children.
Totalitarianism begins with indoctrinating children, as Hitler well knew.
In 1937, the dictator said, "The Youth of today is ever the people of tomorrow. For this reason we have set before ourselves the task of inoculating our youth with the spirit of this community of the people at a very early age, at an age when human beings are still unperverted and therefore unspoiled. This Reich stands, and it is building itself up for the future, upon its youth. And this new Reich will give its youth to no one, but will itself take youth and give to youth its own education and its own upbringing."
"It is beyond belief that Germany is still enforcing a law that was written for one reason only – to be used by Hitler to control and indoctrinate German youth. It had no other redeeming value," said Shoshona Bat-Zion on a homeschoolers' blog.
And here is why U.S. homeschoolers should be concerned:
A Democrat Senate and a Democrat president could ratify U.N. treaties such as the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child, or the European Convention on Human Rights, which is an offshoot of the U.S. Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
That is the foundation being cited by the German government to ban homeschooling entirely, and to indoctrinate public and private school students into a sexualized, socialist society.
More information at the links, should you like to act.
Anna Might Have Died From PneumoniaWednesday, February 28th, 2007
In Chinese Medicine, the main emotion associated with the lungs is grief. Anna Nicole was certainly a lady of many sorrows. She suffered with pneumonia right after her son died, too.
Reminds me of Christopher Reeve's wife Dana who died of lung cancer even though she never smoked.
China & Iran Cause WorriesWednesday, February 28th, 2007
According to this. The money quote:
Investors have also seen an unusually fast decline into disarray and outright incompetence by the new Democrat-led Congress. After years of criticizing President Bush, the Democrats have displayed a frightening lack of concern for America's security — reminding everyone they're still the party of Jimmy Carter.
So Iran, China, global security, stupid Democrats, debt, potential recession, and everything Mama talks about all the time and I still don't understand, combine to make investors nervous.
Hillary (Will Not) Go AwayWednesday, February 28th, 2007
Should we get used to Hillary? Yes, I think we should. Much as pardon troubles and Obama troubles and donor troubles and financial faux pas (don't forget past campaign problems that will sprout again) and her husband's sleaze and greed plague her, Hillary is here to stay. She is nothing if not driven and there is, alas, a certain inevitability to Hillary.
Why do I say this? I believe that a lot of American women want a woman President and will take her no matter what. The cynical, "well, they're all corrupt anyway" will go part of the way to dismiss concerns about Hillary's situational ethics. Only true believers will abandon Hillary on principle and there aren't enough of those on the left to outweigh the average woman's decision. Women want to see a woman in charge. Women go to work, bring home the bacon and run their home lives, they are sick of going to church to be preached at by a man and they are sick of being bossed by male politicians. This emotional undercurrent already sways national politics.
While researching this topic, I stumbled over a great piece by David Frum at the American Enterprise Institute called Remember Soccer Moms? He says:
Clinton's achievement is not unique. Similar trends could be seen in every advanced democracy, often even more dramatic trends. In the United Kingdom, for example, women had strongly backed the Conservatives in every election since 1945, while men almost equally strongly backed Labour. In the 1980s, that old preference reversed itself (ironically under a female prime minister).
Political scientists offer many explanations for women's move to the left and men's move to the right. Female workers are much more likely to hold public sector jobs than male workers, and the left is the party of the public sector. Parties of the left recoil more from war and conflict than parties of the right, and that too appeals to women voters. Women live longer than men and so end up depending more on government-provided health services. You can probably add half a dozen explanations of your own.
All the fawning press over Nancy Pelosi's historic rise to power should serve as a harbinger of things to come. While Democrats are sick of Hillary and Bill, or more specifically, sick of giving them all this money and getting no love in return, they will rally behind her to be part of history. Obama has given them an alternative, but can he win the presidency? No. The public griping, the money to Obama before the primaries send Hillary a message: Don't forget who took care of you.
Don't worry, she won't. She will grit her teeth and through them make Lincoln bedroom promises and play Fleetwood Mac music. The taste…. that luscious taste… What is it again? Oh yes, it's power. Hillary has it via Bill already and she holds the promise of it tomorrow. For women, the power is symbolic. For leftists, the power will be real. And Barack Obama will make a fine Vice President.
God's BeautyTuesday, February 27th, 2007
I'm sitting here in my office (warm and inviting), in front of my iMac (marvel of technology), with a cool breeze blowing through my windows. It is sixty-six degrees and clear and gorgeous. And this night reminds me of why I live in Houston. Temperate loveliness, in February, give me soul-satisfying pleasure after growing up in gray, damp, slippery, frigid Michigan. Tonight is bliss. God is great!
With all the silliness in the political world, with all the meanness and wrongness on the nightly news, with all the injustice that passes for fairness, it's nice to sit and enjoy the perfection that is right here.
I think this night calls for a song. This song reminds me of a plane trip to California when I was a kid. 1977, I think. My brother was two and was a round, blond boy with blue-berry eyes and pink cheeks. Dizzy Gillespie was on the flight and bugged his eyes and blew out his cheeks to my brother who did the same back to him. Everyone was delighted. What a nice man and fantastic musician!
Duke (non) Rape Case STILL Not Over But More BombshellsTuesday, February 27th, 2007
Blogged a few hours too soon, evidently. More defense motions revealing more un-friggin-believable evidence. Mike Nifong belongs in jail, now. Charles Johnson reports this:
Today's defense motion also provides a statistical summary of the Meehan test results:
A collective review of all materials provided to the Defendants and information obtained by the Defendants about DNA Security's work shows that at least 12 of the 22 rape kit DNA extractions—in other words, over half of them—contained male DNA that did not match the Defendants. [emphasis in original]
How is it possible that this case is still ongoing, and that a criminal investigation of Nifong has not been opened in its stead?
And just this morning, I said this:
Yes, this case drags on and on and on. How much time do the new prosecutors need to look at the evidence? It needs to be OVER. Every minute that passes means more anguish on the part of the real victims.
You know how Saddam Hussein received the benefit of an elaborate trial, lawyers lost their lives defending this genocidal maniac, judges were threatened, and everyone on God's green earth knew he was a murderous scumbag? That, my friends, is not justice. It's moral masturbation. All the civilized Westerners can feel good about themselves, "the process", humanity, posterity, blah, blah, blah. It is ridiculous and makes a mockery of a basic, innate sense of fairness. It is the equivalent of giving the bully who beat the baby senseless, time to "share his feelings" so no one feels bad about himself when there were witnesses to the thuggery and everyone knows the kid is a spoiled, mean-spirited brat.
The Duke case traverses this same road, but to a different end. In this case, every rational, sane person knows that these guys are innocent. Now we have more DNA to prove it. And prove it. And prove it. And prove it. What, exactly, are the new investigators investigating? Holy hell, there is more evidence proclaiming innocence and no one seems the least bit concerned at the cost, trauma and holding pattern that is these three defendants lives.
The new investigators threaten to make a new mockery of justice with every passing day. This is not meticulous brain surgery. Why are they treating it thusly? Hmmm…. Now, there's a question, 'eh? Why would the prosecutors office, draped in Nifong shame, continue this sham?
- Political backlash–when this is over the pot-bangers are gonna be angry.
- Law suits–when this is over everyone, Duke, the police, Mike Nifong, the whole of North Carolina will be going on trial and deserve every cotton-pickin' minute of it.
- Pretending at fairness–giving the evidence the weight it deserves.
I'm just guessing here. Really, I don't care. It's done. Time's up, investigators. The jig is up. Over. Finito. Let these people go, to get on with their lives. Every day that passes, they live in a prison of Mike Nifong's making. And the new investigators are aiding and abetting the criminal that is Nifong by continuing this sham.
Stop the madness.
Yay! Vice President Cheney Almost Was Killed!Tuesday, February 27th, 2007
We are progressive leftists who love, love, love our enemies!
"You ever see "M*A*S*H"? I wrote that shit, people. So when I tell you that Cheney is a legitimate war criminal—and so an understandable target for an assassination attempt, however deplorable we in the West may find such things—I have, like, 9 freakin' seasons of Emmy-winning TV to back me up on that."
That Jeff Goldstein sure doesn't understand us, does he? Doesn't he get satire? I mean, really.
Customer Service: Part IITuesday, February 27th, 2007
You know how I talked about customer service the other day? As usual, on this alternate sphere, someone says it better. Over at Passionate Users go see the funniest visual representation of the problem.
Most companies would never outsource their sales reps, but we all know what happens with most tech support.
Most companies would never make a brochure with the same (lack of) quality in the product manual.
Most companies would never make their main website as uninviting as the tech support site.
Not all companies make their product difficult, but you should see the booklet that came with the Digital Cable remote. Mind numbing and confusing all wrapped up in one bland package.
Iraqis Cooperating With Troops, Tide is TurningTuesday, February 27th, 2007
More Iraq good news via Gateway Pundit:
Haider Ajina comments:
Operation enforce the law is so far going better than expected and appears to continue this way. I spoke to my father in Baghdad, he said that the street is very impressed by the operation and receiving much cooperation from the people. They have done in four days what we thought would take them over a month.
Shiites love the Americans and want them stay to help the Iraqi security stand on its feet he said.
He also told me the street knows that Iran is no great friend of Iraq. Reading the PM, Al-Maliki, order the soldiers to respect the rights of the individual is still amazing to me. What large difference from just four short years ago!
I am not worried about my family from the security forces; I am only worried about them from the terrorists. Before we liberated Iraq the security forces were who worried me. This is the same sentiment my family has in Baghdad and Nejef. They now trust and look to the security forces for help. What a turn around, and all squarely due to our training of these new Iraqis and the Iraqi's willingness to learn and serve.
There have been problems with some of the security personnel and most of those are being and have been addressed, as is evident from the PM's directive of nondiscrimination and no favoritism. The support of the average citizen in Baghdad for this operation is nothing short of remarkable. Of course, this only comes if the citizens feel safe tipping off the Iraqi security forces. This also shows that the terrorists are loosing much of their support base in Iraq.
Haider Ajina
Old, boring cliché: Success breeds success.
(By the way, do you like the accent? I just FINALLY learned how to use them from my friend who knows some Spanish. I'm not very technologically advanced.)


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The Rev'd Marlene Mutchler
Missioner for Youth & Young Adults
Marlene works with Trinity's youth and young adult ministries, specifically the boys and girls choirs, acolytes, youth mission trip, and the 20s/30s group. A recently-ordained priest, Marlene was raised outside Grand Rapids, Michigan. She earned her undergraduate degree from Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan and is currently finishing up her Master of Divinity degree at George Fox University in Portland and Church Divinity School of the Pacific in Berkeley, California. Married to husband Wade, the couple has three children, Nathan, Abby and Edward. In her free time, Marlene enjoys sewing and playing wind instruments.


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|Mayor Roswarski
Placing an exchange program near parks and schools is intolerable, not to mention the huge liability risk associated with handing out needles to drug users. Who will pay the potential judgments when
the county is sued for providing the needles that assisted in probable deaths caused by overdoses? Taxpayers will likely be on the hook for it.
Prison reform should be implemented to address this issue. Locking up drug users for long periods of time exacerbates the problem and gives addicts a place to meet new addicts.
A better way to address the problem is to offer recovery help and real hope to desperate addicts. We applaud Mayor Roswarski for working with the faith-based community. Real strides have been made, and it was refreshing to see the Journal and Courier report on one such program.
We call on concerned citizens to make their voices heard. The safety of our children and grandchildren may depend on it. Call the Commissioners today at (765) 423-9215.


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I've Lived In Chicago All My Life :pDon't get me wrong, chi-town is an amazing city, but after living here for 14 years ive gotten tired of the weather. If you know Chicago you know that the weather is about as unpredictable as the lottery. We could have 90's in the summer and then drop down to 70 the next day. Or...
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As you guys know I am a pastor and I am currently working as chaplain in an international school. What you may not know is that I am a very enthusiastic videogamer. I am particularly fond of Nintendo and its Legend of Zelda franchise. Anyway, the other day I was grading some journals from my Bible class students and all of a sudden I thought, "it would be so cool if the Bible would be in videogame form, that'd make it much easier for my students to learn the stories." So as practical as I am, I went to google and wrote: Bible Videogame. To my surprise the top result was a kickstarter project from some guys who call themselves "Tornado Twins," wanting to make precisely that, a video game of the Bible.
I took a look at their project and it was AMAZING. These guys are pros in the videogame industry and they dream big. To make the story short, after a few minutes I was putting my pledge to fund their project… it was THAT good!
Now, if they do not get the needed funds by November 1 the whole project may fail, so I am writing this to ask something from you, go to http://kck.st/1q6Qidn and take a few minutes to see what they want to achieve and why they want to do it.
As a minister who has read the complete Bible several times, I know that it can be daunting at times, but I also know that there are PLENTY of amazing stories of heroism, adventure, struggle and freedom; most important, there is one huge story of salvation that I would like the newer generations to know in whatever way possible.
So there you go, please visit http://kck.st/1q6Qidn and if you feel like it, support the project either by pledging or by sharing the word with others.
God bless you all!


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Congrat's on the new baby boy, he's a big boy lol
Some of mine have already missed their golden birthdays, and others have a ways to go. I think it's kinda cool cause I always found it cool when they turned the age of their birth date...just didn't know it had a name.
Emissions is new out here, only a few years into it. They are trying to reduce smog, which I get, but it isn't the car's. The semi's, the burning, the forest fires, the farm equipment, none of which is/can be regulated. I was just surprised it failed.
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Community Resources
An important part of SGA's mission is to build community and its capacity for gardening sustainably. Here are resources you can use.
For local government we have fact sheets and booklets which are customised for soil and rainfall conditions in local areas. If you are a home gardener or member of a gardening group or community garden you will also find useful information in these booklets and fact sheets.
There are articles about the experiences of a range of community gardens, how gardening can build community and a manual for people wishing to establish a community garden. There are also articles about individual gardeners and their stories of sustainable gardening.


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consistency is key in everything
wish i knew then what i know now
when it's all said & done, more is always said than done.
The biggest reward in life is seeing the people you love the most happy.... Nothing more, nothing less.
money attracts the girl that you want....struggle attracts the girl you need
yeeeen even know it
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text: Hey guys, Just got my wife the HTC Desire and whenever we add any contact via phone after sync with Google it simply disappears - it's not in the web either. However, when we add it via google account it stays on both - web and the phone. Anyone's got any idea how to fix that? (Desire is an unbranded one). Cheers for looking