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Coherence analysis characterizes frequency-dependent covariance between signals, and is useful for multivariate oscillatory data often encountered in neuroscience. The global coherence provides a summary of coherent behavior in high-dimensional multivariate data by quantifying the concentration of variance in the first mode of an eigenvalue decomposition of the cross-spectral matrix. Practical application of this useful method is sensitive to noise, and can confound coherent activity in disparate neural populations or spatial locations that have a similar frequency structure. In this paper we describe two methodological enhancements to the global coherence procedure that increase robustness of the technique to noise, and that allow characterization of how power within specific coherent modes change through time.
Coherence analysis characterizes frequency-dependent covariance between signals, and is useful for multivariate oscillatory data often encountered in neuroscience. In high-dimensional data sets, such as high-density electroencephalogram (EEG), the large number of channels, ranging from 64 to 256, makes pairwise coherence analysis cumbersome in practice. Mitra and Bokil have proposed a "global coherence" method for summarizing coherence relationships within large multivariate data sets [1]. This procedure consists of an eigenvalue decomposition of the cross-spectral matrix, producing a summary statistic that quantifies the extent to which variance at a particular frequency can be concentrated within the first mode of the decomposition. Recently, this method has been applied to analyze EEG data recorded during general anesthesia [2]. A number of challenges exist in the practical application of this useful procedure. Noise from subject movement or muscle activity, which can introduce large-amplitude transient signals, can pose problems by introducing broad-band artifacts covering a range of frequencies of interest. This can occur frequently in neuroscience experiments, and in clinical settings such as sleep laboratories or the operating room. If temporal averaging is required to estimate the cross-spectral matrix, relatively brief instances of noise can contaminate global coherence estimates from a much longer segment of otherwise artifact-free data. These noisy segments can be removed manually, but doing so can be tedious and subjective, and is unsuitable for real-time clinical monitoring applications. For time-varying signals, such as those recorded during sleep or induction of general anesthesia, coherent oscillations within a frequency band of interest may adopt different spatial distributions, which may be difficult to appreciate from examining the global coherence summary statistic alone.
In this paper we describe two methodological enhancements to the global coherence procedure that increase robustness of the technique to noise, and that allow characterization of how activity within specific coherent spatial modes change through time. We demonstrate the feasibility of this approach by analyzing high-density EEG recorded during induction of general anesthesia.
The global coherence quantifies the concentration of variance in the first mode of an eigenvalue decomposition of the cross spectral matrix, computed using a singular value decomposition [1]:
where S(k) (f) is the k-th largest entry of the singular value matrix S (f) = diag (S(1) (f), S(2) (f), …, S(N) (f)), which is unitarily similar to the cross spectral power density matrix P (f) and satisfies
for some unitary matrix U (f) at frequency f.
In [2], the cross spectral matrix is computed by averaging cross-spectral estimates over an ensemble of neighboring windows:
where P (f, t) is the outer product of the tapered Fourier transform of a data window with itself, and J represents the number of windows in the interval [t − Δt, t]. A single discrete prolate spheroidal (Slepian) sequence is used for tapering. Estimates are allowed to vary in time by sliding the ensemble of windows in a non-overlapping fashion.
Estimates of the cross-spectral matrix as described above are sensitive to noise. To make cross-spectral estimation more robust, we use the median in place of the mean. The median is a robust estimator of centrality, and is much less sensitive to outliers than the mean.
is the set of Slepian tapered cross spectral density matrices. Here the median is computed elementwise and also separately over the real and imaginary components. Estimates are allowed to vary in time by sliding in single-window increments. This overlapping window arrangement allows the cross-spectral and global coherence estimates to track dynamics more rapidly than non-overlapping windows.
Coherent oscillations within a frequency band of interest may adopt different spatial distributions, which may be difficult to appreciate from the global coherence summary statistic alone. To analyze how power within a specific coherent spatial mode varies as a function of time, we can compute the variance of the projection onto that mode. In particular, we can take a coherent spatial mode estimated from data at a particular moment in time using the eigenvalue decomposition in (2), and apply the projection over the full data record to see how the power within that mode changes in time throughout the course of the experiment.
Normalizing by the total power at frequency f and time t, we obtain a spatial mode projection power ratio:
We induced general anesthesia in normal volunteers with the approval of the Human Research Committee at the Massachusetts General Hospital, and followed all hospital safety regulations for administration of general anesthesia. We show data from one subject to illustrate application of the robust estimation methods described above. For the anesthetic induction, we increased the effect-site concentration in step-wise levels of 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 μg/ml every 14 minutes using a computer controlled infusion [3], [4]. The subject listened to a series of pre-recorded auditory stimuli consisting of their name, affectively-neutral words, or a train of 40 and 84 Hz clicks, presented once every 4 seconds. Subjects were instructed to press a button to differentiate between these sounds. We used the loss of button responses as an indicator of loss of consciousness (LOC). We recorded 64-channel EEG continuously during this time (BrainAmp MRPlus, BrainProducts, GMBH). Prior to EEG recording, we acquired structural MRI for each subject and digitized scalp electrode positions (Polhemus Fastrack 3D). Prior to data analysis, we co-registered the electrode positions with MRI-based scalp surface reconstructions obtained with Freesurfer [5], and re-montaged EEG signals to a Laplacian reference, using distances along the scalp surface to weigh neighboring electrode contributions.
For the average-based global coherence procedure described in II-A, we used ten 2-second data windows to estimate the cross-spectral matrix, tapering with a single Slepian taper with time-frequency bandwidth product of NW = 2. For the median-based global coherence estimate described in II-B, we again used 10 2-second data windows, but used the first 3 Slepian tapers to construct the sample from which to calculate the median.
In Figure 1 we show the global coherence calculated in three different ways: using the original method described in [2] (top), using that same method but with sliding overlapping windows in time (middle), and using the robust median estimates of the cross-spectral matrix (bottom). Loss of consciousness (loss of response to auditory stimuli) occurs at approximately 65 minutes. We observe that the original global coherence calculation is highly sensitive to noise, taking the form of broad-band artifacts (red vertical lines, Figure 1, top). Application of a sliding window appears to improve temporal resolution (Figure 1, middle), but noise contamination remains. Application of the robust cross-spectral median estimate removes the majority of the noise artifacts (Figure 1, bottom).
From this analysis we observe a high degree of global coherence within the alpha band (8–12 Hz). When consciousness is lost, the global coherence appears to shift upwards in frequency by a small amount (~1 Hz). To analyze the spatial distributions and dynamics of these coherent modes, we apply the spatial projection described in section II-C above, first using the coherent spatial mode estimated from the baseline period (Figure 2, middle), and then using one estimated from the unconscious period (Figure 2, bottom). The coherent spatial mode estimated from the baseline period shows a strong posterior dominance in the alpha band, consistent with the normal alpha rhythm. The spatial mode coming from the unconscious period, however, shows a strong frontal distribution in the alpha band. If we examine the variance within this mode over the full data record, we observe that power in the posterior mode decreases as the experiment proceeds and the level of propofol is increased (Figure 2, top left), whereas the frontal mode has little power during the conscious period, but turns on after loss of consciousness (Figure 2, top right).
In this paper we focused on methods for robust estimation, but did not discuss statistical inference, which will be addressed in future work. Although the cross spectral matrices follow a multivariate Chi-squared distribution (Wishart), the global coherence does not have a closed-form distribution, because the singular value decomposition lacks a fixed functional form. Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) methods may provide a means of calculating an empirical distribution for the global coherence which can be used to calculate confidence intervals or for hypothesis testing.
In additional to coherence analysis, results with other indicators of the state of consciousness for this experiment can be found in [6] and [7].
The global coherence is a useful method for summarizing patterns of frequency-dependent co-variation in multivariate time series. In this paper we have developed a robust estimation method that improves the performance of this procedure in noisy data that are frequently encountered in neuroscience experiments, and in clinical settings such as sleep laboratories or the operating room. Furthermore, we have introduced a simple projection procedure that can be used to assess the dynamics of specific oscillatory modes discovered using global coherence analysis. We have illustrated the application of this method on EEG data recorded during induction of general anesthesia, but the method is applicable to a wide variety of neuroscience applications featuring multivariate neurophysiological recordings.
This work was supported by NIH Grants DP2-OD006454 (Purdon), K25-NS057580 (Purdon), T32-NS048005 (Harrell), DP1-OD003646 (Brown), R01-EB006385 (Brown, Purdon), and R01-MH071847 (Brown).
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Week13-Activity-Care Package
For this week in Art110 class we got assigned to do an activity called care package. We put our names in a hat and also drew someone's name out. The person's name I got was Peter Bay.
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Sanofi Pasteur, the vaccines division of sanofi-aventis Group, announced today positive results in the development of a vaccine for the global prevention of dengue fever, one of the most widespread tropical diseases. The results are being presented today at the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH)'s 56th annual meeting held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
These results have prompted Sanofi Pasteur to immediately expand ongoing clinical trials in Asia and Latin America. Submission to health authorities for registration is anticipated in 2012.
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Immunization with Sanofi Pasteur's tetravalent dengue candidate vaccine generated a sero- neutralizing antibody response against all four serotypes of the virus responsible for dengue fever in 100 percent of adults who participated in a trial in the United States.1
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Dengue fever is a mosquito-borne disease affecting up to 100 million people each year and resulting in 24,000 deaths, mostly among children, according to estimates from the World Health Organization (WHO).2,3 Overall, the disease is a potential threat for close to half the world's population. Dengue disease if often cyclical and causes spikes in demand on local medical resources and places tremendous pressure on strained hospitals and clinics located in endemic countries.
1 Data analyzed by the WHO Flavivirus Laboratory Reference Center, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand 2 State of the art of vaccine research and development. WHO/IVB/06.01 3 World Health Organization, What is dengue? What is dengue haemorrhagic fever? Available at:http://whqlibdoc.who.int/hq/2001/WHO_CDS_CPE_SMT_2001.9.pdf
Dengue fever occurs mostly in tropical and subtropical countries and it is spreading to new parts of the globe each year. For example, outbreaks recently have been observed in Paraguay and the Middle East. In addition, dengue affects countries such as Australia (Queensland) and the United States (Puerto Rico, Texas-Mexico border, Hawaii and the US-affiliated Pacific Islands). A substantial number of people traveling to endemic regions are also infected each year.
Sanofi Pasteur's tetravalent dengue candidate vaccine is based on a new technology incorporating the protein envelopes that provide immunity against the four virus types responsible for dengue fever and the most severe forms of the disease—dengue hemorrhagic fever and dengue shock syndrome.
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Aside from delivering the praised documentary Hoop Dreams, director Steve James has been busy making the rounds at festivals with his documentary The Interrupters, which follows three Violence Interrupters who try to protect their Chicago communities from the violence they once employed. But since that film is already in the can, James is already getting to work on his next documentary feature in the form of Generation Food. Doc Channel Blog reports the project will focus on the global food system in the 21st century and directly ties into food sovereignty activist Raj Patel's upcoming book of the same. More below!
The film is still in development, and actually looking for dditional support for preliminary research and travel costs which you can see listed on the project's page at the Kartemquin Films site, James' production banner, if you want to help out. Here's the film's official synopsis:
We want to fix the world's food system. We'll explore how to do that with unexpected stories from unlikely people discovering unbounded ways to feed the planet. Raj Patel's forthcoming book, GENERATION FOOD, takes a global look at how different generations are caring for one another over a shared table, making sure that there's enough good food for everyone. Like the book, the documentary project will chronicle the complex and contradictory journey to find sustainable solutions to feed the world. Bringing together Steve James' unmatched storytelling skills and Raj Patel's knowledge of the food system, we'll produce a documentary about solutions to fix the worlds' problems that informs, surprises, entertains and inspires. By the end of the film, the audience will wonder not 'what can I do?', but 'when can we start?'
In a world plagued by obesity, it's sad to think that famine elsewhere is still an issue. And while this issue of the global food system has been tackled countless times on the news and more, James is an Oscar nomianted documentarian, and I'm confident he'll paint this issue in a new light that will really open some people's eyes. Once some early footage is shot, the crew hopes to release a teaser in order to strap down some more financing. We're quite interested in amazing documentaries (watch the trailer for our Sundance fave The Imposter) so we'll keep a close eye on this project as best we can. Interested?
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|Alistar is tankier than you will be, but you can poke him out very easily. If he engages on you wait his cc out then flay/hook combo his carry and you win the trade.
In this guide I will talk about everything you can do with thresh in all roles. I firmly believe thresh is the best champion to fill every role possible is some sort of way. We will talk about the most obvious of things to some more complicated interactions you can do. I wall talk about in order
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There are a few different rune pages you can make; however, there are a few thing thresh NEEDS.
First off you will 100% of the time you will get Greater Seal of Armour. This is because thresh has the lowest base armour in the game, due to his passive. Without these runes you are VERY squishy early game and can take serious damage from minions alone. Some people like to rune Greater Seal of Health, but the lack of armour early game isn't worth the bonus 72 health.
Typically you will run Greater Glyph of Magic Resist for your magic defense. If you have a lot of room for rune pages and want to run Greatre Glyph of Ability Power, you can for AP builds but otherwise the flat 12 Magic Resist will be much more helpful.
Marks are where the difference in runes start. If you are looking to simply be tankier (mostly as a support) running Greater Mark of Armour will be your best defensive stat as it will help with your lack of armour early game. Try to avoid any Magic Penetration and Armour Penetration as you aren't a massive damage dealer by default. If you are going Attack Damage or want to simply deal more damage either go Greater Mark of Attack Speed or Greater Mark of Attack Damage. These are very typical of any Attack Damage page and will offer you the best Damage per second. For AP builds I recommend either Greater Mark of Magic Resist if you are running AP glyphs, or as I prefer Greater MArk of Attack Speed as this will help you farm, and help with your DPS along with your E passive.
Quintessences will be the other set of runes that vary. For AP build you will always get Greater Quintessence of Ability Power for simply giving you the most amount of AP possible. For tank you can run any mixture of Greater Quintessence of Armour or Greater Quintessence of Magic Resist. Some people may run Greater Quintessence of Health but I find flat Armour or flat Magic Resist to be more beneficial. For for damage you can run, similar to marks, Greater Quintessence of Attack Speed or Greater Quintessence of Attack Damage.
For the debate of Flat Armour/Magic Resist vs. Flat Heath runes, I argue that the first 2 items you will be building typically only have health (sight stone and locket) and having the flat resistances gives you a bit of meat to help you with the early game squishieness that thresh suffers.
All of this being said if you are simply have very few rune pages and are only playing him as support, either a tank rune page, or attack damage rune page will suffice.
Thresh is a pretty versatile champion so their are many different masteries you can get. Masteries are vary dependent on the conditions of the team comp. As a general rule of thumb here are the main masteries you should be getting.
For support the main masteries are
-Unyielding you typically will be building defenses of some sort so the bonus resistances will help
-Veteran Scars because you are running flat resistances the health from this outweighs any shielding you will be doing especially early game
-Bond of Stone you are much tankier than other ranged supports so having bond of stone will help your carry survive through laning much easier
Other good masteries are Exposed Weakness Meditation and Bandit, though these are more of a personal preference and depend on whether you are in a team, or going solo. For team exposed weakness will help and solo bandit/meditation will be more useful.
For AD you will go typically AD or Bruiser masteries. Grasp of the undying works well with your range and constant harass as a bruiser, and you can keep your fervor stacks up if going more ADC. Warlord blood lust is also helpful as an ADC as you don't have a lot of sustain outside of items.
For AP again you will go typical AP masteries, Death Fire Touch, and Thunder lords. For these runes it comes down to personal preference.
Pros / Cons
-Infinity scaling AP and Armour
-Semi-decent engage
-Very good peel
-Save out of position team mates with lantern
-A ranged Tank
-Decent Base damage that scale off your passive
-Endless skill cap
-Can be played into and with any composition
-Decent single target and Crowd Control
-Not very tanky early levels
-Complicated champion to play at a high level
-Skill shot orientated
-Hard to come back when behind as a champion
-Very short range
-Isn't as tanky as other champions
-Most people know how to counter play at a decent level
There are some other minor Pros and Cons but these are the big ones that impact Thresh as a whole. If you can get over the early game hump and collect enough souls your can make a huge difference late game, but don't be shy early game. You have great pick potential!
Passive - Damnation
Now we get into the thick of things with thresh, his abilities
In summary sometimes when enemies die near you they will drop a soul. A soul (in Summoner's Rift) will permanently grant you .75 Armour and .75 Ability Power. All of Thresh's abilities scale off of Ability Power so the more souls you have, the more damage you do. There are two different ways souls will spawn, either right where the enemy died or if there is any enemy champion nearby it will drop in a more unsafe area.
When a souls drops and an enemy champion is nearby it will drop a short distance towards the champion, this can make collecting souls difficult as you make take poke for collecting the soul. There are ways to play around this. You can take the poke for the soul. You can force them into choosing between a fight or backing off, you can push them off of the soul to collect it, or you an use your lantern to pick it up. The different ways to collect them depends on how things are going. If they are being aggressive and a soul drops behind them, it may be best to let it go or to collect it using lantern. If you and playing aggressive fake an engage to collect the soul and re-position. Playing around soul collection takes time, but when you get better at it, you will scale much better with the more souls you have.
-Sometimes you can wait on collecting a soul for a few seconds, another soul might spawn nearby and you can collect multiple with one lantern.
-Choose wisely what souls to contest, don't be too passive and lose scaling or too aggressive and get poked out.
-Stay near enemy minions and monsters, if you keep roaming in the jungle or hanging out under tower, souls won't drop and you can fall behind.
-Don't use lantern every time a soul is too far away, you might need it to save your stupid ADC.
-If you are playing another role besides support, stay up in farm. You are a utility champion until you scale keep up in farm or you may fall behind
Q - Death Sentence (Hook)
Quickly explained its Nautalus hook in slow motion, but it is very unique in application.
To summarize you throw a hook (long skill shot) and if you hit an enemy you pull them towards you a shot distance. After landing the hook you can reactivate within 1.5 seconds to pull your self to the other side of the champion.
Your Q is your big engage, you can use it catch people out, throw yourself into their team, or pull them off of you back line. Many people view this as a core ability of Thresh and I tentatively agree. The skill shot is slower than most, but you can use it to play mind games with your prey. Most people will attempt to dodge the hook for obvious reasons. Sometimes simply holding onto your hook and walking towards them can cause them to panic or even flash in anticipation. Use the ability semi often early game to see what they will do. Do they simply dash away every time you queue the ability up, or do they react.
-Hold onto your q if you catch an enemy out, they will often kill themselves trying to avoid this one ability
-Don't reactivate every hook you land, sometimes just landing the hook is enough. You can easily throw yourself into a bad situation by reactivating it, USE MAP AWARENESS
-Time it with important enemy abilities, throwing your hook at your team mate after Yi alpha stikes or zed ults can cause them to not be able to follow up damage, and keep your team safe.
-If an enemy is standing on you lantern you can hook them to pull them off the lantern so your team mate can ride to safety.
-Just before reactivating your hook you can throw out your lantern to carry a team mate with you to the other side of the enemy.
-Don't be afraid to use your hook, because they only get pulled a shot distance, and are stunned for the 1.5 seconds grabbing the 10-0-5 Dr. Mundo is okay, simply don't reactivate you q and walk back.
-After you land the hook there is no distance that will break the hook, you can land a hook flash towards your team and lantern them in extra far away.
W - Dark Passage (Lantern)
Thresh's W is what makes thresh a support.
You throw a lantern in an area and it will
-Collect souls in a medium sized radius
-Create an clickable lantern that will cause an ally to dash next to you
-Shields the nearest ally within the radius.
Thresh lantern is his simplest mechanic. There isn't a whole lot of detail to go into so I will simply go into the tips.
-The range you can throw you lantern is shorter than the maximum range you can move away from the lantern, throw it out and take a few steps away to grant the longest dash possible for you team
-You can use it to grant a very small area of vision, useful for clearing out pink wards and checking for death pushes.
-In team fight use it to shied a target member for a small amount.
-Use lantern with your re-activated hook to carry another member to the enemy.
-Help your jungler smite steal by giving him an out after he flashes in to steal.
-You can flash while an ally is dashing towards you to increase the dash range.
-Use it to collect unsafe souls
E - Flay
Flay is your damage as thresh by basically; empowering your auto attacks.
Passively deals bonus damage on hit (scaling with souls) that increases in damage the longer he goes without attacking up to a set amount (again scaling with souls). On activation thresh sweeps the ground at his feet to push or pull enemies in a short direction applying a slow. Your flay is arguably your most important ability. It helps you poke, as well as slowing them. Flay has the shortest cool down and is your best all around tool for engage/disengage by pulling or pushing enemies away. Flay empowered attacks also help proc your relic shield which is why thresh players will go relic shield over ancient coin.
-Using flash flay is a much more reliable engage than flash hook due to its area of effect.
-Walk up to the enemy flay and then hook them while they are slowed, they will try to dodge you hook and end up dying from not simply dodging your flay
-COLLECT SOULS if you have 200 souls your passive from flay will do 200 bonus damage on hit and can wind up to over 800 damage if you wait long enough
-Use flay to set up your ult they wont be able to get out of your flay fast enough to avoid the box
-Be sure to flay the right direction, you don't want to pull them to you when you meant to push them away.
-Time flay with enemy abilities, you can stop dashes and sometime catch their flash if you use it correctly
-Wait the full time in lane to get off a nice hard hitting attack to poke them out.
R - The Box
Thresh's ult creates a pentagon around him that will slow the first enemy to walk through one of its sides by 99% for 1 second. This ability is pretty simply ability, the catch is there is a .75 second cat time so be sure to keep this in mind.
-Use in team fight on top of you carries to prevent damage dealer to get to your back line
-Use it as you are running away to slow their advance and give your team space.
-If you are using your hook to engage you can follow up with a RE or ER combo to slow their movement by over 130%
-Cut of jungle escape routes to slow them down for your team to catch up.
The moment you all have been waiting for, the dirty secrets all thresh players have come to love!
-Knock ups your hook for a split second when it lands is a knock up Yasuo can ult if he is fast enough, your flay is also a knock up for a good team fight cc again being a very shot knock up.
-Wombo Combo using your ER or RE with a wombo combo team helps keep them group after the initial burst giving your ADC time to do some DPS
-If morgana spell shields your hook you will not stun them, but you can still reactivate it to pull yourself too the black shield, you can land the hook wait the full 1.5 seconds then pull yourself to her to come in for surprise visit.
-If Poppy ults you as you land you hook you can re-activate it to travel to her
-If Tahm Kench eats the person you hook the hook will still be connected so you can reactive to travel to tahm kench.
-If an ally click on the lantern while being dashed to by and enemy (twisted advance on maokai or Vi ult) the enemy will continue the dash until they are next to you. Bait them into an unknown tower dive.
-You can hook/flay enemies out of escapes like dashes, magical journeys tunnels etc.
-Flash hook around minions to surprise enemies into unseen hooks.
-Right before a minion dies throw you hook in a line from you the minions and an enemy, as the minion dies before you hook arrives you will hook the enemy instead for a surprise hook.
-Don't always hook right in front of you, if lining up for a team fight walk towards their right flank and throw the hook left they wont be expecting a sideways hook and you can catch out un-prepared champions
-If Blitzcrack uses his grab then click on the thresh lantern fast enough he will pull the champion to thresh for double the normal range.
-If you are getting ganked and you manage to get close to your tower, flash into your tower and hook them under tower in combination with flay.
-As ADC thresh your empower flay attack in combination whit stattik shiv can result in some MASSIVE single hit damage especially late game.
More info coming soon!
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How ugly are we talking?
I've always wondered what you boys preferred when it comes to FABULOUS LOOKS or just plain INCREDIBLE Shags? I see a lot of beautiful Victoria Secret models/Playboy Centerfolds in ads and many of them ask for 1k for 1hr. Most do not have reviews (I wonder WHY?) whereas others are dynamos under the sheets and are not typical 10's. If I was a guy, I personally would go for PERFORMANCE because it's the experience of 'connection' rather then just looking at a pretty woman. So, if you could only have ONE choice - what would that be and WHY?
many kisses!
I'll never get to the performance if not for the appearance.
However , if performance is lacking I will not repeat.
Sorry for the wishy washy answer , but I am after all from DC !
And also when are cuming to chicago. Again? I've been waiting for your call like a redheaded stepchild sitting by the phone awaiting an invitation from a boy to go to the prom
The captain of the wrestling team will be in Chicago soon ! But be forewarned...probably not the kind of boy your parents are gonna approve of.
In my personal life I am totally cool with dating and having a woman who is not the hottest looking OR the best in bed. If I find a woman appealing, a certain look, the way she carries herself, her personality, our rapport, I have no problem even if I would only rate her a 6 or 7 appearance/performance on the TER scale. I am not wealthy and have very limited funds for this fantasy land, that is a factor. If I'm spending hard earned $$$ I prefer to have the best looks/performance I can get. Remember this is the fantasy part! I WANT the HOTTEST gal I can find with the BEST performance lowest BS factor with the lowest cost. My last few encounters in the fantasy have been with the same gal. She meets my physical desires to an absolute T. Her body is a solid 9.5. Her face is closer to average than her body. She is not at all hard on the eyes, but not a supermodel. When it comes to performance she is a solid 8. I have a good time with her. We get along well, the sex is great (she even told me so lmao) conversation is nice and it's fun to lie around naked with her afterward getting to know each other. She is a good MIX of what I'm looking for. If she allowed MSOG she would be 9+ in performance as well. I have set myself a price point of max $300 unless I want something way beyond normal (porn star or camera session or two girl etc) If a gal is over $300 I will most likely NEVER see her. For me at least it really is a balancing act. when I find the perfect balance I will have an ATF. This gal would be on the side of looks are slightly better than performance. I've had it the other way too. BOTH were fine. I guess the best way to sum it up, for myself at least is... Looks and price point are most likely to get me to your door, performance and price point may just keep me coming back to your door.
I can overlook certain performance issues when I am really turned on by a provider's appearance. For instance, I have seen providers who are not exactly GFE or have given up an acronym or two for the sake of eye candy.
If I am not turned on by her appearance, I may as well stay home.
My performance can be more important then hers and can relate directly to appearance.
I am also not looking for a connection that either does not really exist or is only in my mind. That 20 year old hottie and I have no connection in reality.
How ugly are we talking?
Let's face it (pun intended), It's the "looks" that gets us to the phone/email. It's the accuracy of those looks and the performance that makes the time spent together okay or phenomenal, and makes us want to repeat, so yeah, it's both, but, for me, it's the looks that floats my boat.
I agree with the comment that if the looks aren't there I'll never know about the performance. However, everyone has different tastes and what I'm attracted to isn't necessarily what other guys are attracted to. There are certain things that I love and other guys would probably be like "huh"?
But if I'm already there and had to pick between awesome looks and awesome performance I'll take performance.
Appearance because for most of the guys here, this hobby is about fantasy, not just physical satisfaction. If she's not attractive to me, i would not enjoy myself physically. If I'm just gonna spent the time with my eyes closed making a withdrawal from the spank-bank, I might as well save my money and stay home. This is just for my needs. In a perfect world, I'd just see you and not worry about making any tough choices!
You know it's Appearance! Performance can't be bad, but appearance takes the cake!
While appearance has to be "good enough" it doesn't have to be top of the line. But performance has to be exceptional or I consider it a total waste of time and money. Flaws in appearance are easy to overcome but flaws in performance can be gamebreaking.
Maybe this is a tough one to answer, but does your performance get enhanced if the hobbyist is a fit, good looking guy (and a gentleman) vs. a less attractive out of shape one?
My "partners" seemed to enjoy themselves quite a bit more before I put on this 30 pounds
Fair enough Ramone. Would have been nice to hear the ladies' perspective but I suppose it could backfire on them.
My performance with ANY gentlemen is the same whether they are super fit or average. I adore men in every shape and size and truly have the best fun with those who are okay with themselves and have a great attitude! xoxooxxoox CC
Maybe this is a tough one to answer, but does your performance get enhanced if the hobbyist is a fit, good looking guy (and a gentleman) vs. a less attractive out of shape one?
Maybe this is a tough one to answer, but does your performance get enhanced if the hobbyist is a fit, good looking guy (and a gentleman) vs. a less attractive out of shape one?
Another thing, if you have a 6pk or a super flat tummy it can be hard to find something to rub my love button on. I end up looking like a fish out of water wriggling around looking for some place to rub on. However if you have a ponch, even a small one I have now found something to rub on, much easier to orgasm fully if I have both G's in gear. Truth be known at about any weight I can figure out a way to get all the rubbing and all going so I can get my needs filled too, otherwise what is the point right? You just have to be a little more creative about placement and flexibility.
So, performance is the end all be all for me and gages if I WANT to see a gent again. I love what I do and want to continue to so I will be picky and visit with those I choose to only.... Though I think the only thing that trumps performance per say is attitude, that can make or break a session be it that you are a gent or a fem. I require a little phone time to feel a guest out before a visit, and the call may not be long at all. However if I feel that he has a attitude or is crass or rude in some way, pushy or nasty-the like I will turn him down even if he passed screening... WHY? Because if that happens it is going to suck and I don't want to bother. Sorry, I have the ability to choose too. I prefer to think I am saving them $$ because they would be wasted on me if I am not feeling them at all.
Take care and enjoy your week, Sage
many kisses!
Personally, I view performance as a proxy for how much a lady enjoys my company. You can always tell when a lady is enjoying herself...more expansive menu, lots of eye contact, the screams aren't forced, spontaneous wetness, she suggests positions, the session runs late. When that happens, it makes the hobby all worth it.
Concise, succinct and spot on. You hit the nail on the head.
I,like most guys,prefer both but I guess I would rate performance and attitude over appearance.like to leave the session smiling, relaxed and glad I scheduled the appointment.
Well, I know this is question for guys, but I could say that it would be like 40/60. Appearance is very important, but you guys are looking for fun and be pleased. It doesn't matter how hot a girl is if she doesn't perform right, how can you be satisfy?. Sometimes, girls who are less pretty can give you the best BJs or the best sex ever. I am a very sexy and pretty woman, and I can say that my performances are even better. I like to see guys ended with a nice smile.
Catalina Del Castillo
It depends. Every guys wants a hot girl to visit but I have a few that maybe arent as good looking that I call now and then just becuase I know they give great service. I have seen them before and I know they are very nice women so once I usually take the safe route and call them when I'm looking if nothing is popping out at me.
performance and attitude every time! Some real good looking ladies I have been with did not do much for me!


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This Week on the PSN (11.23.10)
November 23, 2010 - Every Tuesday, Sony drops a bunch of new stuff onto the PlayStation Network. Those with a PlayStation 3 or PSP can download this new goodness, which ranges from PSN games to movies, themes and more. While the Official PlayStation Blog outlines these updates in full each week, we thought we'd help truncate the good news into something more digestible.
Cheap Thrills: Gaming Deals of Oct. 2, 2009
October 2, 2009 - Let's face it: Times are tough. The economy hasn't quite rebounded yet, and Sony wants $250 for a new PSP that won't play your stack of games. And who has the money to drop $60 on a new Xbox 360 game or $169 on a shiny new Nintendo DSi? Well, we do, but we're very, very rich. So what about everyone else?
PSPgo Shopping List
September 30, 2009 - Holy crap, it's finally here! The PSPgo is upon us and that means that the PlayStation Network just got a mega-dose of downloadable content.
Prinny Meets Marona
April 7, 2009 - Every time I return to NIS's absurdly difficult platformer, Prinny: Can I Really Be the Hero?, I end up getting frustrated. Prinny, which stars everyone's favorite skittish penguin demon, is all about delivering that old-school difficulty in a charming, Disgaea-themed package. When the first DLC item (titled Flonne's Castle) went up for sale on the PlayStation Store, I was reminded of how hard the game was to beat. Now that the second piece of content is available, I've once again tasted the bitter defeat of a dead penguin. Marona of Phantom Isle is an extra stage and boss available for $3.99. Putting the game's difficulty aside, I still find it a bit pricey considering the amount of content you're getting, but I'm sure hardcore fans will enjoy it.
Beating the Prinny DLC
March 3, 2009 - Last month, Nippon Ichi Software released a ridiculously challenging platformer with the title Prinny: Can I Really Be the Hero? on Sony's portable system. Although the game pushed the player at every turn, the overall quality of the Prinny experience was admirable, as the game boasted cute 2D sprites, whimsical music and a charming (albeit silly) storyline. For the $40 price tag, the game gave players quite a bit of replay value and should definitely be purchased by Disgaea fans looking for something different.
PSN Update (02.26.09)
February 26, 2009 - Maybe you've been looking for something extra for your PS3 -- A new theme for the XMB, or some extra content for older games, perhaps. Whatever the case may be, this week's update should have something for you. There's a large number of premium themes for both the PS3 and PSP, as well as a lot of add-on content for players. If you need an update of what to expect on the store, you can check out this week's edition of Pulse, and you can also check out No Gravity: The Plague of Mind, which is this week's downloadable game for the Spring Fever promotion. Check out the full list below:
Prinny: Can I Really Be the Hero? Review
February 6, 2009 - More than five years ago, a little strategy game called Disgaea: Hour of Darkness introduced gamers to a colorful, comical world filled with mischievous demons and mind-bending amounts of level-grinding. Although Laharl -- son of the Overlord and an all-around devious fellow -- was the star of Disgaea, another important group of side characters were introduced that would forever dominate the comic relief of the Disgaea universe: the Prinnies. Small, penguin creatures with a knack for being punished, the Prinnies quickly became a well-known icon for the series and always had something entertaining to contribute to the tale. Now, they have their own game.
IGN PlayStation 2009 Preview
January 20, 2009 - With so many great games and possibilities in store for us this year, which games should you spend your precious time following and what news should you be looking forward to? That's where we come in. We're going to highlight the biggest of the big games coming out this year, focusing on the titles that publishers have sworn are going to hit before the end of the year. This list doesn't include guesses of any sort, only stuff that the publishers have 100% confirmed are coming out this year. So don't count Gran Turismo 5 out just yet, but also don't hold your breath.
Prinny: Can I Really Be the Hero? Hands-on
December 12, 2008 - Nippon Ichi Software, or more affectionately known as NIS, has long charmed gamers with its Disgaea series -- a ridiculously complex strategy RPG franchise designed to give you hundreds of hours of gameplay with absurd level caps. However, one of NIS's upcoming PSP titles is a serious departure from the strategy RPG scene. Prinny: Can I Really Be the Hero? is a side-scrolling platformer with an old-school feel and themed around the Disgaea universe. I had the opportunity to play an early preview build of the game and I have to admit that its comical charm almost equals its fun, challenging gameplay.
Disgaea Mascot Featured in New PSP Title
August 29, 2008 - Following a retail leak earlier this week, Nippon Ichi has started speaking officially about Prinny: Ore ga Shuujinkou de Iinsuka?.


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Thursday, April 8, 2010
Tea Partiers are So Stupid...
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- AnonymousApril 12, 2010 at 7:49 PM
Vote him out!!ReplyDelete
This guy fails at life, and im sorry to say that if the tea party ever took over, America would become a land of ignorance, and religious theocracy. All they want is to create a Christian Iran in the US. They are bigots, in the meanest sense of the term, they are horrid, selfish beings.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 18, 2010 at 2:13 PM
@Patrick: I 100% agree with what you said. It's just plain scary to think there are people this stupid alive on this planet. If it were not for our system that they sponge off of they would definitely not be able to survive in any conventional sense.ReplyDelete
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"Lead, follow, or get out of the way!"
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Content leadership offers you the opportunity to educate your visitors which induces advantages for your business, including:
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Content leadership causes potential customers to seek you out, instead of you having to go after them. If you are a plumbing company, you will struggle to make your ad stand out among all of the other ads for plumbers. However, if you become a go-to resource for information on plumbing problems, then your audience will often come to you. In turn they may even tell their friends about that great insightful article they read on unclogging the sink.
This desire for your content, and possibly regular readership, can cause your brand to reach a substantial number of people organically.
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This can greatly expand the diversity of your audience. Some people will come to your website from search engine results. But others will come from seeing your content on a social media website like Facebook or Twitter. Others will come from an email campaign, while still more will come from more traditional marketing channels like ads and sales brochures.
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One of the primary goals of search engines like Google and Bing is to direct people to the best available answers to their queries. This is why the search engine algorithms are being constantly updated, to generate search results that have real, useful content – as opposed to spam.
The more useful, quality content your website offers, the better it looks to these search engines. This means your website will show up higher on search results, and will be more likely to receive visitors as a result. There are countless websites out there selling products that are probably similar to yours, but far fewer that focus on unique, insightful content creation.
Solving complex problems
One of the keys to content leadership is solving complex problems. NVidia, a graphics card manufacturer, is an excellent example of this type of leadership. NVidia produces optimization guides to help people build their own computers. It does not push its products on customers, but instead offers them solutions only it can offer. Users of the guides tend to buy NVidia products as a result.
Enhance your content marketing efforts
The concept of content creation is not new, but the goal of becoming a content leader is certainly unique. Thought leadership gives you an edge over your competition. Your content can make you an industry-recognized leader, and the default source for information on your particular industry. This requires a little more work upfront, including developing unique ideas and packaging those ideas into something an audience can use, but the extra effort delivers significant long-term dividends.
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Their dream was to meet Leo Messi and their dream has come true. Thirteen children aged between 7 and 18 years from eleven different countries got the chance to spend some time with their hero this morning at the Ciutat Esportiva. They are all suffering from serious illnesses and have come to Barcelona to meet the Argentinian star thanks to the support of the Leo Messi and FC Barcelona Foundations in association with Make-A-Wish Spain and the Ànima Foundation.
The thirty children that gathered on pitch number nine at the Barça training ground were from the United Kingdom, Belgium, Switzerland, Italy, France, Holland, Ireland, Portugal, the USA, Peru and Catalonia. This visit will be a massive boost to their strength and joy, and in turn will be a huge help in their battles with illness. Experiences like these can often be as important as any medical treatment.
Messi was welcomed with open arms and after posing for photographs and signing autographs, and afterwards watched from the side-lines as the children played a match together. Then it was time for gifts. The guests presented Leo with a map of the world showing where they are all from and on which they had written their own personal messages. "I'm thrilled to have met the God of Football" said one, while another said that "I hope Thiago likes this gift." Then Messi gave each of the children a pack of FC Barcelona merchandise that they all opened quickly and eagerly.
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License Auctions with Royalty Contracts for Losers
This paper revisits the standard analysis of licensing a cost reducing innovation by an outside innovator to a Cournot oligopoly. We propose a new mechanism that combines elements of a license auction with royalty licensing by granting the losers of the auction the option to sign a royalty contract. The optimal new mechanism eliminates the losses from exclusionary licensing without reducing bidders' surplus; therefore, it is more profitable than both standard license auctions and pure royalty licensing. We also take into account that the number of licenses must be an integer, which is typically ignored in the literature.
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- Morton I. Kamien & Yair Tauman, 1986.
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- Morton I. Kamien & Yair Tauman, 1984. "Fees Versus Royalties and the Private Value of a Patent," Discussion Papers 583, Northwestern University, Center for Mathematical Studies in Economics and Management Science.
- Michael L. Katz & Carl Shapiro, 1986. "How to License Intangible Property," The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Oxford University Press, vol. 101(3), pages 567-589.
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- Aoki, Reiko & Tauman, Yair, 1998. "Patent Licensing with Spillovers," Working Papers 147, Department of Economics, The University of Auckland.
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- Wang, X. Henry, 1998. "Fee versus royalty licensing in a Cournot duopoly model," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 60(1), pages 55-62, July.
- Beggs, A. W., 1992. "The licensing of patents under asymmetric information," International Journal of Industrial Organization, Elsevier, vol. 10(2), pages 171-191, June.
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You are looking at a beautiful lot of eight art work wall & mobile hanging art decorations. Some of these are marked on the back, made in Indonesia. The rest are not marked. There are three large, nice sized flying mobile mermaid goddess's, measuring between 15 1/2" long and as small as 7 3/4" long. There is a similiar mobile in the shape of a frog, which measures 6" long. There is also a balloon shaped mobile with what looks like rabbits in a basket, and two wall hanging decorations of some sort of a goddess...these two wall hangings measure 19 1/2" each. The above seven items are all made of some sort of light weight wood. The last item is a pottery. It is a mask of a face with large eyes and a nice smooth surface on the front...this mask measures a little over 8" long...the eyes on this mask have a similiar texture to the back of the pottery, not the glazed surface of the rest of the piece. All pieces are in nice shape, a few with some signs of usage, or need a minor touching up of the paint. Some of the pieces show some minor grooves on the wood. Very minor, nothing major. Other than that, they look great!!! This is an incredible lot of lovely Balinese, Indonesia artwork items. I will ship the mobile mermaids that have wings, with them seperated, for safe shipping; as they detach. I took a bunch of pictures , so please take ... read more


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This is the play style you u need if u wana be epic with jax
You will start by upgrading leap strike and you will usually solo a lane, so what you do is that you consistantly use leap strike on the enemy in your lane to scare him and take of damage and after u leap strike on them u use empower immediatly than dodge so u can stun them, if you are getting owned in the fight then run after u stun the enemy and leap strike on a nearby ally or minion to make a hasty escape. also after u buy the first six item then sell beserkers greaves for guardian angel. also u will be very squishy so make sure u just leap strike in to a fight then run as soon as ur HP gets low coz that will be fast. minions will die very fast from you and u can use ur skills on them like empower and leap strike as long as u make sure ur mana doesnt get too low that u cant fight because jax's mana will run out fast
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