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Elfen Lied: Vector One
Review Date:
2005 June 27th Monday [18:13]
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ADV Films
Age Rating: MA
Region: 1 - North America
Volume: 1 of 4
Length: 100 minutes
Subtitles: English
English Dolby Digital 5.1
Japanese Dolby Digital 5.1
Nyu is a helpless young girl found on the beach by college students Kohta and Yuka, she's unable to communicate other than to say the word 'Nyu' and seems totally innocent, relying on the pair for virtually everything. Lucy, on the other hand, is a merciless killer. Lucy uses an array of psychic arms called 'vectors' to dismember anyone in her path before they have a chance to scream. At first glance these two seem like diametric opposites, however they share the same body, flipping between the two personalities at a moments notice.
Now, as Kohta takes in mutants and runaways into his new rented home, Kaede House, he and Yuka have no idea of the darkness descending around them, or the evil luring in the seemingly helpless Nyu. Outside a battle rages, as the forces that allowed Lucy to escape send soldiers and mutants after her, Kohta and Yuka have no idea that one wrong move could make the difference between living and dying.Now, as Kohta takes in mutants and runaways into his new rented home, Kaede House, he and Yuka have no idea of the darkness descending around them, or the evil luring in the seemingly helpless Nyu. Outside a battle rages, as the forces that allowed Lucy to escape send soldiers and mutants after her, Kohta and Yuka have no idea that one wrong move could make the difference between living and dying.
With this series the first thing to notice is the sheer amount of violence in this series, the first frame, for instance is of a severed arm on the floor of a secret base. From then on whenever the "Lucy" persona is in charge not even traditionally safe characters such as the important or ditzy ones are safe, and are usually ripped apart with savage ferocity. Lucy's other persona "Nyu" however is cute and hapless, aided partially by the fact that triangular horns on top of her head and the fact that all she can say is 'nyu' makes her seem much like the stereotypical catgirl seen in many popular anime. Of the other main characters, Khota is reserved but nice, though he has frequent flashbacks and seems to have something in his past that he can't quite remember, Yuka is energetic and friendly and usually ends up pushing or dragging Khota around. When the group are together and Nyu is around instead of Lucy, the series almost seems to be a light-hearted romantic comedy, with Nyu acting almost like Chii from the Clamp series Chobits and ending up in sexually suggestive positions with Khota just as Yuka walks in (there is quite a bit of nudity), but there is a certain bleak quality to it, almost as if their is no hope of happiness to be found for any of the characters. Through all of this each characters seems to have something dark in their past, something within that seems to eat away at all of them from inside.
The animation in the series is done quite well, resorting to computer graphics only for such things as cherry blossoms falling in the wind or Lucy's invisible 'vectors', though much like the series itself it is rather bleak, though interestingly goes for the overexposed and far too bright look in quieter scenes rather than staying dark throughout. The title music is dark cathedral choir-esque and in Latin while in contrast the ending theme is a rather upbeat j-rock love song.
As for incidental music, there isn't loads of it, but what there is of it is mostly a different rendering of the title theme. Both the subtitles and the dub are excellent, leaving the viewer to simply select their preferred format, and enjoy.
To be frank this anime is seriously messed up, fusing romantic comedy, and military and psychological drama to leave a series that while not quite as manically schizophrenic as
Full Metal Panic
, switches view points at the drop of a hat, going from funny to gory at a moments notice plunging the viewer into a sea of blood and severed limbs. I really cannot convey the level of violence depicted in this series, in the first five minutes alone, tens of guards are ripped apart and others are killed in increasingly complex and sadistic ways, though bizarrely enough, this all seems to be within the scope of the series and does not seem out of place. What really saves this anime, and stops it from becoming just another horror series, is the amount of interest it manages to generate from the viewer, as it is clever and well written and will hold your interest and make you long for the next disk. If you can keep your lunch down that is. Overall Elfen Lied is an interesting series and looks to hold much promise for future episodes, but only if you can stomach the violence and despair that it drags along with it like so much extra baggage.
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1. You are incredibly selfish. If there is anything that marriage has taught me It's that I'm incredibly selfish. I get mad when I don't get my way and I look out for my own interest first. Was I incredibly selfish before marriage? Yes. The reason why I think I can see it more in marriage is because I have to take another person into consideration. Before I only had to make decisions based on what I wanted because I was free to do what I pleased. Now that I'm married we have to make decisions together based on whats good for us and not just what I want.
Is my husband incredibly selfish? Yes. But I don't believe that God would have me focus on his sin. God would have me focus on my own selfishness and pray for my husband. When we focus on someone else sin what we're saying is that there's nothing wrong with us and hes the one that needs to be fixed. But in reality we are all very selfish people whether we realize it or not.
I would encourage you to take the time and ask God to reveal your sin to you. Have you really been trying to be the wife that God has called you to be. I know that my husband really loves and appreciates me but I also know that he doesn't know a lot of my sinful thoughts.
2. You have your own agenda. Believe it or not you have your own agenda. That agenda can be big like having five children or something small like your husband taking out the trash tonight. Is it wrong to have plans or an agenda? No. Usually the sin comes after our plans have failed. It all comes down to how we will act when our plans don't happen. Will we be angry at our husbands for not cleaning when people are coming over? Will we be bitter that someone else is pregnant when we're not? Will we be jealous that someones husband got their wife flowers when ours didn't? It's not wrong to want any of those thing but those reactions to it is. When we put our hope on our circumstances instead of Christ we are sinning. Our joy should not come from how much our life is going according to plan but from God alone.
I can promise you that your husband will fail you more than once in your marriage. Don't be surprised. Just like you will fail him. It's our sinful condition. But I can also promise you there will be times where everything seems to be going according to your plan (scary). Because those are the times when we are most likely to do things on our own since everything is okay. Conflict points us towards Christ because we can't fix it on our own. Marriage is a big sanctifying factor in our lives because we are constantly being worked on.

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KATIE Archibald's dramatic elevation to the high echelons of track cycling continued yesterday with the 19-year-old from Milngavie becoming Scotland's first female world champion. However, Archibald herself declared that she had been living with the pressure of ticking this particular box for some time.
With red, white and blue dyed hair, the colourful teenager has stood out in the all-powerful British scene as much for her pedal power as her appearance, and she admitted there was a sense of relief at adding the world team pursuit title to the European crown they won last autumn in the Netherlands.
Archibald, who has been a revelation since joining the squad full-time in Manchester in November – she was selected ahead of Olympic gold medallist Dani King, a reserve – said: "For a long time there's been the pressure of living up to your team-mates and knowing that they've been Olympic champions, world champions, time and time again and so it's good to have someone on your heels, not just bumping elbows with your team-mates."
Not that the female foursome's achievement in Cali, Colombia came easily. They flirted with failure before securing gold on day two of the Track Cycling World Championships.
Joanna Rowsell, Laura Trott, Archibald and Elinor Barker claimed Britain's sixth women's team pursuit world title out of seven and a first gold of the championships ahead of Canada. The victory – in four minutes 23.407 seconds to the Canadian quartet's 4mins 24.696secs – so nearly did not happen as Barker's legs gave up on the final lap, with Trott fearing a collision which would have ended with half the British team sprawled on the track. "At the end Elinor changed down the straight and I hadn't actually made it back on yet," said Trott.
"I was shouting because I thought if she turned any quicker she'd take me out and then it'd be game over if I take her down. You get lucky sometimes I guess and that's what happened."
Defending champion Jason Kenny had to settle for fifth in the men's Keirin behind France's Francois Pervis, while Fabian Puerta of Colombia was roared on to silver. Kenny recognised his bid was over after a collision which saw Germany's Maximilian Levy fall and robbed him of momentum.


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Jun 27, 2003 - 1:18 pm
I was diagnosed with breast cancer nearly a year ago. I had to have more than one surgery and I am now undergoing chemo. I really do not consider my significant other a partner anymore due to what I am about to describe. I spent a lot of time in and out of the hospital. And one stay was lengthy. During the lengthy stay, my significant other chose to go out of town and since has not accompanied me one to a chemo treatment. I see heterosexual couples together at chemo supporting one another. We have gone on an out of town trip for some R&R but I am really not feeling like the relationship is much of one. Has anyone else experienced this?
Jun 30, 2003 - 10:42 pm
I had my sig offer to go but I declined her offer since I was going to be sitting for 2 or more hours. I am so sorry your sig didn't even seem to offer. I guess it would be hard but perhaps a direct conversation about how that hurt you. Perhaps she was scared or uncomfortable. Before you write the relationship off at least give her the chance to state her reasons. I will be praying this opens a new level to your relationship. Good Luck and I feel your pain I was alone in that chemo room 11 out of 12 weeks.
Jul 15, 2003 - 10:57 am
Thanks for the good thoughts
Jul 25, 2003 - 9:24 am
My partner has been there with me 2 of 4 times.I find I kind of like being there by myself sometimes...it gives me some time to think out of the house. I have noticed that 3 months into this breast cancer journey, my dropping things and being tired a lot sometimes pushes her patience. I think she needs as much of a vacation as I do, and maybe from me.Have you had any of that?
Sep 05, 2003 - 4:07 pm
Wow! Don't put heterosexual partners on some pedestal as able to be more supportive of one another. Cancer is really, really hard on a relationship...any kind of relationship. People handle their stress and grief in different ways that sometimes don't go well together. I heard a scary statistic (and I don't know if this applies to all couples or only heterosexual ones) but it claims that only about 30-35% of relationships endure cancer. I am really sorry that you did not get the kind of support that you wanted and needed from your partner. So, get the support that you can from others. Rally the troops! You need and deserve to have help, a listening ear, some pampering, whatever it is. See where you can find what you need so you can fight this fight. Good luck to you.
Nov 12, 2003 - 6:16 am
Boy do I agree with dramerth. I am a heterosexual individual who has found that my hetero friends have almost deserted me since my diagnosis of lung cancer 5 months ago. Yet my lesbian friends have become my dearest support. My surgeon asked me if I was gay because everytime he saw me at the hospital I was surrounded by lesbians.These days I question my own sexuality because I have become so comfortable where I get and deserve the love and caring I need.I will not make any decisions in the near future but right now I love all my lesbian friends deeply within my heart and will always hold them special because of their caring for me.I hope you find the support you need and deserve.
Mar 09, 2004 - 3:06 pm
I am a lesbian who was recently diagnosed with Thyroid cancer. I am also a cancer nurse who has taken care of many patients, both lesbian, gay, and straight. So maybe I can offer my perspective of being on both sides.
As a cancer nurse, I have witnesssed first hand how patients and their significant others/family cope with their loved one's cancer diagnosis. Not everyone copes in a healthy way. Have you shared your feelings with your partner? Maybe she is so wrapped up in her own uncomfortable feelings that she is unable to be emotionally there for you. After all, hospitals aren't always friendly towards our significant others.
Maybe she feels that her presence would create a scene or undue tension. Perhaps she needs a gentle reminder that you'd really like to have her there with you.
As a cancer patient, sometimes I need to be alone with my thoughts and feelings. It provides me a time to sort through things. Before deciding that your relationship is over, give your partner another chance. Try to find out what is her fears and concerns are.
As both a nurse and a cancer patient, I have found that people can't read my mind. If I don't tell them what I need, how can I expect them to fulfill that need?
Sep 27, 2004 - 7:35 pm
I'm also a lesbian diagnosed with cervical cancer. I was with my partner and 2 children of 6 years and broke up during my treatment. I had to move out of the house during my most tired/exhausted I have ever been. I think that it may of been a long time coming but the timing was terrible. I'm still not all the way moved out but I'm getting stronger every day.
Jan 26, 2005 - 12:51 pm
I am new to this group but i had to say I can sure relate to that. I was diagnosed with breast cancer in Aug of 99. Just as my partner was beginning treatment for HepC. We made it through her treatment and mine together. In Nov. 03 my partner of 10 yrs decided she was straight. As you said, it may have been a long time coming but the timing was terrible. I was in hock up to my eyeballs and was sure I was getting sick again. I had lost 35 lbs for no apparent reason and was dog tired and hurting all the time. I couldn't afford a place without giving up my 2 horses and that is out of the question. Fortunately, one of my old instructors from tech school took me in. The horses have pretty good digs but things for me leave a lot to be desired. I have a room with a cot. No heat and no ac. Not really complaining. I do okay here and I'm nearly out of debt. I just get really lonely sometimes and so am glad to have found this group. I just finished radiation on my spine and I too am getting stronger every day. Keep hanging in there.
Nov 27, 2009 - 10:05 am
Hi Teresa,
Just thought I'd jump in and share that my partner has mets thyca. She was diagnosed in 2003 and continues to fight. What kind of thyca do you have?
Thanks for sharing your insights and experiences.
One of our friends recently saw some of my writing (poems, etc.) and told my partner Kelly that instead of being angry (me) I should make the most of my time with Kelly. Well, she's right. I agree. Kelly agrees. We're trying. Things get in the way, including our own fears, depression, etc. but we'll keep working.
Mar 31, 2004 - 4:48 pm
Oct 01, 2008 - 9:59 pm
This troubles me...I had a partner for 7 years, then it ended...and we were apart for 7 years no contact at all.Then I got Breast Cancer...my sister wanted me to move back to Wilmington..and stay with her while preparing,and starting my journey...so I did.I found out where my ex worked, I just wanted to apologize for many things...it had to be an act of God that I found her after all this time .... I had my sister to call her to let her know I was sick....I just coundn't....she knew for a week...then I landed back in hospital w/infection...late one of those nights...she just walked through the door...I could hardly catch my breathe I was so shocked.....it was a good visit.Over these past couple of weeks...we've talked alot on the phone and such.Alot of feelings are still between us...and because our past was not very pretty....it has left some still lingering...worries off and on...we're happy that God allowed us to meet again....but there is so much tension...she wants to be there for me...very much so thru this....and that gave me so much hope that I could pull through all this Cancer stuff....but now shes backed off some, she saids she doesn't want to cause me any more stress...she'll send cards and call to see how I'm doing but thats about it for now, because she saids she s not really sure what to do....I allowed myself to open up a bit inside...now I'm hurt....and I feel like I won't have enough hope and strength to make it thru chemo when it starts.Any feed-back from ya'll would be nice-My name is Shannon by the way.--Thanks
Oct 13, 2008 - 10:51 am
Wow I am very sad to hear there is so much stress and tension during this time of our lives,
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Let me tell you about the nightmare I have had with AT&T just trying to add an additional line. In September, I ordered a refurbished iPhone 3GS and added a line. I had the handset sent to my son to activate in California. When he got the phone, the home button was not working. So, I called AT&T and was told he would have to send it back, the line would have to be taken off the account, and I would have to reorder another phone/line through the website.
So, we returned the phone as requested. While it was shipping back, I noticed they were charging me for the line already. I had to call and get a credit.
A week or so later, I called and was told to go ahead and order another phone and it would be sent to me with a new number. I ordered a new 3GS and had it shipped to me so I could activate it and forward it on to my son. I activated the phone with the new number and made sure it worked. Before I sent it off to my son (a birthday present) I noticed I now had three lines still showing on my account; my line, the number belonging to the returned phone, and the new number. I go to the AT&T store and work with a manager who calls into Premier Support. The manager tells me they are going to auto cancel the line associated with the defective phone on Oct 21st, but he can transfer the number on a sim and my son can still use it with the replacement. Great, that's fine, I was okay with the new number but I this was good too. So, I get a sim, check the phone and send it off. I receive an email from Premier Support that the phone number associated with the second phone sent out has been cancelled and no ETF has been charged. This is on Oct, 18th, so far so good.
My son gets the phone, ON HIS BIRTHDAY, Oct 24, and boom..doesn't work... no service. Turns out the line that the manager gave me on the sim was cancelled on the 21st as he had said it was set to do. Why he did not stop that from cancelling, I don't know.
So, I call in again and after talking to five people who refused to help me and finally a nice CSR that was able to reactivate the line (the second, not the third).
A week later, I'm checking my new bill. They are billing me $390.00 for ETF/Service on the newest (and cancelled per the email) line for the new phone because THEY APPLIED THE FIRST UPGRADE PHONE NUMBER TO IT! Now I'm on the phone with a floor sup and he says the only way i can get credit is to send MY SON'S PHONE BACK. So.. if I send the phone back, I will have two lines still on my account and only one phone. He also tells me that I can't send it back without the original packaging, which at this point, I don't even know if my son has!
So, AT&T sends my son a broken phone.
Then, thru error, causes my son to get a new phone with no service on his birthday.
And wants me to MAIL THE PHONE BACK IN THE ORIGINAL PACKAGING SO I CAN GET CREDIT FOR THE ETF, CANCEL THE LINE AGAIN AND REORDER THE PHONE AGAIN.
Now, I work in Customer Service for Chase Mortgage. I know that that in our company these types of issues can be fixed... there is no such thing as "no". From my perspective, the customer service is horrible. No one wants to take ownership of my issue and resolve it, even though I'm a TWO YEAR customer that pays my bill every month without an issue.
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Can Android compete with these iPhone 6s camera specs?
The iPhone 6s camera will have high-end specs to compete with the latest flagships, according to clues found within the source code of iOS 9. If these iPhone 6s camera specs are accurate, this would represent one of the biggest hardware leaps the iPhone's camera has ever had.
The news surfaced after an iOS developer found source code text which suggested that the front-facing camera could capture 1080p video, shoot in 240 fps slow-motion, capture panoramic images and would have a flash. iOS developer Hamza Sood included the information in a Tweet sent yesterday, and while the iOS 9 code discovered certainly seems to be genuine, there's no guarantee that these features will make it onto the iPhone 6s.
That being said, Apple will certainly improve its "selfie camera" technology, as the 1.2 MP front-facing camera currently in the iPhone 6 now seems grossly underpowered. With a 5 MP front-facing camera in the iPhone 6s, the rear camera is likely to pack 13 MP sensor.
iOS 9 is hinting at future device front cameras having: 1080p resolution, 240fps slow mo, panoramamic capture, flash pic.twitter.com/NkMjdsUZEX— Hamza Sood (@hamzasood) June 10, 2015
While this would put the iPhone 6s front-facing camera on-par with the Galaxy S6 (and LG G4) in terms of raw pixel-count, the Galaxy S6 camera shoots in QHD (2560 x 1440 pixels) on its front facing camera, meaning it still beats it in terms of playback resolution.
We know from experience that these raw numbers don't count for much and there are many more factors at play which affect image quality. iPhone camera specs are often "mid-range" on paper, but have a reputation for producing high-quality images. With the iPhone 6s potentially coming even closer to the Android competition in cold numbers, there's every chance it could truly outshine the other 2015 flagships this year.
Do you think the iPhone 6s will present a significant threat to Android devices in terms of performance? Let us know in the comments below.
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Who cares???
I'm not gonna trade my unlocked n6 for apples anything!!!!
When was the last time you printed any picture you've taken with your phone???????
Take a picture of anything at all...does you absolutely no good at all if you're sending it to someone else with a lesser display....
The picture is only as good as the screen its being viewed on !!!!
1080p picture viewed on a 480p screen is still a 480p picture !!!!
HTC Desire EYE and flash for the front facing camera so nothing new there. And the Galaxy S6 cannot shot in 4K with it's front facing camera. The S6 has a 5MP from facing camera and you need 8 for 4K
Apple has always produced excellent shooters...I wouldn't doubt if they do the same again!
Of course this is huge. As mentioned, Apple has always had a reputation for producing consistently great images with its camera, and buy upping the ante in this sort of pixel count and resolution, it will most definitely have the best camera around (including its other updates). It will be interesting to see with the recent release of the S6 and G4, both of which sporting wonderful cameras.
Yes I agree!!
If Apple can make it right with their low light performance then these upgrades will be a serious threat to Android manufacturers. Since Apple is boosting the megapixel count I seriously hope they work with low light performance since now each pixel will be smaller. That's why they've been able to do so good with their 8mp rear shooter. With most of the updates focusing on the front camera and things like slow-motion, it's bound to be great. This will be the first year that the money you put into an iPhone will get you something out of it.
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SKI SHOW - "In the village of the indomitable"! Live from the best hidden ski area in the Alps! A new ski show and new entertainment program on Tuesday evening are what's happening in Fieberbrunn.
Nordic Walking Meeting point: Gasthof Großlehen in Fieberbrunn, duration 1 hour. Price: FREE for guests of PillerseeTal with guest card; for guests without guest card € 10,-.. Registration directly at Mrs. Lisa Flatscher - Tel 0043 664 73496270, from 1 to max. 10 participants. Info & Contact Wander- und Bewegungsschule Frau Lisa Flatscher Dorfstr. 25 6384 Waidring
Sledding Fun on the Gaisberg! Not only is the sled run on the Gaisberg the only one in the immediate area to display the Natural Toboggan Run quality-seal, it is also open to the public day and night: So, if you haven't used up all of your energy during the daylight hours, you can make up for lost time as you go night sledding under the floodlights. Season- and annual passes for the Kitzbühel ski area include evening use of the lifts on the Gaisberg. Ski passes for the "Kitzbühel Ski Area" issued for 6 days or longer include a free ride on one evening. From Tuesday to Saturday between 6:30 and 9:30 p.m., nothing more stands in the way of your evening sledding enjoyment on the outstanding sled run in Kirchberg. What tobogganing is for some, nighttime skiing is for other night-owls. And the mountain lift in Kitzbühel is more than happy to oblige: every Thursday and Friday on the brightly illuminated Gaisberg hill from 6:30 until 9:30 p.m. (the hill remains floodlit until 11).
Lamas hautnah erleben die Natur in all ihren Facetten genießen und ganz im Moment sein. Wandern mit tierischer Begleitung ist ein Spaß für die ganze Familie (für Kinder ab 8 Jahre). Dauer: ca. 2 h, Kosten: € 50,- pro Tour (inkl. 2 Lamas & Guide), Eine Voranmeldung ist unbedingt nötig (Tel. +43.676.6408306).
Kaiserwinkl Alpine Ballooning 2018 During the ballooning week in Kaiserwinkl from 20.01. to 27.01.2016, you can see a very special spectacle. Every day, countless colourful balloons take to the skies and blend in with the snow-covered crags of the Kaisergebirge mountain range to form postcard images. The pros points races are eagerly followed from the ground.


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SQL Server Maintenance plans use an undocumented Microsoft extended stored procedure, xp_delete_file. This extended stored procedure verifies that a file is a valid backup or transaction log file prior to deletion. If the file is not verified as a valid backup or transaction file, the file will not be deleted, and without any error notification. This extended stored procedure is generally not recommended for use by Microsoft and you will find a lot of chatter about difficulty with its use on message boards. Nonetheless, it is used in the SQL Maintenance Plans that are created via the point-and-click interface. Encryptionizer for SQL Server FIPS 140-2 Validated supports the ability to use xp_delete_file in SQL Maintenance plans but does require a certain configuration of Encryptionizer.
For Encryptionizer for SQL Server (nlemsys.sys driver v2012.201.10.0 and up), you are able to configure such that Encrypted backups pass the xp_delete_file test and the backups are deleted via xp_delete_file.
In general we recommend that databases are encrypted using the AES-CBC or AES-ECB algorithms as those are optimized for SQL database I/O. However, if you configure your backups to be encrypted with the AES-CTR algorithm, the xp_delete_file will be able to recognize the backup as a valid back-up file. To do so, you must use the following configuration:
- Open the Encryptionizer Administration Wizard
- Select the SQL instance to secure
- Add encryption keys that you will use for your databases – it is recommended to use AES-CBC or AES-ECB.
- Add one more encryption key using AES-CTR. Note the key number after you have added it. Let's call this Key N.
- On the additional options screen, check "Encrypt New Databases and Backups"
- On this same screen, check "Specify Files to include/exclude.." feature and then click the "Specify" button.
- This screen allows you to specify the rules for which files are automatically encrypted on created, and with which encryption key (based on Key number).
- If you want all new databases to be encrypted on creation, you can leave *.* in the list in the middle of the screen.
- In the file mask field, enter *.bak, select Key N (which is the AES-CTR key you set up above) and click "Include" (if you only want certain backups encrypted you can have [databasename]*.bak)
- when you have completed defining your rules, you can click the "Continue" button.
- Complete securing your SQL instance.
For more information on the use the the "Specify Files to include/exclude.." feature, please see the Whole Database User Guide installed with the software.
For Encryptionizer for SQL Server (nlemsql.sys driver 2008.401.40 and below), Encrypted backups cannot be detected as valid by xp_delete_file. Our recommended solution is to modify your maintenance plan and create a shell script,
e.g. xp_cmdshell 'del [filename]'.
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Things got a leeetle bit awkward when a news anchor didn't realise she was on-air and called her co-worker fat!
Ginger Chan hadn't realised her mic was on as Sam Rubin discussed his weight in the live-room, saying: "My wife says 'since when did you become the fat guy on that show'" after which a voice can be heard saying: "He's always been!"
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Kyle Arrington, on being pulled for Alfonzo Dennard: 'I've got to be better'
Cornerback Kyle Arrington said hard work is going to be the only thing that pulls him out of the rut that got him benched today.
Arrington was pulled for rookie Alfonzo Dennard after the Seahawks' second offensive series, when the veteran was beat by Doug Baldwin for 50 yards and a 24-yard touchdown. Arrington reemerged in nickel sets in the second half, but it's obviously too early to know how this will shake out as the Pats prepare for the Jets.
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Tomorrow marks 239 years since we as a nation declared our independence from British rule and being told what we can say, think, believe, do or practice. Yet 239 years later we are again being told what to say, think, believe, practice, do. Many will argue that Americans have the right to freedom of speech,…Read more
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Being a South Carolinian by birth I can say I am totally disgusted with the politics and self serving interest of those who are using the tragic deaths of nine people holding Bible study in the Charleston, SC Church by the inexcusable, evil act of one Dylann Roof for their own benefit. In the New…Read more
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Wednesday, January 1, 2014
Day 30 & 31: Congratulations! You Kicked it Old Skool!
We've reached the end of the Blog-a-Thon! I'm equally happy and sad that it has come to an end. I'm amazed at how much I wrote this past month, but since I've gotten into a nice rhythm, I feel that I can keep writing here on the blog on a regular basis.
I decided to combine Days 30 and 31 for this post because I honestly didn't have an answer for Day 30, but can talk about it in the summary for Day 31. I love it when things work out like that. :)
Day 30 asked us to share our favourite recipes.
Day 31 congratulated all of us for finishing the month of writing, and wondering what we'd like to celebrate about it.
Well .... I don't cook or bake, so there's your first post right there. Ba-DUM-cha!
Looking back on what I shared for an entire month, I'm surprised (enthusiastically, at that!) at what poured out of me. I feel like celebrating that fact alone. It made me realize that there is a way to get out of my head, and I'm able to express myself in way I never could have dreamed of before this year. Another surprise I had was being able to type all these posts non-stop on the keyboard. I've always written long-hand, so finally reaching a point where I can zoom through an article in front of the computer was quite a revelation. It all came down to this statement:
It doesn't matter how I write the words down, but that I get them out in the first place.
It doesn't exactly roll off the tongue, and I can't see it becoming the Phrase of the Year, but it's something that popped into my head tonight as I typed this up. And most importantly, it makes me feel great. I'm writing, and that's the greatest gift I could ever give to myself.
I hope you have all enjoyed reading everything I've posted this past month, and hope that you continue to check in every once in a while to see what else I've been up to. The comments you all left - both here and on Facebook - really touched me.
May this year bring you more creative inspiration, happiness and laughter! Hugs to you all! xo
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I love Christmas songs. Old ones and new ones. Sincere ones and cynical ones. Happy ones and sad ones. Jesusy ones and secular ones. All of them!
Well. Not really all of them, because then I could just put on a Pandora holiday station and be done with it. Instead, I have spent the past few years carefully crafting the perfect Christmas playlist. I tinker with it every year, dropping a few songs and adding a few others. And then I listen to it ALL THE TIME from Thanksgiving through Christmas. And by then I am usually tired enough of it that it's not too painful to say goodbye to it until the next Thanksgiving.
So here is this year's list. It's a work in progress, as I haven't finished adding this year's new songs. I'm considering selections from A Very She & Him Christmas, Dan Zanes' Christmas in Concord, and maybe some more Sufjan Stevens. And I need to find a version of The Holly and the Ivy that I like, because it's one of the songs Gus (and the other carollers) sing in A Christmas Carol.
A few notes:
*yes, there are two different versions of Joni Mitchell's "River" on here. So? Oh, also "Someday at Christmas"
*The Barenaked Ladies kind of annoy the crap out of me, generally speaking, but their God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen is ridiculously appealing. Elf's Lament is on there mostly because Dave likes it
*songs about fathers who get drunk and ruin Christmas are over-represented here.
Let It Be Christmas: Alan Jackson
Christmas Must Be Tonight: The Band
Elf's Lament: Barenaked Ladies
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen: Barenaked Ladies and Sarah McLachlan
Rudy: The Be Good Tanyas
Go Tell It On the Mountain: The Blind Boys of Alabama
My Dreams of Christmas: The Boxmasters
The Nutcracker Suite: Brian Setzer
Silver and Gold: Burl Ives
Blue Christmas: Chris Isaak
Run Rudolph Run: Chuck Berry
What's This?: Danny Elfman
Please Daddy (Don't Get Drunk This Christmas): The Decemberists
Santa Claus is Back in Town: Dwight Yoakam
Santa Claus is Coming to Town: Eddy Arnold
Sleigh Ride: Ella Fitzgerald
Light of the Stable: Emmylou Harris
Frosty the Snowman: Fiona Apple
(It Must've Been Ol') Santa Claus: Harry Connick, Jr.
River: Indigo Girls
Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer: Jack Johnson
Someday at Christmas: Jack Johnson
Christmas is Coming: John Denver & The Muppets
A Baby Just Like You: John Denver & The Muppets
12 Days of Christmas: John Denver & The Muppets
The Peace Carol: John Denver & The Muppets
Happy Xmas (War is Over): John Lennon
Silent Night All Day Long: John Prine
The Little Drummer Boy: Johnny Cash
River: Joni Mitchell
Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!: Lena Horne
Baby, It's Cold Outside: Leon Redbone and Zooey Deschanel
Winter Wonderland: Leon Redbone
'Zat You, Santa Claus?: Louis Armstrong
Once in Royal David's City: Mary Chapin Carpenter
Children Go Where I Send Thee: Natalie Merchant
Merry Christmas Baby: Otis Redding
Here It Is Christmas Time: Old 97's
Fairytale of New York: The Pogues
2000 Miles: The Pretenders
Boxing Day: Relient K
Merry Christmas from the Family: Robert Earl Keen
Christmas in Hollis: Run DMC
It Came Upon a Midnight Clear: Sixpence None the Richer
Someday at Christmas: Stevie Wonder
I Saw Three Ships: Sting
O Come, O Come Emmanuel: Sufjan Stevens
The Friendly Beasts: Sufjan Stevens
O Holy Night: Tracy Chapman
Christmas (Baby Please Come Home): U2
O Come All Ye Faithful: Weezer
Silent Night: Weezer
Pretty Paper: Willie Nelson
Please Come Home for Christmas: Willie Nelson
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First of all we wish you a very warm welcome to the home page of the EliteMeet team. Here you can find out all about EliteMeet, who we are and our goals.
We are a group of people who have met through the community around the video game Elite:Dangerous and through those contacts have developed new friendships. Following our own experiences in developing these new friendships we decided we would like create a way we could help others do the same. Therefore we have created EliteMeet in order to develop events where people from solo players to groups of in game friends can meet in a relaxing environment, learn more about the game and have fun in the real world.
To this end you will find links to events set up by this team, and in future we will be looking to create guides and tools here for those of you that would like to create your own similar events wherever you are in the world.
If you would like to keep up with our events then why not follow our Facebook Page.
Our Chosen Charities
As a non-profit group we donate any left over funds after events to our two chosen charities.
Special Effect is an organisation that seeks to help those who have challenges accessing gaming due to physical disabilities. They work with people to identify and use existing technologies and design new solutions that can help those individuals get the same pleasure as most of us do from the gaming world.
Hearing Dogs obtains, trains and homes Hearing Assistance dogs with those that would most benefit from a companion that can alert them to various aural queues that most of us take for granted. They Assist with audible alerts such as fire alarms, smoke alarms, mobile phone alerts etc. Not only do they assist with these alerts but they also provide real companionship as well.
Hutton Orbital Radio
Hutton orbital radio is the brain child of the Hutton Orbital Radio Truckers and is an example of one of many community projects.
That's the station playing now (if you have your audio turned up) via the widget below.
Enjoy your stay here.
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Early announcement that we'll be hosting our annual Father's Day Garden Party – on Father's Day weekend! You knew that! You so smart!
Saturday and Sunday, June 20th and 21st.
We're really looking forward to all the fun ~ face painting, cookie decorating, wreath-making, bow-tying, building a small Department 56 village scene, and of course, last year's most popular event, making a card for Dad. More than one dad was seen wiping a tear on a sleeve upon receiving a hand-made, heart-made card.
Free stuff! Hourly prize giveaways! A weekend grand prize giveaway if you play our Scavenger Hunt game! We love exclamation points!
On Sunday, dads will receive a free cookie and a small drink at the Candy Kitchen. We'll have strolling entertainers in the courtyard, and the Parrot Mountain exotic birds will be on display.
Really, fun stuff all weekend to kick off our summer celebrations. Come join us!
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Humbaba's mouth is fire; his roar the floodwater;
his breath is death. Enlil made him guardian
of the Cedar Forest, to frighten off the mortal
who would venture there. But who would venture
there? Humbaba's mouth is fire; his roar
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He hears the slightest sound somewhere in the Forest.
Enlil made him terrifying guardian,
Whose mouth is fire, whose roar the floodwater.
—Tablet II
Enkidu speaks these lines in Tablet II, as he and Gilgamesh prepare to invade the forbidden Cedar Forest and fight the demon Humbaba. One of the most remarkable literary techniques in this epic is the artful repetition within the verses, though generalizing about literary style is difficult, since every English translation renders the poem so differently, and the ancient versions differ so vastly. Some of these repetitions relate to formal structure, which means that at one time they might have provided mnemonic assistance to help storytellers, who had no written versions, remember the tale. But the effect of these repetitions can also be powerfully incantatory, in English translation as well as in Gilgamesh's original languages. These lines convey not only Humbaba's awesome presence but also the paralyzing fear that he inspires in his challengers. Their hypnotic, driving quality suggests Enkidu and Gilgamesh's agitated psychological state: they must quell the obsessive, chattering voices of dread in their minds before they can stand up to Humbaba.
What could I offer
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Balm for the body? The food and drink of the gods?
I have nothing to give to her who lacks nothing at all.
You are the door through which the cold gets in.
You are the fire that goes out. You are the pitch
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On Tablet VI, when Gilgamesh returns from the Cedar Forest with the head of Humbaba, the goddess Ishtar is overcome with lust. Gilgamesh rejects her proposition scornfully. The poetry of Gilgamesh often requires scholarly explication to fill in the blanks of the story, explain the complex origins of Mesopotamian gods, and reconcile the inconsistencies in a narrative that stitches together two millennia's worth of stories. When Gilgamesh spurns Ishtar, however, his insults are clear, pointed, and hilarious. The setup is familiar—the proud, handsome young man, and the rich, jaded, older woman who wants to make him her plaything. As obscure as Gilgamesh might be in its details, its broad outlines are timeless and universal. The epic contains a lot of angst and brooding about death, but it also evinces a tremendous relish for the sensuous pleasures of life.
Enkidu, . . . your mother is a gazelle,
and . . . your father who created you, a wild ass.
[You were] raised by creatures with tails,
and by the animals of the wilderness, with all its breadth.
The paths going up to and down from the forest of cedars
All mourn you: the weeping does not end day or night
—Tablet VIII
After Enkidu dies, Gilgamesh pours out his grief in this impassioned lamentation. He projects his grief onto a rural landscape so that it seems the entire natural world mourns for Enkidu, even the animals and the paths in the forest. His lamentation poignantly evokes Enkidu's wild origins and also reveals the extent of Gilgamesh's grief. This kind of projection will appear again centuries later in the pastoral elegies of the ancient Greeks and later European writers. Pastoral literature gives an idealized picture of the simple, natural life of shepherds, and an elegy is a poem that expresses sorrow for the dead. Pastoral elegies present the natural world as mourning the deceased as well. They include long descriptions of the deceased, those who mourn them, the unfairness of death, and the possibility of a next life. The simple diction and the animal imagery in these lines evoke the biblical "Song of Songs" as well. The austere lyricism of Gilgamesh's ancient poetry, though present throughout the epic, stands out in this passage.
As for you, Gilgamesh, let your belly be full,
Make merry day and night.
Of each day make a feast of rejoicing.
Day and night dance and play!
Let your garments be sparkling fresh,
Your head be washed; bathe in water.
Pay heed to a little one that holds on to your hand,
Let a spouse delight in your bosom.
—Tablet X
After Gilgamesh braves the dark passage under the twin-peaked mountain through which the sun passes on its daily travels, he emerges into a magical garden by the sea, which represents a kind of second birth. The garden belongs to Siduri the veiled bar maid, the goddess of wine-making and brewing. With some trepidation, she permits the disreputable-looking Gilgamesh to enter her tavern. Then she gives him some pointed advice: he should give up his futile quest for eternal life and make the most of the life he's living now. For unknown reasons, Sin-Leqi-Unninni did not include Siduri's famous speech in his version of The Epic of Gilgamesh. Fortunately, it survived in an old Babylonian text. While Siduri's words anticipate by thousands of years the "Carpe Diem" of the Roman Horace, and the famous words "Make the most of what we yet may spend / Before we too into the Dust descend" of the medieval Persian astronomer poet Omar Khayyam, they evoke a similar spirit of making the most of the present moment.
And so they traveled until they reached Uruk.
There Gilgamesh the king said to the boatman:
"Study the brickwork, study the fortification;
climb the ancient staircase to the terrace;
study how it is made; from the terrace see
the planted and fallow fields, the ponds and orchards.
One league is the inner city, another league
is orchards; still another the fields beyond;
over there is the precinct of the temple. . . . ,
Three leagues and the temple precinct of Ishtar."
Measure Uruk, the city of Gilgamesh
—Tablet XI
These words mark one of the most astonishing transitions in literature. Only a few lines earlier, Gilgamesh was in despair because he lost his magical plant, his last opportunity for immortality, which he believes is a sign that he should abandon his quest. But this loss was also the moment of truth. Accompanied by Urshanabi the boatman, who has been forbidden to have any further commerce with the immortals, he approaches the vast, beautiful urban expanse of Uruk, with its cultivated fields and orchards and its towering ziggurat devoted to Ishtar, all of it enclosed by intricately wrought walls. Gilgamesh, seeing it anew, regards it with pride and awe. Offering up his realm for the boatman's admiration, Gilgamesh repeats, word for word, the opening lines of the epic. This is my city, he says. My place. He has quested to the ends of the earth for the meaning of life and found it at last in his own home. Thus ends The Epic of Gilgamesh.
Very nice article, although it should be noted that the Jacobsen 1949 translation of Siduri's Advice is far more popular:
"Gilgamesh, whither are you wandering? Life, which you look for, you will never find. For when the gods created man, they let death be his share, and life withheld in their own hands. Gilgamesh, fill your belly. Day and night make merry. Let days be full of joy, dance and make music day and night. And wear fresh clothes. And wash your head and bathe. Look at the child that is holding your hand, and let your wife del... Read more→
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"In that time, people considered women and sex calming forces that could domesticate wild men like Enkidu and bring them into the civilized world."
--Does this really need to be explained? And what do you mean, "in that time"? This is a universal human constant.
Shamhat isn't a prostitute as much as a priestess. Historically, priestesses jobs in temples were to act as sort of surrogates for the gods and performed rituals through sex. Stephen Mitchell states they were almost reverse-nuns, in his version of the book.
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Monday, August 8, 2016 marked the 10th Anniversary of the Annual Mildred & Samuel Levine Memorial Golf Classic (with an afternoon of cards & mah jongg) to benefit Sunrise Day Camp-Long Island. The Golf Classic continued to participate in the 2016 Lexus Champions for Charity Program sponsored by Lexus of Rockville Centre.
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Please if your going to give a thumbs down to my guide tell me why in the chat box and i'll make changes to it while still keeping the effectiveness. Anyway this guide is going over the usefullness of crit strike plus dmg Twitch. Also I'm not going to make a rune section because runes can be flexible on Twitch. So please don't think you NEED these runes but they will help a little so if you already have them go for it!
Pros and Cons
Very annoying to the enemy
Deals a hell of a lot of dmg
Stealth increases his combat effectiveness
Has great CC
Poison helps with early kills A LOT
Not mana dependent late game
One of the most squishy characters in the game
to activate cc in the most potent way he must auto attack some
Certain champs can regenerate out of your poison
weak to all cc
Oracles will shut him down hard
Stealth recalling
Most Twitch players know that Twitch is one of the best back door champions in the game, but because they don't know how to stealth recall they die right after. That's why you need to learn how. It's pretty simple actually, all you need to do is stealth, and RIGHT BEFORE you enter your hidden state you hit recall. That's all there is to it, it's so simple yet so effective.
Solo lane Twitch
In general the solo lane is meant for harassing champions and last hitting minions, Twitch has the advantage in that area because he can stack his poison twice on a minion then leave it alone while getting the gold for it. Twitch also has the advantage of amazing ganking in solo lane!
With crit strike twitch in the solo lane you can hit all the minions once in the hoard and rake in the cash, I suggest hitting each of them twice at lvl 1-3. From lvl 4-7 I suggest hitting them only once.
When it comes to champion harassment you should hide behind your minions at all times (if possible) and unleash a flurry of poisonous arrows at the other solo. If the other champion is harassing more then you are you should stealth till the enemy feels comfortable (normally about 5-10 sec) then find a place where the enemy minions can't murder you, destealth and auto attack them. When they come at you or your chasing them down you should hit your slow (this will not only save your life but it'll also annoy the living **** out of the other solo) by the time they get back to their minions you should have taken out most of their health with the poison. If you do not know what to do then you should learn that your champ stealths! If the enemy is pushing your tower after your harrasing you should hit them 3 times with your auto attacks then hit your slow followed up by 3 more hits (or less depending on the other champ health) and expunge if needed.
This should give you enough time to kill all the minions hitting your tower and pushing till the other champ comes back. When the enemy comes back (possibly to gank) you should stealth and just run to your tower and recall. collect your Avarice blades and possibly your boots of speed and get back in your lane.
Now it's time for ganking, stealth a couple of times around your solo "buddy" and then destealth to get some hits on him, now remember this isn't to kill him because if you do that he'll most likely call for help and you'll get rofl stomped in the face. So harass him a couple times with your stealth, and finally stealth and move to the top lane or the bottom lane to gank. He'll think your just trying to mess with him so he'll play defensively, THIS IS UNLESS HE HAS AN ORACLE DON'T EVEN ATTEMPT TO HARASS WITH STEALTH IF HE HAS ONE!
Dual lane Twitch
Dual lane is all about getting kills on other champs so when your twitch you need to play extra aggressive so it's a good idea to make sure your laning with a tank or an off-tank.
The best laning possibilities are Cho'Gath, Alistar, Shen and Amumu. The reason being you need someone with a stun BAD, Twitch thrives off amazing tanks that can save him, especially Shen.
This lane really depends on who your laning with and who your laning against, so make sure you tell your ally when your stealthing to get a kill and hopefully he won't just sit there chatting for 5 mins just to write "Uh kk but after this I need to go b and get boots and....."
Item choices
You might be wandering why I choose 2 Avarice blades, or why I have 7 core items in this build (Obviously you sell the second Avarice blade when you recieve The Black Cleaver). Well here's my explanation of why I get these items and what to do for them.
[Brawler's Gloves] In my opinion, Twitch is best when he starts out with potions rather than life steal. So you need an item that allows you to get a decent amount of potions, will build into something, and will help you with kills. Brawlers gloves are just crying out for this role, it gives you a chance to deal double dmg, it leaves you with enough money to get double health potions, and it builds into your soon awaiting double Avarice blades.
[2x Avarice Blades]These will help you a lot early game, your crit chance will go from 10% to 26% that's really excelent crit at this time of game. They also give 5+ gold per ten seconds each so that means double the gold every second!
[Executioners calling] This'll keep you alive long enough to take out those pesky off-tanks in your lane along with the help of your lane partner. It has a great passive too, I mean 4 dmg per second along with you poison at full stacks is a good 152 dmg over 8 seconds at lvl 1-5! As if it couldn't get any better it has an active that cuts an enemies healing and regeneration in half so that they can't heal out of your poison.
(side-note) You will sell this after you get bloodthurster.
Berserker's greaves Now you may think that Twitch needs boots of mobility because of how slow he is, but your getting zeal right after this so you'll be good with all the attack speed it gives you.
Phantom Dancer Phantom Dancer is the item of crit Twitch it gives a TON of attack speed, crit chance and move speed.I can't stress how many time the bonus move speed has saved me. Of course th bonus attack speed and crit is awesome too.
Infinity Edge This is when all that crit chance you got pays off, the extra 50% crit is amazing with your ult on in team fights. Plus 80 attack dmg, there is no flaw with getting this item as twitch.
Bloodthurster Bloodthurster is just...... too awesome to describe, it gives more damage than infinity edge at full blood lust stacks and has the most lifesteal in the game!
(side-note) A good idea for this is too kill minion hoards or jungle to get blood lust stacks.
Black Cleaver No matter what Twitch build your using you should always get Black Cleaver, I mean the amount of attack speed and damage from it is just too good to pass up on. The passive is also good it reduces their armor by 45 at max stacks! (15 each stack) If you don't want this item (in the case of fighting all mages or something) you can get [Madreds Bloodrazer] instead.
Yumuu's Ghostblade Around this time you need to sell one of your Avarice blades and spend around 1522 gold on this piece of "oh I'm sorry were you trying to gank me?". It covers most offensive stats (counting the active) an ideal item for crit Twitch. It's active give you 40% move speed and 60% attack speed over 2 seconds each stack (you gain stacks from the amount you hit people, this active can stack 6 times).
If you don't like the items I've recommended in the build up top here are some suggestions to what will benefit you and your team.
High armor teams
This happens to me a lot as Twitch, someone on the enemy team realizes your a much bigger threat to them then your allies and will tell his team to build a thornmail. BUT they are really stupid to think that a puny thornmail can hold you back. Here are some items to make them ragequit after buying one.
[Stark's Fervor] This will offer hp regen and lifesteal to your allies while also lowering armor from enemies. The lifesteal will put a damper on their [thornmail] passive because you'll be healing out of most dmg being dealt to you.
[Last whisper] This item is self explanatory it's enough armor pen to make them **** their pants, there's no better reason. Although it's a great item, if you don't need to get this as Twitch just don't.
[Sword of the divine] This is without a doubt the best attack speed item in the game, it also offer amazing armor pen when activated. This is a great item, but if you are one of those players that doesn't like to activate things or forgets to, don't get this.
Teams with high HP
With any champion you play, you'll find teams that annoy your team with few tanks with all their tanks. Here are a few items that will make them see that Twitch doesn't judge people for having high HP.
[Madred's blood razer] This will maul everyone you come in contact with, this item is amazing but you need magic pen to make it the best and since your twitch why would you take ap? Malady that's why! I would get this instead of Black cleaver
[Malady] With Malady and Madreds in hand you'll be getting aces on Cho'gath, Alistar, and Mundo. You should always get Malady if your getting Madreds because it reduces their MR while also giving you another poison!!! I would get this instead of Yumuu's Ghostblade
Teams with really high damage
It is likely that if your fighting a team with high damage, they will be really squishy. (But if they have a Xin'Zoah, Garen, or Irelia aka not squishy damage dealers, you should get some armor pen) Here are a few survivability items that will keep you getting pentakills.
Frozen mallet This is one of my favorite items, after you get this you'll be helping out the team with the slows, and all the HP it gives will make you a Chuck Norris with poison. Oh, and did I mention YOUR ULT WILL SLOW EVERYONE!! No more of that "my slow was on cd :(" ****.
Sunfire cape I got to admit at first I was thinking: Holy ****, why Sunfire, that's useless on Twitch?! But once you have it you'll see why I made it part of my guide, with it YOU CAN DEAL DAMAGE WHILE STEALTHED!
I MUST WARN YOU THOUGH DO NOT USE THIS THINKING THEY WON'T REALIZE WHAT'S GOING DOWN, THEY WILL RUN INTO A TOWER OR IF THEY HAVE SKILLSHOTS THEY WILL USE THEM!Try to find a use for it in a team fight or on an enemy you can kill 1v1.
Update: Lee Sin is out. DO NOT get sunfire cape if you are fighting him, he will locate you and murder you!
Guardian angel This item is a good item for anyone in my opinion, it will revive you with decent HP, and you get armor and magic resistance, which you really need as twitch.
Atma's impaler This is an amazing item on crit Twitch. It gives you armor, crit chance, and damage based on HP (aka only get this if you have gotten frozen mallet and/ or sunfire cape) you'll be criting 999's combined with infinity edge!
Cloak and dagger It's like Riot made this item specifically for Twitch! It fixes his problem with CC (or at least narrows down the annoying time of it) AND gives attack speed and critical strike! I think the best part is actually it'll stop you guys from rage quitting and screwing your teammates! :D
1. Change to Sunfire cape information.
2. Tenacity: Cloak and Dagger added to (Teams with high damage) section.
Ending and requests
I hope this guide aids you while using Twitch and also please tell me if you think I need to change things in it or if I need to add an extra section. Of course I will ask you to leave a thumbs up or down. (ps. I will not add a rune section because once again runes can be flexible as twitch!)


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My fiancé works long hours and is always on the road. I decided to plan a surprise romantic evening for the two of us to help him relax and spend some quality time together.
I arranged with one of my friends who worked at a hotel to reserve one of their conference rooms. I then asked my boss to phone my fiancé and tell him that they had to attend a meeting together at the hotel (we work at the same company).
I arranged a candle lit dinner with our very own waiter. We had the entire room to ourselves for the whole evening. My boss picked him up and brought him to the hotel. When my love walked into the room, I was there waiting for him.
To this day he still tells everyone about it.
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