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Just when it seemed that rainy days would stretch on eternally, one sunny afternoon ushered in summer. Bronzed skin, breezy dresses, tropical getaways – we're relishing everything the season brings with it. In this issue, we jaunt off to Brazilian gardens and the shores of Nice. We reveal bikini body secrets and the newest beauty must-haves. And if you crave culture to balance a coastal spell, there are enough festivals, restaurants and exhibitions to hold your attention until fall. Beirut has once again hit its stride, and summer's never looked so good.
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Hannah Connaghan is a Business Development Associate for POLITICO Pro. Prior to joining POLITICO, she worked for the Brussels Public Affairs team of international communications firm Hume Brophy, where she specialised in the area of financial services. Her previous experience includes various roles in the UK Permanent Representation to the EU. Hannah holds a Masters degree in International Relations from the University of St Andrews. A native of Scotland, Hannah loves travelling, cooking and running in her spare time.


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You often hear people ask about the dangers of the internet and what they should look out for. They want to know what makes a web site trusted. That is a really good question. There is really no good answer about what makes a web site trusted. A corrupted web site can come in many different forms and sizes. So it is hard to point out a web site that is 100% fine to surf on.
Even with trusted web sites such as Facebook and Amazon there will still be parts of them that may be able to harm your computer. For example, in the comment sections of Amazon, someone might put a link there that might send you somewhere dangerous. And on Facebook, a friend might send you a link that does the same thing as well. Do these security flaws make it a bad web site to go to? But can it also be considered a trusted web site due to the fact that these security holes do happen.
Try your best
The best that you can do when you are looking for a trusted web site is go by what other people say (which may include using reputation tools such as myWOT). On the internet, in a lot of cases the majority opinion is the one to follow. This is because the web sites have already been vetted and have either been found wanting or have been found to be just fine. If there are a lot of people saying that the web site is safe then that means it probably is.
You do not want to go to any web site with blind trust though. You always want to keep your eyes open for anything suspicious. If the domain in the address bar seems weird then check it out. If the graphics on the web site seem off then check that out as well. It will never hurt you to make sure that you are safe by being extra cautious. You should also use a good antivirus program that will warn you of suspect links when using search engines.


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During the first year of my daughter's life, I have found that preserving memories is rather challenging. I have attempted to write down and capture many of her "firsts", but I know I have missed some. Not only is the record keeping challenging, but how do you actually preserve the information? So, to be practical, we discussed what information was important to us to preserve and one thing we both wished we had was a record of our growth when we were children. It would be really neat to be able to compare our heights with our daughter's at the 1 year mark, 2 year mark, etc. The next challenge was that we know we will be moving, so marking heights on the wall isn't going to work for us and a solid wooden growth chart really isn't practical when moving or later storing. Thus began my search on etsy for the perfect canvas growth chart. I soon discovered Sweet Dream Murals and knew I had found the place to create the perfect keepsake for my daughter.
Sweet Dream Murals is owned by the talented Christina, who is a mother to three boys, yet still finds time to create one-of-a-kind pieces of art. From custom wall murals for her local customers to hand painted name banners, birthday banners, growth charts, and the amazing ultra-silhouettes, I would say Christina has used her gift well. You can see her online portfolio to get an idea of the diversity of her work.
Since, I already had a theme for my daughter's room, I was happy that Christina would work with me to make a growth chart to match. All that I gave her was a few pictures from my daughter's room and the rough idea that I wanted bluebirds incorporated into the design. She then provided me with a rough sketch of her idea and after a few color modifications, the design was ready. After that, we had to decide on how we wanted to personalize the chart. We decided to include name, date/time of birth, weight and height.
When we received the chart, it was carefully packaged and rolled up beautifully.
I was nervous that the colors would be off, since we only had corresponded online, but they are very close and go well with my daughter's room. The final product is gorgeous and I was happy that even the dowel rods matched our décor.
I also love how my daughter's height is incorporated into the design rather than just listed on the info. It is amazing to have an easy visual to see where she started 17 months ago! The growth charts are also sprayed with a protective varnish. Now, I just have to be brave enough to write on it with a sharpie or a paint pen.
I am really excited to work with Christina again once my newest little one arrives, so she can also have a growth chart as a keepsake. Our ultrasound pictures this time weren't very good, but if we had a decent one, I would be very tempted to order one of the ultra-silhouettes like the one below.
If you are looking for a personalized gift or just a way to preserve memories/records of your children, definitely check out Sweet Dream Murals etsy shop!
You can connect with Sweet Dream Murals on Facebook or visit their website.
You can purchase a custom growth chart from Sweet Dream Murals for $65.
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28th December – Bodhgaya. Early morning, Tergar Monastery 4.45 am. From the Garchen a steady stream of spectral figures emerges on to the road. The monks and nuns are making... read more →
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Thanks to all the threadless ppls who helped me in the blogs.
APPendage contributors; davidfromdallas (egg beater/metal detector, davidfromdallas & Jemae (BBQ fork and hot dog), kim456 (fly swatter), Brightwood (telescope), MeredithSerena (spatula) and NiNTH WHEEL for (remote) and jodabaum suggesting Wiimote. And thanks to mreisel for the title.
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New Delhi, May 4: Congress president Sonia Gandhis election-oriented revamp of the AICC has created some anomalies, the most obvious one being about senior party leader Ghulam Nabi Azads position.
Azad is a working committee member and the Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee president. However, after the Friday reshuffle, he has the authority to sit in judgement over the functioning of his counterparts in Andhra Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh and Uttaranchal in his capacity as the AICC leader in-charge of these states.
This appointment highlighted yet another anomaly. Sonia departed from the norm of making only AICC general secretaries in-charges of party affairs in states when, during her last reshuffle a year ago, she gave Congress treasurer Motilal Vora and secretaries Mani Shankar Aiyar and Ramesh Chennithala the charge of some states.
This year, she moved further away from the norm by giving leaders who are not AICC office-bearers charge of party affairs in states. Azad is one such leader. Another is former Maharashtra chief minister Vilasrao Deshmukh, who was brought into the working committee and made in-charge of party affairs in Gujarat and Chhattisgarh, but is not a general secretary.
Ahmad Patel, her lone political secretary after the latest reshuffle, was made in-charge of Kerala and Delhi affairs.
Salman Khursheed, a special invitee to the working committee, was asked to look after party affairs in Tripura, Meghalaya, Mizoram and Sikkim.
Chennithala continues as secretary with independent charge of party affairs in several Union Territories.
The Congress presidents departure from practice was obviously dictated by the need to avoid fuelling resentment among second-rung leaders and to give more representation to various communities. Sonia, who was not in a position to appoint the leaders as general secretaries because of the partys constitutional ceiling on the number of people with such a rank, has accommodated leaders like Azad, Deshmukh and Khursheed by given them virtually the same rank.
However, in view of the electoral challenge before the party, she found it expedient to bring back veteran Rajasthan leader Nawal Kishore Sharma to the working committee, and as a general secretary.
Sharmas rehabilitation is being perceived in party circles as a signal to woo the influential Brahmin community in Rajasthan ahead of the November Assembly elections. Recently, Brahmins in the state held two rallies in Bikaner and Jodhpur urging the Ashok Gehlot-led Congress government to ensure reservation for the community.
The recall of Meira Kumar, late Dalit leader Jagjivan Rams daughter, to the working committee, is being seen as a step to reinforce the partys Dalit face.


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Looking for a travel deal this summer? Look south. And way, way east. But not to the west coast of the U.S.
A useful study from the folks at Trip Advisor finds that a three-day visit for two people to any of several great cities in the U.S. south is your best financial bet. If you're looking overseas, you're better off to consider the Far East. If you've got money to burn, on the other hand, try Seattle, Cancun or Zurich.
The Trip Advisor study looked at the price of a four-star hotel (personally I'd study 3-star hotels if I was doing this study as they're more typical for most travellers) plus taxis, food and entertainment. Their "Trip Index" study looked at 59 cities around the world.
The winner on the U.S. side of the ledger was Dallas, where a trip would cost $1,171 (all figures U.S. dollars). Next, possibly because of the summer heat, was New Orleans at $1,248 and then Miami (also perhaps a heat issue) at $1,262.
I was at a Dallas tourism event the other day and came away impressed with the museums and arts scene. I'm sure the food is good in a city that size with that kind of corporate wealth, but I didn't realize the cultural side of the ledger was that strong. Yeah, it's warm this time of year. But there's no shortage of air conditioning and I've personally enjoyed some of the water parks in the area; a great place to cool off.
On the other side of the coin, as it were, the study found that same three-day trip to Seattle would set you back a whopping $2,080. Which means it's almost twice as expensive as Dallas. Next in line was Honolulu, no surprise, at $2,046 and then Boston at $1,931.
On the world side of things, I was surprised to see Cancun at the top of the most expensive list. The Trip Advisor folks said a three-day visit to the Riviera Maya would cost a very solid $2,019. Next on the international (non U.S.) charts was Zurich at $1,946.
Toronto came in 8th on the most expensive international destination list at $1,545 (again, that's USD). The Trip Advisor folks figured a lunch for two would cost $30.79 US, while dinner was set at $94.70. A two-mile round-trip taxi ride was $23.99, while a tour or activity in Toronto was priced at $82.32. A four-star hotel was listed at $283.17 per night.
(I find that hotel figure misleading. I went on Expedia this morning and found a room at the Omni King Edward Hotel, a great downtown property, for just $162.15 USD per night in July.)
Still, it's an interesting study that also shows what I've told people for years, which is that Asia is a great bet if you want to save money. The Trip Advisor study found that four of the 10 most affordable cities worldwide are in Southeast Asia: #1 Hanoi ($732) #4 Bangkok ($822), #7 Kuala Lumpur ($914) and Manila ($925). Europe lovers take note: Warsaw rolled in at number two on the list: just $739 for the three-day visit.
Trip Advisor also found that Southeast Asia destinations are 28%, or approximately $320 US, less than expensive than Dallas, the most affordable U.S. city in the study.
I loved Hanoi when I visited a few years ago and also had a great time in Bangkok. It's more expensive to fly there than it is to Europe, and it takes longer for most North Americans. But a three-night stay in Bangkok is more than $1,200 a night less than Seattle or Cancun. Stretch that out over six nights and you've more than made up for the extra air fare.
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We humans are vibrational in nature, a combination of the slower vibration of matter and the faster vibration of light.
What we put into our system–from the food we eat to the thoughts and feelings we experience to the energy we surround ourselves with–affects our vibration. Water is an excellent example of how matter changes vibration. Consider that liquid is the standard form; add resistance and it slows down to a rigid (solid) state, but with focused energy it shifts into a higher vibrational state (gaseous).
Everything we experience from our relationships to our finances, is a direct reflection of our current vibration. We inadvertently create resistance, which prevents us from manifesting our desires and becoming the person we yearn to be. There are many ways to release the resistance so that we can come into vibrational alignment.
As Christine Upchurch and I discuss in our Authenticity Rising workshop, we continually have opportunities to express our true selves. By choosing the authentic path we remove much of the resistance. And as we travel down that path, when the resistance appears, there are simple techniques to release it.
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National Express (NX) is pleased to submit its
memorandum in response to the Transport Sub-Committee Inquiry
on the bus industry announced on 11 March 2002. We would like
the Committee to reflect on the following points in reading our
The UK bus division of the NX Group, Travel
West Midlands ("TWM") primarily provides bus services
in the West Midlands with further services at Travel Dundee, in
Scotland. We are committed to:
TWM carries over 330 million passengers a year
on an intense network of nearly 600 routes, with an average fare
of 54p per passenger journey. Over two thirds of mileage operated
is on high frequency routes of 10 minutes or better. The West
Midlands has the second highest level of bus journeys per head
of all the passenger transport executive ("PTE") areas,
134 per year with other PTEs averaging just over 100 journeys
per head.
We aim to continually improve service quality
for our passengers through investment and innovation. We are committed
to working in partnership with local authorities and the West
Midlands Passenger Transport Executive (Centro) to deliver the
five year local and 10 year national transport plans.
Since NX acquired TWM in 1995 there have been
a number of significant achievements:
TWM has also committed to invest £30 million
in infrastructure and bus priority measures. We are disappointed
that slow progress with the implementation of agreed schemes by
Local Authorities has resulted in only £1 million being spent
so far, four years after the initial commitment was made.
We make the following comments in relation to
the Committee's terms of reference.
TWM receives negligible subsidy from public
funds. The TWM strategy is to operate in integrated network covering
the whole of the West Midlands conurbation. Over 97 per cent of
mileage operated is commercially registered and the company receives
less than 1 per cent of its income from tendered service payments.
The comprehensive TWM network reduces the need for high levels
of subsidised services. The cost per mile of subsidised services,
paid for by Centro, has fallen by 49 per cent since industry de-regulation
in 1986.
1.1 Concessionary Fare Reimbursement
We believe that there is a role for concessionary
fares in the provision of bus services. Such fares enable groups
of passengers to travel on a reduced or no cost basis. These concessions
are subsidies to the passenger and not the operator.
The West Midlands Senior Citizen Concessionary
Fare Scheme allows free travel for senior citizens after 0930
Monday to Friday and all day Saturday, Sunday and Bank Holidays.
This is one of the UK's most passenger-friendly concession schemes
and is more generous to the passenger than the statutory minimum.
However, the reimbursement arrangements mean that we do not receive
full fare payment for all these passengers. For example, for every
100 senior citizens carried we receive full fare reimbursement
for only 61.
1.2 Fuel Duty Rebate
TWM, in line with the rest of the bus industry,
currently receives 80 per cent rebate of the full fuel duty, leaving
it to pay 20 per cent of the duty at a cost of £5m per annum.
Raising the FDR to 100 per cent, in line with other transportation,
would restore the industry to the position pre 1994 and enable
further investment. FDR helps to keep fares low and assists buses
to meet the social inclusion agenda.
We believe there is merit in reforming the payment
mechanism for FDR into, at least in part, a per passenger payment.
This would give an additional incentive for operators to carry
more passengers. However, the potential impact on lesser used
routes, even in the conurbations, needs to be assessed as this
may reduce services in some "socially excluded" areas.
TWM currently has no experience of either urban
or rural bus challenge initiatives. Within the West Midlands the
focus for these initiatives has been largely towards demand responsive
Quality Partnerships and Quality Contracts are
not substitutes for each other. Quality Partnerships require the
implementation of improvements in bus priority measures and other
infrastructure. Quality Contracts are essentially a tendering
We believe that the key to improving bus services
is to:
Experience confirms that improved reliability
of public transport encourages more people to choose public transport
as their first choice mode of travel, assisting the Government's
environmental objectives.
In line with the Transport Act 2000, we believe
that Quality Partnerships are the best delivery mechanism for
improving bus services and improved customer information.
Quality Partnerships will result in:
We believe Quality Partnerships need a chance
to succeed and any change in the existing balance of control would
be detrimental to the industry. TWM has been successful in developing
a number of high profile Quality Partnership routes over the past
five years. Double digit passenger growth has been achieved on
those routes.
We believe strongly that Quality Contracts would
be detrimental to the growth of bus travel and should not be introduced
on urban bus travel. They would simply provide a compulsory competitive
tendering mechanism which would effectually re-regulate the industry.
Quality Contracts do not contain any requirement on the Local
Authorities to provide bus priority measures and their implementation
will merely further delay delivery of the local transport plan
bus priority targets.
Through Quality Partnerships local authorities,
PTEs and operators can each commit to improve the quality of the
service provided through investment in bus priority measures,
infrastructure, new vehicles and customer care. This would tackle
traffic congestionthe primary reason why bus services are
To date no statutory Quality Partnerships have
been signed anywhere in England. Within the West Midlands little
progress has been made in incorporating the existing "Showcase"
schemes into the statutory framework. Centro has yet to provide
its draft template for statutory Bus Quality Partnerships. In
general it does appear that the existing powers in the Transport
Act 2000 are not fully appreciated by the PTEs/LAs.
Quality Contracts are irrelevant to the real
issue of providing a reliable service to the passenger in worsening
Congestion is the biggest challenge faced by
bus operators, restricting patronage and industry growth. Improving
reliability and punctuality is the top priority for existing and
potential bus users. These problems can be overcome by more bus
priority schemes, such as bus lanes, bus priority at traffic junctions
and better management of the highway; including control of road
works and illegal parking.
As traffic congestion worsens operators have
to use more buses to provide the same level of frequency with
no increase in patronage. This limits the opportunities for network
development and could be seen as concentration on the key corridors,
as these are the routes that require extra vehicles simply to
maintain the existing timetable. The situation is currently being
exacerbated as operators build extra time and inefficiency into
schedules to ensure that rigid and unrealistic national reliability
standards can be met if unpredictable congestion does occur. We
believe that targets for bus punctuality should be agreed locally
by operators, Local Authorities and Traffic Commissioners. Increasing
average bus speeds would allow improved frequencies and more services,
with the same numbers of vehicles and drivers and thus generate
patronage growth to allow further investment.
The first West Midlands LTP Annual Progress
Report states that the 2006 targets for improved bus speeds will
not be met. TWM suggests a dedicated "task force" to
speed up the design of programmed schemes. This "task force"
could be a nationally provided resource, working on a project
by project basis, funded directly through the DTLR, using the
LTP funds. TWM would like to see the West Midlands "Outer
Circle" Route project as the first "challenge"
for the "task force". We are keen to play our part in
the project and bring the benefits of the latest new low floor
vehicles to the 15 million passengers who use the route every
Vehicle congestion charging, with income "ring-fenced"
for public transport improvements, may have a role to play in
improving bus reliability and punctuality and we await with interest
the impact of central London schemes.
We support the regulatory policy framework established
by the Transport Act 2000 and the Transport (Scotland) Act 2001.
We believe that the current regulatory framework for the bus industry
is appropriate, providing a stable environment in which to operate
and having the potential to deliver benefits for both Government
and the customer. Stability underpins investment with investment
underpinning growth. However, we believe there needs to be an
acceleration of deliverables from the five year plan and that
the current framework has not been tested sufficiently.
We believe formal working arrangements should
be created linking the Traffic Commissioners and Highway Authorities
thereby identifying sections of the highway where traffic management
and bus priority measures are needed to allow bus operators to
provide reliable services. Clear standards for achievable road
speeds, which highway authorities could adopt as local transport
plan targets, would greatly assist bus operation.
Buses are the main form of local public transport,
accounting for three quarters of all public transport journeys
under 10 miles. Nationally, 87 per cent of people live within
six minutes walk of a bus stop. In addition over 150,000 staff,
including 116,000 as drivers and conductors, work for coach and
bus operators. Bus usage is highest amongst the socially excluded
with the poorest fifth of households using buses twice as much
as the richer fifths. Households without cars use buses three
times more than households with cars. However, whilst economic
factors are important in determining bus usage, even in affluent
areas there are significant numbers of elderly people and under
17s who may not have access to a car but are equally reliant on
the bus for their day-to-day mobility needs.
The current West Midlands Local Authority/PTE
Bus Strategy sets a target that by 2006 92 per cent of the metropolitan
area should be within 250m of a bus stop with weekday daytime
service. By 2000-1 a figure of 89 per cent had already been achieved.
TWM operates a comprehensive network of services
on, where practicable, an 18 hour/7 day a week basis. Over 25
million passengers a year are carried on TWM buses after 7pm in
the evening. The company has a large number of high frequency
corridors passing through many of the most deprived areas in the
countryeg Handsworth, Sparkhill, Small Heath. These routes
also serve areas which could be defined as "socially excluded".
Druids Heath (route 50), Castle Vale (route 67), Willenhall and
Wood End in Coventry (route 21). Through experience TWM has learnt
that to encourage users it is important to provide direct services
along major routes rather than extended journeys through lower
density areas. Such extended services can increase social exclusion
by depriving people who have an absolute need for quick bus services
eg people going to work.
The TWM route strategy is supported by its approach
to network ticketing. Within the West Midlands less than 40 per
cent of passengers buy single journey tickets. The company's extensive
and highly popular range of network day, week and monthly tickets
allow passengers to make use of the whole TWM network without
any "rebooking" fare penalty. TWM is also an active
promoter of the Government's "New Deal" providing over
10,000 half fare Travelcards to New Deal clients a year.
During the preparation of the West Midlands
Bus Strategy TWM expressed concern about the proposed "Network
West Midlands" as we believe that this strategy may result
in less popular routes suffering from a lack of public investment.
Whilst we understand the rationale for focused investment eg improved
shelters, real time information etc on core "network"
routes, we believe there is value in providing investment on non
core routes where service frequencies are lower and investment
is really needed and of benefit to the passenger.
We also recognise that whilst scheduled bus
services are the best way of serving busy corridors, in many lower
populated areas Demand Responsive Transport (DRT) ie taxi/minibuses
may be more cost effective. DRT and scheduled local bus services
can complement each other in many cases, with DRT connecting people
to the core bus network. TWM is keen to carry out a pilot exercise
integrating its low floor buses with the Ring and Ride service.
Finally, at the more strategic level it is generally
recognised that planning policies and development patterns have
significantly increased actual and perceived social exclusion.
The growth of large out of town supermarkets designed for car
users and the decline in local shops directly impacts on the non
car owning/driving groups. Equally, motorway based business parks
discriminate against potential employees from these groups. Such
facilities are very difficult to serve both economically and practically
irrespective of the legislative framework.
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God did not make death, nor does he rejoice in the destruction of the living. For he fashioned all things that they might have being;
These are wise words from the book of Wisdom today. So often we witness or experience bad things in the world, or suffer from afflictions and we may ask, "How can God let this happen?" Similarly, I remember a story about a tornado a couple years back and someone mentioned on Facebook how thankful they were to God that they and others were OK and did not get hit by the tornado. Someone less faithful left a comment asking, "Where was God for those that did get hit and had their home destroyed and lost everything? Where was God then?" It's a fair question.
Regardless of the intentions behind the question, I think we have all asked that from time to time. How can God let these things happen? How can some people survive unscathed while others lose everything they have or worse? How come some people suffer from diseases or are enslaved to addictions that cause them so much despair they think there is no way out? How come there is so much suffering and death from anger and hate? How can God just let the world sink further into the bottomless pit of immorality and the "anything goes" culture we live in?
Well, God just doesn't let these bad things for His own amusement. In fact, it crushes Him. Just to recite that line from Wisdom again – God did not make death, nor does he rejoice in the destruction of the living. He did not make racism, or hate, or immorality. He did not make selfishness, nor does He twist lies into facades of truth. He does not want all the suffering that is in the world today. The reading goes on to say, For God formed man to be imperishable; the image of his own nature he made him. God created us to be like Him – but He also gave us that darn free will. Then when Adam and Eve fell, that was a game changer, and as the first reading goes on to say, But by the envy of the devil, death entered the world, and they who belong to his company experience it.
The stakes just got higher. There's a new set of rules. Enter sin, suffering, death and pain. Now, over and over God showed His might and His glory to Israel, and for a while perhaps, the people listened. But over time, we always sink back into our old ways, and forget about following God and instead we fall into sin. And unfortunately, we all have to deal with our share of tragedies not knowing why they happen or what good can come of them. And sometimes, it always seems like we're the one being hit by the tornado.
But as I wrote in last Sunday's reflection, God will twist, and massage, and mold and sculpt the most evil thing that can happen and bring something good and amazing from it. God doesn't want bad things to happen to us, but unfortunately, that is the name of the game in the world today based upon the new rules that came into play so many years ago.
But what God does do is use those pains, and sufferings, and afflictions, and tragedies to serve a greater purpose. And in some way that only God can understand at the time – he uses those bad things that happen and those evil things that people do for good, and turns them into a blessing, either for ourselves, or someone else. Sometimes we have to sacrifice, sometimes we are the sacrifice. Sometimes our hardships help someone else. Other times, another's affliction may help us. Sometimes, we have to pay Caesar what is Caesar's so that others can live better lives, and sometimes, we must accept some evils so that God can bring greater blessings. As St. Paul writes today:
For you know the gracious act of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, for your sake he became poor, so that by his poverty you might become rich. Not that others should have relief while you are burdened, but that as a matter of equality your abundance at the present time should supply their needs, so that their abundance may also supply your needs, that there may be equality.
When Christ entered the world and suffered and died for us, that was an even bigger game changer than when sin entered the world. God modified the rules, and made the game better. We have a way to win the game. Christ made things right again, and even though sin is still in the world, through Christ we now have someone to guide us through it to safety. The biggest tragedy in the history of the world was the fall of Adam and Eve, but this is also the biggest example of God taking something bad, and twisting it to make it into something good and fantastic. God sent Christ into the world, as one of us, to show us the way back to God. Christ endured horrible pain and a brutal death, but from it we all get eternal life if we follow Him.
So in todays Gospel, we have two stories going on, and this is a great example of how ones affliction affects someone else. While Jesus is en route to see Jairus' daughter, who was suffering from a terrible illness, another woman in the crowd suffered from her own chronic illness for years. She sought Jesus and simply strived to touch His cloak, hoping His power would heal her. Christ's power did heal here, but if it were not for Jairus' daughter being ill, the woman may have never been able to see Jesus.
And when the people around Jairus' daughter lost hope, thinking she had died, Jesus used her condition to show others God's power – Do not be afraid; Just have faith. Again, perhaps the wisest words we can live by. Jairus' daughter's illness and suffering had many "goods" that came of it. Surely we can all look back on our life or the lives of those around us and see similar experiences where something we felt was so bad or horrible at the time resulted in a blessing.
Often God will use our tragedies or ailments to bring us to Him. He will use our addictions as a blessing to bring us closer to Him and foster a deeper, stronger relationship with Him, making us better people and in some way, making us stronger and bettering our life. And along the way, God will use those same afflictions and tragedies and hardships to help others through us and better someone else's life.
We can hate the sin, and hate the tragedy, and hate the illness, but we must love and be thankful for those same trials that bring us closer to God and potentially help others in the process. We need to show love towards everyone. Everyone. As Pope Francis has said,
"The thing the church needs most today is the ability to heal wounds and to warm the hearts of the faithful; it needs nearness, proximity. I see the church as a field hospital after battle. It is useless to ask a seriously injured person if he has high cholesterol and about the level of his blood sugars! You have to heal his wounds. Then we can talk about everything else. Heal the wounds, heal the wounds. … And you have to start from the ground up.
God will twist everything, everything, into a blessing. This world is a blessing, but we have to heal each others wounds. If we want to change the world, we have to heal each other, starting with those around us, and build each other up rather than tearing each other down. We have to patch up those wound's but it starts with us.
We look at our trials, our hardships and differences from the right perspective, they are all blessings and gifts, even through the blood, sweat, and tears. That is how Jesus looked at us from the cross, through His blood, sweat, and tears – He saw us as a blessing. He saw His pain as a gift – a gift that would save the world.
God will make good from any evil, and He will turn any tragedy into a blessing beyond our imagination. We just need to trust Him. We need not understand at the time, and it may take years or a lifetime to see the good – we just need to not be afraid, and just have faith.


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I am a recently single 20-something female. The dating world, as my coupled-up girlfriends like to remind me, is my oyster.
Picture this: a naturally beautiful type glides into a bar, tosses her sweetly auburn hair and smiles–disarming every man in the joint long enough for her to bat her eyelashes and ask for a drink. She's offered more than she can count, and so she spends the evening giggling and discussing post-Modern literature; nursing her cocktail and delicately swiveling on her bar stool. She's powerful, and so she has her pick.
I am definitely not that girl.
Instead, picture this: a girl with chronic b*tch face stands with her arms crossed, refusing to let loose and ride the mechanical bull with her girlfriends (because, of course, overtly sexual behavior gives her anxiety). A man approaches her and says, "hey there, sweetheart, can I buy you a–" Before he has time to finish, she spins to face him, batting his hand off her shoulder and snaps, "don't call me sweetheart, homie. You don't even know me." He walks away and warns his friends. The girl pays for all her beers. Of which she can afford only two.
When you're newly single, you're charged with the task of digging through the layers of commitment-gone-astray to find where you buried your once sparkly single gal charm. Now it's covered in cobwebs and the last of your early 20-something insecurities.
This particular obstacle came as a bit of a shock to me at first–mostly because I'm the epitome of a flirt. I'm fairly certain my spirit animal is a sloppy, hyperactive golden retriever puppy that can tap dance. It would turn out, however, that the comfort of a relationship kept the stakes low when interacting with other people. When you're newly single, the stakes are suddenly high again. That's a lot of pressure for you and your rusty single gal charm.
And that's why you've got to rip the band-aid off and start dating again. Immediately. Easier said than done, you say? I can see how you might think that. But really, it's as simple as re-defining what dating means.
Kirsten's 3-Step Program to Rock at Dating in the Millennial Era:
Step 1: Date Your Friends.
When you're newly single, the way you communicate with your closest female friends changes. They listen intently as you work through your crap; make you laugh when you need to; and they're hard on you when someone has to be. Without ever having to discuss it, they'll delicately and deliberately piece you back together. They'll bring you strength. These are the women that make you truly whole again. Spend as much time with them as you can.
Step 2: Date Yourself.
In a previous post, I explored the challenge of being alone as a young woman. This is an imperative step. I like to take myself on hikes, have intense dance parties to Bey in my kitchen, and grant myself hours to record every detail of my stupid adventures in a journal while I binge drink coffee. I repeat: this is an imperative step. This is where you re-discover yourself, on your own terms, with no one's opinion standing between you and your intuition. You should commit to seeing yourself at least 3 times a week.
Step 3: Date [Wo]Men Romantically…but Casually.
If I may be so bold, young women do themselves a great disservice when they exit one serious relationship only to enter that RomCom-style search for "The [next] One." If you've been in said serious relationship for the past however long, do you even know what you like anymore? What you're attracted to, truly? You've grown as a woman, you've changed; and therefore logically, so has your ideal mate.
To rock at dating, you've got to lower your standards a smidge and give Mister/Miss Right Now a chance. Stop looking for the father of your children. Stop looking for a solid life partner with good credit. Date casually. If someone piques your interest slightly, take the reigns and ask them out. If your only reason to say no is they're so not your type, than do the crazy thing and say yes. Date casually. Spend an evening here and there, connecting (or maybe not connecting) with another human being and explore what you like (or don't like) about them. Lower the stakes and use causal dating to re-discover what you're even searching for in "The [inevitable] One."
Of course, it won't all be smooth sailing. The first time I asked a dude out, he rejected me. For a while, if drinking on a date, I ran a serious risk of inappropriately crying about all my oh-so-confusing feelings. I've also recently learned that I have a flirting style akin to that of a 10-year old boy: I become a slightly aggressive playground bully. Coming from a 26-year old woman, you can understand how this might be sending the wrong message. But with a healthy combination of my aforementioned 3-step program, this behavior does in fact work itself out, and you slowly dust off that single gal charm.
And then you might ride the mechanical bull. You'll be powerful.


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there's lots of other hotties for your consideration. google keeley hazell.
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Girl, you so crazy.
I know, Charles. I know.
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Nice, but they could be bigger. But totally nice.
A beautiful pair of stars to consider, indeed!
This picture makes me consider being a lesbian.
This photo is more proof -- as if any were needed -- that Italy is the birthplace of beauty.
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Not sure which is more impressive about Intimacy: how perfectly the members of Light Yourself on Fire imitate Coalesece, or how potent this most copied of sounds remains in their blistered hands.
Hailing from the death-metal cradle of Tampa, Light Yourself on Fire inevitably have a bigger case of the growlies than their Kansas City progenitors. Otherwise, Intimacy makes good on its title with high-tension, down-tuned groove bombs that get up close and personal in five time signatures at once. Light Yourself on Fire's signature move: the toneless palm-mute chugga that pops up in every song, which sounds like those two distorted slashes before the chorus of Radiohead's "Creep," taken to their logical heavy-metal extreme.
Just as important as Light Yourself on Fire's claustrophobic riffing is their concision, which dictates that songs will end after three and a half minutes, even if a dialogue sample takes up the first 40 seconds. The album's 17-minute smackdown would probably feel even more forceful live, with the samples excised. Vocalist Matt Coplon (ex-Reversal of Man) bases his lyrics on Sartre and Camus — not a recipe for success, per se, but his philosophical takes on boredom, love and luck ("You use mythical rationale to level it out/ And it turns you into less than a fraction of inconsequence") at least avoid floor-punch clichés.
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Here are 2 great images of The Goblin. It is obviously Harry so I would conclude that he is going to be referred to as "The Hob Goblin" but who knows. In both pictures I notice he has a silver patch on his left hand that appears to be in the skin. I also noticed, even before these pictures, that the Goblin suit isn't finished. One half has yet to be put together. This makes me think Norman was planning on using the suit or planning on someone else using it. Scientists at Oscorp probaby come up with a serum that physically enhances the human body. Norman "died" before it could be finished so Harry used the serum to enhance himself and took the unfinished suit to finish whatever Oscorp's plan is with Peter. I also believe Norman is not actually dead but it is indeed faked.
Later after Peter defeats Harry, the serum is toyed with to make it better and enhance the human body even more. The so called dead Norman uses it and finishes the goblin suit so he can pick up after harry's mistakes and kill Peter.
I do believe Peter will die. Andrew Garfield is not returning for [The Amazing Spider-Man 4](movie:1004341) and I believe that the mantel is being handed down to Miles Morales.
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There is nothing better than a great grill under the sunny skies and warm breeze. The smell of roasting beef is one of the pleasures in the world that no one could deny. If you love your steaks as much as I do, you really should go ahead and take a look at the Outdoor Kitchen Sink which makes barbecuing really easy.
The sink comes with space to cut vegetables, has space for napkins and also has a sink to wash your hands. You would of course have to wash hands from time to time since you would be sticking your fingers inside the meat, before marinating it, that is if you do not know how to use cutlery. This sink is made of stainless steel and you would however have to shell out $1,000 for this great looking Outdoor Kitchen Sink.
I am sure you would love to sit in the garden and roast some steaks and sausages. This gadget would help you keep your hands clean and dry, while also enabling you to cook some of the best steaks that the neighbourhood might ever have smelled. It looks minimalist and simple and thus has an air of elegance to it as well.
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|More than a hundred soldiers have already died in the undeclared war in Kargil. Many more are lying injured in hospitals. No assistance is compensation enough for the mother who has lost her son or the wife her husband. But we, the citizens of this country, need to help, in however small a way. The Telegraph and Anandabazar Patrika are setting up a fund with that modest aim in mind. The fund is being started with an intial contribution of Rs 5 Lakh from the ABP Group. If every reader of The Telegraph and Anandabazar Patrika donates a small sum, we can raise a huge amount for the families of the soldiers killed or injured in action. As a token of appreciation, both papers will publish the names of donors contributing Rs 500 or more. This is a time to ask yourself what can you do for the nation.
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A formal ceasefire is likely to be declared tomorrow after India completes ?physical verification? of areas vacated by the infiltrators. Fernandes said the army chief had called him up to say that soldiers had ?successfully evicted the last of the intruders?. ?Now everything is all right. But we have to be careful,?? the defence minister said.
India is not taking any chances and will continue reconnaissance sorties in Kargil. ?There cannot be a graver mistake if it is believed Pakistan will not commit mischief again,? Fernandes said.
Pakistan sped up pullback proceedings after Delhi announced it was ?in no mood? to further extend the deadline. In Islamabad, a Pakistani official said withdrawal formalities were being completed according to the July 11 ?disengagement? pact.
?Any Pakistani intruder found on the Indian side of the Line of Control will be shot and killed as the deadline for withdrawal of infiltrators ended this morning,? Indian army spokesman Col Bikram Singh said.
The Friday deadline was extended by a day on request from Pakistan.
Col Singh said pullback had ended in the Batalik, Drass and Kaksar sub-sectors. No enemy activity was noticed in the Mushkoh valley where about 40 infiltrators, carrying loads, were seen heading north towards Pakistan-held Kashmir last evening.
?While our soldiers are fully geared to neutralise any enemy remnants, no enemy activity has been reported by our ground troops in any of the sectors since this morning,? Col Singh said.
He added that Indian troops had reached the LoC in Batalik, Kaksar and Drass and were moving towards the Mushkoh valley.
As cross-border hostility drew to a close, India handed over the bodies of two military officials to Pakistan through the International Committee of the Red Cross. Though Pakistan initially refused to acknowledge the bodies, last night it confirmed they were of military officials, and requested that they be flown to Islamabad.
In tandem with the end of war, Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif renewed his offer for ?meaningful? talks with India to resolve the Kashmir dispute. He said the Kargil conflict had drawn international attention to the ?flashpoint? in Kashmir.
But Indian foreign minister Jaswant Singh refused to set a time-frame for resuming dialogue. ?What Pakistan has done in Kargil is a betrayal of trust. Till the trust is restored, there cannot be any talks,?? Singh said.
While addressing troops in the war zone yesterday, Sharif had warned that unless the Kashmir problem was sorted out, ?many new Kargil-like situations? would arise. Reports from Pakistan said he accused India of ?hoodwinking? the world by not granting the ?right of self-determination? to the people of Kashmir.
Sharif, who has been under much pressure to withdraw infiltrators from Kargil, said it was imperative to resume talks to resolve the Kashmir dispute.
He said Pakistan had always welcomed any move to sort out the problem, which could be done either through a United Nations resolution or the Simla Agreement or the Lahore Declaration.
However, India has made it clear that once all the intruders have gone back, it expects a statement from Pakistan expressing faith in the sanctity of the LoC. It also wants an undertaking that Islamabad will not encourage cross- border terrorism and will shut down training camps for Kashmiri militants.
On Pakistani army chief Gen. Pervez Musharraf?s statement that his troops had crossed the LoC, foreign ministry spokesman R.S. Jassal said it only established what India had been saying all along: that Pakistani army regulars were involved in Kargil.
He said the fact that Pakistan had accepted the bodies of the two officials also proved its army?s involvement.
Advani assured Vajpayee that Operation Rakshak, part of the home minister?s pro-active policy, was in good hands and he did not foresee a change in the counter- insurgency set-up.
Both the Prime Minister?s Office and the home ministry have been apprised of the developments in Jammu and Kashmir, especially in the border areas. Reports received by the home ministry and the PMO indicate that there had been large-scale infiltration in Doda, Rajouri, Poonch and the upper reaches of Udhampur along areas of the Pir Panjal range since the Kargil war began.
It is learnt that the government will soon inform chief minister Farooq Abdullah of the measures being taken.
Operation Rakshak underwent a sea change when the government decided that the army had to concentrate on the LoC and the international border in view of the Kargil situation and had to be relieved of counter-insurgency duties in the state. Since then, the Rashtriya Rifles ? an outfit under the command of the army ? and BSF and CRPF battalions have been in charge of the operation.
The army top brass have already informed the government that it does not want to be involved in the operation in any part of the insurgency-hit state at this stage.
As a result, Rashtriya Rifles and its sister paramilitary forces will be involved for some time. But without the army, some of the benefits of military intelligence are missing.
The military intelligence is now concentrating on Kargil and the LoC and this has cut off sources of information. Intelligence operatives have access to intercepts across the border and they can send out warnings about the nature of operations being planned in Kashmir.
The home ministry has sent a team headed by the special secretary dealing with J&K affairs to Kashmir in the aftermath of the Bandipore hostage crisis.
Bandipore has shown the government how far the infiltrators can dare to take on Indian forces. Although the brief of the home team is to probe the Bandipore developments, it is expected to prepare an overall statement on the latest Kashmir infiltration scenario and give the report by Monday or Tuesday.
Vajpayee is worried because he does not want more deaths in the state before the elections. Last evening, he and Advani discussed the political scenario, particularly the differences in the BJP over the situation in Karnataka.
Amid the juddering Bofors howitzers, the screaming shells and the whistling bullets in Kargil, the fleeing, war-haunted, dispossessed people of the little town have been all but forgotten. Muzaffar Ali, the director who made Umrao Jaan, is ready to etch their torment on celluloid.
The man who gave us the hugely successful period drama cadenced with love and music in the Eighties, and who tried and failed to give Prime Minister a run for his money from Lucknow during last year?s Lok Sabha polls, is ready to roll with a film about the ?horrors of the Kargil war?. At the centre of his film are the real sufferers of the war, its real heroes: the people of Kargil.
Tabu, who lit with the lambency of her pathos and the grimness of her resolve her award-winning role in Maachis, will play the female lead. The flood of television footage and reams of newsprint on Kargil gave Ali the idea for the film. What he saw and read also made up his mind about what he ought to include and leave out in his film.
?Enough has not been shown or written about the people of Kargil. We salute our soldiers for their bravery. But no less brave are the residents of Kargil, Drass and Batalik who had to flee their homes and lost everything in the war. Their lives will take much longer to rebuild,? Ali said.
The director has written to the Prime Minister, the ministries of defence and external affairs and the chiefs of staff for their help. He has also asked for clearance to shoot in the war zone before winter sets in.
The male lead role has not been decided. Parveen Talha, a Lucknow-based scriptwriter who worked with Ali in the telefim Husn-e-Jana, is scripting this feature. She said: ?My personal choice is Aamir Khan. Salman Khan and Akshay Kumar are also good choices. Ali has talked to Salman and his response is awaited.? For the music, efforts are on to sign up A.R. Rehman and Khayyam.
Talha said Tabu ?is very excited? about her role, in which she plays a girl called Gul (flower). The war hounds Gul and her family out of their Kargil home. The film ? likely to be named Gul ? will portray how the dislocated family copes with the spectre of war.
The effort to bring out on film the ordeal of tortured souls sucked into the vortex of war is not new. American directors ? Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Scorcese, Oliver Stone and Steven Spielberg ? have done it. And much earlier, English war poet Wilfred Owen wrote: ?My subject is war and the pity of war. The poetry lies in the pity.? It is that pity that Ali is trying to paint.
?The film is about people who have lived through the war. We are developing a human story in which we will not ignore the scrifices of the army, but also not ignore the human aspect,? Talha said. Ali said the film ? expected to be ready by the end of the year ? has neither a pro-India nor a pro-Pakistan stand. It will depict the Indian army?s role in evacuating, protecting and resettling people of the war-hit sectors.
Some government funding may be expected. For the moment, though, Ali is banking on ?contributions? from ?friends and acquantainces?. If the government and army allow it, the film will initially be shot in the moutains of Kashmir. That is likely to be followed by shots in the hills of Uttar Pradesh.
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Marisa Serrato's identical twin, Marisol, was in a second bus on its way to Humboldt State University that was not hit. Arthur Arzola, 26, a college recruiter from Rancho Cucamonga and a Cal State San Bernardino graduate, also died.
Sen. Ricardo Lara, D-Bell Gardens, said he introduced legislation that mandates charter bus operators conduct safety briefings. He plans to push to require that buses have clearly labeled emergency exits such as those on planes.
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Both drivers, five students and three adult chaperones died in the crash in Orland, 100 miles north of Sacramento.
The National Transportation Safety Board on Tuesday said poorly labeled emergency exits and the lack of safety instructions required by bus company policy contributed to the chaos and injuries. The board urged federal regulators to adopt rules making buses as safe for passengers as planes and trains, but agencies have been slow to act.
"The children and the families are here in California, we need to set the tone," Lara said.
His bill, SB 247, mandates pre-trip safety briefings on buses similar to those on planes, but Lara plans to add provisions adopting all of the NTSB safety recommendations. That includes requiring fire-resistant materials, black box-style data recording devices and second doors that double as escape hatches.
A California Bus Association lobbyist, Josh Pane, did not immediately return a voicemail from The Associated Press seeking comment Friday.
Victor Parra, president and chief executive of the United Motorcoach Association, has said some of the NTSB safety recommendations may make sense but should be backed up by science showing the measures will make a difference.
Separate probes by the NTSB and California Highway Patrol found the Orland crash was caused by the FedEx driver veering across the interstate median and into oncoming traffic. Investigators did not determine why the driver lost control.
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Wukong Build Guide by IcAPuttyCat
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Wukong Build
Middle Lane
Standard Start Build
Anti Mage Build
Anti AD Build
Fed Enemy Build
Ability Sequence
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The masteries shown here are not yet updated for the current season, the guide author needs to set up the new masteries. As such, they will be different than the masteries you see in-game.
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Updating Build for preseason three
Here is an update on my fail calculation. It is a change in the damage out put when crushing blow is activated...
A little update on how to harass and escape in laning and team fighting... Also a bit on items and a better look...
First of all, ADC can be interpreted in two reasonable ways. The first is Attack Damage Carry. This role is often a range carry at bot lane. The second is Attack Damage Caster. This is something new in Season Three due to the new The Black Cleaver. In this build, ADC means both AD Carry and AD Caster. Caster here means a champion that cast skills to deal damage instead of auto attacking. This build for Wukong is about 80% skill usage and 20% auto attacking. This build is quite dangerous considering that your early game is quite squishy. However, it scales pretty good in late game.
Pros / Cons
Greater Mark of Lethality
Greater Glyph of Scaling Magic Resist
Greater Seal of Scaling Armor
Greater Quintessence of Lethality
Wukong's base damage is 54. With mastery, he has 61 starting AD at level 1, which is quite high. Therefore, armor penetration runes are ideal through all stages of the game.
MasteriesPlayers should pick masteries base on their play style. Instead of having high sustain, I would rather have more killing power to shut down enemy carries as soon as possible.
I didn't reallize that Summoner's Wrath gives 5 AD and AP when Ignite is on cool down until a friend told me so. Since then, I always take Ignite with me for the extra damage to hunt down enemies.
I take Butcher to farm easier as a compensation to the armor penetration runes.
sight ward
Since the nerf of Elixir of Fortitude and Health Potion, I think this sustain build would be my best choice. With the squishy early game, having more sustain means more time to farm.
Please, please, please! Only do this if you are winning your lane. So, you are winning your lane for sure (Better CS, Kills, and Damage Trade), snowball as hard as you can. Wait don't I need wards to counter enemy gankers? Easy, kill them as well. So, only grab some wards if you have the extra gold.
SPACESPACESPACESPACESPACE sight ward
Getting a little tired of all the stupid harrass, jungle ganks, and sh*tty farms you are putting up with? Throw away all hopes of getting kills and think of how to stay alive, farm, and then come back and show them you are the boss.
This under appreciated item has the ability to cancel the CC on you during your ult as you speed up to fleeing enemies.
I only make this for the sake of an early Hexdrinker and the high price of Mercurial Scimitar.
Who doesn't want more damage to every single skill, except Decoy, sad Decoy.
Time is money/gold
CC me, No more
Flippin Ninja?
Run, Run, Run!
So there is three conditions:
- Team is Winning: Logically, it makes no sense to fear death when your team is winning.
- Team is Losing: Well, if you die in a team fight, you come back, you are going die again.
- Teams are Equal: Take it.
Summoner Spells
The only thing missing is more defense.
Jack of all trades, master of none.
Skill Usage
Best passive for team fights
Main damage output/source
Gap close for jukes and pursuits
What can't you do with this?
This is the real spin to win
- Fury is used to indicate auto attack here because it looks cool
- Wanderer is used to indicate movement for the pure fanciness
The Skillful
- Better jukes if things goes wrong ( Decoy and Nimbus Strike is still available)
- Good Damage
- Range is too short
The Reckless
- Easy to execute with the good range
- Good damage
- Temporal lost of the ability to have better juke (can't dash to minions to escape)
The Police
- Amazing damage
- Harder to execute than the previous combo
- Temporal lost of the ability to have better jukes (can't dash to minions to escape)
The Trader
- Amazing damage
- Decreases chance of getting hit back
- Loses the ability to juke
The Farmer
- Only way to farm if pressure is high
- Ok Farm
- Basically means you are losing the lane
The Unexpected
- Guarantee damage
- Very good range
- Loses juking potential
The Slaughterer
- Full Combo with MAX DURATION on ultimate
- Too much damage for enemies to handle
- Vulnerable
- No going back
The Failure
- Full Combo with PARTIAL DURATION on ultimate
- Some crowd control
- Less damage output
- Means you are taking too much damage, which is bad because you shouldn't be
The Assassin
- Kill enemies when they are least expected
- Very good range
- Loses juking potential
The Fiddlesticks
- I am Fiddlesticks, deal with it
- The range is too damn high!
- Loses juking potential
Lane-ing phase can be described in three words: farm, harass, and ward
There are Three Situations
- Winning (Better CS, Kills, and Less Deaths)
- This is what you are suppose to be doing
- Continue with what ever combo you feel comfortable with
- Recommended Combo: The Reckless and The Slaughterer
- Ward if possible
- Build more damage
- Keep cool and snowball
- Equal In Strength (Similar CS, or Kills, or Deaths)
- So far so good I guess
- Might need to use a different combo
- Recommended Combo: The Police or The Trader and The Assasin
- Ward is a must
- Tanky start build might be better than Damage start build
- Keep alert and stay alive
- Losing (Less CS, or Kills, or more Deaths)
- Things are not going so well
- Use less combos to conserve mana
- Recommended Combo: The Farmer and The Fiddlesticks
- Ward only if you are close to or out of the middle of the lane
- Build tanky first
- Stay alive and farm if possible
Some Thoughts
True Damage And Beyond
greater mark of armor penetrationgreater quintessence of armor penetration
How much armor will the enemy have after your full combo?
Let X be the armor an enemy has and Y be the remaining armor of the enemy.
Equation: Y = ((X * .70 * .75) * .60) - 54 = .315 * X - 54
Solve for: Y = 0
Answer: X >= 171
Conclusion: For any enemy with less than 171 armor, they will be taking more than true damage (If they do not have damage reduction masteries).
The Fiddlesticks
With this set of equipment, you can potentially do up to 700 damage per second with your ult. Therefore, in total you can potentially deal over 2800 damage with your ult! That my friends, is equivalent to a 522 AP Fiddlesticks's Crowstorm.


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