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Renekton General Guide by Hothor
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Build 1
Renekton Build
Starting Items against AD
Standard Start
Starting items against ranged Top Laners
Late Game Standard Build
Late Game Defensive Build Against AP
Late Game Defensive Build Against AD
Late Game Offensive Build
Ability Sequence
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Hello there everyone, This is my first guide on Mobafire for top lane Renekton and I hope you find it useful. Renekton has become one of my favourite go-to top laners just because of his high sustain and his ability to engage and peel off enemies. "Reign of Anger" is a great way to trade with your opponent and do some nice damage after farming a bit and makes him dangerous to 1v1 when his rage is full. His Q "Cull the Meek" is a great farming tool and also heals himself, giving him the ability to sustain very well. Also his mobility with his E "Slice and Dice" allows him to not only initiate fights but also avoid ganks if caught in a sticky situation and W "Ruthless Predator" allows him to setup ganks in lane and prevent ganks. And finally his ult R "Dominus", is great for baiting opponents, Surviving ganks, and providing AOE (Area of Effect) damage in teamfights.
Pros / Cons
+ High Sustain
+ Mobile
+ Tanky
+ Hard to gank
+ Wrecks a ton
- Falls out late game
- Predictable with visible rage bar but not really a big con
- Can be vulnerable to some ranged Top Laners
We'll start with mastery. For one point this is a decent mastery because it gives you some damage after using Ignite and gives a bonus to Ghost and Exhaust; both of which can be useful to Renekton. Next we have mastery. I take this over mastery because his damage really comes from his abilities and the more you can use them, the more damage you can pump out. mastery is not really a good use of points considering there are more immediately useful options. Renekton doesn't really have any issues with farm so the extra damage to minions isn't necessary. My final choice for the last point I will take in the offensive tree is mastery. I find this extremely valuable to Renekton because Armor Penetration can only be built on a few items. This mastery gives him an advantage against heavily armored Top laners like Garen, Vi, etc.
Now for the Defensive Tree, I dip into mastery first for the health and if you are in the role of Off-Tank bruiser having more health doesn't hurt; giving you more survivability bit by bit every level. I don't put points into mastery because I never really use any of the abilities that are listed in the mastery. Also I skip putting points in mastery because I want to be able to put points into mastery it leads to mastery which is a great choice for early game due to the boost in health.
mastery I avoid because it's more of a jungling choice along with mastery. I feel these aren't valuable masteries to pick up when i'm in a top lane position. Then I put points into mastery for some extra armor which is always good for giving more sustain if trading with my top lane opponent. I take less damage and it gives me a better chance of surviving when getting ganked. is also great for sustain, trading, and team-fights against those pesky AP carries.
For some reduction in slows, I pick up mastery to bust through teams and be able to focus key targets. This mastery is a great addition with Tenacity so it's a well spent point even though I only go one point into it in order to reach the bottom choice mastery. mastery I take mainly to have the option of tower diving if my team plans on trying to shut down top either diving together with my jungler or another combination. The key is to avoid sacrificing too much when tower diving. mastery not a big fan of this unless you're facing a lot of champions with high attack speed. Same goes for mastery because blocking 5 damage on auto attacks is sort of decent, but if you're getting nailed for 200-300 per hit by abilities and auto attacks it's not that significant.
Next up, mastery I think is a great mastery as well, because it also stacks with Tenacity items. For even more health mastery is one of my top favourites. It really shines late game due to the boost in extra health and is nice overall in all stages of the game. I don't take mastery because I want to end games before my team gets too deep into late game. I feel that Renekton starts to fall out late game and his presence just isn't the same by comparison to early and mid. mastery I don't take because unless you're in role of "Main Tank/Initiator" then the benefit isn't significant. You aren't building armor or magic resist to make those percentages matter too much, mastery This is an odd mastery this is because if you're dying a lot, you're probably not doing very well on gold or farm. 10 seconds in late game is decent but for the rest of the game it's a pretty small effect to drop a point into it. To me mastery was the best way to spend the point because 10% reduction from critical strikes is huge when you have those ADCs and APCs in the back trying to bring you down. For the most part Renektons main goal is to put pressure on these high damage champions and lock them down for the rest of your team to either: force them to back away and disengage or they continue to stay in the fight and based on how well you're team plays together they should die if you're on top of them because of your stun. Finally mastery to put it plain and simply, 3% reduction from all damage is well worth one point! As Renkton in top lane I said before you're always going to be taking damage because you need to get close to deal any. I need to be able to stay in fights and stay close to my target in order to do anything useful. This mastery allows me to have reduction to damage so I can stay in even longer.
Summoner Spells
Summoner Spells
Flash is my go to spell choice on Renekton. It is a very versatile spell that allows you to escape from fights or initiate them, flash over a wall, get in close for a stun, and almost any other situation you can think of.
My favourite spell choice on Renekton is Ignite. Ignite is a great spell for finishing enemies and reduces healing done to opponents. This is especially useful when targeting opponents that have a heal or another champion is healing them. Renekton's goal should be closing the distance and focusing down high damage AD or AP carries, so this reduced healing to his target is very useful.
Ghost is also a decent spell choice for Renekton. It gives you a nice boost of speed to escape enemies or run them down in lane. It allows me to run through creeps rather than around them for an even faster approach to your enemies. The speed makes you more "sticky", meaning it is much easier to stay on a target in team-fights because of the extra boost.
Teleport is a great spell if your team is coordinated and players communicate what they're doing. Typically Teleport is more used for split pushing and forcing your enemy team to decide whether they should continue to stay in the lane your team is in or sending a champ to defend the tower you're split pushing on. This spell can work really well if you're paying attention to the map or really badly if not. Keep in mind if you're solo queing, it's difficult to make good use of it if your team isn't working together as a group. I don't recommend this spell for solo que.
Exhaust is also a decent spell pick, it slows and weakens whoever you use it on, giving you time to do some nice damage. It also allows you to slow the enemy down in a situation where a jungler tries to gank you and you want to escape. As Renekton, Exhaust is a spell that requires very good timing. It is easy to waste exhaust if your target flashes away and you have no other means of staying on them. The key to timing it right is to make sure you know your targets flash or other escape CD's are down before popping it.
Cleanse can be a good spell choice for Renekton depending on who you're going up against. I don't really use or recommend Cleanse, but in some circumstances it can come in handy. For example: If you're going up against a team with a lot of CC cleanse can help you avoid being controlled hardcore. I usually just build in a high CC team situation because other spells are stronger as well as harder to replace with items/gear.
Barrier is an alright spell for Renekton. It only lasts two seconds, so if someone makes you use it accidentally because you're low and you don't want to die, it can be really embarrassing and you also wasted a CD. It also has a CD of 210 seconds before it will be up again. It can be a life saver from time to time but it isn't a spell I would recommend for most situations.
Heal is an okay spell for Renekton in Top Lane but I can only see it being useful for baiting a kill or surviving a gank. Even when used in an optimal situation, if someone ignites you, then your healing is reduced by half, making it's usefulness null and void at that point. There are ways around heal such as using ignite or building items that reduce healing so I don't recommend using heal as a top lane Renekton.
Smite isn't a spell ever used in Top lane, so no explanation will be needed for this.
Clairvoyance is actually a spell I like a lot but I think it is more useful in the hands of a support, It has a fairly short CD (60 Seconds) and you can reduce that even more with masteries and items. I think it's under-rated and could be used more effectively if built with the proper items like but for now it's not in my main spell choices for top lane Renekton.
Revive! There are so many things that can be said about this spell but in my mind, it just is a funny spell. The only way to go if you want to pick Revive is, Revive and Teleport.
Smite isn't a spell ever used in Top lane, so no explanation will be needed for this.
Clarity gives mana and Renekton does not use mana as a resource, so this is a totally useless spell for him.
Use of Skills
Laning Phase
When you're in the laning phase the number one priority is to farm but keep in mind farming creeps can push too hard sometimes and can put you in a vulnerable spot if you don't have wards. Using Q too much can put you in that vulnerable spot so be cautious of how often you use it. If you want to harass your opponent to chunk their health a bit, a good way to do that is, build your rage up and W before you decide to go in for any harassment. Use E through a minion or minions that are in the pathway towards your opponent and land W, Auto attack, then E back to your original position. This helps to avoid trading damage with your opponent. Basically if you can keep doing this successfully, you will wear and tear your opponent down for a potential kill or force them to go back, while you free farm creeps. Save your ult for incoming ganks or for extra damage to finish off your laning opponent. Try and build up rage if you can before harassing in any shape or form. Full rage maximizes the damage and healing you get from your Q as well as increases the duration of your stun and armor pen from your dash.
Teamfighting Phase
The end of the laning phase transitions into the Teamfighting phase or Group phase, as some call it. This is a stage of the game where Renekton really shines and you need to capitalize on his strengths. Mid game is where his presence is really noticable and where, in most cases, you want to end games so you can maximize his potential as a champion. Sometimes ending the game in mid game is not possible because of team-mates or what I would say "**** Happens" and you do fall into the late-game. The only reason you want to avoid this is because Renekton's damage is not as high and he has to trade for more tankiness late game to avoid getting destroyed by high geared ADCs or APCs. I am not saying that Renekton is totally worthless late game but he definitely doesn't do the same amount of damage late game and isn't as tanky because of his kit being more of an off-tank bruiser rather than a tanky initiator like Leona or Taric.
In terms of using your skills in team-fights, whoever is initiating fights you want to be fairly close by so you can capitalize on initiation. The goal is getting closer to their ADCs or APCs in the backline by using your E and W to lock them in place so that your team can do the damage needed to bring them down. Make sure you ult before you go into team-fights so that someone with a stun can't just stun you and prevent you from ulting and doing any damage. Renektons ult is such a good sneaky health boost that I can't count the number of times it has saved me.
Item Explanation,
Core Items
Renekton doesn't have a built in slow so this Item is great for sticking to your opponents. It also has health and AD which are great stats for Renekton as well. This item should be built first in most cases, unless you're getting beat in lane or need to build more damage to bring down your enemy.
Depending on what the situation is, Brutalizer will need to be built 2nd or 3rd, This item will give you the armor pen, CDR, and AD to increase your damage by a lot to shred down your top lane opponent but also will be handy later on when you can upgrade it to The Black Cleaver.
As for the items above this can also be interchangeable depending on who you're up against, I usually build this 2nd or 3rd in my item lineup because Phage overall is a better item to have first before Hexdrinker but there can be circumstances where you need the MR from it and the magic shield to survive, over time you will be able to judge when to pick it up or not. It has AD and MR so this a good item to have so you can survive against heavy AP damage dealers and pretty much anyone who does AP damage.
*Note- When you get further into the game, Upgrading your core items should be priority and depending on what you need the upgrade order will be different.
(Ex: Vayne is a fairly mobile ADC, so in order to catch her and stay on her you would want to upgrade Phage to Frozen Mallet so that you can always stick to her in teamfights.)
(Ex: If the enemy team consists of a lot of AP champions and you need to boost your survival to engage fights but still do enough damage to not be ignored, upgrading Hexdrinker to Maw of Malmortius would be a good upgrade to do.)
Situational Items
Is a great item to build if you need more protection against AP casters or assassins such as Katarina, Xerath, Ahri, etc. It also gives CDR, health, and a nice passive that increases healing , regeneration, and drain effects on yourself. Thus being said, Your Q will heal for even more.
A whopping 1000 health and health regen, this item will be needed on occasions that you need to transition into a tank or if you need the extra health to stay in fights.
Not only is this a good item against a mostly melee composition but it combos nicely with Renektons ult Dominus and gives some extra damage.
In most matches that go into late game, Atma's is a pretty good choice to not only boost your armor but boost your damage. As Renekton you will typically be around 3K health at 18 with a few upgraded items. Which will boost your AD along with having 15 critical strike chance.
This item is more of defensive item for when you have a fed enemy ADC or a lot of AD being thrown around, grab this if you are losing in teamfights due to a fed AD champ (Mostly fed ADCs).
If you're getting focused a lot in teamfights pick this item up, In most situations in a teamfight they shouldn't be focusing you that much but depending on what's happening and what kind of composition they have they might. Gives defensive stats and if you die in a middle of a fight there are two options. One, You can choose to get back into the fight if you think you can turn the fight around and if you aren't in a bad position or two try to escape and dash away.
Offensive Items
This is for when you really need to pump out some damage and or if you're fed. All the stats on this item work well with Renekton except for the attack speed, other than that I think it's a really great item along with it's passive and active. It also synergizes with Last Whisper and your dash armor shred.
Pretty straight forward 35% armor pen and 40 extra AD making your attacks pretty dangerous as well as getting armor pen from your dash making your armor pen extremely high.
Items I didn't include but could be used as well
Not that I don't like this item or think that it's not useful but as Renekton I think you need to be able to maximize damage as much as possible and you could trade thornmail for this item if you think it would be more useful depending on the situation. I feel this item is really meant for hardcore tank champions and Renekton is more of a off-tank bruiser and needs some damage so you don't get ignored in teamfights.
Pretty much the same thing as Randuin's, Unless you're the sole tank in the group I wouldn't go for this, In most cases your support or your jungler should have this item.
Health is good, Armor is great, CDR also good, and health regen too but similar to what I was talking about with Randuin's it's not as useful as other items but like I said depending on the circumstance and you're tanking I think this is a good grab.
I think overall it's a pretty good offensive item but it lacks health and it is fairly expensive so unless you're really fed I don't really recommend getting it.
After looking at this item in comparison to Blade of the Ruined King as an offensive item, I felt that BOTRK was a better choice just for the simple fact that the passive and active are more valuable than the extra AD and LS for Renekton, Why? Initially BT has lower LS than BOTRK and basic attacks take 5% hp off every hit, Plus if you want some extra burst you can use BOTRK's active.
I wanted to add this to the situational items list but I felt that it was really expensive and would force out better items that have health on them. The last thing you want to do is make Renekton a glass cannon, so make sure you balance enough health before grabbing this item and ask yourself if it's really worth getting if you're going up against a hard-core CC composition.
Definitely would classify as an offensive item, Fairly cost effective but attack speed isn't that valueable to Renekton. The CDR and armor pen is also great but considering the armor pen is flat armor pen rather than percentage it's not going to show a significant amount compared to last whisper. The active is mediocre at best, the movement speed is an alright boost but the attack speed won't make a huge difference in damage considering Renekton relies more on his CD's to do damage. Plus the armor pen passive pen passive won't stack with other armor pen items, You're better off getting The Black Cleaver.
Credits/Last Words
*I would like to thank Jhoijhoi, for her awesome guide to making a guide. There was no way I could have done this without that guide.
*Keep in mind this guide is just that, a guide. There can be variations to what I build and they can work just fine and depending on who you're facing, the items, masteries, and runes can change.
*I want to add to this guide eventually, aka a more indepth guide on how to play Renekton.
*Feel free to comment with some constructive criticism about the guide. I think this is a pretty good way to play him but there are always different, and could be even more ways to improve his game-play and build.
*And for those who don't get why I put "Wrecking-a-ton" as the title, my wife and I came up with it when on a goofy gaming weekend binge and it stuck as a fun nickname :P
*Lastly let me know if this guide has really worked for you. Feedback helps determine whether I need to tweak my guide or not. Also, this is my first time making a guide, so let me know if I have made a critical mistake that needs to be corrected!
*A big thanks to my editors, They were a huge help!
*Thanks for reading! See you ingame!
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2013-07-03 Added item explanation section + Removed starting items for a safe start + Added BOTRK in place of Bloodthirster.


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So funny!
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Haha LOL not bad at all! Love it!
| MadTeaLady chapter 1 . 2/11/2012
Hahahahaha this story is hilarious
| 15thburningfiddle chapter 1 . 10/22/2009
Oh dear. is in terrible peril, and Batman is a even more terrible Sir Lancelot.
Hardened criminal...
Brilliant, as always.
| Shekiah Rosay chapter 1 . 7/28/2009
Crane and Nygma get nerd-love.
That had to be the best party ever. xD
| RiddlesxandxRoses chapter 1 . 8/5/2008
X] dude OMG like dude XD XD XD
how does poor Squishy always end up in these type of situations? XD
Well Eddie always does cuz he's..he's just plain Adorable.. :D
| 15thBurningFiddle chapter 1 . 5/24/2008
Sir Batman the Chaste. This was hilarious. Brillant.
| silvercat17 chapter 1 . 5/8/2008
Hehehe! What about poor Jervis, huh? Course he'd probably have a heart attack right there, the poor guy.
| Petunias chapter 1 . 2/21/2008
Are we in the Castle Anthrax? I would die, literally DIE to see Jonathan chased down the street by six women in ball gowns...pantless! bloody effing brilliant!
| highland girl 1592 chapter 1 . 11/12/2007
Oh my Gawd! The Scarecrow running down the street without his pants? *rolls round on floor laughing hysterically* If those women were really lesbians,I think that they'd be mortified to discover that they really prefer men of the criminal element. LOL. Poor Eddie! And Poor Batman and Robin,too! Oh,it was one of those parties. Maybe it would be easier just to give in...escape it...could it be possible that Jonathan was starting to enjoy the situation he was in? I wonder what Eddie said? This is your best story ever. :) I'm sure Mr.J would be pleased on how well his plan worked.
| armageddon-incarnate chapter 1 . 11/7/2007
*insane, mad giggles*
OH MY GOD, THAT LINE! *is rolling on the floor laughing at the whole fic*
Beautiful, darling, positively GENIUS.
| Gladrial10 chapter 1 . 11/7/2007
My hugs are the best kind of hugs for homocidial maniacs. Oh, yes they are. They just don't know it yet. :) Aww! And I know you wrote a 'non-Cat' story just for me. Don't deny it now.
This story was so silly. I was giggling like an idiot, which I'm sure was your intent. Poor guys shoulda just gone with the flow. I'm sure they would have enjoyed themselves.
My favorite gag:
"Rmph," Nygma growled through the ball gag. "Eyrrgh hrlgh hmmphngnh."
"He's got a point," said Crane.
And the 'hardened criminal' quip was to die for!
Thanks so much and keep 'em comin'!
| Checkerboards chapter 1 . 11/7/2007
"Look, let me go back in there and face the peril! - no, it's too perilous."
How fabulously silly. Yay!
| E. Nagrom chapter 1 . 11/7/2007
hmm inside that "cat house" reminds me of what the next scene of "Monty Python's Holy grail" might have been like if whats-his-name wasn't "rescued" from the castle Anthrax
Again you know how to make an evening enjoyable thanks for the laughs (and nightmares LOL)


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How Does Networking Help Veterans Land a Job?
Spraying resumes to hundreds of online job positions and praying to get a response is the chosen strategy for many transitioning veterans. Unfortunately, it's entirely not effective. Before veterans deploy overseas or go on a mission, they study and try to understand everything possible about the enemy, culture, weather, terrain and local populace. When faced with a new mission of starting a new career, many veterans don't take the time to understand the company they are applying to: it's business model, major clients, competitive advantage, or even the process from which they hire candidates.
Having a firm understanding of how companies identify, screen and hire new employees will give veterans the opportunity to improvise, adapt and overcome the unique challenges they face when transitioning into a new career.
Let's say, for example, that the Senior Vice President (SVP) of advertising sales at Company ABC wants to grow his business and is looking to hire additional employees. The SVP is equivalent to a full-bird colonel or regimental commander in the military. He is extremely busy trying to manage and grow his business, so he doesn't have time to search for new employees, just like regimental commanders don't have time to go to high schools and recruit more soldiers for their units.
Similar to how the military has recruiters and administrative personnel to locate, screen and process new soldiers, the SVP has a human resources (HR) department to search for new candidates. The mission of the HR department is to locate qualified applicants based on the hiring criteria given to them by the SVP, conduct initial interviews, whittle the applicant pool down to the best four or five candidates, and then present them to the SVP for final interviews and hiring decisions.
This is where many veterans get stuck. The job market is extremely competitive right now. HR personnel have to review dozens and sometimes hundreds of resumes for one position. They only have thirty seconds, at most, to look over a resume and determine whether the person is qualified for the job. And because most HR recruiters haven't served in the military, they don't fully understand military skills and experiences. Therefore, more times than not, veteran resumes get thrown in the "no" pile and are never considered by the hiring manager.
The trick is to get yourself past HR and in front of the hiring manager (in our example, the SVP of Advertising Sales)—the decision maker—so that you can verbally make your case for the position. That's your goal! HR personnel can say "no" to a candidate, but they cannot actually hire anyone. That final decision is with the hiring manager. If a hiring manager already knows you and thinks you'd be a strong candidate for a certain position within the company, he or she would tell HR that you will be interviewed and HR would coordinate and process the appropriate paperwork.
Let me use a personal example. When I was transitioning, I applied to thirty-four positions through various companies' online job forums. In sixteen of the companies, I was unable to network with a veteran who worked there. Out of these sixteen companies, I received zero callbacks for interviews. The automatically generated rejection emails are still trickling in.
For the remaining eighteen positions, I was able to connect with a veteran employee at each of the companies, who were then able to help "refer" or recommend me for the various positions. I ended up getting called for ten interviews! Veteran employees conducted two of the interviews and I was eventually offered positions at both companies. Employees with no military experience conducted the remaining eight interviews and I received one offer.
Isn't that amazing? Networking with a veteran employee increased my chances of getting an interview from 0% to over 50%! And both veteran employees who interviewed me subsequently offered me positions at the company. Focus your search strategy on developing key relationships with veterans who are already employed at the companies that you want to work for. They understand your service and what you can bring to the table – and they are most willing to help you as well.
Michael Abrams is an Afghanistan veteran and Founder of Four Block, a veteran career development program based in New York. He is the author of Business Networking for Veterans as well as an Adjunct Professor at Fordham University.
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"Derek Jeter has the killer instinct of Jackie Robinson, the hustle of Pete Rose, the bat artistry of George Brett, the leadership of Kirby Puckett, the clutch hitting of Reggie Jackson, the acrobatics of Ozzie Smith, the eyes of Grace Kelly. He's the perfect ballplayer."
--David Schoenfield, 2010
For a long time, there was heated debate about Derek Jeter's value as a player. On one side sat those who agree with the above statement that I just made up. Their adulation reached an apex most notably after his famous "flip play" against the A's in the 2001 playoffs. The play became a symbol of his baseball genius (you can even purchase a signed 16x20 sepia-toned photo of the play for a mere $649.99).
On the other side sat the statistical analysts who argued that while he was a good hitter, he wasn't a good defensive shortstop (was, in fact, a horrible shortstop). Their disgust reached an apex when Jeter won his first Gold Glove in 2004 (he's won three more since). The award became a symbol of the often-embarrassing fawning over Jeter's abilities.
Back when Jeter made that play, it was used as ammunition in popular debates: Who was better, Jeter or A-Rod? Jeter or Nomar? Jeter or Tejada? Eventually, those debates were settled: Alex Rodriguez moved to third base, Nomar Garciaparra moved to the disabled list and Miguel Tejada moved to Baltimore.
Jeter, meanwhile, kept churning out .300 seasons. And now? He may be the second-greatest shortstop of all time.


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Britain on show in new passport
An idyllic picture of scenic Britain, complete with its typical weather, has been unveiled in the new UK passport.
Sundials, narrow boats and windmills appear alongside clouds, lightning and a compass to enhance security in the "universally trusted document", the Identity and Passport Service said.
The makeover comes as part of a £400 million 10-year contract with De La Rue, which will start producing the new passports in October.
Each page includes a symbol depicting "typical British weather", but the outlook is predominantly cloudy with just four of the 28 pages forecasting the sun in a cloudless sky.
And while famous images - including the White Cliffs of Dover, the Gower Peninsula in Wales, Ben Nevis in Scotland and the Giant's Causeway in Northern Ireland - represent rural scenes from across the UK, images of urban Britain are nowhere to be seen.
Sarah Rapson, chief executive of the Identity and Passport Service, said: "What we're not trying to do is represent every single aspect of Britain today. We've deliberately chosen scenic Britain, the images you're seeing are representative of that aspect of Britain."
The 10-year adult passport, which will cost the same £77.50 as now, uses complex images to help prevent fraud.
Alongside the weather patterns, isobars and thermometers, the inside pages show intricate pictures of Blenheim Palace Gardens, a beach hut and the Dorset coast - all spread across two pages to increase security.
The holder's identity pages have been moved to the front of the book in a bid to reduce the time taken to pass through border controls and to bring the UK passport in line with others from Europe and the United States.
And there are now two photographs of the individual, with the main photo-page covered in a transparent film containing several layers of holograms.


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Salsa is more than just a spicy condiment. New research suggests it may also offer protection against Salmonella, the common foodborne pathogen that can cause severe sickness and even death.
In preliminary experiments, chemist Isao Kubo of the University of California, Berkeley determined that the juice from salsa, which contains mainly tomatoes, onions, cilantro, and green chilies, has antibacterial properties. Now, reporting in the June Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, Kubo and his colleagues have zeroed in on a particular chemical: a compound in fresh cilantro leaves called dodecenal.
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Our dreams last night~~
They could have dumped more than this on us but we'll take it. Mom and dad are happy that they don't have to shovel.
Love ya lots♥
Mitch and Molly
Our dreams last night~~
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Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh that is a purrty series of photos. Your lovely furs look good against the snow.
We had 2 hours of snow yesterday but not a flake stuck 'cause it was 60 degrees on Saturday. Our kinda snow...comes and goes all at once. BUT friends we have some very cold weather this week. They say a high of 22 tomorrow with a feel like of 17.
Baby it is cold outside
Hugs madi your bfff
We love the way you dream!!!
We have lovely, bitterly cold weather here, but sadly, no snow to go with it! The weather peeps say maybe tomorrow - so we have our fingers crossed!
just enough to play in but not to have to shovel out from under is perfect :) Have fun you two :)
Enjoy your snow! (Bet your peeps are really glad they don't have to shovel!)
BaaaaaaWaaaah you two shirley have your PAWorities... Snacks...
Snacks fur the flashy beast session.
We love the pictures...
Looks like FUN!
I am so jealous! You have a winter wonderland!!!
Where is Frosty the Snowman? Is he there yet?
Show me!
Whooooa! Snow! Your wishes came true
Lily & Edward
That's about how much snow we have. But hey, we'll take it!
We had snow on Saturday and on Sunday it warmed up to 50 degrees. Texas weather. I really like the first photo with the barn in the background. It's a keeper.
Aroo to you,
Have fun in da snow!
Snow!!!!! You got a tiny bit more than we did, but we have more coming tomorrow and maybe again on Tuesday. Sadly it is just expected to be a tiny bit again:(
Hope those treats were tasty.
Woos - Ciara and Lightning
Glad you had some snow. We don't have any right now, but it's very cold. Would rather have snow than cold.
You must be so happy to have that beautiful snow. Have fun in it!!!
Everything looks so pretty covered in snow!! We sure hope you got those treats!
Dory, Jakey, Arty & Bilbo
Glad you two loved your snow. We hated it. You can have ours
most of our snow has melted and now we have a mucky mess!
Mr Bailey, Hazel & Mabel
I am glad you got some snow. We have some right now too, but it is very cold so I don't get out for very long.
Ziggy Out!!
Yay!!! SNOW!!! Haf funs!!!!!
Loves and licky kisses
Princess Leah xxx
We got it too!!! It is REALLY frigid out though...in the negatives...so we aren't staying out for more than it takes to ... take care of business!! :)
Have fun!!
Yeah snow, I will be over to play in a little while. Woof Treacle x
You two sure had fun in your snow. We finally got a few inches of snow here too for the first time this season.
Yay for snow!!
Glad you got some!
We got snow this morning but only about an inch.Not enough for all nine of us to really enjoy and besides it's super cold.


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Be Careful Using the Inuit Greeting Chimo! in Japan
Chimo! (CHEE-mo) is a widespread and ancient Inuit greeting that may be accompanied by a gesture of salutation as well, namely, moving the left hand in a circle on the area of the chest over the heart. Variants as heard by white explorers include teyma, tima, and timah. Some early explorers were told that chimo came from an Inuktitut root that meant 'trade, barter' and that the only greeting implied in the word when spoken to white southerners was 'let's trade.' Even if that is true, today chimo is exclusively a warm greeting and is used in our North as a toast before drinking. But it is more likely that chimo is the Inuktitut word saimo [sa.i.ˈmo], a word of greeting, farewell, and a toast.
The number of discrete sounds utterable by the human vocal apparatus is finite. Consonant and vowel repertoires vary from language to language, but it only takes learning three or four new languages, before the student begins to hear words that sound the same in two languages but have quite different meanings.
I heard about such a mix-up concerning chimo from my friend, Canadian broadcaster Vicki Gabereau.
Vicki had an acquaintance who liked the cheerful sound of Chimo and so this female friend named her dog Chimo. The dog was obedient and learned to respond to his name when called by his owner. When the lady got a job in Japan that was to last several years, she did not want to be parted from her dear Chimo, and so decided to take her pet with her to Japan, which she did. Things worked out well as Chimo had the run of a little fenced yard beside the lady's residence in quite a posh suburb near Tokyo. Now Chimo was good-natured but frisky, and occasionally jumped the fence. But the lady had only to call him by name, and eventually he would come trotting home and jump back inside the little yard.
The lady did notice that when she called him loudly, any Japanese neighbours who might be in hearing distance would turn away and avoid her. This happened every time she shouted,"Chimo! Chimo!" Then people of the neighbourhood began crossing to the other side of the street or roadway whenever she came along. It was months until a Japanese friend explained that the way she pronounced chimo made it sound exactly like a Japanese word for 'pubic hair.' She had been running up and down the street for months shouting "Pubic hair! Pubic hair!"
Her Japanese neighbours had been too polite to inquire if she was merely crazy or was having a late but joyful puberty.
Chimo had long tenure as a Canadian place name too. An Innu community on the Koksoak River just south of Ungava Bay was called Fort Chimo from 1831 until 1981 when the name was changed to the traditional one, Kuujjuaq. Koksoak means 'big river' in western Inuktitut. But would anyone concerned with keeping their private parts dry ever go skinny-dipping in the Koksoak River?
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Cyril Lucaris
Cyril Lucaris
The Greek Orthodox theologian Cyril Lucaris (1572-1637), who was patriarch of Constantinople, aroused a storm of controversy by interpreting the doctrines of his Church along Calvinistic lines.
Cyril Lucaris, or Lukar, was born on the island of Crete on Nov. 13, 1572. He was a bright young man who displayed a great deal of personal initiative as well as a strong religious faith. He spoke fluent Greek and learned Latin thoroughly, profiting by his student years in Venice, Padua, and especially Geneva. Cyril came in contact with the faith of the Reformers in Geneva toward the end of the 16th century. He was greatly impressed by John Calvin's teachings, especially his view that some men are clearly predestined by God to heaven and his interpretation of a decent, upright life as a sign of God's favor.
In 1602 the brilliant young theologian was elected patriarch of Alexandria in Egypt, which had traditionally been a center of the Orthodox faith. He filled the position with dedication for 19 years. Cyril began to exercise his greatest influence in the Orthodox Church in 1621, when he became patriarch of Constantinople. The city, which had been under Moslem domination for centuries, was not prepared for him. Cyril's articulate preaching and penetrating writings upset the city's religious peace. Several times he was deposed, but each time the Sultan was forced to reinstate him to calm the indignant Orthodox population, who loved him.
Cyril attempted to inject new life into the Orthodox faith by reshaping its teachings in the spirit of Calvin. He arranged for a number of promising theologians to study in the Calvinist centers of Europe, especially in Switzerland and Holland. Not everyone appreciated his efforts. He met with a great deal of opposition in his own Church from those who thought that he was misinterpreting instead of reinterpreting the faith. In 1629 Cyril published his Confession, a declaration of his beliefs about God and man in language that was traditional but expressing ideas that were derived from the Reformation. This work served as the focal point of a controversy that stirred the Orthodox Church for decades, until the patriarch of Jerusalem called a synod in 1672 which condemned Cyril's teachings, long after his death.
Cyril disappeared suddenly and permanently in June 1637. A story emerged that he had been ordered killed by the Sultan, who was about to embark on a war with Persia and wanted to avoid the trouble Cyril would cause while he was away. Reportedly Cyril was strangled by a contingent of soldiers who threw his body into the sea.
Further Reading
Cyril Lucaris's controversial The Confession of Faith reveals his major religious ideas. A study of his life is Georgios A. Chatzeantoniou, Protestant Patriarch: The Life of Cyril Lucaris, 1572-1638, Patriarch of Constantinople (1961). Cyril's influence on the history of his Church is examined in Adrian Fortescue, The Orthodox Eastern Church (1907; 3d ed., 1920), and R. M. French, The Eastern Orthodox Church (1951). □
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Cyril Lucaris (lyōōkā´rĬs), 1572–1637, Greek churchman, b. Crete (then belonging to Venice). He studied at Venice and Padua and was elected patriarch of Alexandria (1602–20) and of Constantinople (1620–37). In Western Europe he had become imbued with Calvinistic ideas, and he attempted to synthesize them with Orthodoxy. He published a Confession of Faith (1629) to this end and sent many young priests to study in the West. He corresponded with leading Anglicans and Lutherans and sent the Codex Alexandrinus of the Bible to Charles I. His Protestant tendencies had no lasting effect in the East, and after his death a synod condemned his teachings. In Constantinople he was deposed several times. The sultan, Murad IV, had him murdered on charges that he was involved in an anti-Turkish plot. He is also called Cyril Lucar.
See G. A. Hadjiantoniou, Protestant Patriarch (1961).
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Why We Need The Wage Theft Prevention Act
It is far too easy for employers in DC to commit wage theft – to refuse to pay all or part of a worker's regular wages or overtime. And it is far too difficult for victims of wage theft to hold employers accountable for not paying them the money they worked so hard for.
On Friday, March 14, Councilmember Vincent Orange convened a hearing on the "Wage Theft Prevention Act of 2014" to finally do something about the District's dismal laws and enforcement that fail so many workers.
The bill, co-introduced by Councilmembers Orange (At-Large), Graham (Ward 1) and Cheh (Ward 3), would create a more transparent, efficient, and reliable process to file and resolve wage claims, provide better protections for workers who stand up for their rights, allow for better access to lawyers for wage theft victims, and increase penalties to hold dishonest and unscrupulous employers accountable.
At the hearing, many workers testified about their experiences with wage theft and how the current system isn't doing enough to protect their rights and their hard earned pay.
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Maria Hernandez was hired to clean a school the day before classes were to begin. "We worked for 16 hours straight," she told the committee. "And once we finished working – tired, frustrated – they refused to pay us for what we had worked." Maria's story is tragic, but sadly it is also far too common.
Mario de la Cruz testified that he is owed about $5,000 for 34 days of work. Maria Sandoval spoke about how she was made to work for over a month without getting paid. Samuel Abutair discussed how he was fired without being paid, and that the employer had done this to four other workers as well.
Several workers were paid for fewer hours than were owed to them. Julio Sanchez told the committee that he "used to finish work in the bar were I worked at 3:30 AM, but they made us punch out at 12:30 AM." And Tomas Arevalo stated that he worked about 45 hours a week, but was only paid for 40 hours of work.
Harming Workers
Those lost wages have major consequences, as several workers spoke to. Without them, many workers struggled to make ends meet, missing bill payments, harming their credit and, in some cases, causing them to become homeless. For several, such hardships also led to emotional distress and health problems.
A Failed System
Other workers testified as to how the Office of Wage Hour had let them down, or made the process slow and difficult.
"When I first took them the overtime issue…it took more than a year," stated Danny Felix. "And I'm getting paid at the bottom of the totem pole. I'm living off of this money. I'm trying to pay bills and juggling."
Omar Sorto talked about how OWH failed him. "The Office of Wage Hour had set a date for a fact finding conference," he said, "but they informed me of it 2 days after the conference was supposed to be held. I learned about the conference too late."
The Importance of the Wage Theft Prevention Act
As bad as wage theft in the District of Columbia has been, the Wage Theft Prevention Act would be a huge step forward.
Tomas Arevalo explained how important it would be to him. "It would help me be more reliable in bringing home food to my family and maintaining my home. I think that, with this law, I'll be able to pay my bills and other experiences, to be able to keep my home, and it would be more stable."
And as EJC Deputy Director Ari Weisbard put it, "People who work hard for a living deserve to make a living. You've helped guarantee that pushing through very quickly the raise in the minimum wage, but now we need to make sure it's enforceable, and that their wages are not stolen by the people who hire them."


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Battle of the Left: Howlin and Boyd Barrett clash on air
THE so called 'Battle of the left' took place on Newstalk this morning as People Before Profit's (PBP) Richard Boyd Barrett and Labour's Brendan Howlin clashed.
Mr Boyd Barrett, who is hoping to be re-elected in the Dun Laoghaire constituency, said that PBP had been consistent throughout the last Dail and were aiming to unite the left.
"We have been the most consistent since we entered the Dail in actually defending the principles of fairness and equality," he explained.
Mr Howlin, however, said the only consistency that Mr Boyd Barrett had shown was "to oppose everything we needed to do" to get the economy back.
"We would, had we followed the path that Richard and his colleagues mapped out for us, be like Greece now – he was the champion of Syriza," Howlin said.
Mr Boyd Barrett refuted this and accused the government of introducing what he called "unfair measures" like water charges and property taxes and criticised the Labour Party for breaking their promise to burn the bondholders saying that the party had failed to protect the vulnerable.
"They have created the worst housing and homelessness crisis in the history of the state and made a shambles of the public health service," Mr Boyd Barrett added.
The outgoing Minister for Public Expenditure however denied that the Labour party had betrayed the left.
"We've taken 700,000 people – the lowest paid – out of the universal social charge, we have twice increased the minimum wage… we've restored trade union right - we're the only country in the western world who has given collective bargaining rights to the trade union movement," he said.
In terms of protecting the vulnerable, Mr Howlin was bullish saying that social welfare spend was 40pc of everything the government now spends and pointed to the fact that there were 135,000 people back to work under the governments watch.
He defended the governments decision not to burn the bondholders saying that the President of the ECB had warned of "dire consequences" for Ireland had the government had done so.
Mr Howlin again pointed to the example of Greece saying that the banks had closed for three weeks and the economy "virtually collapsed".
On the housing crisis, Mr Howlin accused Fianna Fail of abandoning social housing seven years ago and said there was "no money" when Fine Gael and Labour got into government.
"You can't spend money you don't have," he concluded.
Mr Boyd Barrett said that it was "untrue" to say that there weren't choices, "in all of the years Brendan says there was no money, he went along with paying seven and eight billion to bond holders for an odious debt that was not the debt of the people of this country.
"Money that could have gone into social housing, the health service, education," he said.
Mr Howlin said that what Mr Boyd Barrett was suggesting was to default on their national debt "as if that was something you could do without a disastrous consequence".
Mr Boyd Barrett added that no matter what Mr Howlin or Labour said the people that voted for the Labour in 2011 looking for protection had been abandoned, adding that the polls would reflect this on election day.
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Yesterday, or more precisely around 2:30 am this morning, I had another one of my many awkward moments. This one involved me, a male nurse, a full bladder, and a disabled door toilet that I thought I'd locked but I hadn't.
It was the end of a long but productive shift. I'm a lot faster than I was in the beginning, when I would take about 2 and a half hours trying to decipher what exactly was wrong with the sweet little elderly lady with dementia who had a carer with her who had only just come on shift and consequently, knew as little as the elderly lady about what happened that evening.
I strolled out of the bay, tired but satisfied. All my prescription charts were written, I had handed over safely to one of my colleagues and none of my patients had made it to resus. I ended the shift with a well deserved loo break.
I breathed a sigh of happiness as I looked around at the vastness of the loo. Nothing like a a hospital toilet. As I proceeded to do the dreaded deed, I was startled as the door began to swing open . "No!No!!No! No!" I shouted as my favourite nurse Adam* materialised, mouth open and eyes quickly shut. "Sorry! Sorry! Sorry!" he exclaimed as he stood there eyes closed and face red, and quickly slammed the door.
I hung my head and sat there, on the loo, at 2:30 in the morning. And instead of feeling embarrassment, a giggle started in the my pit of belly and quickly came out as a fit of laughter.
This was an all too familiar situation for me. I am clumsy and socially awkward. It used to bother me – I would feel frustrated when I watched others apparently seamlessly work a room, or float through life perfectly coordinated and refined. I'm just not like that. Life happens to me. And it often happens in ways that make me look like a complete idiot and make everyone else uncomfortable.
Lavatory-gate is the last in a list of many awkward moments. There was the time my wig fell off before a paediatric handover as I tried to take my jumper off behind a filing cabinet, and left a consultant terrified at my magical moving hair. There was the other time my other wig fell off onto my shoulder and I only noticed because my left shoulder felt slightly heavier than it did a few moments before. There was the time someone noticed a beetle had got stuck in my afro (It was summer, there were low lying tree branches, that's my only explanation). There was the time I got startled coming out of a shower and completely dropped my towel onto the floor. We both screamed. There was that other time in medical school when my scrubs fell down as I walked into my first operation. (Are you noticing awkward hair moments and various states of accidental undress are a running theme?)
At first, I used to wonder, why do these things happen to me? Am I being punished? Is there just an essential part of human existence that I haven't grasped yet? Does this stuff to happen to everybody and I just don't know about it? Why don't other people's scrub bottoms fall down? Didn't I tie them tight enough?
I'm slowly beginning to believe that there was a period during my childhood I failed to meet my appropriate developmental stage in regards to planning basic tasks. I also have no sense of direction. It has taken me 2 months to find my way around my department. That's 8 separate weeks. It's not whole hospital – it's a department within a hospital.
But I don't care anymore.
I've just come to accept that once every few months, these things will happen to me. And I can write a blog post about them.
No biggie.
Anyone else as awkward as I am?
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New research by the Prince's Trust shows that job concerns and low self-confidence are swelling youth anxiety.
Over 50% of 2,200 16-25 year olds surveyed throughout the UK felt it was harder to get a job than a year ago, while 42% felt owning a home and holding down a steady job were unrealistic goals.
For the 22,000 blind young people in the UK the outlook is even bleaker. According to the Royal Society for Blind Children (RSBC), formerly the Royal London Society for Blind People, 90% of those who lose their sight in youth won't work for more than six months in their lives.
Research published in RSBC's Youth Manifesto in 2014 revealed that nine out of ten employers believe it is difficult or impossible to employ a blind person and it also highlighted that blind young people need a degree in order to have the same chances of getting a job as a sighted peer who has GCSEs.
RSBC believes these statistics are unacceptable and is working to improve the life-chances for blind young people. We aim to make sure every single blind child in England and Wales has the self-belief and skills to fulfil their potential.
You can read the full findings of the Prince's Trust report on the BBC News website.
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The missing ingredient [videorecording] : what is the recipe for success? / Victory Man Productions ; edited and co-produced by Joel Roff ; written, produced and directed by Michael Sparaga.
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Over the past few months we've had a lot of new skaters graduate from our training program and come skate with the league. Now they're ready to hit the track for the first time at the first public game! Come watch all the amazing work they've been putting into their skating. Congratulations Melanin Monsta and Bettie Blox!


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Approximately 31 days ago, well I guess that would be "exactly", but whatever; a month ago Precursor Games dropped the video gaming bomb that they were resuscitating the long-awaited Eternal Darkness GameCube sequel under the name, Shadow of the Eternals, which followed with this stellar game trailer. Precursor went the route of a Kickstarter campaign in a courageous attempt to crowdfund $1.5M to get the sequel out of a financial hope and into developmental reality. Today, Precursor CEO Paul Caporicci released a disappointing statement that the Kickstarter campaign would be pulled since they only raised 1/5 of the funds needed. But hold up: there may still be hope for the Eternal Darkness sequel. You just have to hit the link for the details, because we're cool like that.
It's got the hype. It's got the looks. It's got the edgy trailer. Could The Last of Us be the game we want it to be? We'll start to find out this June 14th.
Back on April 3rd, which seems like a long time ago (this is our 100th post, believe it or not!), we published an amazing trailer for Naught Dog's upcoming adventure game, "The Last of Us", which may look like a new Uncharted, but according to the developers, it's quite different. Not like that would be a bad thing, but you know what I mean. Looking ahead to the near future, "The Last of Us" will hit store shelves on June 14th, and will be an exclusive title for the PS3; sorry Xbox'ers. Like you needed more depressing news after Monday's debacle? Naughty Dog has released brand new demo discs to many of the latest news outlets, which means savory new, HD game play footage that you absolutely must-see. Did I mention the game play video is more than 15 minutes long? You're welcome.
This Monday a new crowdfund will launch from the hands of some of the original creators of the epic, survival-horror GameCube game, Eternal Darkness, with the hopes that they will be able to fund raise or "crowdfund", enough cash to build what the entire fan base has been aching for since 2002: an Eternal Darkness sequel. The good news is that this does not appear to be fake, as the creator's have formed a new, legalized development company called Precursor games, and they've already published a sneak peak to the proposed sequel, which will be called "Shadow of the Eternals". Hit the link below for the official trailer, and more info on this exciting new crowdfund!
As I've stated on a few occasions here at SQ, I'm not a huge fan of zombie shows, games, movies, etc. I'm not saying I hate 'em, but I'm not borderline obsessed with the genre like much of 'Merica is these days. I missed the Walking Dead season 2 finale recently (hell, I missed the entire season), and apparently I also missed the first game play trailer for the upcoming zombie and PS3 blockbuster, The Last of Us. To give you the bottom line up front: The Last of Us looks absolutely awesome. Everything about this trailer seems very well put together, and I realize it is only a trailer, but this looks like its going to be a must-buy. The acting and voice overs look and sound great, which is rare in a video game, and most importantly the game play looks phenomenal. I haven't been excited about an upcoming game for a while now, but I've got June 14th (official release date) marked down on my calendar.


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Hello! So since I posted my essentials haul, I got a lot of questions about the uses and benefits of coconut oil. I'm sure a lot of you are thinking, is coconut oil really worth all the hype? Simple answer - yes. There are a million and one uses for coconut oil, but first lets find out more about it:
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My Favourite Brands: Holland and Barrett Perfectly Pure, Tiana, Lucy Bee
Where to buy: Holland and Barrett (half price at the moment!), Real Foods, Amazon and in some larger supermarkets
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Ayrshire or from Affleck in Angus.
Auchinleck Early Origins
Ayrshire and Angus where one of the first records of the name was Nicholas of Haghenlek who is mentioned in the records of 1292 is the same Nicol de Achithlege of the county of Ayr who rendered homage to King Edward I of England on his brief conquest of Scotland in 1296. [1]CITATION[CLOSE]
Black, George F., The Surnames of Scotland Their Origin, Meaning and History. New York: New York Public Library, 1946. Print. (ISBN 0-87104-172-3)
Auchinleck Spelling Variations
Auchinleck Spelling Variations
The many spelling variations in Medieval Scottish names result from the fact that scribes in that era spelled words according to sound. Translation too, was an undeveloped science, and many names were altered into complete obscurity. Over the years Auchinleck has been spelled Affleck, Athlyk, Athinkel, Auchlek, Athlek, Achleck, Achinfleck, Afleck, Authinlek and many more.
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Bazaar's fashion features editor Kay Barron on the new, and very covetable, designer bears:
It is official, Children in Needs Pudsey Bear is better dressed than us. He has a wardrobe so full of designer treats, its enough to make Anna Della Russo jealous.
Louis Vuitton, Alexander McQueen, Jonathan Saunders, Victoria Beckham, Tom Ford, Gucci, Prada, Balenciaga and many, many more over 30 designers in fact - have given the iconic bear a makeover for the 2012 'Designer Pudsey Collection'. He is even one of the first to be dressed by Raf Simons at Dior!
Curated by LOVE magazine editor and supreme stylist, Katie Grand, she gave each of her fashion friends a nudge to turn Pudsey into the most stylish bear since, well, Paddington (we still love a duffle coat).
The whole collection of 32 bears are on display in the London and Manchester Selfridges stores until the 14th November, when they will be auctioned a Christies with all profits going to Children in Need.
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