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'Tis the Season for Data Quality/
'Tis the season for getting holiday greeting cards, and not only from family and friends, since many companies also like to mail seasons greetings to their customers, employees, and business partners.
I do appreciate the sentiment, but I mostly just check the envelopes for data quality issues with the name and/or postal address.
I have never made it through an entire holiday season without receiving at least one incorrectly addressed greeting card, and this year was no exception. In the above image, I have highlighted that I apparently live in the town of Ankely, Pennsylvania.
I actually live in the town of Ankeny, Iowa.
The United States postal abbreviations for Pennsylvania and Iowa are PA and IA, respectively. Additionally, the town name is only off by one character (L instead of N in the fifth position of a six character string). Therefore, the data matching algorithms provided by most data quality tools would consider these relatively minor discrepancies to be highly probable matches.
And although Pennsylvania and Iowa are approximately 900 miles away from each other, since my street address and ZIP code (both intentionally blurred out in the image) were correct, the post office was able to successfully deliver the greeting card to me.
However, the really funny thing is that this greeting card was sent to me by a . . . (wait for it) . . . data quality tool vendor!
So apparently 'tis the season for data quality . . . data quality issues, that is :-)
'Tis the Season for Sharing Data Quality Stories
Have you encountered any seasonal data quality issues? If so, please share your story by posting a comment below.


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"Well how sweet. His name is the last word out of your mouth before it fills with your dying blood. You had a throne your highness, but now You're flat on your back like a good little bitch for me! Now on, til I let you die, that's all there is. I can hurt you for as long as I want. All the while Kenshiro upstairs, and you can't even say goodbye. Does that hurt? Think about that!"
— Jackal, 1995 live-action film
Fist of the North Star is filled to the brim with villains who prey upon the innocent, from evil warlords to power-mad martial artists. When these bad guys and their minions inflict suffering upon others, it is little wonder that the arrival of Kenshiro is often considered the arrival of a savior — and why it is so satisfying to see him deliver unto these villains what they very much deserve. But even among this bad lot, there are those who qualify as being the very worst of the worst.
Manga and Anime
- Jackal is a bandit lord that Kenshiro takes on after the business with Shin. Jackal and his men are harassing a village with an orphanage for its water. Jackal's men murder seven-year-old Taki for trying to collect the water they claim as "theirs", even though without the water, the rest of the orphans and their caretaker Toyo will die of thirst. But even after the orphans and Toyo are subdued, Jackal feels the need to sadistically kill them. Jackal purposefully gives Toyo a mortal stab wound, just so she could live long enough to watch one of the orphans hanged by his men. To make matters worse, Jackal then tries to kill the kids by strapping dynamite to their backs in order to keep Kenshiro from going after him. Jackal's also a ludicrously bad boss, killing his own men for the slightest provocation and sacrificing his trusted lieutenant just to slow the vengeful Kenshiro down, and is eventually forced to slaughter his whole gang when they rebel against his mistreatment. When Kenshiro tracks him down at Villainy Prison, Jackal manipulates a giant Psychopathic Manchild convict by the name of the Devil's Rebirth to become his pawn to fight Kenshiro by pretending to be his long-lost brother. When the Devil's Rebirth fails, Jackal thanks Kenshiro for rescuing him from the "evil monster" who had "captured" him, and encourages him to kill him quickly.
- Jagi, despite being a comparative wimp to most martial artists, makes up for it with his heartlessness and sadism. When he and his brother disciples were trained in the art of Hokuto Shinken, Jagi believed in winning however he could and tried to kill Kenshiro when Kenshiro was announced as the successor. Escaping with hideous disfigurement, Jagi became the leader of a roving gang of brigands that murdered families while taking the women to rape and sell into slavery. Jagi manipulated Kenshiro's good friend Shin into betraying Kenshiro, leaving him for dead and kidnapping Kenshiro's love Yuria as well. Among his many brutal murders, Jagi dedicated himself to ruining Kenshiro's good name by impersonating him, and thanks to a serious brother complex he had, when a little boy defended his elder brother, Jagi took the younger brother into the desert, chained him to a cinder block and left him there, solely because "no younger brother should surpass the elder!" He also had a tendency to kill at random if someone's facial features reminded him of Kenshiro and showed a habit of slaughtering his men at the drop of a hat.
- Amiba is a martial arts prodigy turned Mad Scientist who performed hideous experiments on innocent people. Having townspeople brought to him, Amiba would experiment by pushing their pressure points in ways that would inflict hideous agony or even bring lingering death, or just make their limbs or bodies explode; Amiba showed no hesitation performing these experiments on children He impersonated Kenshiro's elder brother disciple Toki in these actions, in order to ruin Toki's name, knowing Toki was a kind man who dedicated his life and talents to helping others. His motivation was that he couldn't stand Toki receiving praise for his healing abilities and when Amiba carelessly injured an old man to show he was better, Toki accidentally struck Amiba out of the way to save his victim. Amiba is willing to kill countless people, inflicting emotional and physical trauma on everyone he encounters solely to satisfy his own ego as a "genius".
- Uighur is the sadistic warden of the prison-city Cassandra, dumping ground for the warlord Raoh's few living enemies. Cassandra is nicknamed the "City of Wailing Demons" due to the unimaginable hardships its inmates endure, hardships that Uighur is so delighted by that he alters prisoner treatments to get just the right pitch and timbre of lamentation. He is extremely proud of his prison's reputation as The Alcatraz, stating that "the legend of Cassandra is my legend as well", and maintains its zero-escape record by gruesomely killing any prisoners who try to escape, as well as anyone from outside who tries to break them out—along with a cell of randomly-selected prisoners, just to make a point. His own staff fare little better. For example, his gate guards, Raiga and Fuuga, are kept in line by the threat that if they disobey him, their younger brother will be pecked to death by Uighur's pet eagle. The only people he tries to avoid killing are those willing to die, because that spoils half the fun, and he'd much prefer to instill the appropriate fear of death in them before murdering them really horribly.
- Jakoh, from the Celestial Emperor arc, is the Evil Chancellor of the Celestial Empire. When Raoh came to their village, sensed his evil, and advised the man's adoptive brother Falco to kill him on the spot to avert future suffering, few knew how right he would be. After Raoh's death created an Evil Power Vacuum, Jakoh moved to fill it, using the young Celestial Emperor Rui as a Puppet King and manipulating Falco, her oath-sworn bodyguard, into doing his dirty work by using her as a hostage, keeping her in such unpleasant conditions that she eventually went blind. The Celestial Empire was exceptionally repressive, rewarding the wealthy and brutalizing the poor whilst punishing dissent with death so frequently that executions took place in the streets. Eventually, Jakoh's paranoia led him to endorse outright genocide, ordering the reluctant Falco to obliterate the nations formed under the Hokuto Shinken and Nanto Seiken martial art schools and beating him when he failed. His hatred of Hokuto was not the only legacy of his encounter with Raoh, which also left Jakoh with an intense fear of the dark. As a result of this, he would lapse into murderous tantrums when the lights dimmed too much, and worked thousands of slaves, old and young alike, to death in keeping the capital of the Celestial Empire brightly-lit. Throughout it all, he never showed any remorse or regret for his actions, instead taking sadistic delight in Falco's disgust and horror at the latest atrocity he would force him to perform.
- The OVA version of Emperor Souther/Thouzer, the self-proclaimed Holy Emperor, has all of the evil deeds of his manga counterpart, but none of the redeeming qualities. Souther runs a brutal empire that enslaves thousands of innocent children and works them to death. He poisons supplies he knows the rebellion will steal (while knowing they'll give the food to their children first) and throws himself huge banquets, eats a small plate, and destroys the rest, all for the sick glee of watching the starving slaves suffer; he has them beaten if they try to eat any of the excess. Souther forces his old friend Shu, the rebellion's leader, to make his way up—with cut tendons—an enormous pyramid holding the enormous stone cap piece meant to finish it. If he drops it, every single slave will die, while if anyone helps him Souther tells them their families will be executed. Once Shu finally does make it to the top of that pyramid Souther orders his archers to put arrows into Shu before finishing him off with a thrown spear.
Other Media
- 1995 live-action film: Jackal note is The Dragon to Lord Shen, whom he surpasses in evil. When Shen orders Jackal to capture the inhabitants of a village so he can use them as slaves, Jackal and his gang kill many of the villagers before beginning to capture any. On the way over to the work camps, Jackal orders one of the slaves to be killed because the slave tried to suck up to him and Jackal hates brown-nosers. When a little girl stands up to Jackal, he orders her to be beheaded in a guillotine. Finally, when Shen gives Jackal the order to keep his wife hidden during the climax, Jackal hints that he will rape and/or torture her instead, and tries to beat her to death when she tries to escape him.
- Lost Paradise: Targa is the second-in-command of the Army of Ruin. Using his position to slaughter the innocent, even killing helpless hostages, Targa tricks several high-ranking memebrs of Eden into helping him get revenge, only to betray and attempt to murder them. Eluding Kenshiro to reach Sphere City, Targa intends to set off the nukes therein to raze the world in purifying hellfire to reign over the rest like a god and to keep Yuria to forcibly bear him a child to preserve his legacy.

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Stand4Life Clinic Rep Duties and Responsibilities:
1. Help to mobilize your state by finding others like yourself willing to take a stand at the abortion clinics.
2. Keep up with contact information from those willing to stand follow up with them prior to the stand to make sure they are still onboard.
3. Keep up with all stats: so we can know how many people volunteered to stand, how many actually stood, and how many would be willing to stand again.
4. It will be your responsibility to make sure all volunteers have materials that they need such as red life tape, bottled water, etc. for the day of the stand.
5. The list of abortion clinics that we have on the website are the only ones we know of…if you know that there are more please let your State Director know so we can get those covered too.
6. Many abortion clinics do not allow for us to stand on their property so please be sure to find out the rules and regulations regarding the ones in your city so that no one is taken arrested. If there are such rules please make sure there is space to stand outside of their property (we usually stand on the sidewalk facing their building)
7. Please remember we are silently praying for the ending of abortion…we are not angry protestors please make sure your volunteers understand the difference and comply.
8. If someone wants to talk be it employee or a woman considering abortion I would advise that only the captains handle those situations unless you have trained sidewalk counselors present.
9. Sometimes women will change their minds so it is a good idea to have a list of resources available to them in their city.
10. When the stand is over you will be in charge of the debrief. You can ask your volunteers if the Lord spoke to them and how, ask them if they got any impressions, ask first timers to share what it was like for them and if they would do it again, ask them if it changed them in any way.
11. Please take lots of pictures and make record of anyone who changed their minds so we can praise God with you for the saved life!


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The anatomy of a detox scam
It is surprisingly easy to sell snake-oil. I know, because I've done it. In 2014, I helped create and sell The Right Detox, a naturopathic health gimmick.
It is surprisingly easy to sell snake-oil. I know, because I've done it. In 2014, I helped create and sell The Right Detox, a naturopathic health gimmick.
On June 30th, I'll be speaking at NECSS in New York City. Naturopaths are trying hard to get licensed in New York state, so I thought I'd give a primer on the current situation.
The last few months have been exciting. I have several updates. In April, I graduated from Kiel University with a master of science degree. My thesis characterized Parabacteroides, a genus of commensal bacteria in the mammalian gut microbiome, in relation to host genetic variation. On May 1st, I began a...
Naturopaths are more than just supplement pushers. They are also pushers of unnecessary tests. This guest post by a board-certified endocrinologist explains why you shouldn't trust a naturopath to diagnose any kind of hormone problem.
Canadian physician responds to naturopathic regulators in Alberta after it cleared one of its own of wrongdoing in the death of a toddler with meningitis. The regulatory agency failed to address concerns of that naturopaths are selling medically dubious products.
The new look and organization of Naturopathic Diaries provides users with accessible information pertaining to naturopathic medicine in North America. Continue reading...
I learned late last week that the Massachusetts legislature passed the latest installment of the naturopathic licensing bill S.2335 in the final minutes of the 2016 legislative session. The bill is currently sitting on Governor Charlie Baker's desk. He has a few days to sign the bill, which would make...
Naturopaths are exploiting medical marijuana by dolling out authorizations on flimsy grounds.
Naturopaths appear so frightened by my criticism of their quackery-infused profession that they are registering domain names using my legal name.
Naturopaths hate it when I draw attention to examples of patient harm resulting from naturopaths failing to uphold medical standards of care.


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See what a few of my clients are saying.
"I have been going to Josh weekly for over 10 years now, and am always struck by his constant expertise, professionalism, and caring. He invariably knows when something is amiss and how to address it promptly and effectively. Attentive to a neurological disorder I have, he has made necessary adjustments in his treatment that clearly work to my benefit. I'm indeed grateful to have Josh as my massage therapist."
– Eric F, Centerville, OH
"I am so glad a friend recommended Josh to me! Besides the relaxation from a massage, Josh raises the bar to provide true relief from muscle issues and sciatica. Josh is in tune with how the muscles function and where the trigger points are to give immense relief from muscle and nerve pain. At each visit, he assesses my particular issues and addresses them accordingly. For me, that means each visit requires a different approach because of my changing situation. All I can say is 'What would I do without you, Josh!'"
– Bonnie W, Oakwood, OH
"What sets Josh apart from other local massage therapists is his ability to adapt the massage to rectify whatever problems my muscles are experiencing that day. Rather than a by rote massage, he gives an individualized treatment that always leaves me feeling energized and in much less pain than I was in when I arrived. Often he fixes issues I wasn't even aware of until I left without the soreness/tension of that specific muscle group. I highly recommend him."
– Bruce B, Dayton, OH
"I have been getting a monthly massage from Josh for years. I can still remember living with back and muscle pain every day, but not anymore. When I leave my appointment, I am already looking forward to my next!"
– John P, Dayton, OH
"Josh provides a great massage experience. He intuitively finds where your muscles need attention and relieves your tension. I've been a client for years and plan to stay that way!"
– Shane S, Columbus, OH
"Josh's friendly personality along with his ability to give a deep massage makes my time with him very relaxing. He seems to have the ability to know just where the tension is and how to work it out completely. By far the best massage therapist I have ever had."
– Ben O, Beavercreek, OH
"I have enjoyed the services of several LMTs and massage therapists in the area. But for my money, there is none better than the professional massages I have received from Josh. He has a great setup for enjoying a very relaxing and therapeutic massage. His skills are second to none and he takes the time to truly read your body and find those areas that need special attention. I enjoy immediate relief and days of relaxation afterward."
– Eric N, Dayton, OH
"I have tried numerous LMTs over the years, and all of them say they are the best; Josh is! He has a technique that makes you feel relaxed while you are in his care, and refreshed when you leave his office. He always pays attention to your special needs and problems. It is well worth the drive from Cincinnati."
– Richard B, Cincinnati, OH
"I have been using Josh as my massage therapist for many years now. I worked in the auto manufacturing business for 20 years, and I know what aches and pains are. Josh has always found them through his intense massages, and after my session is over with I feel like a new man! Trust me, as many of you know, there are a lot of so-called massage therapists in the Dayton area, and I have tried most of them, but NONE of them can compare to Josh. I highly recommend him!"
– Bill M, Springfield, OH


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Very pretty, I like it. It looks a lot better than my take at Zetsubou. XD
The vector is realy neat and the textures are great. :)
1920x1200 Wallpaper
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Although I haven't seen this anime yet, I like the artwork. I vectored this scan. I felt like taking it easy today and just replicate everything in the scan exactly as it is. So yeah...it was pretty simple. Altogether, this wallpaper took about 4 hours to make.
Don't worry about the stuff at the bottom, I sized it so only the word "Purple" is visible if you have a Window's taskbar at the bottom.
The only thing that sucked is that I had to do the stems and flowers again...they weren't the same as my first wallpaper...
For the pattern on the shirt..I just vectored that from my head. It's supposed to be that "Japanese clouds" stuff.
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Erdbeermilch Jul 05, 2008
Very pretty, I like it. It looks a lot better than my take at Zetsubou. XD
christabel92 Jul 05, 2008
This is even better than that purplish one...Guess I like orange better ;)
Excellent work,as always :D
mystvearn Jul 05, 2008
This is better than the purple one because the colour highlights even more. Maybe you can do a light green, or red version. Something I seen in Kingdom hearts
aozoraskies Jul 19, 2008
I went away for a bit and you've made more walls! I love this wall! Warm sunset colours, abstractness, rich depths, beautiful oriental patterns and textures that complement it so well.. need I say it? FAVE! Here, bold outlines are totally suiting it. I like this new phase of using frames of yours. REALLY REALLY ENJOYING IT. Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei is one of the animes I meant to watch but never got round too. *pouts* But the art style is definitely something to gawk at. You brought that style wonderfully here. More please! :)
RavenSW Jul 11, 2009
This picture beautiful,just beautiful
Kodoki Dec 02, 2009
So cute! I like it^^ Nice colours and concept.
openteng Dec 12, 2009
beautiful~it can be my wallpaperXD
aQuaresDviA Sep 04, 2010
cool!thanks 4 sharing this!
lordburevestnik Feb 06, 2011
beautiful picture) thanks for sharing)
ilydean Jul 04, 2011
color is very good,thanks
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Popular management tools offered by AWS
In this chapter we will be discussing about the various management tools offered by AWS.
Amazon CloudWatch
It monitors the tune-ups used in the cloud and also other functions on the Amazon web services. It is used for metrics following controlling logging files and also keeping alerts. Instances, Database tables, metrics are all controlled and organized using this watch. Utilization of several functionalities, improving the computer's clarity, and maintaining the equipped fitness are all that come under the responsibilities this particular special watch.
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AWS Cloud Formation
It helps engineers in developing and controlling the AWS assets and upgrading them and their related features are basic functions of this tool.Users use it for running their applications properly. There is no such order of using those services, you can just create any template and start using them. The tool itself takes care of the ordering responsibilities. Once the assets are unfolded, their repair and upgradation are all done as expected. The templates can be brought under high clarity and modify each of them by drag and drop procedure.
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AWS Cloud Trail
This tool is a recorder that keeps evidence of all the calls and queries to us. The evidence data has the distinctiveness of the person who made the call, also some demanded features and standard answers. It thus gives you a detailed history of all the Application protocol interface calls, SDKs, ordering tools and also advanced assistances. This record thus helps in maintaining strict safety , trails of the changing assets and also conformity investigation.
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AWS Trusted Advisor
By undergoing certain processes, this advisor assists us in determining the prerequisites of our assets. This tool examines the complete service surroundings and helps us economically, giving safer networking and also assuring dependency and computation achievement.
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Mexico is full of treasures. Off the beaten path, one is likely to find a more mysterious way of life. The true nomads of Mexico are rooted in art.
The indigenous people of Mexico have their own economy based on artwork, crafts, jewelry, food, chicle, and more. The prices are great, and the items are quality.
More notable than the goods are the people. They are beautiful, hard working, and line the plaza's day and night.
Looking in the background of the photo above, notice the colorful people. These are the people, men, women, children of Mexico.
They are warm, friendly, loving.
The Latin culture embraces children like no place I've traveled. Kids are first class citizens, no matter race, religion, origin.
The amount of paletas, sinaloense, and other Mexican foods handed out by locals is amazing.
As The Little Explorer rode in my backpack, Mexican bystanders would approach with candy, treats, wet naps, all needs were met. All we had to do was arrive. The people took care of the rest.
Things to do in Los Reyes:
~Visit Waterfalls
~Tour an Agave plantation
~Stay for Holy Week (Semana Santa) enjoy festivals in neighboring pueblos.
~If you find yourself in the Central Plaza, a half block East on Portal Ocampo Visit Cafe de las maestras near the city center plaza. It is located in La Casa De Jaime Alcaraz opens in the afternoon on school days. It's a place buzzing with local school teachers. If you visit, say hi to the owners and enjoy a nice latte' served in the absolute perfect tradition, these ladies know how to barista.
~Take a short day trip to Tocumbo to check out what is possibly the most famous Ice Cream in Mexico. Meet the owner, of course, and ask to check out a wonderful collection of Coca-Cola memorabilia located in a secret spot nearby the town plaza and temple.
~Make friends with locals, they are inviting to tourists as this are is off the beaten path.


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Team Donovan provides Buyer Representation services to all levels of investors, developers and home buyers in Atlanta and surrounding areas. He utilizes a straight forward, consultative approach and seeks to help his clients determine what type of asset is the best fit for their immediate and long term needs. When representing your interests as a Buyer, Team Donovan will help you evaluate the marketplace and analyze select buying opportunities so you can make the best purchase based on your buying criteria.
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Let the memory of Willow Raine be with us forever
- Born on April 1, 2011 .
- Passed away on July 3, 2011 .
This memorial website was created in memory of our loved one, Willow Raine McCullough , born on April 1, 2011 and passed away on July 3, 2011. We will remember her forever.
My sweet baby Willow, I know our time together was way too short but I will always treasure every minute spent with you and will always love you. You have left so many memories and little stories that when our hearts start healing we will be able to laugh. Nonnie loves you!!
I am so sorry that this happened. I would have loved to have met my great niece. She was a beautiful baby and such a fighter. I love you, and remember that you are not alone. You are surrounded by those who love you.
I never got to meet her but i know that she is going to be missed dearly, my prayers are wit the family.
Sweet little bit, mine and your uncles hearts are truly broken.You were to young to pass, but i guess God needed you as a special angel baby girl, and now you get to meet your pawpaw. You will forever be missed, Bella told me to tell you she loves you.Rest in peace sweet angel
Baby girl Willow. Your cousin Ariana and uncle and I will greatly miss you. We never got to meet you, however you were in our hearts from the moment you were born. You left us way too soon. We love you. Our thoughts and prayers are with Courtnee, Nic and family.
Sweet Baby Willow Raine, my heart breaks because you're gone too soon. I wish I could have had the chance to meet you, to hold you & kiss those beautiful, chubby cheeks. You are heavens angel now, but you will forever be in our hearts. Aunt Crystal loves you so very much, Always.


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I'm John Roberts, a Bellevue, WA based freelance photographer.
I've been interested in photography since 1958 when I learned to shoot, develop and print black and white film. Since 2001, I've been working exclusively with digital images. Over the years, my photographic experience and ability grew to the point that I started a freelance photography business.
My work is very eclectic; landscapes, cityscapes, seascapes, travel, documentary, real estate, portrait, passport*, etc. I am available for special events and occasions. I also produce DVD Photoshows (see here for more details). Please contact me to discuss what I can do for you.
My work can be seen on several web sites (www.johnrobertsphotography.me, http://robertsjohnj.smugmug.com/ and http://www.etsy.com/shop/JohnJRoberts). I am constantly taking classes and am always learning and experimenting with my photography. I am a member of NAPP (National Association of Photoshop Users) and several Northwest photographic associations.
My photography can be purchased as prints in many sizes and finishes. Click here to view the catalog and details.
They can also be purchased as 5×7 note cards at my online shop.
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Happy St Patrick's Day Lovelies!
Today I am recycling yesterday's mani which was Barry M's "Spring Green" a bright green creme (please see previous post). On top of Spring Green I applied two coats of Jordana Glitters "Cosmic" which is a clear base polish packed full of micro blue glitter, medium blue, green and silver hexagon glitters. This applied really well no specific glitter placement issues as at two coats on a green base coverage was quite full. This was so much more glittery and shiny than I could photograph.
Barry M Spring Green is available in the UK from Boots and Superdrug at £2.99. Jordana Glitters Cosmic is available in the US $1.49 - $2.99 very reasonable. I got some in a swap so expect to see more swatches soon!
A perfect St Paddy's Day mani. Hope you have a good one!
What do you think! X
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NOTD - Happy St Patrick Day - Jordana Cosmic
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Lately I've been taking my balloon artistry more seriously. I want to get into building more advanced sculptures and designs. As a way of practicing I've been having visitors to our apartment challenge me to design a new creation on the spot.
I'm really proud of this one 🙂
One Response to Balloon Animal Challenge: Owly Owl
Kathy Scobie
I love this owl! My hubby is a wildlife biologist with expertise in endangered species, the burrowing owl in particular … and he even thought it was well done! That's a pretty good compliment I'd say! Sure loved seeing you at the Brooks Medieval Faire in 2012 and sure wish you could've booked yourself back with us for 2013 – our 10th Anniversary! If things change and you become available let us know!


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JOB SUMMARY: Develops skills and acquires knowledge necessary to investigate and resolve personal lines casualty claims via telephone or face to face investigation or negotiation. Responsible for the handling of claims in accordance with prescribed authority and according to claims best practices. Promotes and provides "On Your Side" customer service. Develops skills and acquires knowledge necessary to investigate and resolve personal lines casualty claims via telephone or face to face investigation or negotiation. Responsible for handling of claims in accordance with prescribed authority and best claims practices.
Job Description
Reports to: Claims Manager
Key Responsibilities:
1. Prepare files for reassignment as needed.
2. Completes training necessary to promptly and effectively handle claims to conclusion. Adheres to high standards of professional conduct while providing the delivery of superior claims service.
3. Authorizes and/or approves all claims payments within the delegated authority or within the maximum limits as outlined in company policies and procedures.
4. Determines proper policy coverages, and where necessary, investigates, evaluates, negotiates and equitable settles all assigned casualty claims cases in accordance with company guidelines. Learns to utilize best claims practices.
5. Establishes and authorizes reserves and claims payments within the delegated authority. Recommends for approval all claims payments beyond delegated authority in accordance with company practices and procedures.
6. Learns to conduct settlement negotiations with claimants and policy holders.
7. Builds knowledge of: personal lines material/physical damage claims; court decisions which may impact the claims function; current guidelines in the claims function; and policy changes and modifications.
8. Submits administrative reports as required.
9. Initiates and conducts follow-ups via proficient use of the claims handling system or other related systems.
10. Learns to partner with SIU and Subrogation to identify fraud and subrogation opportunities.
11. May serve as the contact for personal lines material damage claims including non-standard; partners with SIU to identify fraud. Identifies subrogation opportunities.
12. Delivers a positive On-Your-Side customer service experience to all internal, external, current and prospective Nationwide customers.
13. Other duties as assigned.
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Mary Coughlan TD, Minister for Social and Family Affairs formally opened the Office of the Pension Ombudsman for business today. The Pensions Ombudsman, Mr Paul Kenny, will now receive and investigate complaints arising from the operation of Occupational Pensions Schemes and Personal Retirement Savings Accounts (PRSAs).
"The opening of the Pensions Ombudsman's Office is another important element in the reform process which commenced with the passing of the Pensions (Amendment) Act last year".
"It will greatly enhance the protection our system of regulation offers for members of pensions schemes especially at a time when we are trying to encourage people to plan better for their retirement," said Social and Family Affairs Minister Mary Coughlan.
"In less than two weeks the next major initiative in the reform process will take effect. Provisions I have introduced will require employers to provide access to PRSAs for their employees from the 15th of September. I would urge employers to study the material they have received and to avail of the many supports providers are offering to assist them in discharging their responsibilities," said Minister Coughlan.
Pensions Ombudsman, Mr Paul Kenny, said: "I have no doubt of the need for this Office. Mistakes do take place; administration standards are not always what they should be. I can never see the day coming when the Pensions Ombudsman is applying for redundancy; but I hope that, in the process of delivering redress to those who have complaints, the experience and knowledge we gain from what's actually happening out there can be fed back into the system and may help to build the foundations of better practice for the future."
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The first part of To Green Angel Tower hooks the reader from the first page with suspense, action, growing tensions that are unique to particular characters, and mysteries both solves and still unanswered. Tad Williams begins the finale of his series Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn with major characters still separated throughout the vast terrain of Osten Ard, but through course of the events bring many of them together only to separate them once again. The majority of the action takes place in and around the Stone of Farewell as newly knighted Simon Snowlock joins the battle for the survive of the town of refugees that had sprouted on the ancient Sithi site as Prince Josua begins to openly challenge his brother's rule.
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To Green Angel Tower (Part 1) builds on the first two books in the Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn series as well establishing the endgame for entire story. Part 1 ends just as important things look like they are about to take place, especially as Simon and Miriamele separate from Josua's ragtag army on a mission only Miriamele knows the objective. It's an ending that makes the reader want to go straight to Part 2.
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Ohara Davies has been dividing opinion in British boxing for the past five years in different fights, confrontations and a series of often bizarre statements.
On Friday at York Hall, the sacred small-hall venue in the east end of London, Davies will end a short retirement with the most important and tricky fight of his career, being shown live on ESPN+ in the U.S..
In the opposite corner will be former world champion Miguel Vazquez, who is still only 32 but fought his first fight as a boy-professional in 2006 in Mexico against Saul Alvarez. The Canelo nickname, the fame and the millions would follow; Vazquez and Alvarez fought to a draw on that long forgotten day.
"Davies believes he is getting an old man, an easy night and a cheap way back to contention," said Vazquez. "Well, he's wrong -- his people have made a big mistake." It would not be the first time that "his" people had made a mistake in the career and times of Ohara Davies.
Davies is from the troubled and bloody London borough of Hackney, where for several months in 2017, a gun-related crime took place every two days. Expelled from school at 16 and charged with gross bodily harm, he found a living on the streets and soon had a reputation. The future boxer was handy with his fists, nothing to brag about in ordinary life but a bonus in any life of crime.
"Boxing saved me from a very bad life," Davies told me in 2017. "I truly believe I would be dead now or in prison serving a long, long sentence." Boxing, when he found it, was like an addiction to Davies.
"There was nothing that would keep him away from the gym," said Tony Cesay, a former amateur national champion, who introduced Davies to the rules and regulations of the amateur sport at the famous Repton club in Bethnal Green. However, getting from Hackney to the Repton was never as easy as it should have been. Davies, now out of the street life, still had to cross different gang lines to make the two-mile journey. It was all part of the change, all part of the sacrifices that he knew he had to make.
Davies turned professional in 2014 after less than 20 amateur fights and soon made an impact on the British scene, finishing fights early, debating, arguing and upsetting people on social media. In March of 2017 he stopped Liverpool's Derry Mathews in three ugly rounds. Mathews was stepping up in weight, but could still fight and when it was over Eddie Hearn, who promoted Davies at the time, insisted that his fighter was now at world level and beyond the domestic scene. It was a statement that would naturally anger the three or four top British light-welterweights, as the super-lightweights were then known.
Davies played ball and dismissed both Josh Taylor and Jack Catterall, arguably Nos. 1 and 2 in Britain at that time. He promised to knock out both if ever their promoters were stupid enough to let their boxers fight him. There is no disputing that by mid-2017, Davies was one of the highest profile boxers in Britain. He was also without doubt the most hated fighter in the land. But away from the statements and television cameras, he was sensible company. He often seemed shocked that he had shocked people.
It was after the Mathews win that it started to go wrong.
In a move that has never truly been explained, Davies was matched in July of 2017 with Taylor in Glasgow for the Commonwealth and WBC Silver light-welterweight titles and it was not on a Hearn-promoted show. It was a hostile night, Davies doing his bit to become a genuine hate figure; the fight was nasty and finished in the seventh. Davies was hurt, turned away and that was it.
"I had a broken nose, I had nothing left and I knew I would come again," Davies explained last year when I asked him about the ending. He was telling the truth, even if it is an ugly boxing truth. The end of the fight was gleefully received by the people he had upset on both sides of the ropes. Still, Davies held his head up, went to Taylor's dressing room and congratulated him. Nobody in Taylor's camp expected to see Davies walk in that night.
Davies kept on winning, split from Hearn and in October last year he was matched over ten rounds with Catterall. The build-up was suitably unpleasant, but Catterall fought to plan, never took a risk and was a clear winner on all three scorecards at the end. Davies had not been busy enough, the fight looked winnable and he had not taken the chances. However, the relative close score of two judges -- they each had Catterall winning by just two rounds -- seemed to inspire Davies and he announced his retirement, insisting the whole world was against him. In defeat, Davies had stolen the headlines. Catterall, incidentally, is still waiting for a world title fight and Taylor is now a world champion.
Davies is just 27. He's back in the ring on Friday, out of retirement and looking for win No. 19 against a Mexican who is far from finished. It is a hard fight and at the same time a perfect fight; if Davies wins he can start shouting for everybody in his division and if he loses then he will have lost to a good fighter. He can shake hands with Vazquez and plot another return.
However, he is not meant to lose. Having Davies back winning, making bold claims, issuing challenges and screaming for rematches feels right. Davies the retired street thug might just be a better boxer than any of us have so far seen and on Friday night at dear old dirty York Hall, Vazquez will give us a genuine look at a kid who was once lost to the Hackney streets.


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I'm so grateful for my wonderful hubby. I couldn't do this life without him. I love this picture of us!
My Levi can read a chapter book in an hour now. He's in 1st grade!
Ethan is starting to love reading! He picked these books out and paid for them himself.
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Afternoon reading time is fantastic! I'm grateful that they can read on their own now!
I'm grateful that my boys love playing games (Karis does sometimes as well).
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These are the boys' classes.
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I'm grateful for my favorite coffee and the ability to buy it! It's so yummy!
I'm grateful for kids that love doing science activities!
I'm grateful to have found some pictures and emails that my brother and I exchanged. Here he is holding Karis. I wish he had smiled more.
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Tattoo of a Green Alien
A green, fun, smiling little alien. So totally cute and kawaii! I find the combination of green and purple very appealing.
Cheshire Cat Tattoo
Posted by Kawaii on Monday, September 27, 2010
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This tattoo seems to be of the Cheshire Cat from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Just look at that smile and the eyes that stand out while the body fades away. This funny cat is very cute and lovely!
Creepy Doll Tattoo
I'm not too sure just what is depicted here. A creepy, murderous doll perhaps? Whatever this character may be, it's cute as well as scary, and masterfully executed to boot.
Just look at those eyes, have you ever seen anything like it on a tattoo?
Puppy Dog Tattoo
There are a lot of great cat tattoos out there, but this one is a puppy dog! Very cute, realistic looking doggy tattoo. I'm thinking it's someone's actual dog, due to the initials. Anyway, it's a kawaii and really great tattoo!
Crazy Fly Tattoo
This is a very interesting tattoo, I haven't seen anything like it. An absolutely crazy looking, yet awesomely kawaii fly. Fly tattoos are a rarity, and this one is a real gem.
Realistic Koi Fish Tattoo
Koi fish - the tattoo is so realistic and elegant! Koi are decorative fish that can be found in Japanese garden ponds. They symbolize love and friendship.
Cutecumber Kawaii Comic Strip
Posted by Kawaii on Wednesday, September 22, 2010
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This leg tattoo showcases a kawaii comic strip with a cutecumber and an apple. This is absolutely lovely!
Lucky Blue Bird
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A blue bird is said to be a lucky sign. I'm sure the bearer of this lucky ink art will not regret it.
Blue Dragon Tattoo
Candy Girl
This girl in a candy-stripe dress is so cute and kawaii! I've never seen this character before, maybe the artist drew this tattoo from his imagination?
Angel's Heart
This huge heart with the angel wings and the halo, looks very interesting. Very vivid colors. I can see this tat working either for a guy or a girl.
Yummy Cupcakes Tattoo
Totally yummy! Sweet and colorful cupcake tattoo. I love the colors and the awesome shading. So well done :)
Lucky Butterfly-Scull Tattoo
What an interesting design! A butterfly-scull, (or is it a scull-butterfly?) in a tall hat with a shamrock for luck. I wonder what's the story behind this cute tattoo?
Sad Little Critter
I'm not quite sure what this little critter is. A puppy? A kitty? Still, it's cute and shiny. Too bad it's so sad :(
Sonic the Hedgehog Tattoo
Posted by Kawaii on Tuesday, August 24, 2010
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Maneki Neko - Lucky Tattoo
Posted by Kawaii on Monday, August 23, 2010
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Here's Maneki Neko, a Japanese welcoming cat that brings you luck and prosperity. Isn't he a darling?
Sweet Ball of Kitten
Probably my favorite type of tattoos are ones of cute kittens. Look at this sweet baby, he's so sweet and fluffy. Kawaii!
Colorful Peacock Sleeve
Check this out! Very cute and realistic looking sleeve tattoo of a colorful peacock. Simply beautiful.
Super Realistic Tarantula
Posted by Kawaii on Friday, August 20, 2010
This Tarantula spider tattoo looks very realistic! On first glance it's just like a real spider on her arm. Cute, scary and totally AWESOME!
Tokidoki Swallows
Super Kawaii, Realistic Kitten
Totally Kawaii Pikachu
Pikachu, from the Pokemon anime, surely has a place near the top in the cute character hall of fame! This Pikachu tattoo is just so sweet, I love it bunches :)
Little Red Devil
Winged Cupcake Tattoo
Doubly cute - This adorable yummy cupcake has a pair of blue angel wings! Do the good cupcakes go to heaven?
Cute Baby Bunny Tattoo
I've definitely seen this little cutie before, but I don't remember where! Is this bun from Looney Tunes? Maybe a Disney character? One thing I do know... he's cute as a button!
Marvin the Martian
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Maneki Neko - Lucky Cat
Posted by Kawaii on Friday, January 8, 2010
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This lovely kitty is a Maneki Neko, a Japanese good luck charm. Anyone would be lucky to have such a sweet tattoo, right?


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Weekly General Audience June 25, 2006
During his general audience on June 25, Pope Benedict XVI spoke about St. Maximus the Confessor, a defender of the Church's faith and Christ's human nature amid the bitter theological debates of the seventh century. The salvation of man, and indeed the entire cosmos, is central to St. Maximus' theology. Through the incarnation of the Son of God, the whole universe is now redeemed and unified.
Dear brothers and sisters,
Today I would like to speak about another great Father of the Eastern Church from later times. St. Maximus was a monk upon whom our Christian tradition has conferred the title of "confessor" for the dauntless courage with which he bore witness to — "confessed" — the fullness of his faith in Jesus Christ, true God and true man and savior of the world, even to the point of suffering.
Maximus was born in Palestine, the land where Our Lord was born, around the year 580. From his childhood, he entered monastic life and studied Scripture using the works of Origen, the great teacher who, as early as the third century, had managed to "set" the exegetical tradition of Alexandria.
From Jerusalem, Maximus went to Constantinople, but he then sought refuge in Africa because of the barbarian invasions. There, he distinguished himself with the great courage with which he defended orthodoxy.
Maximus refused any attempt to minimize Christ's humanity. A theory had arisen according to which Christ had only one will — his divine will. To defend the oneness of his person, advocates of this theory denied that he had a truly human will.
At first glance, it might seem that it was all right to say that Christ had only one will.
But St. Maximus realized right away its destructive impact on the mystery of salvation, since a human nature without will, a man without will is not truly a man but a man who has been truncated.
Therefore, Jesus Christ, the man, would not have been truly a man and would not have experienced the drama of a human being, which consists precisely in the difficulty of making our will conform to the truth of our being.
God and Man
Thus, St. Maximus affirmed in a very decisive way that sacred Scripture does not present us a man who is truncated and without a will, but a man who is truly complete: God, in Jesus Christ, truly took on the totality of a human being — with the exception, of course, of sin — including, therefore, a human will. Thus stated, the question becomes clear: Christ either is or is not a man. If he is a man, then he also has a human will.
But then a problem arises. Does this result in some kind of dualism? Does this not end up in affirming two complete personalities with reason, will, and feeling?
How can this dualism be avoided in order to preserve the completeness of the human being while protecting the oneness of the person of Christ, who was not some split personality?
St. Maximus shows us that man finds his unity — the integration of his whole being and his totality — not by closing himself in on himself but by overcoming himself and stepping out from himself. Likewise, in Christ, his human nature, by stepping out of himself, finds himself in God, in the Son of God.
There is no need to "amputate" the Christ's human nature in order to explain the Incarnation. We only need to understand the dynamism of the human being who finds fulfillment only by stepping out of himself.
We find ourselves — our totality and our completeness — in God alone.
Thus, we see that it is not the man who is closed in on himself who is a complete man. Rather, the man who opens himself up and who steps out of himself is the man who becomes complete and finds himself; in the Son of God he finds his true humanity.
For St. Maximus, this vision was not mere philosophical speculation. He saw that it was fulfilled concretely in Jesus' life, especially in the drama of Gethsemane.
In the drama of Jesus' agony at Gethsemane — the anguish of death and the conflict between the human will to resist death and the divine will to offer himself up to death — the entire drama of mankind was played out, the drama of our redemption.
St. Maximus tells us — and we know that it is true — that Adam (and Adam is us) thought that "No" was the culmination of freedom. Only those who could say No would truly be free and, in order to truly experience freedom, man had to say No to God. This is the only way he thinks he can finally be himself and reach the apex of his freedom.
This tendency was also inherent in Christ's human nature, but he overcame it because Jesus saw that "No" was not the maximum expression of freedom. The greatest freedom is in saying Yes to God's will and conforming to it. Only through his "Yes" does man really become himself. Only in the great openness of his "Yes," of uniting his will to God's will, does man become immensely open and "divine."
Adam's desire was to be like God — to be completely free. But a man who is closed in on himself is not divine and is not completely free. He becomes free by going out of himself; it is in his "Yes" that he becomes free.
This was the drama of Gethsemane: Not my will but yours! The true man emerges by transferring his human will to God's will. That is how we are redeemed.
In brief, this was the fundamental point that St. Maximus wanted to make and we see that what is at stake here is the entirety of being human. This is the whole question regarding our life.
Trial and Exile
St. St. Maximus was already experiencing problems in Africa defending this vision of man and God when he was called to Rome. He took an active role in the Lateran Council that was convoked by Pope Martin I in 649 in order to defend the two natures of Christ against an imperial edict which — pro bono pacis (for the sake of peace) — prohibited any discussion on this matter.
Pope Martin I had to pay dearly for his courage. Although he was in poor health, he was arrested and taken to Constantinople. Tried and condemned to death, the sentence was commuted to permanent exile in the Crimea where he died on Sept. 16, 655 after two long years of humiliation and torture.
A while later — in 662 — it was Maximus' turn. He, too, continued to oppose the emperor, steadfastly maintaining, "It is impossible to affirm only one will in Christ" (see PG 91, cc. 268269).
For this reason, together with two of his disciples who were both named Anastasius, Maximus was subjected to an exhausting trial, even though he was more than 80 years old.
The imperial court of justice accused him of heresy and condemned him to have his tongue and right hand cut off, the two organs through which — in speech and writing — Maximus had combated the erroneous doctrine that Christ had only one will.
Finally, the saintly monk, thus mutilated, was exiled to Colchides on the Black Sea where, exhausted by the sufferings he had endured, he died at the age of 82 on Aug. 13, 662.
When speaking about Maximus' life, we referred to his writings in defense of orthodoxy. I refer in particular to his Dispute with Pirrus, who was then the Patriarch of Constantinople.
In this work, Maximus was successful in convincing his opponent of his errors. Indeed, with great honesty, Pirrus concluded the Dispute with the following words: "I ask forgiveness for myself and for those who preceded me. Out of ignorance, we adopted these absurd thoughts and arguments. I pray that we may find a way to combat these absurdities, while saving the memory of those who have erred" (PG 91, c. 352).
A few dozen of Maximus' important works have been handed down to us, among which the Mystagogy especially stands out, one of St. Maximus' most important works, which is a well-arranged summary of his theological thinking.
St. Maximus' thinking was never merely theological, speculative and turned in on itself, because it was always oriented towards the concrete reality of the world and its salvation.
In this context, for which he had to suffer, he could not permit himself to seek refuge in merely theoretical, philosophical statements. He had to seek the meaning of life, asking himself, "Who am I? What is this world?"
God entrusted man, who was created in his image and likeness, with the mission of bringing unity to the cosmos. Just as Christ united man to himself, God the creator has brought about the unity of the cosmos in man. He has shown us how to bring about unity within the cosmos in communion of Christ and thus arrive at a world that has truly been redeemed.
St. Maximus Today
Hans Urs von Balthasar, one of the greatest theologians of the 20th century, has referred to this powerful vision of salvation when, in "re-launching" Maximus, he defined his thinking with the graphic expression of Kosmische Liturgie (cosmic liturgy).
Jesus Christ, the only savior of the world, is always at the center of this solemn "liturgy." The efficacy of his work of salvation, which has, once and for all, unified the universe, is guaranteed by the fact that he, although he is God in all things, is also fully man, including the "energy" and will of a man.
Maximus' life and thought were powerfully illuminated by his immense courage in testifying to the integral reality of Christ, without any reduction or compromise. Thus, it is apparent who man truly is and how we must live in order to respond to our vocation.
We must live united with God in order to remain united to one another and to the cosmos, thereby giving the cosmos and mankind their proper form. Christ's universal "Yes" also shows us with clarity how to properly order all other values.
We are thinking of values that we rightly defend today such as tolerance, freedom and dialogue. However, a tolerance unable to distinguish between good and evil would lead to chaos and self-destruction.
In the same way, a freedom that would not respect the freedom of others and does not find a shared measure for our respective freedoms would lead to anarchy and destroy authority.
A dialogue that does not know what to dialogue about becomes empty chatter. All of these values are truly great and basic, but they can remain true values only if they have a reference point that unites them and gives them genuine authenticity.
This reference point is the synthesis between God and the cosmos; it is the person of Christ in whom we learn the truth about ourselves and thus learn how to order all other values in context because we discover their authentic meaning.
Jesus Christ is the reference point that sheds light on all other values.
This is where the testimony of this great confessor leads. Thus, Christ shows us that the cosmos must become liturgy, the glory of God, and that adoration is the beginning of the true transformation and of the true renewal of the world.
So, I would like to conclude with a key passage from the works of St. Maximus: "We adore the only Son, together with the Father and the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning, as it is now, and for all times, and the times after time. Amen!" (PG 91, c. 269). Register translation


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- For the real equipment piece, see Alucard Mail.
The Alucart Mail is a body armor that resembles family armor but offers terrible defense. It was introduced in the 1997 game Castlevania: Symphony of the Night.
Game specific informationEdit
Castlevania: Symphony of the NightEdit
- "Resists fire, lightning, ice?"
- — A parody of the text of the real Alucard Mail
The Alucart Mail provides a very minor DEF +2 bonus, but when it is equipped with the Alucart Sword and the Alucart Shield, Alucard gains LCK +30 and enters "Alucart" status. Its sprite is identical to the Alucard Mail's.
Castlevania: Curse of DarknessEdit
- "Look carefully, one letter is different! It's not who you think! Also offers terrible defense. As it is made of gold, it may be worth something though."
- — Description in Castlevania: Curse of Darkness
The Alucart Mail returns in the 2005 game Castlevania: Curse of Darkness, where it can be created through Weapon Combining by adding Midas' Gold to a Half Plate, which significantly reduces its DEF points from +24 to +1. Creating it should be avoided, as it cannot be upgraded further.
Item DataEdit
|Item Data:
|Name - Game
|Type / Users
|Attributes / Consume
|Statistics / Sell
|Resists fire, lightning, ice?
| Body (Body Armor)
| Find: Marble Gallery
| Special: Does not have any elemental resistance. Equip with Alucart Sword and Alucart Shield for "Alucart" status (LCK +30)
|Look carefully, one letter is different! It's not who you think! Also offers terrible defense.
| Armor
| Create: Half Plate + Midas' Gold
|Resembles family armor
| Chest (Armor)
Sell: 30 Copper
| Find: Alchemy Laboratory
| Special: Family Heirlooms Set Bonus with Alucart Shield and Alucart Sword for HP +30
- The Alucart Mail does not appear in Castlevania: Harmony of Despair, even though the Alucart Shield and Alucart Sword do make it in the game. This makes it impossible to gain the "Alucart" status LCK bonus in that game.
- One possible explanation of its existence is when Hector creates it in Castlevania: Curse of Darkness, yet this doesn't explain how the Alucart Shield and the Alucart Sword were created.
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