text: !!What a terrible night to list tropes specific to this series:* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Parodied in ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken''. In which a sketch shows Simon Belmont arriving at Dracula's castle. Two werewolves very politely invite him in, only for Simon to start whipping them, then runs off to whip more monsters, who also just wanted to accommodate their guest. Simon then enters Dracula's room, and whips Dracula (Who is huddling in fear on the floor in bat form) repeatedly while the werewolves from earlier watch in horror.-->'''Werewolf''': What kind of sadist carries a whip!?* AngstWhatAngst: [[spoiler:Should Richter fail to rescue Annette in ''The Dracula X Chronicles'', she's [[BrainwashedAndCrazy possessed by dark forces]], and transformed into a [[HornyDevils succubus]]. While Richter laments that he was unable to save his beloved, he notes that his job as a hunter of the night comes first. While [[TearJerker depressing]], it should be noted that vampirism in this series seems to be irreversible without the Sanctuary spell ([[VideoGame/CastlevaniaBloodlines which may not have]] [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaPortraitOfRuin existed at the time]]), so [[MercyKill Richter was probably doing Annette a favor]]. Luckily, this isn't canon, as Richter needs to rescue Maria and all three of the women in order to confront Shaft's ghost, thus eradicating the one barricade in his way to Dracula.]]* AnimationAgeGhetto: ''Castlevania'' producer Koji "IGA" Igarashi attempted to sway younger audiences to the series with simplistic anime-style artwork for ''Dawn of Sorrow'' and ''Portrait of Ruin''. IGA went back to Ayami Kojima for the box art of ''The Dracula X Chronicles'', suggesting that the anime approach didn't go too well. Part of it was Iga wanting Kojima to focus on one project at a time, though he did go straight to the anime style, rather than someone who could at least emulate the theme, if not Kojima's style directly.* ArchivePanic: To get the complete Castlevania experience requires at least 12 different consoles and multitudes of games, some of which only came out in Japan, as well as remakes or alternate versions of games, like ''Rondo of Blood'''s many variations.* AwesomeArt: Ayami Kojima's gothic art must be one of the most recognizable and gorgeous video game art styles out there.* BrokenBase: ** There are fans of the original set of games who dislike the 2D maze castles, and younger fans who only know the IGA titles and dislike ''Lords of Shadow'' and the original games.** Most fans (i.e. fans of both) seem to hate ''Lords of Shadow''. ** Should [[OffscreenMomentOfAwesome the battle of 1999]] be shown proper in a ''Castlevania'' game? Proponents argue that this peak of Belmont history deserves its own game, while opponents feel that no depiction of Dracula's [[KilledOffForReal true death]] at the hands of Julius would do it justice (a sentiment that has gained far more supporters and has intensified immensely ever since Iga left).** Whether or not Castlevania deserves to be part of the namesake {{Metroidvania}}. Some fans feel that since Metroid came first, games in the subgenre should just be called "Metroid-inspired". Others feel that Castlevania has refined the formula in its own way to be unique from Metroid.** The previous broken bases, the original fans, the IGA fans,and the ''Lords of Shadows'' fans have [[EnemyMine joined forces]] to [[InternetBackdraft bash]] on the Konami for the new Pachinko machine as of late.* CargoShip: Hector with chairs. Lampshaded, of all things, by the Woodman's Chair instructing you to "sit carefully, or it may look rather rude."* EnsembleDarkhorse: ** [[TheDragon Death]]. He's generally considered harder than Dracula and is very popular among fans.** Many characters ''not'' related to the Belmont family tend to have this status. [[AntiAntiChrist Soma]], [[ActionGirl Shanoa]], [[BadassAdorable Maria]], [[WeakButSkilled Grant]], [[BlackMage Sypha]] and [[TheAtoner Alucard]] get this a lot.** And from inside the Belmont family, we have Richter and Julius. Fans of the [[BadassGrandpa latter]] are quite miffed that there still isn't a game chronicling Julius' battle in 1999 that did away with Drac once and for all.*** Sonia from ''Legends'' gets quite a bit of this too, mostly in regards to her [[CanonDiscontinuity being written out of canon]]. It doesn't hurt that she almost had her own game on the Dreamcast before it was similarly canceled. However, she does have a good number of fans who genuinely like her.*** The same rule of popularity coming from being exiled from canon (initially) applies to Nathan and ''Circle of the Moon'' as well, but again, there are many who like Nathan and his game.** Golem (or more specifically, [[GentleGiant his]] [[IronWoobie characterization]] from ''Judgment'') and Cornell from ''Legacy of Darkness''.** Hammer from the ''Sorrow'' games gets some of this, mostly due to not being playable in Julius Mode. Many were hoping for ''Harmony of Despair'' to change this, especially since some sound files buried in the game came to light. Unfortunately, he didn't make the cut.** A few other of Dracula's followers have a bit of this going for them too, such as Carmilla and Slogra. Galamoth from ''Kid Dracula'' and ''[=SotN=]'' is pretty memorable too, but mostly due to his status as ThatOneBoss in the latter.** Though not on par with Death or others, Joachim has quite a large fandom who wants to see him return.* EvilIsSexy: ** The various succubi, and the related liliths. There is official artwork of the succubus from ''Symphony of the Night'' with her nipples exposed, her sprite is bottomless, and a figurine of her with a piece of tape over her possibly-exposed boobs was shown at a NECA convention.** Also, in ''Dracula X Chronicles'', [[spoiler:Annette turns into a cleavage-sporting vampire if you fail to rescue her.]]** [[MisplacedVegetation Venus Weeds]] / [[PlantPeople Alura Une]] and [[HotWitch Witches]], among others.* EpilepticTrees: It's commonly speculated that Maria convinced Alucard not to return to his eternal sleep after the events of ''Symphony of the Night''. It's also thought that he stayed with her during her lifetime and fathered children, whose eventual descendant generations later would be Eric Lecarde. [[WordOfGod Konami]] has stayed silent about this possibility either way.* FandomBerserkButton: Do NOT mention pachinko to any ''Castlevania'' fan.* FanonDiscontinuity: A rare inversion, where most fans insist that ''Legends'' did actually happen, regardless of the revised timeline.* FirstInstallmentWins: ''Symphony of the Night'' is near-universally regarded as the best Metroidvania in the series, despite it having been released in 1997 and with many games following after that attempting to emulate its style. * GameBreaker: ** In almost all of the pre-{{Metroidvania}} games, every major enemy and every boss had the universal weakness of the Triple Boomerang Spam; that is, getting a Cross/Boomerang and a '''III''' icon, which lets you throw up to three at once.** Also the triple Holy Water spam in the Classicvania games, especially in the first. It can outright paralyze many bosses, including Death and Dracula's second form.** ''Symphony of the Night'' is loaded with many weapons and item setups that completely wreck game difficulty. The Alucard Shield and Shield Rod combo makes you invincible and gives you practically limitless ammunition. The Crissaegrim and Yasustsuna strike multiple times per attack, and allow you to move unimpeded while attacking. Not to mention the Ring of Varda, which provides absolutely insane stat boosts.** In ''Portrait of Ruin'', a bug enabled you to get quest rewards again and again, meaning you could sell them for potentially infinite gold. This coupled with the fact that the shop was right next to the quest reward guy, and that the shop sold the $300000 Holy Claymore, meant that you could get one of the most powerful weapons in the game before fighting the first boss. ** Sypha and Maria are playable examples. The former's lightning and freeze spells are very powerful, and the latter with her double jumps, slide, fast attacks, and animal friends can rack up a lot of damage. The fact that both take double damage compared to the typical Belmont does little to round out their advantages.* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: Koji Igarashi said the series is more popular in the US than in Japan, with ''[[VideoGame/CastlevaniaRondoOfBlood Dracula X]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/CastlevaniaOrderOfEcclesia Order of Ecclesia]]'' being released there first.* GoddamnedBats: ** Medusa Heads and Tin Men, but only for Shanoa, since it wasn't that hard for Alucard.** The avian species in ''Castlevania'', especially older titles, rival their ''VideoGame/NinjaGaiden'' kin for being pains in the ass. [[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3645661737840311329 Just ask]] LetsPlay/DeceasedCrab.** Flea Men. They have {{Palette Swap}}s in ''Aria of Sorrow'' that are elevated to {{Demonic Spider|s}} status, too.* HarsherInHindsight: Similar to the ''Franchise/MegaMan'' series, critics in the mid 2000s were quick to criticize the series for sticking to a formula that seemed to be producing game after game with no end in sight. Come TheNewTens, and both series have been left to languish by their companies with no new games made in years.* HilariousInHindsight: ** The fact that Iga believed that Sonia and Alucard settling down in ''Legends'' and having a child believed to be Trevor from ''III'' would ruin the Belmonts' family history by making them descendants of Dracula could definitely be seen in a different light thanks to ''Order of Ecclesia''.** Even more so since, according to ''Lords of Shadows: Mirror of Fate'', [[spoiler:''that'' timeline's Trevor Belmont is the son of Gabriel. Yes, the same Gabriel that not only became a vampire, but ''Dracula himself''.]]** {{Creator/Patrick Seitz}} playing Dracula (from ''The Dracula X Chronicles'' and beyond) in a series that heavily references ''{{Manga/Jojos Bizarre Adventure}}''. He was later cast in the 2012 anime adaptation as Dio Brando, ''[=JJBA=]'' 's main vampire antagonist. What a horrible night to be a Joestar...* ItWasHisSled: ** It was all a plot to resurrect Dracula early. ** Soma is the reincarnation of Dracula. ''Dawn of Sorrow''[='=]s box and intro cutscenes make no attempt to hide this.* MagnificentBastard: ** Dracula. Even if he's an ObviouslyEvil vampire lord who uses the power of darkness, he's quite charming and charismatic. His plans for his servants to resurrect him always work time after time, even if he's not at full power once it does. With his "AsLongAsThereIsEvil" gig, this makes sense. He very often never loses his cool, and his aspiration to remake the world is motivated by his love for his two lost wives Elizabetha and Lisa. And what makes it even more magnificent is his affinities for patiently waiting for the heroes' arrivals as well as drinking from a wine glass, then tossing it to the ground and breaking it before entering battle with them.** Celia Fortner of ''Dawn of Sorrow'' could very well count as well, seeing as she has all kinds of plans and tricks up her sleeve. Not to mention she's quite [[ManipulativeBastard manipulative]] as well. Of course, she didn't count on Dmitrii using the Mina doppelganger she created to fool Soma to make a surprise comeback and later using her as a sacrifice to gain dominance over an extremely powerful demon found in the abyss.** Death, Dracula's [[TheDragon Dragon]], certainly counts, as he comes up with all kinds of plans to revive his master as Dracula had planned. He even fooled Walter into thinking he controlled Death himself and like his master, he's quite sophisticated.* MemeticBadass: ** An infamous ''Magazine/NintendoPower'' cover, created to promote ''Simon's Quest'', depicts Simon holding Dracula's severed head. Coupled with the fact that he's the first Belmont and one of few to take on Dracula by himself, twice, it easy to see where it comes from.** Richter's [[UnflinchingWalk pimpin' stride]] is considered incredibly manly... even ''divine''.** The only reason Julius' climatic final battle against Dracula in 1999 hasn't been chronicled? It wouldn't do him any justice.* MemeticMutation: [[Memes/{{Castlevania}} Here. Enjoy.]]* MisBlamed: Heavily debated, but generally the accusations that IGA is sexist, mostly for removing Sonia and ''Castlevania Legends'' from continuity (He said he found it unrealistic for a female warrior [[ValuesDissonance that far in the past]] to be accepted and trained). Not helped by his clumsy explanation when interviewed by EGM and asked whether fans could expect a female protagonist at some point in the future: [[note]]Order of Ecclesia and his upcoming independent SpiritualSuccessor BloodstainedRitualOfTheNight, made after this interview, both have female protagonists[[/note]]-->'''IGA:''' "It's possible I guess. Although, I purposefully left the Sonia Belmont character (from ''Castlevania: Legends'' for GBC) out of the official ''Castlevania'' chronology. (''laughs'') Usually, the vampire storyline motifs, females tend to be sacrificed. It's easier to come up with weak, feminine characters. I'll think about it more in the future, though."* {{Moe}}: Maria, especially in her younger portrayals. Check out [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vMc7cullbU her introduction]] as proof.* MostAnnoyingSound: The death jingle in the "Classicvania" games. [[NintendoHard Get used]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6W3obQfByo to it.]]* {{Narm}}: [[Narm/{{Castlevania}} Has its own page.]]* NarmCharm: Many of the above have caught on via MemeticMutation.* OlderThanTheyThink:** Carmilla, according to ''Judgment''. The game's version of Sypha comes from before 1476, and while Dracula was alive back then, she doesn't know him and treats him like a generic vampire that needs to be vanquished. Meanwhile, she knows Carmilla by name and Carmilla knows enough about Sypha's life to taunt her about it. The logical conclusion is that Carmilla was doing her thing even before Lisa's death. TruthInTelevision; the book Carmilla is older than Bram Stoker's novel by 25 years. Doubles as a GeniusBonus.** Christopher Belmont was mentioned as being a legend as far back as the Japanese manual for the original ''Castlevania''.** ''Erotic Violence'' isn't the first time a pachislot game has been made that's based on ''Castlevania''; three had already been produced at that time.** The DS titles weren't the first to use a bishoujo-influenced art style, that honor goes to Rondo of Blood.* ScapegoatCreator: In certain fan circles, particularly the Castlevania Dungeon forums, Iga is blamed for almost everything wrong with series.* ScrappyMechanic: Most IGA-produced games disable the pause menu for unlockable characters. While not having menus for items, equipment, etc. is fine, what isn't is also [[BonusFeatureFailure preventing the player from accessing system options like sound and BGM volume and control configuration]].* SpiritualLicensee: People who are into ''Dungeons & Dragons'' may find these to be the best ''TabletopGame/{{Ravenloft}}'' video games.* ThatOneBoss: Death in nearly every game.* ThatOneLevel: The Clock Tower in most games.* ToughActToFollow: Rondo of Blood and Symphony of the Night are the most consistently praised, both by critics and fans. The latter for codifying the {{Metroidvania}} style the series would adopt as the standard, and the former for perfecting the stage-based progression with alternate paths and bosses, many secrets, a second playable character, and introducing the Item Crash mechanic. While Classic-style games all but ceased after Symphony's release, it's understandable it's considered the peak of linear gameplay. Symphony on the other hand despite having many followup entries that improved its formula and gameplay over time, can't seem to get out of its shadow. Critically, only Order of Eclesia managed to come close.* ToyShip: Carrie and Malus in ''Castlevania 64'', Maria and Eric Lecarde in ''Judgment''. The former can get a bit twisted since Malus is [[spoiler: Dracula in disguise]].* UglyCute: The Golem.* WhatAnIdiot: [[spoiler:Dracula has a ''window'' in his throne room. He's a vampire. Sunlight is bad for him. Sunlight coming in through this window is the cause for his death after his defeat in more than one game.]]** [[spoiler:Dracula could just be strong enough to shrug off sunlight unless he's taken substantial damage beforehand.]]* TheWoobie: ** Gabriel.** Laura.** Dracula in some of the games is portrayed as a WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds, considering the deaths of both his wives (first by suicide, the other by [[BurnTheWitch witch-burning]]). In the latter event, Dracula, upon learning of his wife's last wish from Alucard after being defeated by him, [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone is implied to feel remorse for his actions]]. [[IgnoredEpiphany It doesn't stick, though]], and in some games, [[MoralEventHorizon his behavior arguably destroys any sympathy he might have had]].** ''Alucard''. Forced to watch the death of his mother, who then tells him to not hate humans despite having every justifiable reason to do so. Forced to fight his own father when no one else can. Forced to go on despite the loss of his companions because of his immortality. The man will never waver in his fight against evil, but damn does he deserve at least a hug for enduring for ''centuries''.* {{Woolseyism}}: ** The series is known as ''Akumajō Dracula'' ("Demon Castle Dracula") in Japan. Likewise, "Belmondo" was changed to "Belmont" in Western releases, "Ralph" to "Trevor," Kurusu Sōma the Japanese high school student to transfer student Soma Cruz, among other things.** The skull-kicking skeleton enemies were originally named "Soccer Boy," but the English translation gave them the much more amusing name of "[[Theatre/{{Hamlet}} Yorick]]."----


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I received a sample of this in my monthly Ipsy bag and I have to say that this product is really all or nothing. One of my main concerns being extremely pale is that it would be too dark, but used subtly it's barely even noticeable (in my attempts to take a before and after picture I couldn't see a difference) until the lights hits; it's a nice subtle, shimmer.
You can also use it with more product, but if you're very pale that will be too dark and come out very golden, more like a bronzer. I think this shade would be pretty amazing with tanned or even darker skin tones, just not well suited to extreme pale skin tones unless you are looking for a barely there shimmer, or extreme bronzer.
One thing I really like about this though, is the versatility. You can mix this with almost any product to give it a subtle (or not so subtle) shimmer. It definitely has a place in my makeup kit, but I would say it's more suited to darker skins. Would look amazing on particularly dark skin, in my opinion.
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> Though I configured the listen_address with public dns, still I had the same issue. Internally the public DNS resolves to the private IP. > looks like describe_ring() is the one which provides the details. describe_ring() returns includes the registered RPC addresses for the nodes. Trying setting the rpc_address to the public IP. Cheers ----------------- Aaron Morton Freelance Cassandra Developer New Zealand @aaronmorton http://www.thelastpickle.com On 11/12/2012, at 11:32 PM, santi kumar <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote: > We have a 4 node cluster in us-east region in two different AZ's. Clients connect to this cluster from our datacenter which is not on AWS. > > Hector clients are initialized with public DNS names, then listern_address is with private ip and rpc_address is with 0.0.0.0. > > Having issues with Node Auto Discovery by Hector. When it's trying to discover the ring, the end points are initialized with private IP's for all Token Ranges. It checks with the existing hosts (which are initialized public DNS) and thinks that there is a new node got added to the cluster. > > looks like describe_ring() is the one which provides the details. Though I configured the listen_address with public dns, still I had the same issue. > > Any idea, what is the best way to configure for EC2. Have gone through the link > https://docs.google.com/document/d/175duUNIx7m5mCDa2sjXVI04ekyMa5bdiWdu-AFgisaY/edit?hl=en > > But not sure whether it's fixed in 1.1.4. When I run the nodetool ring, it gives the private ips. But in the above doc, it shows the public IPs as part of nodetool ring. > > Some insight into this is really helpful. > > Thanks > Santi
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Confirmation of his intention to introduce a Code for Fiscal Stability came a day ahead of a Budget expected to be tough on spending and borrowing. Although the government's finances are in better shape than he predicted as recently as November, the Chancellor has made it plain he will not ease his tax and spending plans.
The new code will subject levels of tax and expenditure to stricter parliamentary and public scrutiny. It is intended to mirror the transparency in interest rate policy resulting from the Bank of England's independence since last May.
The Chancellor is determined to prevent the British economy from reverting to its old pattern of boom and bust. His proposals got a guarded welcome yesterday.
Kevin Darlington at ABN Amro said: "It does open up fiscal policy to much greater scrutiny." Simon Briscoe at Nikko Europe said firm rules would be helpful, but added: "It is only a way of dressing up what is already accepted practice."
Mr Brown has indicated that if there is leeway for any increase in spending, he will make sure this takes place in the second half of Labour's term of office. But he is determined to refute allegations he is being tough on spending now simply to build up a pre-election "war chest".
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March 11, 2015 – VentureBeat – SpareFoot, an Austin-based marketplace for self-storage units, has raised a pile of cash — $33 million, to be exact. Guess it won't have any trouble figuring out where to put all that money.
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The Comox Valley transit system serves most of the Comox Valley and links up with the Campbell River transit system at the Oyster River. In recent years, the Comox Valley transit system has experienced one of the fasted growing ridership rates of all transit systems in BC.
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CHRISTOPHE BERRA insists Scotland still have faith in boss Craig Levein.
The Scots are rock bottom of their World Cup qualifying group after losing 2-0 to Belgium.
Tuesday night's defeat leaves Levein's side with just two points from four games and little hope of booking a place at Brazil in 2014.
Levein has been ridiculed for his team's poor results.
But defender Berra says the manager has the players' full backing.
The Wolves ace, 27, said: "The boys like working with the manager and he's done well for us.
"We got one of the most talented Scottish groups for a long time.
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Chizik, the Auburn head coach, put his Auburn Tigers through a workout that lasted more than two hours, the first practice for the Tigers following a two-week break since the team completed the regular season.
"Practice was good today," said Whitaker, a sophomore defensive tackle. "It was almost like the beginning of the season because you have got that two weeks to really focus on school and rest your body.
"We ran and did stuff like that, but it was just a time for us to get away--Coach Chiz stressed getting away."
Whitaker said he came back "ready to roll" as the Tigers began on-the-field preparations for their New Year's Eve Bowl game vs. the Virginia Cavaliers. He also said that Chizik looked fired up at the practice, just like he was.
"Coach Chiz is always a high motor, high energy, high tempo guy and he was that today," Whitaker pointed out. "You could tell he was back in his comfort zone. He didn't want to say anything, but you could tell he kind of had that edge to himself."
Chizik, who began his coaching career instructing linebackers how to play football, said he was comfortable in that role on Monday, an assignment he is sharing with graduate assistant coach Dustin Landry.
"I enjoy being around the guys," Chizik said. "I love teaching and I?love coaching. I am doing it more in-depth than normally I do and it was a lot of fun tonight, actually."
Monday's practice was the first without suspended tailback Michael Dyer. Chizik said that junior Onterio McCalebb will have to take on a larger role in the offense and the same is true of freshman Tre Mason, who will likely do most of the inside running.
Chizik said that Dyer is "temporarily removed from the team" and will not be allowed to practice for the bowl game or play against Virginia. The coach said the door is open for the sophomore to return to the team in 2012. "The suspension is going to be until he does the things that we feel he needs to do to get back at Auburn and to get back in an Auburn uniform. When he does that, if he does that, he will have a chance. If he doesn't, he won't."
Chizik said he is disappointed that Dyer had to be suspended and said he is hoping that Mason is ready to contribute in a major way vs. Virginia. "He has played enough this year to at least give himself a chance to contribute," Chizik said of the freshman running back. "He has done some things carrying the ball, not just on special teams, but offensively that makes us think he will have a chance to help and contribute.
Michael Dyer led the Tigers in rushing this season while earning All-SEC honors.
"He is going to have to work extra hard if he is going to carry a bigger role in this particular game," the coach added. "He has got a lot of work in front of him."
Chizik said the Tigers were rusty at Monday night's practice, but improved as the workout progressed. "The energy level was up," he said, noting it should be with the Tigers being rested.
"We got a lot of things accomplished tonight," Chizik said. "We worked on technique and fundamentals and not a lot of Virginia. It was more Auburn."
Chizik was in Atlanta at Chick-fil-A headquarters on Saturday for a luncheon with Virginia head coach Mike London and bowl officials, who also sponsor two regular season football games at the Georgia Dome.
Gary Stokan, chief executive officer of the bowl, said the season-opening matchup featuring Auburn vs. Clemson in 2012 will be played on either Thursday, August 30th, Friday the 31st or Saturday, Sept. 1st.
Monday was fall semester graduation day. Five Tigers were among those honored. The group includes: Dashaun Barnes from Tallahassee, Fla., Chandler Brooks from Huntsville; Eltoro Freeman from Alexander City; Josh Harris from Carrollton, Ga., and Davis Hooper from Montgomery. Those players arrived at Auburn as walk-ons with the exceptions of Freeman and Barnes, who was put on a medical hardship redshirt scholarship.
Freeman said he was thrilled to graduate, fulfilling a life-long goal of his mother for her son. The former Benjamin Russell star from Alexander City said the biggest thing he experienced at Auburn is that his relationship with God has gotten stronger. He said that no matter what you're going through, and no matter how hard the road may be, if you keep the faith in God things will turn around.
Eltoro Freeman is Auburn's starting middle linebacker.
Freeman also had praise for his head coach on Monday night and said the bowl practices are going to be good experience for the team, especially the young players.
"He's the real deal, man," Freeman said of Chizik. "He set the tone starting today and it actually started two weeks ago before practice. He set the tone for us in the classroom, off the field, and on the field. He's real strict and he's a man of his word. He expects things done right and the Auburn way. If it's not done either one of those ways then you won't be a part of Auburn.
"I think these bowl practices and the standards Coach Chizik has set are going to help Auburn men become better men and also better football players," Freeman added.
In other news and notes:
*Chizik said he is in no rush to name a new defensive coordinator to replace Ted Roof, who left the staff last week to take a job at the University of Central Florida. A media report on Monday afternoon that Auburn had hired FSU defensive coordinator Mark Stoops was not accurate, Auburn officials said.
*Chizik said that there is no change in the quarterback depth chart from the end of the season with Clint Moseley running number one. He said with so much time to prepare for the bowl all three QBs will get plenty of work. "Quarterbacks are going to be like every other position," he said. "We are evaluating everybody every day."
The coach said that for Frazier to take over the No. 1 role at quarterback he will need to gain a "better grasp" of the overall offense. The coach noted that the freshman has made progress in that area.
*Chizik said he noted he is hopeful there won't be any academic attrition with the fall semester grades being posted. "It appears right now we are in good shape," he said.
*Sophomore punter Steven Clark has been named to the All-America team announced on Monday by Pro Football Weekly. Last week Clark was named to the Coaches All-SEC First Team and was one of three finalists for the Ray Guy Award, which is presented to the nation's top punter.


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Defending champion Scott gearing up for another Masters run
By Larry Fine
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Masters champion Adam Scott is shaking off the rust after a break following his triumphant return to Australia and a trip to Hawaii, while plotting some special moments back in Augusta.
Scott, who became the first Australian to win the green jacket when he beat Argentina's Angel Cabrera in a thrilling playoff last April, said on Tuesday he was gearing up for next week's Honda Classic and zeroing in on his menu for the Champions' Dinner and details of his return to Augusta National.
"I'd like to serve something that everyone will really enjoy, and nothing too crazy so that they won't," Scott said about the annual dinner for former Masters champions during tournament week in a conference call with reporters.
"But probably, no surprise to anyone, there's definitely going to be an Australian theme toward every part of the dinner and whether that means they are eating kangaroo, I'm not sure yet, but we'll see."
Scott got a splendid taste of Australia when he was treated to a hero's welcome on his return following the Masters triumph.
Huge crowds thronged the courses as he won the Australian PGA and the Australian Masters and helped the country lift the trophy at the World Cup of Golf. He also finished second, one shot back of Rory McIlroy in the Australian Open.
"I was completely overwhelmed with the response to all the golf tournaments I played down there," said Scott, 33. "The turnout, the crowds, the support, was just so pleasing to see how well it was all received." Continued...


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Social Justice Engagement
Social Justice Engagement (SJE) at the Student Life Multicultural Center (MCC) is a social justice and intercultural diversity education program at The Ohio State University. SJE works proactively to promote understanding of intergroup relations inside and outside of the classroom. Multidisciplinary courses offered by SJE are distinguished by their experiential focus, teaching philosophy, and incorporation of dialogical models of communication. Additionally, there are a number of co-curricular programs offered.
SJE initiatives fall under Education and Training, which include:
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South Park has spoofed the spat between Sinead O'Connor and Miley Cyrus in its latest episode. The two singers had a spat after O'Connor wrote an open letter to the younger star warning her against allowing the music industry to "prostitute" her talent. In the South Park episode, Foofa from children's entertainment show Yo Gabba Gabba! (no relation to Hanna Montana, surely?) is being told by her friends to stop her raunchy behaviour. They recruit O'Connor to help, and end up urging her "not to show her 'strange' on TV" (watch a clip here, or the full episode on Comedy Central at 10pm on Wednesday). O'Connor can be heard singing "I'm looking for a boyfriend", a reference to her online search for a "sweet, sex-starved man" in 2011. But Foofa rejects their advice and ends up in another raunchy performance at the MTV Video Awards. As for the real Miley, she's moved on to another way to generate headlines, mocking In Touch magazine by posting its cover saying "Miley finally admits: I need help!" as her Facebook profile picture.
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Of course violence went both ways. Protests and strikes consistently faced bloody attacks from both state forces and hired guns, prompting the formation of various armed worker militias. Populists and socialists were attacked as everything from ŌĆ£ungrateful hyenasŌĆØ to ŌĆ£mad dogs,ŌĆØ while conservative newspapers openly called on the state to ŌĆ£exterminateŌĆØ the ŌĆ£mob.ŌĆØ The class war, in other words, was no mere metaphor.
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This is key to FraserŌĆÖs thesis. What ┬Łfueled the resistance to the first Gilded Age, he argues, was the fact that many Americans had a recent memory of a different kind of economic system, whether in America or back in Europe. Many at the forefront of the resistance were actively fighting to protect a way of life, whether it was the family farm that was being lost to predatory creditors or small-scale artisanal businesses being wiped out by industrial capitalism. Having known something different from their grim present, they were capable of imagining ŌĆö and fighting for ŌĆö a radically better future.
It is this imaginative capacity that is missing from our second Gilded Age, a theme to which Fraser returns again and again in the latter half of the book. The latest inequality chasm has opened up at a time when there is no popular memory ŌĆö in the United States, at least ŌĆö of another kind of economic system. Whereas the activists and agitators of the first Gilded Age straddled two worlds, we find ourselves fully within capitalismŌĆÖs matrix. So while we can demand slight improvements to our current conditions, we have a great deal of trouble believing in something else entirely.
Fraser devotes several chapters to outlining the key ŌĆ£fablesŌĆØ which, he argues, have served as particularly effective ┬Łresistance-avoidance tools. These range from the billionaire as rebel to the supposedly democratizing impact of mass stock ownership to the idea that contract work is a form of liberation. He also explores various forces that have a ŌĆ£self-┬ŁpolicingŌĆØ impact ŌĆö from mass indebtedness to mass incarceration; from the fear of having your job deported to the fear of having yourself deported.
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)) I swear to God I can already imagine the whole scene.
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Great story! I really love when Sev gets great birthday presents *winks*!
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Sam rests his aching head on the pillow. His muscles groan and protest with each movement, and his eyes droop before he's even settled.
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Prankstar is an unreleased mockumentary independent film written by, directed by, and starring Tom Green.
Two student filmmakers decide to follow Tom Green on a trip across the USA to Canada but get more than they bargained for. The crew witness Tom receiving insults and documents Tom's loneliness due to his fading fame. When returning to his hometown near Ottawa, things are not much better as the public continues to torment him about his past.
Before Tom and his crew know it, they are getting in trouble all around North America and frightening events force them to flee from the law.[1]
In 2006, Elixir Films was producing Prankstar and had additional information of the film on their website.[2] The film was shot in Ottawa, Ontario, Regina, Saskatchewan and Los Angeles, California.[1]
Little is known about the release of this film but on a February 2010 interview, the star and director of the movie Tom Green stated that Prankstar has just been finished, that the release has been "in the can" and that he is going to figure out what to do with the film soon as he is currently on his world stand-up comedy tour.[3] On February 17, 2010, on Green's website TomGreen.com, in reply to a fan question asking when Prankstar would be released, Green wrote, "Stay tuned! It's the craziest movie I have ever made!!"[4]
On a March 19, 2010 interview with 105.7: The Point St. Louis radio, Green said that Prankstar should be coming out later in 2010. On a November 2010 answer to a fan question in the Forum section of tomgreen.com, Green stated that the film was going to be released sometime in 2011 as he has "just made a deal with a big time distributor so it's gonna be cool."[citation needed]
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These days the medical industry is so complex, we find it useful to have a third party intermediary between the patient and doctor.
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Administrative costs for Medicare run something like 2 percent.
Administrative costs for privatized insurance run 20-25 percent. This includes costs for advertising, marketing, profits, executive "bonuses,"and all the rest.
Imagine Medicare, where the government stands between my doctor and me. The doctor charges $80 for a procedure, Medicare pays it, adds their 2 percent, and charges me $82.
Imagine privatized, where a for-profit insurance company stands between my doctor and me. The doctor charges $80, the insurance company pays it, adds their 25 percent, and charges me $100.
Party Republicans are trying to scare the bejesus out of everyone concerning health care. What's in it for them?
The more detailed arguments concerning health care, pro and con, are so confusing. Many of the claims either way are generalities that no one's bothered to prove, or that can only be proven one way or the other by actually trying whatever cockamamie scheme someone's talking about.
Now I see why party Republicans are so frantic trying to keep health care "privatized" through private insurances. It's money for them! Might they lie to protect it? Remember "death panels", and many other lies?
I've had privatized health care, and now have Medicare. I've had fewer problems with Medicare, even though I've had some terrible experiences with other government agencies (Not medically related. Don't get me started! Minnesota and Crow Wing County governments hate children and fathers!).
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Why does Putin want the Crimea?
If the President of the Russian Federation is to be believed his whole campaign is driven by the need to protect ethnic Russians from neo-Nazi extremists that they claim have infiltrated the new temporary government in Kiev.
That sounds laudable - until you look at the wider picture of how Russians are actually treated in their homeland today. Russia has very serious social problems with drug and alcohol abuse and HIV Aids, but the state does virtually nothing to help. Ethnic minorities are treated with disdain whilst the gay community has been forced underground. Those close to the Kremlin enjoy limitless wealth whilst real poverty now affects over 20 per cent of the population. Clearly support for ethnic Russians in Russia is not a Presidential priority.
As for protecting ethnic Russians in Ukraine from neo-Nazis, well, there's another conflict of interest. Some would say that there are more neo-Nazi politicians in the Russian Duma than there are in Ukrainian Rada and that they have been there since the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR) was founded 20 years ago.
So it would be natural to ask why all sudden the interest in Crimea, as well as South and East Ukraine. Crimea is a part desert, part mountainous region most famous for its history, tourism, vegetables and sweet wines - as well as the Sevastopol port Russia uses as a naval base. The South of Ukraine is primarily farmland whilst the East is home to the former Soviet mining, coal and steel industries - all of which are in need of massive investment and are a major competitor to similar industries in the Russian Ural regions.
To date President Putin has wasted the £33 billion that he spent on building the image of a new Russia at the Sochi Winter Olympics; his aggression has caused the Rouble to slump requiring the Central Bank to step in at a cost of £7 billion, and the Russian stock market seems to be in a nose-dive.
The total cost to Russia of this Crimean adventure might reach £43 billion and that is without the longer-term damage of potential targeted sanctions.
Why go in? The answer, we think, is simple: oil and gas. Putin's whole campaign against Ukraine could be nothing more than a land grab to ensure that Gazprom, a company in which he has considerable personal interest, controls who, how and when exploration and extraction will begin.
According to Kremlin insiders the annexation of Crimea has been 6 years in the planning.
By annexing all the land adjoining the Black Sea, Russia would also annex the offshore rights and anything found therein. It doesn't matter that as of today the discoveries have been relatively small. If serious quantities of oil and gas were to discovered it will be too late - and that is a risk President Putin would not be prepared to take, as it would undermine his entire economic structure.
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In pictures: Ukraine crisis
1/12 Ukraine crisis
People shout slogans during a pro Russian rally at a central square in Donetsk. Pro Russian activists continued to gather on Saturday in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk, as Russia was reported to be reinforcing its military presence in Crimea.
2/12 Ukraine crisis
In the same pro Russian rally, demonstrators show their support. Ukraine's ambassador to Russia and a deputy Russian foreign minister held a "cordial" meeting on Saturday, Moscow said, without giving details of any discussion of Russian-occupied Crimea.
3/12 Ukraine crisis
Crimean ethnic tatars stand on the roadside as Russian troops move towards to Simferopol in the settlement of Kok-Asan, some 70 kilometres from Simferopol in Crimea.
4/12 Ukraine crisis
Russian troops stand on a roadside in the settlement of Opytnoye, some 70 kilometres from Simferopol.
5/12 Ukraine crisis
Armed members of the first unit of a pro-Russian armed force, dubbed the "military forces of the autonomous republic of Crimea" march before the swearing-in ceremony in Simferopol, Ukraine. Some 30 men armed with automatic weapons and another 20 or so unarmed, were sworn in at a park in front of an eternal flame to those killed in World War II.
6/12 Ukraine crisis
A group of Cossacks march past a statue of Soviet revolutionary leader Vladimir Lenin in Simferopol as tensions in the area continue to rise.
7/12 Ukraine crisis
An armed member of the first unit of a pro-Russian armed force, dubbed the "military forces of the autonomous republic of Crimea" signs the oath during the swearing-in ceremony in Simferopol,
8/12 Ukraine crisis
9/12 Ukraine crisis
Ukrainian soldiers load their armed personnel carriers (APCs) into boxcars in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv. Pro-Kremlin militia fired warning shots as unarmed foreign observers tried to enter Crimea on the 8th.
10/12 Ukraine crisis
An abandoned naval ship sunk by the Russian navy to block the entrance is seen in the Crimean port of Yevpatorya on March 8th.
11/12 Ukraine crisis
Ukrainian sailors stand guard on top of the Ukrainian navy ship at the Crimean port of Yevpatorya.
12/12 Ukraine crisis
Crimea's pro-Moscow leader Sergei Aksyonov speaks to the media in Simferopol on the 8th March. He has defended a decision to hold a referendum on whether the region should join Russia, saying on Saturday that "no one" could cancel the voting.
Frankly it doesn't matter if the Crimea never produces a drop of oil. Stopping production alone would preserve the Kremlin's domination of the supply of energy from Russia. However all the signs are that the onshore and offshore fields will live up to expectation.
Exploration of the Black Sea off Crimea has gone into overdrive. ExxonMobil, Chevron, Shell, Repsol and even Petrochina have begun to show a real interest in working with Kiev to develop the entire Ukrainian sector.
Offshore magazine reports that Exxon and Rosneft have already made encouraging finds in the Russian sector near Novorossiysk whilst in the Romanian sectors test drilling by 'OMV' has found interesting deposits, so much so that the major oil companies are now bringing in serious deepwater drilling technology. Trans Euro Energy has already found commercially viable resources of natural gas on the Crimean mainland.
This would give another reason for why Putin wants to hold onto the port of Sevastopol – also an important naval base - as it is a perfectly-located deep water port capable of servicing the oil fields and the massive drilling technology, and it's barely 100 kilometres (60 miles) from the exploration zones.
But it's not just the offshore energy resources that could be of interest to Putin. Included within Southern and Eastern Ukraine are the major export terminals in the port of Odessa, the military ship building yards at Nikolayev, a major oil refinery, massive chemical plants and grain export silos, hydro-electric plants along the Moldavian border in the Russian controlled Transnistra region, two of the largest nuclear power stations in Europe, three huge solar power stations in Crimea, the extensive coal-bed methane gas fields in the Donbass basin, plus the largest resources of magnesium on the planet and huge stocks of coal and iron ore.
Add to this is the £12 billion saving he would make by running the new South-stream gas pipeline overland through Crimea and Southern Ukraine as opposed to under the Black Sea to Bulgaria and you can see that £42 billion is quite a cheap price to pay - especially when the West has such a short and selective memory.Reuse content


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What camera will parents buy their offspring this Christmas? The more expensive Canon 400D or the Nikon D40? I think it's a no-brainer which camera they'll buy. The Nikon is the perfect "starter camera" for junior. It's relatively cheap, looks professionally black, makes the click sound when you take a photo like "real cameras" do and you can use other Nikon lenses. What is there not to like?
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