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ST. LOUIS, Mo., 10/24/2018 — Closed Loop Recycling (CLR) underwent an extensive rebrand, which included a new, user-friendly website, late this year to better showcase its core products and recycling solutions to current and prospective customers. Boasting a new customer portal and enhanced resources, like a free Cost Savings Calculator, site visitors can instantly see the value of switching to one of CLR's recycling programs.
"Closed Loop Recycling has been growing rapidly due to our innovative recycling solutions and superior customer service," Closed Loop Recycling General Manager, Jon Chisholm, says. "Our brand and website needed to mirror the growth of our company, which is why we invested in a new brand look and website to better align with customer expectations."
CLR specializes in cost-effective reusable oil absorbents, as an alternative to expensive PIG® matting and Oil-Dri® solutions. Recently, CLR has begun offering a proprietary PPE laundering service, unlike any solution in the industry, to help save customers up to 80% on PPE costs. Now, with locations in St. Louis, Mo, Indianapolis, In., Oklahoma, Ok. and Charlotte, Nc., CLR can service virtually anywhere in the continental United States.
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Headquartered in St. Louis, Mo., Closed Loop Recycling (CLR) opened its doors in 1996, specializing in industrial textiles such as PPE, absorbents, rags and wipers. CLR is dedicated to helping companies achieve green initiatives such as Zero Landfill and ISO 14001 certification through its proprietary Zero Liquid Discharge (ZLD) process and executing forward-thinking recycling solutions. CLR's success stems from its team, core values and commitment to delivering legendary service.
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This topic provides an overview of upper and middle back pain. If you have low back pain or neck pain, see the topic Low Back Pain or Neck Pain.
Upper and middle back pain can occur anywhere from the base of your neck to the bottom of your rib cage.
Your ribs attach to a long, flat bone in the center of the chest called the sternum and attach to and wrap around your back. If a nerve in this area is pinched, irritated, or injured, you may also feel pain in other places where the nerve travels, such as your arms, legs, chest, and belly.
The upper and middle back (called the thoracic spine) has:
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Upper and middle back pain is not as common as low back pain or neck pain, because the bones in this area of the back don't flex or move as much as the bones in your lower back or neck. Instead, they work with the ribs to keep the back stable and help protect vital organs, such as the heart and lungs.
Upper and middle back pain may be caused by:
In rare cases, pain may be caused by other problems, such as gallbladder disease, cancer, or an infection.
Common symptoms of upper and middle back pain are:
More serious symptoms that need to be treated right away include:
Your doctor will first ask you about your past health, your symptoms, and your work and physical activities. Then he or she will do a physical exam. Your doctor may also order an imaging test, such as an X-ray or an MRI, to find out if something such as a broken bone or a herniated disc is causing your pain.
You may need more tests to check for other possible causes for your pain.
In most cases, people with mild to moderate back pain can manage their symptoms with:
But if your pain gets worse and you're having a hard time doing your daily activities, you may need to take a prescription pain medicine. Surgery is seldom used to treat upper and middle back pain.
There are several things you can do at home to help reduce your pain. For example:
Health Tools help you make wise health decisions or take action to improve your health.
In most cases, upper and middle back pain is caused by:
For example, some people hurt their backs when they:
Conditions that put pressure on the spinal nerves also can cause pain. These include:
In rare cases, upper and middle back pain may be caused by other problems, such as gallbladder disease, cancer, or an infection.
In general, symptoms of upper and middle back pain may:
In most cases, back pain gets better with home treatment. So unless you have signs of a severe illness, injury, or heart attack, you can give your back pain some time to work itself out before you call your doctor.
Call 911 or other emergency services immediately if:
Call your doctor now if:
Watchful waiting is a wait-and-see approach. If you get better on your own, you won't need treatment. If you get worse, you and your doctor will decide what to do next. If your back pain is mild to moderate, it probably will get better on its own. You can try home treatment to relieve your symptoms. If you don't feel better in 1 to 2 weeks, call your doctor.
Be sure to call your doctor right away if you start to have other symptoms or you have:
Health care professionals who often diagnose the cause of back pain include:
If your back pain is severe or long-lasting, health professionals who can treat you include:
You can also get care from:
Your doctor will first ask you about your past health, your symptoms, and your work and physical activities. Then he or she will do a physical exam. Your doctor may also order an imaging test to find out if something such as a broken bone or a herniated disc is causing your pain.
The type of imaging test you have depends on what kind of problem your doctor suspects. You may have one or more tests, such as:
More tests may be done to check for other possible causes for your pain.
There are many treatments for upper and middle back pain. What works for someone else may not help you. Work with your doctor to find what is best for you.
Treatment for upper and middle back pain is based on:
In most cases, people with mild to moderate upper and middle back pain can manage their symptoms with:
If your back pain doesn't get better or it gets worse, your doctor may recommend:
In some cases, a back brace may be used to support the bones in the spine after a fracture.
Surgery is seldom used to treat upper and middle back pain. If your doctor recommends surgery, the type will depend on the problem you have. Surgery choices may include:
Here are some other things you can do to feel better:
Gagnier JJ, et al. (2016). Herbal medicine for low back pain: A Cochrane review. Spine, 41(2): 116–133. DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0000000000001310. Accessed June 17, 2016.
Esses SI, et al. (2011). The treatment of symptomatic osteoporotic spinal compression fractures. Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, 19(3): 176–182. Also available online: http://www.aaos.org/research/guidelines/guide.asp.
Other Works Consulted
Hansen TJ (2015). Thoracic compression fracture. In WR Frontera et al., eds., Essentials of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 3rd ed., pp. 211–216. Philadelphia: Saunders.
Mercier LR (2008). The back. In Practical Orthopedics, 6th ed., pp. 143–184. Philadelphia: Mosby Elsevier.
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I spent a few glorious days by the fire last month reading the speeches and letters of Abraham Lincoln. We're about to enter a period of non-stop Civil War anniversaries, beginning this Saturday with the 150th anniversary of Lincoln's election in 1860. The Post will mark the event with a special section this Sunday, for which I wrote an essay on the meaning of Lincoln's election and its lasting effects on the country. It tries to connect Lincoln's sense of the two, competing economies of North and South with a larger idea of national purpose, and history.The way Americans worked, Lincoln seemed to argue, would determine the larger future of the nation:
In an 1859 speech, Lincoln described what he called "thorough work," which meant not just productive farming, but mental and intellectual engagement with labor. He praised the effects of "thorough cultivation upon the farmer's own mind," and by extension, he argued that by "the best cultivation of the physical world, beneath and around us; and the intellectual and moral world within us, we shall secure an individual, social, and political prosperity and happiness, whose course shall be onward and upward."
The economy of the South, however, wouldn't take the nation onward, or upward, though it would very likely force us to move outward, as the South looked for new slave territory south of the border and in Cuba. That wasn't a viable future for America.
The more I read Lincoln the more I sensed his frustration, arguing into the void with political opponents who could offer the larger nation nothing but more of the same, which was dragging everyone down. Have we changed? Here's how the essay concludes:
If one reads the annals closely, however, it becomes clear that the Civil War legitimized something essential, and dark, that remains with us. Ultimately, the South was fighting for the right to be wrong, for the right to retain (and expand) something ugly and indefensible. It lost the war, and slavery was abolished. But the right to be wrong, the right to resist the progress of freedom, the right to say "no, thank you" to modernity, to leave the fences in disrepair and retreat into a world of private conviction, remains as much a part of the American character as the blood spilled to preserve the Union. Nothing great has been accomplished in America since the Civil War — not footsteps on the moon, or women's suffrage, or the right (if not the reality) of equal, unsegregated education — without people also passionately fighting for that dark right, too.


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Well time is slowly passing!
I haven't updated since the end of January I am so sorry!
We had our 20 week scan on 30th January and everything was fine he was very active!
On Wednesday I decided to call triage as I hadn't been feeling baby move much which isn't normal. They weren't worried as they say he could just have moved so I'm not feeling kicks as much but I went in and they picked up HB on doppler which was great and a weight off my mind!
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Sales performance suffers due to poor or missing situation-specific sales information. This is still a common B2B selling problem.
Despite significant investments in sales and marketing technologies, most B2B organizations don't provide enough of the right content to their sales and channel sales organizations.
Sales content isn't designed and created "on purpose." It isn't created to meet well-defined use case requirements.
Marketing is largely responsible for content strategy and development. Yet few marketers can provide clear definitions or guidelines for what effective sales content really is. Most believe they currently create content suitable for sales. They believe the problem is lack of awareness or access to that content. This is flawed thinking.
Since content is a key success driver of any B2B selling system, sales leaders must ensure there is enough of the right sales content for sales people to perform well.
To do this, sales organizations must "requisition content" from the marketing groups that typically are resourced and budgeted to create it. This could be a key role for sales enablement professionals.
Sales Content Requisition Framework
During 20 years developing content for B2B sales and marketing organizations we developed definitions and frameworks to create sales content "on purpose, by design."
The work of these simple steps isn't easy. But it will significantly improve your sales content, conversations and performance.
Assess and Define Key Sales Use Case Requirements — The process to define and requisition high quality, situation-specific sales information, begins and hinges on the thoroughness of this first activity.
If you don't know your key sales content use cases, you simply won't know what content you need, why, or how it should be created. This work defines the "job" you need content to do. (See What "Job" Do You Want Content to Do?) It helps you determine content priorities.
Develop Content Specifications — Sales content is outsourced to creative producers. They have no idea about the use of sales content. Sales organizations must requisition content through well-defined specifications. This is similar to the way product feature specifications are developed. The success of this critical activity is determined by the clarity and specificity of this requirements doc. In our content practice this was a multi-page document. This "Content Header" is a good example and summary tool.
Oversee and Quality Check Content Creation — Execution breakdown is a predictable cause of poor sales content. Without oversight, marketing and creative developers will tend misinterpret or overlook documented specs. This needs to be monitored in process, ideally by sales enablement leaders who know what they're looking for.
Curate Content to Deployment Repositories — Content must be ready for sales to deliver and use. This means it must be findable through good organization, tagging for search, and metadata that quickly informs on the purpose and use of each asset.
All content assets required to address each previously identified key use case scenario must be grouped or linked. For example, an email or social post to deliver a primary asset should be clearly available when a sales person finds it.
Coach Sales People on the Effective Use of Content to Sell — Using educational content to help buyers learn, "unlearn," and reach consensus is a new sales competency. Virtually by definition, most sales professionals and their managers have never really done this before. "No content without training, no training without content." (Tamara Schenk, CSO Insights)
Maintain Sales Content Strategy — Content strategy involves the work to answer the question: "what content must we invest in and create, why and how?"
The elements to support this decision are very similar to sales playbook elements that sales enablement is responsible to maintain as well. These decisions are dynamic and evolve with improving maturity and changing market conditions. Sales enablement leaders play an important role in keeping all of this current.
Feedback and Improvement — This is important, but I consider it table stakes. The hallmark of any good system is feedback and continuous improvement. Operating content as a system is consistent with the principle of operating the sales organization as a system. Content, and its related inputs, must be part of a continuous sales improvement process. This requires leadership that sales enablement professionals should be able to provide.
One final caution. When it comes to sales content, much more is involved than documents. Getting sales content right was written to help your organization redefine and align around a more useful definition of situation-specific sales information.
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Digital Signage is the latest technology for the dynamic display of information, in the form of electronic displays offering real time information or advertising.
Digital signage is increasingly used in place of traditional media such as posters & brochures as its screen content is dynamic and can be kept up to date virtually without cost. Many large or multi site organisations take advantage of the ability to easily update content and circulate it to many locations simultaneously. Digital signage is found in retail outlets, supermarkets, restaurants, banks airports and the gym – it's even ventured underground and graces escalator walls on the London Underground.
Feltech are one of the market leaders in the full integration of digital signage systems, and were delighted to be chosen by The Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, a premier purpose-built venue in Westminster to design and implement a digital signage visitor guidance system. The brief from the QEIICC was for a secure system to provide way-finding around the Centre and add to the technological infrastructure – whilst following the environmental policies of the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG).
The QEIICC has four main auditoriums, seven conference rooms and over 20 smaller meeting rooms across seven floors and 2000 square metres of exhibition space. Feltech's digital signage solution has provided the Centre with a dynamic way of indicating directions to the right room for visitors, guests and exhibitors.
In addition to the way-finding advantages of the system, The QEIICC has the option to benefit from increased revenue streams from the sale of advertising space for clients on the screens. The whole system is based on a networked solution, run from a central location within The QEIICC and includes remote management of the system from Feltech's offices.
Feltech implemented a dZine turn key solution for the system and developed a link between The QEIICC's diary system and the new signage software. This enables the Centre to retrieve content from a database automatically, as part of the Centre's event listings. Feltech supplied, installed and commissioned all the screens required within the budget and timescale of the customer.
On top of its large-scale project management experience, Feltech is known for its position at the forefront of the visual communications industry by embracing the latest technology and techniques. The QEIICC have 64 displays each with its own graphic processor to allow bespoke content through out the centre.
State-of-the-art technology
In order to satisfy The QEIICC's stringent requirements Feltech chose a dZine digital signage system for the project. dZine is a flexible and accessible digital signage tool that supports video and graphics as well as being compatible with common media formats. With over 75,000 dZine players in operation around the world the system is tried, tested and robust – based on a non-windows platform it is also far less vulnerable to virus attack than many other systems on the market today.
The QEIICC respects a constant commitment to improve performance, especially in relation to environmental issues and Feltech's dZine digital signage system dramatically reduced the volume of waste paper produced by the venue's existing static signage system.
Feltech's Managing Director, Peter Fell said "Digital signage technology reduces costs and increases efficiency in every way. The QEIICC system is a professional signage interface that enhances way-finding around the Centre, whilst improving speed, effectiveness and the service on offer to clients and staff on a daily basis."


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Starting Strong is a network of educators, parents, childcare workers, service providers, health professionals, funders, students, business leaders, and other community members working together to ensure all children in Portland establish the building blocks for a lifetime of learning.
Starting Strong is the early age component of Portland ConnectED, a cradle-to-career initiative whose goal is that all young people graduate from high school and successfully transition to their next step.
With a focus on birth to age 8, Starting Strong's top priority is to help children reach reading proficiency by the end of third grade, a critical benchmark in assuring student success. Recognizing that the entire community plays a role in transforming children into educated, independent adults, Starting Strong partners with schools, parents, businesses, community organizations, and residents to ensure all Portland children have the opportunity to achieve our goal.
Starting Strong implements strategies around three key result areas that support third grade reading proficiency: 1) improving school readiness; 2) reducing summer learning loss; 3) increasing PreK to third grade literacy.


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'Foreign-buyer boogeymen' not solely to blame for soaring house prices: BMO
BMO says population growth, low supply and low interest rates are behind soaring prices in Toronto and Vancouver.
Supply constraints and population growth are driving up home prices in Toronto and Vancouver, according to a Bank of Montreal economist, who's warning against solely blaming foreign buyers for the surging price gains.
BMO Nesbitt Burns senior economist Robert Kavcic said a concentration of jobs and low interest rates are also behind soaring prices in the two red hot housing markets.
"It's easy to blame the foreign-buyer boogeymen for the home price gains in Vancouver and Toronto," he writes in a research note published on Thursday. "Sure, all anecdotes suggest they are playing a role in some neighbourhoods – we just don't know exactly how big that role is."
The latest numbers released by the Canadian Real Estate Association on Tuesday show the average sale price in greater Vancouver rose 32.3 per cent year-over-year to nearly $1.1 million, while in greater Toronto it climbed 14.2 per cent to $631,092.
Kavcic pointed to three "simple" factors at play behind the sky-high home prices in Toronto and Vancouver.
Strong demand
Kavcic notes that population growth in the 30-to-39 age group, which are typically first-time buyers or those upgrading from starter homes, is accelerating in the two bustling cities. Meanwhile, Toronto and Vancouver have accounted for 75 per cent of Canada's net job growth over the past two years.
Low supply
Kavcic said supply-and-demand is also adding pressure to home prices in both cities.
"Vancouver's geography is well documented, but in Toronto, development restrictions contributed to 2015 seeing the lowest annual number of detached home completions in 37 years," he said.
Low interest rates
High demand and constrained supply conditions are playing out in a record-low interest rate environment, Kavcic notes.
"A five-year fixed mortgage is barely above the expected long-run inflation rate," he said. "The longer this lasts, the hotter these markets will burn."


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ISO 14001:2015 Environmental management systems – Requirements with guidance for use
8 Operation
8.1 Operational planning and control
The organization shall establish, implement, control and maintain the processes needed to meet environmental management system requirements, and to implement the actions identified in 6 .1 and 6.2, by :
NOTE Controls can include engineering controls and procedures. Controls can be implemented following a hierarchy (e.g. elimination, substitution, administrative) and can be used individually or in combination.
The organization shall control planned changes and review the consequences of unintended changes, taking action to mitigate any adverse effects, as necessary.
The organization shall ensure that (an) outsourced process(es) is (are) controlled or influenced. The type and extent of control or influence to be applied to the process(es) shall be defined within the environmental management system.
Consistent with a life cycle perspective, the organization shall:
The organization shall maintain documented information to the extent necessary to have confidence that the process(es) has (have) been carried out as planned.
A.8 Operation
A.8.1 Operational planning and control
The type and extent of operational control(s) depend on the nature of the operations, the risks and opportunities, significant environmental aspects and compliance obligations. An organization has the flexibility to select the type of operational control methods, individually or in combination, that are necessary to make sure the process(es) is (are) effective and achieve(s) the desired results. Such methods can include:
The organization decides the extent of control needed within its own business processes (e.g. procurement process) to control or influence (an) outsourced process(es) or (a) provider(s) of products and services. Its decision should be based upon factors such as:
environmental management system requirements;
- the technical competence of the organization to define appropriate
controls or assess the adequacy of controls;
When a process is outsourced, or when products and services are supplied by (an) external provider(s), the organization's ability to exert control or influence can vary from direct control to limited or no influence. In some cases, an outsourced process performed onsite might be under the direct control of an organization; in other cases, an organization's ability to influence an outsourced process or external supplier might be limited.
When determining the type and extent of operational controls related to external providers, including contractors, the organization may consider one or more factors such as:
For information on operational control as part of managing change, see Clause A.1. For information on life cycle perspective, see A.6.1.2.
An outsourced process is one that fulfills all of the following:
Environmental requirements are the organization's environmentally-related needs and expectations that it establishes for, and communicates to, its interested parties (e.g. an internal function, such as procurement; a customer; an external provider).
Some of the organization's significant environmental impacts can occur during the transportation, delivery, use, end-of-life treatment or final disposal of its product or service. By providing information, an organization can potentially prevent or mitigate adverse environmental impacts during these life cycle stages.
8.2 Emergency preparedness and response
The organization shall establish, implement and maintain the processes needed to prepare for and respond to potential emergency situations identified in 6 .1.1.
The organization shall:
The organization shall maintain documented information to the extent necessary to have confidence that the process(es) is (are) carried out as planned.
A.8.2 Emergency preparedness and response
It is the responsibility of each organization to be prepared and to respond to emergency situations in a manner appropriate to its particular needs. For information on determining emergency situations, see A.6.1.1.
When planning its emergency preparedness and response process(es), the organization should consider:


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Apple Arcade has alunched and we've begun a new review series! Check out our first review here for The Mosaic, a nice slow burn of a game!
The amazing card game drawn by The Oatmeal creator is now available on iOS! Exploding Kittens digital is here!
The App Store has a fantastic Free App Of The Wee selection. Chex out the atmospheric puzzler explorer Monument Valley!
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My husband sweet niece is having room redecoration. Ever since she was born I love getting involve in her room decorations =). Happily now, (when she is just about to turn to third grade) she appreciate my opinion and wants me to make her room as she wants it to be =). She loves handmade items so it makes it even better to do this with her.
This is cork board covered with fabrics pockets and elements to make notes much more fun =) and fabric box for her desk as well.
Don't forget to enter my summer giveaway =)) and have your chance to win a pair.
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Bring the rich, warm hues of autumn indoors with our generously sized garland, ready to shape any way you like. Arranged by hand on a California farm, our aromatic, richly colorful botanicals combine sweet marjoram with feathery wheat stalks, lacy sweet annie, variegated and green foliage, orange safflower, yarrow and exotic dried lotus pods.
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- Exposure to moisture or high humidity can cause the color dyes to bleed.
- It is normal for natural materials to shed. The extra fullness of our garland is intended to compensate for any unavoidable shedding during shipping.
- To minimize shedding, it is best to not move it once it has been hung.
- To clean your garland, lightly dust its leaves with a soft paintbrush or feather duster.
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Quick and Easy Kaizen Presentation DVD
This DVD focuses on Norma Bodek's presentation at the AME conference on the role of each employee as a change agent in a company that implements Lean.
Bodek offers the idea of a "quick and easy" kaizen program. This is great for people new to the kaizen concept and will show them how they can make changes and improvements in their organization.
- Length: 60 Minutes
- A powerful perspective of each employee's role in kaizen (continuous improvement)
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- The two pillars of the Toyota Production System
- The missing ingredient in a successful Lean transformation
- How to positively change a work area
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Join us in celebrating our national heritage with our line of American Blue Pottery, made with pride in the USA.
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Adelaide Thunderbirds star and Australia Post One Netball ambassador Abigail Latu-Meafou stopped by the Port Lincoln Netball Association this week to present the Australia Post One Netball Community Award.
Based in regional South Australia, the association with seven affiliated clubs and 98 teams, was selected for their dedication to creating a diverse and inclusive netball environment. A two-week trial beginning in 2017 saw the introduction of the Gems program. The program started with just two games for players with vision impairment, hearing impairment, mental health conditions, intellectual disability, brain injury and Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).
With the support of families, mentors and the Port Lincoln community the program came to life and has seen the girls shine on the court. The hugely successful trial resulted in the program welcoming 19 players to the court in its second year.
The association aims to actively ensure that all children and their families are given the opportunity to participate in netball and be a part of their community.
The mentors play a key role across the program and with on court assistance to help guide and ensure that players are comfortable and having fun. Fun is something that is certainly not lacking amongst the Gems team, with smiles, laughs and high fives all round.
Vice President, Di Moseby described the typical Gems game as organised chaos that is just beautiful to see.
"It is high energy and high emotions for everybody involved," she said.
"Winning an Australian Post One Netball Community Award is wonderful recognition for our netball association and we hope winning this award will encourage other sporting clubs and associations to look at similar programs in future."


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The Butler, Very Skilled (その執事、万能, Sono Shitsuji, Bannō) is chapter 2 of the Kuroshitsuji manga.
Sebastian and Ciel go to pick up a cane to replace one that Finnian broke.
At the mansion, Finnian is seen crying because he accidentally destroyed a tree, and is afraid Sebastian will be mad enough to the point of preventing him to watch "Rowdy Count VIII" with Ciel. Breaking down in tears, he hears a noise and is seen being grabbed by an unknown individual.
When Ciel and Sebastian return to the manor, they find that the foyer is decorated with ribbons, flowers, stuffed animals, bows, and other rather girly accessories. They begin to slowly roam the manor in confusion until Baldroy, and the rest of the servants, angrily approaches them, and it is seen that even the servants have been dressed up in cute outfits as well, except for Mey-Rin, who in the confusion, escaped with a hug. Ciel and Sebastian go to investigate who the "crazy girl" is, and discover that a guest has arrived, Elizabeth Midford, performing a makeover on Tanaka to make him look like Antoinette.
Upon noticing Ciel, She greets him warmly, dashing towards him, giving him a hug, much to his discomfort. Sebastian greets her, stating it has been a while since he has last laid eyes on her. She reveals that she has a pink bonnet adorned with flowers for Sebastian, causing the servants to attempt not to break out in laughter. The other servants question who she is, and Sebastian reveals that she is Ciel's fiancée.
Elizabeth then requests that they have a dance party upon hearing that it is "like a dream", which Ciel refuses to do, although she ignores him. Ciel is then seen returning to work, irked about the Elizabeth situation, stating to simply feed her and send her on her way, but Sebastian easily points out that his refusal to dance has less to do with not wanting to entertain a "little girl," but more to do with the fact that he does not know how to dance. Sebastian points out that not learning to dance could bode badly for him in the future, and that he should learn now. Ciel wonders how they can find a dance tutor on such short notice when Sebastian says he will teach him. Appalled, Ciel initially refuses, but Sebastian manages to make the former dance with him anyway.
After a few attempts at tutoring Ciel on how to dance, Sebastian comments that Ciel is a terrible dancer, but Ciel blames it on having such a large dancing partner. Sebastian then comments that his sour face is off-putting, and tells him to "smile happily," which causes Ciel to burst out in anger at the Butler, before faintly saying he has forgotten how.
Mey-Rin helps Elizabeth prepare her attire for the ball, Elizabeth insists that Mey-Rin attend the ball, attempting to remove her glasses, providing the maid with displeasure. Ciel then approaches Elizabeth in the clothes she picked out for him, and she compliments how cute he looks, until she notices that he is not wearing the ring she selected for him. He says the ring he is wearing is fine. Elizabeth begins to throw a tantrum, saying the ring is uncute and cries stating that Ciel doesn't care about the things she bought for him. Ciel attempts to explain to Elizabeth what the ring represents before she quickly takes it from him. She examines the ring, commenting on how old and how unpleasant it looks. Ciel shouts, demanding the ring back. Elizabeth becomes baffled, not understanding Ciel's anger at her. She bursts out, demanding to know why he is mad at her. She becomes upset. She begins blaming the ring, taking her anger and confusion out on, stating she hates it, and breaks it. Ciel becomes scarred, witnessing the ring his family held for generations shatter. Enraged, he into moves to slap her, but Sebastian stops him under the guise that he forgot his new cane. Sebastian then apologizes to Elizabeth for Ciel's behavior towards her and explains that the ring she just broke was a one-of-a-kind, family ring that has been in the Phantomhive family for generations. Elizabeth states she had no idea that the ring meant so much to him. On the verge of tears towards her fiancée, she attempts to apologize. This was interrupted when Ciel throws the broken pieces out the window, to everyone's surprise. Elizabeth, claiming not to care, that it is just an 'old ring'. Ciel addresses that it doesn't matter if he wears the ring or not, that he will still the head of The Phantomhive House. Ciel approaches Elizabeth and dries her tears, asking if she would like to dance. Happy, she dances with Ciel, saying it is indeed "like a dream", as the rumors had stated. Tanaka and Finnian are also seen dancing with each other, while Baldroy refuses to dance with Mey-Rin.
That night, Sebastian helps Ciel to bed, and Ciel says that they wasted the day. Sebastian asks if he is not happy, and Ciel calls him an idiot. Sebastian questions this when Ciel gazes upon his ringless finger, as Ciel was the one who put on quite a show over a ring he actually cares deeply about. He then reveals that he fixed the ring, much to Ciel's shock. Sebastian tells Ciel that the ring exists to be on his finger and to take good care of it. Ciel agrees and comments that the ring has seen many deaths, that he sometimes hears the voices of his ancestors speak to him, screaming and crying and that it frightens him that one day he will share the same fate. Sebastian states the moon is far too high and that he should rest. As Sebastian turns to go, Ciel asks him to stay until he falls asleep, and Sebastian says he will be by his side until his death.
Upon walking out, Sebastian has a remembrance of the recent events of the day, returning to Ciel's monologue to Elizabeth as well as Ciel asking Sebastian to "stay". Sebastian forms a devilish grin, he leaves, commenting that he must prepare for the next day.


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IP Struggles: Could it be for Life?
Indigenous People's life is becoming more difficult and complicated in this present age and time. Being an IP is a continuous struggle, which requires time, effort and sweat to retain their cultures and worldviews which have been destroyed by various factors:Large scale mining, illegal logging, plantations on ancestral lands, militarization, discrimination, displacement and unrecognizing of IP world views continue to threaten the lives of the IP's. Capitalists benefits while IP's suffer. There is an Indigenous Peoples Rights Act of 1997 (IPRA) yet it is threatened to be scrapped and worst, many people don't know about it. IP cultures are laughed at while foreign ones are praised or deeply appreciated. IP's remain at the bottom of our socially stratified society despite these struggles.
Yet, is there still a way out from all these?
No one can ever tell and nobody can ever be sure. But one thing is certain. It is so unjust to let the citizens of our own country cry and risk their lives to be respected, recognized and exercise their fundamental rights as people.
For years, there have been many struggles of the IP's but unfortunately, their
voices remained unheard to society. If all these struggles will remain unrecognized, does it mean that IP's will have to spend their whole lives in craving for respect, recognition and acceptance?
Come to think of it… Like you,IPs have rights too.


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bcc commented on 2016-12-05 18:35
plonqor commented on 2016-05-05 10:50
Similar to couchpotato, this needs python2-lxml as a dependency.
Evils commented on 2016-04-11 03:30
> Can you please add in 'conflicts=couchpotato' and provides=couchpotato as per the vcs PKGBUILD guidelines. Thanks
bump! Please add!!
thisischrys commented on 2015-11-25 15:35
Couchpotato user shows up on login screens, please fix
getent group ${CP_GROUP} &> /dev/null || groupadd -r ${CP_GROUP} &> /dev/null
getent passwd ${CP_USER} &> /dev/null || useradd -r -g ${CP_GROUP} -d ${CP_HOME} -s /usr/bin/nologin ${CP_USER} &> /dev/null
rallyemax commented on 2015-10-10 04:18
Looks like we're back to the python/python2/python3 shebang hell. This package, as is, will not run correctly when invoked with systemctl because it has a bare /usr/bin/env python shebang, which defaults to python3. Changing the shebang to python2 works. Is this just an artifact on my system? (I have left the default /usr/lib/python symlink to python3 alone, but my user and root PATHs include a priority directory where python links to python2...systemd doesn't pick either of these PATHs up, so it defaults to python==python3).
apowell656 commented on 2015-01-07 01:01
[If this is for ArchLinuxArm]
I had to downgrade to the Version 1fb031ff (10/12/2014, 10:41:56 AM) after running into some issues with renaming and moving files. Unfortunately, I lost the logs, but figured that I would let you know.
jonkristian commented on 2014-07-30 17:33
If you get this error: {"success": false, "error": "Failed returning results"}
1. Head on over to /opt/couchpotato/
2. Type: find . -type f -name "*.pyc" -exec rm -f {} \;
3. git reset --hard
brando56894 commented on 2014-04-28 18:49
/opt/couchpotato/.git/config needed to have the "url" line under the [remote "origin"] section changed to this:
instead of the build directory. Mine was set to /tmp and every time Couchpotato tried to update it would fail.
brando56894 commented on 2014-04-28 18:42
Whenever Couchpotato tries to update I get this error:
fatal: '/tmp/yaourt-tmp-bran/aur-couchpotato-git/CouchPotatoServer' does not appear to be a git repository
fatal: Could not read from remote repository.
Please make sure you have the correct access rights
and the repository exists.
Maybe it should be placed in a permanent directory, such as in /var or /opt?
iron8core commented on 2014-04-28 15:30
It would be nice to add to the service file, in the [Service] section:
Changing the kill signal will cause "systemctl stop couchpotato" to not exit with fail status (1).
Adding the Restart directive will allow it to restart after an in-app update (or if user runs the restart command from inside CouchPotato).


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- princesslettuce14
- 6 years ago
There's an interesting article at New York Magazine about how the new culture of "perfect childbirths" shames women from getting epidurals and makes them feel like they could have done more to prevent a c-section. There's a new book called Labor Day where women shared their birthing experiences and a vast majority felt _guilt_ for getting epis, even though some 80%-90% of women use them.
I also notice a lot of women on these boards grieve when they have to have c-sections. My mother had 4 c-sections and I always took for granted that they were normal. Thought.
- This topic was modified 5 years, 7 months ago by princesslettuce14.


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Over the past couple of weeks, I've shared 7 things that I and my church has learned since we transitioned our church from small groups to missional communities. At the time, things were going great. We had over 85% of our adults in a small group, but it wasn't producing the change, discipleship and leaders we hoped it would. So, we made the change to missional communities. Below are 7 things we learned in the process:
- Always Start with Why
- Get Essential Leaders on Board
- How to Handle Someone who is not on Board
- Leaders Lead by Example
- Remove Barriers to What is Most Important
- Prepare for Losses
- Celebrate Small Wins


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Experience Matters
My name is Penny Cowell. I am licensed and insured since 2002. ABR/Broker/REALTOR®. Member: National Association. Tennessee Association, Great Smoky Mountains Association and Knoxville Association of REALTOR®s. I served on the Great Smoky Mountains Board of Directors 2012-2017. Voted REALTOR® Member of the Year 2015 Womens Council. Member of Sevierville Chamber of Commerce and Smoky Mountain Area Relationships to Referrals. I addition, I am a RPAC Major Investor, RPAC Committee Member GSMAR, TN REALTOR®s RPAC Trustee, Accredited Buyers Rep., and an At Home With Diversity Certificate Holder.
I was born in Knoxvllle, TN. l've also lived in Indiana and Ohio, and am a resident of Sevier County for 30 years. Real estate is my passion and CAREER. Clients become a part of that passion. I enjoy getting away to the mountains whenever possible, and Fall Football. I am proud to be a wife, mother, daughter, sister, and animal advocate. I live my life by the Golden Rule and Integrity, laugh as often as I can, and do my best to provide the best services possible.
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How much will it be worth tomorrow? On the fence about whether to sell now or to wait? Other questions concerning your investment? I can answer those questions and many more. Just like homes and properties, each person and family is different which requires individually tailored plans, which I can make for you.
Overnight rentals, long term rentals, foreclosures, flips, and everything in between... Location is everything and knowing what to expect on YOUR investment is paramount.
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Being the number one "Most Visited National Park," who doesn't want to vacation in the Great Smoky Mountains? Better yet, what about own a vacation home here? There are many properties with gorgeous views, peaceful lakes, tranquil mountain streams, you name it. Close to the attractions or even a hidden getaway, there are so many to choose from. I'll help you, not just follow your dreams, but also catch them.
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Do you remember that movie Multiplicity where Michael Keaton clones himself to become more productive? A similar approach can be followed when using Maximo 7.5: if you want to perform work in parallel to become more productive, you can launch multiple browser tabs or windows as the same user. However, there are some limitations that you need to learn before attempting concurrent sessions. Server Sessions When you first connect to Maximo and login, you receive a unique Server Session between your client and the J2EE server that hosts the... [More]


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INTREPID - IRay Plus Anti-VEGF Treatment For Patients With Wet AMD (INTREPID)
|The safety and scientific validity of this study is the responsibility of the study sponsor and investigators. Listing a study does not mean it has been evaluated by the U.S. Federal Government. Read our disclaimer for details.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01016873
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : November 20, 2009
Results First Posted : December 5, 2014
Last Update Posted : December 5, 2014
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|Condition or disease
|AMD Wet AMD Age-Related Macular Degeneration Wet Age-Related Macular Degeneration Macular Degeneration Eye Diseases Retinal Diseases
|Device: IRay
|Phase 2
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Actual Enrollment :
|230 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Parallel Assignment
|Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|A Double-masked, Sham Controlled, Dose-ranging Study to Evaluate the Safety and Effectiveness of Low Voltage Stereotactic Radiosurgery in Patients With Choroidal Neovascularization (CNV) Secondary to Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD)
|Study Start Date :
|November 2009
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|May 2012
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|April 2014
Experimental: 16 Gy IRay
16 Gy IRay + PRN Lucentis®
Device: IRay
Low voltage stereotactic radiotherapy system
Sham Comparator: Sham 16 Gy IRay
Sham 16 Gy IRay + PRN Lucentis®
Device: IRay
Low voltage stereotactic radiotherapy system
Experimental: 24 Gy IRay
24 Gy IRay + PRN Lucentis®
Device: IRay
Low voltage stereotactic radiotherapy system
Sham Comparator: Sham 24 Gy IRay
Sham 24 Gy IRay + PRN Lucentis®
Device: IRay
Low voltage stereotactic radiotherapy system
- Number of Lucentis® Injections Up To And Including Week 52 [ Time Frame: During the first 52 weeks. ]
- Change in Mean Visual Acuity (VA) [ Time Frame: Weeks 12, 28, 52 and 104. ]
- Percentage (Pct.) of Patients (Pts.) Losing < 15 Letters of Best Correct Visual Acuity (BCVA) From Baseline (Base.) [ Time Frame: Weeks 12, 28 and 52. ]
- Percentage (Pct.) of Patients (Pts.) Gaining ≥ 15 Letters of Best Correct Visual Acuity (BCVA) From Baseline (Base.) [ Time Frame: Weeks 12, 28 and 52. ]
- Percentage (Pct.) of Patients (Pts.) Gaining ≥ 0 Letters of Best Correct Visual Acuity (BCVA) From Baseline (Base.) [ Time Frame: Weeks 12, 28 and 52. ]
- Time From Mandatory Injection at Day 0 to the First PRN Injection. [ Time Frame: 52 Weeks ]
- Total Number (No.) of Lucentis® Injections (Inject.) During The First 12, 28, and 104 Weeks. [ Time Frame: Week 12, 28, and 104 ]
- Mean Change in Choroidal Neovascularization (CNV) as % of Lesion on Fluorescein Angiography (FA) From Baseline to Week 52 [ Time Frame: Week 52 ]
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|Ages Eligible for Study:
|50 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
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Inclusion Criteria:
- Patients must have neovascular AMD diagnosed within the previous 3 years, have received at least 3 injections with Lucentis® or Avastin® within the previous year and have the need for treatment with anti-VEGF therapy due to increased fluid or persistent cysts on OCT, or leakage on FA.
- Patients must have a total lesion size of <12 disc areas and a CNV lesion with the greatest linear dimension of <6 mm, but not greater than 3 mm from the center of the fovea to the furthest point on the lesion perimeter.
- The distance from the center of the fovea to the nearest edge of the optic disc should be not less than 3 mm.
- Patients must Patient must be at least 50 years of age.
- Women must be post-menopausal ≥1 year or surgically sterilized, or a pregnancy screen must be performed prior to the study and a reliable form of contraception approved by the investigator must be maintained during the study.
- Patient must have best corrected visual acuity of 75 to 25 letters in the study eye and at least 20 letters in the fellow eye.
Exclusion Criteria:
- CNV due to causes other than AMD, including ocular histoplasmosis syndrome, angioid streaks, multifocal choroiditis, choroidal rupture, or pathologic myopia (spherical equivalent ≥ -8 diopters).
- An axial length of ≤20 mm or ≥26 mm.
- Previously diagnosed with Diabetes Mellitus and/or an HbA1c of >6.5%, and with retinal findings consistent with diabetic retinopathy.
- Prior or concurrent therapies for age related macular degeneration including submacular surgery, subfoveal thermal laser photocoagulation (with or without photographic evidence), transpupillary thermotherapy (TTT), ocular photodynamic therapy, radiation therapy to the head or neck in the study eye.
- Previous posterior vitrectomy, or any surgery in the study eye within 6 months or YAG capsulotomy within 3 months prior to the screening visit.
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01016873
|LKH Graz
|Graz, Austria, A-8036
|Universitätsklinik Innsbruck
|Innsbruck, Austria, A-6020
|Hanusch Krankenhaus Wien
|Wien, Austria, A-1140
|Ordination Prof. Michael Stur
|Wien, Austria, A-1180
|Czech Republic
|Fakultni Nemocnice Brno
|Brno, Czech Republic, 625 00
|Fakultni nemocnice Hradec Kralove
|Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 500 05
|Fakultni Nemocnice Olomouc
|Olomouc, Czech Republic, 775 20
|Faculty Hospital Kralovske Vinohrady
|Prague, Czech Republic, 100 34
|General Faculty Hospital Prague
|Prague, Czech Republic, 128 08
|Military Hospital Prague
|Prague, Czech Republic, 169 02
|Kopfklinikum University Hospital Heidelberg
|Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, 69120
|University Eye Hospital
|Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, 72076
|Klinik für Augenheilkunde
|Neubrandenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany, 17036
|Università Vita-Salute Istituto Scientifico San Raffaele
|Milano, Italy, I-20132
|United Kingdom
|Royal Victoria Hospital
|Belfast, United Kingdom, BT12 6BA
|Bradford Royal Infirmary
|Bradford, United Kingdom, BDP 6RJ
|Torbay Hospital
|Devon, United Kingdom, TQ2 7AA
|King's College
|London, United Kingdom, SE5 9RS
|Manchester Royal Eye Hospital
|Manchester, United Kingdom, M13 9WL
|Southampton General Hospital
|Southampton, United Kingdom, SO16 6YD
|Royal Wolverhampton Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
|Wolverhampton, United Kingdom, WV3 9QR
|Study Director:
|Denis O'Shaughnessy, Ph.D.
|Oraya Therapeutics, Inc.
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|Oraya Therapeutics, Inc.
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|NCT01016873 History of Changes
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|November 20, 2009 Key Record Dates
|Results First Posted:
|December 5, 2014
|Last Update Posted:
|December 5, 2014
|Last Verified:
|December 2014
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x ray
external beam radiation
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Retinal Diseases
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This is the only Fighting Fantasy gamebook to be set in modern times, at least in the mid '80s when it was published. Your car breaks down on a stormy night, and the only house in walking distance is the titular House of Hell - only this time it's not populated by Transylvanian cross-dressers, instead it's full of demons and ghosts and strange weirdos of all sorts (who, as far as I know, all keep their clothes on).
Oddly enough, despite its modern setting, or perhaps because of it, the entire premise is now badly dated - we'd now have a cellphone handy, right? Or could wave down somebody who did, surely.
Anyway, I wandered up to the door, used the knocker, and a butler arrived. He told me the Master was 'expecting' me, and we both went inside. The book doesn't give the option to query this rather strange introduction, so ah well. Lets assume the '80s were a simpler, more innocent time.
I made some small talk with the master, then laid into his white wine - which turned out to be laced with the strongest aspirin known to man - once again, the '80s must've been a simpler, more innocent time, as one hit was enough to knock me cold. Is there pseudoephedrine in aspirin?
Tied up upon awaking, I broke a window and used the shards to cut myself free, and wandered into the hallway. The doors all had plaques on them reading things like 'Balthus Room' and 'Diabolus Room', nto particularly inviting, so I wandered through hallways and whatnot before coming across the front door.
Woah, easiest FF book ever, I thought.
I opened it, and saw a hideous monster that looked like a hippy crossed with a goat-headed demon thing, and almost frightened myself to death. That's something this book has that other FF books don't - a fear score. My ability to absorb fear was minuscule, another reason I stayed clear of doors as often as possible. There's this pic in The Warlock Of Firetop Mountain that always used to freak the crap out of me in real life, let alone the game. I can't find it on Google images, but trust me, this aged old man leaping at you carrying a club or something is an image I'll never forget.
I ran away, and was forced to choose between two doors - one was locked, so no longer with even the hint of a choice, I entered the room... and found a kitchen, with some keys. Sweet! I grabbed the keys, and got burned, literally. They were red hot! The noise created when I dropped said burning keys attracted some 'mysterious friends' of the Master, who weren't so mysterious as evil. They dragged me down into a dungeon of sorts, where ended my adventure.
The very first door I tried.
Sorry I can't report too much more on House of Hell... it seemed interesting, if a little dependent on just choosing the right doors - particularly with a low fear score like mine. I was four sevenths of the way to being frightened to death before I even opened a single door! Another site suggests the book is so difficult, some parts which lead to certain death are required to go down in order to find out information you need later on in a successful attempt. Hmmm. Others suggest it's just really, really hard and requires an almost perfect run of events. Hmmm.
Seems interesting though, I'd recommend giving it a go, but don't drink the white wine. I think.
My version is as above, but hellishly worn - it seems an entire generation of people have tried it out, haha. It has a stamp for Swanson School Library inside. I wonder why they got rid of it?
Saturday, 26 April 2008
#10 - House of Hell
This is the only Fighting Fantasy gamebook to be set in modern times, at least in the mid '80s when it was published. Your car breaks down on a stormy night, and the only house in walking distance is the titular House of Hell - only this time it's not populated by Transylvanian cross-dressers, instead it's full of demons and ghosts and strange weirdos of all sorts (who, as far as I know, all keep their clothes on).
Posted by Dan at 20:41
9 comments:
- Deb Clague said...
This is my favorite FF book. Reading it late at night (preferably a rainy night) never fails to scare the heck out of me. You must not have looked out the window with the guy hanging from the tree...my copy has this but I believe it was edited out of later versions. For a book aimed at young adults, it was pretty disturbing. That's the one frightening image I still think of as an adult. Heebie-jeebies indeed.
- 10 June 2008 at 13:53
The image edited out of later versions was of an impending human sacrifice.
There is no way to succeed at House of Hell with a Fear score of 7, and you have to borderline cheat to succeed if your Fear is 8. And if you play strictly by the rules, the final battle is very nasty indeed.
- 13 June 2008 at 05:37
- Dan said...
I hate it when its actually impossible to win based on the dice. Wasting time, really!
- 14 June 2008 at 21:33
i got a bit further than you, but then i got scared and then killed by an invisible person who 'squeezed my heart till it popped'.
- 23 October 2008 at 09:52
Yeah, it's just so easy to take the bait and think that you might just win by walking out the front door, isn't it? ;) I did the exact same thing the first time I played it, even though deep down I knew it was too easy.
And yes, the Fear stat is rather harsh for this adventure. Not only does it make it impossible to win with low Fear stat, but it makes it hard for you to experiment and look for clues, because you never know if the next door you open might contain something that scare you to death on sight. With a Fear score of 9 you may win, but to stray even slightly and open the wrong door, even on the true path, may get you killed by fear. Most of Steve Jackson's book usually aren't that demanding on your stats, but this one is an exception.
- 21 November 2008 at 15:58
- Shon Richards said...
As a kid I couldn't make it through this book at all. It is the only FF book that I sat down and reversed engineered to figure out the right way to go. On the other hand, it used to scare the bejesus out of me when I first read it and it's still darn disturbing now.
- 1 June 2009 at 04:45
- LiquidShaDow said...
As a kid, this book freaked me out to a certain extent, yet the fear factor was seductively luring me back into the words to continue.
- 30 July 2009 at 17:56
- Aussiesmurf said...
This book certainly had the 'wow' factor for a young reader, and the whole 'human sacrifice / Satanism' angle was amazing.
I remember one part where you get captured and have a choice which cage to go into. You die in both options, and the book gets to describe in excruciating detail how your death varies depending on which cage you picked!
I thought the book played completely 'fair' so to speak, in that the 'true' path is perfectly possible to find with only a minimum of battles, although the last one is trouble.
One silly thing is that the last battle says "add XX Skill if you have the Kris knife" when if you didn't have the knife you wouldn't have made it that far, anyway?
A fantastic book, and in the top 3 of FF books for mine.
- 24 May 2011 at 19:57
- foadiron said...
My favourite Jackson book and one of the best FF books over all. It's a pity you didn't give it another try or two because it really has some very nice atmosphere that a lot of the other books certainly don't. It's also unique because, as you said, it's the only day modern day FF that there's ever been.
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Dutch troops blamed for the massacre of 300 Bosnians
A court yesterday ordered the Netherlands to compensate the families of more than 300 Bosnian Muslims killed after Dutch troops handed them over to Bosnian Serb forces in 1995.
The civil court in The Hague cleared the Netherlands of liability in the massacre of nearly 8,000 others, saying that although those people sought protection in the UN safe haven of Srebrenica they were never directly in the custody of the Dutch troops.
The ruling could be appealed, however, meaning it is unlikely to resolve the Dutch national trauma over the country's role in the worst massacre on European soil since the Second World War.
The court ruled that the Dutch peacekeeping troops could have protected the 300-plus men and boys who were among thousands of Muslims – mainly women, children and elderly people – taking shelter in a Dutch compound inside the UN-declared safe haven of Srebrenica.
The troops – part of a Dutch UN battalion known as Dutchbat – handed over those in the compound two days after the town fell.
The Bosnian Serb troops then killed the Muslim men and boys, who "would have survived if Dutchbat had acted properly," said Presiding Judge Larissa Alwin.
The court said the Netherlands could not be held responsible for people who had taken shelter in the town but who were not inside the Dutch compound.
Those included thousands of other Bosnian Muslim men and boys who fled into the nearby forests when the town fell and were later rounded up and killed by Bosnian Serb forces.
"Dutchbat cannot be held liable for their fate," the ruling read.
In an emotionally-charged hearing attended by a handful of victims' relatives, the judge said the peacekeepers should have known that the men taken from the compound would be slain because there was already evidence of the Serbs committing war crimes.
"By co-operating in the deportation of these men, Dutchbat acted unlawfully," Alwin said.
On July 13, 1995, the peacekeepers bowed to pressure from Bosnian Serb forces commanded by General Ratko Mladic and forced thousands of Muslim families out of their fenced-off compound.
The Bosnian Serb forces sorted the Muslims by gender, then drove the males away and began killing them in what would become the bloody climax to the 1992-95 Bosnian war, a slaughter that international courts have ruled was genocide. The war claimed 100,000 lives in all.
The Srebrenica bodies were piled into hastily-made mass graves, which were later bulldozed and scattered among other burial sites in an attempt to hide the evidence.
Relatives of the dead welcomed the limited finding of liability but lamented that it did not go further.
"Obviously the court has no sense of justice," said Munira Subasic, president of the Mothers of Srebrenica group that filed the case.
"How is it possible to divide victims, and tell one mother that the Dutch state is responsible for the death of her son on one side of the wire and not for the son on the other side?"
The court did not say how much compensation the families should receive.
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Theatre Under The Stars (TUTS) has announced the winners of the 15th annual Tommy Tune Awards. Scroll down for the full list!
Hosting the awards show this year was local actor and a favorite of Houston audiences, Dylan Godwin. He was joined on stage a number of times by the always-entertaining special guests Snoopy and Woodstock. In celebration of the 15th anniversary of the Tommy Tune Awards, this year's awards show took a look at the past, present and future of the Tommy Tune Awards. The night included appearances by two past Tommy Tune Award winners, Stephanie Gibson and Stephanie Styles, who both appeared via video; as well as two-time Tony Award winner, Jeff Calhoun, who presented the award for Best Musical also via video.
One particularly special moment took place during the opening of the show when students from HISD's Crespo Elementary appeared on stage to highlight the future of the Tommy Tune Awards as they performed "Hooray for Our Favorite Son" from The Will Rogers Follies along with another Houston favorite, Logan Keslar, the Best Lead and Supporting Actor and Actress nominees.
Presenters for the evening included Jose Antonio Diaz, Kaitlin Hopkins, Dr. Rob Shimko, Amy Pierce, Brad Blume, Lauren Anderson, Kevin Rigdon, Cissy SegAl Davis, Muhammad Yunus, Tom Koch, Ernie Manouse, Hillary Hart, Jim Bernhardt, Michael Tapley, Debs Ramser, Mark Grady and Logan Keslar.
The winners of the 15th Annual Tommy Tune Awards are:
Best Musical:
The Boy Friend Second Baptist School
Best Leading Actor:
Ian Tonroy from Klein High School as Sweeney Todd in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Best Leading Actress:
Jasmine Rogers from Stephen F. Austin High School as The Witch in Into the Woods
Best Supporting Actor:
William Chambers from Second Baptist School as Lord Brockhurst in The Boy Friend
Best Supporting Actress:
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Best Featured Performer:
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Best Ensemble/Chorus:
Friendswood High School Les Miserables, School Edition
Best Scenic Design:
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Best Costume Design:
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Best Lighting Design:
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The Tommy Tune Awards are named for Houston native and Lamar High School alumnus, Tommy Tune. A performer, director and choreographer with more than 50 years of stage experience, Tune received nine Tony Awards for his work in the following productions: Seesaw, My One and Only, A Day in Hollywood/A Night in the Ukraine, Nine, Grand Hotel and The Will Rogers Follies. He was also awarded the National Medal of Arts in 2003 by President George W. Bush. Tune is currently taking an autobiographical stroll in Taps, Tunes and Tall Tales where he dances, sings and tale-tells through more than 50 years of showmanship.
TUTS' Tommy Tune Awards are designed not only to acknowledge remarkable musical theatre talent at the high school level, but also to encourage future artistic development. In addition to the awards, TUTS also gives out scholarships annually to a number of deserving students. These include the Ruth Denney Scholarship, named in honor of Tune's mentor and legendary Lamar High School drama teacher. Ruth Denney was the founder and first director of the High School for the Performing and Visual Arts in Houston and then Professor of Drama Education at the University of Texas at Austin. She died in 2007, just a few days before her 93rd birthday.
Students under consideration for scholarships were required to meet specific criteria set out by the Scholarship Committee, and were also required to submit an application and an essay. The scholarship committee, composed of TUTS board members, has carefully reviewed all of the applications and will announce the scholarship recipients during the awards ceremony.
This year, TUTS is adding a new scholarship created in memory of Sean Rudolph, who was a successful business owner in Houston, a devoted patron of the arts and a Broadway producer. Over the past 14 years, TUTS has awarded 115 college scholarships totaling $316,000 to Tommy Tune students.
This year's scholarship recipients are as follows.
Recipients of $1,000 Scholarships:
Karoline Thomas
Kendall Swendsen
Kathleen (Katie) Sharp
Evan Rosen
Madison Eden
Alex Rudd
Kayla Johnson
Chance Jarvis
Recipients of $3,000 Scholarship:
Kerry Sullivan
Ian Tonroy
Brendan Morrow
Austin Karkowsky
Emma Singleton
Recipients of $5,000 Ruth Denney Scholarship:
Elizabeth "Brock" Looser
Recipients of $5,000 Sean Rudolph Scholarship:
Ryan Simon
The Best Leading Actor and Actress will go on to compete at the national level for the Jimmy Award at the National High School Musical Theatre Awards in New York City. Established in 2009, the Jimmy Awards are named after Broadway theatre owner and producer, James M. Nederlander. This year, the program will bring the country's best high school performers together to compete on Broadway on June 26. While in New York, Jimmy Award participants will have the opportunity to participate in rehearsals and master classes, receive one-on-one coaching from theater professionals, be seen by casting agents, meet and converse with Broadway actors and compete for scholarships and other prizes. The week's events will culminate in a live awards show where the Jimmy Awards for Best Performance by an Actor and Best Performance by an Actress will be presented.
Children's MemoriAl Hermann Hospital is the official healthcare partner of Theatre Under The Stars and the Humphrey's School of Musical Theatre; and the official sponsor of the 2016/17 Season. United Airlines is the official airline partner of Theatre Under The Stars. KTRK ABC13 is the official media partner of Theatre Under The Stars. The Tommy Tune Awards are sponsored by the generous support of ConocoPhillips, The Brown Foundation, Inc., the Vivian L. Smith Foundation, Tricia and Alan Ratliff, David and Marsha Taylor, and the Sean Rudolph Scholarship Fund.
To learn more about TUTS' Education and Community Engagement programs, visit TUTS.com/EDU.
Theatre Under The Stars is Houston's leading Musical Theatre Company since 1968, with a focus on education and community engagement. TUTS is a 501(c)(3) Non Profit Organization that relies on the generous support of our donors to deliver first-rate theatre experiences. For more information and to purchase tickets, please visit www.tuts.com. For more information, visit www.tuts.com.
Founded in 1972, the Humphreys School of Musical Theatre (HSMT), the nationally-recognized educational wing of Theatre Under The Stars (TUTS), offers the only technique-based musical theatre training program in the Houston area. HSMT educates and develops musical theatre students of all ages and is fully committed to providing our community with the very best in performing arts education. Focusing on the principle of process over product, students learn the fundamentals of musical theater performance through year-round courses, productions, workshops, and master classes, all geared toward equipping students with the tools they need to be successful in musical theatre and in life. Visit TUTS.com/hsmt for more information!


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Boys Have No Idea Teacher Is Watching Their Every Move, Act She Captures With Photo Quickly Goes Viral
Dec 5th, 2018
Parents make sure to teach their children the importance of doing the right thing even if nobody is watching. This is why when a teacher caught two elementary school students the truth about what they are doing, the teacher was compelled to share this to the world!
These students work as safety patrol at the Coppergate Elementary School located in Middleburg, Florida. Mind you, they take their responsibilities very seriously! One of their important tasks needs to be done and they felt that no storm or any bad weather can stand in the way for them to do what they felt was very important for them. Their patriotic display surely won the hearts of many people over the internet.
As safety patrol, Nate and Isaac need to lower the American flag during their school dismissal and they have to put it away. They have a big rainstorm at that moment and these kids could have simply waited for the rain to stop or maybe they could have left the job undone but these boys didn't.
They stepped up and braved the weather just to complete the task and they surely did an amazing job.
Nate and Isaac lowered the flag as required even though they are drenched in the rain. Because of the weather, it took some time to give the flag a proper fold and to make sure that it is protected. They never forgot to display a lot of respect for a job that other kids might not be able to give much attention, especially in the middle of a rainstorm.
Kim Miskowski, the Coppergate Elementary School media specialist shared the pictures that she was able to capture of Nate and Isaac while doing their good deed. She wrote on Facebook:
"Not only did they bring the flag down, they also stood in the wind and rain and calmly completed the 13 folds." Kim also shared that Nate made sure that he protected the flag as he walked with honor and respect to keep it safe for the day.
This kind of attitude is not a surprise for the kids' family just like in Nate's case. His parents have served the military and he never took this job lightly ever since this was assigned to him. During their interview with FOX 30, he said that he and Isaac lowered and folded the flag in the rain because it was the most respectful thing to do.
Kim also told FOX 30 that these kids were folding the flag reverently.
Kim said, "They were reverent. And they were doing 13 folds… and you know, our country is in a little bit of turmoil… it just struck me. When they walked away they held it… cradled it to protect it. And it was just a moment that was meant to be, I think."
The school also showed how proud they are of these students by posting images of their job well done noting that the pictures showed what respect looks like at Coppergate. The school wrote: "We are so proud of Nate and Isaac for their responsibility, respect, devotion to duty, and love of country."
Many people noticed the character of these students and they can't help but share their positive reactions. Surely, everyone can learn from these students about respect and love for our country.


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