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Tyrel (2018)
Title: Tyrel
Directed by: Sebastián Silva
Written by: Sebastián Silva
Starring: Jason Mitchell, Christopher Abbott, Michael Cera, and Caleb Landry Jones
Release Date: 12/5/2018
Tyler, a sole black man, attends an otherwise all-white weekend of drunken bro debauchery on a birthday trip to a cabin in the Catskills.
Are There Any Extras During The Credits? No
Are There Any Extras After The Credits? No
Special thanks to Gabe for this submission
Molly's Game (2017)
Title: Molly's Game
Directed by: Aaron Sorkin
Written by: Aaron Sorkin
Based on the book by: Molly Bloom
Starring: Jessica Chastain, Idris Elba, Kevin Costner, Michael Cera, Jeremy Strong, Chris O'Dowd, and Bill Camp
Based on the true story of Molly Bloom, an Olympic-class skier who ran the world's most exclusive high-stakes poker game for a decade before being arrested in the middle of the night by 17 FBI agents wielding automatic weapons. Her players included Hollywood royalty, sports stars, business titans and finally, unbeknownst to her, the Russian mob. Her only ally was her criminal defense lawyer Charlie Jaffey, who learned that there was much more to Molly than the tabloids led us to believe.
Special thanks to Frank, and Tony for this submission
Person to Person (2017)*
Title: Person to Person
Directed by: Dustin Guy Defa
Written by: Dustin Guy Defa
Starring: Abbi Jacobson, Michael Cera, Tavi Gevinson, Bene Coopersmith, George Sample III,
and Philip Baker Hall
Follows a variety of New York characters as they navigate personal relationships and unexpected problems over the course of one day.
Are There Any Extras During The Credits? Yes
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The first part of the credits play over a scene of people dancing at Bene's home.
Is this stinger worth waiting around for? (No Ratings Yet)
LEGO Batman Movie, The (2017)
Title: The LEGO Batman Movie
Directed by: Chris McKay
Written by: Seth Grahame-Smith, Chris McKenna, Erik Sommers, Jared Stern and John Whittington
Starring: Will Arnett, Zach Galifianakis, Michael Cera, Rosario Dawson and Ralph Fiennes
There are big changes brewing in Gotham City, and if he wants to save the city from The Joker's hostile takeover, Batman may have to drop the lone vigilante thing, try to work with others and maybe, just maybe, learn to lighten up.
We see a music video featuring the various LEGO characters, all set to a song written by Robin.
Is this stinger worth waiting around for? (+12 rating, 48 votes)
Was seeing The LEGO Batman Movie in IMAX or 3D worth the cost?
Yes, IMAX
Yes, 3D
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Title: Sausage Party
Directed by: Greg Tiernan and Conrad Vernon
Written by: Kyle Hunter, Ariel Shaffir, Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg and Jonah Hill
Starring: Seth Rogen, Kristen Wiig, Jonah Hill, Bill Hader, Michael Cera, James Franco, Danny McBride, Craig Robinson, Paul Rudd, Nick Kroll, David Krumholtz, Edward Norton and Salma Hayek
Sausage Party, the first R-rated CG animated movie, is about one sausage leading a group of supermarket products on a quest to discover the truth about their existence and what really happens when they become chosen to leave the grocery store.
Entertainment (2015)?
Title: Entertainment
Directed by: Rick Alverson
Written by: Rick Alverson, Tim Heidecker and Gregg Turkington
Starring: Gregg Turkington, John C. Reilly, Tye Sheridan, Amy Seimetz, Lotte Verbeek and Michael Cera
En route to meet his estranged daughter and attempting to revive his dwindling career, a broken, aging comedian plays a string of dead-end shows in the Mojave desert.
During Credits? Unknown
No information at this time
After Credits? Unknown
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Hits (2014)*
Title: Hits
Director: David Cross
Writer: David Cross
Stars: James Adomian, Matty Blake, Amy Carlson, Wyatt Cenac, Michael Cera, Jake Cherry, Jason Ritter and Amy Sedaris
A small town in upstate New York plays host to its inhabitants' delusions of grandeur.
During Credits? Yes
We see Crystal obsessively re-watching her appearance on Star Search, jamming marshmallows into her mouth.
Special thanks to Joey L. for this submission
Crystal Fairy & the Magical Cactus (2013)
TITLE: Crystal Fairy & the Magical Cactus
As Jamie travels in Chile, he invites an eccentric woman to join his group's quest to score a fabled hallucinogen, a move that finds him at odds with his new companion, until they drink the magic brew on a beach at the edge of the desert.
Year One (2009)*
TITLE: Year One
Outtakes and bloopers during the first half of the credits.
Is this stinger worth waiting around for? (+1 rating, 1 votes)
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010)*
TITLE: Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
After Credits? Yes
Following the credits, "THE END" appears in an 8-bit font, prompting a cartoon Scott Pilgrim to appear, demolish the logo, then teleport away.
Is this stinger worth waiting around for? (-8 rating, 16 votes)


All three disciplines are necessary, but not sufficient individually - only all three combined are necessary and sufficient to achieve success.
You must develop a trading personality which integrates all 3 issues to reach long-term success in trading the markets. If you do not, you will fail at trading success.
4. 95% of futures traders concentrate on trading methodology and ignore disciplines two and three. If you only focus on trading methodology, you will eventually fail in speculation. The only question is when you will fail, not if.
5. Psychological problems are caused mainly by uncertainty . . . which creates fear, greed and anxiety.
6. Uncertainty can be significantly reduced if the trader has information and knowledge which creates certainty rather than uncertainty. Certainty reduces fear of the unknown, greed, anxiety, and creates confidence and success.
8. Brokers' statements provide absolutely no value or practical use in mastering the three disciplines.
9. To master the money management discipline, the trader requires information which is: a. timely; b. accurate and; c. practical. All three tests are necessary and sufficient. Each individual test is necessary but not sufficient.
10. Futures trading is just like running a business. If you do not approach trading in the manner of a successful business, (such as IBM, Sony or Apple Computers) you will. Probably fail in the long run.
13. You must play as the casino itself, not as a customer to achieve long-term successful speculation.
16. The best approach is to play a game where you have a positive expectation and make small bets (playing as the casino). The 5% of traders who succeed fall into this category.
The worst case is to play a negative expectation game and make large bets . . . Most of the 95% traders who fail are in this category.
18. Before you make your first trade, you must establish monthly, quarterly and annual goals for each profit center. These goals should be both operating and financial goals.
Losing significant amounts of capital can be avoided if the trader is making a sincere effort to integrate the 3 disciplines into his/her personality.
20. 95% of traders do not know where they have been, where they are or where they are going in their trading. They operate like a plane in a fog trying to fly with no instruments. They are disorganized, uncertain, anxious, fearful and eventually are forced out of the speculation game. If you emulate this 95% group of individuals, you will wind up equally frustrated and you will eventually fail.
21. The more you trade (day trading), the more sophisticated your money-management discipline has to be.
22. The less you trade (long-term positions based on fundamental analysis), the less sophisticated your money-management discipline can be.
25. Having timely, practical and correct information of trading results instantly available enables the trader to make rapid, unemotional and informed trading decisions.
Trading should be less powered by high emotions and instead more "scientific," (i.e. How W D Gann traded the markets - see below) unemotional and more mechanical trading without deviation.
Here are some (but not all) of the key subjects covered in our highly recommended Gann Techniques Trading Course, which can effectively be used to trade stocks or commodities using amazing Gann techniques: Did William D. Gann use Astrology in his Trading? (the answer may surprise you), Square Chart Definition and Usage; Squaring Price and Time; Geometric Angles; Angle Concepts; Gaps on Charts; What Causes Chart Gaps; The Gann Square of Nine and other powerful Gann trading methodologies, plus more about How To Square Price and Time.


Under Organisational Development, we facilitate organisations to assess organisational capacity and identify gaps for capacity building; and work with them through the process of organisational strengthening to help them realise their development goals and objectives.
Organisational/ institutional assessment, audit and review.
We provide monitoring support to organisations to ensure they are performing against set targets, conduct mid-term reviews and end of project evaluations. In addition, we also help organisations to develop M&E frameworks and systems that ensure effective tracking of outcomes and impact.
We conduct researches such as baseline surveys, attitude and client satisfaction surveys, and salary reviews.
We offer training both public courses and customised training courses, as well as preparing tailored training courses to our clients' needs.
Development of financial policies and Procedure Manual.
Installation of and training in computerised accounting.
Developing job descriptions and specifications.


Established in 1972; and now situated in a modern purpose built factory in the county town of Shrewsbury, Shropshire.
CPE prides itself on having an excellent reputation for providing first class products and service to existing and new customers.
CPE have a highly skilled workforce and can offer a range of capabilities, Tier One Supply Chain partner; operating to exacting quality and delivery targets. Batch control and batch production of components and fixtures.
We machine components in a wide range of material grades; from Aluminium, Plastics to Stainless Steel and exotics including Duplex and Nickel Aluminium Bronze.
Quality is very important to us; Operating BS EN ISO 9001:2008 approved systems we can provide complete product traceability, material certification and dimensional reports using our state of the art Computerised Co-Ordinate Measuring (CMM) facilities.
The premises are a modern factory unit with attached two storey offices. The property also includes a securely fenced parking and yard area. The factory occupies approximately 13,900 square feet and the two storey offices comprise approximately 4,800 square feet.


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'Biggest Loser' Winner Rachel Frederickson Raises Questions About Healthy Weight Loss
ByAnna Almendrala
02/05/2014 08:39pm EST | Updated December 7, 2017
Some fans of NBC's weight loss reality show "The Biggest Loser" are expressing outrage over the show's latest champion: 24-year-old Rachel Frederickson, who lost 60 percent of her original body weight to win the $250,000 grand prize.
Frederickson, a former competitive swimmer and current voice-over artist from Los Angeles, started the season at 260 pounds and weighed in at 105 pounds by Tuesday's finale. When she emerged on the stage for the last show, cameras panned to shocked "Biggest Loser" trainers Bob Harper and Jillian Michaels, who clapped slowly but seemed to mouth, "Oh my God."
Tonight's #BLFinale, in summary. pic.twitter.com/ZWUXHRS8YV
— Julie Merks (@JulieMerks) February 5, 2014
Frederickson, whose height has been reported as 5'4" or 5'5", is now underweight for her frame, according to the body mass index chart. The 155-pound loss over approximately five months (the filming schedule as listed by the show) means that she lost an average of about one pound per day.
That's a far cry from two pounds per week, which is the upper limit of what most doctors and dietitians recommend for their weight loss patients. But a 2013 meta-analysis of myths around weight loss and obesity research, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, found no scientific evidence that supports slow and steady weight loss over rapid weight loss. In fact, there's not even a good threshold for defining what "rapid" weight loss is, said assistant professor Krista Casazza, Ph.D., R.D., the lead author of the analysis.
Losing one pound a day, Casazza told The Huffington Post, isn't healthy for the average person. But Frederickson wasn't the average person.
"Rachel is young and a former athlete, and she likely had more lean mass than others in her position," Casazza said. "She was metabolically programmed differently than an ordinary person, and you have to take all of that in context when you talk about healthy pace of weight loss."
Casazza, who has not personally evaluated Frederickson and is not affiliated with the reality show, is an expert on body tissue partitioning (the interplay between fat, bone and muscle) at the University of Alabama at Birmingham -- and also happens to be a fan of "The Biggest Loser." Based on her research, Casazza had also predicted that Frederickson would win this year's competition. But she's still disturbed by the end result.
"Up until the final episode when she was losing weight with the trainers, not at home, she looked a lot healthier and looked like she was preserving the bone and lean mass," said Casazza. "In the final episode, she looks emaciated."
A screenshot from the "Biggest Loser" finale, which compared Frederickson on the right to a hologram of how she looked at the beginning of the show.
Weight loss as rapid as Frederickson's could result in a loss of bone mass and an increase in bone marrow fat, explained Casazza, which might set a person up for cardiovascular problems like heart attacks and high blood pressure, as well as increased risk of fractures. To prevent this, Casazza recommended that Frederickson work her way back up to 120 lbs. -- even 130 lbs., considering how muscular she is.
"When you start losing bone and muscle mass, you have all kinds of problems that can manifest," Casazza said. "Even a specific amount of fat is required for physiologic function."
Like Casazza, Susan Bowerman, M.S., R.D., assistant director of the UCLA Center for Human Nutrition, emphasized body composition as the true marker for determining a healthy weight.
"It's not just a question about BMI," said Bowerman, who also hasn't medically evaluated the contestant and isn't affiliated with the show. "It's about what that weight is composed of."
Bowerman declined to speculate about Frederickson's health because "The Biggest Loser" doesn't make public statistics about its contestants' body fat percentage or lean mass percentage.
She also said it was understandable that a weight loss program that is supervised and supported with many interventions, like that of "The Biggest Loser," results in faster loss than the efforts of the average person attempting to drop pounds without a doctor's help. But Bowerman did warn that drastic weight loss, which strips away lean mass in addition to fat, is harmful over the long haul.
"Over a long period of time, [drastic weight loss] is somewhat like when people are starving," she said. "You could break down muscle tissue and other organ tissue."
In some cases, a person could even end up with more body fat. For instance, a repeated cycle of loss and gain might leave someone with a higher body fat percentage but less muscle to help regulate weight.
"Maintenance for most people is a lot harder than losing," Bowerman said. "If someone gains a lot of the weight back, it suggests the changes were too drastic."
"The Biggest Loser" has come under fire in the past for its weight loss methods, which have included pushing contestants to compete to the point of hospitalization and to take caffeine supplements.
The most damning critiques come from some of the contestants who defied their strict nondisclosure agreements to shed light on the weight loss methods that they say the show encouraged. Ryan C. Benson, the very first winner, told The New York Times in 2009 that he urinated blood because of the extreme dehydration tactics he used to drop 122 pounds for the finale.
In 2010, season three finalist Kai Hibbard told told body image coach and writer Golda Poretsky that trying to lose weight for the finale left her so weak and defeated that her family staged an intervention to deal with the new eating disorder she said she had developed.
NBC did not respond to HuffPost's request for comment. Watch this season's finale reveal in the video below:
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What is V1 (assuming pressure and temperature is constant) if n1 is 1.39 mol, V2 is 26.9 L, and n2 is 4.66 mol?
Describe the difference in the behavior (location) of the electrons involved in covalent polar vs non polar bonds?
Calculate the kinetic energy of an electron ejected by a photon with wavelength 2.03x10^2nm from a metal with a binding energy of 3.69eV?
Does acetic acid undergo condensation polymerization or addition polymerization?
How many moles of aluminum are needed to make 6 moles of H2? Given the reaction: 2 Al + 6 HCl → 2 AlCl3 + 3H2?


I want to use heater cartridges to heat my stage. What is the max output current of the stage heater mosfet? Can it support heating two or three 40W heater cartridges in parallel (24V)? Or should I put the heater cartridges in series? The max desired temp of the small stage is 110C.
120W is good for about 250 cm^2 bed area (about 150mm x 150mm). If the bed is larger than that, you will have to wait a long time for it to heat up. Using 3 cartridges will create three hot spots and very uneven heating unless the bed is made of thick aluminum.
Which board are you using?
If the cartridges are rated for 24V and you're using a 24V power supply for the Duet board, connect the cartridges in parallel. It will take 5A total to power the three heaters.
Thanks for the info. My bed is basically that size, how'd you know?
I'm using a recent Duet 2, with 24V power supply like you said. The bed is 3mm aluminum, so I think the heating will be closer to uniform. Glass or some other sheet will be placed on top to print on.
Will 5A be too much for the mosfet or traces? What if I wanted 10A?
"High Power rating: Each stepper driver is capable of 2.8A motor current, currently limited in software to 2.4A. The bed heater channel is specifically designed for high current (18A)"
The 0.4-0.5W/cm^2 rule of thumb is based on using a heater pad, not cartridges. Heater cartridges are cylindrical, which means very small contact area between the cartridge and a flat plate, which means inefficient heat transfer, which means the cartridge temperature will be quite a bit higher than the plate temperature, or put another way, bed temperature will be quite a bit lower than the cartridge temperature. How will you attach the cartridges to the bed plate in a way that will improve heat transfer, and not be affected by elevated temperatures?
May I ask, why would you want to do such a thing? Not to dissuade you. Just curious.
Physically possible per current capacity of Duet. Operationally inadvisable, for numerous reasons, including hotspots. Plenty of excellent alternatives: https://www.google.com/search?q=150+mm+heated+bed Some of them at price points well below three 24V heater cartridges.
@danal Thanks for the links. Unfortunately, my bed is not a nice square shape like that. But maybe I will consider reshaping the bed so I can use an off the shelf heating PCB for more uniform heating.
What shape is the bed?
@dc42 The bed is rectangle shaped. 140 x 100 approx.
There are at least two companies (Shenzen Ali Brother Technologies, and Keenovo) who will make a silicone heater to your own size, voltage and power specifications. They don't charge very much for this.
@dc42 Oh great, I'll check them out, thanks! Could be useful for other projects as well!


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Q: Toolbox containing no items when I'm editing a dialog I'm maintainig an old MFC application with Visual Studio 2013. Building the application works fine, but I'm unable to use the dialog editor.
When I open a dialog from the resource view, it displays correctly, I can click on the existing items, view their properties, move them etc.
But when I open the toolbox via the View-Toolbox command (Ctrl+Alt+X), all I get is an empty toolbox as displayed below:

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*Right click on the toolbar and "Reset Toolbox" doesn't change anything

*Right click and then "Show all" shows an impressive list of tools, among those there is the Dialog Editor, but all items are inactive as shown in the picture below:

On the other hand when I create a new MFC project from scratch, the toolbox containing the dialog items works fine.
Does anybody have an idea what could be wrong?
FYI: in the meantime I use Visual Studio 6 (yes) for editing the resources.

A: There are two typical work arounds to get the toolbox back in Visual Studio.  One is to reset the toolbox as you've tried.  The other is to delete the ".tbd" files in your corresponding C:\Users\xxx\AppData\Local\Microsoft\VisualStudio\12.0 folder.

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The Jörg Heinz Manufacture currently numbers among the most modern and most innovative of its kind in Europe.
Products by Jörg Heinz are individualistic adornments of the highest quality. Today, the focus of the business's efforts has shifted from the function of the Jörg Heinz clasp to the design of various pieces and lines of jewellery. Jörg Heinz created the first variable jewellery system: Its technical advantages are taken for granted today but its diverse designs are appreciated worldwide by people who love and wear jewellery.


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Helen Tegg and her 13.2hh piebald, Pinto IV, had a race against time to be able to qualify and compete at the LeMieux National Dressage Championships at Stoneleigh (20-23 September). Helen, who hails from Pembrokeshire gave birth to daughter Nina just six months ago.
"I had a C-section and was back riding within eight weeks," says Helen, who prior to giving birth was a mobile hairdresser.
"We kept saying 'you cannot ride yet!'" said her brother and trainer Brendan.
"But it was fine getting back into the saddle and so I decided to try and qualify Pinto for the nationals and we somehow managed it," explains Helen.
Pinto, who is now nine, was bought by Helen five years ago.
"A friend of mine bred him and he was just in the field when I found him. I then broke him in and we did a bit of My Quest dressage last year, winning the final too. He's a little trier but a lot calmer at home than he is at competitions where he gets quite strong.
Helen and Pinto finished 10th in the Backinaction prelim silver championship, finishing on a score of 68.678%.


One of the biggest challenges a leader can face is not in creating a strategic vision for an organization but communicating it at all levels, creating awareness, and fostering commitment to its success. In this Executive Interview, Jon Brooks-Fox, a Workforce Engagement Specialist at BlueCross BlueShield of North Carolina, explains how HR is using online recognition to help turn the vision of the new CEO into reality.
A brief overview of the PROPS recognition program and how it is supporting the values and behaviors essential to executing the CEO's strategic vision.
How, by enabling anyone in the organization to recognize the work of anyone else, BCBS of NC saw recognitions increase 12-fold when compared to previous recognition programs.
How BCBS of NC is using this program to ensure virtual employees are recognized for work that might otherwise go unnoticed by most of the organization.
Best practices and advice for organizations considering a similar approach to recognition and engagement.


The two quickest from Mercedes and Chevrolet aren't all that dissimilar. Both share blown V8s sitting just behind the front axle, use a transaxle to plant the rear end, and both wear the same Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 tires. Crucially, the two weigh almost exactly the same, but the GT R makes 577 horsepower and 516 lb-ft; down 73 horsepower and 134 lb-ft to the 'Vette. However, with a quick-shifting dual-clutch and seven gears to row through, you might not be too surprised to learn the Mercedes edges it out to 120.
However, at Hockenheim's abbreviated circuit, the two are much closer. It seems the AMG GT R's engine calibration better suited to harnessing the power; Sport Auto tester Christian Gebhardt seems much less concerned with the rear snapping away as he depresses the loud pedal.
Additionally, it's better composed over the curbs, and that means the GT R can monster the infield section and use some of its torque to help turn the car when the Z06 breaks loose (1:06) in a fashion that's wild and fun, but probably not the quickest way around.
Nevertheless, for a car that requires a manual shift and takes up so much more of the road, it's remarkably quick and just a hair off the Mercedes' time on a track that's technical and requires accurate placement. Though the broad Chevy might not seem to be the most wieldable machine on the market, at least from first glance, it does seem nearly as nimble as one of Europe's best track toys.


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Fire Emblem Heroes brings the tactical RPG series to Android on February 2
By Sam Prell 2017-01-18T23:05:26.17Z News
Nintendo's expansion into the world of smartphones isn't stopping at Pokemon and Super Mario. On February 2, Fire Emblem will arrive on Android devices in the form of Fire Emblem Heroes, a small-scale take on the tactical RPG series.
There are, as you might expect, some changes made to make the game fit its platform. You'll play as a summoner, bringing heroes of previous games into your army with the use of orbs. Orbs can be earned via gameplay or purchasing them with real-world money. Each hero comes with their own stats, though multiple versions of the same hero can be stronger or weaker compared to one another.
Once you're in battle, things play out much as they have in previous games. You'll still select your unit and move them around a tile map, positioning them and utilizing their strengths to destroy foes. Maps are 8x6 grids, meant to fit on smartphones. You'll need to defeat every enemy to claim victory, and special hero battles will let you fight powerful characters in order to recruit them to your team.
Skip to 8:35 to see the introduction cutscene and a walkthrough from the Jan 18 Nintendo Direct presentation:
Lastly, a "Choose Your Legends" event will let fans vote for their favorite characters, with the winners appearing in Heroes with special outfits to commemorate the occasion. If you've got a My Nintendo account, you can also link it when you vote to receive 200 Platinum points, which can be used to receive special gifts and discounts. The event is going on now, so definitely get to voting.
As for all you iOS users out there, fret not: Heroes is also coming to iPhone and iPad, at an undetermined point in the future.


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St Edmund (Chichester Cathedral)
16 November is the feast of St Edmund of Abingdon, Oxford scholar and Archbishop of Canterbury, who died in 1240. (It's also the feast of St Margaret of Scotland and one of the feasts of St Ælfheah, a predecessor of Edmund's at Canterbury two centuries earlier.) St Edmund had a long and somewhat turbulent career, as many medieval bishops did, and we have a mass of detailed information about his life - the cause of his canonisation was started very shortly after his death, which means that materials to support the cause were gathered from his contemporaries and those who had known him well.
For me (quite selfishly), the interest of the hagiographical material about St Edmund lies in his early life, as a child in Abingdon and then a young scholar in late twelfth-century Oxford. It gives a vivid picture of Oxford in the early days of the university, which is not dissimilar, in some essential ways, from the work of universities and schools today. Education was one of the glories of the medieval church, and it's a shame that so many people today believe (on the basis of unthinking assumption, rather than fact) that the church in the Middle Ages was somehow 'anti-education'; nothing could be further from the truth, as St Edmund's life and story (and those of many others like him) demonstrate.
It's also rare to know so much about the early life of a medieval figure, or to have such specific details about their childhood that it becomes possible to visit and envision the scenes of their youthful experiences. In this post I thought I'd share some of those early stories about Edmund, and take you on a visit to Abingdon, where they still cherish the memory of their home-grown saint.
All quotations are taken from the thirteenth-century The Life of St Edmund by Matthew Paris, ed. and trans. C. H. Lawrence (Stroud, 1996).
St Nicholas' church, Abingdon
Abingdon is a market town on the River Thames, six miles south of Oxford, and (like the village of Eynsham, north of the city) it has a much longer history - and longer scholarly history - than its more famous university neighbour. Abingdon actually claims to be 'the oldest town in Britain', because there's evidence of settled inhabitation here in the Iron Age; it subsequently became a Roman town, and in the Anglo-Saxon period it was the site of an important monastery. One of the most dynamic and influential figures in the late Anglo-Saxon church, St Æthelwold - he of the splendid Benedictional, and a champion of monastic reform and education - was abbot of Abingdon before he became Bishop of Winchester, and the town still bears traces of the work he did here in the tenth century. (The abbey millstream still follows the course he set for it, a thousand years later.)
Abingdon from above, looking south-east (from the roof of the town museum)
In Edmund's day the abbey would have been an imposing presence in the town, physically, institutionally, and psychologically. It was a major landowner here and for miles around, as well as the chief provider of education and healthcare. St Edmund was born in Abingdon around 1174, probably into a fairly prosperous middle-class family in trade. His parents were named Reginald and Mabel, and Edmund seems to have been the eldest of a large family; he had at least three brothers and two sisters, whom he took responsibility for after his parents' death. Edmund's name might perhaps suggest that he was born or baptised on the feast of St Edmund of East Anglia (20 November); in the last days of his life he made reference to his namesake, telling his companions that after his death he would return to them on the feast of St Edmund, king and martyr, so perhaps he saw a link between himself and the Anglo-Saxon saint.
Abingdon from the river
Records show that Edmund's father owned several properties in Abingdon, and the family home was in West Street (now West St Helen Street). The house was remembered as Edmund's birthplace, and a chapel was established nearby at the end of the thirteenth century in memory of the saint. The street-name St Edmund's Lane preserves the name:
These were relatively modest origins, and it was entirely through Edmund's parents' commitment to his education, and his own hard work, that he later achieved a position of eminence. It was Edmund's mother Mabel who was the guiding and inspiring influence of his early life, especially his education. His father died when Edmund was young, and Mabel encouraged her sons' education, supporting them first at Oxford and then at Paris. She was a particularly devout and determined woman, known for her works of fasting, almsgiving and prayer; 'of all the widows of Abingdon she was said to have been the jewel', Matthew Paris says.
Abingdon has two medieval churches in addition to the lost abbey church, and one of them, St Nicholas', is associated with Mabel; at least, she was buried there. St Nicholas' stood at the edge of the abbey grounds, and though the abbey and its big church are gone, the little church of St Nicholas remains. This is what it looked like on St Edmund's day two years ago:
The church was founded in 1170, so it was brand-new in Edmund's childhood and not very old when Mabel was buried there. It has a plaque to Edmund and his mother:
A view of the inside:
Attached to the church is a gateway which would once have led into the abbey's grounds:
There's something evocative about a doorway which still stands and gapes, but no longer leads to the place it was built for.
This gateway is from the fifteenth century, and has a statue of the Virgin Mary above the door:
St Æthelwold and his fellow abbots were running a school at Abingdon when Oxford was just an ordinary Anglo-Saxon town, a ford over the Thames, but by Edmund's youth in the late twelfth century Oxford was increasingly gathering the communities of teachers, scholars and students who would in time form the nucleus of the university. Reginald and Mabel sent their son to be educated in a grammar school in Oxford, and the first signs of his future sanctity were said to have manifested themselves when he was around twelve years old. He was a devout child, and at that age he decided to pledge himself in a sacred marriage to the Virgin Mary. He placed a ring on the finger of a statue of the Virgin in token of his vow, and after making his promise he tried to remove the ring - but by miraculous power it could not be removed. (This miracle was supposed to have taken place in the church of St Mary the Virgin, in Oxford.)
Another miracle in Edmund's childhood took place when he went out one midsummer day for a walk with some fellow students in the meadows near Oxford (traditionally said to be the river meadows near what is now Magdalen College). He wandered away from his companions,
And, lo, he came upon a bush marvellously covered with most beautiful flowers, contrary to its habit and out of its proper season, scattering its fragrance far and wide all around. As he pondered on this, it occurred to him that it had some heavenly meaning, and kneeling down, he prayed, saying 'O God, who didst appear to the holy Moses on Mount Sinai in the figure of a burning bush that was not consumed, reveal to me what is portended by this miraculous thing.'
As he sank down on his knees, alone, praying tearfully, a flood of light from heaven shone round him, and in it, to his stupefaction, there appeared the infant Christ shining with great clarity, who spoke to him words of consolation: 'I am Jesus Christ, the son of Blessed Mary the Virgin, your spouse, whom you wedded with a ring and took as your Lady. I know the secrets of your heart, and I have been your inseparable companion as you walked alone. From now on I promise you that I and my mother, your spouse, shall be your helpers and comforters.' Saying this, he imprinted a blessing on the young man's brow with these words: Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews, and added 'Sign yourself often thus and repeat this in memory of me.'
He remained long in that place, praying on his knees and asking the Holy Spirit to grant him the learning that conduces to salvation with the other virtues.
The spire of St Helen's church, Abingdon, from the meadows outside the town
This window in the church of St Edmund and St Frideswide, Oxford, shows Edmund's vision:
The scene at the bottom is his vision of the Christ-child, with towers which evoke Oxford's spires behind him:
As he grew older Edmund continued his education at Oxford and then at Paris, before coming back to Oxford to teach. He remained a serious and devout young man, and his hagiographer observes that 'when as a youngster of more mature years he was put to the study of liberal arts, he proceeded of his own will along the road by which he had previously been led, being – as his name signified – blessed and pure'. (The Old English name-element ead- means 'blessed'.) He engaged in strict ascetic practices to mortify his flesh, following the example to which his mother had encouraged him; when he was studying in Paris she sent him clothes (as mothers do!) along with a hair-shirt, urging him to wear it as a form of self-discipline. But despite this he remained, his companions recalled, 'affable and kind to others', 'full of joy and gaiety', and 'a refuge of the oppressed, a consoler of the wretched and a most kind comforter of the afflicted'.
When he became a Master of Arts and began lecturing at Oxford, he was known for going to hear mass daily before giving his lectures, 'which was more often than customary among lecturers at that time', comments Matthew Paris (or indeed any time, I suspect...). While he was still what we'd now call an Early Career Researcher, Edmund gave financial help to support poor scholars at the university (sometimes selling his own books in order to do so) and built a chapel in Oxford dedicated to the Blessed Virgin. The miracles of this phase of Edmund's life are closely tied to his work as a lecturer: stories tell how he contended with the devil while making lecture notes for his students; how he healed one of his scholars from a serious illness; how he miraculously kept rainclouds away when he was preaching outside, and so on. He wrote, lectured and preached with great skill and eloquence; 'when he lectured or preached, it seemed to his hearers that the finger of God was writing in his heart the words of life that flowed from his mouth like the river of paradise.' He had so little concern for wealth that one of his colleagues testified that 'when he received money from his scholars, he was in the habit of placing it, or rather tossing it, in the window, as if it were available to everybody', and people would carry it away!
By this time his mother had died, but she was still exerting a powerful influence on his life. At this point he was lecturing on the liberal arts, but had not yet progressed to teaching theology; and then he had a vision of his mother which sent him in a new direction:
[At a time when he was giving lectures on geometry to his students] his most pious mother, who had died shortly before, appeared to him in a dream, and said: 'My son, what are those shapes to which you are giving such earnest attention?' When he replied, 'These are the subject of my lecture,' and showed her the diagrams which are commonly used in that faculty, she promptly seized his right hand and painted three circles in it, and in the circles she wrote these three names: 'Father. Son. Holy Spirit.' This done, she said, 'My dearest son, henceforth direct your attention to these figures and to no others.'
Instructed by this dream as if by a revelation, he immediately transferred to the study of theology.
This is a lovely story – a spur of parental guidance (disapproval?) from beyond the grave! The fact that she draws circles on his hand, as a mother might with a child, is a nice touch, echoing the sign Christ drew on Edmund's forehead in his earlier vision. Mabel is not imagined here disapproving of geometry per se; the point is that this is basic knowledge, and it's now time for Edmund to progress to higher and deeper subjects, through the study of theology. This story suggests something of the powerful bond between Edmund and his mother, enduring after her death; but it's also relevant that in the Middle Ages educational subjects – from Boethius' Lady Philosophy to Geometry and Theology, as in the image below – are often represented as female. Here the real woman Mabel is envisaged teaching her son as if she were a vision of Theology itself, guiding the promising student towards the Queen of the Sciences.
A female figure teaching Geometry (BL Burney 275, f. 293)
Edmund's best-known work in the Middle Ages was his Speculum Ecclesie, which was probably written during this period of his career. It's a work on the contemplative life, offering (among other things) meditations on different moments in the life of Christ, aiming to help the reader to enter imaginatively into the scenes of his Passion and feel intense compassion for his sufferings. I don't know whether people read the Speculum Ecclesie today, but most students of Middle English will have read a poem which survives as part of it. This is one of the earliest, shortest, and most popular devotional poems in Middle English:
Nou goth sonne under wod,
Me reweth, Marie, thi faire rode.
Nou goth sonne under tre,
Me reweth, Marie, thi sone and thee.
[Now goes the sun under the wood,
I grieve, Mary, for your fair face;
Now goes the sun under the tree,
I grieve, Mary, for thy son and thee.]
This short poem is designed to be a spur to meditation on the Crucifixion, perhaps at the appropriate hour of the day when the sun begins to set. Apparently very simple, the poem is dense with meaningful wordplay: as the sun sets behind the wood, so Christ the Son is shrouded in darkness on the wood of the cross, the tree; that is, the 'rode', which means both 'face', and 'rood' (cross). And here we have another pair of a mother and her son, and their strong emotional bond: the poem encourages the reader to meditate and dwell on Christ's crucifixion by approaching the Son through the Mother, to feel compassion for his suffering as it is reflected in her grief (underlined by that wordplay on 'rode' - his cross and her face). We don't know who wrote this precious little poem, but it's possible it was St Edmund himself - and either way, how wonderful it is that this poem should be associated with a saint whose mother was such an important presence in his life.
In 1222 Edmund became treasurer of Salisbury Cathedral, and began increasingly to preach outside Oxford; in 1233 he was selected (as fourth choice) to be the next Archbishop of Canterbury. His time as archbishop involved mediating in various political crises and disputes between Henry III and his barons, as well as conflict between Edmund and the monks of Canterbury; but it lasted only seven years. In 1240, on his way to Rome for a council with the Pope, he was taken ill on the journey. He died, and was buried at Pontigny - a long way from Abingdon and the banks of the Thames.
On his deathbed he was happy and peaceful, and made play with a proverb which the hagiographer quotes in English:
After being fortified by the viaticum of salvation, he began to seem a little better, and became merry, as though he had been fed to repletion by the celestial banquet. Supported by a pillow so that he could sit, he looked serene and he joked with those standing around, telling them this proverb in English: 'Men seth gamen goth on wombe. Ac ich segge, gamen goth on herte'; which is to say, play enters the belly, but now I say play enters the heart. The meaning of this epigram is: it is commonly said that a fully belly makes men joyful and ready for play; but it is my opinion that a heart fed by a spiritual feast produces a serene conscience, freedom from anxiety and joyfulness. In fact, he displayed such joyfulness and hilarity that those who were with him were quite astonished.
Edmund's name is preserved in Oxford in the college St Edmund Hall, in the east of the city, which stands on the site of a house where Edmund is said to have taught. There's a modern sculpture of Edmund in the grounds of the college (above), which shows him reading - a companion to today's students, who can sit and read next to him if they like. He is depicted in thirteenth-century stained glass, made within a few decades of his death, in the church of St Michael at the Northgate:
Back in Abingdon, the Catholic church (a Victorian building) is dedicated to him and to the Virgin Mary, the mother and bride who was so constant a presence in his spiritual life:
And to close, here are a few more pictures of Abingdon, because I'm very fond of it. A lively small town, full of civic pride and rich in history, is just about my favourite kind of community; it's not very fashionable to love such places, but I do. Abingdon has an excellent town museum, in this gorgeous building in the centre of the town:
From the roof you can look across the town, down to the Thames and beyond to Didcot Power Station...
The clump of trees in the last picture are growing on the site of Abingdon Abbey, which still takes up a large expanse of ground in the east of the town. Much of the site is now a public park (well, a bit of it's under Waitrose carpark).
Standing here in the Middle Ages, you would have been looking at the west end of a huge church - apparently along the lines of the west front at Wells Cathedral. Can you imagine it?
This would all have been where the abbey church once stood:
The park has some picturesque ruins which look like they're the remains of the abbey, but are in fact mostly Victorian follies (in some cases with medieval stone):
Lots of empty and evocative doors to nowhere here.
But there are some remaining buildings from the abbey, too - this is the impressive 'Long Gallery' (perhaps built as a guesthouse for the abbey), dating to the fifteenth century:
Look at those beams!
And underneath are some impressive vaults:
If that's just the guesthouse, what might the church have been like...
I was in Abingdon most recently on August Bank Holiday this summer; the park was full of children and their parents, playing on the site of the abbey church, and the flowerbeds were bright with colour. I don't know what St Æthelwold would have thought of it all, but it brought Edmund and Mabel to mind.
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The various reasons behind employees experiencing pressure are mainly less experience in the same field, latest technology, workload, continuous work hours, and office politics, work not getting appreciated, relationship issues, etc. In this competitive world, everybody is trying to reach the top of their career ladder and they are least bothered about the life around them. They will rather boast about not taking a single vacation in their career. Here, a work-life imbalance occurs.
Finally, it is all about what your company can provide you with. The organizations should ensure that they create a work environment which gives employees a happy and relaxed atmosphere. Mindtree Ltd. had looked into the concerns of working mothers and came up with "Little Critters" which is a daycare center within the company. The employees can leave their kids in "Little Critters" in the morning and can in between go and take care of their kids. This was one of the greatest initiatives by the company. Other facilities include a wellness center with a doctor, two nurses, and ergonomist. There are facilities provided by other companies as well to ensure work-life balance and well-being of their employees.
The happiness of the employees gets reflected in the work what they do. Happiness leads to a positive work environment. If you can ensure that your employees are happy, then you will be able to increase the productivity and subsequently this leads to increased revenue. So now that you know the importance of work-life balance. So, if you are an employee try to find your perception about work-life balance and if you are an employer try to come up with measures that ensure work-life balance.


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Islamophobes Fail to Oust GOP Tennessee Incumbent on Anti-Islam Platform
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We wrote earlier this week about a Republican primary in Tennessee between Rep. Diane Black (TN-6) and her challenger Lou Ann Zelenik, an outspoken critic of the Islamic Center in Murfreesboro. Zelenik, who had challenged black two years earlier on an almost entirely anti-Muslim platform, lost again in yesterday's primary, failing for a second time to win the coveted congressional seat. In 2010 Zelenik ran against then State Senator Black and lost by fewer than 300 votes. Her strategy at that time was the same as it was during this primary: to use the Murfreesboro Mosque – which is about 30 miles outside the congressional district – as a political wedge issue to distinguish herself from Rep Black for not taking the alleged threat of Sharia law seriously enough.
Baring strikingly similar talking points to that of Robert Spencer and Pamela Geller, Zelenik pledged that if she were elected she would "stop the Islamization of our society, and do everything possible to prevent Sharia Law from circumventing our laws and our Constitution." Zelenik was also backed by a very wealthy businessman, Andy Miller who pumped money into her election bid, helping to fuel the anti-Mosque fervor.
Despite her relative tolerance to Zelenik, Rep Black has hardly stood on principle about the Murfreeboro Mosque. She has said she believes approval and construction of the Mosque was "rushed" and stressed that the fervor over the mosque's construction wasn't about religion, but was "about people staying vigilant." Despite Rep. Black's troubling stance on the Mosque, her campaign was not run on an entirely Islamophobic platform. Zelenik's loss should be seen as a positive thing for Tennessee and for the country.
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The income of a debtor's spouse must be included on Official Forms 106I ("Schedule I: Your Income") and on Official Form 122A-1 ("Chapter 7 Statement of Your Current Monthly Income") unless the debtor and spouse are separated. The income of the debtor's spouse must be included even if the spouse is not filing bankruptcy. However, certain portions of the non-filing spouse's income may be excluded in Part 1 of Official Form 122A-2 ("Chapter 7 Means Test Calculation") if that income is not regularly used to pay for the household expenses of the debtor or his dependents.
Unlike Chapter 13 bankruptcy, there is no statutory limit or "debt ceiling" on the amount of debt a debtor may owe in order to file for Chapter 7 bankruptcy relief, nor is there a statutory minimum amount of debt.
Individuals with regular income from any source that owe noncontingent, liquidated, unsecured debts (no collateral) of less than $394,725 and noncontingent, liquidated, secured debts (debts that are secured by collateral, such as mortgages and vehicle loans) of less than $1,184,200 qualify to file bankruptcy under Chapter 13 if they have sufficient disposable income to contribute to a 3 to 5 year debt repayment plan. There is no minimum amount of debt required to file under Chapter 13.
In most Chapter 13 proceedings the primary issue is not whether the debtor qualifies, but rather how much his monthly Chapter 13 plan payment should be. Chapter 13 debtors typically claim lots of allowable living expenses to show a low disposable income. A low disposable income results in a low Chapter 13 plan payment. Bankruptcy trustees review the debtor's claimed expenses to ensure that the expenses are both allowable and reasonable in amount.


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What Is The Meaning Of COCKLES In The Expression "Warm The Cockles Of Your Heart"?
Julii Brainard answered
Cockles are bivalve shelled molluscs (clams). The shells are slightly heart-shaped (Valentine shape heart, not the real heart in our chests),
In fishing communities "Cockle" could also be taken to mean chamber, as in the chamber (inside the clam shell) where the cockle animal lives. Or (again in a fishing community) the name "cockle" might be given to the valves of the clam. The ventricles of the human heart may still be referred to as the "cockles" in medical terminology.
Hearts have valves, too. And the heart is soft and slippery and surrounded by a shell of sort (the breast plate). So warming the cockles of your heart is like warming a clam in its shell. Your heart might normally seem protected and shielded from such sentimental intrustion, but the saying applies when some love has gotten through, after all.
In German, a cockle is called (in their language, literally translated) a "heart mussel".
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Leadership isn't saying what's popular, it's following one's conviction. Barack Obama believes that our society needs to do a lot more to help felons reenter society productively after serving their prison time. He took this position as a Presidential candidate in 2008, and this week commended Philadelphia Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie for giving Michael Vick a second chance.
Vick was college football's player of the year in 2000, and was the first player chosen in the NFL's 2001 draft. He got out of federal prison fifteen months ago after serving 23 months for felony dogfighting and cruelty, then was hired by the Eagles as a backup quarterback.
His hiring was controversial. His crimes were especially vile, and many dog-lovers will never be able to accept that he should ever have a second chance.
Hooray for Obama for going beyond the pale to take on an unpopular issue. The United States has 2,300,000 people locked up. The vast majority of them will be let out of prison and back into society someday. If we don't give them a fair shot at a second chance we're condemning ourselves to live with ever increasing numbers of habitual hardened criminals. Obama's leadership will help more people to see this danger clearly.
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I think Vick deserved a second chance, and I think you are correct: Obama was making a responsible leadership gesture in highlighting his case. I really don't think any praise is due to the Eagles, however. Many sports execs would hire Jack the Ripper if they thought he could win some games, and I believe this was such a case.
Give the Eagles a little credit: when they signed Vick nobody else wanted to touch him, and his first year he didn't do much of anything–a couple of plays a game as a wildcat back, hardly any production.


Creating a butterfly garden is an exciting and rewarding endeavour. It is easy to invite butterflies in to your area by gardening with their needs in mind. These beautiful insects will add bright colours and entertaining antics to your garden display.
Butterflies visit flowers in search of nectar, a sweet fluid produced by the flower as a reward for pollinating insects like bees and butterflies. Many Irish butterflies seem to prefer purple, pink and yellow coloured blossoms. Clusters of short, tubular flowers or flat topped blossoms provide the ideal shapes for butterflies to easily land on and feed. The nectar of single flowers is more accessible and easier for butterflies to extract that the nectar of double flowers which have many more petals.
Butterflies are active from early spring until late autumn. Plant a selection of flowers that will provide nectar throughout the entire season e.g. spring – Hesperis, summer – Buddleia, autumn – Sedum.
Caterpillars are selective feeders and only eat specific kinds of plants. Usually the female butterflies lay eggs on or near the plants their caterpillars prefer to eat. If the desired food plants are not available, the butterflies will not egg lay, or the caterpillars will starve rather than eat another type of leaf. Having the correct food plants will lure the female butterflies into your garden and provide food for their caterpillars.
Butterflies love to sit in the sun and often perch on stones bare soil or vegetation to spread their wings and bask in the sun. Basking raises their body temperature so they are able to fly and remain active.
Most garden pesticides are toxic to butterflies. Using biological methods will get rid of the pests without killing butterflies.
The best way to get good results for a butterfly garden is to relax and enjoy it, don't worry about the odd pest or patch of long grass, some butterflies actually lay eggs on rough grass and stinging nettles are a very important host plant for a lot of caterpillars so if you can spare it leave a patch of your garden to go a bit wild.


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Happy Birthday Galerie Perrotin, Lille
Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin will celebrate its 25th anniversary this autumn at the Tripostal in Lille. The Happy Birthday exhibition showcases pieces throughout Emmanuel Perrotin's career, most of which are now in private collections. The Tripostal is a 6,000 m2 space, giving Perrotin enough space to present both the artists who have been part of his career along the way and those who are part of the current programming at his gallery.
Emmanuel Perrotin, ranks among the world's most well-known gallery owners, both for the distinctiveness of his artistic choices and for his ability to combine exacting standards. The large open spaces of the Tripostal will accommodate more than 100 works, sculptures and monumental installations by Wim Delvoye, Daniel Firman and Tatiana Trouvé, mobiles by Lionel Estève, La Filature and Vingt ans après by Sophie Calle, the famous INRI by Maurizio Cattelan and works specially designed for the venue by Gelitin, Guy Limone and Pieter Vermeersch.
Other rooms will feature works by Japanese artists such as Aya Takano, Mr and Chiho Aoshima. Many French artists will be represented, including Bernard Frize, JR, Kolkoz, Ange Leccia, Jean-Michel Othoniel, Philippe Parreno, Xavier Veilhan and Jean-Luc Vilmouth. Visitors will also discover two sculptures by the Scandinavian artists Elmgreen & Dragset as well as a film by Jesper Just projected onto a large screen.
Happy Birthday Galerie Perrotin, 11 October – 12 January, Le Tripostal, Augustin Laurent CS 30667, 59033 Lille.
1. The Wrinkles of the City, Los Angeles, Robert's eye, 2011, Façade of the Galerie Perrotin, Paris, photo : Florian Kleinefenn, Courtesy Galerie Perrotin © JR-ART.NET
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Tunnels and Trolls currently sits proudly on its 7th edition, with an extra .5 to iron out the creases. But unlike most other games T&T's editions aren't exactly clear cut, with an unofficial mythical 6th edition, two first editions (UK and US) and decimals stuck on 5th and 7th; there's certainly quite a bit to choose from.
The question is: which one do you play? I've seen a bunch of people subscribing to the neolithic 1st edition rules and one player creating a 4th edition campaign called The Dark Isles. When visiting forums I can see that there's a whole lot of love for 5th edition and even more for an amalgamation of 5th and 7th (which is the one I prefer).
So what do you play? Leave answers in the comment section.
The latest in the solo encounter series of posts, pitting your character against foul enemies, deadly traps and the occasional yummy ham.
Suitable for delvers with 60+ personal adds.
The forest is quiet. Too quiet. No; even quieter than that. It's so quiet that the soft sound you make as you move through the undergrowth are deafening to your ears.
You have been tasked with tracking a terrible beast that has been terrorizing the small town of Razorback. Just a few days ago the tanner went on his morning stroll and never came back. He was the third person that month who had gone missing. Whispers of a strange beast began to weave around the little village, folks saying a demon of the forest is abroad, summoned by the legendary liche of the Ghania Forest. They say the sound of a bell can be heard when it draws near.
Snip. You feel a slight tug against your ankle. Make a L2 saving roll on LUCK or DEX, whichever is highest. If you make the save then you narrowly miss being caught by a falling barbed net. If you fail then you are entangled in the barbed net, taking 2d6 CON damage and you must make a L1 SR on IQ to throw the net off of yourself. Everytime you fail in this way you must take another 2d6 CON damage.
The tinkle of a small bell echoes through the once silent forest. Suddenly a giant raging pig comes charging at you out of the undergrowth. A L2SR on DEX will allow you to leap out of harm's way. If you fail then you are trampled for 2d6 CON damage.
The pig has a small golden bell tied around its fat neck.
Special abilities: Stomp - When Squealing Hamgiant rolls 3 sixes it does an extra 2d6 CON damage.
Treasure: Bell of Ridiculous Rage - When you roll three sixes when equipped around your neck you do extra CON damage equal to half your STRENGTH. However, you +3 levels whenever you need to make a saving roll to be stealthy.
You return to Razorback with a few rashers of bacon and hear the townspeople rejoice as you boast about how amazing you were in defeating the great pig beast. You are rewarded 300 gold by the mayor for your troubles.
Brungarr is a level 3 dwarvern warrior with one goal in life: loot the infamous Castle of Duke De'Ath. There is nothing he wants more than to become the richest and most powerful dwarf in all of Trollworld and will risk life and beard to attain his dream.
In this blog I will be documenting Brungarr's adventures so you can watch how he grows (or dies). Once he feels that he is strong enough he will enter the castle of the fabled duke and hopefully emerge victorious and filthy rich.
Height: 4'4", Weight: 157 lbs.
His next adventure maybe his last. Won't you join him on his journey?
I had a little idea and thought I might as well run with it and see if you guys get a kick out of it. Basically I'm going to start posting up scenarios for your T&T solo characters to take part in, with different levels per encounter. Each scenario will generally depict a single room in a dungeon or perhaps a tricky situation you must get out of. If you succeed in the encounter then you will be rewarded exp and possibly treasure and magic items. However, be prepared for the eventuality of having your beloved character smushed all over the walls.
Word had spread around the village of Blueberry that a band of goblins have been stealing scrap metal from around the village. A tankard would go missing here, a false tooth there, and it was starting to get a bit out of hand (the guards were having to make do with mops instead of swords). You have been asked by Lord Higglebottom to track down these foul creatures and retreave the stolen metal.
After battling through the Orctongue Caves you reach the final room where several goblins are trying out their newly forged plate armour by chucking spears at each others chests.
There are 4 goblins here (there were 5 a second ago, but due to a spear mishap, Grotnob Bluggar is slumped on the floor). Each has an MR of 10.
Roll a Level 1 SR on LK. If you pass then the goblins are too busy dodging spears to notice you draw upon them. Take a free attack against them.
Once they are dead you find a red healing potion on a table in the corner. This heals 1d6 CON.
Suddenly the south wall comes crashing down and a great mechanical beast enters the room, groaning and whirring. A goblin sporting some fetching goggles sits in the cockpit of the metal biped shouting obsceneties at you.
The Grimlock Burnwalker has MR 40 and a flamethrower that is activated on the roll of 2 or more sixes. This special attack does an extra d6 damage that can't be absorbed by armour.
If you manage to destroy the machine the pilot will climb out, groggily holding his head. He begs for his life and offers to give you a bracelet he stole and help you take all the metal back to Blueberry. The bracelet is magical and gives you +3 DEX when worn.
Andy Holmes, aka Boozer, is, in my humble yet factual opinion, one of the best T&T writers around. His solo and GM games are second to none and to top it off he's a really nice bloke.
So it excites me to see that he has a new GM adventure on the horizon called Vaults of the Lich Lord.
Once again, a caravan of travellers has been slaughtered, caught unawares as it passed close to the Forest of Maugaral. Rumourmongers speak of Goblin raiding parties from their dungeon lair beneath the ancient and ruined Mausoleum of Vasarax, with Hobgoblin warriors waiting in ambush. Rewards have been posted throughout the land, with gold promised to be paid for every Goblin, Hobgoblin or Ogre head brought before the crown. Beneath the Mausoleum is a mighty dungeon, known to be the stronghold of Goblins, Hobgoblins, Ogres, and worse. At the very deepest point of the great dungeon, the tomb of Vasarax, ancient and malignant sorcerer, lies surrounded by earthly riches. However, the long-dead sorcerer is known to have become a Liche-Lord, still active despite being dead for centuries. It is said that whomever steps foot into his resting chamber will instantly die.
So it is with determination and excitement that you prepare for the expedition to the desolate hill atop which squats the ancient and ruined Mausoleum of Vasarax, beneath which is the entrance to the dungeon known as the Vaults of the Liche-Lord.
This is the largest and most exciting GM dungeon written by AR Holmes to date, and features maps by AR Holmes, fantastic cover art by UK artist Simon Lee Tranter and wonderfully evocative interior illustrations by USA based Jeff Freels.
This is a dungeon not to be missed.
So after the news about James Shipman's idiotic activity I don't really know what the future holds for the awesome Hobbit Hole. Although I hope it continues to exist and thrive, there is a successor on the horizon. Trollzine is a community effort that spawned from the Trollbridge forum and seeks to draw in ideas from the fans to create a free PDF download.
I'm excited to see Trollzine come to fruition and hope that it has a long and healthy life. Hey, maybe I'll submit an article or two to future issues. After looking at the content of the first issue and a good selection on features in the second issue I can say that the new publication will be stocked with great ideas and some wonderful solos.
It's great to see the community banding together, especially in such a turbulent time in T&T's history. It just goes to show that good games don't have to be money rakers, that a solid fanbase is all a game needs to survive. T&T has this fanbase.


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Ask Jerry: A 'Nationalities' trivia quiz to play
By Jerry Romansky
During these days of coronavirus (COVID-19) "social distancing," many are hosting their virtual "Happy Hour" via computer. Some colleagues, friends and neighbors enjoy our frequent "cocktail parties." In fact, they are the same colleagues, friends, and neighbors who loved the "Ask Jerry" musical trivia parties in our home. My wife's particular favorite was your "Name That Nationality" category. Admittedly, though, we needed two musicians for that occasion.
For now, we thought you might offer us a trivia category (i.e., non-musical) for our next virtual Happy Hour. What do you say?
Neil T., Mill Valley, Calif.
I say "Yes." Since your wife liked "Name That Nationality" when you played musical trivia, here is a trivia category (i.e., non-musical) we can simply title "Nationalities." It should lend itself well to any virtual cocktail party, coffee klatch ...
Here are the questions. For those who want to test themselves, answers appear at the conclusion of this column.
1. What is the first country in the world alphabetically?
2. What is the last country in the world alphabetically?
3. What is the first country in the world chronologically?
4. What is the latest country in the world chronologically?
5. What is the smallest country in land area?
6. What is the smallest country in population?
7. What is the largest country in land area?
8. What is the largest country in population?
9. What is the wealthiest country per capita?
10. What is the wealthiest country per square foot?
11. How many countries are there in the world?
12. How many countries do not belong to the United Nations?
13. Which two countries are permanent observers (though not members) of the United Nations?
14. Which two countries are recognized by some (though not all) members of the United Nations?
15. What is the capital of Nauru?
16. What is the capital of South Africa?
17. Two letters of the alphabet have no country beginning with those letters. Which two?
Here are the answers.
1. Afghanistan.
2. Zimbabwe.
3. San Marino (301 A.D.).
4. South Sudan (2010).
5. Vatican City (one-eighth the size of Central Park).
6. Vatican City (825 people).
7. Russia.
8. China.
9. Luxembourg.
10. Monaco.
11. 197.
13. Vatican City and Palestine.
14. Kosovo and Taiwan.
15. It has no official capital.
16. Its three capitals are Cape Town, Pretoria, and Bloemfontein.
17. W and X.
Enjoy the trivia game. Stay well.
Jerry Romansky is a syndicated columnist. Readers are invited to write in English or Spanish: Ask Jerry, Post Office Box 42444, Washington DC 20015. E-mail askjerry@earthlink.net and (because of spam situation) write the name of your newspaper in subject heading. Questions of popular interest are answered in the column. Unpublished letters cannot be answered individually.


"...Comfort is not a function of beauty... purpose is not necessary to make a building beautiful...sooner or later we will fit our buildings so that they can be used...where form comes from I don't know, but it has nothing at all to do with the funcitional or sociological aspects of our architecture."
The Glass House is one of the most inspiring examples of the mid-century American interpretations of European modernism or, as Johnson and Henry Russell Hitchcock dubbed it in their 1932 book, The International Style. Perched on a leafy hill with a picture postcard view across the Rippowam Valley, the house consists of a roof, a floor and four glass walls supported by eight steel piers. The bathroom and a fireplace are enclosed in a brick cylinder, leaving the rest of the 65-by-32 square-foot, or about 6-by-3 square-meter, space entirely exposed to the surrounding greenery.
Hopelessly impractical though a transparent home would be for a family - or for anyone who wasn't lucky enough to be able to afford quite so much land - it was perfect for the fastidious Johnson and his lovers. Some of their guests were less pernickety, and Johnson had no qualms about signaling his disapproval by picking up any coats or bags they left lying around and depositing them neatly in a closet.


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The Intensive Case Management Specialist provides case management for disabled and older adults who have limited supports and multiple needs. This position links each client with necessary services and supports through facilitation and advocacy, and works closely with Wellness Program Supervisor and Care Coordinators.
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The functions of this position are not necessarily physically demanding. The functions are usually performed sitting, but may require some amount of time standing. Some amount of stooping, bending, crouching, lifting, walking, carrying and other movements may be required. Must be able to remain seated without a break for periods of up to two hours. Must have the ability to see, hear and speak adequately to perform the functions of this position. Requires travel away from office during normal business hours. Non-smoking environment.


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Madras, 1905
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/89/67/17
Scope and Contents From the Series:
Proof and typescript copies of selected articles.
Found in: Cambridge University Library / GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 89, Queen Mary Indian collection / Imperial gazetter of India
Madras, a bird-trapper woman, 1901
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022P/18
Half length portrait of a low caste woman. See also Y3022P/82.
Found in: Cambridge University Library / GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022P, Views in India, circa 1901
Madras, a dancing girl, 1901
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: An album containing prints measuring 69 x 95 mm, with handwritten captions. The captions have been used as titles and may contain offensive, inappropriate or outdated terms. They have been retained to reflect the context of the collection's creation. The flyleaf is inscribed 'To Lieut. Colonel G.S. Walker, I.M.S. with compliments and thanks from the photographer. 1901.' George Lemon Walker (29.7.1849-31.5.1901) was born in Kingston, Ontario and served in the Madras Medical Service...
Madras, a leper girl [person affected by leprosy], 1901
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022P/178
Half length portrait of a woman. Note in Miss Hartley's hand reads: 'Not leprosy- leucodermia- skin becomes defectively pigmented but patient has no other symptoms. A common disease. From having dark, or even black skins, become quite white'.
Madras, a northern suburb, 1901
View from a road looking towards a line of houses.
Madras, a picottah, 1901
View looking along a riverbank towards a wooden framework containing a picottah: this is a water-drawing instrument consisting of a pole, weighted at one end and with a bucket at the other, attached to an upright. The implement is not clearly seen in this view.
Madras, a Suda girl, 1901
Full length portrait of a reclining girl.
Madras, a Sudra girl, 1901
A fine half-length portrait study.
Madras, after a day's work, 1901
Showing pedestrians and bullock carts heading homeward along an unmetalled road.
Madras Brigade: statement showing troops present on duty during the Royal Visit, 1906
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 89/35/3/33
A collection of programmes, invitations, menus, photographs and other material issued in connection with the Royal Visit to India during 1905-1906.
Found in: Cambridge University Library / GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 89, Queen Mary Indian collection / Programmes and invitations, 1905-6 / Scrapbook
Madras catamaran, 1906-01-24 - 1906-01-28
Madras Club, 1880 - 1889
Scope and Contents 273x223mm. View looking along the entrance driveway towards the central block of the old Madras Club. This portion of the building consists of a rusticated arcade at ground level forming a porte-cochere, with a flight of steps on either side leading up to a deep terastyle Tuscan portico. The club is situated south-west of the Fort off Mount Road, and was founded in 1830. Originally a private house, the various club function rooms were added at later dates. The portico seen here was not added...
Madras, dancing girls, 1901
Three quarter length portrait of two dancing girls
Full length portrait study of three dancing girls in their finery.
Madras, 'elephantiasis', 1901
Full length portrait of an Indian man suffering from elephantiasis in both legs.
Madras, evening over the sea, 1901
Madras. Government House at Guindy
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 25/57
Scope and Contents From the File:
Album containing panoramic photographs, 300 x 115 mm (actual print surface 290 x 105 mm.), on linen hinges bound by the India Office Library. Includes typed list of contents bound in at the beginning of the album.
Found in: Cambridge University Library / GBR/0115/RCS/QM, The Queen Mary photograph collection on India / India and Ceylon, circa 1916
Madras Harbour, 1880
Scope and Contents 282x225mm. View (?from the top of the lighthouse) looking down onto the waterfront and harbour, and showing the screw-pile pier and the two enclosing breakwaters to the north and south. In the foreground are railway sidings and coal dumps. This photograph was probably taken around 1880. The breakwaters as seen here are not completed, lacking the final curve towards one another to make a narrow entrance, but the picture was probably taken before the cyclone of 1881 which largely destroyed the...
Madras Harbour
Madras, in a cotton mill, 1901
Showing machinery in the mill.
Similar to Y3022P/57, but giving a better view of the cotton being spun onto bobbins.
View looking along rows of machinery: see also Y3022P/57 and Y3022P/68.


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Cyclohexane-1,2-dione hydrolase () is an enzyme with systematic name cyclohexane-1,2-dione acylhydrolase (decyclizing). This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

 cyclohexane-1,2-dione + H2O  6-oxohexanoate

This enzyme is highly specific.

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