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- Publisher: Lace Mamba Global
- Release Date: Oct 26, 2012
User Score
Mixed or average reviews- based on 102 Ratings
User score distribution:
Positive: 50 out of 102
Mixed: 26 out of 102
Negative: 26 out of 102
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Aug 5, 2014Quite an entertaining game. Would certainly recommend if found in a bundle or on sale. Puzzles and gameplay are fairly simplistic, but the entertainment for me came from the darkness of it. You are running around as an evil child...
For achievement hunters: Easy 100%. A small guide or couple of play throughs with plenty of exploration is what is required. A full play through doesn't take many hours.… Expand
Jun 12, 2014Lucius is an example of how difficult it is to make a game even when you have a brilliant idea. The puzzles are contrived and the game plays on rails. Three levels and fifteen minutes was enough for me.
May 15, 2014I was hoping for a Hitman/Omen combination. There 'Omen' atmosphere is created perfectly, but there is very little choice (none, to be precise) making this game linear and just an interactive movie. There game is divided by chapters - in each chapter you kill somebody. You have super powers like telekinesis or mind control which will be upgraded (it's done automatically and I don't see much point in doing that to be honest). Thankfully you can skip cutscenes as you WILL fail a few times, at least once.
The mansion is huge and beautiful and you can open, pick up all sorts of objects but again, there is no point in doing it. The game provides very little or too much guidance. Sometimes you just don't know what to do next, another time you feel like playing through FC3 Blood Dragon's tutorial.
All in all, it is a decent game that could've been a hit. If only there was more than one way to kill people and if there was real stealth (yes, unfortunately hiding from your mum in the darkest corner in a huge room, behind a sofa, with lights off, at night, doesn't protect you from being spotted... this is btw the moment when you WILL fail at least once, you'll know when it comes).
Hugely disappointing game that somewhat redeems itself after a completed playthrough (it's a nice story and beautifully looking game).
Voice acting and animations are terrible too. But the game still manages to make up for it in a strange manner. You even have a little tricycle, just like in The Shining. Well done.
It is a game for adults - gore, violence, sex and nudity (and I mean it).
Lucius's potential has not been used. It's just another title you will forget after a while. Play time - 5 hours.… Expand
Apr 23, 2014This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Lucius is amazing. It is about a devil child who has to do missions for his father (the devil). I love how you can just roam around the house, doing different tasks.
Here's a quick example - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1K9hK3BcbAI&feature=youtu.be… Expand
Feb 28, 2014A great idea but poor execution with a very limiting storyline. Quirky game play and skills but ultimately somewhat dry and hard to chew as the game progresses. It is also very short for something that could have been expanded much further with more depth maybe into the target characters/side characters to make it a more engaging story.
Dec 14, 2013An adventure game, without a quicksave option, is NOTHING. Game is also nice, although it has several technical challenges, but definitely passable. but without a quicksave is really ridiculous. I can not in the least understand how a developer does not reach this minimum basic concept
Nov 5, 2013This game has too many bad reviews. Even if it has it's own cons, it also has pros too. Pros: Stunning Graphics Special Gameplay (you play as the bad one) Awesome Soundtrack Cons: Some chunky animations It doesn't really have a story all you do is just kill Nudity (this isn't really a con, but I'll leave this as one) Horrible AI You just hide behind a bush and no one sees you and in Chapter 07 a character is in two places
Graphics 8/10
Gameplay 7/10
Sound 8/10
Replay 3/10
Story 6/10
I pretty much enjoyed this game, but get it only in a sale because it is too expensive for it's quality.… Expand
Jun 6, 2013The worst game in history... This game makes even games from back in the early 1920's or so look far more better. This game has satan written all over it. You don't explore much except areas and objects that will be used in crime scenes/murder cases. The mission's are the same, you wake everyday to kill another person that lives in the house.. The tutorials are very helpful and physics seem good. The TPS is one of the setups i like but thats it. I found this game very offensive to the amish since people in it wear the same clothing as the amish so i give it 0/10… Expand
Apr 23, 2013I actually miss the mansion when I stop playing. The environment alone is really interesting to run around in and explore... but you also get to murder people?!? Excellent.
Apr 6, 2013Lucius is a slightly interesting, yet generally bad game. The story centers around Lucius, the devil's alleged son who has been asked to murder people in demonic ways. It's not combat-oriented, you just cause accidents to hurt/kill people.
It's new, but also quite bad. The story is lame, and the dialogue is drawn out and boring. Gameplay itself is excruciatingly awful. Killing random people by locking them in a freezer is not only unnecessarily gruesome, it's also not fun at all.
Don't get me started on the animations and graphics. Not that it's like a bad port, but they just did a terrible job modeling the people; mouths and voices are also not in sync.
Overall, a waste of my money. Giving it three points because it was an original idea.… Expand
Mar 18, 2013this game is stupid it doesnt work right it doesnt tell u nothing u just have to find it out ur self but that IS NOT the problem the problem is the game is full of bugs or it wants u to do stuff on a specific location !
i was doing even the side missions and the longest sidemission was bugged and that means i need to close the game and do it again from the begining the game is boring there is nothing special u can beat it ones for 3-4hours and then never play it again if it was cheap 10-5 euro then it could be some good… Expand
Mar 17, 2013Story is an interesting one, since you play as someone young with evil intentions. Gameplay is similar to that of the hitman games, just that you are a little kid with supernatural powers instead of a professional hitman with guns. Graphics are solid, but a bit behind. Sound is great for this horror title which is key to this genre. Overall, a solid game but a bit average. Its like a hitman clone and you just go do killing missions. Not really any tactical approach like hitman though and not much to take from it.
gameplay video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzfaTftF7v0&list=PL78EF09546478FB67&index=191… Expand
Feb 10, 2013Lucius is a funny little game with a great concept. Both the visuals and voice acting are surprisingly good for this kind of game. The story and characters are alright and it is beyond charming riding around a tricycle in your fathers mansion plotting a sinister murder. The execution isn't perfect though. The point and click adventure style part of the game works for the most time alright however there are some far fetched puzzles and some annoying item searching in there. There are also some stealth missions in the game which would work surprisingly fine if the game didnt restart the entire map every time you got caught. This dumb save-system drags down every single part of the game but it is especially noticeable in the stealth missions. There are also some action-based missions in the game which are quite awful. I would still recommend the game to anyone interested despite its flaws simply because its concept is so unique and entertaining. So if you find this game available for a cheap price, go for it! It will be an interesting experience no matter what.… Expand
Feb 1, 2013I found the gameplay to be frustrating, as it takes a long to solve a level. Generally, the cutscene murder rewards entertaining, however, the long effort to just figure out how to kill the victim is frustrating. It's very unique upon the style of murders.
I also like to point out, I find the game plot very boring and repetitive, especially the unsatisfied ending, where doesn't really answer anything.… Expand
Lucius is a debut indie game from Shiver Games that is about climbing the ranks to becoming the Antichrist's son. The game itself if generally enjoyable, especially if you are a fan of horror games. It's like a cross between Hitman and your standard point and click mystery . The graphics are very good for an indie title and the atmosphere is very detailed, offering a huge mansion in which the game takes place. Lucius, the main character, goes about trying to murder all of the inhabitants through the mansion as a sacrifice to his father Lucifer. The murder tactics are pretty clever and seem like what you would expect for a boy who's been possessed and given powers. The game itself took me roughly 9 hours to complete, with moderate exploration and a few side quests to earn special prizes to help solve some of the mysteries in the game (which come in handy numerous times). The game has a couple flaws however. The game is very linear in your ways to murder people, unlike the Hitman franchise, however, the murders themselves are executed quite well. Some of the games puzzles are harder than what you might expect, I cruised through the first 4 chapters, but by the 5th or 6th I needed to use a guide after wandering around for 15 minutes wondering what to do next. But all and all, I do recommend Lucius as it's a great game to kill some time, and it really immerses you into it's world. I hope Shiver Games continues to make games such as this, while gradually preventing mistakes in gameplay.
Graphics 9/10
Gameplay 7/10
Sound 8/10
Replay 5/10
Story 7/10
7.2 (But bumped to 8 because I liked the originality of the game)… Collapse
Nov 23, 2012game pretty fun and i enjoy using a little boy and control around objects and kill people. but the quality is just normal and no offence, lucius' face can be a little bit more good looking?
Nov 22, 2012Interesting concept, always wanted to play a serial killer personally and this is pretty close.
But they could not of gone about making a more bland game. You do not get to figure out how to do anything, it is just a very bland specific and boring series of linear short puzzles that have a gore shot at the end. I cannot believe how well it is doing with the reviews, it is not even close to good enough to get a 3, let alone a 6.2.
Add this this horrible gameplay really strange graphics. Half the game was extremal dark. Middle of the game, 8 windows and a series of light. You cannot see 3 feet in fount of you, everything is black and shadowy. I looked it up, apparently this is how it is supposed to be. Then, about halfway through, it changed for me. Everything was washed-out and very bright, like they just took the blackened graphics and lightened them. At least you could see the doors and other objects then.… Expand
Nov 5, 2012This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The game is boring, you don't really do much but explore a house and murder people, which gets mundane since you don't really control how you do it. Way too linear and a lack of freedom and action. Also fun fact if you walk in on your mom having sex, it's an instant game over... doesn't really have anything to do with how I'm scoring the game, but I figured I'd bring it up.… Expand
Nov 4, 2012This game is obviously an homage to The Omen. You play as Lucius a child who discovers he's the son of the devil on his 6th birthday. From this point on you just wreak havoc on your household until there's nothing left. No seriously, whomever you think you might want to kill around you... you probably will.
Graphically it's fine but I'm not someone who needs HD to feel happy with a game. If they get the ambiance and feeling of the game right, I'm good. I feel like Lucius did a good job there. It was easy to play and I also appreciated that when I had things like a toy or a bike in a room where I committed a murder, it was also in the cutscene. I appreciated the continuity. There were some unexpected twists I enjoyed but I do feel the end was a bit rushed and it left me feeling like there was supposed to be more but it got scrapped to meet a deadline. I also took off points because of the abrupt ending that left me feeling dissatisfied with 100 questions. (what happens to Lucius? Where is the devil in all this? What the hell was the point of murdering all these people? Do I go on to do more devilish things? Can I take over the world? I'm only 6, will I go on to ruin another family?)
Bottom line, I had fun! The price was a little steep but if you can get a little discount on a Steam Deal it's worth it.… Expand
Nov 3, 2012Since my initial review, the developer has released a patch and is interactive with the community to trouble shoot and improve the game overall on Steam. This effort merits a higher score, therefore, it's a B-Movie with a grade of B-. It's has the whole creepy evil kid thing down very well. The graphics and video shorts I think are well done, the sounds adequate and the house has a creepy vibe to it. Although the lip sync issue is pretty bad in the English version. It reminds me of an interactive movie, the puzzles aren't too terribly difficult to figure out and its fun poking around the house and collecting items, but extremely linear -- its not like Lucius is going to do something that is not in the script or get into much trouble running around wielding a wrench in his hands without question by the adults. For that matter, the chores are pretty much more of a 'quest' than actual consequences if you continue to ignore the adults around you. It would be nice if some dark humor was intermixed with the items you can interact with, to make it more like a Monkey Island type of experience. The house members and staff are pretty much a three line conversation deal. What carries you along is the plot of what Lucius might end up doing next and how he is going to take out the next person in game. I will say the Steam achievements seem to be the only thing to pop-up unexpected. Reminds me alot of the Call of Cthulu: Dark Corners of the Earth -- if you are a fan of Lovecraft, it works well enough. With that said, if you like the old Omen movies or B movie horror films, you will enjoy Lucius more than most and is worth the money.… Expand
Oct 29, 2012I enjoyed most of this game, although there was unfortunately no chance to get creative with the way you kill the characters, you just have to do what you're supposed to. This was still pretty fun though, it's just a shame that the characters didn't do what they were supposed to. Some of the pathfinding was dreadful, one character in particular spent ages turning around in circles instead of heading to the room they kept saying they were off to. There's also an encounter later on which is very buggy - your attacks pass straight through your enemies, they get stuck, teleport to right behind you and instantly end the game, you get stuck on furniture, sometimes everyone gets stuck and you have to quit and restart. This encounter is a lot easier when the game switches to first person view, unfortunately this seems to be a bug as there's no option for it anywhere and it happens sporadically at best. And maybe I'm being picky, but if I'm an evil kid I want to at least be able to hit someone when they're down...
Also the spelling is pretty poor in places.… Expand
Oct 29, 2012Lucius reminds me and I'm sure of a lot of people of The Omen. The gameplay is simple yet the manor is a big place to explore and the chores for side missions were fun to do for gifts and rewards that help you around. The voice acting is pretty bad and the graphics are fair but despite this, it's the idea of controlling a six year old to kill that gives me, and people that actually understand this game, a very deep guilty pleasure.… Expand
Oct 29, 2012Horribly buggy game with broken balance, completely linear storyline and utter lack of common sense. Some quests make no sense at all, and even supposed "helper" at Lucius' desk doesn't do much good either. Not to mention technical glitches and broken lighting on AMD graphics
Final fight is atrocious to say the least.
My score is 1/10 for trying
Oct 29, 2012Cool concept, bad execution. It's like a really bad point 'n click game in 3rd person. You try and guess what the hints are trying to tell you, you wander around until you find the object they want you to find, then you use the object in the way they tell you to. Not worth spending money on since most of the gameplay is just you walking around until you find something to interact with.
Oct 28, 2012I liked the concept of the game. For an Indie game the graphics were alright, didn't bother me at all. I didn't like the extreme linear gameplay. Kill X with Y by doing Z. There is absolutely no freedom whatsoever. I found it boring doing exactly what the game tells me to do. It would have been nice to have some freedom and creativity on how to murder the people. Also, the ending is one of the worst and most disappointing ones I have ever seen. The playtime for me was around 4.5 hrs, which I would consider pretty low for a pretty hefty Indieprice.… Expand
Lucius is a debut indie game from Shiver Games that is about climbing the ranks to becoming the Antichrist's son. The game itself if generally enjoyable, especially if you are a fan of horror games. It's like a cross between Hitman and your standard point and click mystery . The graphics are very good for an indie title and the atmosphere is very detailed, offering a huge mansion in which the game takes place. Lucius, the main character, goes about trying to murder all of the inhabitants through the mansion as a sacrifice to his father Lucifer. The murder tactics are pretty clever and seem like what you would expect for a boy who's been possessed and given powers. The game itself took me roughly 9 hours to complete, with moderate exploration and a few side quests to earn special prizes to help solve some of the mysteries in the game (which come in handy numerous times). The game has a couple flaws however. The game is very linear in your ways to murder people, unlike the Hitman franchise, however, the murders themselves are executed quite well. Some of the games puzzles are harder than what you might expect, I cruised through the first 4 chapters, but by the 5th or 6th I needed to use a guide after wandering around for 15 minutes wondering what to do next. But all and all, I do recommend Lucius as it's a great game to kill some time, and it really immerses you into it's world. I hope Shiver Games continues to make games such as this, while gradually preventing mistakes in gameplay.
Graphics 9/10
Gameplay 7/10
Sound 8/10
Replay 5/10
Story 7/10
7.2 (But bumped to 8 because I liked the originality of the game)… Collapse
Feb 6, 2013Lucius's main premise is amazing. But the execution could have been way more solid. It limits the player, it's ruthlessly and unjustly difficult in some cases, the characters pale and the graphics fail to impress. Lucius will be remembered as a great idea that "could have been". [December 2012]
Jan 2, 2013So many things don't fit, so many things work against each other, and everything just reeks of half finished game ideas.
Dec 13, 2012There's a lot of content on offer for the reduced price, and Lucius will certainly appeal to puzzle enthusiasts who want a darker edge to their adventuring, or murder enthusiasts who'd like to give their brain a work out rather than their stabbing arm.


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St. Louis, Missouri
September 28, 2007
NTSB Number: AAR-09-03
NTIS Number: PB2009-910403
Adopted April 7, 2009
On September 28, 2007, about 1313 central daylight time, American Airlines flight 1400, a McDonnell Douglas DC-9-82, N454AA, experienced an in-flight engine fire during departure climb from Lambert-St. Louis International Airport (STL), St. Louis, Missouri. During the return to STL, the nose landing gear failed to extend, and the flight crew executed a go-around, during which the crew extended the nose gear using the emergency procedure. The flight crew conducted an emergency landing, and the 2 flight crewmembers, 3 flight attendants, and 138 passengers deplaned on the runway. No occupant injuries were reported, but the airplane sustained substantial damage from the fire. The scheduled passenger flight was operating under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 121 on an instrument flight rules flight plan. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident.
The National Transportation Safety Board determines that the probable cause of this accident was American Airlines' maintenance personnel's use of an inappropriate manual engine-start procedure, which led to the uncommanded opening of the left engine air turbine starter valve, and a subsequent left engine fire, which was prolonged by the flight crew's interruption of an emergency checklist to perform nonessential tasks. Contributing to the accident were deficiencies in American Airlines' Continuing Analysis and Surveillance System (CASS) program.
The safety issues discussed in this report relate to the following: characteristics of the "Air Turbine Starter Valve (ATSV) Open" light; emergency task allocation guidance; guidance and training on the interrelationship between pneumatic crossfeed valves and engine fire handles; multiple simultaneous emergencies training; guidance on evacuation preparation on the ground; guidance and training on communications between flight and cabin crews during emergency and unusual situations; ATSV-air filter replacement intervals; and American Airlines' CASS. Safety recommendations concerning these issues are addressed to the Federal Aviation Administration and American Airlines.
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Require MD-80 series airplane operators to incorporate information about the relationship between the pneumatic crossfeed valve and the engine fire handle into their training programs and written guidance. (A-09-23)
Establish best practices for conducting both single and multiple emergency and abnormal situations training. (A-09-24)
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Require Boeing to establish an appropriate replacement interval for air turbine starter valve-air filters installed on all MD-80 series aircraft. (A-09-28)
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Chocolate Chip Pancakes
- Total Time:
- 35 min
- Prep:
- 20 min
- Cook:
- 15 min
- Yield:
- 24 pancakes
- Total Time:
- 35 min
- Prep:
- 20 min
- Cook:
- 15 min
- Yield:
- 24 pancakes
- 4 tablespoons (1/2 stick) unsalted butter
- 1 cup whole, 2 percent fat, or 1 percent fat milk
- 1 1/4 cups flour
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 4 teaspoons baking powder
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 2 eggs
- 6 ounces semisweet chocolate chips, or less to taste
- Butter, for cooking
In a small saucepan, combine the butter and milk. Place over low heat just until warm and the butter is melted. Let cool slightly. In a bowl, combine the flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt; mix well.
In a large bowl, whisk the eggs with a fork. Whisk in the milk mixture. Add the dry ingredients and mix just until barely blended. Add the chocolate chips and mix.
Heat a griddle or large skillet over medium heat. Add about 1 teaspoon of butter and melt until bubbly. Ladle 3 tablespoons of batter for each pancake onto the hot surface and cook until bubbly on the top and golden brown on the bottom. Turn and cook until golden brown on the other side, about 30 seconds more. Repeat until all the batter is used up. Serve hot.
Recipe Courtesy Gale Gand, "Butter Sugar Flour Eggs" by Gale Gand, Rick Tramonto, Julia Moskin, Clarkson N. Potter Publishers, 1999
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I had just finished leading a tour in Spain and was on my way to Italy to lead a walking tour through Tuscany. My flights seemed simple enough – Seville to Madrid then Madrid to Rome. Now as much as I like to fancy myself a good traveller, I am actually a terrible packer. I often get lazy when I pack and just toss everything in my checked bag. When I'm on the ball, I pack a carry-on bag with all the essentials – important documents, guide books, glasses, lipgloss (yes, it's important), change of clothing, jacket, and extra contact lenses. In this instance I'd been so busy with my group in Spain, that I was not on the ball and therefore didn't take the extra 5 minutes needed to pack my carry-on well.
I'd imagine they were a bit shocked when their tour leader showed up dressed for the tropics and not a cold, drizzly Florence. My group was lovely and our tour of Florence was great but when it finished, I was left shivering and sopping wet. I placed a call to the airline, they had located my bag, but it was hanging out in Madrid. Knowing full well my bag wouldn't arrive before our departure for our hiking tour the following morning, I ran around searching for any shop open on a Sunday that sold more than wine, souvenirs, and cheese. Luckily I found a tiny sports shop where I bought a pair of trainers, socks, and a somewhat sporty looking outfit.
After a fabulous dinner with my group, I could not wait to take out my contact lenses as they felt like sandpaper in my eyes. Of course, I had no contact case nor contact solution so I resorted to using a plastic cup with saliva (I know it's gross). Without either my contacts or glasses…I am basically blind. For reals. Not a little bit vision impaired but the "I have no idea who you are until you are a foot in front of me", kind of blind. Just after I took out my contacts, I realized that I hadn't put in a wake-up call for the group but instead of picking up the phone, I ventured downstairs to talk to the receptionist. I cautiously made my way down the stairs and to the front desk, grasping my way along. The receptionist must've thought I was a creepy, close-talker as leaned over the counter, but it was the only way that I could sort of make out what he looked like. I was pretty sure that he was handsome so I just smiled a lot. Retiring to my room and sitting on my bed, I had a horrible realization. My bed had been turned-down. I didn't do it. Oh no. I leapt up and stumbled into the bathroom in search of my precious cup with my contact lenses and saliva. There it sat rinsed and upside down beside the sink. Gone. My eyes were gone. NOOOOO!!! I sat on the floor and cried. How was I going to lead a walking tour of Tuscany when I couldn't see anything?!
The next morning, my bag hadn't arrived so I put on my sporty outfit, gathered my few belongings and fumbled downstairs to meet the group. I stood there in the middle of the lobby like a deer caught in headlights. Smiling. I couldn't even see well enough to recognize my own group. After seemingly an eternity, one of my group members tapped me on the shoulder and asked me if I was okay. Was it that obvious? Yup. He helped me round up the troops, find our bus, and load everything up. It was during these moments that I was actually relieved that I couldn't see, as imagining the mortified looks upon my group members' faces as they learned that their "fearless leader" was blind, was horrific enough. "I've led this tour heaps of times," I attempted to reassure my group and myself. All I could think was that I had never so much as walked down the block in the past 15 years without contacts or glasses…how the heck was I going lead the group through vineyards and medieval hill towns?
Feeling car sick as I was unable to focus on anything, I attempted to talk on the microphone about the scenery that I couldn't actually see. Not a great start. All things considered however, our first walk through the Tuscan countryside went pretty well – we didn't get lost, I didn't fall down, I didn't lose anyone, and everyone sounded quite happy. As soon as we arrived at our new little hotel, I called the airline to find out about my bag which, as it happened, was still hanging out in Madrid. Our charming hotel was in a tiny little Tuscan village that had no pharmacy nor optician, only shops selling prosciutto and wine. So…I bought some fabulous chianti, drank it, and cried.
The sweet ladies in my group took pity on me and lent me some of their clothing which I hesitantly accepted – to say our fashion sense differed was an understatement. I put aside my vanity as I figured that my outfits were the least of my worries and besides, I couldn't even see myself. Other kind souls in my group had extra pairs of glasses which they tried to lend me but most were bifocals or trifocals which made me walk like I was underwater and high. After the failed attempts of borrowing glasses, someone had a brilliant idea and lent me a small pair of binoculars on one of our walks. Genius. These binoculars saved the tour, my career and my sanity! Over the next four days, I successfully led my group through vineyards, olive groves, cypress covered lanes, and walled medieval towns wearing the clothes of women more than double my age and a pair of binoculars basically strapped to my head. Sexy. My eyes were swollen and blood-shot from strain, my head screamed, but I was determined to make this an unforgettable trip for my group.
Just when I had given up all hope, nearly 6 days after parting ways with my bag, we were reunited! I was so ecstatic that I burst into tears, kissed the receptionist and ran to my room. I quickly put in my contact lenses, put on my make-up and got all dolled up before I met the group for dinner. No more binoculars! No more old lady clothes! Lipgloss! As I was making my way to the lobby, I saw 3 of my group members in the hallway, I posed and smiled…they walked right past me. They didn't even recognize me. "Did I seriously look that bad before?" I asked. I didn't need the answer, I knew.
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This post really made me laugh, though it must have been horrible for you!
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Doing The Most. To just be doing something that's so crazy and outrageous that there is just no point in it!
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Is Procrastination Holding You Back?
When you look at your marketing to-do list, do many of the items on it look all too familiar? Have entries like call Donna Sanchez and follow up with Floyd Corp been copied from a previous week? Putting off unappealing tasks may be human nature, but for an entrepreneur, procrastination can be deadly.
Delays in contacting a prospect can lose the business to the competition. Failing to get the word out about an upcoming event may forfeit dozens of opportunities. Wasted marketing time can never be recovered. By the time you realize you might not make your goal for the month, quarter, or year, it may already be too late.
Finding tasks on your to-do list week after week is a clear sign you are procrastinating, but it is not always this obvious. Can you identify with any of these situations?
Feelings of overwhelm. You have a backlog of work that seems insurmountable. You wake up in the morning already thinking about everything you must accomplish that day. It seems impossible to get it all done. If you are routinely unable to complete what is on your list in the time available, you may be creating the problem yourself by putting tasks off week after week.
Making excuses. You find yourself constantly having to make excuses to your business buddies, referral partners, potential clients, or even your coach about why you never followed up on that great referral, that important sales call was not made, the marketing package was not sent, or the proposal was not written. After a while, the excuses begin to sound flimsy, even to you.
Trivial pursuits. You notice that you are doing unimportant chores, rearranging your desk drawers, filing old business cards, shopping for just the right desk, surfing the Net, while neglecting crucial marketing activities.
Overflowing pipeline. A form of procrastination unique to entrepreneurs and salespeople is continuing to develop new leads instead of contacting the prospects you already have. If you are spending more time attending networking events or reviewing lists of names than getting on the phone, putting your fingers to the keyboard, or driving to appointments, this problem may be yours.
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Similar to "Whose Line is it Anyway?", we take tons of suggestions from the audience and use them (and a few audience volunteers here and there) in a variety of scenes, songs, and competitive games made up right on the spot!
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This is our first and longest-running show — we've performed over 50 monthly shows at City Steam since 2009.
| Our longform improv show!
We bring the big-city style improv of New York, Chicago, Boston & LA to life in Hartford!
We'll take a single suggestion of a word, phrase, or title, get inspired by improvised stories from celebrity guests, or interview audience members to create a 25-40 minute improvised comedy with different scenes, themes & characters!
The showcase features Sea Tea Improv's show AND other performances by invited groups & mixed improvisers from all over, for a big fun festival-style show!
| In this newest addition to our monthly shows, we put on special one-time or experimental comedy shows that may not even be improv!
We've done improvised musicals, a special show for kids & families, a sketch comedy show with live music similar to SNL, a show where the improv groups swapped members, and a show with new one-off groups that were no bigger than 3 members each!
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Live on the Colin McEnroe Show on WNPR 90.5 FM!
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Sea Tea Improv's Holiday Show Benefitting the American Cancer Society! - Doors open at 6PM - Call (860) 525-1600 for FREE reservations
Eat, drink, laugh, and shout suggestions as Sea Tea Improv hosts its monthly evening of improvised comedy at City Steam Brewery's Brew Ha Ha Comedy Club, 942 Main Street, in Hartford, CT. Admission is FREE! This month for our holiday benefit show, all donations & shirt sales will go to the American Cancer Society ( www.cancer.org/ ).
See why the Hartford Advocate recognized Sea Tea Improv's monthly show as one of the top things to do in Hartford. Enjoy City Steam's menu and locally brewed beers while performers take suggestions from you and weave them into scenes, characters, and songs.
On Sunday, December 11, the comedy club doors open at 6PM for seating, dinner and drinks.Improv begins at 7PM. Call ahead to City Steam at 860-525-1600 to reserve seats.
All ages are welcome. Due to the sale of alcohol, those under the age of 21 must be accompanied by a legal guardian.
Sea Tea Improv has been featured nationally on ESPN's The Beat, and locally on WNPR's Colin McEnroe Show, WFSB's Better Connecticut, WTNH's Connecticut Style, WWLP's Mass Appeal, and Spotlight on WMRD.
This event is supported by a grant from the Greater Hartford Arts Council ( www.letsgoarts.org/ ).
Event posters by Brian Cook ( www.flickr.com/people/brianjcook/ ).
Sea Tea Improv is:
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Fri 16th Dec
CT Improv Cage Match Round 3
Sea Tea Improv defends its title in round three of the improv battle between teams to determine which comic team goes on to the next round.
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Friday, December 16 at 8 p.m.
Admission: $10
For more information call Hole in the Wall at 860-223-9665.
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Fri 23rd Dec
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Teen Improv Workshop in Wethersfield, CT
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Sea Tea Improv at First Night Hartford!
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360 Farmington Avenue
Hartford, CT 06105-4402
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Sunday, 1/29 - 6PM - 9PM (Note: later start/finish)
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Sunday, 2/12 - 4PM - 6:30PM (Note: shorter class. After class, see Sea Tea Improv at City Steam)
Sunday, 2/19 - 4PM - 7PM
Sunday, 2/26 - 4PM - 6PM - Class, 6PM - 7PM - Share Performance
Cost: $180 per student
Primary instructor: Joe Leonardo
Limited to 16 students
After registering ( form: j.mp/SeaTeaScene ) pay via PayPal (there is a built-in service fee of $5.86):
Or, mail a check for $180 made out to "Sea Tea Improv" to:
Sea Tea Improv
P.O. Box 230221
Hartford, CT 06123-0221
Note: Please pay via PayPal (preferred) or via mail by check as soon as possible. Your place in the course will be held once payment is received. RSVP on Facebook for updates: https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=157085561055359
Registration form: j.mp/SeaTeaScene
Hartford Children's Theatre, 360 Farmington Ave, Hartford, CT
Wed 11th Jan
Private Workshop
Hartford, CT
Sun 15th Jan
Sea Tea Improv's FREE Comedy Show at City Steam Brewery
Eat, drink, laugh, and shout suggestions as Sea Tea Improv's team of professional comedians host an evening of improvised comedy at City Steam Brewery's Brew Ha Ha Comedy Club, 942 Main Street, in Hartford, CT. Their work has been featured on ESPN, NPR, WFSB, and more. Best of all, admission is FREE!
See why the Hartford Advocate recognized Sea Tea Improv's monthly show as one of the top things to do in Hartford. Enjoy City Steam's dinner menu and locally brewed beers while performers take suggestions from you and weave them into comedic scenes. As an added bonus when scheduling allows, String Theorie provides live music before and during the show.
On Sunday, January 15, the comedy club doors open at 6PM for seating and food. Improv begins at 7PM. Call ahead to City Steam at 860-525-1600 to reserve seats. All ages are welcome. Due to the sale of alcohol, those under the age of 21 must be accompanied by a legal guardian.
This event is supported by a grant from the Greater Hartford Arts Council.
City Steam Brewery, 942 Main Street, Hartford, CT
Public Performances:
In addition to the monthly events listed above, we also perform at other public events around CT and in festivals all over the east coast. See our list of upcoming events on Facebook.
Private Performances:
Our team of professional improvisers can customize a show of just about any length & theme to entertain your guests through made-up on-the-spot stories, characters, & games entirely based on audience suggestions. We've performed for fundraisers, birthday parties, graduation parties, opening ceremonies, holidays, and more. Contact us for options, rates, and references.
Corporate Entertainment:
Whether you're entertaining employees or customers, our team of professional improvisers will customize a show of just about any length and theme to entertain your audience using their own suggestions. We've performed for insurance companies, law firms, financial companies, non-profits, and more. Contact us for options, rates, and references.
Some of the Improv Groups, Bands, and other acts we've performed with:
UCB TourCo, The Brothers Hines, Pam Victor, Sasha Goldberg, Will Luera, Colin McEnroe, Scrambled Legs, Nobody's Token, Autumn & Summar Spring into Winter, Horse Lincoln, Spoiled Space Monkeys, Renee DiNino, Pompadour, Mendoza, Tick Tick BOOM, The Great Make Believe Society, BenTopher, String Theorie, The Sticks Improv, Home Brew, The Awkward Handshakes, Franklin's Peaches, Fake Fake Monkey, The Men in Black Barbershop Quartet, The Moveable Joints, Moebius, The Purple Crayon of Yale, Dukakis, Hickory, Pizza Supremacist, Anastos, Gadabout, Free Lunch, Standish Arms
Some of the Places We've Performed:
The Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts, Hartford Stage, The Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre, UCB East, The HartBeat Ensemble's Carriage House Theatre, Hartford Children's Theatre, The Hole in the Wall Theater, Lucid Stage, Perishable Theater, Playhouse on Park, Trinity on Main, Oddfellows Playhouse. Charter Oak Cultural Center, Buttonwood Tree, Spotlight Cinemas
Companies and Organizations:
LEGO Systems, Accenture, ESPN, Greater Hartford Arts Council, The Phoenix, Public Allies, Toastmasters, United Healthcare, United Way, Hartford Marathon Foundation, Connecticut Humanities
Comedy Clubs, Bars, and Cafes:
City Steam Brewery Cafe's Brew Ha Ha Comedy Club, Hartford Funny Bone, Joker's Wild Comedy Club, City Steam Brewery & Cafe's Richardson Room, La Paloma Sabanera, Cloud 9 Lounge, Jitters Coffeehouse, The Speakeasy at Local 121, Zen Bar, Barley Vine, Esca Wine Bar
Schools, Museums, Heritage, and Community Venues:
Bulkeley High School, Butler McCook House, The Buttonwood Tree, Central Baptist Church, Hartford City Hall, Connecticut Children's Medical Center, ConnectiCon, Connecticut Science Center, CT Business Expo, Hartford Law and Government High School, Holyoke Public Library, Lyceum Resource & Conference Center, The Mark Twain House & Museum, Middletown Elk's Club, PSC Partners Conference, Odyssey of the Mind, The Studio at Billings Forge, The University of Connecticut's Student Union Theater, Wadsworth Atheneum, Goodwin College
Media Studios:
ESPN, WFSB, WNPR, WTNH, WWLP, Fox 61


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November 28, 2014
A UW-Madison professor charged with child enticement allegedly admitted to e–mailing naked photos of himself to a 14–year-old boy he met on the Internet.
According to a criminal complaint filed Tuesday, comparative literature professor Lewis Keith Cohen told police he sent the photos.
Cohen said he intended to act as a "big brother'' to the boy. He was arrested in Greendale on March 15 after trying to meet the boy for sex.
This after the boy's mother contacted police when she found the e–mails. Anne Schwartz, of the Milwaukee Police Department, says, "This mother did exactly the right thing. She saw that her son was engaged in some troubling contact on the Internet and so she called the police. That's exactly what we want parents to do."
Cohen is also charged with using a computer to facilitate a sex crime. He is due in Milwaukee County court on Friday. He is on paid administrative leave from the University pending an internal investigation.
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11 Little Hacks That'll Make Your Apartment Feel Huge
Despite your best efforts, your home's become cluttered up over the years, resulting in a cramped feeling you can't seem to shake. But youyes, youcan create a functional and personal space, thanks to Small Apartment Hacks author Jenna Mahoney's tweaks, each of which will make your house feel a little more mansion-like.
By Julianne Adams
Let there be light
"The key to creating a bigger feel is creating optical illusions," writes Mahoney, who believes this is best achieved through adding light. Open your space up to natural sunlight, then use mirrors and reflective surfaces to make the light flow throughout the room and add depth. Overhead lighting and soft-lit floor lamps can help you do it, as can pink bulbs, which create a natural, soft glow.
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Thursday, 26 December 2013 00:00
The recently concluded election campaigns all had something in common — political signs and advertising that promoted name recognition over substance or the actual records of candidates. The public knows and learns little about them. They vote blindfolded, with their feet. Slogans over substance prevail.
This is really no different than the national disgrace in 2012 where the Presidential campaign cost over one billion dollars and Senate candidates spent over 25 million dollars each. Even a local House seat cost over a million dollars in campaign funding. For what?
In 1968 Joe McGinnis wrote a book entitled: The Selling Of The President. It was the story of how Richard Nixon was marketed like a package of cigarettes and the enormous amounts of money from lobbyists and slush funds used to gain his election. But it also told us how an unattractive candidate can be sold to an unknowing electorate.
The debacles in government should have given Americans great pause during the last election – indeed the meshing of governance and politics should have caused a revolution inside of the polling places. A shut down of the government for over two weeks; failed
immigration policies; filibusters against nominees; the derailment of Obamacare coupled with the high cost of campaigns should cause all Americans to revolt against a government that is dysfunctional. Elected officials work for themselves rather than their constituencies. That is obvious from what they do to self promote and pay themselves even during a government shutdown when civil servants are not being paid.
Obama is not the enemy. Everyone in government is when they accept campaign contributions from public and private interest groups, lobbyists and unions. Campaign contributions and endorsements should be outlawed except for public financing which should be limited to substantive issues rather than advertising. Candidates should run on the basis of their records not on the basis of false advertising that promotes name recognition alone. The media will have to do its job and in reporting the news turn down the billions that they receive in advertising. Editorial endorsements create an appearance of impropriety when candidates buy advertising from the same media outlets.
Those who promote politics and government as usual should be taken out of office. We should have recall elections for the candidacies of those who narcissistically campaign purely for self-aggrandizement and not on the issues. We need people in government to provide real solutions not merely to highlight the problems or to speak in vague terms about them. It's not about rhetoric. It is about substance. The best ideas should win, not the best advertising.
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Typical Democrat Tactics In Race For Annapolis Mayor
The city of Annapolis will conduct its general election this Tuesday, November 3rd. Voters in Annapolis, both anecdotally and as represented by polling, are decidedly against anything that resembles the past 8 years of leadership in the city.
The Independent candidate, Chris Fox, can claim complete lack of involvement in the status quo, as he comes from a business background and has not served in city government. The Republican candidate, Dave Cordle, has sat on the city council for the past 8 years and has made great efforts to inform voters that the political deck was stacked against him, and his voice of dissent was routinely overruled. The Democrat candidate, Josh Cohen, was on the city council for 5 of those 8 years (before leaving for county council in the middle of his term as alderman, and now running for Mayor in the middle of his county council term), but routinely tries to distance himself from outgoing Mayor Ellen Moyer.
The point is, each candidate is trying to be the candidate of change, and the candidate that brings people together. But judging by a recent campaign piece by Cohen, he is not the candidate who will deliver. Take a look:
There are 8 wards in the city of Annapolis, and Democrats are running for election or re-election in 7 of them. The piece, which most clearly features the President, urges voters to "continue our progress" by voting for Cohen, and the 3 black Democrats running for city council. The 4 white Democrats running for city council are excluded.
I live outside of city limits and am not a registered Democrat, so I doubt that I would be on the list to receive this literature. I don't know if any city voters have actually received this piece or will receive it in the next couple of days. Although you can't see it from this picture, the authority line on the piece reads "Cohen for Mayor". So you're left with one of two explanations: election fraud from someone claiming to represent the campaign......or politics as usual.
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Photographer Blurs The Line Between Reality And Fantasy
Doucède's pictures aim to portray "the decisive moment when the person in the photo starts to think about something else".
"…at a particular moment, the dream takes over and then the whole décor surrounding the person comes to life," said Doucède.
It takes three days to set up a scene as the objects are being attached to a string.
Doucède deliberately leaves the thin strings visible because she wanted to maintain a connection between reality and the surreal moments.
"Otherwise it's just a fictional or fantastical photo and I didn't want that."
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TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - Jorge De La Rosa turned in his longest outing of the spring, throwing five innings and striking out six in the Colorado Rockies' 6-3 win over a Cleveland Indians split squad Wednesday.
De La Rosa only got stronger as the game went along, striking out the side in the fifth. For his increased endurance, the hard-throwing lefty credits a revamped offseason conditioning program that helped him shed 18 pounds.
Chris Iannetta powered the Colorado offense, lining a two-run triple to left-center in the sixth. Troy Tulowitzki and Melvin Mora added run-scoring singles.
Carlos Carrasco was effective for Cleveland, bolstering his chances of landing a spot in the rotation. He allowed no hits and struck out three in four innings of work.
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