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Broward Sheriff's OfficeMichael JacobsMichael Jacobs -- a 43-year-old band booster for Cypress Bay High School in Weston -- liked to have parties at his place with weed, alcohol, and porn.The problem is, those parties were "sleepovers," and the partygoers were boys between the ages of 12 and ... More >>
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In a reversal of its original decision, the Broward Sheriff's Office is now asking county prosecutors to bring a misdemeanor case against the 17-year-old caught snapping cell phone photos of girls going to the loo at Cypress Bay High School in Weston.From the BSO news release:The victim, a 15-year-o ... More >>
Meet Orlando Rafeal Dager, 24, from Southwest Ranches. He was arrested late Tuesday night with eight bags of marijuana in his 2003 Toyota Camry. This is shocking only because Dager has been a substitute teacher at Cypress Bay High School in Weston (where the kids can afford all sorts of drugs) for f ... More >>
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This project was designed to make the cleaning process of an aquarium easier. Changing the aquarium water can take hours and it is not an easy task.
Two Solenoid Valves are used which work as Make Up and Draining Valves. The draining solenoid valve will energize when the pH level of the water is below the minimum level (5.8pH) or higher than the maximum level (7.8pH). The Turbidity Sensor will perform checks, and if the level is high the Drain Solenoid will energize to initiate the draining process.
Each and every move of this project is controlled by an EEPROM. It takes 23 minutes and 12 seconds to drain the water from a 9167 cm3 aquarium and 24 minutes and 53 seconds to replace the drained water.
The specially designed food-feeder box is made up of a 9 volt motor together with a gear to churn the food. A small hole is made on the box to allow the flow of the food into the aquarium. The automatic food feeder works on a 24-hour basis and also each time the make up process stops.
This project will ensure that the pH and turbidity of the water is well maintained. Besides this, it reduces the time spent maintaining the aquarium. With this design one can safely go on holiday for a few days without needing friends or neighbors to help feed the fish and clean the aquarium water.
|What Aqua Kleen Does
Automatically drains the water
Common Problems Faced by Aquarium Caretakers
Difficulty in changing the aquarium water
An automatic control system to maintain proper living condition for fish in an aquarium. Any aquarium tends to build alkali level and get cloudy when water is not changed at the right time.
A search of books and the Internet was done. An automatic aquarium water changer was found. It works continuously and changes 5 gallons of water every hour. It
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Stadelmann, Peter. (1991). 'Tropical Fish: Setting up and Taking Care of the Aquariums'. PP: 24-3
|Designing and Testing Aqua Kleen Prototype
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Solenoid valves are arranged and connected to a relay
2 Solenoid Operated Valves
Tests were conducted when the turbidity level was high. The system responded as below without any errors.
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Ramesh Rajandran displaying Aqua Kleen in the final competition at the International Science and Engineering Fair in Detroit, Michigan, May 2000.


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text: FacebookTwitterGoogle+E-mail It was hate, not religion, that motivated the horrible acts of September 11… Nothing could be more unAmerican than to respond to mindless hatred with blind vengeance [Will Smith] What does Muhammad Ali say? See the video below: * Image Courtesy BBC.co.uk FacebookTwitterGoogle+E-mail 16 Responses Salman September 11, 2008 Please digg this video: http://digg.com/celebrity/On_9_11_A_Tribute_to_Heroes_Will_Smith_with_Muhammad_Ali 0 0 Reply Abu 'Umar September 11, 2008 Yes, 9/11 is a good opportunity to remember the innocent victims of terrorism. We all know the approx. number and some of the names of people killed on 9/11, but how many of us know the number and names of those killed in the American\Israeli terrorist attacks on Iraq, Afghanistan, Somalia, Palestine, and Lebanon? Who remembers those innocent men, women, and children who were killed, widowed, and orphaned? What yearly tributes are there for them? 0 0 Reply Amad September 11, 2008 Abu Umar, we get your angle, with all your comments on MM. Sometimes we have a tendency to wrap everything up, and it is this tendency to conflate that is counterproductive to all purposes of healing and moving on. There is no need to conflate everything. It is not necessary to mention all injustices, when talking about one. We have talked about injustices all over the world on these pages. Today, we are talking about the victims of 9/11, because today is september 11. You can express your diversions and tangents another post when the opportunity arises that we talk about your subject, insha'Allah. Otherwise be forewarned that we will generously moderate unrelated tangents. Wasalam Editor: Comment has been edited 0 0 Reply Hassan September 11, 2008 Amad (Author) said: Abu Umar, we get your angle, with all your comments on MM, and on the jihadi revolution blog. Sometimes we have a tendency to wrap everything up, and it is this tendency to conflate that is counterproductive to all purposes of healing and moving on. There is no need to conflate everything. It is not necessary to mention all injustices, when talking about one. We have talked about injustices all over the world on these pages. Today, we are talking about the victims of 9/11, because today is september 11. You can express your diversions and tangents on the IA forums or the revolution blog, or wait for the opportunity when we talk about your subject. Otherwise be forewarned that we will generously moderate unrelated tangents. Wasalam Amad I love you for sake of Allah. You are right that we need not conflate. So talking about 9/11 there is no need for talking about other issues now. Similarly, when talking about sister Afia, and Sarah Palin, we should not talk about OBL and Al Qaida. For now make dua for me and my family, I am under mandatory evacuation for Hurricane Ike. Would be leaving for Dallas. Wassalam. 0 0 Reply Abu Ninja September 11, 2008 Akhi Amad I just want to say that I am slightly offended with the way you addressed akh Abu Umar. I dont know you akh and neither do I know Abu Umar. All brother Abu Umar did was make a very good point which he is intitled to, and there was no need for you to reply back with such conceited personal comments. Just so you know, I love you both for the sake of Allah. Abu Ninja 0 0 Reply Abu 'Umar September 11, 2008 Very well brother Amad. I apologize for getting of topic, though I hope you can understand my point. But coming back to 9/11 MSNBC commentator Keith Olbermann had a very good piece last nigh on the continued and cynical neocon use of the attacks to further their political agenda: 0 0 Reply Abu 'Umar September 11, 2008 @Abu Ninja Just so you know, I love you both for the sake of Allah. And my He, for who's sake you love me, love you in return. 0 0 Reply MR September 11, 2008 On 9/1l the Catholics accepted the Earth revolves around the Sun. 0 0 Reply Abu 'Umar September 11, 2008 On September 11, 1973 a military coup d'état supported by the administration of President Richard M. Nixon in the United States put an end to the democratically elected government of Salvador Allende in Chile. After the coup Nixon supported both diplomatically and economically the military Junta that seized power. The junta, led by Augusto Pinochet, arrested, tortured and murdered thousands of Allende's supporters. Source: http://www.counterpunch.org/cantor09112008.html 0 0 Reply umar September 11, 2008 no offence but who gives a crap about how many died on 9/11? how come noone dedicates posts to our brothers and sisters who are killed in raids, raped? torutured? in afghanistan? kashmir? iraq? brothers and sisters imprisoned on no charges (yes there other people like our sister aafia) why don't you shed some light on the american sheikh ali tamimi, why don't you raise funds for his court case? why don't you make posts about him? fahad hashmi? 0 0 Reply LaIlahaIlAllah September 11, 2008 http://www.ispu.org/articles/articledetailpb-53.html 0 0 Reply H. Ahmed September 11, 2008 Umar – i am deeply offended at your comment. I am a New Yorker – and the events of 9/11 tragically affected me directly. Muslims also died in the WTC. We give a crap – because this is our land – we too are Americans. That doesnt take away from any of the other injustices you mentioned. You are absolutely right, those are travesties and we should be talking about these issues more – and we should remember all those people in our duas as well. "Giving a crap" about these tragedies- aren't mutually exclusive. 0 0 Reply Abu 'Umar September 11, 2008 Why should they ask me to put on a uniform and go 10,000 miles from home and drop bombs and bullets on Brown people in Vietnam while so-called Negro people in Louisville are treated like dogs and denied simple human rights? No I'm not going 10,000 miles from home to help murder and burn another poor nation simply to continue the domination of white slave masters of the darker people the world over. This is the day when such evils must come to an end. I have been warned that to take such a stand would cost me millions of dollars. But I have said it once and I will say it again. The real enemy of my people is here. I will not disgrace my religion, my people or myself by becoming a tool to enslave those who are fighting for their own justice, freedom and equality. If I thought the war was going to bring freedom and equality to 22 million of my people they wouldn't have to draft me, I'd join tomorrow. I have nothing to lose by standing up for my beliefs. So I'll go to jail, so what? We've been in jail for 400 years. – Muhammad 'Ali Clay 1 0 Reply Amad September 12, 2008 Let's flip this on its head, Umar: "Who gives a crap about the Muslims dying in Iraq, Afghanistan… they brought it upon themselves… most are just terrorists…we should nuke all of them" I think we would all be deeply offended by this statement repeated by many Islamophobes. So, we should think for others, what we want for ourselves. If we don't have apathy for others, we shouldn't expect it for ourselves. So, Umar, we do "give a crap" about all those innocent civilians who died on 9/11. As far as dedicating posts to the other injustices, I am assuming you are new on MM, otherwise you will find a lot of stuff all over dealing with Iraq, Gujarat, China, Ali Timimi, etc. Pls spend a little more time researching. Injustice is injustice, wherever it is served. w/s 0 0 Reply Imam Amir Eronomy Mohammed September 24, 2008 follow up…Bismillah, PO Box 9155 Fayetteville,NC 28301 vote for Imam Eronomy Smith Mohammed this 5th time running for NC State Legislature founding of new Masjid Omar Ibn Say'yid here, Town Hall Meetings Crime 10 Solutions Committee since 1992 sent nationally heading up Muslim – Christian Neighborhood of 27 new houses already 13 built beside Masjid Omar, headed up Redevelopment of Downtown Businesses and Fayetteville-Pinehurst-Fort Bragg Military(BRAC Partnership of Billions of Dollars since 1993). send small campaign $25 check. 0 0 Reply nor October 9, 2008 besm allah I know what happened in 9/11 is totally torrism,becuse there are annoucent people who has nothing to do in their goverment sick desions,and ask mercy peace for there soles.and what about going in palastine,iraq,afaganstan,lebanon,shishan thousands of people mostly children died becuse of torrism of america and its friends. I want to tell you that allah tells us in our book to fight who fight us first and be kind to other religions and respect the freedom of others and to love all of the massenger adam,noah,joesph,jaucup,moses,isa ,soleman,daod ,and finally our prophet mohmed and others, god bless their soles. The true muslem who follows allah and his prophet direction and beleive in other life . La allah ela allah,mohmed rasol allah 0 0 Reply Leave a Reply Cancel reply


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Like the veteran gambler who frequents the racetrack or the casino in the hope of this time hitting it big, seasoned theatergoers return to the theater faithfully anticipating a win. And every once in a while, among the duds, the disappointments, and the well-intended productions -- even among the energetic, the very good, and the excellent shows -- there is an evening that transcends all others. The New World Rep Company's rendition of Brian Friel's magnificent Faith Healer provides one of those exceptional, not-to-be-missed evenings, and marks an auspicious beginning for New World Rep, a professional company that debuted in downtown Miami three weeks ago. (The drama plays in repertory through this weekend with Jose Rivera's Marisol, reviewed below.)
Brian Friel, one of Ireland's premier dramatists, built a repertoire over the past 30 years that includes Philadelphia, Here I Come!, Translations, and the Tony Award-winning Dancing at Lughnasa. Sharing the themes of communication, memory, identity, and exile with his other plays, Faith Healer, written in 1979, also explores the ordeal of being an artist blessed with a talent that is both an inspiration and an affliction.
The drama consists of four monologues delivered by three characters, none of whom appear on stage at the same time. This deceptively simple structure allows Frank, an itinerant healer who is part con man-part miracle worker, to speak first, followed by his wife, Grace, his manager, Teddy, and then Frank again. In rich, anecdotal language that shifts seamlessly from memory to self-delusion to confession, each monologue offers different recollections of the same events during the trio's twenty-year relationship. Traveling the back roads of Scotland and Wales in a van, they bring one-night "performances" of Frank's healing powers A which sometimes work for him but just as often fail him A to the blind, the crippled, the rejected, and the maimed. By the final monologue, an exquisitely textured tableau of a complex life together emerges -- a life, as Frank describes it, "always balanced somewhere between the absurd and the momentous."
I was not surprised to read in the program that Friel published short stories early in his career. Combining the poetry and potency of Celtic names, keenly observed details about people and places, and numerous other details left to the imagination, Friel's writing in Faith Healer taps into the Irish flair for storytelling while achieving what great fiction does best -- disclosing its characters' inner lives. Yet no one would mistake the play for prose. Friel undeniably has conceived the work for the stage, and reaches dramatic heights through distinct voices and a purposefully crafted layering of information. Patrice Bailey honors the playwright's haunting and poignant script with cautiously paced direction that allows the mesmerizing language and the characters' pain to resonate fully. And she elicits stirring, memorable performances from each actor.
As Grace, Cynthia Caquelin begins a bit on the self-consciously earnest side, and her alleged Irish accent, wavering between uneven and nonexistent, proves initially distracting. But the characterization builds until Caquelin the actress fades, and the enigmatic, contradictory Grace appears -- fiercely intelligent, dependent, tenacious, rebellious, ironic, devoted -- to close act one on a stunning emotional note. David Kwiat balances comedy, compassion, and integrity in his heartbreaking portrayal of the all-forgiving manager-servant Teddy, who sees Grace and Frank's relationship more clearly than the couple itself does, even as he grapples with his own feelings for each of them. And Andrew Noble delivers a nothing-short-of-remarkable performance as Frank. Although the faith healer finds himself burdened by a gift he neither understands nor seems able to control, Noble the actor is in full possession of his powers, infusing his character with equal measures of cruelty, selfishness, self-pity, pain, and charm.
While Jeff Quinn's sparse set -- consisting of a banner, a platform, and several chairs -- and subdued yet evocative lighting evoke lonely rural byways and shabby bed-sitters, a mere review cannot begin to transmit the power of Friel's language in a live setting. Do not miss this chance to see an excellent production of this playwright's fine work.
On the other side of the world from Faith Healer's small-town Britain, New York City pulses as a war-torn battlefield, a place where disaffected angels have descended from Heaven in order to lead a rebellion against God. Termed by some critics as magical-realist, Puerto Rican-born Jose Rivera's Marisol is more accurately described as an apocalyptic passion play, at the center of which lies the fall, the suffering, and the re-education of the title character. Marisol Perez (Micha Espinosa), a Puerto Rican-born copy editor, aspires to a form of the American dream by donning trench coat and high heels every morning and riding the subway from the run-down South Bronx to a steady job in Manhattan. Protected partially by a veneer of job security and partially by the efforts of a guardian angel, Marisol has steered clear of New York's street culture -- the menagerie of homeless people, psychotics, and bullies whose paths most city dwellers attempt to avoid. On the eve of the heavenly rebellion, however, Marisol's guardian angel (James Samuel Randolph) visits to say he's withdrawing his talismanic powers because he's needed to fight the good fight -- from now on, Marisol must make it on her own. By the next morning the violence simmering just below the city's surface starts to erupt, and Marisol's life on the street begins.


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Teaching Gifted Students with D&D
The Austin Daily Herald brings us this story on the third annual Gifted and Talented Symposium in Austin, Texas, where Educational Psychology professor Bonnie Cramond discussed her methods of using Dungeons & Dragons to teach mythology to sixth, seventh, and eighth graders:
Cramond brought the fantasy game presentation to the symposium, ready to explain how in the early '80s she used a barebones version of Dungeons and Dragons to get middle school students to work together and absorb the material in a different way.
Sadly, most of these sorts of creative learning programs were shut out during the Satanic Panic era of the 1980s, when many parents were filled with the fear that anything related to role-playing games was evil and dangerous.
Thankfully however, we are past that era, and most people have a fair to good understanding about what RPGs really are. Now it's just a matter of spreading the word of how beneficial RPGs can be to the learning process, and trying to put programs like this one back into place in schools everywhere.
You can read the full story here: [ article | archive ]
Free RPG Day is this Saturday!
The title pretty much says it all - this Saturday, June 18th, is Free RPG Day, when RPG publishers offer great freebies to Friendly Local Game Stores, who in turn offer them to their customers free of charge.
Here are two things to remember when you head out to your FLGS for some gratis gaming goodies:
- Many stores have rules regarding how many free items you can take. This is to ensure that there is enough to go around for everyone. Please respect these rules, they are there to make Free RPG Day better for everyone.
- Someone (sorry, I don't remember who) suggested a $5 pledge - that is, if you go to a store to get some Free RPG Day swag, spend at least five dollars there, just to help out the good folks who bring you all of these wonderful games. Get some new dice or a dice bag, some minis, a magazine, or whatever catches your eye. If everyone who stopped in a store for some freebies spent five dollars while they were there, it would give our game stores a much-needed shot in the arm.
Speaking of special events designed to promote the RPG hobby - the next Read an RPG Book in Public Week is coming up in a little over a month! What better way to get some early practice than to read some of your shiny new free RPG books in public?
Two positive roleplaying articles: one for tabletop, one for LARP
Two positive stories on the hobby hit my inbox recently:
First, Roll Play: Knoxville's Adult Board Gamers examines a group of gamers at a popular game store in Knoxville, TN:
It provides practice in personal interactions. "It helps you learn to deal with people, being diplomatic, speaking in public." He adds, "Before Dungeons & Dragons, I would never have talked to a reporter. I'd be saying, 'Please don't talk to me!'"
Read the full article here: [ article | archive]
Next, nj.com published a positive story on live-action roleplayers, titled N.J. role-playing enthusiasts gather to act out games, stories [ article | archive] ... then, in a followup piece, gave LARPers the opportunity to respond to the myths and stereotypes that surround them:
It might be a bit weird - but at least these folks are out there enjoying the outdoors, using their imaginations, etc. Certainly no weirder than people who spend their weekends hitting balls into little cups with expensive sticks or casting hooks into water to catch fish you have no intention of eating![ article | archive]
nj.com also has a great photo album to go with the article - you can view it here.
Tools of the Mind
Ben at the Kids Dungeon Adventure blog made a post recently about Tools of the Mind, a teaching method that utilizes roleplaying and has been shown to reduce aggression, increase self-regulation, and promote vocabulary and spelling.
We knew all about this already, but it's always good to have experts on our side, isn't it? Read more here!
Wizards & Warriors needs you!
My friend Adam Rogers, who is the executive director of camps for Guard Up!, has a pressing dilemma. His fantasy LARP camp in Massachusetts, Wizards & Warriors, has a bunch of scholarships to give away - but time is running out before camp starts!
If you have some young adventurers in your tribe (boys and girls ages 10-15), and are near (or can get to) the Westford, MA area, apply for a scholarship today! For more info on the Wizards and Warriors camp, visit www.guardup.com, or call 781-270-4800
(For even more info, see my 2009 interview with Meghan Gardner from Wizards & Warriors right here.)
Vampires at UofD, LARPing in the sports section, The Blind GM, and more!
I've got a bunch of articles and items that deserve mention on the blog, but too little time to give each one it's own post. So here are some quick reviews:
'Vampire' clans battle in Purnell Hall - This one is over a month old, and slipped by me somehow, even though it's from my own home state of Delaware. College papers are usually good to the roleplaying hobby, giving an accurate portrayal of the game and players, and this article is no exception. Mention is made of how LARP can help build confidence and social skills in players who need help in one or both.
Live Action Role Play: no blood, all glory - Another college paper covers LARP, this time the Seattle University Spectator covering boffer-style LARPing - in the Sports section, no less!
The Blind GM - I discovered The Blind GM when he followed me on Twitter, and clicked over to his blog to check it out. In it, he discusses the challenges of being a blind roleplayer, including finding PDFs that are accessible to the visually impaired. It's still a new blog (only two posts so far), but I'm hoping it will stick around for a while and enlighten us all even further.
Homeschool RPG Club - Update (from the Kids-RPG discussion group). Bruce Anderson organized an RPG club for homeschooled kids, and ran Savage Worlds sessions for four different groups. This post is a summary of the groups and the sessions he ran for each, and it is overflowing with awesomeness.
Fantasy lives in real-world games - As I was typing all of this up, another great story hit my inbox, this one from the Columbian in Washington, about gamers meeting at the Washougal Community Library to play RPGs and other games.
Roleplaying games as writing inspiration
My friend Bob Mueller sent me a post from the Write Anything blog on the benefits that RPGs can provide to writers who are looking for inspiration.
It's actually the second in a trilogy of posts on using RPGs as inspiration for your writing. I'm not sure if they will bring much enlightenment to experienced gamers - we're already very aware of these benefits by now - but they're really geared for non-roleplayer writers who are looking for new paths to inspiration.
The first, I Am Dungeon Master, is all about the perils of world-building, and trusting your world to a group of potentially destructive characters. The second, Player of Games, discusses the great level of detail that roleplayers put into their characters, which effectively start out as a bunch of numbers on a sheet of paper.
The third installment is still pending, and I'm looking forward to seeing what it will be about!
Yes, Girls Play D&D
Jeff Woodall pointed me in the direction of these two videos about a Dungeon Master named David and his all-female group of players. The original, "Yes, Girls Play D&D" was made for a school project, and was aimed at people who know very little about the hobby. The second, "Yes, Girls (Still) Play D&D," is sort of an update on the group, how they have developed as players, and how they are dealing with the challenge of balancing game time and real life.
It's always great to see any group of roleplayers having a good time at a session - but even better when it's a stereotype-buster, like this group is. (And I love the idea of a party of musicians named after classical composers, and will totally be stealing it for a future campaign.)
The sound on both of these videos is a bit low, so you may want to dig out your headphones. (Be forewarned that there is a little bit of salty language in both of these videos, so please watch with discretion around younger gamers.)
Remnants of Satanic Panic
Lately, I've been doing some research for the next Escapist video, "How Roleplaying Games Got a Bad Reputation," and going through some old anti-gaming books and videos. My oldest daughter Aylish caught me doing this, and told me how frustrated it made her to see people trying to feed others their own paranoid ignorance.
I gave her the good news - that for the most part, you don't see these sorts of things happening as often these days, and when someone does write a book or get on television trying to warn everyone away from the imagined evils of RPGs, they're usually dismissed as raving kooks.
Then, just yesterday, I received an email from an Escapist reader who sent me a link to a post on the roleplaying forum RPGnet, with a story that could have easily come from the mid eighties:
So my mom took away my D&D books today because of Heroes of Shadow.
It's just another reminder of why this site and the CAR-PGa are here. Sadly, this is one of those situations that is hard to reconcile. I used to get emails about it so frequently that I addressed it in the Basic Gaming FAQ, with the best advice I could possibly offer in cases like these. In a nutshell: respect the wishes of your parents, arm yourself with the facts, try to explain your case as rationally and calmly as possible, and accept their decision no matter what it is.
It feels sort of strange to still be handing out this advice, because it's so hard to imagine too many remnants of the Satanic Panic era still lingering around 30 years later. But that's not the only reason it feels strange. As I write this, I'm preparing a Vampire: The Masquerade session for Aylish and her friends Miranda and Jerry, and looking forward to spending some quality time with intelligent, creative kids, telling stories and exercising our imaginations.
It's strange to think of that as something that I should be so afraid of.
The RPG Fact Checker
One of the projects I have been working on for the site for a very long time is a short PDF document aimed at anyone who is writing on the subject of tabletop roleplaying games without much prior knowledge of what they are and how they are played - something I call "The RPG Fact Checker." I'm hoping that such a thing would be a handy tool for any writer who has an honest desire to accurately write about the hobby, with some basic facts, refutations of common misconceptions, and links to more information.
The reason it has taken so long to complete it is that I've spent so much time debating what should go into it, and how long it should be. At present, I have a pretty good amount of information compacted into three pages, and I'm fairly happy with the way it is organized.
But as always, I'm open to suggestions. Before I go public with it, I'd like some other people to have a look and tell me what they think. A link to the PDF is below. If you think I've missed something that really should be included, email me at Thanks!
The RPG Fact Checker (PDF)
Castles and Cauldrons
Hooper from the Quilt City O.G.R.E.S. left a message on The Escapist's Facebook page yesterday to let me know about an unusual occurrence. Someone on the Focus on the Family forums expressed a concern about their children getting involved in role-playing games, and another forum user replied with a link to the O.G.R.E.S.' RPG Myths page, a page made from various 'clippings' from The Escapist.
What makes this unusual is that Focus on the Family isn't what you would call a RPG-friendly organization. In fact, on August 4th and 11th, 1990, they aired a two-part episode of their radio drama series "Adventures in Odyssey" about the imagined dangers of RPGs.
I was reminded of this when Hooper left his message yesterday, and I did a search to see if I could find recordings of the episodes somewhere. As it turns out, FotF sells individual episodes on their website, and the Castles & Cauldrons episodes can be had for just a couple bucks each. I considered purchasing them to review them on the site, but I have a hard time giving even a few dollars to an organization like Focus on the Family.
The good news is that a pretty good synopsis of the episodes can be found on the site:
The Barclays have a visitor for the summer: Len, George's nephew. Jimmy is excited to have his cousin stay with them, especially when Len shows Jimmy a new game called Castles & Cauldrons-- it's even better than Zapazoids. Castles & Cauldrons (C & C) is a fantasy role-playing game. The players become medieval characters who use battle skills and other means to conquer their enemies. Len is "Luthor the Magician," and he names Jimmy "Jondel the Apprentice." Jimmy thinks the game is harmless-until Len takes it a step further, and imagination starts becoming reality. Plastic swords ring with the sound of steel; epic battles are fought against the forces of darkness and won. Jimmy is amazed by these things, but Len wants him to go further still, into incantations, spells, and conjuring-which sounds suspiciously like black magic. What's worse, Len swears Jimmy to silence. He's not to tell anybody about the game, especially his parents or Whit, because "they won't understand."
In another description of the episode, it is mentioned that a cat possessed by some sort of evil spirit is the one who ripped Donna's doll apart, Whit becomes filled with an inexplicable feeling of dread, and a roast in the oven begins to smoke - all clear signs that something sinister is afoot at Whit's End.
(You heard right - Whit's End. I would be remiss if I didn't point out the irony that this and every other episode of Adventures in Odyssey take place in a town seemingly named for the state of mind that most of its citizens must be in, due to the weekly barrage of evil that assaults them in every episode.)
The bad news is, according to the listings on the site, FotF is still airing these 20 year old episodes - the most recent airing happened on January 4th and 5th of this year. So even though someone lurking in the FotF forums seems to have a level head when it comes to RPGs, the organization itself is still promoting ideas like:
- RPGs make imagination become reality
- RPGs involve real magic that the players - not the characters - participate in
- RPGs involve "initiations"
- RPG players have to keep their games secret from parents and other authority figures
- gaming groups are "questionable" people
- playing an RPG can make all sorts of strange supernatural things happen around you
- it's perfectly okay to take someone else's belongings and destroy them if you suspect that those belongings might be evil
- people who play RPGs act strangely and need professional help
Discussion questions are included on the site for parents, educators, and anyone else who is using these episodes for lessons, but they don't seem to be intended for any sort of open and objective discussion - one of them is "Why is it a bad idea to play games like Castles & Cauldrons?"
Here's a discussion question I would like to suggest: Actors and actresses play roles all of the time, in movies, television, and even on the radio. If it is wrong to play a role in a fantasy RPG, why is it okay to play a role in a radio drama of a character that is playing a role in a fantasy RPG?
Texas school board claims D&D club promotes "death and violence"
The school board of Taylor High School in Taylor, Texas made a proposition to end the schools Dungeons & Dragons club because they feel it is unwholesome - but the club's sponsor, Mr. Gray, has risen to the game's defense by pointing out the game's benefits:
Let's be real. In the realm of sports and clubs that one could participate in, the Dungeons and Dragons club isn't exactly the "hippest" option. It's a fantasy game based on created characters and imaginary quests, and although apparently addicting, it's relatively harmless. However, late last week, the School Board made a proposition to end the D&D club based on the belief that it "promotes death and violence".
Thankfully, the issue is under review, and it looks like the situation is going to be handled in a mature and responsible manner - some members of the board are planning to sit in on a game before making their decisions.
Read the full article here: School Board Proposes to End the Dungeons and Dragons Club
D&D helped accused murderer curb his violent impulses... or did it?
As I've mentioned many times before, I use Google Alerts to pick up stories in the media about D&D and other roleplaying games. Last week, something strange happened with my alerts. On March 23rd, it sent me an alert about Christopher Gribble, a participant in a horrible home invasion/murder incident that happened in October of 2009. The article from the New Hampshire Union Leader seemed to suggest that Gribble's involvement in Dungeons & Dragons was one of the things that kept his homicidal impulses at bay:
This could have been a first. I mean, we've seen an impressive decline in articles that attempt to connect D&D with criminal behavior, but this could be one of the first times a news story has directly suggested that playing the game could have the opposite effect for someone with extreme violent impulses..
When I clicked the link, however, I discovered that the article didn't contain any of the text found in the alert. I did a search for the text on Google, and found a link to the same article:
I had no luck with the Google cache, either, and an email to the reporter has yet to be answered. I'm guessing that the article had a quick revision of some sort before I got to view it. This isn't anything new - the same thing happened at SFGate during the coverage of the Columbine massacre, and I'm sure that's not the only time an article has gotten a substantial revision.
If anyone happened to see a copy of the original article, or knows how I can see it for myself, please contact me. Thanks!
Rescues and Role-playing
A little while ago, an Escapist reader named Jeff Woodall contacted me and asked if I would be interested in a piece on using role-playing to teach and reinforce lifeguarding skills. Naturally, I accepted, and here it is. Enjoy!
Rescues and Role-playing
By Jeff Woodall
Imagine this: a group of mothers decide to take their children to the swimming pool on a hot summer day. The mothers begin to talk while the older kids go to the deeper area to play. While the moms are talking when one of the younger kids about 3-4 years old decides he wants to join the bigger kids because they seem to be having a lot of fun. Looking up he sees his mother in deep conversation with the other moms. He begins walking towards the deeper area when suddenly he is in water over his head. He struggles for few seconds; unable to call for help and within moments goes under. He will struggle underwater for a few more seconds and then go unconscious sinking to the bottom to be carried by the slight current to deeper water. Meanwhile the moms, having been in deep conversation for about ten minutes, are unaware that the child has drowned. This unfortunately happens far more often than most people think.
And who do we rely on to prevent this tragedy? Perhaps a well trained Paramedic or firefighter? Nope, we rely primarily on high school kids working for close to minimum wage.
Keeping these teenagers interested in the training and getting them to understand the importance of what they are doing can be a challenge. Additionally when a real situation arises the lifeguard will be faced with a highly stressful situation that most kids their age are not used to. More often than not they will have bystanders watching, a freaked out parent, and little help. If they fail to take care of this situation not only they will end up with a tragedy in their hands but the possibility of lawsuit.
The initial training of lifeguards is similar to any classroom situation they are used to. Basically reading from a book, watching a video and then practicing the skills. They come out of the class knowing the information but after a month or two their skills deteriorate as they forget parts of the training. Ideally the organization they work for is supposed to provide training for them about once month, usually called in-service.
A couple years ago I accepted a position where I would be responsible for a group of about 100 lifeguards. Prior to my arrival they had been receiving training in order to practice and review their skills every month. Unfortunately the training was along the same lines- read, watch a video then a couple of the kids practice on a manikin while the rest who are supposed to be watching talk about other subjects, text or play with various electronic gizmos. Dull, boring and unmemorable. To make matters worse after testing some of them out I realized they were not prepared for a real life emergency. Things had to change.
I had come across the concept of using role-playing in training of lifeguards before and had used it with some success. Usually these were just limited to a few scenarios that were done over and over in the same way. What I wanted to do, however, was to take the role playing game experience and apply it to their training to make it more exciting and fun, to get them all involved and most importantly remember what they did and saw. Each scenario would be different in some way and not become routine. Now obviously I'm not wanting them to sit around a table and roll dice to see if they are successful at an action. There are however elements in all RPGs that can be utilized.
In all RPGs we have player-characters, non-player characters and a setting. For instance your typical fantasy game might include a band of adventurers (PCs), a group of goblins led by an ogre (NPCs), in a dungeon complex (setting). As the adventurers gain power and experience the NPCs become more varied and the settings will evolve as well. Different games and genres will use different trappings but those three elements are always found.
To make the scenario for training I would divide the guards up into groups. One group will be playing the part of the rescuers, the other guards will take on the parts of NPCs, victim or victims in some cases, freaked out parents are often a presence, bystanders of all sorts some making snide remarks on the guards performance or trying to interfere with the rescue. The setting can simply be the pool or any other part of the building. We can also add various props (empty jug of acid, extension cord) in the setting or other circumstances (electricity went out, there's a fire) that may change how the guards handle the rescue. Instead of my telling them to start rescue breathing or do thirty compression and they perform the action I just give them the cues like a game master would to his players and have them respond.
A typical training scenario will be along the lines of this:
Prompter "You have just pulled a ten year old child of the deep end what do you do?"
I have even used some Lovecraft at times:
Guards are performing rescue on an unconscious victim.
The expressions on their faces are priceless when I tell them that they have just given up the victim to someone claiming to be a fictional mad scientist.
If during their scenario they make a gross error, I let them know, as the victim will "die" or some other horrible incident will occur. This last part is especially useful, as I find many of the kids are used to guaranteed success at their other endeavors. They suddenly realize the importance of the situation.
Much like a rogue character who forgets to check for traps before unlocking the door you face the consequences of your mistake.
Afterward, we do a follow up go over what went well and what didn't.
With these techniques I have been able to bring in different scenarios some of which are rarely thought of or practiced at similar organizations.
Everyone has a part to play in these scenarios, no one gets bored and they remember it. They have become accustomed to performing the rescues under stressful conditions, work together as a team, retain the information, think outside the box and are able to interact with actual people not just a manikin. They also learn empathy for the victim and bystanders by playing those parts and have a good time while doing it. You know, all those things that us gamers say RPGs do.
One thing that has been a surprise for the guards is when I tell them where I get my ideas. It makes them see role-playing games in a different light even the ones who are already gamers. Many people can readily see how history or reading can be used in games and vice versa. This is one example of how what we learn from games can help learning in other areas and how we as gamers can show people that maybe those games can be of more use than just a hobby.
The Dungeon Adventure - a great intro to RPGs for the little ones
Wired GeekDad brought this great little game to my attention - The Dungeon Adventure, a simple dungeon crawling game created by Ben Garvey, and available for $5.99 at kidsdungeonadventure.com.
The Dungeon Adventure is a set of guidelines for simple dungeon crawl games. Adults build a dungeon floorplan out of building blocks and stock it with monster and treasure cards, and the young adventurers choose their favorite toys to send into the dungeon to complete the quest. Combat is very simple - there are no attack rolls, players and monsters just roll 1d6 for damage. When a monster runs out of hit points, it's dead, and you can help yourself to the treasure it was guarding.
The PDF set includes a 6-page rulebook, a sheet for tracking heroes and monsters hit points, and a set of monster cards. The monster cards are one of my favorite parts - rather than illustrations, the cards feature colorful pictures of toys (spiders, snakes, dragons, etc.) that kids will love.
My only issue with the game is that, as written, characters can die. This could be troublesome for some young children if they become attached to their heroes. It is easily remedied by allowing the players to drag any mortally wounded heroes back to the "hotel" and heal them there (possibly for a substantial fee).
It's a great little PDF package that can be used as a starting point for many grand adventures, and a good base to build a simple role-playing game on. What happens when the heroes venture into the wilderness? Can they use their accumulated treasure to build a stronghold? What if the monsters surrender and want to join the side of the good guys? The answers to these questions aren't found in The Dungeon Adventure, because the real fun is coming up with them on your own.
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Corb Lund - Gettin' Down on the MountainSubmitted by PollMan on Sun, 11/18/2012 - 23:41
Gettin' Down on the Mountain
When the oil stops, everything stops, nothin' left in the fountain
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"American Horror Story: Coven" recap (3.9): Your fashion faux pas give me nightmares
Since it's mostly been grown-up time so far, we're now due for a visit with the witches-in-training. Madison and Zoe go to see Nan at the hospital, where she is visiting the comatose Luke. Initially, Patti LuPone (who, it continually disappoints me, is so wasted in this role) forbids the witches from coming in the room, but when she realizes that Nan's clairvoyance is her last remaining way to reach her son, she embraces the witchery and breaks into "A Closer Walk With Thee."
You could at least have sung in key. You don't have to be that in character.
Over at Marie Laveau's, Queenie rescues Delphine's head from the garbage and brings it upstairs, where she sets it in front of the TV and puts on Roots. Delphine howls and begs her to change the channel back to Antiques Roadshow but to no avail. It is hilarious and also reminds me a little of my beloved grandmother, who I miss, but who definitely would have reacted the same way if I had tried to give her racial sensitivity training.
In the Robichaux basement, Misty and Cordelia use magic to coax a cherry tree back into beautiful, blossoming life, and if that is not a metaphor for lesbian sex then you can take back my college diploma.
Of course, then Lumberjack Dave shows up because he is determined to ruin everything. She orders him to collect his shit and move out, muttering the whole time "I was only trying to protect you…from me and my family."
Fiona is only too happy to see him go, but is surprised to discover Kyle hiding out in an upstairs room, where I presume Zoe had forgotten all about him.
Back at the hospital, Luke's spirit goes from requesting hymns to revealing dark secrets, such as the fact that Patti LuPone killed Luke's father with a bee sting. Not sure what that has to do with anything, but okay. Understandably upset at these accusations from her comatose son, she orders all the witches to go home.
When they arrive there, it is to the shocking but welcome discovery that Fiona has repaired Kyle, at least enough to teach him to play gin and serve as a guard dog.
Stung by Cordelia's rejection, and determined to do SOMETHING right, Lumberjack Dave charges into Marie Laveau's and kills nearly all the customers and hairstylists. It's horrifically violent, and also it makes zero sense that Marie Laveau would cower in front of a firearm wielded by this jackass. But seeing her mentor's life threatened spurs Queenie to action, and she places a gun to her own chin and fires killing Lumberjack Dave. Now, Dave's death means that one of my Christmas wishes has come true, but obviously it's not worth it if it means Queenie dies too. I'm not convinced she is dead, but my girlfriend disagrees. Let me know your take in the comments.
While this massacre goes down, two awakenings occur, but they are each too late. While watching footage of the Civil Rights Movement, Delphine LaLaurie finally lets in the horror of everything she has done, and finally experiences remorse. And at the hospital, Luke emerges from his coma with the knowledge that his mother killed his father, and Patti LuPone addresses this situation by smothering him with a pillow.
The very last scene is silent. Marie Laveau shows up at Fiona's doorstep in the dead of night, ready to work together to take down the threat of witch hunters. It's the perfect closing twist. If all the ladies kill all the misogynists, then I really will get everything I want for Christmas.
Of course, that won't happen. AHS will continue to be frustrating and wildly uneven, but it will always be worth it as long as they keep making episodes like this.