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Guide No. 38 (2006)
This guide begins by describing the problem of exploiting women who have been trafficked into the United States, and the aspects of human trafficking that contribute to it. Throughout the guide, the word "trafficked" shall mean internationally trafficked, unless otherwise stated. Additionally, the guide's focus is on the final period in the process of trafficking at which women are further exploited by those into whose hands they are passed. This is the point at which human trafficking becomes a problem for local police and so the guide identifies a series of questions that can help analyze local problems related to trafficking. Finally, it reviews responses to the exploitation of trafficked women and examines what is known about the effectiveness of these responses from research and police practice.
Concern about the exploitation of women who have been trafficked into the United States derives from the international issues of human trafficking and slavery. The characteristics of international human trafficking, including the profits, resemble those of the international drug trade.[1] In the United States, until the passage of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA) in 2000, human trafficking was approached as an immigration problem, which meant that police viewed trafficking as a federal rather than a local responsibility. The TVPA clarified the definition of human trafficking-a particularly difficult problem, as will be seen below-and introduced a number of important protections for trafficked individuals (see BOX 1). The TVPA defines two forms of severe human trafficking:
The trafficking of women within the United States is an old concern, dating back at least to the Mann Act of 1911, which criminalized taking persons across state lines for the purpose of prostitution. This law was directed towards prostitution in particular, without regard to immigration issues.
Because some 70 percent of internationally trafficked women end up in the sex trade, the effect of the TVPA is to define many such women as crime victims rather than criminals. Whether pressed into forced labor or prostitution, the exploitation of these individuals is continued upon entry into the United States, whether in the same hands of those who trafficked them, or whether passed on to others who profit from commercial sex or cheap, often forced, labor.
The TVPA does not require that a trafficked person be actually transported anywhere; it simply requires that the victim's freedom be constrained by force, fraud or coercion. The focus of this guide, however, is on those women who are transported into the United States for the purposes of commercial sex or forced labor. The operational elements of forced labor, such as occurs in domestic service, agriculture, and sweatshops, [3] are similar to those of forced prostitution: in both cases women may be kept in slave-like conditions, exploited for their labor and are physically and mentally abused. They also share the same trafficked experience: a system built on fraud, coercion, and false promises, which is meant to ensure that the women remain under the control of their traffickers from the moment they are recruited continuing indefinitely through forced labor or the commercial sex trade. [4]
Exploiting internationally trafficked women is only one of a number of problems that are related to or are examples of, human trafficking. Other related problems not directly addressed by this guide include:
Extent of the Problem
Statistics concerning human trafficking are necessarily unreliable because of the clandestine nature of the activity and the difficulties in defining it. [6] The U.S. State Department estimates that between 600,000 and 800,000 persons were trafficked across national borders worldwide between April, 2003 and March, 2004. Eighty percent of these were female, 70 percent of whom were trafficked for sexual exploitation. In 2003, between 14,500 and 17,500 were trafficked into the United States.[7] Most originate in poorer countries, where human trafficking has become a significant source of income; these include states in Latin America, Africa, Asia, the Commonwealth of Independent States of the former Soviet Union, and Central and Eastern Europe. Most women are trafficked to developed countries, with the United States being the most popular country of destination. [8] Human trafficking is reportedly as highly profitable a business as are arms smuggling and drug trafficking.[9]
Sixty to seventy-five percent of trafficked women in prostitution have been raped; 70 to 95 percent have been physically assaulted (U.S. Department of State 2005).
In some countries, the sex trade has become an important economic development strategy and source of income, with profits amounting to 14 percent of gross domestic product (Raymond and Hughes 2001).
In fiscal year 2003, the number of victims certified or eligible for refugee benefits under TVPA was just 151. [10] When this figure is compared to the estimated 14,500 females who were trafficked into the United States in 2003, it becomes clear that either the estimates are enormously exaggerated or trafficking victims are simply hidden from view. The answer is probably somewhere in the middle. Those who exploit trafficked women work hard at keeping their activities hidden from the authorities by constantly changing the locations and telephone numbers of their businesses and by isolating trafficked women from the public. In addition, because the requirements for meeting the TVPA are quite narrow, the collection of the appropriate information concerning the victim may take considerable time and resources. Thus, an important response for local police is to locate and identify trafficking victims who are hidden in their communities.
While sweatshop workers may be hidden from the community, exploited women in the sex trade are not hidden in the same way, since their services are often openly advertised. They are only hidden in the sense that the public turns a blind eye to their existence.
Trafficking causes serious trauma to exploited women and adds to existing public health problems. Trafficked women in the sex trade are so isolated from the community that their clients and handlers physically abuse them with impunity, subjecting them to repeated rape and assault. They also deny them prenatal care or medical care in case of pregnancy, infections or injury, and force them to have abortions. Having no recourse, the women are forced to comply with client demands, the majority of whom, research has shown, refuse to use condoms. Thus, the spread of HIV and other sexually transmitted disease is more likely. Furthermore, women are induced into heavy alcohol and drug use as a means of ensuring their continued dependency on their traffickers. [11] Needless to say, their illegal status makes it difficult or impossible for trafficked women to receive the social and health benefits that might otherwise be available to them. [12] They are understandably reluctant to seek medical attention for fear of being turned over to immigration authorities.
Historically, trafficked women have been looked upon as transmitters of HIV and AIDS, rather than as victims of the disease. Measures, including forced HIV testing and medical examinations, have been implemented in order to protect the customers and the larger communitynot the trafficked victims themselves (HumanTrafficking.com 2004).
In some communities, up to 86 percent of sex workers are infected with HIV (Willis and Levy 2002).
Because they are out of sight of the authorities (though often in plain view of local communities), sweatshops and other forms of forced labor invariably fail to meet health and safety regulations. Sub-standard housing and working conditions are associated with increased illness and injury in these populations.[13] In addition to being beaten and starved, women may be made to work long hours without breaks, or forced to work in hazardous or polluted environments. Even in locations where the presence and employment of undocumented immigrants is known, enforcement of health, safety, and labor regulations is at best sporadic.[14] Language and cultural limits may prevent victims from understanding and appreciating both the risks in the workplace and the use of preventive measures. Injury and death rates of foreign workers have been shown to be higher than normal in some work environments.[15]
The illegal status of trafficked women also makes them ready victims of other crimes. For example, undocumented immigrants are often easy and lucrative robbery targets, because those few who manage to earn any money at all are often fearful of opening bank accounts, lest their illegal status be discovered. And when victimized, many are too fearful to report the incident to the police. [16] Furthermore, traffickers in the sex trade tend to concentrate their activities in immigrant communities that are often neglected by local government, which results in a higher incidence of crime. [17]
The Four Stages of Human Trafficking
Table 1 displays the typical stages of human trafficking and the techniques used at each stage. These techniques are listed as examples and may differ depending on the particular recruiting locality ("catchment area") and the constraints or opportunities that may arise in moving humans across borders. Depending on the organizational sophistication of the traffickers, the third or even the fourth stage of exploitation may be directly linked to the initial stage of recruitment; that is, recruiters who are organizationally linked to the delivery end of the process may select women specifically for particular tasks, such as domestic servitude, escort services, brothels that specialize in providing very young women, or cheap labor for garment industry sweatshops. Although the extent to which all stages of trafficking are linked is unknown, it is usually assumed that where gangs or criminal syndicates are involved, considerable linkage exists.
|Table 1: The Four Stages of Human Trafficking
Transportation and entry
Delivery and marketing
Fees to traffickers and recruiters range from $2,000 to $47,000 and often vary by countries of origin:
e.g., $40,000 to $47,000 for Chinese women, $35,000 for Korean women, and $2,000 to $3,000 for Mexican women (Raymond and Hughes 2001).
In the Philippines, overseas workers are required to send back a percentage of their wage as a condition of permission to travel abroad (Gatmaytan 1997). The Dominican Republic depends on more than 100,000 women working abroad as a source of foreign exchange (Wijers and Lap-Chew 1999)
Although there are many reported cases of kidnapping for trafficking purposes-as well as reports of parents selling their daughters to traffickers-it is likely that the majority of trafficked women are recruited through fraud, deception, and other enticements that exploit real social and financial needs. [21] A typical human trafficking scheme begins not with violence or coercion but rather as a confidence game-the young woman is convinced by traffickers that a desirable job awaits her in a foreign country. At that point, she believes that she is going to voluntarily participate in a smuggling scheme, in which she will incur a debt in return for being brought into the destination country. In the case of individuals trafficked for forced labor, the victim may enter into a "contract" with the trafficker that is very much against her interests. The woman may be enticed by the offer of a "loan" for travel to the United States or of aid in finding employment. The complicated interplay between trafficking and smuggling is very much at work here (see BOX). Employment agencies are used as a front for these deceptions, as are agencies for mail order brides. Mail order bride agencies, [22], exploit the blurred line between deception, trickery, and the voluntary attitudes of would-be brides. However, human trafficking charges under the TVPA must always involve forced labor or commercial sex of some kind. Abuses of mail order bride situations may or may not include these elements. Nonetheless, it is clear that numerous mail order bride agencies utilize the same kind of deception that traffickers do in luring foreign women to come to the United States.
In one excellent study of women recruited in the Philippines, all women stated that they had willingly agreed to be transported to the country of destination; some even paid the travel costs up front. All those interviewed, however, subsequently fell into heavy debt and became enslaved in the sex trade (Aronowitz 2003).
The United States is the number one importer of mail order brides and the number one importer of Philippine women. One company charges men a modest sum for its catalog of Russian women and holds a "mixer" in Russia to which U.S. men travel; the company charges the women a substantial amount, often their life savings, to travel to the mixer, the catch being that there are many more women at the mixer than there are men (Caldwell et al. 2001).
Traffickers find marriage agencies and mail order bride services attractive because as legal businesses they can recruit women openly; they are also virtually unregulated (Lloyd 2000). However, the overall extent to which traffickers use such businesses is unknown (Hughes 2004b:13).
Research suggests that the main means of trafficking into the United States is by air. [23] Most often, women are trafficked according to a previously planned route, often using the services of a tourist agency that may or may not be linked to trafficking. Trafficked women may be transported across borders with or without legitimate documentation. The use of forged or stolen passports and visas and the use of tourist visas is common. Again, the interplay between smuggling and trafficking (see BOX 2) is evident at this stage of the process. In locations where borders are porous or stretch across inhospitable or isolated territory, smugglers may offer safe passage across established or known routes. In locations where border security is tight, traffickers may help individuals conceal themselves in trucks or trains in order to enter the country illegally. Military bases are also popular points of entry.
Smuggling and trafficking are closely connected. Generally, smuggling does not involve coercion, but rather is performed at the request of the alien, who pays a fee for safe, albeit illegal, passage. In its simplest form, it involves only the second stage of trafficking: transportation. However, trafficked women who begin their trip voluntarily may become victims at the delivery stage, when their illegal status is exploited by those seeking cheap labor. If the smuggling is part of an organized activity, the smuggler may deliver the smuggled individual directly into the sex trade or another form of forced labor. In this case, the individual is both smuggled and trafficked. [24]
One study found that over 50 percent of trafficked women entered the Unites States with tourist visas and overstayed their visas (Raymond and Hughes 2001).
Both before and after a woman has reached the United States, her services can be marketed through standard outlets, such as advertising in personal columns; but by far the most effective marketing is via Internet chat rooms, bulletin boards, and the many websites that offer matchmaking services for men and women. [25] Where a prior arrangement has been reached, the trafficked woman is handed over to her intended employer once she reaches her destination. Forced prostitution may also be confined within particular ethnic communities, where men seek to purchase sex from women or young girls of their own ethnicity. This serves to further isolate trafficked women from the broader community. [26] Recent research suggests that there is considerable trafficking of women between various U.S. cities. Frequent movement of women serves three purposes: first, it makes detection more difficult and removes the incentive for local investigative agencies to become involved; second, it provides a variety of women for customers; and third, it inhibits women from establishing ties to their communities. [27] In cases where there is no delivery to a specific person or organization, the woman is technically not trafficked, but smuggled. In this case, if she is young, without family, and without the ability to speak English, she may end up in the sex trade, and her trafficked status will be difficult to determine by local police.
Trafficked women are extremely vulnerable, for three reasons. First, as illegal aliens, many women who do not know they have rights are fearful of seeking assistance from police or other service agencies. Second, women and their families are often in debt to the traffickers who exploit their labor. Third, should a woman's situation, such as working in the sex trade become known back home, her family's honor may be damaged. As a result, those who "employ" trafficked women have enormous control over them. In effect, conditions of employment become conditions of slavery. However, the definition of exploitation is difficult, because trafficked persons-and even legal immigrants-often consent to exploitation in the hope that they can improve their circumstances by doing so. [28] This creates a serious problem for local police, because victims may refuse to cooperate and may even resist attempts to improve their circumstances.
In fact, the problem of definitions of the many activities involved in the trafficking of women is considerable. Only in recent years has a definition of human trafficking been agreed upon internationally. It was not until the passage of TVPA in 2000 that the U.S. Congress defined trafficking and its associated terms in an attempt to clarify the difficult overlap between smuggling, trafficking, coercion, consent, bondage, and exploitation. The extremely complex interplay among these terms as well as their links to other crimes is displayed in Appendix B. The definitions now accepted are reproduced in the accompanying Box 3.
In the pre-Civil War South, replacing a slave cost the modern equivalent of $40,000. Slaves in the twenty-first century can be purchased for as little as $90. For example, a family in Thailand was reported to have sold a daughter into the sex trade in order to buy a television set (Florida State University, Center for the Advancement of Human Rights, 2003:14)
Severe human trafficking. (a) Sex trafficking in which a commercial sex act is induced by force, fraud, or coercion, or in which the person induced to perform such act has not attained 18 years of age; or (b) the recruitment, harboring, transportation, provision, or obtaining of a person for labor or services, through the use of force, fraud, or coercion for the purpose of subjection to involuntary servitude, peonage, debt bondage, or slavery.
Sex trafficking is defined as the recruitment, harboring, transportation, provision, or obtaining of a person for the purpose of a commercial sex act.
Involuntary servitude is defined as (a) a scheme, plan, or pattern intended to cause a person to believe that, if the person did not enter into or continue in such condition, that person or another person would suffer serious harm or physical restraint or (b) the abuse or threatened abuse of the legal process.
Peonage is defined as a status of involuntary servitude based upon real or alleged indebtedness.
Debt bondage is defined as the condition of a debtor who has pledged his or her personal services in security for debt but whose services are not reasonably applied toward relieving the debt, or the length and nature of services are not limited and defined.
Smuggling is having knowingly encouraged, induced, assisted, abetted, or aided any other alien to enter or try to enter the United States [illegally]. [30]
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Hammers, wrenches, and development policy
The old saw goes: when you have a hammer, everything looks like a nail. But what if the best way to fix your broken policy is actually a bolt? I was recently at a workshop where someone was presenting preliminary results of an evaluation cash transfer program which, while perhaps started with social protection kind of objectives in mind, actually seems to have had impacts on business creation and revenues that dwarfed your average business training program or microfinance program.

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2017 hottest year on record without help from El Niño
22 Jan 18 - Last year was the hottest since global records began that was not given an additional boost by the natural climate cycle El Niño, according to new data.
Spring is second-warmest on record
6 Dec 17 - This spring has set a mark as second-equal warmest on record.
November shapes up as record dry month
24 Nov 17 - Parts of New Zealand are on track for the driest November on record.
Get yourself ready for a world 3deg warmer in 80 years
2 Nov 17 - The UN expects a world 3deg warmer by 2100, even if countries cut their greenhouse gas emissions as they promised in 2015.
Thunderstorms set to grow stronger
18 Oct 17 - Thunderstorms are set to become more intense throughout the tropics and subtropics this century as a result of climate change, according to new research.
Stormy outlook for insurance-linked securities
6 Oct 17 - Recent extreme weather events highlight the significant changes have taken place in the insurance and reinsurance sectors to cope with the mounting exposure of private and public sectors to disaster...
Does Irma mean we need a new measure of hurricane strength?
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Its here, its happening, it's time to stand up
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Peanut Butter Fudge Cups
Total TimePrep: 15 min. + chilling
Makes6 servings
- 1 cup confectioners' sugar
- 1 tablespoon creamy peanut butter
- 1 tablespoon 2% milk
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 2-1/2 teaspoons baking cocoa
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- In a small microwave-safe bowl, combine all ingredients. Microwave, uncovered, on high for 30 seconds. Stir until smooth. Press into six paper-lined miniature muffin cups. Refrigerate until set.
Editor's NoteThis recipe was tested in a 1,100-watt microwave.
Nutrition Facts1 each: 105 calories, 2g fat (1g saturated fat), 2mg cholesterol, 22mg sodium, 21g carbohydrate (19g sugars, 0 fiber), 1g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 1-1/2 starch.
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Oct 26, 2013
I came online to look up the measurements for this recipe, because I made it from the cookbook and it didn't turn out...I thought perhaps there had been a misprint. But the recipe here is the same as in the book, and I had the same problem as everyone else did- even after leaving the fudge cups in the fridge for a day, they were still mushy enough that I had to eat them with a spoon. I think the Test Kitchen needs to review this recipe for possible corrections.
Jun 13, 2012
Candy has to cook a certain amount of time for it to become firm. I followed the recipe and cooked it in the micro for 30 secs. It never firmed up. There were confectionersugar little lumps in it even though I used a whisk. I made them again on the stove but only cooked them about 30 secs. No lumps, took overnight to firm up, but was still a little too soft and still grainy. So, I cooked them 2 minutes on the stovetop and they firmed up perfectly within 5 minutes on the third try. However, they are STILL grainy. Not a very good recipe, and I am a seasoned cany maker. Only average if that.
May 3, 2012
I couldn't get them to solidify either (even after freezing), but I'm not sure I was completely exact with the recipe... Despite that, I had no trouble eating them like melted chocolate and it was perfect for having no other candy in the house. :)
Jul 7, 2011
Mine never set. I even tried freezing them and still nothing. Not sure why this happened, I know my measurements were right.
Aug 8, 2010
Made it on the stovetop before I had a microwave. Scrumptious! Gave it out as gifts in mini muffin liners.
Mar 14, 2010
This fudge is AMAZING! I whipped this up while my family was watching a movie, and when I brought it to them, they were shocked at how quickly I had made it and by how delicious it was! Thanks so much!
Mar 2, 2009
If you're having a problem getting the lumps out of the powdered sugar, try using a wire whisk to mix.
Dec 23, 2007
This recipe makes just the right amount of fudge for someone who is easily tempted to eat a lot more! Thanks.Anne


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I don't know if last night was John Maine's worst game as a Met, but it sure could have been. It definitely was as complete a loss as the Mets have endured in recent seasons.
* Maine gave up eight runs on seven hits and three walks in three innings. His ERA is 13.50 and his spot in the rotation is now under question.
* Met hitters were 1-for-8 with runners in scoring position, effectively eliminating any chance at making a game of it last night.
* Met pitchers walked nine and their hitters struck out 11 times.
Jerry Manuel talked about a 20-game window to determine what is a fast start. At 2-5, and a miserable 2-5, maybe they are already there. Maine, hammered in both starts, is not only off to a bad start, but he's in trouble.
"When you have that much traffic in that few innings you have to be concerned,'' Manuel said. "He got the two outs and couldn't put them away. You have to have some concern.''
Maine broke 90 mph. a few times but was consistently in the high 80s. Manuel doesn't think there's a health problem.
"This is a performance business,'' Manuel said. "We don't think there are any health issues.''
Perhaps Maine isn't hurting, but he's also not strong enough to be throwing that way. In the past he's been able to get by with poor location with his velocity, getting a foul tip instead of a double in the gap.
Manuel said that's part of the problem and he'll have "dialogue'' with his coaches about Maine's spot in the rotation.
Last night was a continuation of a trend of falling behind early. Save Johan Santana's first start, the Mets have consistently fallen behind in their games, putting pressure on their listless offense. And, right now the Mets aren't hitting well to compensate for their pitching.
"We wanted to pitch well,'' Manuel said. "That's the key to everything.''
Right now, the Mets are thinking what's wrong with Maine and what to do about it. If it is simply a matter of building up his arm, then sending him out has to be considered. A MRI to be sure about the structure of his elbow must also be evaluated.
Currently, Maine is not getting it done. But, unlike the coin flips known as Oliver Perez and Mike Pelfrey, he's not showing any upside.
Ah, what the hell. I'm not going to wait for 20 games. This is a bad start.
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The Men of Full House Reunite in Embarrassing Yogurt Ad
For the few hundred lonely people on the planet who have yearned for a Full House reunion, it's time to rejoice! Sometimes when you're lost out there and you're all alone, there's a Greek yogurt ad waiting to carry you home.
Father figures Danny Tanner, Joey Gladstone, and Jesse né Hermes Katsopolis né Cochran have joined together for a three men, one cup (of yogurt) Super Bowl commercial. And it's about as exciting as you'd expect a commercial for Dannon Oikos Greek Yogurt to be.
"What do you say, boys? Time to go to bed?" asks Oikos spokesman John Stamos. "Don't you think it's time we all get our own places?" a pajama-clad Bob Saget retorts. How rude! Then the commercial directs viewers to www.oikosbromance.com, which is, I think, a website for manly men who love Full House and Greek yogurt.
If you absolutely cannot wait until the Super Bowl to get more (understandably!), the full commercial will be previewed exclusively on Good Morning America on Jan. 29, with Stamos, Saget and Coulier joining GMA live in studio.


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Peninsula Beacon: What does the term "PLHS Athletics" encompass?
John Murphy: We now field a total of 71 teams in 19 different sports, band, cheer and NJROTC when you include boys and girls teams, varsity, junior varsity and freshman teams. An estimated 1,280 roster spots are taken by more than 800 students.
People see each of these teams at games, but they're not aware of the background that goes on, whether it's hiring coaches, raising funds for equipment, scheduling games, coordinating on-campus practice and game times, arranging transportation and paying for referees. There are a lot of pieces that go into it, including an emergency action plan in the event of injury or an event that might occur at the school.
Pointer pride is a big thing here. The history of the school, having integrity and I think our sense of community is very important. We have generations of alums coming out to our games, and we want to do things the right way, which is to instill values in our program and students.
PB: What must athletes do before they may begin participation?
JM: Every athlete must complete an Athletics Packet, which includes their physical, completed per district regulations, which is then submitted, verified and cleared. The student must have insurance (also sold by the school to non-covered students). They also have to have eligible academic and citizenship standing (2.0 or "C" grades).
PB: You oversee about 65 coaches, many of them not PLHS staff members, working with PLHS students. How are they screened?
JM: Every coach must be processed. They have to have a tuberculosis test, a CPR card and take a coaching class at the district, which is two hours in the classroom and two additional hours online. They must pass a knowledge-of-concussions test and become certified that they know the concussion protocols. Most of them will work in our fitness center, and there is another curriculum clearing them to instruct our students there. After they provide all of this documentation, they must be fingerprinted by the district, which sends the prints on to the FBI for clearance so we know they are appropriate adult supervisors. We strive for community commitment and continuity to produce successful programs. These people are not doing this for the money, but to make a positive impact on kids' lives.
PB: Why is athletics important in today's curriculum?
JM: We've all heard about obesity and other issues we have in our society. Athletics is a way to combat this. Over the course of time, athletics is a constant way to teach human experiences and values. It's a great learning experience in how to overcome adversity. Everyone is going to have adversity in their lives, and teaching these young people how to handle adversity — especially with class — is an incredible teachable moment. The friendships you make and the memories … I know as a person I've had some wonderful teachers, but the coaches tend to stick out in my mind, the ones that spent additional hours to mentor us as young people. We all take that very seriously here at PLHS and understand our impact on these young people's lives and try to help shape them on and off the field.
We have a number of at-risk kids, whose home lives are full of drama and turmoil. I believe athletics is a way to build their self-esteem, make them feel part of a family and connect them to school. We've really made an effort to connect the freshmen to the school early so they'll continue in a healthy way.
If you ask me how the kids are doing, I would say, "Ask me in 10 years when they come back as productive citizens" because that's what we are trying to produce here.
PB: What are the greatest challenges facing PLHS Athletics?
JM: One, of course, is funding. As we've added programs, the district has not had the resources to fund them. We have to do fundraising or count on donations and our booster clubs since we don't charge fees for our programs. And we've also taken on the challenge of funding athletic trainers ('Protect Our Pointers') to be present at all practices and games.
The other challenge at PLHS is space. We're on 16.7 acres with approximately 1,900 students. I've been told by the district that a similar new school built today would require 56 to 58 acres. This would include multiple practice fields. We have a very vibrant athletic program, yet we must have all of our physical education classes and athletics practices on one field, which makes it very difficult to facilitate everything. Luckily, our coaches work well together, with a lot of very creative scheduling to make all the teams fit and rotate on the field. Since the implementation of Title IX legislation in 1978, we've added many girls' sports. During fall, for example, football has the field for a limited time, then the girls' field hockey team begins their practice. In winter, we have four soccer teams on the field at one time and if football or field hockey is still in the playoffs, they need space too. We go until dark. We're competing against schools that have a full field for each sport to use.
PB: How would the addition of stadium lighting help athletes and coaches?
JM: If we had lights, we could let kids stay in school and not have them pulled out of academic classes for games that must begin at 3 p.m. Athletes could attend tutoring sessions we offer every day from 2:30 to 3:45 p.m. A recent field hockey game was called off five minutes into the second half because of darkness. We could start practices later, allowing kids to take a seventh-period academic class. Even though it's still only one field, we could stagger practice times to give boys' and girls' teams equal time.
Now, if one team has a game, no other team can practice, but we could conduct practices before or after games with lighting as an option. I foresee our practices ending by 7:30 p.m. with lighting, maybe the band staying out until 8. Times have changed … with Title IX and the additional programs, it makes it almost a necessity to have lights. Limited use is what I support, the coaches and community supports. Lights would be out by
8 p.m. on weekdays, there would be limited daytime Saturday use and no Sunday use ever.
As for games, the number of events would be limited and equal for girls and boys. The district is looking at limiting night competitions to 19 events total, with an "event" defined as one that draws 300 or more spectators. I think the field would have to be restricted to the high school under that format. It has to meet the needs of our students and athletes here at PLHS first. And I would like to see a district policy prohibiting the overuse of artificial turf fields, not just the natural grass ones. Our field is the heaviest-used classroom on campus, hosting all P.E. classes, plus games, conditioning, band, NJROTC, cheer and even graduation.
The only other activity that would draw 300 fans is Pop Warner football on Saturdays. And if a group is using one facility on campus, I don't allow any other activity so that it will minimize parking issues. Also, no outside groups are allowed to use the stadium P.A. system.
PB: When would the stadium be available for rental?
JM: A use policy will be created giving PLHS first priority, the Point Loma Cluster schools second priority and youth or community groups third priority.
PB: Where else might the many youth and community groups find playing space?
JM: One of my dreams is to see the Correia (Middle School) project become the pinnacle sports complex in Point Loma. It's a great location with a lot more parking than we have here at the high school. At the present time, we are looking at Correia having three multi-purpose fields, all artificially turfed, for field hockey, football, lacrosse and soccer plus a baseball field, all lighted. There would be team rooms, restrooms and an after-school tutorial center for students. I think for the youth and community, with its proximity to Bill Cleator Park and the Peninsula YMCA, that would make a perfect sports complex. The Correia kids would have priority during the school day and for their after-school programs and then all the youth programs could rent space. The youth and community groups will have everything right there. This would leave Point Loma High just for high school students, with very limited use by other groups and only after the needs of the high school have been met.
PB: I understand you live near PLHS.
JM: I live in Loma Portal, my daughter graduated from PLHS in 2010, and I completely understand the issues. There are wonderful, talented and intelligent neighbors on both sides of this topic making great points. I believe people reading this can make up their own minds as to what they feel is appropriate. I have no problem with people's opinions one way or the other. We've done this without lights for 88 years, but times have changed, and with all the new sports and programs, it's almost a necessity to have lights at this point.


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Should Christians support certain movies? With the Noah movie in theaters, should we attend movies with Christian themes and biblical storylines.
Evaluating claims made about or based upon the Word of God are even more important than claims of a scientific nature.
These examples of critical thinking show how we can apply the ASK framework to evaluate scientific claims.
To really determine what is true and what is false requires that you test everything in light of the only source of ultimate truth—God's Word.
Has the true meaning of Christmas been lost in the emphasis our culture places on Santa Claus? How should Christians respond?
Author Roger Patterson, AiG–U.S., continues his evaluation of a public school quiz given to identify what students knew about biologists' thoughts about evolution.
Author Roger Patterson, AiG–U.S., evaluates a public school quiz given to identify what students knew about biologists' thoughts about evolution.
There have been many highly controversial instances involving school boards discussing the topic of creation/evolution in the government-run school classroom.
Parents should be diligent to talk with their children when they rise, when they lie down, and even after Sunday school (Deuteronomy 11:19).
Roger Patterson responds to help people answer one of the many attempts of skeptics to discredit the authority of God's Word over every aspect of life.
The message of "The Riddle" preaches tolerance and equality for behaviors that are offensive not just to Christianity but also to other world religions.
We have frequently warned about the dangers of forcing man's fallible ideas into the text of Scripture because it unlocks a door of compromise.
Roger Patterson, AiG–U.S., refutes the notion that Scripture condones polygamy.
Darrel Falk of BioLogos recently presented an article proclaiming the coming acceptance of evolution among evangelical Christians. He intends to fight against the biblical idea of a young earth.
When we start our reasoning from the truth of Scripture, we can develop a model to help us understand the one and only Ice Age.
The motion of the earth's crust is accepted by uniformitarian and creationist scientists alike. The difference lies in the time frame over which the movement has happened.
The evolution of life on earth from simple matter is accepted as a fact by secular science. The Bible—and the evidence—show a much different picture.
Extensive fossil graveyards and coal deposits are more consistent with a global catastrophe than with slow and steady processes over millions of years.
Modern examples of canyon formation and erosion provide models to explain how many geological formations can be described by the Flood and its aftereffects.
Many dating methods establish a maximum age for many earth and space systems that is much too small to confirm the evolutionary age of 4.5 billion years.
Atheists recently launched a billboard campaign calling a fanciful image of Christmas a myth. Perhaps they should use their reason to study what the Bible actually teaches.
Most scientists and many Christians believe that the radiometric dating methods prove that the earth is 4.5 billion years old. Recent research shows otherwise.
There are many problems with the models and hypotheses that are used to support the naturalistic story of how the solar system formed.
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hawksfansinceday1 wrote:amill87 wrote:Arizona's offense is in shambles. They have lost 8 straight. They are swirling the toilet bowl right now and if we were to drop this game at home, it will be the most painful loss of a bunch of painful losses this year.
Agree 100%. I don't think the Hawks will lose the game. I'm just saying the defense will allow more points that they should considering the state of the Cards offense right now. But I do believe RW and the O will score enough to get the win. Just think it will be closer than it should considering the stae of the Cards O. Might well be wrong though considering it's at the C-Link. Hope I am. Just not a lot of faith in the Hawks D right now, that's all.
I understand the concern and on the road, I share those concerns but outside of AP (who is just a monster this year again) our defense has been possibly the best defense in the league at home. They have not shown any reason to be concerned at home, especially against the pass, which is what the Cards will do because they cannot run at all


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It's been happy market weekends for me lately…it being summer and produce being plentiful. Despite feeling like I'm in a perpetual sauna, I'm enjoying all that the markets have to offer (along with the weekend trips and the general holiday-like feeling that summer brings). Our gorgeous mangoes are even more gorgeous in the summer and I have been religiously buying them every chance I get (it's my duty!). This is the perfect season to go to the market with no menu plans in mind…to just let the day's bounty inspire you, like I did with the carrots and fennel and tomatoes (well, the tomatoes kinda came to me).
As if the season weren't enough, ingenious and determined citizens are growing things like wild rocket, mizuna, kaffir lime, Vietnamese mint, fennel, galangal, butternut squash, and all sorts of goodness. All in all, exciting days for market-goers!
Now, I have bemoaned our lack of berries before. Strawberries are the often-found berries around here. They grow in our mountain province in the North where the climate is more to their liking. Blueberries too, grow up there, but don't make it down to us as often as the strawberries do.
The produce gods must have been smiling down at me though, because I chanced upon a box of them in the same stall that sold the butternut squash last year. The berries were tiny…much smaller than imported blueberries. They are also less sweet (some were a little sour). But they were local blueberries, and I wasn't leaving the market without some, so I bought a small 100-gram bag.
Now, what to do with these less then sweet berries? I pondered the possibilities. Visions of blueberry muffins and blueberry pancakes danced in my head but I feared that the berries weren't sweet enough. So I decided to do the logical and just add sugar 🙂
Blueberry Syrup
- 100 grams Baguio blueberries
- 75 grams sugar
- 1/4 cup water
– Place all ingredients in a pan over medium heat until mixture bubbles and thickens. Swish contents of pan around occasionally to avoid burning.
Yes, that's all! The syrup was dark and glossy and delicious…and just begging to be poured onto something equally delicious – French toast! I used my basic French toast recipe (perfect for a solo breakfast), but substituted Swiss zopf, a challah-like bread that my mum-in-law gives me (which C doesn't really eat, so I have loaves of it in the freezer, just waiting for meals like these!). I am not making French toast using any other bread ever! You can serve this with a dollop of cream or yogurt…but I prefer my French toast slathered in butter, before pouring on the blueberry syrup. Be generous!
The taste? Oh MY! Have you ever experienced a foot-pop? A foot-pop is what happens when you receive a kiss of such magnitude and dizzying bliss that one knee bends, and your foot "pops" upwards, toes pointing to the sky. You have seen it happen in countless of old movies, and explained by the endearing Mia of Princess Diaries. Well, my dears, it happened to me as I was standing by my kitchen counter eating this! Foot-POP!
If you have just one serving of French toast, as I did here, you will have some blueberry syrup leftover…and soon I'll show you just what to do with it! 🙂


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Michael E. Bannister
Director, Term: 2012-2014
Former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Ford Motor Credit Company
Detroit, Michigan
Michael E. Bannister retired in January 2013 as chairman and chief executive officer of Ford Motor Credit Company, a position to which he was named in 2004. He was also executive vice president of Ford Motor Company, elevated from group vice president in 2007.
Bannister was previously president and chief operating officer of Ford Credit, with responsibility for all sales and marketing functions, service centers, quality, customer satisfaction, process management and insurance operations. He has also served as president of Ford Credit International, where he led the company's operations in Asia Pacific, Europe and Latin America. Before that, he served as chairman, Ford Credit Europe.
Bannister joined Ford Credit in 1973 and has held a number of branch and regional management operating positions in North America. He also served as vice president of Marketing in North America, and executive director, European Sales Operations. Bannister is a member of the boards of directors of the following organizations: Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago's Detroit Branch; Council for Economic Education; YMCA of Metropolitan Detroit; and the Detroit Investment Fund Board, a Detroit Renaissance affiliate. He also serves as a trustee of the Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan, a philanthropic organization.
Bannister earned a bachelor's degree in business administration from Memphis State University, now the University of Memphis.


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WATCH: South African children learn about animal welfare through theatre
In the video above we get a peek into the "Twinning Project", a key part of IFAW's Animal Action Education programme activities. The team has been working with Jungle Theatre Company for 10 years on this unique initiative which brings together youngsters from different socio-economic backgrounds to learn about animal welfare related issues.
This post, authored by Lorraine Tanner, managing director of Jungle Theatre Company, demonstrates how community theatre for families raises awareness on environmental, social and cultural issues. --LCH
In March IFAW and Jungle Theatre Company staged a run of A Dog's Life, a play and theatre workshop for 6-9 year olds, focusing on domestic animal welfare in Cape Town, South Africa. This year's programme was hosted at the Baxter Theatre Centre for nearly 800 learners over five days. The 'Twinning" concept sees privileged and middle class schools supporting underprivileged schools to participate by contributing towards transport costs. Schools in the impoverished communities of Athlone and Bontehewel were targeted as recipients for the programmme, meaning that IFAW was able to do a focused campaign in specific communities supported by the Western Cape Education Department.
The cast of A Dog's Life comprises young actors from townships who have received training in acting for an audience of children and youth by Jungle Theatre Company. They have performed A Dog's Life, which was originally written by Stuart Palmer as part of Jungle Theatre Company, together for nearly four years.
Also on IFAW.org: In Hong Kong SAR of China, we know burning ivory will help to save elephants
Participating in educational theatre has helped the actors to better understand issues of animal welfare with the unintended spin-off of helping people in their own communities become more compassionate towards animals and to give pets a healthier life.
"With the experience I've gained from doing the A Dog's Life show I can tell people about taking care of their pets and I can lead by example to others, particularly the children in my community. Leading the workshop gives me strength to pass the message to the children, it is a great opportunity," says Cebisa Fubesi, who leads the workshop and plays a number of supporting roles in the show.
Puppeteer Athenkosi Dyantyi, who manipulates "Angel" the life-sized dog who is the star of A Dog's Life says "pets should be kept healthy; they have feelings and should be treated with care. My neighbour is always at work so when he is not around, I make sure I feed his dogs."
The main characters in the play have a strong connection with the audience and teach the children about personal choices and responsibility.
Siyawandisa Badi who plays the role of gangster Bra G said: "During performances of A Dog's Life at the Baxter, the children were really upset with Bra G. That shows me I'm playing my role well and it makes me motivated to spread the word."
Seyiso Qhola who plays the lead role of John said: "After the show, children always compliment me because John takes care of dogs. Now I can't keep quiet if someone abuses a pet."
The intervention has already received great feedback from participating teachers from all schools, who confirm that a lot of learning can be achieved through an interactive and multi-sensory process such as theatre. Labiance Primary learners said they understood: "How to take care of pets; how to treat animals; not to steal and to only have a pet if you can care for it."
IFAW's "Twinning" approach not only creates an opportunity for young children to foster compassion for animals, it helps to create equal education opportunities and break down barriers that still exist in the social geography of South Africa.
--Lorraine Tanner
For more information about IFAW education efforts around the world, visit our campaign page.


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Coming This September 7 and 8.
In a not so far away kingdom called Woodstown, NJ, there exists a place called Salem County Fairgrounds, where a festival for dogs and dog lovers, takes place every year. Dogs from near and far away lands come with their human friends to enjoy the magic of Fido's Festival USA®.
That's right we said ALL DOGS. Restrictions—None! No breeding papers required. You can't help who your parents are. All are welcome at Fido's Festival USA® an all-inclusive dog festival. Come on out because this is your time to shine, and you don't even need a pedicure or a frilly bow! This year we have planned a fairyTAIL themed festival that will include storybook themed contests. Show off your special talent, compete in a Frisbee contest, and dress as your favorite storybook character for our costume contest. It doesn't matter if you are an adopted stray or a champion at Westminster, as long as you're a dog you belong at Fido's Festival USA®.


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Call for abstracts
We would like to invite investigators within the field of periodontology and implant dentistry to submit abstracts for poster presentations at the Australian Society of Periodontology federal biennial meeting to be held in Perth on March 9-10, 2018.
The deadline for abstract submission is 26 January 2018. The best two Poster presentations (winner and runner up) will be awarded prizes of $1000 and $500 respectively.
Abstract submissions are being accepted for posters in the following categories:
- Scientific research
- Clinical research
- Clinical innovations and case presentations
- Systematic reviews including meta-analysis
- Case studies
Submission of an abstract constitutes a commitment by the presenting author to register to the Conference. Authors are allowed to present one poster only.
Abstract requirements
The abstract (300 words in total) should include the following information and be submitted to the following email ASP Secretariat firstname.lastname@example.com
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Posters are to be AO size and portrait orientation (vertical).
You may display your information in figures, tables, text, photographs, etc. Please prepare all illustrations neatly and legibly, in a size sufficient to read at a distance of 1-2 m. Pushpins (thumb tacks) or Velcro dots will be available at the registration desk to fasten your material to the poster board.


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A Baltimore County police officer shot and killed a Cockeysville man Saturday night when the man refused to drop a knife he was holding, police said.
James Robert Rogers Jr., 49, of the 10100 block of Daventry Drive in Cockeysville, died early Sunday morning at an area hospital, according to police.
At about 9:30 p.m. Saturday, officers responded to a home owned by Rogers' parents, after receiving a call for an assault in progress. Rogers' father had called 911 moments earlier stating that his son was threatening him and his wife with a knife, police said.
The son had taken the knife with him into the house's garage, officers said.
A Baltimore County police officer confronted the son and shot him after he "refused to drop a knife," police said. He was taken to an area hospital, where he later died.
The officer has been placed on routine administrative duty while the incident is reviewed, the police department said. According to online court records, a James Rogers, 49, at the Daventry Drive address has a pending case in Baltimore County on drug possession charges.


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A Crumbling Business
By: Rick Boxx
May 24, 2012
Mark and his wife built a successful business that generously funded ministry. As their profitability increased their generosity did as well. Suddenly, the bottom fell out of their business. They began losing money and they had to give up control of the business.
This rocked their world. They couldn't understand why God would "ruin such a good thing" for the Kingdom. After a time of reflection, Mark shared with me that God was dealing with the pride he had in his life. He had started believing God needed his money.
Proverbs 15:25 teaches, "The Lord tears down the proud man's house, but he keeps the widow's boundaries intact."
It's easy to become prideful and forget where the wealth really comes from. If God's blessing you lately avoid becoming prideful.
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Writing (or "Burning") DVDs is different from CDs. DVDs can contain much more data (I use 4.7GB single-layer discs), and the standard CD writing tools don't suffice anymore.
This howto only covers a very simple part for now; writing data onto DVDs using the command line.
Tools for the job
- You still need the standard CD writing tools known as cdrtools.
- You also need the new DVD writing tools known as dvd+rw-tools, found in the extra repository.
Note 1: Do not install the package known as dvdrtools. It conflicts with cdrtools, and dvd+rw-tools is a better DVD writing package than dvdrtools.
Note 2: If you wish to use a graphical frontend, install k3b and you need to read no further.
Note 3: I used to use xcdroast for my CD writing needs, but I found it to have grown buggy and outdated. I also don't trust its method for writing DVDs. However, if you can reconcile my view on xcdroast, feel free.
Getting the job done
Your new friend to burning DVDs will be the command 'growisofs' from the DVD+RW-tools package. If you've ever written CDs from the command line before, you'll know the process of first creating an iso9660 file(mkisofs), and then burning it to CD(cdrecord). growisofs merges these steps for you, so you don't need extra storage space for the ISO file anymore. Another advantage is that multisession? writing has been simplified. I won't explain how it used to be done, but I will explain how it works with growisofs.
In basics, writing a new DVD goes like this:
growisofs -Z /dev/cdrw -R -J /path/to/files
Where /dev/cdrw is your DVD writer device.
To continue a DVD (write an additional session) you use:
growisofs -M /dev/cdrw -R -J /path/to/files
-Z: start at the beginning of the DVD using the following device,
-M: start after the last session on the disc using the following device,
-R: Rockridge support (Recommended, extended UNIX info),
-J: Joliet support (Recommended, extended info for Win NT and Win95).
Better examples
Although the above might suffice for you, I myself needed some extra settings to successfully write my DVD (I hope I didn't scare you off yet).
The template that I use to start off my DVD writing:
growisofs -Z /dev/cdrw -v -l -dry-run -iso-level 3 -R -J -speed=2 -joliet-long -graft-points /Magazines/=/home/citral/books/mags/
Don't worry. I'll explain what everything does:
- -Z: As seen above, this tells to start off a new DVD. If I wanted to continue a multisession DVD, I'd use -M.
- -v: Increase verbosity level (more output).
- -l: Breaks DOS compatibility but allows for longer filenames.
- -dry-run: Important flag: Simulate writing. Remove this flag if you are sure that everything is set up correctly.
- -iso-level 3: Basically this flag just defines how strict you want to adhere to the iso9660 standard. -iso-level 1 is very strict; while -iso-level 4 is very loose. I use level 3 because I don't want to be limited (length of filenames for example), and so far I haven't ran into problems.
- -R/-J: see above.
- -speed=2: Just to be sure, I start burning at 2x speed.
- -joliet-long: Allows longer joliet filenames. The manual advices caution, but so far I had no problems.
The final part needs some more explanation:
-graft-points /Magazines/=/home/citral/books/mags/
This specifies that I don't want the files at the root of my DVD, but in the subdirectory 'Magazines'.
From the mkisofs manual:
- This is easiest to illustrate with a couple of examples. Let's start by assuming that a local file ../old.lis exists, and you wish to include it in the cdrom image.
- foo/bar/=../old.lis
- will include the file old.lis in the cdrom image at /foo/bar/old.lis, while
- foo/bar/xxx=../old.lis
- will include the file old.lis in the cdrom image at /foo/bar/xxx. The same sort of syntax can be used with directories as well. mkisofs will create any directories required such that the graft points exist on the cdrom image - the directories do not need to appear in one of the paths.
As a last note: growisofs is basically just a frontend to mkisofs. That means that any option to mkisofs also works to growisofs. You can check the mkisofs manpage for options you want to add.
DVD Rewritables
The process for burning rewritables is practically the same as normal DVDs. However, keep in mind that virgin DVD+RW media needs to be initially formatted ("blanked") prior to usage. Blanking can be done using the program dvd+rw-format, like this:
dvd+rw-format /dev/cdrw
Where /dev/cdrw is your DVD writer device.
Further Readings
- DVD+RW-tools site
- Backup to DVD script
- Usage examples
- The growisofs, mkisofs and cdrtools man pages.


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About SCRC
Main Content
Answers to common questions about the Special Collections Research Center's collections and services.
- What kinds of materials are in SCRC?
- How can I find SCRC materials related to my research topic?
- How can I use materials located in SCRC?
- I am traveling to Carbondale to do research in SCRC. Where can I find more information on housing, etc.?
- I would like to request copies of SCRC materials. How can I do that?
- I would like to request permission to publish, display, and/or cite SCRC material. How can I do that?
- How do I cite SCRC archival materials?
- I would like to do research at SCRC, but I am unable to travel to Carbondale. What reference and research services are available?
- I would like to donate or transfer materials to SCRC. What do I need to do?
- How do I determine the value of my books?
- I am doing genealogical research. Does SCRC have collections that can help me?
What kinds of materials are in SCRC?
SCRC houses rare books and archival collections. Archival collections are made up of unpublished material, which includes manuscripts, photographs, correspondence, audio and visual recordings, and institutional records. SCRC's archival collections are divided into three units: Manuscripts, Political Papers, and University Archives. The Rare Book unit of SCRC houses valuable published material related to certain subject areas.
How can I find SCRC materials related to my research topic?
Information about material in archival collections can be found in Archon, SCRC's database of finding aids. Finding aids provide extensive information about the scope of and materials in the collections they describe.
Information about rare books can be found in SIUCat Classic.
Searching Archon and SIUCat Classic is an important first step to finding material in SCRC, but you may also contact SCRC staff if you have difficulty finding what you are looking for.
You can also browse information about SCRC materials related to certain subjects from our Subject Guides page.
How can I use materials located in SCRC?
All SCRC materials must be used in the Reading Room, located on the first floor of Morris Library. The Reading Room is open from 8:30 to 4:30 Monday through Friday.
On your first visit to SCRC, you will be asked to fill out a Researcher Registration form and present a photo id. You will also be asked to review and agree to the SCRC Materials Use Policy. On each visit to SCRC, you will be asked to submit a request for the material you would like to use.
For more information on using SCRC materials, please see the Visitor Page.
I am traveling to Carbondale to do research in SCRC. Where can I find more information on housing, etc.?
Information on travel planning is available here. It is a good idea to contact SCRC staff prior to your visit, to ensure that the materials you wish to use will be available when you arrive.
I would like to request copies of SCRC materials. How can I do that?
SCRC can provide photocopies or PDFs of most materials. High quality images for use in publications or presentations can also be provided at an extra charge. SCRC can also create copies of audio and visual recordings. Please be aware that there are charges associated with copies and your request may take 24 hours to several weeks to complete, depending on the size and nature of the material being copies. Please see the fee schedule for more information about charges. Any copied material may be subject to copyright restrictions. Please see our copyright policy for more information.
To request copies, please complete the Duplication Request Form.
I would like to request permission to publish, display, and/or cite SCRC material. How can I do that?
Permission to publish, display, or cite SCRC material is provided at the discretion of the SCRC Director. Please be aware that you may need separate permission from the copyright holder in order to publish or display copyrighted material. Charges are associated with publishing and displaying SCRC images; please see the fee schedule for more information.
How do I cite SCRC archival materials?
When citing unique material, please use our preferred citation:
[after identification of item(s)], [Box#], [Collection title], Special Collections Research Center, Morris Library, Southern Illinois University Carbondale.
I would like to do research at SCRC, but I am unable to travel to Carbondale. What reference and research services are available?
SCRC staff members are happy to answer questions about collections and individual items to researchers who are unable to travel to Carbondale. If you need someone to do more extensive research for you, you may need to hire a proxy researcher. SCRC maintains a list of individuals who are willing to serve as proxy researchers. These individuals do not work for SCRC, and you will have to negotiate any charges with them. To ask a reference question, or to request a list of proxy researchers, please send us an email, or contact us by phone at +1-618/453-2516.
I would like to donate or transfer materials to SCRC. What do I need to do?
Information about donating materials to SCRC, or transferring university records to the Archives, can be found on our Donating and Giving page.
The Society of American Archivists offers good general guidance for individuals and organizations considering donating their papers to an archives.
- A Guide to Donating Your Personal or Family Papers to a Repository
- A Guide to Donating Your Organizational Records to a Repository
How do I determine the value of my books?
SCRC staff members are unable to provide appraisal services. Appraisers are experts who usually charge for their services, and fees vary. "Your Old Books," a guide written by the Rare Books and Manuscript Section of the American Library Association, provides useful information to help determine whether you need a formal appraisal. Many professional appraisers are members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America, which maintains a member directory that can help you find an appraiser in your area.
I am doing genealogical research. Does SCRC have collections that can help me?
SCRC has extensive collections related to the history of the southern Illinois region, and genealogists may find pertinent information within these collections.
- Genealogists may try searching Archon for family names or other relevant keywords.
- However, most genealogists will find the collections at the Illinois Regional Archive Depository (IRAD), located off McLafferty Rd, to be more helpful. IRAD maintains the historical records of local governments, and is able to provide research services to genealogists.
- Morris Library also has electronic and microfilm copies of old newspapers that could assist in genealogy.


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Infinite Crisis Trailer: Nightmare Superman Comes to Haunt Our Dreams
The latest champion to join the ranks in Infinite Crisis is Nightmare Superman. Good luck sleeping tonight after looking at his face.
This nightmarish version of the Man of Steel was created when Superman fought Aethyr in the Phantom Zone, using an ecto suit. Unfortunately, he was infused with Phantom Energy and transformed into the Nightmare Superman we see before us now.
In Infinite Crisis, his takes on the role of Controller. This means that he can use his Phantom Zone energies to lock down enemies and make sure that his allies get by unscathed. One of his skills, Possession, is really strange but powerful. Once an enemy champion kills him, he posses said champion, thereby revealing his or her position and lowering their attack and power armor.
Check out Nightmare Superman's other ghastly skills and abilities in the trailer above and join the fray in Infinite Crisis, which is now in Open Beta.


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In any search engine optimization activities, keyword research is the most important element. This is because the content placed on any page of a website with the intention to get good rankings in Google depends on the targeted keywords.
Most website owners fail to realize the importance of analyzing the difficulty of the keywords they are targeting. As a result, their search engine optimization campaign is very difficult and costly.
When the campaign is difficult, it's hard to climb up the rankings. This leads to a higher campaign cost because you'll need a larger amount of resources to get feasible results. More expensive campaigns tend to give a lower return of investment for the business.
This is one of the big reasons there are a lot of websites that are not making money due to the wrong choice of keywords.
This article dissects the mystery of keyword difficulty in Google to come up with a process of analyzing and rating of keywords to target.
Using this methodology will minimize campaign difficulty while attaining a good conversion rate for your website. As a result, you will gain a good return of investment for your online business.
This article will discuss each factor defining the difficulty of keywords in Google, and then propose a method for rating the keywords so that you can easily see which keyword or key phrase is the best to target.
{mospagebreak title=Google search volume data}
No data will ever give much information as to the difficulty of the keyword except for "search volume." How is this defined?
One of the most reliable free online tools for keyword research is the Google Keyword Tool. This tool will provide you with search volume figures relating to the keywords you are targeting.
To start with, Google uses three types of keyword matching. They are Broad, Phrase and Exact match. Broad match search volumes include queries in which your keywords appear even though it is "broad." So, for example, 1,220,000 searches for "mug" appear in the US version of Google.com using "broad" as a match type. This includes search queries like: "coffee mug," "antique mug" and so forth. In other words, the "broad" match type matches all queries that contain your keyword.
Illustrating the point arithmetically, say that your targeted key phrase is XYZ (search figures are for illustration purposes only):
XYZ = 500 monthly searches in Google using broad match.
Cheap XYZ = 150 persons typed in this phrase.
Affordable XYZ = 150 persons typed in this phrase.
Free XYZ = 200 persons typed in this phrase.
This equals a total of 500 searches containing the phrase "XYZ."
A "phrase match" follows the same principle as a broad match. For example, if you are targeting the key phrase "Cool XYZ," which, for example, yields around 600 searches using "phrase match" type:
Cool XYZ = 600 monthly searches in Google using phrase match (search figures are for illustration purposes only):
Free Cool XYZ = 50 persons type in this exact phrase.
Affordable and Cool XYZ = 150 persons type in this exact phrase.
Cheap Cool XYZ = 100 persons type in this exact phrase.
Cool XYZ downloads = 300 persons type in this exact phrase.
If you select "exact match," then the search volume figures relate to the actual number of search queries using "exactly" that term.
Say for example that you are targeting an exact match of "customized mug" in Google.com USA. According to the Google keyword tool, there are around 210 average monthly search queries for that match.
If those queries are coming from unique searchers, "customized mug" (the exact term) is being entered into the Google.com search box, on average, about 210 times a month.
It is recommended that you use the exact match option in your keyword research so that you can ensure that you are targeting the correct customers. It matters a lot, for example, if you decided to target "customized CD logo." If you use broad match, then these are the keywords that could possibly used by visitors to find your site:
"Free customized CD logo"
"Buy online customized CD logo"
"Cheap customized CD logo"
"High Quality customized CD logo"
What if you are selling customized CD logos on your site? If someone chose to visit you in the hope of finding a "free customized CD logo," then you lost the opportunity to get some sales. Always aim for the most relevant exact match term that describes your services.
Search volumes are analogous to the amount of persons visiting a store or a section in the mall. It makes sense that quick eating establishments collect in a mall's food court, to take advantage of the large volume of people attracted there for the same purpose: grabbing a quick bite before, during, or after browsing and buying at the mall.
Lesson 1: The higher the search volume for your exact match, the more difficult the keyword will be.
{mospagebreak title=Number of pages in the Google Index containing your targeted term (exact match)}
Google's ranking algorithm sorts out pages from the most relevant all the way down to least relevant results. The number of web pages to be sorted depends on the search term. The more popular the search term, the higher the number of pages containing that term in the Google index.
To see how this works, let's illustrate this point. Say that you are examining the "CD Stickers" niche to see the number of web pages in Google's index currently containing your targeted terms:
"CD Stickers" – 20,000
"Free CD Stickers" – 251
"Buy CD Stickers" – 107
"Design CD stickers" – 5
"CD Stickers for download" – 3
It makes sense that the broader terms should have a higher number of web pages containing the terms. If you plan to optimize for "CD Stickers," you need to overtake around 20,000 web pages in the Google index, but if you only plan to rank for "CD Stickers for download," this is a more specific phrase and you need to compete only with three web pages!
Lesson 2: The higher the number of competing pages in Google;s index containing the exact match for your targeted terms, the more difficult the keyword.
{mospagebreak title=Conversion rate}
You may be surprised to know that conversion rate is the measurement of your page relevance. The higher you think the conversion rate of you page is, the more relevant that page is in the search results.
Conversion rate is defined by:
(Number of desired customer actions/ Total visits to the page) x 100%
"Number of desired customer actions" varies a lot, and this defines your success. For some online business owners this could be a successful checkout or sale; for others, it just means the number of inquiries via a contact form. For still others it could mean the number of sign-ups for their newsletter.
It is you that should define the desired customer actions. You use them in deciding which key phrases should be easiest to target.
To fully understand this, consider the example below if you have assigned the following conversion rates for those selected key phrases you like to target:
"CD Stickers" – 0.2%
"Free CD Stickers" – 0.2%
"Buy CD Stickers" – 0.2%
"Design CD stickers" – 5%
"CD Stickers for download" – 0.7%
These percentages show that your page is highly relevant for "Design CD stickers." Perhaps the page helps the user design CD stickers, but it is not a free CD sticker page or a CD download page.
Pages directly relating to the search query will have an easier time climbing Google's ranking pages, because the page is naturally relevant and does not need to use methods to artificially inflate its relevance, which could violate Google guidelines.
Lesson #3: A search query that is an exact match for your page topic or services is an easy keyword, while one that appears to be broad and not match your services is difficult.
Summary and recommendations
Rating the difficulty of a keyword should take the following point into consideration: keyword difficulty is directly proportional to the search volume of an exact match and the number of pages in the Google Index containing your exact match but INVERSELY PROPORTIONAL to the conversion rate of the keyword.
Keyword difficulty rating = (Search volume of exact match) (Number of pages in Google index) / (Conversion rate of the keyword)


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Tuesday, 26th June, 2012, 01:29 AM #1
Chicago Gameday 32 is July 14th - SIGN UP TO PLAY
Chicago Gameday 32 Sign-Up Thread
Gameday 32 is July 14th, 2012.
ENWorld Chicago Gameday 32 is a day of FREE gaming held at earth's finest game store, Games Plus.
To participate, simply post to this thread with your intention to play in one of the following events. Event sign-up is first-come, first-serve. Be aware that the event schedule may be subject to change until the last week before Gameday. No changes will be made to the schedule after that point. PM or email me (buzz AT buzzmo DOT com) with any questions.
PLEASE NOTE: This thread is the primary means of communicating information about Gameday 32. Please keep an eye on the thread for any updates or schedule changes, especially in the day or so prior to Gameday. This goes double for GMs. If you'd like to be on the Gameday mailing list, just shoot me an email.
You can also find us on Facebook, which is another great way to stay updated.
Games Plus
101 W Prospect Ave
Mount Prospect, Illinois 60056
(847) 577-9656
Hosts: Curt Duval & Jeff Swegler (owners)
View a map of the Games Plus gaming area to see where your events will be located.
- 8:00am - 9:00am Slot 0: Breakfast
Meet up for breakfast at Le Peep Grill (located across the Metra tracks, kitty-corner from Games Plus).
- 9:15am Arrive at the store to settle in to your game tables.
- 9:30am to 2:30pm Slot 1: Morning events
1. Danger Patrol, Matthew Woods, Table G
2. THIS EVENT IS FULL. Star Wars Saga Ed., "Tip Top Bounty Hunting Agency", sw3333, Table D
3. THIS EVENT IS FULL. Savage Worlds, "Goblins", willowx, Table E
4. THIS EVENT IS FULL. Supernatural, "Curtain Call", Ninjacat, Table C
HiBRiD, "Big Trouble In Little Canyonside: Snakes on a Plane Redux", hujraadjohaansen, Table H
6. THIS EVENT IS FULL. Trollbabe, Nev the Deranged, Table A
7. THIS EVENT IS FULL. Grimoire, "The Saint-Germain Frame", ekb, Table B
8. THIS EVENT IS FULL. GURPS Transhuman Space, "Orbital Decay", buzz, Table F
- 2:30pm to 3:30pm Break for lunch!
- 3:30pm to 8:30pm (or later) Slot 2: Afternoon events
1. THIS EVENT IS FULL. Serenity, "I WANNA ROCK AND ROLL ALL NIGHT...AND kuánghuān EVERY DAY.", TracerBullet42, Table C
2. D&DNext, Dokomo, Table H
3. THIS EVENT IS FULL. Monsterhearts, "Dresden Hearts", willowx, Table E
4. Ghosts of Albion, "Blight", WebWarlock, Table B
5. THIS EVENT IS FULL. Bulldogs!, "Jaws of the Barracado", Vyvyan Basterd, Table D
6. THIS EVENT IS FULL. Swords Without Master, "The Bloody Temple of Jel'al", Nathan Paoletta, Table A
7. Griffins & Grottos, "The Deepening Madness", Mark CMG, Table G
8. THIS EVENT IS FULL. Dungeon World, "The Wreck of the Grinning Jenny", JoeBeason, Table F
Slot 0 (Breakfast)
No limit to number of attendees.
1. buzz
2. dmichaelhay
3. Trevalon Moonleirion
4. Nev the Deranged
5. PhilK
6. ekb
7. Catt
8. dalkai
9. Widgety
10. Genevieve80
11. Ninjacat
12. Der Spot
13. Puffdebbie
14. Vyvyan Basterd
15. Laurie
16. ...
Slot 1: Morning
Morning Game 1: Danger Patrol
Danger Patrol, Matthew Woods, Table H
The time has come. The time... for DANGER.1. MoGristle
Danger Patrol is a retro sci-fi action/adventure game designed for fast play with no prep. Hhave a go at making your own 50s-style TV adventure serial in the style of Flash Gordon, Buck Rogers, and Indiana Jones (if Indy regularly went to Venus).
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3. ...
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5. ...
Morning Game 2: Tip Top Bounty Hunting Agency
Star Wars Saga Ed., sw3333, Table TBD
An emergency on the Galactic Republic's prison ship Sentinel IV led to a prison break, and while most escapees were caught and dealt with, a few managed to elude recapture. Enter the Tip Top Bounty Hunting Agency. They're the best, and they've been hired to track down the two most dangerous prisoners. Their orders are to being them in, dead or alive. With a couple of names and a couple of leads, the agency members are on the case.1. TracerBullet42
This is a Star Wars Saga edition game for 5 players. Pre-gen characters will be used. No experience in the game or the SW universe are mandatory, but both would be useful.
2. rvalle
3. rvalle (Alex)
4. rvalle (Nicky)
5. dmichaelhay
Morning Game 3: Goblins
Savage Worlds, willowx, Table TBD
Life as a goblin is nasty, brutal, and short, much like goblins themselves. Now adventurers are coming into your caves to kill you and take your stuff! Seats for 6 players, youth friendly.1. Fractal Advocate
2. RandomSliver
3. Widgety
4. hosidax
5. paladinlee
6. rowport
Morning Game 4: Curtain Call
Supernatural, Ninjacat, Table C
As if the Crew didn't have enough to worry about with the Greek Pantheon meddling in their lives, they can't forget that the third Demon Lord of Hell is still out there, too. Asmodeus' plans seem to be moving towards some goal...a rowdy biker babe, a barmaid who's known to go hunting with her uncles, a vigilante ex-cop, an amorous Army Brat track runner, and a wise old junkyard owner have all been killed, torn up by "a wild animal"...1. Vyvyan Basterd
..Is Asmodeus siccing Hellhounds on people again? And this time it's a pretty clear calling out of the Crew; what's he up to now?
To find out, it looks like it's time for another RoadTrip.
2. Laurie
3. enigma1122
4. waterdhavian
5. Der Spot
6. Puffdebbie
(7. Tofu_Master)
Morning Game 5: Big Trouble In Little Canyonside: Snakes on a Plane Redux has been CANCELED
Morning Game 6: Trollbabe
Trollbabe, Nev the Deranged, Table TBD
Adults Only
So, there are humans, and there are trolls. And then, there are trollbabes. You're one of those. Neither fully human, nor fully troll, you stride through the world like a force of nature, bringing change wherever you go. Also probably some violence, and probably also some magic. You're pretty good at both of those, it turns out.1. Tim Jensen
Materials Provided,
No Experience Necessary
2. PhilK
3. sailorkitsune
4. Catt
Morning Game 7: The Saint-Germain Frame
Grimoire, ekb, Table TBD
The "Man who never dies" has somehow died. Murder, it seems. You're the prime suspects...1. Genevieve80
4 players (all ages), no experience necessary, pregens provided (with minor tweaking of stats at the table). Grimoire is a tarot-based RPG system, but the players in this event need nothing besides the occasional pencil and odd scrap of paper to pass notes with. A playful curiosity is helpful.
* Casanova, infamous Italian rake
* Benjamin Franklin, "American" statesman and Master Mason
* Martin de Pasquale, Rosicrucian voodoo master and Saint-Germain's chief rival
* Voltaire, playwright and proto-goth entertainment superstar
* Anton Careme, architectural pastry-mancer
* Madame du Pompadour, Courtesan & His Majesty's finest swordswoman - TAKEN!
* Othar Tryggvaasen, gentleman adventurer!
* Baron Munchausen, ... well, what needs to be said of the Baron?
2. PeterBB
3. Dokomo
4. surewhynot
Morning Game 8: Orbital Decay
GURPS Transhuman Space, buzz, Table TBD
Adults Only
Vandegrift Station, a top-secret orbital research lab, has suddenly stopped all transmissions. Why has the station gone silent? Where did all the bio-tech researchers go?1. Mark CMG
What's that clawing at the airlock?
Orbital Decay is a horror-themed adventure for the GURPS Transhuman Space setting, updated to the 4th edition GURPS rules. Characters will be provided and rules will be taught. Players will need at least 3d6. A love of fiddly, complex rules will also prove helpful.
2. WJMacGuffin
3. Tim C Koppang
4. dalkai
5. Trevalon Moonleirion
6. Nathan Paoletta
Slot 2: Afternoon
Afternoon Game 1: I WANNA ROCK AND ROLL ALL NIGHT...AND kuánghuān EVERY DAY.
Serenity, TracerBullet42, Table C
Work is hard to come by in the Black. When the hot new band, "Steel 'N Nails," approaches The Crew to be their tour bus on their "Worlds Tour," Mal is quick to say, "Shiny." A little bit of pay for travel and doing other respectable jobs along the way ain't no bad way to get paid at all.1. enigma1122
Besides...rock stars don't ever get into trouble, right?
This event will be kid-friendly-ish. Serenity is more of a story driven game, so it may not be for the youngsters, but I don't anticipate any "adult content." No experience is necessary, as the rules can be taught as we play, but some familiarity with the show/movie/characters will be helpful, as we'll be playing as "The Crew."
2. WJMacGuffin
3. rvalle
4. rvalle (Krista)
5. dmichaelhay
6. Der Spot
Afternoon Game 2: D&DNext
D&DNext, Dokomo, Table TBD
This event will be for 4-6 players using pregen characters. We will be running an adaptation of another module to test translating the rules to a different setting. Players will need to sign up for the playtest in advance at Dungeons & Dragons Roleplaying Game Official Home Page - Playtest Other details may change based on any new playtests released up to Game Day.1. DelveLord
2. grizzo
3. ...
4. ...
5. ...
6. ...
Afternoon Game 3: Dresden Hearts
Monsterhearts, willowx, Table TBD
Adults Only
Being a wizard's apprentice is hard. It's harder when all your friends are werewolves, vampires, and stranger things. A MONSTERHEARTS session set in the DRESDEN FILES universe, with special playbooks!1. buzz
2. Genevieve80
3. Ninjacat
4. PhilK
5. ainsbot
Afternoon Game 4: Blight
Ghosts of Albion, WebWarlock, Table TBD
Ireland is dying.1. ekb
Her Protector has been murdered and you are the primary suspects. Can you clear your name, regain your magic and stop whatever necromancies befoul the land? Time is short, yours and one million lives hang in the balance. Set in 1847 this is an adventure for the Ghosts of Albion RPG.
Experience Required: None (never played before), some knowledge of "Ghosts of Albion" is helpful.
Materials Provided: Yes, materials are provided for this game. You do not need to bring your own. One d10 is needed.
Here are the characters for the game.
Tamara Swift - England's greatest magician
William Swift - Her brother and co-Protector
Nigel Townsend - their friend, teacher and 1000+ year old vampire.
Lord Byron - the Ghost of the famous poet
Queen Bodicea - 2,000 year old ghost
Lord Nelson - Admiral and ghost
If needed we can also add
Farris - William's man servant and former champion of the underground fight circuit.
John Haversham - American, Scoundrel and sometimes paramour to Tamara.
You can find more information here, The Other Side blog: Ghosts of Albion including a Quick Play version of the rules.
2. dulcetaccord
3. dulcetaccord (Katie)
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Afternoon Game 5: Jaws of the Barracado
Bulldogs!, Vyvyan Basterd, Table D
Who could be desperate enough to sign his life away for five long years? Desperate enough to take a job hauling volatile and hazardous cargo to the most dangerous places in the galaxy? Planets where the very air is a corrosive acid. Planets where the locals might cut your throat just so they can turn you into a nice steak. Planets where petty thugs and warlords are engaged in constant running gun battles and you're just as likely to catch a blaster shot in the skull as get a signed delivery manifest. You are, that's who. Welcome to Bulldogs!1. Laurie
Bulldogs! is sci-fi that kicks ass! Bulldogs! is a high action space adventure. Bulldogs! is about freebooting ruffians flying from planet to planet causing trouble. Bulldogs! is about far future technology—sci-fi movie technology that probably wouldn't work given what we know about the universe today, but who cares? Bulldogs! is about blasters and faster-than-light travel. Bulldogs! is about hopping from planet to planet and running into a vast variety of weird aliens. Bulldogs! is about being shot at and pissing off powerful locals and fleeing just in time. Bulldogs! is about starship dogfights and ambushes by space pirates in rarely traveled star lanes. Welcome to Bulldogs! You'll be flying in a starship and kicking ass in no time.
You've carried suspicious packages before, but this one takes the cake. A planet you've never heard of, deep in territory known for pirate attacks, with a mysterious seal that you've been told not to tamper with under any circumstances? Are you delivering something to the leader of the Barracado pirates himself? Will you be coming back from this mission?
Pregenerated character standups are attached, with artwork and aspects for each character. The captain of your ship is included, but he is an NPC controlled by the GM.
2. Catt
3. dalkai
4. Fractal Advocate
Afternoon Game 6: The Bloody Temple of Jel'al
Swords Without Master, Nathan Paoletta, Table TBD
Rogues in a fantastic world of masters and slaves, each of you wants something that is said to be buried deep in the heart of the lost Temple of Jel'al. Using your brawn, wits and magic, will you overcome the dangers lying between you and what you seek? Swords Without Master is a narrative-heavy sword-and-sorcery game that encapsulates the "gigantic melancholies and gigantic mirth" of the protagonists.1. Tim Jensen
2. Tim C Koppang
3. Nev the Deranged
4. PeterBB
Afternoon Game 7: The Deepening Madness
Griffins & Grottos, Mark CMG, Table G
This game will begin in media res at the bottom of a slide in the depths of an extensive tomb complex. The party will consist of explorers and researchers in the employ of the Great Sage of the City State of Ronk. Soon after breaching the outer seal and stepping cautiously into Havner the Mad's mauoleum, a place no one should dare go, a collapsing floor plunged the party hundreds of feet below, the tunnel blocked by tons of stone, rubble and debris. Can an alternate route to the surface be discovered before the traps and guardians of the tomb claim everyone's lives? It's time to test your mettle against one of the most dangerous adventures ever devised.1. Trevalon Moonleirion
2. sailorkitsune
3. rowport
4. ...
5. ...
6. ...
Afternoon Game 8: The Wreck of the Grinning Jenny
Dungeon World, JoeBeason, Table TBD
The pirates of the Grinning Jenny have been the bane of the South Seas for many years. Now they've sacked the Hesperus, taking its treasure and kidnapping Annabella, the daughter of Soubeton's governor. But the pirates' luck may have come to an end: they've foundered on a mysterious coral island in the Cursed Isles, and your band of adventurers has them in its sights. Can you defeat the pirates, seize their ill-gotten wealth and rescue Annabella? And what of that mysterious spire rising from the island's height?1. paladinlee
2. pvt. patterson
3. dc444
4. Widgety
5. Matthew Woods
6. MoGristle
Last edited by buzz; Friday, 13th July, 2012 at 11:44 PM.
- 8:00am - 9:00am Slot 0: Breakfast
Tuesday, 26th June, 2012, 01:30 AM #2
I'd like to be in your morning GURPS Transhuman Space, "Orbital Decay" game, buzz, if you please.
Tuesday, 26th June, 2012, 01:31 AM #3
I love the smell of Star Wars in the morning...
Smells like...midichlorians.
(Please sign me up for Star Wars.)
Tuesday, 26th June, 2012, 01:31 AM #4
Please sign Laurie and me up for Supernatural.
Please sign Laurie up for Bulldogs!
Tuesday, 26th June, 2012, 01:31 AM #5
Please sign me up for the "Dresden Hearts" Monsterhearts event in the afternoon.
Tuesday, 26th June, 2012, 01:32 AM #6
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If I can do both morning and afternoon, I'd love to get in Grimoire in the am and Monsterhearts in pm.
Also- I'm planning on bringing baked goods of some kind- that's ok, right? Thanks!
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Hi. Please sign up myself, Alex and Nicky for the morning Star Wars game.
Also please sign up myself and Krista for the later Serenity game.
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Supernatural and Firefly (Firefly / Serenity what ever.) Yey a day of cortex.
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Please sign me up for breakfast, AM game GURPS, and PM game Serenity. Thanks!
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Buzz sign me up for Supernatural in the morning, game 4.
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