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After the match, he started fighting with my cousin, and he took out a knife and he killed him.
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mid-12c., from Old French cosin (12c., Modern French cousin) "nephew, kinsman, cousin," from Latin consobrinus "cousin," originally "mother's sister's son," from com- "together" (see com-) + sobrinus (earlier *sosrinos) "cousin on mother's side," from soror (genitive sororis) "sister."
Italian cugino, Danish kusine, Polish kuzyn also are from French. German vetter is from Old High German fetiro "uncle," perhaps on the notion of "child of uncle." Words for cousin tend to drift to "nephew" on the notion of "father's nephew."
Many IE languages (including Irish, Sanskrit, Slavic, and some of the Germanic tongues) have or had separate words for some or all of the eight possible "cousin" relationships, e.g. Latin, which along with consobrinus had consobrina "mother's sister's daughter," patruelis "father's brother's son," atruelis "mother's brother's son," amitinus "father's sister's son," etc. Old English distinguished fæderan sunu "father's brother's son," modrigan sunu "mother's sister's son," etc.
Used familiarly as a term of address since early 15c., especially in Cornwall. Phrase kissing cousin is Southern U.S. expression, 1940s, apparently denoting "those close enough to be kissed in salutation;" Kentish cousin (1796) is an old British term for "distant relative."
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Gar Forman talks Derrick Rose and 'The Return'
It would make life easier on Gar Forman if he knew the exact date that the No. 1 would be back on the court. It would definitely lighten the load on the amount of questions the Bulls general manager has had to answer about Derrick Rose.
And while Forman admitted on Monday that there is a plan for "The Return," it's a plan written in pencil rather than pen.
Surgically-repaired anterior cruciate ligaments obviously don't care much about making schedule deadlines.
"There is no end game in sight," Forman responded, when asked about the All-Star Game as being the date frequently thrown out there for a Rose return. "The next step was to get him on the floor where he's participating in practice and contact activities. So we're not skipping steps. Once we feel comfortable with that and our doctors feel comfortable, then we'll go to the next step. It's not about us being evasive with our answers.
"Everything has been planned out, in detail. That's why we're taking this step-by-step and not skipping steps. There's a process in place and we've never wanted to jump ahead."
Rose had the surgery last May, and the MVP point guard started participating in light practice a few weeks ago. He made his first road trip with the team last week, and seems full-contact practice seems to be just on the horizon.
But this is all about erring on the side of caution with the face of the franchise for years to come. It's not about what's best for the Bulls today, as much as what's best for them and Rose for years to come. If that means slip-ups like their last home game in which they lost to Charlotte, so be it.
"We want to do what's right for Derrick, we want to do what's right for our team," Forman added. "The goal all along is to do that. To take the process step-by-step, to not skip steps, and when he's 100 percent ready to play, he'll play."


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SINGING schoolchildren joined thousands of flag-waving revellers as the Olympic Torch's Cumbrian odyssey reached Ambleside.
Crowds began gathering from mid-afternoon as anticipation mounted ahead of the historic moment.
Greeted by cheers and applause, torch bearer Tom Wright, 15, of St Bees, passed the Olympic flame onto Windermere's Stephanie Booth as it reached Borrans Park at around 6.20pm.
The beaming 14-year-old Lakes School pupil, nominated by her head teacher, told the Gazette it was the 'best moment' of her life.
"I was quite nervous but very excited," she said.
"Everyone was really friendly and happy.
"It's been the best experience."
Sports-mad Stephanie is a keen swimmer and participant of triathlon and cross-country events and will compete alongside her sister in this weekend's Great North Swim.
Her proud mother Christine said: "I didn't sleep last night, I was so excited for her.
"I'm just really unbelieveably proud of her.
"The last week has been a little bit overwhelming.
"She was determined to be involved in the Olympics and this could be the closest she gets."
Spectators Gordon Allatt and Norma Pearson made the trip from Northampton especially to see the torch.
And Mr Allatt was thrilled when he got to touch it.
"I'll never wash this hand again," said an emotional Mr Allatt.
"The Olympics is one of those things that brings the country together and makes us feel good."
Mrs Pearson added: "I think it's absolutely great and I shall be watching the Games every day while they're on."
Children from Ambleside, Hawkshead, Langdale and Coniston primary schools performed a song especially-assembled for the occasion as the torch made its way to Waterhead to board the Bowness-bound vessel, the Tern.
It was helped on its way by a flotilla, christened Brathay's 'whalers', as other boats sounded their horns in tribute.
Marj Waddecar, of Ambleside, who was looking on, said: "I was born in the year Britain last held the Olympics so I thought I ought to come down and see the torch this time.
"It's good we have got the Olympics and let's just hope there's a bit of a spin-off for tourism in areas like this."
Visitor Julianne Harlow, of Brighton, added: "It's a really big event that we won't be seeing in this country again and, rightly or wrongly, a lot of money has been invested in it."
People were invited to write goodwill messages about the Games for inclusion in an eye-catching yellow 'balloon tree'.
The Kendal Windows on Art project was led by Pam Williamson, who said: "I have worked with older people, schoolchildren and members of the public, asking them to send their messages to welcome the torch from Ambleside to London and the rest of the world."
The balloons were given to children after the torch passed through and the messages will now go on display at Ambleside Library before featuring in a special opening ceremony at this year's Ambleside Sports.
The Borrans Park festivities were organised in part by Barry Porter, of Rufty Tufty's, Ambleside.
Mr Porter said: "I thought it would be a really positive thing for Ambleside - it really profiles the area.
"Anything that builds up Ambleside is great for local businesses and local people. The kids are really enjoying it."
An Olympic Torch relay celebration, titled On the Night Shift, presented by Kendal Arts International, takes place on The Glebe, Bowness, tonight.
THOUSANDS of punters flocked to Cartmel Races for the course's biggest meeting of the year, spread over three days.
The traditional Bank Holiday Monday event attracted a crowd of 16,000 to watch the seven races.
Jonathan Garratt, Cartmel Racecourse managing director, said the bookies did not fare too badly.
"I think it has been mixed; they have had some favourites going in but I'm sure they have had ups and downs."
Punters successfully backed legendary racer Tony McCoy, who appeared on Monday.
Yesterday, too, proved a rare highlight for racegoers as three Cheltenham Festival horses went on parade for Veterans Day.
Chief Dan George, who is trained just a mile from Cartmel by Jimmy Moffatt, was joined by Mister McGoldrick and Hussard Collonges.
"We have had a lot of people who are on half-term holiday but it's also the day when racing enthusiasts from all over the country come and have their day at Cartmel because the course is slightly less overcrowded," said Mr Garratt.
Meanwhile, a racing steward became the first person to join an exclusive Cartmel 'club'.
Officiating at Saturday's races signalled a landmark for Colin Vickers — it meant he had visited every racecourse in Britain.
Cartmel Racecourse chairman Lord Cavendish presented Mr Vickers with a souvenir badge, which coincided with the launch of an I've Saved The Best Until Last club.
Anyone completing a visit to all Britain's racecourses with a trip to Cartmel will now receive one of the specially-commissioned badges.
Mr Garratt said: "When I came here I was amazed how many people said they had been to every other racecourse before they tasted the unique delights of Cartmel.
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The Rev. Walter J. Ong, S.J. Award
The Walter J. Ong Award is presented annually to a doctoral student in the Department of English in recognition of genuinely exceptional research and scholarly achievement and promise. Submissions are judged on the portfolio a candidate submits to the Graduate Director (see item 2 below) and the information supplied in a supporting letter provided by a faculty member (see item 1).
The award is made by the Graduate Director and the Graduate Committee, acting on behalf of the English department. All current English Ph.D. students who are in good standing and are making appropriate progress toward the Ph.D. degree are eligible for consideration. Although a student may be considered for the award during more than one review cycle, s/he may only hold the award once in his/her graduate career at Saint Louis University.
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1. In the first week of May the Graduate Director will send out a call for nominations to the English faculty and will, at the same time, alert graduate students to the initiation of the year's process. This call for nominations will be repeated in the first week of August and again at the start of the fall semester. Nomination letters should be sent to the Graduate Director, should assess a nominee's scholarly achievements and promise to date, and should specify the nominee's current progress toward completing the dissertation. The deadline for nominations will normally be mid-September. Self-nominations are not permitted.
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• A research dossier which emphasizes original and creative scholarship that is published or in the publication stream. Normally, this dossier would include copies of any published work, work that is due to be published, and/or work that has been submitted for publication in a peer-reviewed journal or by a reputable press. Any pre-publication work submitted should be in its "final" form. Web-based work (research tools, blogs, videos, databases, contributions to online journals, etc.) may also be submitted, but online works that do not appear in peer-reviewed venues should be accompanied by a brief written account (composed by the nominee) of the scholarly and/or intellectual impact and significance of these items within the nominee's field.
3. These materials will be reviewed by the Graduate Committee, which will either choose the winning submission or determine, at its discretion, that no award should be made during a given year. The Committee will not consider incomplete and/or late submissions.
4. No later than October 15, the Graduate Director will announce the Ong Award winner to the Chair of the Department, who in turn will inform the Library Associates.
5. It is customarily the practice for the award recipient to be formally recognized at the Library Associates' annual dinner.
6. Research dossiers will be returned to nominees in due course.
The Fournier Award is given annually for teaching excellence. The prize is normally awarded to a student who has taught for the English Department for at least four semesters and who has compiled a demonstratable record of professionalism and innovation in the classroom.
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These Native American objects represent just a few of the items made in the late nineteenth and the early twentieth century, primarily for sale to dealers and collectors to satisfy the growing market for indigenous products. Finely coiled baskets like the example by the Maidu weaver Mary Kea'a'ala Azbill were in great demand, as were Zuni Kachina dolls. The desire for Eskimo objects such as the ivory pipe engraved with a whale-hunting scene was accelerated by the Klondike Gold Rush in 1897. To appeal to non-Native patrons, Native artists invented new designs using trade materials such as the glass beads forming the embroidered floral arrangement on the northeastern puzzle bag (so named for the way its pieces fold together to keep it closed). Other artists used traditional materials but tailored designs to non-Native aesthetics, as seen in the porcupine-quill box. The Navajo quickly adapted to the Spanish introduction of silver coins and silver mining in the seventeenth century, embellishing their traditional wrist guards with hammered silver. Some artists retained both traditional materials and designs but produced greater quantities of popular items such as the Plains owl pipe bowl made from Catlinite (red pipestone).
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- Medium: Ivory, ink
- Place Made: Alaska, United States
- Dates: late 19th-early 20th century
- Dimensions: 10 5/8 x 6 1/8 in. (27 x 15.5cm) (show scale)
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- Accession Number: 22.1797
- Credit Line: Brooklyn Museum Collection
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Rutland County candidates file their election intentionsStaff Report | January 29,2013Most Rutland County voters will have to make at least one decision on local officers at the polls in March.
In Benson, three people are competing for two seats on the Select Board as challenger Robert Lussier seeks to unseat either of incumbents Sam Bartholomew and John Hill.
Brandon has three candidates seeking two seats on the Select Board, with newcomers June Kelly and Blaine Cliver joining incumbent Ethan Swift. Selectman Devon Fuller, who held a one-year seat, is now running for a three-year seat, as incumbent Mitch Pearl is not running for re-election.
The town also has a contest for first constable, with incumbent Gigi Corsones facing challenger Gerry McGraw.
Castleton has a grand total of seven Select Board candidates. Selectwoman Patricia Graziano will seek to fend off challenges from Patrick Eagan and John Hale for her three-year seat. The holders of the two-year seats, James Leamy and Edward O'Shea, face challenges from Thomas Kearns and Wenger Rehlen.
Chittenden and Clarendon have no contests.
In Danby, Steve Haines and Dan Garceau are vying for a three-year seat on the town's Select Board. Haines was appointed to fill a vacancy. Incumbent Dorothea Edmunds is being challenged by Cher'allyn Powers for the one-year delinquent tax collector seat. Incumbent Marjorie Abbott faces a challenge from Richard Smith for a three-year auditor post.
In Fair Haven, Robert Richards is looking to unseat either Selectman Timothy Langlois or Selectman David Ward to claim a two-year seat on the board. In Hubbardton, Dawn Custer and Marissa Memergut are vying to replace Town Clerk and Treasurer Margaret Vittum, who is retiring after 30 years in office.
No information was available from Ira Monday afternoon.
In Killington, incumbent Jim Haff is facing challengers Patty McGrath and E.J. Willis for a three-year seat on the Select Board. Whit Montgomery and Mark Fiore are competing for the two-year job of first constable, a position being vacated by Scott Bigelow.
Mendon and Middletown Springs have no contested races.
Mount Holly has a two-way race for a Select Board seat left vacant by Paul Nevin. Newcomers Tim Martin and Ronald Unterman are competing for the three-year seat.
Mount Tabor and Pawlet have no contested races while Pittsfield nominates candidates from the floor.
In Pittsford, Cathy Rider has challenged Selectman Alan Hitchcock for his two-year seat on the board.
Poultney has no contested races.
Proctor voters will choose between candidates vying for spots on the town's Select Board and School Board this year. Select Board Chairman Eric "Rick" Anderson is being challenged by Richard Horner, a former town selectman, for the two-year seat. On the School Board, a three-year seat left vacant by the departure of Mary Fregosi has set up a two-way race between newcomers Preston Garcia and Lisa Miser.
There is only one contested race in Rutland Town. Don Chioffi will face off against Chris Kiefer-Cioffi for a three-year seat on the Select Board, left vacant by James Hall.
Sudbury, Tinmouth and Wallingford all have race-free ballots.
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The wife of a wealthy Continental army officer and the mother of eleven children, Mrs. David Forman was portrayed by Charles Willson Peale in an interior that was meant to suggest the elegance and bounty of her domestic life. Peale was one of the rare American colonial artists to include paintings in his portrait interiors. The presence of the landscape hanging behind Ann Forman signaled the cultured life of the Forman household, and the gently idealized curves of its composition offered a parallel to the
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- Artist: Charles Willson Peale, American, 1741-1827
- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Dates: ca. 1785
- Dimensions: 51 x 39 3/8 in. (129.5 x 100 cm) (show scale)
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- Caption: Charles Willson Peale (American, 1741-1827). Mrs. David Forman and Child, ca. 1785. Oil on canvas, 51 x 39 3/8 in. (129.5 x 100 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Carll H. de Silver and Museum Collection Fund, 23.51
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- 1 Green Chilly, chopped
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- 1/2 tsp ground Cumin
- pinch of Turmeric powder
- 3 tbsp of ground Coconut paste
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Never heard of brackets, im assuming youve probably tried sublime text 2, but if not give it a whirl. by far the best editor ive ever used.
I'm waiting myself for the moment that Brackets works in a browser
Never heard of koding.com myself btw, I'm using brackets lately since I can edit the editor however I like ^^
Posted 11 December 2012 - 15:53
I used sublime text 2 but now after I've tried brackets I'm never going back So easy to modificate it however I want(feel free to ask any help with modifications )
Never heard of brackets, im assuming youve probably tried sublime text 2, but if not give it a whirl. by far the best editor ive ever used.
edit: downloading brackets for a test drive
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Brackets supports less but the crtl-e feature doesn't work for less yet (this is currently planned to be fixed) but crtl-e works in colors in less for a color picker ^^
ok well the main thing i love about sublime is zen coding. I'd really miss that
also the multiple cursors
any of those on brackets?
it does look super sexy
ooooh wow! i do love that ctrl + E feature! thats awesome! im forever digging around huge CSS documents
can I use that with LESS?
edit seems not yet, only with HTML and CSS which is a pitty as Im mostly using PHP and LESS justnow
also live feature is a great idea, i hope the implement php capability
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I got invited!
Waited ages for it too, really happy
I have two invites if anyone wants to try it out, please only ask if you think you will use it though as I don't want to waste them.
check it out here: http://www.koding.com
Posted 11 December 2012 - 23:26
I've waited so long for one
I've been using Koding.com for a while!
I also have 3 invites if anyone seriously wants to start using it!
Just message me if you want one!
Posted 12 December 2012 - 00:08
I've waited so long for one
Funny that I started this topic and just got one after it! I think i got it from a tweet where I begged them yesterday haha
What do you think of it? It looks great so far! Ive just installed wordpress to my account to test a theme ive been developing. This is awesome because now I can work on this from anywhere on any computer!
Posted 12 December 2012 - 00:09
Pm your email
If you still have one I'm interested as well.
yeah me too, However I'd probably pay for this if it wasn't too expensive. If you read their story (help on bottom left) they say that the idea was collaborative coding/help and keeping it free. So hopefully they will stay true to that and keep a free plan.
Right now it's the beta period. I think they will start subscriptions later onwards for extra storage and features. I hope they keep a basic free tier.
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Mr. Odie Wayne Prisock, 72, died Monday, Dec.3, 2012, at his home in Madison surrounded by his loving family.
Funeral services will be held 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012 at Nowell-Massey Funeral Home in Louisville with Rev. Junior Davis officiating.
Burial will follow in Craig Springs Cemetery in Oktibbeha County.
Visitation will be held 4-7 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012 at Natchez Trace Funeral Home in Madison, and noon to 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012 at Nowell-Massey Funeral Home prior to services.
Nowell-Massey Funeral Home of Louisville is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Prisock was born on Aug. 25, 1940, to Erskin and Velma Scarborough Prisock. He graduated from Starkville High School and was a member of the Mississippi National Guard for six years. Wayne was a home builder and land developer while living in Starkville, and a member of the Home Builders Association in Starkville, serving as the first president of this organization. After moving to Madison, he became a member of the
First Baptist Church of Madison and he was the owner of Prisock Company. Mr. Prisock was a member of the Canton Lodge No. 28 F & AM Masonic Lodge and a Past Worthy Patron of Canton Chapter No. 58 OES. Wayne was a man of many talents and he loved to hunt and fish.
He is survived by his wife, Ellen Dane Ellis Prisock of Madison; daughter, Stephanie P. Nix (Rick) of Ridgeland; son, Stephen Prisock (Keiley) of Madison; grandchildren, Veronica Grace Prisock, Matthew Nix and Andrew Nix; and brother, Prude Prisock (Margaret) of Starkville.
He was preceded in death by his parents.
Pallbearers will be Buddy Prisock, Parker Prisock, Presley Prisock, Randall Prisock, Ronnie Massey, Larry Massey Brandon Prisock and Clay Wood.
Honorary pallbearers will be Paul Massey, Leon Merritt, J.D. Adcock, Joe Shurden Jr., Ester Taylor and Royce Faulkner.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorials be given to Craig Springs Cemetery Fund, c/o Ronnie Massey, 595 Massey Drive, Starkville, MS 39759 or to the Building Fund, First Baptist Church, P. O. Box 400, Madison, MS 39130-0040 or to the charity of your choice.
Memories and condolences may be shared with the family by signing the guest register at http://www.nowellmasseyfuneralhome.com [1].
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A Flexible Spending Account (FSA) can help you pay for the high cost of health care and day care. These IRS-approved accounts allow you to set aside a portion of your income before paying taxes. Then, as you incur eligible expenses, you request tax-free withdrawals from your account to reimburse yourself.
As of July 1, 2012, the university's FSA program is administered by WageWorks. More information is available in the Quick Start Guide. Or you may log into your FY13 FSA at wageworks.com.
Participation in the FSA is an annual benefits election made during open enrollment. Changes may also be made if you experience a major life event.
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Registering for a Gaming Console
If you have a gaming console, it will need to be registered in Bradford the first time you use it. To do this, from your laptop, browse to http://gwumanage.gardner-webb.edu/registration/ and click on the option for registering a gaming device. You will need the MAC/physical address of the gaming console, which can usually be found in the "Network Settings" on the console.
Microsoft Xbox
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- Unplug the network cable from the Xbox.
- Turn on the Xbox console with out any disk in the disk tray.
- Open the Xbox Live option from the Xbox Dashboard.
- You should receive a "Could not connect to Xbox Live" error. Select Settings from the Connect Status screen and then select Network Settings.
- The 12-digit number in the lower right corner of the menu will be your MAC Address.
Microsoft Xbox 360
- Go to the System area of the Xbox Dashboard and select Network Settings.
- Select Edit Settings.
- From Additional Settings, select Advanced Settings.
- At the bottom of this screen you'll see a heading called Wired MAC Address.
Sony PS2
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The Delaware Climate Change Steering Committee was created to oversee the Assessment process. The Steering Committee's membership includes some of Delaware's leading scientists and practitioners. Their charge is to ensure the Assessment adheres to the highest levels of scientific integrity and that the information presented is applicable for future work in the state. Members represent the fields of agriculture, ecosystems and wildlife, climate, public health, water resources, and infrastructure.
In 2000, the Delaware Climate Change Action Plan (DCCAP) was prepared with funding from the Delaware State Energy Office and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's State and Local Climate Change Program. The Center for Energy and Environmental Policy of the University of Delaware researched and wrote the Action Plan with the guidance and advice of the Delaware Climate Change Consortium (DCCC), comprised of representatives from government, business, labor, environment and community-based organizations. In this Action Plan, the DCCC has developed a set of policy options that can reduce Delaware's greenhouse gas emissions by 7% below the 1990 level. This amounts to a decrease of almost 25% in State emissions by 2010.
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Just wanted to give a quick hey. New to the forum but have been modeling since I was small. I have been building large scale planes (R/C) for the last few years but came across a yard sale lot this past weekend of Star Wars NIB and loose figures and vehicles as well as a bunch of other SW merch. and was thinking maybe I'll take a break from planes this winter and build some Dios.
Ps, looks like most of the NIB stuff is POTF, ROTS, and Episode1 as well as a few Saga pieces. Also a NIB X wing (Dagobah) and a NIB Tie Fighter (Both Saga) What do you guys think is the most collectable of the non vintage stuff? I am an adult so I am not going to play with the figs but I dont want to take them off the backs if they might hold a value. (Never really been a collector so be gentle)


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Industrial Helix wrote:The idea of such a small map makes me glad I use the large map. But thinking from the point of view of a person using the small maps, I'd be upset if I selected this map and ended up with this little guy. A player might prefer smaller maps on this site... but then would have to switch to large map preference simply for this map to be easy on the eyes. Yeah, its good for people playing on their phone or something... but, I presume, most of us play on our computers.
Now here's an idea... what about a Conquer Club App? In that case, this might work nicely.
Otherwise, perhaps an individualized approach to the size preferences a player wants for each map. That way I could select small for something like classic and large for this map.
Victor Sullivan wrote:Also, Madagascar isn't connected to anything
MarshalNey wrote:Obviously the biggest problem will be clarity. The regions and the bonus continents/bonuses are clear enough. Using a different shade for each region (territ) works well. However, there are still some connections that are unclear, and the 88's will have to be placed carefully so that a player won't think that a connection is obscured that really isn't there. A couple of areas that I see are:
The Phillipenes. Not sure where it connects (China and Indonesia would be my best guess)
Madagascar. Is that small chunk bordering Congo and S. Africa its border connections?
Iberia. The 88 is awfully close to the UK 88, and someone who doesn't know any better might think that those two connect. Also, the sea route from Iberia... does it go to Canada or the USA?
The Greenland-Canada connection should be more explicit than a group of islands with indistinguisable colors.
Finally, you'll need space to explain the -1 decay (which I like btw). There's a little bit of room around Antarctica, but I'm not sure if it's enough.
As far as gameplay goes, the big flaw I see is the decay. "But wait, Marshal, you said you liked the decay!" Well, yes, I do like the idea for the bonus continent, but decay regions should almost always be neutral in my opinion. Otherwise it just makes the drop a real kick in the jimmies for two or three players, nearly guaranteed. The drop is already going to be a tad bit dicey for dropping bonuses, but overall I think it should be okay.
If you make the Anartica regions all neutral (neutral 1 I'd say) then you'll only have 31 regions for the drop. Having 32 would be better, especially for 8 player games.
DJ Teflon wrote:I like playing on my phone - its ok-ish, slow, lots of scrolling around the screen and PMs and forums are nigh on impossible.
A smaller phone-friendly map would be cool.
However, consider the pace of phone technology progress. I haven't got my hands on the latest generation but I suspect playing is easier on them and while a smaller map might be practical, it might not need be quite this small? 400 x 400 might be a better bet? Certainly in a couple of years time 300 x 300 might be unnecessarily small?
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What Hurts Children More: Having Lesbian and Gay Parents, or Junk Science About Their Parents?
When is a new study "research," and when is it propaganda? That's the question to ask when looking at Mark Regnerus's "study," released this past weekend, on children who had a parent who had an affair with someone of the same sex. Regnerus compares children who grew up in an intact household from birth to adulthood with children who started in a heterosexual marriage but who had a parent who crossed over to the gay side. And yet Regnerus is touting it as a study on the real-life experiences of children who grew up with lesbian or gay parents. Here's what he says in Slate, of all places, which I usually respect:
… [M]y colleagues and I randomly screened over 15,000 Americans aged 18-39 and asked them if their biological mother or father ever had a romantic relationship with a member of the same sex. I realize that one same-sex relationship does not a lesbian make, necessarily. But our research team was less concerned with the complicated politics of sexual identity than with same-sex behavior.
The basic results call into question simplistic notions of "no differences," at least with the generation that is out of the house. On 25 of 40 different outcomes evaluated, the children of women who've had same-sex relationships fare quite differently than those in stable, biologically-intact mom-and-pop families, displaying numbers more comparable to those from heterosexual stepfamilies and single parents.
Well, here's why his numbers were more comparable to stepfamilies and single parents: Because these children were in stepfamilies or had single parents. The study compares how children fare stable parents to how children fare under divorce or infidelity. We call that "comparing apples to oranges." Of course the oranges don't have black seeds. They're oranges. If he had compared how children did in heterosexual stepfamilies or heterosexual single-parent families with the lesbian or gay stepfamilies or single-parent homes, we might learn something. But as it is, his research—despite his propaganda spin, which argues that these findings should militate against same-sex marriage—tells you nothing about the effects of having parents who happen to be lesbian or gay. It says absolutely nothing about how children fare growing up from infancy in lesbian or gay households that affirmatively chose to be parents (as opposed to having them accidentally, which is, to understate the case, quite rare if you're lesbian or gay). That affirmative choice is in itself a good thing for the children, real studies have shown.
A look at Regnerus's agenda and at this study's funders—the socially right-wing organizations the Witherspoon Institute and the Bradley Foundation—tells all you need to know about Regnerus's motivations. The New York Times' article about the study includes quotes that assess it appropriately:
Paul Amato, a sociologist at Penn State who was not involved in the study and has written in favor or same-sex marriage, said that many scholars suspected that some children with a gay parent might have more troubles than the average child, particularly in past decades when the stigma was greater. "We know, for instance, that many people with a gay parent were essentially raised in a stepfamily, and went through a divorce, both of which are associated with modest but real disadvantages," he said.
Others said the study was limited in its usefulness. "What we really need in this field is for strong skeptics to study gay, stable parents and compare them directly to a similar group of heterosexual, stable parents," said Judith Stacey, a sociologist at New York University….
"When I look at his data, my main take-away is that divorce and family transition is not a great outcome for kids," said Gary Gates, a demographer at the at the University of California, Los Angeles, who was not involved in the study.
Box Turtle Bulletin has a thorough analysis of the study's methodology, for those who want to dig in deep. Jim Burroway notes, among other things, that "Regnerus notes that the original raw sample showed that 1.7 percent of all Americans between the ages of 18 and 39 report that their father or mother has had a same-sex relationship. This is in line with several other studies on same-sex households with children." And Media Matters has an excellent dissection of the study's major flaws, expanding very clearly on these four points: the study doesn't compare married gay parents to married heterosexual parents; the author admits the study doesn't establish causation between same-sex parenting and negative outcomes; the study arbitrarily ignores overlaps in its subpopulations; the study doesn't accurately define gay and lesbian parents; and the study's author and funders have an agenda.
For the fourth point, Media Matters quotes John Corvino's take-down at The New Republic:
Question: What do the following all have in common?
--A heterosexually married female prostitute who on rare occasion services women
--A long-term gay couple who adopt special-needs children
--A never-married straight male prison inmate who sometimes seeks sexual release with other male inmates
--A woman who comes out of the closet, divorces her husband, and has a same-sex relationship at age 55, after her children are grown
--Ted Haggard, the disgraced evangelical pastor who was caught having drug fueled-trysts with a male prostitute over a period of several years
--A lesbian who conceives via donor insemination and raises several children with her long-term female partner
Give up? The answer—assuming that they all have biological or adopted adult children between the ages of 18 and 39—is that they would all be counted as "Lesbian Mothers" or "Gay Fathers" in Mark Regnerus's new study.
And for the fifth point, David Badash at the (problematically named) blog The New Civil Rights Movement goes into some depth about Regnerus's ideology, funders, and ties, including his religious belief in abstaining from sex until heterosexual marriage.
Ross Douthat, of all people, while noting that he agrees with Regnerus's underlying sexually conservative outlook, comments:
Regnerus's study is necessarily a look backward. No matter where they lived or how they were treated by their peers, many of his subjects came of age when homosexuality was still marginalized and despised and gay marriage barely on the radar screen. The majority were born to male-female couples in which one partner later came out as gay (adding an extra layer of complexity and heartbreak), rather than being planned via adoption, sperm donation or in vitro fertilization. Almost none were raised in a single same-sex household for their entire childhood. Today the models of gay parenting have presumably shifted, the stability of gay households has presumably increased, and the outcomes for children may be shifting as well.
The old, discredited parenting studies used to do this: Compare the children of intact heterosexual families with the children of lesbian families formed after a heterosexual divorce. For serious research, go to Judith Stacey or Michael Lamb, the dean of research into fatherhood. When I wrote my book on marriage, I loved diving into Lamb's studies, which reveal his surprise that while a second parent is extremely helpful, fathers don't add anything distinctive because of their gender; rather, they bring a second perspective, an additional source of support and love, and all those extra resources that protect against poverty. Nan Polikoff summarizes his findings on child adjustment nicely here.
Given so many big and small guns aimed at this little study, why am I writing about it at such length? Because it is profoundly dangerous.
Years ago, I used to write about the parenting studies without much emotion. I read them pretty thoroughly, and was unsurprised that they basically found no differences between children raised by a man and a woman, and children raised by a woman and a woman. (At the time, there were no studies on children raised by two men.) That just made sense to me. How could the sex of the parents possibly matter? Consider that, historically, most children did not reach adulthood with both biological parents alive. Mothers died in childbirth. Both parents died of skin infections, minor tumors, farm accidents, the flu, the plague—things we're now protected from by vaccinations, antibiotics, surgery, handwashing, plumbing, Clorox. Over those millennia of early mortality, children came of age in an astounding array of family structures: a father and grandfather, a mother and aunts, stepfamilies, boarding schools, a little village of your father's wives and half-siblings. If the only way you could reach a healthy and productive adulthood was with two biological parents, the human race could never have survived. And given the variation from one father to another—from an easygoing Mr. Rogers type to a Marine drill sergeant who checks your bed for hospital corners, from a sexually abusive alcoholic to a wealthy man who becomes a dad by his third wife at age 65—how could "fatherhood" possibly be lumped into one bucket? What could the mothering styles of Courtney Love, Hillary Clinton, Amy Chua, and your neighborhood church lady possibly have in common? The characters and behavior of the individuals involved—their affection, attachment, consistency, and reliability—have to be more important than having non-matching sets of genitals. Or as the social scientists say, family behavior counts more than family structure.
But I don't feel blithe about this any more, now that I'm a parent. Very few people read deeply into social science. In fact, I dare say very few of you have made it this far in my absurdly long post. What most people hear are the headlines, which do make their way into the cultural conversation. Right-wing organizations are already rubbing their hands, ready to wield this crap in their campaigns.
And that's dangerous. I don't want my child hearing this nonsense parroted by someone else's child. I don't want him made to feel ashamed of the family he loves*. Because that really does hurt kids.
The only possible reason for Slate (full disclosure: I've published there in the past) to run this dangerous propaganda was to bring in clicks. You can tell they knew it was crap; above the article, they included a link to William Saletan's analysis tearing it apart. But running it is still appalling and irresponsible. Slate's editors should be ashamed.
*(Loves except, of course, on those days when he tells me I'm The Worst Mother In The World for enforcing bedtime or insisting he does his homework.)
Wed, 2012-06-13 13:25
Everyone NEEDS to understand that Dr. Regenerus did NOT study families with mommy+ mommy or daddy+daddy. In fact he only found out of his whole sampling, TWO straight up lesbian women who raised children and in an e-mail to me he says these children turned out GREAT! And he found no daddy+daddy.
Dr. Regenerus's Respondents were raised in a MIXED ORIENTATION MARRIAGE (MOM), or a MIXED ORIENTATION SEXUAL RELATIONSHIP. A MOM is where one spouse is gay and one spouse is straight. That is who responded to this survey people who had parents in a MOM. Regnerus confirms that he found only 2 Respondents who were raised in a straight up lesbian or straight up gay home. Here is part of his e-mail to me which he asked me to post.
[snip]"By the way, one of the key methodological criticisms circulating is that–basically–in a population-based sample, I haven't really evaluated how the adult children of stably-intact coupled self-identified lesbians have fared. Right? Right. And I'm telling you that it cannot be feasibly accomplished. It is a methodological (practical) impossibility at present, for reasons I describe: they really didn't exist in numbers that could be amply obtained *randomly*. It may well be a flaw–limitation, I think–but it is unavoidable. We maxxed Knowledge Networks' ability, and no firm is positioned to do better. It would have cost untold millions of dollars, and still may not generate the number of cases needed for statistical analyses.[end snip] You can read the full e-mail exchange here-
We know that only 1/3 of Mixed Orientation Marriages attempt to stay together after disclosure and of that 1/3, only half manage to stay together for 3 years or more (and it goes really down hill after 7 years).
FWIW I agree with Dr. Regnerus Mixed Orientation Marriages (or Mixed Orientation Sexual Relationships) that produce children are VERY BAD for the children. And that is what his study proves. It does not attempt and does NOT assess the outcomes of children raised by 2 loving moms or 2 loving dads. It.Does.Not.
This pic by Rob Tisnai depicts this research perfectly. I know he will let you re-post it.
Fri, 2012-06-15 15:56
Many thanks for this article. I actually did read it through to the end.
What I especially liked was Graff's observation that evolution very likely prepared us to come of age in spite of a mixed parent or no-parent adult support structure. To quote: "Over those millennia of early mortality, children came of age in an astounding array of family structures: a father and grandfather, a mother and aunts, stepfamilies, boarding schools, a little village of your father's wives and half-siblings."
So this helps explain why there's really no measurable difference between those raised in hetero vs. homo families.
My personal story is that my earliest nurturing was through my mother and an aunt, though I also had a wonderful father. Most of my early teachers were women, and it didn't seem to matter at all. Why should being raised by two women (or two men) make any difference at all to the child?
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Fear is a normal thing to be afraid of, so to speak, but it is rather abstract. What is not abstract is the smell of burnt food and a 9-year-old announcing, "I think five minutes was too long for the corndog in the microwave."
There are many other visible sources of fear produced by my son, like the rubber snake — so weatherized at this point that it appears very real — mysteriously ending up in my path once a week. The child-rearing process is aging me before my time.
Last season I didn't hunt nearly as much in the morning as in previous years. I told my friends I'm just not as mad at the deer as I used to be, but the truth is I'm too tired.
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I opened my door and walked to the compressor. I put three quarters in and could not find the fourth. I walked back to my SUV, grabbed another quarter, fed it into the machine and was airing up the fourth tire before the missing quarter turned up.
It was between my lips. I'm not kidding; I had put it in my mouth for some reason and forgot it was there. It wasn't that long ago I walked out of my house while talking on my cell phone, stopped and told the person on the phone, "Dangit, hang on, I have to go back inside. I can't find my cell phone."
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● My son asked me to "sit out" the bumper car ride, saying, "Don't take it personal, Dad, but Christian knows a lot more about bumper cars than you."
● The banana he promised not to leave in the car was left in the car. (Note: Bananas will explode if left in the heat long enough).
The two-day trip seemed like it was lasting a week, until it was over. Then it seemed like it blew by, just like my childhood, my 20s, my 30s and my 40s, and just like my son's first nine years.
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Feb 5, 2008
FLL International - Who's coming?
LEGO, LEGO Education, and HiTechnic will all have representatives on site (as well as many MUP/MDP/MCP members in attendance) - The NXT Step will be covering the event as well, with pictures, interviews, news, and more.
If you're going to be here, let us know. We'd love to meet you and your team and anyone else you bring along.
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- Thebuilder94 said...
where is it?
- Feb 5, 2008, 3:26:00 AM
- Jim Kelly said...
Atlanta, Georgia USA
- Feb 5, 2008, 3:34:00 AM
I won't be going to Atlanta but I hope to go (as a spectator) to the Minnesota Hi Tech kids tournament.
- Feb 5, 2008, 6:51:00 AM
Team 299 "Bearbotics" from Brookwood Elementary School in Houston, Texas will be there as winners of the Lone Star FLL Tournament.
Coach Linda Barrington
PS: We are first time attendees, and and advice or tips are appreciated.
- Feb 5, 2008, 10:58:00 AM
- Jim Kelly said...
As a former Texan (and Houstonian), let me say congrats to the team and PLEASE have the team come say hello!
Jim Kelly
- Feb 5, 2008, 11:10:00 AM
Hi Linda,
My #1 tip would be to get the closest hotel you can. If possible, spend the $$$$'s and book rooms at the Omni. If you want to email me (rsthj @ uaf period edu) I'd be happy to discuss it. I've been twice and there are definitely things I'll do differently if I ever get to go again.
- Feb 6, 2008, 8:59:00 AM
- Christopher R. Smith (Littlehorn) said...
Brookwood will be there? Cool! I was the mentor for Brookwood's NanoBears last year (2nd place in Texas).
I will be in Atlanta and will be looking for you guys!
- Feb 7, 2008, 6:41:00 AM
- AlexD said...
I deeply dislike the new lottery system! What message is it sending to the kids: "Work hard, do well, then wait to see which way the dice fall"? Hope they reconsider it for next year.
My team may be going to MN as well.
- Feb 8, 2008, 8:37:00 AM
- Dean Hystad said...
"Work hard then wait to see which way the dice fall" is a pretty good message to send to kids. Hard work can overcome many obstacles, but its also important to know how to take a punch. Smart hardworking kids who never experienced failure won't know what to do when they meet someone who is smarter or works harder.
I'm seldom impressed by my team's success. They're smart kids and I expect them to do well. But I am very proud of how they handle disappointment. Maybe a couple minutes of histrionics and then its all business and how do we salvage something from this situation.
- Feb 9, 2008, 7:28:00 AM
Alex, what lottery are you talking about? Does your state draw a team from all the regional winners to go to FLL?
- Feb 9, 2008, 7:30:00 AM
- Dean Hystad said...
He's talking about how FLL is reducing the number of teams going to the world festival while at the same time the number of tournaments is going up. Not everyone who wins a Champions award gets an automatic invite. From what I hear things have been broke for a while with the World Festival getting too big for the facilities. I guess you can't complain too much if your problems are caused by growing too large too fast.
I don't know if "lottery" is correct. I've heard nothing about how tournament slots at the World Festival were distributed.
- Feb 9, 2008, 7:51:00 AM
I'll be there, with camera and video in hand!
- Feb 12, 2008, 2:51:00 AM


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Dotsie wrote:I guess this article is more "the 26 shows this journo considers to be the best for as long as I've been watching TV".
Totally agree. If a show has reached a 'tipping point' level of popularity, then it's not a cult show.
Thus, all Star Trek shows can't be cult shows, although TOS was when it first came out. ST:TNG was one of the most highly rated syndicated series in TV history, so there's no way it can be called a cult show.
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Green Skin wrote:At first glance I have 2 things for you. Looks a bit like the Sentry, mainly the S on his belt and the yellow color scheme.
If he has existed for a millennia he probably wouldn't have a modern american name like Kevin Tyler.That's the part that really sticks out, to me at least.
Pretty cool though, look forward to seeing more.
Punstarr wrote:If he has existed for a millennia he probably wouldn't have a modern american name like Kevin Tyler.That's the part that really sticks out, to me at least.
Ah but he was born in Seattle in the late 1970s... he's been time/space/dimension hopping for a long time, so you never know what era/planet/dimension he'll show up on. Some of the things you aren't yet meant to know. ;-)Pretty cool though, look forward to seeing more.
Thank you very much! I'm glad you enjoyed it.
Lord_Khan wrote:The story does seem interesting, however I don't really like the art. His head looks really good and the color of his skin seems realistic, but the yellow of his costume seems fluorescent and doesn't look right. Or maybe it's just that I like lines.
Also, it seems like that sort of art might be more time consuming than something simpler and might not allow you to release new pages that quickly.
Text boxes that aren't transparent would probably look better as well, and make it easier to read.
And I'm curious about the name Streak, since the name lends itself to a super-speed character, rather than a immortal guardian. What are his powers?
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