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nice map and i like the points you raise - how can you make this your own, as you're using so much stock material? looking forward to seeing the end results
Hi Guild, this is the first map of the Jenerico-Campaignmapseries with hopefully some more to follow. Its a Mapset designed for sea travelling RPG campaigns and will explore many different locations, from the Wastelands of the first map here to tropical islands and frozen icebarriers. Whats interested me in tying this Maps, is what I can do with a source like old reliefmaps used also by -Max- in some awesome experimental maps (LINK). Its a bit like with the Galaxy map, when Vorro, Sapiento and I started to create galaxies from the same tutorial. For me the question is still, if I work with textures like this, where is my artistic involvement in it, where can I claim my own unique expression within the usage of such material? When people use predefined sets to create their Maps, like Diamond used to a lot in an excellent way, its determined by how the mapper used it.
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nice map and i like the points you raise - how can you make this your own, as you're using so much stock material? looking forward to seeing the end results
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Nice style! It's new, but still have your "touch" inside of it. I can look at it, and easily say it was made by you!
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A cool new style from you, SK! I love it. Hope to see more maps with this style from you. If i can, i'll rep. you. Have a "like".
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Great map SK. One minor point ( that you were probably already planning on fixing ) is that the rivers all dead end before reaching the ocean.
As one of the mappers whose maps use a lot of objects and textures from other sources, my point of view is that the only thing that matters is the final product. Your artistic contribution is choosing the right components and how well you put it together. That is far more important than where the pieces come from. A map made entirely from scratch is no better or worse than one made from outside sources. The end result is all that matters.
Look at it from this viewpoint: Ferrari makes some great cars, automotive works of art, but they do not make all the parts, they get them from many other companies. The only thing anyone cares about is that it is a Ferrari.
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I've tried experimenting with the same relief you've used, it was satisfactory but nowhere near as polished as yours, and it all depends on how you do it, not what you use.
Cheers, and great map.
A few years back, my cousin and I had a brief, although harrowing, experience, on a "Friday the 13th" in October. It involved a home invader, tons of blood, a naughty kitty cat, a real-life escape through a window, and a crow.
This event had all the makings of a great horror story. When I tell it, it lasts about 20 minutes, people sit on the edge of their seats until I'm done, and women, children, and even some men usually scream at some point toward the end. It's a MASTERPIECE, made better because it is true.
My cousin tells the story, and people shrug and walk away.
We both have expansive vocabularies, we're the same age, we both went through the same event. We have the same *TOOLS*.
Yes, you need a good story. But only the story-teller can make it come alive.
It's the same with music. It's the same with art. It's the same with dance. It's the same with cartography.
(Ah, the point at last!)
If you already have your own distinctive style (and in viewing your work here, I believe you do) and you have the raw talent, and the skill (which you do) then you *will* be able to make anything yours... no matter the restrictions, and no matter the tools (whether those tools are programs, or sources, or textures).
I think the key is... don't worry about what anyone else has done. Don't look at their work while you're working, or compare your results and struggle to make it unique. Just... do your thing. Look at it as a new tool, a new source, and let it flow naturally.
If you aren't satisfied with the *result*, then you compare it to your own work, and see what this project is missing that your others are not.
And then you add your own stamp to the end result. That could be a bit of shading, or an amazing compass, or anything you like.
The map is aesthetically pleasing, and I can see your hand in it, but it doesn't shout your name at me... Perhaps because it is unfinished, or perhaps because you're overthinking it. I'd suggest a break, honestly, and coming back to it with fresh eyes, but I don't know your methods.
Just don't worry so much, and I'm sure it will be amazing
Cool map. "Jenerico" is a weird choice for a name though.
This style in itself was a break from my usual approach and an openended experiment. Some Mappers arround here have their own unique style, a visual you can identify from a mile away. But what I try to search for is to slowly expanding the range of what is possible to archieve. I see my learning curve as a kind of spiral, it goes on but touches certain topics again and again.
@D: Yep saw the border issue with the rivers, will be corrected later on
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I've explained poorly. I don't think I was speaking of a "style" so much as a signature. I look at your portfolio, and I see a ton of different methods, and techniques, and styles. But I still see *you* in all of them.
I prefer pencil sketches. If I use pen and ink, or oils on canvas, or even *fingerpaints*, you can still tell my pictures from my father's. Both will be quality landscapes, but you can just tell. That's what I was referring to. You put a bit of yourself into the things you create. Most people do. If you focus on that, you won't lose your individuality in this medium, any more than you have in the others.


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This time last month, you may well have been knee-deep in pay stubs and invoices, trying to get your tax returns done on time. What you might not have know is that this year is the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the Sixteenth Amendment - that's the measure that made federal income tax a permanent feature of American life. As part of our ongoing series looking at Maine's hidden history, local historian and former state legislator Herb Adams has been going through the state archives. Tom Porter has more.
This time last month, you may well have been knee-deep in pay stubs and invoices, trying to get your tax returns done on time. What you might not have know is that this year is the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the Sixteenth Amendment - that's the measure that made federal income tax a permanent feature of American life. As part of our ongoing series looking at Maine's hidden history, local historian and former state legislator Herb Adams has been going through the state archives. Tom Porter has more.
Although federal income tax is now 100 years old, says historian Herb Adams, the government initially introduced it many years earlier.
Herb Adams: "The American Congress - that is the northern Congress during the Civil War - attempted to levy an income tax, very successfully in fact, passed it, levied it, invented the greenback - that is the dollar bill, instead of hard currency - to make it possible. And that was one of the major sources of revenue for the North to proceed with the Civil War. So it had been around, hadn't been loved, and had sort of been set aside."
Tom Porter: "Why didn't it stay around?"
Herb Adams: "Well, in those days the United States made its money out of sales of the surplus western lands, the country looked infinite, and what's called tarriffs - that is taxes on goods that are imported. So the federal income tax is kind of set down and pushed to the edge of the table. Then when they decided to try to bring it back, because new sources of revenue are needed, it caused a huge explosion. No war, good times, we don't need this. It was struck down by the United States Supreme Court in 1904 as unconstitutional."
Tom Porter: "Congress approved the amendment in 1909, but it was ratified four years later. Maine ratified it in 1911, two years before final ratification - relatively early. Does this mean that here in Maine our legislators were pretty much in a political consensus on the issue?"
Herb Adams: "Well, on one level, you could say Maine waved the banner, but we didn't really march in the parade. We did have an interesting situation where both political parties at the turn of the century, were both in agreement, and both put in their mainstay political platforms the fact that a federal income tax should be ratified. Then what happened was there was an upset election in 1910 and the Democrats took over the Maine state Legislature by numbers that you would never see again until the end of the century. Eighty-six Democrats in the House in 1911, 64 Republicans. They are both in agreement and yet they are still parties in opposition. What happened is that most of the Republicans wanted to have a state income tax, not a federal one, a state one - keep the money here at home. The Democrats - most, not all - were hoping to outrightly adopt the federal income. So you had a fascinating thing of, 'Yes me too, but my version not yours.'"
Tom Porter: "And the Republicans worried about tax dollars leaving the state."
Herb Adams: "They did. The Republicans said, 'You are chasing lightning bugs, sending all this money out to fund irrigation schemes and gold mines in Colorado, and we're never going to see that money again.'"
Tom Porter: "There was some pretty colorful debate wasn't there - I gather this played out for quite a few weeks in the Legislature?"
Herb Adams: "You know, it covers between 40 and 60 pages of double column tiny print in the Maine legislative record, and it's spread out over a couple of weeks with magnificent oratory that you wouldn't hear today. This is speaking in favor of the income tax as a simple remedy for our problems: 'As was the case with Naaman the leper when he was told to bathe seven times in the river Jordan he thought the remedy was so simple, could not be of any possible use, because it seemed to rob the disease of the mysterious distinction he supposed it to possess.' Now that's verbal, on the floor, you don't hear that today."
Tom Porter: "Not since you were in the Legislature have we had that kind of oratory."
Herb Adams: "Well, that's very kind of you, Tom."
Studying these legislative transcripts from more than 100 years ago, Adams says he was struck by how well-spoken
people were.
"Whether you're a farmer from Sebec, or a city man from Waterville, often they used Bible allusions, allusions to the founding fathers, to the Federalist Papers, and they speak in complete sentences that form paragraphs that deliver thoughts. And Maine was blessed in the fact that we were one of the few Legislatures that kept an absolute verbatim stenographic copy of what was said upon the floor of both houses. So today we can look back and see exactly what they said, and exactly how they said it."
Even today, 100 years later, Adams says Maine is one of only three legislative bodies in the entire U.S. that keeps a verbatim record of what lawmakers say in debate.


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To provide charts and related information for the safe navigation of marine and air commerce, and to provide basic data for engineering and scientific purposes and for other commercial and industrial needs, the Secretary of Commerce, is authorized to conduct the following activities:
Source(Aug. 6, 1947, ch. 504, § 1,61 Stat. 787; Pub. L. 86–409, Apr. 5, 1960, 74 Stat. 16; 1965 Reorg. Plan No. 2, eff. July 13, 1965, 30 F.R. 8819, 79 Stat. 1318.)
1960—Pub. L. 86–409struck out provisions which restricted the Coast and Geodetic Survey in the conduct of its specified activities to the United States, its Territories and possessions, and which restricted hydrographic and topographic surveys to surveys of coastal water and land areas (including offlying islands, banks, shoals, and other offshore areas), and to surveys of lakes, rivers, reservoirs, and other inland waters not otherwise provided for by statute.
Transfer of Functions
Functions of Secretary and other officers of Department of Commerce under sections 883a to 883h of this title that relate to the Office of Aeronautical Charting and Cartography to provide aeronautical charts, products, and services for safe and efficient navigation of air commerce transferred to Administrator of Federal Aviation Administration effective Oct. 1, 2000, see section 44721 (c)(1) of Title 49, Transportation.
Office of Director of Coast and Geodetic Survey abolished and Coast and Geodetic Survey consolidated with Weather Bureau to form a new agency in Department of Commerce to be known as Environmental Science Services Administration, by Reorg. Plan No. 2 of 1965, eff. July 13, 1965, 30 F.R. 8819, 79 Stat. 1318, set out as a note under section 851 of this title. The Reorg. Plan also transferred to Secretary of Commerce all functions of Coast and Geodetic Survey and Director. For further details, see note set out under section 851 of this title.
Great Lakes Mapping
Pub. L. 100–220, title III, subtitle B, Dec. 29, 1987, 101 Stat. 1475, as amended by Pub. L. 100–629, § 3,Nov. 7, 1988, 102 Stat. 3286, provided that:"SEC. 3201. SHORT TITLE.
"This subtitle may be cited as the 'Great Lakes Shoreline Mapping Act of 1987'."SEC. 3202. GREAT LAKES SHORELINE MAPPING PLAN.
"(a) Preparation of Plan.—Not later than nine months after the date of the enactment of this subtitle [Dec. 29, 1987], the Director, in consultation with the Director of the United States Geological Survey, shall submit to the Congress a plan for preparing maps of the shoreline of the Great Lakes under section 3203.
"(b) Content of Plan.—A plan prepared under paragraph (1) shall include—
"(1) a work proposal and a division of responsibilities between the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the United States Geological Survey;
"(2) a time schedule for completion of maps;
"(3) recommendation of funding needed for preparing the maps; and
"(4) an area mapping schedule, with first priority given to shoreline areas subject to a high risk of erosion or flooding."SEC. 3203. PREPARATION OF GREAT LAKES SHORELINE MAPS.
"(a) In General.—The [sic] following completion of a shoreline mapping plan under section 3202 and subject to authorization and appropriation of funds, the Director, in consultation with the Director of the United States Geological Survey, shall prepare maps of the shoreline areas of the Great Lakes.
"(b) Content of Maps.—Maps prepared under this section—
"(1) shall include—
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"(B) topography of the adjacent shoreline, to the extent that this area will directly affect or be affected by coastal erosion and flooding;
"(C) the geological conditions of the nearshore area and shoreline to the extent that these areas will directly affect or be affected by coastal erosion and flooding;
"(D) information on the recent geological past of the nearshore area and shoreline areas described in paragraph (3); and
"(E) appropriate information for use in predicting and preventing damage caused by erosion and flooding in the Great Lakes;
"(2) shall be of appropriate scale and detail and take into account the greater informational needs of areas subject to a high risk of erosion or flooding; and
"(3) to the maximum extent practicable, shall be consistent with similar shoreline maps prepared by, or for the use of, the Government of Canada.
"(c) Consultation.—In preparing maps under this section, the Director shall consult with, and take into consideration, the informational needs of—
"(1) the Army Corps of Engineers;
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"(4) the States of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin;
"(5) appropriate local government units; and
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"(d) Availability of Maps.—The Director shall make maps prepared under this section available to—
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"(4) the Government of Canada; and
"(5) the general public.
"(e) Recovery of Costs.—The costs of reproducing and distributing maps prepared under this section may be recovered under section 9701 of title 31, United States Code, or another law."SEC. 3204. CONTRACT AUTHORITY.
"The Director may, subject to appropriations, enter into contracts and agreements on a reimbursable or cost-sharing basis with other Federal agencies, State governments, local governments, and private entities, to carry out this subtitle."SEC. 3205. DEFINITIONS.
"For purposes of this subtitle—
"(1) The term 'Director' means the Director of Charting and Geodetic Services of the National Ocean Service, within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
"(2) The term 'Great Lakes' means Lake Erie, Lake Huron, Lake Michigan, Lake Ontario, Lake St. Clair, Lake Superior, the Saint Mary's River, the Saint Clair River, the Detroit River, the Niagara River, the Saint Lawrence River to the Canadian border, to the extent such lakes and rivers are subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.
"(3) The term 'high risk of erosion' means subject to erosion at a rate greater than 1 foot per year."SEC. 3206. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
"There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out section 3202 not more than $100,000 for fiscal year 1989. Amounts appropriated pursuant to this section shall remain available until expended."
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CAIRO (AP) - Egypt's opposition says it will keep up protests against a referendum on a disputed draft constitution but has stopped short of advocating either a boycott or a "no" less than a week before voting.
The opposition is still pushing for Islamist President Mohammed Morsi to cancel the Dec. 15 referendum, saying they reject the process entirely.
The referendum plan has sparked some of the bloodiest clashes between Morsi supporters and opponents since he came to power in June.
The National Salvation Front, an umbrella opposition group of liberal and leftist parties, warns that holding the referendum in such atmosphere will lead to more strife. It accused Morsi of driving the country toward violent clashes and is calling for another massive rally on Tuesday.
Morsi has ordered the military to maintain security and protect state institutions until after the results of the referendum. The decision published in the official gazette also grants the military the right to arrest civilians as they carry out their mission.
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Analytics create business value for utility grid & customer operations
Published In: Intelligent Utility Magazine November/December 2011
RECENTLY A FEW "NON-UTILITY" FRIENDS ASKED ME ABOUT what's going on in the utility industry. They had been hearing about smart meters and smart grid in the news (not surprisingly, they had not been hearing an abundance of good news), and some of them have had smart meters installed at their homes. After a lifetime of thinking about their utility on only two types of occasions and neither of those being particularly positive experiences (paying their bill and experiencing an outage), their skeptical curiosity seemed pretty rational.
After explaining what all of this smart grid and smart metering stuff is all about (and hopefully quelling their concerns), it begged a question for the industry: What now?
Approaching the value phase
We have all seen sweeping changes in the industry over the past few years as the smart grid era has gone from a concept to the implementation of an intelligent infrastructure and the installation of millions of smart meters. This has been more than a natural evolution of technology. New business processes and new job classes have appeared while old ones have disappeared, new operating and regulatory paradigms have emerged, and customer engagement is now more than a snappy catchphrase.
After going through the development and infrastructure phases of the smart grid era, utilities are now arguably on the cusp of the next major phase of smart grid evolution: the value phase. The illustration provides a summary of this evolution.
At the core of the value phase is the role that analytics will play in delivering value from the smart grid. There are massive volumes of data being generated from both the grid and customer sides of the smart grid. Utility managers now have the opportunity to leverage this data to effect significant improvements in grid and customer operations. The examples of how analytics will impact utility operations range from improving asset management processes and optimizing power flow on the "grid side" to revenue protection and demand response program design on the "customer side."
Identifying data analytics dynamics
By the way, this new age of analytics is not limited to utilities. It is difficult to not see analytics emerging across many different industries. For example, The Wall Street Journal recently reported that XO Communications experienced a cost savings of between $9 million and $13 million from a single analytics application geared toward reducing customer turnover. The book and subsequent movie Moneyball is a dramatic example of leveraging data analytics to literally "change the game."
The Utility Analytics Institute, a Division of Energy Central, is engaged in a year-long research effort, the Executive Insights Series, to identify the dynamics of this emerging area of focus, with research results to be published each quarter. The first deliverable from this effort, the Market Outlook & Forecast, was not available at press time for this issue of Intelligent Utility, but a glimpse at some of the preliminary results includes:
- Over two-thirds of survey respondents have started an analytics initiative in their organizations.
This will be growing toward 100 percent very quickly as more of the smart grid/meter implementations come online over the next one to two years.
- The leading hurdles to implementing analytics in their organizations are budgetary constraints followed closely by a lack of necessary staff/skill sets to be successful.
What is your organization doing to be prepared to meet the staffing demands of this new data-rich environment?
- Although numerous organizational drivers/champions were identified in the study, the leading primary drivers are the vice president, transmission and distribution (or related title) and the chief executive officer.
With this level of support, analytics is strategic, with a high visibility and correspondingly high importance.
- Approximately one in five analytics project are at the 50 percent or higher level of completion.
There is still a lot of work to do!
Adding more predictive capability
Charles Newton, president of Newton-Evans Research Company, has been studying grid operations for more than 30 years. On the impact of analytics on grid operations, Newton said: "As far as the control center is concerned, representing the operational IT side of grid analytics, this is a field wherein operations management and staff have been using analytics in one form or another for the past 20 years or more. State estimation is really a prime example of operational analytics, taking SCADA data and using it to try to identify what is actually happening throughout the grid based on several computed measurements.
"The current approach is to strengthen the near-real-time nature of state estimation and resulting analytics ever so more. Doing so provides some additional predictive capability, strengthens situational awareness and provides improved visualization into the network to operate the grid (controls) in an increasingly intelligent manner."
On the "customer side" of how utilities are leveraging analytics, Howard Scott, managing partner of Cognyst Advisors, tells us, "As the utility industry has evolved over the last five years, the metering function itself has hardly changed. The big change has been the ability to collect much more data and to remotely control and change how the meter assembles and reports this data. Furthermore, all this new data will now be correlated with other grid information to help the utility operate `smarter.'
"The challenge is that our industry does not have much experience analyzing all this data and extracting useful information from it. We will draw from experiences of other industries as they went through this evolution and add our own insights. However, we should assume that there will be false starts and some mistakes as we work through this process."
Taking a modular approach
Scott added: "The wisest path is to take a modular approach, so as we find useful analytics we can keep them and as we make mistakes we can easily discard them. The beauty of this evolution is that once the basic infrastructure tools are in place, the analytics will be much less expensive to produce and a large number of employees will have access to the collected information, thus ensuring that we can draw from the collected wisdom of many members of our industry."
As utilities continue to move forward in the smart grid era, analytics can be a significant differentiator for utility leaders who are looking to meet and exceed a variety of demanding expectations.
The possibilities are seemingly endless: operating costs can be maintained or lowered; revenue can be secured and increased; customer benefits can be realized; and environmental impacts can be minimized. It will be the actualization of analytics that will turn "possible" to "done."


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Certainly does to me. I really like the building distribution outside the main body of the city.
Hey guys,
thanks to the great criticisms I received on my first map I decided to remake the map and post it here before taking my pen to it.
So, do you think its an improvement?
Certainly does to me. I really like the building distribution outside the main body of the city.
It's looking good rwaluchow. I like how you shifted the market to the main thoroughfair and have placed (what I assume) are large mansions/public buildings on the path leading to the castle. The crumbling wall and the fields around the settlement look much more natural now.
If you don't mind a few more brickbats , there were a few more things you might want to keep in mind. Again, these criticisms are from a realism standpoint (which is relative in a world with fireballs and dragons) and from the study of history and urban planning. If you look hard enough, you can find examples to prove almost anything, so take these with a grain of salt.
While your medieval city should not have an American style road grid (most European cities had their road grids grow from old cattle and foot paths as well as being shaped by the landforms around them (streams, hills, etc.), you should have a straighter road on the south side of town connecting the two sides of the city (just as the northside has).
There are many examples of roads with crazy layouts, but I suspect a major artery connecting two halves of the city would be more curving and have less 90 degree turns. Hyper efficient road planning like you find in the interstate system and many American downtowns was not a priority in the middle ages, but the people of the time did know the basics of how to keep foot, horse, and cart traffic flowing to and through a city.
Second, while I like the outbuildings beyond the wall (and given that the wall is crumbling, I assume whatever threat the city was settled for has been quelled), kill what I call "tv antennas". What do I mean by that? You've got buildings on streets outside the city that fork and go nowhere. For instance, in the nw part of the map outside the walls, there is a crossroads with buildings on it and one half of the crossroads doesn't go anywhere and deadends--that looks unrealistic. Meanwhile, the ne gate has structures near it, but there are also open areas nearby--unrealistic unless its been cleared for defensive reasons or there's a market/meeting area outside the gates. Most outbuildings in the middle ages tended to cluster and grow out from the gates/entrances/access points (or sites of former gates) that lead into a city.
The best way to think of a medieval city (or a modern one) is a living organism akin to a tree. The organism grows in rings outward. Just as most trees found in nature are not perfectly cylindrical, so the outer growth of a city will be uneven. Have a few densely built up blocks near the entranceways and then thin out the structures as you get further away from the city. Genuine crossroads near a city will sometimes be built up, but most of the structures will be near the entrances.
I hope you find some use out of my advice rwaluchow. Your map looks great as it is, I hope you don't mind if I snag it for a future adventuring session or two
I like it. You've done a nice job with the layout of the streets and such, it is compact, but that is certainly no sin in a setting where you have castles and walls and nasty things outside that want to get inside.
This is not so much a critique as a question: do you want to make some of the buildings inside of the walls connected to one another? The reason that I say this is that you do find some buildings made in that fashion in this style of map, pushed rather tightly against one another. It diesn;t have to be all either, in fact better if it is not IMHO.
Once again, thanks for the input.
I utilized some of your advise and now have an inked copy of the map.
I'll post again once I have it coloured.
Looks good... are you inking it by hand with regular pens or rapidograph like pens?
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I inked it by hand with a technical pen.
Okay, here is the coloured version.
Snag away, and thanks for the help.
Thank you,
I think my enthusiasm over my first map on this site led to some hasty inking, but my further posts will surely improve.
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Serves 10
This open-faced hand tart uses a combination of dried and fresh fruit and simmered them to concentrate their flavors before filling and baking the tart. Although it's an extra step, it will reward you with a richly flavored dessert.
Cut the butter in half lengthwise, cut each half lengthwise again, and then cut each strip into 8 pieces. Pile the butter onto a plate and slide it into the freezer until ready to use. Combine the water and lemon juice and keep in the refrigerator until ready to use.
Whisk the flour, brown sugar, and salt in a large bowl until well blended. Add the cold butter pieces and, using a pastry blender or two knives, cut the butter into the flour mixture until the pieces are pea-sized, about 3 minutes. (You can also do this in a food processor using short pulses, scraping the blended mixture into a large bowl before proceeding.)
Pour the water over the flour and, using a rubber spatula, stir and fold until it forms a shaggy, moist dough with some floury bits remaining (If you don't mind getting your hands dirty, use one hand to mix the dough and the spatula in the other.) Scrape the dough and any remaining floury bits onto the counter and knead a few times until the dough is evenly moist and holds together.
Shape the dough into a 4x6-inch rectangle, wrap in plastic, and refrigerate until well chilled, about 2 hours
Put the dried cherries, sugar, wine, and orange and lemon zests in a medium saucepan. Bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce the heat to low and simmer, stirring frequently, until the cherries are very plump and almost breaking apart and the liquid is reduced, 15 to 17 minutes.
Add the fresh cherries, water, lemon juice, and salt. Simmer, stirring occasionally, until the cherries are very tender and the liquid is reduced to a very thick syrup (you'll have about 3 or 4 Tbs.), 20 to 25 minutes. Slide the pan from the heat and pick out and discard the orange and lemon zest. Add the liqueur and stir until well blended. Set aside, stirring occasionally, until cooled to room temperature.
In a small bowl, combine the flour, brown sugar, and cinnamon. Drizzle the melted butter over the top and, using a fork (or your fingers), mix the ingredients unti well blended and they form small crumbs. Add the almonds and stir. Pop in the fridge while you assemble the pie.
Arrange an oven rack in the center of the oven and heat the oven to 375°F. Line a cookie sheet with parchment or a nonstick liner. Put the egg and water in a small bowl or ramekin and, using a fork, mix until well blended.
On a lightly floured surface, roll the dough into a rectangle slightly larger than 7x18 inches. Using a sharp paring knife and a ruler, trim the edges to get a neat rectangle that measures 7x18 inches. Gently roll the dough around the pin and arrange on the center of the prepared cookie sheet. The two short ends will hang over the edges of the cookie sheet.
Spoon the cooled filling down the length of the dough on the cookie sheet, leaving about a 1-1/2-inch border on the long sides and a 1-inch border on the two short sides. Fold the dough border over the filling, pressing firmly on the overlapping corners. Using a small pastry brush, brush the dough border with egg wash. Scatter the streusel evenly over the filling and the dough border.
Bake until the crust and streusel are well browned, 41 to 43 minutes. Move the sheet to a wire rack and let cool for 15 to 20 minutes. Using two long offset spatulas, move the pie from the cookie sheet onto a wire rack and let cool completely.
The pie is best when served the same day, but the dough can be made and stowed in the refrigerator for up to 2 days before using or frozen for up to 1 month.
Thaw overnight in the refrigerator before rolling.
The compote can be made and stowed, covered, in the refrigerator for up to 2 days before using.
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While hunting, there might be times when you will find yourself with other hunters to the right and left of you. Let's look at how to practice safe hunting in that kind of situation.
Hold your arms out in front of you at a 45-degree angle. As you look in front of you, the area in front of you starts out small and gets progressively larger into the distance. Your safe zone of fire is the space between your outstretched arms. It is important that you never swing the muzzle out of this zone of fire. If you do, there's a chance you will be pointing the muzzle of your firearm at another hunter.
SAFETY FIRST! Remember that when hunting in groups of three, the hunter in the middle has people on both sides of him or her, and must be extremely careful not to swing out of the zone of fire.


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Christmas is coming and the goose is getting fat!
Posted 25 November 2012 - 08:22 PM
Posted 25 November 2012 - 10:09 PM
We have the habit of haunting Asda on the last couple of hours before closing for Christmas - you can sometimes pick up some really bargains, fillet steak at dirt cheap prices was one prize - although it's a good job I played rugby - some of the women get really vicious sharp elbows and and shoulder charges. Last year we bought a really cheap fresh turkey - it's been in our freezer all year. Let's hope it's ok or we'll be in for a big disappointment
Being new here,let me guess your from yorkshire
Posted 25 November 2012 - 10:34 PM
Yes I'm from Yorkshire. Not for nothing were two of the largest supermarket chains founded, and still based in Yorkshire. Yorkshire is a hard school for buisness - it's said anyone who can do business here can do business anywhere.
Being new here,let me guess your from yorkshire
While cowards flinch and traitors sneer.
Posted 26 November 2012 - 07:45 AM
I'm just looking forward to the week off, which if I can hold out my remaining 6 holidays, should become 2 weeks off.
If you use "should of", "would of" or "could of", you are a moron.
On Odsal Top baht 'at.
Posted 26 November 2012 - 08:46 AM
Posted 26 November 2012 - 09:05 AM
We're a bit strange as we never do the family thing at Christmas. With both of us being exiled southerners, we pop down before or after Christas and new year and spend the Christmas period up north with friends. Should be a good 'un this year, our mates who are newly married and in their new home are cooking for around 16 then its Queens speech, a snooze and a bond film and its up the M61 for a party in Preston.
My wife and her two sisters used to take it in turns cooking for as many as sixteen on Christmas Day, resulting in two sessions. Having done this for thirty years, it was decided it was getting too much so we just meet up after dinner. As far as the entertainment is concerned, it's been cluedo every Christmas.
Although I find it difficult to enjoy this time of the year, we do have recently born Jessica on board, our very first grandchild -and she has certainly stole my heart. I just might take her out in her pram on Christmas Day.
Edited by Saint Billinge, 26 November 2012 - 09:12 AM.
Posted 26 November 2012 - 10:12 AM
Under Scrutiny by the Right-On Thought Police
Posted 26 November 2012 - 10:18 AM
Between the optimist & the pessimist
The difference is quite droll:
The optimist sees the doughnut,
The pessimist sees the hole.
Posted 26 November 2012 - 11:14 AM
Never use two or three words when a couple of thousand will easily do.
Posted 26 November 2012 - 05:56 PM
Posted 26 November 2012 - 08:23 PM
Ooh I might get the bus in and have a look
If anyone is near Oxford in the period close to Christmas, they could do worse than go into the market in the city centre and see the stall that, in addition to turkey, pork etc, has every type of game meat and game bird hung up. It is a sight to remember.
oy shked helwa el horiya
Posted 26 November 2012 - 08:31 PM
Nothing on the 25th, but we'll go down the beach if it's sunny. It was last year.
Posted 26 November 2012 - 09:12 PM
Same as usual. Christmas dinner (no turkey in sight) on the night of the 24th at the mother-in-law's.
Nothing on the 25th, but we'll go down the beach if it's sunny. It was last year.
Don't forget the sun tan lotion and wellies just in case.
Edited by Saint Billinge, 26 November 2012 - 09:18 PM.
Posted 28 November 2012 - 01:21 PM
It is one of my favourite times of the year, the atmosphere around town, the Christmas markets, the smells of the food and mulled wine, the decorations going up, spending a few days visiting family, eating and drinking to excess and so on.
Recently my nan passed away and my sister has been diagnosed with cancer (she'll be having radiotherapy over the Christmas period) and whilst there will no doubt be some sad times, it has also made us closer as a family and I'm sure that Christmas will be treated as a positive time for us to appreciate what we have got.
Also, on what other day of the year can you have champagne at Breakfast?


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WASHINGTON —Lily Griego already felt lucky when she was chosen to introduce President Barack Obama at a rally last year at Sloan's Lake during the presidential campaign.
But the invites kept coming to the 41-year-old Wheat Ridge single mother, who got a call last week asking her to accompany Obama to his second inauguration.
"I was flabbergasted and shocked," she said. "When they called at first, I thanked them and said 'I appreciate you inviting me, but it's not in our budget.' "
She said they offered to fly her and her son out together for the weekend.
Griego is one of eight citizen co-chairs of the inauguration — each representing a core value or an accomplishment of Obama's first term, according to organizers.
Over 20 years, Griego used Pell Grants — which Obama has expanded — to put herself through undergraduate and graduate school at the University of Colorado Denver.
Her 20-year-old son, Jesse, is now attending Metropolitan State University, partly on Pell and partly on a scholarship because he's the school's Roadrunner mascot.
Griego's co-chair distinction comes with an expense-paid weekend for her and Jesse in Washington. They'll participate in the National Day of Service Saturday, get a free day for sightseeing Sunday, and then they'll attend the inauguration ceremony Monday. She gets to be in a float in the Inaugural Parade and then go to the main Inaugural Ball.
Yes, Griego got a new dress.
"I don't normally go to these kinds of things," she said. "I did go shopping."
Griego works two, sometimes three, jobs. During the day, she works at Jefferson County in the zoning department.
She works for a catering company and sometimes helps waitress at a small restaurant
Her son's dream is to work in marketing for the Broncos.
Asked whether he had anything to say about attending the inauguration, Jesse Griego was quiet.
"He doesn't like to talk as much as me," Lily Griego said.
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The Power of Independent Thinking
Economic Religion vs. Environmental Religion in America
Recorded: Thursday, October 7, 2010
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Economics and environmentalism are types of modern religions. So says Robert H. Nelson in his analysis of the roots of economics and environmentalism and their mutually antagonistic relations in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. The present debate raging over global warming exemplifies the clash of these two public theologies.
Experts: Steven F. Hayward, Robert H. Nelson, Max L. StackhouseType: Independent Institute EventIssues: Property Rights, Religion
The Supreme Court and the Battle for Second Amendment Rights
Recorded: Thursday, July 22, 2010
In June 2008 the U.S. Supreme Court handed down a landmark ruling on the Second Amendment individual right to keep and bear arms with its Heller v. District of Columbia decision. Two years later, in June 2010, a second historic decision squeezed through the highest court in the land.
Experts: Stephen P. Halbrook, Donald E. J. Kilmer Jr.Type: Independent Institute EventIssues: Bureaucracy and Government, Civil Liberties/ Human Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Justice/ Prisons, Culture/ Society, Gun Control, History (U.S), Law Enforcement, Litigation, Political Ideology and Philosophy, Race Issues


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Can't Stop Watching: Santa Claus' African Origins, Tessanne Chin Wins 'The Voice' & More
The more years I spend on this planet the lower my tolerance for mess. It's kind of like the older relative or older neighbor who just says what's on their mind with little regard for your or anyone else's feelings. I may not have put in as much time as they have but the sentiment is the same. That's how I feel when the brouhaha erupted over Fox News' Megyn Kelly's comments about Santa Claus' (and Jesus) racial identity: "Santa just is white."


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Outlet Stores Are In: Their Shift from Overstock to Au Courant
Outlet stores have come a long way, baby. No longer mere repositories of last season's cast-offs, factory stores are now among the healthiest retail sectors, hawking new, trendy items made expressly for them. Credit the recession for the change -- and for more reasons than you'd expect.


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Hinkley Lighting 4661OB
Olde Bronze 1 Light 8.25" Height Indoor Full Sized Pendant from the Bolla Collection
Item # BCI311659 | Model # 4661OB | Bolla Collection
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Single Light 8.25" Height Indoor Full Sized Pendant from the Bolla Collection
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- Seeded glass shades replicate the look of colonial glass
- Etched glass shades offer creative patterns and designs
- Made of metal
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- Includes 5' of chain and 10' of wire
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Inspired by Jon Roberts' amazing work such as this:
I tried to build a generator script for medieval-themed fantasy shields.
Right now I only have one shape with always the same color division and a limited set of (stolen) clipart, but I think it looks decent.
I implemented it as a java program that generates an imagemagick command.
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Atlanta, GA (Sports Network) - Jeff Teague and Zaza Pachulia each recorded
double-doubles as the surging Atlanta Hawks posted their fifth consecutive win
with a 104-93 triumph over the slumping Los Angeles Clippers at Philips Arena.
Both players finished with 19 points, with Pachulia adding 12 rebounds and
Teague notching 11 assists to help the Hawks earn their longest win streak
since a 5-gamer from Jan. 2-12, 2011.
Three others scored in double figures for the Hawks, who shot a solid 50.7
percent and never trailed since the initial stages of the second quarter.
Louis Williams netted 18 points off the bench, while Josh Smith had 17 and Al
Horford contributed 10 to go along with eight rebounds.
The Clippers were dealt a third straight defeat following a stretch of six
straight wins that included an 89-76 home decision over the Hawks on Nov. 11,
despite a 22-point, 11-rebound, 7-assist effort from Blake Griffin and 19
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Looking pretty good ! 4th quarter TD in a really long time. GO CHIEFS ! It's about time.
23-9 Hell YES !
Are you watching the game? The offense looks horrible against a bad eagles defense. 3-0 is great but they need to use their weapons more. Smith can't throw deep and had more rushing yards than Charles at the half.
As a Charles fantasy owner in a touchdown league.... I'm a little happier now that Charles punched on in there!
I'll give that KC is improved from last year, but teams they have played so far are far from world beaters.
Premature post is premature!
The Chiefs are lucky to be ahead. There are 4 Philley TOs. The O-Line looks terrible. They look like ISU's offensive line.
The Chiefs have a good shot starting 8-1, IMO. Weak schedule.
Not sure why so many are looking to bring down the Chiefs. It's pretty amusing.
They dominated a nobody as they should but last year it likely would have been a close game. Beat a good (but not great) Dallas team. Controlling the game for the most part against a solid Philly team.
The Chiefs are a much improved team and will be a playoff contender. Adding Smith and hiring Andy were huge for that franchise.
Great defensive play plus accurate/smart QB and good RB equal success. Doesn't need to be flashy or score a ton of points to get it done.
Originally Posted by CycloneRulzzz
I'll give that KC is improved from last year, but teams they have played so far are far from world beaters.
Cowboys are Eagles arent teams to sneeze at either.
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Eagles with 5 turnovers to the Chief's zero including a pick 6 and they're up 23-16, that's just short of awful.
Eyes closed, head first, can't lose.
Jake with a tackle!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Originally Posted by cmjh10
Cowboys are Eagles arent teams to sneeze at either.
NFC east is a joke. 8-8 record will win that division.
Originally Posted by CycloneRulzzz
NFC east is a joke. 8-8 record will win that division.
cowboys win it with a 9-7 record is my guess.
Originally Posted by Miniclone11
Bronco fans better take a good look. This is their future unfolding in front of them. It's about to get uglier.
Originally Posted by Hoiball92
Carolina by 17
Originally Posted by cmjh10
Yeah, Carolina is going to win the Superbowl
Originally Posted by GeorgesFan
If you never had Fred then you never would have had Georges. Think about that for a minute you stupid *****
The Chiefs do look improved, and Alex Smith is certainly a step forward. But the Jaguars are a ******* embarrassment to the league, the Cowboys are at best an average football team and the Chiefs did the absolute minimum amount necessary to beat them, same with this game agains the Eagles.
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Those who witnessed the game between hosts Simba SC and visiting Algerian side Setif for the Confederation Cup first leg tie at the National Stadium bear witness to one thing, that the visitors were almost always out of breath.
They say the players kept consuming bottles of water and juices at random or with abandon, indicating that they did not acclimatise enough despite having stayed and practised in Dar for about three days.
It would mean that they needed up to two weeks to fully acclimatise and play on level basis with the local side, which was of course unfeasible, even if they have active sponsorship.
What was also a bit surprising was that this situation did not appear to have so adversely affected the recently hosted Egyptian side, Zamalek,in which case its game against Young Africans SC remained true to the rule book, that the visitors were a more powerful side.
They benched a score of their regular first team line up, but as some commentators point out, Zamalek is like any other professional side, that it doesn't always have a 'regular first team line up,' but combinations and play partnerships, having seen which midfield arrangement works better, or strike combinations and positioning, over a while.
Zamalek may even have conducted a bit of an experimental line up or combination of players in its away match, the sort or thing that a coach often does with a friendly match, as any negative result is only so psychologically, as a learning event. Only in the return match would they field a 'regular first team line up' or the most workable combination available, which means Zamalek felt strong enough to treat its first match with the local side virtually as a friendly.
It at any rate shows that the problem of weather did not occur for the Egyptian side unlike their North African colleagues, for some reason.
Lookling closely at the two countries or the main cities of Cairo and Algiers (without locating Setif more or less precisely on the map), the difference between the two sides' ability to acclimatise cabe discrened.
In the first place Algeria is further north in which case it has a more European climate (that is, within the Mediterranean ecosystem or average climatological features), while on the other hand it is likely that Cairo has a more plain surface than Algeria, often inclined to mountainous regions not far from the coast.
Zamalek players needed marginal acclimatisation from the northern winter, not Setif.
When it comes to the return leg, it is evident that Setif will have a neat advantage over Simba in climatic terms, which shall also tell in their resilience in the pitch, unlike their first show of thirst and being dazed from the humidity and sun.
But this advantage might be more formal than practical given the fact that teams have a clear problem when it comes to adapting to humidity and sun, and much less of a problem if the problem is cooler air.
Only if temperatures would go to freezing points it would be quite difficult for Simba players to acclimatise; the weather is to thank when Simba eliminates Setif.


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Friday, 06 November 2009 18:27
Lafarge Makes Wildlife Habitat Council MOU Signing CarbonFree®Written by Greg Taylor
Building on their environmental leadership, Lafarge has made the Wildlife Habitat Council's (WHC) recent MOU signing with the United States Business Council for Sustainable Development (USBCSD) CarbonFree®. Working together, the WHC and USBCSD will help the public and private sectors support sustainability, ecosystem services, wildlife habitat, education and community outreach projects. David Carroll of Lafarge, a partner of both the WHC and the USBCSD, "feels strongly that in order for people to participate in an event they should try to make it sustainable." Working with Carbonfund.org, Lafarge calculated and offset the carbon footprint from roundtrip travel, meals, and hospitality for this event. By taking care of their environmental footprint, Lafarge, WHC and USBCSD continue their leadership in environmental stewardship.
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Research is an important component of the Department of Surgery. There are six NIH-funded career development grants in the department, with junior faculty working with established senior scientist-mentors throughout the University's research community. The Department houses multiple R01 projects and two NIH-funded training grants for surgery residents who work simultaneously with basic science and clinical mentors. Research achievements of the surgical faculty have led to increased breast conservation in patients with advanced disease treated with pre-operative adjuvant chemotherapy, correction in an animal model of a gentically determined deficit with stem cell transplants, elucidation of the mechanisms of immune dysfunction in burns, and many others. Each surgical division has active research underway in either clinical and/or basic science programs; and the School of Medicine ranks within the top 15 of the nations' 125 medical schools in research funding from NIH.
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For a festive season, incorporate holiday pillows into every detail of your winter décor. Here are six ideas to try.
- For added color, use them instead of your typical bookends.
- Santa has yet to arrive. So pile pillows under the tree until gifts take their place.
- Stack them in a basket near the fireplace hearth for easy grabbing.
- Play with texture on the mantel with one or two rectangular pillows and garland.
- Place on windowsills (facing in or out). They'll double as insulation.
- Prop them up along a wide staircase for a glimpse of cheer with every step.
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The Chain Gang Body Jewelry Store (https://www.thechaingang.com/?ad=PR), one of Internet's foremost online jewelry stores, offers the very latest in body jewelry accessories. Everything, from add-on weights and healing sprays to movies based on body piercing and modification is offered at reasonable rates. The complete range of accessories can be viewed at https://www.thechaingang.com/category_info/117/accessories/?ad=PR. Since 1992, The Chain Gang has been a leader in providing body piercing jewelry and accessories online. Jewelry is available for all piercings including ears, nose, navel and eyebrows.
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The Chain Gang's range of body jewelry accessories includes bracelets, necklaces, add-on weights and much more. Also, lubricants for insertion jewelry and anti-infections and piercing after-care sprays are offered, along with a movie on body modification and products to help customers stretch their piercing easily and safely. Replacement rings and body piercings locks are also a part of The Chain Gang's accessories range.
"Unlike other online jewelry stores, we do not offer only jewelry to adorn piercings with, but also sprays and lubricants so that you can care for piercings more effectively. I am sure customers would not find such a huge range of body jewelry accessories anywhere else on the Internet", says Scott. "For us accessories are not just charms and beads, we have also made an effort to include things which are not generally included. After all, providing customers with unique and extraordinary things is what our aim has been at all times!", he is quick to add.
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Showcase your JBJ 30 Gallon Rimless Nano Cube Aquarium or JBJ 20 Gallon Rimless Frag Tank with the style it deserves. JBJ Cabinet Stand elevates your aquarium to an optimal viewing level and helps ease accessibility for routine aquarium maintenance. Ample storage space keeps essential aquarium accessories conveniently located. Medium-density fiberboard construction. Black. Assembly required. Stand measures 24" x 21" x 36" high when assembled.
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There are boy's TV and movie costumes for every age boy and every imaginable interest. From superheroes to Star Wars, characters from cartoons or video games, and even wrestling legends, there's one that your son will love. Younger boys will love some of the choices we have in this section. Does your boy enjoy Finding Nemo or Cars? Can't drag him away when Thomas the Tank Engine or Jake and the Never Land Pirates is on? Maybe he's a SpongeBob Squarepants or a Scribblenauts fan. These costumes are all available for young boys to wear on Halloween or for playing anytime.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle's Deluxe Michelangelo Costume for Boys
Super Mario Bros. Child's Mario Costume
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle's Deluxe Leonardo Costume for Boys
Kids' Deluxe Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Leonardo Costume
Muscle Chest Batman Kids Costume
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle's Deluxe Raphael Costume for Boys
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle's Raphael Costume for Boys
Deluxe Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Raphael Boy's Costume
Classic Star Lord Guardians of the Galaxy Boy's Costume
Avengers 2 Deluxe Thor Kids Costume
Black Power Ranger Dino Charge Classic Muscle Costume Kit
Black Power Ranger Dino Charge Classic Muscle Costume for Boys
TMNT Deluxe Michelangelo Costume for Kids Kit
Avengers 2 Deluxe Hulk Kids Costume
Jurassic World Dinosaur Costume for Boys
Captain America 2 Stealth Kids Costume
Boy's Super Mario Bros. Luigi Costume
Deluxe Child Muscle Darth Maul Costume
Jurassic World T-Rex Costume for Boys
Captain America 2 Winter Soldier Retro Classic Kids Costume
What boy doesn't love to imagine he's a superhero on a mission to save the world from evil arch villains? We have costumes for Avengers, Justice League, Power Rangers, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and even Ben 10. Your boy can be the superhero he admires most. There are loads of Star Wars costumes for any boy who's a fan of the movies or Clone Wars TV shows. There are Jedi, Sith, clone troopers, stormtroopers, bounty hunters, and more. He'll get to choose from the Light Side or Dark Side of the Force, the Republic, the Empire, or the Rebel Alliance. They are a Star Wars fan's dream come true.
If your kid is into video games, look at styles for Mario and Luigi, Link, Sonic, and even Pikachu. Wrestling fans will love being Rey Mysterio or John Cena on Halloween. Movies like Harry Potter, Pirates of the Caribbean, and Ghostbusters have costumes for boys. Whatever he is into, chances are there's a costume for it.