If you wish to start learning Classical Latin (as opposed to Medieval/Ecclesial/Vulgar Latin), there is no greater place to start than Wheelock's Latin (6th or 7th Edition is current) and the accompanying volume to it 38 Latin Stories. 38LS corresponds to 38 of the 40 chapters in Wheelocks and will hone your translating skills. After you have learned all that Wheelocks has to offer and you want to try your hand at Medieval Latin, then the book of the same name (Medieval Latin) and the Douway-Rheims Bible are great tools.

No, I am not advocating you find God or get religion, the D-R Bible happens to be one of the better sources to translate Ecclesial/Medieval Latin from, and the Church produced the most written Latin in the Middle Ages.

No need to be jealous. I am the one who wants to be a University Professor in a highly esoteric field. Latin is essential and Greek is highly encouraged. Also Hochtmittelalters (High Middle Ages German), Old French, and Ancient Italian are good research languages (although Ancient Italian is a rip-roaring bitch in heels to learn, even with modern Italian under your belt).

If you prefer to stay in English, try your hand at both Old and Middle English. Although I recommend you keep alcohol handy because they both only slightly resemble modern English.

Is intelligence sexy or merely geeky?

~Jeff
aka T'oi@Lorenius

Name: Butcher
Race: Ferengi
Homeworld: Ferenginar

Butcher never really had the lobes for business. Even while he still had his first set of ears, his father berated him for his poor grasp of the business. Unsurprisingly, he had little interest in the Continuum and the rules of acquisition. It all bored him and reminded him of his father's abuse. He much preferred playing tactical war games over the subspace net with the Human and Andorians.

That life could not last forever, though; eventually his father disowned him for disgracing his family name. Leaving home, however, turned out to be the best thing that had ever happened to him. Shortly after leaving he found and fell in with "the bad crowd"; a gang of youths who glamourised the Klingon way of life and practised fighting in secret. He renounced his name and insisted upon remaining nameless until he could earn a name worthy of his skill and prowess.

Silence was his primary weapon within the gang, watching, waiting and learning. He may not have had the lobes for business but he definitely had a mind for tactics. As a result, he excelled within the group, earning the conspicuously Human name of "Butcher Sphynx" due to his brutality and silent, enigmatic nature. He eventually fought his way to the top, maintaining his alpha rank by defeating all comers until he was old enough to join Starfleet.

He was accepted quickly and his excellence in the tactical programs made him a very promising cadet; or would have had fighting not managed to follow wherever he went. It was not as if he actively sought out turmoil or conflict, he did his absolute best to be a model cadet, but just as on Ferenginar, fighting seemed to gravitate to him. If it wasn't someone trying to take down the toughest looking punter in the bar to prove his manliness, it was a bully living under the impression that all Ferengi were pathetic, whimpering cowards.

Butcher eventually found himself reporting to Captain's Mast. During the mast, his future at the academy was looking very dim; but were it not for a Colonel that witnessed the latest brawl in which Butcher had injured several of his MACO regulars, he most certainly would have been expelled. The officer made a request for clemency on Butcher's behalf, proposing a cadet exchange with the Academy CO: Butcher would be sent to Quantico to learn discipline and obedience and a MACO cadet would take his place at the Academy. Eventually the finer points of the exchange were worked out and Butcher began his cross training where he immediately found himself instructing hand to hand combat to the MACO cadets. The exchange, as it turned out, was done only for MACO's benefit. The colonel had recognised a strategy in Butcher's chaotic and seemingly unpredictable fighting style, so made the exchange under false pretences in order to acquire him as an instructor. He wasn't a fool, though; he knew that it would only be temporary and that when the exchange was over, there had better be some progress to show for it. To that end, Butcher was put through his paces and ridden very hard in order to break him down. A year later, when he was returned to the Academy, he was permanently MACO. He graduated with honours in the top of his class, was given an immediate promotion to Lieutenant, and even given a battlefield promotion to acting captain during the Veyga conflict; many claim him to be one of the finest officers the Academy has ever produced, but once a MACO, always a MACO.

I wish I could run it on a Saturday, it is just the one day of the week that is bad for me. I have had stuff going on every Saturday since 8 years ago. :D

What makes Stonewall the best community is... You and everyone here! *hugs* :)

(Vol & Traull) Have you two been in the Romulan Ale again? :ohmy: My, you must be completely wasted, or you would conscientiously know that I am what makes this community the best. (Hey, you said a feel-good moment, and that felt great haha.)

To add a little heart to it though, I have personally witnessed amazing acts of kindness from some members of this community. We are the best because of those individuals. They are what makes us a community, and not just a fleet :) (And there's cake, too.)

What makes Stonewall the best community is those members that are dedicated to improving it and helping it grow.

Really hope i can make it i just wish it was the saturday that would be so much more convenient for us brits :P

...the fact that though I never dared dream such a wonderful place would actually exist, it does. And that's marvelous. :)

So will we be roleplaying as the crew of the station, or of ship crews visiting the station? Both? Neither?

Hope I'm around Res!!! Sounds like it'll be a blast.

Here's my thoughts:

.... That the PVE department is soooo helpful:P

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What makes Stonewall the best community is....

...that you can buy forum signatures for only 250,000 Energy Credits, at the Forum Signature Shop?

This is a bizarre thread ;)

I feel as though the thread creator should be sharing his feelings too :p

The initial problem with this was that the items didn't render for all .. aka not everyone saw the same tribble .. but now with the party popper for the 3 year anniversary event ... I believe that everyone does see the items popped from it .... so rather than tribble soccer ... would we possibly be able to do balloon soccer?

Think the items render for all, but we would need folks to cooperate and only let the event organizers 'generate' the 'balls' ...

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That was brilliant, lol the innuendo. :P

Haha, thank you. I thought the innuendo came out quite well. :D

So kool :) I'm jelous of your skill, always would have loved to learn a new language... I might just still :P

Ace poem :)

Eyes, neck, cheeks, curl of golden hair__
These were the flames of Jove for his Ganymede.
When Jupiter was seeking to allow himself a little [pleasure] with the boy,
The god ordained that all things were licit with a boy.
Heedless of the care of the world or the murmurs of the gods,
Of the tongue of his injured wife and of heaven,
He bore the Ilian lad to the heavens, a star to the stars,
And finally even believed he was a god,
So that the kept boy could please him by touch as well as sight.
By daylight he bore Jove his cup and at night kisses.

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A few notes, Ganymede was a young shepherd boy that captured Jupiter's fancy. The references to youth in romantic poetic verse (boy) does not indicate a prepubescent child, but a young man. In line 3, [pleasure] is the closest word available for direct translation, nothing else makes sense. Just for the sake of clarity I checked Boswell and notes in Medieval Latin. The Ganymede myth permeates themes of gay love over millenia, the first references appearing in the High Classical period (5th century BC) to contemporaneous times. It is fitting that the first verse be about Ganymede.

~JC

That was brilliant, lol the innuendo. :P

I'm all about seeing members of the guild working together for ANY task. We've been switching it up a little, trying to get the best system worked out for guild activities. I've been getting some input and making my observations. pnuttbuttah made the suggestion to keep activities to the weekend and leave the weekdays free-for-all so we modified the schedule to work in events Friday-Sunday. This should help fill up our events and make it easier on those not able to attend due to work/school and of course... I will be available throughout the week to take part in anything as long as I don't have prior obligations. I'm all for turning SWVG into an exclusive guild... I don't like it when I login and TONS of people are on, but they're not representing. I don't think we're going to move in that direction at the moment. We're still fine-tuning.

Thank you for participating last night BigBrother. We all had a blast! :woohoo:

So about five years ago I had a lot of time on my hands which led me to create a mix of Voyager soundclips with a semi-electrotechno backing version of the Voyager theme.

It has since been renamed The Breen Voyager Mix and is perhaps the cheesiest thing I have ever created. Nonetheless, I thought I would share it with you all because I've never really shared it with anyone else and finally I'm part of a community who might enjoy it... or just think I'm totally mental and have no talent.

You decide! :)

Link: http://www.mediafire.com/?j08l9dac6acptm7

I have decided for both the Fleet's benefit and my own translating skills, I will translate one gay (or lesbian) themed love poem from the Middle Ages or before per week. I will make short notes about the translation after reproducing my translation. Some will be short and others will be long. I apologize in advance for any transliteration mistakes, I am the sole owner of such goofs.

~Jeff
aka Lorenius