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While most would ignore a stray dog or call an animal control unit, Jewish rabbis in Jerusalem sentenced a wandering dog to be stoned to death. The crime? The dog was suspected to be the reincarnated spirit of a secular lawyer who had insulted the court 20 years ago.

The lawyer in question had been cursed by the judges of the Monetary Affairs Court so his spirit would be reincarnated in a dog, an unclean animal. (Dogs are also unclean in Islam, forcing at least one blind Muslim to get a guide horse instead of a guide dog.)

The judge allegedly called on neighbourhood children to carry out the sentence. This was later denied by court leader Rabbi Avraham Dov Levin, but confirmed by a court manager, who said that:

They didn’t think of it as cruelty to animals, but as an appropriate way to ‘get back at’ the spirit which entered the poor dog.

The dog – who previously refused to leave – managed to escape. A complaint has been filed against Rabbi Levin by the Let Animals Live organisation.

 

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This week on KnotCast, we did our penance for not doing a show last week... by reading every email we got in the interim. Two and a half hours of emails, conversations, and Savrin infrequently using a soundboard. He was terribly naughty this week. But yes, we read the emails, even the ones plugging stuff. :o Know that if you sent in an email in the last couple weeks, it got read. :3 We had plugs this week! At Anthrocon: If any listeners out there are interested in hearing Look Left Live, they'll be playing in the Performance hall which is room 319 in the Convention Center. The show is Sunday the 26th at 12 Noon. Gaming Furever - http://www.gamingfurever.com/ - Furry gaming social networking. Check em out if you're so inclined. New podcast on the horizon- called The Den, hosted by Flaw, Kade, and Aria. Mite b cool. Always good to see more furs taking a shot at podcasting notoriety. :3 This weeks song is "This Suit" by Look Left http://www.furaffinity.net/user/peppercoyote And as always, use our coupon code 'knot' at AdamEve.com for a great deal. :3 Episode 144 - The Penance

Peter Bower, known in the furry fandom as Krypto1701, has been charged with animal cruelty after he allegedly had sex with a dog he adopted last month.

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Now here’s something different: A werewolf comic book with decidedly political overtones, taking on the current hot-button topic of illegal immigration from Mexico to the United States in a very unusual manner. Here’s Fangoria.com’s description of the first Feeding Ground hardcover graphic novel: “Pretending to be asleep, Flaca Busqueda watches her father leave just before going back to work. Dad, tired and poor, promises her that this will be his ‘one last cross’. Flaca sneakily gets up from her bed and spontaneously decides to follow him. She never expects to be cruelly kidnapped at the Mexican/American border, known to locals as ‘The Devil’s Highway’. In a race against time, Flaca’s parents, her brother and uncle are on a desperate search to find their missing girl before anything horrible happens to her. When the family finally locates their lost daughter, Flaca has become different and strangely odd. They find her scarred with bloody scratches and claw marks on her back, as if she were attacked by a wolf. Flaca’s body is changing at such a tender adolescent age. Her coming-of-age tale represents the werewolf’s ever-present transformation. In the backdrop of this horror story, there are political and social commentaries about the timely issue of illegal immigration. Creators Swifty Lang, Michael Lapinski, and Chris Mangun provide different perspectives on the subject, but never actually give a definite opinion on the topic, as if they are giving the readers a chance to discuss and choose for themselves. ” Feeding Ground is coming our way in full color, this August from Archaia Entertainment. Fittingly, it’s available in English and Spanish.

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Author: Fred

Wired.com reports researchers at Newcastle University are studying honeybees to determine whether they exhibit human-like emotions. They are known to act pessimistic in some situations (as do rats, dogs and starlings). Next the researchers will test for the emotion of happiness.

 

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The podcast is really starting to pick up steam, now! This week we have a bevy of e-mails, including discussion of more Tennessee derp, a story about a co-worker on the wrong side of cah-razy, an update on a previous writer’s situation, and questions about streaming! As for the rest of it, well…nothing I can/should post here, you’ll have to listen to find out!

Don’t worry if you don’t see a podcast from us next week – as previously mentioned, Istanbul will be at Anthrocon, so we’re going to skip a week. Our next recording will be on June 30th, and our topic will be FOOD!

Foods you love, foods you hate!
Funny stories about things you ate!
Stuff that made your stomach hurty.
Write on in before 6/30!

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Episode 8 – Salt Mines

Episode 8 – Salt Mines - The podcast is really starting to pick up steam, now! This week we have a bevy of e-mails, including discussion of more Tennessee derp, a story about a co-worker on the wrong side of cah-razy, an update on a previous writer[...]

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[FNN Note: UnFurled will begin their new "2.0" Podcast this weekend and will be posted here within 12 hours of being posted live.  This episode was posted in Feb 2011]

Author: Vox

A bit out of time but when the plague rolls on through it disrupts things

So yeah it’s a little late but awesome as usual! Please take a good listen.

Also with the new video chat you may want to register on the UnFurled home page so you can get a name that is guest-27436 or the like! Enjoy!

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For those of you clamoring for some news about the upcoming installment of Animal Crossing on the Nintendo 3DS, well we've got a small quote from the creator of the new game, and a little video that premiered at E3.

Katsuya Eguchi, creator of the series, has this to say to those waiting:

To those Animal Crossing fans, I just would like them to know that there’s progress and we should be able to offer a new download movie soon. As for features and specs of the game, I can’t go into too much detail, but players will be able to arrange their furniture the way they like, and we’ll be offering new networking experiences.

And wouldn't you know it, here's that aforementioned new download movie!

This Friday, July 17th, the website FurryBrasil went through an attack that deleted all files in their server, including other furry projects in development and other non-furry sites. Not even log files survived to tell the tale. FurryBrasil has suffered loss of data before, but never under malicious attacks.

There was another victim yesterday (16th) morning, around 3am (Brasília time). Brazilian furry portal Fauna Urbana suffered a minor denial of service attack, that knocked the main site (and other shared furry and non-furry projects) for a few minutes. No invasions or data lost in this case.

Not long ago, Furry News Network alerts there’s a hacker group that uses the furry fandom as a bait. We’re going through times in which the most powerful nations and corporations are clashing in the online space, and the Internet is definitely far less secure than it has been.

At Fauna Urbana Network we’re enhancing our plans for data security, backup and disaster recovery. We also advise that one never uses a password that may be in a dictionary, plus avoid password re-usage.

FurryBrasil is already recovered, but unfortunately lost 1 month of data.

By Ekevoo

On Friday June 17th’s website FurryBrasil suffered unfortunate attack that had closed all sites hosted on the site, including the design AtFurry in development.The website has suffered data loss before, but never in a malicious attack.

Still in the early hours of yesterday, June 16, the site of the Fauna Urbana also suffered an attempted denial of service attack that had closed around 3 am for a few minutes.Fortunately the attack was not so hard with us.

The news comes at the same time the Furry News Network site warning that a hacker group is using the furry fandom as bait.

We are in times when the most powerful nations and corporations of the world are crashing almost openly in the online space, is well defined and the Internet less secure than it once was.

Here at the Fauna Urbana Network we are redoubling our precautions to prevent leakage of sensitive data, then we also have intensified our backup plan for each hour.Our passwords are recorded with one-way encryption, which prevents strong passwords for our users to be discovered if our data are stolen.Still, we recommend extreme caution with passwords: Never use passwords that may appear in a dictionary, never refill the same password and email address for any other site.

The expected return of the FB is about 16:30.

Via Fauna Urbana

 

Author: Higgs Raccoon

Peter Bower, known in the furry fandom as Krypto1701, has been charged with animal cruelty after he allegedly had sex with a dog he adopted last month.

In mid-May, the dog warden of Richmond County, Ohio, received an e-mail tip on Bower, including links to bestiality-themed websites. Investigators found photos of Bower with multiple animals, including several dogs and possibly a horse.

[UPDATE: Video by WOIO.com ]

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Author: Micah

M.C.A. Hogarth has released Clays Beneath the Skies, a short story collection featuring her furry aliens, the Jokka (who can be male, female or neuter and have a chance to change between sexes twice in their lives).

The collection includes Strange Horizons’ 2002 Reader’s Choice “Unspeakable,” as well as four other previously published shorts and three new stories. Each is accompanied by a commissioned B&W painting. The volume also collects a glossary and chronology.

Hugo Award-winning editor Susan Marie Groppi, one of first editors to publish the Jokka stories, provides the foreword.

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The Fandom Music Video Contest covers all branches of the “fandoms” – everything from Anime to Doctor Who to Pirates and to FURRIES! Presently, the Fandom Music Video Contest is asking for entries.  If you have produced a music or sketch comedy video featuring  fursuiters  or furries in general, in the past 2 years, you can still get your entry in.  Deadline is July 31, 2011

Here is a list of the submission guidelines:

1. You may submit a maximum of three videos per division. This means you may submit up to 6 videos.  No person or group can submit more than one entry per category.
2. The Video Awards contest running time is 3 hours. During this time we will show the top 4 videos from each category.  As time permits, we will show videos that did not place, upon audiance or creator request.
3. Judging panelists will be chosen by the contest coordinator.
4. An entry may only win one award with the exception of the Best in Show & Fan Favorite awards. The award the video wins is at the discretion of the judges.
5. Videos must be less than 2 years old (Created on or after Oct 1 2009).
6. Videos entered in earlier Dragon*Con AMV Contests are ineligible for competition.
7. Two Divisions (Anime/Animation & Live Action) split into Six Categories each:

• Romance – Videos that focus on a love story between characters.
• Drama – Videos that evoke an emotional response from the audience through a medley of music, video, and editing which usually involves dramatic subject matter or dramatic elements from the anime.
• Comedy – Videos that contain parody or wacky content.  As long as someone thinks it is funny you will probably be okay.
• Action – Videos that focus on action whether it be fighting sequences, fast-paced imagery or motions of characters.  Think ACTION!!
• Fun – Videos that make you feel good. They get your body moving, feeling the groove, or just bring a smile to your face. Dance, Trance, Techno, Happy slice of life pieces and other types of the sort.
• Other – This category is for videos that don’t fit into the rest of the categories. Movie Trailers, Horror, Experimental Videos, WTF’ers, etc., they all go here.

There will be 1st, 2nd, 3rd place  award for all six categories.  There will also be a 1st, 2nd and 3rd place Fan Favorite award based on the entire entry pool.  This award will be determined by fan votes on the Fandom Music Video Awards Web site. The videos are voted on in mid August and awards are presented during the awards program at Dragon*Con. If you are interested in showing off your video making skills, in any of the video categories, please check out the entry form here and the complete rules here

You can see other videos at FMVAwards.com

What is Dragon*Con? It’s the largest Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Pop Culture convention in the country.  It’s held in Atlanta, Georgia on Labor Day Weekend every year, with around 60,000 REGISTERED fans in attendance.  Because of all the meetups and people who filter in just to watch the spectacle, the actual crowd can at times swell well over the official numbers.

Dork Tower for June 15, 2011

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“I’m starting to feel sorry for furries. I wonder why they became the geek sub-class that it’s okay to openly mock and despise? Perhaps there should be a fur acceptance movement. [via DORK TOWER, Wednesday, June 15, 2011] -http://curiocity.org/post…“

This was in response to Dork Tower posted yesterday:

Before any of you get bent out of shape, appreciate the comic for what it is.  No screaming Fursecution…

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With Sonic Generations coming upon us in time for the holidays, as well as 2011 being Sonic’s 20th anniversary, it’s a great time to take a look back at the franchise’s extensive history. A lot has changed in Sonic’s 20 years of breaking speed limits and smashing Badniks. The changes have been so drastic, you could even say that Classic Sonic and Modern Sonic are a part of two separate worlds. There may be some truth to that. While Modern Sonic’s world really leaves no mystery behind it, Classic Sonic has a few more skeletons in his closet: missing levels, unreleased games, and, most notably, missing and never-before-seen characters.

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After seeing how successful Sched was for Midwest Fur Fest, and after numerous requests, Anthrocon has launched their own Sched page.

You can find the full schedule here: Anthrocon 2011 Schedule

The powers that be at AC note:

There may be some discrepancies between the Pocket
Schedule and the Sched information. Right this second, the Pocket
Schedule is considered more authoritative; Very Soon Now we will have
triple-checked our information. By the time the convention begins, we
expect that Sched will reflect the most up-to-date information. We
just didn’t want to wait to share this!