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German shepherds, SEALs' star breed, close in on the top spot in America. Justin Rocket Silverman meets them head-on.

There's a Facebook page now for the upcoming Mexican Top Cat 3D movie. I'm kinda hoping for an American release for this.

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This week on KnotCast, Savrin, Shiva, Fuzz, Rekkie and special token female Sairo discuss coming out. It’s a pretty focused topic show.

This weeks song is ‘Path of Deception’ by BlinD

Use our coupon code ‘knot’ at Adam & Eve for a great deal!

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I've been buying "Mate" lately, an international gay male culture magazine produced in Berlin and the Netherlands. I was surprised that under their hip international summer party list, they included Anthrocon.

Reactions:

1.) Oh boy, here comes the "We're not gay and we're not a fetish" thing.

2.) Anthrocon? Internationally hip?

3.) What if a bunch of skeezy circuit queens read this in the magazine and just show up at Anthrocon thinking it's like the White Party or something? Free X for the furries! *shudder*

4.) Figures if Anthrocon was brought to international attention as a "fetish event" the Germans and the Dutch would be the ones to sniff it out.

Author: AppleCider

Dear Princess Celestia,
Today we had a fanfic writer on the show who talked with us about many things. We discussed Rainbow Dash’s sexuality (or lack thereof), military bronies sporting Fluttershy shirts, and providing our adoring and awesome fans the references they desire to ship us to the moon and back. Afterwards we talked about how to better ourselves through reading and how not to write a painfully bland Nightmare Moon fic. And as always, our fans are awesome and much brony love. *BROHOOF*

Sincerely,
AppleCider

PS – Show notes can be found on the following Google Doc.
https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1oz3JcmNpbOwM9MCt3jSh024ambA7T2pfHmHG3FOPSGY
PSS – Please Princess, don’t actually ‘ship us to the moon’. That’s a metaphor and we know you can do it.

Intro – Friendship Forever Mix by ChainAlgorithm on Youtube – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2V59MgGRHvo
Outro –  Giggle at the Ghostie (Saltlakrits 20% Cooler Remix) by TheSaltlakrits on Youtube – http://youtu.be/_Uv6XLHJYL8

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Author: earthfurst

Court is stressful for everyone, but especially for young family members. Now the Courthouse Dogs Program provides comfort to children and families going through the court system.

Dogs from Roxy Reading visited the Bucks County Courthouse in Doylestown, Pennsylvania as part of a pilot program launched by county Judge Robert Mellon.

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Author: RingtailedFox

April and May 2011 were record-breaking in terms of tornado outbreaks and casualties, with hundreds killed across the southern and mid-western states of the United States.  On May 25, an EF5/T11 tornado devastated the city of Joplin, Missouri, severely damaging one of its two hospitals, and killing over 145 people.

It just so happened that the Picadilly Circus was in town when the tornado struck.  With so much devastation around the city, and construction equipment being used, the Circus decided to assist in disaster relief, by using their elephants to clear away destroyed automobiles and other heavy debris from the streets, so emergency vehicles could get through. The circus also ran a fundraiser this weekend in aid of the relief efforts.

Recovery will take months and will be filled with hard work, but this is exactly the type of morale boost the city of Joplin needs.

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Author: toonces
Rahne Kallon serves up a generous portion of pulpy goodness for this week’s meeting so hot it had Skip driving distracted.  There is a certain playfulness with stereotypes and expectations, and a dalmatian discovers that there’s a good reason for foxes to top every once in awhile. Or at least, they’re certainly going to have to if we’re going to whittle down the number of unsatisfied bottoms in this world.

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More interesting news from Cartoon Brew: If you haven’t heard, Illusion Studios in Mexico is currently working to animate a new hand-drawn 3D cartoon film starring Hanna Barbera’s famous character Top Cat — and his friends, of course.  Don Gato y su Pandilla is set to premier this fall… and now it turns out the film has its own Facebook page.  True, it’s in Spanish, but it might be worth a “Like” to keep track of the film’s progress.

 

image c. 2011 Illusion Studios

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apparently they decided it was time to continue the story of the wolf, red,
granny and the frog-detective. anyone gonna bother to walk into a sticky
smelly theatre to watch it? i'll wait for the dvd...i do liek the voice
work of patrick warburton as the wolf :)

The real Sabrina is up now.

In Argentina (of all places!) the brand new stage musical Tom and Jerry Live recently premiered at the Teatro Lola Membrives in Buenos Aires. From there, the producers plan to take the show on tour through Chile and Peru for the rest of 2011. According to them, “Under the direction of Leandro Panetta, Tom, Jerry, Spike and the gang go on stage, recreating classic cartoons with songs, chases, jokes, games and stunts. Tom and Jerry travel from opera to medieval times, then run and chase from the living room into the garden. Actors, dancers, singers and acrobats on stage guide to the public in this magical world where Friendship is always the result of each and every encounter persecution.” Cartoon Brew says that the production is based on specific cartoon shorts, including The Two Mouseketeers, The Cat Above the Mouse Below and the Gene Kelly sequence from Anchors Aweigh.

 

image c. 2011 CartoonBrew.com

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Since the operation earlier this month that took out Osama Bin Laden, War Dogs have gotten a lot of press.  These canine defenders of US Freedom go through extensive training to become highly effective members of the military.

The Daily reporter Justin Rocket Silverman recently visited the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs to see how some of the nation’s top military dogs are trained. He even donned a special suit and offered to be tackled by one of the military canines.

There is much more to the story than the training. Once these dogs are done with their duty, what happens to them? In years past, these animal heroes were put down.  Now there is a growing movement to adopt them to caring homes.  ABC News gives further detail:

As Americans across the country celebrate this Memorial Day by celebrating the men and women who have served in our armed services, another group of dedicated warriors goes unrecognized.

Officially, dogs that serve with U.S. soldiers are labeled “surplus equipment,” but they are so much more to the soldiers they help on the battlefield.

Stories of the dogs used by SEAL Team 6 in the mission that killed Osama bin Laden have renewed interest in adopting the dogs as they retire from their military service. But adopting a canine veteran can cost as much as $2,000, as the military does not pay for the dogs’ return trips home.

“They’ve [known] heavy training, combat, gunfire, explosions and just like a human, you should retire at some point and live a more peaceful life, and that’s what these dogs need,” Ron Aiello, president of the U.S. War Dogs Association, told ABC News. “They only have two, three years remaining in their life, and I think they should live it with a loving family and in a peaceful atmosphere.”

Find out more about adopting a military dog.

Author: crossaffliction

In my review of Rango, I mentioned that it took the crown for animated slapstick action. For me, the movie Rango took it from was Kung Fu Panda. After holding this crown for less than a season, the chameleon must relinquish it to the panda.

But there is much more than slapstick going on in either of these two movies. While Rango was, of the two, more of a movie-lover’s movie, Kung Fu Panda 2 may end up being the favorite among furry fans.

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So I've got offered a room to Anthrocon with pretty much everythign else included, only thing I would have to pay is registration fee, but i'm iffy on it due to these past four months,

been moving around without a job, have a bill and having to pay rent, but my Landlord is going as well (going to have to see if i'm able to from him first anyway) but with that aside, What does /r/furry think?

Edit: Finance is actually taken care of at this point

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Author: Fred

“Fuzzy Ergo Sum”, by Wolfgang Diehr
Boalsburg, PA, Pequod Press, March 2011
Hardcover $ 38.00 (299 pages), Kindle $ 7.99

H. Beam Piper’s “Little Fuzzy”, about the discovery by humans of cute furry natives on the planet Zarathustra, was first published in 1962. It became a minor classic, being nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1963, and inspiring four other Fuzzy novels up to 1982.

Two of those not by Piper were later declared to be “not canon”, and Piper’s three Fuzzy novels were published together in 1998 as “The Complete Fuzzy”. As soon as the copyright on “Little Fuzzy” expired in 2006, numerous public domain editions were published in paperback and Kindle, and on the Internet by Project Gutenberg.

Now a new Fuzzy novel has been written by Wolfgang Diehr, a Piper fan who moderates the Piper Worlds discussion group on Yahoo.com. Diehr wrote the novel over three years with the editorial assistance of John F. Carr, the Piper expert who edited many of the Piper reprint collections for Ace Books in the early 1980s, and Carr has published Diehr’s novel through his Peqoud Press.

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Author: mbulsht

This year was only my second year attending FanimeCon, a popular anime convention held every year in San Jose. It should come as no surprise that many Bronies out there are also anime fans, so I guess it was only natural that I’d meet a few at this year’s convention. This year, however, some fans decided to take it above and beyond and try out this whole “meetup” idea that many Bronies have been attempting lately.The meetup was started as a facebook group by fellow EqD/Ponychan poster Grez the Lizard Lord after a conversation the two of us had carried out in one of my Google Documents. He figured it would be a great way to pass the time during one of the slower parts of the convention. I and my room mates were among the first to be invited into the facebook group.

I have to admit, the facebook group seemed a little lackluster. There wasn’t a lot of response and only a few people actually posted saying they would be there. I expected three or four people other than my friends to show up.

Well, I was wrong.

It was still a modest group, only about fifteen people, but the whole thing was a ton of fun. We met out in front of the convention center at the edge of the fountains, and handshakes and greetings were exchanged. I was happy to see a diverse group of people, both in age and gender. Right away someone suggested we start playing songs. One fan had brought his laptop and speakers, and we all started singing along to “Winter Wrap Up,” “Giggle at the Ghostie,” and the MLP:FiM theme song. Even those of us like myself who have less-than-desirable singing abilities raised our voices and sang loud and proud, drawing odd looks from some of the passerby.

This turned out to be a great idea (thank you, whoever started it) because we managed to pick up a few bronies walking around outside the convention who hadn’t heard about the meetup.

We moved inside to the lobby where it was a little quieter, and my friend SlaveofIceTea (in his infinite wisdom) decided to start the whole thing AA meeting-style. We all formed up in a circle, gave our names, admitted to being a brony (or as he called it, “came out of the stable”), and named our favorite characters. After each of us finished, clapping and cheering abounded from the group. It was awesome, not just because we were all meeting new people, but because the clapping and cheering drew some even funnier reactions from anime fans passing by. I almost felt like we were trolling FanimeCon.

Unfortunately, this year we didn’t have very much planned for the meetup, so after about a half-hour we had finished with our little group circle and people started to break off and start their own conversations. I got to meet some pretty cool bronies. Let me just give some quick shout outs to a few of the fans there.

There were a few artists around, including 0r0ch1, and a couple of drawfriends from /pic. Fanfiction author Ebon Mane was there. Much to my fan-squealing delight, Eurobeat Brony also made an appearance. He was there, signing shirts and talking about music. Fyeahspikethedragon, a blogger from tumblr was there as well. You guys should definitely check out her Spike based blog, giving love to a very under appreciated character. It’s relatively new and needs more viewers!

At the beginning of the meetup we took a picture of those of us who showed up!

BRONIES!!!

Argh, I know I’ve forgotten some people too, so if you were there, speak up in the comments section! I super derped and didn’t bring anything to write with so I couldn’t get all your EqD/Ponychan usernames and I know a lot of you didn’t get in the picture (sorry!).

One Pinkie Pie showed up a little late. Oh well.

Well, it was quite sad, but after about forty-five minutes the meetup came to its inevitable close. People started breaking off to enjoy the various festivities FanimeCon had to offer, saying their goodbyes and vowing to meet up again next year. After the meetup, I decided to hang out with Grez for a bit and we talked about doing this again next year.

So if you attend FanimeCon every year, and you are a Brony, heads up! We plan to have a meetup next year, and the next, and the next, for as long as MLP and FanimeCon are going! Hopefully next time we’ll have a better plan for what to do, as well as advertise it a little more (I’m sure Sethisto over at EqD would love to help us out). And for those of you who were there, thank’s for showing up and sharing your love of MLP with us!

See you again next year.

-Ben Sims
(mbulsht)

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