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Characters Discussed (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters, Revised Third Edition)
Mr. Jones
Mr. Jones, the owner of Manor Farm. After getting drunk on Midsummer's Eve, Mr. Jones fails to return in time to feed his animals. They have been thinking about rebellion anyway, and they take this opportunity to chase away Mr. Jones, Mrs. Jones, and the human farmworkers. In his ineptness, Mr. Jones is analogous to the czar of Russia, who was unable to hold Russia together during the stress of World War I.
Old Major
Old Major, a boar previously exhibited as Willingdon Beauty. He is the prize boar whose dream inspires the Animalist Revolution on Manor Farm. Modeled on Vladimir Ilich Lenin, Old Major is highly respected in the barnyard, a capable orator, and an uncompromising ideologue for the Animalist cause. He dies in his sleep before the rebellion can take place.
Snowball, a young boar whose chief rival is Napoleon. Snowball is modeled on Leon Trotsky and so represents intelligence and organizational ability rather than brute force. It is Snowball, for example, who writes the Seven Commandments on the barnyard wall, who has the idea of building the windmill, and who studies the books left behind by Mr. Jones to see what practical benefit he can extract from them. Like Trotsky, Snowball is exiled after the revolution and is falsely made out to be the chief villain of Animal Farm.
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The Characters (Masterplots II: British and Commonwealth Fiction Series)
By necessity, in allegory characters are two-dimensional figures who are created to serve the purposes of the underlying conceptual framework. Because they must have a one-to-one relationship with the thematic targets of the satiric thrust of the work, they cannot possess the complexity of real people in the real world. Some of the minor figures in Animal Farm are clearly representative of simple human qualities. For example, the sheep suggest mindless followers who are content to bleat the simplistic slogan, "Four legs good, two legs bad," which the pigs teach them. Mollie, the young mare, represents foolish vanity, content to remain in harness as long as she is pampered and petted. Benjamin, the donkey, is the cynicism of one who has seen everything and hopes for nothing. Boxer and Clover are well-meaning but stupid brute workers, sensitive and caring but not intelligent enough to challenge authority.
In terms of the specific allegory Orwell seems to have in mind, however, it is the pigs who are most specifically drawn and who bear the most pointed one-to-one relationship with real figures. Most critics agree that Major is the chief theoretician of socialism, Karl Marx, whereas Snowball is Communism's first great leader and thinker, Leon Trotsky, and Napoleon is its first dictator, Joseph Stalin. The story thus mirrors in satiric form the history of the Soviet Union from the Russian Revolution to World War II, when Stalin entered into various deals with Germany and the Allies, presented in the allegory as neighboring human farmers.
Themes and Characters
Modeled on a relatively simple premise, the novel begins as the animals of Manor Farm unite against farmer Jones to overthrow his tyrannical...
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Appearing in a dream, the birth of revolution was the inspiration of old Major, a pig renowned for wisdom and benevolence. However, as the...
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Character Analysis
A "large, rather fierce-looking Berkshire boar," Napoleon becomes the leader of the animals after Snowball is chased off the farm. He,...
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A "young boar" who, with Napoleon and Squealer, helps to codify Old Major's ideas into the commandments of Animalism. Orwell describes him as...
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"A small, fat pig" known for being a smooth talker, Squealer reportedly "could turn black into white." He is the propaganda chief for the...
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Benjamin, a donkey, is "the oldest animal on the farm, and the worst tempered." He is a sad cynic who believes that...
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Posted Sep 18, '09 at 1:26am
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Uh oh. I foresee trouble on the horizon.
Wait, I already saw that. I'm waiting on a few slowpokes but you know what, since Dudeguy already started and we're so close, EVERYBODY START SUBMITTING YOUR ENTRIES!
That is all.
Posted Sep 18, '09 at 1:30am
1,097 posts
So... can I post mine? Or do I wait?
Posted Sep 18, '09 at 1:39am
Post the first fragment you sent us!
Posted Sep 18, '09 at 2:05am
Got it!
"Okay! I am gonna expose the truth this time!" said a man leaning over a desk, "The world shall know of the homosexual Horse... STROP!" the mans eye's gleamed with happiness, "Ever since that day, that I saw you exit that poor man's house, I knew there was something different about you..." the man picked up the photograph of a horse, and headed for the door handle, "Soon, the world will know the name Gabriel!" and he opened the door, he walked out of his house, and he headed towards The Tavern. His favorite place for gossip. He walked around, and around, and around, looking for something to help his article along, he continued to walk, until he came across Strop, talking to a man in a suit, they were really chummy, and looked to be best friends, but Gabriel didn't see it that way, he watched the two talk, and kept thinking he saw them rub each others arms, and make casual flirtatious movements, such as the man curling his hair, or Strop groping the mans chest, Gabriel thought he was seeing definitive proof, and started writing it down. He continued to watch them with his eagle eye's, continuing to write down he thought he saw, finally, Strop looked around, and said "Um... Cenere... I think that creep guy over there is watching us..." the other man looked behind strop, and said, "Hm... I think you are right... oh well, doesn't matter, he is probably just another one of your fanboys." Strop laughed and said, "I don't have that many..." the other man looked at Strop, and said "Doesn't matter, let's get going, we got more contestants to go through..." as the those words left the mans mouth, Gabriel thought to himself, "Hm... must be a contest on who get's to be Strops new boytoy... I better stalk~er follow and investigate."
Posted Sep 18, '09 at 6:50am
4,349 posts
Just to be sure Strop you never said whether or not my edited version of my story was OK. So I am not sure whether or not to wait for approval on that or not here.
Posted Sep 18, '09 at 12:04pm
Ooh, right you are, check your email crimson!
Posted Sep 18, '09 at 2:33pm
2,853 posts
Strop you are in charge of posting mine as usual, right? 3:
Posted Sep 18, '09 at 3:14pm
Right so here is my entry for this round.
Crimson was still waiting preparing to enter again into the ASC after Zophia said it was OK when he saw a colorful ball coming towards him. In the Community Hall this could mean anything, but he found out quickly that it was a threat when it him his arm that he used to guard his face from it. The ball ricocheted off of his arm and bounced on to the floor like an under-inflated basketball would. He had a small glimpse of it and realized it was one of Johns creations. He didn't quite understand what this was, but just assumed it had something to do with the WoM. He took a look at the ball to make sure it didn't have any type of special message on it like the way ninjas typically give out messages, but of course instead he got hit upside the head with another ball. It was at that point that he figured out this was actually a test. He took out his blade and prepared for another one to come after him. He saw it and swatted it like he was playing a deadly version of racket ball, but of course since it was created through a spell made by one of the administrators. It was destroyed, but simply respawned and and hit him in the face again.Destroying them was simply not going to work. So at this point he probably wouldn't be too surprised if he got a bloody nose from this. "Time to change tactics". He looked around and saw the next one flying at him. He did a gears of war style roll out of the way, and saw it hit a stick figure entry off its pedestal....maybe for the better I suppose. He looked back in front of him to see two of these things headed towards him. He dodged the first to only put himself in front of the other. This one hit his foot somehow stubbing it in the process. After jumping around for a couple of second he saw OVER 9000!!!!! more of them coming at him. So he did what anyone else would do in the same situation. Thats right hide behind the art comp pedestal where the winning art is, and hope they can't hit him there. He ran towards the pedestal at first almost getting tailgated on his way there. He hid behind it when all the balls flew around him. Then came the one thing he forgot. The balls could change direction. The magical arrows appeared all around him, all pointed in his direction. "I never liked that game anyways" he jumped out of the way as they all hit the back of the pedestal almost knocking it over. The art pieces including his champions exhibit got knocked over. "Good thing that was a replica". He realized though that these projectiles could be manipulated, and he had basic knowledge on how to use Armor Magic 3.0 so he came to the quickly conclusion that he would have to try and create his own directional arrows to send them in the opposite direction. He grabbed two of his old art pieces and used them as shields.(somehow they are more effective then his sword against admin magic which is sad). He got into a corner of the community hall and put the pictures in front of him having them pelted instead of him, and he used this defense to give him time to created a spell to counter admin magic. He created a simple arrow not even knowing the class of spell that he was trying to counter. He threw it up towards the balls outside of his shields. The balls just went straight through the arrow like it didn't exist. He realized then that compulse balls ran on old magic, also known as Armor Magic 2.0 so he would have to make his spell using a form of magic he didn't know well enough. He had only one choice...Google Magic!!! He pulled out his Google scroll and asked it for an Armor Magic 2.0 directional arrow spell. It gave him what he wanted after first telling him that he should go buy 15 different products first. He grabbed the spell and threw it at the compulse balls. This time with success, but some were still getting through and he couldn't hide forever, so he had to make an escape. He brought out his map of tunnels in AG. He found one in the community hall that had yet to be patched up yet. It allowed him access to areas that were not opened up yet because they were under construction, and so all he had to do was get to this tunnel. He grabbed his "shields" and threw a few more instances of his directional arrow spell up into the hall. He looked around as he ran towards the tunnel that the whole hall had been totaled and people that he forgot were even there were all over the place either knocked out because a ball hit them accidentally or were freaking out because they thought a hacker was attacking the hall. A majority of the art was knocked over, had footprints on them, and for some reason some of them were even being set on fire. "Nothing new here really from what I can tell" he finally got to the tunnel and jumped in at the back of the long hall. From this area he could crawl his way out of the hall back into the main area of the site. He had to think of the one place where he could escape and be safe from these things.... "To the Crimson Keep!!!"
Posted Sep 18, '09 at 4:04pm
8,475 posts
Coffee. He needed to finish his coffee.
Sip, sip, sip. He finished the cup quickly, before returning to work on Dystopia 2. He had to finish. With haste.
A knock came at Chill's door. He got up to answer it, before falling to the floor. His stomach tightened like a thousand microscopic boa constrictors were squeezing it. He got up, a soft 'urgh' escaping his lips, and he opened the door.
He did not like what happened after that.
The Compulse ball flew forward, smashing into his shoulder. A well-dressed, blond man caught it, and greeted him surprisingly cordially.
"Hello, Chill." The man said, sounding Scandinavian.
"You must be Cen . . . ."
"You're right about that."
Cen's arm went back as he was about to make another throw - but then, seemingly out of nowhere, Chill was hit again. An expert shot flew over Cen's shoulder, catching Chill square in the gut. This brought on yet another cramp. After he had recovered from the potshot, he noticed something. The wooden floors were ablaze. He jumped up, backing against the wall . . . before lurching forward at the site of the razor wire he was leaning up against.
A meteor exploded from Cen's hand. Chill ducked, dodging it, then he bolted. He was headed for the 98th page. For Mr. Gnome.
A ninja dropped in front of him, wearing A mardi Gras mask and an LGBT rights T-shirt. He was holding a rubber band ball, and appeared to be walking with pixie sticks for legs. He proceeded to toss the rubber band ball - a simple matter for some frozen air to stop. Chill grabbed Mr. Gnome, using his lazor to seal the fire escapes and other exits besides the one he was taking. After this surprise, Chill ran again, down tro the Heart of the dystopia - the final boss floor.
the staircase was a centipede - grabbing at Chill's legs, making him jump and tumble down the steps. He was almost there . . . pushing through the anthropomorphic door, he made it into an open room.
An army of hamsters. Barreling to him. They knocked hi m down and strated jumping on his stomach. "Stop! Ow!" His stomach cramped as they kept on pounding the center of his digestive system. To make matters worse, the lights were shining excruciatingly brightly . . . .
Chill froze a dome over his prostrate form to block the Compulse balls from Cen and Strop, before stopping to attempt thinking. He knew enough of the structure of the place to know that the main support was in the center . . . .
Suddenly, the ice dome was shattered by a hooved foot. Getting up, Chill continued to run, still being chased by ninjas and hamsters.
He was tripped up by yet another spherical object - he couldn't tell what it was - and he fell on the floor. He was so close . . . .
He stumbled to his feet, backing up, before looking down. The wood floor appeared to drop off into a slick, white nothingness - a linoleum chasm. With Cen and Strop closing in on him, he had nothing else to do . . . he folded his arms to his chest, closed his eyes, and fell backward into the chasm.
Jolted from his induced serenity almost immediately, Chill sat up, only to be knocked down again by a ball to the face. He was now bleeding both from the back of his head and the depths of his nose, lesving a trail of lukewarm pain behind him as he continued to flee.
Chill was relieved and frightened - he was in the heart of the dystopia, but he coulkd barely see a thing. Everything was scrambled . . . except for one statue. The Alt statue, the pin holding all of Dystopia together - it stood firm to Chill, probably because the gold body, platinum pants, silver underwear, Taffeite eyes, and woven adamantium clothing all cost about 200,000 AP in donations and his own money.
And so, it was all he could do to escape. He had no choice.
He ran, even while the hamsters continued to pound on his stomach, to the Big Red Button of Eternal Woe.
He pressed it.
From there, the statue groaned, before collapsing into a fine powder, which materialized inside a freezer bag. Taking the bag, Chill ran for the fire escape. He had to get outside, and fast.
Stepping into the eerie stillness of the Armusement Park at night, Chill hoped for the best. He dodged Compulse ball after Compulse ball, biding his time. Then, it came.
"Just as I thought would happen . . . ." Chill said as the entire Dystopia structure veered to the right and snapped. It fell right where Chill thought it would . . . the biggest thread in Armorland history. The "Rate the Above 'User's Fame" complex. All 1370-some pages of it.
The RPG building speared through the main core of the building, smashing the key supports. Some flame Magik alighted the facade, burning it away quickly. (the fire burned at OOOOOOOVVVVERRRRR 9000!!! degrees Kelvin). The remaining supports of the building went molten, and then Strop, Cen, and Chill all saw the most chilling, fantastic sight in Armorland history.
Millions of AP, almost 1400 thread pages falling to the ground at freefall speed . . . the largest thread and the largest RPG lay ion ruins, expelling a wave of dust which knocked them all down to their backs, and into the realm of unconsciousness.
When he woke up, Chill could see clearly again. The sun was at its apogee, and he was covered in footprints. Sitting up, he woozily asked a passerby " . . . did I win?"
Posted Sep 18, '09 at 4:06pm
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"I can feel it coming in the air tonight, oh lord Ive been waiting for this moment, all my life, oh lord Can you feel it coming in the air tonight, oh lord, oh lord"
Snelly was spinning around singing the O so familliar song by phil collins. It was a beautifull day, or as beautiful as a day you can have right next to the smelliest and nastiest moat the world may have ever known.
Flipper had made a make shift drum set out of diffrent size fish, and each made diffrent pitches. So before he enjoyed them he decided it only proper to play along with one of snelly's better singings. He had caught so many fish i nthe moat, he really didn't need these ones. Under the layers of dead fish were tons of fish, and a very large few, which he never did catch.
There the two were, right next to the moat, Snelly for once in her life was htting notes, and skipper was actually full.
'BOOM, HEADSHOT!" strop had just pelted a ball straight into Flippers head, causing him to backflip into the moat.
"Flipper who liked the water found it much safer to swim around there then to come up and risk another hit. He found the ball nearby in the water and sat on top of it, and of cousre falling off and ending up swimming.
'Strop, you could have warned the little penguin first......' Cen who was holding the tattered ball sack over his shoulder, was rather tired, and not in the best of moods. 'well I let him finish the cool part of the song!' Strop cryed out in deffevense looking for simpathy which cen would never give him.' Well let's get phil collins down from there.' Strop jugled the ball with his feet for a second before kicking the ball straight toward Snelly who at that moment decided it needed to start acting like 'snoopy and the red baren' And the ball missed hopelessly.
Snelly however noticed the ball flying past. *mic noise* 'This is flight eleventy twelve we are taking enemy fire, will be engaging enemy.' Snelly dogged the next few balls strop chucked towards her and manged to catch one, she dropped into a dive bomb and came straight towards strop, who simple side stepped, leaving Cen directly in the line of fire, and was then smacked in the face with the "Atom bomb" from snelly.
'Why is it always me?' Asked cen to no one inperticular and not bothering to stand up. 'Well, it's becuse you simplie havn't honed your reflexes yet.' Strop explained. 'I wasn't expecting an answer' Cen mumbled from the ground
Strop wipped a ball up at snelly, and smacked her in the left wing.
Snelly spiraled down to the ground and fell into the moat, a few feet from Flipper.
'O hi flipper, funny thing, were getting attacked by Japanes!!' 'That's just strop and cen' 'you mean not wwll soilders?' 'no'
With that flipper took his skate board and pulled him self out of the moat. He kicked off, and started turning around strop. He picked up a ball, and tasted it, not the best tasteing thing, expecially when you consider it came from a sack on cens back. He threw the ball away in disgust and it landed square on cen's stomach.
'I give up!' Cen cried, slowly crawling away to curl into a ball.
Strop in turn wipped a ball at flipper, who pulled off a 180 over it scooped up another ball, jumped off the board, and landed on his belly. he did a front flip, and shot the ball at strop. Strop who was more ammused by the impressive agility of a fat penguin was hit square i nthe jaw.
'ouch! well, thats a game then!' Good job you to! ...cenere? Can you collect the balls?'
cen crawlded out from under a bush and looked at all the balls floating on the murky water of the moat. His nose wrinkled in disgust.
'Very nice fish drums you got there flipper, tah twas impressive!' Strop said patting the little penguin on his head.
'thanks' was all skipper said and jumped back in the moat, were he should not have been, but strop thought better of jumping into the water."Ceeeennnn?"
Cenere, meanwhile, was struggling into a wetsuit, trying not to puke at the thought of the task ahead, relieving himself by thinking of all the things he would love to do to Strop in his sleep. (See picture)
There's my entry. Like it, or I will have to ride my unicorn to your house and kill you.
(O, and i will be naked....strop, you were there once. I dont think you wanna go back)
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Answerman - Discs of Steel
This week, a bunch of questions about Blu-rays! How's that Macross Plus blu-ray box from Japan? How's that crowdsourcing thing going? And why are the episodes divided up so strangely?
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FrameFreeze100 Posts: 139 |
Guess Anohana wasn't a huge priority for Funimation or it didn't get enough support on their survey.
Guess we should all expect announcements for Maken-Ki! and Omamori Himari soon. |
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StormSky92 Posts: 316 |
Not the company I was expecting to license it.
Was hoping for it to get dubbed...but they probably couldn't of matched the voices so well. $70....hope they mark it done for some pre-order price when they actually have it up in their store. I'll still probably get this anyway. I loved this series. |
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Sima Yi Posts: 63 |
I wish NISA would stop localizing anime. All I've seen from them is budgeted releases with no dubs. They should stick to what they're good at. Penny pinching the localizations of video games with the bare minimum dubbing needed to get past SCEA's publishing rules. | ||||
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Fifth B Posts: 213 |
Holla-holla. I'm not sure why, but I thought that NIS would be the one to license this show. I've been wanting to check it out for some time, and I'm o glad that I can own it. July can't come soon enough! Last edited by Fifth B on Thu Mar 29, 2012 10:28 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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who_is_friend Posts: 355 |
Sweet! AnoHana was my favourite anime of 2011. Can't wait to get that nice premium set to display. I'll be pre-ordering as soon as I'm able. | ||||
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SpacemanHardy Posts: 1363 |
Freaking perfect. That's ANOTHER series I was excited about that I'll never get to watch.
NISA, please just die. Seriously. |
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Splitter Posts: 1138 Location: Knockin' on Heaven's Door |
NISA's on a roll. | ||||
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Kougeru Posts: 1874 |
Best series of 2011 IMO. I expected someone bigger to get it..but I guess they're blind to quality. Amazon and rightstuf usually sell anime at a good 15-20% cheaper than MSRP right from the get go. Honestly, I think anything over 40 dollars is insane for 12-13 episodes....
I don't see the problem. No dubs=quicker release...not to mention that nearly every dub now days is unbearable. Especially if you've heard the Japanese audio. A lot of current VAs don't seem to have the ability to portray the characters properly. My biggest concern is that at least two of NIS's anime releases ended up big major issues that had to be sent back for (Toradora being one of them). |
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octopodpie ANN Columnist Posts: 513 Location: Washington State |
That's a pretty good price and I love art books! Will be pre-ordering this one! | ||||
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Animerican14 Posts: 750 Location: Saint Louis, MO |
@FrameFreeze100: Speaking of Funimation's survey.... I'm hoping that Mawaru Penguindrum generated interest on their end. As hit and miss their line localization/translation accuracy may be these days, as I've understood based on what others have said (haven't kept track of many new dubs these days, actually), I've always had some great fondness for their voice talent.
Oh yeah, Ano Hana! I've heard it to be a very moving story, alongside that it was excessively melodramatic and it turned out not-so-good by the end of the series. Without story specifics.... is this worth a watch, or maybe even a blind-buy for the summer? (Is this legally streaming anywhere, by the way?) Last edited by Animerican14 on Thu Mar 29, 2012 10:38 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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StormSky92 Posts: 316 |
In order: 1. Worth watching: Definitely 2. "Blind-buy": Not at the price it's being listed for. 3. Not that i'm aware of |
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Cecilthedarkknight_234 Posts: 3272 Location: Louisville, KY |
oh boy here comes a buzz kill dubs are not necessity nor are they needed stop being selfish and I will stop being a dick On a different note fudge YEAH i am so happy right now i can actually cry... i really can.. thank you nisa for bringing over this masterpiece for us. Last edited by Cecilthedarkknight_234 on Thu Mar 29, 2012 10:41 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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dtm42 Pirate King Posts: 11893 Location: NZL |
Well that's a mean-spirited and narrow-sighted view to take. I'm happy that it was picked up at all. |
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SINGAPORE Rio Tinto Plcs mined and refined copper output fell short of expectations in 2012, the company said Jan. 15. Mined copper production totaled 548,800 tonnes last year, up 6 percent year on year but below the London-based companys previous forecast of 560,000 tonnes. Meanwhile, refined copper output fell 16 percent year on year to 279,300 tonnes, falling short of the prior estimate of 290,000 tonnes, Rio Tinto said. ....
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The fifth in a series of new work which has kind of evolved from my fluid inspired abstracts! An original semi-abstract painting created with my love of stained glass very much in mind and looking at how the seasons colour my own world. I have called the series "Colour My World" and inspiration for these pieces has also come from the artwork of Louis Comfort Tiffany whos work I admire greatly. There are 4 larger pieces sized at 90cm x 90cm and each of these will represent 1 of the seasons. The other 9 in the collection will be sized the same as this one and each will have a connection with one of the seasons. Painted in acrylic on a deep edged box canvas with all sides painted and ready to hang. **PLEASE NOTE THERE MAY BE SEVERAL WEEKS DELAY IN DELIVERY OF THIS ITEM AS IT IS CURRENTLY AWAY IN AN EXHIBITION. I CAN GIVE AN ESTIMATE OF DELIVERY DATE IF REQUIRED**
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"Cincinnati Professional" is part of a series depicting local places. Signed by the artist, Jan Brown Checco, it is no. 92 of 750 and measures 24" x 19". Included is a list identifying each place and the bonus DVD about Music Hall produced by CET. |
16" x 19" pastel by local artist, Jan Brown Checco, is titled "Cincinnati Residential" is signed and numbered 548 of 750. |
"Cincinnati Sacred" is part of a series depicting local places. Signed by the artist, Jan Brown Checco. Included is a list identifying each place and the bonus DVD about Music Hall produced by CET. |
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Two prints by Haydar Hatemi, "Treasures of King Solomon" and "Joseph at the Slave Market" are signed and numbered 7 of 100 and measure 26 1/2" x 20 1/2". |
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Benjamin Miller (1877-1964s fine pencil and crayon drawing. With matting, this work measures 17" x 14". |
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Limited edition lithograph by Alexander Chen. Titled "Santa Monica" and signed by the artist, it is no. 117 of 1000 and measures 15" x 21". |
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Robert Fabe print titled "Day Dreamers" is signed by the artist and mounted on posterboard for stability. It measures 22" x 28". Included is a $30 gift certificate toward framing costs. |
Set of three works from the Jan Brown Checco Cincinnati watercolor series includes "Cincinnati Arts" , "Cincinnati Sacred" and "Cincinnati Residential". Each unframed pieces measures 19" x 16". |
Lithograph titled "Cincinnati Professional" is part of the Jan Brown Checcho Cincinnati Watercolor series. The 24" x 19"work is embossed. |
Embossed lithograph from the Jan Brown Checco Cincinnati Watercolor series is titled "Cincinnati Parks and Public Spaces". It measures 19" x 24" unframed. |
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced today the final revised critical habitat for the Comal Springs dryopid beetle, Comal Springs riffle beetle and Peck's cave amphipod under the Endangered Species Act. In total, approximately 169 acres in four units are being designated in Comal and Hays Counties, Texas.
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today announced nearly $32 million in grants to 20 states to help advance their collaborative efforts to conserve America's rarest species. The cooperative grants will provide vital support to efforts by partnering state wildlife agencies and conservation organizations to improve the health of the land and water that supports these species and scores of communities across the nation.
One of this year's grants will provide the Solana Ranch Preserve (Bell County) Texas with $881,250. This funding will allow the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department to acquire a conservation easement on a 256-acre tract located in Bell County to benefit the Salado salamander. The acquisition will provide protection for the species in three of the seven springs in which it is known to occur. Acquisition of the Solana Ranch Preserve will protect an area of 75 percent of the proposed critical habitat units for this species in the Service's Southwest Region. The acquisition will also protect the quality of cave and spring water, minimize ground water pollution, protect groundwater and spring flow, and exclude cattle and feral hogs.
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will protect six species of aquatic invertebrates native to west Texas as endangered under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The Service also designated critical habitat for these species in portions of Reeves, Jeff Davis and Pecos Counties.
The six aquatic invertebrates, the Phantom springsnail, Phantom tryonia, diminutive amphipod, Diamond tryonia, Gonzales tryonia and Pecos amphipod are in danger of extinction due to the loss and degradation of the natural springs that support them. All six invertebrate species are entirely aquatic and occur in spring habitats dependent upon surface flows from groundwater sources for their survival, growth and reproduction.
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service released an analysis that estimates the cost related to the revised proposed critical habitat for the Comal Springs dryopid beetle, Comal Springs riffle beetle and Peck's cave amphipod over the next 20 years. In addition, the Service is announcing the reopening of the comment period for 30 days to allow all interested parties the opportunity to comment on the draft economic analysis, the amended determinations sections and the revised proposed critical habitat rule.
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Federal Register Notice - Draft Economic Analysis (224 KB, PDF)
Federal Register Notice - Proposed Revision of Critical Habitat (2.1 MB, PDF)
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) announced on February 14, 2012, a final critical habitat designation for nine invertebrates under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (ESA). In total, the Service will designate 4,216 acres (1,706 ha) in 30 units as critical habitat in Bexar County, Texas. In addition, the Service is announcing a 12-month finding on a petition to revise the critical habitat designation by removing unit 13 from the designation. After review of all available scientific and commercial information, we find that the petitioned action is not warranted at this time. The final critical habitat rule becomes effective 30 days after its publication in the Federal Register.
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has removed the Concho water snake from the list of threatened species under the Endangered Species Act and removed the federally designated critical habitat for the Concho water snake. A post-delisting monitoring plan has been prepared.
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The U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) announced in the Federal Register on October 6, 2011, a Notice Of Availability (NOA) of a draft Environmental Assessment (dEA) on an application for an enhancement of survival permit under Section 10(a)(1)(A) of the Endangered Species Act (Act) of 1973, as amended, for the dunes sagebrush lizard (Sceloporus arenicolus)(DSL). The application was submitted by The Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts (TX CPA).
The permit application includes the draft Texas Conservation Plan Dunes Sagebrush Lizard (TX CP DSL) that will function as a Candidate Conservation Agreement with Assurances (CCAA) between the Service and TX CPA for the dunes sagebrush lizard (DSL) throughout its range in Texas.
The proposed CCAA would be in effect for 30 years in west and northwest Texas. This area constitutes the CCAA's Planning Area, with Covered Areas being private lands and state trust lands that provide suitable habitat or are being improved or restored to provide suitable habitat for the DSL. The Applicant proposes to implement conservation measures for the DSL by removing threats to the survival of these species and protecting their habitat. If the DSL becomes listed in the future, the draft TX CP DSL may also act as a Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP) in support of future applications for incidental take permits under the ESA. The draft TX CP DSL and the dEA are available for public review and comment on the potential issuance of the above permits. The comment period runs for 60 days and all comments must be received by December 5, 2011.
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Recovery Plan: The nine Bexar County karst invertebrates were protected as endangered under the Endangered Species Act on December 26, 2000. These invertebrates are troglobites, spending their entire lives underground, inhabiting caves and mesocaverns (humanly impassable voids in karst) in Bexar County, Texas. They are characterized by small or absent eyes and pale coloration.
The recovery plan (Plan) includes scientific information about the species and provides objectives and actions needed to recover the Bexar County karst invertebrates, with the goal of ultimately removing them from the list of threatened and endangered species. The Plan lays out recovery actions designed to achieve these objectives. The primary threat to these species is habitat loss.
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Five-Year Review: The 5-year status review determined that these species are appropriately listed as endangered and that their status has not changed since they were listed. The review also provides updated information on the current threats to the species, ongoing conservation efforts, and the priority needs for future conservation actions. Further, the review identifies areas that have the potential to meet part of the recovery criteria. This information provides a path to reaching recovery for these species.
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced in the September 27, 2011, Federal Register it has completed a status review of the Tamaulipan agapema (Agapema galbina), Sphingicampa blanchardi (no common name), and Ursia furtiva (no common name) and concluded that they do not warrant protection under the Endangered Species Act (Act). The Service made this 12-month finding after a thorough review of all the available scientific and commercial information regarding the status of the three moth species and threats to them. Please submit any new information, materials, comments, or questions concerning the Tamaulipan agapema or Sphingicampa blanchardi to the Corpus Christi Ecological Services Field Office. Please submit any new information, material, comments, or questions concerning Urisa furtiva to the Austin Ecological Services Field Office.
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced in the August 9, 2011, Federal Register it has completed a status review of the Nueces River shiner (Cyprinella sp.) and plateau shiner (Cyprinella lepida) and concluded that they do not warrant protection under the Endangered Species Act. The Service made this 12-month finding after a thorough review of all the available scientific and commercial information regarding the status of the Nueces River shiner and plateau shiner and threats to these species. We request that you submit any new information concerning the status of, or threats to, the species to our Austin Ecological Services Field Office.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) announced in the Federal Register on May 24, 2011 that the spot-tailed earless lizard (Holbrookia lacerata) may warrant Federal protection as a threatened or endangered species. This 90-day finding follows an initial review of a petition from WildEarth Guardians, seeking to protect the spot-tailed earless lizard under the Endangered Species Act (Act).
The Service finds that the petition presents substantial scientific or commercial information indicating that listing the spot-tailed earless lizard may be warranted. This finding is based on potential threats posed by predation from fire ants. Fire ants are known to adversely impact native fauna in general, including reptiles. Fire ants occur across a large part of the spot-tailed earless lizard's range and may pose a threat through direct predation on adults, hatchlings and eggs.
The spot-tailed earless lizard is divided into two distinct subspecies, based on morphological (physical) differences and geographic separation. The northern spot-tailed earless lizard subspecies (Holbrookia lacerata lacerata) historically occurred throughout the Edwards Plateau in Texas. The southern spot-tailed earless lizard (Holbrookia lacerata subcaudalis) historically occurred through south Texas into parts of Mexico's States of Coahuila, Nuevo Leon, and Tamaulipas. The present population status of the spot-tailed earless lizard is largely unknown.
The Service will undertake a more thorough status review of the species to determine whether to propose adding the species to the Federal List of Threatened and Endangered Wildlife. With publication of this notice in the Federal Register, the Service will open a 60-day public comment period.
To ensure this status review is comprehensive, the Service is soliciting information from state and federal natural resource agencies and all interested parties regarding the spot-tailed earless lizard and its habitat. For information on how to submit comments, refer to the Federal Register notice, below.
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) announced in the Federal Register on Tuesday, February 22, 2011, a proposal to revise critical habitat designation for nine invertebrates under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). The proposed critical habitat is located in Bexar County, Texas. In total, approximately 6,906 acres (2,795 hectares) are being proposed for revised or designated critical habitat. Publication of this proposal in the Federal Register begins a 60-day public comment period.
The nine species for which the Service is proposing to designate critical habitat or to revise critical habitat are collectively known as the nine Bexar County invertebrates. They are Rhadine exilis (ground beetle, no common name); Rhadine infernalis (ground beetle, no common name); Helotes mold beetle (Batrisodes venyivi); Cokendolpher Cave harvestman (Texella cokendolpheri); Robber Baron Cave meshweaver (Cicurina baronia); Madla Cave meshweaver (Cicurina madla); Braken Bat Cave meshweaver (Cicurina venii); the Government Canyon Bat Cave meshweaver (Cicurina vespera); and Government Canyon Bat Cave spider (Neoleptoneta microps). All of these species are subterranean-dwelling, non-aquatic species of local distribution in north and northwest Bexar County, Texas. Additional information about these species and their proposed critical habitat is contained in the documents listed below.
The Service is requesting comments or information from the public, other concerned government agencies, the scientific community, industry, or other interested parties concerning this proposed rule. For information on how to submit comments or request a hearing, refer to the Federal Register notice, below.
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The Don Rufino is a good solid warm weather sessionable beer. The beer pour a bright pale yellow with a white head that left some lacing. The smell was mostly grain and bread with maybe a hint of citrus. The taste was light an crisp, good balance between hops and malt. The mouthfeel was light in body with good carbonation. Overall this was a decent beer and would be even better on hot days.
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Made for commemorating the first brew made in Bogotá by Don Rufino and Don Angel Cuervo, which was called Cerveza de Cuervo. This if you don´t count Chicha, which is a corn fermented beverage made for centuries in Andean countries.
Pale golden color with a short retention.
Faint smell of vanilla and honey. Although light as well, its flavor is more fun the aroma. Taste of malt with herbal hops with a mild but pleasant bitterness.
Light body with good carbonation and a crisp feeling.
An ok beer, on the positive side I was expecting less given the low 4% ABV alcohol, but could be less watery anyway. More marketing that product.
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3.65/5 rDev +8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
A: Super pale golden to slightly tawny lightish yellow. Small white head that falls fast. Bright and clear with a few streams of small fast rising bubbles. Some okay lace.
S: A rather shy and clean nose. Faint malt with touches of toastiness and sweetness. Very ghostly hint of generic hops. Perhaps some soft esters. Opens just a small amount as it warms.
T: Quite a bit more going on than in the nose. Biscuity malts – a bit toasty & with just a touch of fresh milled malt effect. Softly herbal & grassy hops (hint of mint) with moderate bittering. Touch of estery fruit with just a hint of vinous character. Lingering herbal bitterness. Develops a pleasant, slightly sweet citrus note as it warms.
M: Medium light body with firm carbonation. Crisp & quenching. Attenuated quite a bit, but finish is only mildly drying. Sounds simple and basic, but is pretty great.
D: Sort of a light and small American pale golden ale that is leaning just a bit kolsch-style. Not fruity or richly malty enough to really pull off the later though. Oh well – styles aside – this is damn nice & refreshing. Fairly tasty too. A very good summer beer for anywhere. Super nice for a little 4.0% beer.
Serving type: bottle
05-14-2012 02:38:25 | More by SickGnar
3.63/5 rDev +7.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Don Rufino is one of the BBC's recent bombardment of seasonal or one-off beers and I of course had to land a few bottles to try it out, since I had missed it the last time it was around.
Had the luck of getting one bottle (for this very tasting) from Berny himself while visiting the brewery with fellow BA aschwab.
Berny explained the story as a homage to Mr. Rufino José Cuervo, colombian filologist and pioneer of the brewing art in the country in the late XIX century.
Poured into a Jester King american pint glass. right off, a very clear and bright, golden tone. maybe reminiscent of some traditional franco-german ales. small, fizzy white head fading almost instantly into a simple rim and almost no lacing. almost no action within.
And it is in the terms of this franco-german style that I had a hard time deciding what style this must be. Of course, a dozen people will eyeball me like i'm insane if i can't tell the two apart, but the smell brought me through the world of both Koelsch and Saisons. I opted for the latter- maybe a fresher memory- but I guess time will allow for someone to disprove me.
For all it's worth, the smell has a very interesting sour-to-bitter feel of stored hops. not really lemon-ish, but slightly more pungent. not sweet at all. and there's no alcohol present (wouldn't expect there to be any, either).
While the taste is good, it's not fantastic as it combines with a smooth and very light body. Maybe I've become overhyped about hop bombs and stronger, more savory beers, but I failed to be overwhelmed by this one. Again, very subtle and non-sweet, the strength of the flavour goes along the lines of an introductory, wheatier feel (very grainy, to be honest...bière de garde? nah, but definetly not a Kölsch). follow up is a balanced hoppy feel, almost slightly charred, but on the very soft end.
The body is very, very light. although the bitter nose and taste may balance it out slightly, this is definetly a summer beer, and it is fizzier than it appears. maybe i'm just not in season right now. No alcohol ever throughout.
The beer is overall not bad, but it may have more mystique behind it than marvel in itself.
Serving type: bottle
03-04-2011 00:37:41 | More by Andreji
Don Rufino from Bogota Beer Company
out of 100
based on 5 ratings.


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10-31-00 My name is Renee and I am 34 years old. I have a 3-week-old son named Matthew who happens to be just beautiful (of course without any bias)! He was born on 10-7-00 at 3 P.M. The original due date was 9-26-00 so I was a bit late. Getting pregnant was easy and planned. Being pregnant, for me, was not so easy. Although I had a very healthy and uneventful pregnancy, it was just all the normal aches and pains I did not like dealing with. Additionally, I found the weight gain to be dreadful. I am a small woman; well I used to be. Prior to getting pregnant I weighed approximately 115 lbs. I am 5 feet tall. When I went in to be induced on 10-6-00 I weighed about 175 lbs. This much weight gain can put a toll on ones body!! I went to all my appointments as prescribed. I had all the prenatal tests and passed with flying colors. There were no red flags for what was in store for me later. I did have to miss 1 week's appointment due to my doctor not being available. In fact, when I asked to see another Doctor his Nurse explained that there is not another Doctor available. She further stated, "Renee, we live in the United States where we see our patients too much anyway." Well that statement couldn't be farther from the truth as you will be able to see in the following story. As I got closer to the due date, I was not dilating, as one would have hoped. Without being dilated you cannot be induced as that is almost a certainty for a c-section (well that is according to my doc). So we had to wait. While waiting, he still had to monitor my baby's environment. We did this by having ultrasounds to measure the amount of amnio fluid that was left and monitoring the baby's heart rate. On 10-3-00 I went for the first set of tests. It was found that I did have a low amount of fluid left, however, it was within the normal range. The baby's heart rate was also within the normal range. These tests led me home once again still pregnant and very uncomfortable. 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I used to get this same thing when I was 15 years old. I used to get migraines and this is how they would start. There was a difference though. With the migraines, it would be white sparkling glass. On this day the glass had some color to it. Additionally, it NEVER went away. Usually it lasted about 1-2 hours and would end. On this day I went to bed with this problem. I also had another bad headache this day. Ironically, I am now taking the percocet for the headaches and not the incision. Later this evening my husband advised me that he will get up with the baby and I should not. He insisted and once I got past the guilt, I agreed. Around 2 A.M. on 10-16-00, my husband was coming back to bed after a feeding. I still was not feeling well. He advised me of what I did next, as my memory is a bit fuzzy. He told me that I was curled up in a ball shivering. I asked him if he could get me a glass of water. 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After surviving a very traumatic first pregnancy with a nightmare delivery (30 hours of magnesium-induced hell, ending in an emergency c-section) and even more debilitating recovery, one would think I was DONE having children. Let's be ...
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