The Northern Dragons is the largest and most active demogroup in North America. It was officially established January 12, 2001, for the purpose of creating and releasing demoscene productions.
History
Polaris, Joe and Hawk founded the group on January 12 of 2001 with the firm intention to attend Assembly demoparty in the coming summer and make a demo for it. They did go to the party but had not finished their demo. In the following years, and to this day, they have continued to release productions for Assembly each year, mostly in the 4K intro category.
In 2003, key members cerror and BarZoule joined the group. The two have been involved in the most successful productions and have helped boost the total number of ND releases. Being one of the few active graphicians, BarZoule has contributed to nearly every production since he joined the group.
Also in this year, Guybrush joined, bringing embedded firmware experience, which has resulted in a number of portable game platform productions, including a GBA (Game Boy Advance) music disk Rock Your Tits Off, slide show Pilgrimage GBA Slideshow, and a PSP musicdisk gigertron, notable for winning the wild gategory at Pilgrimage in 2005, and for being the first PSP production to be released at any demoparty.
In 2004 Blacklight joined the group to become the official tool wizard, greatly easing demo development, leading to the winning demo
Assembly coding guru sTec quit the group in 2004 to start Trailer Park Demos along with Tom. PatrickGroove left shortly after to concentrate on non-demoscene activities, putting and end to scenezine at the same time.
Having a fairly unbalanced coder:artist ratio, ND specialises in 4K intros. Founder Polaris, along with tonic, started , which has become the central resource about creation of 4 KB intros.
Members
active:
*Polaris (coder, founder, organiser)
*Guybrush (coder)
*BarZoule (coder, designer)
*Blacklight (coder)
*Slamex (graphician)
*cerror (musician)
*K9D (musician)
*dbg (server host and submitter)
*RaDMan (group historian)
inactive:
*arvo
*ClassiclyZero
*Dasme
*DiamonDie
*DrunkenHyena
*Ethelion
*loopy
*marauder
*mewse
*MoonRunner
*pixxelpuss
*rv
*Sould_D
*Syntax
*TomF
*tonic
*umdesch4
*wew
former:
*sTec (coder, left to start Trailer Park Demos)
*the HardLiner (musician)
*PatrickGroove (graphician)
Awards
*1st place, TMDCX - clockwerck
*1st place, Block Party, demo - Trace Symbol
*3rd place, Block Party, wild - ZikTape
*2nd place, Numerica, demo - Block Party
*1st place, TMDC9 - Signal To Droids
*2nd place, TMDC8 - s1gn4l.2.n01z3e
*1st place, Pilgrimage 2005, wild - gigertron
*1st place, Pilgrimage 2005, demo - nd-001: Eurotrash
*2nd place, Pilgrimage 2004, wild - evo pilgrimix
*2nd place, Pilgrimage 2004, demo - cubetro
*3rd place, TMDC6 - zero
History
Polaris, Joe and Hawk founded the group on January 12 of 2001 with the firm intention to attend Assembly demoparty in the coming summer and make a demo for it. They did go to the party but had not finished their demo. In the following years, and to this day, they have continued to release productions for Assembly each year, mostly in the 4K intro category.
In 2003, key members cerror and BarZoule joined the group. The two have been involved in the most successful productions and have helped boost the total number of ND releases. Being one of the few active graphicians, BarZoule has contributed to nearly every production since he joined the group.
Also in this year, Guybrush joined, bringing embedded firmware experience, which has resulted in a number of portable game platform productions, including a GBA (Game Boy Advance) music disk Rock Your Tits Off, slide show Pilgrimage GBA Slideshow, and a PSP musicdisk gigertron, notable for winning the wild gategory at Pilgrimage in 2005, and for being the first PSP production to be released at any demoparty.
In 2004 Blacklight joined the group to become the official tool wizard, greatly easing demo development, leading to the winning demo
Assembly coding guru sTec quit the group in 2004 to start Trailer Park Demos along with Tom. PatrickGroove left shortly after to concentrate on non-demoscene activities, putting and end to scenezine at the same time.
Having a fairly unbalanced coder:artist ratio, ND specialises in 4K intros. Founder Polaris, along with tonic, started , which has become the central resource about creation of 4 KB intros.
Members
active:
*Polaris (coder, founder, organiser)
*Guybrush (coder)
*BarZoule (coder, designer)
*Blacklight (coder)
*Slamex (graphician)
*cerror (musician)
*K9D (musician)
*dbg (server host and submitter)
*RaDMan (group historian)
inactive:
*arvo
*ClassiclyZero
*Dasme
*DiamonDie
*DrunkenHyena
*Ethelion
*loopy
*marauder
*mewse
*MoonRunner
*pixxelpuss
*rv
*Sould_D
*Syntax
*TomF
*tonic
*umdesch4
*wew
former:
*sTec (coder, left to start Trailer Park Demos)
*the HardLiner (musician)
*PatrickGroove (graphician)
Awards
*1st place, TMDCX - clockwerck
*1st place, Block Party, demo - Trace Symbol
*3rd place, Block Party, wild - ZikTape
*2nd place, Numerica, demo - Block Party
*1st place, TMDC9 - Signal To Droids
*2nd place, TMDC8 - s1gn4l.2.n01z3e
*1st place, Pilgrimage 2005, wild - gigertron
*1st place, Pilgrimage 2005, demo - nd-001: Eurotrash
*2nd place, Pilgrimage 2004, wild - evo pilgrimix
*2nd place, Pilgrimage 2004, demo - cubetro
*3rd place, TMDC6 - zero
The Finders Keepers Crew are a group of street artists from London. The crew consists of , Mysterious Al and others.
Finders Keepers Crew host illegal street art exhibitions; they curate international artists to create artworks of street garbage for an impromptu and illegal street exhibition.
Details of each exhibition are kept as closely-guarded secrets until minutes prior to their opening, with invites usually being sent via e-mail or posted on street art websites such as and
Each Finders Keepers show lasts for one night only, and all artwork is handed out for free at the end.
Street artists such as , Banksy have produced work for finders keepers events .
Finders Keepers Crew host illegal street art exhibitions; they curate international artists to create artworks of street garbage for an impromptu and illegal street exhibition.
Details of each exhibition are kept as closely-guarded secrets until minutes prior to their opening, with invites usually being sent via e-mail or posted on street art websites such as and
Each Finders Keepers show lasts for one night only, and all artwork is handed out for free at the end.
Street artists such as , Banksy have produced work for finders keepers events .
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader movie is potentially scheduled to be released in the USA May 7, 2010, but rumors have been circling saying it shall be released in Fall 2009.
Lucy and Edmund Pevensie (Skandar Keynes and Georgie Henley) shall return to Narnia
With their
cousin Eustace (Will Poulter) to find themselves in the middle of the ocean with Prince Caspian (Ben Barnes) and Reepicheep, the noble mouse. (Eddie Izzard) Together they go on a quest that leads them to the end of the world.
Ben Barnes- Recently played in the Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
Skandar Keynes- Recently played in the Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian & LWW
Georgie Henley- Recently played in the Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian & LWW
Will Poulter- Recently appeared in British comedy Son of Rambo
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Lucy and Edmund Pevensie (Skandar Keynes and Georgie Henley) shall return to Narnia
With their
cousin Eustace (Will Poulter) to find themselves in the middle of the ocean with Prince Caspian (Ben Barnes) and Reepicheep, the noble mouse. (Eddie Izzard) Together they go on a quest that leads them to the end of the world.
Ben Barnes- Recently played in the Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
Skandar Keynes- Recently played in the Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian & LWW
Georgie Henley- Recently played in the Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian & LWW
Will Poulter- Recently appeared in British comedy Son of Rambo
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The May Day Mystery refers to a series of cryptic ads which have been placed in the Arizona Daily Wildcat, the newspaper of the University of Arizona, every May 1 since 1981. (In 1983, 1988, 1999 and 2005 the ads technically ran on April 29, April 27, April 29 and April 29, respectively. May 1 fell on a weekend in those years, when the Daily Wildcat does not publish.) The ads have appeared on other dates as well, usually in early December. While the ads at first appear to be an intellectual game, there is an underlying message of political and economic revolution.
The first ad contained three handwritten lines: "SR/CL: RICHMOND", a string of Simplified Chinese characters, and "MAY DAY, 1981". The Chinese characters translate literally as "Chairman Mao ten-thousand years old", which is usually interpreted as "Long live Chairman Mao".
There are a number of recurring themes in the ads, including:
*The Orphanage: A secret society, supposedly behind the ads
*The Prize: An unspecified reward for anyone who "solves" the mystery; in a safe deposit box
*Smiley Guy: A stylized smiley face that appears in some of the ads
*SR/CL: An unknown acronym
*White Rabbit/Wonder Bread: Unknown commodities transported by the Orphanage
*Martin Luther
Bryan Hance, a former student, discovered the ads as an undergraduate and is the first person known to seriously investigate them. He started a website in 1997 to document his investigation, and has attracted a small group of followers. He has been in contact with "The Orphanage" and others (such as "the Pimp") by email, post and phone since 1999. He has received many packages in the mail containing everything from coins and photographs to printouts from websites. He has also received many gold coins and bills, totaling over a few hundred dollars. He has been told that the money can be spent any way he wants, though Bryan tends to use it on paying the server bill.
The first ad contained three handwritten lines: "SR/CL: RICHMOND", a string of Simplified Chinese characters, and "MAY DAY, 1981". The Chinese characters translate literally as "Chairman Mao ten-thousand years old", which is usually interpreted as "Long live Chairman Mao".
There are a number of recurring themes in the ads, including:
*The Orphanage: A secret society, supposedly behind the ads
*The Prize: An unspecified reward for anyone who "solves" the mystery; in a safe deposit box
*Smiley Guy: A stylized smiley face that appears in some of the ads
*SR/CL: An unknown acronym
*White Rabbit/Wonder Bread: Unknown commodities transported by the Orphanage
*Martin Luther
Bryan Hance, a former student, discovered the ads as an undergraduate and is the first person known to seriously investigate them. He started a website in 1997 to document his investigation, and has attracted a small group of followers. He has been in contact with "The Orphanage" and others (such as "the Pimp") by email, post and phone since 1999. He has received many packages in the mail containing everything from coins and photographs to printouts from websites. He has also received many gold coins and bills, totaling over a few hundred dollars. He has been told that the money can be spent any way he wants, though Bryan tends to use it on paying the server bill.