July 1 is the deadline to get a ConiFur NW 2001 membership at the low price of just $25.

Click "Read more..." to read the most recent announcement from the ConiFur Chair, James "Tibo" Birdsall.

Some random animal news now: NOAA embarks on a mission to rescue an injured right whale despite the weather and difficulties involved; and two lynx kittens found in a clear cut forest in Maine. The latter article is especially interesting in its mention of how humans can plan how they're going to use the resources of nature in such a way that it can actually provide more opportunities for wildlife than would have occurred naturally. This is similar to the premise of a book I finished reading by a naturalist, Eco-Geography (link to Amazon). Worth the read for those of you interested in sustainable living in a way that neither insists that all human life is inimical to the pristine and perfect natural world nor assumes that we're hell-bent on destroying everything in our selfish quest for material wealth.

The Cyantian Chronicles is proud to present their first gathered and printed archives, containing:

• The first series of Satin & Silk, with the first six strips redrawn and the rest rescanned and edited for print
  
• The Satin & Silk Prequel
  
• A two page followup comic to the prequel
  
• A summary to the start of the first series of Satin & Silk
  
• A short Satin & Silk story *With an illustration*
  
• Stripes by Spotweld *With a special illustration*
  
• Satin & Silk's profiles
  
• Back cover by Spike
  

For more information, visit Cyantia Zine or the main site at: Cyantian.net.

From the Yerf News page, posted June 15th:

I'd like to ask for some feedback, please. I want to know what everybody expects, wants to see, wants me to do, etc..


To tell you the truth, I get very little to no feedback as it is!



So, if you like Yerf but would like to see some things change, email me.

If you like Yerf and don't want to see anything change, email me.

If you hate Yerf and want to see some things change, email me.

If you just want to say Yerf sucks and not care if anything changes, email me!



I'd seriously like some feedback so I can improve this place. That's what I've been wanting to do all along.
I'll post some of the feedback I get here at the end of the week (without names, of course). -Dingo

The ConiFur NorthWest Art Show participant packets are ready to be mailed out next week. If you plan to have items for sale or show, drop a line (with your address) to the artshow director at artshow@conifur.org.


There is also an announcement-only email list for updated news and information about this year's artshow. Contact me at the same address to subscribe.

From Kagemushi on alt.fan.furry: "I have signed a contract with a hotel to accept our overflow!



The alternate hotel is the RADISSON TWELVE CAESARS hotel at 4200
City Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19131. It is about 2 blocks (less than 1/4
mile) up the road from the Adams Mark."

I received email today from Furbid Administration that their proxy bidding system is now in production. Quoted: "In order to hasten along the shake-down testing of FurBid's proxy-bidding code, I'm taking the code out of beta and putting it into production status. All bidding contracts on the FurBid Proxy-bidding script will be binding, from here
on. Please report any status (problem/success/etc.) to aatheus@transfur.com, so we can get the proxy-bidding code into the main auction system this month." Check out FurBid for more info.

In a particularly Heartwarming story, (Again, from MSNBC (I really do read other news sources, really!)) Author Susan Cheever gives us a personal story of her and her daughter, and a small brown bear. I remember my collection of stuffed animals, and my favorite one, "Scruffy". This'll leave a smile on our face when you're finished.

(As a biased side note, I wonder if we may eventually welcome her into the ranks of the fandom? I hope so. =-} )

ABCnews reports that space scientists the world over are a little worried that the 50-year-old Deep Space Network, may be overloaded by all the traffic from over 25 space probes currently in-flight to various locations. Peak traffic is expected to happen in 2003-2004. 6-14 Update from Aureth: Additional information from Shockwave, who works for a NASA contractor, is in the comments. Very interesting...to me at least, since I'm a minor space buff.

The NEFUR list is hosting a pre Anthrocon picnic at Purgatory Chasm State Park in central, MA on Saturday, July 7th. The purpose is for locals to get to know each other before the convention.


The NEFUR list consists of a generally normal and socially able group of people. This is a great opportunity for those folks who have been hesitant to get out and meet other furs before or would like to bring friends who aren't quite furry yet.

Visit http://labrat.critter.net/purgatory.html for directions and information. Since the picnic will be potluck RSVP's are required to coordinate food. To RSVP, email Lonnie DiNello at Dalia@BeerHorse.com by June 30th.

From our favorite convention chair cockroach, Kagemushi on alt.fan.furry: "I have had a number of reports this evening that the Adams Mark has sold out. THESE ARE RUMORS which at the moment I can neither confirm nor deny. There are one of three explanations." Read on for more. I will endeavor to post updates when more information is available. Update: 6-12 5:30 pm According to Rigel, the Adams Mark has indeed completely sold out. Information on an overflow hotel will be availble at Anthrocon's website shortly.

From Nexxus on alt.fan.furry: "We have one line up and running now. I will be spending the day hooking up
everything and testing. Hopefully we will be online this afternoon or this
evening." So. Is Furnation up yet? I can't get to it, but that's not unusual, as DNS changes take some time to propogate.

On MSNBC, they reported on an Experiment that combined Human and Cow DNA.


While this story is a bit old, I hadn't seen it anywhere else. An interesting read, if only to gauge the ethics debate that will undoubtedly spawn if/when it becomes viable to create actual Furs at a Genetic Level.

From Scifi News Wire:

In the wake of the success of the Harry Potter series of children's novels, the estate of author C.S. Lewis is gearing up for a new effort to market his classic Chronicles of Narnia books, the New York Times reported. The seven Narnia books tell the story of Aslan, a lion who rules a fantasy kingdom, and the English schoolchildren who visit his world.

Liger, Furnation's Tech fur, posted on fur.announce and a few other places. It all boils down to the telecom folk taking avantage of an existing fiber optic line, but not testing out the line to see if it could carry DSL info. Hopefully, it'll be Monday at the least. Full details below: