Nominate someone you think should be an admin!

Hey, have you seen someone you think should be an admin recently, on the chat and/or forums? If so send a nomination to an alpha via PM with the reason and the name of who you want to nominate, if you know how old they are including that would be a big help! We will be allowing nominations to be sent in all year round, so no need to rush! Think them through carefully as you can only send in one per month.

The reason you are nominating someone can be as long or short as you like (you can include chat logs and relevant links in your explanation if you want!) you can use this form to send in your nomination:

I believe _____ should be an admin because _________.

I believe this user is ___ years of age. (Do not worry about filling this in if you don't know their age. You can leave it blank!)

Remember:
*Asking others to nominate you is a big no no!
*You don't have to be friends with the person you nominate! Maybe you just see them being really helpful on the forums or in chat and think they deserve recognition.
*You can only nominate one user per month, so think wisely!
*Nominations are going to be accepted all year round so you don't have to rush in a nomination. Take your time to consider it.
*Avoid nominating those who ask you to nominate them.
*If you see someone constantly asking to be nominated, or are being pestered, feel free to report it.
*Not everyone nominated will be made an admin, we have lots to consider when choosing someone to be an admin and the process takes a lot of time!
*Don't ask for updates on your nominations! We can't really tell you that sort of thing :( The best thing to do is wait and see what happens!

~Wolfhome Guardian

ANSERING THE FULL MOONS CLARION CALL
CONGREGATE THESE LYCONIAN BEAST
CLOSE BY THE ANCIENT LIVONIAN WALL
THEY GATHER FOR THEIR YEARLY FEAST.

EACH YEAR ON NATIVITY NIGHT
BEFORE THE NEW YEAR DOTH BEGIN
THEY GATHER TO SPORT AND TO FIGHT
THESE WOLVES THAT WALK AS MEN.

AND IN TRUTH IT DOES BEHOOVE
A WISE AND PRUDENT MAN
TO FORSAKE THIS GATHERING OF THE WOLVES
IN THAT WILD AND ANCIENT LAND.

FOR EVEN THE MOST RELIGEOUS MAN
MAY CAST AWAY HIS BEADS
AND TAKE THE DEVILS DIRTY HAND
AND FOLLOW WHERE HE LEADS.

HE MAY TARE AWAY HIS COLLAR OF WHITE
AND TOSS IT TO WILD WINDS
FORSAKING GODS PURE AND HOLY LIGHT
NEVER CARING IF HE SINS.

FOR IT IS SAID WHEN THE WOLFSBANE BLOOMS
AND THE FULL MOON IS IN THE SKY,
THAT THE WEREWOLF'S CURSE OF DOOM
MAY ENTER THE MOST GENTLE EYE.

SCOFF AT ME THEN IF WILL
YOU MAY SMILE OR EVEN LAUGH
BUT TONIGHT WHEN ALL IS STILL
DO NOT WALK A DARKEND PATH.

FOR THE BEAST HAUNTS THE DARKEST WOOD
WHERE THE SHADOWS ARE DARKER STILL
AND IT HEARS YOUR HEART AS IT PUMPS YOUR BLOOD
AS IT TRACKS YOU DOWN FOR THE KILL.

IT'S TREAD UPON THE GROUND IS LIGHT
AND IT MOVES WITHOUT MAKING A SOUND
THROUGH THE DARKNESS DEEP AND QUIET
MOVING AS SOFTLY AS FOG OVER GROUND.

TILL IT HAS YOU IN IT'S STEELY CLAWS
AND YOU SMELL IT'S FETID BREATH
T'WILL DO NO GOOD UPON GOD TO CALL
FOR YOU ARE SOON TO GREET GRIM DEATH.

AND THE LAST THING YOU WILL HEAR
BEFORE IN DEATH YOU SWOON
IS THE HOWLING OF THAT BEAST
BENEATH THE GREAT FULL MOON

AND YOU WILL DIE THERE ALL ALONE
WITH NO ONE TO HEAR YOUR SCREAMS
AND THE WEREWOLF WILL GNAW YOUR BONES
BESIDE SOME FOREST STREAM.

SO STAY AT HOME WHERE IT IS WARM AND SAFE
DO NOT WALK A DARKENED TRAIL
FOR YOUR HOME IS THE SAFEST PLACE
TO HEAR THE WEREWOLF'S TALE...
a poem by "Wolf"

----Correction----

The poem posted in the December Newsletter contained errors based on origins of "Merry Christmas, My Friend" and was written by James M. Schmidt (a former Marine) and was written in 1986. Please take time and read the original version at:
http://www.snopes.com/holidays/christmas/soldier.asp

The first 'Rin Tin Tin', who along with his heirs starred in numerous films and television series, was discovered during World War I, September 15, 1918, by US Air Corporal Lee Duncan and his battalion in Lorraine, France. At a bombed out dog kennel, Duncan found a mother Shepherd Dog and her scrawny litter of five pups. Duncan chose two of the dogs, a male and female, while members of his group took the mother and the others back to camp. The only survivors over the next few months were the two pups Duncan had claimed, naming them 'Rin Tin Tin' and 'Nannette' after tiny French puppets the French children would give to the American soldiers for good luck. When the war ended, Duncan made special arrangements to take his pups back to his home in Los Angeles, but during the Atlantic crossing, Nannette became ill and died, shortly after arriving in America. In 1922, Duncan and Rin Tin Tin attended an LA dog show, with 'Rinty' performing for the crowd by jumping 13 ½ feet. Following the show, producer Darryl Zanuck asked Duncan if he could try out his new 'moving pictures' camera on the dog and paid $350 to film Rinty in action. Contacting every studio in Hollywood with a Rin Tin Tin -starring script "Where The North Begins", Duncan unexpectedly stumbled onto a low-budget, Warner Bros (Vitaphone) film crew having difficulty shooting an exterior scene with a wolf. Duncan quickly approached the director and told them that Rinty could do the scene in one take. True to his word, Duncan's 'wonder' dog did the scene in one take and both were hired for the entire shoot of "Man From Hells River". The film was a hit and Rin Tin Tin was a sensation, making 26 pictures for Warners while starring in his own live 1930s radio show "The Wonder Dog". At the peak of his popularity, Warners maintained 18 trained stand-ins to reduce any stress on their dog star, while providing Rinty with a private chef who prepared daily lunches of tenderloin steak (consumed as live classical music was played to help ease the dog's digestion.) Rin Tin Tin died in 1932 at the age of 14, returned to his birthplace in France, and interred in "The Cimetière des Chiens (et Autres Animaux Exotiques)" in the suburb of Asnieres. Today, Rin Tin Tin's continuous bloodline carries on at a Texas kennel, where a litter of 8-11 pups are born each year.

Special Report: Rise of the Gray Wolf by Louise Knott Ahern
An article from the Lansing State Journal discussing the wolf population in Michigan.

"Michigan's gray wolf was removed from the deferal endangered species list on Jan. 27 after four decades as a protected animal.

It's journey back from near extinction is hailed as one of the greatest wildlife survival stories in U.S history - flourishing from just six animals in 1973 to nearly 700 today in Michinga alone.

But the story of the gray wolf is far from over..." continue reading.