Late to the party, even more so than usual, but it's damn great to see Nicole go Gold 100 nonetheless. Why dag hasn't christened you a Pillar of the Sift yet, beats me. For one, because of your artwork - the speed and ease with which you produce it is unbelievable, but also the *quality of it is just top-notch (then again I guess I'm not the best judge of that, since the most I can even attempt are stick figures). Your ever-positive attitude is what shines through the most, though, so I'm sure the Sift is in for some well-placed promotes as well as hopefully seeing more of your fine taste in the art of Sifting

Comment hidden because you are ignoring dag. (show it anyway)

Congrats and thanks Nicole (and second the Star Control sentiment) I think we chatted about that in the lounge.

Most underrated, lovely, freaky-geeky talent on the sift. Nicole I love you!

Congrats on your 100th star point Nicole! Who would've thought the queen bee could also be a worker bee.

Let's just consolidate here. This was my post:

Our resident artist, NicoleBee has assembled a hundred stars to align in her rituals - the Elder Gods would be pleased.

She has delighted many of us with her paintings and general good demeanor, and I, for one, welcome our new apian overlord and remind her that there is always use for a good sifter in her honey-factory.

A Canadian lass, with a good eye to NPH and eager head practicer. We're all richer for having her here, so I hope you will rummage though her PQ and sifted videos and find all sorts of geeky stuffs.

My own artistic skills are fairly limited, but I managed to whip together a little something I call MandleBee.

http://nickithansen.dk/images/sift/nicolebee100.jpg

Yay Nicole!

Argh, I just made a post too.

http://canada.videosift.com/talk/I-a-Cthulhu-I-a-Dagon-I-a-NicoleBee

Anyways, many, many congrats Nicole.

This video has been declared a duplicate; transferring votes to the original video and killing this dupe - dupeof declared by maatc.

Lets try again:

*dupeof=http://www.videosift.com/video/Channel-Ad-with-Nicole-Kidman

>> ^looris:
this one has much better video and audio quality, but lacks the ending titles.


Good find! Don´t know about you, but I can live without the end titles and better video and audio are the winning argument. Plus the other one was first, despite being discarded!

So lets free the other one from it´s discarded dungeon by whispering the magic words *dupeof=http://www.videosift.com/video/Channel-Ad-with-Nicole-Kidman

this one has much better video and audio quality, but lacks the ending titles.

kids kids kids..
no need to argue,
their is plenty of crapola for everyone.
so play nice and share-fair.
you both are actually agreeing,
yet caught up in semantics...BLAAAAH.
thats boring.

i have stated this on a different thread,
second times the charm.
maybe i can help put some perspective and context here.
/rubs hands together..
/takes a big breath...
ok.......go!
the number one lobbyist in america is NOT..
big oil..
big pharma..
nor the health insurance industry.
its it.../drum roll
MEDIA MEDIA MEDIA
broadcast,print and televised.
they spend THREE times what the number two lobbyist spend (big oil)
in order to influence legislators to vote on favorable legislation
A.K.A MONEY,the green,cash,profits
now,
up until the mid 70's television news was NON-profit.
it was a badge of honor to be the most trusted news in television.
that changed in late 70's.
news become FOR-profit.
which meant they now had to start generating revenue.
ever wonder why we were subjected to an almost 24hr barrage of anna nicole?
because we live in a country of semi-retards who wanted to see anna nicole.
stupid?
yes..
ratings go up?
sometimes as much as 47%.
in 1993 michael powell(yes..he is colin's son) head of the FCC at the time,
allowed single ownership of multi-outlet media companies.
and so america gave birth to the mighty media conglomerate:
disney..viacom..and yes..mr murdoch's FOX.
leaving america with only 5 owners for its media.
/takes a breath...
ok,now that i have posted SOME relevant history.
lets take a look at what this means.
lets get some context here.
we have three branches of government:
executive,judicial and legislative.
but we also have an unofficial fourth.
its called the fourth estate.
freedom of the press anybody?
who would like some extra credit and tell me which federalist paper addressed this very issue?worth 100 pts.
the fourth estates job was to WATCH the elected and the powerful.
basically rat out any wrong-doing in public office.
and for almost 200 years,this system worked relatively well.
but when an institution relies on the very people it was designed to expose
for its very financial existence.
how willing would that institution be to expose...anything?
to risk losing access,beneficial legislation,maybe even their well-crafted monopoly.
answer=they wont and they dont.
they will not risk profit for journalistic truth.
they cant.it is in every corporate charter,profit comes before all else.
the losers are the public at large.
who have to "sift" through the massive amount of jargon,half stories and outright bullshit,to get to any modecum of context.
the american media no longer works for the public trust.
they work for those who pay their bills,and give sweetheart deals,so they can retain access and keep the cash flowing.


whew...
/wipes brow
so,
while some media companies are more egregious in their attempts to obfuscate
than others (FOX),
all have their hands in the cookie jar,
and all of them no longer work for us.
rougy=correct
mashiki=correct

What Nicole said. I like your style, dude. And I was totally not thinking about the self-inflicted racism you discussed. There's plenty of that in Taiwan--I try hard not to see it.

If ever you feel like posting a vid, drop me a line and we'll get you sorted out.

Congrats all! .. and WOW Nicole!

I've seen this sort of thing happening with sci-fi robes in other media before (generally executed much better), and thought I'd take a stab at it. Thank you for the kind words! If I could do it again I'd make ponce a little stockier. Maybe for his diamond

In reply to this comment by my15minutes:
first off, wow, nicole! superlative duplication of avatar details, and extending into the unknown space of their forms. plus i love how you incorporated the Sydney Opera House into the composition.

obsidian happens to be the first sifter on the probie donations list, and i've frequently enjoyed rhesus' commentary here. but since you're both at 100, ponce gets the congratulatory promote this time:

http://www.videosift.com/video/Corona-Parody-Ad

and a hearty high five for all.

first off, wow, nicole! superlative duplication of avatar details, and extending into the unknown space of their forms. plus i love how you incorporated the Sydney Opera House into the composition.

obsidian happens to be the first sifter on the probie donations list, and i've frequently enjoyed rhesus' commentary here. but since you're both at 100, ponce gets the congratulatory promote this time:

http://www.videosift.com/video/Corona-Parody-Ad

and a hearty high five for all.