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A Winter Tale - Contest Announcement

=Grinmir-stock:iconGrinmir-stock: reports, 8h 32m ago
My very first contest has been announced!
The theme is : A Winter Tale.
Categories : Digital Art | Stock Art.
Deadlines : Dec.21 - Mar.21.
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Love Unites Print Remix Contest Semi-Finalists

$margotdent:iconmargotdent: reports, 11h 54m ago
The Semi-Finalists have been selected for the Love Unites Print Remix Contest! Check them out.
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remember childhood? contest ... prize update

*polskavic51:iconpolskavic51: reports, 1d 10h ago
prizes include tons of features, interviews, and SUBSCRIPTIONS!! This contest is open to photography only sorry guys :shrug: ... check it out, the deadline is in February! :meow: :love:
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Winners & Entries: Nomadism &Transcendence Contest

*HA91:iconHA91: reports, 1d 9h ago
The winners for the photography contest "Nomadism and Transcendence" have been announced! And here is a collection of all the wondrous entries.
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"Concerning Mimi" Cover Contest Winners

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Winners of "Concerning Mimi" Cover Contest announced, and featuring all entries.
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23

Wild At Heart - RESULTS!

=Ultra-Violet-X:iconUltra-Violet-X: reports, 1d 14h ago
The winners of the Wild At Heart contest have been announced!


:excited::excited::excited::excited::excited::excited::excited:
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36

The scenery contest - win 3 month dA subscription!

=realityDream:iconrealityDream: reports, 1d 13h ago
The theme:
Any scenery, it must be photography indeed. Landscapes and waterscapes are most welcome! Only one photo per person.
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163

New Contest: Fall, Winter and Holiday Contest!

*TimberClipse:iconTimberClipse: reports, 2d 3h ago
THIS CONTEST IS OPEN TO ALL TYPES OF WORK! (Emoticons, Stamps, Wallpapers, Photography, Photo Manips, Literature.... and everything else!)

Win over 2 years in subscriptions!

Open to everyone!

Good luck!
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3 IN 1 MACRO CONTEST: OBJECT, TEXTURE, CONCEPT

*mayoofka:iconmayoofka: reports, 2d 17h ago
are you macro photohrapher? you have to enter!
PHOTOGRAPHY CONTEST FOR MACRO PHOTOS
DEADLINE January 20th 2010
CATEGORIES: Object Macro, Texture Macro, Concept Macro
PRIZES FOR EACH CATEGORY:
1st:
12 months subscription
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2nd:
6 months subscription
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3rd:
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VOTATION WINNER:
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Bring Your Vision to Life: Dreams - Semi-Finalists

$Moonbeam13:iconMoonbeam13: reports, December 16
Wacom's Bring Your Vision to Life: Dreams contest is closed and 25 fantastic semi-finalists have been selected! Check them out here and learn more about how you can help vote for a Community Choice winner!
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163

New Contest: Fall, Winter and Holiday Contest!

*TimberClipse:iconTimberClipse: reports, 2d 3h ago
THIS CONTEST IS OPEN TO ALL TYPES OF WORK! (Emoticons, Stamps, Wallpapers, Photography, Photo Manips, Literature.... and everything else!)

Win over 2 years in subscriptions!

Open to everyone!

Good luck!
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Stick Figure Contest!

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Stick figure contest! Heck yes!
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MINI CONTEST :DO U WANT 1 YEAR SUBSCRIPTION?

*Rezzan:iconRezzan: reports, December 16
FINALLY I WANT TO CELEBRATE ALL CHRISTIAN FRIENDS FOR CHRISTMAS AND ALL FRIENDS FOR NEW YEAR.
LOVE YOU ALL AND WISH THE BEST FOR EVERYONE IN NEW YEAR AND FOREVER:love::hug:
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The scenery contest - win 3 month dA subscription!

=realityDream:iconrealityDream: reports, 1d 13h ago
The theme:
Any scenery, it must be photography indeed. Landscapes and waterscapes are most welcome! Only one photo per person.
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The Ultimate Photography Hero Competition

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A competition for photographers looking to get outside their comfort zone. Lots of prizes including dA subbies, books, prints, features.
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34

3 IN 1 MACRO CONTEST: OBJECT, TEXTURE, CONCEPT

*mayoofka:iconmayoofka: reports, 2d 17h ago
are you macro photohrapher? you have to enter!
PHOTOGRAPHY CONTEST FOR MACRO PHOTOS
DEADLINE January 20th 2010
CATEGORIES: Object Macro, Texture Macro, Concept Macro
PRIZES FOR EACH CATEGORY:
1st:
12 months subscription
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2nd:
6 months subscription
Journal features

3rd:
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VOTATION WINNER:
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Free Subscription!

=o0oLUXo0o:icono0oLUXo0o: reports, December 18
PROCESSING CONTEST!

In the spirit of learning and showing off your skills in Post Processing I have decided to put on a contest that will run through the month of December and end January 31st 2010! This contest is to put a spot light on the artiest out there that put the time and energy in to making and already great image even better. This will be a Great Opportunity to have your work seen by many, and with almost 5 years worth of Subscriptions available to win who wouldn't want to be part..
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Wild At Heart - RESULTS!

=Ultra-Violet-X:iconUltra-Violet-X: reports, 1d 14h ago
The winners of the Wild At Heart contest have been announced!


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The Oracle of Delphi Contest. History Reference!

~angeloz:iconangeloz: reports, July 10, 2007

:spotlight-right: .::The Oracle of Delphi Contest::. :spotlight-left:
:spotlight-right: .::History Reference::. :spotlight-left:
(oracle of Delphi and the "immortal" 300)

This contest is hosted by =angelles and =autumnights taking us way back to the glory of Ancient times, in Greece. Check out their journals to find out more. The contest

This is a reference in the historic facts for us to know better the past and learn what bravery really was.

Delphi was the site of the Delphic oracle, most important oracle in the classical Greek world, and it was a major site for the worship of the god Apollo. His sacred precinct in Delphi was a Panhellenic sanctuary, where every four years athletes from all over the Greek world competed in the Pythian Games. The name of the Oracle was Pythia. The Pythia was probably selected, at the death of her predecessor, from amongst a guild of priestesses of the temple, and was required to be a woman of good character. n the traditions associated with Apollo, the oracle gave prophecies only between spring and autumn. In the winter months, Apollo was said to have deserted his temple, his place being taken by his divine half-brother Dionysus, whose tomb was within the temple.

It would appear that the supplicant to the oracle would undergo a four stage process, typical of shamanic journeys.

:bulletred: Step 1: The Journey to Delphi - Supplicants were motivated by some need to undertake the long and sometimes arduous journey to come to Delphi in order to consult the oracle. This journey was motivated by an awareness of the existence of the oracle, the growing motivation on the part of the individual or group to undertake the journey, and the gathering of information about the oracle as providing answers to important questions.

:bulletred: Step 2: The Preparation of the Supplicant - Supplicants were interviewed in preparation of their presentation to the Oracle, by the priests in attendance. The genuine cases were sorted and the supplicant had to go through rituals involving the framing of their questions, the presentation of gifts to the Oracle and a procession along the Sacred Way carrying laurel leaves to visit the temple, symbolic of the journey they had made.

:bulletred: Step 3: The Visit to the Oracle - The supplicant would then be led into the temple to visit the adyton, put his question to the Pythia, receive his answer and depart. The degree of preparation already undergone would mean that the supplicant was already in a highly aroused and meditative state, similar to the shamanic journey spoken of in the article.

:bulletred: Step 4: The Return Home - Oracles were meant to give advice to shape future action, that was meant to be implemented by the supplicant, or by those that had sponsored the supplicant to visit the Oracle. The validity of the Oracular utterance was confirmed by the consequences of the application of the oracle to the lives of those people who sought Oracular guidance.

In 480 BC, Leonidas went to Thermopylae with 300 of his personal guard, all men with male-born sons to carry on their names, where he was joined by forces from other Greek city-states, who put themselves under his command to form an army 7,000 strong. This force was assembled in an attempt to hold the pass of Thermopylae against the hundreds of thousands of Persian soldiers who had invaded from the north of Greece under Xerxes I. The reason Leonidas took only his personal guard, and not the army, was that Spartan religious customs forbade sending an army at that time of year. In addition, the Oracle of Delphi had foretold that Sparta could be saved only by the death of one of its kings, one of the lineage of Heracles, so he was deliberately going to his doom. Instead it seems likely that the ephors supported the plan half-heartedly due to the festival of Carneia and their policy of concentrating the Greek forces at the Isthmus of Corinth.

According to Plutarch, Leonidas' wife Gorgo asked him how she could aid his mission. He responded "Make sure you marry some man that will treat you well, bear children from him."

Several episodes demonstrate the laconic matter-of-fact bravery for which Leonidas and the Spartans were famed. On the first day of the siege Xerxes demanded the Greeks surrender their arms. Leonidas replied Μολών Λαβέ ("Come and get them"). This phrase has been re-used by generals and politicians throughout history and often repeated in popular culture. Today it is the emblem of the Greek 1st Army Corps.

Leonidas and his men repulsed the frontal attacks of the Persians for the first two days, killing roughly 20,000 of the enemy troops and losing few of their own. The Persian elite unit known to the Greeks as "the Immortals" were held back, and two of Xerxes' brothers died in battle. On the third day a Malian Greek traitor named Ephialtes led the Persian general Hydarnes by a mountain track to the rear of the Greeks. When a scout was sent to check on the troops, he returned with the bad news. At that point Leonidas sent away all Greek troops and remained in the pass with his 300 Spartans, 900 Helots and 700 Thespians who refused to leave. Another 400 Thebans were kept with Leonidas as hostages. The Thespians stayed entirely on their own will, declaring that they would not abandon Leonidas and his followers. Their leader was Demophilos, son of Diadromes, and as Herodotus writes: "Hence they lived with the Spartans and died with them".

One theory provided by Herodotus is that Leonidas sent away the remainder of his men because he cared about their safety. The King would have thought it wise to preserve those Greek troops for future battles against the Persians, but he knew well that the Spartans could never abandon their post on the battlefield. The soldiers who stayed behind were to protect their escape against the Persian cavalry. Herodotus himself believes that Leonidas gave the order because he perceived the allies to be out of heart and unwilling to encounter the danger to which his own mind was made up. He therefore chose to dismiss all troops and save the "glory" for the Spartans.

The little Greek force, attacked from both sides, was cut down to a man except for the Thebans, who surrendered. Leonidas fell in the thickest of the fight, but the Spartans retrieved his body and protected it until their final fall to enemy arrows. Herodotus says that Xerxes ordered to have Leonidas' head cut off and his body crucified, due to his hatred towards the Spartan King. This was considered sacrilegious and an unusual action on the part of Xerxes.[1] The tomb of Leonidas lies today in the northern part of the modern town of Sparta.

A carved lion monument bearing the inscription below was dedicated at his death site commemorating the sacrifice of him and his men:

Oh stranger, go tell in Lacedaemon,
That here we lie, obeying their behests. Epitaph at Thermopylae (Simonides' epigram)

Two Spartans survived the conflict. Aristodemus suffered an eye injury and was sent behind the lines, eventually ordered back to Sparta with the retreating allies by the King. Pantites was sent by Leonidas to raise support in Thessaly but returned to Thermopylae only after the battle's conclusion. Pantites hanged himself in disgrace after being shunned as a "trembler".

References: wikipedia

:iconangeloz: 10/07/07
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!angelles Jul 10, 2007, 8:43:23 PM
Awesome! Thanks so much for doing this! You are now the official historian of the Angelles and Rin Foundation. LOL :laughing: Believe me, we need all the help we can get! Seriously, this was fabulous and much appreciated! :hug:

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`autumnights Jul 10, 2007, 10:03:02 PM
:glomp: Gells said it all so I'll add my glomping and more THANK YOU!! :D

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~angeloz Jul 11, 2007, 2:59:50 AM
History always helps your imagination to create something. At least mine. So I thought that some people will affect from it and the contest will be so hard for everyone buahaha! :P

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~crystalclearink Jul 15, 2007, 8:11:49 AM
very helpful, thankyou!
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!angelles Jul 26, 2007, 8:04:46 AM
:nod:

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*GuardienOfThePyre Aug 20, 2007, 7:12:04 AM
Saw the comp in Autumnight's journal. I hope you don't mind me giving it a plug in my journal :)

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