#Yovan Anderson

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Finished designing/redesigning my character for a Shadowrun game I'll be joining on Sunday :D The other day we had a 3 hour creation jam with the GM and it was stupid fun, thanks to a program he was using and us bantering during it.

So this is Yovan "Ghost" Anderson! He's an Elf, who was born in the 60s in the US, so he is pretty old as a character. Witnessed and participated in the makings of history and now he'll be joining a Runner crew in Hong Kong :D

(Also yes. He did vote for Dunkelzahn. After he died 12 hours into he was sworn in, that was his cue to gtfo.)

Featuring his original design from years back when I was making him for funsies.

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[TASK 068: METIS]

Shout out to @olivaraofrph​​​ for helping compile this task in celebration of Native American Heritage Month! Metis are a distinct group of people separate from Native American or First Nations tribes, as their ancestors were early French and English colonizers who early on mixed with members of Native tribes, mostly Wabanaki, Mi'kmaq, Algonquin, Saulteaux, Cree, Ojibwe, Menominee, or Maliseet but others made their ways too. As Metis evolved, many continued to marry other mixed people, and sometimes other Europeans or Natives, to get to where it is today as a distinct native identity to be Metis. For the most part they reside in Canada, where they are recognized as one of the three groups of Aboriginal people, but to a lesser extent, they live in the US as well. There’s a masterlist below compiled of over 110+ Metis faceclaims categorised by gender with their occupation and ethnicity denoted if there was a reliable source. If you want an extra challenge use random.org to pick a random number! Of course everything listed below are just suggestions and you can pick whichever character or whichever project you desire.

Any questions can be sent here and all tutorials have been linked below the cut for ease of access! REMEMBER to tag your resources with #TASKSWEEKLY and we will reblog them onto the main! This task can be tagged with whatever you want but if you want us to see it please be sure that our tag is the first five tags, @ mention us or send us a messaging linking us to your post!

THE TASK - scroll down for FC’s!

STEP 1: Decide on a FC you wish to create resources for! You can always do more than one but who are you starting with? There are links to masterlists you can use in order to find them and if you want help, just send us a message and we can pick one for you at random!

STEP 2: Pick what you want to create! You can obviously do more than one thing, but what do you want to start off with? Screencaps, RP icons, GIF packs, masterlists, PNG’s, fancasts, alternative FC’s - LITERALLY anything you desire!

STEP 3: Look back on tasks that we have created previously for tutorials on the thing you are creating unless you have whatever it is you are doing mastered - then of course feel free to just get on and do it. :)

STEP 4: Upload and tag with #TASKSWEEKLY! If you didn’t use your own screencaps/images make sure to credit where you got them from as we will not reblog packs which do not credit caps or original gifs from the original maker.

THINGS YOU CAN MAKE FOR THIS TASK -  examples are linked!

Stumped for ideas? Maybe make a masterlist or graphic of your favourite faceclaims. A masterlist of names. Plot ideas or screencaps from a music video preformed by an artist. Masterlist of quotes and lyrics that can be used for starters, thread titles or tags. Guides on culture and customs.

Screencaps

RP icons [of all sizes]

Gif Pack [maybe gif icons if you wish]

PNG packs

Manips

Dash Icons

Character Aesthetics

PSD’s

XCF’s

Graphic Templates - can be chara header, promo, border or background PSD’s!

FC Masterlists - underused, with resources, without resources!

FC Help - could be related, family templates, alternatives.

Written Guides.

and whatever else you can think of / make!

MASTERLIST!

Ladies:

Maria Campbell (77) Metis - author, playwright, and filmmaker.

Tantoo Cardinal (66) Metis - actress.

Allison Adelle Hedge Coke (58) Metis, Huron, Cherokee, Chickasaw, Seminole, Choctaw, Muskogee, French, Portuguese, English, and Scottish - poet and musician (Rd Kla).

Cheryl L’Hirondelle (58) Metis of Cree descent, French, German, and Polish - musician.

Laura de Jonge (56) Metis - filmmaker, magazine founder, and advocate.

Marie Clements (55) Metis - playwright, performer, and filmmaker.

Sharon Bruneau (53) Metis of Cree, Cherokee, and French descent - model and bodybuilder.

Christi Belcourt (51) Metis - artist and author.

Irene Bedard (50) Inuit, Inupiat, Yupik, Cree, and Metis - actress.

Janet Panic (47) Metis - singer-songwriter.

Leanne Poirer Greenfield (42) Metis - actress.

Holly McNarland (41) Metis - singer-songwriter.

Danis Goulet (40) Metis - filmmaker.

Inez Jasper (36) Sto:lo, Ojibwe, and Metis - singer-songwriter.

Andi Muise (30) Metis - model.

Natasha Negovanlis (27) Greek / Metis - actress.

Siera Bearchell (24) Metis - beauty pageant titleholder.

Cassidy Mann (21) Metis - singer-songwriter.

Dawn Pritchard (?) Metis - singer-songwriter.

Ashley Michaels (?) Metis - actress.

Laura Vinson (?) Metis of Cree, Cherokee, French, and English descent - musician.

Roseanne Supernault (?) Métis of Cree - actress.

Andrea Menard (born in 1971) Metis - actress, playwright, and jazz singer.

Jessica Matten (?) Metis of Cree and Saulteaux, Chinese, French, British, and Ukrainian - actress.

Madelaine McCallum (29 as of 2012) Metis - actress and model.

Sandy Scofield (?) Metis of Saulteaux and Cree descent - singer.

Shayla Stonechild (23) Metis of Blackfoot and Cree descent - actress and model.

Aleece Wilson (22) Metis, Black, Irish, Italian - model.

Nakita Kohan (20) Metis - singer and actress.

Star Slade (14) Metis - actress.

Sheena Kaine (?) Metis - rapper and boxer.

DJ Kwe (?) Metis of Cree descent - musician.

Christa Couture (?) Metis of Cree descent - singer-songwriter.

Nadia Gaudet (?) Metis - musician.

Moe Clark (?) Metis - musician.

Sonia Eidse (?) Metis - singer-songwriter.

Jaylene Johnson (?) Metis of Cree and French descent.

Bebe Buckskin (?) Metis of Woods Cree descent - singer-songwriter.

Chelsey June (early 30s) Metis of Algonquin descent - singer-songwriter.

Arlette Alcock (?) Metis of Blackfoot, Cree, and Nakoda Sioux descent - singer-songwriter.

Joanna Burt (?) Metis of Ojibwe and Cree descent - operatic soprano.

Kara “Metis Monroe” Jade (?) Metis of Plains Cree descent and Jamaican - model and musician.

Brandy McCallum (?) Blackfoot, Cree, and Metis - singer-songwriter.

Jani Lauzon (?) Metis - actress, musician, and puppeteer.

Rulan Tangen (?) Metis of Blackfoot descent - actress and dancer.

Michelle Latimer (?) Metis of Algonquin descent - actress and director.

Allyson Pratt (?) Metis of Plains Cree and French descent - actress.

Jenny Pudavick (?) Metis - actress.

Donna Lynn (?) Metis of Mi’kmaq descent - musician (Alpha).

Angel (?) Metis - musician (Alpha).

Ashley Michaels (?) Metis - actress.

Valerie Planche (?) Metis - actress and filmmaker.

Gail Maurice (?) Metis - actress and filmmaker.

Jennifer Pudavick (?) Metis - actress.

Kimberley Dawn (?) Metis - musician.

Tanis Parenteau (?) Metis - actress.

Cindy Paul (?) Metis of Cree descent - musician.

Tihemme Gagnon (?) Metis - screenwriter.

Tina House (?) Metis - APTN journalist.

Tasha Hubbard (born in 1973) Metis / Unspecified First Nations - filmmaker.

Katherena Vermette (born in 1976/1977) Metis - filmmaker and poet.

Amanda Strong (?) Metis of Cree, French, Scottish, and Irish descent - filmmaker and media artist.

Amanda Rheaume (?) Metis - singer-songwriter.

Christine Welsh (?) Metis - filmmaker.

Sara Roque (?) Metis - filmmaker.

Krystle Pederson (?) Metis - actress and singer.

Madison Thomas (?) Metis - director.

Men:

Ray St. Germain (born in 1940) Metis - musician, author, and radio show host.

John Arcand (75) Metis - fiddler.

Don Freed (born in 1949) Metis - singer-songwriter.

Steven Cree Molison (?) Metis - actor.

Matt Bernard (?) Metis - actor.

A.W. Cardinal (Blue Moon Marquee) Metis of Cree descent - musician.

Kyle Nobess (?) Metis - actor.

Jesse Nobess (?) Metis - actor.

Calvin Vollrath (57) Metis - fiddler and composer.

Donny Parenteau (?) Metis - singer-songwriter.

JJ Lavallee (?) Metis - singer-songwriter.

Matt Dorgan Project (?) Metis - musician.

Jerry Sereda (?) Metis - musician.

Ryan Cunningham (?) Metis - actor.

Shaun Anderson (?) Metis - musician.

Darren Lavallee (?) Metis - musician.

Yovan Nagwetch (?) Metis of Wabanaki descent - musician and songwriter.

Ryan McMahon (?) Ojibwe and Metis - comedian and actor.

Adam Garnet Jones (34/35) Metis, Cree, and Danish - filmmaker.

Shawn Youngchief (28) Metis - actor.

Sheldon Elter (27) Metis - actor, comedian, writer, and musician.

Cody Kearsley (26/27) Metis - actor.

Arron Asham (39) Metis - NHL player.

Joey Stylez (36) Metis of Cree descent - rapper.

Jonathan Gallant (40) Metis - bassist.

Rod Bruinooge (44) Metis - filmmaker, politician, and businessman.

Dakota House (43) Metis of Cree descent - actor.

Tom Jackson (69) Metis of Cree and English descent - actor and singer.

Niiko Soul (?) Mdewakankton Dakota Sioux / Metis - musician (Niiko Soul and Ben G.).

Ben G. (?) Metis of Cree descent - musician (Niiko Soul and Ben G.).

Don Amero (?) Metis - singer-songwriter.

Kelvin Redvers (?) Metis, Deniniu K’ue - filmmaker.

Ron E. Scott (?) Metis - tv producer, director, and writer.

Jay Cardinal Villeneuve (?) Metis of Cree descent - actor.

Trevor Duplessis (?) Metis - actor.

Matt Bernard (?) Metis - actor.

Shane Belcourt (44) Metis - filmmaker.

Wayne Wapeemukwa (?) Metis - filmmaker.

Lawrence “Teddy Boy” Houle (?) Metis of Ojibwe descent - fiddler and singer.

Jess Lee (?) Metis - singer-songwriter.

Heebz the Earthchild (?) Metis of Cree descent - rapper.

David Morin (?) Metis - musician.

NB:

Grey Gritt (?) Genderqueer - Ojibwe / Metis - musician.

Alec Butler (born in 1959) Trans Male and Two Spirit - Metis of Mi’Kmaq, French, and Irish descent - playwright and filmmaker.

Cris Derksen (?) Two Spirit - Cree, Metis / Unspecified White Mennonite - cellist.

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New story in Politics from Time: John Bolton Summoned as Impeachment Inquiry Heads Toward a Vote

(WASHINGTON) — House investigators are asking former national security adviser John Bolton to testify in their impeachment inquiry, deepening their reach into the White House as the probe accelerates toward a potential vote to remove the president.

Democratic lawmakers want to hear next week from Bolton, the hawkish former adviser who openly sparred over the administration’s approach to Ukraine — in particular, President Donald Trump’s reliance on his personal attorney Rudy Giuliani for a back-channel operation. Bolton once derided Giuliani’s work as a “drug deal” and said he wanted no part of it, according to previous testimony.

Bolton’s attorney, Charles Cooper, said Wednesday evening that his client would not appear without a subpoena.

The Democrats are also calling John Eisenberg, the lawyer for the NSC who fielded an Army officer’s concerns over Trump’s phone call with the Ukraine president, and Michael Ellis, another security council official, according to a person familiar with the invitation and granted anonymity to discuss it.

The rush of possible new witnesses comes as the House prepares to take its first official vote Thursday on the process ahead. That includes public hearings in a matter of weeks and the possibility of drafting articles of impeachment against the president.

The White House has urged officials not to testify in the impeachment proceedings, and it’s not guaranteed that those called will appear for depositions, even if they receive subpoenas as previous witnesses have.

Bolton’s former deputy, Charles Kupperman, has filed a lawsuit in federal court asking a judge to resolve the question of whether he can be forced to testify since he was a close and frequent adviser to the president. Any ruling in that case could presumably have an impact on whether Bolton will testify. A status conference in that case was scheduled for Thursday afternoon.

Trump and his Republican allies on Capitol Hill say the entire impeachment inquiry is illegitimate and are unpersuaded by the House resolution formally setting out next steps.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said the format for the impeachment probe denies Trump the “most basic rightsof due process.”

Now in its second month, the investigation is focused on Trump’s July phone call with Ukraine when he asked President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to investigate Democrats and a potential 2020 political rival, Joe Biden, as the White House was withholding military aid Ukraine relies on for its defenses. Democrats contend Trump was proposing a quid-pro-quo arrangement.

On Thursday, the investigators are to hear from Tim Morrison, a former top GOP aide on Capitol Hill, who served at Trump’s National Security Council and was among those likely monitoring the president’s call with Ukraine.

Late Wednesday, it was disclosed that Morrison was resigninghis White House position. He has been a central figure in other testimony about Trump’s dealing with Ukraine.

Earlier in the day, the Democratic and Republican House lawmakers heard fresh testimony about the Trump administration’s unusual back channels to Ukraine.

Two State Department Ukraine experts offered new accounts of Trump’s reliance on Giuliani rather than career diplomats to engage with the East European ally, a struggling democracy facing aggression from Russia.

Foreign Service officer Christopher Anderson testified that Bolton cautioned him that Giuliani “was a key voice with the president on Ukraine” and could complicate U.S. goals for the country.

Another Foreign Service officer, Catherine Croft, said that during her time at Trump’s National Security Council, she received “multiple” phone calls from lobbyist Robert Livingston — a former top Republican lawmaker once in line to become House speaker — telling her the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, Marie Yovanovitch, should be fired.

“It was not clear to me at the time — or now — at whose direction or at whose expense Mr. Livingston was seeking the removal of Ambassador Yovanovitch,” she said in prepared remarks obtained by The Associated Press.

Livingston characterized Yovanovitch as an “‘Obama holdover’ and associated with George Soros,” she said, referring to the American financier who is often the subject of conservative criticism in the U.S. and Europe.

Most Democrats are expected to support the formal impeachment investigation resolution Thursday, even if they don’t back impeachment itself, saying they are in favor of opening the process with more formal procedures.

Public hearings are expected to begin in mid-November, a matter of weeks. Democrats are eager to hear from some top witnesses who have already provided compelling testimony behind closed doors, including diplomat William Taylor, a top ambassador in Ukraine, and Alexander Vindman, the Army officer who testified Tuesday that he twice reported to superiors, including Eisenberg, his concerns about Trump’s actions toward Ukraine.

Vindman is willing to testify publicly, according to a person familiar with the situation and granted anonymity Wednesday to discuss it.

At Trump’s hotel in Washington, during a fundraiser for House Republicans and lengthy dinner afterward with GOP leaders, the president indicated he was prepared for the fight ahead, said those familiar with the private gatherings Tuesday night.

“He’s a tough guy,” said Rep. Steve Scalise of Louisiana, the GOP whip.

Both career diplomats testifying Wednesday had served as top aides to the former U.S. special envoy to Ukraine, Kurt Volker, who was the first to testify in the impeachment inquiry and whose cache of text messages provided key insight into Trump’s demands on the new Ukraine president.

Croft, who testified for nearly five hours, described being told at an administration meeting that security funds for Ukraine were being put on hold “at the direction of the president,” corroborating other accounts that have been provided to investigators.

In his opening statement, Anderson traced his unease with developments that he felt threatened to set back relations between the U.S. and Ukraine.

He told investigators that senior White House officials blocked an effort by the State Department to release a November 2018 statement condemning Russia’s attack on Ukrainian military vessels.

Both witnesses were instructed by the administration to not testify but appeared in response to subpoenas from the House, according to a statement from their attorney Mark MacDougall.

The lawyer told lawmakers that neither of his clients is the whistleblower whose complaint triggered the impeachment inquiry and that he would object to any questions aimed at identifying that person.

By LISA MASCARO, ERIC TUCKER and MARY CLARE JALONICK / AP on October 30, 2019 at 11:01PM