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OK, so this will be my position on muppets.
For now, I'll say that if you don't like muppets in your shared crossover reality, just skip this and the Muppet Show blog. Simple as that. You can certainly (I hope) enjoy the bulk of the work that I and my colleagues have done while skipping over these two blogs. But whether you like it or not, in the Television Crossover Universe, MY reality, they are here to stay.
On Muppet Monsters, Crazy Ivan had this to say a while back, which I have come to agree with: While I respect the work you did on this, I have to question the decision to ignore the existence of Muppets as a seperate species / race / kingdom / etc. My own research into this fringe element of the Crossover Universe was made more palatable by conflating the Muppets of Sesame Street with the Monsters of (Pixar's) Monsters, Inc. If an enclave of monsters had learned early on that making children laugh would garner more energy for Monstropolis than making them scream, they might not have been well-regarded in the screamcentric society the lived in, and could have been summarily banished to Earth. I believe ELMO'S ADVENTURES IN GROUCHLAND supports such a theory, as does the large number of monsters populating Sesame Street. It also aloows the origin of the Smile Time puppet demons to be the same as the muppets, though they obviously did not come to Earth to make children laugh.
Yes, in this blog, I'm going to show how Sesame Street fits into the TV Crossover Universe. First, let me explain my take on Muppets. When we see muppets on TV, we are actually seeing the being the muppet represents, not a puppet. So if it's a big bird, it's a big bird. If it's a frog, it's a frog. They just happen to talk and are anthropomorphic.
This is my take on cartoons and CGI as well. If there is a CGI dragon, we're not seeing something computer generated. It's a real dragon. And if we are seeing, for example, Daffy Duck in Drew Carey's office, he's not seeing a two dimensional drawing, but a talking humanoid duck.
So let's talk about the nature of Sesame Street, and then I'll get to my crossover chronology.
Sesame Street is a street in New York City. But it exists within a magical realm. You can't just go there. It's not on any map. To get there, the portal to the street has to be open. However, how and when this portal opens is kind of a mystery. But it seems to do so one hour per day, weekdays only.
On Sesame Street, normal humans live with anthropomorphic talking animals and monsters. A large part of their day revolves around discussing the alphabet, numbers, and things like cooperation.
Often people from outside come to visit. The magic of this street immediately erases the surprise that should be exhibited by these outsiders. And when these outsiders leave, they don't forget their experience, but they choose not to discuss it, because who would believe it.
Kermit the Frog worked as a reporter for Sesame Street News before making it big as the host of the Muppet Show. Muppets are the anthropomorphic talking animals, monsters, and immortal (though slightly insane) humans that make up the large part of Sesame Street. However, the Muppets of the Muppet Show came from all across America, found each other, and chose to go into show business.
But how can we accept that there is famous Muppets? Most people who watch the show think it's all special effects. Those who actually encounter the Muppets in person tend to be in denial or shock, and block out the memories afterwards.
So this blog is not about the Muppets. I will cover the Muppet Show in another blog. Today's blog is about Sesame Street, and is brought to you today by the letter S and the number 8.
One last thing. I'm only going to discuss crossovers with other fictional characters. Many real life celebrities appear on Sesame Street. But when celebrities appear as themselves on fictional shows, then they are playing fictional versions of themselves. But since all real people tend to exist in a multitude of alternate realities, I can't include them as crossovers that connect shows and place them in the same reality.
Another final note, unlike other shows, where the concept is that the events happened and were later turned into a TV show, Sesame Street is brought to us live, thus the dates of episodes are the dates they happened.
Sunny Day
Sweepin' the clouds away
On my way to where the air is sweet
Can you tell me how to get,
How to get to Sesame Street
Come and play
Everything's A-OK
Friendly neighbors there
That's where we meet
Can you tell me how to get
How to get to Sesame Street
It's a magic carpet ride
Every door will open wide
To Happy people like you--
Happy people like
What a beautiful
Sunny Day
Sweepin' the clouds away
On my way to where the air is sweet
Can you tell me how to get,
How to get to Sesame street...
How to get to Sesame Street
How to get to...
source: http://www.lyricsondemand.com/
Medieval Times--LOST SOULS--This video game features Discordians who count in the manner of the Count from Sesame Street. It's very well established that vampires of folk lore had some OCD issues. Legends stated that if you drop a bunch of beads a vampire must stop and count each and every one before he could pursue you. Additionally, he had to stop and tie shoe laces if he found any untied shoes. It's been postulated before that the Count (Count Von Count) may have been a Dracula soul clone that had OCD. Crossovers uses the soul clone theory, so it exists in the TVCU. Sadly, I can't send you to Chuck Loridan's MONSTAAH website since it no longer exists. (Well, the domain name still exists, but now it belongs to a Japanese diaper bag business.) But basically, Dracula would turn some vampires into soul clones. These soul clones, depending on the level of their own willpower, would believe they were Dracula and would follow the will of Dracula while he slept. Should Chuck ever repost his Children of the Night website, I will post the link here. All of the shows and movies he places on his site are in the TVCU.
12TH Century--SESAME STREET--Another Robin Hood poser was an ancestor of Ernie from SESAME STREET.
1338--SESAME STREET--"Snow White's Meltdown"--TELEVISION CROSSOVER UNIVERSE--The Seven Dwarfs weren't the first ones she encountered. Watch it here.
16th Century--HAMLET--The Mel Gibson version, yes, is the official version in the TVCU because Mel Gibson played the same role again on Sesame Street.
1954--THE MUPPET MOVIE--Though it came out in 1979, it takes place before Kermit got famous. Kermit first started appearing on talk shows in 1955. This movie shows how he got from the swamps to Hollywood, thus it should be placed here. During their trip to Hollywood, Kermit and Fozzie stop offer Big Bird a ride. He declines, saying he's on his way to New York, to break into public broadcasting. This shows us that Big Bird was not originally from Sesame Street. This explains why Little Bird is the only similar type of his species to live there (and Little bird didn't arrive until the 1970s.) Big Bird, arriving in New York, must have found he wasn't accepted by New Yorkers, until he found Sesame Street. Once Big Bird found his home, he made it his mission to tell others how to get to Sesame Street. Clearly, it was Big Bird who continued to advocate for the next 15 years until finally PBS agreed to do a live daily educational reality program on Sesame Street. Ivan doesn't feel this movie should be in, as the Muppets are watching this movie and they made it. But I believe they mad a movie based upon their origin. After all, Howard Stern played himself in his life story. (Did I just compare Kermit to Howard?)
1969--SESAME STREET PITCH REEL--This is kind of the pilot for that reality show called Sesame Street. Kermit hosted the Sesame Street News. I suppose he was to Sesame Street what Chevy Chase was to SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE. Well, except that Kermit was a serious news man.
July 1969--SESAME STREET--"Pilot"--Batman II (Dick Grayson) appears. Later, other characters like Superman (Hugo Danner), Jughead Jones, and Beetle Bailey would also appear.
November 10, 1969 to Present--SESAME STREET--The complete run of Sesame Street. In 1969, the Public Broadcasting System in New York starting bringing cameras into the hidden Sesame Street. Big Bird has a teddy bear named Radar. Considering that Walter "Radar" O'Reilly slept with a teddy bear even as an adult, one wonders if he is the one who gave Bird his bear.
November 10, 1969 to Present--REALITY TV--Previously, I listed out every appearance of a Sesame Street character on a talk show, game show, cooking show, ect. It was long and redundant. I've decided to condense it. Note that reality shows for the most part are the real world, but when Matt Lauer treats Elmo like he's real, he's obviously not himself, but playing a fictional version of himself that exists in the world of Sesame Street. Thus, only episodes where reality shows interact with fictional characters as real people are included for crossover purposes, and it does not bring the entirety of the show into the TVCU. So, Sesame Street character have appeared in (in alphabetical order) Being Green, BOB HOPE ON THE ROAD TO CHINA, A Capitol Fourth, Coming Home: Military Families Cope with Change, Conan, DEAL OR NO DEAL, Dinner: Impossible, THE ED SULLIVAN SHOW, EMERIL LIVE, EVENING AT THE POPS, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, Families Stand Together: Feeling Secure in Tough Times, THE FRUGAL GOURMET, Getaway, HOLLYWOOD SQUARES, JEOPARDY, JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, MACY'S THANKSGIVING DAY PARADE, MARTHA, MARTHA STEWART LIVING, NAACP Image Awards, NIGHT OF 100 STARS II, PAULA'S PARTY, Postcards, The Rosie O'Donnell Show, Rove Live, DAYTIME EMMY AWARDS, Sunrise, THE TODAY SHOW, The Tony Danza Show, Top Chef, The Wendy Williams Show, WHAT'S MY LINE?, When Parents Are Deployed
1970--THE FLIP WILSON SHOW--Though most of this show occurs in Skitlandia, the appearance of Big Bird occurs in the TVCU.
1971--THE MUPPETS TAKE MANHATTEN--This movie seems to be another step in the story of how the Muppets got famous. I'm giving a five year period between when the Muppets were successful on Broadway and the time they got their variety show. Kermit apparently marries Miss Piggy at the end with residents from SESAME STREET and FRAGGLE ROCK in attendance. Sesame Street was very successful by this point, and Kermit was still a good friend of them, and still working for the Sesame Street News. The Muppets and Sesame Street residents would interact with folks from FRAGGLE ROCK over. Uncle Travelling Matt is the only Fraggle to appear here, which fits since most Fraggles probably aren't born yet. This film also features the MUPPET BABIES. This would seem to contradict the Muppet Movie, but since the Muppet Babies were literally babies still, if they were separated and spread across the country after, they probably would not remember each other as adults. I know I don't know any of the children I was friends with when I was ages 0 - 5.
1972--THE ELECTRIC COMPANY--This unusual utility company is visited by Big Bird.
1973 to Present--SASAMSTRABE--German version of Sesame Street that Kermit occasionally guests on.
1974--OUT TO LUNCH--ABC NEWS is taken over by the casts of SESAME STREET and THE ELECTRIC COMPANY. Interestingly, that means that the canon of the TVCU SPIDER-MAN also includes his appearances on THE ELECTRIC COMPANY.
1974 to present--SESAME STREET SPECIALS--There have been numerous Sesame Street specials and videos and previously I went insane trying to list them all, but have decided that leads to madness. Just know there are many, and often with celebrities, playing fictional versions of themselves. Only Sesame Street episodes, specials, and videos with crossover significance will be listed from here on out.
1974--THE MUPPETS VALENTINE SHOW--Includes an appearance from Ernie.
1975--THE ELECTRIC COMPANY--Another visit from Sesame Street residents.
1976--THE MUPPET SHOW--"Sex and Violence"--The pilot for the Muppet Show features a guest appearance from Bert. Bert makes another appearance on the show this year.
September 5, 1976 to June 8, 1981--THE MUPPET SHOW--Sesame Street News television correspondent Kermit the Frog becomes the host of a variety show called the Muppet Show.
1978--NBC SALUTES THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF DISNEY--Big Bird appears to pay tribute.
1978--THE MUPPET SHOW--Big Bird makes an appearance.
February 1980--SESAME STREET--The droids make their way to SESAME STREET, apparently not having returned after crashing on Earth a month ago.
1981--MISTER ROGERS' NEIGHBORHOOD--Big Bird goes to another couple of neighborhoods: that of Mister Rogers, and the other the Neighborhood of Make Believe.
1982--IFTAH YA SIMSIM--This is a Lebanese show, but that doesn't mean "Death to America." This is a Lebanese version of Sesame Street, and Kermit, being a huge star, shows up to help boost the ratings.
1985--SESAME STREET PRESENTS FOLLOW THAT BIRD--Social workers take Big Bird and place him in adoption. He runs away from this new parents, and is abducted by criminals who want to make him a carnival act. The Sesame Street residents scour the country to find their friend.
1986--MUPPETS: A CELEBRATION OF 30 YEARS--Celebrity appearances include Big Bird.
1986--THE TICK--On the Tick TV series, the amnesiac Tick sees Grover (from Sesame Street) on the TV and says "Daddy?" in the TVCU, if we accept Ivan Ronald Schablotski's theory that Grover is from the Monsters, Inc. realm, then he simply would have mated with a human, and the Tick is the product and example of why human/monster breeding is a bad idea.
1987--THE ADVENTURES OF SUPER GROVER--Sesame Street's own super-hero on another misadventure that also involves Big Bird.
1987--MUPPET BABIES--"The Little Piggy Went to Hollywood"--Probably the biggest clue that Muppet Babies must occur in the Looniverse, rather than in the past of the TVCU Muppets is this episode, where several celebrities are shown on TV, including Bert and Ernie from Sesame Street.
December 25, 1987--A MUPPET FAMILY CHRISTMAS--Fozzie invites his friends, including Big Bird, to his mother's for Christmas. Ivan adds: I also wanna point out that the 1987 Muppets Christmas Special which showcases a number of characters from Sesame Street ALSO crosses over with Fraggle Rock and solidifies Muppet Babies as official back story for Kermit, Piggie, and the gang, thus bringing together all four Hensonverse franchises. Shame they couldn't fit The Dark Crystal in somewhere...
1989--BILL AND TED'S EXCELLENT ADVENTURES--"It's a Bogus Day in the Neighborhood"--I'm guessing on the date. I'm sure James will set us all straight when his Bill and Ted blog is finished. For now I'm assuming the show and cartoon must have taken place between the first two films. Here is what James says about this crossover: Thanks to our most excellent friends Bill and Ted I think I found one of the most bizarre crossovers of all time. It's definitely weirder than the Birthday Massacre's below the table sequel to The Prisoner, and it just might be weirder than Adam West's Drunk Batman vs. Super King of Texas vs Frankie(stein). In the Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventures episode "It's a Bogus Day in the Neighborhood" Bill and Ted are distressed to discover that Mr. Raddish (henceforth Mr. Rodgers) is retiring. The duo travel down to the TV studio and convence Mr. Rodgers to stay on air if they become his cohosts. All of Mr. Rodgers puppets are sentient (as they were on the real show). When the ratings come in, everyone loves Bill and Ted and, for some reason, Mr. Rodgers is fired. He then gets a job on the Frogame Street (Sesame Street) show; since Rodgers is dressed up like a frog, it seems that everyone's a puppet--not nice monsters. But no, the Oscar the Grouch analogue is definitely...a Grouch, I guess, and eats Mr. Rodger's outfit. Mr. Rodger is quickly fired from that show, and goes to work for a late-night diet telemarketing scam where he's almost murdered by his crazy co-host Greta. Greta is some kind of hippo-woman. Literally. I can't help but think that Greta is a lawyer-friendly analogue of Heidi the Hippo from Peter Jackson's Muppet parody Meet the Feebles. I wasn't able to sit all the way through Meet the Feebles, so I can't say for sure; but Greta's murderous insanity fits excellently with Heidi's murderous insanity. Plus, how many different murderous hippo-women can there be? Also, at the end of Meet the Feebles, Heidi is placed in the witness protection program. It's entirely possible "Greta" is Heidi's new identity. Eventually Bill and Ted save Mr. Rodgers and Rodgers once more takes command of his show. So, this episode of Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventures crosses over with Mr. Rodger's Neighborhood and Sesame Street, with a possible crossover with Meet the Feebles. Its notable that this is the only episode of Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventures where no time travel or universe-hopping took place.
May 16, 1990--Jim Henson passes away. Jim Henson was the manager for the muppets and the folks on Sesame Street.
1991--PARKER LEWIS CAN'T LOSE--"Fat Boy and Little Man"--Parker says, "Not since Big Bird has an animal done so much for so many." There are many previous appearances of Sesame Street merchandise on the show, which could make this comment go either way, but since both shows are separately tied into the TVCU, and going with my reality show de-zonking theory, this could count as a crossover.
November 1996--SESAME STREET--The Simpsons travel from the Bongo Universe to Sesame Street of the TVCU.
1996--DUNSTON CHECKS IN--Robert says that Mrs. Dubrow "once kicked Big Bird in the nuts."
December 25, 1996--ELMO SAVES CHRISTMAS--Elmo uses a magic snow globe to wish that every day were Christmas, and then has to travel back in time to undo the wish when he finds there are negative consequences to his wish.
February 1998--SOUL MAN--"The Stan Plan"--I don't know much about the appearance here of Big Bird. This show is in through other crossovers, but likely Big Bird's appearance is probably an imaginary one or watching him on TV. Hopefully I can watch this episode and update this.
1998--THE BEST OF KERMIT ON SESAME STREET--Sesame Street honors arguably it's greatest break out star, Kermit the Frog, in an awards ceremony hosted by Grover.
1998--ELMOPALOOZA!--John Stewart of the DAILY SHOW is to host a retrospective on SESAME STREET but gets locked in his dressing room with the tapes. Elmo attempts to salvage the show the best he can.
1998--THE SIMPSONS--"Trash of the Titans"--During the musical number, when people pop out of bins and say "Who can?", one of the characters is Oscar the Grouch, the character from this show who lives in a bin.
November 16, 1998 to Present--ELMO'S WORLD--Sesame Street newcomer and sensation Elmo the Monster becomes host of his own wildly popular television show that takes place in his room.
1999--THE ADVENTURES OF ELMO IN GROUCHLAND--Elmo travels to Grouchland. We learn from this adventure that grouches like Oscar are from this other-dimensional reality. Not all of them appear like monsters. Some look like humans, such as the Grouch Queen. Being a grouch is more of a state of mind than a race.
1999 to Present--SESAME ENGLISH--This show takes place on Sesame Street but revolves around foreign exchange student Tingo.
March 2000--FAMILY GUY--"I Am Peter, Hear Me Roar"--The monsters shown on the island in the timeshare are from the book Where the Wild Things Are. During the catfight between Lois and Gloria, a baker came out of the kitchen carrying ten banana cream pies and singing, "Ten banana cream pies!" He was then knocked down by Lois and Gloria's fighting. This is a reference to the old "falling baker" films from Sesame Street that aired in the 1970s and 1980s. The cutaway gag where Peter is in the net surrounded by apes parodies a scene from Planet of the Apes.
July 1 to 22, 2000--FAMILY GUY--"A Picture's Worth a Thousand Bucks"--Peter and Meg walk through New York to music from The Flintstones. The background changes into Bedrock]until they back out of it. The background change could also be a reference to the Warner Bros.' cartoon Duck Amuck, where Daffy Duck is seen wandering from one scenery to another, due to the fact that Bugs is the artist drawing Daffy into different scenes, in particular a sequence in which he is skiing in a snowfield and suddenly wanders into a different, Hawaiian-themed scene. In a cutaway, Walt Disney is seen drawing a picture of Minnie Mouse, ordering her to strip, much to her distress. Meg is able to annoy pigeons and Big Bird from Sesame Street with her bird calls.
2000--THE SIMPSONS--"Missionary: Impossible"--Big Bird is in the mob attacking Homer.
2000--SOUTH PARK--"Chef Goes Nanners"--One KKK member lifts up his robe to reveal feet that look like Big Bird's
2001--BETWEEN THE LIONS--These talking lions are visited by Sesame Street residents.
2002 to Present--PLAY WITH ME SESAME--As Elmo becomes the primary star of Sesame Street, original cast members such as Big Bird, Grover, Cookie Monster, Bert and Ernie spin off into this second show that is more about playing games that the young home viewer can play along with.
2003--SESAME STREET: THREE BEARS AND A NEW BABY--First I should say, the three bears from Goldilocks have moved at this point from one of the multiple dimensions in which fairy tales exist to Sesame Street. In this tale, Baby Bear is expecting a new sibling.
2003--LITTLE BRITAIN--"Most People in a Mini"--According to the narrator, Big Bird was born in Great Britain, before migrating to the United States to break into public television.
May 2004--SIMPSONS--"Bart-Mangled Banner"--After Bart moons the flag, the Simpsons are thrown in the Ronald Reagan Re-Education Center, which also holds Bill Clinton, the Dixie Chicks, Michael Moore, and Elmo (of SESAME STREET).
2005--Open huis in Sesamstraat--Elmo appears in this foreign knock-off of the show.
2005--THE GRIM ADVENTURES OF BILLY AND MANDY--"Scythe For Sale"--the green, dumpster-residing creature resembles Oscar the Grouch
December 2005--FAMILY GUY--"The Father, the Son, and the Holy Fonz"--Stewie became the pinball in the Sesame Street segment Pinball Number Count". Peter incorporates a number of elements from Fonzie in his religion. Peter tells the congregation to "sit on it," and then "let us 'Aaaayyyy!" two of Fonzie's catch phrases. There is also a motorcycle in the church, as well as a jukebox, a reference to Fonzie's trademark move of pounding his hand on a jukebox to automatically make it play his song. Peter also refers to the "mystery" of Richie's older brother (who was never seen again after the first episode of Happy Days) and reads a lesson to the congregation from "Potsie's Letter to the Tuscaderos." After Stewie is released from his bubble, he says to Brian that he and his friends at Cobra Kai will take him down, referring to the name of the gang of bullies in The Karate Kid. In the opening sequence, Peter summons Bill Lumbergh from the film Office Space to tell Lois she needs to "not complain about this" and then, "and if you could sit at the kids' table, that'd be great." Brian torments Stewie by forcing him to watch The View. In this version, the women act very much like farm hens, clucking and such as they sit. Star Jones Reynolds even lays an egg. Coincidentally, there was a MADtv sketch in season 10 where it portrayed the female hosts of The View as clucking, cackling hens (with castmember Michael McDonald as a farmer who kills one of them when she doesn't produce eggs for him). This is in part of the criticism of the show in which many complain that there is too much talking. Peter dances with Paula Abdul in footage of the video for Opposites Attract. He is superimposed over the animated role of MC Skat Kat, and sings an altered version of the original song's lyrics, mainly replacing the line "Opposites attract" with "I'm dressed like a cat." According to the DVD commentary, Paula Abdul had to come in and rerecord the song since the technical staff couldn't separate her singing and replace MC Skat Kat's lines with Peter's. This is the second appearance of Fonzie in the series. The first time was in the episode The Son Also Draws, when Peter went on a vision quest and used Fonzie as a guidance.
August 14, 2006--SESAME STREET--Detective John Munch of New York's Special Victims Unit visits Sesame Street.
2006--AMERICAN DAD--"Lincoln Lover"--Bert and Ernie appear in a musical number.
December 24, 2006 to December 25, 2006--A SESAME STREET CHRISTMAS CAROL--As those three ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future continue to do, this time they visit Oscar the Grouch.
2007--FAMILY GUY--"Believe It or Not, Joe's Walking on Air"--While scanning the donors for leg transplants, Big Bird's legs are seen along with a mermaid's tail, and horse's legs.
2007--The Family Guy 100th Episode Celebration--Cookie Monster in rehab
2008--THE COLBERT REPORT--The Cookie Monster appears to talk about why we should eat vegetables.
2008--SOUTH PARK--"Kyle Sucks Cartman's Balls - The Trilogy"--Oscar the Grouch is in Imaginationland.
2008--THE MENTALIST--"Red Hair and Silver Tape"--Jane asks Cho if he suspects that the "Sesame Street Crips" committed the crime.
2009--SCRUBS--Muppets have appeared on this show I once thought to be a self-contained crossover free show until Ivan set me straight about Apollo Bars and Cougars, but only within Doctor John Dorian's imagination.
2009--THE OFFICE--"Murder"--Kevin claims that the Swedish Chef "lives on Sesame Street."
November 2009--CLEVELAND SHOW--"Cleveland Jr. Cherry Bomb"--Bert and Ernie from Sesame Street make a cameo appearance to make fun of the rumor that they are homosexual. In order to get to the Whoreshack, Cleveland summons a portal with a clap of his hands. This was a reference to the popular 2007 video game Portal. [1] During the musical number "Straight Outta Stoolbend". Cleveland mentions the 'Cleveland Steamer', a notorious poop joke and sexual act on Family Guy.
April 2010--FAMILY GUY--"April in Quahog"--Grover seen
June 2010--FAMILY GUY--"Partial Terms of Endearment"--The scene where Peter lures Lois out to the desert with DVD's of Grey's Anatomy and how his trap backfires is a reference to Looney Tunes characters, Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner. Also the Miscarriage Kit is from ACME. Meg mentions when she dated Count von Count from Sesame Street. He counts three nipples on Meg's breasts, gets freaked out and leaves her.
2010--HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER--"The Wedding Bride"--Barney mentions that the only street where being nice is normal has a big yellow bird living in it.
2010--SIMPSONS--"To Surveil, with Love"--Marge finds Maggie watching a surveilance camera that shows a gay bar in which the patrons resemble "Sesame Street" characters.
Mid to Late February 2012--HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER--"NO Pressure"--Your Uncle Toby assures me that it was his cousin Conan, the talk show host, who visited McClaren's bar. He talks about it here, where he makes the connection between HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER and 'Lateline', 'Eaglehart', 'Arli$$', 'Web Therapy', 'Sesame Street', 'The Office', '30 Rock', 'Veronica's Closet', "The Rutles 2: Can't Buy Me Lunch", 'Primetime Glick', "Elmopalooza!", 'DAG', the Emmy Awards, 'The Simpsons', 'Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist', 'Space Ghost, Coast To Coast', and 'Futurama'.
October 6, 2012--SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE--"Daniel Craig/Muse"--Big Bird appears on Weekend Update to speak out against Mitt Romney wanting to shut down PBS, including Sesame Street. Watch it here.
2013--FAMILY GUY--"Brian's Play"--Beaker and Big Bird seen
3012--FUTURAMA--"Fun on a Bun"--Someone says that another name for the Wooly Mammoth was the "Snuffleupagus"
Alternate Realities: (Yes, even in a world of Muppets, not everything fits.
AVENUE Q---This is a broadway musical created by some of the original writers from Sesame Street. It's an adult parody.
BLUE HARVEST--In a universe where Star Wars is amalgamated with Family Guy, Cookie Monster is a Wampa.
BONGO UNIVERSE--Family Guy, American Dad, and the Simpsons depict Sesame Street on many occasions as a real show with merchandising, but in which the muppets are also real.
CINEVERSE--In Night at the Museaum: Battle of the Smithsonian, everything comes to life at the Smithsonian, gaining the memories and personalities of the things they portray. Oscar the Grouch is an exhibit there, and comes to life, wishing to join the forces of evil, but being denied. Oscar believes he really is Oscar, but he is not. Oscar does not exist in this reality other than as a fictional character.
Earth-1001--On the West Wing, we learn that in this reality Sesame Street is what it is here in the real world.
ERNEST & BERTRAM--An alternate reality where Sesame Street residents Bert and Ernie are homosexuals.
MIRROR UNIVERSE--See picture below.
MUPPET UNIVERSE--As I've said before, everything is real somewhere. Even fiction within fiction. The Muppets exist in the TVCU. But many of them are actors, and they make movies. In the TVCU, they are just fictional movies, but in the MUPPET UNIVERSE, they are real. This includes, (but is not limited to) CinderElmo, Great Muppet Caper, Abby in Wonderland and Elmos' Musical Adventure: Peter and the Wolf.
ROBOT CHICKEN UNIVERSE--Strangely, Robot Chicken does a parody of a Mad TV parody, in which Big Bird has bird flu.
SKITLANDIA--Mad TV had a recurring series of sketches spoofing Sesame Street.
TREEHOUSE OF HORROR--Homer and Edmund's father meet a blue Muppet vampire, snacking on an orange-colored Big Bird-like Muppet.
UNNAMED DIVERGENT TIMELINE--In Wizard of Oz 3: Dorothy Goes to Hell, the Count from Sesame Street makes a brief cameo.
WONDER SHOWZEN--An MTV parody of Sesame Street.
Note that in the ANGEL episode "Smile Time", Angel is turned into a puppet like what we in the real world would consider to be a Muppet. But since I claim Muppets are not puppets in the TVCU, Angel is not turned into a Muppet, but he is turned into a puppet.
I know I've left some out. Some I did so because I didn't have enough info, others just because it was a the millionth appearance of Elmo, and it was just getting redundant.
Oh, and not what I would consider a valid crossover, but this is really fun to watch anyways, so I couldn't leave it out.
Sunday, January 16, 2011
Sesame Street in the TV Crossover Universe (Yes, I'm serious. No, really.)
The Green Hornet in the TVCU
Continuing my updates...
On the real people seeming to be fictional in the same reality, James has posted: I don't have so much of a problem with the comic books existing in the same world. We have the same bizarre issue in the WNU/TVCU--look at The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, or other novels where comics featuring already wolded heroes exist within the same universe as the heroes themselves. I don't have a problem with it, mostly because the pulp heroes were aware of their magazines: Doc Savage made some negitive comics about Lester Dent, The Shadow novels were all based on his files (and Walter Gibson was a trusted agent--see The Sting of the Green Hornet and The Chinatown Death Cloud Peril), and a retired G-8 would answer his own letters page. If this level of metatextuality didn't affect the pulp heroes, I don't think it really affects the costumed adventuers.
1906--Birth of Britt Reid.
1915--Birth of Ikano Kato.
1934--Britt Reid begins working as a crime reporter at the Daily Sentinel.
1935--Britt saves Kato's life, after which Kato comes to America to work for the Reid family.
1935 to 1953--THE GREEN HORNET (RADIO AND COMICS)--Events of the "golden age" of the Green Hornet (Britt Reid.)
Fall 1935--THE GREEN HORNET (RADIO)--The Green Hornet makes his debut with the help of his partner Kato. This series replaced to previous series featuring WARNER LESTER, MANHUNTER and DR. FANG. In the final episodes of both, the stars of each battle to the death. Lester's sidekick Mike Axford would later appear on THE GREEN HORNET radio series. It should be noted that it is well established throughout the radio show that the Green Hornet is the nephew of THE LONE RANGER. At one point someone asks Reid about a picture on his wall of a masked man on a white horse. He responds that it is his uncle while the William Tell Overture (theme music of THE LONE RANGER) plays.
1938--MASKS--An adventure featuring Green Hornet, Kato, The Shadow, Miss Fury, Black Bat, Zorro, The Spider and others.
Summer 1939--THE GREEN HORNET (SERIAL)--The Green Hornet and Kato take on the Leader.
Summer 1940--THE GREEN HORNET STRIKES AGAIN! (SERIAL)--The duo take on Boss Crogan.
August 1940--BRAVE AND THE BOLD...THE LOST ISSUES--Batman and the Green Hornet. See http://braveandboldlost.blogspot.com/2010/08/green-hornet.html
November 27, 1940 to July 20, 1973--DRAGON: THE BRUCE LEE STORY--Normally I wouldn't include any movie based on a true story. Those usually go to Earth-Prime. But I felt this was a good exception. In this film we see Bruce Lee play Kato on TV. Even though Kato and the Green Hornet were real, there was a television show in the 1960s called THE GREEN HORNET since Batman and Robin watched it. And we know that Bruce Lee existed in the TVCU thanks to the new film, where the latest Kato is a fan. So this movie actually fits well into this chronology.
May 1942--STING OF THE GREEN HORNET (NOW COMICS)--In this story, we find the Green Hornet encountering THE SHADOW (also a pulp hero who started in radio), and CAPTAIN AMERICA (though including Cap doesn't include all his appearances, just as with the TVCU Superman.) Also appearing are Clark Kent (SUPERMAN) and Lois Lane, NICK FURY, and President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. (Note that when real people appear in the TVCU, it is their TVCU counterparts, who usually are very similar to the real world versions, but have had additional experiences that replace real world experiences.) Also referenced are the SUB-MARINER and the YANKEE COMMANDO.
1963--BURKE'S LAW--Henry the chauffeur is quoted as saying ""Never had aggravation like this when I worked for Green Hornet!" Thanks Toby for this. You revealed this info two weeks after I originally posted this blog. I'm so glad I go back to your site for updates. In another episode, Burke threatens to send Henry back to his previous employer, Charlie Chan.
Winter 1964--A SHOT IN THE DARK--Inspector Jacques Clouseau hires a martial artist named Cato to be his assistant. Perhaps he was inspired by the stories of those American criminals, or by that rich newspaper man Britt Reid. (There was a solid reference to James Bond in the Steve Martin PINK PANTHER film, and since the Martin version was not a true remake in that the story was completely different, I postulate that the diamond is the same from the earlier films, and that Clouseau must be a relative of the one from the original films. Thus that is my reasoning for inclusion.)
Spring 1964--THE GREEN HORNET (TELEVISION SERIES) and THE GREEN HORNET CHRONICLES (MOONSTONE BOOKS)--Britt Reid's nephew, Britt Reid II, becomes the second Green Hornet, and teams with Kato's son, Hayashi.
Summer 1964--THE GREEN HORNET CHRONICLES--"Fang and Sting"--This story is full of crossovers. These are DR. FANG, DOCTOR FU MANCHU, WARNER LESTER, MANHUNTER, PATRICIA WILDMAN (and thus her father DOC SAVAGE) from THE EVIL IN PEMBERLEY HOUSE, and THE LONE RANGER.
Summer 1965 to Fall 1967--BATMAN--Events of the TV show. My viewpoint for the TVCU is what you see on TV is how it really happened. However, when it comes to Batman, there is some explaining. Batman here is Dick Grayson and Robin is Bruce Wayne Junior. The Butler is Alfred Pennyworth, the second butler for the Waynes. Aunt Harriet is there too. She is actually a cousin of Bruce Wayne. Where are Bruce, Selina, and Helena? They have temporarily moved out of Gotham for some peace. The police commissioner is Tony Gordon, son of James. Barbara Gordon is Tony's daughter who becomes Batgirl. Some of the villains here are the originals of the 1940s, some are copycats, and some are newbies. As a sidenote, it should be mentioned that this TV series is the first use of the 555-prefix for phone numbers used in the TVCU, replacing KL5. For a full list of shows and films that use the 555 or KL5 prefix, check out this site.
Spring 1966--BATMAN (TELEVISON SERIES)--"The Spell of Tut"--The Green Hornet and Kato make a cameo appearance in this adventure of Batman and Robin. Note that in another episode of Batman, Dick and Bruce are watching the GREEN HORNET on TV. Though it is probably some kind of documentary about the "villains".
Fall 1966--BATMAN (TELEVISION SERIES)--"A Piece of the Action / Batman's Satisfaction"--The Green Hornet and Kato work on a case together with Batman II (Dick Grayson) and Robin II (Bruce Wayne Jr.). (Note that this episode, according to the research of a man named Hugh in a letter to Toby O'Brien, may be the first time that the United States of the TVCU started using the prefix of 555 for phone numbers.)
November 1966--BATMAN--"The Impractical Joker"--Batman and Robin watch the Green Hornet TV show. Clearly, this show must be a fictionalized version of the hero.
June 1967--HELLTOWN--This is a novel featuring the heroic QUESTION. This is the origin story for the TVCU version of the Question. The following either appear or are mentioned: THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL, THE GREEN HORNET, WILDCAT, THE SANDMAN, THE BLACK CANARY, BATMAN and Alfred Pennyworth, THE SHADOW, RICHARD DRAGON, Lady Shiva, and Oracle (Barbara Gordon I).
Summer 1967--THE GREEN HORNET CHRONICLES--"The Inside Man"--Story by Matthew Baugh. In this tale we learn that the Green Hornet is friends with tribe that the LONE RANGER's sidekick Tonto belonged to. Also, a character in the story is related to HAHNOMA RETURNS, who is the star of his own series of mystery stories.
Summer 1967--THE GREEN HORNET CHRONICLES--"Mutual Assured Destruction"--Story by Bill Spangler. The Green Hornet mentions his uncle, THE LONE RANGER.
Spring 1968--THE GREEN HORNET CHRONICLES--"Flight of the Yellowjacket"--Story by Howard Hopkins. In this story we encounter two descendants of Butch Cavendish, legendary enemy of THE LONE RANGER. Note that recently a follow-up called the Green Hornet Casefiles was published. I have yet to read it, and don't know the content or where it fits on the chronology, but since the same group of scholars are authoring this book, I'm sure it's chock full of crossovers and fits into this timeline nicely.
1968--BATMAN'66 MEETS THE GREEN HORNET--The Second Batman and Second Green Hornet team-up once again.
September 1970--INVISIBLE DEATH--Novel by Lin Carter featuring PRINCE ZARKON. Lots of crossover appearances here: THE SHADOW, THE SPIDER, THE GREEN HORNET II (BRITT REID II), BATMAN II (DICK GRAYSON), DOC SAVAGE (through the appearance of his assistant Ham Brooks), NANCY DREW (through her father Carson), PROFESSOR S.F.X. VAN DUSEN, THE THINKING MACHINE (through a relative), ELLERY QUEEN (through his law partner Beau Rummel), CAPTAIN HAZZARD (through Hazzard Industries), WU FANG, DOCTOR DEATH (through Inspector Ricks and Rance Mandarin),
April 1971--THE VOLCANO OGRE--Novel by Lin Carter featuring PRINCE ZARKON. Lots of crossover appearances here: THE AVENGER, PHILO VANCE, THE PHANTOM DETECTIVE, DON WINSLOW OF THE NAVY, DOC SAVAGE (through his assistant Renny), THE SHADOW, THE SPIDER, "HOP" HARRIGAN, BARNEY BAXTER, TAILSPIN TOMMY TOMPKINS, BILL BARNES, SMILIN' JACK MARTIN, FRANK HAVENS.
Winter 1978--REVENGE OF THE PINK PANTHER--In this film, Clouseau drives the "Silver Hornet." Surely this is more evidence that Clouseau was an admirer of the GREEN HORNET.
Spring 1986--CROSSOVERS--Alan Reid (nephew of Britt Reid II), dies on his first outing as the Green Hornet.
Summer 1989--CROSSOVERS--Alan Reid's brother Paul becomes the next Green Hornet and will work with various Katos over time.
Fall 1990--THE GREEN HORNET VOLUME 1 # 11 (NOW COMICS)--Paul Reid adds the Black Stinger helicopter to his vehicles / weapons. It is made by Nelson Aviation, which is owned by the legendary AIRBOY.
November 1990--GREEN HORNET MINI-SERIES (NOW COMICS)--In this Paul Reid adventure, there is a criminal named Blinky McQuade. This was once the undercover alias of THE SPIDER. What actual connection between this criminal and THE SPIDER is unknown.
1993--QING FENG XIA--In Hong Kong, a man named Dong becomes the Green Hornet.
1994—Sonic #10; Angelo Decesare, Dave Manak, Art Mawhinney--Whilst running through a sewer, Sonic passes the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. As Robert previously included Sonic because of a Green Hornet crossover, I feel justified for including this little reference.
Fall 2002 to Fall 2003--SONIC X--Sonic the Hedgehog (yes, I'm going here) and others from the Tooniverse are transported to the TV Crossover Universe. One time during this period, Sonic and his new friend Chris are both dressed up as the Green Hornet and Kato by Chris' butler. When asked why, the butler responded that the Green Hornet was his childhood hero. Not everyone was convinced of the villainy of the Green Hornet.
2005--THE GREEN HORNET (FRENCH FILM)--The current Green Hornet deals with a series of museum robberies.
January 2009--MEAN STREETS "THE DIFFERENCE A DAY MAKES" (SHORT STORY BY SIMON GREEN)--Private investigator John Taylor takes a case for a woman who can't remember the past 24 hours. Seen on the streets of the Nightside are the Green Hornet's Black Beauty driven by Kato and Stephen King's Christine, with a deceased fellow behind the wheel. If there is one place where the Television Crossover Multiverse may connect and overlap, it's the strange place known as the Nightside, located within London, yet much larger than London. It is a place where magic and advanced technology exist. Numerous divergent timelines seem to coexist and time anomalies are a regular occurrence. This cross with the Stephen King Universe brings the Nightside series into the TVCU.
December 2010 - March 2011 --GREEN HORNET # 11 - 14 "IDOLS" (DYNAMITE)--Green Hornet faces a street gang that may have supernatural power. In a scene in issue # 12, when Green Hornet is held captive, there are posters in the room of several models, and Vampirella. Considering that the other posters are models, and that Vampi did work as a horror host for a while, I believe this to actually be a poster of Vampi modelling. Note that this Green Hornet is another rebooted version of the character. However, some other stories in the TVCU, such as those in the Green Hornet Chronicles, demonstrate that each reboot is actually just a new generation of the family carrying on the tradition.
Alternate Realities:
EARTH-1 (PRE-CRISIS): I know it's the popular notion that the Inferior Five were on Earth-12 based on a remark in a Captain Carrot issue that they were looking for Earth-12, I go more with the theory from Mike's Amazing World of DC Comics that they (and the Super Friends) were on Earth-1. In fact, in the 1970s, the Super Friends continuity was interwoven with Earth-1. However, ivan is right and I wished I had remembered the Yellow Jacket.
EARTH-12 (PRE-CRISIS): Crazy Ivan said... the home of the Inferior-5. Merry Man, the leader of the I-5 had parents that were non-powered superheroes during world war two. Before that, a relative of his was the pulp-era mystery man called the Yellow Jacket, with a sidekick called Plato, and a vehicle called the Gold Bug.
Earth-12 was populated by parodies from across pop-culture, but many of DC's major characters existed there with the same names as in the DCU (Superman, Batman, etc), leading many to suspect that the SuperFriends cartoon took place in Earth-12 continuity.
A timeline by Mikel Norwitz details much of this world, including mention of Yellow Jacket.
LOONIVERSE: Strangely, in this reality, the "Masked Hornet" is a television series. We learn this from a conversation Huckleberry Hound has, during his duties as a police office, with a masked man he pulls over, who claims to be the actor who plays the Masked Hornet on TV.
TOONIVERSE: In this reality there is a hero named BATFINK who works with his partner Karate.
TOONIVERSE MINUS: In this reality, there is a BROWN HORNET who drove a "White Beauty" car. In the future his descendant carries on the heroic tradition.
So that's the world of the Green Hornet legacy as it occurs in the TV Crossover Universe and the TV Crossover Multiverse. Hope you enjoyed. Please leave me comments if you have anything you disagreed with. So long as it's polite, I love to have fun debate, and sometimes I'm actually convinced that I'm wrong, and will make changes.
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EA Denies DRM Problems With Sims 2
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Fizzlefist writes "For the past 2 weeks there has been an uproar on the Sims 2 forums concerning the inclusion of Sony's SecuROM DRM software in the latest expansion pack, Bon Voyage. It seems paid customers have been having problems since day one of release, but EA is only now, 5 weeks later, issuing an official statement on the matter. A lot of what's in the statement is outright fiction with proven reports of issues with disabling of disc burning software, optical disc drives, printers, cameras, system slowdown and even system crashes. Fan responses have been cold to say the least. Interestingly enough, the expansion pack was cracked and up on the internet less than 24 hours after its release."

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The problem remains that Google doesn't really make any "products" that it can sell. Its value is in the number of users on its websites and how well it can sell advertising into that space. At the end of the day, that creates a huge financial incentive for Google to eavesdrop on and "mine" the private content people put on its sites, be it personal search queries, email, videos, and any additional Google + type info. They need to collect and exploit ones personal data to best make money advertizing. The provide their services for "free" to collect personal info and an audience to sell advertising into. Isn't this like operating a brothel, where the businesses buying the ads are the paying "Johns" and Google account holders allowing their privates to be served up for the Johns? Its not that I don't like brothels, I just don't like being the one who gets f__ked.
May be cleared of "search bias" but what about political bias?
How much has google's executives "donated" to our vandal-in-chief and his minions? Could it be that Google bought its get-out-of-jail card?
What lousy political reporting on the part of the WSJ.
"Vandal-in-chief". Wow. Didn't take long for that. But I give you points for writing it yourself. Happy new year to all.
Well, thank you, Nicole. I thought of it myself too. You should try thinking for yourself as well.
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Brink of Alienation
Machine gun aliens to death in this frantic run and gun series!
Wacky Game Jokez 4 Kidz
Join Mickey the Dick on a show with lots of video game humor!
Beebo is a cat with facial hair that smokes!
This is a RPG where you are the pilot of a Mobile Weapon (MaW). Explore the world and upgrade your MaW inorder to defeat the final boss.
Complete quests to obtain secret items that cannot be found in shops.
Next version coming out soon:
More info at http://www.mobileweapon.
1. Arrow keys movement.
2. Added 1 more battle music.
3. Slightly more powerful encounters when rank is higher.
1. Spelling Errors fixed.
2. Height bug fixed.
3. New weapon added (hidden).
1. Removed flashing effect in battle as per comments. (Reduced effect)
2. Fixed occasional chance of wrong music loading for battle when near borders of maps.
3. Option to turn off music.
4. Set quality to medium if battles lag.
5. Fixed quest bugs.
6. Edited dialogue with non-existant blade weapon.
7. Fixed name of secret armour being different.
8. Load disabled when there is no save detected.
Tbh, this one one of the few games I have rated badly, basically anything in this game can kill you in 3 shots....I mean come on... Also even training from the start for like 10 battles was slow, and still didnt even give me enough exp to kill stuff in that desert. And the on time I kill something in the desert, it kills me once its dead, which is stuffed :|
My opinion was it would be a good start to a game, but needs a lot of improvement.
Its also a good theme.
well all the time beating the maverick i was excited about the new sword i would be getting i finally destroyed it and basically it told me THE END that is my only complaint other than the music which i muted after 2 min. anyway good art and mechanics i just was let down by the lack of final sword even if u got it after the credit i would have been happy but oh well 7/10
A Great start to the RPG series well done
The combat system is simple yet enjoyable. The movement, I find, is a little weird, but it doesn't upset the gameplay. The music is nothing special, and the graphics are nice.
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can't wait to see the you tube video's you mentioned!
I am sure it wasn't deliberate, she must have just been very proud of you.
p.s. you voice sounds just like I had imagined it in my head, which is a very good thing. I tend to put a face and a voice to the journals I read, it is lovely to get to hear yours for real.
"Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass. It is about learning to dance in the rain."
My journal: http://www.marksdailyapple.com/forum/thread36279.html
My "Program": doing my version of a 4:3 - 3 day fast diet with real food every day
can't wait to see the you tube video's you mentioned!
Goal: Don't worry be happy!
I LOVE that song, and you do it great justice. You were one of my few online folks that got assigned a voice in my head, and you weren't that far off, creepily enough.
"No fate but what we make"- Sarah Connor, Terminator 2
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, steak in one hand, chocolate in the other, yelling "Holy F***, What a Ride!"
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You look like your voice, Paula. Absolutely gorgeous! Wish I could sing half as well as you do.
Wt 230 up again. I think that I will stop weighing for a while.
I am currently reading "The Schwarzbein Principal Program" which is about balancing hormones. Step one is eating 3-5 "square" meals / day. A "square" consists of protein, fat, healthy carb and non starchy veg. I started eating this way today. The difference is that I rarely eat both carb and veg at every meal.
I have an appointment with an eating disorders counselor early next week, so hopefully I can start ironing out some of my food issues.
Beautiful voice!
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SW: 221 | CW: 182 | LPW: 166 | UGW: 140 (80 lbs loss)
OMG The students were freaking out today. We got the news that our HS Vice Principal was arrested over the weekend for possession of pot. He was on his way home from the "Mountain Jam" concert when he was pulled over for failing to properly stop at a stop sign. They found the pot in his car. He claims it belonged to someone he gave a ride to earlier in the day. Sadly, he is a really nice guy who probably just lost his career in education regardless of the truth. He has been put on administrative leave.
If I just said LOL, I lied. Do or do not. There is no try.
One of my male students kept refusing to do his work today on the grounds that if Mr S. is a stoner, he shouldnt have to do work, or wear his ID, or follow the rules...Luckily he was just joking.
Even if it were alcohol, he'd get in trouble for an open container, so either way, whether his or someone else's, he's the one who gets in trouble.
Sorry to hear about the principal. Bad deal, especially if he is innocent. But, the school should reinstate him if he's found not-guilty... sadly, I don't think he will be unless someone else steps forward to claim it.
Our mayor got arrested a couple years back (probably 4 years ago now) for running a marijuana "farm". He had a basement full of growing pot plants. That gave our town a name... sadly, for anyone who's familiar with our town, it's overflowing with drugs, but now outlying cities know of us for our Pothead Mayor.
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Provocative sculptural design mask by Joji Kojima
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SHOWOFF (layers of colored fabric and thread) by Kate Themel.
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Special kimono for dancing. Second half of 20th century, Japan.
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Detail of a beautiful bolt of vintage Japanese cotton fabric used to make everyday kimonos. The pattern features traditionally stylised chrysanthemums, woven in white against a red background.
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An Omi Jofu Child's Kimono: Indigo Dyed Hemp or Ramie
Omi jofu is woven in Shiga Prefecture, which neighbors Kyoto Prefecture; omi jofu is made from both hemp and ramie, and the best examples are of hand plied yarns. In this child's kimono, we see Omi jofu's characteristic indigo dyed kasuri or ikat weave. This small kimono bears the lovely pattern of paulownia flowers, folding fans and plum blossoms, images that suggest delicacy and fortitude simultaneously. asa | Sri Threads
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Chirimen silk crepe formal winter kimono with yuzen dyeing, gold couching and gold surihaku.
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Kogin Kimono
This kimono was made and worn by a woman living in Tsugaru, a penisula in the very north of Honshû, the main island of Japan. It is woven with fine indigo-dyed ramie. The decorative panel on the upper part has been stitched in white with a diamond pattern, a technique known as kogin. If she was to make a good marriage it was essential that a Tsugaru woman master the skills of kogin, and training began at an early age. By her wedding day the bride was expected to have woven and embroidered a number of fine garments for herself and her future husband. These would be worn on special occasions.
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South Carolina's Folly Beach offers low-pressure, Lowcountry fun
CHARLESTON, S.C. — Charleston may have a reputation for expensive (and often starched) elegance, but there are options for vacationers who want to kick back at a low-pressure Lowcountry beach. Welcome to Folly Beach.
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Good Questions: Good Resources for Murphy Beds?
ATDC reader Reggie needs assistance:
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I bought from the same place mentioned above; I just got the bare metal skeleton because I mounted mine behind a movable wall panel I was building. Quite satisfied. It took a while to ship, but that didn't bother me (it may bother you).
Also: holy crap, the boxes are heavy. Seriously. Have an elevator, or else some friends. This is probably why it took a while to get to me.
@minimalia: Do you have any pictures?
Does anyone know how to turn a closet into a murphy bed? I think mine may fit a double.
check www.jesse.it out. will take 8-12 weeks to come from italy, but they have really nice stuff
If you google "wallbeds" you will get a lot of resources. I know of one company that's actually called "Wallbed" and their queen sized beds run a bit over $2000, no mattress or cabinetry included. It's a bit pricey.
Lee Valley Tools sell the mechanisms but you would need someone to build the base etc. Mine is a custom one with storage on sides and above (queen size with long side against wall so not too tall).
I've been looking for a bedspread in the exact teal-blue color as the top photo, does anyone know where the top photo is from?
Try the More Space Place in Pentagon City
You can also try www.murphybeds.com. They sell directly on line and ship immediately (click into build-a-bed-online). You get your order within 7-10 business days of ordering. They even have an unfinished maple bed cabinet that can be stained by you to match other furniture in your room. Really good to work with. Good Luck.
You should check out www.wallbedfactory.com</a href> for really quality models. I have a Murphy bed from them and I love it-they have a wide range of styles, and I think that they have a fairly streamlined model coming out soon. They are pretty innovative with their designs too; I know they have a fold out table on one of them, and a newer one has the option of having a chalk board or white board on it--pretty neat! Good luck!
You all have to check out www.loriwallbeds.com! They are very affordable (comparatively). I'm pretty sold on getting one.


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The TT Type is a full-spec thermal imaging camera designed for security and law...
A man has been charged with assault on a public servant after getting into an altercation with a Dallas police officer and grabbing the lawman by the testicles.
According to a police report, Cory Weddington III had just been thrown out of the Havana Lounge, in the 4000 block of Cedar Springs Road, for being underage and getting caught drinking.
The 19-year-old allegedly became combative as the officer attempted to take him into custody. The officer and the teen ended up scuffling on the ground, it was then Weddington allegedly grabbed the officer by the testicles and began to squeeze and twist.
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I've been using vimperator for a few months and loving it (although it makes it hard for me to go back to primitive mousery on others' computers). I've seen that there's a fork called Pentadactyl, but I can't tell what the difference is. Is there any particular reason to use one over the other? Why was it forked?
I am the project founder and still main developer of Vimperator. I have summarized my own perceived differences between the two projects here:
Please read the whole page, but if you really need a short summary, because you just wasted time fighting Pentadactyl's complexity ;), here it is:
Hope this helps a little. I am sure both projects have their target audiences.
Maybe the FAQ section on the page you linked to could be helpful, in particular http://dactyl.sourceforge.net/pentadactyl/faq#faq-differences and http://dactyl.sourceforge.net/pentadactyl/faq#faq-fork .
I can not say anything about the politics behind both projects, but here is what I think/have found out about both the projects:
Depending on what is important to you, both projects are good, if you don't care about aesthetics too much and are willing to spend some time learning the exact commands (or look them up in help, which is pretty simple to navigate) but want lots of customization options, or if you are looking for more vim-like experience, Pentadactyl is for you.
On the other hand, if you are an average vim user who wants to turn their browser experience to keyboard use only but don't want to spend too much time learning Vimeperator is for you.
[1]: Basic functionality is similar in both, like open pages, going back in history, closing tabs etc. it's the other features that I am talking about.
[2]: Vimperator may have options hidden deep down to enable/disable other gui options, but even if they exist, they are not as visible as Pentadactyl.
It's not a technical comparison but as a user I can see one difference:
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Alanis Morissette gives me hope.
Back then when she first appeared in the music scene, who would have thought that the young angry woman would actually talked about how she enjoy motherhood? Or even better, who would have thought that she would want to be a mother?
(If you paid careful attention to the lyrics in Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie, you would be able to tell that this was not an easy journey for her)
For someone who had been struggling with the 'I-want-children-but-no-I-don't-think-I-want-them' debate, this came off as a relief.
That you too, someday, may just be able make peace with it. And to actually enjoy it.
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- e_bone May 27, 2008 11:42 AM
Is there an online index for Saveur? Their website doesn't appear to have one (I may have missed). I frequently want to revisit past articles and I get frustrated pulling out box after box and scanning the spines.
I am specifically on the hunt for an article on Rubio's and the origins of Fish Tacos and I believe it was written by Carolynn Carreno (tilde not possible). I made some last night and they were lame. I need to be reinspired as I was when I first read that article.
Any help appreciated!!
No online index (although it seems like they're in the process of developing one - finally!) - I used to photocopy the page with the recipe index and put it in a binder, but I got too lazy to keep it up... anyway, I googled "Rubio's Saveur Fish Tacos", which led me back to an old Chowhound post with the approximate date - the article is in the July/August 2001 issue, page 30.
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Actually, as a person who studies eastern european folklore, I'd recommend reading some of the ancient Hungarian folklore. A lot of their creation myth and their shamanism seems to parallel the myths and beliefs of the night elves and the night elven druids a bit too. There is a passable reference for Malorne and they even had a World Tree. Again, as an earlier poster said, wikipedia is a good start, though there are more in-depth sources out there.


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for Everyoneby A verified traveler from NJ
Decent hotel near WikikiPosted Sep 19, 2014
Average rooms for the price near the area. Everything is extra (i.e. parking, access to roomsafe, etc...)
for Everyoneby A verified traveler from Hnl
Hotel in process of renovating....expect bugsPosted Sep 16, 2014
Pagoda has always been so kind...but I guess I'll suggest to stay when the renovating is done on the hotel....
by A verified traveler from Lahaina, HI
Front desk staff was very rude....Posted Sep 14, 2014
Front desk staff was very rude and not helpful at all.... Room was not cleaned.... This whole place needs a lot of work and renovation.... So sad to say I loved this hotel before always use to stay here with my family now this will be the last time!!!
for Everyoneby A verified traveler from Auckland, New Zealand
Loved that the hotel was close to everythingPosted Sep 13, 2014
Overall experience was quite satisfactory. Staff were welcoming, warm and friendly. Great place for cheap accommodation that is within 5 - 10 mins walking distance to: Walmart, Don Quiote convenience store, Dress for Less clothing store and the mighty Alamoana Mall. Also the walk through the Alamoana Mall brings you to the ocean side where you can hop on to a scenic bus tour. All of the above, I highly recommend to anyone visiting Honolulu. It was my sister and I, our first time to Hawaii on a stop over to New Zealand for one day and we certainly got to do and see a lot in such a short time, finishing the day relaxing at Wakiki Beach.
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Parking farPosted Sep 12, 2014
Parking far from room, beds could feel the springs, room with queen bed had no tv, room with 2 twins had only a ceiling fan, over all was greatful for a room to sleep in and a shower however I will never stay there again
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Neglected hotel in good locationPosted Sep 3, 2014
Pros: Close to mall and restaurants.
Cons: The key system for the doors. Internet ( wi-fi ) should be included!
Location: Close to Ala Moana mall. Ala Moana Park and the ocean. One half mile from Waikiki.
Hotel staff is friendly yet building is in need of complete remodel. I had to make several trips to the desk to get my key to work!
for Everyoneby A verified traveler from California
Very convenient for shoppingPosted Sep 1, 2014
Pros: Conveniently located to shopping centers and the pond with beautiful colored carps swimming in the pond.
Cons: Room cleaning maids should at least clean coffee cups and the pot and not only make the beds and empty waste paper baskets and change clean towels.
Location: See above comments for shopping convenience.
We could shop at walking distance to Wal Mart.Sam's club Don Quiote and even the main shopping center of Hawaii,the Ala Moana shopping center of Honolulu.Pagoda Hotel is very conveniently located with beautiful large colored Carps in tne pond surrounding the restaurant.
for Everyoneby A verified traveler
Posted Aug 26, 2014
Pros: The are was very prime. The rooms were very nice and clean and prepped with everything two people would need to do all the cooking they intended doing
Cons: The beds were comfy, but I had a problem with the fitted sheets not being "fitted." I prefer to sleep on sheets, not a bare mattress because they move
Location: Ala Moana shopping center is a 10 minute walk, and they have every store you could want. The beach is two minutes past that.
My boyfriend and I came to Hawaii for both a vacation, and for a Spartan mud run. We weren't looking to spend a fortune there, which is why we chose the Pagoda Hotel. Their rates could not be beat, especially being as close as they were to everything (excellent restaurants, Ala Moana shopping center and the beach all are within minutes of the hotel). We also wanted the option to be able to cook breakfasts for ourselves throughout the week, as we needed to be well fed rather early for our run, and the room that we got with the kitchenette was perfect for what we needed.
by A verified traveler from Brisbane Australia
Close to Ala Moana shopping centrePosted Aug 24, 2014
Cons: Decor definitely
Location: Wallmart 24 hrs thank goodness for this and Ala Moana shopping centre
It was ok very cheap accommodation. the check in guy was not very accommodating and didnt share any info about any specials so we had no wifi for first 3 days until I read somewhere about the extra $10 fee we can pay to have dvd and internet. Very disppointing that the trolley shuttle as advertised was not yet running considering hotel was 5 mins drive from waikiki. Spent a lot of extra money on getting into waikiki so not happy about that. Facilities were poor very old but while there they were refurbish7ng. Due to locality I would not be staying there again as too far from main drag of Waikiki.
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pagoda hotelPosted Aug 17, 2014
Pros: The room was clean but lacked ammenities that goe with kitchenette.
Cons: this is the second time staying there that there is no utensils.the first time they couldnt provide it.I believe the rates should be lower.
Location: like staying there because it is convient to go shopping around ala moana and surrounding area.
rented room with kitchenette and no pots,pan,limited utensils.disposal not working,No Hot water during day!!!! could not take a tub bath because no provisions,Was not notified that pool could not use because of construction work! rates for rental should have been lower.


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It was just over one week ago that a Sea Tow captain and his boat went missing.
"We've been living a nightmare since last Tuesday."
It's been an emotional week for the family of 34-year-old David McAuliffe, but now they say they are on the road to recovery.
"I don't think that the family would have been able to stand it much longer," said David's Aunt, Chris Dziena.
Around 6:00 on Wednesday morning, Ocean City Public Works employees discovered McAuliffe's body on the beach at 25th Street.
McAuliffe went missing on Tuesday after his boat the "Cape Hattaeras" sank in the Great Egg Harbor Inlet.
Judy Mauer saw the early morning police action, from her Ocean City home.
"It was just heart wrenching to watch the reaction of his wife on TV the other day. It didn't just seem to have an end until his body had been located."
McAuliffe's wife, Lynsey McAuliffe spoke to us earlier in the week, but she said the new developments were too much for her to speak again. This is what she had to say on Tuesday about bringing her husband's body home.
"It is very important to our family that he is brought home to our family and is given the honor and dignity that he deserves."
Lynsey McAuliffe says that the propellers on the boat were shredded and bent and would have left McAuliffe with no way to steer the vessel.
The United States Coast Guard is continuing to investigate what happened on the water but is not releasing any information until that investigation is complete.
State Police say an autopsy revealed McAuliffe's death to be accidental drowning.
A fund has been put together to help support McAuliffe's family.
Evangelist Franklin Graham prayed on a sidewalk outside the Pentagon Thursday after his invitation to a prayer service inside was withdrawn because of comments that insulted people of other religions. More>>
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Huh? The jury isn't sequestered but was given a directive to avoid media regarding this case. The defendant intentionally put out "evidence" that was thrown out of the case. That would be considered attempted jury tampering and possible contempt of court. That has nada to do with the jury already being "corrupt."


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War canoe restoration
A group of Penticton Secondary School students are spending time outside the classroom each week restoring a heritage war canoe.
It's part of an ongoing Penticton Museum project to give four of the historic watercraft a new lease on life.
"It changes up the routine, and it's interesting because we get to see how they built the canoe and how it's held together," said grade 11 student Diego DeAlmeida.
The five grade 11 and 12 students, who are involved in the career transitions course at the high school, started the work in January and expect to be finished by June, acording to their teacher Kevin McGifford.
Every Thursday they go to Art House Penticton and work on getting rid of worn out parts and prepping for re-finishing, with guidance provided by Mike Elliott of Kettle River Canoes in Grand Forks.
McGifford said the project is giving the students both practical and employable skills.
"Then on top of that they are going through the experience of what it means to be a volunteer," he said.
According to museum curator Peter Ord, war canoes were used by Coastal First Nations for raiding parties around the early 1900s.
Early white settlements then adopted the concept of the large war canoe, but used their own building technology to recreate them.
They were mostly used for racing by settlements in Ontario and the Maritimes. The first evidence of canoes being used in the Okanagan dates back to around 1908, said Ord.
The two World Wars put an end to the racing, as young men went overseas to fight.
But by the late 1940s, the war canoes started coming back and racing became popular again in the Okangan and other places.
There was another hiaitus from the early 1980s to 1999, when Peachland restored some of the watercraft and did a ceremonial race as part of its millennium celebration.
Two of the canoes then remained in Peachland and the other two were stored in Kelowna and used by the Kelowna Fire Department.
Two were built by Gordon Jennens in Kelowna from 1949 to 1951 and the others, dating back to the mid 1940s, were built by the Peterborough Canoe Company in Ontario.
After the watercraft arrived in Penticton in recent years, one was restored almost immediately and the other three are being worked on by the students, Shuan Boo of Peachland and others.
The final goal is one of the canoes will be a permanent exhibit at the S.S. Sicamous and the three others will be restored to racing condition and raced during a regatta in September.
"This is a very important heritage project that revitalizes a piece of Penticton history intimately connected to its water," said Ord.
Grade 11 student Tanner Abernethy says the whole project has been a good fit for him.
"I get to work with friends and I enjoy hands on projects," he said. "It's really quite fun and the historical part is cool."
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but keep up the good work, i'll keep being as dumb as i type.
If you had bought the firs 3G you would have BL 5.8 so always be able to downgrade your BB
If you had bought an early 3GS you would have BL 359.3 and be able to have an untethered JB and use pwnage to upgrade to 4.0 and JB.
Apple have a history of fixing exploits.
^^ so what your saying is the sooner you get an iphone 4 the better chance you have of always jailbreaking using the same exploit as the first time
I love my iPhone 4. It's a huge step up from the 3GS IMHO. I think I'll be sticking with it though. If AT&T let's me upgrade next year, I'll buy the new iPhone and sell it & keep my iP4.
I think we're getting closer to smartphone progress slowing down. Do we really need 3Ghz processors and 2gb of ram in a phone?
We've already seen it happen with computers. We have quad-core processors and 16gb of ram. Who needs that? People who actually use it will buy it but most of us are happy with a dual-core & 4gb of ram.
All I'm saying is I think advances in the mobile smartphone world will definitely begin to slow...I'm sure someone here agrees.
I agree with you. What Will happen is they will focus on size and wireless speed
I agree certain aspects of smartphone tech will begin to slow, but new features and technology will be introduced. One feature I would love to see is being able to use a stylist on my phone, actually being able to write and draw like u would
On a piece of paper would be awesome! Oh, and what if someone made a KICKSTAND so I could prop up my phone!!! That would be soooo amazing! (that was sarcasm if u couldn't tell)
I'm actually interested in the new iPod Touch. If it's nearly as sexy as the iPhone 4 I could see it really taking off.
I apologize if this question is redundant...
If you have a new, never jailbroken or unlocked, iPhone 3GS running iOS 4, can it be downgraded to 3.1.3 or 3.1.2 so that it can be jailbroken and unlocked? To be clear, i'm not talking about jailbreaking 4.0. I've read the thread, I know that's not possible. I want to know if you can downgrade a new 3GS running iOS 4 to a firmware that can be jailbroken and unlocked.
sorry, i don't think you can - you need the SHSHs, and if its never been jailbroken, your SOL.
Fantastic, lol. It looks like my old iPhone picked the perfect time to break. I guess my new one will be sitting in the box until... whenever.
No - unless the previous owner saved the Blobs
I have a 3gs jailbroken with spirit on 3.1.3 with the shsh blobs saved. I take it its not possible for me to downgrade to 3.1.2 then up to jailbroken 4.0. I probably have the new bootrom aswell my phones only a few weeks old.
Unless you have the 3.12 blobs you can't downgrade but you can't use pwnage if you have the new bootrom anyway.
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Illegal Immigration: That was so 2006
August 05, 2008 - Posted by Maurice Belanger
It seems that, these days, crisis is the fuel of politics in Washington. Not that crisis actually moves today's politicians to solve problems. No, what crisis provides is a new opportunity for a politician to come up with the sound bite that will give him or her an advantage over an opponent.
Today, the crisis is the price of gasoline, and the sound bite is offshore drilling. Some of the people who yesterday were holding up business in the House and Senate by trying to attach deportation-only proposals to every piece of legislation are today maneuvering to attach drilling-only proposals to every piece of legislation.
Now, these politicians know as well as the next guy that oil from sources that haven't yet been explored won't make it to the gas pumps for many years but, if voters aren't paying too close attention to the details, offshore drilling might be the sound bite that sounds like a solution, just as in 2006, a crackdown on illegal immigration was thought to be the magic sound bite that would hoodwink voters into thinking that the candidates were actually trying to solve a problem.
To paraphrase my favorite line from Lilly Tomlin: No matter how cynical you get in this town, it's impossible to keep up.
On the positive side, until someone figures out how to tie undocumented immigrants to the price of gasoline, there is a bit of diminishment of attention to illegal immigration and harsh enforcement-only proposals.


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Over the past several weeks, the trading community has seen a slew of announcements regarding connectivity coming out of Canadian marketplaces. Canadian venues are establishing new connectivity partnerships and seeking to cut latency, providing investors with even more options in terms of market models and lower trading costs.
On Monday, NYSE Technologiesthe commercial technology arm of NYSE Euronextand TMX Group (the operator of the Toronto and Montreal equities trading markets) and its subsidiary TMX Datalinx opened trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange in recognition of a new data technology and distribution agreement. TMX Group said it will extend the availability of TMX Datalinx Canadian market data through connectivity to NYSEs Secure Financial Transaction Infrastructure locations across the United States and Europe; the Candian exchange operation will also use NYSE Technologies' low-latency platform for consolidating its data and providing a single, central source of consolidated data on Canadian equity markets.
The next day Exegy, an ultra-high performance market data appliance company, said its ticker plant has added built-in market data feed handlers to process data from Chi-X Canada, an ATS for TSX-listed securities, providing Exegy clients the ability to access the alternative trading system's trading data. That announcement came less than a week after multi-asset class trading systems provider Portware said it had connected with Chi-X, providing Portware clients the ability to access and execute trades on the platform, the companies said this week.
Alpha Trading Systems, an alternative trading system (ATS) for Canadian Listed Securities, also had news recently, announcing on Nov. 30 that it had selected the CorvilNet latency management system from Corvil to manage and assure low latency across its exchange infrastructure.
With multiple markets, people start to pay attention to how they route their orders, people pay attention to how they connect to the marketplace and they also start to pay attention to the trading strategies they employ in a multiple market environment, Tal Cohen, CEO of Chi-X Canada, told Securities Industry News.
What were starting to see now is the composition of order flow in Canada change from where it was traditionally low on the technology spectrum to really being dependent on having better technology in place to take advantage of the trading opportunities in the marketplace, as well as the fact that you have a lot of international entities and investors looking to trade in Canada putting pressure on the incumbents to trade smarter, Cohen continued. Part of what weve been saying all along and what the other competitors have been saying is we think we can grow, we think we can engage the investors in the U.S., Europe and Asia to trade more readily in Canada if we give them options in terms of market models and lower the cost of trading.
Laurie Berke, principal with the Tabb Group, said some high frequency firms have connected into Canada this year, and when those [firms] show up, its the beginning of the inevitable.
Theyre taking advantage of arbitraging latency between low and high latency venues, and in so doing, they would pick up direct data feeds from each of the venues and use their ability to trade quickly to take advantage of any pricing opportunities number one, and number two, I think they support the success of some of these ATSs as an alternative to a tradition in Canada where TMX is the monopoly.
In addition, firms in Canada will go down the same path others have gone down herethere will be folks who will want to co-locate and position their execution strategies close to the matching engines, said Berke.
When asked about his companys current and potential business opportunities in the Canadian market, Varghese Thomas, vice president of Savvis Financial Services Business Unit, noted that Savvis provides access to many of the liquidity points in Canada, including Chi-X Canada, Toronto Montreal Exchange, Pure Trading, Alpha Trading and Omega ATS.
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Decision Making by Credal Nets
Authors: Alessandro Antonucci and Cassio Polpo de Campos
Abstract: Credal nets are probabilistic graphical models which extend Bayesian nets to cope with sets of distributions. This feature makes the model particularly suited for the implementation of classifiers and knowledge-based systems. When working with sets of (instead of single) probability distributions, the identification of the optimal option can be based on different criteria, some of them eventually leading to multiple choices. Yet, most of the inference algorithms for credal nets are designed to compute only the bounds of the posterior probabilities. This prevents some of the existing criteria from being used. To overcome this limitation, we present two simple transformations for credal nets which make it possible to compute decisions based on the maximality and E-admissibility criteria without any modification in the inference algorithms. We also prove that these decision problems have the same complexity of standard inference, being NP^PP-hard for general credal nets and NP-hard for polytrees.
Year: 2011.
Details: In Proceedings of the International Conference on Intelligent Human-Machine Systems and Cybernetics (IHMSC 2011). IEEE, pp. 201-204.
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