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When you have good characters, you can place them in any "arena" and make them work. The stories write themselves. Remind me to tell you about the "gag wheel" I had when I was a kid that was supposed to create funny one panel gags for you if you couldn't come up with any yourself.
Betty Boop Stories
For example, here are just a few ideas that popped into my head. They are mostly based on the early Betty Boop cartoons (1930-33). Note that they all have "a beginning, middle and end" just as worms do. Cartoon writers seem to place great importance on this and act as if it's something mysterious that only people with no obvious talent can achieve. I'm trying to think of something that doesn't have a beginning, middle and end. That would be a real trick against nature. Maybe a ball. Even a starfish probably starts somewhere.
Betty The Moon Maid
Koko and Bimbo ride a satellite to the moon to find the moon maid that winks at them every night during their prayers – it's Betty
They find her in trouble
A strange and hideous moon creature is threatening her somehow. Like the old cartoons, we don't know if he wants to eat her or marry her. It's ambiguous.
Koko and Bimbo try fisticuffs on the Moon Creature - to no avail.
The moon's surface is rubbery, so every time they get knocked down by the Moon Creature, they bounce back up and the whole surface wobbles. They give up in despair and then sniff the moon. It's stinky.
The moon turns out to be made of cheese. Bimbo eats the cheese and becomes Super Stink, a smelly superhero with the power of putridity.
He pummels the moon creature and saves Betty.
The last shot is Betty, Bimbo and Koko swinging on a half earth happy.
The Littlest Mermaid
(sort of making fun of the Disney movie)
Betty is a mermaid living on a coral reef
She is curious about life in the open air and longs to crawl out of the sea, reveal the delightful top of her butt crack and someday meet her handsome rotoscoped prince of the land.
She sighs as she sits near a Giant clam.
The giant clam opens up and we see Bimbo's face filling the open maw of the clam.
The Bimbo Clam feels sorry for Betty.
Then Koko the Krustacean pipes up. "We'll get you a real human, Betty! Let's crawl out of the sea to what there's to see!"
Betty is excited and swims along with her best friends.
To walk, Bimbo oozes out his huge tongue, sticks it on the bottom of the sea floor and flips himself along, propelling himself like actual echinoderms with his basal foot that also serves as a tongue.
We'll crawl out of the sea to see what there's to see
A Human man that's better than
The likes of you or me! Ho ho!
Bimbo and Koko sing happily even though they will lose Betty as their only girlfriend.
Eventually they crawl out of the sea to land and there is a very effeminate looking realistic prince waiting for Betty. His parents are tiny cartoon characters and don't approve.
Betty and The Prince kiss, go into a charming cottage in the woods and then come out 2 seconds later (the gestation period of classic cartoons) followed by rotoscoped CG kids in fish bowls on wheels.
Feeding The Animals
All animals love Betty
She sits on a turtle and feeds them in the jungle.
She is wearing an animal skin and tosses it a piece of popcorn, which it happily gobbles up.
Even the most ferocious animals turn docile when the see Betty.
A wild Elephant crashes through the forest and instantly gets all mushy and tender at the site of Betty.
No animal is too small or insignificant for Betty's generosity.
She feeds a lady bug a tiny morsel.
A preying Mantis with a really cute voice looks up at Betty and says, "What about me Betty?"
She feeds the ladybug to the mantis.
What Kind Of an Animal Am I?
This is based on the early design of Betty where she has dog ears and a dog nose.
It starts with her crying and singing a mournful song:
What Kind of an animal am I?
Did I evolve from the sea?
Or did I fall out of the sky?
What kind of an animal am I?
What kind of an animal am I?
I've got ears like a doggy
And a face just like a fly, tell me
What kind of animal am I?
What kind of an animal am I
If I never learn
I think that I will die
Oh what kind of animal am I?
She cries tears and sobs to the music
The tears drop to the ground and come to life with little faces and arms and legs. They are sad and cry for Betty too. "Let's find Bimbo! He'll know what to do!"
The tears run off and carry Bimbo back into the scene. Bimbo sees her crying and singing and his heart melts (literally)
Bimbo asks why Betty is crying
She explains because she doesn't know what kind of animal she is
Bimbo says:
"I don't care what kind of animal you are Betty. I'd love you even if you were an upside down duck! Eh – he- eh he eh heh."
Betty says "Really? Gosh, Bimbo you're swell!" She stops crying and all the tears jump back into her eyes.
She gets up and falls into Bimbo's arms, leaving a big Betty egg wobbling on the turtle's back.
The scene wipes to black with a heart shape.


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HAPPY 70th BIRTHDAY DAN WARNER!
Today, June 5, 2011, is my dad's 70th birthday. お誕生日お目出度う, dad.
My dad's been a really important part of my life. As are all dads in the lives of those of us who have dads. Which is all of us. Even those who don't know their dads. But I know mine. Or at least I think I do.
My dad's done a lot of stuff that readers of this blog ought to thank him for. I wouldn't have turned out the way I did had he not made some pretty unusual decisions in his life.
When I was just eight years old and my sister was six, my dad was working for the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company. He was right there in corporate headquarters in Akron, Ohio working a respectable middle class job like a good dad does to provide for his family. One day his boss asked him if he would consider packing us all up and moving us to Nairobi, Kenya. He generously gave my dad a weekend to decide.
Now you kids out there have to understand this was way before the Internets were even a twinkle in Al Gore's eye. We were living in Wadsworth, Ohio, a teenie tiny little town without even a well-stocked library. My dad barely knew where to find Kenya on a map. His only sources of reliable information were the World Book Encyclopedia and a couple of people at Firestone he didn't know all that well who had been over to Nairobi. At least they said it was an OK place.
On the basis of this and my mom's enthusiasm for adventure, my dad moved us all out to Africa where we spent a little over three years. If I'd spent those three years, from ages eight to eleven, in Wadsworth, Ohio with its Saturday morning cartoons, its shopping malls and its population of proudly White Americans who do not question their God or their government I would have turned out a totally different person from who I am today. Thank you dad, for saving me from that fate.
I'm not sure my dad ever really understood my fascination with monster movies, rock and roll guitar and Zen. My mom was the arsty one. But he never said a word to try and dissuade me from pursuing the things I loved. He bought me my first guitar and my first bass.
And my dad paid my way through college. Can you imagine that? He decided some time early in my and my sister's childhoods that neither of us would take out loans for our Bachelor's degrees. Some of my friends are still paying off their college loans. But I'm not. Amazing. I can't thank him enough for that.
When my mom became ill dad took it upon himself to care for her. He didn't want her languishing in some medical facility. He made sure that she was with him in her own home right till the end. Lots of people with spouses that have the condition my mom did dump their spouses and don't look back. Not my dad. The sacrifices he made for her... Aw jeez, I'm tearing up just writing about it. Read Zen Wrapped in Karma Dipped in Chocolate if you want some more details.
There's so much more I could say. But I'd rather go downstairs and hang out with the man himself. You'll excuse me. Thanks!

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Zebulon Dak wrote:I love watching the Seahawks. It's one of my favorite things to do.
xCalibur wrote:This team has tons of talent. I hate to say it. But this team could be the next 49ers. Let me explain. That team was rebuilding, but had bad coaching and was going nowhere fast. Now a good coaching staff has turned it all around. I am starting to think Pete and his staff know talent. Know what they want in a player. But couldn't coach and rat out of a box. This team is far to up and down and undisiplined. That goes on the coaches. The bad calls, the worst offense in the NFL, close to last on both defensive and offensive 3rd downs. These are coachinf mistakes. This is not oour beloved players on the team we love. I think we have a losing season. Then fail again next yr and Pete and staff will be shown the door. If we get a great replacement. We will have the talent to win immediately, just like the niners did.
VaporHawk wrote:I can enjoy a game even if they lose if I am attending. Watching on TV, losses are 10x worse.
theENGLISHseahawk wrote:Can probably count the games I've enjoyed on one hand. But wouldn't change it for anything - can't beat the usual Sunday stress out.
MOCHawk wrote:I went in to the season thinking that game days would be absolutely amazing. I can't stand to watch. Undisciplined, terrible on 3rd down (both sides of the ball), predictable (run, run, pass, repeat), not blitzing on 3rd and long, not playing press coverage on 3rd and anything. All of this adds up to me being so frustrated that I can barely watch. Am I too emotionally invested?
oldhawkfan wrote:I have enjoyed every single game since 1976-on the tv, in the stadium, even preseason. It is about the journey. Enjoy the journey. If you can't enjoy the journey, then just read the box scores Monday morning for the results. Every game, every play-win or lose. Love me some Seahawks! Go Seahawks!
MOCHawk wrote:No, I have had this one for 35 years and think I will keep them. As you can see from the other comments, I'm not the only one frustrated. I think maybe my expectations are too high.
Crizilla wrote:no because we don't score points
taz291819 wrote:theENGLISHseahawk wrote:Can probably count the games I've enjoyed on one hand. But wouldn't change it for anything - can't beat the usual Sunday stress out.
This. And not to mention, this week really sucked having to listen to Mike Martz.
drdiags wrote:It's always good entertainment. It is good versus evil, the little guy overcoming against the golden boy. It's a morality play. It is a rollercoaster. Feelings of pride, disgust, joy, anger, elation and sadness. My family thinks one day I am going to have a heart attack yelling at the TV screen. I thought I was having one at a Seahawks game when Burleson returned that 90+ yd punt against the Rams.
In the 80's I used to get into really foul moods after a loss and it would last most of the week. Then later, as I started looking at playoff possibilities, I would anguish over each loss that I felt the team should have won. I have gotten better at not taking the losses to heart. I also know to avoid this place after a loss for a couple of days. I do like reading the more level-headed folks view on the game to help ease my mind. Todd and Doug used to always talk me down.
I enjoy this team quite a bit but my expectations are now higher for the defense. Love the smashmouth style they have. I just want other teams and fans to know they have to bring their lunch pail when they play the Seahawks. I doubt that I will personally witness a Superbowl victory. Just doesn't seem to be in the cards. But no need to stop loving the game. NFLN and ESPN make it tough to love the game, since they make you view it in their myopic view of teams that count. But that is another story.
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Month 32: Itty Bitty Role Model
Things are quite uneventful on the potty front. Itty Bitty has had no accidents, other than the potty emptying kind! Big potty vs Little potty is pretty 50/50 as far as preference. Daddy Man and I are only called upon for messy poo bottom wipes or public toilet help. She is my helper for her brother getting me prefolds, putting dirties in the pail, emptying his potty bowl and generally loving on him. She can't resist touching him or kissing him when he is napping though. She sings to him, asks to hold him, announces if "baby frew up!", tells me "baby crying feed him!" and tries to give him toys she thinks he might like (or a snotty cold…eww). We usually have to get her out of his face and space! If she wants to nurse, it is the only time she asks me to put him down. I would happily nurse them together if I could, but the difference in their suckle pattern drives me bazookers for some strange reason. I wish I didn't have to ask her to wait s much, but now that we hit the three month mark, growth spurts won't be so frequent.
Her hair has gotten longer very quickly and is all curl; she has also grown too tall now to run a mad dash on the top of the gym padded fort. Daddy Man witnessed a running-head-bonk wipe out! Stunned, dazed, but not hurt. Itty Bitty was a little confused and dizzy. She can also climb the steep side of the climbing wall making the four and five year olds drop jaw and giving the adults apoplexy. Her vocabulary is astounding, her dexterity with tracing letters on the leap pad still unbelievable. We've had a few meltdowns (she misses her late day nap more that she should) and we are all learning not to get on each others nerves. Sometimes I just want to be alone for ten minutes and she just want my attention. I've been so tired and wanted to just get something done in the neverending chores piling up that I've forgotten just to let her help and to not get mad when she asks me 4,345 times in a row if she can help, or makes a mess because she didn't wait as I asked. I want to stop apologizing for yelling, and just not do it in the first place! This time in her life is so short, I don't want to wish it away or waste it. Got to work on my zen!
I thought that this month I would have Itty Bitty show off her potty talents in a little pictoral. I forgot to have her put on a cool mask so in some shots she is headless. Clothes for modesty of course, she is still a born streaker!
Visit Brother Blog: Pottytunities for Two
Quotes of the Month:
"I sowwy. You angry? Me hug you makeit bedder?" (melts the heart doesn't it?)
"Aww I too big. (trying to sit in a box) I too little pick me up?" (yes sweetie, you are still my baby)
Posted on May 23, 2012, in Parenting, Potty Training, Toddlers and tagged diaper free, ec, elimination communication, month 32, natural infant hygiene, nih, potty learning. Bookmark the permalink. 2 Comments.


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Check out our full review of the Samsung Galaxy Camera.
When Samsung first unveiled its Galaxy Camera, I was more than skeptical. Samsung isn't the first company to try this (Nikon's Coolpix hybrid isn't impressing anyone) and, as a general rule of thumb, things that seem too good to believe usually are. It's often a perilous mission to jam two popular, expensive devices together. Somewhere, compromises have to be made and they're usually crippling. Somehow, Samsung may have bucked the trend. The Galaxy Cam appears to be both a solid digital camera and a great touchscreen phone (minus voice service).
Tape a point-and-shoot camera to a Galaxy S3
If you want to know what it's like to use the Galaxy Cam, try taping a Galaxy S3 to a digital camera. Now, imagine these two devices actually communicated. The Galaxy Cam has a 4.8-inch screen and internal processing power and specs that nearly match Samsung's flagship phone. Only with a 21x optical zoom built into the front and other camera requirements like a 21x zoom.
It's a great phone
The Galaxy Cam looks like a camera on the front, but it's all touchscreen-operated Android joy in the back. I was pleasantly surprised how well the Android interface worked. It looks just like the Galaxy S3's TouchWiz interface, but runs slightly smoother (my opinion), which may be due to Samsung upgrading the operating system to Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean), Google's newest, slickest OS. The Cam packs a full 1.4GHz quad-core Samsung Exynos processor with 1GB of RAM and the 4.8-inch touchscreen is 1280 x 720 pixels and runs on a very nice "Super Clear" LCD technology. It can also connect up to 4G LTE networks. I lay out those hardware specifications not to bore you, but to illustrate that the Galaxy Cam is running on hardware that is as fast as what we're seeing on top-of-the-line smartphones right now. As a phone (if it actually was a phone), it's already very nice. We used several downloaded apps and poured through the menus like any other phone.
Really, the only thing a Galaxy Cam can't do that a phone can is make calls, but it can do Skype, so if you were really hell-bent on using it as your only device, you probably could. Chatting can be accomplished with any client.
Somehow, it's a great camera too
Open up the camera app on the Galaxy Cam or press the shutter button, and you're now using the best camera phone… possibly ever. The Galaxy Cam has 21x optical zoom, a pop-out flash for shooting in the dark, microSD card support, an easily removable battery, and Micro HDMI and USB slots for charging. But the real impressive part was the camera app itself. I fully expected Samsung to skimp on the software, but it has developed what appears to be a pretty thorough camera app that takes good advantage of the Cam's abilities.
If you press the big silver onscreen button when in camera mode, you can enter four modes. You can set it on Auto, Casual, Smart Pro, or Expert mode. Auto and Casual are pretty basic, as is Smart Pro mode, which has some basic settings for camera novices looking to kick it up a notch. If you want to, say, take a macro shot, a silhouette a night shot, or an action shot, this mode lets you select between these types of environments with simple labels and pictures. Expert mode is where it's at, though.
This is not a DSLR, but in Expert mode, Samsung has really given advanced users a lot of the settings they need. Using an onscreen camera lens with wheels for each setting, you can adjust your shutter speed, aperture, ISO and other settings. You can also set it to Manual, Auto, Aperture, or Shutter mode to help focus on the settings you need. I'm no camera expert, but I haven't seen an expert touch menu this easy to use before. Samsung has made really good use of the touchscreen to simplify these settings.
I didn't get a chance to try it out, but the Galaxy Cam can record video at up to 120 frames per second, which should excite those of you who love to play around with slow motion video.
Possible downsides
There are a lot of ways this device could still go wrong. Most importantly is price. I do not know how this device won't cost at least $600, and at that price, it has a lot of competition. Then there's the issue of sharing photos. Samsung has included some of its own sharing services, but not everyone is going to want to use them. Luckily, since it can download apps from the Google Play store, you can likely use other apps like Google Plus or Dropbox to upload photos automatically. Finally, connecting a camera to AT&T's 4G LTE network might be expensive. Even if you have one of the company's new Mobile Share plans, it will likely cost you $20 a month to just connect the Galaxy Cam to the network, and that's before you start using data (which is shared between devices). You'll need to upload your videos over Wi-Fi no matter what you do.
I must admit again that though the photos I took looked impressive, given the lighting conditions, I am not a camera reviewer. I can tell you that its capabilities are leagues above any cell phone, but looking at it, you would already expect that. The camera may fail to impress experts. Still, as someone who must routinely photograph gadgets in poor lighting conditions, it's a device that seemed to mostly match the quality of photos I get out of my Olympus Pen E-PL2, which is a Micro Four Thirds device, and most definitely not a full-fledged DSLR. The Galaxy Cam doesn't even have swappable lenses.
It's looking good
Assuming Samsung doesn't price it too high for the casual market and the final unit lives up to the experiences I had with it last week, the Galaxy Cam may be a really cool option for someone looking to merge more aspects of their gadget lives. It sounds bad, but I almost wish that this giant thing actually had phone functionality built into it. At least then it could actually eliminate the need to carry around two devices. As it stands, Galaxy Cam buyers will likely still have a smartphone and a really nice point-and-shoot camera. The big question is, are point-and-shoot camera buyers enthusiastic enough to buy a device like this, or will they just use the camera already on their iPhone or Galaxy S3? What I do know is that Samsung has made real progress here, whether the Galaxy Cam is a massive success or not. This is a device that will make a lot of camera owners jealous.


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Earth Revealed: Introductory Geology "Metamorphic Rocks" Interprets the causative factors of metamorphism and the kinds of rocks produced.G
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Economics U$A "Oligopolies" This look at the rise of oligopolies and the growth of government regulations includes a debate of the effects of airline deregulation. Updated 2003. D
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French In Action "Fishing for An Invitation II" Robert has been invited to dinner by Madame Courtois. He tries to convince Mireille to get herself invited, too, but she won't commit herself. He then has trouble finding the Courtois's apartment.G
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Clifford The Big Red Dog "Clifford Cleans His Room/Baby Makes Four" Clifford's good friends come over to help him clean out his doghouse, determined to get rid of all the old junk he no longer uses. But before long Clifford realizes that each item holds a special memory and can't be parted with. Mac thinks this is nonsense, until he is reminded of a memory in which he was included. D
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Arthur "Feeling Flush/Family Fortune" Feeling Flush: When Elwood City experiences a drought, Francine bets Arthur that her family can use less water than his. But Francine is shocked to learn that, despite her conservation efforts, her water meter levels are twice as high as Arthur's! What's going on at the Frensky household? Will Francine find out who's behind the flushing frenzy? Family Fortune: The TV show, Treasure Caravan, is coming to Elwood City! Arthur and D.W. are convinced that in Grandma Thora's attic they'll find treasures that will make them famous on TV - and rich beyond their wildest dreams. D
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Martha Speaks "Skits under the Weather/Martha the Weather Dog" Skits under the Weather - Martha and Skits hate the sound of thunder. One day Skits gets fed up and tries to outrun the storm, but soon discovers that all roads somehow lead back home. Martha the Weather Dog - Windy McCloud, Wagstaff City's meteorologist, wants Martha to be her weather dog.G
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Curious George "George and Marco Sound It Out/A Monkey's Duckling" George and Marco Sound It Out - Nothing can stop George from listening to his favorite band, Lobos de Plata, a Latin band that plays in Endless Park. So when the bandstand is taken down, George goes on a mission with his friend and band-member, 8 year-old Marco, to find a perfect place for the band to play. After a day of checking the acoustics at Pisghetti's, the zoo, and George's lobby, their last hope is the museum. D
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Cat in the Hat Knows A Lot About That! "Sniff and Seek/Aye Aye!" Sniff and Seek - Nick's most favourite smell is chocolate chip cookies! But what is Sally's? She's not sure. What better way to find out than by playing sniff and seek with a skunk! Cat introduces Nick and Sally to Whiffy, and in the adventure of finding Sally's favourite smell they discover how good Whiffy is at protecting himself with his very own special smell. Aye Aye! - Nick and Sally are making Halloween masks, but they want to make them really scary. D
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Super Why! "Super Why! and the Little Mermaid" Pig feels different from his friends, which makes him very sad. The Super Readers dive into the story The Little Mermaid to talk with someone whose tail sets her apart from kids on land. As the Super Readers explore the ocean floor with The Little Mermaid, Pig slowly begins to see why being different can be special and the journey to the depths of the sea teaches him a lesson he can use right in his own backyard. D
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Dinosaur Train "The Earthquake/Nursery Car" Mom takes the kids on a playdate with Tank Triceratops to the desert, where they meet a distant relative of Tank's, an early Ceratopsian named Penelope Protoceratops. The Conductor points out that Penelope lives in a part of the world that gets a lot of earthquakes, and sure enough, the kids experience their first quake with Penelope. Mom and the Conductor have prepared the kids with excellent advice about what to do in an earthquake, so everyone does fine. D
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Sesame Street "Practice Makes Proud" Elmo is ready to play basketball. He has his special basketball shirt to wear, his special basketball to play with, and a healthy snack to give him energy. Abby appears and says that she can be Elmo's fairy godmother and help him with all sorts of stuff. D
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Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood "Daniel And Miss Elaina Play Rocketship/Daniel Plays At The Castle" Daniel and Miss Elaina Play Rocketship - Daniel has come to play with Miss Elaina today! They decide to play "outer space," but Miss Elaina gets upset when her cardboard telescope and spaceship accidentally break. Lady Elaine helps the friends see that they can still have fun together, even without the toys - because they're friends! They use their imaginations to keep playing, which is just as much fun! Daniel Plays at the Castle - Daniel is visiting Prince Wednesday and the boys are excited to explore Prince Wednesday's rock collection. Daniel is saddened when Prince Wednesday tells him the rocks are too delicate to play with. D
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Sid The Science Kid "Sleep? Who Needs It?!" Sid is ready to stay up all night so he and his stuffed animals can pretend to fly into space on a rocket ship! When his Mom insists that he can't stay up, Sid ventures to school to investigate more. He and friends explore how the body needs sleep to properly function, and most important, we need sleep to grow and stay healthy! Understanding that sometimes we feel too excited to sleep (like before an adventure into space), Susie presents a special Super Fab Lab where the kids practice calming down, and preparing their bodies for sleep. Susie lowers the lights, turns off all the sounds in the room, and teaches the kids how to breathe slowly to relax. D
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WordWorld "Runaway O/Happy Birthday, Dog!" Runaway O - When Sheep and Bear open Cat's box of Os, one rolls away, sending them on a madcap chase to catch it before Cat wakes up. Happy Birthday, Dog! - It's Dog's birthday and all his friends are planning a surprise party. There's just one problem - they need a cake! Frog must get to the party safely without Dog finding out. D
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Caillou "New Places and New Things!" Caillou and family go on a trip on Helen's boat, an old friend of Mom's. Caillou is surprised to find there's a whole house packed into the boat. Caillou learns about wind and sails, and even gets to steer the boat too! When Mom and Dad are getting ready to go out to a restaurant, Caillou doesn't understand why he can't go too! He's disappointed until Julie the babysitter suggests they make their own restaurant, complete with menus! When Caillou accidentally breaks one of his toys because his room is a mess, Mom suggests a way to make cleaning up fun: with colourful stickers and a chart. D
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Barney & Friends "Sweeter Than Candy: Greece" Barney, Baby Bop and BJ are helping the park kids get ready for a school play. When Barney tells everyone that putting on shows began in Greece, they want to go visit! While there, they meet some friends and decide to put on a play in an amphitheatre. Barney knows a great story that originated in Greece called "King Midas. D
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Thomas & Friends "Giving and Sharing" When Victor has to be away from the Sodor Steam Works, Thomas is asked to take over for the day. Victor tries to tell Thomas how to run the Sodor Steam Works, but Thomas doesn't listen. He just wants to get started with his very special job. D
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Curious George "George and Marco Sound It Out/A Monkey's Duckling" George and Marco Sound It Out - Nothing can stop George from listening to his favorite band, Lobos de Plata, a Latin band that plays in Endless Park. So when the bandstand is taken down, George goes on a mission with his friend and band-member, 8 year-old Marco, to find a perfect place for the band to play. After a day of checking the acoustics at Pisghetti's, the zoo, and George's lobby, their last hope is the museum. D
2:30 pm
Martha Speaks "Skits under the Weather/Martha the Weather Dog" Skits under the Weather - Martha and Skits hate the sound of thunder. One day Skits gets fed up and tries to outrun the storm, but soon discovers that all roads somehow lead back home. Martha the Weather Dog - Windy McCloud, Wagstaff City's meteorologist, wants Martha to be her weather dog.G
3:00 pm
The Electric Company "The Great Compromise" The Electric Company and the Pranksters have to work together to preserve their ability to use their special powers in the neighborhood. D
3:30 pm
WordGirl "The Two-Brains Boogie/Field Day Fun with Robo-Tobey" The Two Brains Boogie - Dr. Two Brains is at it again-this time he's threatening to turn all the town's buildings into cheese. When he traps WordGirl outside the city limits she has to figure out how to stop his cheesy plan and get to the Boogie Oogie Oogie dance contest on time! Vocabulary Words: Shimmy, Indestructible. Field Day Fund with Robo-Tobey - Becky's really excited about the big field day competition at school. D
4:00 pm
Wild Kratts "Caracal-Minton" The Wild Kratts crew is are playing badminton on the African savannah when a high jumping wildcat called a caracal steals the birdie. And this is no ordinary birdie - it is Aviva's precious family heirloom. As they rush to get back the treasure from an elusive, leaping Caracal cat, they learn how the caracal's musculature is specifically designed stalking and leaping- a perfect example of the concept of "form for function. D
4:30 pm
Cyberchase "Of All The Luck" The kids go to Hacker's hideout and use logic to free the Ten Lucky Charms that he has collected.G
5:00 pm
Fetch! With Ruff Ruffman "Who Wants to Trade for Some Old Tracks?" Someone has just stolen Ruff's garden gnome and he's determined to get it back! In fact, he's so obsessed that he hasn't bathed in several days and is covered in flies-prompting Charlene to send him some fly swatters. Ruff sends Emmie and Marco to the Amherst College Museum of Natural History to analyze the footprints left behind by the perpetrator who stole the garden gnome; while Rubye and Shreya try to barter the flyswatters for something better that Ruff can give to Charlene. D
5:30 pm
Nightly Business Report Shares of Apple get bruised in after-hours trading following good, but not great quarterly results. NBR's Tom Hudson speaks with Morningstar Analyst Brian Colello. From the debt ceiling debate in Washington to Europe's ongoing struggles. D
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7:00 pm
Nature "Attenborough's Life Stories: Life On Camera" Sir David Attenborough revisits key places and events in his wildlife filmmaking career, reminisces through his old photos and reflects on memorable wildlife footage, including swimming with dolphins and catching a komodo dragon. Part 1 of 3G
8:00 pm
NOVA "Rise of the Drones" Unmanned flying robots - some as large as jumbo jets, others as small as birds - do things straight out of science fiction. Although much has been kept secret until now, NOVA is given access to drone engineers and those who operate drones for the U.S. military. Technologies are revealed that are leading to a new chapter in aviation history.G
9:00 pm
Life On Fire "Phoenix Temple" Nicaragua, in the middle of Central America, is home to Masaya, a huge volcano that has been active for more than 30,000 years. It has caused some of the largest eruptions known. Each time the volcano destroys everything around it, life returns, re-emerging in the ash at the foot of the mountain.G
10:00 pm
Hustle A hard-nosed high-powered businesswoman seeks revenge on her now ex-husband. Meanwhile the team targets her for a scam to raise cash to help care for Ash's brain-damaged ex-wife. Mickey spins a line to Katherine who spins a line back to Mickey.G
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Tuesday, March 05, 2013 - Lukas, Rudy and Samuel - CZECH UP
Lukas, Rudy and Samuel - CZECH UP
Samuel Herzog has a problem with something on his ass so he goes to see Dr Rudy Bodlak and his assistant Lukas Pribyl. When Samuel arrives Lukas tells him to get undressed. Then Lukas gets the doctor ready to see the patient. Samuel strips to his underwear and lays on the bed. Rudy then proceeds to inspect Samuel's ass, lifting the leg of his underwear. He seems to find something and cleans the area before marking it with a board marker. Lukas is then instructed to remove Samuel's underwear. He does just that but finds that Samuel's cock is rock hard. He pushes it back between Samuel's legs as he tells the doctor about the problem. Rudy decideds that the pressure build up in Samuel's cock needs to be addressed before he can continue. So Lukas begins to wank on that cock and then Samuel turns onto his back so the cock is fully available and Lukas starts to suck on it. Rudy drops his pants and reveals that his dick is throbbing too and presents it to Samuel for sucking. Rudy then loses his shirt too, as Samuel continues to suck him. Lukas opens his pants and pulls out his dick, also rock hard and Samuel takes a turn on sucking that as well. Lukas and Rudy kiss as Samuel sucks each of them in turn. Then Rudy climbs on top of Samuel so they can 69 as Lukas wanks himself. Next Rudy thinks Samuel's ass needs closer examination and a scope is used to take a good look inside. All seems well so Rudy slides his big hard cock inside and fucks that hot hole. Samuel enjoys that dick in his ass and suck on Lukas' too. Samuel can feel every inch of Rudy's dick deep in his ass as it fucks him. But Lukas needs some ass too so he lays on the bed and Samuel climbs on, sitting his ass down on a second big dick. He rides the cock as he sucks on Rudy's dick. Lukas slams his dick deep into Samuel's ass fucking nice and fast. Then they all move and Rudy lays down next to Samuel and starting fuck him again. Samuel sucks Lukas' hard cock some more until it is ready to cum. Rudy is first though. He dumps his load all over Samuel, who then sucks the cock dry. Lukas then shoots a big load as well with Samuel cleaning him up too, ending a very hot Czech Up.
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After a very successful Czech Up we invited Samuel Herzog in for a full screentest and paired him with Daniel Sebesta. Things start off with an interview, where Samuel seems to be trying to hold back a smile. Then the two guys lean towards each other and start to kiss. Daniel takes the lead and slowly kisses his way down Samuel's hot body, reaching his underwear. He begins to feel Samuel's cock in the shorts and then pulls at the waistband to release the dick. Daniel takes Samuels rock hard cock into his mouth and begins to suck it. He sucks on the cock, licking up and down the shaft and taking the balls into his mouth. After a while Daniel moves onto his knees and Samuel release a second hard cock from underwear. Daniel pushes that dick into Samuels mouth and more sucking begins. Samuel wanks himself while Daniel's cock is fucked, slowly, in and out of his mouth. Then Samuel licks along the thick shaft of the cock and takes the head back into his mouth to suck some more. His own hand is still wanking and beginning to explore his hot ass as he sucks. The guys move into a 69 position, with Samuel on top, exposing that hot ass of his. They suck each other's rock hard cocks in that position before Daniel moves Samuel so that his ass is available for rimming. His tongue hits on Samuels hole, lapping at it and getting it nice and wet. Then a finger slips into that hole, working in and out loosening it up nicely. Next Daniels big dick is ready to plow some ass and slides deep into Samuel's eager hole. Samuel's cock stays rock hard as Daniel fucks him nice and hard. They change positions so that Daniel can ride him doggy style. His dick really gives that hot hole a good work out, stretching it nice and wide. Moving to a spoon position Daniel fucks as deep as possible into that hole as Samuel wanks hard on his own dick. Soon Samuel blows a big load of cum all over his leg, then he positions himself to catch Daniel's load too. That hot cum squirts out of Daniel's big cock and Samuel quickly starts socking and licking it and then licks at the cum on Daniel's body to end a wonderful screentest.
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More lovely weather in Prague. Hopefully, the long cold is over for now. I'm really enjoying it. In the park today, the homeless were already out in induce. I was happy to see the police come along and roust them out of the park. That was tempered by the knowledge today would probably be the last control by the police for the summer. Meanwhile, I'm sure just as soon as the squad car left, the homeless were back. Summer is still great as long as Aida and I can find a nice bench downwind of them.
We have a lovely Czech Up today, with Samuel Herzog, Lukas Pribyl and Rudy Bodlak, that is followed by Hugo Zuzka's Massage, Vlado Dluhos' erotic video and Niklas Serdberg's session stills.
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I recently watched most of episode one of AMC's remake of the classic Sixties TV show The Prisoner over at my friend Nina's house. She has cable and TiVo and I have neither. Unfortunately her TiVo thought the episode was an hour long when it was actually longer than that. So it cut off before the finish.
In any case, I wasn't too upset. The show was good enough that I'd like to have seen the ending. But not so compelling that I can even recall now exactly where things were when the TiVo decided to stop recording.
I don't think I could have been anything but disappointed in any remake of The Prisoner. The original show was a big part of my education as a young man. I first watched it with my first Zen teacher, Tim, on his little black and white portable TV set in his basement apartment in Kent, Ohio. Tim didn't have cable then either (probably still doesn't) and it was on a UHF station. So the reception was always lousy. And yet the show was so amazing that its power came through in spite of only barely being able to tell what was going on half the time.
The show was the creation of its star, the late lamented Patrick McGoohan. It was a profound meditation on the individual and his place and role in society, about personal freedom vs. one's responsibility to one's fellow human, about the very nature of existence itself. And this was a TV show, for God's sake! Not even some highbrow PBS thing either. It was made for commercial television, for mass audience consumption.
The problem with the remake is that the producers just don't seem to get what The Prisoner was about. They seem to have a vague comprehension that the show was cool and mysterious. But they either don't understand the underlying message or they don't care. There is no burning desire here to say something heartfelt. At best, the folks who made the remake seem only to desire to make something weird. And while the original was indeed weird, it was much more than that. What we get in the remake is more like a low rent knock-off of LOST. It's certainly not the worst thing on TV. But it could have been so much better.
I suspect the problem is that while the original series was completely the brainchild of one single individual, the new one seems to have been made by a committee. Of course Patrick McGoohan didn't make The Prisoner all by himself. He had writers, directors, actors and a whole lot of other people involved. But he did personally oversee every aspect of the show. It's obvious that the new series has no such guiding hand. And it suffers for that, as does all art created by committee. This is also why most Hollywood movies are so incredibly bad – they are made by committee.
Good Zen teaching doesn't happen by committee any more than good art can be made by committee. This is why the Soto-shu, the organization that's supposed to represent Dogen's teachings in the modern world, can't ever hope to succeed in doing so. This is why most teachers name a single successor, not a board of directors.
Only Patrick McGoohan could make The Prisoner correctly. No one else could ever make The Prisoner the right way. They could certainly make their own show, which embodied the same attitude as The Prisoner. But they could not make The Prisoner.
Watching the remake made me think of the teachings of Buddha, Bodhidharma, Dogen, and all the rest of those guys. What's interesting about really good teaching or really good art is that it bypasses the individual who expresses it and enters into a whole 'nother realm. The Buddha's teachings are not unique to the man Gautama Buddha. They are something universal that Gautama Buddha was able to express. This is why you don't necessarily need to study what Gautama Buddha said in order to understand it.
Gautama Buddha expressed that stuff in a way that was uniquely his own, that came from his distinctive personality. So did Dogen and Bodhidharma and Gudo Nishijima and Dainin Katagiri and all the rest of them. Yet in a very real sense the greatest thing any of these guys did was develop the ability to step aside and allow the universal teaching to flow through them.
Yet that they let it flow though them is the key. They expressed this universal something in their own way. They did not immitate anyone else. They didn't do a bad remake of their teachers. They were not tribute bands. The old koan about Gutei's finger expresses this very well.
Whenever Gutei was asked to express Buddhism he held up one finger. Guetei had a student. And whenever that student was asked about Buddhism, he imitated Gutei by holding up one finger. When Gutei heard about this he called the student to his room and asked him to say something about Buddhism. The student held up one finger. Gutei took out a knife and sliced the student's finger off. The student was bawling his eyes out when Gutei said, "Hey kid!" The student looked up. Gutei held up one finger. At that moment the student got it.
Any truly great work of art expresses something universal that goes beyond that piece of art itself. The Prisoner expressed something essential and true. That's why it still haunts those of us who watched it. The folks who remade the show were unable to catch on to what the show was expressing. Same with the guys who remade Godzilla. Same with almost any remake of anything. The rare cases where remakes work only occur when the people doing the remake either get what the original was about or when they use the original as a template to express something they themselves feel passionately about.
I'm not nearly old enough for anyone to start concerning themselves with whether I'll leave a dharma heir or not. And yet a couple of people have already expressed worry about that to me. But I've already decided I will never name any dharma heir or successor. That would just encourage someone to do a poor remake of me, which would be truly awful. I've seen some poor remakes of great teachers already and they're just as bad as AMC's version of The Prisoner. Not that I'm a great teacher by any stretch of the imagination. Which makes it even more urgent that I leave no successors. Imagine a bad AMC remake of Petticoat Junction or That Girl or some other show like that. A dharma heir of me would be even worse.
What does that mean for my own dharma reception (reception being the other side of transmission)? I don't know. Nishijima Roshi seems convinced I have manifested something of the attitude he received from his teachers. I can't possibly judge if he's correct or not. I suppose if I ever did see something like what I've grokked from my teachers in someone who sat with me I might be inclined to make some kind of formal recognition of that. But I think I'd probably keep it on the down low even if that happened.


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There are a few life skills that Steven Bryant had a hard time learning after spending most of his childhood in foster homes around Colorado.
Shaving, for instance, never came easy for him.
It's one of the everyday reminders to Bryant that he's not like many of his peers at the University of Colorado, where he's on track to study neuroscience and graduate in the next two years.
"It's not like anything serious, but I never really got taught how to shave," Bryant said. "It should be simple, no problem. But I'm sitting there for 45 minutes (looking in) the mirror trying to get all the hair off my face."
For many students like Bryant who spend time in foster or kinship care, which is care by relatives or a close family friend, college can be an expensive and seemingly unattainable feat.
Between 7 and 13 percent of students in foster care enroll in college, and around 2 percent of those finish college and obtain a four-year degree, according to the nonprofit organization Casey Family Programs.
By contrast, roughly 30 percent of American adults have a bachelor's degree, according to 2010 census data.
To combat those statistics, CU started a program six years ago to help foster or kinship care students succeed financially, emotionally and academically while on the Boulder campus. Guardian Scholars, which was founded in 1988 by Ron Davis at California State Fullerton, came to CU in 2008 with the help of Val Peterson, wife of then-Chancellor Bud Peterson.
Since then, the program — through private donations — has grown to help dozens of students pay for college, graduate, find internships and research opportunities and more. The program provides scholarships for CU students who have aged out of the foster care system, but goes beyond that with programming, mentorships, monthly dinners, retreats and more, said Guardian Scholars director Valerie Embry.
"These students are trying to make it and trying to raise themselves, and it's not working well," Embry said. "They need guidance."
Cost of college
There are dozens of reasons why students who spend time in foster care either don't go to college or don't finish college, said Eric Schulz, a Guardian Scholars board member and director of Realities for Children Boulder County, a service association and nonprofit that provides funds for at-risk youth.
In most cases, foster care support services end when a child turns 18 or graduates from high school. Beyond that, the students are on their own for money, food, college, transportation, housing and more, Schulz said.
Not only is tuition expensive, but so is housing, especially in Boulder, he said.
Schulz's organization provides a handful of rooms inside a north Boulder home called Polaris House for Guardian Scholars, who pay rent based on their grades, he said.
In August, CU's Housing and Dining Services began offering 10- and 12-month housing contracts for some campus dorms — a change that makes life easier for students who have grown up in foster care and have nowhere to go over holidays and school breaks.
There are often plenty of one-year or first-year scholarships available for students, but those funds tend to dwindle or go away for the other years of college, Schulz said. For former foster care children, if that money goes away, they don't have parents or other means for covering the costs of college.
Guardian Scholars tries to provide more steady funding for all of a student's collegiate career, and helps the students find other sources of steady funding, Schulz said.
"Traditionally, kids with kinship care, foster care, they bomb out of college," Schulz said. "There's funding often for the first year and then it disappears for the next three, and they don't have families to support them as they go through, emotionally, fiscally, all that kind of stuff."
Program provides community
Former foster care children often don't have anyone looking out for them to notice if their grades start slipping or if they're overwhelmed, Schulz said.
One of the key components of the Guardian Scholars "community" is that the other students, adults involved with the program and community mentors check in with the scholars often, he said.
For many students, that constant contact makes all the difference.
"We've created a community and somebody to notice, to catch you," he said. "To notice when you're doing well, to pat you on the back, to celebrate you and your successes, and also to see you when you're struggling and to stand up and say, 'Hey, what's going on?' Traditionally, these kids haven't had that, and they just disappear off the map and drop out and don't finish."
When CU hosts parents weekend, Guardian Scholars hosts its own version of events for the students so they don't feel left out, Embry said. A few weeks before Thanksgiving last year, the students got together for a potluck dinner at Chancellor Phil DiStefano's house.
Cliff Min, a 26-year-old senior studying software engineering, said he's capable of pushing himself to succeed in school, but it helps knowing that there are other people around to support him.
"I feel like I belong somewhere," he said. "For me, that's helped the most. Feeling like I have somebody that in case I get in trouble, I can go to. The program itself has given me a sense of belonging."
Before holiday breaks, Embry talks with the scholars to hear their plans. Often, the students try to reconnect with their biological families, but can end up disappointed or in an "unsafe place," Embry said. She makes sure they have somewhere else to go or money for transportation, and then she reaches out to them as soon as the break ends to see how they're doing.
The program also includes discussions about life skills such as leadership, saving money and how to make connections in the job market and in the community, Embry said.
"These kids are very resilient," Embry said. "In order to just get to college through some of the tribulations that they've had to endure is huge. But then it's like, OK, they're here, how are they going to go on and how are they going to transition from graduation to something else?"
Alexis Petre, a 23-year-old studying architecture at CU, said she's seen the statistics and knows how rare it is for her and children who grew up in foster or kinship care to graduate from college and lead successful lives.
With the help of the program, she said, they're beating the odds.
"People in our situations, they don't get a four-year degree," she said. "They aren't successful. They don't have a 3.5 (grade point average). They don't have all these good things going for them, and it's very easy for each of us to look at our lives and see where we could've gone down that track of nothing."
Mentors, community connections
The program matches up students with a community mentor so they know at least one person outside of the university setting.
Embry said she often hears from students who are surprised that their mentor got them a birthday present or wanted to take them to lunch, just because.
"People haven't celebrated their birthdays before," she said. "All of a sudden, it's like, 'bam.' This is a population who's had their primary source of protection just obliterated. The students are feeling lost, rejected, thrown away, not worthy of that kind of emotion. They're looking for an extended family, so we create that around them."
Molly Wittenberg, a Lafayette mother of four, mentors Guardian Scholars participants Petre and Min.
Wittenberg sees Petre and Min several times a month, often over lunch or coffee. In the meantime, she texts or emails them often to keep in touch.
Having seen how her own children grew up with parents and a support network, Wittenberg said she wanted to pass some of that along to Guardian Scholars at CU.
Petre and Min often surprise her with the types of questions they ask or the experiences they share. Wittenberg said she's constantly awed by how much they've gone through, and often she learns from them.
"The things they have to say and ask are so deep that I almost have no interest in my food (at lunch)," she said. "They're really interesting conversations, and I'm amazed at these kids. I think adversity has given them a lot. It's also hurt them a lot, but they really are amazing."
'A safe place'
Petre said she plans to graduate in 2015. This semester, she's studying abroad in Barcelona, thanks to the financial support she receives through the program.
When the situation with her biological family became difficult at age 13, Petre moved out and found somewhat of a stranger to become her legal guardian, who was more like a roommate than a parent.
Petre covered her own food, gas, insurance, cell phone bill and other expenses by working three jobs in high school.
Growing up, Petre said people always told her it would be impossible for her to become an architect. College is too expensive, it will take too long, and it just wouldn't happen for her, they said.
Guardian Scholars helped her realize that there are other people out there who grew up in similar situations and were able to finish college and go on to successful careers.
"I never came across anybody in my situation or knew there was help for anybody in my situation," Petre said. "I just always felt independent and alone and I had to do everything myself. I was always very determined that I was going to make it happen. But I don't think I'd be here still if it wasn't for Guardian Scholars and (Embry) and what the program's been."
Through Guardian Scholars and connections she's made through the program, Petre is receiving what equates to a full ride to attend CU.
Without a parent or guardian to co-sign private student loans, she said she doesn't know how she would be paying for school without the financial support of the program.
She's married now, but Petre said she often feels independent and alone compared to her undergraduate peers.
"Even though I'm trying to work on my relationship with my (biological) mom, it's not like I can call her and vent about my day," Petre said. "I don't get care packages in the mail, and I see my friends get them all the time. If I need $20, I can't call my mom up and ask her to give me money. There's no support. No help. There's just nothing. It's little things that everybody just kind of expects or has or has their parents there for."
When another scholar, Jessica Duffield, graduated in December, Guardian Scholars threw her a graduation party so that she wouldn't be celebrating alone.
Duffield graduated with a degree in ethnic studies while raising her 8-year-old son, Detroit.
"He has a lot of energy," Duffield said with a weary smile while Detroit played on a computer in Norlin Library.
All through high school, she got in trouble often and tried living with various relatives, but kept getting kicked out. She was homeless for a while before she got her own apartment at 17.
She held various jobs until she got pregnant with her son, and then decided she needed to go back to school for a four-year degree so she could support herself and her son.
When she became part of Guardian Scholars, Duffield said she was able to let herself relax and open up to other students with similar life stories.
"(Guardian Scholars) is a really safe place here at CU," she said. "For kids like us, it's intimidating. We don't have affluence or a family and so it's just — it's a really comfortable place to be. A lot of us went through hell, and so it's just really helpful to be able to sit and share our experiences, and we have that family bond with each other."
Contact Camera Staff Writer Sarah Kuta at 303-473-1106 or email@example.com.


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Holiday treats make way for Disney treasures as Disney On Ice's latest spectacle, "Treasure Trove," is ready to enchant families during its run at Nassau Coliseum next week, Jan. 10-13.
Audiences will be treated to a medley of their favorite animated Disney movies throughout the years, including the very first full-length animated film, "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs," and the 50th Disney film, "Tangled." With eight movies and more than 50 Disney characters featured, "Treasure Trove" has a story for every generation, according to the Disney folks.
Mickey and Minnie – assisted by Donald and Goofy – lead the way as they embark on a treasure hunt for the best of the Disney film legacy.
"We've chosen some of the greatest gems from the Disney treasure chest for this production," said Producer Nicole Feld. "We went through our entire portfolio of Disney On Ice shows, trying to bring something very different to audiences. We wanted to pick action-packed stories that really resonated with not only kids today, but with their parents as well. "Treasure Trove" has everything from the swashbuckling pirates in "Peter Pan" to the comedic duo Timon and Pumbaa in "The Lion King."
The production is jam-packed with characters and segments from the beloved Disney film vault. It includes moments from classic Disney films like "Peter Pan," "The Lion King," "Alice in Wonderland," "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs," "Aladdin," and "The Little Mermaid," as well as new favorites "Tangled" and "Princess and the Frog."
The goal was create to a fast-paced action-packed show that explores classic stories in a contemporary way, according to Director Patty Vincent. "This treasure hunt is a fun, cute way to thread all these stories together," said Vincent. "Families still love the classic stories and we've put a new twist on them."
You'll get a sense of that from the moment the show opens, which involves a new element never before seen in a Disney on Ice production: a warm-up involving the skaters prepping for their performance. Before the action begins, audiences have the opportunity to get a taste of what the skaters do to prepare themselves for every show.
The Incredibles lead a warm-up routine that will have everyone up on their feet. Audiences stretch with Mrs. Incredible, run in place with Dash, pump iron with Mr. Incredible, and work up some extra energy with Violet. The short warm-up routine promotes keeping kids active, while also allowing them to participate in the show.
"It's so important for us to have interaction with our audiences," said Vincent. "We don't want the audience to be just staring at the ice. The intro explores how skaters prepare for a show and also gets everyone involved in the show's energy and promotes fitness. I'm amazed at how many get up and run in place and wave their arms in the air and really get involved. We've included upbeat music to get everyone excited, and who better than The Incredibles to start things off?"
From there, Mickey and Minnie glide onto the ice and find a chest full of iconic props and those beloved films start to come alive. You'll hear the ticking of the White Rabbit's watch and it's off to that magical world of "Alice in Wonderland." Those memorable characters – Tweedledee, Tweedledum, the Queen of Hearts, and Alice – set the tone for this show with their big, colorful production number, the March of the Cards.
During this segment in Wonderland, Alice, the Mad Hatter, Tweedledee and Tweedledum, and the White Rabbit are "Painting the Roses Red" for the Queen of Hearts. The Queen beckons forth her army of cards in an illusion constructed by Choreographer Cindy Stuart. "We have a complete set of cards that are two-faced, which made choreographing this number really unique. I tried to trick the eye of the audience by having the cards skate in all directions. The crowd will have to figure out whether the performers are skating forwards or backwards," said Stuart.
Audiences then escape to Never Land with Peter Pan and hang out in the Lost Boys' hideout, complete with a slide. Wendy and Tinkerbell fly through the air and Captain Hook's pirate ship emerges into a big production, complete with 32 pirates. "It's an exciting action sequence that closes Act 1," said Vincent.
Act II opens with Simba and Nala as audiences visit Africa in "The Lion King." This theatrical segment involves a stampede and an emotional Circle of Life sequence. From there, Snow White and her Seven Dwarfs emerge. "The dwarfs come out in the dark and the kids get very excited," said Vincent. This section involves a romantic pairs duet with Snow White and her prince.
The romance continues with Jasmine and her Aladdin as their exotic tale unfolds in the colorful kingdom of Agrabah, transported to the ice. "Audiences are in awe as Aladdin makes his entrance atop a 20-foot elephant," said Vincent. "It creates quite an entrance and was a huge challenge for our set designer [James Younis]. The skaters dazzle the audience with another beautiful pairs duet between Jasmine and Aladdin."
The mood quickly changes to a tropical motif as the familiar sounds of "Under the Sea" can be heard, to everyone's delight. It's off to that tropical underwater world of "The Little Mermaid."
"Besides being fun, it's a beautiful visual sequence," said Vincent, with tropical sea creatures, and of course, Ariel, Flounder, Sebastian, and the entire gang. "The audience just loves this segment and sings along."
Actually, families can be heard singing throughout the entire show. Audiences are caught up in the Disney magic from start to finish. "It's such a fun show for everyone," said Vincent. "Everybody gets involved from the top of the show. You can hear all these little voices singing, it's just adorable. This production highlights everyone's favorite characters and music and has everyone excited from beginning to end."
Excerpts from Disney's newest films – "Tangled" and "Princess and the Frog" – are also represented in this production. These recent additions to the Disney catalog serve as a lead-in to the grand finale, which showcases nine favorite princesses and princes. This captivating parade includes Aurora, Belle, Mulan, and Cinderella in an extravagant finale, full of pyrotechnics, which brings this adventure to a close.
"It is an amazing show with great characters and so much energy and exciting skating," Vincent said, of her seventh directorial stint. It's so much fun to see so many characters. I am so proud to be involved with this show." Vincent, who was a skater with Disney on Ice, has been directing the shows since 2001.
"I love the contrast between the very first animated Disney treasure ("Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs") and the most recent, ("Tangled")," Vincent said. "I went back to the archives to re-watch "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs," so that I could appreciate the fact that we're going from the 1930s to today in one production. It's amazing to see where we came from and where we are now, not only with the animation but also with the storytelling."
Disney On Ice presents Treasure Trove
Thursday through Sunday, Jan. 10-13. Times vary. Tickets are $25-$165.
Purchase tickets at Nassau Coliseum box office, (800) 345-8000 or
Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale.


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Why Jim doesn't doing twitcam, i mean i know how much are his fans important to him but some celebrities doint that, imagine it would be amazing if he ever do that
"It's Going To Be LEGEND wait for it DARY.....LEGENDARY"-Barney Stinson (How i met your mother!)
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OK even the name itself is hilarious
I wonder who came up with that one?
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Yes, we can all send a bunch of Twits to Warner Brothers
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"It's Going To Be LEGEND wait for it DARY.....LEGENDARY"-Barney Stinson (How i met your mother!)
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Thankyou, thankyou, thankyou very much (in the mode of Elvis)
I'm taking a bow but I'm sure a few other people thought of the
line before I put it down in writing.
But my grandson today looked at me(we had just had chinese food)
and said
"You're eyes are like Chicken Balls" and he started laughing, then I started laughing and imagined myself having eyes like the Chicken
Ball food we had eaten.
I was just thinking
If an adult had said it, it would be
taken it in a whole different way.
Thank goodness for wonderful little children.
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I miss Trulife videos they were brilliant.
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Yes, the trulife was enjoyable.
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That would be so cool if Jim did twitcam, I hope he'll post more videos on trulife i love this site!
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Babe some people don't want to be on show 24 hours a day.......he's a private guy and it takes a lot of focus to be performing all the time........Guess the celebs that do it need to A define themselves all the time and B have too much time on their hands......said with love xx
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I agree, he needs to have his own life.
So do we, thus I think we should be thankful for whatever he sends.
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By Doris Athineos
Furniture experts Leigh and Leslie Keno are hard at work. The twin brothers circle around a mahogany cane-back armchair with gracefully curved back legs. A rapid-fire exchange ensues as they pet its shapely contours. "We love the sloping arms," enthuses Leslie. "The mahogany is sculpted so that it appears to be carved out of one piece of wood," opines Leigh. Leslie points out that the "Slope" chair (shown above) has no hard edges. Leigh dubs it "tubular organic." Without exchanging a word, they both lock eyes on the softly rounded cane back. "It's airy," says Leslie. "And sculptural," adds Leigh, stepping back for a fresh take.
For once, there's no question about when or where it was made or who created it. The talents behind these designs are the Kenos themselves. After more than 30 years of dissecting the work of colonial cabinetmakers, the Kenos, in partnership with furnituremaker Theodore Alexander, are giving shape to their own designs. "Our design sensibilities come from a lifetime of studying great objects from the past," explains Leslie.
The brothers have shed the weight of earlier eras without sacrificing a single sexy curve. "People are attracted to the wavy S-curve that resembles a woman's body," says Leslie. "It's called Hogarth's line of beauty." In his 1753 book, The Analysis of Beauty, artist William Hogarth argued for voluptuous curves. And, like the mid-18th-century cabinetmakers before them, the Kenos have delivered, with cabriole legs and serpentine chests.
How the furniture is made--by hand--counts, too. The Roadshow warriors excel at craftsmanship and subtle details--bone escutcheons, brass-capped toes, and birch-lined drawers--where other affordable furniture often falls short.
"We've envisioned these pieces all our lives, and to create them is truly a dream come true," says Leigh, who lives with a mix of antiques, midcentury modern, and cutting-edge design.
They ditched carved decoration in favor of striking silhouettes clad in eye-popping veneers with names you've never heard of (block anegre, ofram, and sapele). Wavy, rosewoodlike ofram grain ebbs and flows across tabletops and down shapely legs.
Smart, good-looking, well-proportioned, and versatile, some 45 snappy pieces made their debut last spring at the International Home Furnishings Market in High Point, North Carolina, and Theodore Alexander will roll out new designs at the next High Point market in October.
"The only limitation the Kenos have in working with us is their own imagination," says Theodore Alexander chairman Harvey Dondero, who upped the glam factor by filming the Keno brothers as they caressed rippled cabinet doors and hand-hammered aluminum legs on the showroom floor. The movie is coming to a furniture store near you (ditto the brothers and their furniture). Tap into theodorealexander.com to find the nearest store, or watch a segment here.
The Skyscraper Showcase
Bookcase/shelf unit
Materials: Block Anegre veneer, Tiger Maple veneer
39" wide, 16" deep, 80" high
product number: KENO6301
The Bombé
Materials: Sapele wood, Marbled Sapele veneer
37" wide, 21" deep, 33-1/4" high
product number: KENO6003
The Wave I
Materials: Marbled Sapele, Sapele wood, Aluminum
84-1/8" wide, 25" deep, 30" high
product number: KENO6103
The Checkerboard I
Chest/ cabinet
Materials: Ofram veneer, Tiger Maple veneer
66" wide, 18-1/4" deep, 33-1/4" high
product number: KENO6104
The Checkerboard II
Materials: Ofram venner, Tiger Maple veneer
62" wide, 18" deep, 33-1/4" high
product number: KENO6007
The Wave II L
Materials: Marbled Sapele, Sapele wood, aluminum
42" wide, 25" deep, 29-7/8" high
product number: KENO6102L
The Wave II R
Materials: Marbled Sapele, Sapele wood, aluminum
42" wide, 25" deep, 29-7/8" high
product number: KENO6102R
Contour II
Materials: Block Anegre veneer, Bone Escutcheons
33" wide, 22" deep, 44-1/4" high
product number: KENO6002
Materials: Ebonised Maple, Brass Escutcheon and Feet
24" wide, 20" deep, 27" high
product number: KENO5012
The Curve I
Materials: Block Anegre veneer, Sycamore veneer, Bone Handles
43" wide, 33-1/2" deep, 36-3/4" high
product number: KENO7101
The Curve II
Materials: Block Anegre veneer, Sycamore veneer, Bone Handles
43" wide, 27-1/2" deep, 31-1/4" high
product number: KENO7102
The Double X II
Materials: Rosewood veneer, Mahogany, Brass
52" wide, 28" deep, 30" high
product number: KENO7104
The Slope
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24" wide, 25-3/4" deep, 38" high
product number: KENO4101
The Tower Back I
Side chair
Materials: Bleached Maple, fabric seat
21" wide, 23" deep, 44" high
product number: KENO4002RT
The Tower Back II
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24" wide, 24" deep, 44" high
product number: KENO4102
Essence I
Materials: Sapele wood, Rosewood veneer
24" wide, 24-1/2" deep, 35" high
product number: KENO4202
Essence II
Materials: Sapele wood, Rosewood veneer, fabric seat
24" wide, 24-1/2" deep, 34-1/4" high
product number: KENO4201CH
Love III
Materials: Fabric upholstered, Aluminum legs
72" wide, 32" deep, 34" high
product number: KENO4502CH
Love II
Club chair
Materials: Fabric upholstered, Aluminum legs
35" wide, 34-1/2" deep, 35" high
product number: KENO4203CH
Spanish Feet
Materials: Ebonised Maple
34" wide, 22" deep, 27-3/4" high
product number: KENO5005
The Float I
Materials: Ebony veneer, Oak
43" wide, 20" deep, 36-1/4" high
product number: KENO5301
The Float II
Materials: Tiger Maple veneer, Oak
43" wide, 20" deep, 36-1/4" high
product number: KENO5302
The Manhattan I
Accent table
Materials: Cream marble, Brass
17-5/16" wide, 17" deep, 22-1/8" high
product number: KENO5001
The Manhatan II
Accent table
Materials: Gray marble, Brass
17-3/8" wide, 17-3/8" deep, 22" high
Product number: KENO5016
The Flying Buttress II
Materials: Waterfall Bubinga veneer, Aluminum
42" wide, 16" deep, 33-1/8" high
product number: KENO5303
The Flying Buttress I
Dining table
Materials: Waterfall Bubinga veneer, Aluminum
83-1/2" wide, 34-3/4" deep, 30-1/4" high
product number: KENO5401
The Shaker
Dining table
Materials: Tiger Maple veneer, Maple
84" wide, 42" deep, 30-1/4" high
product number: KENO5402
The XS
Cocktail table
Materials: Olive Ash burl veneer, Hand Cast Brass
45" wide, 44-3/4" deep, 19-1/8" high
product number: KENO5103
Tall Fine Point II
Accent table
Materials: Ofram veneer
19-3/16" wide, 19-3/16" deep, 26-1/4" high
product number: KENO5002
Tall Fine Point I
Accent table
Materials: Faded Ofram veneer
19-3/16" wide, 19-3/16" deep, 26-1/4" high
product number: KENO5015
The Fine Point I
Cocktail table
Materials: Faded Ofram veneer
49-1/2" wide, 29-1/2" deep, 19-1/4" high
product number: KENO5102
The Fine Point II
Cocktail table
Materials: Ofram veneer
49-15/16" wide, 29-15/16" deep, 19-1/4" high
product number: KENO5101
The Cabriole
Accent table
Materials: Ofram veneer, Maple
28" wide, 28" deep, 26-1/4" high
product number: KENO5003
The Uptown
Accent table
Materials: Waterfall Bubinga veneer, Mahogany, Exchangeable Bone or Brass handle
14" wide, 11" deep, 28" high
product number: KENO1101
The In and Out Box
Materials: Figured Walnut veneer, Maple
14" wide, 10" deep, 11" high
product number: KENO1103
The Sampler
Cocktail table
Materials: Brass, Glass; Veneers: Rosewood, Rosewood Crown, Sycamore, Sycamore Crown, Lacewood, dyed Lacewood, Zebrano, Imbuya burl, Movingue, Flame Bubinga, Yew, Makore, Figured Eucalyptus, Cathedral Cherry
35-1/2" wide, 35-1/2" deep, 19" high
product number: KENO5104
The Raindrop
Accent table
Materials: Ofram veneer, Brass inlay
48" wide, 23" deep, 30-1/4" high
product number KENO5010
The Side Step II
Accent table
Materials: Cherry veneer, Sycamore veneer, Brass handle and feet
26" wide, 19" deep, 24" high
product number: KENO5011
The Double X III
Cocktail table
Materials: Rosewood veneer, Mahogany, Brass
52" wide, 32" deep, 19" high
product number: KENO5105
In Curve I
Console table
Materials: Sycamore veneer, Sapele wood
52" wide, 15" deep, 36-1/4" high
product number: KENO5304
In Curve II
Console table
Materials: Sycamore veneer, Sapele wood
52" wide, 15" deep, 36-1/4" high
product number: KENO5303
The Slice
Nesting tables
Materials: Flame Bubinga, Brass
26" wide, 40" deep, 26-1/4" high
product number: KENO5004
Cube 3
Nesting tables
Materials: Pepperwood burl veneer, Brass
24" wide, 24" deep, 24-1/4" high
product number: KENO5013
The Double X
Dining table
Materials: Rosewood veneer, Mahogany, Brass
84" wide, 40" deep, 30" high
product number: KENO5403
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