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After you upgrade your operating system to a newer service pack, you cannot start Windows Live Messenger 14.0 on the computer.
For example, you upgrade Windows Vista Service Pack 1 to Windows Vista Service Pack 2 (SP2). If Windows Live Messenger 14.0 is running when you install Windows Vista SP2, it may run until you exit the program. After you exit Windows Live Messenger, you will be unable to start the program again. If Windows Live Messenger 14.0 is installed but was not running when you install Windows Vista SP2, Windows Live Messenger will not start.
When Windows Live Messenger detects an operating system upgrade, Windows Live Messenger will try to repair itself. This issue can occur because Windows Live Messenger 14.0 tries to use an incorrect Microsoft Installer package during the repair process.
This is a known issue with Windows Live Messenger 14.0. Under normal circumstances the repair will complete and Windows Live Messenger will run as expected.
To resolve this issue, download and reinstall Windows Live Messenger.
Important Do not uninstall Windows Live Messenger before you reinstall it.
To download Windows Live Messenger, visit the following Microsoft Web site:
Microsoft is researching this problem and will post more information in this article when the information becomes available.
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*** This is a major update for users of this component on both Joomla! 1.5 & Joomla! 2.5. Please read Release History.
This component will display C. H. Spurgeon's Morning and Evening as a Valid XHTML Joomla! component. The original excellent com_spurgeon, written by Foster Brereton, was joomla 1.0 built and works to display the articles in legacy mode of Joomla! 1.5. The only drawback was that it did not pass W3C validation. It has also been announced that Legacy mode will no longer be supported in joomla! 1.6. As of 22 July 2009, all native 1.0 components had been taken off the Extensions list. Based on these reasons, I spent time to convert this to joomla! 1.5 and subsequent versions.
This Spurgeon component also does not require administration.
To use the component:
a. After installing, in Administration select the menu under the Menus dropdown and then create a new Menu Item.
b. From the list of components, drilldown and select Spurgeon
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Dated 26 September 2012
This release of Spurgeon, dated 26 Sep 2012, addresses the issues found since the last release collectively for both Joomla 1.5 & 2.5.
The issues are:
-The previous versions are not properly built around the MVC framework
-some PHP code is legacy and may not work if PHP is v5.4 and later.
-There are 126 html files in Content folder that need amendments
This Joomla 2.5 Spurgeon Component now follows the Model-View-Controller (MVC) implementation for extensions. MVC enables modifications or upgrading the extension a lesser risk of breaking the extension compared to procedural code. Currently the articles are fetched from static html files in the Content folder. MVC makes it easier to change to retrieving the text from a database. This is planned for next major update.
Legacy PHP:
Shorthand or "shortcut" PHP code is now changed to be compatible with PHP 5.4. This was discovered by Jim Carrel of Trinity Bible Church of Oklahoma City who tested the new component on his development box.
Content folder:
Regarding the 733 html files in the Content folder, there are 126 files which have been corrected for inconsistencies, 'scribal errors' and positioning of paragraph tags inside the preformatted tags. These files are taken from public domain free sources and are never thoroughly checked for errors and inconsistencies.
These errors are repeated on many websites that features Spurgeon Morning & Evening. Some examples of errors can be found on the Mornings of 25 March and 6 September. Please accept William's apologies for this oversight.
With this new release, user is able to style the Spurgeon page by modifying or adding to the style.css file.
The only thing I would say and that has nothing to do with the functionality and that is the image of Spurgeon is too close to the text.
I will use this component on all of the sites I build for Ministries. Thank you very much!
Thank you for your feedback.
I've amended the component here:
If you've done some mods and do not wish to uninstall the current component, follow the steps below to edit your current spurgeon_xhtml component:
a) Locate the 'components' directory in your joomla
b) Locate the 'com_spurgeon_xhtml' directory and expand it.
c) Open up the file named spurgeon_xhtml.html.php
d) Locate the line 15
e) Change style="float: left; " to
style="float: left; margin-right:3px; "
If you wish not to have the image, simply comment out or delete line 15.

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Cincinnati House Rental Photos and Description
3 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms, sleeps 4-8
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This home is completely furnished with all amenities for a comfortable residence including off street parking and a lovely backyard providing additional outdoor living. Its close proximity to the expressway and Greater Cincinnati International Airport, affords an exceptional opportunity for corporate transfers and rentals, or vacationing families.
Rent this house for a month or longer. It will feel like your own home the day you move in. You might never want to leave Berry Avenue.
- Suitability:
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- children welcome
- non smoking only
- pets not allowed
- wheelchair inaccessible
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The Owner purchased this house in 2011
Why The Owner chose Cincinnati
We chose this home because it offers quaint urban living and big city excitement all within walking distance of our marvelous riverfront. This home offers original wood trim and flooring, working pocket doors, 10' high ceilings, original fireplaces and a comfortable kitchen.
What makes this house unique
Completely furnished large rooms, 2 furnished bedrooms, den (can be used as a 3rd bedroom), 3rd floor open to all possibilities, new appliances, central air conditioning, gas heat, lovely front porch and additional outdoor living space.
Guestbook comments from the owner
What a charming home you have. Everything worked out for our visit to Cincinnati and we loved staying on Berry Ave.
The home is everything that it was shown to be and the perfect location for splitting our time between our respective families located in both Ohio & Kentucky.
I fully expect that when we return to the area, you'll be first to hear from us regarding our accommodations.


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Kitty Update
Monday, November 10, 2014You may recall previous posts about Kitty's health. She has been dealing with a mast cell tumor on her eyelid for a while. She actually ended up having surgery while we were away (let's pause here and think about what a hero our cat sitter, Marlena, was for going through that for us). Sadly the surgery did not get clean margins and the tumor is growing again. It's benign but it's growing and gets ulcerated and will continue to do so unless something is done. Surgery is not really an option this time (unlikely to get all of the tumor and would almost certainly mean the loss of the eye).So, we went on a road trip with Kitty to Washington (state, not DC) to see a specialist about radiation treatment. For our cat. Yes we did. Don't judge.We're currently working to shrink the tumor with steroids* and are hopeful Kitty will soon be a suitable candidate for strontium probe treatment which is a very quick procedure (and cheaper than surgery) and hopefully will nuke this tumor for good with minimal side effects. Her tumor was judged to be slightly too deep at the consultation - so we're close.We'll be back in the US in a week or two to see if the tumor is small enough to make her a good candidate for this treatment. Fingers crossed. The alternative treatment is very long and very complex and very expensive.*This was also done prior to surgery and our cat sitter had to take Kitty to the vet for shots repeatedly which is a big giant hassle of scheduling & travel. This time the specialist gave us eye drops which are a cakewalk to administer. So - um, always ask if there is an eye drop option.
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Tuesday, October 21, 2014I have emerged from the pit of flu-i-ness! I went to work on Monday morning and sat at my desk for half an hour before I realized I was supposed to be at a workshop I had signed up for months ago (on Community Based Social Marketing). Whoops! So I ran back downtown (lying: took a train) and made it there only sort-of embarrassingly late. Today I remembered to go directly to day 2 of the workshop and showed up on time; much better.
I'm pretty tired at the end of a day. And I cough enough to be annoying to the people around me, but I'm not sick and there is no need to fear me. I wish I had a shirt that said that, actually.
I also posted the first video over on Project Persuasion - I assume you've all seen it - yeah? It's a collaboration with a friend of mine who gamely said yes when I asked if she would learn some piano pieces for me and let me take up hours of her life filming her playing. :) There may be more of this in the future....
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Friday, October 17, 2014I've been out with the flu for a week now. Which is the longest amount of sick time I've ever had to use. I'm thankful that I have sick time to take, and that my work schedule at the moment means the world doesn't end due to my absence, but man do I feel guilty taking sick days! When I'm feverish, sure, okay. When I can't get out of bed, yeah, that's okay. But when I'm quasi-functional? Guilt. Yesterday was the first day I felt better instead of worse, and today is continuing that trend, so yay, but also: guilt! I don't want to get my co-workers sick though (or drive them insane with my coughing), so I'm staying home today too, to be safe (with approval of my boss).
Peter has been working late so that combined with me unable to do much of anything means our apartment is an incredible disaster. I keep hoping magic elves will show up in the night to clean everything but my scary coughing fits probably keep them away.
The annoying part about being sick is that it's all this time at home wasted. You're too unwell or foggy headed to do anything at all aside from cuddle cats and watch movies. All these things I want to be doing that I'm not doing; so frustrating. Well, I'm just happy that I can swallow without agony again - what a joy that is!
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Nothing to See Here
Friday, October 03, 2014Soooooo. I'm maintaining a fictional blog over here, along with twitter and tumblr accounts to try and get people to read said blog. Working on some video project for the blog. Plus a full time job. Plus dance. Also working to design adorable cat cards to sell to raise funds for shelters. And cat cuddling. So, no time for this blog at the moment. I expect this will change around March of 2015.
Recap of the past month. Peter and I went to Nova Scotia/New Brunswick to visit my family. My sister and I were in the same place as our parents for the first time in.... 10 years? We've been badly out of sync with our visits over the past decade. So that was nice. We went to a Moosehead's hockey game. We lay on the biggest hammock in Canada. We visited a distillery in an old backsmith's shop in Lunenburg. Met up with a good friend for lunch in Mahone Bay. Hung out at Dad's cottage. It was good times. I'm very slowly adding photos of the trip here (don't really have time for editing photos).
In other news, I finally learned how to bead crochet. This particular craft defeated me previously, but not this time. I stayed up late one Friday night watching movies until I conquered it. This has been on my to-do list for years.
Oh - and Peter and I went to see Stromae in concert at a small venue in Vancouver. This guy plays stadiums in Europe! He was amazing, the show was just fantastic, such great energy. I think every french-speaking person in the Lower Mainland was there. Here's the low-down on who this guy is.
Finally - please think non-tumour-y thoughts for Kitty. We have a vet appointment tomorrow because her eye looks weird and we suspect some left-over tumour cells have decided to start growing... which would mean more surgery. We're hoping it's something else with an easier explanation.
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Saturday, September 20, 2014I am in the Moncton airport. It is so small that there is no official way to make a connecting flight - they assume when you arrive that you are staying so the only exit is to baggage claim. we had to knock on a door to get let into the gate area. Not a lot of connections made here. We are flying on points so our route is rather longer than normal - we head to Toronto next.
The Halifax-Moncton flight was in a tiny prop plane and we were in the front so we had a great view into the cockpit for the flight, that was fun. The woman guiding everyone to their seats and storing cabin bags took off her coat once everyone was seated and she had pulled up the stairs/door - and turned into the co-pilot.
Our trip to the east coast was crazy short and very busy. But it was good to see everyone, however briefly. Still, nothing is like home and so we are looking forward to being back in vancouver.
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Web Entertainment
Monday, August 25, 2014I assume everyone is making sure to check out my Persuasion adaptation, Half Hope every day, yes? You can subscribe via email to get the posts in your inbox if you prefer. So far my site visit stats are not.... awesome.
One of the things that inspired me to re-write a Jane Austen novel was the webseries The Lizzie Bennet Diaries. Since that series ended I've found several other webseries adaptations of classic stories - and I'm going to share my faves.
The format is usually easy-to-digest short episodes of 3-5 min each. Perfect for procrastination breaks! Because the distribution platform is (usually) youtube, it makes it possible for smaller, independent productions to find an audience (that isn't to say it's easy, just doable compared to getting a studio to pick up your show). The other interesting aspect of web-series is the potential for transmedia elements - the idea that characters from the show can have twitter or tumblr or pinterest accounts, for example. So you can just watch the videos or you can delve deeper into the show and see twitter conversations between characters, or get a sense of the character's mood based on tumblr posts, possibly even interact with characters.
Some of my faves:
Lizzie Bennet Diaries - a modernization of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice done in the form of a vlog (video blog). Very well done. With amazing chemistry between Lizzie and Darcy. It's interesting to note how the use of a vlog as a medium inherently changes the character - here we have Lizzie as a person who posts videos of personal conversations on the internet. The Lizzie I picture from P&P wouldn't do that, but if you can make that adjustment, you'll get on fine. I followed the character twitter accounts while I was watching this show roll out and I got really obsessive about it - those little extra bits of character development were awesome. They had a big fan following - mounted a successful crowd-funding campaign to produce DVDs, and have just released a book (Lizzie's actual diary). www.lizziebennet.com
The Autobiography of Jane Eyre - by a team in Vancouver. A modernization of the Bronte novel. This is a tough storyline to update and I think they did a good job. Some wonderful characters, creative vlogs.
The New Adventures of Peter and Wendy - I heard about this one and originally passed on it because I wasn't really interested in a Peter Pan story. Then I somehow watched episode one and fell in love with the characters and proceeded to watch the rest of season 1. It's so charming and lovely. I love it to bits. They are currently crowd funding to try to do season 2 (and 3); I've donated - I hope they make it!
A nice list of the many indie webseries adaptations can be found here (there is a Green Gables one underway, I think).
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Banff and stuff
Friday, August 22, 2014When I reached the bottom of the trail after visiting Garibaldi earlier this month, Peter was waiting for us all with a giant Slushie, because he is awesome. He also had a plan for us to go on a road trip that he had planned out. I was able to get time off on relatively short notice and we packed the car with stuff and took off!
We stopped in Sun Peaks where Peter did some mountain biking and I enjoyed our apartment in the village and worked on Project Persuasion blog stuff.
After two nights there, we hit the road and made our way to Lake Louise/Banff. Lake Louise is really beautiful (and busy). We had an anniversary dinner in the Fairmont hotel, and enjoyed the amazing view.
We had intended to do an overnight backpacking/camp hike but the forecast called for thunderstorms so we plopped our gear in a car-camping site and did a loooong day hike instead - to Helen Lake (12km round-trip, 455m elevation gain). The hike was lovely - lots of wildflowers out still.
The lake at the end was small, but the surrounding scenery was amazing. Sadly there were also enormous flies - I've never seen flies this big... I think maybe they were horseflies (I say because they were HUGE). We hiked up a bit further to a peak where there was a great view and a breeze to keep the files away. This is always my fear with nature - that I'll go to all the trouble to get somewhere remote only to find it is unbearable and there is no escape. The hike down was a bit tense as we ran into other hikers who had spotted a grizzly on the way up and rangers who said there was a black bear near the trail head a bit earlier. We stuck close to other hikers and made it out alive - yay!
The best thing after a long hike? Taking off your hiking boots. Also showering. Showering wasn't an option in this case but we tidied up a bit and went to have a nice dinner in an old railway station in Lake Louise.
The next day we hiked up to Lake Agnes from Lake Louise - to visit the famous tea house. Apparently everyone else on the planet had the same idea because it was mobbed with people. We got a table inside somehow and had tea and food and enjoyed watching the very fat chipmunks run around inside grabbing crumbs of tea biscuits from the floor.
After hiking down we visited Lake Moraine. It's all just stunning there; quite unreal.
The next day we were back to Lake Moraine. I had checked out the hiking guide and it identified a nice, flat, short hike to Lake Consolation that sounded just about right. The trail was in a busy bear area so hikers are required by law to be in groups of 4 - so we kind of tagged along with other people (and survived). Lake Consolation was pretty and much less busy - a bit of quiet nature without the torture of going up a mountain was nice.
Then we hit the road, stopping at a diner/cafe in Invermore for classic road trip food. And we arrived in Fernie very much looking forward to a proper bed. Fernie is a cute town and everyone we met there seemed to be a transplant from somewhere else who loved it in Fernie - so it definitely attracts people! Peter got another day of bike riding in, while I had some time to myself. We enjoyed the local pub scene.
Then it was a long drive back to Vancouver, all in one shot stopping only for ice cream and wine in Osoyoos.
That, my friends, is my hiking for 2014. I have gone up enough things and slept in a tent enough; it is worth it here because it is so beautiful, but I think I'm done for the season, thanks.
It was wonderful to see another part of BC (and a sliver of Alberta) - we are lucky to live here - staggering beauty abounds.
As always, more photos are on flickr.
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Project Persuasion is Alive
Monday, August 18, 2014So, the project I've been devoting a big chunk of my free time to since returning from our travels, has been launched!!!! Yay! There is still more work to do, but I'm glad it is starting to spool out into the world. Hopefully people will find it and enjoy it.
It's Project Persuasion - a modern retelling of Jane Austen's novel Persuasion via blog (and a bit of twitter). I did the bulk of the writing while in Poland and have been working on the other aspects since I got home (also, lots of revising). Thankfully I had some friends willing to read early drafts and provide feedback, and my sister took on the daunting task of getting the website templates I found to do the functional things I needed. People have been wonderfully supportive of the idea.
And, voila - the first blog post of the series is up!
You can find it here: http://halfhope.blogspot.ca/2014/08/the-beginning.html
It will go on for several months, so check back often or subscribe to get the blog posts in your inbox via email. Uh, also please tell me if you spot any typos.
You can also do the following:
- follow the character's twitter account @AliasAnneElliot
- like the project Facebook page
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I Survived Nature
Wednesday, August 06, 2014What's this thing? A blog? I have a blog? Oh yeah, I do!
I spent my long weekend camping, like a proper Canadian. I hiked up to Garibaldi Lake with 3 other ladies. This was my first time camping where I had to carry all my own stuff (Peter is very accommodating and takes all my heavy stuff). The hike up with a pack was very sweaty, but I survived. (1050m elevation gain in 7.5km.) And getting to Garibaldi Lake made it all worth it for sure. It's stunning there.
Everyone in the city was out camping so we squeezed our two tents onto one pad, as did everyone else and there were approximately 188219 people camping up there, but it was still very chill and everyone was very friendly. Only the poor forest ranger trying to accommodate everyone looked stressed out.
The next day we hiked up to Panorama Ridge (7km from camp) which was several new kinds of stunningly beautiful. Definitely the most beautiful hike I've ever been on. We really are spoiled for scenery here in BC. We slid down the snow pack on the way down which was funny and cold (snow up the shorts in August is not expected).
We relaxed by the lake, had lovely meals together, played new card & dice games, made friends. We had a beautiful view of the stars and saw some meteorites at 2am. On Monday we hiked down and Peter picked us all up (greeted us with a slushie because he is made of awesome) and took us to the pub. When I got home I took the best shower ever and scrubbed actual dirt off me.
It's hard to complain about anything when you are lucky enough to spend time in such a pretty place.
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Canada Day At Home
Tuesday, July 01, 2014It's Canada Day and I'm at home! I'm planning to go enjoy some of the festivities today and ruminate on how lucky I am to live in this place - it's not perfect, but it's pretty good. Traveling does have a way of making you evaluate where you live and come from; it's impossible not to compare. For me, Canada and Vancouver came out looking shiny.
You have not seen me post on here much because I am hard at work trying to complete a project I worked on while in Poland. If all goes well it will launch online in August! I think it will be fun - I'll put the link here when it is ready. It's a challenge to make progress in the scraps of free time left over after working full time, but I'm determined! It will mean a continued lack of interesting blog posts, however. Instead you should go check out my sister's blog - Bluenose Girl - she just did a great post summarizing her Poland travel experiences.
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Thailand Summary - Part 3 - Sanctuary
Friday, June 20, 2014When I last left our tale, Peter and I had just returned to Bangkok from a few days in Cambodia.
March 13, the same day we arrived in Bangkok, we got overnight train tickets and started our journey to Koh Samui Island (it was a train to Surat Thani, then a bus to Don Sak, then a ferry to the island). There happens to be a giant crazy party on Koh Phangan island every full moon - the "Full Moon Party" which you generally get to via Koh Samui island, so our overnight train was full of young people starting the party early. So that was.... loud.
We managed to get some sleep despite the party. In the end we got ourselves to Koh Samui on March 14. We decided, after very little research, to go to Lamai Beach for two nights, and luckily when we got off the ferry we found a guy going that way to split a cab with.
Lamai Beach, Koh Samui
For dinner later that day we visited the main drag in Lamai and had dinner at a nice Thai place where Peter ordered a dish and requested it be made Thai-spicy. The server checked our table after he'd had a few bites and asked if he wanted her to have the kitchen moderate the spiciness, but Peter said no and continued on. He suffered, but he finished it! I had something tourist-level-medium and found that plenty hot (I did just spend a year in Poland - land of bland).
The beach was generally nice, but had occasional tiny blobs of oil that you would find on your feet or towel or shoes at the end of the day. I've never heard anyone else mention this about Thai beaches, but it was kind of annoying - finding black oil all over your stuff. So - you've been warned.
We had a lovely moonlit dinner on the beach at a French restaurant called "No Stress". Then stopped for a pretty epic fire-twirling show on the beach at the party bar. All in all, beach life was proving to be excellent.
Ferry from Mae Nam to Haad Rin
Fortunately for us one of the guys on the tiny ferry, a guy from Amsterdam, was also trying to get to Haad Tien and he'd been before so when the boat guy at the beach we landed on (Haad Rin) wanted an exorbitant rate to take us on the short trip, our Dutch friend knew there was another beach to try where another boat might be.
A long tail boat delivers us to Sanctuary
The boat ride was refreshing and cool and fun. And they successfully managed to land on the beach and unload us.
We had arrived at Sanctuary and it really felt like it; peaceful after the craziness that is the rest of Thailand. We parked our bags by reception and said hello and sat in the restaurant enjoying the view. We suddenly had nowhere we needed to be and it was wonderful.
I was grinning like an idiot. After 2 solid weeks of trekking around, navigating strange places, I was at a yoga retreat on a beach and didn't have to go anywhere for a while. I was stupidly happy. We ended up loving Sanctuary so much that we extended our stay and used up the remainder of our time there. We couldn't think of a good reason to go anywhere else.
The magic of Sanctuary is it's somewhat remote location, , it's good restaurant (lots of vegetarian and raw food options), it's yoga studio, spa, and friendliness. The type of people who go to a place like Sanctuary are the type you can introduce yourself to and just start a conversation with. Everyone we met there was super nice.
I got in the habit of going to yoga every day at 8am while Peter went to work out at the Muay Thai boxing place up the hill.
We spent a lot of time in hammocks, on the beach, chatting with people in the restaurant. We wandered over to the beaches on either side. We thought about a day trip to some other part of the island - but in the end decided we were happy just where we were.
It's definitely an island place - with the slow pace of an island. Going anywhere other than the string of 3 beaches in the area meant catching a boat (kind of on a schedule, unless they weren't; I never figured it out), or maybe a jeep over the 'road' if you could figure out if it was going that day. There was no clear explanation of how any of it worked, but it somehow worked. Sanctuary doesn't take card and the nearest ATM is a boat-ride away. We would see people handing over their ATM cards to new friends who were making the trip to town to get fresh cash - that's the kind of place it is; you meet someone and a few days later trust them with your ATM card and pin so you don't have to make the trip. That sums up Sanctuary.
Although it is mostly a quiet area, there is some action. There is a party every Friday night at the nearby bar (Guy's Place) that goes all night and into the next day (then Sat night the party is at Eden bar). They warn you about it when you check in at Sanctuary and they give you earplugs. They suggest that you just go the party - that being the best way to avoid being annoyed by the very loud music that goes on all night. So we went and hung out with nice people and had our faces painted with glow paint and danced. And we stayed all night. And sat on a rock and watched the sun rise. And went to bed at 7am while the music continued.
It was good to get back to yoga. I did my first baby headstand. I learned to stay zen in downward dog despite ants crawling over my yoga mat. I sometimes struggled to hear the instructor over the deafening chorus of cicadas because the yoga studio was in the jungle. It was wonderful. Peter and I both remember Sanctuary very very fondly.
Eventually, after 2 wonderful weeks, it was time to go. The only thing that made leaving Sanctuary bearable was the fact that we were finally going home.
We made the reverse trip - Koh Phangan - Koh Samui - Don Sak - Surat Thani - Bangkok without problems (our 3 overnight train trip in Thailand) and got to our hotel super early. We spent the morning by the pool then did something in complete contrast to our life of yoga and friendly chats at Sanctuary - we went shopping in the huge mall district. There are so many gigantic malls in Bangkok. Our favourite was a less shiny wholesale mall called Platinum Fashion Mall. Sanctuary felt really far away already, sadly.
April 1 - departure day! We collected our luggage from the storage place and headed to the airport.
Many many movies and meals later, we arrived in Vancouver. There was a bit of a mix up with the guy who was to pick us up, so we ended up hanging out at Tim Horton's for a bit.... but that was okay, it was part of being home. And the moment we stepped outside the airport and breathed in that cedar-scented, clean air, we knew we were home. Travel is great - but coming home is better, I think.
It's impossible to try to sum up our year away, and I won't try here - maybe another post. Here I will say - Thailand was interesting. Challenging for me in many ways, bits of amazing beauty, some lovely people, but also poverty and infrastructure problems - it's a place of contrasts... like so many places are.
Southern Thailand photos are here.
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Thailand Summary - Part 2, Featuring Cambodia!
Sunday, June 01, 2014When I last left our tale, Peter and I had taken an overnight train back to Bangkok with our tour group. We arrived in Bangkok the morning of March 9. After saying goodbye to our fellow tour group friends, Peter and I went to the bus station to get our ticket to Cambodia for the next day (getting there from the train station involved some hard-core haggling with tuktuk drivers over the fare for the super short drive; fortunately our haggling skills had improved by this point).
We left the bus station after successfully getting our tickets and thought we would walk to the Skytrain station and take Skytrain to our hotel. According to the map there was a giant park between the bus station and the transit station which looked like a pleasant place for walk. Which is true. Except the park is fenced. We ended up walking along some unpleasant streets (busy bus-filled streets, sidewalk-less areas) around the perimeter trying to find an entrance into the park. It was really annoying. Especially because the park was lovely once we were able to get inside - but what should have been a short, simple A-to-B trip was... not. Finding an exit on the other side that was near the transit station was also a problem due to the fence. The experience was kind of symbolic of our time in Thailand, actually - beautiful things surrounded by chaos, and difficulty getting from A to B.
We did make it to our hotel. We went for something fancier than we usually do - the iSanook. Really nice staff, lovely facility. We spent the day relaxing and catching up on internet stuff. Peter visited the pool. We kind of ignored the fact that we were in Thailand, to be honest - took a day off. We used the hotel's free tuk tuk service to go to a nearby shopping area where we went to Pizza Hut. I have no shame in that like I normally would. I needed a day of comfort and familiar things, and that's what we did. It was a holiday from our holiday.
The next day it was on to Siem Reap, Cambodia. For two people who had never traveled outside Europe, this trip made us a bit nervous, but we figured Angkor Wat was such a popular destination that the tourist infrastructure would be pretty good.
We took a bus there and it was pretty easy - air conditioned travel, they give you water and food, the drive is smooth and uneventful.
In between Thailand & Cambodia
The bus dropped us all off at the border. Going through Thai exit customs was easy, then there was a walk through a strange no-mans land before you hit the Cambodia border. This no-mans land has a casino in it. The difference between the Thai side and the Cambodia side is very stark and was the first sign of just how poor Cambodia was. Entry into Cambodia involved a long line and fingerprinting, but was otherwise no problem.
The bus was waiting for us on the other side and once everyone was back on board, the trip continued. It passed through rural areas and that was our first glimpse of people living in places and ways that seem on the surface to be untouched by time. Such an incredible contrast to places that are part of my daily experience that I still have trouble wrapping my head around it. It was like this [link to images]. The disparity of living conditions in the world is really mind boggling.
We arrived in Siem Reap at night, got a tuk tuk to our hotel and agreed to have that tuk tuk driver as a guide for the next day of touring. After checking in at our lovely hotel we walked to the main strip to get food. Notes: 1) not a town made for walking - the combination of busy street + no sidewalk + no streetlights was a bit stressful. 2) we ended up at an Indian restaurant (Curry Walla) where we had really good food. I felt bad for not having a more Cambodian food experience but after a year in Poland, I reserved the right to have Indian whenever the opportunity presented itself.
Baphuon, Angkor Thom
Our first day of touring we made a rookie mistake by not starting out until 8:30am. In my world, that's early. In the reality of super hot places, you want to be out around 6:00am when it is slightly cooler and then you can hide during mid-day heat.
Bayon, Angkor Thom
We cooled of in the pool at our hotel and thought about what a strange place we were in, this area with such a huge collection of ruined temples from so long ago. How civilizations rise and fall and how immense and important this area once was. At the height of their city-building days it must have seemed impossible to people then to think of their structures and way of life not continuing on; much like we are unable to imagine our structures and way of life not continuing on forever.
Angkor Wat sunrise
We were part of the mob waiting for the sun to rise from behind the temple. It did. It was not a spectacular sight that day, but it was okay.
We went in to explore - enjoying the slightly cooler weather at 6am. Angkor Wat is so massive it's hard to believe - given it was built in the 12th century by hand. The outer wall encloses 203 acres (only the temple remains; the city and palace buildings were made of perishable materials). It really is extraordinary.
Ta Prohm
Once again by mid-day we found ourselves melting in the heat (I can't overstate how meltingly hot it is with the sun reflecting off the stones) so we retreated to the hotel to shower and visit the pool.
In the afternoon we visited a local Wat and made a donation to the Life and Hope Association as a small way to try to contribute to improving things for people in Siem Reap. I still feel very conflicted about visiting poor places - when I think about how much money I'm spending for a frivolous holiday and how so many people there lack basic necessities. I feel both very privileged for being born in Canada and having a life full of ease and opportunity and very guilty for not making more of an effort to help others.
After the Wat we tuktuk'ed out through villages to Phnom Krom on top of a hill (many stairs) to watch the sunset. It was us and another couple and one young monk (there is an active temple on the hilltop in addition to the temple ruin). We shared snacks with the monk and he asked us for money which kind of spoiled our romantic notion of monks letting go of worldly goods and desires. But the view of the countryside from the hilltop was lovely. The sun didn't set into the horizon though, it disappeared behind a thick layer of smog. So that was weird.
The bumpy tuktuk ride back to town on the dirt road at night was interesting - a chance to get glimpses into houses lit by 1 bulb, parties, people outside having dinner. It's a whole different world.
We had our own dinner at the Butterfly Garden Restaurant (no butterflies at night but there was a cat and a frog, and the business is a social enterprise, so: win) and walked through the market and Pub street (hello tourist central). When I showered before bed actual dirt came out of my hair from the dusty tuk tuk trip.
There was a lot more to see around Angkor Wat - we skipped entire temple complexes; there's just too much, we hit our temple wall. It was time to go back to Thailand.
March 13 we were back on the bus early in the morning and arrived in Bangkok at 4:30. When we crossed the border into Thailand, everything suddenly looked shiny and tidy - which was not our impression arriving in Thailand from Europe. It's all relative. Cambodia was an interesting experience, one I'm still thinking about. One clear thought I have: being a tourist in a poor place is a weird thing to do.
The next phase of our trip was to get to an island and a beach. We bought an overnight train ticket to get us down south and discovered we were headed to the island that everyone goes to for the full moon party, just in time for the full moon! Uh oh.
That will be Part 3 - Thailand Island Adventure!
Cambodia pictures can be found here.
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Doctor Who Tardis Glass Aquarium Kit
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Posted by: Lu luAugust 11th, 2013 - 11:07pm
Just wondering where I can get one of these tanks from I have been searching and searching and can't find it anywhere.
Thanks in advance
Posted by: eddyAugust 11th, 2013 - 11:34pm
pets at home – ebay
Posted by: nikiMarch 1st, 2013 - 3:49am
This tank would be ok for a male beta assuming you remember to keep an eye on the water. Another good fish would be no more than 4 guppies, which fancy guppies can be VERY pretty (the fish that started me on aquariums). I really cant tell what kind of filter comes with the set up but you can easily purchase a carbon filter for a 1-5 gal tank to improve the quality of the water and the health of the fish. This tank really is super awesome and there is nothing wrong with it. I just recommend research before you get fish for it
Posted by: nikiMarch 1st, 2013 - 3:52am
While Im here, can anyone tell me where I can get just the Tardis? Haha, I want one for my 55gal tank
Posted by: CatherineJuly 6th, 2013 - 10:27am
Hi Nikki
I purchased a Tardis for my Daughter from my local aquatics store but you can also purchase them from the internet. I paid £7.99.
Posted by: trishJanuary 17th, 2013 - 8:04pm
I shall put a beta in this!
Posted by: KORSAIRJanuary 17th, 2013 - 9:40pm
A whatta?????
Serious question
Posted by: eddyMarch 1st, 2013 - 7:38am
do you mean beta??
Posted by: The DriverDecember 29th, 2012 - 11:30pm
I personally think the stickers on the front of the tank make it look tacky.
Posted by: DiamondDecember 9th, 2012 - 12:33am
Okay wow….. some of those above comments, about gold fish and this tank being too small…. People! There are Fish bowls -smaller- than this that fish live in!
Just saying…….
Posted by: MattJanuary 14th, 2013 - 10:03pm
Yes, there are bowls smaller than this, and they are not suitable either. I have seen first hand the sickness and deformities that occur in fish by being kept in bowls and aquariums that are simply not suitable.
Don't be arrogant, get advice from people that KNOW what they are talking about.
This would be a good place to ask BEFORE you buy a fish death box and end up having to then try and put things right.
Posted by: RiverDecember 5th, 2012 - 10:11am
This would be great for a fighting fish, they don't need a lot of room.
Posted by: jazzAugust 20th, 2013 - 4:48pm
Actually, they DO need a lot of room. Pet stores misinform customers due to their not knowing or just being told to say whatever to sell. Fighting fish's natural habitat is 3 feet tall and many MANY acres across. Endless acres. A fighting fish needs at least a 2.5 gallon tank to thrive. They can survive in much smaller but it stresses them out and you would be amazed at how short a life span it gives them.
Posted by: JoyOctober 6th, 2012 - 7:57pm
It may be too small for fish, but would probably be a great tank for SeaMonkeys! I mean, one of the teeny tiny little tanks they sell is supposed to hold up to 100, so one like this would be great for a huge colony of them. I might just get me one for the SeaMonkeys my roommate and I currently have.
Posted by: The DriverDecember 29th, 2012 - 11:33pm
Are seamonkeys those things you grow?
Posted by: Dalek XSeptember 24th, 2012 - 7:35am
Cool now your fish can travel in time and space and fight evil cybereels and sea devils and the greatest the great white daleks and the weeping starfish
Posted by: sma17September 24th, 2012 - 6:32am
Bettas like small spaces – you could keep a betta in it, no?
Posted by: PaulSeptember 6th, 2012 - 11:48pm
To be fair, pet shop retailers (Pets at Home is where I recently bought mine) wouldn't be selling this tank, whether for a child or an adult Who enthusiast, unless you could keep fish in it, otherwise they wouldn't provide a filter with the product and give instructions inside for keeping fish. Obviously due to the size of the tank 2-3 small cold water fish maximum is recommended. Some of the comments on here are totally ridiculous and misinformed.
Posted by: boobooSeptember 6th, 2012 - 11:56pm
you didn't see the abuse we got for just showing this item from apparent fish experts
amazing how opinion differs
problem is small fish get bigger and that's where some of the problem lies it seems
we were even asked to remove the article hence the warnings
Posted by: M4MMay 25th, 2013 - 8:19pm
this tank would be the ideal size for a betta fish, just add a heater to keep the water 78 degrees Fahrenheit, they ARE Tropical fish! The leading cause of death in betta "tanks" is fatty liver (no room to exercise), ammonia poisoning, and bacterial infections from dirty water.
Petstores often sell a lot of things that aren't very well suited for pets, but they manage to get away with it because people fail to fully educate themselves on their pets, citing that they're "just animals", and therefore, why care?
Posted by: UDWF1April 7th, 2012 - 6:05pm
My fish need a new smaller home, so this is my choice, 100%!
Posted by: StarbuckJanuary 12th, 2012 - 9:46am
I would get this if it was a bit bigger such a shame, it just seems like they didn't do their homework before bringing out a product like this. How disappointing…
Posted by: boobooJanuary 12th, 2012 - 9:55am
there are many themed tanks Like this which on the face of it are to small for fish however you can buy a Tardis ornament http://www.amazon.co.uk/Dr-Who-Tardis-Aquarium-Ornament/dp/B004CEMYUE and could use a poster on the back of a larger more suitable tank
Posted by: anthonyNovember 29th, 2011 - 4:45pm
now this looks cool ownly if i had a fish note to self get a fish where i no i nbo erm a o no the kitten and cats might eat it good thogh
Posted by: OODSIGMANovember 29th, 2011 - 4:32pm
Completely in adequate to keep fish in! 1. Not enough room for a stable happy
life for fish! 2. Can only keep cold water fish, so no beautiful tropical fish!
3. Were are you going to keep all of the equipment? 4. Not safe, a fish could
jump out and die!!! And theres many more!!! Sorry to be a pain, but its true!
Posted by: AnonymousNovember 29th, 2011 - 4:38pm
There's a lid, and a filter.
It is adequate to keep certain types of fish, I doubt that there is any tank suitable for all fish (not even the sea).
Posted by: boobooNovember 29th, 2011 - 4:42pm
I have taken the matter up with an expert and await there reply – i will decide to what to do after I have heard from them – to be honest this is causing more trouble than its worth.
A local aquatic retailer consider a 15L aquarium too small to house goldfish, but it is suitable for small coldwater fish such as white cloud mountain minnows.
Posted by: OODSIGMANovember 29th, 2011 - 4:42pm
Ohhhh why did it get deleted, please answer. I didnt see anything wrong with it!!…?
Posted by: boobooNovember 29th, 2011 - 4:48pm
i just wanted to read it. if this tank is suitable for fish then i will find out, if not i will do something about it but until then we have to take it at face value
Posted by: dan23November 29th, 2011 - 5:04pm
I have some white clouds there lovely looking little fish and I recommend them as a good starter fish
Posted by: OODSIGMANovember 29th, 2011 - 5:05pm
OK it was just knowing what I had done wrong… I wont judge so harshly again, and im fine if you delete…
Posted by: charlieDecember 29th, 2011 - 6:12pm
my son has this tank which we got from pets at home who wouldnt sell it if not suitable for fish as they would get done for that we have a couple of goldfish who are quite happy in the tank and have loads of room .
Posted by: boobooDecember 29th, 2011 - 6:31pm
After some very aggressive comments left by individuals on the site we took advice from a well known animal welfare organisation who have given me details as to the recommended minimum adequate requirements for goldfish (or any fish really) and this tank does not meet them. Now that the advice has been given we cannot feature it here as being suitable for fish. This article only remains here as it is still a licensed Doctor Who product.
Posted by: DWFAN#1November 29th, 2011 - 12:23pm
So THATS where Jim the Fish lives! I always wondered… Hes even got his own TARDIS!
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i liked the last because its the new world.
Now we need bow ties and tweet jackets to make them the doctor!
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Posted by: MelsNovember 29th, 2011 - 10:15am
WOOT! +5 on the randomness scale, but a pretty nice idea.
I'm not sure what fishies will make of the TARDIS though.
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The new law governing the deployment of the force, approved in Beijing by the National People's Congress, comes as the number of protests and riots by farmers, workers and ethnic minorities is on the rise. Police should refuse orders that they consider unlawful, the law states.
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Frosty the Snowman (TV program)
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|Frosty the Snowman
|Directed by
|Jules Bass
Arthur Rankin, Jr.
|Produced by
|Jules Bass
Arthur Rankin Jr.
|Written by
|Romeo Muller
|Narrated by
|Jimmy Durante
|Billy De Wolfe
Jackie Vernon
|Music by
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|Production company
|United States
|Release date
|December 7, 1969
|Running time
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Frosty the Snowman is an American animated Christmas family television special based on the popular song of the same title. The program, which first aired on December 7, 1969 on CBS (where it still airs to this day), was produced for television by Rankin/Bass and featured the voices of comedians Jimmy Durante as the film's narrator (Durante's final performance in a film) and Jackie Vernon as the titular character.
This special marked the first use of traditional cel animation (as opposed to stop-motion animation) for Rankin/Bass in a Christmas special. Arthur Rankin, Jr. and Jules Bass wanted to give the show and its characters the look of a Christmas card, so Paul Coker, Jr., a greeting card and Mad magazine artist, was hired to do the character and background drawings. The animation was produced by Mushi Production in Japan, with then-Mushi staffer Osamu Dezaki among the animation staff.
Rankin/Bass veteran writer Romeo Muller adapted and expanded the story for television as he had done with Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.
TV Guide ranked the special number 4 on its 10 Best Family Holiday Specials list.[1]
On the day before Christmas, an elementary school teacher has hired an inept magician named Professor Hinkle to perform for the class Christmas party and keep her students' attention. Hinkle fails in both regards and throws his top hat away in disgust. As soon as the schoolday ends, the children rush outside to play and decide to build a snowman. After considering and rejecting names such as Bruce, Christopher Columbus and, to the other children's dismay, Oatmeal, a young girl named Karen names the snowman Frosty. At that point, Hinkle's rabbit Hocus Pocus escapes from the building wearing the now discarded hat, which the children put on top of Frosty's head. To their surprise, the magic of the hat causes Frosty to come to life. This delights the students, but after seeing that the hat is actually magic, the agitated Hinkle takes it back after the wind blows it off Frosty's head and he becomes inanimate again. Hinkle tells the children that when they get older, they will learn that snowmen can't come alive. However, after he leaves, Hocus returns the hat to the children, thus bringing Frosty to life again. The children are very happy with their friend, but the temperature is rising and Frosty must leave for somewhere that is colder or else he will melt. Frosty explains that the only place he won't melt is the North Pole. They parade through the town to the train station, shocking passersby and a traffic cop, who swallows his whistle. When they get to the station however, they find that they do not have money to buy tickets. So, Karen, Frosty, and Hocus sneak into the back of a train headed north as stowaways. Hinkle also sneaks aboard the undercarriage of the caboose, determined to get the hat back.
While Frosty is safe from melting in the refrigerated car, Karen is freezing so the group leaves the train and Hocus gathers a group of woodland creatures to build a fire for her. Frosty knows that it is best if Karen is brought home and he and Hocus decide to enlist the help of Santa Claus. Hocus leaves to wait for Santa with the animals, but Hinkle comes back to get the hat back. Being too fast for Hinkle, Frosty and Karen slide down the hill to a small greenhouse used to grow poinsettias. Frosty carries Karen inside where she will be warm and safe. However, Hinkle catches up and locks Frosty and Karen inside.
Hocus brings Santa to the greenhouse only to find Karen crying over a melted Frosty. Santa explains to Karen that Frosty is made of Christmas snow and can never melt away and that he'll always come back every winter. He then opens the greenhouse door, which, with a gust of wind, transforms the puddle that was Frosty back into its snowman form. Before they can put the hat on him and bring Frosty back to life, Hinkle appears and demands the hat back. Santa tells him that if he takes the hat back, he will never bring him another Christmas present for the rest of his life. Hinkle begs for another chance and Santa tells him to apologize and he might reconsider and possibly give him a new hat for Christmas. Hinkle then runs home to write his apologies and after bringing Frosty back to life, Santa takes Karen on a sleigh ride home and brings Frosty back to the North Pole, keeping his promise that he will return every year when another Christmas snowfall comes.
As the end credits roll, Frosty leads the town on another parade through town and Hinkle is seen with a new hat as the title song is sung. At the end of the parade, Frosty climbs in the back of Santa's sleigh and they leave for the North Pole with Frosty altering the last lyric of the song, saying, "I'll be back on Christmas Day!"
- Jackie Vernon as Frosty the Snowman
- Jimmy Durante as himself
- June Foray as Karen, schoolteacher.
- Billy De Wolfe as Professor Hinkle
- Paul Frees as the traffic cop, stationmaster, and Santa Claus
Released by Rhino on October 1, 2002, the entire audio portion of Frosty the Snowman is available on CD along with the entire audio portion of Santa Claus is Comin' to Town, the Rankin-Bass special produced in 1970. This edition contains the full dialogue and song audio of both specials.
The tracklisting is as follows:
- Medley: Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town...Be Prepared To Pay 25:18
- Medley: Put One Foot In Front Of The Other...Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town (finale) 24:55
- Frosty The Snowman Theme & Narration (Beginning) 13:45
- Frosty The Snowman Theme & Narration (Conclusion) 11:48
- Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town (Soundtrack Version) 1:50
- Frosty The Snowman (Soundtrack Version) 1:04
Later edits[edit]
On later airings after 1970, June Foray's voice was replaced by an unknown actress (Foray's voice is still heard as her singing voice, as well as other minor roles). The dubbing is also obvious on the DVD, as the audio quality of the replacement voice is better than that of the other sounds. The current restored version, which debuted in 2005, does not restore Foray's voice. At the time, rumors implied a controversy over copyrights and/or royalties as the reason behind the change, but the reason remains unknown. The original soundtrack with Foray's original voice track is available on CD. Foray recalled her experiences in the book "The Enchanted World of Rankin Bass","I was called in to voice the little girl Karen, I was disappointed to learn later that my work for the Karen character was replaced by another actress. To this day, I am unsure of the reason, but I still enjoy the special."
Television rights[edit]
In the United States, CBS continues to hold the telecast rights to the original program (under license from the current copyright holder, DreamWorks Classics and still airs it yearly with the CBS-produced sequel Frosty Returns (see below). The CBC holds broadcast rights in Canada. The special also airs on ABC Family in some territories. However, CBS does not own the telecast rights to the 1976 sequel Frosty's Winter Wonderland (that special currently airs on ABC Family's 25 Days of Christmas each year), which prompted CBS to produce its own "sequel" of sorts, Frosty Returns (see below).
Frosty returned in several sequels:
- Frosty's Winter Wonderland - This 1976 sequel by Rankin-Bass was also written by Romeo Muller. Narration is provided by Andy Griffith. Jackie Vernon once again reprised his role as the voice of Frosty. Unlike the original, the sequel doesn't take place on or around Christmas nor does it even mention anything to do with Christmas, instead taking place later in the winter season.
- Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July - This 1979 Rankin-Bass sequel was filmed in stop-motion animation in the style of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and Rudolph's Shiny New Year. While the Frosty specials were 30 minutes long, and the Rudolph specials were 60 minutes, this ambitious special was feature length, at 97 minutes long (120 minutes on television, including commercials). Vernon once again played the role of Frosty, and this is his last time in Rankin Bass playing the voice of Frosty.
- Frosty Returns - This 1992 half-hour special is not truly a sequel to the 1969 classic, as it was produced not by Rankin-Bass but by CBS. The characters, setting, and voices are different and the animation (by Bill Melendez) is vastly different. Despite this, it is shown with the original special every year on CBS and was even included as a bonus on its DVD release. John Goodman provides the voice of Frosty in this special, as Jackie Vernon had died five years earlier, in 1987. Frosty's appearance is physically different, and has the ability to live without his top hat. In this special and later specials, when his hat comes off, he turns back into an inanimate snowman, also like in Frosty's Winter Wonderland, Christmas isn't ever mentioned, not Santa Claus either. The possible reason why Frosty can live without his top hat because in Frosty's Winter Wonderland, he received a kiss from his wife Crystal.
- The Legend of Frosty the Snowman - This 2005 straight-to-video film was produced by Classic Media, the current rights holder for the original Rankin/Bass special, and the remainder of their pre-1974 library. This movie has been bundled with the original 1969 Rankin/Bass special and the CBS sequel, and has also aired on Cartoon Network. The appearance of Frosty resembles much more the Rankin-Bass character design from their original animation, and Professor Hinkle returns in two cameo appearances - shown in a picture and flashback during the special. Frosty is voiced by Bill Fagerbakke, best known as the voice of Patrick Star on SpongeBob SquarePants.
- ^ TV Guide Guide to TV. Barnes and Noble. 2004. p. 574. ISBN 0-7607-5634-1.
External links[edit]
- Holiday Central at CBS.com
- Frosty the Snowman at the Internet Movie Database
- Animated television specials
- Christmas television specials
- Santa Claus in film
- Children's fantasy films
- Children's films
- 1960s American television specials
- 1969 television specials
- 1969 in American television
- Films directed by Jules Bass
- Films featuring anthropomorphic characters
- Films based on songs
- Films directed by Arthur Rankin, Jr.
- Santa Claus in television
- CBS television specials
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Holiday guest house with golf nearby in Turks and Caicos Islands
Guest house | 2 Bedrooms | sleeps 4
4 Nights min stay
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£909 / week
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- Beach / lakeside relaxation
- Great for children of all ages
- Car advised
- Air conditioning
- No pets allowed
Steps away from Grace Bay, the beaches, nightlife, restaurants and s much more, Peridot Place [II] is a vacation home with two bedrooms and one bathroom and a fully equipped kitchen. Its quiet, tranquil surroundings are ideal for vacationers who desire serenity. Walking distance from water-sports activities such as jet skiing, parasailing, fishing, boat tours and more! …see more
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