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A few nice personal training academy images I found:

Ollie Johnston Disney Legend at the Disney Legends Plaza


Image by Loren Javier
Ollie Johnston (Animation)
Inducted 1989

Animator Ollie Johnston infused an unusual level of warmth and heartfelt emotion into his Disney characters. As lifelong friend and fellow animator Frank Thomas recalled, "Ollie was the only one of the Studio animators who was sensitive to character relationships and how they affected story," explained Frank — "Back then cartoon characters seldom touched unless they hit each other. But one day Ollie said, ‘You know, the act of two people holding hands communicates in a powerful way.’ And he was right. His warmth made a difference in so many of our characters."

Indeed, Ollie animated such memorable friendships as that of Baloo and Mowgli in "The Jungle Book" and the sycophantic relationship shared by Sir Hiss and Prince John in "Robin Hood." And he valued his own relationship with the characters he animated, including Thumper in "Bambi," Mr. Smee in "Peter Pan" and the trio of fanciful fairies in "Sleeping Beauty." Ollie says, "They were all good friends, whom I remember fondly."

Born in Palo Alto, California, on October 31, 1912, Ollie attended grammar school on the campus of Stanford University, where his father served as professor of romance languages. After graduating from Palo Alto High School, he returned to Stanford and spent his last year of study at Chouinard Art Institute in Los Angeles.

On January 21, 1935, Ollie joined The Walt Disney Studios as an apprentice animator, working on such early Disney shorts as "Mickey’s Garden" and "The Tortoise and the Hare," which won an Academy Award® for Best Cartoon. He went on to work as animator and directing animator on more than 24 feature films including, "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs," "Fantasia," "Song of the South," "Cinderella," "Alice in Wonderland," "Lady and the Tramp," and "Sleeping Beauty," among others.

An avid train enthusiast, in his spare time, Ollie created a backyard railroad at his home and was instrumental in helping stir Walt Disney’s own personal interest in trains.

After 43 years with the Studio, Ollie retired in 1978. He went on to co-author four books with Frank Thomas beginning with the definitive "Disney Animation: The Illusion of Life," followed by "Too Funny For Words," "Walt Disney’s Bambi: The Story and the Film," and "The Disney Villain." He and Frank were also the subjects of the 1995 documentary "Frank and Ollie," which chronicles their unique friendship, which began at Stanford, and creative relationship at Disney.

That same year, Disney artists also paid tribute to the legendary elder-animators in the Mickey Mouse featurette "Runaway Brain," by creating a villain whimsically named "Dr. Frankenollie."

Ollie Johnston died on April 14, 2008, in Sequim, Washington.

The bio comes from the Official Disney Legends Home Page – legends.disney.go.com/legends/index

Asset #40 – Positive View of Personal Future


Image by Children First
Jessica, Girl Scouts

Jessica has been a Girl Scout for 13 years. A senior at St. Louis Park High School, Jessica will begin Basic Cadet Training at the U.S. Air Force Academy at the end of June. The course of Jessica’s painting illustrates the projected course of her life personally, which is why the university stage is depicted by the Cadet Chapel of the Air Force Academy. She hopes Girl Scouts has as positive of an effect on many girls’ lives as it has had on hers. Last month Jessica was one of 22 young people in St. Louis Park honored as a 2009 Caring Youth.

Estação de trem de Toledo / Toledo Train Station


Image by Marcio Cabral de Moura
21º dia de viagem – Toledo, Espanha.
Toledo foi a capital da Espanha visigótica, desde o reinado de Leovigildo, até a conquista moura da península Ibérica no século VIII. Sob o Califado de Córdoba, Toledo conheceu uma era de prosperidade.

Toledo era famosa por sua produção de aço, especialmente espadas, e a cidade ainda é um centro de manufatura de facas e pequenas ferramentas de aço. Após Filipe II de Espanha mudar a corte de Toledo para Madrid em 1561, a cidade entrou em lento declínio, do qual nunca se recuperou.
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21st day of journey – Toledo, Spain.
Toledo is a city and municipality located in central Spain, 70 km south of Madrid. It is the capital of the province of Toledo and of the autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha. It was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1986 for its extensive cultural and monumental heritage as one of the former capitals of the Spanish Empire and place of coexistence of Christian, Jewish and Moorish cultures. Many famous people and artists were born or lived in Toledo, including Garcilaso de la Vega, Alfonso X and El Greco, and it was the place of important historic events such as the Visigothic Councils of Toledo. As of 2005, the city has a population of 75,578 and an area of 232.1 km² (89.59 square miles).

Toledo’s Alcázar became renowned in the 19th and 20th centuries as a military academy. At the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War in 1936 its garrison was famously besieged by Republican forces.
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