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July 2011: NATURE “Oceans of Glass”

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Each month, KLRU chooses a program for your family to enjoy together. This month’s Family Choice program is: NATURE “Oceans in Glass: Behind the Scenes of the Monterey Bay Aquarium.”
Moon Jellyfish

Sunday, July 10th at 7:00 p.m. and repeats Wed., July 13th at 7 p.m.

Because of its realistic presentations, the Monterey Bay Aquarium is recognized as one of the most significant and spectacular aquariums in the world. Instead of exhibiting collections of animals, the aquarium presents entire habitats, virtual slices of ocean that include 30,000 animals and plants. But how does an aquarium work? What’s the science behind the magic?

Family Choice June 2011: Nature "Underdogs"

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Each month, KLRU chooses a program for your family to enjoy together. This month’s Family Choice program is:
Nature “Underdogs”
Sunday, June 5, at 7 p.m.

Two pure-bred dogs are selected from animal shelters and adoption centers in
the U.S. and England — a Bearded Collie (sheep herding) and a Bloodhound (scent tracking). With the help of trainers, they are each taught to hone their skills as working dogs, then tested, to judge their success. By the end of the film each dog will have a new home.

May 2011: Secrets of the Dead "Silver Pharaoh"

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Each month, KLRU chooses a program for your family to enjoy together. This month’s Family Choice program is:
Secrets of the Dead “Silver Pharaoh”
Wednesday, May 18, 7 p.m.

The royal tomb of Pharaoh Psusennes I is one of the most spectacular of all the ancient Egyptian treasures – even more remarkable than that of Tutankhamen. So why hasn’t the world heard about it? What mysteries does it contain? And what does it reveal about ancient Egypt? The tomb was discovered filled with lavish jewels and treasure almost by accident in 1939 by the French archaeologist Pierre Montet while he was excavating in northern Egypt..The royal burial chamber came as a complete surprise no Egyptologist had anticipated a tomb of such grandeur in this area. Unfortunately, the tomb was found on the eve of World War II in Europe and attracted little attention. One of the most startling discoveries inside the tomb was the sarcophagus in which the body was held: It was made of silver with exquisite detail and craftsmanship. No other silver sarcophagus has ever been found and it is now recognized by many Egyptologists as one of the most exquisite artifacts of ancient Egypt ever to be found. The elaborate tribute within the tomb suggested it was the burial site of someone very important but as archaeologists, using the hieroglyphs inside the tomb, pieced together the identity of the pharaoh, they were left to wonder who Psuesennes I was and why he received such grand treatment. The investigation reveals political intrigue, a lost city and a leader who united a country in turmoil and became the Silver Pharaoh.

April 2011: "Backyard Butterflies" & "Backyard Bugs"

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Each month, KLRU chooses a program for your family to enjoy together. This month’s Family Choice program is:

butterflyBackyard Butterflies
Sunday, April 3rd at 6 p.m.

This program features fun facts about these delicate, spry creatures and demonstrates how to successfully create a garden that attracts them. Viewers also learn how to identify common butterflies, select favorite butterfly plants and how to catch and raise a butterfly indoors. Watch the life cycle crom caterpillar to butterfly to know hat’s eating your garden up. Along with ideas for a habitat-friendly garden, see how to catch a butterfly on your finger and raise a butte fly yourself for a close-up look at nature’s wonder. Marla Bean hosts .
Repeats:
Sunday, April 17, 4:30-5 p.m.

Backyard Bugs
Sunday, April 3rd at 6:30 p.m.

Without a second thought, most people squash or spray all insects that fly, flit or stroll through their yards. However, BACKYARD BUGS, reveals why some bugs may actually be beneficial to have around. The 30-minute program steps out the backdoor to help you determine if a garden insect is friend or foe.

March 2011: Nature “Outback Pelicans”

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Each month, KLRU chooses a program for your family to enjoy together. This month’s Family Choice program is:

Nature “Outback Pelicans”
Sunday, March 27th at 7:00 p.m.

The Australian outback is the driest place on the driest inhabited continent on the planet. It is a place you might expect to see kangaroos but certainly not waterbirds. Yet once every 10 years, rains flood into dried-up river beds and head inland to create the largest lake in Australia, and 100,000 pelicans — a third of all the pelicans in Australia — arrive for the event. Leaving their homes on coasts and harbors, they come to feed on fish washed in on the floods and on billions of brine shrimp and other crustaceans which hatch and grow to adulthood in a few days in water twice as salty as the Dead Sea. The pelicans have come home to court and raise as many families as possible before the water and the food disappear once more.

Repeats:
Monday, March 28, 2-3 a.m.

February 2011: NOVA Science Now

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Each month, KLRU chooses a program for your family to enjoy together. This month’s Family Choice program is:

How Smart Are Animals?
Wednesday, February 9, 7-8 p.m.

These brainy marine mammals can "read," plan ahead, and communicate in astounding ways.How well can we understand what’s going on in the brains of non-human animals? Do our pets – like dogs – have the same feelings we do? How smart are animals really?

Watch a preview. Visit the site.

Repeats:
Thursday, Feb. 10, 3-4 a.m.
Friday, Feb. 11, 2-3 a.m.
Saturday, Feb. 13, 4-5 a.m.

January Family Choice: Nature 1/9

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Each month, KLRU chooses a program for your family to enjoy together. This month’s Family Choice program is:

Nature “Elsa’s Legacy: The Born Free Story”
Sunday, January 9, at 7 p.m.
2010 marks the 50th anniversary of the publication of “Born Free” — a book and then a film that forever changed the way we think about wildlife. What has happened to lions since this story? And what has happened to the people featured in the film? What has “Born Free” taught us?

December 2010: Great Peformances: “Dance in America: San Francisco’s Ballet’s Nutcracker”

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Each month, KLRU chooses a program for your family to enjoy together. This month’s Family Choice program is:

San Francisco Ballet's The NutcrackerDance in America: San Francisco Ballet’s Nutcracker
Thursday, December 16th at 8 p.m.

San Francisco Ballet makes the beloved Nutcracker its own, resetting it during the 1915 Panama Pacific International Exhibition and introducing Dance in America viewers to the dazzling Maria Kochetkova and Davit Karapetyan. Recorded in December 2007 by KQED Public Television to help commemorate the company’s 75th anniversary, the work is choreographed by Artistic Director Helgi Tomasson and features sets and costumes by, respectively, Michael Yeargan and Martin Pakledinaz, both repeat Tony Award-winning designers. “Striking, elegant and beautiful,” assessed The New York Times.

Introduced by Olympic champion figure skater Kristi Yamaguchi, a native of the Bay Area and winner of 2008’s Dancing with the Stars, the production encores in high definition and 5.1 surround sound. San Francisco Ballet Music Director and Principal Conductor Martin West conducts Tchaikovsky’s sprightly score.

Repeats:
Friday, December 17, 1-3 & 3-5 a.m.
Sunday, December 19, 3-5 a.m. & 2-4 p.m.
Monday, December 20, 1-3 a.m.

November 2010: NOVA "Dogs Decoded"

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Dr. Lyudmila Trut - NOVAEach month, KLRU chooses a program for your family to enjoy together. This month’s Family Choice program is
NOVA “Dogs Decoded
Tuesday, November 9th at 7 p.m.

Dogs have been domesticated for longer than any other animal on the planet, and humans have developed a unique relationship with these furry friends. We treat our pets like a part of the family, and we feel that they can understand us in a way other animals cannot. Now, new research is revealing what dog lovers have suspected all along: Dogs have an uncanny ability to read and respond to human emotions. What is surprising, however, is new research showing that humans, in turn, respond to dogs with the same hormone responsible for bonding mothers to their babies. How did this incredible relationship between humans and dogs come to be? And how can dogs, so closely related to fearsome wild wolves, behave so differently? It’s all in the genes. Dogs Decoded investigates new discoveries in genetics that are illuminating the origin of dogs—with revealing implications for the evolution of human culture as well. NOVA also travels to Siberia, where the mystery of dogs’ domestication is being repeated—in foxes. A 50-year-old breeding program is creating an entirely new kind of creature, a tame fox with some surprising similarities to man’s best friend. “Dogs Decoded” reveals the science behind the remarkable bond between humans and their dogs and spurs new questions about what this could mean for our relationships with other animal species.

Repeats:
1 & 4 a.m., Wednesday, November 10
3 a.m. & 6 p.m., Sunday, November 14

October 2010: Nature “Wolf That Changed America”

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NATURE "The Wolf That Changed America"NATURE “Wolf That Changed America”
Sunday, October 10th at 7:00 pm

In the fall of 1893, an adventurous young man rode out from the salons of New York to the wilds of New Mexico. He went to kill a wolf. Not just any wolf, but an outlaw, the leader of a marauding, cattle killing pack. But by the time Ernest Thompson Seton finally met the renegade Lobo, the wolf had become a hero in his eyes. He would write a tale of that encounter that captured the essence of the vanishing wilderness and led both to the establishment of the national park system and the Boy Scout movement in America. In this vivid retelling of the story, the confrontation between Seton and Lobo comes alive, and viewers discover how, together, one man and one wolf set in motion a change in American hearts and minds that is still unfolding.

Repeats:
2-3 a.m., Monday, October 11
4-5 a.m., Tuesday, October 12
2-3 a.m., Sunday, October 17