What street and lamppost sign is more famous than Bourbon St.? Sesame Street!
Can you tell me how to get to Sesame Street?Sesame Street celebrated it's 40th Anniversary this month--the show premiered November 10, 1969.
Back in the day when I was coming up there was no fuss made about letting children zone out in front of the television especially with a children's program like Sesame Street was on. That's because Sesame Street was much more than a puppet show, it's was and still is an invaluable teacher. Sesame Street encourages all types of learning ,showcases diversity and love for community. It's where I first learned to count to 10 in Spanish and what C-O-O-P-E-R-A-T-I-O-N is and how to spell it.
We all have our favorite character and mine is Mr. Snuffleupagus. I loved his long, feathery eyelashes, and then as I got older-- and when I say older I mean like 35--I would often use Snuffy's whole M.O and make cynical comparisons to being able to find a good man.. think about it.
I hope Sesame Street is around for another 40 years and continues to teach kids letters, numbers and life lessons.
Here's a look at my ALL TIME favorite animated segment!
Poison is in everything, and no thing is without poison. The dosage makes it either a poison or a remedy. --Paracelsus
HIN1 (Swine Flu) and Influenza (The Flu) are the number one health concerns right about now. If you’ve been keeping up with with current events you know that flu season is here and the firestorm of fear is in full effect-- try saying that five times really fast.
Have I gotten a Flu Shot? No. Will I be getting one? No! Why? I honestly don’t think flu vaccines are safe and I don't succumb easily to fear-mongering scare tactics and certainly don’t have a desire to inject a toxic substance into my blood or mist it up my nose.
Plus the whole way the flu vaccines are engineered gives me the creeps. The vaccine is harvested inside fertilized hen eggs. The live virus is injected inside the egg, which acts as an incubator. Once the virus is ready, it's removed and tested. Once it is proven to be pure and free of contamination it is then chemically killed , mixed with other ingredients and readied for distribution. Now if that doesn't give you pause, maybe the laundry list of flu ingredients will. The "flu recipe" changes slightly each year because strains of flu are different each year, but each year certain ingredients are found to be a mainstay.
What’s in the Flu Vaccine?
>Dead flu viruses except for the nasal mist, it's made with live flu viruses that have only been weakened. At the beginning of the year health organizations have a little pow wow to analyze pre-season flu cases to see which strains are constantly surfacing, which ever strains are most common are chosen to create that years vaccine.
>Thimerosal -(50% mercury) used as a disinfectant/preservative) can result in brain injury and believed to be he main cause of autism in children.
> Aluminum - Used as an additive to promote antibody response with the vaccine. Also associated with Alzheimer's disease and seizures and also cancer producing in laboratory mice. According to Hugh Fudenberg, MD, the world's leading immunogeneticist if an individual has had 5 consecutive flu shots between 1970 and 1980 (the years studied) his/her chances of getting Alzheimer's Disease is 10 times higher than if he/she had one, 2 or no shots. Dr. Fudenberg said it was so and that it was due to mercury and aluminum that is in every flu shot. The gradual mercury and aluminum buildup in the brain causes cognitive dysfunction.
> Ethylene glycol- Like anti-freeze (propylene glycol) added to maintain moisture. Also founded to cause heart and kidney problems.
> Phenol- used as a disinfectant and considered to be very toxic to humans through oral exposure, with ingestion of 1 g reported to be lethal-- symptoms including muscle weakness, tremors, loss of coordination, paralysis, convulsions, coma, and respiratory arrest.
> Formaldehyde - It is used in vaccines as a preservative. Formaldehyde is a known cancer-causing agent and it can also cause allergic reactions.
Are you ill yet? If not the following video just may make you ill . A young woman who has said to have been permanently disabled after she developed a neurological disorder ten days after having a flu shot.I think I'm just going to stick to hand washing and Vitamin D!!
October is Breast Cancer Awareness month so everywhere you go you’re going to see pink ribbons and all things pink being merchandised to bring awareness and generate revenue for a wonderful worthy cause. But the month of October is also Domestic Violence Awareness month in which purple ribbons are adorned to bring awareness to this crisis, however, you don't see very many purple ribbons. But just like the disease of breast cancer, domestic violence is killing women.
Years ago I worked as a 911 Emergency Operator and you would think that Friday and Saturday nights would be the worst time period to work on a 911 line, well that wasn’t the case for me. The worst times to work was Saturday mornings, why? Saturday mornings was the time period when we would receive the highest number of domestic violence calls and often times it would be the same individuals over and over. I even took a call from a wife who's husband had a leadership role in my church.
I do admit to having some judgment of women who subject themselves to accepting violence in their relationships. Never having been hit by a man or even spoken to in an abusive manner in a relationship, I just don't have an understanding of that-- I mean I have a fierce reaction to people who accidentally bump into me in the mall-- so to have someone whom I'm intimate with slap, punch, kick, spit on me and call me degrading names is something I cannot grasp as being acceptable. I've always had the feeling that if you're strong enough to stay and take that type of treatment then you're strong enough to leave.
According to the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence each day in the U.S. three women die as result of domestic violence or intimate partner violence and more than one in four women will experience domestic violence in her lifetime,yet there never seems to be a light shown on this crisis unless it's some high-profile person. Domestic Violence can occur to women from all walks of life and this crisis needs every bit of attention as breast cancer and here are some ways that we all can help:
1) Know that you can get help for either yourself or someone you love. Contact the National Domestic Violence Hotline Number: 1-800-799-7233 (SAFE) or http://www.ndvh.org/. Anonymous & Confidential Help 24/7.
2) Donate your old cell phone. A cell phone can be a literal life-line for victims of domestic violence. When you donate a phone the phones are refurbished and will go to domestic violence victims for use in emergency situations or re-sold with the proceeds given to many domestic violence help organizations statewide. VerizonWireless Hopeline and The National CoalitionAgainst Domestic Violence provide those who are interested in donating their cell phone a printable prep-paid shipping label.
3) Purchase one or more of Avon's Women's Empowerment items in which 100% of the net proceeds are donated to the Avon Empowerment Fund to help end violence against women. 4) Donate your time at the National Domestic Violence Hotline. By donating your time you commit to 44 hours of training after which you commit to volunteering eight hours per month. For further information on donating your time to make a difference in the lives of thousands of victims, survivors and their familiesclick here .
The Walt Disney Co. has moved up the release date for its 2D animated musical feature The Princess and the Frog to Dec. 11. Previously set to open on Christmas Day, the movie also will get an exclusive run in Los Angeles and New York starting Nov. 25, Variety reports.The movie now opens opposite the Peter Jackson film The Lovely Bones, leaving the Christmas Day family market to Fox’s Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel.via Animation Magazine.
kimical reaction:
Okay this kind of upsets me. I was all set for ALL families to pack their kids up on Christmas Day to go see this film--hoping it would get those Christmas movie day opening numbers at the box office. I wonder why the release date was moved up. Economics? Did Disney think it would make less money than the Chipmunks? Sigh.
Also, Disney had also better get on some better marketing and merchandising for this film. It would be nice to not only see dolls and detangling haircare products, but also book bags, lunchboxes books,coloring books, nightlights, table place settings,toys, clothing and everything else the other disney chicks have. Disney?
