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America’s favorite children’s program premiered on PBS on November 10, 1969. In observance Walt Disney has received more Academy Awards and nominations than any other person in history – 22 Awards and 59 nominations between 1932 and 1969. of Sesame Street Day, Tidbits passes along the facts on this long-running series, now in its 46th season.

(716) • A dinner party at the home of television documentary producer Joan Ganz Cooney in 1966 got the ball rolling toward a new children’s educational program. She and her guests discussed statistics showing that the average preschool child was watching 27 hours of television a week, much of which was considered too violent. Cooney conceived the idea of helping these preschoolers prepare for the classroom, teaching them the alphabet and how to count in an entertaining way. In addition, the program taught basic life skills, such as proper hygiene, healthy eating habits, self-control, dealing with low selfesteem, and crossing the street safely. Cross-cultural friendships were prominent, as well as roles for the disabled, the young, senior citizens, and actors of all ethnicities, all demonstrating “peace and harmony.”

• Joan Cooney hired puppeteer Jim Henson to create the cast of Sesame Street characters. Henson, who had founded Muppets, Inc. in 1958 at the age of 22, was more than a puppeteer.

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SESAME STREET (continued): • Jim Henson was an artist, cartoonist, inventor, screenwriter, composer, musician, director, and producer as well. He signed on from the inception and spent the next 20 years with the series, until his sudden death at age 53 from streptococcal toxic shock syndrome.

• After just one season, the Educational Testing Service reported that children who regularly watched Sesame Street scored higher on tests than occasional viewers. Ten years after its premiere, 9 million American children under the age of six were watching the program every day, including 90% of children in low-income, innercity homes.

• “Sesame Street” was based on a combination of streets in Harlem, the Bronx, and the upper West Side of New York City. Most of the action takes place around the address of 123 Sesame Street.

• Original Sesame Street puppets were Big Bird, Kermit, Bert and Ernie, Oscar, Grover, and Cookie Monster. Others such as The Count, Elmo, Zoe, and Snuffleupagus came along in subsequent years.

• Trash can dweller Oscar the Grouch was yellow, then orange during the first season, but was changed to his present green for Series Two. The explanation was that Oscar went on a holiday to “the very damp Swamp Mushy Muddy,” and came back permanently green. Oscar’s signature song is “I Love Trash.” His home is much larger on the inside than a typical trash can, and contains such luxuries as a swimming pool, ice rink, bowling alley, and piano beneath the surface.

Oscar is performed by the same man behind Big Bird, Caroll Spinney, who says he got the idea for Oscar’s gruff voice from a Manhattan taxi driver who growled, “Where to, Mac?”

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A massive rescue effort was launched by organizations and individuals based outside the city to transfer dogs under a death sentence to new shelters, to foster some out, and otherwise try to save as many as possible.

The reason so many people acted so swiftly was because of growing knowledge that breedspecific legislation simply doesn’t work. In fact, the city of Edmonton, Alberta, rescinded a similar ban in 2012 because it was difficult to enforce. A CBC article added that the number of dog bites in that city per year never changed, staying between 400 and 600, from a variety of breeds in addition to pit bulls.

Banning one breed doesn’t stop the problem of dog attacks. I’ve seen aggressive dogs in many different breeds -- including normally laidback Labs who just couldn’t be approached safely -- and I’ve met wonderfully behaved dogs from breeds considered to be aggressive, like Sally, the sweet and gentle pittie who, along with her owner, greets me on my morning walk.

There isn’t a perfect solution out there. But cities could better spend their money helping owners learn how to train and care for their dogs, rather than try to remove one type of dog from the city limits.

EDITOR’S NOTE: As we went to press, the Quebec Superior Court suspended the pit bull ban. The city is appealing.

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• Caroll Spinney, 81, has been the puppeteer for Big Bird since Sesame Street’s inception. He stands inside the 8’2” (249 cm) bright yellow bird and extends his right arm above his head, with his arm acting as the neck, and his right hand as the beak. Spinney’s left hand is Big Bird’s left wing, which is attached to the right wing by a fishing line so that both wing’s move.

Since he can’t see out, a tiny TV set is strapped to his chest. The suit weighs 10 lbs. (4.5 kg) , with the head weighing an additional 4 lbs. (1.8 kg).

• What kind of a bird is Big Bird? One book about the series calls him a canary, although on an episode of Sesame Street, Big Bird himself said, “I’m more of a condor.” When appearing in the game show Hollywood Squares, the Bird called himself a lark, but a special 1983 broadcast of Sesame Street calls him an ibis. Whatever he is, he’s always flightless!

• Bert and Ernie were designed to illustrate that two totally different characters can still be good friends. They were originally performed by Jim Henson and writer Jon Stone, with Bert and Ernie’s friendship symbolic of the true-life friendship between the two performers.

• The Count, a vampire based on Count Dracula, was introduced in Season 4, and was intended to teach mathematical principles to children. He loves counting and counts everything! His favorite number is 34,969, which he calls a “squareroot thing,” since that number is 187 squared.

• One of the best-known songs from the series is “C is for Cookie,” first aired in 1972, and sung by the big, blue, growly-voiced Cookie Monster.

Other favorites are Kermit the Frog’s “Bein’ Green” and Ernie’s “Rubber Duckie,” which enjoyed a stint on the Billboard Top 100 pop chart in 1970.

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SESAME STREET (continued): • Sesame Street wasn’t Kermit the Frog’s first gig. The famous green puppet made his debut in 1955 on Jim Henson’s local television series Sam and Friends, which aired until 1961. Kermit is the only Muppet with a prominent role on both The Muppet Show and Sesame Street. Henson was Kermit’s puppeteer from 1955 until his death in 1990. Upon Henson’s death, the Sesame Workshop bought full ownership of Henson’s characters for $180 million; however, Kermit wasn’t part of the deal. The Tickle-Me-Elmo doll was a source of hundreds of millions of dollars for Sesame Workshop to help purchase the rights for the other Muppets.

• A favorite human character on the series was the Fix-It Shop’s co-owner, Maria. Maria was played by Sonia Manzano, who joined the cast in 1971 at age 20 and remained until she retired in 2015. In addition to being nominated for two Emmy Awards for her performances, she won 15 Emmy’s as a Sesame Street writer. Other beloved humans have included Bob the music teacher, Linda the librarian (the first regular deaf character on television), schoolteacher Gordon, nurse Susan, and candy store owner Mr. Hooper.

When Will Lee, the actor who played Mr. Hooper, passed away in 1982, rather than cast a new actor in the role, the producers used the opportunity to help young viewers understand death.

• There have been more than 4,500 episodes of Sesame Street, and the series has won 116 Emmy Awards, more than any other program. It has been televised in more than 120 countries.

About 8 million viewers tune in each week in the United States alone.

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• There are about 340 identified species of hummingbirds in the world, the second largest bird family. Yet they can only be found in the western hemisphere. Ecuador has the most hummingbirds of any country. Mexico is home to 50 different species, but only eight species are found in the U.S. They are not just found in warm climates -- three species are found in Canada, and certain types are even found in Alaska.

• A ruby-throated hummingbird weighs about 3 grams. Compare this to the weight of a nickel at 4.5 grams. That’s about 150 birds to make one pound (0.45 kg)! The smallest bird in the world, the bee hummingbird, is about 2 inches (5 cm) long and weighs about 2.5 grams, about the same as a penny. Even the largest species, the giant hummingbird, is only 8.5 inches (21.6 cm) long. Yet their tiny size doesn’t affect their attitude. They are one of the most aggressive bird species, and will attack jays, crows, and hawks that intrude in their territory.

• These tiny creatures can flap their wings as many as 200 times per second! They can fly at speeds up to 30 mph (48.2 km/h), and when diving, can reach double that speed. They are the only bird that can fly backwards. However, for all these amazing feats, the hummingbird can’t walk. Their pectoral chest muscles are so strong, they make up almost 30% of the bird’s body weight.

• In order to collect nectar, hummingbirds do not suck the nectar through their long bills.

Rather, they lick it at the rate of 10 to 15 times per second with forked tongues.

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If you’re in Virginia and your claim seems to have vanished ... well, it may have. The Virginia Department of Veteran Services has found a personal storage locker in the Richmond area where for years a former employee was stashing boxes of veteran claims. It came to light only after the contents of the storage unit were auctioned off. Thankfully, the winning bidder called the sheriff.

Piles of paperwork are still being checked, but it appears that the time period runs from roughly late 2011 through June 2015. The 20 to 30 boxes of documents came from McGuire VA Medical Center and include everything from correspondence to claims.

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As a reward, this director was sent to the Department of Veterans Affairs’ only overseas clinic: the outpatient clinic in Manila, Philippines, where she lived in a condo on the grounds of the U.S. Embassy and most of the medical services were contracted out in the community. But that’s OK, because the facility’s actual mission is to process veterans benefits paperwork. Now, having apparently pounced swiftly on the previous cleanliness problem, she’s thought to be the ideal person to whip Phoenix into shape.

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The new series is set one year after the events of “The Good Wife” finale. An enormous financial scam has destroyed Maia’s reputation while simultaneously wiping out Diane’s savings. No longer welcome at Lockhart and Lee, the two end up together with Lucca Quinn at another one of Chicago’s top firms.

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HUMMINGBIRDS (continued): • The bird’s heart beats around 1,260 times per minute, and even at rest, its breathing rate is 250 breaths per minute. In order to support this incredibly high metabolism, the bird needs to eat up to eight times per hour. Each feeding session lasts less than a minute. The hummingbird will visit about 1,000 flowers per day to gather the sugary sweet nectar needed for their energy.

But because the nectar is not a good source of other nutrients, the birds also dine on insects and spiders.

• At night, when food is not readily available, hummingbirds enter a deep-sleep state similar to hibernation known as torpor. Their metabolism, heart, and breathing rates all dramatically slow down to preserve their energy levels. The heart, which normally beats during the daytime upwards of 1,200 times per minute, slows down to no more than 180 beats.

• Hummingbirds have stunning colorful plumage, with about 1,000 to 1,500 feathers. Surprisingly, this is the least amount of feathers of any type of bird. The lower amount of feathers keeps them lightweight for their fast flight.

• Most North American hummingbirds migrate south every autumn to spend the winter in Mexico, the Caribbean, or Central America. The 3-inch-long (7.6-cm) rufous hummingbird travels 3,900 miles (6,276 km) one way from Alaska to Mexico.

• The lifespan of a hummingbird ranges from 5 to 12 years.

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The Aztec word ahuacamolli literally translates “avocado sauce.” Avocados, which are a fruit, not a vegetable, are native to Central and South America, and have been cultivated there for over 10,000 years. The avocado is also known as the “alligator pear,” because of its pear shape and rough skin.

• Mexico produces more avocados than any other country. The state of California is in second place, with more than 7,000 avocado groves, with nearly 5,000 of those in San Diego County.

Other large producers of the fruit are the Dominican Republic, Brazil, and Colombia.

• While most of us think of avocados as guacamole or to serve in sandwiches or on toast, other countries prepare them quite differently. Folks in the Philippines, Brazil, Indonesia, and India make avocado milkshakes and serve them with ice cream. Another dessert drink in those countries is made of sugar, milk, chocolate syrup, and pureed avocado. Those in Morocco mix avocado, milk, powdered sugar, and orange flower water.

• The avocado tree reaches a height of about 66 feet (20 m). A tree takes between four and six years to bear fruit, and when it does, it can produce anywhere between 150 and 500 avocados per year. The fruit is referred to as a climacteric fruit, which means it matures on the tree, but ripens off the tree. An avocado can remain on a tree for as long as 18 months. They are picked when they are hard and green, then kept in coolers until they reach their destination. Once picked, it takes between 7 and 10 days to ripen.

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• Do you want to speed up the ripening process?

Put your avocados in a paper bag with an apple.

If you want to slow down the ripening, put it in the refrigerator.

• There are several stages of ripeness and retailers can actually request differing stages. For example, avocados tender enough for guacamole are at Stage Five, and those considered “sliceready” are classified as Stage Four.

• Because all avocadoes are picked by hand, labor is a large cost for growers. A long pole with a clipper at the end and an attached pouch is used to harvest the fruit.

• Once an avocado is peeled and cut, they will quickly turn brown. This is because of polyphenol oxidase in the fruit’s cells, which, when exposed to oxygen, produces an enzymatic reaction. This can be prevented by adding lime or lemon juice to your guacamole, or by wrapping tightly in clear plastic wrap. If it does oxidize, the solution is simple – Scrape off the brown layer, exposing the green guac underneath!

• A mailman named Rudolph Hass discovered a variety of avocado growing in his back yard in the 1930s and patented the Hass variety in 1935, although it took until the 1970s before it became popular. It is now the most common avocado in the U.S. and the only one grown year round.

That first tree is still alive and producing avocados today.

• Because they are high in fat, avocados sometimes get a bad rap. But this is monounsaturated fat, the “good” kind of fat that may help lower cholesterol levels. They also have the highest protein content of any fruit, as well as being loaded with 975 mg of potassium. Compare this to the 487 mg found in a banana. One avocado also contains 81 mcg of the carotenoid lutein, which can reduce the risk of macular degeneration and cataracts.

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