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Jason Segel's new Muppet movie is barely six weeks away, promising laughs and 90 or so precious minutes of an escapist mix of childhood memories and an adult comic sensibility.
It's not really a comeback film – the Muppets, after all, never left. They're seemingly everywhere these days, showing up in differing contexts that offer anything but a refuge from reality. From hunger on Sesame Street to Cookie Monster on Occupy Wall Street, we're being asked to see some of the issues of the day through the googly eyes of Jim Henson's creations.
Sunday brought a very serious Sesame Street special marking the debut of Lily, a Muppet battling hunger – or, as it was put on the show, "food insecurity." Meanwhile, the Muppets have been cleverly co-opted for an Internet meme dubbed "Occupy Sesame Street," which seems less a satire on the Occupy Wall Street protesters in New York, than humor-laced support for the movement.
Photoshopped pictures of Elmo, Burt and other felt friends being arrested at the Lower Manhattan encampment are flying across the Web, via Facebook and Twitter. But the image that's become a symbol of sorts of the cause is a shot of Cookie Monster, in full swanky Alistair Cookie mode, with the caption: "99% of the Worlds (sic) Cookies are being consumed by 1% of the monsters."
This follows the recent Internet-driven – and headline grabbing – campaign to get Ernie and Burt to marry on Sesame Street, an inspired piece of the political (puppet) theater of the absurd. We've also seen Jon Stewart, one of our premiere political satirists, banter with "Gitmo" (Elmo as a Guantanamo Bay detainee) and a puppet version of (now former) Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele that looks a lot like the perennially exasperated blue Muppet who served as Grover's main foil.
Stewart is 48 – part of the under-50 population that grew up on Sesame Street, which debuted in 1969. The Muppets have stuck with many of us well into adulthood, fuzzy surrogates who not only help us process a complicated world, but spur us to act – often with the kind of gently irreverent humor associated with the franchise. The familiar images pack a deceivingly powerful impact, in spite of – or perhaps because of – the strong link with laughter.
That speaks to the enduring legacy of Henson, whose homemade puppets not only foster passive enjoyment, but encourage creativity. It's worth noting that the Google doodle launched last month on what would have been Henson's 75th birthday is an interactive exercise in digital puppetry that allows the user to pull the virtual strings.
It's also worth noting that a day after serving as the child stand-in trying to grasp the tragedy of poverty on the Sesame Street special, Elmo played a far lighter role in a mock PSA on "Conan." He tells some very cute pre-schoolers it's wrong to bully redheads – with one exception. "Some redheads are really scary," Elmo says after the kids burst into tears upon seeing Conan O'Brien's picture.
It's a scary world – thankfully, there are Muppets to accompany us. Check out Elmo's PSA below as we await Segel's movie and more fan-fueled Muppet madness to come:
Hester is founding director of the award-winning, multi-media NYCity News Service at the City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism. He is the former City Editor of the New York Daily News, where he started as a reporter in 1992. Follow him on Twitter.


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Erin Fetherston and Gabe Saporta Are Engaged
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After deciding not to show this season in order to prepare for her upcoming wedding, Erin Fetherston told People on Thursday that she and her longtime boyfriend Gabe Saporta have actually been engaged since New Year's Eve.
Saporta popped the question with a Lorraine Schwartz ring that Fetherston helped design. The emerald-cut diamond is set on a platinum band that was "oxidized to give the ring a vintage feeling," Fetherston said. "I love it because it's luminous and romantic with the right amount of edge."
The couple hasn't set a date yet, but Fetherston already knows where she's going to get her wedding gown.
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September 11, 2013 : By Drew Menard
More than 10,000 Liberty University students and faculty prayed for the victims and families affected by the 9/11 attacks 12 years ago during a solemn moment of silence at Convocation on Wednesday. With more than 30,000 military families represented within the Liberty family, the sacrifices honored in the silent Vines Center showed an appreciation for our nation's freedom.
Vice President of Communications Johnnie Moore reminded students of the importance of the date that has become immortalized for every American.
"Every generation has its day of infamy," Moore said. "For your grandparents it was the day the Japanese flew planes into Pearl Harbor. For your parents, it was the day John F. Kennedy was assassinated. For our generation it was the day when planes flew into the World Trade Center, a field in Pennsylvania, and the Pentagon."
Moore also honored the U.S Ambassador and three American servicemen killed during the terrorist attacks on the American Embassy in Libya last year.
As he reminisced about the tumultuous day in 2001, his freshman year at Liberty, Moore told students how the entire campus met to pray after the attacks for the families affected on campus and around the country.
On Wednesday, all flags on campus were lowered to half-staff in honor of Patriot Day and National Day of Service and Remembrance, recognized annually in the U.S. on Sept. 11.
|Dr. Michael Youssef, pastor and founder of The Church of Apostles (Atlanta, Ga.), speaks during Liberty University Convocation Sept. 11, 2013.
Dr. Michael Youssef, the Egyptian-born pastor and founder of The Church of Apostles in Atlanta, Ga., delivered the Convocation message, instructing students that, "God can use one man to make a difference."
He shared the history of how Muslim caliphates moved into Northern Africa and began to spread Islam throughout a region that was once 85 percent Christian. Youssef traced his lineage to the Coptic Christians who were persecuted, if not martyred, because they refused to convert or pay the "jizya" fine (a tax levied on non-Muslim citizens).
"It just shows you that what you believe matters. It matters to you, but it (also) matters to the next generation that you will be training," Youssef said. "One man, one woman can make a difference. You and God are a mighty army."
He said Liberty students are blessed with many opportunities — from politics, education, business, and other degree programs — to impact the world.
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My father collected coins he was 13 years old and since his death at 78 last year, my mom is looking to sell off some of his collection. We have found (1) item in particular. It is a box from Harry J Forman Inc. He purchased these in Oct of 1965. There are (4) $20 rolls. Two are labelled Canada 1965 Blunt 5 Sm bead. The other (2) are labelled Canada 1965 Pointed Sm Bead. He has many US proof sets from 1960-1985 plus much more. We are most interested in finding the best avenue to sell the Canadian coins. Would appreciate help in finding the best way to sell them either to a serious collector or looking for a dealer that would auction the coins. The Canadian dollars have not been touched. They are still in their original packing and the rolls have paper under a card board cap. Any help would be appreciated. Please respond in a private message. Thank you for your time.
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Sounds like you have some nice coins to dispose of
It would help if we knew where you are located.
It would help if we knew where you are located.
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It has been a long time since my original post. However, we do have some nice coins. I am located in Ohio. The biggest question I have has not been answered concerning the coins. I have taken them to a coin dealer with no more than they are worth the melt value only. I am not buying that. These coins have not been touched by human hands and according to the chart on this website, are worth a lot if graded per the MS scale at 65 or 66. I really want to find out what they areas they are in the packing and not visible. If someone could tell me if I would devalue the coins by removing them from the packing from the Canadian Mint in 1965.
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You will probably not find any MS 65-66 coins in those rolls. You'll probably get mostly 62-63's and a few 4's. You can't go by what any books or guides that supposedly tell you what they are worth .. you'll get 40-60% of what a book says. The way to find out is go on Ebay and look at the "sold" lots. You can access them after you put in your search parameters .. ie, 1965 Canada silver dollar and be sure that you specify uncirculated.
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I used to win a lot of bets as a child by saying bet you I can pick up a nickel with a magnet. And as a US nickel is mostly copper they would take the bet. And I would win the bet with a Canadian nickel.
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[Update] Bob Pascal, an executive with Centerplate was just on with the Big Dog Steve Duemig (620 WDAE). First, he assured that despite the report from ESPN, all of the concession stands at Tropicana Field "meet all inspection standards in the state of Florida." He also spent a good deal of time talking about Centerplate's Quality Assurance standards.
Pascal said there are methods of measuring sales beyond counting cups and was adamant that "these [used] cups were not served [to fans]"…It is unclear how he knows this, but that is their story.
[10:00am] Last week, ESPN's "Outside the Lines" investigated health department inspection reports from from 107 stadiums and arenas that host MLB, NBA, NFL and NHL teams. Of those reports, Tropicana Field was one of only two stadiums/arenas in which 100% of the vendors were cited with "critical violations."
Even though the violations were deemed "critical," one executive that oversees the concession stands at The Trop claims that the violations were "simply recommendations."
After the report came out, we spoke with one person that worked in a concession stand during a recent Rays game. She told us a story that goes well-beyond "critical violation" and may make you think twice the next time you are about to order a beer at a Rays game.
Rays Index: You said that afer a recent game, there was a problem with the number of beers sold at a concession stand you were working at. Can you explain exactly what the problem was?
Concession Worker: At the end of the night, the person that oversees all the concession stands comes around counts the number of cups, trays, food items, etc and that is compared to the number sold (according to the cash register records) and whatever inventory count was at the beginning of the night. Apparently, the number of beers sold and the number of cups left at the end of the night did not match.
RI: What exactly did your supervisor ask you guys to do to fix this problem? And what exactly did you guys end up doing?
CW: One of the workers came back with some used cups and began washing them. When I asked her what she was doing, she stated that the "supervisor" told her to rinse off the cups and put them with the unused ones, because our "spoils" were too high in this concession stand.
RI: Just to be clear, were these cups that had already been used by previous customers?
CW: YES! This is what was so appauling! We each had like a box underneath our registers for trash and such. These were cups people had left behind for us to throw away.
Well, that seems pretty damn disgusting. Is it illegal or against the health code? We don't know. Can these plastic cups be sufficiently cleaned? Glasses at restaurants are re-used. Then again, we'd like to think that those glasses were never in the trash.
Ultimately, most (all?) fans expect a new cup when being served at a sporting event. And to us, that seems like a reasonable expectation.
We contacted the Rays with this story and asked them
if they were making any extra efforts in light of the recent ESPN report and whether they wanted to comment on this story. The Rays gave us no indication that anything would be done and simply referred us to Centerplate, the company contracted to run the concession stands at Tropicana Field. When we asked the Rays if they were refusing to comment on the issue, they responded with one word: "correct."
Do the Rays care that items might be pulled from the trash and served to customers or that a concession supervisor might be cooking the books? We don't know. And next time you order food or beer at The Trop, neither will you.


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A Windows 7 commercial was uploaded to the WindowsVideos channel on YouTube yesterday, but we haven't seen anyone post about it just yet. A tipster sent the URL over to us over IM, and we couldn't keep from posting it. The 30-second ad is titled "Good News - Windows 7 Commercial" and features select quotes about the operating system from Gizmodo, Maximum PC, ZDNet, and CNet, among images of a pig, a unicorn, a kitten, and a bunny, respectively.
The ad is supposed to air tonight as part of the "Good News" campaign, according to the text in the first frame of the video:
Agency - Cripsin Porter + Bogusky
Client - Microsoft
Campaign - Good News
Title - Kylie Good News 1 REV HD
Producer - Cindi Blondell
Job # - MICUS0003585
Ship Date - 09/08/2009
Air Date - 09/10/2009
Microsoft hasn't talked much about the Windows 7 campaign, though it did say it would be huge. We thought the ad campaign would be kicking off on October 22, 2009, the day the operating system hits general availability. It looks as though Microsoft is starting to advertise early.
Do you recognize the five-year-old little girl? Kylie, who made her debut in February 2009 with a Windows Live Photo Gallery ad that was part of the "Rookies" marketing campaign, ends the ad by saying "I'm a PC, and more happy is coming." Out of all the Windows-related ads we've seen on TV, hers is the cutest, and seems to be shown the most. So it's not much of a surprise that Microsoft has apparently decided to kick off the first Windows 7 campaign with Kylie talking about positive Windows 7 reviews.


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