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3. Post it!
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Sesame Street Characters, by order of debut
1969 (Season 1)
* Bert and Ernie
* Big Bird - debuted in season premiere
* Fat Blue
* Fuzzy-Face, Grover's predecessor
* Kermit the Frog
* Lefty the Salesman
* Little Bird
* Lulu (Not to be confused with the Lulu from Hooper's Store and The Monster Daycare, this Lulu is Mr. Otis's Girlfriend, From Season 1.)
* Mr. Otis
* Oscar the Grouch, orange fur - debuted in season premiere
* Sam Hastings from Grove
1970 (Season 2)
* Grover
* Guy Smiley
* Harvey Kneeslapper
* Herbert Birdsfoot
* Herry Monster
* Oscar the Grouch, green fur - debuted in season premiere
* Professor Hastings
* Roosevelt Franklin
* Sherlock Hemlock
1971
* Aloysius Snuffleupagus - debuted in season premiere
* Frazzle
* Gladys the Cow
* Granny Fanny Nesselrode
* Simon the Soundman
* Twiddlebugs
1972
* Count von Count
* Sam the Robot - debuted in season premiere
* Yip-Yips
1973
* Biff and Sully
* Don Music
1974
* Rodeo Rosie
1978
* The Two-Headed Monster
1979
* Elmo (introduced as minor character)
* Telly Monster
* Honkers
1982
* Dingers
1983
* Deena Monster
* Grungetta Grunge
* Pearl Monster
1985
* Hoots the Owl
1986
* Placido Flamingo
1990
* Baby Bear
* Rosita
1992
* Monty
* Zoe
2000 (Season 31)
* Lulu
2002 (Season 33)
* Googel (Monster's Clubhouse)
* Mel (Monster's Clubhouse)
* Narf (Monster's Clubhouse)
* Phoebe (Monster's Clubhouse)
2003 (Season 34)
* Curly Bear
* Barbara the Chicken
* Leonard the Wolf
2006 (Season 37)
* Abby Cadabby
God, I miss that show.
You did do well! I'm happy with mine too:
Uniporter
A uniporter is an integral membrane protein that is involved in facilitated diffusion. It is also known as a channel.
It works by binding to one molecule of solute at a time and transporting it with the solute gradient. Uniporters are channels and may not utilize energy other than the solute gradient. Thus they may only transport molecules with the solute gradient, and not against it.
There are several ways in which the opening of uniporters may be regulated:
Voltage - Regulated by the difference in voltage across the membrane
Stress - Regulated by physical pressure on the transporter (as in the cochlea of the ear)
Ligand - Regulated by the binding of a ligand to either the intracellular or extracellular side of the cell
Uniporters are involved in many biological processes, including impulse transmission in neurons. Voltage-gated sodium channels are involved in the propogation of a nerve impulse across the neuron. During transmission of the signal from one neuron to the next, calcium is transported into the presynaptic neuron by voltage-gated calcium channels. Calcium released from the presynaptic neuron binds to a ligand-gated calcium channel in the postsynaptic neuron to stimulate an impulse in that neuron. Potassium leak channels, also regulated by voltage, then help to restore the resting membrane potential after impulse transmission.
In the ear, sound waves cause the stress-regulated channels in the ear to open, sending an impulse to the vestibulocochlear nerve (VIII).
Posted by: Karan | August 23, 2006 at 11:27 PM
What the hell happened in 2002? Not exactly a banner year for cast additions.
Posted by: Mark | August 23, 2006 at 11:37 PM
Ugh, I remember that year, because Julie was starting to watch then. Monster Clubhouse sucked.
Posted by: Karen | August 24, 2006 at 08:11 AM