Department of Education. Straight Up: Episode 3: Self-Image and Life Skills. Academy award winning actor Lou Gossett, Jr. and young TV star Chad Allen (NBC’s Our House) appear in this story about a boy named Ben who faces peer pressure to use alcohol and drugs. During Ben’s struggle to resist drugs, he meets Cosmo, played by Lou. Producer: Department of Education. Creative Commons license: Public Domain Drugs are chemicals that change the way a person’s body works. You’ve probably heard that drugs are bad for you, but what does that mean and why are they bad? Medicines Are Legal Drugs If you’ve ever been sick and had to take medicine, you already know about one kind of drugs. Medicines are legal drugs, meaning doctors are allowed to prescribe them for patients, stores can sell them, and people are allowed to buy them. But it’s not legal, or safe, for people to use these medicines any way they want or to buy them from people who are selling them illegally. Cigarettes and Alcohol Cigarettes and alcohol are two other kinds of legal drugs. (In the United States, adults 18 and over can buy cigarettes and those 21 and over can buy alcohol.) But smoking and excessive drinking are not healthy for adults and off limits for kids. Illegal Drugs When people talk about the “drug problem,” they usually mean abusing legal drugs or using illegal drugs, such as marijuana, ecstasy, cocaine, LSD, crystal meth and heroin. (Marijuana is generally an illegal drug, but some states allow doctors …

Springtime in countryside to the east of Paris…it has always been the time to get out and explore this ancient countyside of Europe…now …in 1915…with the marshall marching towards the East.. seeds of reprented humanity starting anew with the flowering of hope, some electricity and food pulls itself up from out of the ashes of the empire…tourism booms…all rooms are booked…be careful poking about for artifacts stroon out amongst the ruins of a city starting to slowly rebuild and intermingled amongst life starting to return and take root…

This is the first in our Soultravelers3 series about touring great wine regions of the world! Late this past fall of 2008, we arrived in Colmar, France and the many beautiful ancient wine villages along the Alsace route des Vins. Our 7 year old “Mozart” who has been visiting vineyards since she helped put a small Pinot Noir one in with her daddy at 5 months old in California, loved picking these very sweet grapes. We did not know then that she would be spending her childhood running through famous vineyards around the world! The autumn colors were as beautiful as any painting and surprisingly there were very few tourists around. We had just left behind the Romantic Road in Germany and were delighted to discover this area of France ( near both Switzerland and Germany borders) which has a unique heritage making a German/French mix. The stunning wine road winds it’s way through 170 kms of vineyards, medieval castles, Vosges forests, Romanesque churches and picturesque villages. We were based at a campground in Colmar which is known for it’s historic beauty, gourmet foods and hospitality. What fun to explore their “little Venice” and do some wine tasting, shopping & museum exploring as we walked about. The wines of Alsace are always presented in a tall slender bottle and come from 7 grape varieties: Sylvaner ,Pinot Noir, Pinot Blanc, Riesling, Muscat d’Alsace, Tokay Pinot Gris, and Gewurztraminer. We loved this song by talented singer Emilie-Claire Barlow who graciously …

Lonely Planet’s Holly Alexander reconnects with Provence and rediscovers the reason for her love of travel – relaxation, wineries, food markets and importantly, connecting with others in another language. Produced by Holly Alexander for Lonelyplanet.tv

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BEAUTIFUL HILLTOP 2 Story Farmhouse APARTMENT by owner LA COLLINA is situated in the heart of Tuscany (hills, between Volterra, famous Etruscan and medieval city and San Gimignano, famous all over the world for its characteristic towers. You can easily visit Florence, Siena and Pisa, Chianti…

Footage from my vacation to Italy taken in March 2006 along with some school kids from Texas. Includes trip highlights from Venice, Florence and Rome.

This is from our first day in Barcelona. 36 hours with no sleep–but we barely noticed.