Femke Halsema
Femke Halsema (born April 25, 1966) is a former Dutch politician. She was a member of the House of Representatives from 1998 till 2011. She was also the leader of the GreenLeft parliamentary party in the House of Representatives from 2002 till 2010.
Life
Pre-political career
Halsema was born in Haarlem, North Holland into a social-democratic family. Her mother - O.B.M. Fles - was a long-time alderwoman for the social-democratic PvdA party in Enschede. Halsema is likely of Jewish descent on her mother's side, and she has said she was bullied as a child because of her dark looks.
In 1984 Halsema graduated from high school with a HAVO diploma. After that she took courses at the Vrije Hogeschool (teachers program for Waldorf schools) in Driebergen. In 1985 she started training as a teacher, specializing in History and Dutch in Utrecht. She quit the teacher training programme in 1988 without taking her degree, and commenced on a degree course in social sciences at the University of Utrecht. In 1992 she became a "supernumerary lecturer in scientific methods and techniques" at the faculty for social sciences. She took her degree in 1993, having specialized in criminology.
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by Sesame Street
Hello, Sammy
by: Sesame StreetCarol: Just..south..of..Mi-ami
There's a snake named Sammy
Who forms a letter S each night on stage
(Sammy the Snake slithers onto centerstage)
Folks just adore Sammy
And what's more, Sammy
Makes a SSS SSS sound that's fast becoming all the rage
Sammy: hissss hisssss
This serpent still thrills me
And it just kills me
To hear him hiss S's clear and true
Sammy: hissss
So..turn on your charm, Sammy
Coil yourself around my arm, Sammy
Sammy the Snake, I'll stake a claim on you
Sammy: Hello, it'ssss me, Sssssammy
That'ssss the name Mammy
Gave me many yearsss ago when I was hatched
(enter 4 swaying S's with top hats like chorus girls)
S-girls: Yes, he's an old troopa
And he feels supa
'Cause the joys of making noises simply can't be matched
Carol: You make me glow, Sammy
Sammy: Oh?
Carol: 'Cause you're so clammy
Sammy: hissss
Carol: Yes, I'd miss the way you hiss if we should part
Sammy: Yessss
Carol: So..please say yes, Sammy
Sammy: Yessss
Carol: Hit me with another S, Sammy
Sammy: hissss
Carol: Sammy, come snake your way into my heart
Sammy: Oh sssure
Carol: Please say yes, Sammy
Sammy: Yesss!
Carol: Hit me with another S, Sammy
Sammy: Esss!
Carol and S-girls: Sammy, I swear my love is true!
Sammy: Oh?
Carol and S-girls: The only snake for me is you!
Sammy: Oh?
Carol and S-girls: Sammy, come snake your way into my heart!!!
Sammy: Oh yessss! Oh yesssss!!!