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The Baby Einstein Controversy - Susan Linn

2008-10-28T15:29:39Z

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Director of the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood Susan Linn talks about her FTC complaint filed against Disney's Baby Einstein as "false and deceptive marketing."

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From the author of Consuming Kids, a clarion call for preserving play in our material world, a book every parent will want to read.

In the nationally celebrated Consuming Kids, Susan Linn provided an unsparing look at how modern childhood is molded by commercialism. The resulting threat to children's play is the subject of her timely and fascinating new book.

In The Case for Make Believe, Linn argues that, while play is crucial to human development, nurturing creative play in modern-day America is not only countercultural--it's a threat to corporate profits.

At the heart of the book are gripping stories of children at home, at school, and in a therapist's office using make believe to grapple with real-life issues from entering kindergarten to the death of a sibling.

In an age when toys come from TV shows, dress-up means wearing Disney costumes, and parents believe Baby Einstein is educational, Linn lays out the inextricable links between play, creativity, and health, showing us why we need to protect our children from corporations that aim to limit their imaginations - Cody's Books

Susan Linn is the associate director of the Media Center at Judge Baker Children's Center, instructor in psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, and director of The Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood.

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John McCain: Speech 05/26/08

2008-10-26T21:30:05Z

John McCain
Speech
Albuquerque, NM 05/26/08

TRANSCRIPT:
JOHN MCCAIN: "The most important difference between our two approaches is that Senator Webb offers veterans who served one enlistment the same benefits as those offered veterans who have re-enlisted several times. Our bill has a sliding scale that offers generous benefits to all veterans, but increases those benefits according to the veteran's length of service. It is important to do that because, otherwise, we will encourage more people to leave the military after they have completed one enlistment. At a time when the United States military is fighting in two wars, and we're finally are beginning the long overdue and very urgent necessity of increasing the size of the Army and Marine Corps, one study estimates that Senator Webb's bill will reduce retention rates by 16 percent. Most worrying to me . . . is that by hurting retention we will reduce the numbers of men and women who we train to become the backbone of all the services, the noncommissioned officer."

LABEL: JM NM 5-26 (GR#84) UABCZZ - Clip D

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John McCain: Speech 05/26/08

2008-10-26T21:30:04Z

John McCain
Speech
Albuquerque, NM 05/26/08

TRANSCRIPT:
JOHN MCCAIN: "I also believe we should provide veterans with a substantial increase in educational benefits. I have joined with colleagues to offer legislation that will do just that. The bill we have sponsored would increase monthly education benefits to $1500; eliminate the $1200 enrollment fee; and offer $1000 annually for books and supplies. Importantly, very importantly, we would allow veterans to transfer those benefits to their spouses or dependent children or use a part of them to pay down existing student loans. We also increase benefits to the Guard and Reserve, and even more generously to those who serve in the Selected Reserve. I know that my friend and fellow veteran, Senator Jim Webb, an honorable man who takes his responsibility to veterans very seriously, has also offered legislation that would provide more generous benefits . . . Both Senator Webb and I are united in our deep appreciation for them . . ."

LABEL: JM NM 5-26 (GR#84) UABCZZ - Clip C

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John McCain: Town Hall Meeting 06/04/08

2008-10-26T21:29:50Z

John McCain
Town Hall
Baton Rouge, LA 06/04/08

TRANSCRIPT:
QUESTIONER: There's a new GI Bill that's being proposed, I wondered what your opposition was to it.

JOHN MCCAIN: There's a, there's, first of all, we need to increase the educational benefits for a veterans. We all know that. The educational benefits have not kept up with the costs of education in America. And so we're going to have to dramatically increase it. There's some people in this room that recall, and know, that the GI Bill, following World War II was probably one of the most beneficial programs, not only for the veterans that took advantage of it, but also for America because we educated an entire generation of Americans. I want two things to happen. One, is that once a person has remained in the military for a period of time, then that person can transfer those educational benefits to a spouse or family member. Because, as you know, a lot of military people, most of them now have families. And they want to educate their children and their spouses and their families may seek education. So we want to have a point where they can transfer those benefits to family members and to their children. The other thing is, I think my fellow veterans would agree, the great strength of the American military is not so much our officer corps, of which we are proud, but the great strength of the American military is our noncommissioned officer. [applause] They're the ones that—they're the leaders and the ones that do the sacrificing and I'll say it with all due respect ot the officer corps but it's the noncommissioned officer that almost makes the British military and the American military unique in the world because they're the true leadership and background. So I want to increase those educational benefits as the members of the military stay in and remain in the military so we will retain this core of vital leadership. And right now, the legislation has no incentive to do so. You get the same benefits after like three years as you do after twelve years or more. Um, I respect Sen. Webb a great deal, he is a combat veteran and a person who sacrificed a lot for our country. I believe we can sit down together and give transferability of these educational benefits and also increase retention of these very, let's be very clear, it's very expensive these days to train a member of the military with the equipment and the technology that we have to train them in and so that we can keep more people in. There's a study that shows that retention would drop by 16% if we didn't put incentives for people remain in the military. I want to work on, I've offered to sit down with Sen. Webb and others and there's no reason why we shouldn't be able to work this out. And I hope that you will support our position on both transferability of educational benefits as well as incentives to retain people in the military so they can make a career out of an honorable profession.

LABEL: JM LA 6-4 (EW#12) SUF -- Clip C

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Informational video about Nobelprize.org

2008-11-21T18:31:23Z

Informational video about Nobelprize.org. For over a century, the Nobel Prize has been the ultimate acknowledgement of excellence, ingenuity and curiosity. At Nobelprize.org, you will find a complete collection of resources on Nobel Prize Laureates and an exceptional set up of interactive games. Play and learn more about Nobelprize.org's educational games at: nobelprize.org

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Ben Stein - America's Education Crisis

2008-10-14T11:31:13Z

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Author, economist and TV celebrity Ben Stein gives his take on the current state of education in the United States.

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How Not to Ruin Your Life with Ben Stein.

You may know him best for his deadpan delivery in Ferris Bueller's Day Off, or his offbeat game show, "Win Ben Stein's Money." But this active thinker is also a major contributor to current discussions and understanding of business, ethical and social issues in the world of finance, and the political and social content of mass culture. Come hear this polymath speak about the many economic, political and social issues confronting us today - The Commonwealth Club of California

Ben Stein is a lawyer, economist, and commentator on finance (and a well-known actor and Hollywood personality).

Stein served as an economist at the U.S. Department of Commerce. He has been a longtime contributor to Barron's and a columnist and editorial writer for the Wall Street Journal. He has also written extensively about finance for New York magazine and the Washington Post.

In addition to writing for Yahoo! Finance, he currently writes a biweekly column on economics and finance for the New York Times and appears weekly on the Fox News network commenting on finance and economics.

He is the author of several personal finance books, including How to Ruin Your Financial Life, Moneypower: How to Make Inflation Make You Rich, Financial Passages, and - with Phil DeMuth - the best-sellers Yes, You Can Time the Market, Yes, You Can Be a Successful Income Investor, and the forthcoming Yes, You Can Still Retire Comfortably.

Stein is Honorary Chair of the National Retirement Planning Coalition, and lives in Los Angeles, Calif.

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Political Thuggin

2008-01-25T07:55:02Z

Political Thuggin presents a gritty juxtaposition of politics and criminality, which shows how Political Thugs have taken the United States of America and turned it into their own hood.

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Charter Schools vs. Public Schools

2008-10-22T09:31:20Z

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Harvard economics professor Caroline Hoxby discusses several differences between charter and public schools.

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The Promise and Performance of Charter Schools: Agents of School Reform with Caroline M. Hoxby

Harvard economics Professor and Hoover Fellow Caroline Hoxby discusses her research on New York City charter schools in two city neighborhoods, Harlem and the Bronx, and how they compare with other public schools in the same neighborhoods.

Caroline M. Hoxby is a distinguished visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution and a member of the Koret Task Force on K-12 Education. She is the Allie S. Freed Professor of Economics at Harvard University and the director of the Economics of Education Program for the National Bureau of Economic Research. She also serves as a member of the Board of Directors of the National Board for Education Sciences.

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