Vibrant, where the Public Media Service which would now be along the public media, it wasnt sustainable. We appeared before congress and have this report if any of you are members, we are happy to provide it. It really put to us the idea that public media could exist without the federal appropriation and change the nature of this service to americans. Host can people find a report you and your web site . Guest yes. Host cpb. Org. Guest alternative funding is a longer title. Host jack from manchester, republican. Guest . Caller eric cantor resist saying what i heard miss harrison said, pbs is the second most trusted institutions second only to the military. The question that leave to my mind is why do we trust the military. Guest that is another show. Caller let me get to my point. We keep hearing television, commercial television referred to the vast wasteland as it was put in 1961. My memory goes back because i am old, prior to that, and i remember some really good Quality Television
Either just trying to hire the next engineer or highskilled immigrants or to a laptop give away. We have actually built a Strong Coalition of some of the Top Tech Companies thinking longterm investing in Elementary School education which will not pay them back dividends but the country. To give you a sense, we may be one of the only non profits, collectively participating not on small levels delivering video lectures. These are all longterm investments in changing the system. These Companies Want to form a Publicprivate Partnership to bring Computer Science to all of american schools. Thank you, and i yield back my time. You did not have any time. So i would like to thank all of the witnesses. And also, we did not talk about it much today, but i think that the retention issue of students that do initially go into s. T. E. M. Is a big deal. I am a big glad well fan. In his most recent book he talks about the fact that the mismatch between the student and a school, which school that they
And there are so many other things that go into what quality of life really means, how often do you move and your spouse get a job, that sort of thing. In terms of quality of service, were hearing more and more from our people that theyre sort of surprised by all this. What really matters to them more than keeping this high rate of growth is they want to fight in a modern and ready force. They want to go to work every day, and they want to have parts in the bin where they can repair the thing that they are entrusted with, they want to be able to drive it or fly it or sail it and feel confident that they are on a winning team. That matters. Its an intangible, but it makes a tremendous difference for our people, and we have to look after that as well as the quality of life piece. Secretary fox . Senator, i would just add that i think admiral winnefeld laid it out beautifully. I these intangibles, i think, are important as we look at any changes to retirement, for example, Going Forward.
See a loss in advertising. One of the nice things that mimic the act of smoking. Is school, kids are cool. These products are relatively new and longterm Health Effects are unknown at this point which raises the question why in heavens name are you going ahead and marketing these things and selling them and putting them on line when the results of Health Studies which have been done seriously are still out. Why would you do that . You want to make money. That is your answer. You tell me youre just talking to adults but you are not, you want to make money so you plunge in, get what you can and studies come out and you go ahead and do it until the fda put some nice rules and regulations on you. These products are relatively new and their longterm Health Effects are unknown however they do indicate they do deliver nicotine and is a highly addictive substance. Nicotine can affect brain development. Among young kids lose some people claim ecigarettes can help adults quit smoking combustible
Worked against those trying to escape europe certainly in the 1930s and during the war. , but like so much, we talk about the immigration system and how systems Work Together in other countries. It may depend on whether people come from. Where the people come from. Certainly those people in germany who were trying to get german exitject to requirements and at times germany might require you to have so much money to leave. Or you couldnt take as much money out of the country i think is a better way to put it. You could not take a certain amount out. U. S. Law required you to not be a public and required you to show so much money to qualify for a visa. Someone might be caught between a rock and a hard place when the one rule disqualifies a visa and beyond that the quota only allowed so many people care yearend if the quota is exhausted, then there is no more lisas until the next month or the next year. Host of your wants to know do we address the economy part of this guest we didnt reall