watch us in hd, like us on facebook, and follow us on twitter. >> next vanderbilt university professor sarah igal talks about the societal shift in the earlier 20th century at modernization talked about the household. i focus on the literary works on frederick on home economics and frederick taylor who saw to improve industrial efficiency. this class is about an hour and 20 minutes. >> all right. great. hello everybody. today as you know we're going to take up the topic engineering, work and the person. and i put up on a slide here, the cover, one of the many covers of theodore's novel, sister carrie which we've been discussing this last week. and what we been considering is a kind of fictional assault right? on the victorian moral order. in this case and theodore's case, in the form of naturalist fiction. naturalist writing. the attempt to get close to urban reality and to record it in the form of a story about a female adventurer. she chose to set this story as you know in the booming bustling town of chicago. and to use chicago as a kind of character in the story. so look at the boo

"like" us on facebook, we'll vaccinate zero children. >> definitely. was a head-on marketing effort, smart, and it was saying if you want to help, donate money, don't "like" us on facebook, follow us on twitter. "likes" aren't going to save a children, monetary contributions will. john: still this stupid movember mustache campaign did raise 22 million dollars. >> definitely, celebrities have done amazing markets effort and people get behind it because it's fun, and guys can relate to it. use an excuse to grow a mustache. however, it has almost diluted the message, and the message is saturated that people forget what it's all about, and why they're doing it. john: but they get the money. the most famous slacktivism campaign is the ice bucket challenge. >> nominated by zack and eric, here we go. ah! ah! ah! [ laughter ]. john: once you've been challenged, you're supposed to pour ice water over your head within 24 hours. if you don't douse yourself with ice water you donate $100 to the als association. lots of celebrities did this. [ screaming ] . john: an

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ke us on facebook. follow us on twitter. week, "american history tv" helps bring you archival film to help tell the story of the twentieth century. ♪ >> this is my neighbor, charles mcgonegal. i would like you to meet him. is an interesting fellow. watch him shaving, for instance. what is unusual about that? well, charlie has no hands. no hands other than those ingenious ddevices. but he does things as easily and casually as any other man. with a razor like mine, stroking as i do. began shaving this morning, he did the same things that other mentor when he wakes up. he growled when he heard the alarm clock, and he turned the alarm clock off. he got dressed. the problem with shaving could be solved as easily as walking to the corner barbershop. few men have barbershops, but the majority of men do it themselves. he maintains that if you think normally, there is no reason ly. shouldn't act normal how can he get by without the use of his hands? charlie prefers to be independent. never occurred to him before world war i to have s

www.steveadubato.org if you would like to express an opinion email us at info@caucusnj.org find us on facebook at facebook.com/steveadubatophd and follow us on twitter at @steveadubato >>beverly lynn is cief executive officer of programs for parents inc good to see you >>god to see you >>what exactly is programs for parents? >>we're a non profit agency located here in essex county and our responsibility is to help and assist parents with their early education needs. one, by accepting applications to determine f they're eligible for financial assistance and then secondly to provide parenting training and support and in addition to that we also provide training and professional development for early education professionals >>let's talk about children in terms of pre k, how great is the demand in terms of how many families are looking to get assistance to send their children to pre k? >>well steve we serve this year about 21,000 children >>21,000 children? >>children. we receive 40,000 applications >>wow >>but not every family is eligible. they're >>what makes them eligible or not eligible? >>wel

like us on facebook. follow us on twitter. >>> roger b. taney served as chief justice at the supreme court and delivered the majority opinion in the controversial dred scott case. next, rhodes college professor tim huebner discusses public opinion of chief justice taney and how it was shaped. the supreme court historical society hosted this event. it's a little under an hour. [ applause ] >> thank you very much, mr. goldman. i -- historians like me because, you know, every faculty, every respectable law faculty has a legal historian on it. but how important they are depends on how much you think the history behind the constitution or any other statute depends upon what was the understanding at the time. which is what historians can tell us. so i use his toirns more than more people. and they like me more than most people, i think. well, i'm happy to welcome all of you to this -- i guess it's the third in our series of lectures named after the former president of the supreme court historical society. and this lecture is as you have heard on

like us on facebook and follow us on twitter. >> join us for lectures in history from henry fort publications on jews. he describes anti-jewish articles published in a newspaper by the noted car maker and industrialist tonight at 8:00 and midnight here on c-span 3's american history tv. >> throughout 2014, they feature the history of communities with the help of our local partners. here's a look at one of the cities. >> eldridge johnson was a delaware boy. he was born in wilmington, but soon at the age of three, he moved to dover. his family decided in the mid 20th century in the 1960s, it would be nice to have a memorial to him. this is why this was created in 1965 and opened to the public in 1967. to tell his story and to get a message out that this delaware native invented this spring motor that would take the flat disk machine to fruition and make it a success. >> as he was growing up here in dover, they didn't really do that well in school. he was such a genius that i think when you are young, you can pay attention and he was told growing up he would not be smart enough to go to college.

like us on facebook. follow us on twitter. >>> roger b. taney served as chief justice at the supreme court and delivered the majority opinion in the controversial dred scott case. next, rhodes college professor tim huebner discusses public opinion of chief justice taney and how it was shaped. the supreme court historical society hosted this event. it's a little under an hour. [ applause ] >> thank you very much, mr. goldman. i -- historians like me because, you know, every faculty, every respectable law faculty has a legal historian on it. but how important they are depends on how much you think the history behind the constitution or any other statute depends upon what was the understanding at the time. which is what historians can tell us. so i use historians more than more people. and they like me more than most people, i think. well, i'm happy to welcome all of you to this -- i guess it's the third in our series of lectures named after the former president of the supreme court historical society. and this lecture is as you have heard on

www.steveadubato.org if you would like to express an opinion email us at info@cacusnj.org find us on facebook at facebook.com/steveadubatophd and follow us on twitter at @steveadubato >>mike ritzius is associate director of professional development and instructional issue the new jersey educaiton association good to have you with us >>thanks for having me >>we're about to see a video real quick something called ed camp s.t.e.a.m. which stands for? >>s.t.e.a.m. stands for science technology engineering arts and mathematics >>it's part of our classroom close up partnership with the njea they have a great series on public television called classroom close up there's a video we're about to see that tells the whole story that's all we need to know right? >>yeah yeah >>let's look at the video we'll come back and talk right after this >>alright [music playing] [music playing] >>teachers love the experience of an aha moment i mean in the reality of this experience it's all endorphin releasing aha moments and the only difference is instead of with the students you're seeing aha moments with your colle

are usually participating. >> the charities are picking up and from unicef, like us on face skbook you like us on facebook we will vaccinate zero children. >> exactly. it's head on marketing and they say you want to help donate money. don't like us on facebook or follow us on twitter. likes are not going to save the children. your monetary contributions will. >> the stupid mustache campaign did raise $22 million. >> definitely. celebrities have done an amazing marketing effort and people get behind it because it's fun. however they have a diluted message that has become saturated. people tent to forget why they are actually doing it. >> robbery. >> but they get the money. the ice bucket challenge. >> once you have been challenged po pore ice water over your head within 24 hours. if you don't, you donate $100 to the als. some did this and some did donate money. thousands of non-celebrities did this too and if you ask people -- >> what is als? >> i don't know for sure. >> als, i did the ice bucket challenge, but als, maybe not. >> a lot of people didn't know, but they raised money. >> over 100 million. >> 2

on real america tried by .ire, a 1965 film find our complete television .org. le at c-span email us, call us or send us a tweet. join the c-span conversation. like us on facebook, follow us on twitter. >> earlier this month president obama and the first family helped light the national christmas tree at the mall in washington. the president and first lady spoke. om hanks and rita wilson co-hosted the ceremony. >> >> welcome to president's park everybody. as you can see, we are just across the street from the white house on a wonderful winter night here in washington, d.c.. >> this is the 92nd annual christmas tree lighting. >> honey, here's a very fun fact. did you know that calvin coolidge played the harmonica and had two pet raccoons? >> how do you know that? >> his facebook page. [laughter] >> thank you, drummer. i love that. >> calvin coolidge, obviously very big into social media. >> millions of americans will be celebrating this season with their own holiday traditions, but tonight we're glad you joined all of us here for a terrific night of music and more. >> and how about a hand for the president's own united states marine band? [applause] >> and each

conversation.n like us on facebook. follow us on twitter. >> on this christmas day, c-span now presents celebrity activist events from 2014. we will start with actors seth rogen, who testified before a senate health committee on alzheimer's research. this is about 20 minutes. >> thank you very much for having me, mr. chairman, ranking member moran, members of the subcommittee. thank you for the opportunity to testify and the opportunity to be called an expert at something. because that is cool. i do not know if he know who i am at all. you probably never saw "knocked up," mr. chairman -- >> i want the record to note, i wager this is the first time at any congressional hearing in history the words "knocked up" have been uttered. >> you are not going to like the rest of this been -- then. [laughter] and i met met my wife my mother-in-law and she admitted to herself and then to me something off was -- something was off with her mother. her mother had alzheimer's disease. at 55y after the strip years old, lauren's mother was

join the c-span conversation, like us on facebook, follow us on twitter. throughout 2014, we've the had cities throughout the country. here's a look at one of those cities. ♪ >>> eldridge johnson was a delaware boy. he was born in wilmington, but soon at the age of 3 he moved to dover, and his family decided in the mid 20th century, in the 1960s that it would be nice to have a memorial to him. so that is why this museum was created in 1965. it opened to the public in 1967 to tell his story and to get the message out that this delaware native invented the spring motor that would take the flat disk machine to fruition and make it a success. ♪ >> er johnson, as he was growing up here in dover didn't really do that well in school, but he was such a genius that i think when you're young, it's really hard to do well in school and pay attention, and he was actually told, growing up, that he would not be smart enough to go to college. so, instead of trying to make that happen, his parents decided to apprentice him to a machinist in philadelphia. so he did live wit

to join the conversation, like us on facebook at c-span history. >> each week, american history tv brings us reel america. it helps to tell the story of the 20th century. ? >> this is my neighbor, mcgonegal. i would like you to meet him. i think he is an interesting fellow. watch him shaving, for instance. what is so unusual about that? charlie has no hands, no hands except for those genius substitutes. and he does things just as casually as any other man. stroking his face like mine with a razor like i have. before he woke up, he did everything like i do. these things are not difficult for charlie. quite a few men have barbers shave them, but the majority do it themselves and charlie has patterned his life after every man. he maintains that if you think normally, there is no reason why you should not act normally. charlie can get by without the use of his hands without other people helping him. charlie prefers to be independent. it has never occurred to him before world war i to have somebody else brush and comb his hair. after a grenade exploded and blew his hands off in france, he figu

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like us on facebook. follow us on twitter. celebritynow presents activist events from 2014, featuring actors and stars addressing issues they care about. after seth rogen testified before a senate subcommittee on all summer's research. this is about 20 minutes. >> thank you very much for having me, mr. chairman, ranking number moran. thank you for the opportunity for me to testify today, and the opportunity for me to because an expert on something, because that is cool. i don't know if you know me at all. you told me you never saw "knocked up," so that is a little insulting. [laughter] >> i want the record to note that this is the first time in any congressional hearing in history that the words "knocked up" ever -- [laughter] >> you're not going to like the rest of this. [laughter] answer theuld question -- i am aware this has nothing to do with the legalization of marijuana. [laughter] if you can believe it, this concerns something i find even more important. i started dating my wife nine years ago, when her mother was almos

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join the cspan conversation, like us on facebook, follow us on quitter. >>> up next, u.s. supreme court justice stephen breyer is interviewed by david rubenstein about the importance of the magna carta on its 800th anniversary. they also discuss the documents influence on american law. they spoke at the library of congress. king john originally signed the documentf+vñ under pressure fros barrons, american revolutionaries looked to the rights guaranteed by the magna carta as they rebelled against the english crown. this is 40 minutes. >> justice brier, thank you very much for taking the time to do this. >> thank you. >> we're going to talk about the magna carta, but before we do so, i would like to talk about a few other things, because you rarely get a chance to interview a justice of the supreme court. so since i rarely get this opportunity, let me take advantage of it now and say that, when you grew up, u you grew up in california and went to stanford and then harvard lou school, did you always want to be a professor or to be a judge? how did that come about to be a judg

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to join the conversation, like us on facebook at c-span history. >> on wednesday, president obama announced major changes in american policy toward cuba, including restoration of full diplomatic relations and easing of inking restrictions. coming up next, lars scholes is in the history of u.s. policy toward cuba and what he deems are the failures of 10 administrations. this program was recorded in 2009. >> i think there is a little truth in advertising, to begin. i'm not a cuba specialist. i study the u.s. cuba relationship. what i would like to spend about 30 minutes doing now is focusing on what intrigues me most about washington's policy toward cuba. that's the mental software we policy andrgird our that is what the book is about. ist it attempts to explain what everyone agrees is a dysfunctional policy. first, as wolf blitzer says on "the situation room", we have some breaking news will stop i want to talk a little bit about what president obama did yesterday. he announced a relaxation of the u.s. embargo on cuba. this is an embargo that began in october of 1960 and was instituted by pr

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on our wusa 9news app. >>> a lot of us have said things on facebook or twitter that we have probably regretted later. but can you threaten to kill someone online and then claim it's protected speech under the 1st amendment? that question is now before the supreme court. >> reporter: in one post , anthony alon s wrote i'm not going to rest until your body is a mess. hurry up and die. in another he scrolled about the most heinous school shooting one can imagine. and hell hath no fury like a crazy man in a kindergarten class. when the fbi came to visit, his spree hit them too. little agent lady stood so close. pull my knife, flick my wrist and slit her throat. a judge sentenced him to more than three and a half years in prison. but his lawyer told the justices alonis 's statements were just rap lyrics, just therapy and protected by the first amendment. >> said it would be wrong to prosecute me because these aren't threats. >> reporter: at the supreme court, bruce leshan, wusa 9. >>> new details tonight about the alicia smol involvement. she's charged along with her husband in the stabbing of her former

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like us on facebook. follow us on twitter. american history tv visited the macarthur memorial in virginia which was hosting a symposium marking the world war i centennial. up next, we'll hear from andrew robert shaw, co-author of "digging the trenches, the archaeology of the western front." he talks about efforts to identify the buried remains of previously unknown soldiers and what archaeological excavations reveal about life in the trenches. his talk is about 50 minutes. >> good morning. our first panel of speakers today will share their knowledge about archaeology in the great war. our oh first speaker is andrew robert shaw, a military historian, author and broadcaster. he was previously the head of education at the national army museum in london. after that, director of the royal logistics museum in cam berlee. he lectures for the norwegian army and is providing historical consultation for a series of events planned by the bbc entitled the first world war with at home. for over 25 years he's led several archaeological proj

"like" us on facebook. follow us on twitter. >> over the next four hours here on c-span, this year's american renewable energy summit. first we'll hear from lester brown, author of more than 50 books, including "the great transition: shifting from fossil fuels to renewable energy." then a conversation on climate change and hurricanes. after that, american rivers president bob irvin, who says there's a fresh water crisis in the u.s. and around the world. later, a look at the environmental impact of large-scale farming. the american renewable energy summit was held in aspen colorado earlier this year. up next here on c-span, two keynote speeches from the conference. we'll hear from lester brown author of more than 50 books including "the great transition: shifting from fossil fuels to renewable energy." and mike phillips, of the turner endangered species fund. on animal and plant species that are going extinct. [applause] >> thank you chip. thank you for organizing our day and thanks for the invitation to come

like us on facebook. follow us on twitter. >>> roger b. taney served as chief justice at the supreme court and delivered the majority opinion in the controversial dred scott case. next, rhodes college professor tim huebner discusses public opinion of chief justice taney and how it was shaped. the supreme court historical society hosted this event. it's a little under an hour. [ applause ] >> thank you very much, mr. goldman. i -- historians like me because, you know, every faculty, every respectable law faculty has a legal historian on it. but how important they are depends on how much you think the history behind the constitution or any other statute depends upon what was the understanding at the time. which is what historians can tell us. so i use his toirns more than more people. aney

like us on facebook. follow us on twitter. >> up next, u.s. supreme court justice stephen breyer is interviewed by carlisle group cofounder david r areubin stein about the magna carta on its 800th anniversary and the influence on american law. they spoke at the library of congress where a 13th century copy of the magna carta is on display. king john signed the document under pressure from his parns at runymede england. revolutionaries looked at the magna carta as they rebelled against the english crown. this is 40 minutes. [ applause ] >> justice, thank you very much for taking the time to do this. >> thank you. >> we'll talk about the magna carta. before we do i would like to talk about other things because you rarely get a chance to interview a justice of the supreme court. so since i rarely get the opportunity, let me take advantage of it now and say when you grew up, you grew up in california. went to stanford, harvard law school. did you always intend to be a law professor and want to be a judge? how did that come about to be a judge? >>

us on twitter. connect with us on facebook or you out our upcoming programs at our website.c-span.org/history. >>> here on c-span 3 we're featuring american history tv. . we'd like to tell you about some of our other american history tv programs. join us every sunday at 8 p.m./midnight eastern to discuss the presidency. learn about the first ladies and hear from chief executives through archival speeches. speeches on the presidency every sunday at 8 p.m. and midnight here on c-span3. >>> here's a look at some of the programs you'll find christmas day on the c-span networks. holiday festivities begin at 10 a.m. with the lighting of the national christmas tree, followed by the white house christmas decorations with first lady michelle obama and the lighting of the capitol christmas tree. just after 12:30 p.m., celebrity activists talk about their causes. at 8 p.m. supreme court justice samuel alito and former florida governor jeb bush on the bill of rights and founding fathers. on c-span2 at 10 a.m. join steve pinker and 12:30 see the feminist side of a super hero. at 7 p.m. a

join the c-span conversation, like us on facebook, follow us on twitter. >> next, we hear from historian andrew needham about the role of electricity in the southwest and how it was fueled by coal from native american lands and the social inequalities that resulted from the demand for cheap power. needham is the author of "power lines, phoenix and the making of the modern southwest." this is about an hour and 15 minutes. >> let me say welcome to the new york university institute for public knowledge. i'm the director of ipk. i am happy to

us. >> pleasure. >> again tom friedman. >>> up next, on the money, electronics you don't want, there's an app for that, the way to give back those holiday gifts. and find us on facebook. >>> christmas is over and the presents are open, now you have to decide which gifts to keep and which to return. companies have made return policies more complex over the years. we have some good news for your money and your future about how to make returning gifts hassle-free. has it gotten tougher? >> there are restrictions but overall you will have a little bit more freedom and easier return in terms of the amount of time you can take the gift back and perhaps how much you will have to pay if you have to return ship them. you do need to be aware of some of the restrictions. >> does the count down clock start when someone buys it for you. what if they buy it 30 days ahead of christmas. >> some retailers will last until the end of january for the return policy, which is lenient from past years. other thing when you return the gift you have to think about whether or not you have to pay for it, some retailers offer free return shipping, they will pay for the postage, others say yes, b

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to join the conversation, like us on facebook. >> each week, american history tv's reel america brings you archival films that tell the story of the 20th century. henry ford's "mirror of america" offers a glimpse of life in the united states from 1914 to 1945. henry ford created the film department to document current events, culture, and produce educational and industrial films. in the ford motor company 1963, donated over 5000 films to the national archives as a gift to the american people. the national archives produced this documentary that year to show highlights of the ford collection. >> in so many ways, henry ford was a simple man. he liked to go camping with his friends. that is thomas edison behind him. he enjoyed old time country dancing. here he is with burroughs, the naturalist. skating with his grandchildren. they plant a garden together. his first car. that is his wife. he began with an idea that most people thought would not work, but he made it work. the tools he used were common sense, ingenuity, and perseverance. along with the natural instinct for knowing how to put

. ♪ share your ideas, tell us on facebook. [ speaking in a foreign language ] >> cuban president raoultro is praising president obama for establishing diplomatic ties between the two countries. but he is also demanding united states respect cuba's communist rule as the two countries work towards the diplomatic ties. the two countries announced the end of the cold war this week. the decision could help a lucrative economy that includes more american visitors. >> we feel very welcome, people are very friendly and we don't feel at all controlled. >> americans, whenever they go to some place, they leave money. >> critics say allowing more americans to visit cuba will strengthen the communist government by bringing more money to this cash-poor island. >>> and millions of accounts deleted. in fact, justin bieber lost 3.5 million visitors a day. and now, they are cracking down spam accounts that inflate the numbers that follow people. the hardest hit were justin bieber, kim kardashian and beyonce. many celebrities use their accounts as a way to get paid for endorsements. the crackdown on acco

follow us on facebook. ns against isis and discusses the role of iraqi security forces and other coalition members engaged in the conflict. this is 35 minutes. >> it's definitely taller today. good morning everybody. i won't make this long, but i wanted to welcome lieutenant general james terry, the commander of the combined joint task force operation inherent resolve. our anti-isil efforts. i want to welcome him to the briefing room. this is his first briefing in this new command with you all. we're delighted to have him here. we're going to keep this to 30 minutes. the general has a short opening statement. i will be moderating from over here calling on you. please when i do call on you, identify who you are and who you're with before you ask your question so that the general knows who he's talking to. and i would ask you to please limit follow-ups if you can so we can get through as many people as possible. again we've got 30 minutes from the time we start. thank you. with that general? >> thanks, john. g