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The Tip is 'Don't procrastinate' For years I've been buying ink jet cartridges from a big box office supply store. These cartridges were made overseas and labeled with the well-known brand of a large American printer company. One I remembered a local store that advertised quality cartridges. I had traveled by this local store hundreds of times but never stopped. This time I stopped at the local store. To my surprise I discovered that they carried the cartridge I needed and it was a Made in USA cartridge. Made in Chicago, to be precise, and it was half the price of the imported ones I had been buying for years. The quality is exceptional and they last longer too. Who knew? After that experience, I make a point to stop at every store I can. By doing so, I've been finding more and more Made in America products. Occasionally the clerks don't know the country of origin; this can be discouraging but finding the origin information yourself isn't difficult I've come to realize. Believe it not, there are actually a number of computers made in the US including laptops made in the USA. When the label is not visibly displayed I use the other Made in America buying tips to help me find Made in US. If the store doesn't carry what you are looking for, use Made in America Secrets to find it and tell the manager about your experience at their store. If enough people are asking for Made in America products stores will begin to carry them. Buying Tip Continued - Read more on Made in America Products by Heros 4 US Dr. Dennis Denenberg The cornerstone of my work is 50 American Heroes Every Kid Should Meet! which I co-authored with Lorraine Roscoe. It is a 2006 Notable Children?s Trade Book, it was featured in USA Today on March 20, and I was interviewed on CNN Live in April about my award-winning work. It is an interactive ?kid-friendly? book that motivates kids (and adults) to explore the lives of heroes at home or at school. Each page includes an important quote by each hero, a short biography about each hero, photographs, a section where readers are encouraged to extend their learning, and other books about that hero. Over 50,000 copies have already been sold! The list of 50 heroes profiled is available here. You can look inside to view a sample profile of Roberto Clemente (in pdf format) here. Reviews of the book are available here. Information on how to order the book is available here. Dr. Denenberg is also the author of two additional books dealing with real heroes: -Toward A Human Curriculum: A Guide to Returning Great People to Classrooms and Homes (Trillium Press, 1991) -Hooray for Heroes! Books and Activities Kids Want to Share with Their Parents and Teachers, co-authored by Lorraine Roscoe (University Press, 1994) * Numerous articles about the importance of heroes * Two chapters: Heroes and Heroines and Children Belong Together in Educational Innovation: An Agenda to Frame the Future (Charles E. Greenawalt, editor, University Press of America, 1994) and The Role of Heroes and Heroines in the American Story in Building a Community of Citizens: Civil Society in the 21st Century (Don E. Eberly, editor, University Press of America, 1994) |
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