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The $11.5 billion plan includes cuts that could produce 950 state employee layoffs. It also features tax and fee increases. And while it does not contain major new taxes, or gambling, it does contain some risk.

Media —everywhere, all the time are revolutionizing our children’s lives from the noted PBS series, Sesame Street, to video games, the rapidly growing world of advergames, MTV, BabyTV, texting, twittering and YouTube. Rona Zlokower will address media’s powerful influences on our children’s health and how we can empower ourselves and our children to be smart about media.

Rona Zlokower, MCM, has participated in and led public/private partnerships in the healthcare, corporate and nonprofit sectors for over 35 years. In 2000, Rona created MediaSmart with Selma Deitch, MD, founder of Child Health Services, Manchester, to address the increasing influence of media on children’s health and behaviors. In 2007, under Rona’s leadership, the program became Media Power Youth, a New Hampshire nonprofit that guides parents and professionals to empower youth to succeed in school and make healthy choices through smart use of media.

Today on Word of Mouth, we’ll hear about how a growing number of Japanese are suffering—and even dying—from overwork. Then we turn our attention to language. We’ll look at how words can re-frame political debates. Does “atmosphere deterioration” sway people more than “global warming?” Plus, Stanford neuroscientist Lera Boroditsky joins us to talk about how words influence the way we think. Also, Dean Olsher, host of The Next Big Thing, explains why crossword puzzles are an addiction he doesn’t want to quit.