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Parker Woody

Gates and Hewlett Foundations Focus on Online Learning - NYTimes.com - 0 views

www.nytimes.com/...11online.html

digiciv online learning

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  • Parker Woody on 11 Oct 10
     
    An interesting article I found in the paper this morning about what is being done by these institutions to increase the use of technology in post secondary education. All content will be free.
Jake Corkin

China's growing middle class - 0 views

www.time.com/...middle_class.html

China economics middle class industrial revolution

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  • Jake Corkin on 06 Oct 10
     
    TIME article about china's rapid growing middle class.
Jake Corkin

china's middle class social problems - 0 views

www.pbs.org/...china_06-01.html

china middle class economics obesity industrial revolution

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  • Jake Corkin on 06 Oct 10
     
    PBS article with video. Obesity is an unfortunate side effect of china's growing middle class.
margaret_weddle

The Real Difference between a Book Report and a Book Critique - 1 views

www.customwritten.com/...eport-critique-difference.html

Book Critique

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  • margaret_weddle on 14 Oct 10
     
    Another article on the difference between a book report and a book critique
James Wilcox

Smith: Wealth of Nations, Book IV, Chapter 1 | Library of Economics and Liberty - 2 views

www.econlib.org/library/Smith/smWN12.html#B.IV, Introduction

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  • Among the Tartars, as among all other nations of shepherds, who are generally ignorant of the use of money, cattle are the instruments of commerce and the measures of value
    • James Wilcox
      James Wilcox on 12 Oct 10
       
      That so interesting that cattle became the measure of money and wealth.  It seems that for something to be money it has to be able to come in large quantities, not have much difference between one to another, and carry a consistent value.
    • James Wilcox
      James Wilcox on 12 Oct 10
       
      This notion of a Gold or currency base stands so consistent that it is hard for us today to break away and have a purely digital or credit economy.  But ever so slowly we are getting there.
  • When those countries became commercial, the merchants found this prohibition, upon many occasions, extremely inconvenient. They could frequently buy more advantageously with gold and silver than with any other commodity the foreign goods which they wanted, either to import into their own, or to carry to some other foreign country. They remonstrated, therefore, against this prohibition as hurtful to trade.
    • James Wilcox
      James Wilcox on 12 Oct 10
       
      This principle of protectionism holds true today and is still argued about by growing economies.  Not so commonly with gold but with all different types of key commodities.
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  • They represented, secondly, that this prohibition could not hinder the exportation of gold and silver, which, on account of the smallness of their bulk in proportion to their value, could easily be smuggled abroad.*9 That this exportation could only be prevented by a proper attention to, what they called, the balance of trade
    • James Wilcox
      James Wilcox on 12 Oct 10
       
      I have heard this same argument for illegal drugs.  I have heard people say we should legalize it so that it can be tracked and limited in a legal manner.
  • hat wealth consists in money, or and silver, is a popular notion which naturally arises from the double function of money, as the instrument of commerce and as the measure of value. In consequence of its being the instrument of commerce, when we have money we can more readily obtain whatever else we have occasion for than by means of any other commodity. The great affair, we always find, is to get money. When that is obtained, there is no difficulty in making any subsequent purchase. In consequence of its being the measure of value, we estimate that of all other commodities by the quantity of money which they will exchange for. We say of a rich man that he is worth a great deal, and of a poor man that he is worth very little money. A frugal man, or a man eager to be rich, is said to love money; and a careless, a generous, or a profuse man, is said to be indifferent about it. To grow rich is to get money; and wealth and money, in short, are, in common language, considered as in every respect synonymous.
Gideon Burton

Digital Age Damaging Learning | Nicholas Carr - 2 views

www.smh.com.au/...-something-20101012-16hhd.html

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  • Gideon Burton on 15 Oct 10
     
    Carr's contrarian ideas are discussed here. He obviously overstates concerns but the points are each worth debating. 
Jeffrey Chen

Mormon Church Enters California Gay Marriage Fight - 0 views

www.foxnews.com/...0,2933,370582,00.html

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shared by Jeffrey Chen on 21 Oct 10 - Cached
  • Jeffrey Chen on 21 Oct 10
     
    An article sharing on how Mormon's fought against gay marriage through many means.
Jeffrey Chen

Mormon missions, spread, changes - 1 views

www.patheos.com/...nges-Regional-adaptations.html

Digiciv media mormon spread

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  • Jeffrey Chen on 21 Oct 10
     
    Talk of Mormon use of Media
Jeffrey Chen

Reflecting on Mormonism and the Media - 1 views

www.boston.com/...what_i_said_abo.html

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  • Jeffrey Chen on 21 Oct 10
     
    The viewpoint of a non-Mormon reporter who does reports on Mormonism.
Jeffrey Chen

Mormon media in the 20th century - 1 views

www.ldschurchnews.com/...in-20th-century-Mormonism.html

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  • Jeffrey Chen on 21 Oct 10
     
    Check this out. The Church really embraces media as a tool for good!
Andrew DeWitt

Honors Fall 2010 Semester Courses - 0 views

honors.byu.edu/...SemesterCourses9735.html

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  • In this course we will view western civilization through the lens of the digital revolution, learning both what the past has to say about how we produce and share knowledge, and what our experiences with modern technology lead us to discover about the past.
  • Students will become fluent with the concepts and tools needed to be lifelong learners and active participants in a world where technological innovations change rapidly.
  • Andrew DeWitt on 28 Sep 10
     
    Guide to the courses offered in the BYU Honors program for Fall 2010
  • Andrew DeWitt on 28 Sep 10
     
    Check out our course description as shown on the Honors website.
Rhett Ferrin

Wired 12.10: The Long Tail - 0 views

www.wired.com/...tail.html

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      Rhett Ferrin on 28 Sep 10
       
      Rhapsody is awesome, but you should look into grooveshark.com. It follows the 'freemium' model discussed in class and has advertisements but I would like to hear what other people's experience is with it or any insights to how they make money.
  • Imagine if prices declined the further you went down the Tail, with popularity (the market) effectively dictating pricing. All it would take is for the labels to lower the wholesale price for the vast majority of their content not in heavy rotation; even a two- or three-tiered pricing structure could work wonders. And because so much of that content is not available in record stores, the risk of channel conflict is greatly diminished. The lesson: Pull consumers down the tail with lower prices.
Danny Patterson

Law of Consecration vs Communism - 1 views

ldsdoctrine.blogspot.com/...communalism-vs-communism.html

Communism Law of Consecration

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  • Danny Patterson on 03 Oct 10
     
    This is an excellent, concise explanation of the differences between LDS beliefs on communism vs the Law of Consecration which we believe will ultimately govern our society when Christ comes back to the earth.
Megan Stern

American Thinker: The Disappearing Middle Class - 0 views

www.americanthinker.com/...disappearing_middle_class.html

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  • The government is helping out, "redistributing" money to the bottom. "The Rich" can use their money and influence to get in. The middle class gets no special consideration or privilege. Because they do work hard, they get to work harder -- and the Ruling Class calls this "justice."
    • Megan Stern
      Megan Stern on 05 Oct 10
       
      So. True.
  • And this is what the Tea Party is really mad about.
  • And the balance between the lower class and their upper-class leaders is upset by the injection of the middle class and its struggles to carve out its niche.
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  • His Communist Manifesto is nothing more than a rant about the evils of this group and how they have inflicted harm and damage to everyone around them through colonialism and ingenuity.
  • Marx and Engels envisioned a return to the simpler time, where a vast lower class was ruled by its betters. Not surprisingly, they saw themselves as leading the underlings to the new paradise.
  • their opinions are tainted by "greed" (the single biggest sin of the bourgeoisie).
  • The byproduct of this Socialization is the shrinking of the middle class. When you punish people for working hard, those people will stop working so hard.
  • se bailouts are transfers of wealth -- not from the rich to the poor, but from the working middle class to both the upper and lower classes.
  • True: all the
  • Megan Stern on 05 Oct 10
     
    Concisely presents the consensual argument most conservatives adopt against Marx's principles in our day.
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