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Rhett Ferrin

PBS: New Heroes: Dr.V and David Green - Eye Surgery India 02/02 - Desi Video Network - 0 views

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      Rhett Ferrin on 28 Sep 10
       
      I really like this story and the concept of sustainable business. Check out my blog for more imrhettferrin.blogspot.com
David Potter

Felix Frankfurter's Revenge? A Democracy Built by Judges - 0 views

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  • David Potter on 29 Sep 10
     
    This taped lecture. Summary: Beginning with its landmark decision in Baker v. Carr (1962), the Supreme Court has been actively involved in shaping American democracy for almost 50 years. In his dissent, Justice Felix Frankfurter warned we would rue the day we allowed judges, acting as amateur political scientists, to have the final word on the functioning of American democracy. Enough time has passed to test Justice Frankfurter's hypothesis. Do cases like Bush v. Gore (2000), where five Justices prevented the counting of Florida's votes in the 2000 presidential election, and Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission (2010), where five justices turned American democracy over to corporate lobbyists, mean that Frankfurter was right?
Greg Williams

LDS.org - Ensign Article - Focus and Priorities - 0 views

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shared by Greg Williams on 31 Oct 12 - No Cached
  • principle of accountability also applies to the spiritual resources conferred in the teachings we have been given and to the precious hours and days allotted to each of us during our time in mortality.
  • The significance of our increased discretionary time has been magnified many times by modern data-retrieval technology. For good or for evil, devices like the Internet and the compact disc have put at our fingertips an incredible inventory of information, insights, and images. Along with fast food, we have fast communications and fast facts. The effect of these resources on some of us seems to fulfill the prophet Daniel’s prophecy that in the last days “knowledge shall be increased” and “many shall run to and fro”
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  • “Do you think we need a bigger truck?”
  • our biggest need is a clearer focus on how we should value and use what we already have.
  • But to what purpose?
  • “knowledge of words, and ignorance of the Word,” in which “wisdom” is “lost in knowledge” and “knowledge” is “lost in information”
  • We have thousands of times more available information than Thomas Jefferson or Abraham Lincoln. Yet which of us would think ourselves a thousand times more educated or more serviceable to our fellowmen than they?
  • I could never complete my assigned task within the available time unless I focused my research in the beginning and stopped that research soon enough to have time to analyze my findings and compose my conclusions.
  • we must begin with focus or we are likely to become like those in the well-known prophecy about people in the last days—“ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth” (2 Tim. 3:7).
  • But a bale of handouts can detract from our attempt to teach gospel principles with clarity and testimony.
  • Stacks of supplementary material can impoverish rather than enrich, because they can blur students’ focus on the assigned principles and draw them away from prayerfully seeking to apply those principles in their own lives.
  • Each of us should be careful that the current flood of information does not occupy our time so completely that we cannot focus on and hear and heed the still, small voice that is available to guide each of us with our own challenges today.
  • Our priorities determine what we seek in life.
  • “a man’s life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth”
  • Our priorities are most visible in how we use our time.
  • Good choices are especially important in our family life. For example, how do family members spend their free time together? Time together is necessary but not sufficient.
  • I believe many of us are overnourished on entertainment junk food and undernourished on the bread of life.
  • Greg Williams on 31 Oct 12
     
    Available information wisely used is far more valuable than multiplied information allowed to lie fallow.
Gideon Burton

Pong (1972, Atari) - YouTube - 1 views

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  • Gideon Burton on 12 Sep 12
     
    Pong was both a console game for the home Atari system, as well as an arcade, stand-alone machine.
Gideon Burton

RSA Animate - Drive: The surprising truth about what motivates us - YouTube - 0 views

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  • Gideon Burton on 30 Jan 12
     
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Andrew DeWitt

LDS.org - Ensign Article - Things as They Really Are - 2 views

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  • I raise an apostolic voice of warning about the potentially stifling, suffocating, suppressing, and constraining impact of some kinds of cyberspace interactions and experiences upon our souls. The concerns I raise are not new; they apply equally to other types of media, such as television, movies, and music. But in a cyber world, these challenges are more pervasive and intense. I plead with you to beware of the sense-dulling and spiritually destructive influence of cyberspace technologies that are used to produce high fidelity and that promote degrading and evil purposes.
  • Brothers and sisters, please understand. I am not suggesting all technology is inherently bad; it is not. Nor am I saying we should not use its many capabilities in appropriate ways to learn, to communicate, to lift and brighten lives, and to build and strengthen the Church; of course we should. But I am raising a warning voice that we should not squander and damage authentic relationships by obsessing over contrived ones.
  • Kristen Nicole Cardon on 21 Sep 10
     
    A great talk--applicable to the focus of our class!
Shuan Pai

Capitalism: A Love Story - 0 views

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  • Shuan Pai on 28 Sep 10
     
    Trailer for the Michael Moore film. Although it's only a preview, it gives some interesting insight into capitalism.
Kristen Nicole Cardon

Race to Nowhere | Changing lives one film at a time - 2 views

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  • Kristen Nicole Cardon on 28 Sep 10
     
    I highly suggest watching this clip.  It's food for thought if nothing else--what are the flaws of our educational system, what are the consequences of those flaws, and how can we fix it?
  • Bri Zabriskie on 28 Sep 10
     
    Hey Kristen, this guy writes music for children and also political songs. This song he wrote is along those same lines. You might be interested: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dAujuqCo7s
Sarah Wills

LDS.org - Liahona Article - Two Principles for Any Economy - 0 views

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  • Sarah Wills on 23 Sep 10
     
    Thought it was appropriate with our discussion of our pursuit of knowledge.
Brad Twining

Anthropological history of YouTube - 0 views

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  • Brad Twining on 28 Sep 10
     
    Presented at the Library of Congress by a professor from Kansas State. It is almost an hour long, but a great talk! He talks about the impact of YouTube on society and culture and how revolutionizing it and Web 2.0 has been.
Brian Earley

YouTube - Jeff Howe - Crowdsourcing - 0 views

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  • Brian Earley on 28 Sep 10
     
    very cool video to meet the author.  I'm picking up the book from the library.  I'll post this video and hopefully a book review within a week.
Brad Twining

The importance of Web 2.0 - 0 views

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  • Brad Twining on 28 Sep 10
     
    I just posted a blog post on this, so I thought I'd share it with everyone! It basically shows the importance of this class in a nutshell. Check it out!
Kristi Koerner

YouTube - Moore's Law as Seen Through the Evolution of the Mobile Phone - 1 views

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  • Kristi Koerner on 19 Oct 10
     
    Cool evolution of the phone
Gideon Burton

History of Copyright - 0 views

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property copyright history

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  • Gideon Burton on 30 Sep 10
     
    Free ebook on this important topic
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