Amy Goes Skydiving!
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Ellen loves finding Groupons and sending her writer, Amy, to try them out! This time, it was Skydiving at iFLY. Poor Amy will never be the same.
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- -: Amy Goes Skydiving!
December 7, 2011 (over 1 year ago)Ellen loves finding Groupons and sending her writer, Amy, to try them out! This time, it was Skydiving at iFLY. Poor Amy will never be the same.
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- -: Hans Rosling: No more boring data: TEDTalks
January 16, 2007 (over 6 years ago)http://www.ted.com With the drama and urgency of a sportscaster, statistics guru Hans Rosling uses an amazing new presentation tool, Gapminder, to present data that debunks several myths about world development. Rosling is professor of international health at Sweden's Karolinska Institute, and f...
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- -: Can Poor Peoples' Incomes Grow: Liberalizing vs....
October 9, 2007 (over 5 years ago)Google Tech Talks March 7, 2007 ABSTRACT Until a recent upswing, developing and transition economies outside East and South Asia did not have sustained per capita income growth after the 1970s, nor any observable structural economic change. The Asian economies to a greater or lesser extent purs...
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- -: Cellphones and the Economic Modernization of India
October 18, 2007 (over 5 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2007/09/17/Elephant_Tiger_and_the_Cell_Phone Prolific Indian author and diplomat Shashi Tharoor explains why he sees India's widespread use of cellphones as symbolic of the country's rapid movement towards economic modernization. ----- Shashi Tharoor discusses...
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- -: John Edwards - On Poverty
October 19, 2007 (over 5 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2007/08/09/McCloskey_Speaker_Series_with_John_Edwards John Edwards, former U.S. Senator from North Carolina and 2008 Democratic Presidential Candidate, discusses his proposals for dealing with American poverty. ----- The Aspen Institute hosts Democratic Presid...
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- -: Frank McCourt - Writing About Poverty
January 3, 2008 (over 5 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2007/11/28/Frank_McCourt_Angela_and_the_Baby_Jesus Pulitzer Prize-winning author Frank McCourt discusses his experiences in writing about poverty. ----- Frank McCourt discusses Angela and the Baby Jesus. Frank McCourt, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Ang...
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- -: Diversity and the Environmental Movement
January 14, 2008 (over 5 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2007/11/20/Death_of_Environmentalism Author and activist Ted Nordhaus addresses issues in diversity and the environmental justice movement. ----- From the Death of Environmentalism to the Politics of Possibility with discussants Michael Shellenberger and Ted N...
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- -: Mike Huckabee - What is the "Fair Tax?"
February 4, 2008 (over 5 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/01/31/Republican_Presidential_Candidate_Mike_Huckabee Former Arkansas Governor and 2008 Republican Presidential candidate Mike Huckabee explains his support for a federal "Fair Tax." ----- Mike Huckabee speaks at The Commonwealth Club of California. Gove...
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- -: Segregation's Legacy and the Katrina Disaster
February 19, 2008 (about 5 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/02/07/Richard_Thompson_Ford_Race_Card Stanford Law Professor Richard Thompson Ford examines America's legacy of racial segregation and its impact on the victims of Hurricane Katrina. ----- Richard Thompson Ford considers "The Race Card: How Bluffing About...
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- -: Thinking Outside the Box on Global Poverty
May 1, 2008 (about 5 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/04/14/Paul_Polak_on_Out_of_Poverty Author and activist Paul Polak discusses innovative approaches to fighting global poverty. ----- Meet Paul Polak author of Out of Poverty: What Works When Traditional Approaches Fail that explodes what he calls the "Thre...
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