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February 27, 2009

Amy Klobuchar:
At The 65th Annual Congressional Dinner

Filed under:Comedy, Uncategorized — Tags: , , , , —

At the 65th Annual Congressional Dinner of the Washington Press Foundation, Senator Amy Klobuchar delivered a hilarious roast. The speech starts at  33:10.

Other speeches in the video are given by Nancy Pelosi, Candy Crowley and Kevin McCarthy.

Found at CSpanJunkie. Please support him and his work. C-Span recently told him he has to shut down his site.

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February 26, 2009

Barry Schwartz:
The real crisis? We stopped being wise

Filed under:Business, Politics — Tags: , , , —

In this great TED talk, Barry Schwartz makes a plea for practical wisdom and against additional rules and ‘following procedure’.

This is a great speech but I especially liked his slides.

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February 25, 2009

Ken Robinson:
What inspires Sir Ken

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In this short clip, Ken Robinson talks about his inspiration.

Found at PresentationZen

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February 24, 2009

David Merrill:
Siftables, the toy blocks that think

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David Merrill, MIT grad student, had the opportunity at this year’s TED conference to present a new and intuitive way of interacting with computers: Siftables.

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Dan Barber:
A surprising parable of foie gras

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Foie Gras is often rejected because of the cruelty the animal has to suffer through. Chef Dan Barber tells in this TED talk that there is a more humane way to produce it.

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