Quote of the Week: Problem Solving 101
“A problem well stated is a problem half solved.”
- Charles Franklin Kettering
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Quote of the Week
“If I had an hour to solve a problem and my life depended on the solution, I would spend the first 55 minutes determining the proper question to ask, for once I know the proper question, I could solve the problem in less than five minutes.” – Albert Einstein
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The Problem with Iran
What is the problem with the Iranian regime? Just this last week the Washington Post reported that yet again the Iranian government had sponsored a contest and released a book that caricatured the Holocaust. No matter what political position any person or country may hold, mocking a human tragedy and fomenting racism against any peoples [...]
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Quote of the Week: Free Speech, Democracy, and Authoritarianism
It is a paradox that every dictator has climbed to power on the ladder of free speech. Immediately on attaining power each dictator has suppressed all free speech except his own. -Herbert Clark HOOVER 31st President of the United States (1874-1964) This, indeed, is one of the paramount challenges faced by democratic systems. Democracy cannot [...]
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FTC Highlights Problem of Advertising Sugary Products to Children
A report last week from the Federal Trade Commission found that the makers of soda, fast food, cereals and other products spent $1.6 billion in 2006 on marketing aimed at children and teenagers. …While almost $500 million a year is spent on soda advertising, only $11 million is spent on ads for fruit and vegetables. [...]
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Quote of the Week: What her Dad taught Angela Merkel
My father taught me a very important lesson when I was a girl growing up in East Germany. He said, “Always be more than you appear and never appear to be more than you are.” -as told to Bono (U2) and captured by him in a New York Times opinion piece. New York Times November [...]
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