“Business leaders, labor unions, governors, mayors, congressmen and presidents have all complained about a lack of funding for years, but aside from a one-time cash infusion from the stimulus program, nothing much has changed. There is still no consensus on how to solve the problem or where to get the massive amounts of money needed to fix it, just another example of political paralysis in Washington.” YearsStillsProblemPoliticalPresidentLeaderExampleChangedAmountNeededProgramLaborUnionsSolveMassiveOne TimeCashGovernorsConsensusFundingStimulusMayorsCongressmanBusiness LeadersParalysisLabor UnionInfusion Author:Steve Kroft
“It's good to go back and look at what other states are doing. For example, Mayo Clinics and the University of Minnesota had a collaborative grant program that we modeled our program after, so we went back to talk to them about the successes of their program. It's been very successful, the state is going back to fund it again, and it's resulted in a great deal of collaboration and specifically patented technology.” LooksStatesDealsTechnologySuccessfulExampleProgramUniversityFundGrantsCollaborationMinnesotaClinic Author:Brian Thompson
“Sport can be used for messaging, for example, making the connections between shin guards or a helmet that protects you, and protection in terms of HIV and AIDS. There has also been a very active program in Africa called 'Kick Polio out of Africa,' where soccer players have spoken out in terms of polio. There is also going to be a swim for malaria.” UsedSportsTermPlayerExampleProtectProgramConnectionsActiveProtectionAidsSoccerKicksSwimHivProtect YouHelmetMalariaSoccer PlayerPolio Author:Carol Bellamy
“So I would not be surprised if the globbing libraries, for example, will do NFD-mangling in order to glob "correctly", so even programs ported from real Unix might end up getting pathnames subtly changed into NFD as part of some hot library-on-library action with UTF hackery inside.” IfsRealEndsMightActionOrderExampleChangedProgramHotLibraryUnix Author:Linus Torvalds
“If we have more people on the receiving end of government - more people as the middle class becomes sucked in more and more to these entitlement programs, for example - then we're going to be in a place where it's going to be hard to go back. It's going to be hard to go back again. It's going to be hard to take away stuff. It's not impossible.” PeopleIfsEndsHardGovernmentStuffClassImpossibleMiddleExampleProgramMiddle ClassReceivingEntitlementBack AgainEntitlement Programs Author:Fred Thompson
“Entrepreneurs don't really make mistakes, though. We just make decisions that seem right at the time, but which sometimes turn out to have been the wrong path to take. For example, we allowed a buyer to place a huge opening order and later had to take some product back. We didn't have our sell-through programs in place, so in hindsight, it would have been wiser to sell in less product at the outset. The scary thing is you are always making decisions without knowing the future.” Has BeensSometimesSeemsOrderTurnsDecisionBusinessMistakeKnowingPathExampleProductsHugeProgramSellsEntrepreneurScaryOpeningMaking MistakesWiserHindsightMaking DecisionsBuyersScary ThingsWrong PathKnowing The Future Author:Tom Szaky
“I'd like to point out that I don't think that there is anything fundamentally superior in the GPL as compared to the BSD license, for example. But the GPL is what I want to program with, because unlike the BSD license it guarantees that anybody who works on the project in the future will also contribute their changes back to the community.” ThinkingWantCommunityExampleProjectsProgramSuperiorsGuaranteesLicenseGuarantees That Author:Linus Torvalds
“My generation knew pretty well what happened 50 years before our birth. Now I follow all the quiz programs because they are a paramount example of the span of memory of the young generation - they are able to remember everything that happened in their life but not before.” YearsWellsAbleRememberYoungMemoriesGenerationsHappenedExampleBirthProgramMy GenerationParamountRemembers EverythingYoung GenerationQuiz Author:Umberto Eco
“Some have become more critical than others; for example, the submarines. And that's the Ohio Class submarine that needs to be modernized. The air component also needs to be modernized. The B-52, as someone earlier pointed out, is an outdated model that was flown by the grandparents of people that are flying it now. And we need a serious modernization program as well on our silo-launched missiles. All three are critical for the defense of the country.” PeopleNeedsWellsCountryThreeClassAirExampleSeriousModelsProgramCriticalDefenseFlyingGrandparentComponentsMissilesOhioOutdatedSubmarinesModernization Author:Marco Rubio
“We still have sanctions on Iran for its violations of human rights, for its support of terrorism and for its ballistic missile program. And we will continue to enforce these sanctions vigorously. Iran's recent missile test, for example, was a violation of its international obligations.” HumansStillsSupportRightsExampleProgramTestsInternationalHuman RightsTerrorismObligationIranViolationSanctionsMissilesViolation Of Human Rights Author:Barack Obama
“Most major domestic programs got more money this year, and they're used to reflect the priorities of the upcoming year. One good example is, the Secret Service is getting $268 extra dollars because it's a presidential election year and the agency's going to be under more demands.” YearsUsedSecretExampleDemandMajorsProgramElectionDollarsPrioritiesPresidentialAgencyExtrasMore MoneyGood ExamplesPresidential ElectionSecret ServiceYear OneElection Years Author:Susan Davis
“The emotion is the execution of a very complex program of actions. Some actions that are actually movements, like movement that you can do, change your face for example, in fear, or movements that are internal, that happen in your heart or in your gut, and movements that are actually not muscular movements, but rather, releases of molecules.” HeartHappensActionFacesCan DoEmotionExampleMovementProgramComplexesReleaseGutsInternalsYour FaceExecutionMolecules Author:Antonio Damasio
“A mother should have some fantasy about her child's future. It will increase her interest in the child, for one thing. To turn the fantasy into a program to make the child fly an airplane across the country, for example, isn't the point. That's the fulfillment of the parent's own dreams. That's different. Having a fantasy - which the child will either seek to fulfill or rebel against furiously - at least gives a child some expectation to meet or reject.” GivingShouldChildrenDifferentCountryDreamMotherTurnsParentInterestFantasyOne ThingExampleExpectationsProgramShould HaveIncreaseFulfillmentRejectsRebelAirplane Author:James Hillman