“Back in the 1970s, I ate a high-protein diet to get bigger and stronger. As a senior at Utah State, I weighed 218 pounds with eight percent body fat, and threw the discus over 190 feet. Then I got some advice from the people at the Olympic Training Center. I needed carbs, they advised, and lots of them. They pointed to studies done on the American distance runners. Being an idiot, I took the advice to eat like emaciated, over-trained sub-performers. It took years of high carbohydrate grazing to learn the evils of this advice.” PeopleYearsStatesDoneBodyEvilStudyFeetAdviceNeededTrainingPercentBiggerStrongerDistanceEightFatsIdiotDietsPoundsPerformersSeniorRunnersWorkoutProteinUtahDistance RunnerMotivational WorkoutCarbsCarbohydratesGrazingBody Fat Author:Dan John
“In almost any change there is 20 - 60 - 20. 20% are doing the change and we need to stay out of their way. 20% will never get there (a large percent still go into banks to see tellers vs. ATMs). 60% are in the middle. I think you will always find some companies where the head of HR is not a member of senior management team (bottom 20% and some companies where she or he has always been (top 20%).” ThinkingWayNeedsStillsCompanyTeamMiddleMembersPercentManagementBottomSeniorAtmSenior Management Author:Dave Ulrich
“Beginning in June, Alabama seniors previously without prescription drug coverage should begin to see savings of between 10 and 25 percent on their medications.” ShouldDrugPercentSavingSeniorJuneSavingsCoveragePrescriptionsMedicationAlabamaPrescription Drugs Author:Mike Rogers
“Avon is a unique place to work; we've got family-friendly policies. We have more senior women in high-level management than any other company; 46 percent of our officers are women.” LevelsCompanyPolicyUniquePercentManagementFriendlyOfficersSeniorHigh LevelAvon Author:Andrea Jung
“More than 70 percent of seniors are asking for more time. It is long overdue for Congress to listen and make sure that seniors have a prescription drug plan that works for them.” LongPlansDrugPercentAskingCongressMore TimeSeniorPrescriptionsPrescription DrugsOverdue Author:Dan Lipinski
“We can't get to the $4 trillion in savings that we need by just cutting the 12 percent of the budget that pays for things like medical research and education funding and food inspectors and the weather service. And we can't just do it by making seniors pay more for Medicare.” NeedsPayEducationCuttingResearchPercentMedicalWeatherSavingBudgetsSeniorFundingSavingsJust Do ItMedicareInspectorsMedical ResearchEducation Funding Author:Barack Obama
“In Pennsylvania, 38 percent of Pennsylvania seniors chose to get their Medicare from a plan called Medicare Advantage. It's their choice. Forty-seven percent of them are going to lose it under 'Obamacare' according to Medicare by 2017.” ChoicesLosesPlansPercentAdvantageSevenFortySeniorObamacareMedicarePennsylvania Author:Paul Ryan
“There's a high school in Camden, New Jersey, I call the Jill Scott School. It's the Camden Creative Arts High School. Those teachers and kids are so passionate about what they do, and 98 percent of the senior class went on to college.” ArtKidsSchoolClassCreativeTeacherCollegePercentHigh SchoolPassionateSeniorJerseyNew JerseyCreative ArtCamdenSenior Class Author:Jill Scott