“Social Security, a critically important, great program which does serve as the cornerstone of support for senior citizens, now faces challenges that threaten its long-term stability and well-being. The facts are there. The facts are crystal clear.” WellsLongDoeImportantFactsFacesSocialTermChallengesSupportClearSecurityCitizensProgramWell BeingLong TermStabilitySeniorSocial SecurityCrystalsCornerstonesSenior Citizen Author:Bill Frist
“The Conservation Buck Challenge was designed to engage and mobilize the hunting community to preserve the outdoor experience for future generations. Our members will be ambassadors for ethical hunting, respect for private property rights, support for conservation funding and programs that give our children the chance to learn the valuable lessons of nature.” GivingChildrenCommunityChallengesChanceSupportRightsGenerationsLessonsMembersProgramOur ChildrenPropertyValuablePreservesEthicalHuntingConservationFuture GenerationFundingBucksPrivate PropertyProperty RightsAmbassadorsValuable Lessons Author:Gary Morris
“An ongoing challenge for Australia is ensuring equity of access to technology. Since the decline in federal funding, many schools are reverting to bring Your Own Device (BYOD) programs and this puts the onus back on families to fund devices.” SchoolChallengesTechnologyProgramAccessAustraliaFundDevicesDeclineEquityOngoingFundingReverting Author:Susan Mann
“New York Mayor Bill de Blasio has been positioning himself to challenge Hillary Clinton for the Democratic nomination. Hillary once developed a program to deliver rural healthcare, while de Blasio once dropped a groundhog on its head.” Has BeensChallengesNew YorkProgramBillsDemocraticClintonHealthcareMayorsNominationsGroundhogs Author:Jimmy Fallon
“Those who are troubled by our existing programs are not interested in a repeat of 9/11, and those who defend these programs are not dismissive of civil liberties. The challenge is getting the details right, and that's not simple.” ChallengesSimpleLibertyProgramDetailsRepeatsNot InterestedCivil LibertiesNsa Author:Barack Obama
“The rapid deterioration of education has been recognized as a national problem for the past several years. Consequently, American businesses must meet the immediate challenge of poorly-educated people in today's workforce by strengthening employee training programs.” PeopleYearsHas BeensProblemTodayPastChallengesTrainingProgramEducatedEmployeeRapidsStrengtheningWorkforceDeteriorationAmerican BusinessTraining Programs Author:Gregory Balestrero
“We need to have mentoring programs energized by government, paid for by government, but who exist not because of government. Teen Challenge is a way to get people off drugs and alcohol. Teen Challenge is a faith-based program that changes people's hearts.” PeopleWayNeedsHeartHumorGovernmentPoliticalChallengesDrugProgramPaidScaryAlcoholMentoringDrugs And AlcoholPolitical HumorFaith Based Author:George W. Bush
“Ultimately, only diplomacy can bring about a durable solution to the challenge posed by Iran's nuclear program. As President and Commander in Chief, I will do what is necessary to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. However, I have a profound responsibility to try to resolve our differences peacefully, rather than rush towards conflict.” TryingBelieveRealWisdomRealityTodayOpportunityPoliticsI BelievePresidentCommunityChallengesLeadershipDifferencesJusticeResponsibilityHistoryTechnologyViolenceGenerationsAchievePolicyConflictWeaponsSpringSolutionsEthicsProgramTestsStrategyUnityProfoundHuman RightsNuclearPeacefulIdeologyChiefsIranResolveForeign PolicyNuclear WeaponsDiplomacyCivilityCommandersComprehensiveSettlementObtainingCommander In ChiefArab Spring Author:Barack Obama
“Software is usually expected to be modified over the course of its productive life. The process of converting one correct program into a different correct program is extremely challenging.” DifferentCoursesProcessChallengesProgramExpectedProductiveSoftwareConvertingProductive Life Book:JavaScript: The Good Parts: The Good Parts Source: JavaScript: The Good Parts: The Good Parts
“I think the MFA programs have had a real effect on the state of American fiction, but I don't think it's a question of "this is written by someone with an MFA, and this isn't." I challenge anyone to identify a book in that way. It's totally impossible.” ThinkingWayBookRealStatesChallengesFictionImpossibleWrittenEffectsProgram Author:Chad Harbach
“We're trying, despite having done research and having obviously preconceived ideas, we try our best to be as open-hearted as possible, and try to create context. So that's always going to be the challenge, making a program like 'Gaycation', and we are always thinking about it, reflecting on it, and doing our best to show the whole picture as much as possible in a 45-minute span. Hopefully that comes across.” ThinkingTryingIdeasDoneWholeShowsChallengesMinutesResearchProgramDespiteHopefullyReflectingHeartedAlways ThinkingWhole PicturePreconceived Ideas Author:Ellen Page
“If instead policy makers and program managers participate in an interdisciplinary assessment team, make informal visits to local families and have in-depth conversations with local providers and health authorities, the real needs and complex challenges of organizing good reproductive health services become apparent.The first country that implemented this participatory program of assessment, research and policy development was Brazil. I was one of the outsiders who provided support to the initiative.” IfsNeedsFirstsRealCountryChallengesSupportTeamPolicyDevelopmentConversationAuthorityResearchProgramComplexesDepthLocalsManagersMakersInitiativeOutsidersAssessmentBrazilProvidersPolicy MakersReproductive HealthHealth ServicesInterdisciplinary Author:Ruth Simmons
“If policy makers and program managers participate in an interdisciplinary assessment team, make informal visits to local families and have in-depth conversations with local providers and health authorities, the real needs and complex challenges of organizing good reproductive health services become apparent.” IfsNeedsRealChallengesTeamPolicyConversationAuthorityProgramComplexesDepthLocalsManagersMakersAssessmentProvidersPolicy MakersReproductive HealthHealth ServicesInterdisciplinary Author:Ruth Simmons
“Balanced, sensible nutrition: eat food, not too much, mostly plants, a healthy diet ala Michael Pollan, modern physical activity on a daily basis, modest weight loss - translated into a 58% reduction in the occurrence of diabetes. A clear indication of the power of lifestyle over health. The challenge now is the development of the community-based programs that will translate what we learned in the diabetes prevention program and put it to work in every town in America.” ChallengesLossModernHealthyProgramPlantLifestyleSensibleNutritionTranslateModestWeight LossDiabetesHealthy Diet Author:David Katz
“When I went to university, I was a philosophy major, but because I'm not very bright I chose to study philosophy at a performing arts school, maybe because the philosophy program there wasn't too rigorous or challenging.” ArtPhilosophySchoolChallengesStudyMajorsProgramUniversityPerformingArt SchoolPerforming Arts Author:Moby
“We're living in a whole new social and economic order with a whole new set of problems and challenges. Old assumptions and old programs don't work in this new society and the more we try to stretch them to make them fit, the more we will be seen as running away from what is reality.” TryingWholeProblemRealityRunningOrderSocialChallengesEconomicFitProgramAssumptionRunning AwayEconomic OrderProblems And Challenges Author:Ann Richards
“Now listen to the first three aims of the corporatist movement in Germany, Italy and France during the 1920s. These were developed by the people who went on to become part of the Fascist experience: (1) shift power directly to economic and social interest groups; (2) push entrepreneurial initiative in areas normally reserved for public bodies; (3) obliterate the boundaries between public and private interest -- that is, challenge the idea of the public interest. This sounds like the official program of most contemporary Western governments.” PeopleFirstsIdeasBodyGovernmentThreeSocialSoundInterestChallengesGroupsEconomicMovementAreasProgramAimWesternBoundariesContemporaryFranceOfficialsGermanyInitiativeReservedEntrepreneurialFascistsPublic InterestInterest GroupsCorporatism Book:The Unconscious Civilization Source: The Unconscious Civilization
“I love it. I love the challenge of it, working with kids every day, setting goals for myself and the program. I feel it was what I was meant to do. You remember your own experiences, and you want to do it for someone else.” WantFeelsKidsRememberGoalChallengesProgramAthleteSettingSettingsSetting Goals Author:Jennifer Rizzotti
“The biggest concern with female athletes is they don't naturally compete. And so I think a part of what we do here exceptionally well that separates us from other programs is we train them to compete. So a huge challenge in women's athletics is to get them to compete against their teammates and friends in practice with the same intensity they compete with their bitter rivals. So that's a huge challenge for me, to get the women in practice to go after each other the way you would a rival” ThinkingWayWellsChallengesPracticeHugeConcernFemaleProgramTrainAthleteBitterIntensityRivalsTeammateAthleticsVolleyballFemale Athlete Author:Anson Dorrance
“Imagine how dull life would be if variables assessed for admission to a graduate program really did predict who would succeed and who would fall. Life would be intolerable - no hope, no challenge” IfsWould BeFallChallengesImagineSucceedProgramCuteDullGraduatesNo HopeVariablesAdmissionDull Life Author:Robyn Dawes
“We can drift along as though there were still a cold war, wasting hundreds of billions of dollars on weapons that will never be used, ignoring the problems of people in this country and around the world, being one of the worst environmental violators on earth, standing against any sort of viable programs to protect the world's forests or to cut down on acid rain or the global warming or ozone depletion. We can ignore human rights violations in other countries, or we can take these things on as true leaders ought to and accept the inspiring challenge of America for the future.” PeopleWorldHumansStillsWarCountryProblemEarthAmericaUsedChallengesLeaderAcceptingPowerEnvironmentCuttingRightsWorstIgnoranceColdOughtProtectWeaponsRainProgramStandingDollarsEnvironmentalHuman RightsBillionsForestsIgnorantAround The WorldGlobal WarmingOther CountriesCold WarViolationAcidTrue LeaderOzoneAcid RainOzone Depletion Author:Jimmy Carter
“Civil society rests on moral relationships. They are covenantal rather than contractual. They are brought about not by governments but by us a husbands and wives, parents, friends and citizens, and by the knowledge of what we do and what we are makes a difference to those around us. (...) Renewing society's resources of moral energy is the program, urgent but achievable.” GovernmentEnergyParentChallengesDifferencesMoralWifeInspireCitizensHusbandResourcesProgramMaking A DifferenceProvokingUrgentHusband And WifeCivil Society Author:Jonathan Sacks