A great quote from rocket scientist Wernher von Braun came up in the Quotes of the Day today from The Quotations Page. We can lick gravity, but sometimes the paperwork is overwhelming. Heh! Ain’t that the truth?
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It must be process improvement day here at Country Keepers. Actually, I had an article or two saved in my news reader that I’ve been meaning to link here. Today is that day! Gemba Panta Rei had an article on their blog about a process improvement method I hadn’t heard about before. It is called [...]
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WARNING: This post probably warrants an 8 or so on the Geek-O-Meter! Actually, the list at the Gemba Panta Rei blog is the top ten improvement tools that are named after their founders, but it is still a good list. The quality tool that I generally get the most benefit from isn’t on the list. [...]
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This would be good news for the community where I used to work. Economic development leaders say a manufacturer is interested in building a factory in Newton that could create up to 723 jobs over three years and begin production as early as next year. Whirlpool Corporation bought Maytag Corporation and is in the process [...]
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A friend sent this to me a couple months back. I know it has been working its way around the Internet for years, but I hadn’t seen it before and it rang true to me. TO ALL THE KIDS WHO SURVIVED the 1930′s, 40′s, 50′s, 60′s and 70′s!! First, we survived being born to mothers [...]
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I suppose I should have commented on this yesterday with the post about luck, but it didn’t occur to me. Yesterday was July 7, 2007. Or 07-07-07. Lots of couples apparently thought that day would be lucky for them as there were a bucket-load of weddings then. Today strikes me as more interesting. Today is [...]
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I don’t believe in luck. I do, however, believe in probability. That’s why this quote I read today strikes me as worthwhile. “Luck is nothing but probability taken personally.” Penn Jillette, of Penn and Teller fame, said it today at the World Series of Poker main event. It isn’t his quote, though. A statistician (and [...]
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I’ve been meaning to link to this for a few months now, but haven’t got around to it. Tonight’s the night! The MAKE blog posted an article about a survival kit you can build to keep in your car.  Its cost is just $25 and would keep you alive for up to ten days. [...]
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Adrian Warnock has moved his weblog to a new URL. Update your links.
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I clicked through to a Technorati search for this weblog today and discovered that I had been tagged by Randy McRoberts, he of The Upward Way Press fame, to tell you eight things you probably don’t know about me. That’s what I get for leaving a comment there! 1. While I’ve enjoyed reading the reviews [...]
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