"Only the curious will learn and only the resolute overcome the obstacles to learning. The quest quotient has always excited me more than the intelligence...
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Oct 5, 2008 12:06 pm
"It is better to be predictable and mediocre - than occasionally outstanding. " - Kurt Milne Top Picks Rising Arctic methane threatens efforts to reverse...
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George Spafford
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Oct 12, 2008 12:33 pm
"Fall seven times, stand up eight." - Japanese Proverb Top Picks The Next Meltdown: Credit-Card Debt "The troubles sound familiar. Borrowers falling behind on...
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George Spafford
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Oct 26, 2008 12:29 pm
" It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer. " - Albert Einstein Top Picks Greener Data Centers is a global Priority "Now this is...
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George Spafford
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Nov 2, 2008 12:18 pm
"Nothing could be worse than the fear that one has given up too soon, and left one unexpended effort which might have saved the world." - Jane Adams Top Picks...
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George Spafford
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Nov 9, 2008 3:02 pm
I was asked how I select the articles for the newsletter the other day. The answer is actually quite simple - I read a ton of material every week and when I...
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George Spafford
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Nov 16, 2008 3:13 pm
"We have the Bill of Rights. What we need is a Bill of Responsibilities." - Bill Maher Top Picks Dr. Michel Kabay Reviews Visible Ops Security He does a...
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George Spafford
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Nov 23, 2008 11:47 am
"Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not;...
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George Spafford
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Nov 30, 2008 2:15 pm
"I am not judged by the number of times I fail, but by the number of times I succeed: and the number of times I succeed is in direct proportion to the number...
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George Spafford
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Dec 7, 2008 12:33 pm
"Never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never, in nothing, great or small, large or petty, never give in except to convictions of honor and good...
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George Spafford
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Dec 14, 2008 1:50 pm
"Do not let your fire go out, spark by irreplaceable spark, in the hopeless swamps of the approximate, the not-quite, the not-yet, the not-at-all. Do not let...
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George Spafford
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Dec 21, 2008 9:36 am
"People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don't believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who...
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George Spafford
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Dec 28, 2008 12:32 pm
Happy Holidays to you and your families!!! "Give me a fruitful error any time, full of seeds, bursting with its own corrections. You can keep your sterile...
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George Spafford
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Jan 4, 2009 3:03 pm
Happy New Year!! "To believe in yourself and to follow your dreams, to have goals in life and a drive to succeed, and to surround yourself with the things and...
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George Spafford
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Jan 11, 2009 2:47 pm
"A champion is someone who gets up, even when he can't." - Jack Dempsey "Never Quit. "Don't ever, ever quit. Recognize that stopping now, regrouping to try a...
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George Spafford
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Jan 19, 2009 12:54 am
The News has a new section! Kurt Milne will be contributing articles/research he has read and his thoughts. Be sure to check out "Kurt's Corner". "Don't be...
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George Spafford
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Jan 25, 2009 3:37 pm
"Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after the other" - Walter Elliot "Stay the course, light a star, Change the world where'er you...
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George Spafford
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Feb 1, 2009 1:15 pm
"Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacles, discouragement, and impossibilities: It is this, that in all things distinguishes the...
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George Spafford
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Feb 8, 2009 1:51 pm
"Quality is everyone's responsibility. " - W. Edwards Deming "It is not enough to do your best; you must know what to do, and then do your best." - W. Edwards...
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George Spafford
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Feb 22, 2009 3:01 pm
"We learn more by looking for the answer to a question and not finding it than we do from learning the answer itself. " - Lloyd Alexander Top Picks Kevin...
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George Spafford
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Mar 1, 2009 1:16 pm
"I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think " - Socartes Top Picks Calabrese's Razor Hal Pomeranz, of Deer Run Associates, has a very thought...
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George Spafford
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Mar 8, 2009 3:38 pm
"It is not hard to learn more. What is hard is to unlearn when you discover yourself wrong." - Martin Fischer Top Picks New Green IT Book: Greening the Data...
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George Spafford
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Mar 15, 2009 8:43 pm
"Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving,...
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George Spafford
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Mar 22, 2009 11:26 am
"Boys, there ain't no free lunches in this country. And don't go spending your whole life commiserating that you got the raw deals. You've got to say, I think...
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George Spafford
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Mar 29, 2009 12:57 pm
"It is easier to do a job right than to explain why you didn't." - Martin Van Buren Top Picks ITIL Certified Products are Not a Magic Bullet-More Likely They...
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George Spafford
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Apr 5, 2009 10:47 pm
"Leaders are made, they are not born. They are made by hard effort, which is the price which all of us must pay to achieve any goal that is worthwhile. ” –...
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George Spafford
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Apr 12, 2009 12:33 pm
"If you want to build a ship, don't herd people together to collect wood and don't assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless...
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George Spafford
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Apr 26, 2009 12:16 pm
"'Strategy' (from the Greek strategos, meaning generalship) is a set of actions toward a specific goal. The concept of strategy has developed in the laboratory...
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George Spafford
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May 4, 2009 4:07 pm
"There's only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self." - Aldous Huxley Top Picks Hysteria over swine flu is the...
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George Spafford
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Jun 25, 2011 1:29 pm
Hello everyone, As you know, the SGC newsletter has been defunct for quite a while. However, I dredged it up to let you know about a novel that Gene Kim,...
