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Congratulations to Rich Blaser for completing his first half IronMan Marathon – next year it will be a full Iron Man – way to go Rich!

Bob Doig, (pictured here with his wife, Dona) owner of Doig Corporation, is a very special guy – a great business person and a dedicated family man. Doig Corporation is one of the Midwest’s leading distributors of products that automate industrial processes. Bob had just graduated from college and was working for dad. As Bob reached [...]

The following is based on surveys – I find the results very fascinating. 1) Recent Gallup poll: Conservatives = 42%; Moderates = 35%; Liberal = 20% 2) Poll in this week’s St. Louis Post Dispatch: Job approval of Obama = 34%; Disapprove = 60%; Unsure = 6% 3) Same poll: Obama’s handling of the economy: [...]

From Innovation Daily: New York University seniors Katie Shea and Susie Levitt were interning at Goldman Sachs Group (GS) and Citigroup-Smith Barney (C) when their sore feet inspired them to start a $10,000 dorm-room company selling foldable flat shoes that come in their own tote bag. A year later they have imported 70,000 pairs from [...]

An ancient galaxy has broken the record for the most distant point in the sky known to date, with its light taking roughly 13.1 billion years to reach Earth —  – also making it the oldest known thing in the universe. I’m continually amazed by the concept of infinity – my mind doesn’t compute that – [...]

What are the best personal development books ever written in the history of mankind? Obviously this a very subjective question and you could make a strong case for hundreds of books. Several years ago I read the results of a poll that asked this very question and the results were quite interesting. Number one was [...]

Rhythm Engineering owner, Eagle Dr. Reggie Chandra, has received an Energy Achievement Recognition Award from Kansas Gov. Mark Parkinson. Lt. Gov. Troy Findley presented the award to the Lenexa-based company Tuesday at a ceremony in Wichita.Rhythm Engineering’s software measures traffic demand in real-time and determines when best to change signals, reducing traffic congestion. Studies have shown the system reducing [...]

From Innovation Daily During the past 25 years I’ve seen a lot of innovation task forces come and go. Some of them looked good at the beginning and died a slow death. Some of them looked bad at the beginning and died a quick death. And some of them actually succeeded. And so, at the [...]

From Associated Press LONDON—It weighs in at more than 130 pounds, but the authoritative guide to the English language, the Oxford English Dictionary, may eventually slim down to nothing. The 126-year-old dictionary’s next edition will be printed on paper at all. The digital version of the Oxford English Dictionary now gets two million hits a [...]

The average time patients spend waiting to see a health-care provider is 22 minutes. Orthopedists are the worst at 29 minutes and dermatologists the shortest at 20 minutes. I waited in the exam room one time for an hour before just getting dressed and leaving. Maybe I should send a bill…