A Blueprint for a 21st Century Workforce

In his State of the Union address, President Obama spoke directly to the need to create more high-wage jobs. “I want to speak about how we move forward, and lay out a blueprint for an economy that’s built to last," he declared. "This blueprint begins with American manufacturing."

But if Obama’s blueprint for prosperity begins with manufacturing, it can hardly end with it.

Click to read the article in the Atlantic Monthly.

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1959 Car Versus 2009 Car

HEAD-ON CRASH OF 1959 CHEVY WITH 2009 Chevy


 Guess which one wins. 

How many times have you heard: "I wish they would make cars the way they did in the old days."

This video dispels that myth. You know how we always think about what big huge tanks the old "Cars of the 50's and 60's" were for size?

And how we talk about how there is so much plastic on the new cars that if one of the old tanks ever collided with a new car, the new car would be demolished?

Well, someone in the insurance industry put that theory to the test. Be sure to watch toward the end to see the overhead view - and the assessment of driver injury.

Fasten your seat belts. Click on the attachment.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joMK1WZjP7g



Thanks to Irv Lesser for sharing.

The City As A Startup

The theme of the 2012 Spring National Meeting of CEOs for Cities is The City As A Startup: Attracting Talent, Taking Risks and Going to Scale. It will be held in Cincinnati beginning at 8:30 AM on May 17 and conclude by 1:30 PM on May 18. For agenda updates and additional details, please visit ceosforcities.org.

Deterioration of Social Norms

David Brooks discusses the important new book by Charles Murray, which outlines the deterioration of social norms among lower income Americans. By most measures our divorce rates, work force participation rates have substantially deteriorated. A major problem for our country.

   http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/31/opinion/brooks-the-great-divorce.html?_r=1&ref=davidbrooks

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"From the bestselling author of Losing Ground and The Bell Curve, this startling long-lens view shows how America is coming apart at the seams that historically have joined our classes."

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Plans For the Chicago Region

Plans for the Chicago Metropolitan Area

Current Plan


http://www.cmap.illinois.gov/2040/main




The Burnham Plan


http://burnhamplan100.lib.uchicago.edu/


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burnham_Plan

PARAPROSDOKIANS

PARAPROSDOKIANS (Winston Churchill loved them) are figures of speech in which the latter part of a sentence or phrase is surprising or unexpected; frequently humorous.


I used to be indecisive. Now I'm not so sure.

Where there's a will, I want to be in it.

The last thing I want to do is hurt you. But it's still on my list.

To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism. To steal from many is research.

I didn't say it was your fault, I said I was blaming you.

Women will never be equal to men until they can walk down the street with a bald
head and a beer gut, and still think they are sexy.

Behind every successful man is his woman. Behind the fall of a successful man is
usually another woman.

A clear conscience is the sign of a fuzzy memory.

To be sure of hitting the target, shoot first and call whatever you hit the
target.

Nostalgia isn't what it used to be.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paraprosdokian

Tough Times Never Last

Tough times never last, tough people do.    Thought For The Day: GOOD looks catch the eye but a GOOD personality catches the heart.