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Well there was another mass shooting at Fort Hood yesterday. The liberals will be wringing their hands over the ease at which people can acquire guns. We surely need tougher gun laws. Obama gave an incomprehensible sound bite about how sad he was over the shooting. Without a teleprompter he is a blithering idiot. The compliant MSM and local news stations dutifully reported the false storyline that he had trouble with another soldier that caused him to shoot 19 people and himself. Obama, the military, the Fox News neo-cons, and the MSM in general will not report the true story. The Obama haters are already blaming his "gutting" of the military budget. What a joke these people are.
Only people who have completely snapped, shoot 19 people randomly. If this guy had a problem with a specific soldier he would have killed that soldier. That storyline is complete and utter bullshit. This guy was already being treated for mental illness. He got fucked up in the head in Iraq. He had PTSD or some mental illness caused by fighting a war with no mission and no clear enemy. He either snapped due to this mental illness OR he snapped due to the Psychotropic Drugs they were feeding him. Of course, they will never blame the drugs because that would affect the profits of the drug makers. Virtually every mass shooting in the last ten years was committed by men taking these drugs.
These people are more casualties of our wars of choice in the Middle East. The Iraq and Afghan wars will be the gifts that keep on giving for decades. The total monetary cost will exceed $6 trillion and the human tragedy will be incalculable. Bush and Obama have the victims blood on their hands.
FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) — An Iraq War veteran being treated for mental illness opened fire Wednesday on fellow service members at the Fort Hood military base, killing three people and wounding 16 before committing suicide at the same post where more than a dozen people were slain in a 2009 attack, authorities said.
The shooter apparently walked into a building and began firing a .45-caliber semi-automatic pistol. He then got into a vehicle and continued firing before entering another building.
He was eventually confronted by military police in a parking lot. As he came within 20 feet of an officer, the gunman put his hands up but then reached under his jacket and pulled out his gun. The officer drew her own weapon, and the suspect put his gun to his head and pulled the trigger a final time, according to Lt. Gen. Mark A. Milley, senior officer on the base.
Lucy Hamlin and her husband, Spc. Timothy Hamlin, wait for permission to re-enter the Fort Hood military base, where they live, following a shooting on base on Wednesday, April 2, 2014, in Fort Hood, Texas. One person was killed and 14 injured in the shooting, and officials at the base said the shooter is believed to be dead. The details about the number of people hurt came from two U.S. officials who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the information by name. (AP Photo/ Tamir Kalifa)
The gunman, who served in Iraq for four months in 2011, had sought help for depression, anxiety and other problems. Before the attack, he had been undergoing an assessment to determine whether he had post-traumatic stress disorder, Milley said.
The married suspect had arrived at Fort Hood in February from another base in Texas. He was taking medication, and there were reports that he had complained after returning from Iraq about suffering a traumatic brain injury, Milley said. The commander did not elaborate.
The gunman was never wounded in action, according to military records, Milley said.
There was no indication the attack was related to terrorism, Milley said.
The military declined to identify the gunman until his family members had been notified. Texas Rep. Michael McCaul, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, said he was named Ivan Lopez but offered no other details.
The weapon had been purchased recently in the local area and was not registered to be on the base, Milley said.
Late Wednesday, investigators had already started looking into whether Lopez's combat experience caused lingering psychological trauma. Among the possibilities they planned to explore was whether a fight or argument on the base triggered the attack.
"We have to find all those witnesses, the witnesses to every one of those shootings, and find out what his actions were, and what was said to the victims," said a federal law enforcement official, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss the case by name.
The official said authorities would begin by speaking with Lopez's wife and expected to search his home and any computers he owned.
The injured were taken to the base hospital and other local hospitals. At least three of the nine patients at Scott and White Hospital in Temple were listed in critical condition.
Wednesday's attack immediately revived memories of the shocking 2009 assault on Fort Hood, which was the deadliest attack on a domestic military installation in U.S. history. Thirteen people were killed and more than 30 wounded.
Until an all-clear siren sounded hours after Wednesday's shooting began, relatives of soldiers waited anxiously for news about their loved ones.
"The last two hours have been the most nerve-wracking I've ever felt," said Tayra DeHart, 33, who had earlier heard from her husband that he was safe but was waiting to hear from him again.
Brooke Conover, whose husband was on base at the time of the shooting, said she found out about it while checking Facebook. She immediately called her husband, Staff Sgt. Sean Conover.
"I just want him to come home," Conover said.
President Barack Obama vowed that investigators would get to the bottom of the shooting.
In a hastily arranged statement in Chicago, Obama reflected on the sacrifices that troops stationed at Fort Hood have made — including enduring multiple tours to Iraq and Afghanistan.
"They serve with valor. They serve with distinction, and when they're at their home base, they need to feel safe," Obama said. "We don't yet know what happened tonight, but obviously that sense of safety has been broken once again."
The president spoke in the same room of a steakhouse where he had just met with about 25 donors at a previously scheduled fundraiser for the Democratic National Committee.
The November 2009 attack happened inside a crowded building where soldiers were waiting to get vaccines and routine paperwork after recently returning from deployments or preparing to go to Afghanistan and Iraq.
Army psychiatrist Nidal Hasan was convicted and sentenced to death last year in that mass shooting. He said he acted to protect Islamic insurgents abroad from American aggression.
According to testimony during Hasan's trial last August, Hasan walked inside carrying two weapons and several loaded magazines, shouted "Allahu Akbar!" — Arabic for "God is great!" — and opened fire with a handgun.
The rampage ended when Hasan was shot in the back by Fort Hood police officers. He was paralyzed from the waist down and is now on death row at the military prison at Fort Leavenworth in Kansas.
After that shooting, the military tightened security at bases nationwide. Those measures included issuing security personnel long-barreled weapons, adding an insider-attack scenario to their training and strengthening ties to local law enforcement. The military also joined an FBI intelligence-sharing program aimed at identifying terror threats.
In September, a former Navy man opened fire at the Washington Navy Yard, leaving 13 people dead, including the gunman. After that shooting, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel ordered the Pentagon to review security at all U.S. defense installations worldwide and examine the granting of security clearances that allow access to them.
Asked Wednesday about security improvements in the wake of the shootings, Hagel said, "Obviously when we have these kinds of tragedies on our bases, something's not working."
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Carey Price won't be a name that the American hockey fans will forget any time soon. The Canadian goalie had an epic night for the Canadians and led the team to victory with a 1-0 final score. The final buzzer offered a huge celebration in Canada as the Olympic hockey team will advance to the Olympic hockey gold medal round in Sochi. According to the New York Daily News on Friday the team was led by Canadian goalie Carey Prince to win.
Carey Price had 31 saves and could have been described as a brick wall. The goalie didn't let one puck pass by him the entire game, but the USA players definitely tried to score again and again. The denying of every shot seemed to escalate the speed of the game was fast paced and intense.
Canada's goalie Carey Price might join the ranks of one of the best goalies in the Olympics ever, but he isn't bragging yet. The Canadians have one more game to play before knowing they will be receiving the gold or silver medals. If the Olympic women hockey team win is any indication of how Canada is doing in the Olympics, expect to see the team pick up gold. It wouldn't be surprising if Canada grabs the gold at the podium in Sochi.

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Perry will debut the video for her hit on 'MTV First: Katy Perry' on Wednesday, March 21, at 7:23 p.m. ET on MTV.
By John Mitchell
Katy Perry in her "Part of Me" video
Photo: Capitol
Katy Perry's 2011 was huge, and 2012 is shaping up to be even bigger with the March 26 release of Teenage Dream: The Complete Confection and a new album in the works.
We're just days away from "MTV First: Katy Perry," when the pop star will debut her video for 53rd Grammy Awards as one of the top nominees. Her Teenage Dream was up for Album of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Album, and the tracks "Teenage Dream" and "California Gurls" were nominated for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance and Best Pop Collaboration, respectively. She also hit the stage to perform a medley of her Dream tracks "Not Like the Movies" and "Teenage Dream." During "Movies," Perry floated over the audience while footage from her lavish wedding ceremony in India to Russell Brand played on a screen behind her.
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I recently fulfilled a long standing desire to own one of these iconic cartridges and have decided to tell you all about it
Much has been written about the bizarre design of the 'Positive Scanning' system, a unique varient of the moving iron principle:
The design of the Full Frequency Stereo Sound (ffss) cartridge uses two pairs of magnets and three coils. One magnet for the pole pieces of the two 'vertical' coils, and there are magnets placed left and right of the single lateral coil for generating the lateral movement of the armature.
For the lateral movement the pole pieces of the horizontal magnets were placed left and right of the tiny piece of iron to which end the diamond tip was connected.
The iron was placed inside the lateral coil. So the system becomes a motor. This coil was placed right above the magnet poles.
The practical upshot of this is that the stylus pokes out of the bottom of the cartridge by less than 2mm which means your records better be pretty flat! The advantage is that because the motor system is literally just above the stylus, no losses are suffered because of a long cantilever or a soft rubber pivot point. This makes for the startling dynamics and a very immediate, upfront presentation that Deccas are renowned for.
The modern interpretation still employs the famous 'Tin Can' construction on the bottom 3 models in the current range. The top 2 models have CNC machined alloy bodies but are significantly more expensive. My cart is the middle of the range £699 London Super Gold, the top model with the tin can body. It has been refined somewhat along the way from the 1950's , this particular version is filled with beeswax to damp the tin body and sports an extended line contact stylus tracking at a lightweight (by Decca standards) 1.8 grams. It still has the original 3 metal contact mount on the back for mating up with Decca International tonearms, so users of conventional 1/2" mounting headshells can use either a red plastic adaptor bracket or stump up another £100 for a 'Deccapod', an aluminium clamp system for mounting to regular headshells. There is some controversy about how much better the Deccapod is than the plastic bracket though, mainly because of the amount of energy Deccas put into a tonearm. With effectively no damping and very low compliance, a medium to heavy weight arm with very tight bearing tolerances and preferably with some fluid damping is required. Damped unipivots are the weapon of choice but quality gimbal arms can play too. Those with knife edge bearings probably should look elsewhere! It is felt that the plastic bracket adds an extra degree of damping which can be beneficial to the sound. Most likely your mileage will vary depending on what arm you are using, so experimentation is called for in this area.
OK, so enough talk. I found a nice low mileage example at Emporium Audio, less than a year old and not many LP sides under it's stylus for £450. Cash swapped sweaty palms and a few days later it arrived. After a less fiddly than expected installation, I settled down for a listen.
My immediate impression was that it didn't sound much different from my AT-32E!
I let it play for a while as I had read they sometimes needed some running in after being stored for a while. Sure enough, by the end of the first album side things were starting to happen. After the third side the little tin can was on full song
So does it live up to the hype? In spades. It has a wide though not too deep soundstage and great resolution of detail. Dynamics are it's forte though, on Rock music drums and guitar power chords almost assault you with visceral impact. Voices are stunningly real and vocals that are a bit back in the mix are much easier to follow than on any other cartridge I have ever heard. The cartridge manages a chameleon act as well though, spinning some Melody Gardot and Tom Waites showed that it can reign in it's violent tendencies and deliver the laid back grooves with delicacy and aplomb. It does like a good recording though, any inadequacy in the source material is mercilessly exposed and this can make some albums somewhat less enjoyable. I have some 80's albums with a bright, thin production that really is too much when 'Deccafied'. But feed it balanced, well produced recordings and it will bring a smile to your face that few other transducers will manage.
It's not going to be for everyone. And even if it is for you, it probably wont be your only cartridge because of the painful way it will treat some of your LP's. It needs careful setting up, it's expensive and fragile. But like most primadonnas, when it's on song it will make you weak with joy.
Everyone should have one at least once


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Long Point Bird Observatory
Founded in 1960, Long Point Bird Observatory (LPBO) was the first organization of its type in North America. As a non-profit, research and monitoring station, LPBO is committed to involving Canadians in research directed at the conservation of wild birds and their habitats. Our programs at Long Point are focused on local breeding and migratory birds. We have a special interest in promoting the participation of amateurs and volunteers in our research. We believe that many people working together can accomplish a great deal more than could a few professionals working alone.
Our Mission
From its inception, LPBO has recognized that amateur naturalists working together can contribute meaningful scientific data to biological research. LPBO has been at the forefront of developing, coordinating and sponsoring a variety of volunteer based projects.
- Undertakes and promotes bird monitoring programs at Long Point, using volunteers to the maximum practical extent
- Undertakes and publishes the results of studies of wild birds and their habitats
- Maintains high scientific and professional standards in all its activities
- Works constructively with those whose activities impinge upon the conservation of wild birds and their habitats
- Co-operates with others engaged in relevant research
- Engages in educational activities related to the work of the Observatory
- Makes the facilities of the Observatory available to those engaged in appropriate natural history activities at Long Point


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Houston LB Sammy Brown Named National Defensive Player of the Week
Nov. 20, 2011
Houston senior linebacker Sammy Brown was named the Walter Camp Football Foundation National Defensive Player of the Week on Sunday. Brown led Houston with 10 tackles in a 37-7 victory over SMU, which included 4.5 tackles for loss and three sacks.
Brown has been the country's leader in tackles for loss most of 2011 and currently has 26 total stops behind the line of scrimmage. His three sacks on Saturday pushed his season total to 12.5, which is No. 2 nationally.
His 26 TFL's is tied for the UH single-season record with Wayne Rogers (2000) and his 12.5 sacks is just behind the 14.0 accumulated by Phillip Hunt in 2008.
Despite playing in just his second season Brown has 46 career tackles for loss, which is already No. 4 in school history. His 20 career sacks are eighth all-time at Houston.
Brown is the third C-USA player to earn National Defensive Player of the Week honors this season. The FWAA Bronko Nagurski Defensive Player of the Week Award was given to SMU junior LB Ja'Gared Davis on Sept. 13 and to Marshall senior DE Vinny Curry on Oct. 18.
Brown and the seventh-ranked Cougars return to action on Friday at Tulsa. The winner of that contest will claim the Conference USA West Division title and host the 2011 Conference USA Championship Game on Saturday, December 3.
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OAKLAND, CALIF. - The New Orleans Saints' season-opening showdown with the Green Bay Packers is only 10 days away, and the Saints look like they are half-ready. The offense is good to go. The defense ... not so much.
Both clubs might want to consider making their punters inactive. A shootout appears inevitable.
First, the half-full glass of good news.
Drew Brees and the offense showed they are in midseason form. They probably could have just re-routed their charter flight to Cheese Country and taken the next week and a half off. They're as ready as they're going to be for live bullets.
Brees was razor sharp. He completed 15 of 23 passes for 189 yards and directed scoring drives of 80, 80 and 63 yards in his only three possessions.
Moreover, the production and execution didn't decline when backup Chase Daniel entered the game. Daniel completed nine of 18 passes for 191 yards and two touchdowns in his best preseason performance by far.
The offensive line allowed only one harmless sack in 43 combined attempts and cleared wide swaths in the Raiders' front seven for several critical short-yardage conversions.
Tight end Jimmy Graham served notice that he is a Pro Bowler in the making. He had five catches for 73 yards in just more than two quarters of work.
And Joique Bell made a Chris Ivory-like preseason statement. His 142 yards of total offense were a game high and showed why the Saints so confidently released Lynell Hamilton earlier in camp. The kid can play.
The defense, on the other hand, could use some work.
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"I was pleased with the effort, and I was pleased with the energy," Saints Coach Sean Payton said of his defense.
He didn't say anything about the other "e": execution.
While Payton praised the defense for its improved effort there was plenty of fodder for coordinator Gregg Williams to address in film sessions this week. The Saints weren't as bad as they were a week earlier in Houston, but there still were troubling signs. Missed tackles. Gaping holes in the line. Pass rushers incapable of defeating one-on-one blocks.
Yes, the Saints played conservatively. Yes, they rarely blitzed or stunted. And, yes, they played without Roman Harper and Aubrayo Franklin.
But this is the Raiders we're talking about. And Oakland was ahead 20-17 midway through the third quarter. The Saints' defense proved to have superior third- and fourth-teamers, but that's about all.
The Raiders entered the game having scored one touchdown in 18 preseason series and were so desperate for quarterback help they invested a third-round pick in the supplemental draft for Terrelle Pryor.
The Raiders haven't had a winning season in almost a decade and it would be a major upset if they recorded one this year. Clearly, they aren't the Houston Texans offensively.A Raiders' offense that had scored only one touchdown in its first two exhibition games scored two touchdowns and a field goal in its first three series.
Three Oakland quarterbacks combined to complete 23 of 34 passes for 253 yards. Raider runners averaged 5.3 yards a carry. If retreads such as Jason Campbell, Kyle Boller and Trent Edwards can put up those kinds of numbers, it's scary to think what the Packers' Aaron Rodgers might do.
The Saints' cornerbacks can expect to see a steady diet of bubble screens until they prove they can make an open-field tackle in the flat. This is a particularly disturbing sign, considering the Packers boast some of the best run-after-catch receivers in football.
"Missed tackles, that part did bother me a little bit, especially in that first series," linebacker Jon Vilma said. "Green Bay is such a good team and they have so many weapons we're going to have to get ready for."
The good news is the Saints still have time to get their act together. Their California camp is behind them. After Tuesday's cuts, they'll be able to hone their practice reps and start to transition from camp to regular-season mode.
They have 10 days to get it right. The clock is ticking.
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HONOLULU - Sophomore Emily Clements led all players with 12 kills, Ali Daley added a double-double with 11 kills and 13 digs and junior Nellie Spicer posted a career-high eight kills with 38 assists and seven digs, as the fifth-ranked Bruins defeated #16 Hawai'i in three games, 31-29, 30-18, 30-16, to win the Hawaiian Airlines Wahine Volleyball Classic on Monday in Honolulu.
Senior Rachell Johnson also had double figures in kills with 10 for the Bruins (4-1), with junior Kaitlin Sather adding nine. Junior Jade Machado tied for the team lead in digs with 13, while UCLA had 10.5 blocks as a team.
The Bruins got off to a quick start in game one, jumping out to leads of 5-1 and 8-2. UCLA kept its lead at five at 15-10 when Hawai'i (3-3) went on a 6-4 run to cut its deficit to 19-16. But two straight points by the Bruins on an attack error and a kill by Sather brought the lead back up to five at 21-16, prompting a Rainbow Wahine timeout.
The Bruins still had a 25-21 advantage until three straight by Hawai'i made it a 25-24 game, as UCLA called its first timeout. Kills by Daley and Johnson got the lead back up to three, but another three-point run by the Rainbow Wahine evened things at 27, as the Bruins called another timeout.
A Johnson kill gave UCLA the lead at 28-27, but a Daley service error tied things up again. The Bruins jumped back in front when Hawai'i was called for a ball handling error, but a kill by Tara Hittle again evened the game. A Sather kill gave the Bruins their second game point at 30-29 and this time they capitalized on it, as Sather spiked home the game winner to give the Bruins a 31-29 victory.
After a close start to game two, the Bruins broke things open, thanks to a .455 hitting attack. With Hawai'i leading 3-2, the Bruins scored four in a row on two kills by Spicer and two Rainbow Wahine attack errors to take a 6-3 lead. Up 9-6, UCLA went on its biggest run of the match, scoring six in a row and nine of 10. Clements had five kills during the run to put the Bruins up 18-7. Hawai'i could get no closer than eight the rest of the way before eventually falling 30-18.
Hawai'i could not find its hitting stroke in the third, hitting in the negative, as UCLA rolled to its largest margin of victory in a game so far this season. The Rainbow Wahine's largest lead in game three was 2-1, at which point the Bruins scored three in a row and never trailed the rest of the way. Up 7-5, a four-point streak gave the Bruins an 11-5 lead. Hawai'i got a sideout on the next ball, but a run of five in a row for UCLA upped its lead to 16-6. Sather totaled three kills during the 9-1 spurt.
The Rainbow Wahine trimmed the deficit to seven at 20-13 with a 7-4 run, but could get no closer. With UCLA leading 22-14, it went on a 6-0 run to take a commanding 28-14 lead. The teams traded the final four points of the game to give the Bruins a 30-16 victory.
Hittle led the Rainbow Wahine with 11 kills, while Aneli Cubi-Otineru added 10, as Hawai'i hit just .083 for the match.
The Bruins return to the court and make their 2007 Southern California debut next weekend at the UC Irvine/Nike Invitational. UCLA will face the host Anteaters on Friday at 7 p.m., with that match broadcast live on UCLABruins.com with Darren Preston at the call. On Saturday, the Bruins take on William and Mary at 11 a.m. and Southern Mississippi at 5 p.m. Gametracker will be available for all matches at UCI's website, ucirvinesports.com.


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Dean Hopper
Lead singer for the Hoppers.
Solo Discography
1988 Solo But Never Alone (Homeland Records/HC8815): Best Of Both Worlds; You Are My Son; Twenty Twenty Vision; Highway Home; A New Song To Sing; Gospel Music On My Radio; In Heaven; Mountain Climber; It's In The Book; Crucifixion Day.


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Morning Circle
Bring a variety of different types of flowers, or photos of flowers, to the circle. Ask the children if they recognize or can name any of the flowers. Point out each flower, say its name, and give some basic information about it. Let the kids know which one is your favorite and ask each of them which one they like the best. Let the children smell the flowers, or bring in some floral scents. Talk about the three things flowers need to grow - 1. sun, 2. water, and 3. soil.
Learning Activities
1. Make a paper plate sunflower or daisy.
2. Plant some flowers.
3. Press or dry flowers.
4. Carnation Coloring - buy some white carnations and put them in clear vases or containers. Add a little food coloring and watch as the flowers soak up the water and turn color.
5. Make a flower mobile.
6. Scrap Paper Flowers
7. Handprint Lillies
Imaginative/Dramatic Play
1. Flower Shop/Florist
2. Planting a garden
3. Pretend to be a flower.
Music & Movement
1. Ring O'Round the Roses
Sunflower House by Eve Bunting
Planting a Rainbow by Lois Ehlert
The Tiny Seed by Eric Carle
Jack's Garden by Henry Cole
From Seed to Plant by Gail Gibbons
Meals/Snack Ideas
1. Sunflower seeds
2. Honeysuckle
3. Cooking with floral herbs
4. Use flower cookie cutters to make cookies or finger sandwiches
Outside Play/Games
1. Seed, Seed, Sprout (played like Duck, Duck, Goose)
Movie Time
1. Barbie's Fairytopia
2. Elmo's World - Flowers, Bananas & More
3. Maggie and the Ferocious Beast - Rain Showers and Spring Flowers
Field Trip Tips
1. Visit a garden
- Denver Botanic Gardens (Denver, CO)
- The Hudson Gardens (Littleton, CO)
- Tagawa Gardens (Centennial, CO)
2. Visit a nursery
- Paulino Gardens (Denver, CO)
- Dardanos Flowerland (Denver, CO)
- Center Greenhouse (Denver, CO)
- Echter's (Arvada, CO)
3. Help a local church, school or neighborhood with their community garden
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Platt on Kin Shop and Bar Basque; Do Restaurant Health Grades Matter?
Plus: the Robs chat with chef Sara Jenkins, and the week's expected restaurant openings, all in this week's 'New York.'
Adam Platt drops a twofer in this week's New York, stopping first into Harold Dieterle's Thai venture, Kin Shop, where our critic enjoys "a proper curry-fueled feast that promotes a sense of well-being and general bonhomie." Next up is Bar Basque, where restaurateur Jeffrey Chodorow's "fondness for Disney-style grandeur and theatrical display" is apparent in the futuristic décor; however, the "tightly focused" and "surprisingly well-executed" Spanish menu makes up for that. Both spots earn two stars.
Meanwhile, the Robs check in with chef Sara Jenkins, who talks about her upcoming pasta restaurant, Porsena, her childhood in Italy, and the enduring popularity of Italian food. The duo also chronicles this week's expected openings, including Edi & the Wolf, the downtown place from Seasonal co-chefs Eduard Frauneder and Wolfgang Ban. Grub Street's own Daniel Maurer pens a think piece on the meaning (or lack thereof) of restaurant health grades. And if a purple salad sounds like the cure for creeping winter blues, here's how to make one with redbor kale.


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I am doing a lot of thinking lately about what it means to be Catholic.
Mostly because some have commented my columns were not "Catholic" enough; that I wrote about things you could read elsewhere.
Well, I would like your opinion, as well as your consideration of what you believe it means to be Catholic.
To begin this thought experiment, I went through all my columns over the last few years to see what I have written about.
I have written about why it's important to care for and respect our aging parents when it's not easy to do so.
I have written about how we need to love and appreciate the mentally ill and do all we can to help them out of their nightmarish prisons of their minds.
One of my frequents odes has been to the value of aging, and how we can learn so much from our elders; in fact we should look forward to growing old. And even looking old. This, when society and media are obsessed with the vanity of youth and have an almost compulsive need to rid the world of any reminders of our mortality, as if we will never die.
I have written about the dangers of a fame-obsessed world and how we "everyday mortals" are lucky not to be famous. Because we know the importance of humility, the lifesaving value of accountability to others and we realize that the star in our lives should be the light of Christ, not some "American Idols."
And in just about every column, I have in some way talked about how we need to appreciate our flaws, our vulnerabilities and our weaknesses as a constant reminder of our need to reach out to others and to God for help and love — not the "religion of success."
I have not gone out of my way to remind readers of the very applicable biblical references for all the topics I write about because I feel shoving rules and commandments down someone's throat can get in the way of the power of a simple story or anecdote. I was taking another very good storyteller's lead on that, namely Jesus Christ.
Since the word "Catholic" itself actually means "universal," I thought these everyday topics of people everywhere were important.
But what was most important for me was to discuss how we as Catholics had the responsibility and opportunity to solve problems in a Catholic way, as opposed to an insensitive and self-serving worldly way.
And I believed it was OK to veer out of the hallowed halls of my local church to do so.
But I am human. I can be wrong. Tell me if I am. Tell me what you believe it means to be "Catholic." But also please tell me if I am right and if the topics I have been talking about have been "Catholic" enough for you.
I absolutely cannot write about these ideas anywhere else in the secular media. They flat out refuse to publish them.
Catholic is Universal. Catholic is Christianity, the faithful followers of Christ, who taught us to be His hands in this world; to Love God above all; and Love our neighbors as ourselves.
It near fails to surprise me how narrow minded people can be. Maybe you should just randomly insert "Jesus," "Holy Ghost," and "God" in your next article. I believe if they truly read your articles they would see that you can discuss religion and God without constantly using the words.
To me being Catholic is the drive of my life. I have gotten to know God through hard times when everything around me seemed meaningless. I have searched for the truth, have questioned the truth, and I have founded it in the Catholic Church. It took 40 years of my life to find the real meaning of being Catholic and have found peace because I know now what the purpose of my existence is. But now I look around me, even in my own family and with close friends, and realize that we do not speak the "same language", they do not understand that the sacraments are more than just protocol, but the source of grace, strength, light, and the assurance of being loved from God, that is almost impossible to not to love Him back. I have come to understand that "dormant Catholics" need to be waken up with more authentic Catholic practices, like Pope Francis, Mother Theresa, St. Francis of Assisi did. "Go and spread the Word, if necessary speak" St. Francis of Assisi. And not with action of well intended Catholics who intend to do good, but are more judgmental than loving… and God is Love, so let's love more … and let Him judge.
I am a practicing Catholic. I love my faith. I think you do an awesome job of writing about things that are relevant. You make us think. You do not preach. I wouldn't read you if you did. I don't know who is saying your writing isn't "Catholic" enough, but they need to visit Pope Francis. Keep up the good work!!
I agree I believe his articles are "Very Catholic". There's a wonderful theme and message based on the characteristics of Faith, Hope and Love. This is what the People of the Catholic Church (not the building) should display to others – on a universal level. Jesus himself said, "The 2 greatest Commandments are these: "Love God above all else with all your heart, mind, strength and soul" Then he adds: "Love your neighbor as yourself." Expressing the importance of the dignity of human life from conception to natural death is One of the many things Catholics stand for. Always including the examples of Pope Francis, Mother Theresa and other saints are important for these people are the model and way all Christians should be that exemplify the Beatitudes. (Attitudes of being a true Christian) 🙂 Keep up the good work!
The notion that Mr. Benguhe's columns are not "Catholic" enough is upsetting to me as an active Catholic and avid fan of his writing. However, it's more upsetting, heartbreaking, actually, that he "cannot write about these ideas anywhere else in the secular media. They flat out refuse to publish them." Mr. Benguhe offers a perspective that I don't find elsewhere, and reading his column is something I look forward to with each edition of the Catholic Sun. The struggles Mr. Benguhe shares about caring for his mother, the need for us to act with love towards the most vulnerable of our society and the reminder that we can triumph over tragedy are most definitely "Catholic" notions. Those and the other insights he provides directly reflect my faith, and I hope that I will continue to have the opportunity to read and consider his faith-filled thoughts in future editions of the Catholic Sun. If I can't read him here, then where?
Given that much orthodox Catholic writing is dull, didactic, and lacking in any persuasive qualities, it's understandable that "some" might not appreciate Mr. Benguhe's skills, intellectual depth, and broad appeal.
After all, do notions or insights like the following even sound "Catholic"? They read like a self-help book or, worse, writings by one with a less than reverent worldview:
"Let your religion be less of a theory and more of a love affair."
"If I can put one touch of rosy sunset into the life of any man or woman, I shall feel that I have worked with God."
"The Catholic Church is like a thick steak, a glass of red wine, and a good cigar."
Oops. Although those pithy-isms read like something Benguhe could have written, they were in fact penned by that well-known New Ager and virulent anti-Catholic . . . G.K. Chesterton.
Case closed.
Benguhe is heir to a wonderful tradition of witty, persuasive, well-read, and articulate Catholic apologists who don't write or appear the way "some" expect them to. Benguhe is a unique and powerful voice for The Sun. Don't lose him or make him change.
A final Chesterton quote is appropriate: "In matters of truth the fact that you don't want to publish something is, nine times out of ten, a proof that you ought to publish it."
I save Mr. Benguhe's column in The Catholic Sun to read last. His column gives me something special to contemplate and savor after having "digested" the rest of the newspaper. His articles are about the "stuff" of real life–universal issues which affect us all at one time or another during our life's journey. I love his insight as he reminds us that it is important to practice our Catholic faith daily and to reach out to others with God's love. Mr. Benguhe enriches my Catholic Faith. I am grateful for that and grateful that The Catholic Sun publishes his column. Please keep up the good work.
My connection to Chris Benguhe is that when I was struggling with a deep personal affliction in our family, I just happened to attend a day he was speaking at the Catholic Retreat in Scottsdale. The tools and hope I received was God's perfect timing. I am a Christian who was raised Catholic and have journeyed different Christian paths along the way. I attend a Nazarene church currently, but have been from Baptist to nondenominational to Lutheran, etc. My experience has been that when God wants to use a person to their maximum potential, they will not be limited by titles, or positions, or boundaries that are set by men. If we all would embrace the greater good of mankind, as Chris does, I believe God's mission of sending His love and healing wisdom into our world would be more fully accomplished.
I've read several Chris Benguhe essays and don't remember any of them being out of line with Catholic teachings.
My basic beef is the Oprah-ization of mainstream Catholic media. There is never a sense of urgency and Catholic news is reported as if everything is OK i.e. "The Pope washed feet," or "Jesus knew how to cook," or "The Pope won't wear red shoes".
As less than 20% of Catholics in America and less the 5% in Europe keep the Sacraments, Church clergy never seem at least a little concerned. When the Catholic Sun reports on 'immigration reform' (Which we do need) the writers are silent on the terror that the drug cartels spread on both sides of the border. When the Catholic Sun talks the forgiveness and tolerance we should provide to other cultures and religions, there's nothing but 'crickets' on the hundreds of thousands and even into the millions of Christians that are being slaughtered in Muslim and atheist countries.
I skim through the hard copy of the 'Sun' every month and skip through the online once a week or so but I'm a Catholic nerd and I read lots of stuff. I'm curious about specific comments being made regarding Benguhe's work but the Catholic Sun has always been very good at not making waves and staying under the radar.
The Orange Counry Register (southern CA) has a Monday 'Faith & Values' section that you can see about possible publishing opportunities. I enjoy it a lot because of the different bylines and religious backgrounds of the writers. On another note, I don't know if I'm a dormant Catholic, having been baptized as a baby, since I cast myself out due to my inability to believe the church's teachings and positions on a wide range of things, however I will say the new pope is inspiring and your column would be the teaser to get me to thinking again about whether I could ever be Catholic again. (Ah the world of social media connectivity, I found you through a friend's post). The more we as Christians and people of all faiths talk about caring and doing for the least among us the better. If this column is any indication you ought to keep up your writing.
If Chris Benguhe's writing does not reflect Catholic values, then I must need to be schooled again in what Catholicism truly is.
Your topics are timely and universal! Keep writing these great articles. They are thought provoking and plant the seeds of the teachings of Jesus in the hearts and souls of many.
I saw this post on the following blog. It's written by a Catholic mother who is asking what it means to be Catholic. I agree with it.
What Is a Catholic Mom?
Hello Ladies,
I have been putting off this question for a long time. I don't like it. If you are Catholic and a mother then you are a Catholic mom. But lately a friend of mine (not a mother) was asking me why I do things one way and not the way other Catholic mothers seem to. Do you need to go to church every Sunday as a family? Do you pray the rosary (or a decade) nightly? Do you work outside the home? Do you home school or send your child(ren) to Catholic schools? Do you wear long skirts? Cover your head in church? Obey your husband? Use cloth diapers? Carry your baby in a sling as opposed to using a stroller?
To be fair, my friend couldn't care less about diapers or strollers; but other moms DO care. And they WILL give their opinion.
Before I get derailed in the politics of motherhood I would like to make one thing perfectly clear: No matter our vocation, we are called to do it with great love. This includes motherhood. This includes working outside the home. This includes our studies. This includes our family life. In fact, it begins within our own family. To be precise – with the most vulnerable within our family: our children, our elderly, and our most vulnerable.
Perhaps the first question we should be asking is what does it mean to be a Catholic? After all, motherhood is one of many roles we are called to play. We do not start out as mothers and one day our children will leave our home. But God calls each and every one of us to follow Him.
The reason I am taking a step back from motherhood is that it is so all encompassing that sometimes it does not make the best starting point. As I said earlier, it's too easy to get derailed. Yes, the above questions are important. Yes, every mother needs to explore them. That is why it is so important to have a firm understanding of what you, as a Catholic and as a mother, bring to your home and to society.
The rules and the Spirit:
Okay, I already said that being a Catholic is more that following 'the rules'. In this context I'm talking about the outward trappings and not substance. Do I wear a long skirt? Do I have rosary beads hanging off my rear view mirror in my minivan? Do I make it to church every week with all of my children freshly scrubbed and in their Sunday best?
But there are other, more important rules; rules that are as unpopular as they are important.
Some people think that we don't need rules, that we are intelligent human beings who can handle the consequences to our actions. Fair enough. I am not the morality police. Nor do I want to be. But let's take a closer look, shall we?
Imagine driving a car in a town without any traffic laws. A car is not evil. The driver is probably not evil. But together it can make for a dangerous, even deadly combination. Now I have several friends who are firefighters and police officers. I can tell you that they have absolutely no sense of humor when it comes to running red lights, speeding through school zones and cross walks, drunk driving, or using a cell phone while driving. Does that make them fascist? Cruel? Eager to exploit their authority and hand out tickets? Possibly. Or maybe they're just sick of scraping innocent people off the street. Maybe they want to go to sleep without having nightmares. Maybe they are just, gasp, trying to protect us from our own stupid and thoughtless decisions.
Now let's look at the moral equivalent of a car wreck. Ever talk to a Catholic mother who is wondering when she should take her daughter to the doctor to be put on birth control? Twelve is too early but kids are having sex earlier these days… What if she's at a party and gets drunk? Is thirteen too early or too late? CRASH! How are these questions even possible?? But you can't get away from what is 'out there'. The problems of children raping children and drug and alcohol abuse have been featured on Oprah, Dear Abbey, and countless news stations.
And who is to blame? The television? The parents? The children themselves?
There are also other, smaller rules that we break every day and we don't think much about them until the consequences creep up on us. This is where I really appreciate speaking with priests because they have heard everything. People do not go to confession when they think that what they're doing isn't so bad. People go to confession with their regrets and their heartbreaks, desperately wanting to undo the past. No priest can ever say the specific sins he hears in a confessional but a priest can speak in generalities. Most frequent cause of divorce (for men): pornography. That's right. They begin to see women as sexual objects instead of people. This attitude spills over into their marriage and parenting. Biggest regret for women: allowing themselves to be seen or used as sexual objects and/or what they have done to "prove" that they are free from the shackles of their femininity. For children: what they have done to gain love or approval from their peers, including lying.
Somewhere along the line we have forgotten the critical point: each and every one of us is made in the image and likeness of God and is worthy of dignity. This means that I have been created to be more than a sexual or political object. I am more than a woman silently raising her children. I am more than my education, my paycheck, the fulfillment of my ambitions or what I contribute so society. And I firmly believe that this is where so many of us get it wrong. Our imaginations cannot encomapss the wonder of God so we wonder if God is even there. So we get it into our heads that our ambition is more important than God's will for us. We can't fathom God's love for us so we settle for what we can quantify. It is time to stop.
How can we teach our children that they have worth if we believe that our own worth is limited to our achievements or based on the approval of others? How can we help others if we are suffering from the consequences of breaking the rules ourselves?
Jesus is continually reminding us of our worth when He invites us to partake of His presence in the Body and Blood in the sacrament of the Eucharist. He continually reminds us of the dignity of others. He is constantly inviting us into a personal conversation with Him about how best to use our time, talent, and treasures. Why do we continually deny the dignity that God Himself instilled in us when we were conceived? Why do we deny it in others? We all want to live in a just world where we are respected and treated with dignity but we don't dare reach for it.
Every single Christian has been commissioned by Jesus to seek out and serve the most vulnerable of society. This service may include fixing food and keeping house. It may include changing the diapers of an infant or an infirm adult. This service will probably be unglamorous and frequently isolating. Do it anyway. This service might call an educated woman to work within the home or challenge an uneducated woman to further education. This will probably be frightening. Do it anyway.
We all know this. This is nothing new. Perhaps what I am trying to say is that Catholicism isn't merely a set of rules which must be obeyed. It is not a way of differentiating ourselves from others. It is an invitation by God to live more deeply in Him. It is joyful and adaptable. (Frankly, anything that has been around for over 2000 years and spans continents needs to be adaptable.) It has structure that is timeless and recognizable. It is a way of asking God "what do I do with my time, treasure and talents?" in a way that there is hope of hearing a personal answer instead of in formulaic response.
And for us Catholic mothers? It begins within our own homes, with our children, our elderly, and our most vulnerable. It begins before we are mothers and will continue after the overwhelming aspects of motherhood are over.
And through the grace of God the rest will fall into place from there.
May God continue to bless you!
Chris Benguhe's columns are about as Catholic as you can get – the elderly, the mentally handicapped et al, are some of the most neglected in our society and definitely whom Jesus was talking about when He told us "What you do for the least of my Brethren, you are doing for Me!". Chris writes about Catholicism in practice and reaching out in love through Jesus, which is something our new Pope would greatly appreciate and agree with! He's my favorite Catholic Sun columnist and I greatly miss his work when his columns are omitted!


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Intentionally breaking the bag of waters (called Artificial Rupture of the Membranes, or AROM, as pictured left) has been a feature of standard maternity care for decades. It is often the first intervention recommended to women once they arrive at the hospital in labor, partly because it was always thought to help speed things along. Not so, say researchers at Cochrane, who conduct what are called "systematic reviews" of the available literature on a subject. As the New York Times reports today, Cochrane surveyed 14 trials involving about 5,000 women and "found little evidence for any benefits." Dr. Rebecca Smyth, lead author of the study, told the Times: "We advise women whose labors are progressing normally to request their waters be left intact."


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Jack Mc Glynn
25 April, 2012
Enough of this walking nonsense
Are your boots working hard enough for you?!
Sure, they protect your feet from the elements, provide arch support and compliment a pair of skinny jeans like nobody's business. But have you ever felt something was missing from the equation?
Have you ever felt that something might be rockets?!!
What We Want: Rocket Boots!
So there you were, struggling to enjoy
Star Trek
V: The Final Frontier
but taking solace in the fact
had reached the pinnacle of cool. He was irrefutably the measure against which all future cool be judged.
Then he shows up in some Rocket Boots and punts that notion out the window!
Individual, technologically enhanced flight is a popular trope in most
science fiction
and for good reason. Let's face it; walking is life's great chore. And since Jetpacks have been popularised since the 1920's, notably in comics such as
The Rocketeer
and cult icons like
Bobba Fett
(yeah he's got a jet pack in there somewhere) the notion of strapping on a pair of rocket boots is a difficult fantasy to kick. Ha!
Manga Robot
Astro Boy
has been rocking the jet propulsion footwear since 1952 but the widespread, mainstream approval of the concept can probably be attributed to 2008's
Iron Man
Yes, alcoholic super-genius
Tony Stark
has been blithely quipping his way across the skies in graphic novels since the 60's, but it was only when €585m worth of people watched
rocket boot himself into the roof that the fantasy really gained a foothold. HA!
Rocket Boots, Jetpacks and miscellaneous levitation tech is appealing for obvious reasons. The ability to literally step into the skies and soar their majesty without the debilitating taint of effort is definitive daydream fodder.
Unfortunately, back in reality we have niggling issues like cost, atmosphere and that temperamental cow Gravity holding us back. Or more aptly, down.
Plus the fact eons of evolution have determined that Man is best left with his feet on terra firma tends to harsh the buzz somewhat...
What We Got: Jetpacks.... Sort of...
If Mark Millar's enlightening documentary '
Kick Ass
' has taught us anything, it's that Jetpacks exist and are available on EBay. And while a pinch of salt or six should be taken with this 'truth', there are indeed countless versions in production by private companies and enthusiastic D.I.Y.ers.
So rather than list them all, we'll examine the sordid history of the jetpackery, eventually splash landing upon its inevitable, aquatic conclusion.
In the later years of WWII, certain German engineers reckoned it was a good plan to strap twin Shmmdt pulse jet tubes to a pilot. And why wouldn't they?!
This essentially mirrored the Argus AS 014 pulse jet design that propelled the infamous Fieseler Fi 103 Flying Bomb. So, you know, what could possibly go wrong?
The modulating tube angled to the pilot's back provided lift and forward thrust, resulting in calculated 'jumps' of up to 60 meters at the relatively low altitudes of 15 metres or lower. The tubes actually consumed little fuel but the enterprise was obviously intended for engineers and support roles.
Ironic then that this project never got off the ground... HA! (Last one I swear)
Bell Jet Flying Belt
In 1965
contracted Bell Aerosystems to get cracking on an honest to god jetpack. The resulting WR19 Jet Belt boasted a rated thrust of 1910 newtons and weighed 31 kilos. Its first free flight occurred at Niagara Falls Municipal Airport on April 7th 1969 and flew for about 100metres at an altitude of about 7 and reached speeds of 45km/h.
I don't see
Tony Stark
quaking in his rocket-boots over that. Neither did
sadly, and the project was scrapped soon after due to the belts weight and potential threats to the pilot.
Still pretty nifty though.
NASA's Manned Maneuvering Unit
premiered its
in the 80s, a rocket propelled pack enabling astronauts to essentially function as their own spacecraft. Via high-pressure nitrogen discharged through an array of 24 nozzles, the MMU was propelled about its operational area just outside spacecraft and stations. Unfortunately, the curse of the jet-pack persisted and the system was retired before the decade's end.
, though technically a cheater (no gravity, no kudos!) is considered the only jetpack constructed of any practical importance. Obviously, whoever spoke such blasphemy never got a load of this...
Zapata Flyboard AKA
The Dolphin Jetpack!!!
Finally, we're getting somewhere!
Previously known for winning jet-ski races,
Franky Zapata
began production on the Flyboard last year (with the aid of his development company, naturally).
Building on schematics that simply MUST have been inspired by Iron Man in some way, shape or form, the Flyboard features underfoot propulsion and dual hand stabilizers.
This PWC obviously employs jets of seawater rather than pressurised gas, evidenced by the metres long water pump which remains submerged throughout flight. For this reason we don't suggest attempting to use the Dolphin Jetpack in mountainous terrain.
Mainly because it won't work.
With a cost of approx €6000, a hovering height of almost 10 metres, the ability to speed through the air, submerge yourself underwater and execute acrobatic flips, Zapata's Flyboard might actually be the first viable jet-packing experience.
Especially when the terms of said success are almost exclusively defined by
looking cool!
Coz god knows that was the case for Spock!
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Past Forum Meetings
The best way to learn how the Advanced Manufacturing Forum contributes to the mission of CMTOC is to peruse the content of the meetings of the forum. We present here the theme of each forum meeting and the titles of the four presentations at each meeting.
All available Executive summaries are listed below.
Past Advanced Manufacturing Forum Meetings
Forum 75 (March 2014): The Journey to Lean and Green Manufacturing. Presentations by Campbell Soup Company, Harris Products Group, Johnson & Johnson, La-Z-Boy
Forum 74 (November 2014): The Journey to Lean and Green Manufacturing. Presentations by MetCam, Inc., SKF USA, Caterpillar Remanufacturing Services, Virtual Marking Systems.
Forum 73 (April 2013): The Journey to Lean and Green Manufacturing. Presentations by E. I. DuPont de Nemours & Co, Columbia Manufacturing, Inc., Ford Motor Company, Samsung Electronics North America.
Forum 72 (October 2012): The Journey to Lean and Green Manufacturing. Presentations by OMNOVA Solutions, Ball Corporation, Toyota Motor Manufacturing, CertainTeed and Saint-Gobain.
Forum 71 (March 2012): The Journey to Lean and Green Manufacturing. Presentations by OSI Industries, Cessna Aircraft Co., Wal-Mart, and Xerox Corporation.
Forum 70 (October 2011): Best Practices in Lean and Sustainable Manufacturing. Presentations by Shearer's Foods, Pfizer, American Axle and Manufacturing, and SKF USA.
Forum 69 (March 2011): The Journey to Lean and Green Manufacturing. Presentations by TOTO USA, Mohawk Industries, General Cable, and IEC Electronics.
Forum 68 (September/October 2010): The Journey to Lean and Green Manufacturing. Presentations by Frito-Lay (a Division of PepsiCo), Eaton Corporation, E-Z-GO (a Textron Company), Philips Respironics.
Forum 67 (April 2010): The Journey to Lean: From Base Camp to Summit. Presentations by Kahiki Foods, Subaru of Indiana Automotive, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Tobyhanna Army Depot.
Forum 66 (October 2009): The Journey to Lean. Presentations by Herman Miller, United Technologies, Greatbatch Medical, Pittsburgh Glass Works (PGW).
Forum 65 (March 2009): Lean Manufacturing and the Environment. Presentations by Eastman Kodak Company, Metalworks, Minitab, Baxter Healthcare Corporation.
Forum 64 (October 2008): Journey to Lean: From Base Camp to Summit. Presentations by Blue Bird North Georgia, DuPont, Sara Lee Foods, Kennametal.
Forum 63 (April 2008): Lean Manufacturing and Remanufacturing: The Journeys Continue... Presentations by Xerox, MEDRAD, Weir Minerals, Black & Decker.
Forum 62 (November 2007): Journey to Lean: Product Development, Planning Systems, Plant Operations. Presentations by Boeing, Medtronics, Poli-Film, Topflight.
Forum 61 (April 2007): Plant Operations and Employee Involvement. Presentations by Batesville Casket, PSU, Reiter Automotive, Schneider Electric.
Forum 60 (November 2006): The Journey to Lean: Plant Operations and Product Development. Presentations by Boston Scientific, Flinchbaugh Engineering, The HON Company, Thomas and Betts.
Forum 59 (March 2006): Lean Production and the Lean Office: Best Practices for Both. Presentations by Bridgestone Firestone, Dana Corp., EGS Electrical, General Cable.
Forum 58 (October 2006): The Journey to Lean Continues... Presentations by Absecon Mills, Pella Corp., Baxter Healthcare, Caterpillar.
Forum 57 (April 2006): Journey to Lean: From Base Camp to Summit. Presentations by ArvinMeritor, Kennametal, Rockwell, United Defense.
Forum 56 (November 2004): Innovation in Quality and Manufacturing Management: Lean Manufacturing. Presentations by Lockheed Martin, Gulfstream Aerospace, Kautex-Textron, JLG Industries.
Forum 55 (April 2004): Lean Initiatives in Product Design and Manufacturing. Presentations by Motorola, Xerox, Guelph Products, Dynamic Corp.
Forum 54 (Fall 2003): Innovation in Quality and Manufacturing Management: Lean Manufacturing. Presentations by BAE Systems Controls, Six Sigma Academy, Magnivision, Exide Technologies.
Forum 53 (Spring 2003): Managing the Development and Introduction of New Products and Manufacturing Processes. Presentations by Lutron Electronics, Black & Decker, Ford Motor Company.
Forum 52 (November 2002): Innovation in Quality and Manufacturing Management: Lean Manufacturing. Presentations by Toyota Manufacturing, Ford Motor Company, Dana Corporation, Veeder-Root.
Forum 51 (April 2002): Managing the Development and Introduction of New Products and Manufacturing Processes. Presentations by Xerox Corporation, Elumens Corporation, MDX SCIEX, and CNH.
Forum 50 (November 2001): Innovation in Quality and Manufacturing Management: Lessons from the Frontier. Presentations by Scroll Technologies, Continental Teves, BAE Systems Controls, Monarch Marketing Systems/Paxar Corporation.
Forum 49 (Spring 2001): Managing Product Development: Using Information Technology and Compensation Systems to Enhance Collaboration Across Organizational Boundaries . Presentations by American Axle and Manufacturing, IBM, Pitney-Bowes, Schneider Electric.
Forum 48 (Fall 2000): Innovation in Quality and Manufacturing Management: Lessons from the Frontier. Presentations by Foxboro Manufacturing Systems, JLG Industries, The New York Times, Visteon Automotive Systems.
Forum 47 (Spring 2000): Presentations by Daimler Chrysler, Eastman Kodak, Lockheed-Martin, Ingersoll-Rand.
Forum 46 (Fall 1999): Presentations by Sentry TechnologyCorporation, Dana Corporation, Moore Corporation, Daimler Chrysler.
Forum 45 (Spring 1999): Presentations by Detroit Diesel, Fore Systems, Ford Motor Company, U.S. Army/United Defense.
Forum 44 (October 1998): The Strategic Use of Computerized Production and Process Planning Systems. Presentations by CV Industries, Corning, Titleist and Foot-Joy World, Bennco (1,042 KB pdf).
Forum 43 (March 1998): Managing the Development and Introduction of New Products. Presentations by Motorola, AMP, Motor Coach Industries, Sparton Electronics (570 KB pdf).
Forum 42 (October 1997): Competitive Strategy and Manufacturing Management. Presentations by Freudenberg-NOK, Penn Engineering and Manufacturing, Gelman Sciences (595 KB pdf).
Forum 41 (February 1997): Managing the Development and Introduction of New Products and Manufacturing Processes. Presentations by Caterpillar, Lexmark, QMS, Symbol Technologies.
Forum 40 (Fall 1996): Presentations by Air Products & Chemicals, Armstrong World Industries, Corning, Bell South, Converting.
Forum 39 (June 1996): Human Resource Management. Presentations by TRW Vehicle Safety Systems, AT&T, Siemens, Dayton Parts, PSU (484 KB pdf).
Forum 38 (February 1996): Product Management and Organization Design. Presentations by United Technologies, General Dynamics, Abbott Laboratories, Reliance Electric, Jervis B. Webb Co., Boeing, PSU (860 KB pdf).
Forum 37 (October 1995): Competitive Strategy and Performance Measurement. Presentations by Lutron Electronics, OSRAM Sylvania, DuPont, The Wiremold Company, Center Manufacturing (1,414 KB pdf). Note: F36 and F37 are a combined summary.
Forum 36 (June 1995): Human Resource Management. Presentations by USCO Xerox Quality Services, Chrysler, Bath Iron Works, Remmele Engineering, Timken (1,414 kB pdf). Note: F36 and F37 are a combined summary.
Forum 35 (February 1995): Matching Product Development Practices to Product Life Cycle (Northrop-Grumman), Developing Regional Variations of a Successful New Product from a Common Platform (Eastman Kodak), Working Together : The 777 Design-Build Team Experience (Boeing), Product Development Team Effectiveness Study: Findings and Managerial Implications (PSU), Human Resource Policies and Practices that Facilitate New Product Development Success (Caterpillar) (693 KB pdf).
Forum 34 (October 1994): Attacking Working Capital: The Key to Cash-Flow Enhancement (American Standard), Neon Manufacturing -- People, Process, and Customer Focus (Chrysler Corp.), Strategic Targets for Cost Cutting and Revenue Growth (Allied Signal), Agility as a Source of Competitive Advantage When Customer Variety and Market Uncertainty are High (Eaton Corp.), Benchmarking: A Strategic Tool (DuPont) (1,731 KB pdf).
Forum 33 (June 1994): Managing Human Resources for Business Success (Eastman Kodak Chemical), Has Corporate America Forgotten the "F" Word? (Ericsson-General Electric Co.), Apprenticeship Payoffs: Skill Development and Productivity (Stihl), The Role of Mutual Trust in Effective Downsizing Strategies (PSU), Developing a Computerized System for Tracking Job Skills (AMP, Inc.) (832 KB pdf).
Forum 32 (February 1994): TQM Improved Productivity and Quality of Manufacturing (Textron Marine Systems), Using Cross-Functional Teams to Cut Software Development Time (Modicon), Use of Kaizen Teams to Solve "Fit" Problems Between Complex Product Parts (Sikorsky Helicopter), Winning the Race to Develop a Super Efficient and "Ozone Friendly" Refrigerator (Whirlpool), Product Development Team Effectiveness (PSU) (1,228 KB pdf).
Forum 31 (November 1993): Managing Technology and Product Platforms across the Product Life Cycle (Eastman Kodak), The Research and Development and Technology Management Philosophy of the Fanuc Company (PSU), Customer-Focused Design: Designing for Ease of Installation and Maintenance (Johnson Controls), Conceiving and Designing Products for a Cost Conscious and Capital Constrained Market (DuPont Medical Products), Technology Choice: Linking Product Development to Core Competencies (EG&G) (619 KB pdf).
Forum 30 (June 1993): Prescription for Success: Empowerment and Profitability (Lincoln Electric), Training and Empowerment: An Indispensable Combination for Team Effectiveness (Corning), Training and Compensation Practices That Best Fit with JIT, TQM, and Advanced Manufacturing Technology (PSU), Managing Diversity: Challenge and Opportunity for the Twenty-First Century Corporation (Polaroid), Develop Critical Human Resources: Making In-House Training a Source of Competitive Advantage (Bell Helicopter) (902 KB pdf).
Forum 29 (February 1993): Best Practices for Time-Based New Product Commercialization (3M), Project Sherlock: Action Research in New Product Development Design (Hewlett-Packard), ISO 9000 Quality Standards: Prerequisites and Guidelines for Exporting to the European Community (American National Standards Institute), New Product and Process Developments in Pager Lines (Motorola), Concurrent Engineering Overview (Westinghouse Electric), Sources of New Product Development Capability (PSU) (876 KB).
Forum 28 (October 1992): Strategic Analysis of Opportunities to Improve Manufacturing Performance (ALCOA), Product Design Strategy in the Global Firm (Bell-Northern Research), Measuring Manufacturing Performance through Activity-Based Costing with Productivity Accounting (University of Buckingham), Tracking Product Life Cycle Performance (PSU), Strategic Technology Planning: Developing Roadmaps for Competitive Advantage (HRB Systems) (674 KB pdf).
Forum 27 (June 1992): Developing a World-Wide Corporate Culture (Whirlpool), Global Development of Human Resources (GE), Middle Management: A Strategic Target for Change through Leadership Development (Ford Motor Co.), Leadership Development: A Catalyst for Organizational Transformation (AMP Corp.), Developing and Managing an Empowered Work Force (Sara Lee) (656 KB pdf).
Forum 26 (February 1992): The Cadillac Quality Story (General Motors), The Total Quality Initiative at Commercial Nuclear Fuel Division (Westinghouse), Involving Customers and Suppliers in a Multifunctional Product Development Team (Ingersoll-Rand), How Japanese Companies Maximize Learning Within and Between Product Development Cycles (PSU), Managing the Introduction and Effective Use of Quality Function Deployment (Eastman Kodak) (734 KB pdf).
Forum 25 (October 1991): Organizing to Shorten the Development Time of Customized Products (IBM), Lead-Time Reduction as a Competitive Weapon (Thomasville Furniture), Cash-Flow Implications of Reduction in Inventory and Lead-Time (Westinghouse), Justifying and Tracking New Product Development Projects (PSU), Developing and Implementing a Strategic Technology Plan (DuPont) (663 KB pdf).
Forum 24 (June 1991): Training Managers for Six Sigma Quality and Developing High Performance Work Teams (Motorola), Designing a New Plant Using Sociotechnical Principles: An HP-OKI Joint Venture in Puerto Rico (Hewlett-Packard), A Joint Union-Management Program to Develop Problem-Solving Skills for Workers (Caterpillar), Job Design and Reward Systems to Complement the Introduction of Manufacturing Cells (Ingersoll-Rand), Developing the Sanctions Group: A Key to Success in Employee Empowerment Initiatives (General Motors) (518 KB pdf).
Forum 23 (February 1991): The Six Sigma Program at the Rochester Plant (IBM), Designing Products to Lower Manufacturing Costs and Improve Quality (Black & Decker), Designing Products for Manufacturability and Recyclability (ALCOA), Survey of Factors Related to New Product Development Success (PSU & Villanova University), The GM Product Program Management Process (General Motors) (696 KB pdf).
Forum 22 (October 1990): Reorganizing to Improve the New Product Development Process (Polaroid), Assessing Product Life Cycle Performance Using Cash Flow Techniques (Proctor & Gamble), Applying Activity-Based Cost Accounting (ALCOA), Market and Technological Change as Determinants of Productive Capacity Decisions (PSU), Computer Simulation as an Aid to Decision Making Over the Product Life Cycle (PSU), Using R&D for Competitive Advantage (Carrier) (968 KB pdf).
Forum 21 (June 1990): Workforce Development. Presentations by Corning-Asahi, Saturn Corp., Caterpillar, Systems Consulting Group, PSU (627 KB pdf).
Forum 20 (February 1990): Design for Manufacturability. Presentations by PSU, DuPont, Black & Decker, Westinghouse (760 KB pdf).
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Forum 17 (February 1989): Design for Manufacturability. Presentations by PSU, DuPont, McDonnell-Douglas, Eastman Kodak, Cleveland Pneumatic, Corning Glass Works (768 KB pdf).
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Wednesday, September 28, 2011
My Take on TOMS
This semester, I decided that in order to build up my credibility as a "fashion writer," I should write a fashion column for the University of Waterloo student newspaper, The Imprint. Little did the Imprint staff know, now that I'm the self-proclaimed fash-expert on campus, I am free to hurl gleeful insults at the plebes whose lack of fashion sense offends my visual sensibilities! Ok, not really. But my first article was about I think TOMS shoes are dreadfully ugly. Read on.
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Labels: horrible things, writing
Monday, September 26, 2011
Tiger Woods
Shameless for $5 and a subscription to Maisonneuve (which is hands down one of Canada's best magazines) for $20 and that is really all that matters in life right now. Plus, I got to hang out with the awesome ladies of Worn Fashion Journal and listen to a panel on "Diversity in Fashion Magazines" (necessary) and meet the coolest cat, my favourite writer-lady Chandler Levack! All this excitement was almost to much to handle! Better than a week long coke bender!
Oh yeah, clothes. I guess I decided to cover the top half of my body in light colours and dark colours on the bottom half. I'm not really partial to sports teams but the image of a shark biting a hockey stick clean in half over a backdrop visually screaming "ATTACK!" is enough to make me a San Jose Sharks fan for life.
Oh yeah, clothes. I guess I decided to cover the top half of my body in light colours and dark colours on the bottom half. I'm not really partial to sports teams but the image of a shark biting a hockey stick clean in half over a backdrop visually screaming "ATTACK!" is enough to make me a San Jose Sharks fan for life.
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Labels: field trip, magazines, outfits
Saturday, September 24, 2011
Soul Windows
For some odd reason, I decided it would be okay to dress up like a total colour freak last Wednesday. I thought I looked like a tumblr wet dream in my floral leggings, chunky 90s loafers and huge glasses frames but instead I ran into a friend who said "Isabel, you're wearing Christmas sweaters ALREADY??" Sorry dude. Yes, the sad truth is - Christmas sweaters are an inescapable fact of my life when the weather gets chilly.
I GOT 3RD PLACE IN THE WHOINSPIRESU VIDEO CONTEST AKA $500 buckeroos to print issue #2 of PLANT magazine with. Hurrah and my deepest thanks to everyone who voted!
Friday, September 16, 2011
Camp Suds
If I look suspiciously outdoorsy today, that's because I'm leaving the concrete to go camping with my friends this weekend. Goodbye cruel world! It's going to be freezing at night so layering is crucial; thermal socks, Michigan sweater, winter leggings and my toque's first appearance of the season!
A huge bear hug to everyone who has been voting for me in the WhoInspiresU video contest! Today is the last day to vote so if you want to read a fashion magazine with brains, get your vote in my midnight. It's been an amazing ride and I'm excited to see where it takes me!
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Thursday, September 15, 2011
Time of the Season
I ordered these Black Milk leggings in the mail halfway through the summer and finally got the chance to wear them on this freakishly chilly day. Tomorrow I might even have to wear gloves! All hail the return of Fall season!! This is kind of the pentultimate Fall outfit because it combines my "schoolgirl skank" style direction with lat year's mega-goth jams. The peter pan collar dress, creepers and skeleton leggings are sending off some seriously spooky Wednesday Addams vibes to scare off everyone in my 8:30am class.
VERY IMPORTANT NEWS: Tomorrow is the very last day to vote for my feminist fashion magazine idea in the WhoInspiresU video contest!! Creating PLANT magazine was probably the most gratifying thing I've done with my life so far and I want to be able to continue creating independent, feminist media for a very long time, so funding is necessary. If you've already voted, vote again! It's easy! Thank you so very much.
Monday, September 12, 2011
Cash for Ads
It's the last first day of back to school for me... ever! This is probably the first year EVER that I didn't have a cute back-to-school outfit planned out the night before, instead I just let the Rei Kawakubo goth jams wash over me this morning while I picked out this polka-dotted poet's blouse, mullet maxi skirt and creepers.
The skirt is a recent DIY of mine, I just picked out a plain black cotton maxi dress from the thrift store, cut it up, sewed the hem and voila! a whole new silhouette. We'll have to see if my last year of school has a whole new silhouette soon enough...
Also, this is the last week to vote for me every day in the WhoInspiresU video contest!! I'm fighting for my life here in the top three so every vote I get is absolutely crucial. If you love fashion, feminism and smartass critiques of pop culture than you would love PLANT magazine. Get in on it!
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Friday, September 09, 2011
99 Problems
I'm starting my final year of University on Monday and there is only ONE WEEK LEFT to vote for me in the WhoInspiresU video contest!! I'm only in third place right now and the voting is really tight so help me hold my spot in the top 3 by voting every day! I really want this feminist fashion magazine to happen and we need this cash to make it happen. Also, spread the word! Tell your momma, poppa, grandmomma to log on to the interwebs and vote for Isabel.
To all my new readers who found me via Style Rookie, I LOVE YOU ALL.
Thursday, September 01, 2011
Portrait of a Generation: The Love Parade Family Book
James' blog Swallow Glitter, and I knew just from the hilariously clueless images he posted that I just HAD TO BUY this book. It celebrate the glory days of The Love Parade in the mid-1990s, back when it was this crazy festival that happened every year in Germany, where freaks would descend to the city of Berlin en masse and just dress really weird, get stoned and dance to techno music. Sounds like fun!
PS - You voted for Isabel yet today? Giddy up 'n' get going!
PS - You voted for Isabel yet today? Giddy up 'n' get going!
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Sept. 19, 2005
Olson directed UCLA's offense in the Bruins' 41-24 win over No. 17/21 Oklahoma. He completed 28 of 38 passes (.737) for 314 yards and three touchdowns with no interceptions during UCLA's first win over a ranked opponent since October of 2003. Olson's 28 completions are tied for sixth on UCLA's single-game list and are the second-most of his career. He completed passes to 10 difference receivers. Olson was recognized by The Sporting News as the National Player of the Week and by the Pac-10 as the Conference's Offensive Player of the Week.
This is Olson's second UCLA/MET-Rx Student-Athlete of the Week honor of the season and of his career.
Also nominated: Jonathan Bornstein, M. Soccer; Ashley Caldwell, W. Cross Country; Iris Mora, W. Soccer; David Pietsch (M. Water Polo); Austin Ramos, M. Cross Country; Nellie Spicer, W. Volleyball.
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Pariah Movie Reviews
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