Will You Do Likewise?

Hmmmmm same in the UK, maybe we should change a few details and send to our so-called elected representatives....

John.

Now you are taking the ..............! Can you see blair taking responsibility for anything?

Next to Neville Chamberlain, Tony Blair is my favorite patooty-kisser, by George. (Personally, I think Blair would make a great, late-model American President. He and George have different faces only so we can tell them apart.)

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I'll plan to write.

BTW, the animation of the elliptical gears on the http://www.geocities.com/~rrice2/

site provides a really convincing optical illusion, at least for me. As you watch the gears move they appear to be tilting away and towards you, as if you were seeing round gears in perspective, rather than elliptical gears straight on.

Try it. I'd be interested in knowing if others see it the same way.

"elliptical gears on the http://www.geocities.com/~rrice2/"

I saw quite a few interesting things at that link, but didn't find the elliptical gears. Can you please be more specific?

Dick

The gear animation is here:

http://www.stirlingsouth.com/richard/develop/elipse.gif

Thanks. I see what you are saying - if you look right, it appears as tilting circular gears, rather than elliptical gears. Now is there a use for elliptical gears?

Can you provide the full email address? I tried the link, but just got to a login page.

Dick

I'll do my best. Regret posting bad link.

Based on the information you have presented I intend to write. I wonder though what has driven the Commissioner to reach his decision to close the school. I would suggest that he may wish to address this group. Could be enlightening for all of us.

If manufacturers are lamenting the loss of trained personnel, then why aren't these same manufacturers ensuring the continued survival of programs like this? Perhaps Mr. Egge should himself be writing these manufacturers directly for financial support?

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"If manufacturers are lamenting the loss of trained personnel, then why aren't these same manufacturers ensuring the continued survival of programs like this?"

They are more concerned with quarterly projections and bottom line profits to think about the future. If they aren't willing then it becomes necessary for others to step in.

"Perhaps Mr. Egge should himself be writing these manufacturers directly for financial support?"

Mr. Egge is taking any and all steps to do his part. Why not help him by doing YOUR part to help! If you aren't in the US then agitate your counterparts to get on the ball!

I'm still waiting for an email address so I can send mine...

Dick

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NOW IS THE TIME TO SEND YOUR MESSAGE!

Greeting all, Most all of the things you see on Stirlingsouth (www.stirlingsouth.com) and The Little Engine Pages (http://www.geocities.com/~rrice2/) were made at the DeKalb Technical College Machine Tool Technology program in Clarkston, Georgia. Unfortunately, the Machine Tool program is closing. WE NEED YOUR HELP!! America is losing its ability to manufacture. The following link will take you to a 2005 report by Deloitte and the National Association of Manufacturers and the Manufacturing Institute.http://www.deloitte.com/dtt/cda/doc/content/us_mfg_talent_management_1

Among the more frightening quotes from this study are "The vast majority of American Manufacturers are experiencing a serious shortage of qualified employees, which in turn is causing significant impact to business and the ability of the country as a whole to compete in a global economy." And this one: "Also worrisome is the finding that 90 percent of respondents indicated a moderate to severe shortage of qualified skilled production employees, including front-line workers, such as machinists, operators, craft workers, distributors, and technicians." And this link to a CNN report listing the five occupations with the most severe shortages:http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/Careers/02/08/cb.unpopular.jobs/index.html

Nurses are listed as number one and machinists are number two. Please read the reports I've listed and give them serious consideration. What can you do? If you think that it is a bad idea to close one of the remaining few Machine Tool Technology programs left in the country, please send an intelligent, well worded e-mail to Ronald W. Jackson, the Georgia Department of Technical and Adult Education Interim Commissioner ( rjackson@...). Thank you, Richard Egge

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