A few of those students recently returned from the SkillsUSA state petition

The HVEDC's work includes forming a partnership between SUNY New Paltz and the 3-D printing pany MakerBot to create an innovation center at that college. Gottlieb said the Hudson Valley's strength in the 3-D printing revolution is its abundance of design and creative professionals."This is a technology that could work anywhere," said Gottlieb. "It can create a new generation of individual manufacturers that we haven't seen probably in decades, and that's always exciting to me."The metal shop at Reed High School is a lot like the island of 'Pirates of the Caribbean Fame,' housing the Black Pearl's pirated riches it's known only to those who already know where it is.China Germany-style Drill Machine Vise suppliesSeasoned students can be spotted easily maneuvering around large machines that pose immediate threat to first-time visitors to the shop near the back of the east Sparks school. A few of those students recently returned from the SkillsUSA state petition, pitting Nevada's best high schoolers in workforce and trade skills such as welding fabricating, sheet metal working and precision machining. Reed juniors Eryk Allen and Kelsey Hicks both returned with state championship medals in precision machining and sheet metal working, respectively, clinching spots in the national petition taking place June 23-28 in Kansas City, Mo. Both students work out of the Enterprise Project Signature Academy at Reed under long-time instructor Timmothy Conley, who said both students deserved their victories in Las Vegas in March. "Our kids did great," Conley said.Precision Vises supplies "These kids all have the talent to podium finish at a national petition, but they have to have the motivation and the effort."Conley said class time for students in the program is limited to only 90 minutes a day and petition time ranges between two and four hours at the state level, and up to eight hours at the national level. Both students who brought home the gold worked primarily after school and on weekends to hone their skills, which Conley said es with pros and cons as a teacher."Offering all these various areas for students to pete is difficult but it has its advantages at the same time," Conley said. "We do get to go out and do these petitions, but some schools don't teach the same programs as others or they have fewer programs. We have an area where we can do just about everything and it is nice.

The da VinciSystem features a magnified 3D high-definition vision system

Medical Center Hospital officials said MCH is currently using this equipment for urology, gynecology and cardiovascular procedures.Aksade pointed out to the students in a late-morning session that the device can be used for thoracic and abdominal procedures, including heart and cancer surgeries, but it is not used for some surgeries, such as appendectomies, and it cannot be used for brain surgery.To use the machine, students placed their hands on controls and were able to move around the surgical instruments, which had clips at the end and could pick up rubber bands and move them around. The machine features hardware and software ponents. In the auditorium, students looked at a TV monitor that showed students experimenting with the da Vinci Si as Aksade spoke about his experiences with the machine and answered questions. The da VinciSystem features a magnified 3D high-definition vision system and tiny wristed instruments that bend and rotate far greater than the human wrist. As a result, da Vinci enables your surgeon to operate with enhanced vision, precision, dexterity and control."Minimally invasive da Vinci uses the latest in surgical and robotics technologies. da Vinci is beneficial for performing routine and plex surgery," the website stated.The surgeon is 100 percent in control of the da Vinci System, the website stated, "which translates his or her hand movements into smaller, more precise movements of tiny instruments inside your body."Aksade told the students the machine is not a robot per se but is a tool that is controlled by the doctor.Several students experimented with the machine. "I thought it was really cool," said OHS junior Nithin Shakamuri, adding he liked how it can move with precision. "It's more exact that than the human hands can be."Shakamuri said he intends to go into the medical field.Jamie Knotts, da Vinci area sales manager at Intuitive Surgical who is based in Corpus Christi, attended the session and discussed the advantages of the da Vinci Si, which has a list price of $1.75 million. He said there are 2,200 units in the United States, mentioning one of those units is at MCH."We're just scratching the surface," he said about this technology, adding the pany has just introduced the da Vinci Xi, which is the fourth in the generation of this technology.

Why was Ypsi hit so hard?

There are a number of factors that have contributed to Ypsilanti's slow climb from its great economic fall.Melissa Milton-Pung, an economic development specialist with the Eastern Leaders Group, said that Ypsilanti's slow recovery is due, in part, to the loss of large employers in the region. "Particularly looking at how GM was one of the largest employers in the munity before closing its facilities, that was a major employer in this munity that's no longer here," Milton-Pung said.CAT Drill Chuck Holder manufacturers "We lost over 1,100 jobs from 2005 to 2007 when GM closed their Willow Run powertrain location. Overall we've lost 13,914 manufacturing jobs since 2001. You have people who were accustomed to doing an honest day's job in manufacturing jobs who have lost those jobs and who now don't have all the skills necessary to pete in this changing economy." The trickle-down effect started from there, she said,DIN69871 Drill Chuck Abror manufacturers as the loss of jobs resulted in foreclosed homes and a lack of spending power. Eighty-four percent of the foreclosures in county during the recession happened in Ypsilanti, Ypsilanti Township and Pittsfield Township – the three regions that employed most of the displaced manufacturing workers.Susan Moeller, a professor of economics at EMU and a member of the Ypsilanti City Council, said that there is a lack of high-wage jobs in the city and that's also put a damper on the recovery. "People have left Ypsilanti since the factories closed, and the Michigan economy caused them to lose their jobs and move out of state… e have not replaced any higher-paying jobs yet," she said."Many homes in Ypsilanti could not be sold and have been turned into rentals…"Ypsilanti has been trying to cast its appeal to potential job creators for years. The undeveloped Water Street property presents some of the city's greatest potential along the Michigan Avenue corridor.Water Street has seen a number of potential investors e and go because plans don't fit in with the city's vision for the site.Most recently proposed is a chain retail store and an affordable housing development, but Schreiber acknowledged that the city hasn't been able to snag the type of developer that would stimulate the local economy like was once envisioned.

That win epitomised the rags-to-riches element of this extraordinary tale

That win epitomised the rags-to-riches element of this extraordinary tale, as he only gained his place in the Group One after the Swiss businessman Alfred Schneider supplemented him at a cost of €18,000 in exchange for a 25pc share for the day.Boom colt Zoustar is set to run in next month's T.J. Smith provided he shows no ill effects from a barrier trial win at Rosehill on Monday.The $18 million colt impressed as he booted through along the fence to beat Longshoreman and Royal Descent on a heavy surface. But a final check on him will be conducted before his place is confirmed in the $2.5 million sprint on the first day of the Championships at Randwick on April 12. "We will see how he pulls up, but that was what we wanted to see. Trainer Chris Waller will have a look at him before making the final decision," Widden Stud owner Antony Thompson said. "Jimmy Cassidy said he went well. Obviously there was no spectacular time on that ground but we're happy enough with that."Waller decided to run Zoustar without the nose roll and tongue tie he had on when he was a well-beaten eighth resuming in the Canterbury Stakes on March 15."It was exactly what I wanted to see from Zoustar. I can't fault his work," Waller said. "First-up I think he might have been a bit above himself in condition and might have given a muscle a bit of a pull in the race."He had always had the nose roll and then the tongue tie this preparation but it wasn't doing anything for him, so we let him just be natural." Cassidy believed the gear being off had helped Zoustar, who improves each time he rides him."He had nothing on and just felt happy in himself. The other day he wasn't happy with anything," Cassidy said. "Obviously we would have liked a better track but if we do get a wet day we know he will handle that."I can't fault him. He feels good. He feels the same as the spring."Later in the morning T.J.-bound Rebel Dane and Aeronautical had a blow-out in a 900m trial behind Zaratone. Rebel Dane worked to the line solidly to go down by a head under Glen Boss, leaving trainer Gary Portelii smiling. "His recovering after that gallop was unbelievable. By the time he got back to me, you wouldn't have known he had gone around," Portelli said. "He will have one more gallop probably next Tuesday and go straight into the T.J.