Kettering Robotic competition

GOOD MORNING FLINT!
BY Terry Bankert
9/20/09
www.flintfamilylaw.com

KETTERING ROBOTIC COMPETITION

The object of the game is to have the robot do as many laps as possible around a circular track while scooping up and throwing large balls for additional points.[f]
　
Kettering University in Flint MI , http://www.kettering.edu/ , the best engineering school in the world, hosted on Saturday 9/18/09 a robotics competition for high school students from Michigan, Ohio and Canada.

It was as rowdy a crowd as any you would see at a varsity high school sporting event -- but in place of athletes there were robots, and instead of a court there was a metal cage[f]
　
I took my sister Christina to this. She is in a wheel chair or walker and Kettering moved us into the front row. Christina had a great time. Thank You Kettering.About 42 teams participated Saturday in the 10th running of the Kettering Kickoff First Robotics Competition in Flint.

FIRST -- For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology -- is a national effort to inspire youth to explore career possibilities in engineering, science and technology. FIRST robotics pits teams in a head-to-head competition between large radio-controlled robots built by teams of high school students and sponsoring engineers and teachers. Each year, the Kettering Kickoff helps high school teams "kick off" the start of their competition season by using the game, rules and robots of the previous year`s national competition. [r]

The FIRST program gives out millions of dollars in scholarships each year to high school participants, according to its Web site.[f]
　
At the center of it all were the metal robots, upwards of 5 feet tall, battling it out like gladiators in a plastic and metal cage. Outside the cage stood the "drivers," members of the robotics teams who control the robots with joysticks[f]

Competition founder Bob Nichols says this year's game is called "Lunacy" to mark the 40th anniversary of the first human lunar landing in 1969. [c]

Video to follow
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The event ran from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Kettering's recreation center and is free to the public.
Teams competing at the 10th Kettering Kickoff are: Team RUSH, Clarkston, Mich. Killer Bees, Auburn Hills, Mich. Chief Delphi, Pontiac, Mich. Delphi ELITE, Warren, Ohio Truck Town Thunder, Ortonville, Mich. More Martians, Goodrich, Mich. Team R.O.B.O.T.I.C.S., Holland, Mich. ThunderChickens, Sterling Heights, Mich. Dabears, Berkley, Mich. Dragons, Lake Orion, Mich. Megatron Oracles, Flint, Mich. F.I.R.E., Flint, Mich. Xtreme Eagles, Romulus, Mich. Knight Riders, Flint, Mich. Baker Explorers, Flint, Mich. Las Guerrillas, Bloomfield Hills, Mich. Martians, Goodrich, Mich. Frog Force, Novi, Mich. Robostangs, Northville, Mich. Team Phoenix, Saginaw, Mich. Advanced Power, Allen Park, Mich. Lightning Robotics, Canton, Mich. Powers Chargers, Flint, Mich. Foley Freeze, Madison Heights, Mich. Sinclair Sprockets, Whitby, Ontario, Canada Gearheads, Grosse Pointe, Mich. Dragons, Swartz Creek, Mich. G.R.A.Y.T. Leviathons, Fenton, Mich. The Desperate Penguins, Okemos, Mich. Metal Muscle, Flint, Mich. The Fighting Pi, Armada, Mich. Firebots, West Branch, Mich. Gearheads, Redford, Mich. The Oxford RoboCats, Oxford, Mich. HAZMATs, Lake Fenton, Mich. EngiNERDS, Grand Blanc, Mich. Metal & Soul, Capac, Mich. The Syntax Errors, Waterford, Mich. The Charge, Midland, Mich. Crevolution, Sterling Heights, Mich. Finney Highlanders, Detroit, Mich.[r]
　
Kettering made this event free to the public and even us Flintoids.

In our /my arrogance throughout my life GMI and now Kettering has not been given its due. Kettering is one of the top Engineering g schools in the country!

Thank You for being in my hometown Flint Michigan


Kettering University (formerly "General Motors Institute") is a university in Flint, Michigan, offering degrees in engineering, math, science, and business. The campus is located along the Flint River on property that used to be the main manufacturing location for General Motors. It is named after inventor and former head of research for General Motors Charles Kettering. 98% of seniors are employed or accepted to graduate schools before graduation. [kw]

One out of 15 alumni either own their own business or are high-level managers in leading companies (see Notable Alumni). Although the school's undergraduate population is small with approximately total 2,000 students, it annually graduates the most mechanical engineers and is ranked by US News and World Report as one of the best schools without doctoral programs for undergraduate engineering education. [kw]

Again Kettering thank you for being in Flint. Let us know if we can help …you.
　
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Terry Bankert
www.flintfamilylaw.com
　
The video will also show where Mayor Walling is proposing a State Park, its near Kettering, I could no constrain myself …ignore the satire,…not!
[c]
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ap-mi-highschoolrobotic,0,7325380.story
[k]
http://www.kettering.edu/
[kw]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kettering_University
[r]
http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS92377+17-Sep-2009+BW20090917
[F]
http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2008/09/high_school_students_show_of_j.html

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MAKE FLINT A STATE PARK IN CHEVY IN THE HOLE

225 luncheon saw many friends, great conversation, mayor spoke, showed off help, there was a plan starts with s…I think he plans to own it, Chevy in the hole and river desired to be a State Park, speculators start buying up, talked about staffing for the mini stations and by omission to a direct question he does not plan to use the established crime watches. It’s a new day, new plan with new people.

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CHERRY IN DILLON OUT, BILLIONS NEEDED TO BALANCE BUDGET

GOOD MORNING FLINT!
9/15/09
BY Terry Bankert
http://flintfamilylaw.com/

HOW THE LEGISLATURE HANDLES THE BUDGET SHORT FALL WILL AFFECT YOUR QUALITY OF LIFE.

House Speaker Andy Dillon presented a proposal to Senate Majority Leader Mike Bishop on Monday that calls for passing budget bills that include many of the $1.2 billion in cuts the Senate has approved. [n]

　
WHO THE HECK IS Michigan House Speaker Andy Dillon, D-Redford Township, HOW DID THIS WEAK RUDDERLESS SHIP GET CONTROL OF THE MICHIGAN HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE. A FREE PRESS COLOUMNIST SUGGEST HE WOULD MAKE A GREAT GUBENATORIAL CANDIDATE. GIVE ME A BREAK.NO WONDER THE PRESS IS GOING DOEN THE TUBES.

Legislative leaders and Gov. Jennifer Granholm are working against a Sept. 30 deadline to pass a fiscal year 2010 budget that has a $2.8 billion shortfall. [n]
　
DILLON BETRAYING THE DEMOCRATS ,ORGANIZED LABOR ,CHILDREN AND SENIOR CITIZENS

JUST WHO ALLOWED THIS GUY IN A LEADERSHIP POSITION?

“Looks like the the rumors are true. The AP is now reporting that Dillon is indeed "talking" about voting for the package of Senate Republican cuts. Not going to bother to put up a fight at all - even though just last Thursday Dillon claimed that those cuts went "too far". [b]

WE DO NOT NEED DILLON TO JUMP INTO THE 2010 RACE.
DILLON WILL JUST TURN THE STATE OVER TO A SMALL FRINGE GROUP OF REPUBLICANS IN CONTROL OF THE SENATE, AT LEAST UNTIL THE NEXT ELECTION.

The Senate earlier this summer passed deep cuts, including $140 million for Promise scholarship grants of up to $4,000 for college students, $110 per pupil for school aid, $335 million in reimbursement to health care providers for Medicaid, more than $100 million in revenue sharing municipalities use for police and fire protection and many human services programs. [n]
Some reports say a potential agreement could include a supplemental spending bill after Oct. 1 that calls for a series of minor tax and fee increases to support programs that Democrats favor, such as the Promise grants, early childhood education, revenue sharing and Medicaid. [n]
　
DILLON DOES NOT UNDERSTAND THE BASIC ELEMENTS OF NEGOTIATION

That's the bargain here? That's the bipartisan compromise? Do everything the Republicans want, and they "might" put back important programs? “[b]
“Many of the cuts would fall on the poor and disabled, but plenty of citizens also could find they're getting less police and fire protection or job training and less money for schools.”[b citing AP]
　
HOPE IS ON THE HORIZION.

With Lt. Gov. John Cherry running unopposed so far, the party's BEST elements have been making the SMARTEST arguments, and there's indication that they'll BECOME THE DOMINANT FORCE as the campaign heats up.

To wit: Last week, Mark Gaffney, president of the Michigan AFL-CIO, said if Dillon follows through with his plan to pool all public employee health plans, he's "not a Democrat. “FINALLY SOMEBODY WITH A BACKBONE SPEAKS UP.

COLLECTIVE BARGAINING PROTECTS THE WORKING PEOPLE OF THIS STATE
"It is not adhering to the principles of the Democratic Party to be trying to cut benefits and eliminate collective bargaining rights," Gaffney OFFERED.

Then this week, Democratic Party Chair Mark Brewer TOLD US THE TRUTH after seeing Republican Attorney General Mike Cox's BATTY 92-point plan. WHO IS THIS GUY.

"Cox should be focusing on a two-step plan," Brewer said. "First, he needs to explain how, as governor, he would be different from South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford. Second, Cox needs to practice what he preaches and fully disclose his role in the Manoogian Mansion party cover-up."

COX HAS TO COME CLEAN.

AS A GUBENATORIAL CANDIDATE JOHN CHERRY WILL BRING Michigan politics AND DEMOCRATS Democrats a robust argument about what direction the party will take in 2010.
CHERRY WILL ALLOW THE MICHIGAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY to coalesce around a strong set of ideas, TO BE PROACTIVELY FOR WORKING PEOPLE.

CHERRY WILL BRING This state WHAT IT desperately needs A rock-solid choice for governor next November.

Dillon can do everyone a favor by jumping OFF THE CLIFF OF POLITICAL BETRAYL AND ALLOW new ideas into the Democratic gubernatorial THROUGH THE JOHN CHERRY CANDIDACY.

Asked about signing off on a deal that closely mirrors the Senate budget cuts, Liz Boyd, spokeswoman for Granholm said: "The governor ... will not tolerate dangerous cuts that harm the citizens or harms our ability to grow the economy and create jobs. [n]

Your thoughts?

Posted here by
Terry Bankert
9/15/09
　
See
Detroit Free Press
[d]
http://www.freep.com/article/20090913/COL33/909130467/1070/Opinion02/State-Democrats-really-do-need-Dillon-to-run-for-governor
[b]
Blogging for Michigan
http://www.bloggingfomichigan.com/
[N]
The Detroit News
http://www.detnews.com/article/20090915/POLITICS02/909150339/State-House-pitches-budget-cuts
　
　
　

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