Bob Kalk

The Decline of Manufacturing — A Chain Reaction

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“Once manufacturing is outsourced, process-engineering expertise can’t be maintained, since it depends on daily interactions with manufacturing. Without process-engineering capabilities, companies find it increasingly difficult to conduct advanced research on next-generation process technologies. Without the ability to develop such new processes, they find they can no longer develop new products. In the long term, then, … Read more

To Be Thankful

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We can be thankful to a friend for a few acres, or a little money; and yet for the freedom and command of the whole earth, and for the great benefits of our being, our life, health, and reason, we look upon ourselves as under no obligation. — Lucius Annaeus Seneca Deep Abiding Devotion   … Read more

As the Magnet Finds the Iron

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The unthankful heart… discovers no mercies; but let the thankful heart sweep through the day and, as the magnet finds the iron, so it will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings! — Henry Ward Beecher Deep Abiding Devotion   Aevia — Consider the Source © 2011 The Aevia Charitable Trust — Robert H. Kalk … Read more

Like Christ said . . .

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Like Christ said, love thee one another. I learned to do that, and I learned to respect and be appreciative and thankful for what I had. — James Brown Deep Abiding Devotion   Aevia — Consider the Source © 2011 The Aevia Charitable Trust — Robert H. Kalk – Lead Trustee

Inner Fire

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In everyone’s life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit. — Albert Schweitzer Deep Abiding Devotion   Aevia — Consider the Source © 2011 The Aevia Charitable Trust … Read more

When You Rise

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When you rise in the morning, give thanks for the light, for your life, for your strength. Give thanks for your food and for the joy of living. If you see no reason to give thanks, the fault lies in yourself. — Tecumseh Deep Abiding Devotion   Aevia — Consider the Source © 2011 The … Read more