Under pressure from all sides, the beleaguered Food and Drug Administration (FDA) keeps announcing new reorganization initiatives, name changes, and all sorts of stuff that would be funny if it was scripted by the same team handling Steve Carell’s departure from

We are told that St. Peter has the keys to the kingdom of heaven, and that he stands in front of a wrought iron gate only allowing in certain people who have lived exemplary lives.

Frederick the Great stated that a general who tries to defend everything defends nothing.

(WCBF: Chicago) -- WCBF will be approving a limited number of storyboard/poster presentations for display at the WCBF 11th Annual Lean, Six Sigma, and Business Improvement in Healthcare Summit, taking place at the New Orleans Marriott, May 15–18, 2012.

(Newport Corp.: Irvine, CA) -- Newport Corp., a global leader in lasers and photonics solutions that “Make, Manage and Measure Light,” has announced its new vacuum-compatible LTA series actuators and the URS50B rotation stage for research and industry.

(Global Industry Analysts Inc.: San Jose, CA) -- Global Industry Analysts Inc.

(ClearEdge3D: Marshall, VA) -- Do you frequently face challenging, field-to-finish deadlines? Would you like to improve your firm’s workflow efficiency so that you can win more projects? Does adopting new technology offer as many potential risks for you as rewards?

(Asia Pacific Quality Organization) -- The Armand V. Feigenbaum Lifetime Achievement Medal is being established by the Asia Pacific Quality Organization and the Walter L. Hurd Foundation.

(FDAnews: Falls Church, VA) -- FDAnews and LearningPlus are presenting an interactive workshop, From Training to Learning: Improving GMP Performance, to be held Oct. 26–27, 2011 in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Customer satisfaction across three durable goods industries stalled in 2011, with the majority of companies staying almost exactly where they were in 2010, according to a recent report by the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI).