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- Planning a photo book
- Color managing photos for BookSmart
- Laying out pages in BookSmart
- Troubleshooting image size in BookSmart
- Importing photos to Bookify
- Adding, deleting, and moving pages in Bookify
- Downloading and installing Blurb's InDesign plug-in
- Uploading a PDF to Blurb
- Ordering and selling photo books
Skill Level Beginner
This movie is about color managing photos that you plan to put into a BookSmart book. I'll emphasize up front that these color management techniques are optional. Many BookSmart books look just fine without the author making any conscious attempt to color management. These techniques and this movie are for the advanced user. The first step in color management is a must, and that is to calibrate and profile your monitor. If what you see on your monitor isn't accurate in terms of color and brightness, then you can't make informed editing decisions and photos in your printed book may look different in color and noticeably darker than they did on your monitor.
To minimize those problems, from time to time you need to calibrate and profile your monitor, and to do that, you need a device called a colorimeter. Here's one example, but it's not the only one. There are a number of companies. X-Rite Photo is another one who sell devices like this. You'll put the device on your monitor and launch the software that comes with it and it will calibrate the monitor and create a profile that describes the way your monitor displays color. And then software like Photoshop will be able to find that profile and use it to reproduce colors more accurately on your monitor. That's step one.
Next, Blurb recommends that images you import into BookSmart be in the sRGB color space because that's what Blurb's printers are expecting to get. Most consumer quality cameras produce sRGB photos by default. So point-and-shooters usually don't have to worry about converting photos to sRGB. If you shoot with a higher-end camera, your photos may have been shot in a different color space. So here's how to convert those photos to sRGB. First, you want to figure out which of your photos need to be converted to sRGB.
You don't have to open each photo into Photoshop. You can go into a photo organizing program like Bridge, select the photos one by one, and then look in the Metadata panel, and down here you'll see the Color Profile for each photo. This one is a flavor of Adobe RGB. So I want to convert it to sRGB. I'll do that in Photoshop by opening the file into Photoshop. And here I'll go up to the Edit menu and down to Convert to Profile. I'll go to the Profile menu and I'll choose sRGB.
I'll leave the engine set to Adobe and I'll change the Intent to Perceptual, which is what Blurb recommends for BookSmart books. This controls the way that out -of-gamut colors are handled. I'm going to leave Use Black Point Compensation checked and it's optional whether to check Use Dither or not. With Preview on, you can try this off and on and see if there's any difference on your image, and then click I'll OK. Now if I go down to the document information area at the bottom of the Document window in Photoshop and I click this arrow and choose Document Profile, I'll see that the image has been converted to the sRGB color space.
By the way, if you're in Lightroom, you'll convert to sRGB when you export a photo by choosing sRGB in the Export dialog box. The next step in a color management workflow is to soft proof, and again, this is optional. BookSmart requires that your color images be in the RGB color mode as I explained in the previous movie. But Blurb prints the resulting book on CMYK printers, 4-color HP Indigo digital printers. To simulate how colors in your photos will look when printed by those printers, you can soft proof in Photoshop using a printer profile that describes the way Blurb's printers reproduce color.
As of now, you have to do this in Photoshop. There are no soft proofing features in Lightroom, Elements, or iPhoto. So you'll start by downloading and installing a free printer profile from the Blurb website. I'll click DOWNLOAD ICC COLOR PROFILE, and when the profile finishes downloading, I'll install it where it goes on my computer. To install on a PC, it's just a matter of right-clicking that profile and choosing Install Profile. But on a Mac, you need to drag the profile icon where you see it here, which is the Macintosh Hard Drive and then the Library, then ColorSync, then Profiles, and then Recommended.
With the Blurb ICC profile installed, I can set up my soft proofing parameters here in Photoshop. I'll go to the View menu and I'll choose Proof Setup and I'll choose Custom. In this dialog box, I'll go to the Device to Simulate menu and I'll choose that Blurb profile which will now show up in this menu. If you don't see this profile in this menu, then go back and try reinstalling the profile. I'm going to change the Rendering Intent to Perceptual for the same reasons I discussed before.
I'll leave Black Point Compensation checked and I'm going to leave Simulate Paper Color unchecked. I might Simulate Black Ink though and then I'll click OK. Now I'll go back to the View menu and I'll make sure that Proof Colors is selected. When Proof Colors is on, as it is now, I'm looking at the photo through the Blurb printer profile. And this gives me a close representation of what the photo will look like printed on paper by Blurb's printer. I'd like to go back and forth to compare with the printer profile and without, so I use the shortcut for view Proof Colors which is Command+Y or Ctrl+Y.
You can see that right now I'm looking at the image with the Blurb profile, Command+Y, and I'm looking at the image with the profile turned off. So here it is On, here it is Off. So what I'm going to do now is make sure that it's On and it looks to me like the image is a little flatter and maybe a little darker with the profile On, which is to be expected because it's simulating print on paper. So I'll adjust the image to make it look good to me now. Now those adjustments can be different for each image. in this case, I'm just going to go to the Adjustments panel and I'm going to add a Brightness/Contrast adjustment layer.
I'll increase the Brightness a little and I'll increase the Contrast a little. Once the image looks good to me, I'll save one copy of it as a PSD or Photoshop format file which will retain any adjustments that I've added. And then I'll save a copy as a JPEG to import to BookSmart. I'll go up to File and down to Save As. I'll change the format to JPEG and Blurb recommends saving with the sRGB color profile, although that's not a must. So I'll leave Embed Color Profile checked and I'll click Save.
I'll leave the JPEG Quality set to around 10 and click OK, and I'll upload the resulting JPEG to my BookSmart software, and Blurb can't guarantee that you'll get a perfect match between what you see on your brightly lit screen and what you see in your book because a backlit monitor is just a different animal than ink on flat paper. But following this color management workflow will get you, the advanced user, closer to anticipating on your monitor how photos will look in your book.


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Definition of emotivism in English:
noun[mass noun] Philosophy
An ethical theory which regards ethical and value judgements as expressions of feeling or attitude and prescriptions of action, rather than assertions or reports of anything.
Example sentences
- There's little indication of the available range of ethical theories, from crude emotivism to Platonic realism, from McDowellian objectivism to virtue theory.
- If so, simple emotivism of the sort described is refuted because the sincerity conditions for making the judgement require the motivation not present in the amoralist.
- The logical positivists who dealt with ethics put forward a view called emotivism.
emotivist noun
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- Whether this is sufficient to count such theories as emotivist or non-cognitivist is open to dispute, but many proponents of such views do call themselves non-cognitivists and emotivists.
- He put forward an emotivist theory of ethics, one that he never abandoned.
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Dieterich, Ill. (May 16, 2016) – Probst Auto Body recently received the Management Success! Master Elite Shop Management Award during the Spring 2016 Convention.
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Glendale, Ca. April 25, 2016 Semi-annually Management honors its clients who have made great strides in the auto repair industry.
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Glendale, Ca. April 27, 2016. In addition to a slew of already popular workshops, Management Success revealed two new workshops at its Spring Convention in Scottsdale, Arizona.
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Glendale, CA. April 27, 2016 - Management Success would like to thank all of the entrants for making our first ever "iPad Air Giveaway" a success. Entries from shop owners that were received before April 13, 2016 were eligible and the response to this contest was overwhelming! After a random drawing was held, the lucky winner was Bob Ward of Auto Guys in St. Thomas, Ontario. Well done, Bob!
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February 19 from 9 AM to 3 PM at the Windsor Gold Club in Santa Rosa, Management Success!, the United States' premier auto industry consulting firm, helped present a collision shop efficiency class along with Management Success! client Body Best of Sonoma and Hawley's Paint Store.
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Wenceslao Severi, senior consultant for Management Success!, discusses how shops can effectively market their training certifications to boost the perceived credibility and expertise among consumers.
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Management Success!, provider of the United States' leading automotive consulting services for independent auto shops, announced today that it has become a corporate sponsor of the California Auto Body Association (CAA). The CAA is a non-profit trade association that aims to help independent auto body shops thrive.
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During each seminar, Spitz will be joined by two guest shop owners, one from collision and one from general repair, who will share their experiences and successful actions they made after going through tough times. The focus of these webinars is to give shop owners tips on how to achieve their financial goals.
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Maximizing Potential - With a newly expanded facility, H. Heaven Auto Repair had to change its Honda-only business model to meet its full potential.
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Two engineers from the Omani General Directorate of Transport Royal Court Affairs picked California based Management Success to receive training in management. Yousuf Abdullah AlZidjaly and Mahfoodh Alnasseri spent the month of May receiving consultations and training from Management Success at their offices in Glendale California. Read full article.
By learning new ways to make his business more efficient and therefore more profitable, Dino DiGiulio, the owner of Body Best Collision Center in Sonoma, CA, has seen his business nearly double over the past five years. And he's done it while increasing his net profit by five percent. What was the key and how did he do it? Read full article.
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This is from a old story idea mine... i am lazy.
I'm attracted, it seems, to all your "gals in armor" features.
For the sheer amount of art you put out it'd be hard to say you were lazy! Even if you made this a while ago, it's still nice of you to share it with us. Thought the boots were a nice touch.


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I have become a proud owner of a bike. I haven't ridden since dirt was invented,..I do know I need a helmet to save what brain cells that are left.
I also notice that some have bills on them, and some have lots of room for air flow.....talk to me...
Hi, congrats on your bike. I would definetly get a helmet w/ the visor to help out with sun and when flying downhill,deflects bugs. The more the vents, usually the more expensive, however there are exceptions. I have a Giro female specific helmet that has worked fine for me. Inexpensive comfy, has held up to a few nasty falls too. Try some on, and see which shapes you like best. Good luck!
Thank yo for the information. I have been looking at some Giros onine, and plan to go to physically try them.Do you remember the model name?
Regarding "nasty falls",...this is a real concern to me. As I mentioned, I am older than dirt, I also care for my older husband. If I have a "nasty fall" this could effect my caring for him. For this reason I cannot see racing,..but perhaps only mild bike rides with a local club. Can you cue me in on what caused you nasty falls?
I was taught a saying, that makes alot of sense to me.
If you buy a $10 helmet, you have a $10 head.
I bought a Bell X-ray, it was about $100, is very light, very strong, with some of the largest vent openings I have seen.
Also Bell has a lifetime damage plan, if there is any damage suspected, send the helmet to Bell, and they will x-ray the helmet and inspect it for damage, if any is found, you can get a brand new replacement helmet for $25. Same brand and model, or an equivalent.
I'm on my second one, after smashing my first one, and they honored the guarantee quickly, and hassle free.
Giro is good, but after comparing the helmets side by side, you can't go wrong with the Bell.
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Lindsey Pisony, 20, of 10188 Hess Mill Road NE, Bolivar, (Wilkshire Hills) was treated in Union Hospital in Dover following a two-vehicle accident in Goshen Township at 7:12 p.m. Monday.
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The president of Marietta College is among 300 college presidents signing a letter asking national leaders to prevent guns on campuses and classrooms and to enact other measures.
The College Presidents for Gun Safety wrote the open letter in December in the aftermath of the 20 students and six teachers shot and killed Dec. 14 at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. The killer shot himself and also killed his mother.
Signing on was Joseph Bruno, who became president of Marietta College in July.
"I was proud to join my fellow presidents from institutions across the nation in signing these letters to our elected officials," Bruno said. "As a nation, we were stunned by the loss of innocent lives in Newtown, Conn., including those of brave teachers and young children, and we regret the mental health implications raised by this tragic event.
"In these letters, we called, not for a ban on weapon ownership, but for more thoughtful approaches to the sale of assault weapons, the presence of guns on campuses and the provision of mental health care to individuals in dire need," Bruno said.
The presidents are asking elected representatives to enact measures that would:
"For many years now, our nation's leaders have engaged in fevered debates on higher education, yet lawmakers shy away from taking action on one issue that prevents thousands of young people from living lives of promise, let alone realizing their college dreams," the letter said. "That issue is gun safety."
Among the world's 23 wealthiest countries, 80 percent of all gun deaths occur in the United States and 87 percent of all children killed with guns are killed in this country, according to the Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, the letter said. In 2010, 2,694 young people were killed by gunfire, of which 1,773 were victims of homicide and 67 were elementary school-age children, the Dec. 19 letter said.
"We are college and university presidents. We are parents. We are Republicans, Democrats and independents. We urge both our president and Congress to take action on gun control now," the letter said. "As a group, we do not oppose gun ownership. But, in many of our states, legislation has been introduced or passed that would allow gun possession on college campuses. We oppose such laws."


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by Toni Morrison
Character Role Analysis
If there is a villain in the story, it is probably Sula. It's pretty hard to get past the fact that she sleeps with her best friend's husband, no matter what the reason. And the fact that she refuses to apologize or admit to any wrongdoing makes her even harder to like.


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Obama Set to Call Netanyahu on Friday
Amid criticism for not meeting in person with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu while he is in the U.S., President Barack Obama will likely talk with him via phone Friday, the White House said.
"I expect the president will have a follow-up phone call with the prime minister probably Friday," White House Press Secretary Jay Carney told reporters, a rare instance of the White House previewing a call. Usually, the White House declines to preview any calls Mr. Obama has with foreign leaders.
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A phone call may not silence critics who feel Mr. Obama snubbed the Israeli leader by not meeting with him in person. The two have had a frosty relationship that has grown chillier in recent months as Mr. Netanyahu has pressured Mr. Obama to take a harder line over Iran's nuclear program.
Their last call, two weeks ago, lasted an hour and was hastily arranged after Mr. Netanyahu sharply attacked the Obama administration's policy toward Iran. "The world tells Israel: Wait. There's still time. And I say: Wait for what? Wait until when? Those in the international community who refuse to put red lines before Iran don't have a moral right to place a red light before Israel," Mr. Netanyahu said in comments that prompted the call.
After the call, the White House provided a summary that said, among other things, "Prime Minister Netanyahu reaffirmed that they are united in their determination to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon, and agreed to continue their close consultations going forward."
The White House has insisted Mr. Obama isn't meeting in person with Mr. Netanyahu because their schedules don't match, although critics say the president is trying to avoid any potential dust-ups just weeks before the November election. GOP presidential rival Mitt Romney has called Mr. Obama's decision not to meet with Mr. Netanyahu an "extraordinarily confusing and troubling" move.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is meeting with Mr. Netanyahu Thursday in New York at the United Nations General Assembly.
In his speech before the U.N. earlier this week, Mr. Obama told world leaders that diplomacy can still work and that the U.S. "will do what we must" to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. He offered no new red lines, as Israeli's had hoped, of what might trigger a U.S. military response other than if Iran actually develops an atomic bomb.


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Defeats Rep. Raul Labrador (R-ID), a favorite of many hardline conservatives.
Will take over from current Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) at end of July.
With McCarthy's promotion, this means we have a race for Whip now…between Reps. Pete Roskam (R-IL), Steve Scalise (R-LA) and Marlin Stutzman (R-IN).


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OAKLAND — With the officer who shot and killed Oscar Grant III still refusing to speak to investigators, BART police completed their investigation into the New Year's Day shooting and handed the case over to the county prosecutor's office, officials said Monday.
"It is now the Alameda County District Attorney's responsibility to examine the evidence, complete his investigation and decide whether and which criminal charges should be filed," BART General Manager Dorothy Dugger said. She added that she had urged District Attorney Tom Orloff to fast-track his own investigation and make his decision as quickly as possible.
Former officer Johannes Mehserle has appeared in several videos recorded by witness cell phones on New Year's Day firing his gun into Grant's back as Grant lays face down and restrained. Hundreds of protesters have rallied throughout the past two weeks, calling the shooting a murder and demanding Mehserle be arrested immediately.
BART police Chief Gary Gee said his department did not make a recommendation on whether charges should be filed against Mehserle.
Gee said that detectives interviewed six BART police officers who were on the Fruitvale station platform with Mehserle at the time of the shooting. He said they also interviewed 21 other people who witnessed the incident.
Gee said that Mehserle did have a stun gun at the time of the shooting — located on the opposite side of his belt from the firearm — and did not use it.
Orloff had said he would not decide until the end of next week whether to file charges against Mehserle, but after BART's announcement Monday, he said that time-frame could change. The transit agency's submission of its police report "may help me speed it up," he said.
The BART board of directors also declared Monday that a police department review committee would be staffed by four of the board's nine directors and charged with regulating policy policies and organizing a civilian review board.
The new committee will be headed up by Director Carole Ward Allen, whose district includes the Fruitvale station. Also on the committee will be directors Joel Keller, Tom Radulovich and Lynette Sweet.
Sweet's district includes the West Oakland and MacArthur stations, and she said after the meeting Monday that the board has been made to look like buffoons by Dugger and Gee, because they did not provide enough open information.
Sweet said that as of Monday afternoon the board had not received a copy of the report police sent to the district attorney's office, and that board members in general had been given information on what she perceived as a "need to know" basis.
"I only found out at the community meeting that we'd brought (Mehserle) in and tried to question him," she said. "Our lack of transparency has contributed to the public feeling that we're hiding something. We did do our due diligence. We did bring him in. Had I known that, I would have communicated it to the public."
Sweet said the public face of the investigation "was mishandled from way up top," and that if it were put to a board vote, she would vote in favor of removing both Dugger and Gee from office.
Gee did not return a phone call made to his office late Monday afternoon.
Sweet also expressed concern about the effectiveness of the new committee, explaining that unarmed black men have been shot by BART police twice before.
"We're going to try and put some meat on this committee, but what did the other two boards discuss? This could be a farce. I hope it's not," she said. "The community pressure is keeping this thing fueled, and I hope it keeps up. While the press is here, while the public is here, we're on it, but we need that energy to continue from within the board."
The exact scope of the committee is still being worked out, Sweet said.
Wire services contributed to this story.


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Math hates me. The feeling is mutual.
It's true! See http://www.faqs.org/faqs/sci-math-faq/specialnumbers/0.999eq1/ for example.
It's all geek to me.
I'm an English major. You do the math.
Roundin' up
Try that at lightspeed…
The problem is that 1/9 does not equal .111… No matter how many 1s you string out, the decimal number will always be slightly less than 1/9. When you multiply .111… by 9, you get .999… 1/9 can not be expressed as an exact decimal number, so there will always be a rounding error.
thank you. I was getting a little down from the math-phobes . . .
the last "1" needs a line over-It; then It's an equation . . . Artist omission.
It is so close to one it is allowed to be a whole number. But I would be wary about using it in a physical measurement.
"The problem is that 1/9 does not equal .111… "
False. Although the sum of any FINITE PORTION of the infinite series will be less than 1/9, the sum of the infinite series is exactly equal to 1/9, and when you multiply it by 9 the product is exactly equal to 1. The proof is a bit more involved than you can fit into a four panel comic strip or a one paragraph comment, but you can find the proof if you look for it.
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I'm Lovin' It Wrap Up- Great Ideas {9-4-11}
Thanks again for another fabulous week of great posts linked up to I'm Lovin' It!………..here's some of the awe-inspiring ideas that caught my eye!
Hope you all have a wonderful holiday weekend!
I'm in love with every detail of this Butterfly Specimen Art! you wont believe how easy it was to make @ Midwest Sewing Girl
These icebox pickles are almost too pretty to eat! @ My Blessed Life
Love all of these Simple Organizing Ideas @ Simple As That
Everything is better dipped in chocolate….and these Chocolate Dipped Salted Nut Roll Bars are no exception @ A FarmGirl's Dabbles
Have some fun with these Football Party Printables @ It' Always a Party at the Parkers
My family has been obsessed with root beer lately and would LOVE this Root Beer Float Fudge @ Shugary Sweets
If you're going to homeschool, you've GOT to be organized! Love this organized closet for homeschooling @ June Clever Nirvana
How ADORABLE are these Circus Themed Cookies @ Life's a Batch
There are SO many more great great ideas! If you missed the party and still want to link up, it's open thru this evening.
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Those circus cookies are fantastic! {But what I should really click over to are the organizing posts.}
Thanks, Lynsey! 🙂
Oh, Cheryl! Thank you so so much for featuring my butterfly art! What an honor to be included with such amazing projects…thank you.
Root beer float fudge? YUM! I love the circus cookies too:) Thanks for hosting, Cheryl!
Thank you, Sue! 🙂
Seriously fabulous round up!!!! I'm off to visit all these blogs.
Thanks, Cheryl! You really made me day by including me in the Wrap-Up Party! 🙂
Cheryl, love this round up. Those cookies are amazing!!
Of course, I LOVE those cookies, but the pickles are really pretty, too! Who knew? Pretty pickles! 😉
Thanks for the shout out in your round up! Love love love it here 🙂


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On October 26th we hosted the first of a series of networking events for designers, artists, technologists, innovators, and inventors in NYC. The Great Hall of the New York Hall of Science Museum was the perfect location for the event. It gave the perfect mood and ambiance of the party and of course, the brand NOOKA.
Innovators who showcased their artwork include Sougwen Chung, Amanda Parkes, Nina Tandon, SOFTlab, Pelle Designs, byAMT, Formnation, The LED Artist, Rux Design, and others.
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NEW BRITAIN, Conn. - The governors of Connecticut, Vermont, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts joined President Obama at Central Connecticut State University here last Wednesday, Mar. 5 in a show of support for the president's call for a hike in the minimum wage as they move to raise the minimum wage in their own states.
The president received ovation after ovation as he called for raising the minimum wage, with the greatest cheers coming when he answered critics by describing the wage increase as "common sense" and when he called for pay equity for women. "When women succeed, America succeeds," Obama declared to sustained applause.
The majority of low-wage workers are women and youth. The National Women's Law Center calculated that women represent nearly two-thirds of minimum wage workers, and four in ten are women of color.
"At the end of the day, anyone working hard should not live in poverty," said Connecticut AFL-CIO Executive Secretary Treasurer Lori Pelletier who had a seat on the stage behind Obama as he addressed the packed gymnasium.
Obama spoke in Connecticut because this state may be the first to adopt the $10.10 minimum wage when the legislature acts next month. The state minimum wage increased to $8.70 this year, above the $7.25 federal minimum wage, and will go up to $9 in 2015. Democratic Gov. Dannel Malloy proposes it continue going up to reach $10.10 in 2017.
A separate measure before the legislature seeks to include tipped workers, as do the bills before Congress that President Obama supports. Tipped workers were excluded from the Connecticut increase after the legislature ceded to the restaurant lobby last session.
Malloy made national news when he challenged Gov. Bobby Jindal's statement that the president's focus on the minimum wage was like "waving a white flag of surrender."
Malloy had reached out to the other New England governors present at the event Wednesday to take action as well, expecting that if this region raises the minimum wage to $10.10 it will give hope to other states and pressure Congress to raise the federal minimum wage.
In most Connecticut cities, however, an hourly wage of $23 is needed to afford a basic household budget.
"I wish Obama had taken it one step further," said Pelletier. "The 10.10 will get you out of poverty but you really need a union card to get into the middle class." She said the labor movement's support for the higher minimum wage, even though union members have already won higher wages, "lends credibility besides four governors and the president."
The Fair Minimum Wage Act, introduced by Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, and Rep. George Miller, D-Calif., would increase the federal minimum wage from $7.25 to $10.10 an hour, indexed to inflation. This would give a raise to 27.8 million workers. It would boost the economy and create about 85,000 new jobs.
The $10.10 amount represents a compromise in the Senate based on the projection that with the Earned Income Tax Credit minimum wage workers would be brought above the poverty line.
Grass roots pressure is also growing for a $15-an-hour minimum wage, being spearheaded by fast food worker organizing around the country.
The minimum wage has already been raised above the federal level in 19 states, and in New Jersey voters approved a measure to amend their constitution to include the minimum wage increase indexed to inflation. More states including Illinois and Massachusetts will vote on ballot initiatives to raise the minimum wage this year.
This campaign squarely addresses inequality and can have a big impact on the 2014 elections. With 72 percent support for raising the minimum wage, candidates for Congress who oppose the minimum wage increase and the women's economic agenda are being spotlighted by voters.
At a press conference announcing the legislation, Harkin said that in addition to raising the minimum wage, "the federal government should reallocate capital to build the infrastructure our children need for the future and create millions of jobs."
Reflecting a shift in the debate from austerity to poverty and worker's rights, Harkin called for an upgrade to the electric grid for the whole country, high speed rail, and upgrading the human infrastructure from Head Start to science and technology research.
The day before Obama arrived in Connecticut, the city of New London raised the minimum wage for municipal workers and contractors to $10.10 an hour.
Inspired by the president's State of the Union "call to action" the city council voted for the raise and Mayor Daryl Justin Finizio signed the ordinance into law.
"It's a good step for our city, and hopefully, other municipalities throughout Connecticut will follow suit, hopefully the state will follow suit and hopefully the nation as well," he said.
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Today's chapter is over customizing PowerShells shell, its profiles, the prompt, and operators for working with strings. This is basically a mashup of all the little tidbits. But don't think that this is not important. All of these tips are very useful.
The First thing that we cover in this chapter is PowerShell profiles. Profiles allow you to setup your shell and ISE, load your commonly used modules and snap-ins, set alias' (if you're in to that sort of thing), set your starting directory, and many more things. Here is a copy of my ISE profile
Import-module ISEProfile
Set-Location "E:\Script-Stuff\PowerShell\Scripts"
One thing that I do have in my profile as you can see is a little tidbit I found on the Hey Scripting Guy Blog during my research, and that is the PowerShell ISE Transcript. The transcript allows me to log every command I type and every output of those commands and then appends them to a file. I have the start-transcript setup in my shell profile as well and I write those logs out so that I have a record of everything that I have typed (both good and BAD). I recommend anyone check this out. You can check that out here on his blog and just search for ISE Transcript or go to "http://tinyurl.com/cx2a8wq".
You can put most anything into your profile including your own functions and modules.
Another cool thing that you can do is customize the prompt (C:\>) in the shell. This can be useful if you are adding time and date, or just something cool if you want. Here is the book function for changing the prompt for date and time.
PS C:\Users\Chris> function prompt {
>> $time = (get-date).Toshorttimestring()
>> "$time [$env:computername]:> "
>> }
And now our prompt would look like this: 5:43 PM [computername]:> . Pretty neat right.
You can also tweak the colors of the shell itself in its properties (change it from that blue) as well as the text that is presented inside it. Don lists these as the text settings you can change:
ERRORFOREGROUND and Background
WARNINGFOREGROUND and Background
DEBUGFOREGROUND and Background
VERBOSEFORGROUND and Background
PROGRESSFOREGROUND and Background
And you can change it to one of the following colors: Red, Yellow, Black, White, Green, Cyan, Magenta, Blue, or any of their DARK variants (DarkRed, DarkBlue, etc...).
Up next are Operators. There are lots of operators in PowerShell such as Comparison operators, Assignment operators, Arithmetic operators, and Pattern Matching and Text Manipulation Operators. In this chapter we only cover five of these.
-As and -Is. -As creates a new object from a current object or any object that you input. It does this by converting by Type. Such as to convert something to a [string], [int], [datetime], and so on and so forth. For more info on types see the About_Types help.
103.5 -as [int] The thing about the -as and [int] is that it rounds to the nearest whole number.
-Is compares the input to a type and returns a true or false value.
104 -is [int]
All of the operators are fairly straight forward to use and as I said can be very useful. Look them up, try them out, and use them in your scripts.


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An Annual Bibliography highlighting selected works in the literature
Items selected and annotated by members of the American Library Association, RUSA/RRS Research & Statistics Committee (2004-2005): Joan Ellen Stein, Chair (Carnegie Mellon Univ.), Mary F. Casserly (Univ. at Albany), Kathryn M. Crowe (Univ. of North Carolina at Greensboro), Melissa Gross (Florida State Univ.), Sarah Jane Hammill (Florida International Univ.), Janelle M. Hedstrom (Univ. of Texas, Austin), Steven Z. Hiller (Univ. of Washington),
"The Changing Roles of Academic Reference Librarians Over a Ten-Year Period." Christen Cardina and Donald Wicks. (Winter 2004) Reference & User Services Quarterly 44 (2), 133-42. Surveyed academic librarians who had been working for at least ten years. Found that the most frequently performed types of job were relatively unchanged since 1991 and included face-to-face reference, print collection development, bibliographic instruction, and attending meetings. Supervision replaced instructional handouts as the fifth most frequent activity. Other job activities, frequency of reference tool use, and job satisfaction are also covered. May be useful to reference managers seeking to understand trends in reference activity and employee attitudes.
"A Class Assignment Requiring Chat-Based Reference." Denise Beaubien Bennett, Pamela S. Cenzer, and Paul Kirk. (Winter 2004) Reference & User Services Quarterly 44 (2), 149-63. A retrospective case study of one library's experience with an assignment that required 75 students to use the library's chat service. Presents suggestions for: negotiating with faculty for advance notice and manageable timeframes; setting up reasonable expectations by students; and focusing the chat sessions on resource identification rather than topic negotiation. Recommends librarians be invited to provide general in-class instruction so that chat sessions can focus on individuals' specific needs.
"Development and Validation of the Multidimensional Library Anxiety Scale." Doris J. Van Kampen. (January 2004) College & Research Libraries 65 (1), 28-34. A report on the development of a new measure of library anxiety, the Multidimensional Library Anxiety Scale. Designed especially for doctoral students and based the Library Anxiety Scale developed by Sharon Bostick in 1992, this new scale reflects the technological changes that have occurred in the past two decades. Presents detailed information on the methodology used to validate the scale. Author anticipates that further articles will be published that will analyze the use of this new tool.
"E-mail and Chat Reference : Assessing Patron Satisfaction." Bruce Stoffel and Toni Tucker. (2004). Reference Services Review 32 (2), 120-140. E-mail and chat reference patrons at Milner Library at
"Factors Influencing Digital Reference Triage: A Think-Aloud Study." Jeffrey Pomerantz. (July 2004). Library Quarterly 74 (3), 235-264. Investigates the triage function, the assignment of incoming digital reference questions to reference librarians or subject experts, using think-aloud techniques to identify how triage decisions are made. The end goal of this work is to inform the automation of the triage function in digital reference systems. To date, fifty-six factors have been identified that play a role in triage decisions.
"Library Jargon: Student Recognition of Terms and Concepts Commonly Used by Librarians in the Classroom." Norman B. Hutcherson. (July 2004) College & Research Libraries 65 (4 ). 349-354. Almost 300 lower level undergraduates were surveyed to determine their understanding of selected library-related terms. Commonly used terms, such as "plagiarism," "reference services," "research," and "copyright" were found to have a high level of recognition than library terms such as "fair use," "reference books," and "Boolean logic." Several suggestions for alleviating problems of communication within the library setting are offered. Although the title refers specifically to the classroom, findings will be useful to anyone at a public services desk.
"Measuring the Completeness of Reference Transactions in Online Chats." David Ward. (Fall 2004) Reference & User Services Quarterly 44 (1), 46-56. Unobtrusive study using proxies to ask typical, short, subject-based research questions on the
"Online Chat Reference." Corey M. Johnson. (Spring 2004) Reference & User Services Quarterly 43 (3), 237-47. Students and faculty at two institutions were surveyed to determine level of chat reference use. Because only 3% of the respondents had used chat reference, the more interesting results focused on patron preferences for other types of reference service and their predictions for future use of reference services. Preference was for face-to-face services, followed distantly by email, phone, and chat. Predictions for the future focused on email and chat. Results are broken out by patron type and may give reference staff insights into marketing chat reference services. (Survey instrument included.)
"Reference Librarians and Keeping Up-to-Date." Ethel Auster and Donna C. Chan. (Fall 2004) Reference & User Services Quarterly 44 (1), 57-66. Public library reference librarians were surveyed about their professional development activities during the previous year. Most respondents spent time in formal and informal training activities updating their technological skills. About half updated their communication and interpersonal skills and some also updated their instructional and management skills. Barriers to participation in professional development are identified.
"A University-wide, Library-based Chat Service." Donnelyn Curtis and Araby Greene. (2004) Reference Services Review 32 (3), 220-233. Study of chat service at the


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It came at the end of an impressive recent period for the former FC Porto star, who has brought added energy to the Red Devils' ranks. However, after a succession of major injuries, Anderson has now picked up another one that will keep him out for the remainder of the month.
"It is a hamstring," Ferguson said. "It will be three or four weeks. It is not serious but it is a hamstring."


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The Day Lady Died
by Frank O'Hara
Stanza V Summary
Get out the microscope, because we're going through this poem line-by-line.
Lines 26-27
and I am sweating a lot by now and thinking of
leaning on the john door in the 5 SPOT
- The speaker is sweating and thinking about the time he was leaning against the bathroom door in a nightclub called the 5 Spot.
- The poem leads us to believe that his sweating is related to learning of Holiday's death, but you could read it another way: it's July, summer in New York City. Couldn't he just be sweating from the heat? In this poem, any hints of grief are masked in uncertainty.
- The sweating detail is also significant because it makes the image of the nightclub more powerful. We don't know about you, but most of the music clubs we have been to have been hot, sweaty affairs.
- The 5 Spot was a real club, and O'Hara saw Holiday perform there. He was sitting by the bathroom.
Lines 28-29
while she whispered a song along the keyboard
to Mal Waldron and everyone and I stopped breathing
- The poem has been very noisy so far, filled with the bustle and commotion of New York. But at the end things get quiet, as we strain to hear how Billie Holiday "whispered a song along the keyboard" to her pianist, Mal Waldron.
- The performance is so subtle and mesmerizing that everyone in the club holds his breath, afraid to miss a single note. Or as the speaker dramatically puts it, "everyone and I stopped breathing."
- The poem ends on this phrase, as if it, too, has "stopped breathing."
- After hearing all about the trivialities of the speaker's day, we're left with a breathless memory of a great performer holding her audience captive.


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29th Annual J. Mack Robinson College of Business Hall of Fame Dinner
J. Mack Robinson College of Business at Georgia State University
Tuesday, September 17, 2013; ends at 9:00 PM (EDT)
Event Details
Tuesday, September 17, at the St. Regis Atlanta, 88 West Paces Ferry Road, Atlanta, 30305
Reception begins at 6:30 p.m. and dinner at 7:30 p.m. Join Atlanta area business and community leaders for the induction of George W. McKerrow, Jr., Co-founder and CEO of Ted's Montana Grill; Donata Russell Major, CEO, Concessions International; Michael Russell, CEO, H. J. Russell & Company; H. Jerome Russell, President, H. J. Russell & Company.
Tickets are not issued for this event. Please check-in at the event registration desk for your table assignment and parking validation.
When & Where
St. Regis Atlanta
88 West Paces Ferry Road
Tuesday, September 17, 2013; ends at 9:00 PM (EDT)
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J. Mack Robinson College of Business at Georgia State University
The largest business school in the South and part of a major research institution, Georgia State University's J. Mack Robinson College of Business has 200 faculty, 8,000 students and 75,000 alumni. With programs on five continents and students from 88 countries, the college is delivering the future of business. Its part-time MBA is ranked among the best by the Bloomberg Businessweek and U.S. News & World Report, and its Executive MBA is on the Financial Times list of the world's premier programs. Located in Atlanta, the Robinson College and Georgia State have produced more of Georgia's top executives with graduate degrees than any other school in the Southeast.


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Saturday, December 18, 2010
The Mystical Lion Rock of Labuan
and i only noticed it on my second visit.
It's situated at Tanjung Layang Layangan and locals simply call the place 'Tanjung'
without mentioning any name for the rock
so i now have the courtesy to name it, The Mystical Lion Rock of Labuan
or simply 'Batu Singa Tanjung' in malay.
Some locals says the rock will sometimes move a little foward
and the place is so peaceful and tranquil to be at.
Some parts of the rock are a bit fragile and lets hope visitors don't touch it unnecessarily.
The rock viewed from sea side.
Lions forward view is towards the small rocky Layang Layangan Island.
The Layang Layangan Island.
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very mystical... must have been there for ages :)ReplyDelete
wow!!! 1st dengar pasal lion rock. lihat pada bentuk batu nampak seperti haiwan. maybe sebab dah terlalu lama, bentuk seakan singa tu dah semakin terhakis dgn perubahan cuaca dan peredaran masaReplyDelete
I love the way the rocks have been crafted the ocean and its tide are indeed a great artist :)ReplyDelete
hopefully visitors will know how to preserve what nature has gifted to them .... the last photos is my favorite love the far away island lost in the horizon ^-^
wow..mother nature does a good job..i was in awe when i saw ur photosReplyDelete
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yeay..another nice photo~ suke.ReplyDelete
Hi Thomas,ReplyDelete
love the photos, cool indeed.here's what i first thot when i saw the photos :
1st one ~ head of crocodile :)
2nd ~ a baby elephant, head on d left.
3rd ~ imagine a prawn's head on the left,hehe
4th ~ now i could see why u call it lion!
and my favourite is the last one.
very mystic.. nice post :) visit and comment me backReplyDelete
The first picture looks like a turtle, but cant really make out the rest. Very interesting post and your pictures are fabulous. Here's wishing you and family a Merry Christmas and happy holidays.ReplyDelete


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The Cotsen Children's Library is a very special library within the Department of Rare Books and Special Collections at Princeton University Library.
Our international research collection of illustrated children's books, manuscripts, original artwork, prints, and educational toys from the 15th century to the present day is the benefaction of Lloyd E. Cotsen '50.
The Cotsen Children's Library also has a public face, serving as a resource for children, families, and educators in the greater Princeton area. Cotsen offers a variety of children's programs that are open to the public and free of charge. Visitors are also invited to explore Bookscape, our whimsical children's gallery. Like Cotsen's programs, the gallery is open to the public and free of charge. Please bring your family to relax and read!


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O' Corsica Bella
By forsini on Dec 05, 2006
TreakEarth.com has some really neat pictures of Corsica.
Belgudé (which can be translated as 'nice pleasure') is the village where my family is from originally. Belgudé (Corsican) is translated as Belgodère in french.
Belgodère is located at 10 minutes from l'ILE ROUSSE and 20 minutes from CALVI airport.


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In the late 1940s, just after WWII, Japan began to build motorcycles and scooters based on imported models. These first models, however, were too expensive for the average consumer. It was this problem that prompted the emergence of Honda's auxiliary engines for bicycles. Founder Soichiro Honda was determined to create useful products that anyone could use. The powered bicycles that were Honda's first products received a warm welcome in the marketplace.
The Cub F-Type, released in 1952, was a particularly big hit. Next, Honda ventured into motorcycle production, and entered the scooter market as well. In 1954, however, Honda's leading products began to experience a string of problems. Demand had shifted from auxiliary engines to actual motorcycles, and Cub F-type sales began to lag. Honda managed to stage a recovery by putting out various new motorcycle models, but they were all 250cc or larger—these were not products that everybody could ride. Meanwhile, production of the Juno scooter and the Cub F-type, with its broad appeal, drew to an end.
Soon the entire company was captivated by the idea of creating a small motorcycle that anyone could ride.
Toward the end of 1956, Soichiro Honda and Co-Founder Fujisawa left for Europe on what they called an observation tour. On the flight, the two men debated what Honda's next product should be. Soichiro favored a scooter, while Fujisawa favored a moped. At the time, 2-stroke mopeds were extremely popular in Europe, where they were a convenient mode of transportation that didn't require a license. As Soichiro listened to Fujisawa, he gradually warmed to the idea of a moped.
When the two men arrived, they immediately went looking for the mopeds that were currently being produced all over Europe, but none of them really matched the idea of the product Honda wanted to make. Soichiro remarked to Fujisawa, "These bikes are designed for Europe's well-built roads, but they simply aren't appropriate to Japan. If we want to make a bike with minimum horsepower that's a pleasure to drive in Japan, it really needs to have a four-stroke engine." The two men headed back to Japan with burgeoning dreams of a new kind of motorcycle.
By the time Soichiro returned to Japan, he already had an image in his mind of the new product he wanted to make. It incorporated Fujisawa's idea of creating a small bike that would expand Honda's customer base, plus a low-floor, step-through design that would make it easy for women to ride, too. And Soichiro insisted on a four-stroke engine. This was a novel approach, based on the premise that a four-stroke engine was necessary for a smooth ride at low speeds on Japan's many unpaved roads. And the new model was to have a kick starter, not a pedal starter like a moped.
Soichiro conveyed these and other new ideas to his team of engineers. At times he would pick up a piece of chalk and draw on the floor. A crowd of associates would gather round, and everyone would express their opinion freely, regardless of their department or job title. Fueled by this frank exchange, ideas soon began to take shape. It was within this dynamic atmosphere that Honda began to develop its new little motorcycle.
In early 1957, Honda began work on the vehicle's engine. It was the first time anyone in the world had attempted to mass-produce a 50cc OHV 4-stroke engine, and the development team came up with more and more ideas that flew in the face of conventional wisdom. Ultimately, they created an engine with phenomenal power: 9,500 rpm and 4.5 horsepower.
At the same time, Honda began to develop the Super Cub's unique automatic centrifugal clutch. The goal was to produce a bike that could be operated one-handed, as at the time soba restaurant deliveries were made by bicycle riders carrying boxes with their right hand, whilst steering with their left. This turned out to be extremely challenging, however, with difficulties associated with disengagement during shifting and the revolution ratio of the kick starter. Nearly every day, Soichiro huddled with development engineers, brainstorming for solutions. The result was the birth of the revolutionary automatic centrifugal clutch.
Honda began developing the Super Cub's body that February, and in April body styling work began. Soichiro's mantra was, "Make something that fits in your hand!" In other words, he wanted to make a compact product that would fit comfortably into customer's lives.
Soichiro was very particular about the size of the tires. The bike had to handle well on Japan's unpaved roads, but it also had to be compact. Honda decided that the ideal tire size would be 17 inches, a size that did not yet exist for production vehicles. The major tire manufacturers all refused to produce a new tire size for just one model, but after numerous rejections, Honda finally located a small manufacturer who was willing to do it.
Yet still, the team in charge of creating the prototype was faced with the challenge of altering existing tires to make 17-inch prototype tires. Everyone rose to the challenge, responding to all such demands with a can-do attitude. The Super Cub was truly the fruit of everyone's united efforts.
Meanwhile, the chemical engineers proposed using polyethylene rather than the fiber-reinforced plastic (FRP) that had been used on the Juno. This reduced the body's weight substantially, but the supplier that would fabricate the body had never built such a large die cast, and only agreed to the project on the condition that Honda would provide the cast.
As the body design neared completion, the new motorcycle finally received its name: the Super Cub. The name married "Super", which was a popular word at the time, to the "Cub" of the Cub F-type. The Cub F-type was still a big favorite with Soichiro, and he immediately seized on the name.
On December 24, one year after development had begun, the final FRP mock-up was completed. The intricate mock-up was mounted on a table top in the cafeteria, and as they stood in front of it, Soichiro asked Fujisawa, "Senior Managing Director, how many of these do you think we can sell?" Without missing a beat, Fujisawa responded, "30,000 units!" Astonished, the other associates exclaimed, "30,000 units a year?" When Fujisawa responded "No, 30,000 units a month!", everyone was stunned. At the time, the total number of motorcycles sold each month in Japan was only around 40,000 units, and besides, Honda did not yet have the production capacity to produce 30,000 units per month. Fujisawa, however, was already envisioning the blueprints for a new factory that would be built to accommodate production of the new motorcycle.
The development of the production model Super Cub lasted a year and eight months—lead-time of an unprecedented length for Honda in those days. In July of 1958, Honda announced its new motorcycle, and August 1958 marked the much-anticipated release of the Super Cub C100.
When the Super Cub C100 hit the market, it was priced at 55,000 yen, an amount well within the reach of the ordinary consumer but challenging profitability-wise. Still, Fujisawa was determined to set a price that was attractive to the average person to expand the customer base. Meanwhile, during development, Soichiro insisted, "I want you to make the best product possible, regardless of cost. We can make up for the cost in mass production." Along with his high standards in manufacturing quality, Soichiro clearly had a lot of confidence in Fujisawa's abilities as a salesman.
Fujisawa came through with a sales strategy full of novel ideas. First, they would need to build a retail network. Fujisawa put the word out via a mass mailing, contacting businesses with strong community roots that until then had nothing to do with motorcycles, such as lumber dealers and grocery stores.
He created a network of shops where women would feel comfortable shopping, and in 1960 he began running ads in general interest magazines. At the time, it was unheard of to advertise motorcycles in anything other than specialized motorcycle publications.
These efforts to expand Honda's customer base were astonishingly effective, and in just a few years, Fujisawa's unbelievable projection of 30,000 units per month had become a reality.
In 1959, American Honda Motor opened its doors, and the Super Cub made its first voyage into an overseas market. This was a mere ten months after the model's release in Japan. The decision rested on Fujisawa's conviction that "in order to truly succeed we have to succeed in the toughest market of all."
But American Honda's Cub sales proved lackluster. The US market was dominated by motorcycles of at least 500cc displacement, and the pervading image of motorcycles was "rough and dangerous." Despite this, they designed a Mini-Trail (U.S. version of the 90 cc Hunter Cub) and other new models that catered to the US market and used the mass mailing strategy to expand their sales network to sports equipment and fishing gear retailers, establishing a sporty image for the brand.
These efforts received a powerful boost from an ad campaign initiated in LIFE magazine. The ads featured the message, "You meet the nicest people on a Honda," promoting the concept that people who ride Cubs are just regular people, completely overturning the stereotype that all motorcycle riders wore black leather jackets. Soon men and women of all ages were taking an interest in American Honda and its products. In 1963, the company's 5th year in the US market, American Honda sold 84,000 units.
Meanwhile, European Honda GmbH opened in Germany in 1961, and the following year marked the birth of Honda Benelux N.V. (Belgium), Honda's first overseas production facility. Bit by bit, the Super Cub and the rest of the Cub Series carved out a position in Europe.
The Super Cub expanded to Asia following success in North America and Europe. Assembly production began in the early 1960s in Taiwan and South Korea, and Asian Honda established its Southeast Asian distribution base in Thailand in 1964. One year later, the joint venture company Thai Honda was established as a motorcycle manufacturer. To this day, the company develops a variety of models based on the Cub that are very popular throughout Southeast Asia. At first, the demand for two-stroke bikes was very high in Thailand, but as the country modernized and fuel emissions regulations became more stringent, the market performed a complete turnaround.
Now the preference was for four-stroke bikes, and since the Cub had always been a strong brand, it enjoyed a surge of renewed interest. Today, Honda bikes account for 70% of the Thai market, of which the Cub series represents 60%.
Recently, the country where the Cub enjoys the most popularity of all is Vietnam. The brand is so well established there that the word "Honda" is synonymous with "motorcycle". Honda Vietnam opened in 1996, taking Honda's last motorcycle factory of the 20th century online in 1997.
Today, fifty years since its birth, the Cub's market continues to expand while its design remains fundamentally unchanged. Each year, close to 5 million units are produced worldwide. The Cub is truly a global standard, reaching production volumes unrivaled in the history of motorized transportation. While styling and other details vary slightly by location and application, the Super Cub has always retained its identity as a useful vehicle that is easy for anyone to ride.
The Super Cub truly embodies the Honda dream. It is key to the origins of Honda.


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Every week we highlight the best articles, blogs, news, videos and interesting Web tidbits to help you live green, be healthy, and connect with your sense of spirituality. Read our roundup for info that just helps you live better.
A New Ethical Wardrobe for Recessionary Times? [1]
If the trendspotters have it right, recession is helping the fashioning of a new politically-correct wardrobe, a trend labeled "Slow Wear". Much like the Italian-born "Slow Food" movement against fast food, the homogenization of taste, and the saving of tradition, "Slow Wear" involves a return to basics, buying quality over cheap stuff, and saving the planet. (Google News)
More Men Doing Downward Dog [2]
Guys are spending more time on the mat, according to an end-of-year study by the Yoga Journal. About 700,000 more men are practicing yoga [3] than four years ago — 16.5 million up from 15.8 million, according to the study. (USA Today)
6 Surprising Sources of Air Pollution In Your Home [4]
While many sources of indoor air are fairly obvious and well-known — second-hand smoke, carbon monoxide and radon, to name the most prominent, and deadly — there are more insidious, secret sources of pollution that any concerned homeowner or parent should consider. Here are some of the most surprising. (TheDailyGreen)
Meditation reduces stress, insomnia, chronic pain and depression; and recently, it was shown to strengthen immunity [6], according to researchers at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. And you don't have to sit cross-legged on a mountaintop to get the calming payoff. Here are seven things your Zen master won't tell you, but we will. (IYogaLife)
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News 12 at 11 o'clock, September 20, 2010
NORTH AUGUSTA, S.C..-- Three years in the works and now the renovations and additions to Riverview Park in North Augusta will soon become a reality. The 4.3 to 4.5 million dollar plans were rolled out on Monday evening along with the long-range plans to build another new park near Walnut Lane.
News 12 talked with Joseph Martin, the athletic director for Victory Christian School about the upcoming plans and changes. He says he's thrilled at the news.
"We've used every facility that they have from the soccer fields to the baseballs fields," said Martin. "But we could still use more fields."
Martin's wish will soon become a reality. At a study session and meeting on Monday evening many who live in North Augusta had a chance to get the first look at plans to improve Riverview Park and a new facility, Northview Park.
"It's an exciting time for us in North Augusta,"said Bob Brooks, Director of Parks and Recreation and Leisure Services for North Augusta.
Brooks showed News 12 a preview of what's to come.
"This is one of the few times that we will really are going to meet the needs of our people by upgrading facilities in North Augusta," said Brooks.
In the near future, events held at Riverview Park from the Nike Peach Jam to Cal Ripken's Southeastern Tournament will have new courts, new fields,new scoring towers and new parking. A new gym and Riverview Park Activities Center is on the way too. The project is funded by the sales tax.
The new park that will be built later - named Northview Park - would be built less than a mile from Walnut Lane, not far down Five Notch Road. If it is approved, that project will have a 13 million dollar price tag. Brooks says the location puts a facility closer to where couples and children live.
"Northview offers the opportunity for both passive recreation and active recreation," added Brooks.
Martin says he supports the growth and says he believes the new additions will help the community grow even more.
"I live over in that area, so I love the idea of having another park and recreation center," said Martin. "I've coached here, I've played here, I have been a fan here and I think North Augusta is doing a great job and I look forward to seeing any improvements they can possibly make."
Renovations are expected to kick off for Riverview around 2012.
Northview Park, which consists of 175 acres will also include a soccer field, tennis court and baseball fields.
There will be upcoming meetings to gain public input to take more about Northview Park before a vote on the project.


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The following are excerpts from an interview with Kuwaiti MP Dr. Walid Al-Tabtabai, aired by Dubai TV on April 29, 2005.
Interviewer: Kuwait is the first country in the region to have an elected parliament, civil liberties, and a free press. By the standard set by the Gulf countries, and even most Arab countries, Kuwaiti society is very open. How come women's rights have been delayed so much?
Dr. Walid Al-Tabtabai: Since the parliament has a lot of freedom and could even be called democratic, the so-called women's political rights have been delayed. If the Arab peoples had the opportunity to express their opinion, they would object to the woman being shoved into politics, into the democratic game, and into elections, because this is not appropriate to women's role in Arab societies. However, if the decision is imposed from above, like in some countries, such as Qatar, Bahrain, and Oman, it would be accepted, since the order would come from above. But if they leave it to the people or to public opinion, or even to the women would themselves, they would refuse to be shoved into politics.
The Kuwaiti woman has many opportunities and much freedom. She is appointed to many positions, and we have no problem with this.
Interviewer: What's your problem then?
Dr. Walid Al-Tabtabai: We are afraid that if women get the opportunity to vote, the elections would be run in an undisciplined manner.
Interviewer: So demand that the elections be run in a disciplined manner.
Dr. Walid Al-Tabtabai: We have no objection. The municipal elections will be held in two weeks, and we will set such a condition...
Interviewer: You mean you will separate men and women in voting.
Dr. Walid Al-Tabtabai: Yes, these are religious restrictions. If the government accepts this condition we will pass the bill granting women's suffrage.
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Music Therapist
The Real Poop
"Music has charms to soothe the savage breast," William Congreve wrote as the first line to his 1697 play The Mourning Bride.
It's a nice thought, and if you're considering music therapy as a career, it can ring true. And in any case, we can't deny William's meditation on the matter, considering it was coined in the late 17th century and is still a well-known line (though often misquoted, supplanting the word "breast" for "beast" but never mind, the meaning remains the same).
The thing is, if you really want to put your money where your musical abilities and love of humankind are, and if your dream of becoming a professional musician didn't pan out (and you want out of your parents' basement), we may have the job for you: music therapist.
So...what is it exactly? It's pretty much what it sounds like: Helping people with all sorts of disabilities, problems and issues get better through music. (Remember being an adolescent? You may very well still be one. In either case, you know how much music helped—or is helping—you get through such a confusing time.)
Formal music therapy is a bit different but it works on opening the same neural, emotional and physical pathways that simply listening to an awesome tune does. Lots of different areas of the brain (and breast, apparently) are activated by music, and music can help any number of folks in many different ways accomplish their individual goals. A few examples:
• Because music can be motivating and calming at the same time, it can help children with physical, behavioral, social, psychological, or motor issues. Music can get them out of their own heads (an issue with lots of kids on the autistic spectrum) and learn to express themselves outwardly and eventually develop relationships.
• With people in prison (or perhaps a halfway house), music can aid in the emotional, social, communicative, and even spiritual issues these folks have, making their transition back into society easier.
• It's been proven that music can help medical patients manage their chronic pain and headaches as well as help them manage diabetes, cardiac issues, and more.
• Sometimes, people who can't speak, due to some accident or malformation of the brain, can actually sing. Did you see the film The King's Speech? Even if his therapist, Lionel Logue, didn't specifically call himself a music therapist, King George VI was able to get past his stuttering issue by sometimes singing instead.
• And Remember Gabrielle Giffords, the Congresswoman from Arizona who was shot through the left side of her brain in January of 2011 by some idiot who wasn't even sure what his beef was with her? She spent the good part of six months learning to speak again by first learning to sing again. Imagine the satisfaction her music therapist must have felt during Giffords' amazing recovery (still in progress, no doubt).
As you can see, being a music therapist has its rewards. But it's not easy. You'll get people who don't believe in it. You'll have to come up with the dreaded "So what do you do?" question that's—without fail—asked first at any party.
So YOU'VE got to believe in it. Find a mentor, watch it in practice, and if what you see and experience feels good to you...consider it as a career. You may find you have a real knack for helping people with music, something you already love. And remember how successful the Pied Piper of Hamelin was? (Oh wait. He had a different sort of career involving rats first, and it's not a career we cover here...yet.)


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This place is the perfect paradise for couples and for families! My husband and I took our kids here last year and it was great! You just feel like you are home when you stay here! The owners Brad and Tara are such beautiful people inside and out! Brad and Tara would go out of there way to help you with anything you may need! All the staff is so friendly as well! We absolutely loved our villa, it was just perfect for our family! They have everything that you may need! The grounds there are just so beautiful, it does make you speechless! We woke up every morning to lay in the hammock and watch the monkeys, hummingbirds, and a lot more wildlife there! Then we would go have the breakfast that the lovely Kristi would make for everyone! She is also so friendly and such a sweet woman! And the beach that is just steps from you door is to die for, you feel like it is your own private beach while you are there! We LOVED our stay and we WILL BE BACK FOR SURE!!
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POPLAR BLUFF -- Joseph Allen Hall, 55, died Dec. 21, 2011, at the John J. Pershing V.A. Hospital in Poplar Bluff.
Born Jan. 17, 1956, in Sikeston, to the late Arnold Elmo and Alice McGill Hall, he was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force.
Survivors include: four sisters, Alice Hall of Poplar Bluff, Judy Dykes of England, Ark., Mary Smith of Hattiesburg, Miss., and Jerri Theofarstou of St. George, Vt.; and one brother, George Hall of Poplar Bluff.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by three brothers.
Visitation is scheduled at 9:30 a.m. Monday at the Richards Funeral Home in New Madrid followed by graveside services at 11 a.m. at the Evergreen Cemetery.


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We're having a baby girl in the end of August and we're still picking out a best name for her. However, we know that we want to give our baby both of our last names since she is a bicultural/biracial baby.
My DH is Mexican and I am Taiwanese.
I am not sure what the norm is but I always think that mother's last name comes first, followed by father's last name. We are thinking we can either hyphenate the names or leave it as is.
However, my in-laws think that father's last name goes first, then mother's last name according to their tradition in Mexico and other Spanish-speaking countries. They were sad when my DH told them that we wanted mother's last name first then father's name. They think that if father's name goes last, their family surname will be lost or omitted. Both my DH and I are adament about keeping both last names as we want our little girl to always remember where she came from and appreciate both of our cultures.
When I married my DH, I added my husband's last name to my name, so it's Laura Chang Gracia (without hyphen). Sometime people call me Mrs. Gracia but I would emphasize both last names. The same should apply to our daughter. If her last names are Gracia Chang instead, it's very likely that people will refer her as Ms. Chang and that's exactly what my in-laws don't want. But I am frustrated that they don't seem to understand that in the U.S. father's or husband's last name often comes last.
What do you all think? I need some advice. My DH is getting a bit upset with his parents and I really don't want to see them like this whenn we should be celebrating the fact that we're having a healthy baby girl.


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