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August 26, 2008

           

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The Uncomfort Zone
Global Beat
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INDUSTRY
CALENDAR


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Is This For Real?
By Mike Tersigni

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Least Competent Multitaskers: A Dallas entrepreneur recently created a programmable device with an alarm for those busy parents who need to be reminded that they brought their child with them in the car. An alarm alerts the parents if they exit the car without the baby.
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By Mike Tersigni

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Bright Idea: The first electric headlamps were introduced in 1898 on the Columbia Electric Car from the Electric Vehicle Company of Hartford, CT.

Classy Explorer: The Cadillac takes its name from the French adventurer Antoine Laumet de la Mothe Cadillac who founded the colony of Detroit in 1701.

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Have you visited our forum lately? There's been some interesting points made lately about the issue of accreditation. Here's a quote from a recent post by Donnie Smith:

"Let's think about this for a minute. If you're needing surgery performed, are you going to look for the most qualified and accredited doctor; Or one that holds no credentials? I think that most of us would prefer the best doctor that we can find for a major surgery. Why then, would you not look for the best Collision Shop to repair your vehicle? Maybe we should, as cars kill a lot more people then doctors do.

With that said, I think we must be seen as the true high-tech professionals that we are and paid accordingly. It takes a highly trained technician with many different skills and the abilities to stay up with the past paced changes in the industry.

So I believe that pride, quality workmanship, skills, proper training and accreditation all have their place in this industry."

You can click here to visit the forum and join in the discussion.

Mike Davey,
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The Uncomfort Zone: Will You Freak Out or Hunker Down?

By Robert Wilson

Sometimes motivation is forced upon us. We are thrust into the Un- comfort Zone. And, whether we sink or swim depends on how we respond to the situation. How do you react during a crisis?

Here are the stories of two men who faced a crisis late in life and how they dealt with it. One was a restaurant owner; the other a janitor. The former went into bankruptcy at an age when most people retire, and the latter was fired from a job he'd had for nearly 20 years.

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Global Beat: Weekly News From Around the World

By Mike Tersigni

This week in international news, PPG announced that the soaring price of raw material and energy costs means they will be increase prices across their coating businesses in Australia and New Zealand. Meanwhile, in the UK, leading insurers are facing an investigation that revealed a list of industry leaders refusing to pay their debts to smaller businesses, while the Akzo Nobel Training Centre became the first paint company in the UK to achieve ATA Centre Approval.
 
Australia
PPG Australia & New Zealand To Increase Coatings Prices

PPG Industries announced that rapidly increasing raw material and energy costs have made it necessary to initiate price increases across all coatings business units in Australia and New Zealand. The increases will be implemented during the third quarter of 2008.

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