Friday, September 6, 2013
Veterinary Highlights: AAHA Puts An End To The Anesthesia-Free Dental Cleaning Dilemma?
According to the American Animal Hospital Association (AAHA) updated guidelines, anesthesia is necessary for all dental procedures, including cleaning.
New guidelines recommend regular examinations and dental cleanings under general anesthesia for all adult dogs.
These cleanings should take place annually starting at one year for cats and small-breed dogs, and at two years of age for larger-breed dogs.
Anesthesia-free dental cleanings sound like an attractive option. But are they a good choice?
Making teeth look good does not equal keeping them healthy.
There are numerous issues with such cosmetic approach, including your dogs well-being.
Anesthesia with intubation is necessary to remove plaque and tartar from the entire tooth, at least 60 percent of which is under the gum line, AAHA states in the release.
Source article:
Anesthesia Mandated for Dental Procedures by Leading Veterinary Organization, AAHA
Further reading:
AAHA Dental Care Guidelines
AAHA mandates dental anesthesia, intubation for accredited veterinary hospitals
Anesthesia-Free Dental Cleaning
New guidelines recommend regular examinations and dental cleanings under general anesthesia for all adult dogs.
These cleanings should take place annually starting at one year for cats and small-breed dogs, and at two years of age for larger-breed dogs.
Anesthesia-free dental cleanings sound like an attractive option. But are they a good choice?
Making teeth look good does not equal keeping them healthy.
There are numerous issues with such cosmetic approach, including your dogs well-being.
Anesthesia with intubation is necessary to remove plaque and tartar from the entire tooth, at least 60 percent of which is under the gum line, AAHA states in the release.
General anesthesia with intubation also facilitates pain-free probing of each tooth and provides the required immobilization necessary to take intraoral dental films. Without anesthesia, a veterinary professional can only partially clean the exposed crown, which is more cosmetic than therapeutic.
Source article:
Anesthesia Mandated for Dental Procedures by Leading Veterinary Organization, AAHA
Further reading:
AAHA Dental Care Guidelines
AAHA mandates dental anesthesia, intubation for accredited veterinary hospitals
Anesthesia-Free Dental Cleaning
Tonight's Shark Tank Show
One of the Best Shark Tank Episodes #402 Update
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Buggy Beds
The Buggy Beds Bug Traps is a perfect example of what "to do" if you want to make a successful deal on the Shark Tank. Maria Curcio and business partner Veronica Periongo came in prepared as anyone and managed to get all 5 Sharks interested in the bug trap business. Having already turned down a $5 million dollar offer, Maria and Veronica were convinced they had a true winner on their hands and wern't interested in negotiating as much as the Sharks would have liked them to. Staying calm, cool and collective, the pair made shark Tank History when they successfully secured a deal with all 5 Sharks who each have a 5 % stake in this multi-million dollar business.
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Read More Here-->>>The Middle East's Peace of the Grave
By Alan Caruba
After both great wars of the last century nations got together to create organizations that would ensure that large conflicts would not occur again.
After World War I, it was the League of Nations. When Woodrow Wilson (who was reelected in 1916 after promising to keep the U.S. out of the war in Europe) tried to get the U.S. to sign on, membership in the League was rejected by Congress in the interest of retaining our national sovereignty. The Versailles Treaty that followed the defeat of Germany also set in motion all the elements of that led to World War II and the creation of colonies, new nation-states, in the Middle East by the French and British after the fall of the Ottoman Empire.
Even as World War II was winding down, Franklin D. Roosevelt had work begun on the creation of the United Nations.
In 2007, in response to a question from New York Times’ editors, then Senator Barack Obama explained how he would resolve the problems in Syria. “I would meet directly with Syrian leaders. We would engage in a level of aggressive personal diplomacy in which a whole host of issues are on the table…Iran and Syria would start changing their behavior if they started seeing that they had some incentives to do so, but right now the only incentive that exists is our president (Bush) suggesting that if you do what we tell you, we may not blow you up.”
“My belief about the regional powers in the Middle East is that they don’t respond well to that kind of bluster. They haven’t in the past, there’s no reason to think they will in the future.”
So, naturally, the President is currently threatening Syria’s Bashar al-Assad with military action and, having decided to let Congress determine whether he should be granted permission to proceed, may be deterred if it votes to deny it.
George W. Bush invaded Iraq in 2003 after putting together a “coalition of the willing” and going to the United Nations to secure a resolution permitting that action. His Secretary of State, Colin Powell, made a presentation to the Security Council in which he presented proof that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction. Obama’s Secretary of State has argued forcefully for U.S. intervention in Syria to rid the nation of Assad, but America currently has no international support, including longtime ally Great Britain.
Bush’s intervention in Iraq, March 2003 to April 2009, led to casualties whose estimates range from 110,600 by the Associated Press to more than a million by the Opinion Research Business Survey. The intervention in Libya in 2011 had estimates of casualties of protesters, armed belligerents, and civilians ranging from 2,000 to 30,000.
Even a “limited” military action in Syria would inflict more casualties, adding to the 100,000 that Assad has already slaughtered and is likely to expand the war into Lebanon, home to Iran’s proxy, Hezbollah, as well as Jordan and possibly Turkey. Americans are telling their representatives in Congress not to engage our military.
Writing in The Weekly Standard on September 6, Reuel Marc Gherecht, a senior fellow at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies and a contributing editor, dissected the problems posed by Syria and Iran, along with al Qaeda. “When it comes to the Middle East, Obama’s presidency has largely been predicated on two ideas: A hegemonic America is a bad thing, and the second Iraq war was a serious mistake.”
“Time has been unkind to Obama,” said Gherecht. “The withdrawal from Iraq has not left that country better off…al Qaeda now boasts, along with Iran and its militant Iraqi allies, that it drove the Americans out of the country.” Hardly a week has gone by since American military forces left that bombs by Sunni militants have not killed Shiite Iraqis.
In Syria, as Assad’s forces have been unable to quell the rebellion, he has turned to the use of poison gas.
In Egypt, Obama originally backed the Muslim Brotherhood’s overthrow of Hosni Mubarak and in Syria in August 2011 he had told Assad he had to go. It took action by the Egyptian military to remove the government led by the Muslim Brotherhood. Libya remains in a chaotic state between its tribal factions. The civil war in Syria rages on.
“Barack Obama,” says Gherecht, “is now the American everyone in the region loves to hate.”
Worse than that, warning of the need to intercede in Syria, he said “That so many in the West don’t see this, and are unwilling to go to war to stop such an atrocity—to send a clear signal to tyrants elsewhere—only shows how far we’ve come since 9/11. The Middle East’s power politics have again, hit us head on. We are, perhaps, too ‘fatigued’ this time round for the challenge.”
The only peace in the Middle East is the peace of the grave and the region threatens to erupt into a wider conflagration in much the same way World War II followed in the wake of the World War I.
International organizations, the United Nations, the European Union, NATO, the Arab League, and others have proven themselves incapable of a diplomatic resolution to the self-interest of Middle East dictators and monarchies, and the growing tide of Islamic fanaticism.
Barack Obama, with his pathological narcissism, believed that his Muslim upbringing and his Marxist ideology held the key to bringing peace to the Middle East. He has been proven wrong in the same way his domestic policies are bankrupting America and his foreign policies are dragging it into a war he desperately wanted to avoid and now feels compelled to pursue.
© Alan Caruba, 2013
Thursday, September 5, 2013
Creative Solutions And An Incidental Product Review
For her unhappy foot, Cookie got antibiotics and we were to do 20 minute foot soaks in Epsom salt, twice a day.
Sometimes things are easier said than done.
Administering the medication was easy, Cookie does accept pills hidden in food. We utilize the method recommended by Dr. Marty Becker, of using three treats, with only the middle one hiding the pill. Cheese did the job just fine and the whole experience was enjoyed.
With the footsie soaks, though, it was not such easy going.
Cookie, half-wild girl she is, has trouble with some of the things civilization brings, such as foot soaks.
First we tried putting her foot into the Epsom salt solution in a jar. Fail. Cookie was quite freaked by that idea.
Then we tried applying a poultice with Epsom salt paste in a freezer bag. Fail. This lasted a bit longer, but all in all about one minute.
What were we to do?
Doing it in the tub would probably work fine, except she's never seen a bath tub, never mind getting into one. And because we do want to be able to give her a bath when she needed in the future, we wanted her to get used to that idea slowly, so it could be a positive experience. Kiddie pool probably wouldn't be any different. We considered all kinds of ideas.
We didn't want to freak Cookie out too much, being new to our family and urban living but we did want to take care of the foot.
We figured that maybe if we just drenched the foot with the solution for 20 minutes, she might be ok with that and perhaps this would do the job. We knew that Cookie didn't mind having her foot sprayed, as we did try using DermaCool on it the first day.
After confirming with our vet that this should do, we needed to figure out how exactly we'd do this.
A bunch of towels to soak up the excess liquid?
Then I got the bright idea that maybe we could use the puppy pee pads instead.
We could have just done it outside but we needed to be able to be comfortable enough to do this for the whole 20 minutes. Indoors seemed like a more sensible option. So the decision has been made to try to work with the pee pads and see how it works.
They were nice enough at the pet store to sell us individual pieces, as we didn't need the whole huge package. The product we got is called Puddles Puppy Pads.
I can't really tell whether they are better than other similar products, as we never use any of these for their intended purpose and until now for anything else either.
But I can tell you that the amount of fluid these pads can hold is enormous.
The whole idea worked well and we were able to drench Cookie's foot for almost the 20 minutes without getting anything wet. The pads held their own. And we could take care of Cookie's foot without freaking her out.
Yay for creative thinking and puppy pee pads.
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Related articles:
From The End Of A Lead Line To Casa Jasmine: Meet Cookie, Our New Adoptee
And So It Begins Again(?) Our First Health-Related Heart Attack With Cookie
I Didn't Know I Could Fly: Why Cookie Wears A Harness Instead Of A Collar
C.E.T. Oral Hygiene Chews For Dogs CAN Be A Choking Hazzard
Our First Health-Related Heart Attack With Cookie: The Knee Or The Foot?
Sometimes things are easier said than done.
Administering the medication was easy, Cookie does accept pills hidden in food. We utilize the method recommended by Dr. Marty Becker, of using three treats, with only the middle one hiding the pill. Cheese did the job just fine and the whole experience was enjoyed.
With the footsie soaks, though, it was not such easy going.
Cookie, half-wild girl she is, has trouble with some of the things civilization brings, such as foot soaks.
First we tried putting her foot into the Epsom salt solution in a jar. Fail. Cookie was quite freaked by that idea.
Then we tried applying a poultice with Epsom salt paste in a freezer bag. Fail. This lasted a bit longer, but all in all about one minute.
What were we to do?
Doing it in the tub would probably work fine, except she's never seen a bath tub, never mind getting into one. And because we do want to be able to give her a bath when she needed in the future, we wanted her to get used to that idea slowly, so it could be a positive experience. Kiddie pool probably wouldn't be any different. We considered all kinds of ideas.
We didn't want to freak Cookie out too much, being new to our family and urban living but we did want to take care of the foot.
We figured that maybe if we just drenched the foot with the solution for 20 minutes, she might be ok with that and perhaps this would do the job. We knew that Cookie didn't mind having her foot sprayed, as we did try using DermaCool on it the first day.
After confirming with our vet that this should do, we needed to figure out how exactly we'd do this.
A bunch of towels to soak up the excess liquid?
Then I got the bright idea that maybe we could use the puppy pee pads instead.
We could have just done it outside but we needed to be able to be comfortable enough to do this for the whole 20 minutes. Indoors seemed like a more sensible option. So the decision has been made to try to work with the pee pads and see how it works.
They were nice enough at the pet store to sell us individual pieces, as we didn't need the whole huge package. The product we got is called Puddles Puppy Pads.
I can't really tell whether they are better than other similar products, as we never use any of these for their intended purpose and until now for anything else either.
But I can tell you that the amount of fluid these pads can hold is enormous.
The whole idea worked well and we were able to drench Cookie's foot for almost the 20 minutes without getting anything wet. The pads held their own. And we could take care of Cookie's foot without freaking her out.
Yay for creative thinking and puppy pee pads.
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Related articles:
From The End Of A Lead Line To Casa Jasmine: Meet Cookie, Our New Adoptee
And So It Begins Again(?) Our First Health-Related Heart Attack With Cookie
I Didn't Know I Could Fly: Why Cookie Wears A Harness Instead Of A Collar
C.E.T. Oral Hygiene Chews For Dogs CAN Be A Choking Hazzard
Our First Health-Related Heart Attack With Cookie: The Knee Or The Foot?
Will Australians Vote to End the Carbon Tax?
By Alan Caruba
There’s an election in Australia on Saturday, September 7, and while the economy is of the greatest concern, it is a carbon tax that has driven up costs and put businesses into closure that is the issue that will determine the outcome. Meanwhile, in the U.S., imposing a carbon tax remains a top priority of the Obama administration.
A carbon tax is really a tax on the use of energy. Diehard environmentalists oppose any form of energy use. The code words are “greenhouse gas emissions”, meaning carbon dioxide (CO2) that the Greens constantly tell us will cause the Earth’s temperature to rise, but the Earth is not cooperating, having been in a natural cooling cycle going on 17 years now. Nor are the apocalyptic predictions about CO2 anything more than lies given the fact that it is a minimal element of the Earth’s atmosphere. That said, without it, all life on Earth would die because all vegetation depends on it.
In “Taxing Air: Facts and Fallacies About Climate Change”, Bob Carter and colleagues dismember green claims and, addressing Australia’s carbon tax, note that “price increases will cascade through the economy, and for most of them no compensation will be proposed. At the bottom of the pile, to whom the accrued costs will be passed, lies the squashed citizen and consumer.” Those citizens will be voting on Saturday.
As an article in The Guardian, a British daily, noted, a conservative coalition led by Tony Abbott is likely to win, ending six years of Labor (socialist) rule that included a battle within the Labor party for its leadership, the result of its having passed a carbon tax after the then-Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, had promised not to impose it. Kevin Rudd challenged and replaced her. Now he and the Labor party are expected to be defeated.
“Having built his standing as opposition leader on the contention that Labor’s carbon tax would destroy jobs and hurt households,” the Guardian article noted, “Abbott has promised his first legislative act as prime minister will be to repeal it.”
What has occurred in Australia is a case history example of what happens when greens get their way. They always manage to destroy the economy. A recent study of Australia’s carbon tax by the Institute for Energy Research yielded the following findings:
# In the year after Australia’s carbon tax was introduced, household electricity prices rose 15%, including the biggest quarterly increase on record.
# Currently 19% of the typical household’s electricity bill is due to Australia’s carbon tax and other "green" programs such as a renewable energy mandate.
# The job market had previously been stable, but after Australia’s carbon tax, the number of unemployed workers has risen by more than 10%.
# Because Australia's exports are relatively emissions intensive, the practical result of the Australian carbon tax serves as a tax on exports and import-competing industries.
# Australia’s carbon tax was accompanied by income tax increases for 2.2 million taxpayers.
# Due to fiscal gaps that exist between carbon tax revenues and increased government spending that accompanied the scheme, Australia's budget bottom line will worsen as higher deficits and greater public debt increase.
# Carbon dioxide emissions have actually increased, and will not fall below current levels until 2043, according to the Australian government.
Viv Forbes, chairman of the Carbon Sense coalition in Australia, an opponent of the carbon tax and other green proposals, says “The growing failure of green energy in Europe should warn Australia to abandon bi-partisan policies dictating targets, mandates and subsidies for ‘green’ energy.”
This mirrors the same problems here in America where billions in loans to so-called green energy companies can be added to the list of Obama administration scandals as one after another went out of business. Solar and wind power is proving to be as great a hoax as “global warming” and a very costly one at that. How long has it being going on? Jimmy Carter had solar panels placed on the roof of the White House. Ronald Reagan had them removed. Barack Obama has had them installed.
Fifteen million registered voters in Australia will go to the polls and render their judgment on September 7. It is a vote that should be reported upon in the United States, but it more likely to be ignored or buried.
© Alan Caruba, 2013
X-Events by John Casti - Book review
X-Events
Complexity Overload and the Collapse of Everything
By: John L. Casti, Ph.D.
Published: March 12, 2012
Format: Paperback, 336 pages
ISBN-10: 0062088297
ISBN-13: 978-0062088291
Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks
"X-events of the human - rather than nature-caused - variety are the result of too little understanding chasing too much complexity in our human systems", writes pioneer of complexity science and systems theory, Senior Research Scholar at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, John L. Casti, Ph.D.,in his provocative and thought provoking book X-Events: Complexity Overload and the Collapse of Everything. The author describes the challenge of understanding and evaluating extremes risks to human society due to the increasingly unsustainable complexity of the systems.
John Casti recognizes the inherent fragility of our exponentially growing ever more complex society. For the author, this growing complexity is not only unsustainable, but that the various systems are interlinked and interdependent upon one another. The dependence on ever more technology to maintain the many intertwined systems multiplies their vulnerability to collapse due to some random and unexpected event.
John Casti presents these unexpected and outlier events as very real possibilities that would have a profound effect on civilization and on humanity itself. The author also points out that these unusual extreme events, that he calls X-events, are not well studied or examined. As a result, John Casti proposes the establishment and development of a the theory or this risk and potential disastrous shock to the systems.
John Casti (photo left) understands that as systems grow in size and complexity, they also become more fragile and vulnerable to collapse. While most people don't consider the possibility of catastrophic disasters, and usually consider technology to be the best solution, John Casti posits that complex technological systems are the problem. Indeed, the author is not describing a localized and readily containable disaster of the type with which people are familiar.
John Casti is providing risk analysis of calamities affecting civilization on a global scale. While each of the potential catastrophic events seems remote in isolation, when taken together and considered as interlinked components of an overall system, the risk factor grows exponentially. The author points out that to compensate for systemic flaws and weaknesses, the usual prescription is to apply more technological solutions, and increasing the susceptibility to planet wide disaster even more.
John Casti proposes the following catastrophic disaster scenarios which could set back human civilization by centuries or even by millennia. None of the possibilities are impossible or flights of fancy. All are very real possibilities, with the only difference being in their level of probability. The disaster scenarios are as follows:
* A long-term, widespread failure of the internet
* Breakdown of the global food supply system
* Continent-wide electromagnetic pulse destroys electronics
* A collapse of globalization
* Destruction of Earth through the creation of exotic particles
* Destabilization of the nuclear landscape
* Drying up of world oil supplies
* A global disease pandemic
* Failure of the electrical power grid and clean water supply
* Intelligent robots overthrow humanity
* Global deflation and collapse of world financial markets
For me, the power of the book is how John Casti combines a complete overview of the susceptibility of the many global systems, with a series of very credible scenarios that could set back human civilization for at least many decades. The author provides a powerful wake up call for those who believe that our complex and interconnected worldwide systems are safe from catastrophe. In fact, the author provides compelling evidence that this very complexity, that was designed and created to avoid system wide failure, is what makes the systems vulnerable in the first place.
John Casti doesn't go the doom and gloom route, that many other books do in the apocalyptic genre, despite his warnings of potential systemic failure. The author is not trying to scare people. He is seeking ideas and solutions to the challenges faced by an ever more complex set of systems. The primary goal of the book is to discover new ways of assessing and evaluating risk in areas where statistical analysis and probability theory are inadequate. By examining these possibilities, in a realistic and systems based format, the author creates a new field of study in the form of X-events theory.
I highly recommend the real world focused and systems analysis based book X-Events: Complexity Overload and the Collapse of Everything by John Casti, to any business leaders, global theorists, political leaders, public policy makers, engineers, scientists, academics, environmentalists, and anyone else seeking a clear and concise assessment of the risks inherent in the complexity of modern systems. This book will guide you toward realistic analyses of risk and risk management, and some real solutions to those challenges as well.
Wednesday, September 4, 2013
Karen Phelan: Games For Leadership Development - Blog Business Success Radio
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Consultant, former engineer, co-founder of Operating Principals, and co-creator of Leadership Development Cards, Karen Phelan describes how games can be used effectively to develop leadership skills and build teams. Karen Phelan provides the background to using pretend style games to learn new leadership skills. The skills are based on pretending to be a famous leader of the past or present, from many different fields and accomplishments. Karen offers ideas for using the cards and games for building effective teams, and for working successfully toward the team's goals and objectives. Karen also shares how to use the games to draw out depersonalized feedback about yourself, as well as of other leaders and team members. Learn how to use games as a productive and insightful format to learn and develop leadership and teamwork building skills.
Karen Phelan is my internet radio show guest on Blog Business Success; hosted live on BlogTalkRadio.
The show airs live on Thursday, September 5, at 8:00 pm Eastern Time; 5:00 pm Pacific Time.
Consultant, former engineer, co-founder of Operating Principals, and co-creator of Leadership Development Cards, Karen Phelan describes how games can be used effectively to develop leadership skills and build teams. You will learn:
* Why games are so effective for developing leadership skills
* How games can help with building effective teams that achieve their goals
* How cards of famous people, with you taking their role, are effective teachers
* Why feedback from the impersonal aspect of the pretend game works better
Karen Phelan (photo left) has over twenty years of experience in IT, operations, and organizational learning and development. She has held management roles in Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson and different consulting roles at Deloitte & Touche, Gemini Consulting and her own consulting firms. Conversant in IT, NPD, and Supply Chain, she prefers to work in the people side of a company.
Karen holds both a BS and MS from MIT and likes to write books in her spare time. She's written a humorous look at business in Who Moved My Holy Hand Grenade? and her most recent book is I'm Sorry I Broke Your Company: When Management Consultants Are the Problem, Not the Solution. She's also got a skewed sense of humor.
My book review of I'm Sorry I Broke Your Company: When Management Consultants Are the Problem, Not the Solution by Karen Phelan.
Listen live on Thursday at 8:00 pm Eastern, 5:00 pm Pacific time.
If you miss this very informative show, it will be available for free download as a podcast for iPod, iTunes, and MP3 players; or play it right on your computer. To download this, or any other of my guest interviews, go to the Blog Business Success host page and click on Archived Segments. Once there, click on the podcast icon at the end of the episode description, to download the show free of charge for your listening enjoyment. You can also subscribe to the show feed.
To call in questions for my guest, the number is: (347) 996-5832
Let's talk with consultant, former engineer, co-founder of Operating Principals, and co-creator of Leadership Development Cards, Karen Phelan, as she describes how games can be used effectively to develop leadership skills and build teams. Karen Phelan provides the background to using pretend style games to learn new leadership skills. The skills are based on pretending to be a famous leader of the past or present, from many different fields and accomplishments. Karen offers ideas for using the cards and games for building effective teams, and for working successfully toward the team's goals and objectives. Karen also shares how to use the games to draw out depersonalized feedback about yourself, as well as of other leaders and team members. Learn how to use games as a productive and insightful format to learn and develop leadership and teamwork building skills on Blog Business Success Radio.
Consultant, former engineer, co-founder of Operating Principals, and co-creator of Leadership Development Cards, Karen Phelan describes how games can be used effectively to develop leadership skills and build teams. Karen Phelan provides the background to using pretend style games to learn new leadership skills. The skills are based on pretending to be a famous leader of the past or present, from many different fields and accomplishments. Karen offers ideas for using the cards and games for building effective teams, and for working successfully toward the team's goals and objectives. Karen also shares how to use the games to draw out depersonalized feedback about yourself, as well as of other leaders and team members. Learn how to use games as a productive and insightful format to learn and develop leadership and teamwork building skills.
Karen Phelan is my internet radio show guest on Blog Business Success; hosted live on BlogTalkRadio.
The show airs live on Thursday, September 5, at 8:00 pm Eastern Time; 5:00 pm Pacific Time.
Consultant, former engineer, co-founder of Operating Principals, and co-creator of Leadership Development Cards, Karen Phelan describes how games can be used effectively to develop leadership skills and build teams. You will learn:
* Why games are so effective for developing leadership skills
* How games can help with building effective teams that achieve their goals
* How cards of famous people, with you taking their role, are effective teachers
* Why feedback from the impersonal aspect of the pretend game works better
Karen Phelan (photo left) has over twenty years of experience in IT, operations, and organizational learning and development. She has held management roles in Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson and different consulting roles at Deloitte & Touche, Gemini Consulting and her own consulting firms. Conversant in IT, NPD, and Supply Chain, she prefers to work in the people side of a company.
Karen holds both a BS and MS from MIT and likes to write books in her spare time. She's written a humorous look at business in Who Moved My Holy Hand Grenade? and her most recent book is I'm Sorry I Broke Your Company: When Management Consultants Are the Problem, Not the Solution. She's also got a skewed sense of humor.
My book review of I'm Sorry I Broke Your Company: When Management Consultants Are the Problem, Not the Solution by Karen Phelan.
Listen live on Thursday at 8:00 pm Eastern, 5:00 pm Pacific time.
If you miss this very informative show, it will be available for free download as a podcast for iPod, iTunes, and MP3 players; or play it right on your computer. To download this, or any other of my guest interviews, go to the Blog Business Success host page and click on Archived Segments. Once there, click on the podcast icon at the end of the episode description, to download the show free of charge for your listening enjoyment. You can also subscribe to the show feed.
To call in questions for my guest, the number is: (347) 996-5832
Let's talk with consultant, former engineer, co-founder of Operating Principals, and co-creator of Leadership Development Cards, Karen Phelan, as she describes how games can be used effectively to develop leadership skills and build teams. Karen Phelan provides the background to using pretend style games to learn new leadership skills. The skills are based on pretending to be a famous leader of the past or present, from many different fields and accomplishments. Karen offers ideas for using the cards and games for building effective teams, and for working successfully toward the team's goals and objectives. Karen also shares how to use the games to draw out depersonalized feedback about yourself, as well as of other leaders and team members. Learn how to use games as a productive and insightful format to learn and develop leadership and teamwork building skills on Blog Business Success Radio.
Tackling The Veterinary Terminology: Prefixes (epi-)
Remember the Spelling Bee? Big words are easier to tackle when you understand how they're put together. Veterinary terms are composed in the same way. Just like with other words, the main parts of a veterinary term are a prefix, a root, and a suffix. The difference is that they typically come more directly from Greek or Latin.
A prefix is placed at the beginning of a word to modify its meaning by providing additional information. It usually indicates number, location, time, or status.
epi- [ˈɛpi] - from Greek - on, above, over
This prefix one also has an opposite meaning to endo-. As and example, we could compare endothelium versus epithelium. Both are the tissue that lines organ surfaces. Endothelium is a thin layer of cells that lines various organs and cavities inside the body, particularly blood vessels and heart, while epithelium, which you might be more familiar with, covers the outside of skin or mucous membranes or hollow organs.
Epidermis is a familiar term; means the outside layer of skin.
Epicardium is the outside layer of the heart. Epistaxis stands for nose bleeds. Epithelialization regeneration of epithelium, in other words, it grows back where it's been lost.
The word epinephrine is quite interesting, because it's put together from the epi- prefix, followed by word that stands for kidneys--nephron-- and a chemical suffix. So it is descriptive of a substance that comes from above kidneys, in other words, from the adrenal glands.
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Veterinary Suffixes (-scopy)
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Veterinary Suffixes (-blast)
Veterinary Suffixes (-opsy)
Veterinary Suffixes (-ac/-al)
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Veterinary Prefixes (hypo-)
Veterinary Prefixes (pyo-)
Veterinary Prefixes (myo-)
Veterinary Prefixes (myelo-)
Veterinary Prefixes (spondylo-)
Veterinary Prefixes (cardio-)
Veterinary Prefixes (cervic-)
Veterinary Prefixes (osteo-)
Veterinary Prefixes (fibro-)
Veterinary Prefixes (broncho-)
Veterinary Prefixes (hemo-)
Veterinary Prefixes (brady-)
Veterinary Prefixes (tachy-)
Veterinary Prefixes (hepat-)
Veterinary Prefixes (gastr-)
Veterinary Prefixes (laryng-)
Veterinary Prefixes (anti-)
Veterinary Prefixes (endo-)
Veterinary Prefixes (exo-)
A prefix is placed at the beginning of a word to modify its meaning by providing additional information. It usually indicates number, location, time, or status.
This prefix one also has an opposite meaning to endo-. As and example, we could compare endothelium versus epithelium. Both are the tissue that lines organ surfaces. Endothelium is a thin layer of cells that lines various organs and cavities inside the body, particularly blood vessels and heart, while epithelium, which you might be more familiar with, covers the outside of skin or mucous membranes or hollow organs.
Epidermis is a familiar term; means the outside layer of skin.
Epicardium is the outside layer of the heart. Epistaxis stands for nose bleeds. Epithelialization regeneration of epithelium, in other words, it grows back where it's been lost.
The word epinephrine is quite interesting, because it's put together from the epi- prefix, followed by word that stands for kidneys--nephron-- and a chemical suffix. So it is descriptive of a substance that comes from above kidneys, in other words, from the adrenal glands.
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Why Syria?
By Alan Caruba
Conservatives are asking themselves why liberals, so opposed to Bush’s war against Iraq and its dictator, Saddam Hussein, are so hell bent to get into a war in Syria and its dictator, Bashar al-Assad?
The President’s assertion of a short attack has been called “the Goldilocks” approach to war, offered as a measured, limited response to the use of poison gas that killed over a thousand men, women and children in late August. Wars, however, do not lend themselves to such measures. They have a way of getting out of control, drawing in nations that have no wish to engage in them.
Moreover, there is ample reason not to rush into any military operation until we know whether, in fact, the poison gas was used by Assad or by rebel forces seeking to draw the U.S. and other nations into the conflict. Logically, there was no reason for Assad to use poison gas. All observers were of the view that he was winning the civil war at the cost of slaughtering 100,000 Syrians and turning millions into refugees.
This is not the first time the world has stood aside while such slaughters have taken place. It is an ugly truth, but it is the truth.
Who is rushing to resolve the horror that is Syria? Not the United Nations. Not NATO. Not Great Britain. Not Saudi Arabia. Not the Arab League. Nor has the United States to the point where Obama had to reverse course and ask for permission from Congress.
When you also consider the failure of the U.S. to arm “moderate” rebel forces as promised, it raises still more questions regarding who to arm and why the proposal has proven so resistant to fulfillment.
An element of the Benghazi scandal is the widespread belief that Libya was being used for the covert transfer of weapons, but that does not explain why the Obama administration blatantly lied about those who perpetrated the attack that killed an American ambassador and three security personnel, nor why there was no effort to come to their aid.
It is absurd to say that Assad’s Syria represents a threat to American national security and the hearings on Capitol Hill made it clear that the Joint Chiefs are very reluctant to initiate an attack that, militarily, is not likely to do much to degrade Assad’s ability to wage war. The Syrian operation comes at a time when the nation’s military capacities have been worn down by more than a decade of fighting in the Middle East. Congress would have to make a special appropriation to cover the cost of the use and replacement of missiles.
Americans have been forced to witness a theatre of the absurd as Democratic Party spokespersons from Obama to Kerry, Pelosi to Wasserman-Schultz, defend the attack while supported by RINOs John McCain and Lindsay Graham. Even Republican leaders such as John Boehner and Eric Cantor have had to make the calculation to support Obama in order to avoid having the nation look weak in the wake of his “red line” statements.
The problem, however, is that the U.S. does look weak after its involvement in Afghanistan and Iraq. Adding Syria to the list will only enforce that perception.
It is more than a perception. It is a reality. A nation tottering on bankruptcy and default is, by definition, weak. A nation that has degraded its military power is, by definition, weak. A nation led by a vacillating, incompetent President is, by definition, weak.
It has taken barely five years for Obama to “fundamentally transform” America into a liberal cesspool of debt, widespread unemployment, and now a debate over whether to use military power to help him “save face” in a world where the fate of Syria is way down on the list of priorities, led by the increasingly desperate need to save America.
© Alan Caruba, 2013
Shana Tova - Happy New Year 5774
I did not have time to post at all this afternoon (it was really crazy), but Shana Tova - a Happy New Year to all of you. Because of the three-day holiday, I will not be back online again until Saturday night. But if you have not done so already, please go to the post below this one and show your appreciation for this blog.
Thanks.
Thanks.
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'Anonymous' hackers call for attacks on US and Israel on 9/11
The 'Anonymous' group of hackers has called for attacks on the United States and Israel on the 12th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks.
Let's go to the videotape.
Let's go to the videotape.
Debra Burlingame tries to explain the meaning of Allahu Akhbar to RINO McCain
Hat Tip: Jack W. I shudder to think that the Republicans nominated this guy to be President. Maybe that was part of the fix for Obama in '08? Hmmm.
Oh my: Russia threatens to sell S-300 to Iran if US attacks Syria without UN backing
In an interview as part of the lead up to the G20 summit, Russian President Vladimir Putin told the Associated Press and Russia's state Channel 1 television that his country would consider selling the S-300 anti-missile defense system to 'certain regions' in the event that the United States attacks Syria without United Nations backing. The statement was taken as a veiled hint that Russia would
Hmmm... Russia suspending S-300, MiG29 delivery to Syria
Claiming they haven't been paid, Russia is suspending delivery of the S-300 anti-missile system and of new, modern MiG29M/M2 fighter jets to Syria.
Russia has suspended the delivery of S-300 missile systems to Syria,
Russian President Vladimir Putin confirmed in an interview on Wednesday,
AFP reported.
Over the weekend, Russian newspaper Kommersant reported the shipping of the S-300
Tuesday, September 3, 2013
Danon: Netanyahu has no place in the Likud
Oh my....
Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu has "no place in Likud" should he sign a peace deal with the
Palestinians, Deputy Defense Minister and Likud MK Danny Danon said on
Sunday.
Speaking to an audience of Likud activists in
Judea and Samaria, Danon, who won the fifth spot on the Likud party list
and who chairs the Likud Central Committee, was critical of the prime
minister's
Kerry warns of Munich moment
This is rich on so many levels. US Secretary of State John Kerry warns of a 'Munich moment' if Congress votes against attacking Syria.
Secretary of State John Kerry
told House Democrats that the United States faced a "Munich moment" in
deciding whether to respond to the alleged use of chemical weapons by
the Syrian government, Politico reported on Monday.
According to the Politico
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Former NSC Chief Eiland: Obama nixed Netanyahu's attack on Iran
Former National Security Council Chief Giora Eiland says that Prime Minister Netanyahu had decided to attack Iran, but called it off due to pressure from President Hussein Obama (Hat Tip: Sunlight).
The Mida website quoted statements reportedly made by Eiland, the
former head of the National Security Council, in a closed conference on
defense.
According to Eiland, “The Prime Minister
Our First Health-Related Heart Attack With Cookie: The Knee Or The Foot?
Continued from part I
When Cookie suddenly went fully lame on her rear left leg, we were really worried she might have busted her knee ligament. It certainly did look like it. There were couple things about it that kept us somewhat hopeful that it could be the foot instead. We cut our trip short and returned home, where we were better equipped to deal with a lame dog.
The lameness persisted to the next day.
At least by then Cookie started getting used to having only three legs to use because at first she seemed quite lost as to how to move about with one leg out of commission.
We decided to take her to a local vet in order to make things easier on Cookie.
The vet examined her leg up and down, really feeling everything and playing with the knee.
She did not elicit a drawers sign or any other indication of a problem with the knee.
Cookie's foot was somewhat swollen and the vet got pain response when playing with the toes. The conclusion was that the leg is fine and the problem is with the foot. That was a huge relief to us.
Cookie came home with Deramaxx and instructions that if the signs didn't improve by the end of the week, they will need to surgically look for a foreign body in the foot.
We were still hoping that it might have been a sting. Other than the lameness and general swelling there was nothing that would look like an entry wound.
Cookie had to mostly rest, with just short potty walks.
The next day she started walking normally on that foot, so we took her for a short walk as well. Things were looking good and we hoped that this might have been the end of it.
Since she was walking well, and really needed some exercise an entertainment, the next day we took her to the horse farm.
It was her first time there and you can imagine how excited she was. Playing with JD, running around, couldn't settle down for a moment. She had a great time.
And then she went lame again.
This time the foot looked very angry, with a lump that looked like an abscess now, and overall unhappy tissue. We called our vet whether he could see us that day and went from the farm straight to his office.
The toes were indeed very unhappy and sore. He squeezed bunch of pus and Cookie limped out with a poultice bandage and antibiotics.
We had a follow up appointment in two days to see whether or not an exploratory surgery was needed to find and remove the now likely foreign body.
The instructions were to keep the bandage dry. Fortunately, Cookie did not need the horrible cone of shame, because the bandage was a "no chew" product, in fact, had it written all over it.
"So she shouldn't lick or chew this?" asked hubby.
"If she reads it," replied the vet.
I guess Cookie did read it, because she left it alone.
Two days of restricted activity and limping around later, the poultice came off. The foot looked much happier and it seemed that surgery was not warranted.
We were to do soaks in Epsom salt and keep and eye on it.
Cookie was walking normally but the foot didn't look to me the way I'd expected it to look--getting better. I kept looking kind of the same, still draining with a bump that almost looked like an interdigital cyst now.
So back to the vet.
He wasn't happy with it either. Gave it a good squeeze and a bunch of pus and dead tissue came out. And then a tip of something became visible.
It was a porcupine quill.
Technically, Cookie should have been put under for that but because she's been very good about it, the vet was able to pull it out right there on the exam table.
It was quite a good chunk but the without the tip.
The tip may or may not have remained in there. If after this the foot didn't get better, surgery to find and remove it would be needed.
However, after this, the foot seemed to have been healing quickly and by next appointment it looked 90% healed.
We were so happy that our footsie trouble were over.
When we got Cookie we were told that she had couple encounters with a porcupine. Perhaps the piece of quill ended up in the foot as she was trying to paw them off her face. Perhaps she stepped on a quill fragment. Either way, the vet felt the toes very thoroughly and there was no indication that something should have been left in there.
We just went for a local walk for a couple days and on the weekend things looked good enough for us to decide to take Cookie to the farm again.
Cookie had a great time. But when we returned home, the lameness returned and she wouldn't put any weight on the foot again.
The swelling and oozing was back. The footsie saga doesn't seem to be over after all ...
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When Cookie suddenly went fully lame on her rear left leg, we were really worried she might have busted her knee ligament. It certainly did look like it. There were couple things about it that kept us somewhat hopeful that it could be the foot instead. We cut our trip short and returned home, where we were better equipped to deal with a lame dog.
The lameness persisted to the next day.
At least by then Cookie started getting used to having only three legs to use because at first she seemed quite lost as to how to move about with one leg out of commission.
We decided to take her to a local vet in order to make things easier on Cookie.
The vet examined her leg up and down, really feeling everything and playing with the knee.
She did not elicit a drawers sign or any other indication of a problem with the knee.
Cookie's foot was somewhat swollen and the vet got pain response when playing with the toes. The conclusion was that the leg is fine and the problem is with the foot. That was a huge relief to us.
Cookie came home with Deramaxx and instructions that if the signs didn't improve by the end of the week, they will need to surgically look for a foreign body in the foot.
We were still hoping that it might have been a sting. Other than the lameness and general swelling there was nothing that would look like an entry wound.
Cookie had to mostly rest, with just short potty walks.
The next day she started walking normally on that foot, so we took her for a short walk as well. Things were looking good and we hoped that this might have been the end of it.
Since she was walking well, and really needed some exercise an entertainment, the next day we took her to the horse farm.
It was her first time there and you can imagine how excited she was. Playing with JD, running around, couldn't settle down for a moment. She had a great time.
And then she went lame again.
This time the foot looked very angry, with a lump that looked like an abscess now, and overall unhappy tissue. We called our vet whether he could see us that day and went from the farm straight to his office.
The toes were indeed very unhappy and sore. He squeezed bunch of pus and Cookie limped out with a poultice bandage and antibiotics.
We had a follow up appointment in two days to see whether or not an exploratory surgery was needed to find and remove the now likely foreign body.
The instructions were to keep the bandage dry. Fortunately, Cookie did not need the horrible cone of shame, because the bandage was a "no chew" product, in fact, had it written all over it.
"So she shouldn't lick or chew this?" asked hubby.
"If she reads it," replied the vet.
I guess Cookie did read it, because she left it alone.
Two days of restricted activity and limping around later, the poultice came off. The foot looked much happier and it seemed that surgery was not warranted.
We were to do soaks in Epsom salt and keep and eye on it.
Cookie was walking normally but the foot didn't look to me the way I'd expected it to look--getting better. I kept looking kind of the same, still draining with a bump that almost looked like an interdigital cyst now.
So back to the vet.
He wasn't happy with it either. Gave it a good squeeze and a bunch of pus and dead tissue came out. And then a tip of something became visible.
It was a porcupine quill.
Technically, Cookie should have been put under for that but because she's been very good about it, the vet was able to pull it out right there on the exam table.
It was quite a good chunk but the without the tip.
The tip may or may not have remained in there. If after this the foot didn't get better, surgery to find and remove it would be needed.
However, after this, the foot seemed to have been healing quickly and by next appointment it looked 90% healed.
We were so happy that our footsie trouble were over.
When we got Cookie we were told that she had couple encounters with a porcupine. Perhaps the piece of quill ended up in the foot as she was trying to paw them off her face. Perhaps she stepped on a quill fragment. Either way, the vet felt the toes very thoroughly and there was no indication that something should have been left in there.
We just went for a local walk for a couple days and on the weekend things looked good enough for us to decide to take Cookie to the farm again.
Cookie had a great time. But when we returned home, the lameness returned and she wouldn't put any weight on the foot again.
The swelling and oozing was back. The footsie saga doesn't seem to be over after all ...
***
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From The End Of A Lead Line To Casa Jasmine: Meet Cookie, Our New Adoptee
And So It Begins Again(?) Our First Health-Related Heart Attack With Cookie
I Didn't Know I Could Fly: Why Cookie Wears A Harness Instead Of A Collar
C.E.T. Oral Hygiene Chews For Dogs CAN Be A Choking Hazzard
Obama tells the rabbis what to say, doesn't mention Iran
President Obama had a conference call with about 1,000 rabbis on Friday in which he gave them New Year's greetings and reflected on the high holidays.
Obama in the call on Friday afternoon extended the greetings on behalf
of himself and the first lady for a sweet, happy and healthy New Year.
He noted that the Jewish High Holidays provide an opportunity for Jews
to reflect on the past year
'Palestinians'' seek gripe session with Kerry
This is how US Secretary of State John Kerry is spending his time. No, not trying to rally support for a US strike on Syria. Instead, Kerry is spending his time listening to 'Palestinian' gripes over the 'peace process.'
The Palestinians are busily seeking to arrange a meeting between PA
Chairman Mahmoud Abbas and US Secretary of State John Kerry, Ramallah’s
foreign minister, Riyad al-Maliki
The Arabs are the New Jews
By Alan Caruba
The debate about whether or when to inflict some “punishment” on Syria’s Bashar al-Assad put me in mind of the run-up to World War II when the U.S. State Department was reluctant to admit German Jews seeking sanctuary and, after the D-Day invasion, the discovery of the Nazi death camps where six million Jews from around Europe perished.
So long as it was Jews doing the dying, the world just didn’t care that much and now, so long as it is Arabs—over 100,000 Syrians—the world still doesn’t care.
Moreover, the Arabs of the Middle East have given the West little reason to be concerned for their lives. Who has killed more Arabs than any other group? Arabs. The jihadists have bombed and murdered their fellow Muslims with abandon and continue to do so.
Poison gas was used by Saddam Hussein and is being likely used by both Assad and the rebels seeking to overthrow him.
It is the poison gas the West fears, not the fate of the Syrians or other Arabs.
The nightmare that the West refuses to confront is a nuclear-armed Iran. If and when the Israelis—Jews—take action to disable the Iranian nuclear operations, they will have saved themselves and the West.
Congress will likely approve some kind of authorization for the President to take some action. The draft that the White House sent was deemed too broadly written so the lawyers in Congress will fret it about with limits. That’s a good thing because whatever Obama does will be an act of war and a rather futile one at that.
An article in the September 2 World Tribune reported that “President Barack Obama has encountered vigorous resistance from the military to his plans to attack Syria.”
Assad will have plenty of time to continue waging war on the Syrian rebels. He’s too busy killing Syrians who, true to the tribal nature of the region, will remain busy killing Alawites, Christians, Druze, and others. Neither the Russians, nor the Iranians want a bigger war. They want a seaport and a pipeline respectively.
Congress will also have to find a billion dollars with which to pay for the missiles we use and to replace them. A nation that is $17 trillion in debt doesn’t have the money to wage a war. A short, symbolic slap will have to suffice.
There will be no “boots on the ground.” Our army is worn out by more than a decade of fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq. Our air force is flying a lot of old planes. Our navy has been reduced to less vessels than are needed in a dangerous world. Mostly, though, Americans are understandably just tired of fighting in the Middle East and achieving nothing.
If we could find and kill Osama bin Laden, there is no reason why we could not have done the same with Saddam Hussein and now Bashar al-Assad. It’s cheaper and just as effective.
For a while, Bashar was the darling of the liberals in Congress. Nancy Pelosi visited him. In 2007, despite White House objections, she traveled to Damascus to meet with Assad. At the time she said she had “expressed our concern about Syria’s connections to Hezbollah and Hamas” and raised the issue of the sanctuary that Syria was providing those fighting U.S. troops in neighboring Iraq. Then-President Bush said, “A lot of people have gone to see President Assad…and yet we haven’t seen action. He hasn’t responded.”
Ironically, it is now Pelosi who is urging Obama to take military action against Assad.
In 2011 on Face the Nation then-Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, was asked why the U.S. was not intervening in Syria as it had in Libya. When CBS newsman Bob Schieffer remarked that Assad’s father had killed 25,000 Syrians in Hama in 1982, Clinton replied that Syria had a different leader and one that recent visitors regarded as “a reformer.”
Among those who had visited Assad was then-Sen. John Kerry, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman, who had been there at least six times; most recently in November 2010. He pushed hard to re-engage the Assad regime and notably without any success.
Assuming Congress lets President Obama wipe the egg from his face over his “red line” comment, Assad will respond with the usual threats and go back to killing Syrians. Having seen the U.S. response to the use of poison gas, it will likely be removed and transported to Iran. It is likely that it originated in Iraq.
So long as it is Arabs dying, the West and the rest of the world is unlikely to intervene. The U.S. tried that. It did not work out well.
© Alan Caruba
Can we trust Obama?
Hat Tip for the cartoon: MFS - The Other News.
Several American allies don't trust President Obama to carry out an attack on Syria. And in Israel, there is consternation over the fact that he is framing the attack on Syria in terms of protecting us, and fear of the consequences for Iran of the American decision, whatever it might be.
"If the Hill does not approve this, no one will believe
Your tax dollars at work: 'Palestinian Authority' giving grants to released murderers
The 'Palestinians' are doing more than honoring the child murderers that Israel released to bring them to the conference table. They're also giving them 'grants' to honor them for their 'sacrifices.'
A statement issued by the government following its weekly meeting in
Ramallah said that the "grants" were being presented to the prisoners in
honor of their "sacrifices and in order to guarantee
Jordan slams construction of 'egalitarian prayer platform' at Western Wall
The government of Jordan has slammed the construction of a large platform for egalitarian prayer at the Western Wall (pictured - access seems to be via a ramp at the bottom of the picture).
The news agency quoted Jordanian State Minister for Media Affairs,
Mohammad Momani saying that the construction of the platform "is a
blatant attack on the Muslim monuments and Waqf (Islamic trust) land
Obama setting Israel up to be scapegoat for Syria failure
Is President Obama setting Israel up to be the scapegoat for the failure of his Syria policy? Here's Soccer Dad's Middle East Media Sampler for Tuesday, September 3.
Setting Israel up for the President's Failure
Politico reports:
The Obama administration is using a time-tested pitch to get Congress to
back military strikes in Syria: It will help protect Israel.
Right. The reason the
78% of Israeli Jews: 'Palestinians' won't see peace agreement as end of conflict
The monthly peace index for August is out, and to me this is the most striking finding.
Peace Agreement as End of Conflict: 78% of Jewish
respondents do not believe that the Palestinians would truly see the
signing of a peace agreement as marking the end of the conflict, while
20% do. 48% of Arab respondents do not believe so either, and 44% do
believe the peace agreement would mark the
Israel confirms joint missile test with US in the Mediterranean
Israel has confirmed a joint missile test with the United States in the Mediterranean on Tuesday morning. Earlier, Israel had claimed it was not aware of such a test.
The Defense Ministry announced Tuesday that Israel and the United States
had successfully conducted a joint missile test in the Mediterranean
Sea, a short time after Russia said it had detected a missile launch in the area.
New Syrian campaign: 'Over our dead bodies'
Supporters of Bashar al-Assad's regime in Syria are reported to be carrying out a campaign called 'Over our dead bodies.'
Let's go to the videotape.
I'm willing to bet that this campaign is orchestrated (and not spontaneous as suggested by the video above) and that many of those camping out are actually prisoners and dissidents who are being forced to be there.
On Monday, those Assad
Let's go to the videotape.
I'm willing to bet that this campaign is orchestrated (and not spontaneous as suggested by the video above) and that many of those camping out are actually prisoners and dissidents who are being forced to be there.
On Monday, those Assad
Caroline Glick: Obama is turning the United States into a global laughing stock
Caroline Glick appeared on Washington's WMAL radio on Monday to discuss President Obama's decision to punt the decision to attack Syria to Congress.
This interview is devastating.
Let's go to the videotape (Hat Tip: Jack W via Pat Dollard).
This interview is devastating.
Let's go to the videotape (Hat Tip: Jack W via Pat Dollard).
Another picture John Kerry would like you to forget
Here's another picture John Kerry would like you to forget. On Monday, I posted a picture of Kerry and his wife having dinner with Assad and his wife in Damascus. This picture is part of the same trip. It's from Kerry's April 2010 meeting with Assad. Here's why he went to Damascus.
On Thursday, Kerry came to town.
Assad
on Sunday called on Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to
There wasn't a moderate Syrian opposition before there was one
On Monday, I blogged a report from the Wall Street Journal that claimed that not all of the Syrian rebel troops are Islamists, and that the non-Islamists control substantial territory. Daniel Greenfield reports that the author of the Wall Street Journal report - Elizabeth O'Bagy - has been the source for reports in the past that claim that all the significant Syrian rebel factions are Islamist.
Monday, September 2, 2013
Flashback: Nancy Pelosi leads Dem delegation to Syria over Bush objections
We haven't heard a lot from Nancy Pelosi on Syria. Maybe this has something to do with why (original source here).
Ms. Pelosi was criticized by President Bush for visiting Damascus at a
time when the administration -- rightly or wrongly -- has frozen
high-level contacts with Syria. Mr. Bush said that thanks to the
speaker's freelancing Mr. Assad was getting mixed messages from the
United
Police shoot out tires in stolen truck trying to enter Ben Gurion Airport
Two 'Palestinians' stole a truck in nearby Beit Dagan and tried to drive it through a security barrier outside Ben Gurion airport early Tuesday morning. Security guards shot out all of the truck's tires, stopping the thieves.
Israel Radio reported that police believe the
suspects stole the truck in nearby Beit Dagan and accidentally entered the airport.The
two suspects, from Jenin and
Dana Manciagli: Cut The Crap, Get A Job - Blog Business Success Radio
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Long time corporate executive and hiring manager, career coach, keynote speaker, and author of the straight talking and positive results oriented book Cut the Crap, Get a Job! A New Job Search Process for a New Era, Dana Manciagli describes the new and challenging job search landscape. Dana Manciagli provides the proven strategies, techniques, and tools needed to land a job in today's highly competitive job market. Dana offers insights into what hiring managers are really looking for in applicants, and shares insider secrets for being the ideal candidate for the job. Dana presents innovative ideas for using the internet and social media effectively for search, research, and networking. Dana also offers some important advice for creating a better resume, using cover letters more effectively, and for giving a job clinching interview. Learn how to compete and win that great job even in today's difficult and challenging job market.
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The show airs live on Tuesday, September 3, at 8:00 pm Eastern Time; 5:00 pm Pacific Time.
Long time corporate executive and hiring manager, career coach, keynote speaker, and author of the straight talking and positive results oriented book Cut the Crap, Get a Job! A New Job Search Process for a New Era, Dana Manciagli describes the new and challenging job search landscape. You will learn:
* Why today's job market needs new skills and strategies
* How to prepare for the highly competitive job search
* How to find leads through the internet, social media, and networking
* How to create a good resume, cover letter, and ace your job interview
Dana Mancialgi (photo left) called "a combination of Jillian Michaels and Suze Orman for careers," has been a corporate executive for more than 30 years and has leveraged her employee hiring and management experience into that of author, blogger, keynote speaker, career coach, and global career expert.
Dana has had a remarkable career in global sales and marketing roles in Fortune 500 corporations. Recently retired from a decade's tenure at Microsoft as worldwide sales general manager, Dana previously worked for Kodak as VP of worldwide marketing and climbed the corporate career ladder through Sea-Land, Avery Dennison, and IBM. She also helped grow a fast-growing technology start-up from early stage to IPO and sale of the company.
Dana has coached, interviewed, and hired thousands of job seekers. As a result, she has developed a proprietary job search and networking process. Her ideas and techniques are proven to be as effective for college graduates as for senior executives. Dana has presented her concept at hundreds of career-centric and corporate events and is a prolific writer on the subject. She is a sought-after speaker and a regular contributor to print and online publications.
Named a top "Women of Influence" in Seattle, Dana lives and works in Puget Sound where she serves on the Worldwide Board of Junior Achievement. She is also a breast cancer survivor, received her MBA at the Thunderbird School of Global Management in Arizona, and speaks fluent Spanish. Dana shares here life with Mathis, is immensely proud of her two grown sons, Shane and Chad, and loves to golf and travel the world.
My book review of Cut the Crap, Get a Job! A New Job Search Process for a New Era by Dana Manciagli.
Listen live on Tuesday at 8:00 pm Eastern, 5:00 pm Pacific time.
If you miss this very informative show, it will be available for free download as a podcast for iPod, iTunes, and MP3 players; or play it right on your computer. To download this, or any other of my guest interviews, go to the Blog Business Success host page and click on Archived Segments. Once there, click on the podcast icon at the end of the episode description, to download the show free of charge for your listening enjoyment. You can also subscribe to the show feed.
To call in questions for my guest, the number is: (347) 996-5832
Let's talk with long time corporate executive and hiring manager, career coach, keynote speaker, and author of the straight talking and positive results oriented book Cut the Crap, Get a Job! A New Job Search Process for a New Era, Dana Manciagli, as she describes the new and challenging job search landscape. Dana Manciagli provides the proven strategies, techniques, and tools needed to land a job in today's highly competitive job market. Dana offers insights into what hiring managers are really looking for in applicants, and shares insider secrets for being the ideal candidate for the job. Dana presents innovative ideas for using the internet and social media effectively for search, research, and networking. Dana also offers some important advice for creating a better resume, using cover letters more effectively, and for giving a job clinching interview. Learn how to compete and win that great job even in today's difficult and challenging job market on Blog Business Success Radio.
Long time corporate executive and hiring manager, career coach, keynote speaker, and author of the straight talking and positive results oriented book Cut the Crap, Get a Job! A New Job Search Process for a New Era, Dana Manciagli describes the new and challenging job search landscape. Dana Manciagli provides the proven strategies, techniques, and tools needed to land a job in today's highly competitive job market. Dana offers insights into what hiring managers are really looking for in applicants, and shares insider secrets for being the ideal candidate for the job. Dana presents innovative ideas for using the internet and social media effectively for search, research, and networking. Dana also offers some important advice for creating a better resume, using cover letters more effectively, and for giving a job clinching interview. Learn how to compete and win that great job even in today's difficult and challenging job market.
Dana Manciagli is my internet radio show guest on Blog Business Success; hosted live on BlogTalkRadio.
The show airs live on Tuesday, September 3, at 8:00 pm Eastern Time; 5:00 pm Pacific Time.
Long time corporate executive and hiring manager, career coach, keynote speaker, and author of the straight talking and positive results oriented book Cut the Crap, Get a Job! A New Job Search Process for a New Era, Dana Manciagli describes the new and challenging job search landscape. You will learn:
* Why today's job market needs new skills and strategies
* How to prepare for the highly competitive job search
* How to find leads through the internet, social media, and networking
* How to create a good resume, cover letter, and ace your job interview
Dana Mancialgi (photo left) called "a combination of Jillian Michaels and Suze Orman for careers," has been a corporate executive for more than 30 years and has leveraged her employee hiring and management experience into that of author, blogger, keynote speaker, career coach, and global career expert.
Dana has had a remarkable career in global sales and marketing roles in Fortune 500 corporations. Recently retired from a decade's tenure at Microsoft as worldwide sales general manager, Dana previously worked for Kodak as VP of worldwide marketing and climbed the corporate career ladder through Sea-Land, Avery Dennison, and IBM. She also helped grow a fast-growing technology start-up from early stage to IPO and sale of the company.
Dana has coached, interviewed, and hired thousands of job seekers. As a result, she has developed a proprietary job search and networking process. Her ideas and techniques are proven to be as effective for college graduates as for senior executives. Dana has presented her concept at hundreds of career-centric and corporate events and is a prolific writer on the subject. She is a sought-after speaker and a regular contributor to print and online publications.
Named a top "Women of Influence" in Seattle, Dana lives and works in Puget Sound where she serves on the Worldwide Board of Junior Achievement. She is also a breast cancer survivor, received her MBA at the Thunderbird School of Global Management in Arizona, and speaks fluent Spanish. Dana shares here life with Mathis, is immensely proud of her two grown sons, Shane and Chad, and loves to golf and travel the world.
My book review of Cut the Crap, Get a Job! A New Job Search Process for a New Era by Dana Manciagli.
Listen live on Tuesday at 8:00 pm Eastern, 5:00 pm Pacific time.
If you miss this very informative show, it will be available for free download as a podcast for iPod, iTunes, and MP3 players; or play it right on your computer. To download this, or any other of my guest interviews, go to the Blog Business Success host page and click on Archived Segments. Once there, click on the podcast icon at the end of the episode description, to download the show free of charge for your listening enjoyment. You can also subscribe to the show feed.
To call in questions for my guest, the number is: (347) 996-5832
Let's talk with long time corporate executive and hiring manager, career coach, keynote speaker, and author of the straight talking and positive results oriented book Cut the Crap, Get a Job! A New Job Search Process for a New Era, Dana Manciagli, as she describes the new and challenging job search landscape. Dana Manciagli provides the proven strategies, techniques, and tools needed to land a job in today's highly competitive job market. Dana offers insights into what hiring managers are really looking for in applicants, and shares insider secrets for being the ideal candidate for the job. Dana presents innovative ideas for using the internet and social media effectively for search, research, and networking. Dana also offers some important advice for creating a better resume, using cover letters more effectively, and for giving a job clinching interview. Learn how to compete and win that great job even in today's difficult and challenging job market on Blog Business Success Radio.
It's that time of year again: Please send money
I'm very uncomfortable doing this, but the reality is that I devote an
inordinate amount of time to this blog, and if you don't ask them
to, most people don't think to contribute.Please contribute
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'I'm a Palestinian refugee too'
A very clever letter to UNRWA....
The brilliant masterstroke by which you turned
refugee care into a very lucrative growth business is so simple that
one wonders why no one else had thought of it previously. The commercial
kiss of death was always that of running out of refugees to resettle
after they were all absorbed. No problem for you wizards at UNRWA,
though. With one wave of your
Adoption Monday: Elsie, Rottweiler: Manhattan Beach, CA
Elsie is a gorgeous purebred Rottweiler.
Sadly she was tied to a pole in an industrial area in a rough neighborhood. She has been bred several times and dumped like trash when she was no longer needed.
Elsie is doing wonderful in her foster home.
At first she was very scared of the other dogs in he house but once properly introduced she is playing and sleeping with them. Elsie is around 80 pounds. Adoptions are restricted to residents of Los Angeles and Orange Counties.
Elsie is house trained.
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Noah's Bark is an all-volunteer 501(c)(3) non-profit pet rescue organization based in the Los Angeles South Bay area. They are an all breed rescue. Some dogs come to in as strays, but the majorities come from LA area shelters, all of which are ALL HIGH KILL shelters.
Noah's Bark often rescues the most broken and pitiful dogs from these shelters, the ones that would have little to no chance of being adopted by the public. Noah's Bark gives these dogs a second chance at a new and loving life.
Sadly she was tied to a pole in an industrial area in a rough neighborhood. She has been bred several times and dumped like trash when she was no longer needed.
Elsie is doing wonderful in her foster home.
At first she was very scared of the other dogs in he house but once properly introduced she is playing and sleeping with them. Elsie is around 80 pounds. Adoptions are restricted to residents of Los Angeles and Orange Counties.
Elsie is house trained.
***
Noah's Bark is an all-volunteer 501(c)(3) non-profit pet rescue organization based in the Los Angeles South Bay area. They are an all breed rescue. Some dogs come to in as strays, but the majorities come from LA area shelters, all of which are ALL HIGH KILL shelters.
Noah's Bark often rescues the most broken and pitiful dogs from these shelters, the ones that would have little to no chance of being adopted by the public. Noah's Bark gives these dogs a second chance at a new and loving life.
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