Airline Passenger Puts Child in Cargo Bay

Airline Passenger Puts Child in Cargo Bay

Airline passengers traveling with pets often do not know the rules for bringing their pets on board. Many small dog owners think of their pets as children. To avoid the trauma of putting a dog in cargo passengers should follow these rules.

Venice, CA (PRWEB) November 20, 2006

To an increasing number of people the small dog is more than a pet, it's a child. Many small dog owners think of their pets as babies to love, spoil and protect. They would no more put their dog in cargo than they would a child.

So Thanksgiving travelers should know that small dogs are welcome in airline cabins. The airlines are happy to avoid cargo-stow for both parent and child. But the passenger cannot just bring the dog to the airport. Certain rules must be followed or the dog will not be allowed in the cabin.

"The small dog is the new grandchild," said Robin Weaver, small dog expert and owner of SmallDogMall. com (http://smalldogmall. com). The small dog invokes both protective parenting and generous grand parenting in its owners. These parents treat their dogs like humans, she said, "And we don't put humans in the cargo bay."

Weaver warns the small dog parent to follow some simple guidelines to avoid trauma at the airport.

Rule number one is to alert the airline you'll be bringing your small dog onto the flight. If too many people are already bringing their animals on board the captain has the right to refuse passage to the small dog owner. Alternatively the human may fly in the cabin, but the dog will have to go into cargo. Weaver recommends alerting the airline about the passenger-dog as soon as the buyer purchases the ticket.

The second rule is that the pet must fit comfortably inside an airline-approved carrier. "The airlines have established pet carrier size guidelines," Weaver explained. If the carrier is too big for the cabin or too small for the dog the airline can refuse to allow the passenger on board. "Look for 'airline-approved' (http://smalldogmall. com/index. php? page=shop. product_details&flypage=shop. flypage&product_id=1092&category_id=5&manufacturer_id=0&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=37) carriers," Weaver said.

Third, the small-dog-airline-traveler should get a veterinarian to sign a health certificate dated no more than 30 days from the travel date. The traveler should be prepared to show the certificate along with the airline ticket.

Finally, the small-dog owner should be prepared to pay a small fee to bring the small dog on board. The amount is significantly less money than buying the dog a seat, and less trauma than putting him in the cargo bay.

Weaver says that travelers should also bring items for dog sleeping, snacking and bathroom accommodations.

Weaver recommends thick, lush fleece pads for bedding. "The fleece pads are great home-away-from-home beds. They're packable and a great source of comfort for your dog to have something of their own in a not so familiar place," she said.

For doggie-on-the-go meals Weaver recommends "our Giggles Dog Treats (http://smalldogmall. com/index. php? page=shop. product_details&flypage=shop. flypage&product_id=1591&category_id=5&manufacturer_id=0&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=37). They come packed in a handy vinyl pouch, perfect for travel. You can toss them in your bag and keep them handy for anytime snacking. The tiny happy face cookies are peanut butter flavored and made of human grade ingredients," she said.

Since little dogs can't have "walkies" at 30,000 feet Weaver recommends carrying along Pre-Moistened Paw Wipes (http://smalldogmall. com/index. php? page=shop. product_details&flypage=shop. flypage&product_id=1183&category_id=5&manufacturer_id=0&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=37) and Ruffies On-The-Go Poop Bags (http://smalldogmall. com/index. php? page=shop. product_details&flypage=shop. flypage&product_id=1141&category_id=5&manufacturer_id=0&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=37).

For additional information on small dog travel advice and the items mentioned in this article, contact

Robin Weaver

(310) 399-7190

Robin@smalldogmall. com

SmallDogMall. com

Fax (310) 388-0193

866 Commonwealth Ave.

Venice, CA 90291

AP9 Connections Presents Tips for Fighting off the Winter Blues

AP9 Connections Presents Tips for Fighting off the Winter Blues

AP9 Connections, offered by Adaptive Marketing LLC, gives its members a winter warm-up.

Norwalk, CT (PRWEB) December 5, 2006

Short of moping around and simply waiting on spring, there are plenty of ways to cure what many people call "The Winter Blues." AP9 Connections (http://www. connections-program. com/), a leading discount membership program offered by Adaptive Marketing LLC, offers its members and their families helpful hints that will make chilly temperatures, limited daylight hours and snow accumulations nothing more than an afterthought.

AP9 Connections (http://www. connections-program. com/) takes pride in offering its members a wide variety of entertainment choices for the entire family. And members can access their program benefits by simply logging on to DealPass. com.

Whether your family consists of couch potatoes, activity nuts who like to keep things moving or some combination of the two, AP9 Connections offers the following tips to create family fun at every turn:

-- Start with the right attitude. If winter isn't a personal favorite…it's time to get over it! Shake off the funk and get in the game. Ice-skating, sledding and snowman-building are activities the whole family can do together. Dress warmly and forget about the cold. Besides, it's a lot easier to get warm in winter than to get cool during the summer.

-- Look forward to longer days. For some, it's the lack of daylight -- not the cold -- that brings spirits down during the winter months. So consider this: December 21st is the first official day of winter and the shortest day of the year. The good news? Every day after that features more daylight until the latter part of June. Share that thought with the family, and get an early start on Groundhog Day.

-- Attention, all couch potatoes: Lazing around the house does have its advantages during the winter months. Families with school-age kids can start informal reading groups, plan in-home movie nights and even organize mock spelling bees. Just because the body chooses to rest doesn't mean the brain has to.

-- Attention, all activity hounds: The beauty of outdoor sports like skiing and skating is that, much like riding a bicycle, you never really forget how. Hit the ski slopes, the rinks and the ponds. Healthy activities make it easy to wave goodbye to the "Winter Blues."

When it's time to think about family fun and savings on great entertainment, including movie tickets, movie rentals and purchases and more, just consult the pros at AP9 Connections.

About AP9 Connections

AP9 Connections (http://www. connections-program. com/) is a leading membership discount program offered by Adaptive Marketing LLC. Headquartered in Norwalk, Conn., Adaptive Marketing is a category leader in both membership and loyalty programs, bringing value direct to consumers through an array of benefits in healthcare, discounts, security, personal property and personals. Members may access their benefits at DealPass. com (http://www. dealpass. com/), an online portal for Adaptive Marketing membership programs. With broad online and offline distribution capabilities, Adaptive Marketing (http://www. adaptivemarketing. com/) offers its corporate client partners effective tools to enhance market presence, strengthen customer affinity and generate additional value through programs such as AP9 Connections.

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Openings Available for Case Presentation Class

Openings Available for Case Presentation Class

While dentists throughout the U. S. have enrolled in hundreds of dental continuing education courses, seminars and workshops over the past 30 years, one class has consistently received rave reviews - Case Presentation with Dr. Michael Schuster.

Scottsdale, AZ (PRWEB) May 19, 2008

While dentists throughout the U. S. have enrolled in hundreds of dental continuing education courses, seminars and workshops over the past 30 years, one class has consistently received rave reviews - Case Presentation with Dr. Michael Schuster. Registration is currently underway for dentists interested in enrolling in the business school for dentists.

The Schuster Center for Professional Development, 9312 E. Raintree Drive in Scottsdale, AZ has been surveying its clients for three decades. Case Presentation has always been on the top of the list of the dentists' favorite classes, according to Barb Stackhouse, a dental hygienist who helps facilitate and organize the Case Presentation classes with Dr. Schuster.

The class is part of the intensive management seminars and courses The Schuster Center offers to provide dentists with individualized, hands-on training that help them create a practice that is more profitable, fulfilling and congruent with a healthier, happier lifestyle.

"In my early days of practice, we used to hire consultants to come in to help us manage our practice," said Mike Robichaux, D. D.S. an alumnus of The Schuster Center's Practice Development Curriculum. "It seemed that each firm we hired had its own agenda. They tried to make my practice fit their idea of how a practice should look. Nothing seemed to "stick". Soon after they left, we went back to doing things the same way. What I realized later was that they didn't go deep enough with us. What we needed was an identification of our values, those things which we held to be very important, how to set up, and how to run our practice in such a way as to allow those values to be expressed. The Schuster Center was the only place we went where they did just that. They helped us create the practice that was right for not only us, but also for our patients."

The Practice Development Curriculum consists of several programs: Strategic Planning; The Management Program; Performance Coach; Health and Profit in Hygiene and Advanced Case Presentation. Through these programs, individual strategies are developed to address management issues such as cash flow, overhead, communication, marketing, organization, time management, case acceptance and team development.

Stackhouse, who is a faculty member of The Schuster Center, as well as serving as a dental hygienist and assistant to Dr. Schuster in his private dental practice, says she understands why dentists benefit so much from the program and why the Case Presentation section is such a hit with the dentists.

"Case Presentation is at the heart of what the dentists do. I am in the classroom for the duration of this topic when it is presented and you can really feel the positive energy flow when Dr. Schuster teaches this class," said Stackhouse.

Graduates from Dr. Schuster's programs confirm what Stackhouse says. "It was the Case Presentation workshop that put the practice of dentistry into a new light for me," said Dr. Robichaux. "It proved to me that we could put the patient's best interests first and still have a thriving, incredibly rewarding practice of dentistry. I was taught a new way to come to my patients, one that allowed me to be an advocate for the patient and to have the patient recognize that fact. Suddenly I was a friend, working with the patients to find ways to help them get what they wanted. Remarkably, all the stress and tension associated with presenting dentistry simply went away. Case acceptance soared. A steady busyness and increased profitability followed. Of course, this didn't happen overnight. I took the workshop several times. Each time I took it I heard things I hadn't heard before, even though I was sure they were told to me at previous sessions."

T. J. Bolt, D. D.S. also offered his thoughts about the program: "First of all, Case Presentation taught me self respect as a dentist. It helped to understand the art of the examination (structure), to go from a doctor collecting data, to a co-discovery process, where the patient learned about their condition as it related to their health. It helped me understand a process that I directed, so that the patient could understand what role that they played in the health process. It taught me how to structure a patient's care so that I could help them break out of the disease cycle. It helped me to understand that I was a facilitator. That the true meaning of a doctor was not a "treater" but a teacher."

Many of the topics covered in the Case Presentation class are also outlined in Dr. Schuster's DVD/CD-ROM program, Truth Based SellingSM. The audio/video program encompasses the concepts Schuster has put into practice for more than three decades. Truth Based SellingSM audio/video program orders, as well as Schuster's schedule of seminars, are available by calling 1-800-288-9393. 

The Schuster Center for Professional Development is the first business school created exclusively for dentists. Since The Center was established, Dr. Schuster has guided thousands of graduates to achieve wealth and freedom.

Dr. Schuster is a cadre and former director at the Pankey Institute, adjunct faculty at The Dawson Center, OBI and LSU Cosmetic Continuum.

For more information about The Schuster Center for Professional Development contact Lisa LaTourette at lisa @ cfpd. com or visit www. schustercenter. com.

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Leading Architects & Designers Launch New House Plan Website

Leading Architects & Designers Launch New House Plan Website

Dream House Plans, Home Plans and Floor Plans is dedicated to giving consumers and homebuilders the most innovative and best-selling collection of green house plans online. They have assembled a group of the leading architects and designers in the United States to bring consumers their most popular house plans, in a wide range of architectural styles and sizes to make building a dream home an easy and enjoyable process.

Monroe, CT (PRWEB) September 13, 2010

The leading architects and designers in the United States have come together to bring consumers and homebuilders an expanded collection of house plans, home plans and floor plans. Their newly launched website called Dream House Plans, Home Plans, Floor Plans (http://www. houseplanshomeplansfloorplans. com/) (Dream House Plans) features a wide range of architectural styles and sizes and innovative new collections like ENERGY STAR® approved house plans, fabulous kitchen designs, outdoor living spaces, a 3D collection and more.

Dream House Plans has thousands of conventional house plans as well as ENERGY STAR® plans (http://www. houseplanshomeplansfloorplans. com/plans/energystar_house_plans/) that promote sustainable residential design and building. This special collection of green house plans promotes eco-friendly products and building practices that provide healthier living environments while using energy, water and materials more efficiently.

“Our partnership with ENERGY STAR® makes it easier for our customers to build green homes since they start the process before they even break ground in the design and planning stages,” said Tammy Crosby, COO of Dream House Plans. “Partners like Danze, Wayne-Dalton, Fypon, Therma-Tru and Lumber Liquidators support our green initiative by offering products that are made with recycled content and/or offer significant energy savings.”

Consumers can visit Dream House Plans’ Green Building (http://www. houseplanshomeplansfloorplans. com/articles/green-building. asp) section to find key information about green home building products and services to build their new home. They’ll find everything from product slideshows, inspiring home product ideas, top green home products, money saving coupons and interactive design tools.

Searching thousands of house plans has been made easier and more efficient through their comprehensive database featuring rich visual content that includes interior and exterior color photography and renderings in an easy to use slideshow format and 3D videos to showcase house plans.

The website was designed with in-depth, easy-to-use search functions to make finding the perfect house plan simple. You can easily find the exact home plan you’ve been looking for by selecting options like square footage, interior requirements, kitchen needs, bed and bath options, garages, porches, exteriors, foundation, lot characteristics, architectural styles and collections and more. No matter what you're looking for, you’ll find a house plan that meets your location, budget, style and needs.

Visitors can save plans and create a personalized library of house plans for future viewing making it easier, less expensive and more comprehensive than rifling through dozens of print plan magazines. Consumers can email their favorite plans to friends, family or builders to help in their decision-making process.

Dream House Plans is the ideal online resource for connecting home plan purchasers to the right products and tools to build their dream green home. Homebuilders can stay connected by joining their mailing list, visiting them on Twitter, sharing their bi-monthly digital magazine Her Dream Home and subscribing to their daily blog feed.

For the next 30 days receive 10% off all house plan purchases – simply enter 10OFF in the discount code when checking out. If you have any questions about any of their house plans or services, please contact their customer service team at 877-895-5299.

Advertisers and sponsors dedicated to sustainable residential building can also have new products featured on this innovative website by submitting product information to our advertising department (http://advertising@houseplanshomeplansfloorplans. com).

About Dream House Plans:
Dream House Plans consists of America’s leading residential architects and designers offering one of the most comprehensive pre-drawn house plan collections on the web. With thousands of house plans, home plans and floor plans, superior customer service, free shipping, free design consultation and free modification estimates, there’s no better place to purchase the blueprint for your new home.

About ENERGY STAR®:
ENERGY STAR® was introduced by EPA in 1992 as a voluntary, market-based partnership to reduce green house gas emissions through energy efficiency. Today, the ENERGY STAR® label can be found on more than 50 different kinds of products as well as buildings and new homes. Products that have earned the ENERGY STAR®, prevent green house gas emissions by meeting strict energy-efficiency specifications set by the government. In 2007 alone, Americans, with the help of ENERGY STAR®, saved $16 billion on their energy bills while reducing green house gas emissions equivalent to those from 27 million vehicles.

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The Online College Offers New Online Courses

The Online College Offers New Online Courses

The Online College recently partnered with Gatlin Education Services to provide new online career training programs.

Fort Worth, TX (PRWEB) July 26, 2006

In response to online training course demand, The Online College has partnered with Gatlin Education Services to provide programs in healthcare; business; construction; Networking and CompTIA™; Internet, design and technical; Microsoft™ Certification; and video game design and development.

The new online training courses are designed for individuals looking to switch career paths, obtain advanced training and certifications, or for first-time job seekers who need specialized training. The courses are all open enrollment and self-paced, and students are paired with a personal instructor. Online training courses take an average of 90 days to complete and provide training for entry-level positions.

Job seekers can be trained in these occupations by taking online courses offered through The Online College via Gatlin Education Services. They offer certification programs in the fields mentioned above, as well as many other high interest areas.

Established in 1989 by Stephen Gatlin, Gatlin Education Services is the largest provider of Web-based, instructor-supported training to colleges and universities. GES open-enrollment programs are designed to provide the skills necessary to acquire professional caliber positions for many in-demand occupations.

For enrollment information, contact Marie Kent at (306) 955-5886.

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GroomeeZ the revolutionary self-cleaning pet brush. GroomeeZ takes the mess out of grooming your pet

GroomeeZ the revolutionary self-cleaning pet brush. GroomeeZ takes the mess out of grooming your pet.

GroomeeZ, Inc. would like to announce the successful debut of GroomeeZ the revolutionary self-cleansing pet brush at the 17th Annul Pet Industry Spring Trade Show in Atlantic City, NJ.

(PRWEB) April 22, 2005

GroomeeZ, Inc. would like to announce the successful debut of GroomeeZ the revolutionary self-cleansing pet brush at the 17th Annual Pet Industry Spring Trade Show in Atlantic City, NJ.

At the Show, GroomeeZ the patented One-Touch, One-Motion revolutionary self-cleansing pet brush also introduced another truly unique pet product for the pet owner who travels with their pets called the Pet Travel Pack. The Pet Travel Pack consists of a brush, large or small, 2oz shampoo and 2oz spray conditioner all packaged in a clear vinyl pouch with a snap button and plastic hanger. The uniqueness of the Pet Travel Pack makes it an excellent gift for any pet lover. Good for all size pets including horses!!!

GroomeeZ with the patented One-Touch, One-Motion is unlike any other pet brush that you have used in the past. Unlike conventional wire brushes and rakes that tear and rip at your pets coat GroomeeZ gently removes only the dead hair of your pets under and topcoat. Just slide your thumb forward on the handle and the pet hair is removed from the brush. Release your thumb and continue grooming your pet.

GroomeeZ is designed with special long and short polypropylene bristles. The long bristles are designed to glide through and remove dead hair in the undercoat. The short bristles comb through your pet's topcoat giving your pet that newly groomed look while gently removing the top layer of dead hair. After a few sessions using GroomeeZ to groom your pet you should notice a shinier and healthier looking coat. Groomeez can also be used as tub brush. This is what GroomeeZ does for your pet. Then there are the benefits to you the pet owner.

One benefit to the pet owners using GroomeeZ is that the handle of GroomeeZ is designed for comfort and less wrist movement while grooming your pet. Another benefit of using GroomeeZ is the reduced risk of contact with ticks when removing hair from the brush. The stripper plate in Groomeez removes the hair so you don't have to. By using Groomeez you will save money. No longer will you have to throw away your pet brush, in frustration, because it is too difficult to clean.

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Implementing Integrated Talent Management

Implementing Integrated Talent Management

An Impressive Success Story at the Strategies 2010 Conference

Johnson City, TN (PRWEB) February 25, 2010

In today's economy, people are a company's most important and powerful asset. While products and processes are important, it's people who drive innovation, boost organizational growth and lead to future success. Those companies that most effectively recruit, assess, leverage and develop their workforce ensure their position as the leading organizations of tomorrow.

Next week, leading talent management experts will gather in Atlanta, Georgia for the three-day Strategies 2010 Conference. They will share concepts, case studies and real-life applications of successful workforce development and talent management strategies.

Among the presenters is Jamie Parsons, SPHR, FACHE, who is Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer at Mountain States Health Alliance (MSHA), one of the country's leading healthcare providers. Mr. Parsons will demonstrate how MSHA is utilizing the TEDS People Resource Planning (PRP)™ (http://www. teds. com/pr/Amanda. asp) model to deploy enterprise talent management and harness the power of his organization's talent for optimal impact and dramatic results.

The title of Mr. Parsons' presentation is Implementing Integrated Talent Management: Successes and Challenges.

Before implementing the TEDS People Resource Planning system, MSHA was challenged by legacy systems with no links between processes and records; a situation that hampers productivity in many healthcare systems and other industry verticals as well. Employee learning and staffing/recruiting were managed by stand-alone systems. Competencies and performance were managed through paper-based systems and there was no effective process in place for succession management.

MSHA excelled in other areas of healthcare management and they made a decision at the highest level in their organization to become a leader in talent management as well.

Dennis Vonderfecht, MSHA President and CEO had observed, "Healthcare is facing some serious challenges as we move forward, especially in the area of personnel."

MSHA began developing a roadmap to streamline and automate workforce development functions and align employee goals to corporate outcomes. They would begin with learning management and competency management as they also moved toward implementation of other critical elements of integrated talent management.

When searching for a potential partner for this process, Mr. Parsons said, "Ultimately we need a system to get the right person in the right position in the quickest amount of time to help us achieve the best business outcomes."

TEDS (http://www. teds. com/pr/44.asp) was selected by MSHA, in part, because of the system's underlying principle of People Resource Planning. PRP is the optimization of development, performance and deployment of an organization's human capitol to achieve the desired business outcome in the shortest amount of time and at the lowest cost.

Mr. Parson's session will demonstrate how his organization can now deal effectively with rapid changes in the marketplace and identify and close individual gaps and business gaps to achieve corporate objectives.

The presentation will also demonstrate how TEDS' fully integrated, single-database system eliminates restrictive data silos, provides a single competency table and delivers instantaneous communication among all talent management functions at Mountain States Health Alliance: Recruiting & Staffing, Performance, Learning, Succession and Workforce Management.

Most surprising, perhaps, is the story of how this multi-faceted organization with its multiple locations will have fully integrated talent management (http://www. teds. com/) in less than a year's time, beginning with learning and competencies in July of 2009 and on-track to complete full implementation of performance management in May of 2010.

Mr. Parson's session is scheduled for Wednesday, March 3rd at 2:30 PM at Strategies 2010 in Atlanta.

About Mountain States Health Alliance
Mountain States Health Alliance (MSHA), based in Johnson City, Tennessee, was formed after Johnson City Medical Center Hospital, Inc. acquired six Columbia/HCA hospitals in Northeast Tennessee in 1998. The health care group was officially named in January 1999. Today, MSHA provides an integrated, comprehensive continuum of care to people in 29 counties in Tennessee, Virginia, Kentucky, and North Carolina. Its 14 hospitals, of which Johnson City Medical Center is the flagship, comprise the largest healthcare system in the region. MSHA's integrated healthcare delivery system includes 21 primary/preventive care centers and numerous outpatient care sites, including First Assist Urgent Care, MedWorks, Same Day Sugery, and Rehab Plus. For more information, visit http://www. msha. com (http://www. msha. com)

Contact:
James Watson
Corporate Director, Public Relations
W: http://www. msha. com (http://www. msha. com)
T: 423.431.1313

About Strategies 2010
Strategies 2010 is the human capital industry's premier event, bringing together executives, experts and industry thought leaders for a high-level meeting dedicated to developing and implementing an integrated human capital strategy. The event will be held at the W Atlanta Midtown in Atlanta, Georgia March 3rd – 5th. It is a presentation of Human Capital Media.

Over the course of three days, attendees will be part of an elite group of business leaders gathered for the common purpose of creating a set of powerful tools for the leaders of tomorrow. More information is available at: http://www. talentmgt. com/events/Conferences/2009/June/295/index. php (http://www. talentmgt. com/events/Conferences/2009/June/295/index. php)

About TEDS
TEDS®, Inc. offers the only organic and comprehensive enterprise-wide talent management solution that includes the management of performance, competencies, learning, workforce planning, compliance, recruiting, succession and compensation. Employing a single platform, TEDS strategically aligns business objectives with all facets of the talent lifecycle. TEDS' products and services are deployed at some of the world's leading companies and organizations, including Verizon, Eastman Chemical, Dominion Resources, Steelcase, Sandia National Laboratories, Philips Healthcare, Qwest, Norfolk Southern, Citizens Communications, Mountain States Health Alliance, Washington and Lee University and Boston University Corporate Education Center. TEDS' Talent Management modules are available individually, in any combination, or as a comprehensive solution. For more information, visit http://www. teds. com (http://www. teds. com) or call TEDS Sales at 276.782.7206.

Contact:
Todd Mauldin
Vice President for Sales, Marketing and Customer Relations
W: http://www. teds. com (http://www. teds. com)
T: 276.783.6991

This press release was distributed through PR Web by Human Resources Marketer (HR Marketer: http://www. HRmarketer. com (http://www. HRmarketer. com)) on behalf of the company listed above.

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