Archive for July, 2008

Shih Tzu – Birth Process /The Cord and The Placenta

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

If you need to help remove the afterbirth: First be sure your newborn puppy is breathing well on its own, the sac has been removed from the face, eyes, nose, head and the puppy has either been stimulated by mother or you, the doggie midwife, to breathe well on its own, you can then remove the afterbirth if it does not appear on its own of course. To do this, with one hand about one inch from the stomach of the puppy, grasp the umbilical cord and, with the other hand close to the matron, gently try to pull the afterbirth down and out of the matron, but be sure you do not pull hard on the cord near the navel of the puppy.

If your shih tzu matron does not cut the cord of the newborn puppies, and sometimes this does happen,
it is wise to have on hand before the whelping day, a pinch-type clothespin which has been cleaned in boiling water or sterilized in alcohol, or if you prefer, a professional hemostat. The clothespin should be closed on to the cord about two inches from the puppy’s navel. Once you have this in place, cut the cord (with sterilized surgical scissors) on the puppy side of the clothespin or hemostat. Now you have part of the umbilical cord hanging out of your matron with a clothespin or hemostat attached and the puppy should be in your hand with about two inches of umbilical cord left on the puppy. This method prevents the umbilical cord from slipping back up inside the mother.

If the cord hanging from the puppy does not stop bleeding after you have pressed it hard on the end between your fingers for several seconds, you can use another clothespin to pinch it on the very tip of the cord for a minute or two. This should cause the blood to clot. You can tie a piece of string or thread on the tip of the cord, but I have found just pressure with your fingers or the clothespin treatment does stops the bleeding. You can also use the same kind of blood-clotting agents from pet supply houses that you use to stop the bleeding from a toenail cut too close. Cornstarch (cooking type) can be used in an emergency. The cord just dries up and falls off eventually just as they do on newborn human babies. Sometimes there might get to be an infection. I have used just plain Neosporin antibiotic gel a little dab on the area if it does get infected, and this heals up nicely.

The placenta looks like a small chunk of very ripe liver. Yelk!! Birthing puppies is a very interesting and exciting process. I like best, however, when the mother is able and willing to do the entire process while I just watch this miraculous act of mother nature.

Whelping day has always been an exciting time for me and usually it occurs in the middle of the night, which is probably why I have got my entire routine of life on a 3rd shift schedule. Just put on a pot of coffee and relax. After it is all over, give your matron lots of attention and some special kind of food you know she likes. Make it sloppy food for the first few days after the whelping.

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Finding New Customers For Your Business

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008

Getting new customers inside your business is sometimes a hard job. Once you get them there, you need to take every advantage.

A would-be holdup man pointed a gun at a cashier in a Detroit store, but he dropped the weapon and fled when he realized the cashier had been able to reach the burglar alarm. In a few minutes the place was swarming with police officers. Seeing all the men in blue, the store’s manager immediately sent this message over the loudspeaker system: “Special sale now in progress for police officers only!”
Detroit Free Press

I wonder if the manager selected products for the sale, or just gave a general discount. When you find an opportunity, you need to exploit it. Customers are hard to find.

“New customers and new businesses require two things from any business person or company. Knowledge of the marketplace, a clear understanding of all the dynamics of marketing, and action are all required to locate, assess and activate new customers.”

– Ad copy for Finding New Customers For Your Business

There is a classic business training video called Finding New Customers For Your Business. It’s very thorough and covers a lot of ground.

It has two parts:

  • Part One – Building the Foundation and Forming a Plan- 28 minutes
  • Part Two – Executing the Plan – 32 minutes

    Part One explains Marketing and the Market and discusses the product or service, market segments, delivery systems, communications, price, and the competition.

    Part Two explains how to win new customers.
    The program presents ways to get new business from:

  • Former Customers
  • Existing Customers
  • New Customers

    Even though the fashions are a little out of date, this classic video presents great information. If you can look beyond the clothes, you can get a bargain.

    We can’t all just wait for customers to stream into our place of business like police to a hold-up. We need to set forward a plan to attract new customers. Once we’ve attracted them, we need to keep them and sell to them. We’re just as helpless as the hold-up man if we don’t have plans and strategies.

    Don Doman is a published author, video producer, and corporate trainer. He owns the business training site Ideas and Training (http://www.ideasandtraining.com), which he says is the home of the no-hassle “free preview” for business training videos. He also owns Human Resources Radio (http://www.humanresourcesradio.com), which broadcasts HR and business training information, program previews, and training samples from some of the world’s great training speakers twenty-four hours a day. You can listen and learn on Human Resources Radio.

  • Getting a Mobile Phone Contract with Free Line Rental for 12 Months

    Monday, July 28th, 2008

    Most people have little knowledge of free line rental deals due to the fact that they are a fairly recent trend. Free line rental contracts are still the greatest give away amongst all the contracts being sold at the moment.

    A free line rental contract is a type of one hundred perecent cashback by redemption offer. With these offers you pay the phone bill as usual for the earlier months. Further down the line in the deal you are able to to claim all of your money of the phone back from the store that gave you the phone.

    In practice a 12 month free deal does not cost a penny to own. Assuming of course the customer concerned correctly makes a request for for redemption. Often this is not as easy as customers are told because of the fact that mobile phone vendors stick in quite a lot of pitfalls in the agreement of free line rental offers designed to reduce the numbers of successful claimants.

    In spite of the potential difficulties of free line rental contracts they remain genuine and buyers can still find a completely free cell phone for 12 months.

    12 month free is will always be a trade off, due to the fact they are only obtainable with inferior handsets. The major risk of free line rental contracts is the fact that if the vendor go under you have now way to redeem your 100% cash back.

    The most cost competitive way of buying a free line rental deal is on the net. As free line rental deals are a little unusual package it makes sense to use a cell phone comparison site to find the best deals at the time.

    Learn about the Wonderful British Royal Family

    Monday, July 28th, 2008

    Public Mission and Image

    Associates of the British Royal Family become involved in more than a few official duties daily, right away through the UK, as officially documented in the Court Circular, to credit, encourage and learn about the successes or goings-on of people foundations and enterprises in a variety of sections of life. As representatives of the sovereign, they recurrently unite with the nation in commemorating past incidents, holidays, celebratory & catastrophic incidences, and typically she also supports or partakes in many charitable, intellectual and social activities.

    Their visits overseas on behalf of the U.K. (also referred to as State Visits when the sovereign officially sees other heads of state) attracts public interest to harmonious relations within & between the Commonwealth & other nations, to British supplies and trade, & to Britain as a historical, vacation, & sightseer location. Their existing tasks and conventional roles constitute the peak of a modern “royal court,” and present a clearly British and historical sight to royal ceremonies (For example, Trooping the Colour) & outlook to public shows (E.g. Summer Parties, Royal Ascot).

    All through their lives they draw a vast amount of media exposure in the form of photographic, printed & radio commentary on the topic of their activities, family contact, rites of passage, characters, garments, actions, & public tasks.

    Royal Money

    Finances that aid the Royal Queen in the exercise of her duties as the chief of state of the U.K. comes from the Civil List. This is a return of a little share of the income from the Crown Lands that are supplied by the sovereign to parliament at the swearing in of every reign; all Crown Land being controlled by The Crown Estates, an establishment that is solely liable to parliament. In the two thousand and three-four economical year, the sum amount given was one-hundred and seventy-six million pounds, where the Head of State’s outgoings was just thirty-six million pounds. The Queen’s overheads does not however include the expenditure of protection. For details about the Royal Family England, visit the Enjoy England website.

    Drug Rehab Treatment Healing Ideas

    Sunday, July 27th, 2008

    Drug Treatment Recovery Healing

    My friend Susan was going on vacation for a month and asked me to substitute for her at the local drug rehab center at her Wednesday yoga and meditation class.

    It truly was an experience I’ll never forget as I watched people’s bodies and minds relax.I was struck by the strong determination that was applied towards learning the different forms of breathing as well as various meditations. I think the residents found it helpful to see they could channel the same drive they had used to locate drugs to their own healing.

    It’s always good to use try and direct the natural tendencies you have for a higher purpose. For instance, an “addictive” personality can redirect this to areas such as meditation, exercise or writing a journal. This I have found is much better than fighting with oneself and trying to “stop” one’s tendencies. This is one’s passion and it should be used for one’s evolution.

    If you are taking yoga please keep in mind it’s not about competing with others but in “stretching ” yourself inwardly further than you thought you could go. If you can be patient when you hold a posture, that quality will also carry into daily life as well.

    You also will develop tools you can use for stressful situations such as deep breathing, visualizations of your true potential and inner joy. Even if you only feel good for an hour
    after doing some yoga or meditation , it is a center that grows and you can remember it when you become agitated around other residents or towards your parents.

    Robin, a 20 year old, fighting prescription drug addiction said to me that she just wanted to ease the pain but realized that pain is a feeling she could watch. It really was wonderful to see the ability to watch one’s mind that the residents developed with a little practice. In the east they return to the mind as a drunken monkey-not just wandering from thought to thought, but a drunken monkey stung by a scorpion. Sometimes it seems so restless and jumpy, plus out of control. Take a few moments to watch it and discover some true jewels.

    Dee Cohen is a licensed social worker and yoga teacher. For more tips on healing visit Healing Ideas

    What is a Sex Dildo and could Women Feel a Wonderful Sex Session from one?

    Friday, July 25th, 2008

    A dildo is a very traditional sex toy tried out by both blokes and gals. Dildos have extremely made it big since x-rated videos became fashionable in the 80s. Whilst sex aid come in abounding materials, most often the sexy toys are willy shaped. Some sensual aids are specially built for slipping in the bum. Boys who like bum sex with a sexual toy regularly choose dildos that play with the prostate because of the magnificent orgasms prostate massage gives them. There are lots of sexual toys out there for men, and dongs are the greatest. Buy Dildos from Sex Bomb and have the best night in ever.

    The most common sex dildo uses are vaginal or bottom insertation. Depending on the brand of dong, some dildos might be used for oral penetration or as mouth gags. Regardless of your sex orientation, whether folk are straight, gay or bi, female or male, there is a dong out there to please your sex needs. Double sided dildos might be tried out between two sex partners at once. All of these martial toys could be used for simultaneous vaginal and bottom penetration, and when put to good use in this fashion love making play will be quite exciting. Dongs furthermore fit into harness mounts for S&M fun. Dildos are wonderful fun and sexual toy each and every bloke should have in their home.

    Combination Homeopathic Remedies: Your Introduction To Homeopathy.

    Friday, July 25th, 2008

    Of all homeopathic products on the market, combination remedies are arguably the most popular. You can find them prominently displayed in the homeopathic sections of most health food stores and placed near the cash registers in Whole Foods during cold season. Bestsellers, these products offer us the hope of a simple and straightforward solution: one medication for one diagnosis of anything that ails us, conditions ranging from teething, to head colds, to premenstrual syndrome, to hemorrhoids. But do they work?

    It’s not hard to grasp the concept involved in manufacturing combination remedies. Two or more remedies known to relieve a particular symptom are combined in the same tablet. The expectation is that either the chosen remedies will enhance each other’s actions, or that at least one of the remedies will be exactly what the patient needs.

    These remedies exist right on the border between allopathic (conventional) medicine and homeopathic medicine. On one hand, these preparations are prescribed for a particular ailment in the same way as conventional drugs. On the other hand, the components of combination remedies are homeopathically prepared substances. Their proponents argue that the combination remedies are much better then conventional drugs, as they have no side effects.

    PROS AND CONS OF COMBINATION REMEDIES

    Combination remedies sold in stores are proprietary to their manufacturers. As they are proprietary medications, I feel uncomfortable rating their efficacy. Nonetheless, I don’t want to leave you guessing about them without reliable information. So let me just say that, in my experience, all the major homeopathic manufacturers produce equally good combination preparations. I never use them myself, however some of my patients report that various brands produce more or less similar results. It is also my understanding that at the beginning of the 20th century different companies sold and bought the recipes of efficacious combinations from each other.

    This makes the process of selection easier. Major companies on the American market that offer combination remedies are Boiron, Hyland/Standard, Washington Homeopathic Products, and 1800HOMEOPATHY. There are quite a few smaller companies out there, too, and companies change hands from time to time, which is a great benefit to the consumer. Mergers or splits of these companies mean only one thing for you: a continuous exchange of experience leading to better products.

    What are these remedies useful in treating? They can provide significant relief for self-limiting conditions in people with excellent or average health. There are impressive remedies for vertigo, acute sinus infections, teething, and hemorrhoids, for instance. The major homeopathic companies use combinations that have been tested for years and are shown effective, but to reiterate, only for the temporary relief of self-limiting conditions. Treating serious and or chronic conditions with combination remedies isn’t a good idea. In these situations you are much better off seeking help of a qualified homeopath.

    You should avoid combination remedies, or any other homeopathic preparations, while you are receiving professional homeopathic care, as these preparations might interfere with single remedies used by classical homeopaths. For many consumers, taking homeopathic combination remedies is a good place to start testing the homeopathic waters, so to speak. Real healing requires an understanding of individual traits. My new book Easy Homeopathy teaches you how to achieve complete cure, as opposed to the temporary suppression of symptoms. I hope you begin your homeopathic journey today with a little help from my book and a lot of support from your common sense.

    Edward Shalts, MD, DHt, author of “Easy Homeopathy” and “The American Institute of Homeopathy Handbook for Parents” is a vice-president of the National Center for Homeopathy and a second vice-president of the American Institute of Homeopathy. He can be reached at www.EasyHomeopathyHome.com.

    Poker and Cheating

    Thursday, July 24th, 2008

    There’s a huge difference between cheating in a live poker tournament and in an online poker game. It’s the face-to-face thing that gets me. Sure, cheating is cheating, and any way, shape or form of it makes people angry, but in person cheating is the worst.

    Online poker cheating is easy. It’s almost a victimless crime to the people who do it, because to them it’s just software they’re ripping off. Obviously there’s more to it than that, but to the people pulling off the scams it’s no real sweat off their back.

    In person, however, cheating takes on a whole new level of ugliness. You can see the people across from you. You can see the cashier’s cage and the employees you are about to swindle. And then, after seeing all these areas you will affect with your dishonesty, you still go for it anyway. That takes some cajones, and it really shows how awful live event cheaters really are. Sure, it’s harder to get away with cheating in person because poker rooms aren’t like they used to be in the free swinging 60’s, but that means people who do it are shiftier and craftier and more heartless than ever.

    So don’t cheat. You might end up buried alive in the Las Vegas desert if you do. Just ask that guy from the movie Casino!

    MLM Training- Secrets of the MLM Holiday Audio

    Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008

    It’s the holidays and everyone is wishing each other a Merry Christmas and Happy New year!

    And I bet you are going to be sending out holiday cards this year to your friends, family, and the like. We all do it during this time of the year, and especially if you are in Network Marketing, as that is natural networking.

    That is pure MLM Success.

    Suppose this year, you got something a little different in the mail, and it was a CD or tape. And on this CD was simply written, “Listen to this- 2 minutes for you.”

    Would you be a little curious?

    Would you be a little desiring to hear what is on this audio?

    Of course you would, and anyone else would as well. It is natural when something happens out of the ordinary, to want to look at or listen to something. Especially in network Marketing.

    It creates IMPACT, and you will remember whoever sent you that CD for the holidays. And all you did was listen to it, and FEEL the emotion behind the voice. The impact that would have on you, would be dramatic and amazing.

    Imagine if you did that to your mlm prospects, leaders, family, and friends. All you did was send them an audio holiday card on a tape or CD and wished them personally a happy new year, and a Merry Christmas. Think that would impact them and talk to you about it the next time they saw you?

    INFERNO Secret:

    It sets you ABOVE the crowd, and in the hearts of all who received your holiday MLM audio card.

    You send them to:

    Friends.

    Family.

    Peers.

    Prospects.

    Anyone that you know and care about.

    Ok…

    What do you say on this MLM Holiday Audio?

    “Hey Mark! This is Doug, and I just wanted to take a minute to wish you and your family a Merry Christmas and a happy Holiday season. During this time of the year, we all stop and think of folks who are special to us, and you are definitely to me. I hope next year is an awesome year for you! And the reason I sent you this CD, I wanted you to hear my voice wish you a Merry Christmas and Happy New year, and to tell you that you are special to me and my family. Happy Holidays!”

    It truly is that simple, and if you send it to a prospect:

    “Hey Judy! I just wanted to take the time to wish you and your family a Merry Christmas and a Happy new year! And I truly enjoyed our time together recently and appreciate it so much! The reason why I sent you this CD was I wanted you to hear my voice wishing you a happy holiday season, and know that I was simply thinking about the new year and all the potential it holds. You are an awesome person, and will succeed in anything you do!”

    IMPACT. That is what the holiday MLM audio will do. It will create an impact that will be remembered for a long time.

    And if you send this out to your friends and family, don’t be surprised if you ask them for help for your business, they give it to you. Even tape the CD or cassette tape to the Christmas packages and as they open them, they will find it, and feel special about receiving it.

    Think this Christmas: IMPACT.

    And there is nothing that has more impact then the human voice in MLM and Network Marketing.

    Blessings…doug

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    Doug Firebaugh is one of the top MLM Network Marketing Trainers in the world. Over a million people a month read his training ezine. He spent the last 7 years traveling the world speaking and training on Success.
    He lives in Birmingham Michigan, and you can receive a FREE subscription to his training ezine- The MLM Success HEAT- at:
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    Remove Some of the Carbon Emissions of your Travel by Going by Train

    Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008

    Trains are something that UK people think of as uncomplicated and very quick to use, there’s no issues checking in, queuing to find your luggage and going through awful security checks when you are trying to get to Munich. It is simply breathtaking. So you simply go to the train station, find your platform and then you are off. Combat climate change with Train Holidays.

    Trains are pretty environmentally friendly types of public transport. This is because public transport will probably take tremendous levels of travellers at any one time. By travelling so many clients compared to the vast number of motorbikes it would take to drive them all, the carbon emissions is far smaller overall. Public transport is excellent compared to automobiles.

    It is forever going to be required to progress from one place to another by whatever modes of transport are conceivable and if this requires using public transport since it has a lower co2 emission than a plane, then this is a wonderful choice to have, some may say its a nice choice. So it is potential to go on a break by rail and continue to be be co2 friendly. These days it is conceivable to go by public transportation to most cities in Europe including Prague.

    So if you yourself desire to keep your carbon gases to a minimum, there’s no contest, going by train is super compared to by car. Travelling by train is a pretty eco way of transport, and it is dead straightforward to stay safe on a public train if customers use common sense. The next time you yourself desire to go on holiday, see if you yourself can use a train or another kind of transport to cut down on transport gases. A little investigating has identified that jetting between Glasgow, Barcelona, and Brussels generates over twelve times more fuel emissions than transporting by train, surely this is reason enough to travel by public transport, when customers are able to.

    Using the public transport for holidays is an incredible way to filter out your carbon emissions, and train travellers may want to bring that same forward thinking towards your morning and evening commute to your place of work. Although going by public transport has became more accepted in the last five years, there is still a massive section of travellers that take their car into their place of work.