Thursday, 29 January 2009 Instead of buying corporate jets and paying yourself millions as CEO, Japan Airlines' chief Haruka Nishimatsu puts his money and time into his relationship with employees. Anyone can walk into his office, which demonstrates that his business philosophy is about building a cohesive team, with you as their leader, but also their partner.
Happy cows produce more milk, according to researchers at Newcastle University.
Cattle that are named and treated with a "more personal touch" can increase milk yields by up to 500 pints a year.
The study, by the university's School of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development, involved 516 farmers across the UK.
Published in the journal Anthrozoos, the study found farmers who named their cows gained a higher yield than the 54% that did not give their cattle names.
Dairy farmer Dennis Gibb, who co-owns Eachwick Red House Farm outside Newcastle with his brother Richard, said he believed treating every cow as an individual was "vitally important".
'Own personality'
"They aren't just our livelihood, they're part of the family," he said.
"We love our cows here at Eachwick and every one of them has a name.
"Collectively we refer to them as 'our ladies' but we know every one of them and each one has her own personality."
Dr Catherine Douglas, who led the research, said: "What our study shows is what many good, caring farmers have long since believed.
"Our data suggests that, on the whole, UK dairy farmers regard their cows as intelligent beings capable of experiencing a range of emotions. "Placing more importance on knowing the individual animals and calling them by name can, at no extra cost to the farmer, also significantly increase milk production."
Lets have some GOOD worldwide news !
Lets have some GOOD worldwide news !
A smile is a window on your face to show your heart is home
Lets have some GOOD worldwide news !
Husband's kiss woke 'sleeping beauty wife' in coma after heart attack.
After two weeks sitting by his wife's bedside hoping she would wake from a coma, Andrew Ray was at his wits' end.
Doctors had told him Emma could become a real-life sleeping beauty when she failed to regain consciousness after a heart attack.
The distraught father of two played her tapes of their baby son crying and their daughter shouting 'wake up Mummy!'.
Finally, in desperation, he leant over her hospital bed and pleaded: 'Emma, if you can hear me, please just give me a kiss.'
'What happened next was beyond my wildest dreams,' he said. 'She turned her head towards mine, puckered up her lips and gave me a little kiss.
'I couldn't believe it. My heart felt like it was going to leap from my chest - it suddenly felt like a huge weight had been lifted.'
The kiss was witnessed by doctors who were astonished by the 34-year-old's sudden response.
Mrs Ray had suffered the heart attack just ten days after giving birth to her son.
Her horrified husband had to give her mouth-to-mouth after she collapsed while they were out shopping. She was taken to hospital where doctors were able to restart her heart but warned she could remain in a coma indefinitely.
Mr Ray said a doctor told him: 'She could wake up the following day, she could wake up in a month, or you may be left with a sleeping beauty.'
After two weeks sitting by his wife's bedside hoping she would wake from a coma, Andrew Ray was at his wits' end.
Doctors had told him Emma could become a real-life sleeping beauty when she failed to regain consciousness after a heart attack.
The distraught father of two played her tapes of their baby son crying and their daughter shouting 'wake up Mummy!'.
Finally, in desperation, he leant over her hospital bed and pleaded: 'Emma, if you can hear me, please just give me a kiss.'
'What happened next was beyond my wildest dreams,' he said. 'She turned her head towards mine, puckered up her lips and gave me a little kiss.
'I couldn't believe it. My heart felt like it was going to leap from my chest - it suddenly felt like a huge weight had been lifted.'
The kiss was witnessed by doctors who were astonished by the 34-year-old's sudden response.
Mrs Ray had suffered the heart attack just ten days after giving birth to her son.
Her horrified husband had to give her mouth-to-mouth after she collapsed while they were out shopping. She was taken to hospital where doctors were able to restart her heart but warned she could remain in a coma indefinitely.
Mr Ray said a doctor told him: 'She could wake up the following day, she could wake up in a month, or you may be left with a sleeping beauty.'
Lets have some GOOD worldwide news !
German Shepherd Makes Miraculous Recovery
A police dog named Vader has survived a 50 ft fall, and may be back at work as soon as next week. The heroic pooch is a two year German Shepherd who was only on his third day on the job with his handler PC Simon Jeffery, when the incident occurred. Vader had been called in to sniff out a driver who had stolen a car, crashed it, and had fled the scene. Vader, thinking he had caught the thief’s scent jumped over a four foot wall and fell into Bradford Beck, which had only eight inches of cold water in it, and had a concrete base. Handler Jeffrey says he thought Vader surely didn’t survive the impact, until her looked down and saw the pooch alive, looking back at him. “ I can’t believe he survived. He must be the luckiest dog in the country, said Jeffrey.
A police dog named Vader has survived a 50 ft fall, and may be back at work as soon as next week. The heroic pooch is a two year German Shepherd who was only on his third day on the job with his handler PC Simon Jeffery, when the incident occurred. Vader had been called in to sniff out a driver who had stolen a car, crashed it, and had fled the scene. Vader, thinking he had caught the thief’s scent jumped over a four foot wall and fell into Bradford Beck, which had only eight inches of cold water in it, and had a concrete base. Handler Jeffrey says he thought Vader surely didn’t survive the impact, until her looked down and saw the pooch alive, looking back at him. “ I can’t believe he survived. He must be the luckiest dog in the country, said Jeffrey.
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Children at the Teddy Bear Hospital at NUI Galway yesterday. Pupils from 24 primary schools brought their cuddly toys to the college, where more than 150 medical students volunteered to explain how treatments, such as X-rays, work.
A picnic for teddy bears as they head for hospital - The Irish Times - Fri, Jan 30, 2009
A picnic for teddy bears as they head for hospital - The Irish Times - Fri, Jan 30, 2009