#13 – AIRLINE SHORT TERM TACTICS ADD PASSENGER PAIN – DR. CAROLYN TURBYFILL

turbyfillOne common error in management and decision-making is sticking to short-term tactics that are inappropriate to a changed context.

In the case of sequestration, I had to go to the airport twice and reschedule flights when I could have simply rescheduled once.  The saga began when a low ceiling in Chicago delayed national and international flights that affected travellers for at least a day. Continue reading

Wind Farms Consider Avian Detection Systems to Prevent Bird Deaths – Dr. Carolyn Turbyfill

turbyfillFrom  http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-condorradar2-20120528,0,2831784.story?track=lat-pick:

By Louis Sahagun, Los Angeles Times

May 28, 2012

MOJAVE — Just before daybreak, a group of naturalists don parkas to blunt the frosty wind blowing down a narrow canyon in the Tehachapi Mountains north of Los Angeles. They mount spotting scopes and cameras on tripods, and wait.”Showtime,” one of them whispers at the first rays of light. The silence is broken by thousands of brightly colored birds the size of Christmas ornaments pouring north through the canyon on whooshing wings, just a few yards above ground.Kern County bird expert Bob Barnes stands spellbound. Peering through binoculars, he says, “They’re following the contours of the canyon like a living river of birds.”PHOTOS: Bird radar Continue reading

How to Delete Your Google Browsing History Before Google Changes its Privacy Policy – Dr. Carolyn Turbyfill

turbyfillFrom http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/320137:

How to delete your Google Browsing History before new policy

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Feb 24, 2012 in Internet
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