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The Best Day to Buy The Cheapest Airline Tickets
I was watching television the other day and a short segment on travel specials appeared on when the Best Day and Time to Book Airline Tickets was. One of our local high profile travel agents was talking about this and that not only is there a best day to buy, but also a best time of day! It made me realize that a lot of people may not be aware of this and thought I would pass the information on to you.
Yes, there are Good and Bad days to book your plane tickets.
Choosing the right day can save you a lot of money! 🙂 First, have a look at this excellent video from one of my favorite travel experts on ways to save on travel.
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Tuesday Is Still A Good Day to Buy Airline Tickets
This is especially true if you are booking for domestic travel . That is travel within the same country you are living. The expert mentioned stated that not only is Tuesday the best day to book your tickets, but right after midnight as well. From what we just learned from the video above from a leading expert is that for the absolute best time for cheap tickets, you should …
Call at 12:01 Wednesday Morning!
Call Just After Midnight on Tuesday Evening
Why should I call after midnight you ask?
Well, seat selection is usually plentiful early in the week and therefore prices will be at their lowest. If you are booking online, you should try to book your flight at least 3 weeks before the date of the flight. Our expert suggests you call the airlines rather than book online, as the airlines do not always post what is actually available at that time!
Also a great way to keep informed is by subscribing to your favorite airlines email newsletters.
Stay Informed With Airlines Newsletters
Subscribing to newsletters of your choice can be very helpful and save you a lot of money when booking any form of travel. Of course, if you are flexible on days, major airlines will generally post prices for individual days before and after your selected travel date. This gives you more choices on flight times and sometimes substantial price savings by choosing a different travel date.
Take a look at a couple of your favorite airlines and I am sure you will discover that Tuesday and Wednesday travel is cheaper than other days of the week. Doing further research of websites and airlines, you can get cheaper flights on Saturdays as well at specific times. Other factors to receive reduced fares include departure times, whether your flight is nonstop, direct or you make more than one stop.
Below is another recent article published online regarding the best day to book flights.
Don't Book Flights on Friday!
Air Travel Data collected has revealed that weekends offered some best deals for flights. But I also read recently, that airlines are now reducing the number of flights which creates less opportunities for travelers to fill seats, causing you to book as early as possible now.
As the article concludes;
"When you find a bargain, don't wait – book it!"
Book Red Eye Flights for Cheaper Airline Fares
If you are willing to take that dreaded "red eye" flight, you can expect to get cheaper fares when booking tickets. Although not all that pleasant staying up all night, this may be an option when booking air travel only and looking to save dollars. In many cases, as we just experienced on our visit across seas to Vietnam, you don't have a choice when to fly if seeking the best airline fare.
So the next time you find yourself looking for a flight to Waikiki Beach Oahu, Hawaii or any other destination for that matter, be sure to consider the options suggested here for better prices for you and your family.
I found this quote from a wholesale airline ticket business online. This business has always offered consistent and reliable travel information. They also confirm that Tuesday really is a good day to book your airline tickets!
"When should I buy my airline ticket?"
Based on years of complex analysis, FareCompare has the answer …
3 pm on Tuesdays for Domestic Travel
So there you have it! A little advice from some leading travel experts offering a few suggestions on ways to save money when purchasing airline tickets. 🙂 Just a little food for thought the next time you find yourself searching for the best deals when purchasing tickets for air travel.
Safe travels!
Did you know booking air travel on specific days can help save you money? Are you aware of any other specific day or time that is the best to book?
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Discussion in 'Great Skate Debate' started by Sylvia, Sep 3, 2011.
Thanks for the heads up..Who dropped out?
IIRC, Madison actually said that it was not a surprise for her at all
So Keiffer Hubbell had a try out with Madison Chock too in a addition to the one with Emily Samuelson. I thought he wanted to retire because of his recurring injuries but I guess that he changed his mind.
Yeah, she did say earlier this summer that she knew he was unhappy and she wasn't surprised. I think she would have dumped him after Worlds anyway, regardless of whether or not he wanted to continue in the sport.
You can tell that Chock/Bates and those around them have been paying close attention to the way the Yankowskas/Coughlin/Denney situation was mishandled, and are trying to get their preferred version of the story out clearly.
I don't buy it, but I do wish them well. I think Chock/Bates will have more of a Tanith/Ben kind of look (gorgeous girl, nerdy guy). It might work for them.
Ben Agosto a nerdy guy???
Them's fightin words...
Tanith's face could launch a thousand ships. Ben's a looker but everyone looks like a nerd in comparison to her.
Ben helped Tanith be a better Ice Dancer. I hope Evan can do the same for Madison.
When I interviewed them, Madison told me that she was surprised that he decided to quit. She did know that he was unhappy, but everyone thought he would continue for one more season. It was in this issue: http://www.ifsmagazine.com/issues/201110
I found those two quotes of Shpilband very interesting:
Wonder if Shpilband would have prefered another partner for Madison?
^ there is not much else out there unless he broke up more of his own teams.
Sounds lile might have wanted her with Keiffer. But sounds like he's supporting her decision.
Well, if Igor wanted Chock with a different partner, I wonder who he wanted Bates to team up with? Did Bates try out with Gilles? Maybe he would have preferred she not go off to Canada That would have given the Canton camp one more team, too! In addition to Samuelson/Gilles who might end up there...
I don't think Igor's we must support the skaters means that he was necessarily against this pairing. It may mean that he doesn't want to sound like he was all for Emily/Evan breaking up.
I agree with this. He may have wanted Evan to stay with Emily and Madison to find someone else (I guess Keiffer or Colin). I guess Keiffer is really not skating at all this season.
Your missing my point. Even if Igor wanted Evan to go with Madison. He may not want to make it seem like publically he was pushing for a talented team like Bates/Samuelson to break up. It may be that Igor saw the pros and cons of both sides too.
No, I got your point, that could very well be so, I was just suggesting another alternative view.
I think Igor likes to orchestrate the pairings in Canton and I also think he believed Chock & Hubbell would have been a better partnership. I'm kind of disappointed that she didn't choose Hubbell, but I guess the proof will be in the pudding. I am really not sold on Chock & Bates though and kind of more excited to see Samuelson & Gilles.
Someday they need to get all these skaters on the ice for an exhibition to Change Partners (and Dance With Me).
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I was browsing cases in Honolulu's U.S. District Court when I spotted a couple filed over the past several years by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission that suggest the kinds of workplace harassment still faced by women.
One lawsuit, filed in September 2012, alleged a sexually hostile environment for young women existed at the Panda Express in Kapaa, Kauai, and that employees, all 18 or younger, faced "unwelcome sexual conduct by Defendants' male employees," including their supervisor.
According to the complaint, the supervisor made "sexually inappropriate comments, including "asking female employees to take off their shirts so he could see their breasts, asking female employees to hold his penis, telling female employees to wear more sexually revealing clothing," and so on in a similar vein.
The supervisor and another male employee would comment on female employees and customers, "speculating about their sexual activities," and grab or touch parts of their bodies. Then there was the "mimicking sexual activity with vegetables."
The women complained to the manager, and to the Oahu office, but conditions didn't change. Instead, those who complained saw their work hours reduced, and got less favorable assignments, the EEOC alleged.
Panda Express initially denied the allegations, and EEOC was unable to negotiate a settlement of the charges before the lawsuit was filed in court. Last month,though, Panda Express and the EEOC reported reaching an agreement on terms of a consent decree.
Another EEOC suit targeted Señor Frog's nightclub in Waikiki. EEOC alleged women working at Señor Frog's were subjected to sexual harassment by the club's management and high level executives of it's owner, La Rana Hawaii, LLC. The complaint covered the period from mid-2007 until the club closed in the summer of 2012.
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Male managers would regularly demand that bartender Claimants serve them body shots off of the Claimants and female customers. Male management officials would participate in sexual activity with female customers while on duty and in the presence of the Claimants. [One manager] exposed his penis to at least one Claimant. Male managers were routinely encouraging Claimants, many of whom were under the legal drinking age at the time, to drink alcohol with them. Claimants understood that their male managers wanted to get them drunk so the Claimants would participate in sexual activity with the managers. In addition, when high level executives from Senor Frog's,…would visit the Honolulu location, at least two Claimants were encouraged and even directed to have sex with the high level executives by local Honolulu management for La Rana.
Lawyers for Señor Frog's have successfully defended against the EEOC's lawsuit on technical grounds, arguing the agency failed to provide enough specific detail during settlement talks to identify those involved in specific alleged incidents.
Nonetheless, if only a part of what the agency alleges is true, it's a pretty sad tale.
Of course, EEOC doesn't take these cases to court very often, so it's reasonable to believe these are the "worst case" situations.
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I knew Ryan, too. He is a Veteran, he loved his family, he was good to anyone who was good to him. Yes, he made mistakes in his past but everyone does at some point or another. I'm not only pointing this toward you but for everyone who has said hurtful things about Ryan, I will be praying for you. It's not your place to judge anyone. Leave that to God. If he were your family member, you wouldn't appreciate the mean things that have been said. Show some respect. Treat others as though you would want to be treated.<quoted text>and what makes him so fine???he was a dope head like the dealers....not a bit of difference...obviously you didnt know him as well as u think
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#163 Nov 13, 2012
pretty much or he owed them money or pills
ive never talked to any of these guy never had a reson to but i have friends that are hook on meth and have seen them befor they are nasty trash
6 foot under is where all three of them belonged a waste of space and thier isnt anyone of tham anyone would be afraid of it probly took two or three of tham to kill this one boy
#164 Nov 14, 2012
Regardless of the situation or what has happened to Ryan in the past he was one of the biggest hearted guys I know. He wasn't just a relative to me he was at one time my best friend. Yes at that time we shared a common bond that of abuse and I've been clean 7 years this past month and it was my understanding that he was as well. I'm not trying to defend our actions but until drugs have you by the neck and it truly becomes like oxygen to your body then no one can criticize. I talked to Ryan several times in the past months and he seemed sober and if someone who use to get high with you can't tell then he probably wasn't using. I have sat in my house with Ryan telling me over and over how he never planned for his life to get so messed up and I too can relate to what he was going through. What upsets me the most is that drugs are a comidety plain and simple in our small town and many others throughout the US, it's not something that one should lose their life over. I personally think that there should be a charge of capital murder on the table here because I know Ryan well enough to imagine his last moments and I am sure moments before his life was taken he was still trying to be funny and try to make the situation less uncomfortable. He isn't the type who truly expected this and was using his skills of combat to fight them off. That's what I want those who are bashing my friend and cousin to think of, this guy was attacked by 3 (Three) men those of you whom know Ryan as I did know that was simply uncalled for, I do hope they get life or charged with capital murder because no matter what's in ones past it doesn't allow for three men to savagly take the life of another human being. And as to Ryan's parents Justi know I did the same to my family and our families were very close as we both grew up, and its something Ryan regretted every day using or not. He hated the fact he got caught up in such a mess. I know I worried my mom and dad so much and have so much guilt until today. My dad is passed but was family to Beverly and a very close friend to Junior, and let me do what my friend can't today. Tell you both how sorry he was to have ever got himself in the situation he did and know he tried everything he knew to keep away from it and I know that isn't going to offer you much comfort but I felt obligated to defend him as I did know him through some good and dark times, through it all he never wanted to disappoint though even he knew it seemed that way. I'll miss him terribly.
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I will miss Ryan Foley. I played baseball with his oldest brother. They are all great people. Ryan fought for his country with my brother. I pray god comforts his family.
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Im so sorry for Ryan's family and i truely hope the people that done this gets everything thats coming to them and THEN SOME...God Bless U All..
#167 Nov 14, 2012
I admire you for getting up here and defending your cousin this way... It is ashame that 3 men had to do this to one person.. I don't care what you do you do not deserve to die this way.. but I think that the laws should change after this cruel and tragic death... I think if the law wants information or to bust someone that they should have to put their lives in danger and not innocent citizens.... I hope out of Ryans death that some good comes out of this and laws are changed to protect innocent people... You are a very good friend and PLEASE don't let him of died in vain over STUPIDITY... I will stand with you... I hope they get the death penalty..
#168 Nov 14, 2012
Ok so this boy ratted on people 2 yrs ago, if not longer right ? So why now all of the sudden would someone kill him ? Dont really sound like ratting is the reason this boy was killed. Afterall if they thought he was a rat then they would be to scared to take him out and kill him not knowing if the law was watching/recording them right ? Dotn get me wrong they took a young mans life and should all pay with their own lives but im thinking ratting is not the motive for murder in this case.
#169 Nov 14, 2012
there are alot of confused people on here that dont have a clue...ryan wasnt rattin to do good and get drug dealers off the street...he was doing it so his a@@ could stay high and outa prison....it wasnt for the right reasons at all
#170 Nov 14, 2012
It's not important to me what his intentions were. The fact still remains, he did the world a favor by helping the police get these drug dealers off the street. The fact that one of them committed suicide is just a bonus because that's one drug dealer that we tax payers don't have to support in prison.
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Which one comitted suicide?
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Three men attacking and taking the life of one man is pure cowardice. I hope these men experience the same fate at the hands of our justice system. An eye for an eye should suffice.
#173 Nov 15, 2012
i would say they will face the love of BIG BUBBA.
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#174 Nov 15, 2012
was the boy married.if so she needs to look into what they had him doing?
#175 Nov 15, 2012
I have read all the post, why would a person work as an informant with no training. Why would the police say if you give us at least 3 names we will reduce your sentence or let you go.And why would anyone keep company with 3 drug users or dealers. i very little doubt they were dealers. all of the comments make no since at all. an why didn't he tell his parents or brother who he was meeting. now that's a red flag. under cover police officer should be doing the buys
#176 Nov 15, 2012
. Which of the three committed suicide? I've not heard anything about that on the news!
#177 Nov 15, 2012
I served with Foley in Iraq. I support his family in their loss. The loss to his unit is like losing a family member as well. I offer my support as though I was a family member. True to the End. =v=
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#178 Nov 15, 2012
Why don't any of these punks ever come mess with one of these bad asses like me?
#179 Nov 15, 2012
Such a badass, post your name
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#181 Nov 15, 2012
Q, you're calling me a bald kid again!
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okay well i wanted to try the free trail but luckily i didnt give them my credit card number for the $4.95, i X'ed out of the window and i thought that was it. yet i already submitted my e-mail, address, and phone number. about 2 months later i got a phone call from the sales representative saying that they want to send me the tea. i asked about the return policy and the fees after the $4.95. She said once i paid the $4.95 that was it. i sorta want to try it....but now im scared about the charges and scams that so many of you are talking about.
I Love the tea. the taste is amazing. Right from the start I was like wow. It is smooth and and I have had ALOT of tea flavors. I love this one. I dont know what everyone else is talking about, but my experiances are very good. I notice the weight loss more so right away as they say and I have always drank green tea. To me this is better. Everyone is different though. Two people could eat a cookie and one will blow up while the other gets skinnier. I did recieve a Life script vitamin free trial along with the tea that I didnt order, but I called them right away and cancelled it and it is done. People will say best and worst about any topic or product out in the world. It all depends on the individual, as with anything in life.
I actually had a decent experience contacting them. After hearing everyone complain about the company I immediately went online to cancel my order. I did it through the on-line chat. It was very quick. I got a verification of my cancellation. And the address to return the tea to. So far so good. We'll see if it plays out a easily. they said my credit card would be refunded once the tea was received. I have saved all e-mail receipts and the transcript of my on-line chat just to have all the records just in case. In the meantime, I'll give the free trial tea a try and see what happens.
So far things are going well. I have lost more than 10 lbs after 3 weeks drinking the tea. I will definitely keep checking my account for errornous charges.
DON"T BUY IT! The whole "guarantee" is a scam ... inviting you to try it and not pay anything but a small shipping charge. I can't even believe I fell for it ... but I did. The box arrived without an invoice ... no e-mail indicating that the order had actually gone through. The minute I put my credit card number in the deal was done ... there was no opportunity to confirm or cancel the order. When I tried to return the tea (no results at all) they wouldn't even give me an address to ship it to. Again, there was nothing in the box of tea to indicate what to do in case you wanted to return it. It took at least 5 contacts with different people who all claimed to be my "personal contact". HA, HA! Then I waited ... assuming that in the next two months it would show up on my credit card. It didn't ... and then began the attempts to try to contact them. I sent three e-mails with NO response. Finally I got online to get a phone number and saw the LIVE CHAT option. So I clicked on it. They first couldn't seem to find my records ... just as before when I was trying to return the tea. Then they had to have me give them the tracking number to prove that I had sent it to them. This is THREE MONTHS after they had received the tea (I had the delivery confirmation!). Since I didn't have it handy there was NOTHING they could do about the return. I had the tracking number but had left it at my office ... so tonight I finally got it for them. THeir response was that NOW they would credit me with my refund ... again THREE MONTHS AFTER THEY HAD RECEIVED THE TEA! THis is certainly not what I would call a great guarantee. On top of it not being a great product. Like Kay and others have said ... don't fall for the hype. If you don't eat after 7:30 p.m., exercise, and watch our calorie intake you will lose weight ... IT ISN"T THE TEA! Like others have said the tea is just a motivator to stay on a plan ... any plan, any tea will do. You don't have to pay this ridiculous amount (which, of course, you don't learn up front) to do it.
I bought the tea and before it arrived I already had charges deducted from my account. They automatically charged me for accessing the online and then for the living lean program. When I called I couldn't talk to a person, so I chatted online -- what a joke, everyone is named Madie. Anyway, I found out that after you try this awful tasting tea, they want you to pay $59.95 for it. This is just another auto ship SCAM. Don't fall for the reviews. If you eat what they say and do what their program tells you, you would loose weight without the tea.
lleana, just go to any vietnam maket and look for it at the tea section. You will find it as Oolong Tea. I only paid $2.99 for a box of 100 bags.....
Justin, your comment sounds very much like that of an employee, trying to hush the negativity.
With the Wu Yi Tea, they give you a free trial, and also include the Living lean program free trial. The living lean program is proven to work if you commit yourself to it. The living lean has a 21 day trial in which is more than enough time to complete the program. After which, if you do not want the program anymore and do not wish to be charged call the toll free number of 1(866)3965711 or call 18663965694 for customer service. There is a company in Utah doing customer service for the Living lean program open 9 to 9 est and a company in the Philippians doing customer service 24/7. Living lean does send an email to you, however some peoples emails put it in the junk or spam mail. ALWAYS CHECK YOUR EMAIL WHEN ORDERING ONLINE. sometimes you may miss it, but the emails do tell you when your free trial ends. Living lean is however a wonderful program to get involved with. It is not the traditional program for weight loss but has a success rate of 90% if you commit to the program.
Valerie If I were you and I gave them my credit card information I would cancel the credit card and get a new one trust me they will charge your card.
this was a waste of time and money......it doesnt even taste good at ALL!!
I ordered the tea thru a free two week trial. They emailed me a living lean program at a cost of thirty dollars. I did not order this I just wanted the tea. They tell me that I can cancel the order if I wanted but I have tried the number several times and just keep getting a busy signal. They say that they will continue to charge my card for this until I cancel. How can I cancel if I can't get through by the number they gave? Help!!!
I bought this tea 1 week ago and I'm already seeing results. Well, lets see what happens by the end of the month. If my credit card gets charged for stuff I did not buy (like I [now] hear people say, I can guarantee all hell will break loose. I excersize and I diet well, so I am not relying on the tea 100%, but I am using it to kind of pick up the pace of the weight loss. Well, like I said, its only been 1 week. lets see what happens. Heres my blog on the wu-yi diet: http://reiko-wu-yi-diet.blogspot.com/
I made a HUGE mistake and gave these MONSTERS my phone number. They WON"T STOP CALLING. They call several times a day sometimes. These are NASTY MEAN PEOPLE with NO RESPECT. And, reviews ALL over the INTERNET show this product to be a SCAM. If it worked, PRESSURE SALES wouldn't be needed, the stuff would FLY off the SHELVES. I use XENICAL. Even with this aid, there is only ONE real solution to effective weight loss. FEWER CALORIES, HEALTHY FOOD CHOICES, and EXERCISE. And, if you want a SAFE place to buy the tea at a BETTER PRICE, go to EBAY.
I exercise and eat well but have a few stubborn pounds I wanted to lose. I bought this, followed the directions, and I haven't lost a pound.
I want to know if ANYONE out there has had as many problems ordering the tea as I have had. I live in Mexico and in 2 months I have only received 1 box, the first one that they promised. It has been impossible for me to communicate with this people, and I really don't know what to do. I love the tea, it really did work. I only want to know where I can get it, please anyone out there with any ideas? Than you!!
I got this tea on Fri. and started Sat. drinking 3 cups that day. I woke up Sun. morning with my blood pressure and heart rate very high.
Taste is sort of soap like.
I had a very pleasant experience with Wu-Yi, they were more than happy to answer all my questions when I did have them and I was able to lose the 15 pounds I wanted - 2 thumbs up
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yer getting pretty close on the back end toward the spring retainer. :-)
yes good job these new ar 80% are much earier to work with, then say the old Tannery cast & forged 80%, a skilled builder can knock these right out see how it functions then anodize there are hundreds of threads on different methods for doing this
Wish I had the room to put some machining tools in the garage. I'd love to try my hand at it. Especially a .308 lower. Looks good to me Earnie, although I'm no machinist.
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A garage extension seems like the thing to do. Then you'd have some shop space for equipment.
Great looking work on your AR lower !!!
Viper, I think you're right. I need more gun building/machining space. My wife probably wouldn't argue either.
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The announcement came just a week or so after Yellowstone Superintendent Dan Wenk contacted both Mead and Montana Gov. Steve Bullock requesting help. Mead seemed downright eager to answer the call. Bullock's office, on the other hand, rebuffed Wenk's plea with not-so-subtle irritation.
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Ironically, back when Menefee drafted the memo, Wyoming was "adamantly opposed to assuming any responsibilities for the road or even agreeing that funds appropriated for maintenance of forest roads be spent on the Beartooth." It appeared to legal experts at the time that "any solution to the dispersed responsibility that presently exists can only be worked out between the two federal agencies [the Federal Highway Administration and the National Park Service] and possibly the state of Montana."
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I've found a lot of Waldorf-inspired resources and books/resources over the years that have helped me with ideas to inspire my girls when they were younger, but now they are 8 and 9 1/2 yo I'm looking for things to support this new segment age in Waldorf.
Can you lovely mamas here suggest books, blogs, ideas to help me with my daughters now they are older and in this "middle age"? We are always exploring nature and art, but now, I'm wondering how best to help them with their body awareness and body image, especially their time the non-Waldorfy friends and acquaintances in our lives.
Also, are there any ideas how I can meet Waldorf inspired people in Raleigh, NC area with children around the same age? (We are not HSing.)
Thank you so much in advance.
Blessed WAH wife and mama to my happy brood Dd1(7/01) Dd2(10/02) Ds (6/09) CDing & ECing works! No Circ, Make it yourself or buy something Handmade!
Love and light,
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Last edited by Penny4Them; 09-14-2014 at 11:28 AM.
Hiya mamas,
Thought I'd share some books that I discovered that complement Steiner's works and have added fueled my ideals over the past year about the importance of staying so very close to nature with my children.
Joseph Cornell, Sharing Nature With Children, and Sharing the Joy of Nature: Nature Activities for All Ages
Richard Louv, Last Child in the Woods
Twelve by Twelve, A One-Room Cabin Off the Grid and Beyond the American Dream, William Powers (below s a review I did about it)
Discovered this beautiful book and was completely drawn in. As someone who is concerned by the fast-paced-too-often negligent nature of our modern world, I constantly look for ways to simplify my life and stay connected with the present moment. I often daydream about living in the woods deliberately, as Thoreau once did, although I don't have the adacity to do it full-blown without electricity as the author did.
Powers' book is a 21st C memoir of his experiment in living simply, in the woods, becoming mindful to the simplicities and complexities of being human, while considering the implications of our modern culture. This book is refreshing, thought provoking, and after I read it, left me feeling like I too had lived in the woods with him. I find myself living with greater commitment to --as Powers suggests-- living well instead of striving to live better: to more fully believe and accept that I have enough without buying/consuming more.
These books offers lots of nature-based activities through the seasons, especially lovely for girls
Circle Round: Raising Children in Goddess Traditions
Moon Mother, Moon Daughter: Myths and Rituals that Celebrate a Girl's Coming of Age
If anyone has other book suggestions, please share!
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Best Career Advice: Voices of MSOE GraduatesPosted by Counseling Services in Student Resources on Jun 6, 2013 4:17:00 PM
Newsletters for Mental Health
Dawn O'Shea-Farley
May 2012
On April 18th, Career Services and Counseling Services hosted a passionate presentation of recent graduates:
Leo Barber, '11 – BUS
Phil Case, '10 – MIS
Jolisa Gold, '11 – CM
Christopher Keller – BUS
Chaning Ogden, '09 – CE
Russell Richard, '10 MS-AE/Structural
The unexpected, unscripted, unanimous theme of the night was the importance of PERSONAL BRANDING. Network, network, network. Begin practicing these skills while still in school, prepare yourself to engage in the social world of work, NOW!
Get Connected
Start now to get connected to the young professional scene. The grad panel mentioned four terrific places to begin:
- FUEL-Milwaukee: www.fuelmilwaukee.org
- Milw. Urban League: www.tmulyp.org
- Newaukee: www.newaukee.com
- LinkedUp Milwaukee: www.linkedIn.com (group)
These social/ professional groups exist beyond cyberspace. For example, FUEL boasts on their website that "FUEL Milwaukee will help you connect to your professional peers, plug in to the community, and ensure that your voice is heard as the Milwaukee Region shapes its culture and brand."
Chaning Ogden ('09 CE) encourages everyone to get connected. He suggests committing to at the very least, one, brief visit. Make a decision and do it! He feels so strongly that these groups are essential to your future career, he offered to meet you there! The moral of the story is to consider attending with someone else, but be open to meeting and greeting. Don't close yourselves off from the possibilities.
The advice of your graduates suggest that great opportunities will flood your way with a willingness to "open your mouth," (Chaning Ogden, CE '09). Don't let INTROVERSION or SHYNESS stop you from seeking out the best job, best environment, best opportunity for growth.
Take it from a Fellow Engineer
Russell Richard, MS AE '10, has done a fair amount of research on the subject, trying to get a handle on his own patterns. As he correctly ascertained, "Introversion is a personality type … in which a person feels most comfortable with fewer, but closer friends." He suggests that, "a person has an option to talk… , but chooses not to." Richard further explained that "shyness" is quite different. Richard describes his own experience as a shy person, "it was difficult to know that the shyness I felt was fear because for so long it had been labeled as "shyness," which I assumed was separate from other emotions. However after I read that it was FEAR, my entire social experience made so much more sense. I began to really pay attention to myself and the way I felt about talking to other people and going to social activities. I wasn't disinterested in talking to people or going to social events, I was afraid, and I felt that I was missing out on something very important." (Richard). Richard characterization is 'spot on' and perfectly relevant to the challenges many students might have with the mere thought of "personal branding or networking."
Best Practices to get beyond the fear
Richard had a couple of suggestions that have worked for him:
- Do your own research on shyness. Read a book or two, examine some online resources open yourself up to a new perspective.
- Practice good eye contact. Start with the least threatening people on earth… babies. Once you grow a comfort in connecting with little ones, increase the challenge based upon your comfort level. The next step Russell suggests is to connect with cashiers and baristas.
- Small talk and longer conversations can be a big challenge. Lean on your passions in life, engage like-minded people and practice your new skills. Build on your skills in a fail-safe environment. Develop comfort and move toward greater challenges within a reasonable amount of time.
Richard cited a TED talk you might be interested in viewing:
Communication Skills Are Essential
The alumni panel concurred on another important point: the essentials of written and verbal communication!
Christopher Keller ('09 BUS) spoke of the importance of effectively conveying a message. All the grads recognize that half of their day is spent talking with other people – customers, vendors, co-workers, and the boss! Without adequate practice in presenting your work or your ideas, your incredible skills get lost and the job is likely to suffer.
Jolisa Gold, ('11, CM) has found herself in an unexpected place of rising the ladder very quickly. She explained that all she does all day is "talk to people," making decisions on the spot and leading people who are in her words, "a lot older than I am." She has skills that her employer believes in, but struggles internally with the challenges of being confident in her communication of those skills. Further, she acknowledges the discomfort of knowing that her decisions have a large monetary impact on her employer. Gold believes that MSOE should provide even more opportunity to practice the process of good, stress-inducing, model-based, "decision making." Gold's comments were affirmed by the rest of the panel. You may find yourself leading employees in a way you never before anticipated.
Leo Barber ('11 BUS) challenges today's student to ask yourself everyday, "what can I do to make my business better?" He suggests that YOU are your business, seek out opportunity. Barber acknowledges that one of your greatest bridges to the outside world is your professors, "talk to them," get on track, be creative and determine who you want to work for. Getting to know the landscape is an important step. Barber reminds students that they can consider the benefit of organizations such as Servant Leadership, Community Advocacy and Community Pick Up…knowing your community can only strengthen your comfort zone and broaden your skill base. "Everything you do adds to your credibility from the time you first sit down with a potential employer." (Barber).
Barber provides the best possible summary to this article. TAKE ADVANTAGE OF YOUR ENTIRE EXPERIENCE AT MSOE. Phil Case ('10,MIS), wants you to know that the classes you don't think are relevant… ARE! Create opportunities to grow your communication skills because it is those skills which will not only help you get the job, but also help you survive life after college. When given an opportunity, request class discussion opportunities from the faculty. Now is the time to develop greater comfort as a growing professional.
For those of you who are graduating, take some time to get yourselves connected with Milwaukee's best social/professional organizations. It may make the difference in how much you will enjoy the career you have worked so hard to obtain.
Congratulations! You've got a lifetime to look forward to! It has been a pleasure.


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This is a most unusual time.
On one hand, it is the time when we Americans pulled our heads out of our asses and went to work in a most serious manner to demonstrate that we will not sit by in asinine political correctness, as is the manner of the French, and watch others attack us in our own homeland without an effective and decisive armed response. As much as we hate to wage war, when it is thrust upon us the opinions of others about what we should or should not do really dont matter. Some messages simply cannot be delivered with words. Thank God that our government is realistic about it, and that we are not waiting until some third world miscreant walks abroad in our streets carrying a suitcase nuke. I shudder when I think what we would be like at this writing had the bloody Democrats won the last presidential election. We have much to be grateful for.
This is a most unusual time.
It would appear that the years I have recently spent inventing the first totally Internet law firm are now coming to fruition. My notion that, through resource teaming, one can muster all the power of a monstrous law firm whenever and wherever it is needed, without all that costly asset base having to exist in a brick and mortar mode and financially supported by me every day of every week, turns out to be true. When more effort is needed, more folks are brought on board. When less is needed, they arent sitting there on my payroll, in expensive office space that I am paying for. I have almost no overhead. I answer to no partners and no management committee. I account only to Christ, to Belinda and to the Internal Revenue Service. It is the happiest time of my life.
I only wish that Mike Tulloch and some other of my deceased friends were still here to share in it.
This is a most unusual time.
I have just favorably concluded a case of first impression in the beauty pageant industry. That has been an industry in which every licensing company involved in multi-state pageant system licensing has been a franchise operation that was out of compliance with franchise and business opportunity laws. Fortunately for me, one of them tried to enforce a post expiration covenant not to compete against a departing licensee/franchisee, and that franchisee had the excellent good fortune to retain me. The covenant not to compete will not be enforced against them or against any other licensee in that industry whom I may represent in the future. Unfortunately, the licensor/franchisor gave up before trial and decided to accept feel good money and give up the fight. I would have loved to take that one to trial. But, when you really believe you have a great case, either you are dead wrong and lose at trial or your opponent realizes that you have a great case and decides to take the feel good money. What was once their claim that my clients continued business operations threatened them with irreparable harm unless they were put out of business for three years, suddenly became, oh, what-the-hell Give me the money. Now the poor bastards have to deal with the fact that all their other franchisees/licensees, whom they promised that they would put my clients out of business, now know that their threats that their licensees/franchisees have to stay in their system or lose their businesses are just empty threats that are not enforceable. They will either come up with a new business model or spend that feel good money on lawyers. Dont you just love it when the bully gets his comeuppance!!
Now that that case is over, I have time to create the kitchen of my dreams CUCINA DAMORE a kitchen of love. People make love in bedrooms, in parks, out in fields on old army blankets, in the back seats of cars et cetera. I make love in the kitchen. The most unbelievably intimate experience starts with food. When you can make a woman the centerpiece of the ambiance, an object of worship, you and she are both transformed.
There is first a sense. When you approach you are met with an olfactory feast that elicits an immediate sensory response of I want that! And then, when you enter the kitchen there is a feast for the eyes, a look of the place that says something really fantastic is about to happen to you. Its the colors and the array of the equipment that bespeak artistry and a culinary force majeure, something to which surrender is the first emotional response. Appropriate wine and music wash over and into you, and you are greeted as the most happily anticipated beginning of a truly lovely episode in which you are the feast of feasts. Symphonic gastronomy stimulates your every appetite, and yet you know that this is but the beginning of waves of culinary erotica and that you have to consciously restrain your gushing urges, your tumescent desire to be infused with what is before you.
Aromatics abound. The cultures of the Mediterranean waft through your senses like a warm breeze. You begin to be aware that your mouth is the center of your eroticism for the moment, and its wetness echoes through your entire being. Tiny flavor events lie strewn on plates before you, a garden in which your palate may play for a short while. The garden may lie in Asia or in the South Pacific even though the main course is of another geography entirely. You are following a sensory map across the passageways of civilization, speaking and thinking in a manner totally different from the direction you were following but a few moments ago. And somehow you know you know even then that this is a voyage through a countryside of delight.
Welcome to CUCINA DAMORE.
It is one thing to conceptualize a kitchen that will serve as utilitarian food production facility and dramatic mise en scene, a stage on which a gastronomic cunning linguist may exercise his talents and passions, such as they are, to fulfill his ego gratification needs through presentations of culinary and oenological soirees. It is quite another matter to select and vet the equipment, layout, décor and installation.
A friend referred us to someone whose profession is to remodel elaborate homes of the high and the mighty to degrees of perfection seldom seen in modern craftsmanship. That person came and measured and counseled and estimated, coming up with a number beyond the available budget by many thousands of dollars. Since I had already selected the equipment and knew what it would cost, including installation if done by the equipment vendor, a decision was made to become my own general contractor and to dispense with the services of the master factotum. Immediately there was an enormous groundswell of apprehension and disbelief that one with the limited skills which I possess could pull it off so to speak. Visions of disastrous results and unbelievably costly remediation caused intense anxiety and lack of sleep and peace of mind, and even doubts about such things as color choices haunted the days and nights of the ultimate power of this domain. The reassurance brought by the factotum of the high and the mighty evaporated into doubt and disbelief. The respect, honor and deference that I enjoyed as the esteemed father of Dr. Muffy no longer sufficed for my pronouncements to be accepted as reliable. Every decision and notion was challenged and doubted, until ultimately I had to fall back on the argument that someone had to be in charge of making ultimate decisions; that a camel was a horse designed by a committee. No committee was going to design and perform the realization of this kitchen. By Gods holy trousers! Either I would do this kitchen or there wouldnt be a kitchen and we could simply eat out from now on. And the bluff worked!
The salesman who had handled the purchase of the overhead vent hood make up air system, as it turned out, knew of an occasionally sober well almost occasionally sober Irish tradesman to whom he had in the past referred simple installation work with no adverse feedback. And so that dear Irishman became my electrical sub-contractor, who, as it turned out, was allergic to telephone calls, thinking that it might be a Gombeen man calling to collect a bill. To overcome that fear we developed a code. I would call, wait for the answering machine to pick up and hang up. Then I would call again same routine. On the fifth call within ninety seconds, reassured that it must be me, he would answer. After I identified meself and gave the appropriate reference, he agreed to stop by and measure and visit about the project. The venting system had already been delivered, so he could see what was required.
On the appointed day the good man appeared, only four hours late [had to await the cessation of certain tremors, no doubt], and we proceeded to walk the job. According to his oral resume, he had been a builder in Louisiana, and so was quite accustomed to perform extensive work without bothering to obtain building permits which might in the end subject the job to being inspected by some miscreant who would have to be compensated to issue a certificate of compliance with the city code. A city code is a legislative construct designed to enable the city to employ inspectors for very small wages, knowing that they would supplement those wages with regular bribery. The excellent aspect of employing such a one as this craftsman is that if people complain to the enforcement authorities about shoddy work, he may find himself being chased by all sorts of Gombeen men. And so he is quite meticulous about everything he does.
Unlike the factotum to the high and mighty, he not only measured, but also actually went up into the attic to inspect the roof and the pathway that would have to be cut to enable the overhead venting system to be installed. And it was there that we discovered that directly overhead, where everything had to go, were water and gas lines that would have to be rerouted or bypassed. I shudder to think how much time and money would have been lost had I hired the factotum to the high and mighty and this obstacle had been discovered only upon opening the kitchen ceiling.
Rerouting would have been more expensive and time consuming. Our good soul Irishman, on a piece of grocery bag, designed a plenum, a rectangular construct that permitted installation of the vent system exactly over the center of the island cooking station as needed, with a juke of air flow around the water and gas lines. This ingenious device he had fabricated chez a drinking buddys metal working shop, out of brushed stainless steel to match the vent system, for but a few hundred quid. It works perfectly. And it is beautiful. And it is even more thousands less than the same work would have been if done by the factotum to the high and mighty.
The new sinks and the new cooktop the largest Thermador makes of its line of electronic ceramic cook tops had also arrived. When the time came for the take off estimator for the installation of the new Silestone decks to perform his slight of hand measurements, the sink and cook top templates were there and ready for consideration. Now hows that for coordinating things like a general contractor should, I ask you?
Silestone is a quartz product of Spain, made in sheets ¾ inch thick for use as counter/deck tops in kitchens and bathrooms. I chose a very extreme color, to look somewhat Mediterranean, brick in color to be precise, one of my more extreme choices to be argued over right up to its installation when its in-place appearance brought out the Ooohs and Aaahs of how bloody grand the whole construct looks. Naturally, the engineer who had come to take off the job knew less that I did about his product. He insisted that there need be no wood deck beneath the Silestone, while I insisted that without such support the damn thing would fail in the course of normal use. He was properly offended that the likes of me would overrule his product and installation opinions, and accordingly did a few improper measurements that would in the end delay the job while they recut pieces to fit in accordance with proper dimensions. In the end, the manufacturers own product literature stated that under decking was a necessary support requirement. I wonder how many of these jobs have been done in accordance with Don Juans opinions and are out there just waiting to fail the first time someone kneads a loaf of bread or pounds out a chicken breast on them. Maybe I should add a metatag to me web site to attract clients wanting to sue over failed Silestone installations that lacked underdecks. Ultimately, my installation is secure and magnificently beautiful the brick colored quartz counters and the large black ceramic cook top with the brushed stainless steel venting system. Maria is right. Men with large equipment are very attractive.
Now all I want to do is find mouths to feed. One friend has caught on to this big time and I get almost daily emails asking what time dinner is being served and volunteering to be a guinea pig for any new recipe I might try. Just before Easter I found a whole fresh leg of pork about 20 pounds much more than we could ever consume within the allotted time hell, we can give some of it away. So I bought it and marinated it for three days in a Cuban garlic marinade called Mojo Criollo. It took about six hours to slow roast and is wonderful. I have an outlet for excess production now. Belindas sister is always happy to send one of her kids round to fetch dinner and bring it home take out YEA! Now what I have to do is include it in every recipe this week that calls for meat of any kind. Yesterday I found some Meloukhia, a North African pot herb very popular in that region. Try to find a recipe using Meloukhia in normal channels. Paula Wolfert might be the only western source. But Egypt has its own English language web site, with a page for Egyptian recipes. And there it was! YUMMIE!!!!
Id give you the recipe, but you probably arent anywhere near a store that sells Meloukhia. Here in Houston, we can shop anywhere in the world for anything that aint illegal (and almost anything illegal too) within a ten minute drive. Anyone who likes to cook should live in Houston. It is the most international city in the world, without exception. We have received the best of every society that went to hell in a hand basket, including Mexico and all of Central America, Southeast Asia, the Middle East, Cuba (those who didnt go to Miami). Consequently we have cities within the city that are mini cultures from those areas, complete with their food markets. I can hear 30 40 languages in Houston every day if I like, simply by shopping for groceries. What one does with Meloukhia is grind it to powder in a mortar and pestle and then sprinkle it into a clear or semi clear soup chicken, fish, whatever and squeeze a lemon into the soup at the same time, and then simmer it for two more minutes and serve it. Its a whole other world of flavor when you do that. My friend Rafi Momjian once told me about Meloukhia he grew up in Lebanon when it was beautiful. I once had dinner with his parents his mom prepared the meal it may be one of the best dinners of my whole life. You can use Meloukhia the same way in a stew, I am told.
Next time you make scratch pasta sauce (red), add some roasted red bell peppers, skin removed and mashed up along with the tomatoes. You can thank me later. I once read that the compensation to advanced age is that ones palate improves while everything else goes to hell. Wine and food are the rewards of advancing age. Everything tastes so damn good if you dont smoke. Hell, if youre a smoker, odds are you aint here to taste anything by now anyway. When I think back on it, as a former three pack a day man, Im damn lucky to be here meself. Some very few older folks have survived smoking all their lives by dint of their genetic makeup. They are getting to be quite rare. Between smoking and everything else that pollutes our systems, smoking and old age are getting to be a quite rare combination. Today, when you see a young person smoking, the reaction is that this is a very stupid person. This person is literally wearing a sign on his head that says I am a fucking idiot. No one should assign to me any task of significance.
Even before the new kitchen it was nigh impossible to get Belinda to go out to eat. She likes the food better at home, and the wine is better too and a lot less dear. Now it is practically a daily challenge to prepare something that she hasnt enjoyed ever or at least for a very long time. She recently remarked that she would never get on a plane to go anywhere to eat. Restaurant food is better in Houston than anywhere else in the world, and the food at home is better than in the restaurants according to her. Somewhat as a joke I explained to her that if one understood the blending percentages that are done in Bordeaux, Australia and Spain to create the delicious wines from those locales, one ought to be able simply to go out and buy bottles of assorted varietals and blend superb wines at home. And so as a joke I rounded up assorted vino cheapo magnums and started blending them according to what I thought were the proper relationships. Well, I can tell you that Baron Rothschild has nothing to worry about, but the stuff is better than the house wines at most restaurants and bars. House wines are usually purchased according to price more than according to any other benchmark. When we had B.I.s Texas Café back in 1994, our house wines were pretty damn good, and we didnt spend a lot of money on it. But we understand wines and how to handle them better than most restaurateurs and tavern owners. And so, Plonk de Muldoon is often served here to ourselves and to our guests who arent really wine aficionados. Several who were told how we blend very ordinary wines to make a decent tipple have actually sent emails asking for directions and ratios, and have then written back again to say thanks. If you are really into a subject to the point at which you will devote time and energy to learn a good deal about it, you can become quite adept at the most unusual things. We have gone way beyond what the frogs and Aussies do, and it is a delight to taste something quite drinkable that you just threw together to see what it would taste like. The varietals that we grow here and that come from South America and Australia may be different clones of similar varietals that come from Europe, but if you are astute enough to ascribe zero value to anything simply because it is European you can achieve really marvelous results. I regard most things European as simply vestigial remnants of museum societies that no longer have relevance to issues of significance. I think it is the highest point of humor that the frogs and the krauts are now the best of bosom allies in the reorganization of what is referred to oxymoronically as modern Europe. It is a sad commentary on the Germans that they have sunk so low as to ally themselves with the French. Man! How low can you go? Can you remember when Germans had standards? Eventually the frogs will double cross em, and, as far as I am concerned, the next time the Germans take Paris they can keep it.
Actually, there is much to be grateful for these unusual days. As I close this article, we have rid Iraq of the Bath party regime of thugs and sadists, and in the process we lost very few people. For this the whole world should be grateful. America has in this instance lived up to its mission in grand style. May God bless those who made it possible and bring everyone home safely.
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