It’s part of flying, and there’s nothing you can do about it. . . perhaps.

You’re trying to get to your destination, or maybe you’re trying to get home. You look at the weather and no matter how you plot out your time, direction of flight, and other options, you’re staying put!

Blessing or curse?

I guess it depends what you’d like to make of it.

Flying home from OshKosh I met up with a couple stranded at the Mason County Airport (LDM) in Ludington,Michigan. If I were to be stranded anywhere, Ludington would be my dream! Beautiful sandy beaches on Lake Michigan have made this town one of the busiest resort towns in Michigan.

Again, blessing or curse?

This couple called over 40 hotels, motels and bed and breakfasts only to find all of them sold out! Once again they reviewed their options. Fly to Ann Arbor for a better position in the morning, sleep in the plane, make use of the comfortable lounge furniture in the terminal lobby?

The adventure continued. . .

A call from a local Bed and Breakfast revealed that there was one room they hadn’t discovered. They’d have to share a bathroom, and there was no air conditioning, but there was a “bed” and a “breakfast!”

It turns out that this couple had also spent the night in Ludington on the way over to OshKosh when weather prevented them from flying across the lake.

Of course, I haven’t heard the ending to this story yet, but If I wrote my own ending it would go something like this:

“After checking into the Bed and Breakfast, we walked down to the beach where we watched the boats and fishermen enjoy the evening as if nothing else in the world mattered. We realized we were getting hungry after the events of the day and found a cozy little seafood restaurant with a stunning view of the lake.

Before it was too late, I made a phone call to work letting them know I wouldn’t be back on Monday or maybe even Tuesday! I was told to take my time and advised not push it if weather was an issue. How good can this get?

The room was just fine, and the breeze blowing through the open window was far more comfortable than a noisy room air conditioner.

After some interesting conversation and a tasty breakfast, we headed back home and didn’t worry too much about weather.

If we had to stop again we’d have one more adventure to add to our journal and maybe another day or two off work!

Link: http://www.airplanenoise.com/great_trips.htm

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airplanenoise@airplanenoise.com
http://www.airplanenoise.com
Pat Redmond, helps business owners who are tired of long lines and baggage claims, fly their way to freedom! Enjoy dinner with your family tonight! To learn more about the General Aviation Business, sign up for more FREE tips like these, visit her site at http://www.airplanenoise.com

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Please make the children’s table festive! I watched a little munchkin’s face fall last holiday when she realized she was relegated to the “children’s table.”

I make it the focal point of my own decorating, and invite you to consider the possiblities!

Here are some festive drink recipes for the little elves at your celebration.

Choose festive ware and garnish. Any drink with whipped cream, you can put sprinkles atop, candied fruit, cinnamon candies, Christmas “picks,” drizzle with (non-alcoholic) crme de menthe for color, shaved colored chocolate, a Candy kiss.

Tie a red bow with an evergreen sprig on the punch ladle; surround the base with greens and sugared cranberries or toy ornaments.

If it’s hot, stick in a cinnamon stick or candy cane; dollop with whipped cream and garnish with sprinkles, cinnamon candies, confectioner’s sugar; add a holiday “pick”; stick a sparkler in each mug and light at presentation time.

If it’s cold, use decorated ice cubes - freeze cranberries, tiny ornaments, mint leaves, anything festive and NON-POISONOUS into the cubes and add at presentation time. (Remember that holly berries and all parts of the mistletoe are poisonous); or freeze the same things in an ice mold. You can have great fun with floating ice rings for punch for the kids - put in ornaments, cherries, greenery, anything you can make hygienic-enough and that isn’t poisonous!

Whatever you serve, serve it with festive flare, and give it a holiday name! There’s no more appreciative audience when you go the extra mile.

NANA’S NOG

3 cups milk
1 cup half ‘n’ half
3 T. sugar
Put in blender with ice and frappe. Consider food coloring and candy sprinkles. Serves 4.

CHRISTMAS MINT PUNCH

1 1/2 c water
10 oz mint jelly
3 c pineapple juice, chilled
1/2 c lemon juice
64 oz Sprite
1 qt lime sherbet

In small saucepan, combine water and mint jelly; cook and stir until jelly melts. Cool. In large punch bowl, combine jelly mix and juices. Just before serving, add Sprite and lime sherbet.

TRIM-THE-TREE CIDER PUNCH

1 gallon apple cider
12 whole cloves
2 large apples (Granny Smith, Rome Beauty), peeled, left whole
2 cinnamon sticks
Ground nutmeg

Pour apple cider into large pot. Insert 6 cloves into each apple. Add apples and cinnamon sticks to pot. Bring to boil. Reduce heat; cover and barely simmer over very low heat 1 hour to allow flavors to blend. (Can be prepared 1 day ahead. Cover and refrigerate. Rewarm over low heat before continuing.) Ladle hot cider punch into mugs. Sprinkle with nutmeg and serve. Source, Bon Appétit, December 1995

SNOWMAN PUNCH

Stir up a pint of ice cream - vanilla, peppermint, mint, adding a little milk to thin it. Scoop it into snowcone cups or other festive ware. Disposable plastic Christmas ware is great for little elves!

Variation: Add green creme de menthe flavoring, non-alcoholic.

SPICY CRANBERRY PUNCH

1/2 cup red cinnamon candies
4 C. water
8 C. cranberry juice cocktail, chilled
6 oz. can frozen limeade concentrate
6 oz. can frozen orange juice concentrate

In small pan, melt candies in water; chill. At serving time, combine candy liquid and fruit juices in punch bowl. Stir to dissolve. Makes 18, 5-oz. cups.

WASSAIL BOWL

Whole cloves
1 large orange
2 qts. apple juice or cider
3 T. lemon juice
4 cinnamon sticks

Heat oven to 350. Insert cloves into orange. Place in shallow baking pan and bake at 350 for 30 mins. Pierce orange in several places with tines for a fork.

In large saucepan, combine apple and lemon juice, cinnamon sticks and baked orange. Cover; simmer over low heat 30 mins. Remove sticks and orange. Pour into heatproof punch bowl. If desired, float the orange in the bowl. Serve [safely] hot. Makes 16, 4 oz. servings.

CRANBERRY “CHAMPAGNE” FOR CHRISTMAS CERUBS

Combine 2 well-chilled 750-ml. bottles non-alcoholic sparkling cider with 1 cup cranberry juice cocktail or to taste.

ELF WARMER

1 qt. vanilla ice cream
3 sticks margarine
1 box brown sugar
nutmeg, cinnamon, allspice
Combine and keep in freezer. At serving time, put 1 heaping T. scoop into a mug, add hot water (to taste) and heat.

SANTA-RED PUNCH

4 cups water
3 cups sugar
2 small packages of red Jello
l large can pineapple juice
1 bottle of almond extract
Serves 25-30.

EVERGEEN PUNCH

2 pkgs. unsweetened lemon-lime Koolaid
2 cups sugar
2 qts. water
1, 46-oz. can pineapple juice
1 quart gingerale

Dissolve sugar and koolaid. Add pineapple juice and chill. Add gingerale at serving time. Good too if you freeze it for a while until it’s slushy. Then call it Santa Slush. Serves 36.

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Part 1 of 3

Ah! love can be harsh
(if it is not working);
loosen the cord
it is best to make
a new life alone
(than to die slow)
less knots in the
veins
more marrow in the
bones.

We are only eyes
and mouth
a body beneath
a sky.
Empty are some of
us in this
world
(it is the way it is
the way they will
live and die):
like an empty jar
with only air,
no substance!
We are all headed
beneath the earth:
skin, eyes, everything.
raised in due time
for heaven or hell;
cut the losses!

Part 2 of 3

Escape, before you
fall, sink
into a hole of
silence
(so deep it can be);
rocks will cover the:
mind, and eyes;
thus, the soul
will have no light
to see…
so, cut your losses
please
before it’s too late.

Part 3 of 3

One thing you should
know.
I used to look out
my window,
see you
near in the distance
far in mind.

Well, time has passed
little by little we
heal.
No need for anymore
ungratefulness
cut the losses
(what you see is not
love,
rather madness).
One can become
mad you know:
so
cut the losses soon.

Life passes by
quickly,
like roots
we grow old and
deep
to where one
cannot remember
things.
cut the losses before
the wind blows
you down…
blows you away
(like ashes in an
open urn).

In real love nothing
is extinguished or
forgotten.
Dirty love burns
like a fire
marching towards

the end of life.

Ah, for love’s sake
cut the losses
(remember: once honored
once betrayed,
third comes the fool).

Go on marching
stay on the road
love will find you.

1287 3-22-06

See Dennis’ web site: http://dennissiluk.tripod.com

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Some online auction sites sell all sorts of items, while others are highly specialized. Some of the larger online auction sites, like eBay, have additional separate auction sites for certain items. One such example is eBay Motors for vehicle auctions. A number of online discount stores, like overstock.com, also have auctions of all kinds of clearance merchandise, from cameras to rugs.

To assess whether an online auction site is reliable, take the time to familiarize yourself with the site and take an auction tutorial if offered. Most reputable auction sites allow bidders to return auctioned items within a specified time period if they are not satisfied. Better auction sites also have readily available customer service. However, even if a site has good business practices, individual sellers may not. Do not do business with an online seller who cannot be contacted, or who offers a better deal via email. Find out what shipping costs may be involved, and how you are expected to pay for them. Before buying an item, always research its quoted value and make sure you are getting your money’s worth.

Signs that a seller is providing full information include a complete description of the item being auctioned, photographs and a willingness to answer any questions a potential bidder may have. Sellers are also susceptible to payment-related fraud, and should always check that a buyer’s payment or escrow service is genuine before agreeing to accept payment through it.

Once you are ready to bid on an item, put in a bid and stick to it. Maintain copies of all correspondence regarding your bid in case there are any disputes later. Payment is usually more secure through an online payment or escrow service; never provide a credit card number to an individual seller. Your local Better Business Bureau can provide information on legitimate payment and escrow services.

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Though Texas Hold ‘Em and Omaha poker are similar games, the structure, probabilities and play are quite different. Good starter hands in Omaha differ than those of Texas Hold ‘Em.

Omaha poker is a game of nine cards while Hold ‘Em only uses seven. With Omaha, you are dealt four pocket cards, and two of these cards must figure in your final hand. Unlike, Hold ‘Em, where only one of your pocket cards might win the pot, Omaha players must show two cards that contribute to the winning hand, be it a flush, straight, a set, or two pairs. Holding the Ace of a suit that matches four on the board does not give you the nut flush in Omaha as it would in Hold ‘Em.

Any four pocket cards that already make a pair, contain two to the flush or a straight can be played, depending on your position. Pockets with no pair, all rainbow suits and big gapped cards will probably go nowhere and should be folded. When the flop comes out, there has to be some connection to two of your pockets in order to play. Look for two on board to match your suited cards, and cards that fill in the gaps between your connectors for a straight. A paired board that gives you trips is no good without another pocket card figuring in the poker hand -such as hitting the improbable full house.

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To make an alphabet scrapbook for a child, I suggest using an 8×8 album. My sister takes hundreds and hundreds of pictures of her daughter. I remember thinking “there she is with a banana”, and “there she is with an apple”, thus the idea of an alphabet scrapbook developed.

I like stencils. I created all 26 letters using a stencil. I then mounted the letters on the opposite corners. For example, “A” was in the upper left corner, while “B” was in the upper right corner of the adjoining page. I’ve also seen alphabet scrapbooks with the letter centered on the top of each page. The option to put the letter in the bottom corners or centered on the bottom is also there. Or create your album mixing all of the above with the letters in various places throughout the album. Try putting the letter in the center of the page and then building your photos around the letter.

Your “A” page can either be the child holding an apple, or it can be mom and dad inside an airplane. Maybe you have a pet named Ben. That could be the focus of your “B” page.

I think it is so much fun to go through photos and specifically look for those photos that belong to a certain letter.

It’s also fun to create your ABC scrapbook, taking photos during the year, making sure to get one photo of your child for each letter. Children learn to recognize and read letters usually after age 3. This gives you 3 years to take photos. When the alphabet book is a book of pictures of the child, the child will look at the book over and over again, reading the letters, and reading the words. Children like to read about themselves and learn about themselves.

You can also create a book for nieces, nephews or a good friend, if you are with them often enough to take photos of the child with each letter of the alphabet.

Have fun being creative with the 26 letters of the alphabet!

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There is no refuting the fact that the success of a firm in the end is attributed to the work of the workers, but one disaster can easily wipe out all your efforts and reduce the financial profits to zero. So, to stay away from such an occurrence, you are suggested to insure your business, whether it is a small organisation or a huge corporation. Though, please remember that smaller businesses are somewhat more probable to need business insurance protection in today’s hard world. This is essentially as smaller company owners will have placed their whole lives and pay cheque straight into the firm.

A few of the topics normally guarded by most business insurance covers include: natural catastrophes, volcanoes, machine or apparatus crash that closes the business, loss of income due to worker slackness and court cases brought against the company.

There are piles of insurance firms, which offer covers that combine protection for all main property & legal risks in one group package. You can also obtain a separate cover. Such cover is usually known as a business owners’ policy (BOP). Large sized companies might purchase a business-related policy. Obtain public liability insurance for small business to help protect your business from legal litigation.

BOPs comprise of building insurance for property & gear owned by the company. If there is any loss of revenue due to disruption of processes & production because of tragedies like floods, it can be protected under the Business Interruption Insurance policy.

There are policies, which protects the organisation’s legal liability for the injury it may cause to others. It is the consequence your businesses failure to do the business operations. It can also be the physical injury or property damage caused through malfunctioning items, faulty fittings & slip-ups in services offered.

Nonetheless, BOPs do not cover professional liability, auto cover, employees’ reimbursement or health and disability insurance. Separate insurance policies are essential for professional services, vehicles & workers. As a rule, floods, earthquakes & terrorist attacks are not protected in the business policy. Always check before you purchase!

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Think about your own surfing behavior. What types of websites do you visit the most often; which ones keep drawing you back?

If you are like most internet surfers, you will spend much of your time hanging around websites with dynamic website content, or content that is updated constantly or personalized to your preferences. The age of static, archival websites is long gone, in in its place is a dynamic and powerful internet driven by PHP, ASP, CGI, and Java.

But setting up a website with full SQL support and advanced features is not an easy task, especially for someone who is still waist deep in HTML coding.

So…what to do?

If you don’t have the time or the will to commit to an advanced website with cutting-edge features and complicated scripts, there are still a good number of options that will make your website look more professional, with minimal effort.

An excellent resource is Hotscripts - you can find a huge number of complete server side scripts there, many of them free. Another great resource is this Random Text Generator, which is a powerful PHP script to generate random content on your website. Show a new quote every day!

In the end, the choice to go all-out is up to you, but with the help of a few handy scripts and some rudimentary server-side know-how, you can turn a static page into an impressive multi-faceted datacenter overnight!

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The occurrence of low cost flights - occasionally cheaper than internal rail ticket - has improved to make purchasing a house in a foreign country a easy decision; even in this time of universal financial insecurity. Without mentioning the fact that a property out of the country has enormous investment prospective - be that through redecoration and sale or renting your home as a vacation space.

In most cases, a lot of people are unaware or ill informed on the subject of the hidden risks implicated with acquiring land abroad. Although there are various minimal measures you could do to make certain you accumulate capital, get a huge estate and avoid potential constant worry, disquiet and economic issues.

Initially you’ll require to carefully observe money fluctuations; this not basically applies to the point when you are acquiring the foreign estate, however moreover any phase when you’ll be doing redecorations or even taking general vacations. This point is predominantly common in today’s current monetary climate.

You need to investigate country building directive - some times persons experience problems since they didn’t correctly found out their rights. This be relevant to both purchasing a land and remodelling it. You also need to find that the land surrounding your property will not be sold on and properties fabricated on it.

You should also explore the companies you are negotiating with - chances are that if there is any negative publicity surrounding them, that is will be online. A simple Google search can without doubt fix this - people like to be voiced in relation to things that have aggravated them; but be certain to look past page one - or dig through specialist forums… that is where you will stumble on the unaffected information and not simply the commercial spiel. Find a rapidly increasing choice of properties for sale Malta from the Property Index website.

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You must have done all the hard works for developing your website but when it comes selecting your host you may face trouble that it does not have all the features which is required by your site. I know there are 100’s of instance where a newbie or startup website owner suffered heavy losses in terms of money, delayed projects, financial debts and other things. So it is important to do some research before choosing a right hosting solution, so that you can give your business a kick start and escaped from possibilities of financial debts.

A website is an important identity of yours and it is the responsibilities of the host make it visible at World Wide Web. Selecting the right solution for your business will provide greater impact on your business. before hiring any service i suggest you to do a research on web, discuss with hosting providers, take suggestions from other users after all there are quality service providers also exists. Just spending a portion of your time you can find the “Most Suitable Solution” that will match exactly as per your requirements.

Knowledge makes the difference: There are lots of myth spreads about choosing a solution from Dedicated hosting provider or a Hosting Reseller. Some advocates A Dedicated service provider for uninterrupted services and some advocates A reseller hosting who will be able to provide a better support and you can have one to one discussions. It is always better to choose a company who sells straight forward plans with dedicated support and have enough domain knowledge.

Instead it is more important to choose the right hosting package that your site requires. Rather than harvesting the net for gathering database of hosting companies select few good companies and ask them if they have the required features your site needs. Since there are so many hosting companies are around, its hard to find the right solution for your business. Some companies offers unlimited stuffs, but when you go to install a sql database or an htaccess file or require hosting a script which runs server side, you will find those are disabled on your package. Always check the specs before you buy any of the hosting services. Here are brief of following categories of sites which will help you to choose a right hosting solution for your business.

Small Biz Owners, Website Developers, Individuals, and others, If you are a beginner, just calculate your present requirements keeping in mind of any future up gradations. It is essential if in future you go for an interactive site or a dynamic site, your present host must have ability to upgrade the services without any hassles. You should choose a basic package and check the required features available for use. You can always upgrade to higher package in future. This way you can save much of your money and focus on enhancing your site.

If your site is a database driven and require custom or readymade script installations, You should check if the components required by site are preinstalled on the server. You can make a checklist and ask your hosting provider if they will be complying with all the requirements. Some companies also provide hosting with preinstalled scripts/software’s which you can install and start using in minutes without spending much time on developing and installing it. It is always advisable to check the complete features of the software’s, which meets your present requirements as well as have the latest version installed. You may choose an advance hosting plan and check the required features.

If your site is a high traffic one and required concurrent up gradations and installations of the scripts, you should go for a dedicated hosting service. It is always advisable to have a managed dedicated server with all the latest components installed with it. This will give you freedom to upgrade your site or application at any point of time, done by you only. Find out the reliable datacenters and checkout the server specs along with facilities provided by them. There are few datacenters which I can recommend are Rackspace, ThePlannet, Infinology and also you can check with EV1Servers too for some interesting offers.

Arun Tibrewal is an online marketing promotions specialist since 1998 and owner of I-wayhost - Web Hosting and its network sites. I-wayhost is dedicated to provide top class hosting services with there straight forward plans. Permission is granted to reprint this article as long as the resource box should keep intact with the following links.

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