'How to Survive working with women in the workplace..." 'Judith Whitehead' (Inspirational Mondays)

Guest blogger Judith Whitehead from Amherst, N.Y.  has  worked in  the ophthalmology field for more than 25 years...  blogs about woman in the work-place on this Inspirational Monday!

Judith Roesch is one of the many woman in the workplace, she is also known as 'Ms. Aloha.'  giving free samples of Kaua'i coffee to local Walmart customers in Lihu'e Kaua'i Hawai'i...

I work closely in a medical office with over 20 woman; they consist of ages ranging from 24 yrs old to 60 years old. This wide range of personalities makes for a most interesting mix through out the day. Hormone levels can range from the very sensitive to the mundane. One never knows what the day will bring.

People work for all kinds of reasons; the biggest reason being for money to sustain themselves. Some work to keep busy and some for the satisfaction. Some people choose to bring their home life to work and share it with others for commiseration. Some choose to escape their home life, and loose themselves in the work day.

Women working together must develop a special “dance” in order to get along with each other and they

must delicately approach each other in order not to cause hard feelings when broaching different hot topics of discussion. I have been in the working world since I was 17 years old and have slowly devised these simple rules that make it easier to survive the workplace when working with women.

1. Stay a neutral person; office gossip will always move through a group of women at warp speed. When someone tries to entice you to take sides, stay neutral.

2. When your boss comes in and seems troubled, do not ask “what’s wrong”? Whatever you say can be the wrong thing and it is better to avoid them until they work it off.

3. Don’t bring your home problems to work; it makes other people feel uncomfortable and brings their day down as well.

4. Don’t socialize with the people you work with, this can backfire on you during office hours and you may have said something you could regret later on.

 Last but not least, don’t stay in a job that you don’t feel fulfilled in; look for another

One. Don’t look back with regret; we all know life is very short.

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"Why War...?" 'Chester Lau' "Unc" (Serious Sundays)

Chester Lau, aka, "Unc" our guest blogging friend retired cinematographer from the Island of Oahu is also a Korean War veteran and voices his opinions on the current status of wars being fought by the U.S.

President Obama ,WHY ARE WE STILL IN IRAQ OR AFGHANISTAN ? A leader should LEAD !!! How about get IN FRONT OF THE TROOPS IN IRAQ OR AFGHANISTAN WITH GEORGE W.BUSH !!!Politicians who created wars Never Serviced in the Military!!! I was drafted right out of high school in 1946  as Army Signal Corps Official Motion picture photographer in occupied Germany because I had experience as a Newsreel photographer while in high school.my first assignment in Europe was to document the Grave Registration teams picking war deaths in old battle fields & how they process & send the remains home.Recalled to duty in the Korean war so now you know why I was anti-wars.Some wars are necessary,but the Iraq & Afghan wars are NOT !!!we need to make the war mongers accountable,our present economic problems are result of them. so you better start learning Chinese or French,because the marquis de LaFayette won't be here to help us again !!!


Now we should Prosecute the War Mongers who created these unnecessary wars for financial profits , mind control & Bankrupt our financial & Human resources !!! What have we gained after these years of endless wars? starting with GW Bush & gang, forfeit their government pensions &  war profits for our wounded or deceased military families. No Gitmo for them,deploy them to Baghdad & Afghanistan forever  for night infantry patrol or pick up week old battle remains !!! 
Chester Lau
Korean War Veteran

P.S. check out my opinion article in today's Kaua'i Garden Island news;

http://thegardenisland.com/news/opinion/mailbag/article_90cf636c-c645-11e0-a4cf-001cc4c03286.html

Where there’s a will there’s a way

Mark Beeksma’s Aug. 11 letter to the editor titled, “Small business and liberty,” http://thegardenisland.com/news/opinion/mailbag/article_54e79714-c3ea-11e0-aad2-001cc4c002e0.html

basically talks about becoming more independent from government with the likes of installing solar panels, growing your own food and becoming a small business owner.  

Mark states, “buy an electric car and purchase photovoltaic cells for your roof or garage. From now on, you can get your fuel free from the sun. The big oil companies have one less customer. The big government doesn’t get to tax your gasoline purchases or tax the high income that you need to earn in order to afford to buy gasoline.”

In theory Mark is correct and in a perfect world that would be true, however, in government if something can be taxed it will be taxed. Many things that were once free now have taxes and fees attached to them. Look no further than our neighbor island of O‘ahu, where parking your car can cost $200 to $600 a month, and to go hiking on many nature trails they now charge a fee.

Maybe big government won’t get to tax our gasoline since we are using electric cars, but somehow, someway, some politician somewhere will introduce a bill to tax the sun, the rain and even the air we breath.

James “Kimo” Rosen, Kapa‘a

Read more: http://thegardenisland.com/news/opinion/mailbag/article_90cf636c-c645-11e0-a4cf-001cc4c03286.html#ixzz1V2mNmcQk

"Working class hero discount..." 'James "Kimo" Rosen (Shabbat Saturday's)

James "kimo" Rosen is back blogging about his favorite topic, "Discounts!"

Why do Kids and Seniors get discounts?

Many times you will see signs at restaurants, "Kids eat free!" If I owned a restaurant I would charged kids 50% more since they are such hard maintenance. They make messes at the table and in the restrooms and many times running around the restaurants disturbing others. The servers have to try and have patience with the kids or the parents get mad. Kids are really some of the highest maintenance and to give them a discount is ridiculous, the most ridiculous discount is that if your child can sit on your lap, they fly free, just don't be the person sitting next to the mom with twins, it will be one long flight.

Seniors after a lifetime of saving money and no longer driving seem to warrant diascounts on everything from early bird specials to movies, theatre and public transportation. Seniors are the ones who have enough money to do those things since they do not blow their money on partying.

It's time that discounts be given to the general hard working person who struggles paycheck to paycheck...


Next time you decide to go out maybe the Seniors can babysit the kids for free while the rest of us get some much needed attention. Wouldn't you love to see the sign, working class hero discount, Kids and seniors 50% more.

"What's my fortune, cookie..?" Michael A. Herr' (Aloha Friday's)

Guest blogger and Renowned author Michael Herr  is back for another fun filled Aloha Friday talking about  superstitious fortune cookies. If you enjoy fortune cookies, you'll enjoy Michael's Blog!  Don't forget to check out Michael's website at; http://www.michaelherr.com/    I  just finished Michael's 4Th book, " "The old Queens treasure," and will embark on book 5 "The old Queens Guardians someday today...

ALOHA FRIDAY

What's my Fortune, cookie?

Whether or not you put any degree of belief in them, fortune cookies are fun.

Back when I was a kid they were less sophisticated. More spelling mistakes. More inscrutable. Like "While you are reading this . . . ." What? Is someone sneaking up behind me with a knife? What did the left out part of my fortune say?

When I was really young I couldn't figure out how they got these things printed, or how they managed to fit them into the fortune cookie. I pictured some guy, dressed like our Chinese waiter, pecking away at a very tiny typewriter that held these miniature slips of paper. And then I pictured him sliding the newly-typed fortune in through one end of the cookie. Tough job.

I don't like eating fortune cookies. They seem rather bland to me. But I love reading the fortunes. If there's a group of us eating at a Chinese restaurant and the waiter brings a plate of fortune cookies, I open any of the extra ones (or the ones others choose not to take). When I bring home takeout there are usually a couple of extra fortune cookies in the bag. I save those and open one of them each morning for the next couple of days. It's an interesting way to start the day, sometimes.

My wife and I used to host New Year's Eve parties. I always went out and bought a batch of 'naughty' fortune cookies. You know, the kind that says things like "Man who go around with hand in pocket always feel a little cocky". They're much funnier when it's almost midnight and you've had several drinks.

Here's a few samples for you to enjoy:

Humorous fortunes

• The greatest danger could be your stupidity.
• He who laughs last is laughing at you.
• A good time to keep your mouth shut is when you're in deep water.
• Love is grand; divorce is a hundred grand.
• Oops...wrong cookie!

Romantic thoughts

• Love is for the lucky and the brave.
• One who admires you greatly is hidden before your eyes.
• To love is to forgive.
• Love conquers all.
• In the end, there are three things that last: faith, hope and love; and the greatest of these is love.

Inspirational messages

• Excitement and intrigue follow you closely wherever you go!
• Don't ask, don't say. Everything lies in silence.
• Nature, time and patience are the three best physicians.
• Fear is just excitement in need of an attitude adjustment.
• Common sense is instinct, and enough of it is genius.
• Never lose the ability to find beauty in ordinary things.

I tape favorite fortune cookie messages to the front of my computer monitor. These are some of my favorites:

• Nothing can keep you from reaching your goals. Do it!
• You will obtain your goal if you maintain your course.
• You have a charming way with words and should write a book.

(got that one twice over the course of several months)

And my absolutely most favorite (for now):

• We must always have old memories and young hopes.

Have a great Aloha Friday.

 http://www.michaelherr.com/

"Drugged Driving..." 'James "Kimo" Rosen'

Prescription Drugs are as much a danger as Alcohol on the roads.

One of the most overlooked reasons for  driving accidents is not drunk driving ,texting or cell phone driving but rather new studies have shown that drugged driving is a danger to us all.

This is not illegal drugs but rather the prescription drugs that almost every adult over 55 is on one or more of these, even over the counter drugs  can effect our abilities to react in a timely manner especially the cold medications such as  NyQuil.

Diabetic drugs can effect our blood sugar glucose levels, effecting our concentration, high blood pressure medications can make us drowsy, pain killers can make us feel euphoric almost like an illegal drug and antidepressants can make us feel mellow like we have weights on our arms and legs, Just because you follow your doctors orders does not mean that your medications are safe to take while driving a motor vehicle.

  Many cities are now training  their law enforcement to recognize the behavior of people on prescribed drugs, in fact if you run a red light or are caught speeding in many cities under the influence of prescribed medications you will face the same penalties as drunk drivers face for not heeding the warnings on the  medications you take.

Courts issue penalties for DUIs, it's time prescribed drugs taken legally be added to all laws regarding DUIs when they impair ones concentration.

Pharmacists are trained and legally are there for you to ask questions, ask your pharmacist if the prescribed drugs you are taking effect your driving abilities. Taking multiple prescription drugs can have a chemical reaction similar to mixing many different alcoholic drinks, and don't even think of mixing alcohol and prescription drugs.

Take appropriate action before it's too late, "Don't take your meds and drive unless you discuss it with your doctor or pharmacist and they give you a green light. Remember a green light form your medical professionals can avoid running red lights and saving someone's life by not getting behind the wheel.
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This blog ran as an opinion article on 08-09-11 in the Kauai Garden Island News under the title;"

Green lights can help avoid red lights..." Check it out at; http://thegardenisland.com/news/opinion/mailbag/article_254e38a4-c25b-11e0-8139-001cc4c03286.html

"Trains Helped Kill the Greek Economy – They’ll Kill Hawaii’s too..." 'Panos Prevedouros'

We are honored to have guest blogger Panos D. Prevedouros, Ph.D, he ran for mayor of Honolulu in the 2008 election and finished 3rd in the primary elections with 18% of the vote from a field of nine candidates...  He  is a professor of traffic and transportation engineering at the Department of Civil Engineering at UH Manoa.  Panos graduated from the Aristotle Univ. of Greece in 1984,  with Masters and PhD degrees. He chairs the Freeway Simulation Subcommittee of the Transportation Research Board. He was president of the Hawaii Highway Users Alliance from 2006 to 2008. Panos co-authored a Transportation Engineering textbook and over 100 reports and technical papers. He received the 2005 Van Wagoner Award of the Institute of Transportation Engineers. He co-organized the 1st International Symposium on Freeway Operations (ISFO) in Athens, Greece, and the 2ND ISFO in Honolulu in June 2009. Dr. Prevedouros served in the Transit Advisory Task Force in 2006 and in the Technology Selection Expert Panel in 2008 of the City Council of Honolulu.

Trains Helped Kill the Greek Economy – They’ll Kill Hawaii’s too

“Some years back a Greek finance minister, fed up with his country's waste and extravagance claimed that he could save money by shutting down the national railway and driving around its passengers in taxis.” [1]

Too bad he didn't execute his plan for the closure of the railways. In 2009 the Greek railways collected $250 million in fares and posted a net loss of $1.4 Billion. A Billion wasted here, and a Billion wasted there … the rest is history for the Greek economy. Greece is now in a debt crisis.

In 2000 a Greek colleague and I conducted research on Greek railroads and we developed models which predicted that the rail freight service would soon carry nothing [2]. No way, they said. Four years later the freight operations of Greek shut down for good. Unfortunately, investment on Obama-like medium-speed rail passenger service continued unabated in Greece. So the budget hole got even bigger.

The lesson here is that public investment in non-performing infrastructure will eventually swamp the budget and saddle current and future generations with a heavy debt burden. Non-performing is any infrastructure in constant need of subsidy whose contribution to the economy is less than its true cost. Roads cost a lot, but contribute much more to the economy, health and safety of the population. Trains cost even more, but offer much much less.

What do you think the future holds for our tiny island that "wants" a five to seven Billion dollar train?

What do you think the future holds for the car-dependent, and highway and airport vested state of California which still plans for a $35 Billion “high speed rail”? A lot of good answers can be found in the article: High Speed Rail and Social Equity. Basically, the only high speed rail that makes sense (and money) is the 340-mile Shinkansen. All the rest, including California's, are A Fast Track to Nowhere.

The lessons about trains "modern" trains can be summarized by three common sense idioms, as follows.

You can’t teach an old dog new tricks. Trains went obsolete for a reason. You can’t solve 21st century mobility problems with 19th century technology. There are always a few exceptions, but Greece, California and Hawaii trains have nothing exceptional.

Those who refuse to do arithmetic are doomed to talk nonsense. One can write a book on this but I will mention only three rail related “math” of Honolulu mayor Peter Carlisle: (1) Get Honolulu’s financial house in order ... by spending over five billion on rail, (2) HART will cost us nothing, and (3) The Ansaldo contract will save Honolulu tens of millions in rail costs. All of them pure nonsense.

They are taking Honolulu for a (train) ride. Biased politicians, biased government officials and their paid consultants deceive the public in order to get elected, become chief of a new division and make millions, respectively.

To read  other blog's by Dr. Prevedouros go to; http://fixoahu.blogspot.com/

The opinions, beliefs and viewpoints expressed by the various authors and forum participants on this blog site do not necessarily reflect the opinions, beliefs and viewpoints of the Publisher of Dakinetalk the blog...

To all politicians and non-politicians,  we are interested in your views about what you are most passionate about. We would enjoy your guest blog submissions, whether we agree or not we like hearing all sides. Please submit your guest blogs to; jrsensei@hotmail.com   

"I'm kicking the Habit..." 'Douglas Dunn' (Cosmic Tuesday's)

Welcome guest blogger Douglas Dunn, On Stage with Barack Obama
California Democratic Convention
April 2007

Douglas Dunn runs a small publishing consulting business in which he works with individuals who are self-publishing books. Doug has been a certified American Sign Language (ASL) interpreter (for Deaf people), and  last but not least he has also been a Democratic Party media spokesperson for San Diego County, and has appeared at numerous forums in which multiple parties were represented. Please enjoy as Doug blogs about kicking the addiction of petroleum... To be continued when Doug's new car is delivered to him.

Doug welcoming Hillary Clinton to the San Diego Democratic convention in 2007  as she consults with him about kicking the petroleum  habit..Check out the You-tube of Doug signing Hillary Clinton's speech!
http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=DDWiz27#p/u/1/k3UsCQWOHSg  

Time to kick the habit. Time to “just say no.”

I’m tired of pulling into gas stations and pouring dollars and oil-based energy bought from terrorist pushers down the hatch.

Definitely time to move beyond the gas guzzler. Yep, that gas-guzzling Prius and been a sweet ride for lo these eight years (and 160,000 miles) but time to upgrade to the 100% electric Nissan Leaf.

Did the test drive.
Placed the order.
Got the home charger installed.
Got some nifty “I kicked the habit” stickers sent to me by Nissan USA.

Now just waiting for a car to stick ’em on — waiting impatiently for the dealer to call and say my car has finally pulled into port and ready for me to come in and pick it up. Delivery is scheduled for the first week in September. If any variation, hope it is because the car got here early.

Looking forward to the day when I can plug the Leaf into my solar panels and drive off, powered by sunshine -- the free gift of energy from Apollo the sun god or whatever other deities there may be.

Looking forward to the day when I can just say NO.

NO gas.
NO oil changes.
NO tune-ups.
NO valves, rings, pistons, timing belt.
NO radiator or coolant to maintain.
NO regular power train maintenance.
NO smog checks ever.

Of course, the biggest drawback to an all-electric car, especially here in auto-addicted Southern California where we drive long distances routinely, is “range anxiety.” (For my friends in Kaua‘i, where short local trips are more the norm, this might not be as problematic -- and, yes, Hawai‘i is one of the 9 roll-out states.) But the Leaf is designed to go 100+ miles on a charge, and “rapid charge” stations are now being installed throughout the roll-out areas so that one can get almost a full charge in only about 20 minutes. It would still be inconvenient stopping for a 20-minute recharge every 100 miles or so on a cross-country long-distance drive, but for routine driving it meets most needs, and we’ll be keeping the trusty Prius as a second car and backup.

Delivery of the car is still several patience-challenging weeks away. But I eagerly wait my turn to climb into the sleek, smooth silence and ride off into the sunset ... or plug into it.

Check out DougsDoug's websites below...
Politics website:
http://www.wordwiz72.com/dem.html
Sign language web pages:
http://www.wordwiz72.com/interp/
http://www.wordwiz72.com/interp/aslvideos.html