Nest's field tests indicate that customers generally accept the adjustments -- 80% of those beta-testing Seasonal Savings hewed to the newly adjusted schedule.

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Armed with this information, I plotted out my potential danger zones and adjusted my schedule accordingly.

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And managers that adjusted my schedule that day never asked me if I volunteered to work when I mentioned I was not available.

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Thanks to the 24-hour sunlight that takes over the Lapp sky at this time of year and the seasonally adjusted lift schedule, you can tear up the pistes until 1 a.m. every Monday and Friday between May 13 and 24.

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However, they are only deductible on a Schedule A to the extent that they exceed 7.5% of your adjusted gross income (AGI).

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