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Arabella's Story
My belly at 14 weeks.
There was no longer a heartbeat.
I wrote this on the first anniversary after we lost Arabella, and it pretty well sums the events up.
On the anniversary of our loss, I wanted to share Arabella's story. Travis and I often talk about what we can take from her life, and we both agree that we want her memory to live on. He strives to do this through his actions, and in being a good person to other's, and I strive to make sure that she is always remembered. Here is her story:
On March 31st, 2012, I was a week late and decided to take a pregnancy test. I basically assumed it would be negative, because I am neurotic, and had tested many different months with negative results. I took the test while Travis was sleeping, and hopped in the shower. I poked my head out and screamed, when I saw the test say "Yes." I yelled for Travis and he ran in to see the test, and was so ecstatic. I went out and bought one more test, just in case, and it took all of two seconds for the test to show, "pregnant." We were in shock, and so happy. We called our parents and our siblings and gave them the exciting news. The next thing we did, was go out and by prenatal vitamins so I could start taking them right away. I set up a Dr. appt for the next week, and we started planning our new future.
The next Monday I was called by the Dr.'s office stating I would need to see a Dr. in OBGYN, and those appts usually waited until people were 8 weeks, (I was 5 weeks 2 days). So, I set up an appt for 4/18. They had me come to the dr's office and pick up a bunch of information. I started journaling and tracking all symptoms, cravings, etc. I was reading up on all helpful information from the books the Dr. had given me, and learning all developments at each weekly landmark. Travis and I started grocery shopping with all healthy food for me, and I kept extreme track of what I should not be eating (mercury, soft cheese, lunch meat, diet soda, caffeine-I was slightly neurotic about this as well). I was so scared and overwhelmed, but so excited.
On April 18th, 2012, we went in for our first official Dr.'s appt. I was 7 weeks and 4 days. They took tons of blood work to run all the regular tests, and my Dr. told me it was probably too early to hear a heartbeat, and that we would do that at the next appt. All of my tests came back normal, and everything seemed great. We started buying some maternity clothes, as my bloat felt more and more. I was exhausted, and extremely nauseas, but knew that it was all worth it.
On May 9th, 2012, I was 10 weeks and 4 days, and we went in for my next checkup-hoping to hear the heartbeat. When the Dr. put the doppler over my stomach, it didn't take her long to find the heartbeat, and it was the most amazing sound either of us had ever heard. Travis took a recording of it, and sent it to all of our family members. At my appt, we discovered I had lost 4 pounds because of my nausea, which my Dr. assured us was not abnormal.
Mother's Day (May 13, 2012), I woke up to more extreme nausea than I had ever felt, and I could not eat or drink almost anything. 2 days later, when it had not gotten any better, I called the Dr. because I was starting to feel dizzy. The Dr. told me I should come in. I had an appt on May 16, 2012, and at 11 weeks 4 days, was able to hear the heartbeat again. At this point I had lost 3 more pounds. They gave me an IV (after popping my veins six times), and gave me some meds to help my nausea. Feeling much better, and almost out of the first trimester, this was when we decided to announce on facebook. Now the whole world was excited with us.
May 21-26, Travis and I went to Las Vegas to celebrate my birthday. On May 21, 2012, Travis proposed. I had literally never been happier in my entire life. I had my fiance, and my baby, and was so excited for my little family. We had the best times of our lives that week. We bought our first onesie for the baby. We started buying more maternity clothes as my bump continued to grow. Life was feeling so great.
On June 6, 2012, at 14 weeks 4 days, I went in for what I thought was another routine check up. I went alone, because Travis had to work, and we figured it was just a normal check up anyway. My blood pressure was slightly elevated, which concerned me because it's always low. When the Dr. went to check for the heartbeat (saying, "let's make sure that it's not twins"), she couldn't find one. She tried for a few minutes, and which point I started bawling. She hugged me and said sometimes this works out, but usually it is a missed miscarriage, and told me to schedule an ultrasound. I could not keep it together for the front desk, so the woman knew it was an emergency ultrasound needing to be scheduled. I called Travis and told him I needed him to get off work, and his friend covered for him. I called my sister crying on the way to pick him up and she assured me that it would be okay, and this happens sometimes, and ends up being fine. I picked up Travis and we drove toward the Dr.'s office where the ultrasound would be, and waited in limbo for three hours, hoping for the best. When we went in to the ultrasound the tech asked me if the only proof of pregnancy we had was a pee test, and I told her we had heard the heartbeat twice. We saw the baby pop up on screen, and could make her face, and arms and legs out, which at first seemed so cool. I realized she wasn't moving, and then saw the tech take two measurements of her, both of which were behind where I was supposed to be. The tech did not say anything, and went out to get the Dr. The Dr. came in and stated, "what we thought was correct, there is no heartbeat. This is leading toward a miscarriage." Travis and I were shuffled into a cold room and called by a nurse on a phone stating we would talk to a Dr. about our options. I called my sister with the awful news, and she was also in shock. We went downstairs and were shuffled into a different Dr.'s office, and given a book called "Miscarriage: A Shattered Dream." The Dr. came in, and looked genuinely sad for us, her eyes even watered up. She talked to us about what the options were. I was at a kind of weird middle point. Normally there are 4 things that happen, you naturally miscarry at some point, you take medicine to start the process along, you have a surgery done, or you deliver. At 15 weeks, normally people have to deliver. Since Arabella had stopped growing, I just missed having to do this. However, because I was still pretty far along, the Dr. did not recommend doing the process naturally, because of the size she was. So, I set up the surgery, called a D&C, which could not be scheduled until 5 days later. We drove home, in complete shock, as all of our family members starting calling us crying. I remember throwing everything away, my journal, pictures, everything. We threw all my maternity clothes into a box in the extra bedroom, and I deleted everything, heartbeat and all, out of my phone and email. I had my sister go through my facebook and email and delete/unsubscribe to everything. (This proved to be somewhat impossible, since I still receive coupons from baby stores).
To say these were the 5 days from hell, is somewhat of an understatement. I don't want to go into graphic or unecessary details, but all I kept thinking was that I was still carrying my precious baby, and she was not alive. There were some physical things that started happening, which were a struggle on top of everything as well, but again I do not want to be too graphic. My sister and mom were with us most of the days, and my mom stayed through the surgery. She spent her anniversary grieving with us.
On June 11, 2012, at 8:00 AM I went to Regions Hospital (where I had my own awful experience with the nurses, that my brother in law later reported). I went in to surgery, and I remember telling Travis to put his hand on my belly and say goodbye. We said goodbye that morning to our baby, and all of our dreams for her along with it.
It has been an extremely difficult and emotional year. But I think we are at a point of being grateful for the life she had, even if it was cut way too short. Arabella did a lot for our lives, and still does every day. We both firmly believe she continues to teach us lessons, and give us strength through hard times.
To Arabella, my first baby girl: I love you more than words can ever say.
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Goalkeeper Joel Pereira's Belenenses had no game this weekend.
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Adnan Januzaj, winger – Sunderland – 3-0 vs Hull City – unused substitute
As Jermain Defoe reached 150 Premier League goals, Sunderland won without Adnan Januzaj, the Belgian on the substitutes bench as he slowly returns to the first-team after injury.
Dean Henderson, goalkeeper – Grimsby Town – 3-0 Plymouth Argyle – unused substitute GK
After returning from England under-20 duty, where he played in the Continental Cup in South Korea, Henderson was unused on the substitutes bench for Grimsby in a 3-0 win against league leaders Plymouth Argyle.
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10/12/2016 – Interesting read (see the article at the end of this post). I've seen this "devaluation" most clearly in some of the attitudes of the music students I have taught. This isn't all the students, obviously. And if you've signed up for lessons, you probably care more than most folks. But there are these folks….as someone said (their own words here) "Music is something you take to get into college. I'll quit once I'm in."
Society has truly devalued music to the point where a music student can't see the big picture of WHY music is important, why we do it, and what it offers them in terms of self expression, creative thinking, and in living a balanced lifestyle. They just want a chair at a orchestra competition for their "resume".
Parents wonder why their kids don't practice. I tell them to make music a lifestyle priority, then you won't have to push them. They'll know WHY and want to do it on their own. Making it a lifestyle priority means making time and space to go to events outside of lessons, to go to clinics, to go to concerts, to expose them to a variety of experiences. I actually posted to my students about a wide variety of FREE major music events happening around the area this weekend. I'm not sure any of them took the time to attend these events. I know one attended an FAA event, but unsurprisingly, he's a gifted guitarist and involved as President of FAA. He's made music a priority.
The kids with parents who are musicians…yeah, they may have to push once in awhile, but the battle isn't nearly so bad. And those families tend to make the time for music events and cultural events. Their kids tend to be better musicians.
<p style="color: orangered;">I've set up field trips to events, set up local clinics with major name touring musicians, posted about events…seems like with each passing year, despite lowering the barriers to get people to engage (offering rides, lowering cover charges) people are increasingly "too busy" to attend. And then parents wonder why your kids quit or don't practice. Or they wonder why they aren't progressing when they practice 2 or 3 times a week. Lessons alone are not enough. Inspiration and making music a priority fuels the desire to do the hard work of practicing and improving.
Then there's the kids who are awesome musicians, who come from musical families. That is not an accident. And it's not about "talent" either. "Talent" is interchangeable with "hard work". Do the work. Your talent will blossom. And at the end of the day, it's about setting priorities. Make music a priority. Once you do, you'll find the inspiration to do the work.
Many thanks to Sean O'Bryan Smith for sharing this article with me.


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by Keith Laing, The Hill Newspaper
Republicans in the House accused the Department of Justice (DOJ) on Friday of "overcompensating" for allowing previous airline mergers with its attempt to block a proposed US Airways-American Airlines combination.
The Justice Department agreed to drop its lawsuit against the merger this week after reaching a settlement with the airlines that involves the companies giving up gate space at airports in Washington, D.C., and New York City.
Rep. Spencer Bachus (R-Ala.) said during a hearing of the House Judiciary Antitrust Law subcommittee that the department's decision to drop its lawsuit raised questions about the agency's pursuit of the intervention to begin with.
"This matter raises questions for some of us, in light of the fact that the department has approved several similar or even more problematic airline mergers in the past," Bauchus said. "It appears to me to be the case of … overcompensating for past omissions, and that's just a personal view."
Bauchus said the Justice Department's attempt to block the US Airways-American merger could have a chilling effect on future business transactions.
"When an executive agency undertakes an action that appears to suddenly turn new ground, you wind up with confusion and uncertainty and leave businesses wondering whether to expend significant time and resources pursuing a strategy that might be thawed by the government for very unclear reasons," he said.
The Justice Department alleged in its August lawsuit to block the proposed US Airways-American merger that the potential combination would increase prices for airline passengers.
The airlines countered that they needed to be able to merge to compete with other airlines that have been allowed to combine in recent years like Delta and Northwest, United and Continental, and Southwest and AirTran Airways.
Democrats on the panel defended the Justice Department's intervention, saying it would have been helpful if the agency had attempted to stop those previous airline mergers in recent years in similar fashion.
"Effective antitrust enforcement is key to ensuring a vibrant, competitive marketplace that rewards innovation and creativity and offers consumers greater choice and lower prices," Rep. Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.) said. "In the absence of antitrust enforcement, companies has less incentive to compete, more incentive to maintain high profit margins at the expense of consumer welfare just like Delta Airlines in Memphis."
Cohen said he heard similar claims about maintaining flight service by US Airways and American officials in congressional hearings about their proposed merger when Delta and Northwest airlines combined forces in 2008.
"My constituents, those in Tennessee, are all too aware of the consequences of ineffective antitrust enforcement," Cohen said. "As I noted back in February and I noted two minutes ago, the merger of Delta Airlines and Northwest Airlines has been nothing short of a disaster for Memphis.
"Before the merger, they had 240 some-odd flights in and out of Memphis or departing Memphis, I think," the Tennessee lawmaker continued. "Now, they have about 40. Although [Delta CEO Richard] Anderson did come before this committee and say it won't affect Memphis, 'we love Memphis,' but 'we' apparently love something else more."
Cohen said the Justice Department should have also purposed an antitrust lawsuit against Delta and Northwest.
"Those promises in 2008, no hub closures, which, just as I heard in the assurances for the American and US Air and, hopefully, they will be more fitting and they were tailored to three years," he said. "And Delta waited about three years before they finally put the lid on that this merged airline would not make that difference. But Mr. Anderson said we'd also have a flight … to Amsterdam and may have a flight to Paris and, wow, JFK was going to be in Memphis, the airline at least. Of course, none of that is true and the Amsterdam flight no longer exists.
"There's this string of broken promises that could have been avoided if we wouldn't have permitted that merger," Cohen continued. "They did everything they could to hurt Memphis and have."
Assistant Attorney General William Baer defended the Justice Department's intervention in the proposed US Airways-American merger, saying the agency was attempting to block the combination to protect airline passengers from higher prices.
"Under the agreement, US and American will divest important facilities at seven key airports across the country," Baer said. "The settlement will enable low-cost carriers to buy those facilities and expand their presence all across the country, injecting a new form of competition into places that have never had it before."
The Justice Department's deal with US Airways and American requires the companies to give up 54 flight pairs at Washington's Reagan Washington National Airport and 17 additional ones at New York's LaGuardia Airport.
Baer said the low cost airlines have traditionally brought prices down for customers at other airports across the country.
"The low-cost carriers have a tremendous price effect where they're able to fly today, but there are constraints, slots, gates at various airports," he said. "And by giving them access to those airports, we have the potential to inject much more extensive competition into that marketplace."


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Here on the Meet the Maker series we want to introduce you to the local artist's and creators in York Region. This week, I invite you to meet Andrea of Easy Peasy Patches.
Tell us a little about your self and why you started Easy Peasy Patches.
I have two sons, ages 13 and 14, and a daughter who is 10. When my boys were 4 and 5, they constantly wore through the knees of their pants. I wanted a quick and easy way to mend their clothing. I could not find anything on the market so I invented Easy Peasy Patches. Easy Peasy Patches are permanent, stick on patches that require no ironing or sewing. Just Peel, Stick & Wear! They will stick to anything: from jeans and backpacks, to water bottles and sporting gear. They are super durable and will go through the washer, dryer and dishwasher. They are fantastic for accessorizing, decorating and mending anything! While I invented Easy Peasy Patches as a solution to a 'mom' problem, my children, and their friends, quickly figured out that they are just plain fun! We now have hundreds of designs and shapes ranging from our 2" Minis to our 8" x 5" Snow Pant patches. Because the patches can be coloured on and cut to any size, we also have Craft Kits so that kids can create their own patches and decorate all their belongings. Lastly, we create custom patches for schools, sports clubs and businesses.
What was the biggest challenge you faced when setting up your etsy shop?
Setting up an Etsy shop is fairly intuitive. I tend to be impatient and get frustrated with that type of task but I was able to figure it out. That being said, I know that I could greatly improve my shop! I think my biggest challenge is photography. For some reason, taking good, high quality images is a challenge for me. I know that I need to improve the pictures on each and every listing. The other challenge I have had is the sheer number of listing required because I have over 100 designs. I still don't have them all listed. As I write this, I realize that this needs to be a priority on my 'to do' list!
What is your best selling design and why do you think it is so popular?
Our 'Emoji' patches are very popular. I think it is because the designs are super trendy and people can use them to personalize all their stuff. 'Poop' seems to be the best seller overall. I am sure what that says about my customers… ☺
Where do you work? Do you have a home studio set up or produce at another location?
I am lucky to have the flexibility to work from home and from an office. My patches are produced at our printing facility but some days, when the weather is bad or the laundry is piling up, I park myself at my dining room table.
How do you balance parenthood with your business?
I don't! LOL. I feel like I am always running and one step behind on all that I would like to do. It helps that my kids were my impetus for my business and continue to be very interested and engaged in the development of the products. They help me with everything from giving feedback on design ideas to modelling the patches, packaging custom orders and selling at craft shows. Having them involved helps me stay passionate about the business.
What are your goals for 2017?
One of our main goals for 2017 is to expand the Custom sector of our business. In the past, we have created patches for The Girl Guides of Canada, various summer camps and sporting clubs. We recently partnered with Just Direct Promotions to help promote and sell our Custom Easy Peasy Patches. I am very excited about the opportunity to grow the business with them!
Sunlight or Moonlight?
Summer Moonlight and Winter Sunlight!
Check out the latest and greatest from Andrea and Easy Peasy Patches online!
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LauraFebruary 15, 2017 at 12:24 pm
Love these patches
What a fabulous idea
PS I am an adult and have used on my jeans !!


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A strange garden found at the base of a mountain in northwestern Seriade. With a magical field that enforced peace, even normally predatory animals sat alongside their prey animals, and it was impossible to perform any violent act while inside the area.
In the middle of a garden was a small tree that produced an odd, shimmering fruit. When eaten, the fruit fully satisfied hunger for an entire day, though it quickly spoiled when removed from the garden.
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For the theme of this month I would like to introduce you about "Japanese Sake". These days many women and foreign people are tend to be attracted with Japanese sake. Additionally WASHOKU (traditional Japanese cuisine) was added to UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage list 2013, which accelerate its boom to wider recognition. So here is a practically summarized information about Japanese sake for beginners of drinking sake and attractive topics you might want to try sake immediately.
Variety of Japanese Sake
Firstly please let me tell you what is Japanese sake and how many kinds of sake we have.
Japanese sake implies a fermented beverage obtained from rice and usually called SEISHU (refined sake).
(Fermented beverage: an alcohol content beverage (sake) fermented by yeast and converted into alcohol. Basically raw material is rice and water.
The brewing process of sake is first converted from starch of rice into sugar. And after then sugar converted into alcohol occurs. You might think "that's all to make sake?" However, there are several ways of combination to make sake with raw materials, besides on those such as rice, water, aspergillums (koji) and yeat are widely various.
Furthermore various kinds of Japanese sake are divided by brewing process.
There are mainly 6 different kinds of process as below.
Let me focus on" taste and flavor "of sake here.
■Junmai-shu (Special pure rice sake)
Rich and flavored taste of rice. Easy to drink for sake beginners.
■Junmai Ginjo-shu (Pure rice, special brew)
Rich and fruity in flavor. Similar to Ginjo-shu, very flavored but milder and rich taste of rice.
■Junmai Daiginjo-shu
Taste sweet of rice and fruit flavored. More solid and flavored taste than Junmai Ginjo-shu.
Fruity flavor. Flowery apple flavor and clear taste. Semi-dry.
Very fruit flavored. Strong flavor and clear taste than Ginjo-shu.
Not too flat but mild taste. Sharp and dry. Goes with foods.
So how do you think looking several variety of sake? By literally it seems just a small different from each other. But once you taste these, you will find each has different flavor, taste and clearness. Please pick up one you like and take a note for reminder.
How to drink and order Japanese sake
So now I would like to recommend you to know"how you ask for drinking sake" when you make an order.
Some people who already experienced to order might have found the following description in a drinking menu, such as with "brand of sake, amount of one order and price".
Description of weight for Japanese sake is used "go"(one "go" is 0.18ℓ) In fact there is rare to order like whiskey and wine asking for "straight" "by shot glass" "on the rocks". However you can order how you want for drinking sake as well as for whiskey. Japanese sake is very unique beverage among many others all over the world. You can drink sake either way by "warm and cold". Suitable temperature for drinking sake is also wide range from 5 to 60 degrees to compare with the other alcohol beverages. Depending on how you want sake with temperature makes different flavor and taste. Here are 4 typical ways for drinking sake.
■Cold sake (Reishu)
Literally it means chilled cold sake. Suitable temperature for cold sake is almost the same as beer between 7 -10 degrees, which refers the degree of storing in the refrigerator or of chilled with ice. Ginjo-shu is suited for cold sake especially to rise smooth and fresh taste.
■Warmed sake (Okan)
This means to be warmed with the temperature between 40-60 degrees. When sake is warmed with around 50 degrees, we call Atsukan (hot sake), with around 40 degrees we call Nurukan (lukewarm). When sake temperature is around 45 degrees we call Tekikan or Jokan (suitably warmed)。 It gets more tasty and full-body and acid taste. Many people like warm sake while the time of autumn and winter.
■Normal temperature (Hiya-sake)
In another words "Hiya"is called "hiyazake". So in order not to make it misunderstood with cold sake above described with cold sake, you may better order exactly "Jyo-on-de onegai shimasu" (please bring sake by normal temperature). You can really enjoy the essense of Japanese sake.
■On the rocks
Very chilled sake with a big ice cube putting in a rock glass. Suits for raw sake, Junmai-shu or pure sake.
(図表)**** Temperature description how to drink sake(酒の温度別 飲み方表示)
5 degrees: Yuki-hie
10 degrees: Hana-hie
15 degrees: Suzu-hie
20 degrees: Hiya (normal temperature)
30 degrees: Hinaeta-kan
35 degrees: Hitohada-kan
40 degrees: Nuru-kan
45 degrees: Jo-kan
50 degrees: Atsu-kan
Over 55 degrees: Tobikiri-kan
*It's fun to order with expertise description.Each has name by every 5 degrees.
For the beginner of drinking sake, we recommend you to try first with "Hiya sake. (normal temperature). You will enjoy the essence of sake itself. And you might want to go different temperature for the next sake to extend your fun. Also it is good idea to ask shop staff for their recommendation.
Manner for drinking Japanese sake
Now you know what you want and how you drink for Japanese sake, so let's go ahead to taste sake!
You can drink as you like when you are served sake on the rocks or glass, also by a sake bottle and a sake cup. But there is a proper manner to remember when it is be served with "masu"(a measuring wooden cup).
<How to follow the manner>
1. You drink sake in the glass first without picking it up.
2. When sake in the glass became less, you can pick the glass up from the masu (wooden measuring cup)and wipe the glass with oshibori (towels). Then you put the glass on a table and leave it, not to put it back again to the wooden cup.
3. When you finish drinking sake in the glass on the table, then you can add the rest of sake left in masu.
4. When you drink up all sake, you can order another cup but still leaving your masu cup in your hand.
There was a custom since Edo era Japanse people drank sake by masu cup. Why don't you challenge to keep the same custom of traditional way to drink sake? We see some people drink sake by wine glass these days as well. Good point to drink sake by wine glass is said you can enjoy more flavor of sake than by a small sake cup, because a glass surface is wider. Additionally other hot topic is a"sparkling sake" served by a champaign glass. There are many various ways of drinking sake you can take depending on celebrative occasions such as taking Kanpai (Toasts) and the other opportunities.
Touring Sake Kuramoto
For the people who have more interests on Japanese sake, I recommend you to "visit Sake kuramoto" Kuramoto means a sake brewery. There are some spots of sake kuramoto in Tokyo. Here is one brewer SAWANOI where you can visit.
Touring: Process of making SAWANOI sake, Sake brewery, Kiki sake (Sake tasting)
※About Kiki-sake: Evaluate sake with coloration ,transparency, flavor by tasting sake.
Fee: Free
Touring time: 45 minutes
Starting time: 11:00, 13:00, 14:00, 15:00
Closing time: Mondays (Tuesday when Monday is a national holiday)
New Year's Holidays.
Reservation: By telephone or website
For foreigners: English brochure available
In the brewery there are entertainment spots such as standing shops, gallery garden and kiki-sake tasting corner (charged), where you can always taste about 10 kinds of sake.
※ *Above information is valid in the time of September 1,2015. Please check website for further details.
Address:2-779 Sawai Oume-city,Tokyo
About one hour and half for one way by train as far as Sawai station from JR Ochanomizu station. 5 minutes by walk from Sawai station.
Train fare is 1,080 yen.
▽ Please check about train map and time table as bellowed.
You can drop by a ravine nearby the Sawanoi station where is well known for a good spot to see colored leaves in autumn. Some restaurants and rest stations are also nearby.
Further information of possible brewery tours in Tokyo are introduced in the below website.
「NOMOOO Best 5 selection of sake brewery tour inside Tokyo !」
the day of October 1 is registered as"the day of Japanese sake" in Japan.
Japanese sake brewery starts making new sake after they harvest the new ricein October. So it became the historical custom to celebrate the first day of October for the new year's day of making sake.
And sake brewery brings a sake named "Hiya-oroshi"into the market during this season.
Generally speaking the name called "Japanese sake"has the making process with two times of sterilization by heat and stop fermentation to stabilize flavor. On the other hand "Hiyaoroshi"has the process of taking new sake made in earlier spring to sterilize only once by heat and let it rape till autumn in a cool sake brewery during summer time. Best time to taste this sake is September, October and November when the sake rapes enough to become gentle and rich in taste.
In short, autumn is the best season to enjoy Japanese sake including Hiyaoroshi♪ Please try many various sake this autumn and find your favorite sake.
【These are references.】
3) 「秋のお酒、ひやおろしの美味しい飲み方をご紹介」
6) 「日本名門酒会公式サイト 10月1日は日本酒の日」
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Last year, newly elected Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe embarked his country into yet another Keynesian experiment consisting in flooding the monetary system with cheap money, debasing the currency and starting government funded mega projects paid for with some of those newly electronically printed yens. And all that in one of the most indebted countries in the world.
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After similar government plans in the US and Europe, it is becoming increasingly clear that unless that new money is employed to produce needed innovation/infrastructure to increase medium/long term productivity a plan of that scale is counterproductive and destined to fail ultimately.
Governments have a poor record allocating money. They can, however, mask their failures because they can always get back to the taxpayers to extract more money from their pockets in order to compensate for their failed plans. A private investor with limited funds would inevitably have to end a failed project.
New GDP figures have been released this morning showing that the economy in the Asian powerhouse contracted by 0.4% last quarter. Since the previous quarter the Japanese economy shrank by 1.85%, the country is now officially in recession. To add insult to injury the Japanese people are holding yens that have devalued around 25% since Abe took office.


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So, yes, I've cast on two new projects in the last week and finished oh yeah, none. I'm ok with it though as I find my hands get sore from using the same size needle for too long at a time, so when I need a break I just switch projects. On Saturday, I cast on for an antique pattern baby bib in cotton in a green and natural veregated. I'm on the straps now as it works rather quickly although my fingertips get sore because it's done on size 2 needles. Yup, almost too small for the cotton to even wrap around. Last night I decided I need to start something else that was actually a Christmas present for someone so I started Jill's skinny scarf which I plan on her using as that or as a belt. It's in Matrix in the Natural colourway. That stuff is so hard to knit with! I keep knitting into only half of the damn stuff. Oh well. It's a fast enough project. I think I have some pictures sitting on my computer at home that I need to post, oh no I don't, but I'll have to take some of progress to post. Later gators.


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Generally, during much of recorded history of humans in civilization, and into the Middle Ages in Europe, weddings were seen as business arrangements between families, while romance was something that happened outside of marriage discreetly, such as covert meetings.
In the twentieth century, dating was sometimes seen as a precursor to marriage but it could also be considered as an end-in-itself, that is, an informal social activity akin to friendship.A few centuries ago, dating was sometimes described as a "courtship ritual where young women entertained gentleman callers, usually in the home, under the watchful eye of a chaperone," but increasingly, in many Western countries, it became a self-initiated activity with two young people going out as a couple in public together.Still, dating varies considerably by nation, custom, religious upbringing, technology, and social class, and important exceptions with regards to individual freedoms remain as many countries today still practice arranged marriages, request dowries, and forbid same-sex pairings.Men and women became more equal politically, financially, and socially in many nations.Women eventually won the right to vote in many countries and own property and receive equal treatment by the law, and these changes had profound impacts on the relationships between men and women. In many societies, individuals could decide—on their own—whether they should marry, whom they should marry, and when they should marry.This period of courtship is sometimes seen as a precursor to engagement.
Dating as an institution is a relatively recent phenomenon which has mainly emerged in the last few centuries.In modern times, emphasis on the institution of marriage, generally described as a male-female bond, has obscured pair bonds formed by same-sex and transsexual couples, and that many heterosexual couples also bond for life without offspring, or that often pairs that do have offspring separate.Thus, the concept of marriage is changing widely in many countries.In the mid-twentieth century, the advent of birth control as well as safer procedures for abortion changed the equation considerably, and there was less pressure to marry as a means for satisfying sexual urges.New types of relationships formed; it was possible for people to live together without marrying and without children.It generally happened in that portion of a person's life before the age of marriage, enabled dates to be arranged without face-to-face contact.


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When a child or adult is diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, everything changes, for the person with diabetes and also for their family. As a health professional, when you meet your patient and their family for the first time, what you say and how you say it is crucial because it will be remembered, down to the finest detail. Your responsibility is to present the truth, to be strong, to be a sounding board and to pre empt questions and fears, at their pace, not at yours.
Below are some memories about diagnosis. Many interviewees recalled key events often several years after their diabetes diagnosis. Some key themes emerged.
The Burden of Guilt
Parents may take years (if ever) to stop wondering if there was anything they did, or didn't do, to cause their child's diabetes. This should be nipped in the bud and discussed at follow up consultations, offering psychological support if necessary. Carrying this burden can cause damage. The child may blame themselves for causing this painful experience to their parents and may try to hide their own feelings as a result. This may interfere with the adjustment process necessary for coming to terms with the diabetes diagnosis.
Fear and Sadness
Unknown artist, supplied by Prof Tim Dornan (Maastricht University, The Netherlands). First published Diabetologia Vol 49, 2006. Diabetes professionals tend not to discuss long term implications of diabetes at diagnosis, other than being very upbeat about it. The patient and their parent will usually be considering the future even if we do not raise the subject. I like Professor Johnny Ludvigsson's approach, who told me that he always insists on speaking to the whole family together at diagnosis, to reiterate the magnitude of a diabetes diagnosis. He tells the patient that they can live a very happy, successful and fulfilling life with diabetes, but it will not be the same life as if they didn't have diabetes. The truth is very important, particularly if you are to maintain a long and good relationship with your patient.
Many parents read up on the internet about diabetes and it is uncommon for a patient or parent to admit this to the diabetes professional. Assuming this will allow you to squash some of the myths and preconceptions they are likely to have read up about. One common misunderstanding is the difference between type 1 and type 2 diabetes, with the knock-on confusion over cause (is it because he ate too much sugar?) , management (can't he be managed with tablets like my aunt?) and long term complications (he'll go blind, won't he?).
"Ill? For ever? Does it hurt? Will I die? My fault? Why just me?" Cover picture by Jonas, drawn when he was 13 years old. Picture and text supplied by Johnny Ludvigsson, Professor of Pediatrics, Linköping University, Sweden. The ongoing debate about whether a child should be managed initially in or out of hospital is unresolved. That is probably because there is no right answer. Many parents will feel reassured to be in hospital whilst learning about diabetes and getting used to the blood tests, injections, carbohydrate counting and fear of the first hypoglycaemia. Yet being surrounded by patients with acute illnesses seems inapproriate. On the other hand, even for well children, arriving home very soon after diagnosis with a diabetes starter pack can feel overwhelming. A box of specialist medical equipment is on the kitchen table. There's a new and a back up blood glucose meter, glucagon, glucogel, finger prickers, insulin pens (different colours - which was for which?), information leaflets, ketone strips (how high should you be til you check?). Both situations can cause huge stress. Different countries have different approaches to diagnosis. This should be individualised for the patient, depending on their presentation, educational level, family support, coping mechanism and family preference.
For further discussion about Pyschological care for children and adolescents with diabetes, please see ISPAD clinical consensus guidelines [1].
Pernilla Strandberg, 18, diagnosed with diabetes just before she turned 6 years of age
Picture supplied by Dr Ragnar Hanas, Department of Pediatrics, Uddevalla Hospital, Uddevalla, Sweden. First pubslished Diabetologia Vol 49, 2006. When I was 13 (at the time when I made the drawing) a lot of thoughts were taking place in my head. I was tired of taking injections, found them boring, and was sorry knowing that I would always have to take them. But I also knew this was saving my life. At the same time as I hated the injection (and my diabetes), I loved it. The evil syringe that only wanted to do me good. And in the drawing you can see a girl that is angry and mad with this syringe. But no matter how mad she is, the syringe is just as happy, because it only wants to help. And by drawing such a picture where you can see that the syringe is a kind and happy friend rather than an enemy, people with diabetes and especially children may change their view about it, realizing that it is not all that bad.
Juliet, 22, diagnosed aged 17 years
I was diagnosed just as I was going into upper sixth, the time when we had to decide what Unis we wanted to go to. At first I remember crying to Mum because I was scared about coping with my diabetes on my own. In the hospital I was given a book to read. It kept saying that you couldn't do this and you couldn't do that. I was really scared. My consultant said her daughter went to college and stayed out late – 'but you won't be doing that'; that she drank alcohol in the college bar 'but you won't be doing that'. I was about to go off to college and I thought that I wouldn't be able to do any of those things, that my life was ruined. Now I see her in clinic. She sits behind her desk. I think, 'You have no idea'.
Taken from Diabetes Through the Looking Glass by Dr Rachel Besser (Class Publishing)[2].
A parent remembers
I remember when Lizzie was diagnosed (aged 9 years, 30 years ago) as if it were yesterday. I asked myself, What have I done wrong? As a parent, you want your children to be perfect and have a perfect life. I felt as if I'd let her down and had given her an extra burden to carry throughout her life. From the beginning we knew we had to help her do as much as she could for herself. Now I know that diabetes is just something that happened and that it was not my fault and I see how wonderfully she has coped. I had to hang in there and hang onto myself, as I wouldn't have been able to help her if I'd shown her how I felt. You get used to your fears and worries and they get easier. You learn that diabetes is a manageable condition and nothing need stand in the way.
Taken from Diabetes Through the Looking Glass by Dr Rachel Besser (Class Publishing).


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02 Mar Snapchat Parent Company Snap Files For IPO, Will Go Public.
Snapchat is going public! Its parent company called snap has filed for an IPO (Initial Public Offering). When a company decides to go public, they file a document called an s-1 which describes the company to potential investors. In its filing, the Venice Beach based company has released the following details:
1: Snap disclosed that Snapchat has 158 million average daily active users (which is more than twitter) as of the fourth quarter of 2016.
2: It has an annual revenue of $404.4 million in 2016, a major increase of $58.5 million in 2015.
3: The company filed for a $3 billion IPO, though it is only a placeholder amount.
4: It plans to list its share on the NYSE (New York Stock Exchange) as SNAP.
According to reports, this looks to be the biggest tech initial public offering in years. The listing is expected to value Snap between $20 billion and $25 billion, the highest valuation of an American tech company since Facebook.
Despite the company not yet making a profit, advertising revenue is accounted for an average of 97 percent of Snap's revenue. The company says most advertisers don't have long-term advertising commitments with Snap, which is something the company hopes to achieve.
Still, Snap lost $514 million last year, compared with nearly $373 million in 2015. One difference between Snap and its rivals like Facebook and Twitter are that the older social networks own their own server farms, so the expense of operating them does not show up as a line item in the companies' financial statements. By contrast, Snap rents storage and server space from Google.
For computing, storage, bandwidth and other needs, Snap uses Alphabet Inc's Google Cloud platform. On Jan. 30, 2017, three days before the filing, Snap committed to spend approximately $2 billion with Google Cloud over the next five years. If that relationship were somehow disrupted, Snap said its business would be "seriously harmed." Snap projects its hosting costs with Google growing as its user base and engagement grows.
Snap has 158 million daily active users, which is a critical measure of user engagement, as of Dec. 31, 2016. Growth in daily active users has been pressured recently, but has only grown by only 7% between the second and third quarters of 2016 followed by a relatively flat final quarter. User growth is important for attracting advertisers. Most Snapchat users are between the ages of 18 to 34 years old, a group that the company has reportedly been luring away from sites like Facebook. Users younger than 25 are the most active on Snapchat, visiting the app more than 20 times a day and spending more than 30 minutes a day, as of the quarter ended December 2016, according to snap. On average, daily active users visit Snapchat more than 18 times each day and spend 25 to 30 minutes and the service's users send more than 2.5 billion messages and images each day.
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Microsoft Teams is now over one year old! In this article I want to cover the most common tasks and guidelines you should know when working with Microsoft Teams. An update is coming soon with more features and a first view into the new admin center!
If you want to check out the other parts of this series "Mastering common challenges in Office 365" don't be afraIT to check out the articles about PowerShell, OneDrive, SharePoint, SharePoint Hub Sites and the next part of Teams – Teams Reloaded.
As always, a brief overview of the topics and links to the sections:
- The digital hub – Microsoft Teams
- Start using Teams
- Structure your Team and Channel
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- Integration with other Office 365 services
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The digital hub – Microsoft Teams
Microsoft says: First and foremost, it is the new chat-based workspace in Office 365 which brings together people, conversations and content.
I say: First and foremost, it is the umbrella over all Office 365 services to creates a single point of entry to empower people around the world.
Microsoft says: Second, Microsoft Teams brings together the full breadth and depth of Office 365 to provide a true hub for teamwork.
I say: Second, it connects the services seamless into the daily workstyle of each person to help beyond traditional collaboration.
Microsoft says: Third, since all teams are unique, Microsoft Teams offers rich extensibility, open APIs, connectors and supports full integration for the Microsoft Bot Framework.
I say: Third, since every person is unique, Microsoft Teams has the ability to give you the choice to set up your Team and Channel as you prefer. You don't need to use Microsoft-Only-Applications if you don't want to and can integrate 3rd party tools easily with built-in connectors, open API and full support of the Microsoft Bot Framework.
What Microsoft says: Microsoft Teams provides a modern conversation experience for today's teams and supports persistent, as well as threaded chats for public and private discussions.
I say: Teams offers a state-of-the-art chat experience for the baby boomers, generation X and generation Y (millennial's) workforce on a global scale.
For real, I think we can all agree on saying: Microsoft Teams is already super great and a prime example what Microsoft can accomplish in just one year! But I also like my phrasing 😉
Start using Teams
Alright, we briefly have now an overview what Teams is, but how to start this journey? The bad news: You currently need one of the following Office 365 plans: Business Essentials, Business Premium, F1, Enterprise E1, E3, E5, Office 365 Education, Education Plus or Education E5. If you need more information about licensing you can check Office 365 licensing for Microsoft Teams. Tip: If you have an F1 license in your tenant, check the Teams settings. For those users, the service was disabled by default and needed to be activated in my tenant.
There are rumors that we will see a free version soon. I highly recommend following the official Microsoft Teams Twitter account to stay tuned for upcoming features!
If we are talking platforms, then you have a great choice. Microsoft Teams has clients available for web, desktop (Windows and Mac), and mobile (Android, iOS, and Windows Phone). To get more insights in e.g. supported browsers you can check the official documentation about Get clients for Microsoft Teams. Spoiler: No Safari support yet.
For this guide I am using the Microsoft Teams application on my Windows 10 device, Microsoft Teams in the Web (Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge) and the Teams app on iPhone and iPad.
There is so much already possible in Teams and to be honest, I think it is almost too much and too fast to keep track on everything. But well, that's what my Twitter is for to keep track! 🙂
You are already following the mentioned accounts above, right?
Structure your Team and Channel
You can create a Team from the Microsoft Teams application, within the web and even inside the mobile app. As shown in my last article about How to use 7 tools to create 1 simple survey the way via iOS is incredibly fast.
Each Team starts with one channel called "General" by default. (Not the best name in my opinion "General Channel", well if you are a HIMYM-Fan, it's cool). 🙂
Each channel has the conversation and files tab.
You can structure your favorite Teams quite easily just by selecting the Team and selecting "Favorite".
If you want to stay up to date and need a knowledge base you should check out T-Bot. He, she or it gives you already a good insight in the structure of Microsoft Teams. You see tabs as "Conversations", "Help", "FAQ", "Videos" and "Whats's new". To start learning with Teams I recommend to start with conversations. Everybody can chat and with T-Bot you have at least a response. The responses don't always make sense, but it is a good start.
The best option of course is: Just try it with a few friends if you have a chance. Again T-Bot can help here a lot. You can check the help section and the "Messaging" part in there to see what you can do.
One thing I really want to mention is the "how to reply to a chat" / "What is threading". In the section in T-Bot you have an answer:
T-Bot Help Section
Threading makes sure that your reply to a post stays grouped with the original post and its subsequent comments. By clicking Reply below the last comment posted in a threaded conversation, you ensure that your response will be a part of that thread.
You might have noticed that Reply only shows up in channels. That's intentional. For now, threading is only available in channels, and there's no way to turn it off. If threading really isn't your style, you can always stick to using your primary compose box at the bottom of the app.
When you're replying to a thread, you have all the same formatting options that you do in your normal compose box.
I have seen it several times, that this is "new" to people. Even IT people. As mentioned above there is no option to disable threads in channels. If some people use thread and some don't, you have a real pain to figure out where it starts and ends.
Editing of messages is also possible and for all the quick writers, it is awesome. To be honest, I need it!
Fun-stuff in conversations is important. It is often underrated, especially at the senior management level, but it is often a big door opener for people to use the chat component. So, if you are introducing teams to an audience don't miss out showing that. A little office drama is always fun.
The chat component of Microsoft Teams is incredibly strong. Kind of clear, since it learned from an already great chat application with Skype. As I mentioned above, you don't need that much "googling" or "binging" to find guidelines for Teams. Just chat with your new buddy "T-Bot". 😉
You can setup a meeting in Teams, you can call people or you can have video calls with people. A way to start here is "Who". Just click on the left side of the Microsoft Teams app on the three dots and open "Who".
Allow the Who-Bot to help you and you can start asking questions. You get also some ideas while typing what you can ask.
I know there is someone called "Diana" and I really need to talk to her… Let's find out if "Who" can help. Just type "Who is <name>?"
If you want to chat, call or video call the person just click on the icon. Video call is not supported from your browser. At least not from Microsoft Edge or Google Chrome. If you call a person from the Teams app it looks like this:
Even a video call is surprisingly working well. This looks promising! Maybe I can provide a recording with Diana for the future 🙂
If you want to learn more about bots and how you get stated to develop one on your own, check out the documentation about Add bots to Microsoft Teams apps.
As mentioned I really need to have a meeting with Diana. You can easily set up a meeting within your browser. Just open the meetings section from the menu on the left and click on "Schedule a meeting".
Then create you meeting with the participants you need. Note: You can select a channel to meet in.
Plan the meeting in TeamsAfter scheduling the meeting in a specific channel, you will find the meeting directly in there.
If you open any team channel you will find the tab called "Files". If you wonder where those files are stored, well in the backbone of Microsoft Office 365 file management which is SharePoint.
It is a modern and clean design, but with one big disadvantage. It has no metadata column.
See, Office Drama stickers make sense 🙂
You can also pin / add a document directly as a tab in your channel, so your team can collaborate on for instance current project documents.
Lastly you can add another cloud storage, if you work with Dropbox, Box or Google Drive etc. Currently those are directly available if you allow this in the settings of Microsoft Teams via the admin center.
Teams tip
Here a quick tip regarding indicators and notifications for downloading files.
- If you just click the files icon in the menu and there is no indicator, you get to your files.
- The round blank indicators shows you, that you currently downloading a file. You also get a notification on your client in the bottom right called "Downloading…"
- A green indicators shows you a successful download. You get also a notification banner again on the bottom right. For example "1 file was downloaded".
Admin center
It was rumored that we get a separate Teams Admin center. And now it has started. The combined admin center for Microsoft Teams and Skype for Business is coming. You can already see insights at the article from Microsoft. I will update this article as soon as possible! Stay tuned and follow me on Twitter to get updates.
Well, now a short and important update (06/01/2018): The Microsoft Teams & Skype for Business Admin Center is NOW in my tenant, so I can share this finally with you soon. 🙂 You can try access the URL https://admin.teams.microsoft.com which will you bring to the new admin center, but you probably get the same picture as I got in the past:
The update is coming in the next weeks. I am already working on it which includes a bunch of new things in Microsoft Teams.
Integration with other Office 365 services
The integration portion is already great. By clicking the "+ icon" in the tabs you will find a bunch of different services you can add to Teams.
Listing of available tabs on 13th of March 2018
If you want to check how to integrate other services, well you can always check out Microsoft Flows capabilities. Some insights are already available in my article How to use 7 tools to create 1 simple survey. I also have something specific in mind for more depth in Microsoft Flow. Let me know on Twitter if you would like to see more about Microsoft Flow.
You can add easily several services out of the box as a new tab. My two favorite tabs are Planner, because… well I love Planner and Power BI as shown in the article about surveys mentioned above. I would also really like to see a direct integration with SharePoint lists which is currently not available. The workaround is by embedding the list via the "Website" option, not awesome, but a at least a way which is alright.
If you want to see a multi part series about Microsoft Teams you should definitely check out the series Guide to Become a Microsoft Teams Rockstar at Sharegate's blog! They are also linked within my Mastering common challenges – SharePoint article.
What is on the horizon?
There is no service in Office 365 which is that hard to foresee than Microsoft Teams. There are several things we already know which are coming. Go to the filtered Office 365-Roadmap Microsoft Teams. As mentioned earlier there are rumors of a "free" version of Microsoft Teams.
I think we get a free version, just because there are too many vendors out there which offer a similar services (workstream collaboration / persistent chat) in a free subscription mode.
Microsoft published also great new features for Teams which can be found at Office blogs.
Last but not least you can always check the user voice for Microsoft Teams. You will find a major feature to compete with other vendors which is "private channels" which is already in "working on it" status. So check those topics out and give them a vote!
To sum it up: It is incredible how far Microsoft Teams already is and what happened in just one year. I am sure, that Microsoft Teams will become one of the best and most important service within Office 365 if Microsoft does not lose their supporters with not releasing the features in time.


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I've never been to Switzerland or even Europe, for that matter. The closest I've come to seeing the real Matterhorn was at Disneyland, but when I was about 10 someone told me it wasn't a real mountain and I was quite upset. Much later in life, I also found out that Mickey Mouse wasn't real, either.
But, back to the point -- there's a restaurant in San Francisco called The Matterhorn, and for those who can't afford to go to Switzerland or Disneyland, this is surely the next best thing.
The Matterhorn is essentially a fondue place. The atmosphere is kind of like a Swiss chalet with yuppies in it. It's Zurich meets Pacific Heights. Toboggans morphed with BMW's. When I initially walked into the place, I fully expected the little Swiss Miss gal to walk around the corner at any moment and lay some nice hot chocolate on us, but it never transpired.
The Matterhorn is located deep in the bowels of a commercial office building, but once you get inside, it's a whole lot of fun. I love unusual food in a different setting. I am so tired of the tired old Italian places with checkered tablecloths and bottles of empty Chianti with candles in them. I can't stand all of the chain eateries in malls that look exactly alike no matter what part of the country you're in – places line Chevy's or P.F. Chang's or The Cheesecake Factory. The Matterhorn feels unique and homey – not formulaic or contrived – and that means a lot, at least to me.
The basic faire consists of two main offerings – cheese fondue or meat fondue. The cheese fondue ($34 for two people) contains roughly a half dozen selections. "The Original†which is a mixture of emmenthal and gruyere cheeses with wine, is apparently the Matterhorn's signature cheese fondue. You can also get fondues featuring French raclette or camembert cheeses. The cheese fondues are hot but won't burn your mouth. They give you chunks of bread to dip into the fondue pot, but you can also get things like potatoes, apples, mushrooms and sausages to dip. We had the taters and the sausages, and they both tasted excellent when submerged in the fondue.
The other main choice is the meat fondue ($43 for two). Instead of a pot of melted cheese, you use a pot of boiling oil with the meat fondue. You dip thinly sliced beef or veggies in the pot and they take about 15-30 seconds to cook to perfection. It's fun to cook your own food at the table. In addition to the dipping items, you also get a variety of sauces and sides. You can also order additional items to dip, like fruit, more veggies, prawns, scallops, chicken or pork.
If you're not up for the fondue festival, The Matterhorn also has a regular menu of Swiss favorites. We didn't try any when I was there, although the Pork Tenderloin with a Bacon and Onion Crust looked tasty.
When you're done with the main course, the chocolate fondue looks pretty amazing, but we were too full to try it. It will be a mandatory selection next time, no doubt.
The only bad things I can say about this place are that they charge $20 for corkage, which is highway robbery. When restaurants pull that stunt, it's like they're saying, "Buy our wine or just whine.†Ridiculous! How much time and effort does it take to open a bottle of wine? I feel like saying, "Hey, hand me the corkscrew and I'll give you five bucks!â€
In addition, our waiter didn't re-fill our water glasses without being asked. I hate that because I drink water like Dean Martin drank scotch – copiously!
Thirdly, the maitre d looked like he was at the end of either a 12-hour shift or a 2-day bender. To say he was gruff is an enormous understatement.
Fondue is more fun with a big group of people, so I would recommend The Matterhorn for when you want to go out with a bunch of friends and get a little wild. Don't' forget that there's a flaming cauldron on your table, though, or you'll burn a whole lot more than just your mustache. (Which I did) Also, if you're in a large group of diners, be sure to use the color-coded fondue sticks, because otherwise you might accidentally use your neighbor's stick and pick up whatever strange, incurable disease they're carrying. (A free health message from Ed)
The Matterhorn is located at 2322 Van Ness Avenue in SF. Call them at: (415) 885-6116 for reservations. I give this place three loud yodels and one resounding cheesy belch.
Copyright © 2010 Ed Attanasio
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Brand Positioning
We worked with New York agency Hudson Rouge to develop a brand strategy for Sprout baby food. Running focus groups, we heard about the judgment and dishonesty moms receive daily from the media, their peers and even themselves. Sprout prides itself on honesty – it uses only natural ingredients and displays them clearly on its transparent packs. So we positioned Sprout as the 'Honestly Good' brand, helping modern moms.
"Sword & Stone is a group of very smart people who are passionate about the power of creative strategy. I'd recommend this team highly whether you need fresh insight into a familiar problem or pointed inspiration to tackle a new challenge."
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Yay! After all this time Ellen let me take a family pic along with Davey's! This was the same day as we did the boys football pics out in my parents front yard in the leaves. Dave and Ellen have big rocks in their yard the we used… and we even got Morgan their pug in a couple. I love how smiley Davey is in these pics! OF COURSE I was acting crazy and using my silly tricks. It's so fun to watch babies grow in pictures.
Archive: 'baby'
Davey, Mommy & DaddySaturday, January 7th, 2012
Michigan vs. StateSaturday, January 7th, 2012
ONE YEAR OLD: BeauTuesday, January 3rd, 2012
BRAYLAN JAMES- My baby is ONEThursday, December 22nd, 2011
I am not a very good blog keeper! Some people ask me where the posts with my son are. I looked back and there is not very many. I am taking a mini vacation from the business Dec. 23rd-Jan. 6th. I'm going to be changing a little when I return! I'm also going to be posting lots of sessions from the last year of my clients.
This year my life totally changed! I'm happy to say it has been the best yet most challenging thing I have ever done. I have completely loved every second of motherhood. I was lucky enough to tough it out and be a stay at home mom AND fulltime photographer. Yeah I don't know how I did it! I guess late nights turned into early morning editing. Every free moment returning calls, changing a diaper, emailing, feeding Braylan, placing orders, shooting, feeding myself, wedding… running around like a mad woman. I'm working on a plan for 2012 because it was very stressful…. but it all worked out in the end. My business took off this year and I guess I wasn't as ready as I thought I was. I dreamed of this since day one of opening and it took me a while. I have a awesome mom who helps me SO much with Braylan when she isn't working during the week. My husband works nights and he wakes up with the little guy when I have morning shoots. I tell ya! I know every mom thinks it of their own child but this little man is my world and is amazing. He has such a huge personality. His favorite thing is shopping! Not kidding… he doesn't care much for products he just loves the attention people give him while he's strolled around in the cart. Such a ham!! He just turned one and is fast as lightning crawling everywhere. He's not walking yet and I'm in for it when he does because he's very curious about EVERYTHING. He has always been a big boy and is in 2-3T clothing right now at 12 months. People usually can't believe his age. He says about 8 words right now on a regular basis and loves to play hide and seek.
Here is a year of pictures of my little love!
FAMILY: MullerThursday, November 10th, 2011
Remember this awesome family? A couple years ago I had the pleasure of shooting their wedding. Look at how little Kate was!
Fast forward to this past Sept! Andrea asked me to meet them at Sleeping Bear Dunes and I'm glad I did. Not only did I get to meet their new addition Jack but I got to lay eyes on probably the most beautiful places Michigan has to offer. I've been to Hawaii and Florida and this place seriously took my breath away! This family is so loving and fun I hope you can tell by the photos you are about to view. I am totally down next summer to meet some families back at this location… plus I'm thinking I need my family pics here.


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Hello from Greece,
My name is Theodoros and I want ot buy an EGI Rod. But I want your help before I was do it.
I want to help me to buy an Eging Rod and an Eging Super PE Line.
First of all.
I was fishing squid for many years and I was use my spinning rod CROSTAGE HARD ROCK CRS-762M/S but I was see in Japan use special rod for squid fishing, and I want to try this me to. But What different have this Eging Rod from other spinning rods?? What make them special for squid fishing?? I can use them and for lure fishing??
I want to help me to buy an Egi rod. The Egi size I most use is 2.5 sometimes I was use 3.0 and in very very special time I will use 3.5. The most of squid jig I have is at 90% 2.5 Egi size. The length of the rod that I prefer to use it will be between 2.40m and 2.60m no more from 2.60meters it was too long for me, the best I believe it will be at 2.50meter.
And the Other question is about Eging Super PE line. In squid Fishing I was use monofilament line because it was sinking and give me pliancy , elasticity to avoid tearing the tentacles of squid. Many times I did use the common spinning PE Braid Line problem I had was that the PE Braid Line was floating and not allow the jig to sink and move correctly, but also if I had forthwith nailing many times I could not make the whole squid but only a piece of its tentacles.
My question is has something different one Eging Super PE line???
I was find some rods in the market in my buget and i want your help.
Does anyone use one of this.
I would like to thank you in advance for your time and for your help.
Best Regards from Greece,
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A few days ago I unexpectedly gained 3 hours – time to (machine) knit the final sample for a man's fair- isle jumper. I have decided to knit a strip from bottom to armhole as this will check my ability to get the colour sequence correct and check the length of more than a 60 row sample.
Well, it was a disaster, I made endless mistakes in the colour and needle selection and then an hour later realised that I had never set the tension correctly. Well mistakes are there to learn from. But, the key factor in all this is that I decided to do this while wearing my 'cleaning clothes'. I like a clean and tidy house but I do not enjoy the process of getting there and hence do not wear clothes I like for cleaning (see later may be a mistake!). I continued to wear these for the knitting.
So, a few days later, having planned meticulously how to succeed at the sample, I dressed up in clothes I adore and took myself off to my machine knitting studio and knitted the sample again. No mistakes and a thoroughly enjoyable experience.
Here is a sample of the fair-isle jumper project, ignore the green – it is a tension sample!
This reinforces what I know already - the clothes you wear influence your mental state. Why wear clothes we don't like, ever? I am now going to re-evaluate my cleaning clothes too; can I get to enjoy the process of cleaning? If the cleaning journey could be as enjoyable as the destination that would be truly great.


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There are some 2000 skulls in the Bonehouse of St Leonard's Church, mainly arranged on shelves so you can get a good look at them – like the faces of the living they have their own characteristics and expressions.
Few would disagree with the suggestion that this is one of the most impressive parish churches in Kent. Standing as it does upon a steep slope, dominating the town, overlooking the old houses jostling together and the little criss-cross lanes, apart from its architectural interest, its very situation is remarkable. It is dedicated to St. Leonard, the patron Saint of Prisoners.
A few are of special interest as showing medical and dental conditions; there is even an example of trepanning. There are also about 8000 long bones – mainly thigh-bones – in a rather nicely designed pile. So that represents the remains of about 4000 people (men, women and children) – obviously the skulls being more fragile have not survived in such numbers.
The bonehouse has been a nice little earner for the church since medieval times. Some people think it is wrong to put them on show, but they are reverently treated, they remain on consecrated ground, and they are contributing to their church even as they did in life. They are also of scientific importance, and it would be a pity to deny access to them.
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This is our new favorite way to make creamy cucumbers! I've been making it for a few months, but finally remembered to take a picture when I made it for dinner this afternoon. I'd been trying to find the perfect combination for quite awhile, since Paul loves creamy cucumbers, but we could never get it perfect. Then I saw this recipe in one of the church cookbooks I have (LOVE those!) and thought I'd try it. I wasn't sure, since Paul isn't always crazy about dill, but in this salad, it's what makes it stand out! Usually I don't peel the cucumbers when I get one at the store, since I usually get the seedless English kind, but these are garden fresh (yummy!) and the skin is a little thicker so I decided to peel them. Either way it's great!
Kansas Cucumber Salad
1 c Miracle Whip
1/4 c sugar
4 tsp vinegar
Sliced or chopped onion
1/2 tsp dill weed
1/2 tsp salt
4 to 8 med. cucumbers, sliced thin (or 1-2 English cucumbers)
Mix all ingredients, except cucumbers and onions. Add cukes and onion; toss. Chill at least one hour.
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Remember being 8 years old and begging your mum to let you get your ears pierced? Remeber when you got your first pair of butterfly shaped studs from Claire's Accessories? You felt like a princess, in spite of your rusty green lobes. Well, prepare to revive your earring excitement because whether it's studs or hoops, clip-on's or the real deal, big earrings are big news right now and we've got a wishlist more sizable than Pat Butcher's jewellery box!
Spring/Summer 2017 saw catwalks were filled to the brim with statement earrings. From Gucci's ornate and delicate detailing to Saint Laurent's monochrome tassel designs there was no excuse to not have some serious bling hanging from your ears. This trend is going to have some serious legs (and lobes) into Autumn/Winter with Vogue declaring that crystal chandelier style earrings à la Studio 54 are the next big jewellery trend with Céline and Miu Miu both showcasing them in their collections.
If, like us, your budget is a little more Walford Market than Regent Street never fear, Looker has you covered. We've gathered some of the most enviable statement earrings as styled by our real life Lookers.
They're the sell-out £8.99 cult accessory that's sent fashion bloggers all over the country into a frenzy and we can officially confirm that H&M's tassel earrings are back in stock! Grab your card and get on Looker! Available in 4 colours, as modelled by some of our very own Lookers, the only question you have to ask yourself is which colour you're going to buy (all of them is the correct answer here).
Channel your inner glam-rocker (or Harry Potter fan, we're not judging) with these 'No Basic Bombshell' lightning bolt earrings worn by Rachael. The perfect way to add a little character to an outfit. Winner.
If you're looking to make a statement but keep colours and out-there patterns to a minimum take a leaf out of Tee's book and do it with a sharp geometric shape. These Oliver Bonas lovelies perfectly compliment colour blocking and we all know metallic is always a good investment. We'll have 3 pairs, please!
Finally our 'Bargain of the Week' goes to these beaded beauties modelled by Huda. Currently, in the sale for an amazing £3.90, we're racing down to Mango as we type…see you there!
Wanna give us a butchers on your statement studs, hoops, tassels or sparkles? All you need to do is share a quick pic on the Looker app and make sure to tag where you got 'em.


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Curtin University and Fremantle Dockers
Curtin University and Fremantle Dockers partnership provides mutual benefits for both organisations and Curtin students with placement opportunities.
Curtin University and Fremantle Dockers formed an alliance in April 2015 which provides students with the opportunity of working closely with the football clubs elite players and facilities.
The alliance provides Curtin students with ongoing placement opportunities and access to Fremantle's elite training facility in Cockburn Central West. Through the fields of multi media, exercise science, sports medicine and physiotherapy, students gain real life training and practical experience aiming to place them ahead of graduates within similar disciplines from rivalry universities across Australia.
The Fremantle Dockers mutually benefit with access to Curtin University's cutting edge technology and research projects aiming to keep the club competitive within the elite sport.
The two organisations work in identifying collaborations involving the WA community, in particular educational and sporting opportunities for Aboriginal communities.