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Painting tractor
Originally uploaded by karavshin. Ling dropped Shannon at the airport monday afternoon. Tuesday morning, driving to work, I realized Shannon was still in the air, flying. *ouch*

It was good having her over to visit though. At lunch today with friends I asked Luke, "where's Tua-Kah ?" He looked around and gave me his sign language gesture for "not here."

Little man is now walking, tentatively. The longest I've seen him walk so far is about ten feet. He is no longer so resistent to walking. He used to plop on his ass if you tried to carry him along under his arms or hold his hand.

He's also making all sorts of babbling conversation-sound noises to himself, so I suppose that he'll be talking soon too. Ling read somewhere that at his age he should be speaking fifty words. What a joke. He probably knows fifty words, but since he chooses to skip all the one syllable words and go for the two-syllables like 'bubble' and 'tractor' it seems to be slowing his pace a bit.

I'm freed up to tag along with Ling and Luke next week for ten days in Sydney. The only problem is that three nights in a row out having big dinners and drinking plus a bad saturday sunburn knocked my immune system around and I've managed to catch a flu of some sort.

Normally this will kill us -- I get sick, then Ling does, and then Luke does. Three or four weeks later everyone is recovered. I don't want to spoil our vacation, so I went to the doctor and got a course of Tamiflu, that anti-flu viral medication. I gave Ling some too, as apparently taking it reduces the chance of her catching it from my by 92%. Relatively expensive, but well worth the cost of saving a vacation. Ling is sleeping in the other room for the time being, I've been avoiding Luke, and when we drove around today I was wearing a surgical mask. I was amazed how few looks i actually got for it.

Anyway, the dinners were worth it. Particularly saturday night's italian dinner at Valentinos. Most noted item we had there was white truffle. All the girls had generous shavings of white truffles in their olio porcini pasta. I've never had truffle like that before. The smell is truly amazing. The taste, a comparative letdown. Definitely not worth the absurdly outrageous price.

The better ingredients were the mozarellae flown directly from Milan and sardines flown, that morning, from, of course, Sardinia. The mozarella was the best I've ever eaten.
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Weight Loss: Your News Year's Resolution
What New Year’s Resolutions are you going to make? Losing weight, being slimmer, not eating chocolate or joining a gym. Are these the same New Year’s Resolutions you’ve made in previous years? If the answer is yes - then stop and don’t make them this year. Allow this pressure to be removed, stop giving yourself a hard time and be fair to yourself. I encourage you NOT to make any New Year’s resolutions because generally they don’t work. In fact, they probably only last a couple of weeks at the most. How do you feel when the resolution hasn’t lasted? Probably that you’ve failed and this feeling is one of the things that often drives us to overeat. So, don’t set yourself up to fail.

New Year’s Resolutions often don’t work because they begin with “should”, for example. “I should lose weight” or “I should join a gym”. A “should” is what other people expect of us, which results in pressure we put on ourselves to conform. “Should” makes us worry and try to accomplish too much. The pressure from family, friends and society to lose weight is immense and it’s this pressure that leaves us feeling that we “should” do something about it. As this message comes from outside sources, there isn’t the same level of commitment from you and then, when you don’t manage to stick to your resolutions, you probably feel as if you’ve failed.

Restrictive dieting sets you up to fail and invariably New Year’s resolutions do the same. So, if you put the two together, the feeling of failure is intensified. When weight loss is a “should” for you, it will make you do too much too quickly. The changes required are huge and are inevitably difficult to maintain. Be gentle and loving with yourself this year and don’t put yourself through this. Rather than deciding to lose weight and pulling out all the stops, approach losing weight as something to do a little at a time, but regularly. Treat it as something to

Black Coffee Retired
It's time to retire Black Coffee Blog. These articles will remain, but for new updates please follow "Silver Case" blog at http://karavshin.org or resubscribe your rss feed to http://karavshin.org/feed/.

Painting tractor
Originally uploaded by karavshin. Ling dropped Shannon at the airport monday afternoon. Tuesday morning, driving to work, I realized Shannon was still in the air, flying. *ouch*

It was good having her over to visit though. At lunch today with friends I asked Luke, "where's Tua-Kah ?" He looked around and gave me his sign language gesture for "not here."

Little man is now walking, tentatively. The longest I've seen him walk so far is about ten feet. He is no longer so resistent to walking. He used to plop on his ass if you tried to carry him along under his arms or hold his hand.

He's also making all sorts of babbling conversation-sound noises to himself, so I suppose that he'll be talking soon too. Ling read somewhere that at his age he should be speaking fifty words. What a joke. He probably knows fifty words, but since he chooses to skip all the one syllable words and go for the two-syllables like 'bubble' and 'tractor' it seems to be slowing his pace a bit.

I'm freed up to tag along with Ling and Luke next week for ten days in Sydney. The only problem is that three nights in a row out having big dinners and drinking plus a bad saturday sunburn knocked my immune system around and I've managed to catch a flu of some sort.

Normally this will kill us -- I get sick, then Ling does, and then Luke does. Three or four weeks later everyone is recovered. I don't want to spoil our vacation, so I went to the doctor and got a course of Tamiflu, that anti-flu viral medication. I gave Ling some too, as apparently taking it reduces the chance of her catching it from my by 92%. Relatively expensive, but well worth the cost of saving a vacation. Ling is sleeping in the other room for the time being, I've been avoiding Luke, and when we drove around today I was wearing a surgical mask. I was amazed how few looks i actually got for it.

Anyway, the dinners were worth it. Particularly saturday night's italian dinner at Valentinos. Most noted item we had there was white truffle. All the girls had generous shavings of white truffles in their olio porcini pasta. I've never had truffle like that before. The smell is truly amazing. The taste, a comparative letdown. Definitely not worth the absurdly outrageous price.

The better ingredients were the mozarellae flown directly from Milan and sardines flown, that morning, from, of course, Sardinia. The mozarella was the best I've ever eaten.
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continue with. Do what feels right for you, feels achievable and you feel ready for, e.g. you may feel ready to stop the habit of putting sugar in your tea and coffee. Discover ways to be successful with your weight loss and to achieve your desires. Tune into what you really want, decide on some action steps and start taking the ones that feel right for you today.

You can commit to making healthy changes in your life. One healthy change I really encourage you to consider is to get some support. Find someone who is totally on your side and who will be there and encourage you at all times. This may be a friend, a coach or a group of like-minded people. I suggest choosing people who are positive and will cheer you on, particularly at times when you’re finding it hard to keep going. Ask for their support and be specific about what you need. For example, “Would you support me in eating more healthily by reminding me every day of all the healthy things I’ve done.” We often forget how well we’re doing, the success we’ve achieved and concentrate instead on the things we haven’t done so well. Focus on your success and the support you’re getting as you progress.

Make a list of what you need. Be specific and keep it positive, i.e. what you want to have, not what you don’t want. Now, ask yourself “Who do I know who would support me with this?” Go and ask them.

We often try to do things on our own and it’s so much more difficult. You don’t need to go it alone. Having someone to support you makes a huge difference to the changes you need to make to achieve permanent weight loss.

Discover how to achieve successful weight loss and still enjoy life and food at www.WeightLossCoaching.com and read more of Wendy's weight loss articles and find out about her book “What’s Eating You?”

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Andrew Hetzel to speak at '08 Convenience Retailing Conference
Andrew Hetzel of Coffee Business Consultancy Cafemakers Will Speak on the Topic of Specialty Coffee at the 2008 Convenience Retailing Conference That Will Be Held February 11-13 at the Grand Hyatt in San Antonio, Texas.
Heavyweight Challenger
Two weeks ago, news broke that McDonald's Corp. will add specialty coffee and other premium beverages to the menus at its more than 14,000 U.S. locations in 2008. Crain's Chicago Business reported that the addition of lattes, cappuccinos, and other specialty drinks is expected to bring the chain more than $1 billion a year in sales, but the question is what will it take away from Starbucks and other coffee retailers?
Starbucks Throws Its Weight
CSP Magazine (Convenience Store Petroleum) takes an in-depth look at Starbucks, its market positioning and future; includes commentary by Andrew Hetzel.
Training Tips To Sell More Coffee and Making Today's Cashier into Tomorrow's Barista
In this multi-part series for Chain Leader Magazine, Andrew Hetzel provides tips for chain retailers looking to improve the the quality (and subsequently, profitability) of their coffee service with an effective training program.
Andrew Hetzel joins teaching staff of BEST Coffee School
BEST Coffee School announces that Andrew Hetzel of Cafemakers has joined its staff as an instructor of retail business management and marketing courses at its Eugene, Oregon facility.
Quality, Freshness and Service Continue to Boost Coffee Sales of Independents and Chains
By Andrew Hetzel. "Fine coffee is no longer the province of the Pacific Northwest, Alaska now has the greatest per-capita consumption of fine coffee and espresso is a popular menu item in Michigan and Nebraska..."
Andrew Hetzel of Cafemakers leads first espresso training at Kona Coffee Cultural Festival
The Kona Coffee Cultural Festival will for the first time include professional espresso training workshops in an effort to reinforce Kona coffee's use in the ever-changing landscape of lattes and espressos.
Andrew Hetzel of Cafemakers named leading Hawaii young entrepreneur
Specialty coffee consultant Andrew Hetzel of Cafemakers, LLC has been named one of the Forty Under 40 top young business leaders in the State of Hawaii for 2007 by Pacific Business News.
Big Island beverage consultant to present in Georgia
Kailua-Kona specialty coffee entrepreneur Andrew Hetzel of Cafemakers will present two sessions at the World Tea Expo next weekend in Atlanta.
John's Coffee Selects Cafemakers
John's Coffee of Istanbul, Turkey, has selected american coffee consultancy Cafemakers, LLC of Kamuela, Hawaii to provide consulting and quality assurance services to manage market growth throughout the Middle East and Europe.
May 4, Arizona Republic
Article in the Arizona Republic (Scottsdale, AZ) quotes Andrew Hetzel about the market potential in the specialty coffee industry.