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USA Today: Hackers vandalized our site
By Robert Lemos
Special to ZDNet News
July 12, 2002, 11:45 AM PT
National newspaper USA Today said Friday that one or more online vandals had posted a fake front page and six phony news stories on its Web site.
Network administrators have yet to determine how the vandals compromised the company's Web server Thursday night. The national newspaper has called in local law enforcement to help find out who defaced the site with fake stories.
"We are still looking into it and still investigating," said Steve Anderson, director of communications for the McLean, Va., newspaper. "We're going to do whatever we can to find out who did this."
The hack puts Gannett-owned USA Today in with a high-profile crowd of victims of media hacks, including The New York Times' site. Employees at several wire services--including M2 Newswire and Internet Wire--have also posted false news releases.
Hacker Adrian Lamo made headlines earlier this year when he gained access to The New York Times' internal operations network, where he was able to view information about employees and sources. Lamo was also behind a hack that altered a news story on Yahoo last year.
By its own account, USA Today caught this defacement before any significant damage was done.
The Web site defacement happened at 7:50 p.m. PDT on Thursday and lasted 15 minutes before USA Today employees noticed the change and took down the site. By 11 p.m., the company's official news site had been restored, Anderson said.
"The hackers put up a phony front page and six news stories that they linked off the page," he said. "None of our content was actually touched."
Anderson described the fake news stories as "immature and very poorly written," adding that "it was obvious after reading the first line that they weren't real articles."


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Walk in the footsteps of a dazzling company of courtiers who once danced, drank and partied beneath the magnificent Rubens painted ceiling. This revolutionary building was created for court entertainments, but is probably most famous for the execution of Charles I in 1649. Spare him a thought as you gaze up at this ravishing painting – one of his last sights on earth…
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Closed 24-26 December and 1 January.
Adults: £6.00
Students (with ID) and senior citizens (60+): £5.00
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By tube or rail: a short walk from Westminster, Charing Cross and Embankment Underground and rail stations.
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This bakery makes delicious, moist donuts, french pastries and brownies. It also makes Matt fat whenever he visits Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
If you guessed Vegan Treats you are correct. Obsessed with media like I am? Here is Danielle on MyFox Philadelphia (and the story is actually positive. From Fox!). Or an article in the Washington Post.


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Adele is making her return to the stage in grand fashion. The new mom will perform her Oscar-nominated song "Skyfall" during the 85th Annual Academy Awards in Hollywood Feb. 24, the show's producers announced Jan. 23.
The performance will be doubly special, as it will be the first time Adele has performed "Skyfall" live and it will mark her first U.S. television performance since the 54th Annual Grammy Awards in 2012.
"We have enormous respect for Adele's unique artistry as a songwriter and a singer," Craig Zadan and Neil Meron, the producers of this year's Academy Awards, tell Us Weekly in a statement. "She is currently one of the most successful recording artists in the world, and we believe that her performance of 'Skyfall' will be an exciting Oscar moment for audiences watching at the Dolby Theatre and on television screens around the world."
"Skyfall," from the James Bond film of the same name, is competing in the Original Song category. "It's an honor to be nominated, and terrifyingly wonderful to be singing in front of people who have captured my imagination over and over again," Adele, 24, says. "It's something I've never experienced and probably only ever will once!"
Adele made her first post-baby appearance at the 70th Annual Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills Jan. 13. The acclaimed vocalist — who has yet to reveal the name of her son with boyfriend Simon Konecki — picked up the award for Best Original Song for "Skyfall."
"Oh my god! Honestly, I'd come out for a night out with my friend," said the star, who gave birth to a baby boy in October. "We're new mums, we've literally come for a night out. I was not expecting this. Thank you so much! Thanks so much for letting me be a part of your world. We've been pissing ourselves laughing!"
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Actually I have subscribed for a year or two to many tax newsletters over the years, but the only subscription that I continue to renew each year, at $39.00 per year, is BOTTOM LINE WEALTH (the newsletter formerly known as TAX HOTLINE). I have often touted and quoted from TH and BLW here at TWTP.
Anyway, I recently once again subscribed to TKTL, due to a great deal for "professionals". However, I do not think I will renew. Considering the wealth of tax information and insight that is available free of charge on the internet the KIPLINGER letter is, at most, a luxury and certainly not a necessity.
The reason I bring this up is because the October 2nd issue briefly discussed the IRS' possible plans for regulating tax preparers under the category PREPARERS.
The newsletter tells "unlicensed preparers" to take note: "Regulation by the feds is coming soon". It is the opinion of the Kiplinger Washington Editors that - "IRS will propose a regime for regulating preparers by the end of the year. Congress will likely OK it in 2010, so it could be in place for returns filed in 2011."
Commissioner Shulman has indeed promised that "by the end of 2009, he will propose a comprehensive set of recommendations to help the Internal Revenue Service better leverage the tax return preparer community with the twin goals of increasing taxpayer compliance and ensuring uniform and high ethical standards of conduct for tax preparers".
There have been a few tax pro regulation bills introduced in Congress over the past several years, but these bills have always been lost in the shuffle as our elected officials had more important business with which to deal. Now, with the IRS firmly behind some kind of registration and regulation regime, there is no doubt that Congress will respond to the Commissioner's recommendations with hearings and a bill.
KIPLINGER feels that – "The cornerstone of the new system will be a registration requirement. Preparers would pay an initial sign-up fee, then renew their registration periodically." They also expect that budget constraints will force the IRS to exempt lawyers, CPAs and Enrolled Agents from the new registration regime.
"Odds are low that the Service will impose an 'up-front' entrance exam requiring preparers to pass a test before they're allowed to register with the IRS.
More likely: A testing requirement that is phased in over several years, plus required continuing education. . .both probably just for unregulated preparers."
It is expected that volunteer preparers would be exempt from mandatory testing and registration.
I firmly believe that the main goal of the IRS in starting its "Tax Return Preparer Review" was to end up with a national registration of tax preparers - so that there would be a single registration number assigned to each preparer and the IRS could track them more easily.
I doubt very much that the IRS ever wanted to become involved in the agita and expense of testing over 1 Million tax preparers. Actually I had been told by a former IRS insider that this is why the previously introduced bills died a quiet death – because they all included at least initial testing for all, and the IRS knew that properly implementing such a program would be virtually impossible. At the time they were having enough trouble with the Special Enrollment Exam for a couple of thousand EA candidates each year (this was before it was "outsourced"). However, since they opened up the can of worms they may be stuck with it.
So that is what KIPLINGER sees in the very near future for tax professionals in its crystal ball.
BTW, the issue also noted that the "IRS is delaying the start of random payroll tax exams by three months. Notices will start going out next Feb., not in Nov., as originally planned." I believe that I mentioned this upcoming program, which will audit some 6000 businesses over a three-year period, somewhere in an earlier post.


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March 9, 2010
Internal CIA documents reveal a meticulous protocol that was far more brutal than Dick Cheney's "dunk in the water".
Self-proclaimed waterboarding fan Dick Cheney called it a no-brainer in a 2006 radio interview: Terror suspects should get a "a dunk in the water." But recently released internal documents reveal the controversial "enhanced interrogation" practice was far more brutal on detainees than Cheney's description sounds, and was administered with meticulous cruelty.
Interrogators pumped detainees full of so much water that the CIA turned to a special saline solution to minimize the risk of death, the documents show. The agency used a gurney "specially designed" to tilt backwards at a perfect angle to maximize the water entering the prisoner's nose and mouth, intensifying the sense of choking – and to be lifted upright quickly in the event that a prisoner stopped breathing.
The documents also lay out, in chilling detail, exactly what should occur in each two-hour waterboarding "session." Interrogators were instructed to start pouring water right after a detainee exhaled, to ensure he inhaled water, not air, in his next breath. They could use their hands to "dam the runoff" and prevent water from spilling out of a detainee's mouth. They were allowed six separate 40-second "applications" of liquid in each two-hour session – and could dump water over a detainee's nose and mouth for a total of 12 minutes a day. Finally, to keep detainees alive even if they inhaled their own vomit during a session – a not-uncommon side effect of waterboarding – the prisoners were kept on a liquid diet. The agency recommended Ensure Plus.
"This is revolting and it is deeply disturbing," said Dr. Scott Allen, co-director of the Center for Prisoner Health and Human Rights at Brown University who has reviewed all of the documents for Physicians for Human Rights. "The so-called science here is a total departure from any ethics or any legitimate purpose. They are saying, 'This is how risky and harmful the procedure is, but we are still going to do it.' It just sounds like lunacy," he said. "This fine-tuning of torture is unethical, incompetent and a disgrace to medicine."
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Second-half goals from Nani and Javier Hernandez provided enough for United to repel a Reading revival after Jobi McAnuff gave them hope. But the loss of Jones, who hurt his ankle after a first-half clash with McAnuff, is a blow given he did such a superb job keeping Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo quiet in the first leg of the Champions League tie at Real Madrid last week.
"We'll have to assess it in the morning," said United manager Sir Alex Ferguson. "It's an ankle injury obviously so I'd imagine he'll not be ready for Saturday anyway. But we'll see what he's like after that."
Saturday's trip to QPR is the least of Ferguson's worries, though, with the obvious requirement now for Jones to be patched up for that Real rematch at Old Trafford on March 5, which will now be followed by an FA Cup quarter-final against either Chelsea or Middlesbrough.
And Ferguson might even have an unexpected selection dilemma given Nani's introduction for Jones sparked United into life after they had faded following a decent opening. And Ferguson sensed he might have a big impact against Reading.
"He's got great talent, we know that," said Ferguson. "I had a feeling he would win the game for us. You could see he was right on form the moment he came on.
"He had two great strikes immediately and was a threat to them the whole night. It's a good addition. If he keeps that form it makes my job more difficult now."
Nani's opener broke some stubborn Reading resistance, which threatened to earn them a replay. Hernandez seemed to take the game away from them completely with his 15th goal of the season shortly afterwards, only for McAnuff to pull one back which ensured a few nervy moments at the end before United were able to take another stride forward in their Treble quest.
"The last 10 minutes were a bit scary," said Ferguson. "Some of the football tonight was fantastic and we could have scored a lot of goals. In that way I'm satisfied.
"We didn't want a replay though and in fairness, we dug in and defended the long throw-ins and the balls into the box. You cannot get any better than a home tie in the cup. It doesn't matter who we play, at Old Trafford we have got a chance."
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Creating a Rain Garden I just read your article "Greening Water Use" (Sept/Oct '07, p. 5) and have some questions about keeping water away from our house. Do you have any suggestions regarding rainspout runoff for a small front yard with a thick clay layer over rock? We are rebuilding a retaining wall for the raised beds in front of our house where the old one was leaning into our neighbors' driveway. We installed a new drainage pipe. We were considering connecting the outlet from our rainspouts and the separate outlet from our porch to the new drainage pipe. My father suggested I investigate a dry well. Then I remembered the rain garden you mentioned in the article. Do you think a rain garden would work for us? Anne Hutcheson-Wilcox Low-Carbon Productions Oakland, California Author Jim LaRue replies: Dry wells are mainly used to get water back into the aquifer, and they often clog up with clay silt in an all too-brief time. You could consider your whole front yard a rain garden, if the plants could stand extra water that might be generated from all the storm water coming from the ...
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I've been working on my collection of color swatches that my products will feature. You'll be able to order embroidered linens, stationery, candles & custom labels in coordinating colors to compliment your home or the season. I've gotta say - designing the color collection was the best part so far. I received the coordinating collection of candles yesterday and the colors were so stunning - soft and sophisticated colors (even the bright ones).
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Many of you have been following me in my journey to The Tiny Life for a while now. While I tend to focus on the building and design of tiny houses, what I have come to realize is that even though its fun to talk about the houses and how to build them, it really isn't about the houses, it's about the life you lead in them. In an odd way, its not the house that is so great, its the life that is amazing.
Recently I was thinking about this fact as I was re-reading my book that just released (find it here) and I realized that in many ways you can still live tiny, without a tiny house at all. So here are some ways you can live The Tiny Life right now.
Learn To Say No
In this world saying no is almost unheard of. We often either get pulled into things we really don't want to do or we say non-committal things like "Let me get back to you" when you hope they never follow up. One thing I've learned is important is when there is something that I am not interested in participating in or doing, I just clearly decline and make no apologies for it. Be willing to say no, you don't have to be rude, but be clear, "Honestly, I'm just not interested in it" or "I don't have the time to do a good job with this, so I'll have to pass, thanks."
Proactively Remove Negative Influences And Sources Of Stress
I have had two people that really shaped this rule for me in my life: I once worked with a person who always had some sort of drama in their life, no matter how good things were, there was always some catastrophe happening. The second one was when I found myself in a situation where I had to regularly interact with someone who frankly was just a really terrible human being; they were manipulative, easily moved to violence, and had a lot of self destructive behaviors that they inflicted on others.
It taught me a valuable lesson, there are people or situations that you must actively work to remove yourself from. If they cause stress, unhappiness, or cause drama in your life, you need to get them out of your life. This goes for friends too. I will only put in effort into relationships that I feel the other person equally values me. There have been times where I have had friends who were flaky, always late, or didn't ever develop into a deeper platonic relationship that I just let go and let them peter out.
Thin Your Email In Box
One thing I have learned with running this website is how to handle a lot of email effectively. I have developed a few rules that I abide by to make it easier. I realized that I don't want to be efficient with email, but instead I have worked hard to reduce the email volume, which I must be efficient in handling. Spending an hour to help setup a system where people can find their answer on their own, has come back 100 fold. Think of how you could do the same in your life or situation, just adapt it.
- Realize your email inbox is a convenient way for other people to organize their agenda.
- Always think about how you can reduce the volume of emails you get.
- Always to clearly define the next needed action, otherwise close the loop on that email.
- If they don't ask a question, it isn't actionable or are not clear in message, don't respond.
- Set up email filters for things that you get often or as a way to segment different areas of your life.
- If its a newsletter that I find myself not reading regularly, I unsubscribe right away. I can always add myself back.
- If they ask for something I often follow up with a request to do a small task (want to talk? I ask for an agenda) this weeds out people
Define You Career By The Life You Want To Lead, Not The Other Way Around
Your job/career should support and accommodate the life you want to lead, not the other way around. To do this you must first know what life you want. It is easy to fall in the trap of letting your career dictate the life you lead (work schedules, vacations, soul crushing activities),
I've been there myself and there are times where you just need a job to pay the bills. So if you are in a tight spot, get a income source, but once you have gained that stabilizing income, you must then quickly move to a more proactive place where you either morph your job to be what you need or start looking for / building your perfect job that accommodates your life.
I once took a job that I knew I would hate, but I realized that it would buy me just enough time (3-6 months) of income to allow me to find the job that I really wanted. It meant that I could walk away from offers that weren't great and hold out for a better one, at that point I really didn't have anything to lose.
The Pareto Principle
This is more commonly known as the 80/20 rule which states that 80% of the outcome or effect comes from 20% of the cause. For example, 80% of the happiness comes from 20% of the people in your life, because they are the most important people to you. On the flip side, 20% of your time spent at work actually yields 80% of your income.
The trick with this rule is to identify that 20% that causes the 80% and if its good, focus on it; if it is bad, eliminate it. So in the instance of something good, say relationships, spend 80% of your time on the top 20% of your relationships. Conversely, if 80% of customers complaints at work come from 20% of your customers, break it off with them.
Learn To Slow Down, But Be Intentional
I've learned over the past two years that I can be far more productive if I am intentional. I have had so many people in my professional life say to me that I always seem laid back, but get a ton done. The truth is I do a lot less work then them, but when I do work, it is calculated. I actively work to minimize what is on my plate instead of working longer hours to get an overloaded to do list done. I think about what I can do that is most effective and then how I can achieve it most efficiently. Finally anything I do more than a few times, I look for ways to automate.
So when it comes time for me to do something, I have the time to do it correctly, I have worked out the best way to do it, and then in many cases I have automated it so I don't have to worry about it at all.
So these are just some of the ways you can start living The Tiny Life now, even if you don't live in a tiny house just yet.
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As the saying goes: "What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas until yet another lockout delays the end of the season enough to make it a logistical and public relations nightmare, meaning it goes away from Vegas for a year before it comes back and maybe then stays in Vegas."
|2013 saw the Balding Captain and Power Forward Traded By Alberta Team For Bag of Pucks Trophy awarded for the first time in several years
Here is the usual quick rundown of the main awards (those that are voted on) and those in contention:
Hart Memorial Trophy
Voted on by: Members of the Professional Hockey Writers' Association
Supposed to be awarded to: The player adjudged most valuable to his team
In practice, normally awarded to: LeBron James, due to often liberal interpretation of guidance issued by the PHWA to its attentive voters
Sidney Crosby (Pittsburgh Penguins)
Finally receiving some well-deserved individual recognition as something more than just an average player with points totals inflated due to being a regular linemate of Chris Kunitz.
Ryan Getzlaf (Anaheim Ducks)
Sometimes compared to Mark Messier, given his combination of scoring ability and physical play, his size and his Western Canadian origins, although with the parity in today's NHL, his chances of matching #11's number of Cup wins are heavily receding.
Claude Giroux (Philadelphia Flyers)
After opening the season without a goal in 15 games, led the Flyers' recovery the rest of the way by hitting the back of the net 28 times, joining the back of Braden Holtby's head as something hit 28 times to turnaround the Flyers' season.
Ted Lindsay Award
Voted on by: Members of the National Hockey League Players' Association
Supposed to be awarded to: The most outstanding player in the NHL
In practice, normally awarded to: The player voted for by everybody in the NHLPA except Roman Hamrlík
Sidney Crosby (Pittsburgh Penguins)
His 17-point margin of victory over Getzlaf in the scoring race was the largest since the 1998/99 season, when Jaromír Jágr beat Teemu Selänne by 20 points, predictive analysis therefore suggesting that the 2028/29 season will see a Penguin win the scoring race over a Duck by a large margin again and Jágr outscoring Selänne by 60 points.
Ryan Getzlaf (Anaheim Ducks)
If not for Rangers superstars, Pavel Brendl and Hugh Jessiman, would surely be recognised as both the most successful graduate of the Calgary Hitmen and the best power forward to come out of the stacked 2003 entry draft.
Claude Giroux (Philadelphia Flyers)
After a unsuccessful 2012/13 campaign, suffered an off-season golfing injury, believed to be the most apt Flyers-related accident since Kate Smith was fatally crushed by a goon dropped from the Spectrum rafters by a terrible goaltender.
James Norris Memorial Trophy
Voted on by: Members of the Professional Hockey Writers' Association
Supposed to be awarded to: The defense player who demonstrates throughout the season the greatest all-round ability in the position
In practice, normally awarded to: Nicklas Lidström
Zdeno Chára (Boston Bruins)
His booming slapshot has been officially recorded at 108.8 mph, putting it in a similar speed bracket as a David Ortiz home run ball and a character assassination written by a member of the local press following the trade of a scoring forward by the Bruins.
Duncan Keith (Chicago Blackhawks)
The Manitoban All-Star calibre player with missing front teeth and a cavalier attitude to concussions is nicknamed "Clarkey" by his Blackhawks teammates for reasons that nobody has yet divulged.
Shea Weber (Nashville Predators)
After a 12-month period without addition, has a chance of joining the select list of players signed to a contract by Paul Holmgren winning something while not playing for the Los Angeles Kings.
Vezina Trophy
Supposed to be awarded to: The goaltender who is adjudged to be the best at this position
In practice, normally awarded to: The Russian goaltender who is adjudged to be the best at owning an unsustainable high save percentage on an overachieving team
Ben Bishop (Tampa Bay Lightning)
Already arguably the second best goaltender in Lightning history behind Cup-winner Nikolai Khabibulin, this season's exploits having put him ahead of a moth-eaten curtain, Empty Net and John Grahame.
Tuukka Rask (Boston Bruins)
Although continuing to rack up impressive personal statistics, some believe he still carries the stigma of backstopping Bruins teams that have both blown a 3-0 playoff series lead and conceded two late goals within 17 seconds to lose a Stanley Cup Final elimination game, "achievements" that the goalie tandem of Andrew Raycroft and Justin Pogge have never suffered, according to the Maple Leafs' analytics department.
Semyon Varlamov (Colorado Avalanche)
Controversially acquired at the cost of a potentially high first round draft pick by the then-lowly Avalanche, so faces the pressure of having to win multiple Vezinas to match the probable Hall of Fame-level contributions the Capitals will receive over Filip Forsberg's career.
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Calder Memorial Trophy
Voted on by: Members of the Professional Hockey Writers' Association
Supposed to be awarded to: The player selected as the most proficient in his first year of competition in the National Hockey League
In practice, normally awarded to: The player selected as the highest point-scoring forward in what might be his third year of competition in the National Hockey League after what might be no or several years of competition in another professional league
Tyler Johnson (Tampa Bay Lightning)
Undrafted, diminutive scoring forward for the Lightning seemingly not penalised by voters for his intention to petulantly force a trade in 15 years' time to the team closest to his off-season home, the Seattle Coyotes.
Nathan McKinnon (Colorado Avalanche)
Achieved two extremely rare feats that even Wayne Gretzky couldn't manage in his career, by having a 13-game scoring streak as an 18-year-old and by being permitted to take a shootout attempt in a game involving Patrick Roy.
Ondřej Palát (Tampa Bay Lightning)
Led all rookies in scoring in 2014 and plus-minus over the season, as well as blocking 64 shots, thus preventing the most pucks reaching the goal by any NHLer with "Ondřej Pa" in his name.
Frank J. Selke Trophy
Voted on by: Members of the Professional Hockey Writers' Association
Supposed to be awarded to: The forward who best excels in the defensive aspects of the game
In practice, normally awarded to: The forward who is considered by PHWA members to be the best defensively, based on a balanced analysis of zone-starts, Corsi %, quality of competition, usage and shot prevention while shorthanded and penalty differential, though an insignificant minority might just look at reputation and plus-minus.
Patrice Bergeron (Boston Bruins)
Famously exhibited his toughness in last year's Stanley Cup Final by playing through a punctured lung, separated shoulder and broken nose, injuries suffered when a Chicago player collided with Brad Marchand's left knee.
Anže Kopitar (Los Angeles Kings)
Despite being ranked the top European skater, was to be found in Sweden as the 2005 Entry Draft took place, as coincidentally was a bag containing 45 lottery balls without "Pittsburgh Penguins" written on them.
Jonathan Toews (Chicago Blackhawks)
Has much in common with Bergeron, being a member of the Triple Gold Club, a previous Selke winner, fluent in English and French and having a name that sounds nothing like a word spelled T.O.E.W.S.
Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy
Voted on by: Members of the Professional Hockey Writers' Association
Supposed to be awarded to: The player who best exemplifies the qualities of perseverance, sportsmanship and dedication to hockey
In practice, normally awarded to: The player who missed the most games through injury the season before
Jaromír Jágr (New Jersey Devils)
Has remarkably sustained an NHL career longer than each of the three 20-year-old players for whom he was traded by Pittsburgh on July 11 2001, a feat that probably stopped deserving being called remarkable around October 11 2001.
Manny Malhotra (Carolina Hurricanes)
Has made a successful return to the NHL after being let go by the Vancouver Canucks in 2011, a decision described by then-GM Mike Gillis as "the hardest thing I have done in this job", which led to Gillis resolving to avoid making any hard decisions relating to his roster for as long as possible from that point on.
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Voted on by: Members of the Professional Hockey Writers' Association
Supposed to be awarded to: The player adjudged to have exhibited the best type of sportsmanship and gentlemanly conduct combined with a high standard of playing ability
In practice, normally awarded to: The player adjudged to have had the fewest penalty minutes when the voters quickly skim down the list of top 20 scorers five minutes before the deadline to send in their ballot
Patrick Marleau (San Jose Sharks)
Evidence of a high level of gentlemanly conduct and self-control is shown by his tally of only 18 penalty minutes all year and being on the record as having listened to Jeremy Roenick for in excess of 10 minutes in one go.
Ryan O'Reilly (Colorado Avalanche)
Notably only called for one penalty in 80 games played, for inadvertently playing with a broken stick, an infraction considered by his coach to be too vanilla to spoil such a record.
Martin St. Louis (New York Rangers)
Achieves the unique distinction of being a finalist for this award having once signed a contract with the genuine intention of playing for a team run by Jay Feaster.
Jack Adams Award
Voted on by: Members of the NHL Broadcasters' Association
Supposed to be awarded to: The coach adjudged to have contributed the most to his team's success
In practice, normally awarded to: The coach adjudged to have coached either the most injured team or the team with the best PDO/shootout-fuelled record.
Mike Babcock (Detroit Red Wings)
At one point during the filming of HBO's '24/7' series, kicked the camera crew out of his locker room between periods of one game, a controversial move given the camera crew formed the injury-hit Red Wings' second line at the time.
Jon Cooper (Tampa Bay Lightning)
A dual citizen of the United States and Canada, meaning he alternates between having no idea there is a hockey team near where he lives and wanting it to be contracted or moved to Quebec.
Patrick Roy (Colorado Avalanche)
Successful start to his professional coaching career would normally bode well for a long stay behind the bench, but his combustible personality suggests that a dramatic falling out with the vice president of hockey operations for the Avalanche at some point is almost inevitable.
General Manager of the Year Award
In a departure from previous practice, in recognition of the popularity of vague schedules and the ultimate measure of success being winning two playoff rounds, the finalists will apparently be announced "later this month on a date to be determined" and will be based on voting conducted following the second round of the playoffs. So Doug Wilson's chances have rather swiftly evaporated.
Voted on by: General Managers of all NHL clubs and a panel of NHL executives, print and broadcast media
Supposed to be awarded to: The top National Hockey League General Manager
In practice, normally awarded to: The National Hockey League General Manager Most Likely To Be Fired Within A Couple Of Years As A Direct Consequence Of Short-Term Moves That Led To Being A Finalist For The Award
Marc Bergevin (Montreal Canadiens)
Leading candidate to extend to two the streak of General Manager of the Year Award winners who willingly acquired Douglas Murray in the previous year, meaning the Best GM:Gritty Hitty Swedish Defenseman:Conference Finalists relationship still maintains a correlation coefficient of 1.0000, stat nerds.
Dean Lombardi (Los Angeles Kings)
Beneficiary of the maxim that acquiring a former 40-goal scorer from the Columbus Blue Jackets is a guarantee of a large quantity of playoff goals roughly two out of every three times.
Bob Murray (Anaheim Ducks)
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While concentrating mostly on its test match performances, Bangladesh's ODI performances have not received its share of attention. It is assumed by most that improvement in test matches will automatically result in improvement in ODIs.
Bangladesh in ODIs - an appraisal
by Atul
Published: 3rd July, 2004
While concentrating mostly on its test match performances, Bangladesh's ODI performances have not received its share of attention. It is assumed by most that improvement in test matches will automatically result in improvement in ODIs.
It is a wrong impression and not backed by facts. ODIs and test matches are quite different from each other. In ODI, absence of win equals loss. In test matches, you can show improvement without winning because inability to win is not synonymous with loss. In tests, one can show improvement by taking first innings lead, taking the matches to fifth day, drawing the matches etc, which BD have started to do lately.
BD's test match performances are looking up without a corresponding improvement in ODIs because the parameters to judge improvements in tests as mentioned above are not available in ODIs. There is just one yardstick in ODIs for judging improvement and that is victories in ODIs.
For the last three decades, it is their prowess in ODIs that have enabled aspiring nations to achieve test status. That is how SL got test status in 1980s, Zimbabwe in 1990s and BD in 2000. The form of cricket that has helped earn test status cannot be neglected after gaining the test status. Like BD, SL and Zim struggled in test matches in the early years but they continued to be competitive in ODIs. In fact their ODI performances improved after gaining test status. SL went on to win the world cup in 1996 whereas Zim reached the super six stages of the next two world cups. Their success in ODIs kept them in the right frame of mind in their chase for test wins which they achieved in due course.
Unlike SL and Zim, BD seems to have neglected ODIs after gaining test status. The ODI performance, after gaining the test status became worse and wore such a dismal look that BD did not have a single point in the ICC ODI table till this year. Now they have a paltry two points which is nothing when you see that Kenya have as many as 28 points. Zimbabwe have 62 points, whereas all other test teams have more than hundred points each in the ODI table.
Every time BD participates in ODI tournaments, the supporters hope that it will win against at least one major team. Their hopes are based on improved performance in tests. Their hopes are invariably dashed because improvements in tests have no correlation with improvement in ODI as discussed above. Instead of living on empty hopes, the matter of ODI performance calls for serious and candid introspection.
If we examine the ODI performance then we see that BD team enters an ODI match with a crippling handicap viz. fear of chasing. It is difficult to recall when it was the last time that BD sent the opposition to bat after winning the toss. This negative mindset about chasing means that they give up hope as soon as they know that they will have to bat second. If fight does not go out of hand at that stage, it certainly does so when they begin the chase which is typically in the region of 250 to 300 runs in 50 overs. The target so overwhelms them that the top order collapses and instead of going for the chase, BD struggles to bat out the 50 overs. Their target is not what the opposition set for them, rather they target a total that will make the margin of defeat look "respectable". No margin of defeat in ODI can ever be called respectable if the chasing team does not reach close enough to the target.
Statistically Bangladesh should have to chase in 50% of the ODIs. In effect it means that BD gives a walk over to the opposition in 50% of the ODIs they compete.
Batting first on winning the toss is a decision that major teams make based on the conditions. On good batting pitches, they bat first. On pitches offering assistance to bowlers, teams winning the toss prefer to chase. Bangladesh's preference to bat first may be a sound decision on occasions but it portrays lack of confidence in chasing considering that they invariably chose to bat first irrespective of the conditions. They bat first because they feel that they can delay the inevitable by taking first strike. They also entertain the hope that if they manage to put up a decent total, they may be able to defend it on a good day. In the last 4 years since Bangladesh gained test status, there has been just one occasion when that hope came true when BD managed to defeat Zimbabwe by 8 runs during the recent tour to Zimbabwe. That is the only ODI match BD has ever won after gaining test status. On all other occasions when BD batted first, they failed to put up a decent total that could challenge the opposition. The highest target that they set was 271 against Zimbabwe and even that, unfortunately, turned out to be not challenging enough for Zimbabwe. Against other major teams, who have vastly superior batting line ups, targets set by BD have been such that the opposition have cantered home to victory with many overs and wickets to spare.
Because the opposition team find the chase comfortable, they go about it at a relaxed rate and do not attack the BD bowling more than required. This gives an illusion to the BD supporters that their bowlers kept the opposition batsmen in check. In effect, by batting first, BD manages a so called face saving defeat because the bowlers and batsmen both are under less pressure from the opposition and their figures look respectable on paper even if their performance falls short of being match winning. Batsmen have no pressure of chasing and bowlers escape stick because the target set by the batsmen is not challenging enough for the opposition batsmen to go after them.
This face saving arrangement is alright for an emerging cricketing nation aspiring for ODI status. A team that already has ODI status needs to do better than just being satisfied with face saving defeats.
How long can Bangladesh avoid facing the truth that they suffer from "Chasophobia"? Sooner, rather than later they will have to come to grips with this glaring weakness and address the issue head on instead of ducking it as they have been trying so far without success. If the team needs psyhological assistance on any one issue, then this is the issue. The team must develop faith in their batting while chasing. Batting second brings more pressure and the tigers need all the assistance they can get to learn to handle this pressure. After all, all other ODI teams live with this pressure. If BD players consider themselves ODI class then they better start following suit. If they gain confidence in their ability to chase, it can only have a positive impact on their ability to set targets as well.
Perhaps, Bangladesh will improve by playing one day matches against better teams provided the difference in calibre is not too much. Unfortunately the major teams are far too ahead of BD at the moment and playing against them might not help improve BD's ODI performance. In addition to playing against major teams in ODIs, BD will do well to play against major 'A' teams where the differences in calibre may be more manageable. There should be no ego involved for the BD to play against A teams because it is only the one day matches that are involved, not five day matches. If BD has any qualms in playing A teams in one dayers, they should look at what Kenya has been doing. They are improving their ODI skills by playing against A teams mostly. They are hosting a triangular one day tournament in August 2004 which will also involve A teams of India and Pakistan. One is sure that they will gain more by way of improvement and confidence by playing A teams. They have no ego hassles playing A teams. And do not forget that Kenya also has ODI status. In fact they are far ahead of BD in ODI table. So, it will be helpful for BD to emulate Kenya rather than suffer from ego problems. Improvement in ODI is the aim and they must devise clearcut strategy to achieve the aim without allowing extraneous considerations to come in the way. Playing with A teams is a very good way of improving one day playing standards.
Top teams have a success percentage of around 30 to 40%. Bangladesh should aim at a success percentage of 20% ( i.e. 1 win in every 5 matches) irrespective of batting first or second in those matches. Aim any lower and Bangladesh will continue to struggle in ODIs.
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zh-CN:Fbsplash Fbsplash (formerly gensplash) is a userspace implementation of a splash screen for Linux systems. It provides a graphical environment during system boot using the Linux framebuffer layer.
The fbsplashAUR package is available in the AUR. For console backgrounds (discussed later in this article) you should install a kernel patched with fbcondecor such as linux-fbcondecorAUR.
The fbsplash package provides the scripts for basic functionality. If you want more bells and whistles, like smooth progress, filesystem-check progress messages, support for boot-services/'daemons'-icons and theme hook scripts, you may also install the fbsplash-extrasAUR package.
Themes can be found by searching the AUR for fbsplash-theme, in GNOME-Look.org or in KDE-Look.org.
Suspend to Disk
If you want suspend to disk with Uswsusp using Fbsplash, install the uswsusp-fbsplashAUR package from the AUR. Additionally there is limited support for using Fbsplash in the tuxonice-useruiAUR package for those using a kernel with the TuxOnIce patch.
Kernel Command Line
You now need to set something like
quiet loglevel=3 logo.nologo gfxpayload=keep console=tty1 splash=silent,fadein,fadeout,theme:arch-banner-icons as your kernel command line parameters in your bootloader. See Kernel parameters for more info.
The parameter
loglevel=3 prevents kernel messages from garbling the splash even with funny hardware (as recent initscripts do not set this by default any more).
quiet is needed additionally for silencing initcpio messages.
logo.nologo removes the boot logo (not needed with linux-fbcondecor since it does not have one anyway).
console=tty1 redirects system messages to tty1 and
splash=silent,fadein,fadeout,theme:arch-banner-icons creates a silent, splash-only boot with fading in/out arch-banner-icons theme.
Configuration Files
Put one or more of the themes you installed into
/etc/conf.d/splash. You can also specify screen resolutions to save some initcpio space:
SPLASH_THEMES=" arch-black arch-banner-icons/1280x1024.cfg arch-banner-noicons/1280x1024.cfg"
Starting Fbsplash early in the initcpio
If uresume and/or encrypt HOOKS are used, add fbsplash after them in
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HOOKS="base udev autodetect [...] keymap encrypt uresume fbsplash"
Rebuild your initcpio via mkinitcpio. See the Mkinitcpio article for more info.
fadein, if using a Fbcondecor kernel.
If you have trouble getting fbsplash to work and your machine uses KMS (Kernel Mode Setting), try adding the appropriate driver to mkinitcpio.conf.
Console backgrounds
If you have a kernel that supports Fbcondecor (eg. linux-fbcondecorAUR), you can get nice graphical console backgrounds beside the splash screen. Just search the AUR for fbsplash-theme.
After installing your patched kernel and fbsplash, add
fbcondecor to your
DAEMONS array in
DAEMONS=(... fbcondecor ...)
There is also a configuration file
/etc/conf.d/fbcondecor to set up the virtual terminals to be used.
You may even boot up with a nice console background and the plain Arch Linux boot messages instead of a splash screen. Just change your kernel command line to use the verbose mode:
quiet console=tty1 splash=verbose,theme:arch-banner-icons
- http://fbsplash.alanhaggai.org [dead link 2014-05-01]
- http://dev.gentoo.org/~spock/projects/fbcondecor/ [dead link 2014-05-01]


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When Brad Burnham and I started USV back in 2003 and I had just started blogging, we spent a lot of time talking to potential investors in our first fund. One of their big questions we got from them about the kind of open firm we wanted to create was "how will you be able to make money if you share all of your proprietary insights?"
We really didn't have a good answer to them but our bet was that by sharing our ideas and insights broadly with the market, we would attract entrepreneurs to our firm who shared those insights and ideas. And we thought the startup community would engage with us around these insights and ideas and make us smarter in the process.
It was a good bet. That is exactly what happened. I think it is now best practice in VC and possibly some other investment disciplines to be broadly open with your investment ideas and insights. At least I hope it is.
But we are not as open as we can be and should be. We get together as a firm roughly once a month to do a "deep dive" on a sector that interests us. We work as team to produce a reading list and some preliminary research on that sector. And we identify a couple people who are deeply involved in that sector to come sit with us or skype with us. These sessions last roughly two hours but can often go on longer.
Christina decided last week that we should put all of this "research" out there on the Internet. And of course she is right. She has posted the first set of research on usv.com today and we will continue to do this under the "Researching ……" headline. I think this will be really useful for us and everyone who enjoys participating in a dialog about new ideas and insights in the tech startup market.


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New Canaan's Pacioretty completes long journey to Olympics
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At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, the United States and Canada staged an epic gold medal game with the Canadians winning on an overtime goal by Sidney Crosby.
Max Pacioretty was across the Great White North, 2,700 miles away in Hamilton, Ontario, but a million miles away from the game, watching on TV from his rented apartment.
Pacioretty cheered on the U.S. team and was content watching players he knew and had played with come so close to international hockey's greatest prize.
Being sent down to the minors, to play for the Hamilton Bulldogs, for the third time in three seasons since he was drafted, Pacioretty was filled with doubt about his hockey career and certainly was not imagining himself on that stage with the best players in the world.
Pacioretty just wanted to find a way to stick with the Montreal Canadiens.
"I had just been demoted to the minors and I was watching the game from my apartment in Hamilton," said Pacioretty, a New Canaan native. "I had so much pride watching that gold medal game. I never thought it would be a reality that I could be playing in the Olympics."
Four years later, it has become a reality as Pacioretty was named to the 2014 U.S. Men's Hockey team which will compete at the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia next week.
Pacioretty tried out for the team over the summer, but was also being evaluated during the current NHL season before being selected in January.
Every time he didn't play well, he was left wondering if he had blown his shot to represent the United States.
"I was worrying about it too much," Pacioretty said. "I tried to block it out but it would creep in after a bad game. It was such a relief to finally hear and go back to focusing on the Montreal Canadiens."
On the long journey from Hamilton to Sochi the first stop was at a small gym in Darien.
Pacioretty knew he needed to elevate his game if he was going to find a permanent home on the Canadiens roster and he knew a trainer with a unique way to condition hockey players may be just the guy to help him do that.
Ben Prentiss was that trainer.
Prentiss has run Prentiss Hockey Performance in Darien for 14 years and thought he could help Pacioretty take that leap.
PHP is a training system that emphasizes structural balance, speed and strength, power, agility and nutrition.
"I try to explain to people it is not as easy as getting these guys strong and fit," Prentiss said. "These guys are essentially in a car accident 82 times a year, so, first we have to deal with injuries and then we can gradually start building strength."
Pacioretty went from 200 to 218 pounds that summer, increasing his strength, speed and agility along the way.
Pacioretty did not go back to Hamilton, soon after signing a long-term deal with Montreal while becoming one of its top players.
Pacioretty leads the Canadiens this season with 23 goals.
It would be interesting enough if Pacioretty were the only player from PHP to make the Olympics, but he is not alone.
Among other pros, fellow National team members James van Riemsdyk of the Toronto Maple Leafs and Jonathan Quick of the L.A. Kings also train at PHP.
"It's crazy to think about Darien being the center of hockey it has become," Pacioretty said. "We are all on different paths and the workouts are specific for your game and different for each player."
Working out a room full of NHL players gets the competitive juices flowing.
"It can get pretty competitive. It's almost like a contest," Pacioretty said. "I can't rave about it enough. Once guys work out there confidence is the biggest thing they gain. You know you are conditioned well and that carries over onto the ice."
It was Pacioretty's work at PHP which also allowed him to return from nearly being paralyzed on a hit by Boston's Zdeno Chara in 2011.
Prentiss said Pacioretty first showed up still wearing a neck brace and could not do more than a few minutes before having to stop, but 17 grueling weeks of training later, Pacioretty was back on the ice.
"He would come in every day and see what he could do," Prentiss said. "I was super intense. Not always a lot but since we had to build him back up so much, everything was very intense. The guy was millimeters away from being paralyzed."
After his return, Pacioretty won the 2012 Bill Masterton trophy, awarded to the NHL player that best exemplifies qualities of perseverance, team spirit and dedication to the sport of hockey.
Family ties
Pacioretty and his wife had their first child in December, adding to the storybook year.
The trip to Russia has added significance for Pacioretty as his wife, former professional tennis player Katia Afinogenova, is Russian.
Katia's brother, Maxim Afinogenov, played for the Russian National team in the 2006 and 2010 Olympics, but is not on the team this go around, allowing Pacioretty's in-laws to cheer for him
"The whole family is going over," Pacioretty said. "(Katia's) dad said since his son his not playing he could pull for us this time. This has been a crazy year with my new family and the Olympics. I am trying to have the same mindset for my family that I do for hockey. To get better every year."
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Pratt & Whitney Engineers Inspire Middle School Students at Annual Career Day
Eighth graders at East Hartford Middle School, as well as 62 science, technology, engineering and mathematic (STEM) students from area magnet schools, learned about many career opportunities during the annual Career Day at EHMS recently.
With eighth grade an important year for many, as they begin to think about high school and their career paths, the 36 guest speakers on hand on May 17 surely played a role in encouraging their ambitions and dreams. Of the many speakers, who ranged from fire marshals and reporters to a cartoonist and probation officer, two Pratt & Whitney engineers offered their guidance.
Engineer and Program Manager of the 757 Heather Relation presented a video of an F-35, which she referred to as, "the latest and greatest in Air Force, Marine and Navy technology."
"It's a really, really cool aircraft," Relation continued, as an awestruck classroom learned of vertical take-off and landing.
Students got in as many questions as they could before the bell rang, signalling them to head to the next presentation. Before the bell, however, students learned that these aircraft cost, "millions and millions and millions of dollars." They also learned about bird-strike testing and other safety measures.
Pratt & Whitney Engineer Beth Matonak was also a presenter during Career Day. Questions from students included, "Can the planes do burn outs?" and, "Why don't we have hovering cars?"
Matonak's career goals in aviation began early on, in fifth grade, when similar speakers visited her classroom such as stunt pilots, a hot air balloonist, air traffic controllers and, at an even younger age, an astronaut.
"One of the most rewarding parts of my job is working with the military," Matonak noted. "I know that they are protecting our freedoms, and I'm helping them."
Her video presentation included the complex process of aircraft carrier landings, during which she explained the various vocational opportunities awaiting the students of today.
Sponsors of Career Day at EHMS are the East Hartford Rotary and Pratt & Whitney. The program is put together through the efforts of Penny Brice of the East Hartford school system and East Hartford School-Business Partnerships, which include former and current United Technology Research Center employee board members.


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BigSea necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 103 diseños de 27 diseñadores freelance.
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Aromatics International is a website that sells essential oils and aromatherapy products. Their products are all chemically tested and purchased from distillers around the world who practice fair labor standards, organic or wild-crafted harvesting and maintain strict quality controls in the distillation process.
The company prides itself on being a science-based aromatherapy company with the highest-quality essential oils.
Aromatherapists, acupuncturists, alternative healthcare workers, massage therapists.
Most of our customers are women, aged 30-60, with a health care focus.
The logo needs to capture the nature and plants involved in aromatherapy while emphasizing the high-quality nature of the products themselves. Not too "fun" or "silly" - but elegant, sophisticated and clear.
Some thoughts to capture, in the words of the client:
A drop of essential oil.
The essence of nature or plants (trees, roots, leaves rather than flowers).
Something like a tree trunk going up with A on one side and I on the other? (just a thought from the client)
So I'm thinking the Garden of Eden holds all the aromas. It's all encompassing. I envisioned a tree laden with flowers and fruit, water. Something that draws us in.
Colors: The site is currently shades of purple, so we need to stick with shades of purple, but can add splashes of green and yellow (bright and uplifting).
The logo needs to translate well to a tiny label on a bottle (or have an element/version that we can use in a tiny, black-only version).
I've uploaded a couple example logos the client likes - but neither are 'perfect'. The PURE logo is her current favorite, but I think you can do better!
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36 comments:
- tinajo said...
Usually, my thing - besides wrapping gifts and decorating our home - is baking. I´m in the mood for baking almost every day, it´s so cozy during this month (and during winter in general)! :-)
I LOVE Winnie the Pooh! :-)
- December 3, 2011 at 12:20 PM
- Bubbles said...
Thats a lovely cute with beautiful Christmas images :)
- December 3, 2011 at 12:31 PM
- Martina said...
Ooooh, this is the sweetest Christmas quote ever! Love your pix too and love december, lights, coockies - and the love!
- December 3, 2011 at 1:37 PM
- Unknown said...
Oh, dear, my list is full, maybe the fullest list ever!!! So many things to do yet!!
These images are wonderful!!!
Much love to you!!!
- December 3, 2011 at 1:43 PM
- A Plum By Any Other Name said...
This post just made me SO happy. Brava, my good woman. You've captured some of my most favorite moments about the holiday.
- December 3, 2011 at 2:36 PM
- cb said...
i love that picture of the couple. this is such a great holiday as it is filled with so much family. forget presents and just being around so much love is all we really need!
- December 4, 2011 at 12:47 AM
- Barbara von Enger said...
Love the title of this post - so playful. Very nice images. The first is my favourite. No Christmas to do list here;-)
- December 4, 2011 at 1:37 AM
- Castles Crowns and Cottages said...
This is what I love. LIGHT, FRIENDS, simple pleasures and GLITTER!!!!
HOW ARE YOU DEAREST ONE?????? Anita
- December 4, 2011 at 8:25 AM
- flowersandhome said...
O I love those cute knitted wintery chrismassy socks. On my to do list? Always far too much ;-)
- December 4, 2011 at 10:18 AM
- Roselie said...
I love that quote! In my to-do list is finding easy homemade recipes to make presents for my family and buying fairy lights to put on my bedroom.
- December 5, 2011 at 4:32 AM
- StephieB said...
Oh what a lovely post and how I love the quote you have chosen. Some lovely images too! There is so much on my list, I don't want to think about it so I think I will just stick with your plan and just make the most of each day.
Hugs to you, Stephie x
- December 6, 2011 at 12:33 AM
- Unknown said...
cute cute cute little booties
- December 6, 2011 at 2:43 AM
- Abigail's Place said...
Love this post, especially the quote!
Macaroons look so delicious an those tags are perfect!
Thanks for sharing!
Abigail x
- December 6, 2011 at 3:24 PM
- About Last Weekend said...
Love the wrapped in lights, very poetic and fun!
- December 7, 2011 at 10:53 AM
- amy b.s. said...
love the photo with the lights!
- December 7, 2011 at 12:53 PM
- Unknown said...
I love all of these cute Christmas images - and the quote is just adorable, A xx
- December 7, 2011 at 1:04 PM
- simply_KC said...
Oh December is one of my favorite months of the year along with June :) This year most of my presents are handmade by me.
- December 7, 2011 at 1:36 PM
- Annie said...
such a sweet post :) it really captures the best of this month! xo
- December 7, 2011 at 1:55 PM
- Monique said...
aww such sweet dialogue! i plan on going to see the big christmas tree at rockefeller center and going ice skating!
- December 7, 2011 at 7:18 PM
- stylenuggets said...
Cute quote - couldn't say it better.
- December 7, 2011 at 7:54 PM
- Castles Crowns and Cottages said...
GOOD MORNING SWEET FRIEND! It is so good to see you again! You are one of those people that if I don't see around for a while, I worry, or I feel sad that perhaps you stopped blogging....but yes, LIFE IS SO BUSY and I am even taking a day off today in order to catch up on sleep and my creativity!!!!! THANK YOU for visiting me to see my theatres! It means a lot to me to see how people react to them for I hope to make one or two to sell. I SO HOPE that this new year becomes a time for both of us to have the FREE TIME AND FREEDOM to just BE US as artists. That is, I believe, the trick to becoming successful in terms of being satisfied; be YOU.
Love and sparkles to YOU! Anita
- December 8, 2011 at 2:51 AM
This is so cute!!
Oh no! I hope you are feeling completely well now. How are your days? What are you doing for Christmas?
My days have been very busy. Preparing for finals, and preparing to go back home..Lots of packing. However, the cold is lovely!! I love winter clothes, and tea :)
- December 8, 2011 at 11:27 AM
- Crazy for fashion said...
I so love December as well! Beautiful pictures. <3<3
- December 8, 2011 at 1:04 PM
- Unknown said...
Winnie the Pooh. Constantly inspiring!
- December 8, 2011 at 3:39 PM
- Cornflakes and Honey said...
Loving the new layout Shawna. This post is great, making me feel very Christmasy and fuzzy :-)
p.s. i want those cookies!!
- December 8, 2011 at 7:25 PM
- The Many Colours of Happiness said...
This is such a sweet post!! I love the quote :) I'm heading to Europe in ten days, so am forgoing Christmas traditions this year. But next year I have so so many I want to do, they're so much fun!
- December 8, 2011 at 8:44 PM
- shopgirl said...
this is so sweet Shawna! I love it!
p.s. i know how you feel about being so terriby busy. it's the season of festivities I think that has something to do with it. i will try and write to you next week! xo
Have a super weekend sweetie!
- December 8, 2011 at 11:38 PM
- classiq said...
This is a wonderful time of the year and this year I decorated early, on the first days of December so that I can enjoy my home dressed up for holidays as long as possible. :)
- December 9, 2011 at 7:49 AM
- Diana said...
You always fill my heart with your photos and quotes...Love pooh bear and piglet! xoxoxo Merry December!
- December 11, 2011 at 12:56 AM
- k said...
aw, that is really cute :)
- December 11, 2011 at 11:31 AM
- Mika @ Blue and the Girl said...
Togethery and remembery..... Right on Piglet!
- December 12, 2011 at 4:07 PM
- georgia ~ gi gi said...
A Big Hello Poppie Girl!!!!How are you my sweet friend?
Aw, I just love this Christmas post! Love all the lil stockings!I know you love this time of year :)
Why does it always go so fast? too fast! I want to cram as much fun, family and food as I can, he he!
Love you lots
gi gi
- December 13, 2011 at 3:31 PM
- Gloria said...
Beautiful seasonal photos!!
I hope you are enjoying this wonderful season..:)
- December 15, 2011 at 12:36 PM
- Alise said...
Great photos, I wonder if you made that cake looks delicious! hehe and that is what I am doing in December, baking! oh and thinking what to bake for New Years Day =D
Happy Holidays!
- December 19, 2011 at 2:21 PM
- thebookhostess said...
Merry Christmas to you! Did you make those gift tags - adorable touch to any gift! Thanks for the idea!
- December 21, 2011 at 7:54 AM
- Ashley Isaacs said...
adorable pics..........xx
- December 29, 2011 at 7:16 PM