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- What are domains
- Why do I need a domain?
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- Geographic domains are where it's at!
- History of domains
- When should I register a domain
What are
Every individual page on the internet has an accompanying web address called a TLD, or Top Level Domain. A TLD is used to find an individual page on the internet, much like a physical address is used to find a specific geographical location.
Let's use our example: www.westhost.com
- www – is used to access the World Wide Web. Typing this means that you are looking for a place on the internet represented by WestHost.com
- WestHost – is the domain name that we chose for our web addresses, and just so happens to be the name of our company.
- .com – the domain extension, or top level domain, that we chose as our web address ending.
Why do I
need a domain?
The internet has quickly dominated the way that the world communicates, both socially and professionally. To obtain your own online presence you will need a web site and registering a domain is the first step to creating your own web identity.
You will want to choose a domain that accurately represents you and what you are trying to achieve online. After recognizing these goals, you will be able to create a simple and memorable web address to get you started on the right foot. There are a lot of options so we will try to cover the basics for you.
- Pretend you were looking for yourself on a search engine: What words would you use? Your name? Business? Or something else? This can give you a clue as where to start.
- Use our domain search tool to check to see if any of these keywords are available as web addresses. (Hint: Look into your favorite new domain extensions if what you are looking for has already been registered.)
- Take a poll of your family and friends which of the available domains they think best suits you and your image. Be sure to not take too long deciding, domains can be registered while you are shopping around.
- Keep your domain as short and simple as possible. You are going to want to create a buzz with your web address so you want something that catches peoples attention and is easy to recall at a later date for return visitors.
- Remember that a small domain with a less-used extension is better than a complicated domain with a common extension. For example, awesome.ninja is better than HeyLookIHaveAWebPage54256457.com.
- More than 700 newly released TLDs are available, including great extensions like .club, .NYC, .pub, and .guru. Finding one that works for you can prove to be a great asset to your business.
Register a domain with WestHost's domain registration services and then register other great TLDs to be directed to your main site for a broader coverage.
For Example:
- Register misspelled versions of your domain.
- Protect yourself and your brand name by registering the same name with a variety of extensions (i.e. yourname.com, yourname.net, yourname.ninja, yourname.rocks).
- Diversify your individual web pages with .press for news, .blog for content, and .company as an about page.
- For marketing promotions or sales events consider registering .sale, .deals, .blackfriday, or .christmas.
Newly released
TLD extensions:
When searching for the perfect fit for your web presence, be sure to consider all newly released web address extensions. In just the last few years there have been over 700 TLDs released for registration! Each extension fits a niche, hobby, industry, or business perfectly. Get creative and think of all new opportunities awaiting your web experience.
Never again have to stress over a domain already registered, new TLDs allow you to customize a common phrase to fit your purpose. These top level domains allow you to specialize, accent, or expand any web page to bring your visions to reality.
Here are some of our favorite domains to date.
Which one is perfect for you?
Live a life in the lap of .luxury. Nothing says posh like identifying yourself with the fanciest domain to date. Show the World Wide Web that not just any domain is post enough for your tastes with a .luxury domain.
The .surf is up! Ride the wave of the hottest web address extension to hit the shores. Specifically created for all things wave, beach, and board related. Add to an existing page or a stand alone. For whatever reason you chose, be sure to ride this wave!
Hit the town with a .city domain. This extension isn't for small town situations, but if you're planning on movin' on up (to the east side…) then this is the web address for you. Create the perfect .city domain today.
If two is .company and three's a crowd, you should probably register five or six of this hot domains while you still can. After all, you are the .company you keep. The next big thing in business domains is here. Get one for your business today.
Party? Wedding? Sales Promotion? Any of these reasons are perfect excuses to get your own .events web page. Create an easy platform for guests to share photo/video/experience as well as a great way to update everyone to your plans. Any marketing firm has 100 reasons for an .events domain. The question is: why haven't you gotten one yet?
Take this web extension to-go. Create the perfect web experience for your diners with the hottest thing to come off of the line. The .restaurant domain offers a sweet and spicy deal for any restaurateur.
What rocks? Anything that proudly says so! Create a yourname.rocks or thiswebsite.rocks - Get creative, forget humility, and make a website that really .rocks. And if you happen to be an archeologist… well we don't even have to tell you how awesome this domain extension is. You already know!
Sneak your way into one of the top 10 domain registrations with a .ninja domain. Kick and chop up a web presence that says greatness with one easy to own domain extention. Warning: results may be intense!
It has always been said that a picture is worth a thousand words, but how many words can you fit into a .photography domain? Answer: as many as you want! With a .photography web address you can crop, paint, and edit your way into photographic history. Showcase your personal photography for family and friends or promote your business to the fullest with all the perks and creativity that .photography has to offer. The .photography domain is perfect for freelancers who need to add attention to their business and works great for businesses adding to an existing website. The .photography web address ending is yours to build!
Get your red solo cups ready for the release of the hoppiest domain yet. Break out the peanuts and coasters because every beer lover in the world is going to need to pour another .beer domain. For home breweries, domestics, and imports alike, .beer is going to be the brew that wins them all.
The .media domain extension is perfect for all things press related. Hot, breaking, good or bad news can have a memorable extension all of it's own. Create a .media page as an addition for an existing page or as a start for your freelancing aspirations.
Tis the season to be taking advantage of all things .christmas. This web extension provides an excellent platform to showcase all things in your world Christmas related. Crafts, hobbies, family experiences, sales, deals, and much more! All have a place on the web with a .christmas domain.
Pull out the sleeping bags, it's going to be an all-nighter. With a .blackfriday domain you can alert the masses to your bottom bargain extravaganza. As a billion dollar a year industry .blackfriday refuses to be ignored.
Are you in the know? Are you up to speed? Have you gotten the low-down? If not, a .info page is right up your alley. Show off your own info or create a forum to obtain more. Knowledge is power - and this power could be yours!
One thing is certain, .deals is the place to find the best prices around. This new web address ending creates an all-in-one experience for savvy shoppers and an excellent opportunity for sellers.
Remember that these are only a small portion of the existing extensions available for registration. Take a look at the full list with our domain checker. If you still aren't able to find the perfect domain consider looking into Geo TLDs for a localized web address.
Geographic domains
are where it's at!
While releasing hundreds of specialized web extensions, came the idea for Geographic TLDs. To guarantee that local stays local you must prove that you are a resident of the city you are applying for. The Geo TLDs include Los Angeles, New York City, Tokyo, Berlin, and London. Each domain offers its own class and culture associated with the city of its birth. These web address endings are designed to represent exactly what each city stands for and who the lucky inhabitants are. Be sure to show your allegiance to your city today.
As one of the first Geo-domains to make a splash, .London has quickly become one of the fastest selling TLDs. From the Big Ben to the Queen's guard .London is the place to be. Make an impact with this instantly recognizable domain for your web presence.
The Big Apple staked its claim on an entire domain to prove that it is the greatest city in the world. From Times Square to Greenwich Village, this TLD is the who's who and the what's what in the city of New York.
The enormous city of Tokyo represents all things technical and luxurious. You better move quick because with over 13 billion residents these domains are sure to move fast. With a Tokyo TLD you will have instant recognition as the city for international business.
Claim your European Identity with a .EU domain. Why tether yourself to one location when your reach extends across all of Europe? This extension can also act in conjunction with other geo domains for world wide access.
Where ever it is that you call home check out all of the possibilities here at WestHost!
of domains
In the late 1960's, UCLA and Stanford connected a set of computers together as a way to communicate between campuses. This early version of the World Wide Web was called Arpanet. Ray Tomlinson then created something that he called email address by joining a username to a computer with an @ sign (for example username@computer). This allowed email to be sent back and forth and was essentially the first web address or domain.
When Arpanet began to use TCP/IP people were struggling with remembering the neverending streams of numbers to communicate. This is when the idea of domain name servers (DNS) began to take shape. The idea was to connect words to individual IPs for a user friendly experience.
More and more people began to use DNS and through that the need to differentiate classes of web addresses. Top Level Domains (TLDs) were created to fulfil this need. Web address endings like .com, .org, and .net became a way to add to the pool of domains as well as separate the different categories of web traffic.
In the 1990's, the internet became commercial and that's when the web exploded. From there on out everyone needed a web page, domain, and IP address. ICANN then opened the air for new TLD applications. For a hefty fee individuals and businesses could apply for their own web address ending.
The release of over 700 individual domain extensions has created a wave of interest among existing and new website owners. Never before have individuals had the chance to choose creative and exciting domains of their own. Find yours today at WestHost.com
When should I register
a domain?
The best answer to this question is: yesterday. But considering that we haven't created a reliable time machine quite yet - registering a domain right now will work too.
Explore the wide world of domain registration at WestHost.com and claim your very own spot on the World Wide Web.
Whether you are interested in the everyday .com or the new and exciting TLDs like .NYC or .ninja, WestHost has the domain you are looking for.
Find your perfect domain today!


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In between it all, the mighty, multitasking midlayer might just be the most versatile piece of outerwear in your ski arsenal—able to add extra warmth, suffice as a standalone come springtime and slide seamlessly from mountain to après.
Are you down with insulation or feelin' the fleece this season? You will be after a look at the latest in lineups from The North Face, Patagonia, Helly Hansen, Obermeyer, Marmot and more.
These 15 styles will rise to every occasion and keep you feeling warm while looking cool, all season.

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Submitted by Michael Krieger of Liberty Blitzkrieg blog,
It is just incredible how quick NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg is to throw a temper tantrum whenever anyone dares question his crusade to rid the nation of its remaining civil liberties. In this case, his targets are those that criticize his feudalistic and extraordinarily racist "stop and frisk policy," which I highlighted last October in my post: The Hunted and the Hated: An Inside Look at the NYPD's Stop-and-Frisk Policy.
So now that the policy is being questioned in court, Bloomberg has once again transitioned into his usual role as a petulant child. Scott Shackford at Reason.com did a great job covering his latest nonsensical outburst. First he quotes the New York Times:
Speaking at Police Headquarters, Mr. Bloomberg took a swipe at those suing the department in Federal District Court in Manhattan over the stop -and-frisk practices, but he saved his strongest words for legislators and mayoral candidates "playing politics with people's lives."
"Look at what's happened in Boston," Mr. Bloomberg said. "Remember what happened here on 9/11. Remember all of those who've been killed by gun violence and the families they left behind."
Remember Boston! Remember 9/11! This guy has zero shame. All he does is immediately exploit national tragedies to advance his surveillance state agenda.
Scott then goes on to write:
In an amazing, balls-out move prompting comparisons to Kanye West, Bloomberg argued that opponents of the stop-and-frisk policy are the ones who are racist, not the authorities manhandling any minority they stumble across. He accused the New York Times of ignoring the shooting death of a young minority, something it wouldn't have done were the teen white. Adam Serwer of Mother Jones makes note of the amazing gall of the man:
There are 11 plaintiffs in the stop and frisk case currently on trial in federal district court, none of whom are white. According to Bloomberg, if minorities don't want to their freedom of movement restricted because of their skin color, it's just because they're racist…against themselves. A New York Times spokeswoman told Politico that Bloomberg's criticism of the paper was "absurd."
This guy is out of his mind and out of control. Term limits were created for people like him.
Full article here.


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The Central Connecticut women's basketball team dropped its Northeast Conference opener to Robert Morris on Saturday afternoon at Detrick Gymnasium. CCSU sophomore Nicole Ferguson's three-pointer put the Blue Devils (6-5, 0-1 NEC) up 59-58 with 27 seconds remaining, but seconds later RMU's Artemis Spanou countered with a three that gave the Colonials (4-7, 1-0 NEC) a 61-59 victory.
The Blue Devils built a 21-point lead with 19 minutes left to play, but a 24-12 rebounding advantage in the second half helped Robert Morris control the paint and climb back into the game. CCSU was able to hold off the Colonials until Janee Brown's jumper with 2:03 remaining gave the visitors their first lead of the game, 54-53.
Over the final two minutes CCSU and RMU traded the lead four times with Ferguson and Spanou trading three-pointers for the lead in the final 27 seconds.
Senior Jessica Babe led the Blue Devils with 15 points, eight rebounds and five assists. She was joined in double-digit points by senior Lauren Arbogast (13) and junior Kaley Watras (12).
Sophomore TeJahne Malone was strong off the bench for CCSU with six points, two rebounds and two steals in 15 minutes.
Neither team shot well from the field with the Colonials making 19-of-60 (31.7%) from the field and the Blue Devils connecting on 20-of-59 (33.9%). CCSU fared better from behind the three-point arc with a 37.5% (9-of-24) mark, while holding Robert Morris under 30% from long range.
The Blue Devils matched their season-low for points allowed in the first half by limiting the Colonials to 17 in the opening period. CCSU also held Siena to 17 points on December 3. However, RMU's 44 second half points are the second most the Blue Devils have allowed in a half this season.
The Blue Devils shot 41.7% (5-12) from beyond the arc in the first half. CCSU also knocked down 8-of-10 free throw attempts on its way to a 35-17 halftime advantage.
Ferguson's three-pointer with 27 seconds remaining came from the same spot that she hit the game-winning basket on Monday against Hofstra. She finished with six points. Spanou finished with 25 points and 16 rebounds for Robert Morris. Her game-winning three came with just six seconds left in the game.
The Blue Devils return to action on Monday night against Saint Francis U. That game will tip-off at 7 p.m. in Detrick Gym.


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'Hilma af Klint: Paintings for the Future'
It is tempting to credit Hilma af Klint with a protofeminist synthesis of folk art, scientific illustration, and spirography, but her explanation was simpler: "Amaliel draws a sketch, which H then paints."
It is tempting to credit Hilma af Klint with a protofeminist synthesis of folk art, scientific illustration, and spirography, but her explanation was simpler: "Amaliel draws a sketch, which H then paints."
Beyond bringing French photography to the American public, Stettner's own work was distinctive for blending the social engagement of American street photography with the poetic sensibility of the French humanist tradition.
The first academically trained Turkish female photographer, Yıldız Moran is enjoying a much deserved revival in Turkey, with some of her photographs being exhibited for the first time.
While it should be possible for someone looking at Pat Steir's paintings to feel that they depict or suggest the flowing of water downward over rock or stone, that is to miss the point of works that are concerned much more with the potential of paint than the need to represent something in nature.
In "Graciela Iturbide's Mexico"—a magnificent exhibition of approximately 125 gelatin silver prints at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston—five decades of an extraordinary visual intelligence are on display.
The figure of Mansa Musa looms at the center of a major new exhibition, "Caravans of Gold, Fragments in Time," that recently opened at the Block Museum of Art in Evanston, Illinois.
Don McCullin has spent the best part of sixty years if not looking for trouble, then certainly finding it—in Cyprus, the Congo, Vietnam, Northern Ireland, Lebanon, Syria. "War is hell" and "man's inhumanity to man" could be the mottos of his photography.
An exhibition drawn from the collections of the Birmingham Museums begins its story with those it calls, paradoxically, "the pre-Raphaelite avant-garde."
Equally objective and empathic, working as if he were partly a photographer and partly a psychologist, Giovanni Battista Moroni could capture in each of his subjects what a viewer believes is that person's fundamental self.
Thirty years before Leonardo da Vinci developed his famous sfumato modeling and immortalized Lisa Gherardini del Giocondo with an enigmatic smile, Antonello had already mapped the highlights and shadows of the human face as abstract patterns in themselves and as clues to the puzzle of character.
Now exhibited at the Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson, Guy Tillim's work documents various African capitals where the signs of two revolutions can be seen in contemporary street life.
Just outside Marrakech, a magic circle of gravity-defying boulders stands at the entrance to a sleekly repurposed office building, whose rose-pink brick echoes the color of the city walls. Fatiha Zemmouri's installation 'Gravity and Grace' is part of "Material Insanity," a group show at the Museum of African Contemporary Art Al Maaden.
The earliest painting that survives from Jodhpur shows the unmistakable stamp of Mughal realism and artistic refinement. This only intensified during the period of Mughal collapse, as the courts offered generous patronage to painters left unemployed at the Mughal court.
You cannot take the full measure of American culture in the twentieth century until you have carefully considered the achievement of Lincoln Kirstein.
The Middle East is a place where "God has ninety-nine names," according to a well-known Islamic hadith. The diversity of deities displayed at the Met's new exhibition reveals some of the roots of this multiplicity.
The exhibition at the Jewish Museum in London seeks both to document and to refute the stereotype of the moneyed Jew, through a wide range of documents, artworks, portraits, posters, and souvenirs.
"Tintoretto: Artist of Renaissance Venice" reminds us that Ruskin was right about Tintoretto's wildness, apparent in a number of paintings filled with the fierce absence of any sense of repose, paintings whose pattern is not easy to discern but whose impact is forceful and shocking because the eye does not know where to settle.
"Black Models: From Géricault to Matisse," at the Musée d'Orsay, builds on archival research to recover the biographies of models of African descent in canonical French painting.
The US Constitution is not often Broadway fare—and for good reason: its place is in the National Archives, not Times Square.
This month brings radical cinema from Japan's New Wave and Czech filmmaker Věra Chytilová, the sixth year of the Art of the Real nonfiction festival, and Mexico's golden age master, Roberto Gavaldón.
"Czech Routes"—following shows of émigré artists from Germany, Poland, and Austria—contains works by twenty-one painters, printmakers, and sculptors who left Czechoslovakia at different times in the past century.
Sections of "Van Gogh and Britain" display homages to—or arguments with—Vincent by a dozen British artists, from Walter Sickert to Francis Bacon.
The twenty-five paintings in "Come Softly to Me"—Louis Fratino's first solo show, at Sikkema Jenkins & Co.—range from gem-like portraits of friends and lovers to larger scenes of city life to a trio of alluring box lids.
In 1955, Willem de Kooning was at one of several artistic peaks. By then, he had completely internalized his synthesis of Cubist structure, including Picasso's Surrealist variations, with Pollock's innovative materials and expansive scale.


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NetBeans PHP Community Council
This page describes the goals and the current organisation of the NetBeans PHP Community Council.
NetBeans PHP Community Council is a community of PHP Developers, that has following goals
- create new NetBeans plugins
- create tools in NetBeans for all the PHP frameworks that are desired by the community, but cannot be done by NetBeans developers, because of lack of time, resources, etc.
- council members will get to first test all the plugins created, and will come with a feedback of improvement these, these way the final plugins will be of a higher value.
- working closely with NetBeans team to get align in terms of code quality and best practices
What will actually be developed
For now I don't have a list, but once the first team is created we'll have a list that will allow you to vote on any feature proposal or introduce a new feature proposal, that could be than voted by other people from the Council.
I have some thoughts on the structure of the NetBeans PHP Community Council, but this is a subject to change.
- Council will consist on several teams
- Each team will have a team leader
- Each team will have to choose a unique and representative name in the Council
- Each team will consist of a least 40 PHP developers and 5-8 PHP developers who also know Java, or vice versa, Java developers who know PHP.
- The PHP guys will generate the ideas for features they would want to be implemented, they will also test the plugins and features implemented by council, will interact with other team's PHP developers core.
- The Java guys will create the features and plugins that will be voted by majority of the council as a critical need.
- Java guys will also have the possibility to interact with NetBeans developers, and work hard on keeping the code quality high.
- All team leaders will conduct a weekly meeting within their team, with an agenda prepared for point to discuss. During this meeting team members share ideas, problems they face with. These things should be noted by the team leader and than discussed on a higher level.
- Once per 2 weeks team leaders will also hold a meeting, meant for resolving the issues other team have, by delegating people from one team to another for a period of time, or just sharing experience.
- I also envision a report of Council activity once per 2 months. This report will be done to show to the community the progress and what have been done so far. This is just an idea for now, so I want this discussed.
First team
For now these all are just words, we need people to work with these ideas, that is why I propose you to join the first team in NetBeans PHP Community Council. What does it give ?
- You auto-magically become the core part of the council
- Your ideas and your feedback will be implemented first and tested first
- Now you can change something in the way you code on a daily basis
The first team will actually test the ideas, and than we can go, adjust and scale more. If you are interested please see the section How can I join
The workflow as I see it should be like this:
- a new member (let's call him Joe) enters the council, we discuss in mail format what exactly does he want to do: helping with the development, helping with testing the new content created be the council, other activities (these could include documentation of the newly developed plugins, features, etc.)
- Joe is assigned to a team.
- he discusses the priorities with his team leader: what would he like to start his work with, what the team needs first. Depending on votes and/or team leader decision some tasks are assigned to Joe.
- once per week a team meeting is done to see the progress of the team. During this meeting team members share ideas, problems they face with, also in this meeting Joe share his progress, problems, impressions.
- once the work is completed, Joe's work is tested by other Council Members, and they will have their output/suggestions on the work item: it might be some code improvements, functionality improvement.
- once the suggestions are discussed and Joe implement them, he's assigned a new task, the cycle repeats.
How can I join
To join the NetBeans PHP Community Council please
- Subscribe to email@example.com mail list here: http://netbeans.org/projects/php/lists
- send an email to email@example.com with the subject of the mail starting with [Council New Member].
- in your mail please indicate your location, age and experience both in Java and PHP. I need these data to assign you to a team.
- A response will be send to you with your next assignment and some people to contact.
- Also there is a new home for NetBeans PHP Community Council, it's http://www.nbphpcouncil.org, you can register and I'm sure you'll find a lot of information. You could also just view the information without registration required.
With every active person that joins the council we make the NetBeans experience for PHP developers better.
What should I do next
First please read the following :
- How to work with sources (http://wiki.netbeans.org/WorkingWithNetBeansSources)
- How to use Mercurial (http://wiki.netbeans.org/HgHowTos)
- General FAQ for developers (http://wiki.netbeans.org/NetBeansDeveloperFAQ)
- How to contribute code to NetBeans (http://netbeans.org/community/contribute/code.html)
About me and the original idea
Hello, my name is Timur, and I am a developer 4 years already:
I'm mostly a .NET programmer, but I had some experiences in Java, Ruby & Rails and PHP.
You can find my blog here: http://udevi-community.blogspot.com/
I had a client recently that was very insistent on using PHP in the solution instead of .NET, because as he stated there is a bigger choice of developers knowing PHP, than .NET. Ok, I'm not afraid of PHP, but let me just choose the framework I will use myself. I've chosen to develop the project using Symfony2 because of the familiarity with Rails and Hibernate, it seemed to use somehow similar aspects (in case of Doctrine and Migrations these were very similar).
Then I was trying to make a decision on IDE. I knew already a little of Eclipse, so I tryed to work with Aptana and Eclipse, the support for the framework wasn't there. I switched to NetBeans. I found almost everything I needed I thought. I needed some more: code and file templates and autocomplete for Twig. I made a plugin which contains both file and code templates you can find it here Udevi Symfony2 Plugin. But how can I achieve Twig autocomplete, I thought.
I tried to look around Bugzilla and I saw a lot of guys requesting one feature or another, supporting one framework or the other, than I thought that actually there should be other people like me who want to contribute, but they are kind of alone, and all they can do is their own little plugin. What if they could all join together and make some effort, so NetBeans than would be even a nicer IDE to work in.
This is actually all you need, to get an IDE that has all the tools you need.


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Let's Flamingle Destination Map Bachelorette Tote Bag
Getting ready for the party of a life time to celebrate your bachelorette? Well, don't forget these awesome totes for you and your girls. They'll not only get super pumped for your bachelorette, but they'll also have an awesome memento from the PAAAA-RRTY!!


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I have a Denon DP-200USB turntable that converts analogue records (LPs) into MP3s (one MP3 per side) and stores them onto a USB memory stick.
This lovely piece of kit comes with some software called Trans Music Manager (PDF) that will automatically split tracks (based on silence between tracks) followed by naming and tagging them using Gracenote.
Sadly this software runs under Microsoft Windows, for which I don't have a licence.
Are there any solutions out there that can do this easily under Snow Leopard? Free and open-source software is preferred, but paid-for alternatives would be considered.


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In most cases, fibroids are only treated if they are causing symptoms. Treatment options range from medications to invasive surgery. Hysterectomy is the most common surgical procedure for fibroids, and in fact fibroids are the most common reason for hysterectomies. A hysterectomy eliminates the potential for recurrence of fibroids, but also eliminates the possibility of a woman getting pregnant in the future. There are other less invasive procedures for treating fibroids.
Fibroid Medications
None of the drug therapies for uterine fibroids get rid of them entirely. Some of the drugs work by lowering estrogen and placing the woman in a state similar to menopause. The lowered estrogen may shrink the fibroids and relieve symptoms. Other methods of treatment, such as using contraceptive pills, have been shown to control excessive menstrual bleeding, but do not affect the size of the fibroid.
Minimally invasive and surgical options
There are several minimally-invasive and surgical options for the treatment of uterine fibroids. Minimally invasive surgeries generally feature less blood loss, shorter hospital stays, smaller incisions for minimal scarring and less need for pain medication than traditional open surgery. The best surgical option for each woman, whether open or minimally-invasive, is reserved for case-by-case evaluation.
- The Acessa™ Procedure is a relatively new treatment option for fibroids. It utilizes a technology called radiofrequency ablation, and treats each fibroid by applying energy through a small needle array. The surrounding normal uterine tissue is not damaged or otherwise affected. Over time, the treated fibroid tissue shrinks and may become completely reabsorbed by the body. Acessa is a minimally invasive surgical treatment performed under general anesthesia, and only two very small (approximately ¼") abdominal incisions are needed during the procedure – there is no cutting, suturing or removal of the uterus itself.
- Uterine artery embolization (UAE) is a process in which small plastic or gelatin particles are injected through a catheter into the small arteries that supply blood to the fibroids, cutting off access to the blood supply and forcing the fibroids to shrink and die. Patients usually spend one night in the hospital for pain control after UAE. Recovery times average 7–10 days. UAE is sometimes referred to as Uterine Fibroid embolization (UFE).
- Myomectomy is a procedure in which uterine fibroids are surgically removed from the uterus. It addresses all but very small fibroids. Myomectomies can be performed laparoscopically or as open surgery. Recovery times average 2–6 weeks, depending on the type of surgical approach. Women who want to retain the option of bearing children can choose to have a myomectomy done instead of a hysterectomy.
- Hysterectomy is a surgery where all or part of a woman's uterus is removed. It is the only completely curative procedure for fibroids. Hysterectomies are performed via laparoscopic or open surgical techniques. Recovery time averages 4–6 weeks. It is the most invasive of all fibroid treatments and therefore carries the highest risk.
- Focused ultrasound surgery — also called magnetic resonance-guided focused ultrasound surgery or focused ultrasound ablation — is performed while you're inside an MRI scanner equipped with a high-energy ultrasound transducer for treatment. The images give your doctor the precise location of the uterine fibroids. While the MRI monitors the targeted fibroid and surrounding structures, the ultrasound transducer focuses sound waves into the fibroid to heat and destroy small areas of fibroid tissue. Not widely available, focused ultrasound surgery typically is done at specialized clinics.
Fibroids are a common condition which can be painful and debilitating. But there is hope; fibroids are treatable and are not likely to cause long-lasting harm. Women who exhibit symptoms of having fibroids should see their healthcare provider as soon as possible to get treatment.


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Thermo nuclear? Fired UVA scientist "targets" officials
Charles A. Bly celebrated his 52nd birthday in jail. The former UVA employee and doctoral candidate was arrested January 8 for writing a 10-page letter to UVA general counsel Paul Forch that included five targets with bullet holes in them.
Bly also sent the allegedly threatening letter to 46 other people, including the FBI, Virginia's Senators John Warner and George Allen, Governor Mark Warner, and members of UVA's Board of Visitors.
In court January 12, U.S. Magistrate Judge Waugh Crigler denied bond until Bly has been examined by a mental health expert and 10 shotguns, 20 or so rifles, three pistols, and two or three revolvers are removed from Bly's Mountainwood Road residence.
From 1994 until his termination from the program in May 2002, Bly was a PhD candidate in UVA's nuclear engineering program, according to the affidavit for his arrest warrant.
"Mr. Bly feels as if some of the research he did was stolen, essentially plagiarized," FBI Special Agent James Lamb testifies at the bond hearing.
Bly hired an attorney to negotiate a settlement with the university, and when that failed, tried to settle matters himself through emails with various UVA officials, including Forch. Late last year, Bly showed up unannounced at the university attorney's office in Madison Hall in an unsuccessful effort to see Forch.
Bly also visited with the FBI on November 28. "He felt there was a civil rights violation," says Lamb, who testified that Bly asked, "Do I need to put a bullet in someone's head to get some attention?"
By the time Forch received Bly's letter on January 6, the FBI felt there was enough evidence of a threat to arrest Bly for knowingly mailing threatening communications, a felony that carries a maximum five-year penalty and/or fine.
In the letter, Bly admonishes the list of recipients to "please show the necessary courage to endorse liberty and justice for all. If this remains class warfare, I assure you of tragic consequences."
He complains that Forch tried to "bait" him into a "continued meaningless exchange among lawyers," then writes: "[B]ullets are far cheaper and more decisive. A person with my meager means and abilities can stand at a distance of two football fields and end elements of a longstanding dispute with the twitch of my index finger."
Bly parenthetically instructs Forch to "see the attached target practice that gives evidence of a talent I possess for gun control hitting the target."
And he writes, "These comments are not to be interpreted as illegal brandishing of a firearm, blackmail, or extortion."
The disclaimer didn't work. Perhaps it was the note Bly attached to the targets describing them as "testimony to my ability with small-bore and high-power rifles."
And Judge Crigler mentions a part in the letter where Bly describes "the Oswald incident with Kennedy."
Bly's attorney, Will Spaulding (who has written for The Hook), calls his client "probably one of the most nonviolent persons I've ever met.
"He did his level best to disclaim expressly any intent to threaten another individual," says Spaulding, "and yet to make his point as forcefully as possible."
In court, Spaulding points out that Bly's dispute with UVA has been ongoing since 1996, and that UVA had never served him with a no-trespass notice.
Bly, wearing a Charlottesville-Albemarle Regional Jail's black-and-white striped uniform that had faded into more of a dingy gray stripe, told the judge that he's employed on the graveyard shift at Continental Teves in Culpeper, where he mills auto parts.
He's also worked at Westinghouse, Beaver Valley Nuclear Power Station, and Oak Ridge National Laboratory. During the late '70s and early '80s, Bly paid for his bachelor's and master's degrees as a senior reactor operator at UVA's nuclear reactor. He also worked there when he returned to Charlottesville to work on his PhD.
When Bly started to describe what he did at the UVA reactor, Judge Crigler said, "You're going to lose me real quick. Just answer your lawyer's questions."
A lifelong National Rifle Association member, Bly denies that the guns he owns were purchased in connection with his dispute with UVA. He says some are collector's items, and he told the judge he was willing to remove them from his residence to obtain bail.
Probation officer Mike Sheffield recommended to the judge that Bly be detained until he received mental health treatment.
Spaulding argued that Bly is a law-abiding citizen with no history of mental hospitalization and requested that Bly be released on personal recognizance. "Some in physics could be called eccentric," said Spaulding. "There's no demonstrable link between eccentricity and mental illness."
But Assistant U.S. Attorney Timothy Heaphy found Bly's lack of a mental-health history troubling, because it makes the letter "a rational choice."
He found "extreme frustration" in Bly. "You can see that in the letter," said Heaphy. That frustration, Bly's "history of threats," and the wide availability of guns are a "recipe for disaster," Heaphy noted. "We think the risk too great."
Spaulding tried to convince the judge of Bly's regret at "any misunderstanding from the letters," and he claimed that the mention of bullets was used in a rhetorical sense.
The judge didn't buy that argument, and he wondered whether the letter was Bly's "breaking point or his next-to-last breaking point.
"I would consider bail only after a mental health consultation," Crigler ruled, inviting Bly back after an evaluation.
And of course, it goes without saying that should Bly make bail, target practice will be out of the question for a long, long time.
Five bullet-ridden targets enclosed in Charles Bly's letter to a UVA official helped land him in jail.


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2 In my Fathers house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would haue told you: I goe to prepare a place for you.
3 And if I goe and prepare a place for you, I will come againe, and receiue you vnto my selfe, that where I am, there ye may be also.
4 And whither I goe yee know, and the way ye know.
5 Thomas saith vnto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest: and how can we know the way?
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10 Beleeuest thou not that I am in the father, and the father in mee? The words that I speake vnto you, I speak not of my selfe: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doth the works.
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By TLB Contributor: Robin Koener.
To those who care about such things, the silence of the media about the extraordinary events around Ron Paul's campaign is deafening.
Some see conspiracy. I don't. I see the expected reaction to a paradigm shift — a complete change in the concepts we use to make sense of our politics and culture.
An excellent illustration of the power of a "paradigm" is the Perceptions of Incongruity experiment that was conducted at Harvard in 1949.
In this experiment, subjects were shown playing cards and asked to call out what they saw. They would consistently identify the cards correctly. After a while, however, the experimenters would slip in "incongruous cards" in which the colors red and black were switched, such as black hearts or diamonds and red clubs or spades.
What did the subjects see when shown those incongruous cards? They did not see the incongruous cards, but normal playing cards — the cards they were expecting to see, without noticing the incongruity. For example, when shown a black six of hearts, they might call out simply "six of hearts" or "six of spades" — neither of which was correct. The subjects didn't misunderstand or misinterpret anything — they actually misperceived something according to the paradigm in which they were operating — in this case, "the playing card paradigm," comprising everything they already knew (wrongly) about the cards they were looking at.
Subjects continued to fail to notice the incongruous cards. Eventually, they would exhibit a physiological reaction of discomfort, knowing that something was wrong, but not being conscious of what. Only when they had been forced to look at many incongruous cards for very long times did they "get" what was going on and see what they were looking at. Suddenly, they realized that "the playing card paradigm" did not apply. They finally knew that reality included non-traditional cards. They thus adopted a new paradigm (that included black hearts etc.), and thereafter saw what was in front of their eyes.
As Goethe said, "We see only what we know."
So what do we know about American politics? We "know" that there are two opposing ideologies, Left and Right. We know they are largely staked out by two established parties, Democrats and Republicans. We know that all political positions that are "reasonable" or "mainstream" are represented by them. The trends in American politics can be identified by listening just to them: other views are held by so few that they can be ignored because they can have no significant impact.
All this "knowledge" is false, but it comprises the prevailing paradigm, so we know it nonetheless.
Any paradigm worthy of the name — such as this American political paradigm — lasts for a long time and is hard to unlearn.
But when it is about to collapse, a few things happen.
A) Most people ignore or try to "explain away" the data that threaten the old paradigm. B) The old paradigm becomes stretched in increasingly artificial ways to fit all the threatening data. This is called, "saving the phenomenon." C) More parochially, people with a career interest in the old paradigm fight for it with increasing dogmatism.
"Saving the phenomenon" is particularly interesting, and history (as well as everyday life) provides many clear examples. Consider the cosmological paradigm that prevailed for centuries. To a first approximation, heaven is perfect; circles (actually spheres) are perfect; planets are bodies in heaven, and so being perfect, they move around circular paths.
Thus, for centuries the motions of the planets were explained… until enough people made enough observations of planetary orbits that were not, in fact, circular: the circles were actually squashed. But since an entire theology — and an entire political establishment — were based on the idea of heavenly bodies' following the particular divine design that was endorsed by society's paradigm makers, the data could not be allowed to make the paradigm false. The "phenomenon had to be saved." Clever men worked out that if the center of a small circle was imagined to travel around a large circle, and a heavenly body traveled around that small circle, then the body would appear not to be traveling around a circle, but the motions would really all still be circular: circles on circles are still circles, and the old paradigm is still correct!
More data had to come in, and people with especially open minds apply themselves to the problem, before observers could actually perceive what they were observing: that heavenly bodies travel in ellipses. When they did, the paradigm shifted: Kepler was then able to formulate his law of planetary motion, political power throughout Europe was redistributed, and soon Newton would formulate gravity.
Admittedly, changes in a prevailing political paradigm are, unlike planets, hard to observe directly if they occur in people's heads, but many important political and cultural changes of our time are much more visible.
For example, the average adult under 30 is expected to feel that there's not much point in engaging in politics because she can't make much of a difference. Politicians are not rock stars and their ideas don't inspire young people to congregate in their thousands in stadiums to get high on old-fashioned ideas like liberty or abstruse concerns like monetary policy, chanting their favorite lines from their candidate's "greatest hits" (unless of course, that candidate has already been nominated as his party's presidential candidate). People certainly don't make computer games out their favorite candidate's favorite positions. Hundreds of them don't spend hours writing songs and recording high-quality videos about political issues that turn them on. And, usually, people who read books about the history of central banking for fun don't number in the hundreds of thousands. In short, it's been several decades since so many people became more inspired by politics than by anything else in their lives, and felt so able to make a difference. It also used to be that most politically active, educated and non-religious under-30s voted Democratic, while the number of Americans who were politically active but felt completely unrepresented by either main party was too small to matter.
But the media are people too… and so, like everyone else, they do not see what their current paradigm does not allow.
That is why cable TV has not even considered the extraordinary rise of Independent political registration, the decline of party-political thinking, the upsurge of interest in America's political and historical identity, kids' climbing trees to hear an old white politician tell a story that no mass political movement, let alone party, has told for generations, or the remarkable scenes that are playing out in GOP caucuses around the country as the party breaks its own rules to ensure that those who don't like its anointed candidate cannot choose their own.
It is why the rEVOLution has not been televised.
But it will be.
The very fact that the prevailing paradigm cannot accommodate the cultural and political changes in the USA, or even the GOP, is evidence that those changes are radical enough to establish a new one.
Eventually, when the gap between what is so and what everyone "knows" becomes too large, it becomes impossible to carry on everyday life without seeing it, admitting it, and dealing with it. That point may finally be in sight.
This week, some people who both operate in, and shape, the prevailing paradigm came up against that impossibility for the first time. Two cable networks — Fox and MSNBC — discretely acknowledged that Ron Paul was now winning states (IA, MN etc.) and that it was likely (Fox actually ventured "inevitable") that he would win enough states to be on the ballot with Romney at the GOP convention for the presidential nomination.
Whether that happens is much less important than the paradigm shift that has led to it, for when paradigms shift, history is made.
We may not yet have a new narrative. But the old one just cracked.


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Thursday, April 01, 2010
A Beginner's Guide to Running - Finding the Motivation
Some days I can find it. Other days I simply cannot. The lure of a package of Oreos is just too strong sometimes, yannow?
My time to run is immediately when I get home from work at 5pm. The house is empty.
I usually have my running clothes already laid out. I have to MAKE MYSELF scurry into the house, go immediately upstairs, change my clothes and GET OUTSIDE. Quickquickquick!
I am easily distracted. By my laptop, by the mail, by the piles of laundry waiting, the dishes in the sink the clutter on the floortheoverflowinggarbageGAHHHHHHHHHH!
Because I have learned that if I putter around the house too long, I completely lose my motivation. And pretty soon Hubby and the boyz get home, and then, well, I can't run THEN because there is dinner to be prepared, backpacks to unpack, little boyz to mother...
And the weekends are just as bad. I get up and put on my running clothes. And then? I read the paper. I do the breakfast dishes. I start a load of laundry. And then Hubby leaves to run an errand and well, I can't very well leave the boyz alone. So I have to wait for him to get back. And before you know it, it's noon. And there are still other things to do. Oh well, no time to run today.
You guys. I can't even count the number of times in the past that I have been fully DRESSED and READY to go for a run and then NOT GONE.
So I certainly don't have all the answers.
But what I do know is this:
Once I'm out there? And have started my stopwatch? I'm committed. I'm committed to going for that 30+ minute run. To feeling the burn. To feeling like shit. And then magically? Feeling good.
And THAT is what keeps me motivated.
I'll keep saying it: If I can do it, so can you.
It's the start of a new month ladies! See the top of my right sidebar? I'm tracking my running mileage. You can too! (My pace is usually around a 10-minute mile, so it's easy for me to calculate. But if you don't have a fancy schmancy device and don't know what your pace is, check out Map My Run.)
My running goal for the month of April is to run more miles than I did in March.
What's yours?
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- Anonymous said...
I have two motivators for running - I've signed up for a 10k race in May, and my 20th high school reunion is in July! ;-P
My goal in April is to get out running every other day. Too often, I let life get in the way and rationalize that I just don't have time. This, of course, would also lead to my running further in April than I did in March! Will let you know how it goes...
- This Mama Works It! said...
I struggle so much with motivation. It drives me crazy because I really want so bad to exercise and be fit but I am having a hard training my brain.
- Fairly Odd Mother said...
I just need to figure out how to run with three kids when I'm with them all.day.long. I guess I could run at 7pm when my husband is finally home and we've finished dinner although then I'm burping up food and--ugh--I'm so tired by that point.
Sigh. It's never easy.
- Angie said...
As I type with 1 hand I am nursing baby and wearing the running clothes that I put on at 5:30 am this morning... then I came downstairs and checked blogs, tweeted, justified not running YET, did a load, quickly drove to the store while The Manchild showered... the he left... and I can't very well leave the kiddos here alone!
Ps. These are the clothes that i put on last night after dinner when i was GOING to exercise, but then I couldn't find the video... so I didn't. Dah!!!
- FourJedis said...
Have you thought about running in the a.m.? With a group? Not only will all of your dudes be sleeping, but you then have accountability.
I had lots of motivation issues (still do, just not in running), but had to re-work the family schedule to enable my sad attempt at bathingsuit season preparation (only to realize the sad truth that after all the exercise in the world, my stomach still needs a tuck as well as laser treatments).
- Monnik said...
I am seriously digging this series on running of yours.
I really need that motivation. Like you, I'm totally fine once I get out the door. It's all the stuff beforehand that kills me.
- LQF said...
I started running to and/or from work, that way you are running for a purpose and it doesn't take too much time out of my day. Its only 4 miles though, couldn't really do it if it was much further
- Amy said...
Before I got my treadmill, the only thing that motivated me to run was getting up early to do it. I had to get up at 5am to run before anyone woke up. I found that if I set my alarm and got up, I definitely ran. And I only ran M-F and took the weekends off.
- Unknown said...
The joys of a busy day~ the world of a Mom. You have a routine and that in itself makes life so much easier!
- countryfriedmama said...
My husband runs marathons, and I tried, tried, tried to run. I love the idea of it. My body, after birthing two enormous babies, did NOT love the high-impact slamming against the pavement involved in running. Jumping jacks -- also a no-no. I'm hoping this is a temporary, ahem, situation.
- In (Not So) Perfect Balance said...
First of all, chocolate filled oreos are worth all the procrastination in the world. Oh, did I say that out loud? Oops. You are awesome. Keep at it! Missed you guys last week. I was sooooo not feeling good.
- Tricia said...
I can so sympathize with putting on the clothes, getting completely ready, and even getting IN THE CAR....and still not actually go to the gym to run. I'd usually end up at Target, because that's obviously where you go when you're trying to avoid running. You and I should motivate each other through Twitter, daily. Then, maybe i won't reach whale-like status with this baby.
- Anonymous said...
Finding motivation is nearly impossible.
The best way for me to exercise is to wake up early (5:15) because then I can't get side-tracked (have to get the kiddos to school on time).
I'm impressed about your running capabilities. Currently, I alternate running for two minutes and then walking for two minutes. If I tried to run the entire workout, I'd probably keel over!
- Cheryl said...
Over from SITS
Before I had #3, I joined an all-women running group that met at 5:30 a.m M-W-F. Then I started doing some distance races (2 half-marathons and 2 fulls) and I felt worse if I DIDN'T run. So two weeks after my 2nd marathon I got pg (suprirse!) and wasn't able to run through the pregnancy. Suffice to say, he's a year now and I'm STILL trying to get out there (or on the treadmill in our garage) consistently.
This morning I went for a 3 miler and it was such a gorgeous day, and I was listening to my iPod, and I swear I was smiling (yep, that was me, the smiling loon running around the lake). Have felt great all day.
But I'm still in my running clothes. Because taking a shower? Now that's REALLY asking too much!
- erica said...
I am totally with you, really, I am... See, about 3 years ago, I set out to run a half marathon. Never mind that I never ran anything more than a 5k, but nonetheless I wanted to do it.
I did. Then I got pregnant. Morning Sickness sucked the life out of me and my running went out the door.
Since I had B, I have been running. I even signed up for a half marathon again.
But then the snow hit and Oh Yeah, B was sick every other week from daycare... which got me sick.
Let's just say motivation is hard to come by with an 11 month old, who is sick.. and getting me sick all the time.
So now? No race. But I am still working out... when I can. I guess I'm on the "something is better than nothing" training plan!
- erica said...
Man, I was complaining a lot just then. I'm not usually a complainer. I think I'm just a bit disappointed by myself.
And of course, working that issue out on your blog is clearly appropriate :)
But I am going to keep checking in here. I need some motivation!
- In (Not So) Perfect Balance said...
Thanks for the motivation Sarah! I love the ticker tracker. I added it to my blog to keep me honest. As always~ you ROCK! Miss ya!! MB :o)


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Blockbuster: red Sox, Dodgers working on deal that would send Adrian Gonzalez, Crawford, Beckett and Punto to LA. Hurdles remain, but closing inIs today April 1?
What happens in almost all of these cases is that the team simply pulls the player back. There is no real talk of a trade, and there is nothing newsworthy to report.
That's what I was sure was going on today with Adrian Gonzalez and the Dodgers. But then I read this, from the pen of ESPN's Gordon Edes:
[T]here is a growing possibility that Gonzalez could be headed to L.A., multiple baseball sources said Friday. ... "I think something is happening, but I'm in a state of disbelief that it is," one baseball source said Friday.And then I think I may need to keep a quarter of an ear tuned to this one.
Gonzalez - who had no comment on the waiver story - says he's sick of the soap opera stoked by the Boston media:
In Boston ... they never talk about baseball; it's always the same. That's one of the reasons why I almost never talk to the press here. Very few times they ask me about baseball. But most of the time it's about gossip, rumors, plots, well ... a soap opera. When they talk to me about baseball, I'm available. But that does not happen often.Before the Gonzalez story broke, the hot topic was who did not attend Johnny Pesky's funeral.
(For what it's worth, Josh Beckett was also claimed by the Dodgers.)


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40 comments:
- Kori said...
What a lovely post honey. Reading curled up by the fire makes me happy! Kori xoxo
- July 18, 2011 at 10:27 PM
- Kimia Kline said...
i love these images. especially those shorts! mangoes are my daily magic.
- July 19, 2011 at 1:07 AM
- this free bird said...
I can so relate to being out of the routine...been taking time off and really not feeling like doing much of anything. Summer is divine!
- July 19, 2011 at 1:40 AM
- Martina said...
What a lovely post! I adore these images. Sometimes, looking at pretty things makes me happy and provides a break from everyday hustle. Love the bow shorts, the fairy lights, the caoffee .... Have a lovely day!
- July 19, 2011 at 1:54 AM
- Michele said...
The things that I really enjoy, that put magic in my day, are walking my dogs and looking at all of the beautiful trees and flowers as we go . I live in the city and two of my very favorite things are big beautiful fig trees that grow in my neighbor's yard. They get so lush, smell divine in the summer ans I love watching the fruit ripen! I also love when the branches that hang over the sidewalk have figs I can reach....
- July 19, 2011 at 2:27 AM
- tinajo said...
I love these pics - you´re always so good at finding the best ones! Right this second, I´m happy because we´re going to see our relatives, they live far from us unfortunately. Will be great! :-)
- July 19, 2011 at 3:02 AM
- t said...
Nice pics!
- July 19, 2011 at 3:04 AM
- Jelisaveta Đukanović said...
like it! :)
If you want, follow me and I'll follow you back. :)
- July 19, 2011 at 3:20 AM
- Castles Crowns and Cottages said...
Good morning sweet girl!
It is ALWAYS a delight to see you come for a visit or to see a new blog post from you! Your kindness is felt through the computer screen! For WORDS are all we have to share with each other through this medium, but it has been such a memorable time to blog and LEARN how to take inspiration on a daily basis and produce something with it. I LOVE what you are saying here because it IS in the little things. There is a quote, and the author's name escapes me at the moment, but here it is"
"It is easy to take the simple things and make them complicated. It is GENIUS to take the complicated things and simplify them." - He is referring to WRITING, that if you take a small concept it is easy to DRESS it up with ambiguous and lofty vocabulary.....even complicate it even more with opinions and such. BUT to take a LARGE concept and shape it in a way that ANYONE can understand, or to take the essential and highlight it, THAT IS MASTERY. I believe it to be with living as well. I think this may be my next blog post...but I think that in living, we have so many ARTS...not only the fine arts, but the art of living. It is in the simple things...hmmm....blog post! Your pictures are always so lovely sweet friend...how do you find this lovely shade of PEACH?
ENJOY YOUR TIME BACK HOME and thank you for your sunshine! Anita
- July 19, 2011 at 3:31 AM
- Alicia@ eco friendly homemaking said...
These are all such great pictures. You are right we should take time each day to enjoy our blessings and think on special moments that make us happy!!
- July 19, 2011 at 4:06 AM
- A Plum By Any Other Name said...
I have a stressful Tuesday coming up and your pictures helped me quiet my mind and remember the simple pleasure of bows and whipped cream coffee. Thank you!
- July 19, 2011 at 4:29 AM
- ellie's desk said...
So inspiring. Oh..its so hot and humid lately, its hard to get inspired..but I did just about finish a slouchy hat last night. And of course, I have stories in my head that possibly make me smile more than they would anyone else. Yet, little conversation from folks I barely know..always help the day.
- July 19, 2011 at 5:10 AM
- Meream said...
These are beautiful.
These days, the way the crooked tail of one of my kittens wags simply melts my heart. Even if she's being mischievous. :)
- July 19, 2011 at 7:06 AM
- georgia ~ gi gi said...
Happy Tuesday Poppie Girl!
Such a pretty pretty post! Oh, I want those retro glasses, and love the bow shorts!
And by the way I love waking up to your oh so sweet and sincere commments!
So glad to got to have a magical mini vaca! It is hard getting back into the grove after tho, huh?!
It's been really hot 100 in Iowa, so we haven't been outside much this week! I have been feeling so lazy inside ! I hate feeling like that!
Hope you have a wonderful Tueday!
Love you lots
gi gi
- July 19, 2011 at 7:31 AM
- Annie said...
I love your list :) glad you've been on a mini vacation - me too kinda. ha So excited you're on Pinterest now!! you're going to LOVE it. xo
- July 19, 2011 at 7:32 AM
- amy b.s. said...
these are definitely some great magical things.
- July 19, 2011 at 9:50 AM
- Unknown said...
I loaf all of this! Specially the sweets and coffee. Yes please.
Peace, Love and Puppies
Raised By Wolves
- July 19, 2011 at 10:09 AM
- cb said...
i am so glad you had a great time in sf and that you survived driving here! people here can be a bit crazy! how was the concert and the baseball game?
the magic is that all the things that make me happy make me smile. i love smiling and laughter is really the best medicine!
i am almost done with my post and will send it to you later tonight!
- July 19, 2011 at 10:13 AM
- Vintage is for Lovers said...
Beautiful post! I have been taking "mini" vacations this whole summer, even if they are just in our backyard. I think it is so very important to remember to notice the little things in life, for as they say, sometimes they end up being the big things! xo Samantha
- July 19, 2011 at 11:09 AM
- Bad Joan said...
Those bow shorts are fantastic! Great post!
- July 19, 2011 at 11:54 AM
- k said...
it is def hard to get back in the swing of things after vacay. my new flat is making me happy!
- July 19, 2011 at 12:02 PM
- DolceDreams said...
Thank you for the reminder! Have a magical day,
- July 19, 2011 at 12:07 PM
- Sienna said...
i love these. so inspirational
- July 19, 2011 at 3:51 PM
- Unknown said...
So much magic in sewing and being a mom, dearest friend!!! Magic in life...oh...lots of magic in life!!! Magic in love!! Magic in friendship!!!
I simply love this post, dear Shawna!!!
I am glad you had some holidays and you are probably fine!!!
Much love to you!!
- July 19, 2011 at 4:22 PM
My lovely, I hope San Francisco was wonderful!!
I'm going to the dentist on Friday. I put it off for the longest time, and now the tooth has decided to avenge the evil I put it through by making my entire head ache. ha. But I am fine. I drown in pain-killers!
Shall I tell you how satisfied I am these days? It is almost beyond mere humanity. I am hurt. So very hurt, but yet, I feel nothing but joy. It is kind of weird. sigh.
But please, tell me more about your trip.
- July 19, 2011 at 5:32 PM
- About Last Weekend said...
Welcome back! Love the bows on the shorts...
- July 19, 2011 at 6:12 PM
- Diana said...
I really love that first photo...its just so adorable and sweet! Im glad to hear that you enjoyed your mini vacation and took your time coming back. Sometimes we really need to just let things flow.
I know this might be corny but my husband's smile really makes me happy! Oh and ice cream! LOL!
hope you have a great day sweety!
- July 19, 2011 at 8:28 PM
- Rosie said...
Oh Shawna Girl you do make me Smile...I just can't help myself when you show me "fairy lights"...ahhhh.
And you went on a little getaway...San Francisco, how lovely. Have only been once when I was about ten, with the highlight being "Great America"...smile...good memories.
Blessing dear one, Rosie
- July 19, 2011 at 11:13 PM
- Deidre said...
There is so much magic in steam coming off of a hot cup of tea! Or turning a baked good out of the pan for the first time and realising that IT WORKED.
This post was lovely!
- July 20, 2011 at 12:19 AM
- Jamie-Lee Burns said...
I agree - sometimes happiness is in the things that you take for granted every day :)
- July 20, 2011 at 12:36 AM
- Unknown said...
Those cotton clouds with fairy lights are just darling!
- July 20, 2011 at 5:03 AM
- thingsIlove said...
I got a lot.
Riding on my bike underneath a sparking starry night or on breezy summer days.
Listening my favorite songs.
Your blog...and a lot more!
- July 20, 2011 at 7:06 AM
- A Casa da Vá said...
Oh this is beautiful, there are so many little things that brighten my days... birds singing, my dog, fresh fruit, the smell of desserts getting baked in the oven... and the sunset! But I also adore the items from your lovely list too!
Enjoy your vacation my friend!
Hugs & kisses from Rio!
- July 20, 2011 at 12:21 PM
- Traveling Distances said...
Your vacation must've been awesome if you need another vacation! I love your list of magic in little things. I treasure moments of laughter and happiness with my friends which were in abundant during our recent trip.
- July 20, 2011 at 7:49 PM
- Yelena Starikova said...
OMG!!! I love it!! So Magical!!!
Thanks for inspiration!
Im your new follower!
- July 20, 2011 at 11:34 PM
- Miles Of Style said...
love these lovely images, the colours, the quote and just simply the feelings they evoke deep inside :))
- July 20, 2011 at 11:35 PM
- shopgirl said...
I adore that quote at the top. There is magic in the little things. And the fairy lights are just lovely. I hope you had a good break Shawna! Speak to you soon!
- July 21, 2011 at 9:27 AM
- StephieB said...
Love those fairy lights! It's good to have a break every now and then so just enjoy it!
Hugs, Stephie x
- July 22, 2011 at 8:43 PM
- Kate said...
Such pretty pictures in this post! Thanks for the reminder to find joy in the small things!
- July 25, 2011 at 3:16 PM
- Marie said...
A good book will always make me happy.:D
***** Marie ******
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- April 19, 2009 at 1:00 PM
- Anonymous said...
The window of opportunity here is closing real fast. DC should do whatever it needs to to match Va and Md. Even if dc is right there, the states aren't going to change their position. please, dc, do what is right.
- April 19, 2009 at 9:55 PM
- Anonymous said...
- April 20, 2009 at 8:15 AM
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