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Can't think of another Flickr photo of Rick and I are out and about on our adventures. This is at Carlsbad Caverns, waiting for the bats to fly out. Unfortunately we didn't see any. We were told to be careful of lightning strikes and there was a flash flood warning. We had hired a Harley Davidson Electra Glide 1600cc motorbike and travelled by ourselves from LA to New Orleans. It was dark and wet when we wound ourselves back through the mountains to our accommodation. A time to remember!!!
Carlsbad Caverns National Park is an American national park in the Guadalupe Mountains of southeastern New Mexico. A wonderful place to visit.
Think pink! That's the next "Next Top Monster" theme. Check out the video here! ----> www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Z8m-_wHCZE
For the past two years, the Yahoo! broadband portals editorial team has gathered in November to meet, strategize, get to know each other better, and attend the worst local tourist attraction possible. That final item is a lofty goal, I know -- especially when we are pressed for time to quickly ferret out the very hokiest a prime city like London (or San Francisco) has to offer.
Miraculously, we've had the pure, serendipitous luck to happen upon what I think might just qualify. It's been exhilariting. Last November, the team met in London, where we did wonderful things like go to the London Eye, take midnight walking tours of the city, and dine in style. We also chose, as our one night of London theater, to attend "http://www.jerryspringertheopera.com/jerry_opera.html." Now, mind you, this performance had a lot of buzz and of course appealed to us pop-culture-loving broadband editor types. However, I am thrilled to report that it was likely the single most terrible theater experience I've ever had. Some of us watched agog, some of us complained, and almost all of us slept at some point. The music was horrible, the jokes untenable, and the production unbearably long. But don't despair! We got so much mileage out of it, honestly -- we're still singing operatic expletives whenever afforded the opportunity.
Flash-forward precisely one year. This month, we hosted the broadband editors here in San Francisco, where we've all really run dry in terms of creative sightseeing opportunities. Thus, when presented with the idea of a San Francisco Ghost Hunt, we were overjoyed! Something different, interesting, and possibly truly abomidable! Of course, we had no idea that the tour would be so long and so boring -- but by the grace of god, it surely was. The guide did fabulous thingslike forget where he was in his (not at all scary) story and then tell it twice, or thrice; make weird "spooky" finger motions while saying the word "paaaaaaarty," and attempt to makebad jokes with business cards. My boss and I could barely stop giggling.
It's tough to say which wins for best worst tourist attraction -- Jerry, or the Ghost Hunter. While Jerry did have a character dressed as gay Jesus in a diaper, the Ghost Hunt made us stand on our feet for 3 hours. Tough call. What I do know for sure is that we'll continue to cherish these team memories for years to come.
Focus Focus Focus!!!
Very neat free application to make you focus on your work rather than on Growl pop-up message :p
This series was our model Brooklynn's idea to honor her grandmother who is a breast cancer survivor.
Eptesicus fuscus
I think this is a Big Brown Bat (Eptesicus fuscus), but I'm not sure. The most likely alternative is Little Brown Myotis, also known as Little Brown Bat (Myotis lucifugus). If you know your bats and have an opinion on the ID, please add a comment.
Public Garden, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, 10 May 2005
Canon 20D, Canon 100-400 f/4.5-5.6 IS
Dont you think they kind of look like glasses on a rats face?
Too onbscure?
you tell me.
Tamron 35-80mm on extension tubes at about f11
Mum, taking a well deserved time out.
I've been feeling extremely rough today, think i finally got whatever lurgy William had earlier in the week, but its been a mixed blessing in some ways. It meant i wasn't feeling up to playing cricket today, which is always disappointing seeing what a big kid i am really, but on the plus side, i've had a really lovely day just hanging out at home spending quality family time with gemma and edie and william.
This little set of shots was taken the day before, but was pretty much exactly the same vibe, just chilling out and playing in the garden. But, have a look what lens it was taken with? 50mm f1.2 L lens, not a borrowed one either, i finally gave in and got one. After using my friends last week on a wedding shoot (my 3rd loan) i admitted to myself that i had to have one and bit the bullet.
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I am not a great fan of religions as such, as they cause so much violence on the face of this earth. Some of them have so many "to dos" I get sick of it.
What I like about the roman orthodox church in serbia, was the tradition of lighting candles. You light them for your loved once, for those who are alive and for those who are dead.
Shot with my Hipstamatic for iPhone
Lens: Watts
Film: Kodot XGrizzled
Flash: Off
probably this article:
articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-07-20/classified/sc-cons...
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I think my interest in London's prefabs was spurred after hearing a news report - around 2009 - about proposals to demolish an entire prefab estate in the London Borough of Lewisham, known as the Excalibur Estate, for modern redevelopment.
I think my initial reaction was that these buildings, erected in the years after WW2, were such a part of Britain's post-war social history, that they would presumably be under some kind of protection. It seemed fair to assume that, if the surviving examples of the buildings had already withstood more than 50 years of wear and use, they were probably fairly safe.
However, I began getting quite a shock when I started looking up their locations, and going to see them. The first ones I went to see were around Nunhead, in the London Borough of Southwark, and in this area the process of vacating and demolishing them was already in progress, ahead of neighbouring Lewisham.
Not all of the dwellings in this set of photos were empty, but the majority had been condemned and, if they hadn't already been flattened, it was sadly only a matter of time before they would be.
Note: in Lewisham, the Excalibur Estate was a whole estate of prefabs concentrated together. Here around Nunhead, however, the prefabs were largely erected individually or in small numbers, as infill in roads that had suffered particular damage from enemy bombing raids or from V1 flying bombs.
I think a lot of Herons simply can't find their own nest sites and territorial battles erupt when they land on the wrong spot.
OK OK - I'm leaving!
All professionals talk about strategy, but few really understand what it means, or how to apply it correctly. How to Think Strategically challenges biased thinking and allows readers to enjoy the rewards of sound strategy and strategic thinking.
In the business world, 'strategy' must rank as one of the most bandied-about terms whenever there's a discussion on how to grow a company, win a new client or beat the competition.
Unfortunately, it is also one of the least understood — with many conflicting takes among professionals and scholars on what strategy actually means. The casualty of all this confusion is the quality of strategy that is actioned — and the results that follow.
Those who have mastered strategic thinking repeatedly see disproportionately good outcomes from the resources at their disposal; the rest leave themselves vulnerable to serious errors of judgement which can lead them to addressing the wrong problem, or doing things in such a way that the costs far outweigh the benefits.
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The 280-page handbook tackles both theory and practical applications, providing an easy-to-follow roadmap that takes readers through the whole process of strategic thinking and provides a powerful framework of theories, tools and tips illustrated with a wealth of real-world case studies.
By the close of the book, professionals of all levels will be able to formulate a robust, compelling strategic plan capable of handling any situation or objective — efficiently AND effectively.
Co-authors Davide Sola and Jerome Couturier, professors of strategy and management at ESCP Europe Business School, have assisted businesses large and small in sharpening their strategies in their capacity as strategy consultants for McKinsey, A. T. Kearney and 3H Partners, a company that advises multinationals and governments about entrepreneurial solutions.
They say that although everyone has an innate ability to strategise, and do so quickly, most fail to take strategic thinking beyond intuition and vague notions of 'goals', 'situation analyses' or to-do lists. While helpful, none of these alone constitutes a strategy.
Professor Sola said: “Many people in business, even at management level, are very confused about what strategy really means. They do not have a clear theory to follow. This leads to hit-and-miss results with as many bad, and costly, business decisions as good ones. “Strategy embraces goals, objectives, planning, resources and more, but it cannot be reduced to any one of them.
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The book is divided into two sections:
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How To Think Strategically is, in all senses of the word, the defining guidebook to strategy and strategic thinking, clearing away confusion and in its place instilling a mental blueprint for success.
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ESCP Europe Business School contact: Shireen Fraser: Email / +44 20 7431 3600
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ABOUT THE AUTHORS:
Davide Sola is a professor of strategy and management at ESCP Europe and a visiting faculty at Business School in Finland, India and Italy. He is also a partner and co-founder of 3H Partners, the leading Entrepreneurial Solution Provider developing innovative solutions for multinational organisations and governments in Europe, the US and Africa.
Jerome Couturier is an associate professor of strategy and management at ESCP Europe. He is the author of several articles, policy papers, book chapters, case studies and papers presented at international management conferences. He is also co-founder and president of 3H Partners.
I think this view from the gutter is worth seeing LARGE. What do you think?
A very nice dirty girl asked permission to use this picture for her diaries... Of course I said yes!
I think this was the coldest day of the 2014 Texas Renaissance Festival all season - it was downright nasty with bone-chilling cold, a big storm moving in - but pretty good shooting conditions considering the heavy overcast. There photos are from Saturday of the Barbarian Invasion weekend, usually one of the most crowded weekends at TRF. I think only the diehard Rennies came out to day, but it was still a blast!
I took these photos in November 2014 at the TRF in Todd's Mission, TX, about 60 miles NW of Houston, TX.