If I had my life to live over, I wish I could be a great pianist or something. — Woody Allen, actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
The only thing I regret about my past is the length of it. If I had to live my life again, I’d make the same mistakes, only sooner. — Tallulah [...]
The end of September brought up the anniversary of our first year in business at Thompson Marketing Consultants. I would like to share some of the insights that I have gathered this year with you. Its your business, you make the rules!A fellow thought leader, Taki Moore, shared this one with me recently. We were having a discussion about clients who want lots of time and support but are not
Reflections This image was taken very early in the morning on a back road in Maine while on vacation.I had set the alarm to get up early to catch the sunrise, but Mother Nature had other plans for me and my camera.No glorious sunrise over the valley and distant green hills - just fog hiding the whole scene.On my way back, I passed this little bridge, transformed by the fog into this peaceful, tr
After yesterday's picture from the storm arriving at Loch Indaal today a picture from two years ago when a rain shower passed Loch Indaal and left us with a beautiful sunset and ditto reflections on the loch. I took the picture from the head of Loch Indaal not far from the Gaelic Centre outside Bowmore. Often the time just after sunset can be magic and is often referred to as the Golden Hour.
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This picture was taken in vienna from the underground railway (metro or also subway) station "U1 Donauinsel". It shows some parts of the "yellow bridge" witch are reflecting in the new danube.
Exploring the 3d abilities of Illustrator, Bert demonstrates a reflection effect.
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By Michael S. Rozeff (2005) Why the State? Just about everyone lives under a State. States are what the world has come to. We and our forefathers have both chosen this order and had it imposed on us. Can this whole order be a bad mistake? Yes, it can, if it is based upon faulty theory. Believing in spontaneous generation, not the germ theory of disease, doctors didn't know enough to wash their
Remember a time when this home would've sold itself? Multiple offers, over asking, people fighting .... Now, a short sale? What's a short sale?Disclaimer: No affiliation (that we know of) to Cindi Hagley. Her video, we're sure, hits home for many. If we inadvertently help in selling this home, we hope she remembers us!
November has been a quieter than normal month here at MFWT. Even if Black Friday is essentially a non-event in small, independent wine shop circles, the cold weather and holiday inspired shopping season has kicked things into a higher gear at work. Combine that with the social demands of the season and I’ve had a hard time of late squeezing the time for blogging into my day-to-day routine.It
…And a happy Thanksgiving-feest to all the folks stateside! It’s been hard to find a Thanksgiving dinner venue here in the Netherlands. I’m a bit surprised: I would have expected a larger (or more organized) expatriate community in a university town like Maastricht. The Hard Rock is serving all day in Amsterdam and all weekend in Cologne (‘traditional turkey dinner with all th
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Last weekend I was strolling around Cape Town's Waterfront – a brilliant place despite being aggressively touristy around which all kinds of normal harbour functions are taking place – when I passed a structure I have walked by many, many times over the years: a garage type of thing in which is parked a quick response boat run by the National Sea Rescue Institute (although I have lived by th
Theme: Reflection
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I love the reflection above the most, since it’s both reflecting the bridge deck and my own shadow on the bridge deck, plus giving me an extra boat.
The photo below is a weird one - I can almost not tell what’s the boat and not, despite the fact that I was there and [...]
Here is a picture I took of my crayfish SuperTank when he was sitting on top of a floating plant in my 45 gallon aquarium. The reflection looked really cool so I decided to take a picture.
He seems to be doing very well after his last molting session and has eaten a few of my [...]
As published in the November 2008 RE Journal.
How aptly titled the 2008 REINZ Conference and AGM turned out to be, following on as it did from a year that has been largely dominated by the Real Estate Agents Bill which was passed only days prior to the conference. The submission and reading process of this bill [...]
No president's elected this week, but still a busy one as the media focus turns from Obama becoming president-elect to his cabinet selections. There is a lot of pressure and expectations on him to deliver change and get America of the economic crisis, some of it unrealistic I fear. While he will surely bring about change, the current crisis cannot be solved by one man or one country. It will requi
I attended the NACOL Virtual School Symposium in late October and blogged all the sessions that I attended. After about a week or two, I thought I would write about what has stuck in my mind, my take-aways from the conference.Main Conference theme:Every conference has a theme, some are written, some are unwritten.I think that the theme of this conference was that Virtual Learning is a train comin
Just when things started to look up again amidst the backdrop of a historic presidential election, the economy reminded us that it stops for no one and readings that came over the week from manufacturing to retail to unemployment show that 2009 is looking very bleak indeed. The graphic below from the WSJ shows the worsening job situation, where the unemployment rate rose to a 14-year high of 6.5%.
As we head into the Sabbath here I can't help but reflect on the events of the past week. Some are in despair because their candidates or causes lost. Others are in the heights of joy over their victory.Yet as Christians our happiness can not be dependent on what political party is in power. It has to be based on our relationship with our Creator.Political movements come and go. Miserable is the i
According to this article from the USA Today, Hackers broke into 18 Servers at the World Bank and had access to and possibly stole sensitive information from at-least 5 of the servers. Indian Banks have been relatively lucky, facing a majority of phishing/scam attacks rather then out-right "Hack" attempts from skilled organized criminals such as these.
Throughout my time as a Security
In this Photoshop tutorial I’ll show you how to create realistic reflections on water in your favorite photographs.1Let me begin by saying just a few things about this effect. First and foremost, this is one of those techniques that’s better kept to yourself when showing off your amazing photos to your friends and fellow photographers. For some reason, even in this day and age, the digital wor
Despite an end of month rally, October was a terrible month in the market for most investors and I am glad it is finally over. November will hopefully build on the hesitant but emerging positive sentiment to bring a much needed relief rally for our portfolio's and retirement accounts. No doubt there is still a while to go before the real economy starts recovering but perhaps we have reached a bott
Reflections on Doctors, the recently-published book of non-fiction by nurses for which I was one of many contributors, has been reviewed for the New York Times by Dr. Abigail Zuger, M.D.While Dr. Zuger is admittedly underwhelmed by the lack of "literary style" demonstrated by the book's contributors, she states that "each story represents a step in understanding the inherent differences that separ
The Holidays Are Officially Here!
It’s already November and the Holiday season is upon us. This month we celebrate Thanksgiving Day on Thursday November 27th. Our offices will be closed all ...
When Balanced Attack won the feature at Laurel yesterday, it marked the 50th win for our partnership G-Biscuit Stable LLC. For the year we have won 18 races in 52 starts (35%) and have been in the money 69%. An hour later we grabbed our 51st win for the year at Hawthorne and that win [...]
Will It Change You came into existence in late July 2008. In fact, today is exactly 3 months to the day since my first post (woo!). It’s difficult to put my finger on the exact events that transpired and motivated me to start it, but I guess the overall general answer is that [...]
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Two more reflections today with 2 of the best runners in Division IV, Sammy Hamilton of Half Moon Bay and Dan Maxwell of St. Mary's Berkeley. Sammy finished 2nd in race #39 with a time of 18:27 (time was in the top 10 of Northern CA runners). Dan won race #26 with a time of 16:15 as his St. Mary's Berkeley teammates shared in his victory by claiming the first place team title as well.1) Was this
It was wet and wild in Philadelphia last night, almost to the point it was beyond ridiculous as to why Major League Baseball allowed Game Five of the World Series to be played.After both teams played for quite a while in whipping wind and a downpour, the brass in Major League Baseball finally got to their senses and stopped the game in the sixth inning with both Philadelphia and Tampa tied at two.
The following are the reflections of five Northern California Cross Country runners who took part in the biggest 2 day cross country event in the US, the Mt. SAC Invitational. The athletes are in order, Colleen Lillig of California (winner of race #89 in a time of 18:04), Matthew Day of Berean Christian (2nd in race #27 in a time of 16:33), Rachel Mitchel of American (winner of race #55 in 18:35)
What a crazy week in the stock market. Fear and panic seems to have gripped markets all over the world and for regular investors like you and me, it is an emotional roller coaster as we watch our (paper) net worth evaporate in front of us. Following Warren Buffet's advice of "being greedy when others are fearful and fearful when others are greedy", could mean that this is an excellent time to buy
In the next week, I will be posting reflections from Northern California runners and coaches about their experiences at the Mt. SAC Invitational.You can find all the results of the meet at the following link:Dyestatcal coverage and results all hereWith the conclusion of Mt. SAC, there are just a few more invitationals left and then we dive into league championship season.Any thoughts on the most i
Bridge ReflectionsThe boys were enjoying a few minutes of fishing in the river.I carefully climbed down the steep side to get lower than the bridge so I could catch its reflection in the water.It's an old one - quite rusty from years of rain - but it's character was reflected nicely in the water.Cars use this bridge now, but years ago it was used by only trains to cross this little river.The track
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I am in TWO places today. Join me over at Laced with Grace and then come back and gather At the Well!“Home is a place not only of strong affections, but of entire unreserved; it is life's undress rehearsal, its backroom, its dressing room, from which we go forth to more careful and guarded intercourse, leaving behind...cast-off and everyday clothing.” Harriet Beecher StoweOur homes are an ext
Aaron and I just returned from the National Youth Workers Convention in Sacramento and I hardly know where to begin in sharing all that took place. I fully intended on blogging, and even promised Marko that I would, but due the lack of free wi-fi it never really happened. Sorry dude. When I did have wi-fi access I was in the convention hall, live blogging like a mad-dog.Live BloggingI was hon
Wow, that was an interesting week.As you all know Ed had a bad day on Saturday. If you didn't know, Oklahoma failed to live up to its #1 ranking and lost to a much better than expected Texas team 45-35. Texas Longhorn QB Colt McCoy was truly amazing,, he made every throw and run Texas needed to win. You wouldn't know it by looking at the QB stats.Colt McCoy - 28 of 35, 277 yards, 1 TDSam Bradford
Well, the Rays won last night in a long, ugly, but exhilarating game in the Tropicana Dome. The game didn't end until long after 1am, as B.J. Upton plated Fernando Perez -- who was even gutsy for even attempting to score -- on a sacrifice fly to end the contest.Dustin Pedoria -- all five-foot-right (I say five-foot-six) -- hit two homers and showed why he's an MVP candidate plus giving all short g
Last night, the Dodgers and Phillies played game one of the NLCS and everything came down to a fateful sixth inning. Los Angeles went up 2-0 in the top of the first inning, thanks to Manny Ramirez -- again -- with an RBI double; thereafter, Blake DeWitt plated Matt Kemp with an RBI.Derek Lowe had things in control in the sixth inning; however, Shane Victorino reached base on a error off Rafael Fur
I have always hated the bye week and I hate purists, like me, who whine about it also. Look the fact is I am not against change and progress in general but part of the NFL season is the physical test and demand that is put on each team and each player.
It is an indicator of [...]
Yvonne at My Back Door is hosting Fiction Fridays today, so hop on over there for more great fiction.The bathroom mirror reflected more than outward appearances that day. Nancy’s grim face was lined with frustration, and her eight-year-old daughter was shrieking with anger.“Moooooom, You’re hurrrrrrrrting my head! STOP!” Splotchy patches of pink covered Melissa’s tear-stained face.“I
The 2008 playoffs resume tonight as game one of the NLCS is played in the City of Brotherly Love.Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers take on the Phillies; thus, for me, although I am a fan of the Orioles, the NL style of baseball appeals to me a lot more. That being said, I am very interested to see how this series turns out.Both teams match up well with their lineups, as well as their pitching staffs a
Most of the reactions to the debate since my post yesterday seem broadly in line with it. Apart from committed Republicans, most people also seem to think that Obama won, but on style, and that he is the one that seems to represent the best chance for getting America out of its economic mess. What seems particularly clear from the blog world, though, is how bored most people seemed to have been by
Sundown tonight is the start of Yom Kippur—the Jewish Day of Atonement. So I am racing against the clock. After the big feast tonight I know there will be no eating, drinking, leather shoes—and no sex. I don’t know about blog viewing—but figured I best rush just in case. And I guess this is really for my Jewish friends ---since I'm afraid most of the rest won’t care all that much—but
Three things have been on my "me" (professional/private) agenda for a longish time now...and the longer they've stayed there the more "impossible" they seem to have become... This (mid) week has been a turning point. A week of conquering... AH! 1. Try colour (been thinking about this for at least (dare I say it?) 2 years! )DONE2. Make a healthy soup from top of the range veg (not a fanatic
I am very happy to announce that a chapter which I submitted to Kaplan Publishing for inclusion in a new book of non-fiction by nurses has been included in the recently published volume, Reflections on Doctors: Nurses' Stories About Physicians and Surgeons.The book is the first in Kaplan's newest series, and I am honored and thrilled to have been included. I cannot reproduce my chapter here on Dig
Last Saturday was WordCamp Portland the first WordPress blogging conference in Oregon. I led a team of volunteers to produce and manage the event, based somewhat on other WordCamps I’ve read about along with other tech events in our area. This is a writeup on some things to consider for other similar events.
Perhaps [...]
Well, I spent another afternoon of watching tons of playoff action – um, actually, between flipping channels to catch some football (especially the ‘Skins) and HBO’s ‘True Blood’ – the games were must wins for three teams.Obviously, as you know, they were the Brewers, White Sox and Angels.Two – the White Sox and Angels – lived to see another day; however, the Brewers are done.***Fo
Well, yesterday brought us more baseball -- this time, exclusively AL -- as the Division Series continued on Friday. I got home from work, and aside from talking to people off and on throughout the night -- it was all baseball, even doing cardio on my stationery bike.The first game featured the upstarts Rays against the White Sox, and watching on TBS, it was shocking to see how many White Sox fans
Sorry I have not had much time to write, but I was down in Tampa yesterday watching the Rays-White Sox and spent some of the evening coming home.Anyhow, the biggest surprise to me has been how bad the Cubs have really played. Right now, it looks like they are done unless they can somehow win three more games, which is something that has never been done.The entire Chicago infield looked horrible by
In the sequel to MRS. LIEUTENANT – MRS. LIEUTENANT IN EUROPE – when Sharon and Robert are stationed with the U.S. Army in Munich, Sharon is on a German train traveling north from Munich when she reflects on a Yom Kippur experience in Munich:Once more being on a German train made Sharon think about the German trains that had carried so many Jews to their deaths. For those Jews the answer to t
Happy Halloween Everyone, Autumn Has Arrived
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This past week, around 25 of us from the MBA were in South Africa - Johannesburg and Cape Town - to look at South Africa and see how it is evolving. I am still in Cape Town - part holidaying and part finishing up my dissertation - but thought I'd make this blog post while my thoughts are still fresh :-)South Africa is now routinely mentioned in the same breath as the emerging economies of Brazil,
Fall tundra colors reflecting in a pond, Denali National Park, Alaska.
I don’t know if this really “works”, but I kinda like it. At first, I focused on the surface of the lake, but I didn’t care for the results. I then tried focusing on the reflected image and not the surface - this created more of [...]
Sgirlz Water Reflections é um programa capaz de aplicar efeitos de chuva, gotas, reflexos, neve em fotografias transformando-as em videos.Vem equipado com um grande leque de ferramentas e funções onde poderá até escolher o ângulo da chuva, delinear a área a trabalhar, etc. Permite ainda uma previsualização das alterações efectuadas, mesmo antes do trabalho terminado.No final a animaçã
Tram reflections, originally uploaded by kittymaguire. Reflections on the side window of the tram.You can see more of my photographs at camera aperture
Add one or more pools of water to any image or AVI video. The pools can be animated to give gentle rippling reflections of the scene above them. Choose from a variety of ripples, and control details such as wave size, perspective and transparency. The pools can be of any shape. Animations can be saved as Macromedia Flash (SWF) files, AVI video clips, and bitmap/jpeg files.download
I have thought a lot about the right grad school for me, and what the heck it is I need out of a higher education. I have come to the realization that I have to get into a Ph.D. program right now, considering my single status and lack of a family here in San Diego. I am free to do whatever I please. Why not dedicate the next 5 years to becoming a Doctor of Chemistry? Provided I actually get in,
What Living in the Third World Taught Me About The Green World
Written by Candice Broom
Water You Doing?
I have had some great experiences in my life thus far; living in a hut on a Mayan Indian reservation in the Belizian rain forest, teaching English to 130 first graders in China, traveling through South East Asia, and [...]
Seven years later, 9-11 still haunts me.Podcast version hereI always find this day difficult. The horrors of seven years ago never seem to go away. It was an uncanny moment and it still seems surrealistic to me. I still can’t believe that religious fanatics would kill all those innocent people in the Name of God. It defies logic. It defies humanity. It defies faith.John 11: 21Martha said to Jesu
Wow.Sorry about that rant yesterday. I mean, I'm not sorry sorry -- I still wish everybody would stop using those retarded buzzwords. But I understand that you come here looking for a little light humor, and you don't expect to get blindsided by a tirade about abortion and family values. So... sorry about that.The point, on this 7th anniversary of the September 11 attacks, is that if we, as a v
I’m still working on a major cleanout of old files, and have just been browsing the 15th anniversary edition of Outside magazine (October 1992). Its basic theme is how to stay alive. Staying alive physically, spiritually, emotionally - the whole package. I see why I kept this issue for so long. Although magazines seldom make [...]
With the London Science Blogging Conference finished up, it was time to reflect on the good, the bad and the ugly of science blogging.I chatted to Lisa Bailey, who blogs about science at Bridge 8, about what we learnt at the conference, how blogging can be used effectively to communicate science, the challenges laid down at the conference - including the challenge to get senior scientists to blog
With the London Science Blogging Conference finished up, it was time to reflect on the good, the bad and the ugly of science blogging.I chatted to Lisa Bailey, who blogs about science at Bridge 8, about what we learnt at the conference, how blogging can be used effectively to communicate science, the challenges laid down at the conference - including the challenge to get senior scientists to blog
EVERY YEAR WHEN SEPT. 11 GETS CLOSER, I wind up saying to someone: “I can’t believe it’s been (however many) years since the attacks on the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and Shanksville, Pa. Such is the case again this year—seven years after that awful day that saw nearly 3,000 people lose their lives. On my regular blog, The Hudson Line, I’ve shared, several times, my Sept. 11, 2001
To be fair I've watched the entire RNC convention so far. Essentially I see nothing new. (except for Mitt Romney's speech, which brought the Right Wing brand to a new level of absurdity and ridiculousness matching the insanity of Zell Miller in 2004)
I was really open to hearing Palin and getting a sense of what she's about. She and I are the same age and I thought surely the generational differe
This week I am holed up in Rome in the Centro Storico on the final leg of my summer vacation which has been something of a minor Grand Tour taking in Moscow, St Petersburg, Salisbury, Bath, London, Inverness, Edinburgh, Pisa, Florence and Rome. Travel broadens the mind and provides new insights as well as passing [...]
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This is Griffin- my 14yo carnivore and now high school Freshman- here holding his 6-month old cousin Nina.
I have never been one of those Moms who gets all weepy when school starts. While I will admit to some intense tugs at the heartstrings, the beginning of each new year is not a time for me [...]
I just completed my first week back in law school and I am finally a 3L. This school year will be my last one way or the other. Hopefully it won’t be the other. This semester will be the big test. I have 6 classes for a total of 14 credits this semester. Next semester [...]
To many who join a martial arts club, the black belt is that ultimate goal to strive for. From the moment we tie on a white belt, we strive to learn all the required material and techniques to achieve the next rank. We keep adding on to our education and accumulating higher and higher ranks. Then the fateful day arrives and we test for black belt. What a special day! But what happens after that da
Every year, when Sept. 11 gets closer, I wind up saying to someone: "I can't believe it's been (however many) years since the attacks on the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and Shanksville, Pa. Such is the case again this year—seven years after that awful day that saw nearly 3,000 people lose their lives. On my regular blog, The Hudson Line, I've shared, several times, my Sept. 11, 2001 experie
I've been thinking about adding a new feature to Literanista - a Book Blog Tour program.Book Bloggers would be able to sign up to review Hispanic-related books for free and receive review copies directly from publishers. The program would be organized by me and linked to here.What do you think? Would anyone be interested in participating?A couple things of note:There's a new Book Club in El Barri
It isn’t hard to find a favorable post that I have written about TTK in the annals of MyAirShoes. I have written plenty of reviews about the designer’s custom sneakers that can be found by searching the website’s archives. His latest custom sneakers may put some of these past projects to shame.
TTK recently unveiled [...]
Before 9 this morning I have got my last story for Sunday’s paper e-mailed. I should have done it at the office Friday but there were too many distractions and sometimes you have to bail when conflict abounds.I have added this Web site to several search engines and have got my exercise in for the day, boxing and playing tennis on the Wii, If you don’t think that’s good exercise, try it somet
As Next Generation Data Center (NGDC) wraps up this week, we couldn’t help but notice all of the activity focused on virtualization for the datacenter. Our own Jonah Paransky participated on a panel discussion moderated by Dan Kusnetzky that went well, and enjoyed the discussion and hearing the views of Albert Lee from Xkoto, [...]
The changing of sunlight to moonlight,
Reflections of my life, oh, how they fill my eyes,
The greetings of people in trouble,
Reflections of my life, oh, how they fill my eyes.
All my sorrows, sad tomorrows,
Take me back to my own home,
All my crying, feel I'm dying, dying
Take me back to my own home.
I'm changing, arranging, I'm changing,
I'm changing everything, oh, everything around me
Today was uniform purchase day at the school David will be attending next month.It was a zoo. Clothes flying everywhere. Adults making fools of themselves being impatient and rude.It was pretty unorganized, so I made the best of a bad situation and found a young girl to help me. She was nice enough to walk us though every oxford shirt, tie, and gym short.I am so GLAD David will be wearing a unifor
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We have had some beautiful weather lately up here in the Inland Northwest region. We hope everyone (even those outside the Seattle area) ...
As I said in Part Two, my temperature had shot up to 103 and had shown no signs of dropping. Nurses were becoming concerned about that. I honestly didn’t feel like I had a temperature. I know that when I have a high fever, my eyes are burning and I feel hot all over. But, I didn’t feel that way. So, I had to take their word for it. About 3AM, however, whatever medication they started
“It’s like one of those paradigm shifts,” Julie said of her family’s trip to Nepal. When asked to elaborate she draws several parallels between the US and Nepal; parallels that shed light on monumental differences between both countries. Differences like the fact that basic comforts such as running water and electricity are not a universal [...]
I remember coughing as I regained consciousness in the recovery room. I could hear someone saying, “You’re in the recovery room, David…you’re out of surgery.” I thought, “Well, thanks for that update.” The room was spinning and I couldn’t really focus my eyes on any one object. I told the nurse what was happening and she gave me something that stopped the vertigo I was experien
I am flushed a bright pink as I type this. No, not the usual self-doubt and impending shame that sometimes attend the process of writing. I'm sunburnt and hotly gleaming in the musty warmth of a house whose windows we forgot to open last night.I feel sympathy for wilting flowers everywhere.Because idiocy seems to be my constant companion, I didn't wear a hat yesterday. Not quite shocking, as I
