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Act as if it were impossible to fail.
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One of the most fun places for us to observe and photograph the brown bears is the Russian River. In 2012, we took full advantage of the peak salmon run, as the salmon were plentiful and the bears were out to get their fill.
Think "fishermen" - both of the human kind and also of the bear variety. Here, you see hoards of actual fishermen, with the lines all out in an attempt to catch their limit - usually just a few per day, per person. Some succeed, some don't and leave empty-handed. Often, they share the river with the more skilled "fishermen" - the brown bears of all ages. These bears quite skillfully execute their fishing technique, starting with the minute they show up to the game. The make their way down to the river, access the "competition" (again both humans and other bears), observe patiently the behavior and location of the salmon, decide when exactly they want to strike, launch their effort, and .... BINGO ... they grab their catch, with a much higher success ratio than the humans. As a side bonus, being bears, they have no restrictions or limits to adhere to, and generally speaking, they get the run of the river. Funny how the human fishermen will vacate their spot for the bears when they show up. :-)
After they consume a few of their prized catches, then then become complacent about their superiority on the river. Often, they catch a salmon, play with it for a bit, swing it around and ultimately launch it in the air with enormous force. From there, they move on to the next. Ho hum! As I watch from the shoreline with delight and fascination, it feels so surreal.
Gosh how I miss that place. I remember one night when it got dark and we had to leave the river for the comfort of the campground, I literally became sad and had, what I describe to be the closest to a "hissy fit" as I have exhibited as an adult, because I had to retire for the night. I had to be reminded that there's always another day, more salmon, more bears, more images. The smile then returns to my face.
I want to take this opportunity to share with all of you that I have recently published my very first blog. Those of you who follow my photostream know that the stories behind the images to me are just as much fun to share as the image itself. I think that a blog is a natural extension of that sharing. If you have time or interest to do so, please feel free to check it out:
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One of the most important keys to success is having the discipline to do what you know you should do, even when you don't feel like doing it. #motivation #success #discipline
Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life--think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success.
Be careful chasing success, it's a steep mountain
Right up on top a beautiful looking fountain
You'll climb a few stairs and be lured by the fruit
But you'll lose your footing and with it, your worldly loot
Success is a false goddess, she will demand sacrifice
Do not begin to worship her, don't even think twice
For once you start the climb you'll loose sight of what's real
Your relationships, the people, for the community a fair deal
Do not measure you success in petty dollars and cents
Measure it by something that makes far more sense
Let your heart be strong and be careful where you tread
Don't be fooled into chasing success, you'll only lose your head.
Sox, Love & Rock n' Roll: The Men We Love Fashion Show with designer, Vivek Nagrani at M Penner on February 11, 2014 was the third of five seasonal fashion shows chaired by Leisa Holland-Nelson & Laura Max Nelson to benefit Recipe for Success Foundation.
The country’s most admired designers support Recipe for Success Foundation’s work to combat childhood obesity by participating in the charity’s annual Dress for Dinner series, which has raised over $500,000 in the last decade. www.recipe4success.org
This shot is from the same heritage site.
In 1954, the government of Egypt decided to build the Aswan Dam (Aswan High Dam), an event that would flood a valley containing treasures of ancient Egypt such as the Abu Simbel temples. UNESCO then launched a worldwide safeguarding campaign, despite appeals from the governments of Egypt and Sudan. The Abu Simbel and Philae temples were taken apart, moved to a higher location, and put back together piece by piece.
The cost of the project was US$80 million, about $40 million of which was collected from 50 countries. The project was regarded as a success, and led to other safeguarding campaigns, saving Venice and its lagoon in Italy, the ruins of Mohenjo-daro in Pakistan and the Borobodur Temple Compounds in Indonesia. UNESCO then initiated, with the International Council on Monuments and Sites, a draft convention to protect the common cultural heritage of humanity.
Convention and background
The United States initiated the idea of combining cultural conservation with nature conservation. A White House conference in 1965 called for a World Heritage Trust to preserve the world's superb natural and scenic areas and historic sites for the present and the future of the entire world citizenry. The International Union for Conservation of Nature developed similar proposals in 1968, and they were presented in 1972 to the United Nations conference on Human Environment in Stockholm.
A single text was agreed on by all parties, and the Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage was adopted by the General Conference of UNESCO on 16 November 1972.
Nominating process
A country must first take an inventory of its significant cultural and natural properties. This is called the Tentative List, and is important because a country may not nominate properties that have not already been included on the Tentative List. Next, it can select a property from this list to place into a Nomination File. The World Heritage Centre offers advice and help in preparing this file.
At this point, the file is evaluated by the International Council on Monuments and Sites and the World Conservation Union. These bodies then make their recommendations to the World Heritage Committee. The Committee meets once per year to determine whether or not to inscribe each nominated property on the World Heritage List, and sometimes defers the decision to request more information from the states. There are ten selection criteria - a site must meet at least one of them to be included on the list.
Selection criteria
Until the end of 2004, there were six criteria for cultural heritage and four criteria for natural heritage. In 2005, this was modified so that there is only one set of ten criteria. Nominated sites must be of outstanding universal value and meet at least one of the ten criteria.
I. to represent a masterpiece of human creative genius";
II. to exhibit an important interchange of human values, over a span of time or within a cultural area of the world, on developments in architecture or technology, monumental arts, town-planning or landscape design";
III. to bear a unique or at least exceptional testimony to a cultural tradition or to a civilization which is living or which has disappeared";
IV. to be an outstanding example of a type of building, architectural or technological ensemble or landscape which illustrates (a) significant stage(s) in human history";
V. to be an outstanding example of a traditional human settlement, land-use, or sea-use which is representative of a culture (or cultures), or human interaction with the environment especially when it has become vulnerable under the impact of irreversible change";
VI. to be directly or tangibly associated with events or living traditions, with ideas, or with beliefs, with artistic and literary works of outstanding universal significance. (The Committee considers that this criterion should preferably be used in conjunction with other criteria.)
VII. to contain superlative natural phenomena or areas of exceptional natural beauty and aesthetic importance";
VIII. to be outstanding examples representing major stages of Earth's history, including the record of life, significant on-going geological processes in the development of landforms, or significant geomorphic or physiographic features";
IX. to be outstanding examples representing significant on-going ecological and biological processes in the evolution and development of terrestrial, fresh water, coastal and marine ecosystems and communities of plants and animals";
X. to contain the most important and significant natural habitats for in-site conservation of biological diversity, including those containing threatened species of outstanding universal value from the point of view of science or conservation.
Beemster (pronunciation) is a municipality in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. Also, the Beemster is the first so-called polder in the Netherlands that was reclaimed from a lake, the water being extracted out of the lake by windmills. The Beemster Polder was dried during the period 1609 through 1612. It has preserved intact its well-ordered landscape of fields, roads, canals, dykes and settlements, laid out in accordance with classical and Renaissance planning principles. A grid of canals parallels the grid of roads in the Beemster. The grids are offset: the larger feeder canals are offset by approximately one kilometer from the larger roads.
Population centres
The municipality of Beemster consists of the following cities, towns, villages and/or districts: Middenbeemster, Noordbeemster, Westbeemster, Zuidoostbeemster.
History
Around 800 AD the area of the modern municipality of Beemster was covered in peat. The name "Beemster" has been derived from "Bamestra" (see Groenedijk, 2000), the name of a small river in the area. In the period 1150-1250 peat-digging by people, and storm floods, enlarged that small river into an inland sea, a lake in open connection with the Zuiderzee. Around 1605 private investors started to drain the Beemster lake. In 1610, this was almost complete, but the lake re-filled because of a break in the Zuiderzee dikes. It was decided to make the ring-dike a meter high above the surrounding country. In 1612 the polder was dry and the country was divided among the investors. In the earlier days of the polder, farmers occupied its lands for growing the crops necessary for long sea journeys by the VOC to the East Indies. It turned out that the farmland was so good that the project was considered then to be an economic success, in contrast to e.g. the Heerhugowaard. Since 1999 the entire Beemster polder has been on the UNESCO world heritage list.
The Beemster polder is home to the world famous CONO Kaasmakers, maker of the Beemster brand of cheeses. This co-op was formed in 1901 to create cheese made only from the unique milk that comes from the Beemster polder. Today Beemster cheese is sold not only in Europe, but in the USA, Canada, Japan and China.
World Heritage Site
Because of its historical relevance, and because the original structure of the area is still largely intact, the Beemster was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage Site list in 1999. Justification for Inscription is as follows:
Criterion:
1\ The Beemster Polder is a masterpiece of creative planning, in which the ideals of antiquity and the Renaissance were applied to the design of a reclaimed landscape.
2\ The innovative and intellectually imaginative landscape of the Beemster Polder had a profound and lasting impact on reclamation projects in Europe and beyond.
3\ The creation of the Beemster Polder marks a major step forward in the interrelationship between humankind and water at a crucial period of social and economic expansion.
Source: wikipedia.org
When you want to succeed as bad as you want to breathe, then you will be sucessful. #success #determination
I think I've reached the pinnacle of success with this pinhole shot onto Harman Direct Positive RC Lustre paper in a cylinder camera. 10x8, rated 3iso, metered for highlights, f200, 60secs, no preflash, developed in 600ml of Fotospeed PD5 paper developer at 1:40 dilution and 20degC for 6minutes. The dilute developer gives a nice warm tone.
Yay sunshine and rainbows (okay no rainbows) but my camera WORKS!!!
so here's the story, had it in my bag (and yes I was STUPID and it wasn't in it's camera bag) and a 3/4 of a bottle of water opened up in my bag, I saw it dripping! ARGHHHHHH got the camera out right away, took the memory card and battery out right away. and then couldn't do anything else till I got home. Asked advice from everybody and left it for two days, just tried it now and SUCCESS!
This is from the foggy morning October 9th, not this weekend because I needed the sun rays to CELEBRATE!
Thanks for all the kind wishes and crossed fingers-they worked! :D
After weeks of sewing and countless prototypes, I finally found a few patterns to perfect to my liking. It was truly painful putting together these sets, but no matter what, there's that madness that simply drives all of us to become obsessed and persist!
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