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An important quote by Chris Hydes we should all take heed and try and implement this action in each of our societies.
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My keychain.
One and All is the motto that represents unity and inclusiveness and reflects the spirit of Cornish people. The fifteen balls (bezants/coins) on the shield is the coat of arms of the Duke of Cornwall. The bird is a chough and is a small, glossy black crow with a long, curved red bill and a symbol of Cornwall. The crown represents the Duchy of Cornwall. The miner and fisherman represent the trades of what once brought Cornwall much wealth.
This keychain holds my keys and reminds me of my Cornish roots day after day.
HMM!
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African Elephant / Afrikanischer Elefant (Loxodonta africana),
Egrets and Jacanas
in the swamps of Amboseli Game Reserve, Kenya, Africa
Boreal Forest, Finland, June, 2019.
It's 11:30pm, and poor light when this guy showed up. So I upped the ISO and hoped for the best which resulted in a very pleasing image.
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🌟✨ Over the weekend, we immersed ourselves in the luxurious escape of Empire Omerta! 🏰✨ In my latest review, I explore newly unveiled Maverick Suite and Entertainment Area.
The Maverick Suite, at 1450L per night, boasts two bedrooms, a living area, and bathroom 💖 Full marks for offering inclusive (FF and MM as well as MF) anims, an area some resorts still fall short in.
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Sabiá-laranjeira: o pássaro dos poetas
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Rufous-bellied Thrush
Known as Sabiá-laranjeira in Brazil (Turdus rufiventris) this thrush is pretty common and this one was frantically trying to find its chick after a storm at the weekend had dislodged its nest.
The Sabiá, or Thrush, is known for the beauty of both its plumage and its song and is found all over Brazil, in 12 species, the best known of which is the Rufous-bellied Thrush, or Sabiá-laranjeira, Brazil’s national bird. Like many birds, it migrates north to the warm tropical zone in the winter and returns to the temperate zone when the climate in southern Brazil starts to get warm again. It lives alone or in pairs, in forests, parks, backyards and forested urban areas and can live 25 to 30 years. Hopping along the ground, it feeds on the coconuts from several species of palm tree, spitting out the pits after about an hour and contributing to the distribution of these plants. It also feeds on oranges and mature papayas, as well as insects and spiders. For years, the Sabiá has been celebrated in both writing and music , including in several very famous Brazilian poems and songs. Because of its widespread presence and popularity in Brazilian culture, the Brazilian Wildlife Preservation Association proposed that it be designated as an official national symbol of Brazil, a suggestion first made in 1968 that had gradually gained widespread public support by 1987, when a first (but unsuccessful) attempt was made to declare it Brazil’s national bird. Finally, on October 4, 2002, the Sabiá-laranjeira became the newest official symbol of Brazil, designated as the national bird in a Presidential Decree, which included for the first time its scientific name, “Turdus rufiventris.”
Nome científico: Turdos Rufiventris
Família: Turdídeios
Localização geográfica: regiões Centro Oeste, Sudeste e Sul do Brasil e mata atlântica.
O sabiá-laranjeira é uma ave brasileira, das mais populares, citada por diversos poetas como o pássaro que canta no tempo do amor, ou seja, na primavera.
O seu aspecto é de plumagem com cores que variam entre cinza claro a cinza escuro no dorso, o peito é esbranquiçado e o abdome varia de vermelho-ferrugem a marrom escuro na barriga, sendo que as tonalidades mudam conforme a região. Por exemplo, no nordeste brasileiro a cor do abdome é mais clara, amarelada.
Tamanho: 25cm.
Longevidade: em torno de 30 anos.
Na natureza prefere andar em casais, ao invés de em bando. Preferem as beiradas de matas, pomares, capoeiras, beiras de serras e estradas, praças e quintais, sempre por perto de água abundante. É um pássaro territorialista, e demarca uma área geográfica quando está em processo de reprodução e não aceita a presença de outras aves da espécie.
O canto
O sabiá-laranjeira, também conhecido como sabiá amarelo ou de peito roxo, é um dos melhores cantores do mundo. Seu canto é nostálgico e se assemelha ao som de uma flauta. É usado inclusive para conquistar as fêmeas antes do acasalamento.
O macho canta para ensinar os filhotes, ou seja, os pequeninos podem ser treinados e, se conviver desde pequeno com outras espécies, pode ser influenciado pelo canto delas e passar a ter um canto impuro.
Instalação: viveiros de no mínimo 1m de comprimento x 2m de altura x 2m de profundidade. O ninho é sólido, em forma de tigela, formado de ramos e fibras de raízes, com barro na base. Dentro é constituído de raízes finas e macias. Em cativeiro, pode ser um vaso de xaxim pequeno.
A higiene diária do viveiro é fundamental e é bom lembrar que o sabiá-laranjeira gosta de banhar-se com frequência.
Alimentação onívora: na natureza come no chão e nos galhos sementes, insetos, larvas, minhocas e frutas maduras, especialmente mamão e abacate.
Reprodução: os sabiás atingem a maturidade sexual aos 9 meses e se acasalam na primavera, sendo que a postura, que pode ocorrer até 3 vezes por temporada (de Setembro a Janeiro), é de 2 a 3 ovos. O período de incubação é de 15 dias.
Não há dimorfismo sexual, pois, ambos são iguais e a fêmea também canta, mas numa frequência bem menor que o macho.
Para o acasalamento, isola-se o macho num viveiro por 2 semanas. Coloca-se a fêmea e ouça o seu cortejo melodioso e nostálgico para atrai-la e incentivá-la à postura dos ovos.
Os filhotes devem ser mantidos com os pais por até pelo menos um mês, inclusive para aprender a cantar.
No Brasil podem ser encontradas outras espécies de sabiá, tais como:
Sabiá-Una;
Sabiá-Pardo;
Sabiá-Branco;
Sabiá-Coleira.
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Excerpt from www.milton.ca/en/news/exclusively-inclusive-traffic-boxes...:
The Town of Milton, with partners Arts Milton and Red T Media, are excited to launch a two-year public art project funded by the Ministry of Citizenship and Multiculturalism's Anti-Racism Anti-Hate Grant Program.
This year "Exclusively Inclusive” is a public art project that explores the themes of racism and hate with the hope that we can all do better. Ten artists have created art to be placed on certain traffic boxes in Milton. The traffic box art speaks to inclusion, diversity, and equity themes. The artists themselves represent diverse backgrounds and experiences, and each artist has brought their unique perspective to the themes of the collection. Part of the images created for the traffic boxes are included in an exhibit in Holcim gallery, along with an additional art piece contributed by each artist.
The first of the traffic box installations have occurred with the remaining nine installations occurring over the next while.
"As A Place of Possibility, the Town of Milton aims to be a community that is a leader when it comes to welcoming diversity and celebrating inclusion. There is no place for hate and racism in our community. Sharing messages of inclusion, diversity and equity through art provides an opportunity for individuals of all ages to see, reflect, and start the conversation. We are fortunate to partner with these talented artists, and thank Arts Milton and Red T Media their leadership on this public art project that delivers such an important message.”
Kristene Scott
Commissioner, Community Services, Town of Milton
List of traffic box locations and artists:
•Allycia Uccello: Main Street & Nipissing (Lowes entrance to Milton Mall)
•Nargis Naqvi: Louis St Laurent Ave. & Farmstead Drive (across from Boyne Public School)
•Reilly Knowles: Louis St Laurent Ave. & Leger Way
•Désiré Betty: Main Street at the Milton Leisure Centre
•Poonam Sharma: Thompson Road & Nipissing Road
•Katika Marczell (AKA Candy Press): Main Street & Sherwood Community Centre
•Hope Flynn: Main Street & Maple Avenue/ Sinclair Boulevard
•Aparna Rangnekar: Main Street & Thompson Road (across from the FirstOntario Arts Centre Milton)
•Omar Hopkinson (Oms): Thompson Road & Drew Centre (close to the Lions Sports Park)
•Jungle Ling: Maple Avenue & Galbraith Avenue
Excerpt from streetsoftoronto.com/city/biidaasige-park-toronto/:
Toronto just opened its biggest new park in a generation—and it’s absolutely stunning
July 22, 2025
Toronto unveiled its largest new park in a generation on Friday and it is a stunner. This expansive park is part of a major flood protection and revitalization effort that is reshaping the city’s eastern waterfront and setting the foundation for future sustainable communities.
Biidaasige Park sits on Ookwemin Minising, a new island formed through the re-routing and naturalization of the Don River. The name Ookwemin Minising means “place of the black cherry trees” in Anishinaabemowin and reflects the landscape’s Indigenous roots. The creation of the island and park was driven by the need for flood protection in the Port Lands, one of the largest urban renewal efforts in North America.
The Port Lands Flood Protection project, which involved rebuilding the mouth of the Don River, was designed not just to safeguard over 174 hectares of land from future flooding, but to create new natural environments and accessible public space. Biidaasige Park is the first completed public amenity on this reimagined terrain.
Biidaasige Park sprawls over 50 acres.
Biidaasige (pronounced bee-daw-sih-geh) means “sunlight shining toward us,” and the park lives up to its name with bright, open spaces, extensive native plantings, and dynamic features for recreation and play. The park space is spread over a whopping 50 acres (20 hectares) today—with another 10 acres (4 hectares) coming in 2026—the park includes:
•An incredible and huge naturally contoured playground with larger-than-life animal sculptures representing Indigenous dodems (clans)
•The city of Toronto’s first-ever ziplines, which are modest but super fun
•The Badlands Scramble, a waterplay and climbing area
•Picnic grounds and two dog off-leash zones
•A pebble beach-style landing area for launching kayaks and canoes
•Fishing platforms and step-downs to the river for nature access
•Trails for walking and cycling
•Wetlands and native vegetation for birdwatching, including the Don Greenway wetland corridor
This first phase alone features over 5,000 trees, 77,000 shrubs, and two million herbaceous plants—all part of a carefully restored riverine ecosystem.
What makes the new park so impressive, beyond the playground and the amazing spaces designed for people to congregate and enjoy the area, is that it sprawls and you can explore much further afield than one might think up a first visit.
The trails actually run on the other side of the new Don River and stretch all the way to the shipping channel south of the park, which provides an incredible experience for visitors. An area rarely seen up close by anyone who lives here.
Any active types, joggers, cyclists, paddle boarders and kayakers will love this new play space, especially when combined with Cherry Beach for an epic loop option.
While Biidaasige Park is the first completed piece of public space on Ookwemin Minising, the broader vision is ambitious. At 98 acres (39 hectares), the island is expected to eventually support more than 15,000 residents, nearly 3,000 jobs, and 15 additional acres of parkland. Mixed-use developments and sustainable housing are already in planning, made possible by the foundational flood protection work.
The naturalization of the Don River and the creation of Biidaasige Park represent a significant environmental milestone. Where once stood a neglected industrial floodplain, there is now a living river valley with new habitat, green infrastructure, and public access to water—all designed to withstand the climate-related challenges of the future.
The next phase of development will see the expansion of the island community and additional parks and public amenities. The Lassonde Art Trail will open in 2026 alongside the park’s final section. And with plans to accelerate housing construction on both Ookwemin Minising and the adjacent Quayside lands, this newly accessible stretch of the Toronto waterfront is poised to become a model of sustainable and inclusive urban growth.
It's the job of the staff to make us feel like royalty here. They do it with polished warmth, efficiency and style from the moment you arrive at reception. Any attempt to manoeuvre your own suitcase is a non-starter, even though it’s on castors and could be pulled along by a four year old with breathless ease. Try draping a beach towel over your sunbed and watch the attendant come sprinting over the hot sand to take over the job, followed by an eager waiter taking your drinks order. Nothing is too much for the people who work at the Cleopatra. Accidentally mention you’re going to the coffee machine for a cappuccino and Ahmed has raced off to fetch one before you’ve even got up from the table. The young waiters fuss and fawn over Ali, who in many cases is just about old enough to be their grandmother, with a fondness that finds me asking myself searching questions. The almost exclusively male workforce don’t quite understand your average western relationship though. Why are they calling me “boss” when it’s clear to anyone that she's in charge? Some British men correct their Egyptian hosts, pointing at their wives and explaining who really pulls the strings. “She says jump, and I ask “how high” mate,” they guffaw at our bemused hosts.
Then there’s Ibrahim the towel origami king, who services our room and rubs his stomach in genuine concern as each morning he asks us whether we’re feeling better after that unfortunate spell with the pharaoh’s revenge that's dogged the last few days. During our stay the creations he’s left in the apartment for us to discover after an afternoon down at the beach or by the pool have become ever more ambitious. Courting swans, a dog (or was it a pig?), a perfectly formed elephant, a cat with a long tail and an octopus. Although Ali said it looked like something else. Best not to dwell on that. To finish off, we’ve been treated to a monkey suspended from a coat hanger in the doorway, and finally a crocodile, six feet long, with a banana wedged between its wide open jaws. For each of these he’s used two plastic bottle tops to animate his fluffy white menagerie and given them eyes to see with. Ibrahim has earned a generous tip.
We aren't used to service like this and in truth we're not entirely comfortable with it. Wealthy ninety year old widows carrying tiny poodles in their arms at the Negresco in Nice are treated like this. Russian oligarchs richer than Croesus on their superyachts at Puerto Banus are treated like this. It's a big culture shift for a pair of country bumpkins like us. Normally we pick up a small economical car at the airport, drive to the resort and quietly assimilate into the background with as little fuss as possible. We go to the local supermarkets for supplies, just like at home. We take lunch at unfussy restaurants and cafes and sit anonymously at the edges looking in. Independence is our thing, and you can’t watch glowing sunsets on the beach if you’re supposed to be queuing up in the dining hall and filling up on the all inclusive buffet while Ahmed fetches you a glass of red wine.
Getting used to the all inclusive formula is a bit strange too. Neither of us have ever done this before. You could spend the entire day eating if you wanted to. In fact some of the clientele seem to be doing exactly that. People keep bringing us drinks, and apparently we’ve paid for them already. In other resorts we’ve seen the coloured wristbands worn by almost everyone else except for ourselves. The trouble is you risk becoming a slave to the place, tied to mealtimes, not daring to go out for fear of missing what you’ve paid for. Here in Egypt it seems the obvious thing to do, and it's a big success. Perfect for holidaymakers who want to lounge by the pool. The food is far better than we had expected it to be. But I’m not sure we’d do it again.
It’s a regular melting pot here, in a place where even the continents are blurred. I assumed we were in Africa, so it came as a bit of a surprise to be told that this part of Egypt is in Asia. Guests from seemingly every corner of the world, all rubbing along happily together, despite the differences the people who lead the countries they’ve come here from may have with one another. Maybe everyone should move to Sharm el-Sheikh in a bid for world peace. Well, everyone apart from the overly loud and drunken Bristolian who’ll happily tell anybody who happens to be within audible range about his errant brother, currently a guest elsewhere in the world, courtesy of His Majesty’s Prison Service. I suppose at least he’s drowning out the evening entertainment on the stage by the bar, which at this particular moment happens to be the Birdie Song, for which someone has devised lyrics. In French. Just because somebody tells you something’s fun, it doesn’t mean it’s fun. We ask the waiter for four lumps of cheese to insert into our ears. I suppose in this place of relentless luxuries you can’t have it all, can you?
This is the final image from the Egypt series. Many thanks for taking the time to view and comment. And if you're still reading, that especially means you.
Der unverbaute Balkonblick nach Süden ins Cuxhaven-Hinterland – hier im Mietpreis inbegriffen.
Die freie Aussicht ist in Cuxhaven nicht selbstverständlich. Die Zahl großer mehrgeschossiger Gebäude ist in den Touristenzentren von Döse und Duhnen beachtlich. Und an etlichen Stellen sieht man aktuell Bauaktivitäten erheblicher Größenordnungen.
All inclusive, like the hotel I have stayed in. With views like this just meters away, I had to see it to believe it. And so, I hope, one day will you.
Watch this with passion of “Amado Mio” www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCbzWiJLVhk