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1 November 2020: Update on The Corona Pandemic – Belgium crossed the barrier of 20,000 daily coronavirus infections. At the moment, 6,438 people are hospitalized for covid-19 in Belgium, with 1,105 of them being in intensive care units. The number of infections and the number of hospital admissions are rising so quickly that Belgium announced last Friday that it will activate a lockdown as of Sunday night. Hence, yesterday was the last day of trading before the emergency break to curb the increase of infections becomes effective. I would have expected that people would stay at home and the shops would be empty, but nothing was less true, there were huge crowds in shopping streets and big queues outside retail outlets selling non-essential goods. In summary, crowded shopping streets shamed our country the day before the lockdown becomes effective. Obviously, it didn’t sink in that it is now or never and that this is our last chance to avoid a nationwide tragedy. Why are people ignoring the fact that we are heading for a crash of our healthcare system and that this irresponsible behavior may result that hospitals will soon have to choose who they treat and who they don’t? We need to demonstrate a collective responsibility in combatting the pandemic, if not, we’re heading for a misty future - Damme, Belgium
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Lion
Of all the great cats, the lion has always held a supreme place in man's esteem and imagination. The lion has always been honored by man, crediting the regal beast with attributes he prizes most; nobility, courage, loyalty, combative skills and sexual prowess. This attribution applies to both sexes, for a lioness is a creature of sinuous beauty ,but the full-grown male, whose magnificent mane ranging in color from a rich golden brown to a deep blackish-brown, mark him as the veritable monarch of the plains. The legacy of the lion, King of Beasts, as the model throughout history is demonstrated by its appearance among the earliest drawings made by humans over 15,000 years ago.
Zoological name: Panthera leo
Species: Of the known sub-species of lion there seems to be an agreement on 2 as far as genetics go - Pantherinae Panthera leo leo - the African lion, and Pantherinae Panthera leo persica - the Asian lion. Regardless of the area of Africa a lion is found in today, their DNA analysis has shown them to be the same, whereas there is a difference between African and Asian. As of the time of this writing, the Barbary lion has never been tested and compared to these results, and may in fact be a third and distinct lion sub-specie.
Presence on the planet: The lion was once found from northern Africa through southwest Asia (extinct in most countries within past 150 years), west into Europe (extinct 2000 years ago) and east into India (relict population in Gir Forest only). Today, the majority of Africa’s lions can be found in east and southern Africa, with a small number in west Africa. Most of the lions today exist inside protected areas. No accurate number of how many lions exist in the wild has been reported, but guesstimates are between 30,000-100,000.
Habitat: Lion prides are often found in the open plains, but are known from nearly all habitats except deep desert and rainforest. Lions climb trees to rest and cool off, or sometimes to escape stampedes. During the day, lions rest by water holes or salt licks, but at night these places are usually reserved for hunting.
Physical appearance: Males range from 172 to 250 cm in body length, females from 158 to 192 cm. Tail length varies between 60 and 100 cm in length. Females are 45 to 68 kilograms lighter than the average-size male, but have an equal muscle mass. Males weigh between 150 and 260 kg while females weigh between 122 and 182 kg.Lions have a broad face, rounded ears, and a relatively short neck. Male lions have a mane, which varies in color. It usually is a silverish-grey or a yellowish-red. The darker the mane the older the lion. Captive lions are known to have longer and fuller manes than wild lions. The underside of males is a buff color, while the females' underside is whitish in color. Both sexes have sharp retractable claws on each paw and powerful shoulders, which they use to bring down their prey. Hinge-like jaws containing 5 centimeter canines also aid the lion in hunting and catching their prey.
Diet: Lions are very opportunistic eaters, and will take almost any prey ranging from small rodents to young rhinos, hippos and elephants. The majority of its prey, however, is medium to large ungulates, most notably zebra, wildebeest, impala, warthog, hartebeest and waterbuck. They will stay away from adult rhinos, hippos, elephants and even giraffes. The females do most of the hunting, and the male will come and join the females after the kill is made. The females will make way for the males and allow him to eat his fill first. Males will participate on a hunt when it is a particularly large prey item - like a water buffalo - where his size and strength is required to bring down such a large animal (although enough females can do it successfully on their own). Males must also hunt during their bachelor stages, when there are no females to take care of them.
Reproduction & Offspring: Lions will reproduce any time of the year, and all females of reproductive maturity will breed at the same time. This allows them to give birth in synchrony with each other, thereby sharing the suckling responsibilities. Any lactating female in a pride will suckle any cub that belongs to the pride. Lions give birth to 1-6 cubs after a gestation of 110 days. The cubs are born blind and helpless, and weigh approximately 2-4 pounds. Cub mortality is very high in lions, and less than half will survive their first year. Young males will leave their pride between 2-4 years if they can get away with staying that long, but sometimes they are forced out as early as 13-20 months. Females remain with their natal pride most of the time, although some will disperse and form new prides. While male lions are physically capable of reproducing at 30 months and females at 24 months, they do not generally successfully reproduce until pride membership has been firmly established.
Conservation status: Lions are generally considered problem animals whose existence is at odds with human settlements and cattle culture. Their scavenging behavior makes them highly susceptible to poisoned carcasses put out to eliminate predators. Where the wild prey is migratory, lions will predate on captive stock during the lean season, thus making the nuisance animals and easy targets for humans to eliminate.
Our AirBnB host had slipped a page into the guest book saying "My favorite place to stargaze in the desert is a plot of land out in the middle of Wonder Valley. I call it the Star Box. It's far from light pollution and you'll be all alone out there. Venmo $25 for access to the land. I do not take responsibility for nails or glass in tires. Arrive before sunset or you'll never find the place." The tire thing worried us, but we paid up, got the coords, and checked it out in daylight - soft sand road, but seemed fine. It was indeed magical - I hadn't seen a sky this big before - free of obstructions in every direction, ringed by distant mountains all the way around, a totally enveloping experience. I'd expected the temps to drop with nightfall, but a warm wind persisted. We ate pizza and watched the North Star appear, then watched as cosmos lit up. The downside of the location for astro photography is that there were no landmarks, so there's nothing to include (skies with stars and nothing else are boring). But we had fun doing some light painting in the desert while we waited for the full star show. Amazing evening.
One afternoon I walked to the park with my children. While there, I noticed three young children and the oldest sister (who looked too young for this responsibility) appeared to be in charge of her two younger siblings. As I noticed these children I felt so sad for them and concerned for their safety. I used my camera to take some pictures of nature and the middle of the three siblings was watching me. She began talking to me and was very interested in the picture I had just taken, my camera, telling me about her interest in taking pictures, her instant film camera which she doesn’t have film for right now, that she would like to have a camera like I had. I told her I hoped someday she could have a camera of her own and she said maybe she could when she was older. She asked if she could see the photo I had just taken so I showed her the image of the leaf on my camera screen and she really liked it. She told me an idea she thought would make a good picture—across an open, grassy area, looking into the sunset. I took a quick, simple picture which certainly wasn’t fantastic. I showed her the picture and she said she really liked it (I deeply appreciated her kind words) and I told her that the photo was inspired by her. I felt concerned and sad for this girl, afraid of what could happen to her if she met a dangerous person here at the park. I was so thankful that today she was talking to someone who didn’t intend to harm her, who cared about her and her wellbeing and I was thankful for the connection we made through our interest in photography. I don’t even know what her name was and to me this was a meaningful connection. Due to harmful interpersonal experiences (especially as a child) it’s difficult for me to connect with others and I was thankful that on this day I made a connection with this girl. I would struggle to put into words how these moments were helpful and healing for my own journey and I hope that in some way our time together was perhaps beneficial for this girl as well. While I don’t consider these images anything spectacular, seeing them does remind me of the meaningful connection we shared that day.
[image created on 2-11-2024]
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As a way to cope with circumstances beyond my control, survive and work to keep fighting for life I decided to try to take at least one photo (or more) each day. I call this “a photo (or more) a day.” Practicing this form of therapeutic photography helps me work to focus on the present moment, gives me something familiar and enjoyable to focus on as I use photography skills that have become like second-nature to me and being able to view the images I capture helps me recall what I was thinking, feeling and noticing at the moment when I created the photos. More of the photos from this series can be seen on my Instagram account
I may not always have the energy, time or capacity to share photos from this series—especially with the very challenging circumstances my family and I are experiencing—and will do my best to continue taking a photo (or more) a day even if I’m not able to share.
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The day before yesterday (6 February 2014) was a day of huge responsibility! My youngest daughter wanted (i.e. desperately wanted!) to see her very first Snowy Owl. So, off we went, SE of the city. I took her to various areas where Snowy Owls had been seen on 25 January, when I went there with friends and we saw 8 Snowy Owls and 8 Great Horned Owls. Nothing, absolutely nothing! All we managed to find was a flock of Horned Larks and a handful of Ravens. If nothing else, my daughter has now seen just how difficult it usually is to find a Snowy : ) Of course, we were happy to stop and photograph a number of old barns and homesteads during the day, including this very distant one, that we couldn't get closer to, so I had to use 48x zoom. The very distant, magnificent Rocky Mountains were always in view over the golden stubble fields. Four or five hours later, we called in at the Saskatoon Farm on the way home and drowned our disappointment in a delicious meal, ha. Their food is so good! A most enjoyable day, even if we didn't see a Snowy.
The Beeston Canal, in Beeston, Nottinghamshire.
Although the River Trent had been used for navigation for centuries it was not until the late 18th century that improvements were made.
The Trent Navigation Company was formed by an Act of 1783 with the responsibility of maintaining and improving the river from Shardlow in Derbyshire to Gainsborough (Lincolnshire). William Jessop was appointed as permanent engineer.
An Act of 1794 authorised the construction of the Beeston Canal (also known as the Beeston Cut), a cut 2¼ miles (3.2 km) in length, which ran from the Nottingham Canal at Lenton to the River Trent at Beeston. It opened in 1796 and allowed boats to travel through the town and thereby avoid hazardous conditions on the River Trent between Beeston Lock and West Bridgford.
With increased prosperity, the canals became the transport of choice in its day and people soon arrived to capitalise on its obvious benefits. But with the advent of the railway, the canal system went into decline, until the Inland Waterways Association championed the use of canals as leisure facilities in the 1960s. This led to a clean up and canal side improvements that feature today.
"A hero is someone who understands the responsibility that comes with his freedom." ~ Bob Dylan
You may not be a superhero, but you have a responsibility to be a hero in your world.
Have an awesome night! I will catch up with your photos tonight. Peace.
Paint the Moon Week 2: Responsibility
193 553 wirbt mit ihrem Design für CO² Einsparung durch Schienengüterverkehr - über Grenzen hinweg. Bei Mitteldachstetten konnte die Lok mit einem KLV Zug an einem sonnigen Januartag fotografiert werden.
alias 193 552 von TXL mit einem Ganzzug Transporter aus Italien nach Rheine, bei der Durchfahrt in Paderborn
The usually nocturnal HA-3 has the responsibility of serving the busiest customer on the Delmarva Central. Unfortunate circumstances forced HA-3 to be relived by an extra crew, turning the majority of their trip into a daylight run.
The work at Mountaire Farms in Frankford usually occurs in the midnight hour, but today the golden morning sun finds the relief crew in the middle of their duties. The late summer moon lingers in the blue sky above the plant.
Frankford, DE
September 8th, 2017
Just round the corner a demonstration to force politicians to act against accelerating climate change there is a man homeless because he lost his job. Only the dog is his friend. This photo dedicated to Nicolas Hell.
A couple of Australian Magpies in my neighbourhood have two fledglings. As is the case with many birds, an adult bird assumes responsibility for individual chicks. Today the female Magpie was at my place with what I assume is the female fledgling. They took up a place on my roof, and on my neighbour's roof. I put out food for them and watched while mother Magpie ran a shuttle service to her hungry daughter. This video shows two food shuttles; believe me there were many more. My job was to refill the food dish every little while.
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*Working Towards a Better World
Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity. - Khalil Gibran
The language of friendship is not words but meanings. -
Henry David Thoreau
Friendship is the only cement that will ever hold the world together. - Woodrow T. Wilson
This is the fifteenth in my new series, one which recognizes my friends here on Flickr. I wish to thank you for your friendship and your support! Some of you I work with, some of you I have worked with, some of you have given me opportunities and the rest of you my wonderful friends share an infinity with art and an ability to share our love, ideas and support thank you all!
D'ArcyG - D'Arcy Guerin Gue
mdunis - Milan Duniskvarić
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daniele castellucchio
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Robert Goldstein
Pelerin Marie-Claude - Maïclo
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Mary Ann Reilly
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jonesybewohner - Jonesy Bewohner
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halina.reshetova - Halina Reshetova
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♥DonnazMagicalPix♥
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**James Lee* - James Lee
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SNARF 1962 - FRANS
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BadMoodyNurse
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taka_Q
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"Cisco Kid” - Greg Lawler
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yokopakumayoko
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Dominique Rolland
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Serdar Türkoğlu
music_px - R. R.
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nick_warde
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Verovix84 - Veronica C
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kitchou1 - Kitchou BRY
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jospedro_cordeiro - José Pedro Cordeiro
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Xavier cuadrada.
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Charles Parker_ - Charles Parker
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Rossy¨¨ - Rosalba Tarazona
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boverybovery
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Michael Figdor - Much a do about nothing
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mattioli.cordula - Cordula Mattioli
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badfoodbutplentyofit - Rhio Hirsch
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KENSEI 31
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keith midson
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Ian Jackson 1974
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Noel Z. Kondek
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sigio64 - Andreas
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teresopi
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JoyceCorey
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Lawef
Jurassic Blueberries
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xandram
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-Reji
Daniel Arrhakis
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WalrusTexas - Ron Masters
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rameshshahane
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Repangea - Brian
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lohyewkheong - loh yew kheong
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Gashe - Gagik Hovhannisyan Գագիկ Հովհաննիսյան
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Angel Moreno Orge
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Bleem Belargio
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***** PLEASE UNDERSTAND, that there are so many of you who have befriended and supported me and I have tried my very best to include everyone who is active and on my list. I have not consciously left anyone out, but if you feel that your name should be included in my friendship series and is not, please contact me and I will gladly add another friendship work to the series.
Thank you for your kind visit. Have a wonderful and beautiful day! xo💜💜
It took two and a half hours to get this one and only shot after the sun failed to shine at just the right time. However, it shone for just the right train as TXL 193 553 "Responsibility Driven" leads 189 932 on DGS 40561 Padborg - Verona Q.E as it passes Aßling with a consist that includes Lauritzen, "Bech-Hansen & Studsgaard", DSV, Arcese, N&K Spedition, Blue Water and "Nagel Group" piggypacks in tow
Thomson Marsh, Kelowna, BC.
Corky Corkwood (aka Lovebird) standing guard near the Amur Corktree nest....
This pair was last to build their nest appear to have young'uns but because their nest is so high, it's difficult to tell how many.... The parents seem to have settled down and appear to be conscientious about their new responsibilities....
“I don’t take my responsibility lightly. Whatever comes my way, I’ll deal with it.”
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I’ve been playing a lot of SWTOR again lately, and decided I wanted to try and make some figs. This attempt isn’t perfect, but I don’t think I had half bad.
Should have some more Doom issues coming up, as well as a 253rd build. Hopefully I can start posting more regularly!
It is my responsibility to teach her that
• physical beauty does not define you.
• the house we live in nor the cars we drive say anything about us
• our actions and how we treat others says the most about who we are
• never let anyone tell you how to feel
• no one can make you feel unworthy unless you let them
• this is the only earth we have, and we need to be nice to it. even if it means walking out of jcpenney with boy Jockey undies and socks in hand because you don't want the plastic bag.
• you have to love yourself before you can love anyone else.
• one person can make a difference.
• some people believe in God and some people may not necessarily believe in God, but have a belief in a higher power, some don’t believe in any higher being and that is ok. it is up to you to decide which you choose to believe in.
• you don’t always have to forgive, but sometimes you just have to let go.
• hate is like giving someone free rent in your heart.
• no one is perfect, even the best of people make mistakes.
• not all friendships last forever
• bad things happen to good people, there is no reason why.
• sometimes abortion is not a choice, but a heartbreaking necessity.
• never ever judge someone’s actions until you have been in their shoes, because it is easy to judge if you have never been there.
• not everyone has to believe what you believe, that is what makes this world interesting
• when to use who vs. whom
• make “throw like a girl” a positive statement.
and this is just a few random thoughts... more later
Worldwide Support Ship - United Kingdom
named after: Queen Victoria - built: 2010
SD Victoria is a worldwide support ship operated by Serco Marine Services in support of the United Kingdom's Naval Service. 272 ft
Her duties involve supporting training operations and transporting military personnel and equipment around the world. Huge ship!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SD_Victoria
*[left-double-click for a closer-look - turkey-vultures above]
U.S. Department Of Homeland Security
United States Coast Guard - Sector Key West
U.S.A. Naval Air Station - Key West Harbor
Key West, Florida - Florida Keys - 12/4/20
*[I'm doing a series on the presence of the U.S. Coast Guard
in Key West Harbor. They are the ultimate border patrol for
our country's southern border. Thank You U.S. Coast Guard!]
The U.S. Coast Guard is recognized as a leader in the field of search
and rescue. To meet this responsibility, the Coast Guard maintains search and rescue facilities on the East, West and Gulf coasts,
as well as in Alaska, Hawaii, Guam, and Puerto Rico.
U.S. Coast Guard patrols our southern border
throughout the 90 miles to Cuba and beyond
*[On a personal note: my younger first-cousin Marty ALWAYS said when we were kids that when he grew up he wanted to work on
the water with the US Coast Guard. Well, he really lived that dream!
He worked for the US Coast Guard for the last 30+ years, enduring moves from Tampa Florida, to Alaska, to Hawaii and back to North Carolina. He will be retiring with many honors within the next year.
Great job, Marty! We're all very proud of you! - Ooh Rah! *salute*]
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Coast_Guard
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_West,_Florida
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida_keys
My Key West 2020 Slideshow : flic.kr/s/aHsmTvNLb4
Railroad : TX Logistik (Alpha Trains)
Locomotive Typ : Siemens Vectron MS
Locomotive Nr. : 91 80 6193 552-7 D-ATLU
Locomotive Name :
Location : Kufstein, Austria
Photo Date : 17.02.2018
Remarks : Responsibility Driven
A Robin with a beak full of caterpillers and insects just about to fly to its nest to feed hungry chicks.
One responsibility of a parent is to teach their children how to use a filter when speaking to other people. It is a process to have them learn that the first thoughts they have are probably ones that are better left unsaid.
Children have an uncanny ability to spot an anomaly in another child or even an adult. Most of us have had times of embarrassment when one of our small children made an accurate, but ill-advised observation about someone’s appearance.
Growing up, this Blue Heron might have been on the receiving end of some catcalls about the abnormal length of his neck. Even at my age, I found myself remarking to my wife that I had never seen such a long neck on a heron.
There are a couple of reasons heron’s necks are marvelously shaped. They have anywhere from 21-25 vertebrae in their necks, twice as many as we humans do. Along with specialized vertebrae, this enables them to sport an “S” shape with their long necks.
This ability helps them aerodynamically when they fly and is one of the characteristics most of us use to readily identify them when they pass overhead.
However, their greatest use of the make-up of their neck comes from a coiling effect when hunting. The bird stores energy in the coiled “S” curve and then releases it in a rapid thrust to impale or capture prey, both in water as well as elsewhere.
Between the bill of the heron and the length of its neck, when it strikes, the neck and bill can reach nearly two feet as they pursue their meals.
(Photographed near Cambridge, MN)