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Nestlé Research Center studies behaviour to understand drivers of pleasure and healthy food choices.
22 February 2015. Stoneleigh Road N17.
In my opinion, our local street cleaners - working for Veolia - do a good job; collecting and bagging waste in the company's purple bags.
Which are supposed to be collected reasonably quickly.
But while the "official" bags await collection, they act like a "magnet" - tacitly encouraging a few people to add their own waste bags to the pile.
The Postcard
A postally unused postcard bearing no publisher's name. The card, which was printed in Great Britain, has a divided back.
Ernest Noble
The artwork was by Ernest Noble.
Ernest Noble was born in Stoke Newington, London, in the second quarter of 1881, the son of a Quaker minister who founded the British Blue Ribbon Temperance Movement in 1878.
Ernest is best known as a postcard artist of the 1910's and 1920's. He also illustrated books, and drew a newspaper strip called "The 80 Adventures of Robbie Crusoe", which appeared translated in Dutch newspapers.
Ernest provided artwork for postcards that were published in the Great War and the Second World War. He died in 1958.
The Fiji banded iguana or Fijian banded iguana (Brachylophus fasciatus) is an arboreal species of lizard endemic to some of the southeastern Fijian islands. It is one of the few species of iguanas found outside of the New World and one of the most geographically isolated members of the family Iguanidae. Populations of these iguanas have been declining over the past century due to increased populations of people and habitat destruction, and more significantly, feral pigs, goats and the introduction of mongoose and house cats to the islands. All combine to destroy either the species natural habitat or their eggs. The iguana species was regarded as vulnerable, but was reclassified to endangered.
The species is diurnal, spending their days foraging, basking and watching over their territories by day and retreating to the treetops at night. Fiji iguanas are considered a national treasure by the government of Fiji, and its likeness has been featured on postage stamps, currency, and phone book covers.
TAXONOMY AND ETYMOLOGY
The generic name, Brachylophus, is derived from two Greek words: brachys meaning "short" and lophos meaning "crest" or "plume", denoting the short spiny crests along the back of this species. The specific name, fasciatus, is a Latin word meaning "banded".
This species is closely related to the Fiji crested iguana and B. bulabula. The genus Brachylophus has been suggested to have descended from a more widespread lineage of (now extinct) Old World iguanids that diverged from their New World relatives in the Paleogene. However, no other members of the putative lineage, living or fossil, have been found outside Fiji and Tonga. An alternative theory is that the ancestors of these iguanas rafted 9,000 km west across the Pacific Ocean from the Americas, where their closest relatives are found.
DISTRIBUTION AND HABITAT
The Fiji banded iguana is endemic to the Fiji Islands and is found on the islands of Wakaya, Moturiki, Beqa, Vatulele, Ono, Dravuni, Taveuni, Nggamea, Vanua, Balavu, Avea (Fiji), Vatu Vara, Lakeba, Aiwa, Oneata, Vanua Levu, Vitu Levu, Kadavu, Gau, Odalau, Totoya, Kabara, and Fulaga. It was introduced to the Tonga Islands, New Hebrides, and Wallis and Futuna 300 years ago. It has been introduced to Vanuatu as a feral animal in the 1960s. The current wild population is less than 10,000 individuals in 29 distinct subpopulations. Fiji banded iguanas inhabit most of the undisturbed habitats on these islands. Their habitat is varied from high cloud forests, lowland and costal beach forests to low-lying coastal swamps.
DESCRIPTION
Sexually dimorphic, males have 2 or 3 white or pale-blue bands 2 cm wide crossing their bright emerald green background with a pattern of spots and stripes on the nuchal region (from neck to tail base). Females, on the other hand, are solid emerald green with occasional spotting or partial bands. Both sexes have a yellowish green underside. With a life span of up to 20 years they reach 60 cm in length (up to 200 grams in weight) when measured from snout to tail tip, of which two-third is tail. The crests of these iguanas are very short reaching a length of 0.5 cm. The skin of this species is sensitive to light and the lizard can change its skin colour to match its background. These colours and marking provide excellent camouflage in leaves and twigs from natural predators such as the pacific boa, swamp harrier, grey goshawk and white-collared kingfishers. Captive specimens have been observed matching the pattern left by the screen tops of their cages in as little as 30 seconds.
BEHAVIOUR
The species is diurnal, spending their days foraging, basking and watching over their territories by day and retreating to the treetops at night. Male iguanas are highly visual, and aggressively defend their territories from rival males. The iguanas will deepen their green coloration to intensify their bands, and bob their heads and intimidate intruders by lunging at them with open mouths. They often expand and flare their dewlaps to increase the size of their profile, following up with violent battles amongst each other.
DIET
Fiji banded iguanas are herbivorous, they feed on the leaves, fruit, and flowers of trees and shrubs, particularly hibiscus flowers of the Vau tree (Hibiscus tiliaceus) and fruit such as banana and papaya. Captive hatchlings have been observed eating insects; however, adults usually will not. In captivity the species are fed soft fruits, banana, papaws, hibiscus flowers and leaves, boiled eggs for protein and other vitamin and mineral supplements.
REPRODUCTION
Courtship is similar to other iguanids, with males approaching and tongue flicking the female's back, forelimbs and nuchal regions after a series of rapid head bobs. The breeding season occurs during November. The Fiji banded iguana is oviparous and has a long incubation period of 160 to 170 days. Females guard the nest of 3 to 6 eggs, which is unusual for iguanids. Hatchlings emerge from their eggs in the rainy season and obtain moisture by licking wet leaves.
FOLKLORE
The Fijian name for iguana is ‘vokai’, although some tribes call it ‘saumuri’. Two tribes regard the iguana as their totem and as such its name is not allowed to be mentioned in the presence of women or the offender may be beaten with a stick. The majority of Fijians, however, are terrified of iguanas because of their behavior when threatened. On such occasions, an iguana turns black, opens its mouth and lunges at attackers.
THREATS
The biggest threats this iguana faces are habitat loss due to fires, storms, agricultural development, and competition from feral goats. A secondary threat is introduced predators (rats, mongoose, and cats) which prey on the iguanas and their eggs. Additionally the iguana has been hunted as a food source and for the illegal exotic animal trade.
Source: Wikipedia
Album Title: Exotic Behaviour
Model: 虹羚
Photographer: Edwin Setiawan
Place: 士林官邸
Date: 2009/07/12
Just about Photography: edwinsetiawan.wordpress.com
Edwin Setiawan Photography: www.edwinsetiawan.com
Photographed for a personal project at Stephansplatz, Vienna, Austria. 21 September 2023
A candid street photograph showing a crowd next to Stephansdom (St Stephen's Cathedral), Vienna. A popular hotspot for tourists, it’s a common sight to see people photographing it, and posing for photos next to it.
Tried to take a picture of a really pretty Robin in a tree, right when I took the pic it took flight. For a minute I was annoyed at how not clear the image is, but then I realized I had captured a pretty awesome moment!
A distant shot but at least with the action spread out you don't require such a drastic crop.
St Aidan's Nature Park.
Male Buffalo beetles use their wings to move between populations and search out females.
Video by Chris Boccia
After observing the behaviour of all 15 livestock guardian dogs for several hours today, this guy was definitely in charge. More aloof than the other dogs and was always watching what was going on. If any of the other dogs were unsure about a situation they would glance across at him. If they started barking he was there in a jiffy!
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Buffalo beetles forage on the ground, and are usually found feeding on fallen fruit and other vegetable detritus.
Video by Chris Boccia
A solitary bee found clinging to a leaf with its mandibles on a cold morning.
It was raining the night before and it was still to cold for the solitary bee to fly away so it was still biting on to the leaf where it spent the night.
Species belongs to the Anthophoridae family
A rare glimpse of the behaviour of Blue tits checking out a nest box in my garden hopefully to nest there this spring.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-V3w4XKKhdw slightly longer video here ,where he offers his mate a snack..
Having watched what is going on in the garden near the box today ,I have realised the box is not likely to actually get Blue tits nest where it is right now as a pair of Goldfinch are now busy building a nest in the Budlia by it ! Well I am keen to get some shots of them with building material in beak etc. as just witnessed so just got long lens ready.. so keep watch on stream for images of young Goldfinch taken with care !!
Hurled out of a passing chariot by wicked dogs, damn their eyes!!! We disposed of it in a nearby rubbish bin. In some countries they could be [if they were caught] heavily fined and had their miserable gurt great fat chariot summarily crushed.
Social media technologies adapt quickly to people’s needs: new behaviours emerge as mashup of other, simpler ways of interaction. Profiles defined in Forrester’s Social Technographics collide into new forms of conversation. In particular, “dynamic aggregation” and “content curation” are becoming a relevant way of building and maintaining relationships on social media.
Excessive drinking is not only dangerous to your health but can leave you vulnerable to crime and violence.
Think Safe Drink Safe aims to reduce alcohol-related crime, disorder and anti-social behaviour across Greater Manchester while promoting a safe night out.
Find out more about Think Safe Drink Safe.
The campaign was introduced following national concern about the developing rise in 'binge drinking' and promotes responsible drinking, raises awareness of the potential problems excessive drinking can lead to and encourages and promote the use of safe transport home.
Think Safe, Drink Safe was used effectively when changes to the licensing laws were introduced in November 2005 and police powers were increased including expanded closure powers and higher penalties for public order offences and drunk and disorderly.
As part of the campaign a variety of successful initiatives have been introduced across the Force area to discourage binge drinking and prevent alcohol related crime.
All Think Safe, Drink Safe initiatives are supported by a high profile, internationally acclaimed, advertising and marketing campaign, which features key messages such as 'Pace your drinks', 'Plan your night out' and 'Stay with friends'.
The campaign attempts to attack the culture of binge drinking and provides helpful advice and safety messages to late-night drinkers
Remember the following when planning a night out:
*Avoid trouble by walking away. If a friend starts becoming aggressive, calm them down , remove them from the situation and encourage them to sober up.
*Pace your drinks.
*Drink plenty of water.
*Always try to eat something before a night out.
*Don’t leave your drink unattended, even when going to the toilet.
*Never accept a drink from anyone you do not completely trust.
*Stay with friends or in a group.
*Go out together and leave together. Do not wander off from your friends without letting anyone know where you are going and arrange a meeting point in case you do get separated.
Take safe transport
*Pre-book a taxi to take you home and arrange to be picked up from a safe, and well-lit meeting point.
*Make sure the taxi you ordered is the one you get into.
*Know the car details and ensure the driver knows what name it was booked under.
*Find out where taxi ranks are and try to choose staffed ones.
*If alone, book a taxi firm you know and trust. Do not get a private hire car (they look like a normal car) unless you have booked them first. Only hackney carriages (traditional black cabs) are insured to carry passengers who have flagged them down.
*Always sit in the back, preferably behind the driver.
*Night buses run until around 3am in parts of Greater Manchester. Find out when the last bus leaves so that you don't become stranded.
*Try to catch the bus from stops with bus loaders. If there isn't any in your town, use well-lit bus stops in busy areas.
*If alone, sit as near to the driver as possible and avoid empty upper decks.
*Tell the driver or guard if someone bothers you.
*Avoid walking home alone. If you have no other choice, walk in the middle of the pavement, avoid short cuts and face ongoing traffic.
*If you think you are being followed, cross the street several times. If you still think you are being followed, walk to the busiest area you can find or knock on somebody's door.
To find out more please visit our website.
You should call 101, the new national non-emergency number, to report crime and other concerns that do not require an emergency response.
Always call 999 in an emergency, such as when a crime is in progress, violence is being used or threatened or where there is danger to life.
You can also call anonymously with information about crime to Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111. Crimestoppers is an independent charity who will not want your name, just your information. Your call will not be traced or recorded and you do not have to go to court or give a statement.
"An otherwise normal person who have an addictive behavior or an obsession over an specific situation or thing, in a subjugated nature.
- Compulsión".
This is a series of photos that intent to portrait the nature of an obsession, taking it out of context and put it well beyond the normal social standard, far away of the comfort zone of most people. When you have a crave for something, and you can't go on without it you might have a Compulsión.
Haven't these mousers got work to do?
In truth, Macey (left) might be described as a vegetarian hunter. She captures leaves and presents them to us. Jasper would be more proficient were it not for the lack of a fourth leg.
Today the Hereios of the We're Here! group are investigating the Seven Deadly Sins (notwithstanding that they tend not to be deadly, a bit like our cats).
Attachment theory describes several behavioural systems, the function of which is to regulate human attachment, fear, exploration, care-giving, peer-affiliation and sex. Attachment is defined as any form of behaviour that results in a person attaining and retaining proximity to a differentiated other. The primary caregiver is the source of the infants stress regulation and, therefore, sense of safety and security. Attachment theory emphasises the role of the parent as mediator, reflector and moderator of the childs mind and the childs reliance on the parent to respond to their affective states in ways that are contingent to their internal experience, a process often referred to as secure base/safe haven functioning. Within the close parent-child relationship neural networks dedicated to feelings of safety and danger, attachment and the core sense of self are sculpted and shaped. These networks are conceptualised as internal working models of attachment.
Characteristic patterns of interaction operating within the familys caregiving-attachment system give rise to secure, insecure and disorganized patterns of attachment. These discrete patterns have been categorized using the Strange Situation research procedure, which observes the young childs behaviour when separated and reunited with his or her primary caregiver. Attachment patterns are represented in the childs internal working models of self-other relationships. Secure attachment is promoted by the interactive regulation of affect, which facilitates the recognition, labelling and evaluation of emotional and intentional states in the self and in others, a capacity known as reflective function or mentalization. The recognition of affects as having dynamic, transactional properties is the key to understanding behaviour in oneself and in another. The child comes to recognize his or her mental states as meaningful self-states via a process of parental affect mirroring and marking. Secure children are able to use sophisticated cognitive strategies to integrate and resolve their fear of separation and loss.
When the parent is unavailable, inconsistent or unpredictable, the infant develops one of two organized insecure patterns of attachment: avoidant or ambivalent-resistant. These defensive strategies involve either the deactivation or hyper-activation of the attachment system. Deactivation is characterized by avoidance of the caregiver and by emotional detachment. In effect, the avoidant child immobilizes the attachment system by excluding thoughts and feelings that normally activate the system. Hyper-activation is manifested by an enmeshed ambivalent preoccupation with the caregiver and with negative emotions, particularly anger. However, in common with the avoidant child, the ambivalent child appears to cognitively disconnect feelings from the situation that elicited the distress. Disorganised-disoriented attachment is discussed below.
Attachment research, then, demonstrates that discrete patterns of secure, insecure, and disorganized attachment have as their precursor a specific pattern of caregiver-infant interaction and their own behavioural sequelae. Repeated patterns of interpersonal experience are encoded in implicit-procedural memory and conceptualized as self-other working models of attachment. These mental models consist of generalized beliefs and expectations about relationships between the self and key attachment figures, not the least of which concerns ones worthiness to receive love and care from others.
In sum, the care-giving environment generally, and the infant-caregiver attachment relationship particularly, initiate the child along one of an array of potential developmental pathways. Disturbance of attachment is the outcome of a series of deviations that take the child increasingly further from adaptive functioning. Child abuse and cumulative developmental trauma violate the childs sense of trust, identity and agency and have pernicious and seminal influences on the developing personality. In essence, internal working models of early attachment relationships provide the templates for psychopathology in later life, which may include violent, destructive and self-destructive forms of behaviour. In attachment theory, the main purpose of defence is the regulation of emotions. The primary mechanisms for achieving this are distance regulation and the defensive exclusion of thoughts and feelings associated with attachment trauma.
Early trauma in the form of abuse, loss, neglect and severe parent-child misattunement compromises brain-mediated functions such as attachment, empathy and affect regulation. From an attachment theory perspective, patterns of attachment are encoded and stored as generalized relational patterns in the systems of implicit memory. These are conceptualized as cognitive-affective internal working models which are seen as mediating how we think and feel about ourselves, others and the relationships we develop. Although open to change and modification in the light of new attachment experiences, whether positive or negative, these non-conscious procedural models, scripts or schemas within which early stress and trauma are retained, tend to persevere and guide, appraise and predict attachment-related thoughts, feelings and behaviours throughout the life cycle via the implicit memory system. Psychopathology is seen as deriving from an accumulation of maladaptive interactional patterns that result in character traits and personality types and disorders.
Disorganised attachment may occur when the childs parent is both the source of fear and the only protective figure to whom to turn to resolve stress and anxiety. In such instances, neither proximity seeking nor proximity avoiding is a solution to the activation of the childs attachment and fear behavioural systems. If the trauma remains unresolved and is carried into adulthood, it leaves the individual vulnerable to affect dysregulation in interpersonal conflict situations that induce fear, hate, shame and rage. In such cases, alcohol and illicit drugs are often resorted to as a maladaptive means of suppressing dreaded psychobiological states and restoring a semblance of affective equilibrium.
Findings show that disorganised attachment developed in infancy shifts to controlling behaviour in the older child and adult, reflecting an internalized mental model of the self as unlovable, unworthy of care and support, and fearful of rejection, betrayal and abandonment. Disorganised attachment is associated with a predisposition to relational violence, to dissociative states and conduct disorders in children and adolescents, and to personality disorders in adults. This state of mind constitutes a primary risk factor for the development of borderline, anti-social and sociopathic personality disorders. The rate of such disorders in forensic settings is particularly high. Clinically, dissociated traumatic experience is unsymbolized by thought and language, being encapsulated within the personality as a separate, non-reflective reality which is cut off from authentic human relatedness. The information contained in implicit memory may be retrieved by state-dependent moods and situations. Dissociated archaic internal working models are then activated, influencing and distorting expectations of current events and relationships outside of conscious awareness, particularly in situations involving intense interpersonal stress. In such situations, the self is felt to be endangered, thereby increasing the risk of an angry and potentially violent reaction.
Museum of Modern Art De Pont, Tilburg, The Netherlands.
More of the Museum Behaviour series bit.ly/H0skbp