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"The Syndics," also known as "The Sampling Officials," is a renowned painting created by the Dutch master Rembrandt van Rijn in 1662. It is an exceptional example of group portraiture from the Dutch Golden Age, depicting five men gathered around a table, engaged in their duties as syndics (officers) of the Amsterdam Drapers' Guild.
The painting is notable for its meticulous attention to detail and Rembrandt's skillful use of light and shadow. The figures are positioned in a semi-circle around the table, with their faces illuminated by a strong light source from the left. This dramatic lighting technique creates a sense of depth and dimensionality, drawing the viewer's attention to the individual expressions and gestures of the syndics.
Each syndic is portrayed with distinctive characteristics, capturing their roles and personalities within the guild. Rembrandt expertly renders their varied facial features, clothing, and accessories, demonstrating his mastery in capturing human likeness and conveying individuality. The syndics are shown examining fabric samples, which symbolize their responsibility for regulating quality and standards within the textile industry.
"The Syndics" is regarded as one of Rembrandt's most celebrated works and is highly regarded for its technical brilliance and psychological depth. The painting exemplifies his ability to infuse ordinary subjects with dignity and introspection, elevating them beyond mere representation. It also reflects the artist's deep understanding of human nature, emphasizing the individuality and humanity of each syndic.
Today, "The Syndics" is housed in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, where it continues to captivate visitors with its remarkable craftsmanship and profound insight into the human condition. It stands as a testament to Rembrandt's enduring legacy as one of the greatest painters in Western art history.
Surely we all have a responsibility to care for our blue planet. The future of humanity and indeed, all life on earth, now depends on us.
David Attenborough
Only we humans make waste that nature can’t digest.
Charles Moore
The Ocean is a mighty harmonist.
William Wordsworth
No water, no life. No blue, no green.
Sylvia Earle
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Avoiding all responsibilities today, so the alt got a makeover.
Details
Head - Lelutka
Hair - Doux
Skin - Glam Affair
Moles - Ladybird & Izzie's
Freckles - Ladybird & Glam Affair
Eyes - Avarosa
Eyebrows - Moon
AlphaTrains 193 558 "TXL / Natural Talent" + 193 552 "TXL / Responsibility Driven" mit Klv-Zug am 21.08.2020 in Niederaudorf.
"Our humanity rests upon a series of learned behaviors, woven together into patterns that are infinitely fragile and never directly inherited."
Margaret Mead
Pour it all together
I don’t set the measure
only my fate bears responsibility
baby it’s whatever
this magical texture
fills up the void inside of me
think I learned my lesson
on another level
take me home and put me straight to sleep
I gotta confess
first I felt refreshed
but the aftertaste is bittersweet
I’m a psychedelic addict
la-lay me down on the mattress
will you just take off my panties
and put the shower on
warning content’s graphic
when the water washes away the rebel
you should pick it up and grab it
before it’s gone
Mit einem langen ARS Altmann-Zug aus Regensburg konnte 193 552-7 "Responsibility Driven" (saving CO2 in sustainable, cross-border connections) bei Feldmoching fotografiert werden.
Near Feldmoching I was able to take this picture of TX Logistik's 193 552-7 "Responsibility Driven" (saving CO2 in sustainable, cross-border connections) hauling a long ARS Altmann train from Regensburg to Verona Q. E.
They are back and it is so good to see them! Wish I could tell them apart. I haven't been up in a while so they seem extra hungry. They enjoy two meals a day it seems and if I don't feed them "dinner" by 4 they do not return until the next morning. I wonder if they have responsibilities at home.....
Der DGS 40565 von Padborg nach Verona Q.E. wurde am 08. November 2020 von 193 552 und 189 998 bis zu seinem Endbahnhof in Norditalien gebracht. Der hauptsächlich mit Aufliegern der Spedition Lauritzen beladene KLV-Zug wurde bei Brannenburg schön von der tiefstehenden Sonne ausgeleuchtet.
DGS 40565 from Padborg to Verona Q.E. was brought to its final destination in northern Italy by 193 552 and 189 998 on 08 November 2020. The intermodal train, mainly loaded with trailers of the Lauritzen trucking company, was nicely illuminated by the low-lying sun near Brannenburg in Upper Bavaria.
thorn "Galgberget"
(tower on the gallows mountain)
Topaz sharpening
"In 1897, the observation tower on Galgberget was completed. It is 14 meters high and includes a residence for the forester. From his residence, he could get a good overview of his domains on Galgberget. It consists of a 64-meter-high gravel ridge, which was formed during the ice age about 14,000 years ago. It soon became a popular excursion destination for Halmstad residents. A steep staircase leads to the observation tower, which also goes to Hallandsgården. The construction cost 5,564 kronor. The responsibility for this fell to the manufacturer Alfred Wallberg, who was also behind Hallandsgården. Similar observation towers have been built around the country. The tower is open most of the day. It is managed by Halmstad Municipality."
Lennart Lundborg
Thorbecke was the founder of Dutch parliamentary democracy in 1848. The new constitution brought direct elections and ministerial responsibility, extended parliamentary rights and introduced the possibility of dissolution of parliament. This constitution would eventually make the Netherlands a modern state (scource: wikipedia)
Taken on July 9, 2025 at 3:29:04 p.m.
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True belonging is not passive. It's not the belonging that comes with just joining a group. It's not fitting in or pretending or selling out because it's safer. It's a practice that requires us to be vulnerable, get uncomfortable, and learn how to be present with people without sacrificing who we are.
Dr. Brené Brown
Belongingness entails an unwavering commitment to not simply tolerating and respecting difference, but to ensuring that all people are welcome and feel that they belong.
John A. Powell
Today, if we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.
Mother Theresa, Saint Teresa of Calcutta
The most important thing in all human relationships is conversation, but people don't talk anymore, they don't sit down to talk and listen. They go to the cinema, watch television, listen to the radio, read books, update their status on the internet, but they almost never talk. If we want to change the world, we have to go back to a time when warriors would gather around a fire and tell stories
Paulo Coelho
We live in a world in which we need to share responsibility. It's easy to say, ‘It's not my child, not my community, not my world, not my problem.’ Then there are those who see the need and respond. I consider those people my heroes.
Fred Rogers
Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.
Winston Churchill
When we choose to wonder about people we don’t know, when we imagine their lives and listen for their stories, we begin to expand the circle of those we see as part of us.
Valarie Kaur
We must remain hopeful that a universal ethic of courage, caring, sharing, respect, radical compassion, and love will make a difference. We can never be too generous or too kind.
Marc Bekoff
I believe that we are here for each other, not against each other. Everything comes from an understanding that you are a gift in my life — whoever you are, whatever our differences.
John Denver
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Der letzte interessante Zug für diesen Tag war der DGS 43155 von Köln Eifeltor nach Verona Q.E., welcher ab München Laim von einem Vectron Doppel übernommen wurde, 193 552 führte zum Glück und ergänzte somit meine Sammlung.
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I'm not politically minded but the caption fitted the image of a person lying on the sign outside this office block, wanted to ask him why he chose this platform for a rest but thought against it!
Free people of a free country!
The 19th day of our resistance is over. Historical war. Another difficult day, which is still approaching our victory. Approaching peace for Ukraine.
As before, the enemy is confused. They did not expect such resistance. They believed in their propaganda, which has been lying about us for decades.They still can't recollect themselves. But they have already begun to understand that they will not achieve anything by war.
Their soldiers know this. Their officers are aware of this. They flee the battlefield. They abandon equipment.
We take trophies and use them to protect Ukraine. Today, Russian troops are, in fact, one of the suppliers of equipment to our army. They could not imagine such a thing in a nightmare.
And I want to tell the Russian soldiers. Those who have already entered our land. And who are just about to be sent to fight against us.
Russian conscripts! Listen to me very carefully. Russian officers! You’ve already understood everything. You will not take anything from Ukraine. You will take lives. There are a lot of you. But your life will also be taken.
But why should you die? What for? I know that you want to survive. We hear your conversations in the intercepts, we hear what you really think about this senseless war, about this disgrace and about your state. Your conversations with each other. Your calls home to your family. We hear it all. We draw conclusions. We know who you are.
Therefore, I offer you a choice. On behalf of the Ukrainian people, I give you a chance. Chance to survive. If you surrender to our forces, we will treat you the way people are supposed to be treated. As people, decently. In a way you were not treated in your army. And in a way your army does not treat ours. Choose!
Our brave defenders continue to inflict devastating losses on Russian troops.
Soon the number of downed helicopters of Russia will reach hundreds of units. They have already lost 80 warplanes. Hundreds of tanks and thousands of other units of equipment.
In 19 days, the Russian army has lost more in Ukraine than in two bloody and years-long wars in Chechnya. For what?
I am grateful to those Russians who do not stop trying to convey the truth. To those who fight disinformation and tell the truth, real facts to their friends and loved ones. And personally to the woman who entered the studio of Channel One with a poster against the war. To those who are not afraid to protest. As long as your country has not completely closed itself off from the whole world, turning into a very large North Korea, you must fight. You must not lose your chance.
The European Union has approved the fourth package of sanctions against Russia. The fourth - and I'm sure not the last.
We are working with partners on new restrictions that will be applied against the Russian state. Everyone who is responsible for the war. Everyone who is responsible for the destruction of democracy. Everyone who is responsible for repression against people. Everyone will get an answer. The answer of the world. And this is just the beginning.
Responsibility for war crimes of the Russian military is inevitable. Responsibility for a deliberate humanitarian catastrophe in Ukrainian cities is inevitable. The whole world sees what is happening in Mariupol. Kharkiv. Chernihiv. Sumy. Okhtyrka. Hostomel. Irpin. In all our cities.
All our partners are informed of the crimes of the invaders against civilians and local self-government in the Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions. In the temporarily occupied areas. There will be an answer for that. Necessarily. For the disrupted humanitarian corridors. Necessarily.
During the day of March 14, 3,806 Ukrainians were evacuated from the cities and towns of the Kyiv and Luhansk regions.
Our convoy with one hundred tons of what is most necessary for Mariupol is still kept in Berdyansk. For three days already. But we will try. We will do everything to ensure that Mariupol residents receive food, water and medicine.
I provided full information about the actions of the invaders on the Ukrainian land in conversations with friends and partners of our state. Every aggressive action of the invaders only pushes the world to new sanctions.
I spoke with President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen. With President of Poland Andrzej Duda. Prime Minister of Luxembourg Xavier Bettel. We have 100% mutual understanding.
The conversation with Prime Minister of Israel Bennett was also important. As part of a negotiation effort to end this war as soon as possible. With a fair peace.
Our delegation also worked on this in negotiations with the Russian party. Pretty good, as I was told. But let's see. They will continue tomorrow.
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has agreed on a package of decisions to support our economy.
So that business works. So that people have jobs. Where security allows. Where people are ready for it.
First, we are starting tax reform. Instead of VAT and income tax we give a rate of 2 percent of turnover and simplified accounting. For small businesses - this is the first and second group of sole proprietors - we set a voluntary payment of a single tax. That is, if you can - pay. You can't - no questions asked.
The second is maximum business deregulation. We cancel all inspections for all businesses. So that everyone works normally. So that the cities come to life. So that life continues wherever there is no hostilities.
The only condition is that you ensure the normal operation of your business in the framework of Ukrainian law.
These are just the first two steps of our tax reform. To be continued.
And finally.
I have just signed a decree on awarding state awards of Ukraine to 234 servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine who showed personal courage and heroism in the fight for our land. For our independence. 59 of them posthumously.
May the memory of everyone who gave life for our state live forever!
Eternal gratitude to all our heroes!
Glory to Ukraine!
It was not only her responsibility to take care of here brother .....But to haul bricks inside the family Kiln .... It was common place to find children raising children .
Reichstag / Berlin / Germany
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“We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future.”
George Bernard Shaw
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MESMERISING aren't they? OP-HEARTS or POP-HEARTS? LOL? Best not 'jiggle' it about!
If you and your mate master these values, your love will, in all probability, last a lifetime.
1. The couple in love is committed to always putting each other first in their relationship with each other.
2. The couple in love is committed to democracy in their relationship.
3. The couple in love is committed to ensuring their mutual happiness.
4. The couple in love values absolute trustworthiness and integrity in their relationship with each other.
5. The couple in love is committed to caring and unconditional love for each other.
6. The couple in love is committed to being mutually respectful towards each other.
7. The couple in love values their mutual sense of responsibility for each other.
A special day, but don't forget, Valentine... love not just ONE day... but 365?
Have a day filled with love, M, (*_*)
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18/365
So yesterday was a really, really shit day. I was adding the finishing touches to a couple's wedding photos, when I noticed the formal group shots weren't there. I did a quick scope through my folders - nothing. They'd gone. As a photographer, let alone a wedding photographer, this is a nightmare come true.
I had a meltdown, my friends calmly talked me through card recovery software, still nothing. My amazing second shooter on the day got a couple of pictures of the bride's family, but nothing else. I was distraught, to say the least. My photography is my life. The thought of losing that too - I have never felt more incompetent, more of a failure, and more of a terrible person for not upholding my standards in what I offer to people. Even if this IS a hard time of my life, it doesn't excuse it, it doesn't put ANYTHING right.
So yesterday I drove round to the couple's house, showed them a slideshow of the rest of the photos, then watched their joyful, excited faces crack into sadness as I told them I'd somehow managed to lose the formals. This wedding was so important to them. I couldn't make it right. How do you make that right? You can't. And these lovely people - they didn't get angry at me. They gave me hugs and were honest about how devastated they were, but at the same time told me they would not deal with it "with fire and brimstone" as they put it, but with time and kindness. I offered all I could - a full refund, a re-shoot, all future events covering, editing any shots the guests had taken. Anything, everything. I've never messed up before and I never imagined it would happen, I couldn't even remember wiping the card, I didn't know how I fucked up so bad, but I fucked up.
Learning to hold my hands up when I fuck up, take responsibility, tell the truth and not try and cover my back or blame people, is the single scariest lesson to learn. I felt defeated, I felt like I'd let everyone down. And myself.
And then I posted my 365, and I read all the amazing, kind, uplifting words you guys had for me. I cried and cried and felt very unworthy, but that didn't stop me realising just how many wonderful people are out there - my couple VERY much included. It's not always easy to be kind, but somehow, you lot were, they were.
This morning, I got up with dread filling me right to the bottom of my toes. I just had to sit with this pain I'd caused, sit with the dread and the failure.
I went to a photoshoot I'd been booked for, and thought, "well, I'd better take my back-up camera just incase I fuck today up, too."
I got to the studio, went to load up my card, and there in my back-up camera, was a card containing all the formal shots.
Cue relief like I've never felt.
And this is all wonderful, and I count myself incredibly lucky that this situation is resolved, and the couple are now over the moon and I didn't fuck up after all, but I still fucked up. And if an absentminded card-wipe and a bit of luck is all that separates the two situations, then damn, I can't really take too much credit for this.
But what there is to celebrate today is kindness. Kindness from my amazing couple, kindness from a bunch of friends and family who picked me up and carried me through the last two days (Mum, Adam especially) and a bunch of wonderful strangers who felt compelled to use their own experiences with defeat to pick me up during mine. For what? I don't know, perhaps just the kindness embedded in their souls. But know that today I am celebrating - finding the wedding pictures of course - but mainly I'm celebrating the kindness that is present, and all around me in this world. And I am going to take this experience, learn from it, and be as kind kind kind as I can, whenever I can. Especially when people aren't kind to me. I'll look for the good in things I can't change, and I'll do my best to find some good when I screw up.
So, thank you all. You threw kindness around like confetti, and here it is in my 365 today :-)
The stone circle at Castlerigg (alternatively Keswick Carles, Carles, Carsles, Castle-rig or Druids' Circle) is situated near Keswick in Cumbria, North West England. One of around 1,300 stone circles in the British Isles and Brittany, it was constructed as a part of a megalithic tradition that lasted from 3,300 to 900 BC, during the Late Neolithic and Early Bronze Ages.
Various archaeologists have commented positively on the beauty and romance of the Castlerigg ring and its natural environment. In his study of the stone circles of Cumbria, archaeologist John Waterhouse commented that the site was "one of the most visually impressive prehistoric monuments in Britain."
Every year, thousands of tourists travel to the site, making it the most visited stone circle in Cumbria. This plateau forms the raised centre of a natural amphitheatre created by the surrounding fells and from within the circle it is possible to see some of the highest peaks in Cumbria: Helvellyn, Skiddaw, Grasmoor and Blencathra.
Castlerigg stone circle was one of the monuments included in the Ancient Monuments Protection Act 1882, which included a 'Schedule' of 68 sites in Great Britain and Ireland. It thus became one of the first scheduled ancient monuments. The following year the stone circle was 'taken in to state care'. Under the 1882 act a deed of guardianship could be entered into by a landowner, in which the monument, but not the land it stands on, becomes the property of the state. As one of the first such sites to enter into such an agreement it occupies a small place in the history of archaeological conservation. In 1913, Canon Hardwicke Rawnsley, one of the founders of the National Trust, was among the prime organisers of a public subscription which bought the field in which the stone circle stands, which he then donated to the National Trust.Responsibility for the stone circle remains with English Heritage, the successor body to the Ministry of Works, whilst ownership of the site is retained by the National Trust.
10 are dead and 14 others are seriously injured following the fourth gang related attack this week.
The police have a suspect in custody, now believed to be an Arkansas Industries Attack Drone that was let loose in the city.
Markus Söder stands for hardcore lockdown.
The Hesse Center on Saturday. Only about 10 percent of normal customers. But more than 1000 free parking spaces.
Frankfurt, Borsigallee.
"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