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If you'd just like a little feel-good vibes, you might want to follow Jake Rosmarin, an American photographer who was a passenger on the hantavirus ship. He's trapped in a room at the US National Quarantine Unit in Omaha, and he's making the most of it.
Honestly, this is just a minor post about a seemingly very nice guy who got caught up in a really tough situation, and is trying to keep himself sane through it. He posts about his day-to-day existence inside a room for 42 days, and also shares happy memories of this trip before the virus descended. And because he's a professional photog, his pictures/videos are absolutely lovely. Here's his YouTube channel, and here's his Facebook account.
Honestly, this is just a minor post about a seemingly very nice guy who got caught up in a really tough situation, and is trying to keep himself sane through it. He posts about his day-to-day existence inside a room for 42 days, and also shares happy memories of this trip before the virus descended. And because he's a professional photog, his pictures/videos are absolutely lovely. Here's his YouTube channel, and here's his Facebook account.
DEN HAAG (ANP) - In een reeks rouwadvertenties in Trouw wordt dinsdag stilgestaan bij het overlijden van de oprichter en directeur van de klimaatorganisatie Urgenda, Marjan Minnesma, die vrijdag op 59-jarige leeftijd overleed. "Jij was onze onverschrokken voorvrouw, onze drijvende kracht, ons kompas", schrijft Urgenda onder meer in een rouwadvertentie.
Urgenda schrijft in de rouwadvertenties ook dat voor Minnesma "geen project te groot, geen idee te gedurfd" was. De advertentie eindigt met: "We zullen je werk voortzetten. Vastberaden, met open hart en in jouw geest".
"Onze weergaloze, onvergetelijke, allerliefste is er niet meer", schrijven haar nabestaanden in een rouwadvertentie.
Ook de organisatie Grootouders voor het Klimaat bedankt Minnesma in een advertentie voor haar "onafgebroken steun" en "haar oog voor de belangen van toekomstige generaties".
Urgenda opende afgelopen weekend een condoleanceregister voor Minnesma. Veel mensen lieten daar weten verrast te zijn door het overlijden. Minnesma overleed aan kanker, maar wilde haar ziekte zo lang mogelijk privé houden.
WASHINGTON/TEHERAN/DOHA (ANP) - De Amerikaanse strijdkrachten hebben maandag doelen aangevallen in het zuiden van Iran. Het betrof onder andere boten die mijnen wilden leggen en raketlanceerinstallaties. Het Amerikaanse Centrale Commando (CENTCOM) omschrijft de aanvallen als defensieve handelingen, bedoeld om "onze troepen te beschermen tegen bedreigingen van de Iraanse strijdkrachten".
Iraanse persbureaus meldden eerder explosies in verschillende Iraanse steden nabij de Straat van Hormuz. De oorzaak ervan was volgens deze berichten onbekend.
Bij de havenstad Bandar Abbas werden drie ontploffingen gehoord, aldus het persbureau Mehr. De situatie zou onder controle zijn.
Het persbureau Fars berichtte over explosies nabij Sirik en Jask. Hoe de situatie daar nu is, is niet bekendgemaakt.
Ondertussen is een Iraanse delegatie met onder andere minister van Buitenlandse Zaken Abbas Araghchi in de Qatarese hoofdstad Doha om met de Qatarese premier Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani te spreken over een mogelijk akkoord om de oorlog te beëindigen. Volgens het persbureau AFP gaan de gesprekken onder andere over zaken die met de Straat van Hormuz te maken hebben en het verrijkte uranium waarover Iran beschikt. Ook de bevroren Iraanse tegoeden zouden onderwerp van gesprek zijn.
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Eastern Great Egret
Scientific Name: Ardea modesta
Description: The Great Egret's overall plumage is white, and, for most of the year, when not breeding, the bill and facial skin are yellow. The feet are dark olive-grey or sooty black, as are the legs. During the breeding season, the bill turns mostly black and the facial skin becomes green. Also at this time, long hair-like feathers (nuptial plumes) hang across the lower back, and the legs become pinkish-yellow at the top. Young Great Egrets are similar to the adults, but have a blackish tip to the bill.
Similar species: The Great Egret can be confused with other white egrets found in Australia. It can be distinguished by the length of its neck, which is greater than the length of its body (and with a noticeable kink two-thirds of the way up), a dark line extending from the base of the bill to behind the eye and the overall larger size.
Distribution: Great Egrets occur throughout most of the world. They are common throughout Australia, with the exception of the most arid areas.
Habitat: Great Egrets prefer shallow water, particularly when flowing, but may be seen on any watered area, including damp grasslands. Great Egrets can be seen alone or in small flocks, often with other egret species, and roost at night in groups.
Feeding: The Great Egret usually feeds alone. It feeds on molluscs, amphibians, aquatic insects, small reptiles, crustaceans and occasionally other small animals, but fish make up the bulk of its diet. The Great Egret usually hunts in water, wading through the shallows, or standing motionless before stabbing at prey. Birds have also been seen taking prey while in flight.
Breeding: The Great Egret breeds in colonies, and often in association with cormorants, ibises and other egrets. Both sexes construct the nest, which is a large platform of sticks, placed in a tree over the water. The previous years' nest may often be re-used. Both sexes also incubate the eggs and care for the young (usually two or three).
Minimum Size: 70cm
Maximum Size: 90cm
Average size: 80cm
Breeding season: October to December in the south; March to May in the north.
Clutch Size: 2 to 6
Incubation: 28 days
Nestling Period: 40 days
(Source: www.birdsinbackyards.net)
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Event organisers blame ‘unforeseen technical difficulties’ for the drone malfunction, with four performances cancelled
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About 90 drones have plummeted from the sky and plunged into Sydney’s Darling Harbour during an aerial drone show, prompting a second event to be cancelled later in the evening.
Vivid Sydney said “unforeseen technical difficulties” occurred during Monday’s 7.30pm performance of the show, called Star-Bound, resulting in 89 drones falling into the water at Cockle Bay in Darling Harbour. No injuries have been reported.
Continue reading...Sergei Lavrov tells Marco Rubio that Washington should evacuate its embassy because Moscow is planning ‘systematic strikes’. What we know on day 1,553
Sergei Lavrov pressured the US to evacuate staff from its embassy in Kyiv during a phone call with the US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, on Monday. Russia has threatened “systematic strikes” on the capital and demanded that foreigners leave. The Ukrainian foreign minister, Andrii Sybiha, urged Kyiv’s allies not to give in to “Russian blackmail”. Katarina Mathernova, the head of the EU mission in Kyiv, said the 27-nation bloc was “not going anywhere”. Mathernova said: “Russia wants fear, panic, isolation of Ukraine. It will not work. The EU is not going anywhere. We are staying in Kyiv. We are staying with Ukraine.”
In Kyiv, rescuers tackled the aftermath of Sunday’s strikes, which authorities said killed at least four people and injured 91. More than 70 foreign diplomats paid their respects to the victims of the strikes, visiting the heavily damaged neighbourhood of Lukyanivka. Agence France-Presse reported that Kyiv residents returned to their normal routines on Monday – sunbathing on terraces, playing in the streets, sitting at cafes – with some saying they had become desensitised after more than four years of war.
“We’re used to it,” said Roman, a 36-year-old firefighter who helped clear the ruins from one of many destroyed buildings. “Emotions take a back seat,” he said as behind him a young man stepped over a heap of charred debris, taking care not to spill his latte macchiato. On one street, children played metres from the site of a Russian strike. “Watch out for glass!” one woman shouted at them.
After one coffee shop was damage by a strike, dozens of Kyiv residents flocked to support the business, queueing up to make orders despite the damage. The owner, Yevgen Prusak, became a minor social media celebrity after serving hot drinks to rescuers through the blown-out windows of his shop. “Yesterday I thought I was going to close for good,” said Prusak, the 35-year-old owner of Hogo cafe. But seeing customers come back, “I understood who I’m working for”.
Among the buildings damaged was the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, a small college that specialises in liberal arts. Mykola, 17, and Maksym, 18, came to class despite the attack. “We don’t give this so much meaning. Life is not stopping,” said Mykola. “It affects sleep the most,” said Mykola. “I’ve gotten used to it, but before, at the beginning, it was downright stressful.”
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By the time Jalaj Jha begins getting ready for work each morning, he already feels drained. Awakening in a cramped room in Delhi, with no ventilation except a rattling fan pushing hot air around, the 24-year-old gig worker has ahead of him a 12-hour shift delivering groceries.
“I barely sleep three or four hours in this heat,” Jha said, wiping dust off his motorbike, which he uses for deliveries. “I wake up exhausted. It feels like my body is pulling me down.”
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The Israeli army has intensified strikes in southern Lebanon, as prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he had ordered the military to escalate its offensive in an effort to “crush” Hezbollah in a further erosion of an already fragmented ceasefire.
In turn, Hezbollah said it staged several attacks on Monday on three barracks and a military post in northern Israel “in response to the violation of the ceasefire” by Israel.
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