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Singapore is a wonderful country with so much to admire about the friendly people and their amazing work ethic. As with all economic success stories though the green tends to give way to glass and concrete.
There are so many brilliant cityscapes of this place that I made a point of looking for some alternative views. This is a combination of three images merged into a HDR process.
Another upload and run but I will catch up with the world of Flickr and my good friends on here soon.
El Sukiennice (« Llotja de teixits ») és un dels monuments històrics més emblemàtics de la ciutat de Cracòvia. Aquesta imponent llotja comercial de dos pisos, aixecada el segle xiii i després adaptada a l'època del Renaixement, ocupa el lloc central de la gran Plaça del Mercat i forma part del Patrimoni de la Humanitat de la UNESCO.[1]
A la planta baixa, la Llotja acull avui comerços d'artesania, mentre que el primer pis acull la Galeria d'art polonès del segle xix, una filial del Museu nacional de Cracòvia amb la més important col·lecció d'obres poloneses del món. Entre elles, la famosa tela Les Torxes de Neró, oferta a l'obertura del museu pel seu pintor, Henryk Siemiradzki i el quadre gegant Homenatge prussià de Jan Matejko.
Història
Posicionada segons l'eix nord-sud de la plaça, amb les seves façanes oest i est simètriques respecte als eixos de les entrades, la Llotja de teixits de Cracòvia reuneix elements arquitectònics d'èpoques molt diferents, i constitueix una síntesi global de l'arquitectura de la ciutat.
El nom Sukiennice ve de la paraula polonesa sukno que vol dir teixit, roba. En efecte, els drapers disposaven les seves parades al centre de la plaça del Mercat per a la venda a l'engròs de teixits.
La primera llotja, aixecada al segle xiii, després de la concessió a la ciutat d'una carta de Drets de Magdeburg, es limitava a dues fileres de botigues de pedra que formaven un carrer al mig de la Plaça del Mercat. El comerç als Sukiennice era una font important d'ingressos per a la ciutat: segons el privilegi reial, els venedors vinguts de l'exterior només podien vendre la seva pròpia mercaderia, i només en aquest lloc.
L'any 1358, el Casimir III fa construir el primer edifici de 100 m de longitud amb dos portals ogivals situats al centre de les façanes principals. Després d'un incendi que va consumir l'edifici l'any 1555, es va cridar als italians que havien vingut amb la reina Bona Sforza (esposa italiana del rei Segimon el Vell). La Llotja de teixits renovada a l'estil Renaixement llavors es va dotar d'un àtic decorat amb una cresta amb gàrgoles, estilitzades amb caps humans, realitzades probablement segons els projectes de Santi Gucci. Giovanni Maria Mosca divideix l'edifici en dos pisos i està connectat per escales cobertes per lògies situats sobre els costats més curts.
Els últims treballs importants són duts a terme al segle xix per Tomasz Prylińeski. L'arquitecte transforma la llotja a la planta baixa, instal·lant-hi al llarg dels murs botigues de fusta. El sostre serà adornat més tard amb l'escut de les ciutats poloneses, els emblemes dels gremis i els segells. Prylińeski afegeix també arcades neogòtiques de pedra per tal de donar l'elegància a l'edifici,[1] així com dels mascarons representant caricatures dels presidents de l'època de la ciutat de Cracòvia, realitzats segons un dibuix de Jan Matejko. La llotja superior és adaptada a les necessitats del museu.
The Kraków Cloth Hall (Polish: Sukiennice, pronounced [sukʲɛˈɲːit͡sɛ]), in Lesser Poland, dates to the Renaissance and is one of the city's most recognizable icons. It is the central feature of the main market square in the Kraków Old Town (the historic center of Kraków), which since 1978 has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site).
t was once a major centre of international trade. Travelling merchants met there to discuss business and to barter. During its golden age in the 15th century, the hall was the source of a variety of exotic imports from the east – spices, silk, leather and wax – while Kraków itself exported textiles, lead, and salt from the Wieliczka Salt Mine.
In the immediate vicinity of the hall, the Great Weigh House and the Small Weigh House existed until the 19th century. Other, similar cloth halls have existed in other Polish as well as other European cities such as in Ypres, Belgium; Braunschweig, and in Leeds, EnglandKraków was Poland's capital city and was among the largest cities in Europe already from before the time of the Renaissance. However, its decline started with the move of the capital to Warsaw at the end of the 16th century. The city's decline was hastened by wars and politics leading to the Partitions of Poland at the end of the 18th century. By the time of the architectural restoration proposed for the cloth hall in 1870 under Austrian rule, much of the historic city center was decrepit. A change in political and economic fortunes for the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria ushered in a revival due to newly established Legislative Assembly or Sejm of the Land. The successful renovation of the Cloth Hall, based on a design by Tomasz Pryliński and supervised by Mayor Mikołaj Zyblikiewicz, Sejm Marshal, was one of the most notable achievements of this period.[1]
The hall has hosted many distinguished guests over the centuries and is still used to entertain monarchs and dignitaries, such as King Charles III, then Prince of Wales, and Emperor Akihito of Japan, who was welcomed here in 2002. In the past, balls were held here, most notably after Prince Józef Poniatowski had briefly liberated the city from the Austrians in 1809. Aside from its history and cultural value, the hall is still used as a center of commerce.
History
America, don't buy ANYTHING today: 2/28/25. Not online. No in brick and motar stores. This is just the first in a series of planned boycotts and strikes. Especially don't buy from Target, McDonalds, Amazon and any chain stores. Support your local businesses if you must buy something.
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CLICK on image to view full size! Some of the buildings in Conway NC seem to have fallen on hard times. Never did find out what it was, by the looks possibly a store of some description. Later a flea market and now it appears to be waiting to collapse. Even the vegetation is attacking the top.
It’s all by design! The Great Reset requires a currency crisis, so that we can Build Back Better. We must crash the economy and implement a fiat Central Bank Digital Currency, a Digital ID, and a Social Credit Score System—“Fascism on the Block Chain!” We will weaponize the whole currency system. We will reset the economy to a surveillance economy. It’s the surveillance era! Surveillance Capitalism/Data Capitalism: leading us down the road to Digital Feudalism. Techno-Feudalism…yay! This new Digital Economy will have programmable currency, which will be tied to vast databases that will surveil your behavior. Elvis has entered the building: “We’re caught in a trap! I can't walk out!” Step right up: get your Universal Basic Income Central Bank Digital Currency allowance. Then you can become a Global Citizen of the New World Order Digital Welfare state…woohoo! Please give me Digital Welfare!
We will be able to control every aspect of your lives. With programmable Central Bank Digital Currency we will eventually bar you from buying precious metals. Kiss your gold good-bye! You won’t be able to save your money, because it will have an expiry date. We will program your digital money, so that you can’t spend it outside your 15-minute city/neighbourhood/prison. Like the World Economic Forum mantra says: you will own nothing and be happy! You will literally rent everything you use. If you’re a good little doggy you’ll be rewarded, but if you’re a bad little doggy you’ll be punished. We will regulate who you can see, what you can eat, and where you can go. Digital slavery, here we come!
Trillions of dollars in debt: inflation, stagflation, and hyperinflation. “From dirty cash, to digital trash.” The banks will legally take money out of your bank account when everything collapses. Remember what happened in the Financial Crisis of Cyprus? The banks seized people’s money. Bye-bye savings. Bye-bye middle class. Bank run! Say what? The system’s locked up. Transactions have stopped. I can’t get my money out of the bank! I can’t use my debit card! I can’t use my credit card! My money is gone! Read ‘em and weep, boys; the writing is on the wall.
In a few years down the road we will microchip the sheeple. A new transhuman slave race…woohoo! This slave race will bow to the Image of the Beast—the ultimate ChatGPT. His image will be set up on a wing of the temple. If you can’t get to the temple to worship, his image will show up as a hologram in your transhuman mind. The Beast hologram will say: worship me or die! The AI Beast Computer will hit your kill switch if you don’t bow down to worship him. Watch out, he will know if you’re sincerely worshiping him or not. Isn’t it going to be fun when we’re living in the Book of Revelation? 666: you can’t buy or sell without the Mark of the Beast! Isn’t it interesting to watch as the Beast system is being put in place?
SSC - Strata/layers
I spent a very enjoyable day on Wednesday at a photo day at Landguard Fort, Felixstowe. As luck would have it, it was right beside Felixstowe Container Port, so was able to get this shot of just a few layers of the containers at the port.
"The day is not far off when the economic problem will take the back seat where it belongs, and the arena of the heart and the head will be occupied or reoccupied, by our real problems - the problems of life and of human relations, of creation and behavior and religion. - John Maynard Keynes"
It is time to stop splitting hairs. It is time to act!
Macro Monday project – 08/19/13
“Shell”
193_GHP_EconomicOutlook2018.JPG - Greater Houston Partnership Houston Region Economic Outlook featuring Ellen Zentner, Managing Director and Chief U.S. Economist with Morgan Stanley Research, on the national economy. In addition, the following panel of local experts will share their perspectives on the region's economyDecember 5, 2018. (Photo by Donna Carson)
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Eastwood Training Estate, Chesterton Rd, Rotherham
South Yorkshire Transport Trust Open Day on July 24, 2022
AEC Reliance Roe Dalesman
French Air Force Falcon 900 Reg: F-RAFA arriving at Zurich with French President Francois Hollande on board
"Uncertainty is the refuge of hope. - Henri Frederic Amiel"
Macro Monday project – 08/26/13
“Zig Zag”
Hortusplantsoen 17/10/2023 13h06
Hortus Plantsoen with in the background the Nieuwe Herengracht (right) and Jonas Daniël Meijerplein at the left. On the foreground the Johan van Hulstbrug (bridge).
Plantagebuurt
Plantage is a neighbourhood of Amsterdam, Netherlands located in its Centrum borough. It is bordered by the Entrepotdok to the north, Plantage Muidergracht to the east and south and Nieuwe Herengracht to the west. In the centre of the neighbourhood lies the Natura Artis Magistra zoo. It had a population of 1,980 in 2017.
The area came within Amsterdam city limits after the completion of the fourth large urban expansion of 1663. Due to an economic crisis caused by the Rampjaar events, the city government could not find enough buyers for the land. Construction in the area, which was then called Plantagie or Plantaadje, stagnated as a result. Instead, pleasure gardens and orchards were built where Amsterdam's citizens could go and relax in green surroundings.
The plots of land in the neighbourhood were leased by the city for a period of 20 years (with the possibility of a 10-year extension). This was because the city council intended to sell the parcels later on; permanent buildings were therefore not allowed. Temporary buildings were tolerated. In 1682, Hortus Botanicus, one of the oldest botanical gardens in the world, opened its doors across from the Wertheimpark, currently the only public park in the Centrum district of Amsterdam.
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Found in Old Car City, USA. Located in White, Georgia on the 411 Highway. A massive junkyard in state of arranged decay where the cars are slowly being taken back into the earth.
Published as part of a story map in the 2021 annual report of the Centre for Development and Environment (CDE), University of Berne (www.cde.unibe.ch)
Special economic zone in the former Tathluang marshes, Vientiane, Lao PDR
António Guterres, Secretary-General, United Nations, New York, Børge Brende, President, World Economic Forum, speaking in the "Special Address by Antonio Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations" session at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2020 in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland, January 23, 2020. Plenary Hall
World Economic Forum / Boris Baldinger
Finally it's completed, the exterior of the new apartment highrise "The Cloud". Now it's the second highest building in LegoNYC with a height of about five feet from ground to the antenna's tip. In the future it will get a full interior. Some features so far: working obstruction lights at all four corners of the roof, every single floor is built modular, fully detailed lobby with elevator entrance, one fully designed bathroom in the top floor. I'm pretty pleased with the result of my work and hope you like it.
Every day the news seems to have some new prediction of economic doom for Europe. First Greece, then Spain, then France. Today some doofus says on CNBC that "The Western World is 'Finished Financially' ". You know, that is just not helpful.
Music: Phoenix - Lisztomania
Say hello to Christian. He was already in two prior shots I think. Last week we were in Berlin and that is in some random cafe. He took the newspaper and scrolled through the economic part :-)
At first he thought I'd give him a hard time, following him with my camera. After a while he realised that he doesn't look too bad on the photos. So he was patiently posing for me (later on, because that was the first shot of the day)...
I have edited it several times, tried different versions. It was not too easy because the black part in the right was actually another person who was bothering me. Now it looks rather like a curtain than a person ;-) Some other persons were also sitting in the left black area... It's also dark now. But i quite like the effect because it puts the focus on the very bright newspaper. Last night I finally had the breakthrough and I was oddly happy when I finished the photo. Perhaps a poet has the same feeling when he finishes one of his works =))
The graduate of the art academy, Aurel Dahlgren, collected water for 19 weeks with a dehumidifying system in a water storage tank. Still, he continues it. The water drips from the balcony into the basin - the reason for the bubbles.
It was not an economic bubble, but a good investment for his future career. He is the winner of the Ehrenhof Art Award. Aurel will get his first exhibition in the Düsseldorf Kunstpalast, a museum of great reputation.
Congrats to this awesome young artist.
Spekulationsblasen ? ....
19 Wochen sammelte der Student, Aurel Dahlgrün, Wasser für seine Abschlussarbeit, an der Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, in Kanistern, um seinem Becken eine Grundfüllung geben zu können.
Auf der Empore seines Ateliers läuft ein Enfeuchtungsgerät kontinuierlich weiter und gibt das Kondens-Wasser, über einen Schlauch, an das Becken ab. Durch die Fallhöhe entstehen Blasen.
Wenn Kunst Kreise zieht ...
Die Idee dem Raum etwas zu entnehmen und es ihm wieder zurück zu geben und dadurch den Raum zu spiegeln beeindruckte die Jury, und so gewann er den Ehrenhofpreis.
Er erhält eine Ausstellung im berühmten Düsseldorfer Kunstpalast. Das dürfte der Beginn einer Künstlerkarriere sein.
Ich würde es dem sympathischen jungen Mann sehr gönnen !
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Paolo Gentiloni, Commissioner for Economy, European Commission and Sara Eisen, Co-Anchor, Squawk on the Street and Closing Bell, CNBC, USA in the After Brexit: Renewing Europe's Growth session at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2020 in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland, 23 January. Congress Center - Aspen 1. Copyright by World Economic Forum/Faruk Pinjo
"Conflicting Economic Indicators Challenge Fed’s Policy Makers" by BINYAMIN APPELBAUM via NYT t.co/H3SZC6RjoG (via Twitter twitter.com/felipemassone/status/695770353348571137)
Company/Owner: Victory Liner, Inc.
Fleet/Bus Number: 2512
Classification: Air-conditioned Provincial Bus
Coachbuilder: Santarosa Motor Works, Inc./Columbian Manufacturing Corporation
Body Model: Daewoo/Santarosa BS106
Engine Model: Doosan DE08TIS
Chassis Model: Daewoo BS106 (PL5UM52HDGK)
Transmission: 6-speed Manual Transmission
Suspension: Leaf Spring Suspension
Seating Configuration: 3×2
Seating Capacity: 61
Franchise route: Divisoria (Manila)–Apalit (Pampanga)
Route: Divisoria, Manila City [DIV, MN]/Monumento, Caloocan City [CAL]–Apalit, Pampanga [APT, PP] via E1 (NLEX-Balintawak–NLEX-Tabang) / N2 (MacArthur Highway)
Municipalities/cities passing: Tabang (Guiguinto)/Malolos City [MLS]/Calumpit
Type of Operation: Provincial Operation Public Utility Bus (Economy Class)
Area of Operation: Central Luzon (Region III)
Shot Location: N2 (MacArthur Highway), Barangay San Vicente, Apalit, Pampanga
Date Taken: May 16, 2018
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Julie Bishop, Member of Parliament of Australia during the Session "Opening Plenary: Globalization 4.0" at the World Economic Forum, Annual Meeting of the Global Future Councils 2018. Copyright by World Economic Forum / Benedikt von Loebell
Über die Feiertage bin ich wieder etwas mehr dazu gekommen, einige Fotoblogs zu lesen. Dabei bin ich unter anderem auf die Lost Place Reihe von Daniel Schmitt auf kwerfeldein gestoßen, die mich sehr ansprach. Daher habe ich mich jetzt im neuen Jahr gleich einmal an den Rechner gesetzt und geguckt, ob ich solche Lost Places auch in Hannover und Umgebung finde. Und siehe da; in Hannover-Limmer gibt es eine alte Fabrikruine der Continental AG (mehr Infos findet ihr bei wikipedia.
Also: Etwas schlau gemacht, was es so zu beachten gibt, Route rausgesucht und los gings. Angekommen, war ich total begeistert. Die Stimmung an diesem Ort ist unglaublich und es macht unendlich Spaß durch die alten Fabrikruinen zu ziehen und nach Motiven zu suchen (Problem: Es gibt zu viele!). Im Keller einer der Gebäude ist dann dieses Foto entstanden.
Zur Bearbeitung: Es ist ein HDR aus einer Belichtungsreihe mit drei Fotos (mittlere Belichtung und jeweils +/- 2 Blendenstufen unter- bzw. überbelichtet). Anschließend bin ich nochmal in Lightroom über das HDR-Ergebnis drübergegangen. Dabei habe ich vor allem das Bild abgedunkelt, die Vignettierung hinzugefügt und ein leichtes Cross-Processing angewandt.
Ich bin mit meinem ersten Lost-Places-Ergebnis zufrieden und bin gespannt auf eure Meinungen und eure Kritik. Da noch einige Bilder von heute Nachmittag auf der Platte liegen, freue ich mich auf eure Kommentare, die mir bestimmt helfen werden, dass die nächsten Lost-Places-Fotos immer besser werden.