Economic and Social History Group - People and their Industry
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العقيلات (جمع عقيل) هم مجموعة من الرجال من قبائل مختلفه حملوا على عاتقهم عبئ التجارة وتحملوا عناء ومشقة السفر ومخاطر الصحراء ، فـ شيّـدوا بذلك دعامة متينة للإقتصاد في المملكة العربية السعودية ، حتى عــُـرف عهدهم بـ اقتصاد العقيلات
أغلب هؤلاء الرجال هم من رجال نجد والقصيم (وبريدة تحديداً) ، ولهم أمراء -في وقتهم- معروفين ، حيث استمرت تجارتهم ما يقارب الأربعة قرون كان آخر عهدها عام 1949
وقد سـُـمّـو بالـ"عقيلات" نظراً لارتدائهم العمامة والعقال ، وكانت تجارتهم آنذاك تختص بالإبل في الدرجة الأولى ، والخيل والمواشي والسمن والتوابل والأقمشة ، حيث كانوا يسلكون طرقاً للتجارة من القصيم إلى كل من الكويت والعراق ومصر والشام والأردن وفلسطين
وبذلك فهم من الجيل القديم الذي عمل بالإستيراد والتصدير من وإلى الجزيرة العربية
وكانت رحلاتهم تستغرق شهوراً ، وأحياناً سنيناً طوال ، يقطعون فيها الصحراء بكل عزم وثبات لسياقة الإبل وغيرها من السلع ، وبيعها في البلدان المذكورة أعلاه
ومن أشهر أمرائهم آل الدخيل ، العجلان ، التويجري ، الفوزان ، آل الجربوع ، آل الرميح ، آل الشريدة ، آل الربدي ... وغيرهم
أما الرجل في هذه الصورة فهو العم إبراهيم من القصيم ، أحد أحفاد العقيلات ، وجدته بسوق الحرف بمدينه بريدة ، حيث يملك "دكاناً" صغيراً يعرض فيه مستلزمات رحــّـالة العقيلات وإبلهم
وبينما كنا نتجاذب أطراف الحديث سالته عن عمره ، فسكت لـ برهة ، ثم ابتسم وقال أنه لم يتجاوز السبعين عاماً ، وعلت ملامحه ابتسامة المقبل على الحياة بكل شغف
تبسمت بدوري وعلمت انه تجاوز السبعين خريفاً بأشواط عديده .. لكن روحه لا تزال يانعة
رجالٌ بالكاد يجهلهم التاريخ ، وبالكاد يعرفهم أبناء اليوم
تم إلتقاطها أثناء جولتي بمنطقة القصيم
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Al-Okailat is a group of brave men from different tribes of Najd - Al-Qassim (spicifically Buraydah) who travelled between the Arabian Peninsula and Kuwait, Egypt, Syria, Iraq, Jordan and Palestine for trade purposes; establishing a firm economic power at the time via import-export business.
Their main cargo is camles along with horses, livestock, spices, fabric and cooking oil.
Their era continued for about 4 (four) centuries up to 1949 A.D. and was a landmark of the economic development of Saudi Arabia and the Arabian Peninsula.
Their journies were through harsh environments (mainly deserts) facing sand storms, freezing nights and bandits. Thus, they were to show great deal of courage and bravery.
Their journies took months, and most of the time years of travel, and among the qualities that seem to be connotations attributed to their name were generosity and noble moral code.
The man in this photo is Ibraheem (Abraham), a grand son of the Okailat whom I met in Qassim - Buraydah, Crafts Market. He owns a small shop and displays various tools and equipment used by the Okailat at the time.
as we were talking I asked him "how old are you?"
He took a split second of silence, smiled and said "Not more than 70." showing a passionate appetite for life!
I smiled back and knew he is much older than 70 years, but has the spirit of a young vigorous man.
Al Okailat: Brave men that history knows very well, while the young generation knows so little about.
Taken during my visit to Al-Qassim
In 1977 almost two thirds of the Presbyterian Churches in Australia voted to join with Methodists and Congregationalists to form the new Uniting Church in Australia.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniting_Church_in_Australia
This rationalisation process was partly a result of commitment to ecumenism and liberal theology, but also had serious economic and practical reasons as well. It was considered that a pooling of resources would strengthen the church, especially in their social work.
Whilst their commitment to social issues continues, it also cannot be denied that this has had very little impact on slowing the decline in church numbers as a whole. Pockets of growth continue, but only in the conservative evangelical or charismatic wings of the church. This is simply a fact.
Those denominations that chose to remain Presbyterian have also generally maintained membership levels. It appears the problem liberal Christians have is convincing people that their values are any different from the secular values that abound in everyday society. In which case, why not go to the beach instead?
But I'm pleased to say that St Andrew's continues in Evandale, and this wonderful building is a monument to the dedication of the early Scottish settlers in the region.
www.facebook.com/pages/category/Church/St-Andrews-Uniting...
whilst I totally understand the economic benefits and employment to the region, the Cement Works still sit uncomfortably in the landscape of the Peak District National Park
By the early 1980s, a recession was affecting the Union Pacific, the United States, and the World. Lasting from July 1981 to November 1982, the economic downturn was triggered by tight monetary policy in an effort to fight mounting inflation. The UP yard in Provo, Utah reflected the downtown as seen on the morning of Aug. 10, 1981.
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.
Economies around the word crashed. The Central Banks were bailed out by the International Monetary Fund. Central Bank Digital Currencies were then implemented around the world, under the oversight of the International Monetary Fund. A Social Credit Score System and a Personal Carbon Allowance were tied to these new Digital Currencies. A new Digital Passport was introduced, which was also linked to these digital currency systems. In fact, everything was linked to this Digital Passport; it had all your information. Since this was a completely new money system, there were many problems. But a genius came along and solved all these problems. He centralized these various digital currencies into one currency—into one system. Indeed, he was in charge of this One World Digital Currency. To be a part of this system you had to be microchipped, which was also your new Digital Passport ID. 666 the Mark of the Beast, become a microchipped transhuman and bow to worship the Beast.
In the future, when you feel trapped in the internet 2.0—the (real) Metaverse; the Matrix—in yet another climate lockdown, remember what I’ve said. Ponder these things and read the Book of Revelation, chapter 13.
The image shows the estimated economic losses in Euro for residential buildings in the city of Molinella. They were computed exploiting the SaferPlaces platform damage model using the water depth maps as input.
Credits: ESA (Processed by SaferPlaces and overlaid on Google’s VHR basemap)
Brockholes is a new kind of nature reserve, an unreserved reserve owned and managed by The Wildlife Trust for Lancashire, Manchester and North Merseyside.
There's lots to see and do at Brockholes, you can hunt out our floating Visitor Village with a restaurant, shops and Welcome Centre or explore our family-friendly hides, walking trails and play area.
At Brockholes you can explore our beautiful reserve, see the wildlife that call it ‘home’ or hunt out our Visitor Village with restaurant and shops, all of which float (yes really!) on one of our lakes.
Our floating Visitor Village features a gift shop and a restaurant providing stunning views across the lake. You can also discover our interactive Welcome Centre and learn all about the wildlife that you could see on-site. Be sure to call in to pick up a welcome leaflet that will help you plan your day. You can view the reserve map in our Welcome Leaflet here to help you plan your first visit.
2013/14 Opening Times:
4th November 2013 to 31 March 2014 10am-4pm
1st April 2014 to 31st October 2014 10am-5pm
Closed Christmas Eve and Christmas Day only
Car Park Charges
We don't charge for entry and any profits made here go back into looking after the reserve. So every time you pay for parking, treat yourself in the shop or enjoy some lunch, you are helping look after the reserve and the wildlife that visits us!
Sorry no dogs allowed!
There is a good reason! Dogs can disturb wildlife, especially nesting birds. If your dog was to get too close to a nesting bird it would cause the mother to leave the nest. So to avoid any accidents we ask that you don’t bring your dog. (Assistance dogs are welcome.)
Explore the reserve
Brockholes is one of the best sites in the UK for many species of bird and has one of the largest strips of ancient woodland in the county. You can take a stroll by the River Ribble, explore our woods or enjoy the lakes on site, which have all been specially designed to attract all kinds of wildlife for you to see!
Walks around Brockholes
What can I see at Brockholes?
Read about the happy habitats we've been working hard to create at Brockholes.
Watch out!
The Visitor Village floats on water and there are lots of areas of open water on the reserve. Take care in these areas and keep an eye on any children with you. The following activities are not allowed on the reserve:
Barbecues and fires
Fishing
Swimming
Please do not feed the birds
Big gulls know it’s much easier to find food when we leave it lying around rather than finding their own lunch. Here at Brockholes we have lots of species breeding with us, little ringed and ringed plover, lapwing, oystercatcher and redshank. Unfortunately the big gulls will eat the chicks of these special birds so if we feed the gulls and encourage them to stay there is a big chance that they will eat our important chicks, so please do not feed the birds and take your leftover picnic away with you.
www.brockholes.org/our-journey
The Lancashire Wildlife Trust has been working on developing Brockholes for nearly 20 years, here is an overview of our journey.
1992 Lancashire Wildlife Trust first contests the quarrying of Brockholes.
27 November 2006 The Lancashire Wildlife Trust has four weeks to raise £50,000 to buy the Brockholes site, near Preston, and protect it from development. Brockholes sits next to J31 of the M6 and is the size of 120 football pitches.
15 January 2007 The Lancashire Wildlife Trust makes the biggest land purchase in its history - thanks to donations from Wildlife Trust members, and an investment of £800,000 from the Northwest Regional Development Agency (NWDA) under the Newlands scheme. The project to buy and develop Brockholes is also supported by The Tubney Charitable Trust.
3 May 2007 Ian Selby is appointed as Brockholes project manager. Ian has 20 years' experience of managing the North West's canal network for British Waterways, followed by environmental regeneration work. Sophie Leadsom, Brockholes' new reserve manager, has worked in conservation for 14 years.
July 2007 The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) announced the launch of a new open competition to design new visitor facilities.
5 October 2007 The Lancashire Wildlife Trust announced the shortlist for the new multi-million pound visitor centre. 61 architects from all over Europe submitted designs. The five were Adam Khan Architects, Arca, Architecture 2B, AY Architects, McDowell + Benedetti.
25 February 2008 The Lancashire Wildlife Trust (LWT) and partners announce the winner of its competition to design a visitor facility. Adam Khan Architects was selected for its inspirational design concept: "A Floating World". Designed as a cluster of buildings constructed largely of wood and other sustainable materials, it resembles an ancient marshland village.
April 2008 The Lancashire Wildlife Trust announced the completion of its first phase of preparatory work, including the restoration of the wetlands, creation of ponds, seeding of meadows, planting new hedgerows and trees, making access paths and building proper bird watching hides.
March 2009 The Lancashire Wildlife Trust secured £8million of funding from the North West Regional Development Agency (NWDA). The investment was made under ‘Newlands’, a NWDA and Forestry Commission programme that is regenerating brownfield land across the Northwest into economically viable community woodland.
Summer 2009 Volunteers gave us 134 hours of their time to help propagate our own reed seedlings on-site. We ended up with 20,000 new redd seedlings ready to plant out around our new visitor centre, creating two hecatres of brand new reedbed.
August 2009 The Lancashire Wildlife Trust were granted detailed planning permission for the site.
December 2009 Contractors first day of work as they begin to construct the iconic floating visitors centre. Press conference being held with a ‘cutting of the first sod’
November 2010 A herd of longhorn cattle move into Brockholes to graze the reserve.
December 2010 BBC Countryfile fronted by Julia Bradbury visit Brockholes to film a feature that airs in January 2011.
March 2011 Brockholes makes history as the Visitor Village is floated for the first time.
Easter Sunday 2011 Brockholes opens its doors to the public for the first time!
www.brockholes.org/happy-habitats-brockholes
Happy habitats at Brockholes
The Lancashire Wildlife Trust are using their expertise to create habitats that will encourage lots of different species to visit the site, read more about the work we are doing on the reserve...
Number 1 Pit
Uniform and steep, the edges around the original gravel pit used to look very different. The island looked different too – an egg-shaped piece of land sticking out of the water by three metres. These land profiles weren’t great for the bird species and aquatic invertebrates we wanted to attract. So, with bulldozer and digger we pushed earth into the lake to create shallow, underwater ledges and peninsulas where birds can roost and feed, safe from predators. Diving ducks, such as Great Crested Grebe, now hunt for fish in the deep water.
Nook Pool
The edge of this pool has been planted with reed to create places for small fish and aquatic invertebrates like dragonfly larvae to hide and grow, away from predator fish. The shelter provided by the vegetation provides an ideal hunting ground for lots of species of dragonfly including the impressive Brown Hawker and Emperor Dragonfly.
Meadow Lake
This shallow lake is great for bird watching: when the water level is down, wading birds feed on small invertebrates in the exposed mud. This lake has some of the richest water plant life in and around it, including White Water Lily and Cuckooflower. The reed fringes are becoming well established and hold some of the largest populations of birds on site. The islands provide safe roosting and breeding areas, we keep the vegetation short so the birds can watch out for predators.
Boilton Marsh
This area is part of our newly created wet grassland habitat. We remodelled 17,000 cubic metres of quarry spoil to create 10 hectares of wet grassland with nearly 2km of channels and five pools. This is the ideal habitat for breeding wading birds such as Lapwing, Redshank and Snipe. We now graze traditional breeds of cattle and sheep that thrive on the coarse grasses and rushes and provide the low grassland sward that encourages wading birds to nest.
The channels and pools are kept topped up by using a high-level reservoir, filled from Number One Pit by way of a solar pump.
Woodland
Brockholes is fringed by the ancient woodland of Boilton, Red Scar and Tunbrook Woods. Woodland has grown here for thousands of years and developed a very rich variety of wildlife. Looking after our trees and paths will help the woodland to thrive and enable you to see the wildlife safely.
Reedbeds
Reedbeds are home to Sedge Warblers, Reed Warblers, Reed Buntings and Water Rail. We protect the new reed from grazing birds like Coot, Mute Swan and Canada Goose, by erecting chicken wire fences and baling string barriers. It will take several years before our lak fringes start to look like reedbeds. You might notice that the Visitor Village has been nestled in reedbed. This helps it to blend into the reserve and allows you to hear the song and chatter of the birds that nest there.
www.brockholes.org/brockholes-partners-and-funders
Brockholes partners and funders
For the past ten years, The Wildlife Trust for Lancashire, Manchester and North Merseyside have been working to secure this site of national environmental importance, and restore habitats to their full potential.
The £8.6 million of regeneration funding was provided for the Brockholes Wetland and Woodland Reserve project has been granted under 'Newlands' - a £59 million, Northwest Regional Development Agency and Forestry Commission programme to transform brownfield land into durable community woodland, which act as catalysts for economic, social and environmental gain.
The Lancashire Environmental Fund awarded £446,000 for the development of the education facilities, hides and infrastructure on the site. Tubney Charitable Trust granted £350,000 for Biodiversity and Natural England DEFRA's Aggregates Levy Sustainability Fund awarded circa. £300,000. The Environment Agency granted £50,000 for the continued development of Brockholes.
The support of these funders helped make Brockholes a reality, as did the amazing support from our public appeal, which raised an amazing £63,000 - the most successful public appeal the Lancashire Wildlife Trust has ever run!
Volunteering at Brockholes
Around 200 volunteers have now been recruited, inducted and trained to begin volunteering at Brockholes, so we offer an enormous thank you to all who are helping it make such a big impact on our visitors... Volunteers truly are the face of Brockholes.
There are currently some exciting opportunities to be had volunteering here at Brockholes. Please have a look below at roles (you can click on the titles to download a full role description) which might suit you and click here to register, mentioning Brockholes and the role on the form.
Seasonal Activities Volunteer
Our seasonal activities program is the ideal opportunity for young people aged 16-23 to get involved here at Brockholes.
Running throughout all school holiday periods, you are expected to volunteer for 7 hours per week (normally one full day).
The Seasonal Activities Volunteer role is ideal for friendly, outgoing people who want to utilise their creative skills and help visitors – in particular children – enjoy the reserve. You will work alongside other volunteers to plan and deliver a variety of activities including pond dipping, guided walks, bird watching. The role will also include assisting with larger events such as our Extreme Adventure Weekend and Craft Fayres. Support will be given to you by the Events & Communications Manager.
This placement is perfect for those undertaking various award schemes, such as the Duke of Edinburgh award, as over the course of the summer you have the opportunity to gain upto 50 volunteering hours.
For full details on the role and what it entails, click here.
Seasonal Retail & Visitor Services
Our seasonal activities program is the ideal opportunity for young people aged 16-23 to get involved here at Brockholes.
As a volunteer for Retail & Visitor Services you will provide a warm welcome for visitors, helping to ensure that their Brockholes experience is a positive one. You will help visitors by providing them with information about products on sale in our gift stores and help them plan their visit by telling them about the various events and activities we have on offer.
The role suits a friendly, outgoing person who has an interest in wildlife and conservation.
Running throughout the school holiday periods, you are expected to volunteer for 7 hours per week (normally one full day).
This placement is perfect for those undertaking various award schemes, such as the Duke of Edinburgh award, as over the course of the summer you have the opportunity to gain upto 50 volunteering hours.
Each volunteer will be required to undergo a minimum of 1 and a half days training before they start. If you’d like to find out more or ask questions about any of these roles do not hesitate to get in touch with Catherine Haddon, Volunteering Support Officer on 01772 324 129 or email volunteer@lancswt.org.uk
Awards
Brockholes has scooped many high profile awards since opening in April 2011:
2013 Lancashire Tourism Award for Best Conference/Meeting venue
VisitEngland's Visitor Attraction Quality Assurance Scheme (VAQAS) 'Excellent'
Green Tourism Gold Award
Customer at the Heart Award
Lancashire and Blackpool Tourism Awards 'Marketing Campaign of the Year'
National Wood Award
BREEAM ‘Outstanding’ for the interim design stage
Chartered Institute of Building Services – Building of the Year 2011
Civic Trust Award
Civic Trust Special Award for Sustainability
Highly Commended in portfolio of Newlands sites in Landscape Awards
CIWEM Living Wetlands award
Greenbuilds award
Green Apple Awards for the Visitor Centre
Sustainable Project of the year – 2012 Building Awards
RICS North West – Overall award
RICS North West – Tourism and Leisure
RICS NW – Design & Innovation
RIBA North West Building of the Year
RIBA North West Sustainability Award
RIBA Award for top 50 new buildings in the UK
Brockholes is an award winning-venue, which floats on one of our lakes - the only one of its kind in the UK.
Combine this unique design with access straight off the M6, a beautiful nature reserve, ample parking and on site catering, and you have found yourself the perfect venue for your next event. View our Conference Brochure here.
We think Brockholes is the natural place to do business, our dedicated centre can cater for 50 to 130 delegates.
We have a choice of two conference rooms and a reception/break-out area.
www.brockholes.org/conference-packages
At Brockholes we want you to be in control of your event as much as possible. This is why we have created these basic packages, enabling you to tweak each element to build an individual event.
Alternatively, we can cater to your specific requests if you require half day, early morning or evening hire.
Here is an overview of our conference packages, please contact us for a quote.
Our Conference brochure can be viewed in digi-book format here.
Day Delegate Package
Private room hire from 9am - 5pm
Tea and coffee served on arrival with bacon rolls
Mineral water for each guest
Tea and coffee served mid-morning
Buffet lunch served with tea, coffee and fresh fruit platter
Tea, coffee and biscuits served mid-afternoon
Use of a flip chart, screen and projector
Recycled pen and notepad for each delegate
Dedicated co-ordinator to assist you throughout the planning to delivery of your meeting
24 Hour Delegate Package
All of the above plus;
Three course dinner
Full breakfast
Accommodation in a standard bedroom at our recommended accommodation supplier
Accommodation
Preferential rates are available on request from a local hotel when booking through the Brockholes Sales Team.
We can tailor our packages to suit your needs. Make the UK's first floating venue your next choice
Please contact us for more information or to arrange a meeting or showround with our Conference Sales Co-ordinator
Call us on 01772 872005 or enter your details below and we will contact you to discuss your requirements.
www.brockholes.org/sponsorship-opportunities
Sponsorship Opportunities
Brockholes is an award winning nature reserve owned and manages by the Lancashire Wildlife Trust, which was opened in 2011. The 250 acre reserve is already attracting record numbers of breeding birds and around 170,000 visitors each year. Brockholes runs a wide range of events throughout the year and has a particularly strong offer for families. Events include wild families, school holiday clubs, school and community group visits, self led trails and larger festivals during the summer holidays.
The key marketing campaigns run targeting families include Christmas, Summer and Easter. Each campaign targets a series of family focused publications across the North West, with a monthly average reach online of over 40,000 people through the website and social media. Advertising and direct marketing campaigns have an average reach of 70% of the total North West population.
Sponsorship and Partnership Opportunities
Summer at Brockholes sees a host of family events each year, from school holiday clubs to open air theatre, guided walks to family fun. Over the Summer period, Brockholes expects to welcome over 60,000 visitors. The marketing campaign is multi channel and will reach a wide audience of families across the North West. Brockholes has also been featured in the National Press for some of the unique events run. We have some new opportunities for sponsorship and partnership, which will allow your business to raise brand awareness and fulfill part of your Corporate Social Responsibility by supporting Brockholes and The Lancashire Wildlife Trust.
Summer at Brockholes Headline Sponsorship £4500
Expose your brand to thousands of families across the North West.
- Logo on all Summer promotional material
- Inclusion in all four of the Summer e-news and Lancashire Wildlife Trust e-news
- Sponsor Feature on Brockholes.org
- On site promotion
- Promotion through social media channels
- Inclusion in all PR activity
- Temporary use of Brockholes logo on promotional material directly related to the partnership
Wild Families Sponsorship £4000 per year
Our Wild Families events are always fully booked. With themes ranging from scarecrow hunts to nature detectives, each event provides quality family time for family members of all ages. Events are run throughout school holidays.
-Logo on marketing materials for Wild Families
-Inclusion in PR for trail launch
-Inclusion in social media activity
-Inclusion in Brockholes e-news
Seasonal Trail Sponsorship £500 per trail
Each visitor to Brockholes can collect their free seasonal trail on arrival. The trail helps visitors to explore the reserve, learn more about what to see and how the reserve changes with the season and challenges them to spot things.
-Logo on sponsorship trail
-Inclusion in PR for trail launch
-Inclusion in social media activity around the trail
Half term at Brockholes £1500
-Logo on all marketing materials
-Inclusion in launch PR
-Social media promotion
Annual Headline Sponsorship £10,000
- Logo inclusion on all Promotional Material
- Dedicated web page on Brockholes.org
- On site promotion
- Dedicated stand area on key event days
- Promotion through Brockholes and LWT e-news, member magazine
- Promotion through social media channels
- Inclusion in all PR activity
-Discounted delegate rate on our conference facilities
Children's Corner £500
Would you like to help brighten up the children's corner in our restuarant for our younger visitors?
-Inclusion in PR activity
-Recognition in the children's area
-Inclusion in activity to our database promoting the new area
To talk to us more about sponsorship opportunities, contact Ruth Gaskell rgaskell@lancswt.org.uk or call 01772 324129.
www.brockholes.org/commercial-opportunities
Commercial Opportunities
Make Brockholes your business
Businesses are being offered an opportunity to become partners in a North West tourism and wildlife success story.
Brockholes nature reserve is entering the second phase of development which will provide commercial opportunities for other businesses and boost local employment.
The Lancashire Wildlife Trust attraction attracted 185,000 people to its nature reserve and the first ever floating visitor village in the UK, last year. It is looking to top that visitor figure this year.
Just off the M6 at Preston and easily accessible from anywhere in the UK, Brockholes has received more than 30 regional and national awards despite only opening in 2011. Visitors continue to pour in despite the reserve being surrounded by the attractions of Manchester, Blackpool and Liverpool.
The business has shown year-on-year growth and, as a result, is seeking commercial partners for the next phase of development.
Anne Selby, Chief Executive of the Wildlife Trust said “Brockholes has performed incredibly well despite being launched in a recession. We have steered the business through the stormy weather and achieved fantastic results.
“We are now looking to move into the next phase of development. As a conservation charity, we want to ensure our focus remains on the nature conservation of the reserve, whilst ensuring the commercial income supports this work. We are looking for expressions of interest at this stage and asking businesses to be creative with their proposals.”
The Visitor Village has a restaurant, shops, conference centre, welcome centre and education centre. Major companies have made use of the conference centre including RBS and Aldi. The surrounding nature reserve is continuing to grow, with an increasing population of resident creatures and rare visitors like red kite, bittern and otter.
Anne continued: “Brockholes received funding for the initial start up and development phases but it was always designed to be a self-sustaining model. By making the most of the commercial opportunities and keeping these balanced carefully with the needs of nature, we believe we can continue to success of Brockholes into the future and achieve even more fantastic results for wildlife, our wide range of visitors and the tourism economy”.
Opportunities include retail, water sports (non-motorised), indoor play provision, events partners and mobile food concessions. However, the Trust is open to hear if any investors would wish to develop sympathetic commercial facilities on the site.
An opportunity information pack is available by request from:
Karen Williams Karen.Williams@brockholes.org
Expressions of interest should initially be made to
Lindsey Poole, Commercial Development Manager lpoole@lancswt.org.uk
Group Visits
Whether it’s a full day out or just a quick stop off on the way to your destination, Brockholes is the ideal place for groups to visit.
There's so much for all ages to see and learn about at Brockholes. Everyone from toddlers to seniors will find something to fascinate them, whether through our exciting range of organised events, or by just wandering around the site.
We are passionately committed to lifelong learning for all – our belief is that everyone should leave knowing something they didn't when they arrived! The Lancashire Wildlife Trust has over a decade of experience in delivering environmental education, so you can relax, enjoy the surroundings and be sure to come away both enchanted and enlightened...
We have several options for various groups, each with a variety of benefits. For more information click on the relevant link below…
Coach Groups
School Groups
Community Groups
To enquire about group visits please call 01772 872000 or email info@brockholes.org. Or leave your details on the form below and a member of our team will get back to you as soon as possible.
Coach Groups
Situated next to Junction 31 on the M6, we are the ideal stop for coach trips, whether it is for a short stop, as a green motorway services, or as part of a full day visit.
Free entry for coaches and convenient coach drop-off point
We have a variety of walking trails for your group to explore, ranging from half an hour to 2 hours in length.
We have our floating visitor village that features a stunning waterside restaurant, 2 unique gift shops and a welcome centre with exhibits, which are ideal should your guests decide for something less active (or if the weather lets you down)!
All our buildings are fully accessible, while the vast majority of our paths are well surfaced, level and suitable for wheelchairs.
We now have a more convenient drop-off point exclusively for coaches and in addition have a number of benefits for coach groups:
• Free entry to the reserve and visitor centre
• Free coach parking
• Refreshment voucher for the coach driver
• Free familiarisation visit for group organisers
• Free meet and greet at the coach (on request)
• Free Brockholes welcome leaflet and trail guide
• Free events and activities throughout the year (visit our events calendar for details)
• Free play area
• Pre-booked guided tours (available at an extra charge)
• Adapted toilets available at the visitor centre
Please note that there is a 4 metre high bridge on the entrance to Brockholes. We also advise all coaches to let us know of their visit in advance by calling us on 01772 872000.
For any further information please just call 01772 872000, email info@brockholes.org
School Groups
Our 250 acre nature reserve and Visitor Village is a great place for school groups to visit. Children can learn about the geological history and how the quarrying has shaped the land today. And because we are a new nature reserve, you can watch it grow! It is also home to the UK's first floating Visitor Village.
Most importantly of all, the children will be able to see that Brockholes is home to a host of wildlife, with many different species of bird popping by throughout the year, along with brown hare, dragonfly and deer to name a few!
Facilities
Your school will have use of the education centre on our floating visitor village and you will have at least one Education Officer dedicated to your group throughout the day.
Plus... NEW FOR 2014!
Next year your school will be able to get even closer to nature at Brockholes by booking an education session in our new purpose-built bird hide classroom, right on the edge of the lake!
The hide will overlook No 1 Pit Lake which is home to many different species of birds and you'll also be able to look across to the new sand martin wall, which will provide valuable breeding habitat when they arrive in spring.
Why not your details below if you'd like us to keep to informed of these exciting new developments!
Programmes
We offer a wide range of programmes including:
Big Adventure in a Miniature World
Life Cycles
Migration and Hibernation
Environmental Art
Geography and Geology
Forest School
You can read more about the education programmes available at Brockholes here.
Education Team
Our Education Team are based at Brockholes and have a huge amount of experience in inspiring young people about the natural world. They are a lively bunch and pride themselves on creating an exciting and memorable experience for your school. You can read about how great our team is here: Meet the Education Team.
Outreach
Can't get to us? Then we can come to you! Our outreach education programme is very popular and offers a wide range of programmes for those who are unable to reach Brockholes.You can view our Outreach Programmes here.
For any information just call us on 01772 872000 for more information, email eduadmin@lancswt.org.uk
Community Groups
Brockholes is a great place to bring your community group, whether it's the Scouts, Guides, Cubs, Brownies or Beavers or a rambling or photography group, there is something for everyone!
As well as exploring our stunning nature reserve you can enjoy an activity such as a guided walk, a mini-beast hunt or an environmental art session.
You can visit Brockholes during the day or we have special community group evenings when the reserve is open beyond our usual opening hours. Group activities usually take place between 5.30pm and 7.30pm.
Forest Schools
Forest Schools is a unique outdoor learning experience that improves children's self-esteem, confidence and abilities.
Brockholes provides an inspirational setting for Forest Schools sessions and training, and is conveniently located just off junction 31 of the M6 at Preston.
Our Forest School sessions are designed and delivered by our experienced and fully qualified Education Team including our Level 3 Trained Forest Schools Practioner.
Our next Forest Schools adult training session will be running in October. To find out more about Forest School sessions at Brockholes please call 01772 872017 or email kphillips@lancswt.org.uk
Shop til you flock
Why not drop into our two on-site shops, The Nest and Village Store, which are packed with all sorts of goodies. We've a variety of products from local beverages and food, to cards and books and crafts and jewellery. They are the perfect place to pick up a unique gift... and there's plenty of treats for the little ones too!
The Nest
The Nest is home to an inspiring collection of gifts, jewellery, books, toys, arts & crafts. Discover what's inside The Nest here.
The Village Store
The Village Store stocks a wide range of products, from locally sourced food and drink treats to bird food, garden accessories and wildlife books. Come and look inside here.
Membership of the Wildlife Trust
Brockholes is a Lancashire Wildlife Trust Nature Reserve. You can become a member today or talk to our friendly staff members and volunteers on your next visit to Brockholes. Gift membership is available in The Nest or you can buy it online here.
Our restaurant is the perfect place to stop and watch the world go by with panoramic views of our lake. Scrumptious homemade dishes and a taste bud tingling selection of Lancashire's finest local produce are all here to tempt you, along with fair trade tea and coffee.
Our restaurant is open from 10am to 5pm.
www.brockholes.org/very-special-occasions
Brockholes is a fantastic place for your very special occasions.
Our floating venue is one of the newest and most unique in Lancashire and promises you and your guests an unforgetable event whatever the occasion.
We have a dedicated function centre that can accomodate weddings, christenings and all sort of functions.
The clean, contemporary finish of our venue means that you have the perfect opportunity to put your own stamp on your event, with a flexible range of catering available from our on-site restaurant.
We have a dedicated Conference and Events Co-ordinator that will be available to help you plan your special occasion.
Very Special Weddings
We had our first wedding celebration September 2011 and since then it's been all go with Wedding Fayres and lots more bookings for this year and next. Find out more about weddings at Brockholes here.
Very Special Christenings
Brockholes is a real family friendly venue for a Christening celebration that you will remember for years to come. Find out more here.
For general enquiries about holding a function at Brockholes please call 01772 872005 or email philip.dunn@brockholes.org.
Cincinnati (/ˌsɪnsɪˈnæti/ SIN-sih-NAT-ee) is a major city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the government seat of Hamilton County. Settled in 1788, the city is located at the northern side of the confluence of the Licking and Ohio rivers. The city drives the Cincinnati–Middletown–Wilmington combined statistical area, which had a population of 2,172,191 in the 2010 census making it Ohio's largest metropolitan area. With a population of 301,301, Cincinnati is the third-largest city in Ohio and 65th in the United States. Its metropolitan area is the fastest growing economic power in the Midwestern United States based on increase of economic output and it is the 28th-biggest metropolitan statistical area in the U.S. Cincinnati is also within a half day's drive of sixty percent of the United States populace.
In the nineteenth century, Cincinnati was an American boomtown in the heart of the country. Throughout much of the 19th century, it was listed among the top 10 U.S. cities by population, surpassed only by New Orleans and the older, established settlements of the United States eastern seaboard, as well as being the sixth-biggest city for a period spanning 1840 until 1860. As Cincinnati was the first city founded after the American Revolution, as well as the first major inland city in the country, it is regarded as the first purely "American" city.
Cincinnati developed with fewer immigrants and less influence from Europe than east coast cities in the same period. However, it received a significant number of German immigrants, who founded many of the city's cultural institutions. By the end of the 19th century, with the shift from steamboats to railroads drawing off freight shipping, trade patterns had altered and Cincinnati's growth slowed considerably. The city was surpassed in population by other inland cities, particularly Chicago, which developed based on strong commodity exploitation, economics, and the railroads, and St. Louis, which for decades after the Civil War served as the gateway to westward migration.
Cincinnati is home to three major sports teams: the Cincinnati Reds of Major League Baseball; the Cincinnati Bengals of the National Football League; and FC Cincinnati, currently playing in the second division United Soccer League but moving to Major League Soccer (Division 1) in 2019. The city's largest institution of higher education, the University of Cincinnati, was founded in 1819 as a municipal college and is now ranked as one of the 50 largest in the United States. Cincinnati is home to historic architecture with many structures in the urban core having remained intact for 200 years. In the late 1800s, Cincinnati was commonly referred to as the "Paris of America", due mainly to such ambitious architectural projects as the Music Hall, Cincinnatian Hotel, and Shillito Department Store. Cincinnati is the birthplace of William Howard Taft, the 27th President of the United States.
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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?
Eastwood Training Estate, Chesterton Rd, Rotherham
South Yorkshire Transport Trust Open Day on July 24, 2022
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It isn't often that we get to see the elegant rear ends of vintage buses, but here at Beamish Museum is this very well restored pair of Albion coaches of the fleet of Economic Buses of Whitburn (Wearside).
Both are Albion Valiant CX39N's with Associated Coachbuilders bodies. Although they were once stablemates, this is probably the first time that they have been seen together for many years.
On the left is No.7, a 1948 model (although some claim it to be 1947), UK registered HUP 236. It was withdrawn in 1963, stood for ten years and was then bought into preservation. It is currently owned by Yesteryear Vintage Vehicle Hire of West Yorkshire.
On the right is No.10, a 1949 model, UK registered KUP 799. It was restored and is still owned by Gardiners Coachbuilders of Spennymoor (Co. Durham).
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"Uncertainty is the refuge of hope. - Henri Frederic Amiel"
Macro Monday project – 08/26/13
“Zig Zag”
Combating climate change and making the planet greener and cleaner is an issue for everyone. How times have changed since World Environment Day was launched by the United Nations General Assembly 36 years ago. We wonder if they considered then that today climate change and other environmental impacts would have such an impact on world hunger and poverty. The world has yet to figure out how it will deal with global warming, changing rainfall patterns, melting glaciers, rising sea-levels and climate refugees. In many countries defence forces might find themselves torn between humanitarian relief operations and guarding their borders against climate refugees, as climate change and scarce resources, forcing millions of climate refugees across the borders.
Climate change is expected to put an estimated 50 million more people at risk of hunger and water stress by 2020. It poses a serious threat to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), especially during a period of global economic recession, when resources needed to cope with climate change may be reassigned. Agriculture and deforestation account for 30 per cent of greenhouse gas emissions. These two sectors can therefore contribute to reducing emissions if agricultural practices are changed.
Poor people in developing countries are the most vulnerable to the effects of climate change. The negative impacts on their crop yields are already being felt and will be increasingly severe. Climate change is likely to affect forest expansion and migration, and exacerbate threats to biodiversity resulting from land use/cover change and population pressure. Marine and coastal ecosystems are likely to be affected by sea level rise and temperature increases. Human health will also be adversely affected. Rising temperatures and rainfall variability had led to more climate-induced diseases and heat stress. Experts predict climate change-related stresses -- including disasters, food and water shortages and conflicts over scarce resources -- could permanently uproot 200 to 250 million people by mid-century.
According to new technique and research our planet's continents were arranged 2.5 billion years ago. We are homo consumens of the earth and very young specie still trying to understand the mysteries of nature and in our ignorance we have destroyed it. Climate change offers humanity no second chances. Only rich countries can break the deadlock crippling international climate negotiations and prevent the world lurching into climate disaster.
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Chillida-Leku, Guipúzcoa, País Vasco, España.
El Museo de Chillida-Leku es un gran espacio de jardines y bosques y un caserío (Zabalaga) remodelado, donde el escultor Eduardo Chillida Juantegui distribuyó una gran muestra de su obra. Está situado en las inmediaciones de Hernani, provincia de Guipúzcoa. Inaugurado el 16 de septiembre de 2000, tras 10 años de actividad, el 31 de diciembre de 2010 cerró sus puertas debido a la crisis económica.
El 30 de noviembre de 2017 se dio a conocer que Chillida-Leku reabriría en 2018, siendo la galería suiza Hauser & Wirth la representante exclusiva de la obra de Eduardo Chillida. Sin embargo, la reapertura se pospuso para el 17 de abril de 2019.
El 23 de agosto de 2019, el museo fue seleccionado por la revista estadounidense Time en su lista World’s Greatest Places 2019 como uno de los mejores lugares del mundo para visitar, tratándose de la única representación española.
El museo se distribuye a lo largo de una parcela de 13 hectáreas.8 En el exterior se muestran 40 esculturas de muy diferentes tamaños. Las más grandes son Buscando la luz de 27 toneladas y 9 metros de alto y Lotura XXXII de 60 toneladas, y otras como Estela V no miden más de un metro. Los materiales de las esculturas del exterior son el acero y la piedra, predominantemente granito rosa. Las esculturas de los jardines se pueden tocar, por lo que el visitante siente la fuerza de los materiales.
En el interior del caserío se muestran las obras más delicadas del artista. Muchas de ellas están fabricadas en materiales que no podrían soportar las inclemencias meteorológicas, como son la madera, el alabastro o la lana. Además, hay un exposición de estudios del cuerpo humano en pintura y escultura. Por último hay una pequeña exposición de fotografías del Peine de los vientos, famosa obra de Chillida que se encuentra en un extremo de La Concha de San Sebastián.
El caserío data del siglo XVI y tiene el nombre de Zabalaga. Chillida buscaba un edificio en el que mostrar su obra, y cuando lo descubrió se encontró con este caserío de 1543 en estado de ruinas. Con la ayuda del arquitecto Joaquín Montero desarrolló un proyecto de restauración y creó un gran espacio interior, dividido en dos plantas. La planta baja abarca toda la superficie, mientras que la alta cubre solo una parte de ésta.
The Chillida-Leku Museum is a large space of gardens and forests and a remodeled farmhouse (Zabalaga), where the sculptor Eduardo Chillida Juantegui distributed a large sample of his work. It is located in the vicinity of Hernani, Guipúzcoa province. Inaugurated on September 16, 2000, after 10 years of activity, on December 31, 2010 it closed its doors due to the economic crisis.
It was announced on November 30, 2017 that Chillida-Leku would reopen in 2018, with the Swiss gallery Hauser & Wirth being the exclusive representative of Eduardo Chillida's work.However, the reopening was postponed to April 17, 2019. .
On August 23, 2019, the museum was selected by the American magazine Time in its World’s Greatest Places 2019 list as one of the best places in the world to visit, being the only Spanish representation.
The museum is distributed along a 13-hectare plot.8 Outside, 40 sculptures of very different sizes are displayed. The largest are Looking for light 27 tons and 9 meters high and Lotura XXXII 60 tons, and others such as Stela V are no more than one meter. The materials for the exterior sculptures are steel and stone, predominantly pink granite. The sculptures in the gardens can be touched, so the visitor feels the strength of the materials.
The artist's most delicate works are displayed inside the farmhouse. Many of them are made of materials that could not withstand inclement weather, such as wood, alabaster or wool. In addition, there is an exhibition of studies of the human body in painting and sculpture. Finally, there is a small exhibition of photographs of the Peine de los vientos, a famous work by Chillida that is located at one end of La Concha de San Sebastián.
The farmhouse dates from the 16th century and has the name of Zabalaga. Chillida was looking for a building in which to show his work, and when he discovered it he found this farmhouse from 1543 in a state of ruins. With the help of the architect Joaquín Montero, he developed a restoration project and created a large interior space, divided into two floors. The ground floor covers the entire surface, while the upper floor covers only part of it.
Katherine Garrett-Cox, Chief Executive Officer, Gulf International Bank (UK), United Kingdom; Young Global Leader, speaking in the Shaping the Future of Financial and Monetary Systems session at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2020 in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland, 21 January. Congress Centre – Aspen 1. Copyright by World Economic Forum/Walter Duerst
Francine Lacqua, Editor-at-Large and Presenter, Bloomberg Television, United Kingdom, speaking in the Energy Security and the European Green Deal session at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2022 in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland, 24 May. Congress Centre - Congress Hall. Copyright: World Economic Forum/ Valeriano de Domenico
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.
205_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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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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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 Economy is broken.
#MoneyMoneyMoney, this is my second participation to #FlickrFriday.
On the banknote: an illustration of "Nils Holgersson's wonderful journey across Sweden" by Selma Lagerlöf, a Swedish writer (Nobel Prizes in Literature 1909).
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Carmel Crimmins, Financial Services Editor, Americas, Thomson Reuters, USA speaking during the Session Financial Regulation: The Solution? at the Annual Meeting 2017 of the World Economic Forum in Davos, January 20, 2017
Copyright by World Economic Forum / Boris Baldinger
SCN271S was a Leyland Atlantean AN68A/2R / Alexander AL Type H49/37F purchased new by Tyne & Wear PTE (271 ) in May 1978. It is shown here in Economic livery looking superb. On disposal in 1996 it passed to Shuttle Buses of Kilwinning and was re-registered as UJI8218.
Metal sculpture at the Rothsee near Heuberg, Franconia (Bavaria)
Some background information:
This sculpture at the Rothsee was created by the German artist Wolfgang Bier. Its name is “The Great Shoulder”. It’s about four metres long and just under three metres high. Unfortunately I couldn’t find any further information about it but it has always reminded me more on the modern artistic realization of a great mammoth than on the portrayal of a great shoulder. If you use your imagination you can even identify one of the mammoth’s tusks, which is admittedly quite small. By the way this association wouldn’t even be unrealistic as mammoth bones were already dug out in this area.
The Rothsee is an artificial reservoir, which belongs to the so called Franconian Lakeland. The other lakes of the Frankonian Lakeland are the Huge Brombachsee, the Little Brombachsee, the Igelsbachsee, the Altmuehlsee, the Hahnenkammsee and the Dennenloher See. All in all these seven lakes amount to a water surface of about 20 square kilometres.
Just like most of the other lakes the Rothsee mainly serves the water regulation, but because of its great recreation offer it's also a favoured recreational area for the residents of the city of Nuernberg as well as a popular tourist destination for holidaymakers from farer away.
The Rothsee is 2.2 square kilometres large, thus one of the smaller lakes. It’s divided into an economic part and a swimming area. Three recreational areas are available at all times. In most parts surfing and sailing is possible, but there’s also a widespread nature reserve, which is situated in the northwestern corner of the lake and where all kinds of water sports activities are taboo.
Olaf Scholz, Federal Chancellor of Germany and Klaus Schwab, Founder and Executive Chairman, World Economic Forum, speaking in the Special Address by Olaf Scholz, Federal Chancellor of Germany session at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2022 in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland, 26 May, 2022. Congress Hall.
Copyright: World Economic Forum / Boris Baldinger
Elena Cherney, Editor, News Features and Special Projects, Wall Street Journal, USA, Sanna Marin, Prime Minister of Finland, Scott Minerd, Global Chief Investment Officer, Guggenheim Partners, USA, Al Gore, Vice-President of the United States (1993-2001); Chairman and Co-Founder, Generation Investment Management, USA; Member of Board of Trustees of the World Economic Forum, Gail Whiteman, Director, Pentland Centre for Sustainability in Business, Lancaster University Management School (LUMS), United Kingdom, speaking in the What's at Stake: The Arctic session at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2020 in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland, 22 January. Congress Centre – Situation Room. Copyright by World Economic Forum/Sandra Blaser
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.
CARTAGENA/COLOMBIA,07APRIL2010 - José Miguel Insulza, Secretary-General, Organization of American States (OAS), Washington DC; Global Agenda Council on Corruption, and Moisés Naím, Editor-in-Chief, Foreign Policy Magazine, USA; Global Agenda Council on Illicit Trade in the session Regional Governance Redesigned at the World Economic Forum on Latin America 2010 in Cartagena Convention Center from 6 - 8 April.
Copyright World Economic Forum www.weforum.org / Edgar Alberto Domínguez Cataño editorgeneral@fotoeditores.com