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Last of the EC3 London shots taken in September of 2019.
Did we forget to include enough staff and lifeboats, when we were building the big shiny ships..?
Great wealth often comes from exploitation, child labor, weapons and drug dealing. Not always but often ...
!! Every ten seconds, a child dies from the effects of hunger. !!
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Every piece of gold or silver work gets a hallmark depicting the fineness of the precious metal used, and usually also gets the hallmark of the goldsmith, jeweller or manufacturer. I thought it could be more interesting to highlight those hallmarks instead of the rings themselves. From top to bottom: The gold ring, which belongs to my mother, is 18 karat, or of 750 fineness, in Spain this is known as "El oro de primera ley" (first law of gold). The second ring, a gift from a close friend of mine, is 835 silver, a more rare standard mostly used in Germany after 1884, and also for minting coins in the Latin Monetary Union. The last ring is a silver piece, with a rose tourmaline set in gold, which was a gift from my mother. That ring was made by a good friend of ours who happens to be goldsmith, and you can see his hallmark on the left of the 925 mark. 925 silver is also known as "Sterling silver", an "alloy of silver containing 92.5% by weight of silver and 7.5% by weight of other metals, usually copper" to make it harder and more durable, since pure silver is a very soft material. (Sources: Wikipedia)
The focusing was a little tricky here. I first tried a manual stacking of only three images, but that didn't turn out too well. Next I tried an in-camera focus-stacking which didn't work well, either; not surprisingly, I guess, because the difference of each focus point was probably too large. So back to manual stacking, this time I combined six images. Which had to do, because not only was the focus stacking rather tricky, but so was the stacking of the rings. The little "tower" kept collapsing before I was done with most of the stacking attempts, so I decided to go with what I had ;-) Images combined in Photoshop, and processed in ON1 Photo RAW 2020, and in Luminar 4 where I highlighted the details of each hallmark.
A Happy Macro Monday, Everyone, and have a nice and safe week ahead!
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Slow down
Girl, let me love you
Darling, I care
I care for you
More than my own self
Darling, I'll share
I'll share with you
All goodness and wealth
Seh we can have just one night
Or we can one whole life
If we play it cool, yeah
We can have that one thing
Or we can have everything
If our hearts are true
Girl, slow down
Girl, let me love you
Darling, slow down
Let me get to know you
Baby, I've been fantasizing
Just looking in your eyes
You know I'm looking for more
And you're what I've been praying for
This kind of love don't come around like this
I'm not one to play around like this, it's so real
And I love how it feels
Compton Acres Garden, Poole, Dorset
The gardens are situated at 164 Canford Cliffs, POOLE, Dorset, BH13 7ES. It is a privately owned garden, founded in 1920 by Thomas William Simpson. He was a business man whose wealth came from the production of Margarine.
From the 1920s – 1930s he began to create a series of enclosed gardens, seven in all, at the staggering cost of £220k. They were filled with sculptures and other architectural features.
The thought was, that even at an early stage of its construction that it was going to be a ‘tourist attraction’.
Unfortunately Mr Simpson died in 1944, this was followed by another death in the form of Mr. Middleton, the Head Gardener. These deaths plus the call-up of other staff lead to the gardens falling into disrepair. In 1950 the garden were sold to J. Stanley Beard a London architect who was responsible for a programme of restoration and by 1952 now complete, it was open to the public.
During that time new paths were laid, many other plantings were carried out. It changed hands again in 1964 but it still remained open. Since then the main house was sold as was part of the northern and southern boundary plus some of the woodland.
The garden now is divided between five smaller sub-gardens:
The Italian Garden: When you first see this garden from the end of the pond looking down to the Domed Temple it is spectacular. At the top end are two statues representing Wrestlers of Herculaneum. The pond itself is surrounded with brightly coloured planting and in the water are many water lilies and a fountain. To the left is the Italianate Villa with its brightly painted walls and statues on the roof and as you walk down the path other shrubs and manicured bushes. There are quite a few seats dotted around so that you can enjoy the experience.
The Wooded Valley: Here the woodland of Pine trees, where Rhododendrons and Camelias grow in some abundance. Winding footpaths and waterfalls along with other plants such as Ferns and Foxgloves make a wonderful setting.
Rock and Water Garden: There is a thought that Compton Acres has the largest rock garden in private hands in England. It consists of over 300 different plants which include alpines, conifers, spring and summer bulbs.
The Heather Garden: Here, there is a garden, again with many different species of Heather, some not easily grown in other gardens but the south coast has a much better climate enabling them to thrive. It is at its best in Spring, although it is still a very colourful space throughout the year.
The Japanese Garden: There is an odd shaped pool which is surrounded by Bamboos, Azelea and Maples. Wonderful colours, together with a collection of figures, lanterns, stone pagodas and a thatched Japanese-style summerhouse. This is covered in Wisteria in season. Many of the items were purchased in Japan, even the fish were exported under licence.
The garden covers 10 acres, it has many pieces of sculpture and architectural features scattered throughout the site. It also has a tea-room, a very important place which does nice tea and cake. What could be better after the experience of seeing the garden?
Valle de Valdebezana, Burgos, Castilla y León, España.
Valle de Valdebezana es un municipio español perteneciente a la provincia de Burgos, en la comunidad autónoma de Castilla y León. Se sitúa al oeste de la comarca de Las Merindades, dentro del partido judicial de Villarcayo. Su amplia extensión ofrece diversidad paisajística y riqueza natural. En él se encuentra el embalse del Ebro, y cuenta con monte bajo y bosque en un alto grado de conservación. Abarca una superficie de 156,60 km² y cuenta con una población de 477 habitantes (INE 2017).
Se le incluye en la región geológica ibero-cantábrica, subdivisión de la comarca cantábrica. Se caracteriza por considerarse una zona plegada de la cordillera Cantábrica.
En las proximidades se ha descrito un sistema de fallas en tijera y transversales comprendido entre Leva Soncillo y Castrillo de Bezana.10 La consecuencia fue un conato de enlace de la cadena de montañas con la cordillera Cantábrica, por las sierras del norte del valle del Nela, Castrillo de Bezana y colinas y montes que bordean a oriente la carretera N-623.
Su extensión ofrece diversidad paisajística y riqueza natural, pues en él se encuentra el embalse del Ebro, y cuenta con diversidad de paisajes tanto de monte bajo y bosque.
Al norte tiene la cordillera Cantábrica y al sur una planicie de más de 1000 m. de altitud llamada La Escampada que es una anticipación del Páramo de Masa y La Lora. Antes de llegar a La Escampada se debe ascender un desnivel de casi 300 m. que por carretera se corresponde con el puerto de Carrales.
Valle de Valdebezana is a Spanish municipality belonging to the province of Burgos, in the autonomous community of Castilla y León. It is located to the west of the Las Merindades region, within the Villarcayo judicial district. Its wide extension offers landscape diversity and natural wealth. In it is the Ebro reservoir, and has scrubland and forest in a high degree of conservation. It covers an area of 156.60 km² and has a population of 477 inhabitants (INE 2017).
It is included in the Ibero-Cantabrian geological region, a subdivision of the Cantabrian region. It is characterized by being considered a folded area of the Cantabrian mountain range.
In the vicinity, a system of shear and transversal faults has been described between Leva Soncillo and Castrillo de Bezana.10 The consequence was an attempt to link the mountain chain with the Cantabrian mountain range, through the northern sierras of the Valle del Nela, Castrillo de Bezana and hills and mountains that border the N-623 road to the east.
Its extension offers landscape diversity and natural wealth, since the Ebro reservoir is located in it, and it has a diversity of landscapes, both scrubland and forest.
To the north it has the Cantabrian mountain range and to the south a plain of more than 1000 m. altitude called La Escampada which is an anticipation of the Páramo de Masa and La Lora. Before reaching La Escampada, you must climb a drop of almost 300 m. which by road corresponds to the port of Carrales.
Jean-Mich' est mort dimanche dernier.
Son corps a été retrouvé dans la Sarthe.
Jean-Mich' faisait partie de ces visages familiers des rues d'Alençon. Depuis sa sortie de prison, il n'avait guère de vie sociale autrement que par le truchement de la rue, qui lui permettait, par la générosité de quelques passants, de manger un minimum ou fumer un cigarillo.
Oh non, Jean-Mich' n'était pas un Saint. Il est même probable que vous-même, qui me lisez, l'auriez regardé de travers en connaissant les rumeurs de Radio-Prison qui circulaient à son sujet.
Et personnellement, ces rumeurs ne m'ont pas mis à l'aise. Du tout.
Cependant, je l'ai vu, au fil des mois. J'ai vu sa santé se dégrader, ses espoirs déçus, sa difficulté au quotidien.
Il était un ex-taulard, il était aussi un laissé pour compte.
Quelle facette de ce personnage garder ?
Voici la seule que je connaisse : celle d'un gars prisonnier dehors après avoir été détenu entre quatre murs.
La rue ne tue pas, pourtant.
La pauvreté, elle, oui.
C'est elle qui assassine les laissés pour compte, en définitive, drapée dans ses oripeaux urbains.
Ce n'est pas une mince affaire de garder une certaine retenue, une distance minimale avec les personnages récurrents qui habitent les rues d'Alençon, quand on est un Foutographe aussi visible que je puis l'être dans ce petit univers alençonnais...
Je m'y suis efforcé, et continuerai à m'y efforcer, car d'autres nouvelles de cet acabit arriveront... Et je n'ai ni le coeur, ni l'envie, ni l'aveuglement nécessaire pour me plonger dans les eaux troubles de la compassion débridée
Je n'avais pas pour but de publier cette image, quand je l'ai prise, il y a quelques semaines.
Mais cela devient aujourd'hui ma "meilleure" image de Jean-Mich' et de ce qu'était sa vie alors que je le croisais presque quotidiennement.
Quand la photo de rue flirte avec le photoreportage...
Thomas Jefferson: "That democracy cannot long exist without enlightenment; That it cannot function without wise and honest officials; That talent and virtue, needed in a free society, should be educated regardless of wealth, birth or other accidental condition; That other children of the poor must thus be educated at common expence."
"Dandelions are masters of survival. They can take root in places that seem little short of miraculous, and then are impossible to get rid of, as homeowners have found. But why is this plant so hard to kill? It’s because they are fast growers. The sunny yellow flowers go from bud to seed in days. Their lifespan is long, too – an individual plant can live for years, so the dandelion lurking in a corner of the playground might be older than the children running past it. The roots sink in deeper over the years, and can go down 15 feet.
Like the Hydra who sprouted two new heads for every one that was cut off, the roots clone when divided; a one-inch bit of dandelion root can grow a whole new dandelion. Dandelion leaves can shove their way though gravel and cement, and thrive in barren habitats."
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[...] Nature herself makes the wise man rich [..]
-- Quote by Cicero (106 BC - 43 BC)
Mazzano Romano, Italy (October, 2007)
I guess castles always have a touch of Romance about them certainly Dunstanburgh Castle on the edge of the North Sea seems particularly magical. Taken a very warm July day back in 2013
Dunstanburgh Castle is a 14th-century fortification on the coast of Northumberland in northern England, located between the villages of Craster and Embleton. The castle was built by Earl Thomas of Lancaster between 1313 and 1322, taking advantage of the site's natural defences and the existing earthworks of a former Iron Age fort. Thomas was a leader of a baronial faction opposed to King Edward II, and probably intended Dunstanburgh to act as a secure refuge, should the political situation in southern England deteriorate. The castle also served as a statement of the earl's wealth and influence, and would have invited comparisons with the neighbouring royal castle of Bamburgh. Thomas probably only visited his new castle once, before being captured at Battle of Boroughbridge as he attempted to flee royal forces for the safety of Dunstanburgh. Thomas was executed, and the castle became the property of the Crown, before passing into the Duchy of Lancaster.
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Wikipedia states..."Chives, (scientific name...Schoenoprasum), is an edible species of the genus Allium. Its close relatives include the garlic, shallot, leek, scallion, and Chinese onion."
What I know about this beautiful plant is that the bees love to traverse the hills and valleys of this flower. Once the bloom has faded, you'll find tiny black seeds inside the folds of each blossom. What a great way to spread the wealth. Life is wonderful that way!
Stay close. Wait for the trickle-down effect. You know that there is a very good reason, they say, that governments should help the rich to get richer even easier and much faster. Yes, it is the trickle-down effect. One day, eventually that is, some of the new wealth will trickle down into my watering can and make me rich too. I live in hope. And I am staying ever so close to my watering can. Helios 44M-7 manual lens at F2, one LED lamp.
Back in the medieval era England's wealth was based on the wool trade, and to reflect this the Lord Chancellor (now known as the Lord Speaker) in the House of Lords still sits on the Woolsack.
The Cotswolds, along with East Anglia and the Yorkshire Dales, was - and remains - one of the most important areas for sheep farming. This is reflected in many of the churches in the larger towns which had large extensions built, normally in the 15th century. An example is shown below. These were funded by rich wool merchants and the churches became known as wool churches.
This was taken between the villages of Upper Slaughter and Lower Swell in Gloucestershire.
In “The Wealth of Nations”, Adam Smith said we should all do what we do best, and rely on others for the rest. In “A Brief History of Equality”, Thomas Piketty emphasizes that Nature’s balance sheet accounts for externalities, which we ignore at our peril. Somewhere, Yogi Berra observed that in theory, theory and practice are the same, but in practice they’re different.
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Stay close. Wait for the trickle-down effect. You know that there is a very good reason, they say, that governments should help the rich to get richer even easier and much faster. Yes, it is the trickle-down effect. One day, eventually that is, some of the new wealth will trickle down into my watering can and make me rich too. I live in hope. And I am staying ever so close to my watering can. Helios 44M-7 manual lens at F2, contre-jour, reflector.
Colorful currency for the Crazy Tuesday challenge, Currency and/or Banknotes From Around the World. Represented here is money from: Macedonia, Poland, Mozambique, Peru, Ecuador, Argentina, Myanmar, Brazil, Bhutan, Socialist Republic of Yugoslavia, Bolivia and India.
Happy Crazy Tuesday!
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Wealth is power. With wealth many things are possible.
George Clason
Power is not all bad, if wielded properly, you can change the world for the better. It gets a bad name from those who abuse it.
For those who may think power is bad, remember the power of Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Jr., Princess Diana, and others who sought to bring positive changes to the world.
NRHP Reference#:85002493n. It overlooks 34 acres (140,000 m2) of rolling land including a boathouse on the north shore of Long Island adjacent to Long Island Sound. Brown lost ownership of the property after the stock market crash of 1929.
... and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.
Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.
Epictetus
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Ferrari 458 Italia photographed July 2010, Montreal. More to come.
Thanks to Joshua McRae for assisting me on this shoot!
Still need to fix the haloing around the House.
Fountain Of Wealth
Supported by four 13.8 metres high bronze legs and spreading over an area of 1683.07 metres, the Fountain of Wealth has been accorded the status of "World's Largest Fountain" in the 1998 edition of the Guinness Book of Records. It is symbolically the ring in the palm of the hand, guaranteeing the retention of wealth. It is destined to be Singapore's most visited tourist destination.
The plaza would provide a large outdoor space for people to gather. But on its own, it would not achieve sufficient visual impact. A dramatic fountain was proposed as a visual focus. The Fountain Plaza, now the focal point of Suntec City, is also at the heart of the Marina Centre area. Not only is it the hub of circulation within the development, it also draws life from the surrounding buildings. This is why it sits off centre within Suntec City -so that it can be directly connected to its neighbours.
The flowing water from the Fountain is also a potent symbol as water is the essence of life in almost every culture. Located round this symbolic centre of life are the buildings which make up Suntec City. These buildings attract human activity - life - to the area. At ground level, vehicles flow around the fountain plaza while pedestrians flow into the buildings around it. Below ground, at the Fountain Terrace, all the buildings are interconnected by shops and restaurants. The complex is also connected to its neighbours by both underground and street-level pedestrian linkways.
Symbol of fertility an wealth.
Wünsche Euch für das neue Jahr alles, was der Granatapfel symbolisiert.
the Super Yacht Senses Anchored in Belfast Lough with Kilroot Power Station in the background mist and haze. This Yacht was previously owned by the by Larry Page. Senses is a motor yacht with an overall length of 59.22 m. The yacht's builder is Fr. Schweers Shipyard from Germany, who launched Senses in 1999. The superyacht has a beam of 12.7 m, a draught of 4.5 m and a volume of 993 GT.
"He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature." - Socrates
Snoqualmie Pass, WA
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TITLE: The war of wealth
CALL NUMBER: POS - TH - 1895 .W37, no. 1 (C size) [P&P]
REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-USZC4-591 (color film copy transparency)
LC-USZ6-380 (b&w film copy neg.)
RIGHTS INFORMATION: No known restrictions on publication.
MEDIUM: 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 77 x 102 cm.
CREATED/PUBLISHED: Cin'ti ; N.Y. : Strobridge Lith. Co., c1895.
CREATOR:
Strobridge & Co. Lith.
RELATED NAMES:
Litt, Jacob.
Dazey, Charles Turner, 1855-1938.
NOTES:
Created and "copyright 1895 by The Strobridge Lith Co, Cin'ti. -- N.Y."
Jacob Litt, proprietor.
By C.T. Dazey, author of In old Kentucky.
Caption: The run on the bank : a crisis in the affairs of the great financial institution. The most animated and realistic scene ever shown on the stage.
N.Y. 6312.
SUBJECTS:
Business panics.
Banks.
Crowds.
Melodramas.
FORMAT:
Theatrical posters American.
Lithographs Color.
PART OF: Theatrical Poster Collection (Library of Congress)
REPOSITORY: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
DIGITAL ID: (digital file from intermediary roll copy film) var 0760 hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/var.0760
CONTROL #: var1994000815/PP
The Fountain of Wealth was at one point the largest fountain in the world. Looks pretty good huh! Unfortunately it was raining, so taking photos proved difficult.
Another reserve of pristine beauty literally next door. The sidewalk has ancient paving stone, and in front of the windows all the magnificence - from the car to the piano.
Богатство
Еще один заповедник нетронутых красот буквально в соседнем дворе. На тротуаре старинная брусчатка, а перед окнами все великолепие — от автомобиля до рояля.