Start of a new day and a new week, and it sure is a beautiful day here in Stockholm. Even so I guess this sunrise is hard to match, at least on earth.
Hope you all have a great start of the week!
Author: saarimner
Music for rounding up the weekend
So, the weekend is coming to an end. Some good tunes to round things up with (If you’re in need of Spotify-invites, contact me directly):
The Autumn is soon here
So, the summer of 2011 is coming to an end. A summer that, here in Stockholm, was one of the sunniest ever. Didn’t thought that a summer could be that nice! Stockholm is, in my opinion, one of the greatest summer-cities in the world.
But now my favorite season of the year is entering, the autumn is moving in! The best season when it comes to photography. The colors are all there, from the most bright yellow to green, red and blue.
Can’t wait to get out there and catch some pics. Hopefully I’ve learned a little more since last year. Will be interesting to find that out.
In the end, I’m easily satisfied with the very best 😉
I’ll leave this post with a picture I took during a short walk this summer.
Hope you have a great Sunday.
(c) Pedro Hansson
“Cold Champagne”
This saturday will be a slow one since I’ve caught a Cold. Think I stay inside and work on some recent pictures. To raise my spirit a little I’ve opened a bottle of Champagne to keep me company. After all, life is about living, even when you have a little cold.
So I guess this evening will be all about “Cold Champagne”.
Happy Saturday evening to you all!
Some thoughts about Apple’s total share value, World wealth and Poverty
Yesterday I started reading about Apples share value that now is reaching for the $400.000.000.000-line. A totally staggering number! At the same time I ran into some articles from Credit Suisse and their World Wealth report where they came to the conclusion that the world’s total wealth is $194.500.000.000.000. Off course these figures aren’t comparable in a direct sense but it sure made me think… The ratio between the two figures are 1/510… (References at the bottom of the page 1, 2, 3)
At the same time I came across a statement from UNDP:
“The cost of eradicating poverty is 1% of global income. billion a year (equivalent to 0.5% of annual global income) would ensure universal access to basic social services (basic education, health, nutrition, access to water and sewerage disposal).”(4)
I’m a strong believer of freedom and liberalism (and I’m genuinely happy for anyone who makes that big economic dream come true because most of them deserve it), as well as a social responsibility from both the government as well as the citizens; but wouldn’t it be awesome if we all in the wealthiest part of the world would be part of a process where this generation took some serious steps towards ending poverty?
As John Lennon once wrote “Maybe I’m a dreamer.. “.
This post wasn’t supposed to be corny, but I guess we all are a little bit corny when we release our minds into things like this.
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Hope you have a great day/weekend!
References:
1) http://www.99.se/artiklar/2648-apple-varldens-hogst-varderade-bolag.html Article in Swedish.
2) http://www.stwr.org/poverty-inequality/new-tally-of-global-wealth-illuminates-staggering-disparities.html “The world’s 4.4 billion adults, notes the new Credit Suisse research, now hold $194.5 trillion in wealth. That’s enough, if shared evenly across the globe, to guarantee every adult in the world a $43,800 net worth.”
(3) I must at this stage point out that I’m a big fan of Apple and their products. My home actually slowly turns into an Apple Store.
(4) http://www.teamstoendpoverty.org/wq_pages/en/visages/chiffres.php
Time lapse video project – just using iPhone
May 2011… One of my first video tests just using an iPhone.
The pictures and videos are made during a period of two weeks in Stockholm.
http://www.vimeo.com/24517683
(View in full screen for best appearance)
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