Spectacular footage from the cold north

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Rough climate, wildly romantic landscapes, archaic scenes: iceland has its very own charm that inspires artists again and again. And of course photographers.

Bianca ullrich belongs to the latter group. The photographer from the district of kronach has traveled to the island in the cold north and brought back impressive pictures.

These – all in black and white – will be presented by bianca ullrich from saturday, 25. January, in the "fritz" shopping center. The official opening is at 11 a.M. The exhibition can be visited until 28. To be visited in february.

Volcanoes and waterfalls

The avid photographer loves to travel, the nordic countries around the polar circle are her favorite, especially iceland with its volcanoes, black lava beaches, water spouting geysers and spectacular waterfalls. So in 2018 she traveled the island for the third time and now presents her 48 most exciting images.

Initially, she went on a package tour, but realized relatively quickly that the country would rather be explored spontaneously. That's why she went on a journey in 2016 with her boyfriend, a landing van and a tent and got to know many breathtaking places in the highlands. In october 2018, another trip to iceland followed, this time in a camper van.

Bianca ullrich is 31 years old and comes from the district of kronach. She works as a special needs nurse at a center for people with autism. In 2019, she photographed a landscape image for the cover of the book "a colorful story". This shows the exciting phenomenon of the polar circle – a polar light.

The globetrotter has enjoyed photography since her youth. In 2019 she met like-minded people on the internet and joined the photo group "rosenkreuzer" with. There all members exchanged their knowledge and learned new techniques from other photographers. She was particularly fond of taking pictures in the great outdoors.

With her two cameras, the sony rx1 and the alpha 7, the adventurous photographer is always well equipped. Now, with her exhibition, she would like to share her journey with others and show them the impressive iceland in all its facets

"We will invest in acquisitions," chief executive kasper rorsted said friday at the presentation of new medium-term financial targets in london. The dusseldorf-based group has significantly reduced its debt since 2008 from around 4 billion to a good 600 million euros. Growth could be accelerated with additional purchases.

According to the new financial targets, henkel would retain all three divisions: adhesives (pritt, pattex), detergents (persil, spee) and cosmetics (schwarzkopf, fa). Chief financial officer carsten knobel put the group’s general financing scope – including for acquisitions – at three billion euros. This still tends to increase. "But we are not buying for the sake of buying, but to generate growth for the future," he said.

In the third quarter of 2012, the traditional company achieved a jump in profits of almost one-third to 409 million euros thanks to price increases and savings. From january to the end of september 2012, henkel earned almost as much as in 2011 as a whole. Quarterly sales rose by 6.6 percent to just under 4.3 billion euros.

"The third quarter was significantly more difficult than previous quarters. Nevertheless, this was the best quarter in henkel’s history," said rorsted in a video. He expressed his conviction that the annual targets for 2012 will be achieved. This includes a margin of 14 percent adjusted for one-time effects and restructuring costs.

Some analysts had expected rorsted to announce a new margin target of 16 percent for 2016. However, the new targets are based on adjusted earnings per preferred share, which are expected to increase by an average of ten percent per year until 2016. Henkel preferred shares were at the bottom of the dax on friday, down at times more than 5 percent.

Group sales to rise to 20 billion euros by the end of 2016. This corresponds to an increase of around one quarter. This medium-term target does not take into account the possibility of a rough acquisition. However, this includes the divestment of marginal activities with a volume of around half a billion euros.

In addition, the 136-year-old company wants to focus even more strongly on rough brands. Sales share of top ten brands to increase from 46 percent this year to 60 percent by 2016. Seven new research centers are planned in the growth regions around the globe that are a particular focus for henkel.

Henkel became the world’s largest adhesives manufacturer in 2008 with the acquisition of the US company national starch. The competitor was taken over at the time for the equivalent of almost four billion euros.

syria's president assad sees his country in state of war

"All our policies, orders and all areas will be aimed at winning this war," he said during a speech to the new cabinet in damascus, according to reports by the state news agency sana. According to activists, at least 87 civilians were killed in fighting and attacks by government forces across the country on the same day. In addition, he said, a total of 49 insurgent fighters and government soldiers were killed.

Meanwhile, the shooting down of a turkish military jet by syrian forces has alarmed international diplomacy. Nato and turkey issued strong warnings to assad regime. In a special meeting of the nato council requested by turkey, the alliance condemned the shootdown as "unacceptable". Such a military action must not be repeated, it said in brussels on tuesday.

Russia called on syria and turkey to exercise restraint. "It is important that this incident is not seen as a provocation or intentional, nor does it lead to further destabilization," said agency spokesman alexander lukashevich in moscow. The UN veto power russia is "concerned" about the current development, he stressed, according to the agency interfax.

The washington administration demonstratively sided with nato partner turkey: the u.S. Was prepared to accept any request from ankara for military support, said department spokeswoman victoria nuland. "Turkey is our ally."

Turkish prime minister recep tayyip erdogan pledged support to syrian people until "dictator" assad is liberated. "The syrians are our brothers," erdogan said in a televised speech in ankara. "Until the syrian people have freed themselves from this dictator with bloodstained hands, turkey will provide them (the people) with all kinds of support."

Difficult relations between turkey and syria have reached a low point. Erdogan spoke of a cowardly act by the assad regime. Syria had not issued a warning before the launch and had not attempted to contact turkey. "This was a deliberate act of planned hostility"."

In the event of further incidents, his country will retaliate with force, the head of government said. "We have changed the rules of engagement of the turkish forces," erdogan said. "Any syrian soldier approaching the turkish border is now considered a threat."The wrath of turkey could be enormous.

Both pilots were killed in the downing on friday. According to turkish reports, the syrian militars also attacked a rescue plane that was on duty at the site of the accident. But they had stopped the attack after turkish intervention.

Nato secretary-general anders fogh rasmussen warned: "it is my clear expectation that the situation will not escalate any further." "what we have seen is completely unacceptable. And I expect syria to take all necessary measures to prevent such a thing in the future," he told journalists.

When asked what nato would do if syria attacked a turkish aircraft again, rasmussen replied cautiously: "should anything happen, the allies will deal with the development. We are monitoring the situation closely. And if necessary, we will advise what else could be done."

Meanwhile, syria continues to descend into violence and chaos. According to activists, a total of more than 130 people were killed on tuesday. Most of the casualties were in the area around the capital damascus, the syrian observatory for human rights reported. Many deaths also reported from idlib province in the northwest and daraa in the south.

Information is difficult to verify independently because the assad regime does not allow the media access to the scene.

Volcanoes and waterfalls

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