Please select what you would like included for printing: Copy the text below and then paste that into your favorite email application who graced this world with his presence for eighty-one vibrant years leaving behind a legacy of boundless love for nature 1943 to Franklin and Olivia Frieda (Gregor) Goerlitz was a true son of the earth finding solace and joy in the embrace of the great outdoors Whether it was mowing the church grounds or a friends or simply basking in the beauty of a sunset watering the garden and plants Gene found his greatest happiness amidst the wonders of nature Gene shared his passion with infectious enthusiasm inspiring countless others to cultivate their own green spaces and nurture the gifts of the earth leaving behind a verdant tapestry of memories that will continue to bloom in the hearts of those he touched But perhaps Gene's most enduring legacy lies in his unwavering kindness and generosity towards others He lived by the creed of putting people first always ready to lend a helping hand or a listening ear without ever seeking recognition or reward in return His acts of kindness were as numerous as the stars in the sky each one a testament to the depth of his compassion and the richness of his spirit Gene leaves behind a grieving community of family and friends who will forever cherish his memory and strive to emulate the warmth and grace with which he lived his life Though he may have departed from our midst his spirit will continue to dance among the trees whispering secrets of love and kindness to all who pause to listen let us pledge to carry forward his legacy of love May his spirit find eternal peace in the embrace of the earth he so dearly loved His last goal was to make it with Laroche for 60 years Jason Goerlitz of Brenham; daughters and sons-in-law Elaine and Michael Kroll of Brenham; sister-in-law He was preceded in death by his parents and brother 2024 at Memorial Oaks Chapel with family present from 5:00 p.m A Funeral Service will be held at 10:00 a.m Paul's Lutheran Church of Rehburg with burial following in the church cemetery Serving as pallbearers for Gene will be Darrell Blum Honorary pallbearers will be Ernie Goerlitz Jeffery Meyer and the entire family at LaRoche Chevrolet the family requests that donations be made to St Pauls Lutheran Church of Rehburg in honor of Gene's lifelong commitment to the beauty and wonder of the natural world Your light will forever illuminate our hearts Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Memorial Oaks Chapel Enter your phone number above to have directions sent via text St Paul Lutheran Church Cemetery - Rehburg This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply Service map data © OpenStreetMap contributors You are using an outdated browser. Please upgrade your browser or activate Google Chrome Frame to improve your experience Oct 21 Shifting Baselines exhibit inside Keene Arts trash: these are all themes evoked by Shifting Baselines temporary art exhibit now open at Keene Arts Keene Arts is open each Saturday and Sunday from noon to five Shifting Baselines is referencing climate change and environmental degradation and how each new generation risks perceiving what they grow up with as ‘normal’ Drew Goerlitz and Ali Della Bitta Photo: Amy FeiereiselThe show merges the art of sculptors and multimedia artists Ali Della Bitta and Drew Goerlitz and they both work as tenured art professors at SUNY Plattsburgh While the pair have collaborated on public art projects before This new show merges their bodies of work: Della Bitta is showing ceramic and multimedia pieces and Goerlitz is showing steel sculptures and photo-based installations The exhibit is a collaboration betweeb Della Bitta Keene Arts is an old church that has been turned into a gallery and colorful stained glass windows original to the church The artwork of Ali Della Bitta and Drew Goerlitz is "blended throughout the space," said Goerlitz "so we're pairing our work by not only by size and volume It's also varied in scale: huge steel sculptures and mounted work of various sizes on the walls "Just having all of this range and different surfaces I think it gives a lot for the viewers to kind of walk around and investigate," said Della Bitta One of Goerlitz's newer works is called 'Monoculture,' and is a digitally altered photograph on plywood "The photograph print has been sliced along with the plywood and curved," explained Goerlitz just leaving the cornfield and the clouds." Drew Goerlitz "An interesting fact about corn is how much more moisture corn gives off per acre than "So that's also leading to excessive amounts of rain I'm trying to make the viewer see the the clouds in a bit of a different way which is why I remove the landscape out of it and fracture the image as well." Ali Della Bitta's 'Landscaping Memory' series is one she's been working on for several years now She has multimedia and ceramic pieces from it displayed on a specially built table "This series is sitting on these fractured geometric plywood forms that are different levels And it rests on what I consider kind of guardrails hand railings that you would see in construction zones." "It's about pairing moments in the landscape The idea of how we're impacting our landscape and how it's coming out in these fractured moments." The pieces themselves are a startling mix of materials "You'll see things that are very organic and plant-like You'll see things that are actually debris that I picked up on a construction site There's lots of plastics that are reused rubber So I'm trying to take things out of the waste and reuse them," said Della Bitta "And that's all part of the dialogue of what we're doing with our landscape and how we're interacting with our landscape." refers to environmental change and human reactions to it Della Bitta says anytime artists exhibit their work they hope "that the viewer will engage And that's going to be on whatever terms that they want She imagines oas viewers read and think about the titles of the work "they'll get the idea that we're talking about the changes in our environment and [that] we're very focused on what that means for this area and native plant species Ali Della Bitta Goerlitz says he's trying to communicate to viewers "that the world that we live in is is very artificial Even though we live in this beautiful area [the Adirondacks] this whole area was clear-cut at one point and so we - and all of its inhabitants -  kind of change and move with it." All of the photos included in Goerlitz's work were taken within the last year and most of them were taken within the Adirondack Park "There's a lot of photos of barren ice," he explained referencing last winter's constant freeze-and-thaw cycle That new landscape gave him a new color palette looking at ice with the brown of the trees in the background that was giving me a different color palette than I'm used to Because I'm normally used to looking at snow in the woods and then snow on the lake and it really changes the color of what we see in the wintertime It's kind of me bearing witness to what is happening." Della Bitta says the Adirondacks play a huge role in her work And that's definitely from here [the Adirondacks] Della Bitta says she's "horrible to hike with" because she moves through the landscape slowly "I will stop and look at the smallest plant and I will be way behind and have to run to catch up to everyone!" That observation comes through in a series of photographs called 'Have you taken your sunset today?' Those photographs come from "the early month of lockdown of COVID where I hadn't been used to being stuck in this area and stuck in your house for a number of days." Della Bitta started looking at and photographing the sunset each night "and it turned into this kind of record of time and record of noticing." She transferred some of those photos onto small ceramic tiles that hang on one of the gallery walls "I think it gave us that kind of moment or that time to look at things a little bit closer and find fractures and investigate things." Shifting Baselines is temporary art exhibit now showing at Keene Arts Drew Goerlitz and Ali Della Bitta family and readers of this newspaper column ask: "Where in Central Texas can I buy firewood in bulk?" handy bundles of firewood wait to be scooped up in front of grocery stores and gas stations The Premium Mixed Firewood Bundle (.75 cubic feet) from H-E-B is listed at $8.30 The similarly sized Simple Simon Bundled Firewood at Central Market goes for $7.78 while Randall's lists Goodtimes Wood Products Bundle Wood Natural Firewood at $7.99 More on Austin: Preserve Austin: Saving our legacies and stories need not conflict with housing goals Let's say that we can count on 120 chilly nights in Austin — and that's stretching it — and even more in the Hill Country starting with the always helpful local sources on social media Readers nominated some two dozen wood stands in total was Harley's Wood Yard at 13499 Research Blvd there is some sad news about that popular spot which has been around for some 30 years at different locations and is now on the feeder of U.S wearing worn gloves and a working cowboy hat greets you with a big smile as you turn into the wood yard located on the northbound feeder road of U.S I purchased ⅛ cord of fragrant foot-long hardwood for $70 a full cord is 128 cubic feet) Bring cash or checks with proper ID And he likes to take time off to hunt and fish he is famous for staying open for extra hours during bitterly cold weather when he easily sold out the entire wood yard More on Austin: From the Archives: Austin turns crimson, yellow and gold in fall, but only briefly The bad news: Goerlitz plans to retire when his current lot of wood — including some gooseneck trailers back in Giddings — sells out fish and tend to the 100 or so head of cattle on his ranch near Giddings "I got a pretty good stock now," Goerlitz told the American-Statesman about the wood already cut in town and back at the ranch I hunt deer and doves out out at the ranch And there's a good place to fish at Goerlitz Pond." Goerlitz took over the firewood business when his father who sold cords for $3 during the Depression was still cutting the wood into 4-foot logs I'll let you in on the secret of why I need truckloads of firewood For my 50th birthday — 20 years ago — my five considerate siblings gave me an iron "hot bowl" fire pit for our back garden An iron stem curls above the bowl at the perfect height to secure a chili or stew pot and an attached half-moon grill can be adjusted up I fire up a barrel-like iron Brinkman positioned near — but not too near — the door to our kitchen You want the action to take place just a few steps away your food prep area serves as the symbolic hearth for our back garden like so many other American yards and gardens socially distanced entertaining during the pandemic More on Austin: Meet the next great Austin author: Chris Brown and 'A Natural History of Empty Lots' the trees we planted years ago provide enough shade to keep the area cool at dusk especially from our "self-pruning" pecan trees one could buy bulk firewood at any number of open lots in South Austin We tried to order a delivered batch of wood from Bastrop County we lucked out by way of a one-time-only gift of extra piñon pinewood from two dear friends those piñon fires might have been the sweetest flames ever but we could not accept that kind of gift again Some readers are lucky enough to have nurtured deeper connections with rural life "I tried to keep a pile of wood at my family's property under a tarp (where) I could go and get a few loads occasionally I'd cut down another spindly oak to make room for better growth and pile it up on the stack That tended to coincide with visiting the cousins and some target practice Felt like it kept me connected to my rural family side." Come back fed and with a truckload of free firewood A few readers added extra information to their recommendations about where to buy firewood in Central Texas: Luke Daniel: "I go to Kinser Ranch (10701 Kinser Lane in Cedar Valley) because their prices are really affordable I can fill my truck with wood for $100." (The place also supplies bulk sand Jennifer Eden Sabolcik: "Go to the Wood Yard at the Troop 150 website Jacob Zavala: "Woodchuck Delivery They supply lots of craft BBQ restaurants in the Central Texas area with that good wood Kerry Tate: "Jason Hall a sole proprietor (in Menchaca) whose primary job is a cook for a catering company Dave Thomas: If I don't have any from the farm and need a relatively small amount in a pinch, I go here: Rock and Dirt Yard.  Reasonable One last thought: Where have all the roadside wood vendors gone "I remember for the longest time this one gentlemen on 360 just before 620 would sell by the road side in overalls," George Guttierrez II writes Send your questions — or answers — about Central Texas past and present to "Austin Answered" at mbarnes@statesman.com The French manufacturer has been re-evaluating its facilites in Germany as it moved production away from factories inherited after its Bombardier acquisition Germany could be sold off according to reports as the manufacturer continued assessing its operations in the country The coach and car body manufacturing facility was inherited by the French company after its takeover of Bombardier Transportation in 2021 but its future has been left hanging in recent months after the company’s CEO Henri Poupart-Lafarge said it has “overcapacity” at its German sites Alstom did not directly confirm a potential sale but has told media that it was in “constructive” discussions with an unnamed second party on the future of the site in Görlitz.  The Waggonbau Görlitz factory has been open since 1849 and is working on multiple orders that would keep it in operation until mid-2026 but its future remains uncertain and likely depends on the identity of a potential buyer The factory’s potential sale reflects a wider move away from construction in Germany by Alstom after the company’s regional director told media earlier this year that utilisation of its full manufacturing capacity in the country was not part of its strategy.  Factories in Hennigsdorf and Bautzen had also been left with their futures uncertain after Poupart-Lafarge’s comments, but a $4.3bn contract signed between Alstom and go.Rheinland and Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr (VRR) last month provided certainty for their operations Don’t let policy changes catch you off guard Stay proactive with real-time data and expert analysis The landmark contract will see Alstom construct 90 new trains for VRR’s services in Cologne with initial development to be conducted in Hennigsdorf and production to be completed in Bautzen.  The potential closure of the Görlitz site also comes only months after Alstom’s factory in Derby, UK was saved from closure by a £370m ($472m) contract from Transport for London after months of discussions with the UK Government Nominations are now open for the prestigious Railway Technology Excellence Awards - one of the industry's most recognised programmes celebrating innovation This is your chance to showcase your achievements Don't miss the opportunity to be honoured among the best - submit your nomination today Give your business an edge with our leading industry insights View all newsletters from across the GlobalData Media network and website in this browser for the next time I comment Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value" Website Design by Blaser Consulting « Back I have to admit that I am not the biggest fan of the latest trend of gear unboxing videos that have entered the world Either they make me want to buy a new piece of gear that I don’t really need or they just make me wonder aloud “Why am I spending 20 minutes of my life watching someone I don’t know and enjoy a benefit I am not getting?” But even old bitter me will admit that opening up the Meyer Optik Goerlitz lenses even made me consider making a video of my own We’ll get to the performance of the actual product in a moment but I will admit the lenses have major curb appeal These aren’t bargain basement lenses nor do they feel like it when you open up the embossed black boxes which enclose glossy protective designer cases which come with each lens You almost feel as though you are cracking open the holy grail and the presentation does get one excited about using the actual product Now that I’m done with my initial new gear high you may be asking yourself why would you waste time manually turning the rubberized grip encircling your lens barrel in search of the perfect focus when so many cameras can handle this activity for you with the half press of a shutter I more often than not trust that little beep my Nikon gives me to tell me a subject is in focus over my own personal judgment whether they be poor lighting conditions that make autofocus difficult or critical focus moments where things need to be sharp down to the millimeter when taking over control of focusing can be a benefit albeit with a much narrower target for your fingers the reason the 58mm has such a smaller focus ring is because the lens itself is but a whisper of a device With the focal length of 58mm being just slightly longer than the traditional fast 50mm this lens would be ideal for lifestyle and street photography applications also make “natural” portraits taken with this lens slightly more flattering than your basic 50mm keeping in mind that “flattering” is a wholly subjective supposition It may also be of interest for those who own crop sensor cameras that 58mm equates to roughly 87mm on a Nikon DX mount (The models I tested were with the Nikon mount but the lens is also available for Canon and Leica as well) the lens is fairly narrow compared to other lenses of similar lengths The lighter weight could be a benefit to those looking to work with the lens over the course of longer shooting days The two lenses are 58mm and 100mm respectively and serve different functions depending on the type of photography you perform Both lenses are built for full frame camera systems The 58mm has an aperture range of f/1.9 to f/22 leading to some very pleasant bokeh at the wide end The 100mm has an aperture range of f/2.8 to f/22 Minimum focus distance just over three feet both lenses perform about the way you would expect The images had a very pleasant bokeh when shot wide open The 58mm even goes to as wide as a staggering f/1.9 for extremely shallow depth of field Shot with the Meyer Optik Goerlitz 58mm f1.9 The focus wheel was easy to turn. I took a couple shots with both lenses as well as my Nikon 24-120mm to get an idea of how they compare Obviously it’s not apples to apples when comparing any zoom to a prime but not having either a 58mm prime or a 100mm prime in my possession I went with the best lens I had with similar focal lengths The image quality was comparable with all other settings and equipment kept the same Sharpness was neither spectacularly improved nor diminished in either case lenses have different benefits depending on who is pulling the trigger my main interest is in how these lenses would perform shooting people The 58mm I could see making an excellent lens for lifestyle photography Trying to create a realistic world while still maintaining a pleasing focal length for spontaneous portraits The small and lightweight profile of the lens also has me looking forward to using it on my Nikon when mounting to my gimbal during video shoots The camera is nicely balanced in the hand under that configuration and I will definitely be looking for more opportunities to get it a little game time I am really looking forward to using the 100mm to try to create some portraits with a shallow depth of field 100mm is a great length for photographing portraits which is where I see it fitting best into my own workflow Shot with the Meyer Optik Foerlitz 100mm f2.8 The minimum focus distance could be shorter I’ve become fond of getting in close to my subjects from time to time to generate a specific reaction A pleasant set of lenses with outstanding presentation which offer a high usability factor and smooth operation Christopher Malcolm is a Los Angeles-based lifestyle and cinematographer shooting for clients such as Nike Read the title thinking the entire first sentence was either a long typo or another language to at least get a few shots from each lens that wasn't a picture of a Fuji X100S with essentially no background I don't like to be "that person" that complains about articles like this if you are "blind as a bat" and therefore love autofocus (which is fair especially given that modern focus screens are not optimized for manual focusing) how exactly is a manual focus lens going to help..... Thanks for sharing - hoping that you post some more pics Would love to see additional images from the 100 beyond those on the Meyer Optik site so I'm not even going to look at any 58mm MOG images But I continue to use my manual focus Canon cameras I have had to switch to manual focus on my Canon EF 24-105 f4L on a 5D III either because of room lighting problems or the lens focused on the foreground when the interest was in the background The only problem is my 5D doesn't have the split-image/microprism focusing screen like my A-1 and F-1 have Sorry but looking at your images shot with the lenses I think you really didn’t do any justice for them Taking in to account that price point which is quite high for a MF lens I would expect the optics would be excellent but what I saw is soft and full of green fringe images...1300....ah no thanks Actors and directors called on Görlitz voters to not succumb to far-right party’s ‘hate and enmity’ A Romanian immigrant has been elected mayor of a town in eastern Germany after three parties joined forces to beat the Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) candidate and film industry luminaries campaigned against the far-right party Octavian Ursu of the CDU was elected as Görlitz’s mayor at the weekend following a tight second-round run-off in which the AfD candidate was defeated only after the Greens and the Left party agreed to withdraw their candidates and unite in their support for Ursu The AfD had been on course to win its first mayoralty after its candidate directors and others who made films on location in Görlitz had called on residents to vote against Wippel The petition urged voters not to succumb to “hate and enmity It was signed by the British director Stephen Daldry who filmed The Reader partly in Görlitz; the actor Daniel Brühl who appeared in Goodbye Lenin; and the writer Bernhard Schlink AfD condemned the letter as unwelcome outside advice Sebastian Wippel reacts after the announcement of his defeat in the mayoral election in Görlitz Photograph: Matthias Rietschel/ReutersAnnegret Kramp-Karrenbauer the national head of the Christian Democrats (CDU) who is positioning herself to replace Angela Merkel as chancellor was criticised for trying to claim his win as a victory for the CDU and failing to acknowledge the contributions of the other parties “Octavian Ursu and the CDU in Saxony have shown in Görlitz that the CDU is the civic power against the AfD,” she tweeted She was met by a storm of protest from across the parties in particular those which had united to stop Wippel which withdrew its candidate who secured 28% after the first round responded on Twitter: “Before you get round to thanking the leftwing parties for enabling this victory there’ll probably be no more ice left in Greenland Two hours later, Kramp-Karrenbauer was forced to effectively retract her previous statement, writing: “Octavian Ursu’s victory is the victory of a broad alliance for which I am grateful.” Read moreIt is the latest in a series of gaffes for which Kramp-Karrenbauer has been pilloried Ursu has pledged to reach out to voters who did not vote for him “Now we have to see about getting close to those who didn’t choose me,” he said has claimed his result of almost 45% as a significant and respectable standing for the AfD “considering that all the other parties mobilised their forces against us” has built a reputation as Germany’s Hollywood – or Görliwood as it is nicknamed – due to its picturesque city landscape that unlike most German cities was largely undamaged during the second world war The Grand Budapest Hotel and Inglourious Basterds are among the films shot in Görlitz A view of historical city centre of Görlitz Photograph: Filip Singer/EPAThe city attracts more than 300,000 tourists every year drawn by its late-gothic and early Renaissance architecture as well as the many film locations But tens of thousands of mainly young residents have left over the past three decades driven largely by a high unemployment rate It has become instead a magnet for pensioners from western Germany attracted by its relative cheapness and picturesque qualities The vote has been seen as a bellwether for how well the AfD may perform in September’s state elections in the former communist east Polls show the AfD is due to make strong gains in both Saxony and Brandenburg which goes to the polls a little over a month later The conservative newspaper Die Welt said that at first glance Ursu’s success in Görlitz resembled something of a “small midsummer fairytale” But it said instead it should be viewed as a warning “The fact that Ursu’s opponent from the AfD secured almost 45% of the votes … shows that the party possesses a considerable strength comparable to that of the established parties “Even the other candidates’ decision to withdraw and even the many appeals … including from Hollywood for people to please vote ‘correctly’ did not succeed in isolating and downgrading the AfD.” said Wippel’s result was proof “that there’s no holding back the AfD any more” The party has been the main opposition in government since 2017 and is represented in all 16 state legislatures Reuters and Agence France-Presse contributed to this report Kishore Sawh Meyer Optik Görlitz has been enjoying something of a renaissance of late and the photography public is here to enjoy the journey it hit stride before WWII when it joined forces with former Zeiss developer who was involved with the creation of famous lenses like the Planar and Tessar and Meyer Optik Görlitz benefitted not only from this after expropriation and then liquidation before the start of the 21st century it wasn’t until just a few years ago they returned and now they’ve returned to making some really fast glass; the newest being this 75mm F0.95 Nocturnus This is not only an enticing lens for what it is, but comes at an interesting time. Whilst Meyer Optik Görlitz has a history of making really fast glass, it’s Leica who has been associated with that lately, and only recently announced and released their Noctilux-M 75mm F/1.25 ASPH that there seems to be a little discrepancy in pricing on site and in their press release and we are unclear which is most accurate at this time Upon visiting their site you are told that there is an early-bird special and the press release says that price is $2,303 but it also has a different and lower expected MSRP too The delivery date on site says December 2018 and the press release says May it’s a compelling offering given the space it’s in Forgot your password? Sign up for a new account here. Enter your username or email address to receive a link to set your password « Back to login Your account will be downgraded to a Free Account at the end of your Premium Membership trial Add a credit card now and it will be charged for an Annual Premium Membership ($499) at the end of your trial Richard Goerlitz made his Olympic debut at the Nagano 1998 Olympic Winter Games Goerlitz was part of the 5000m Short Track Relay team that was fourth in the B Final – eighth overall.  Goerlitz secured three individual quotas for Australia (500m 1500m) in the lead up to the 2002 Games at Salt Lake City but unfortunately was unable to compete after sustaining Tibialis Anterior Tendonitis before the Games Goerlitz then switched to the Long Track form of Speed Skating competing at a World Cup level and coming close to qualifying for the Torino 2006 and Vancouver 2010 Games.  The Australian Olympic Committee acknowledges Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples of this nation We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of all the lands on which we are located We pay our respects to ancestors and Elders We celebrate and honour all of our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Olympians The Australian Olympic Committee is committed to honouring Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ unique cultural and spiritual relationships to the land waters and seas and their rich contribution to society and sport Goerlitz lost roughly half its population after Germany's reunification in 1990 An estimated 15,000 apartments remain vacant Octavian Ursu watched the Berlin Wall fall on television from his hometown of Bucharest he had taken part in the bloody democratic uprising in his own country and he cheered along with those peacefully tearing down the symbol of a divided Europe and suddenly the border was open and everything was free," he says where he found a job as the principal trumpet player for the symphony orchestra of Goerlitz a city in eastern Germany near the Polish and Czech borders he took a look around and wondered if he had made a mistake had been left to rot by its past communist government Much of the housing stock was falling apart The city of 100,000 before German reunification shrank to around 50,000 people Andrea Friederike Behr runs marketing for Goerlitz Her team has helped attract Hollywood directors to film historical sequences in the town The town is also offering a free month's rent for young skilled workers who want to try living in Goerlitz "Thousands of people lost their jobs here," says Goerlitz resident Andrea Friederike Behr "Many of them fled to West Germany to look for work there and you need young people to build a future." Behr was a teenager when her hometown began to lose half its population "Everything was dark outside," she remembers all the buildings were going to break down." the German government provided reconstruction funds to her hometown and by the time she returned to Goerlitz as an adult "Thousands of monuments from different parts of history when it was a trading center along the Via Regia an ancient road used during the Holy Roman Empire leaving the city's centuries-old cathedrals and narrow cobblestone streets intact Behr — and her fellow townspeople — saw potential They marketed the city's unblemished European feel to Hollywood enabling directors to turn its old town into a variety of historical locales Quentin Tarantino shot parts of Inglourious Basterds in Goerlitz Wes Anderson made it his fictional war-torn country of Zubrowka for The Grand Budapest Hotel The city was nicknamed "Goerliwood," and posters with this moniker fill Behr's office and is in charge of attracting former residents like herself — those who left after the wall fell — to return and contribute to their hometown She could not provide figures for how many have returned since she began her marketing push "Many people like me want to come back to raise their children and take care of their grandparents The city is also trying to recruit young, skilled workers by offering them a free apartment for a month if they try the city out But that wasn't necessary for Marcus Rentsch a 38-year-old doctor who grew up in Goerlitz Octavian Ursu was elected mayor of Goerlitz in June He emigrated from Romania after the Berlin Wall fell and is the first migrant to be elected mayor of a city in the state of Saxony The challenge for Goerlitz is creating good jobs Although big European companies like Siemens and Bombardier have campuses in the town about 7% higher than the national unemployment rate Reducing that percentage is the newfound goal of Octavian Ursu the Romanian trumpet player who arrived soon after the Berlin Wall fell "My aim is to get more inhabitants and young people to Goerlitz again," Ursu says from his office overlooking the old town square we also need well-paid jobs in future technologies." Ursu has big dreams for his adopted hometown that go beyond it being a set for another Hollywood film He's courting start-up companies and he wants to tap European Union funds to build direct train connections to Prague and Berlin has appeared in movies including Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds and Wes Anderson's The Grand Budapest Hotel my becoming mayor has happened in a place where people have said it couldn't happen — but it has." is home to several neo-Nazi groups and is a base of support for the far-right AfD political party a member of the Christian Democratic Union — making him the first migrant mayor in the state's history Anna Noryskiewicz contributed to this story Become an NPR sponsor Share on FacebookShare on X (formerly Twitter)Share on PinterestShare on LinkedInA photo of a real American hero taking a break from the rescue efforts has taken social media by storm The picture shows Harris County Deputy Robert Goerlitz collapsed against a desk after working night and day to help those from the floodwaters Goerlitz told CNN that he and his partner were driving around town trying to rescue people who were trapped inside their cars One of the victims even a heart attack and had to be taken to the hospital Goerlitz said after 22 hours of helping others he decided to eat and sit down When Goerlitz woke up he found out that one of his colleagues had shared the picture of him sleeping on social media The picture has been shared on social media over 700,000 times and is still gaining attention Authorities in Houston have rescued approximately 3,400 people so far but they expect that number to rise to 30,000 Apr 11 Craig Madore and Drew Goerlitz heading out from Lake Colby to go trout fishing from Saranac Lake on a recent Sunday morning when Drew Goerlitz and his friend Craig Madore pull into the boat launch at Lake Colby in Saranac Lake The air temperature is below freezing and it's snowing but the two are bundled up and ready for a long day on the lake.  they're heading out to go trout fishing in their canoe.  "It's not exactly a lightweight canoe," he says walking the canoe through the muddy trail down to the water Emily RussellPaddling through ice for a spring trout fishing trip in the Adirondacks Craig Madore fishing for trout on Lake Colby in Saranac Lake who is a sculptor and art professor at SUNY Plattsburgh says he spends as much time outside as he can "I like to fish or hunt or hike or be outdoors all year so this is a perfect opportunity when the trails are muddy and you can't really be in the backcountry," says Goerlitz "It's a good thing to do in shoulder season." Goerlitz and Madore planned to be out fishing for most of the day it's just disconnecting from my phone and the rest of the world and being out in fresh air," says Goerlitz Goerlitz caught one very small rainbow trout He says the two are planning to get together when the weather is warmer to forage for morels and ramps in May Dominique Goerlitz shown in one of the pyramid's chambers in this screen grab from their video Two self-styled amateur archeologists from Germany who filmed themselves scraping off pieces of Egypt's Great Pyramid in hopes of proving that the ancient wonder was built by people from the legendary city of Atlantis are now facing possible criminal charges in their home country were granted access to parts of the Great Pyramid at Giza that are normally off-limits to the public They smuggled their samples back to Germany with plans to produce a documentary Ben Radford, writing for Live Science "The group reportedly took several items from the pyramids samples of a cartouche (identifying inscription) of the pharaoh Khufu who are not archaeologists but have instead been described as "hobbyists," allegedly smuggled the artifacts out of the country in violation of strict antiquities laws The Art Newspaper says that in November "a self-posted trailer on YouTube for a documentary detailing and revealing their exploits drew almost universal condemnation and angered Egyptian authorities the German embassy in Cairo released a statement emphasising that neither Goerlitz nor Erdmann were associated with the embassy or the German Archaeological Institute." six Egyptians are being held in connection with the case including several guards and inspectors from the Egyptian Antiquities Ministry who allowed the men into the pyramid "Most scholars date this mark to the pyramid's construction in around 2500BC have long claimed the cartouche to be a fake Colonel Howard Vyse in 1837 to help him secure further funding for his explorations Goerlitz and Erdmann allegedly smuggled the pigment samples from Egypt to Dresden University for further study; by proving the modernity of the pigment they hoped to raise the possibility that the Great Pyramid was constructed by a civilization much older than the ancient Egyptians." Goerlitz and Erdmann apologize for the vandalism in a letter addressed to Egypt's Ministry of Antiquities "offering to pay compensation for the damage and stressing that they did not mean harm to the pyramid "The conspiracy theories that Goerlitz and Erdmann endorse did not appear in a vacuum; instead they have been widely promoted by best-selling authors such as Erich von [Daniken] Such authors claim the true builders of the pyramids were not ancient Egyptians but instead others like extraterrestrials or residents of the legendary Atlantis." December 31, 2014 at 2:28 pm CSTExpandAutoplayImage 1 of 5Trina Scherenberg, 33, an Algonquin native now living in San Clemente, California, and a former special education teacher for Crystal Lake South High School, has been revealed as one of 30 contestants on the upcoming season of "The Bachelor" on ABC. (Photo provided) Two McHenry County natives are among those vying for the heart of "The Bachelor" when the ABC reality show premieres at 7 p.m. Jan. 5. Amanda Goerlitz, 24, of Lake in the Hills, and Trina Scherenberg, 33, an Algonquin native and former special education teacher for Crystal Lake South High School, have been revealed as two of 30 contestants on this season’s show featuring Chris Soules. Soules, a farmer from Iowa, was sent home on the last season of “The Bachelorette.” He was dismissed after he emotionally confessed his love to “The Bachelorette’s” Andi Dorfman. On “The Bachelor,” he’ll try to find love again. Not allowed to share any details of the outcome of the show, which has completed its roughly six weeks of filming, Goerlitz said she was happy to be home and back at work at the Judith Svalander School of Ballet in Crystal Lake. “For right now, I think I’m very content being home, as far as being on TV anymore goes,” she said. “It was a great experience. My life is here, and this is where my family is, and I’m going to focus on me.” She and Scherenberg realized they are from the same area while chatting on the show. Scherenberg taught special education for District 155 from 2008 until last year, District 155 spokesman Jeff Puma said. She since has moved to San Clemente, California On “The Bachelor” website, she said she is proud of the two master’s degrees she earned, including a literacy arts degree from Northern Illinois University and a Master of Arts in teaching from National Louis University. She earned her bachelor’s degree in communications-public relations from Purdue University. While teaching at Crystal Lake South, Scherenberg was a sponsor of a Best Buddies program, which helps young people with disabilities grow socially and make friends by matching them with peer buddies. The students have lunch together and go on outings and such. In a 2013 Northwest Herald story about the program, Scherenberg’s students joined South football players on the field for the national anthem at a home football game. She was quoted as saying, “When they’re working together and [the special-education students] get excited just to say ‘hi,’ it puts things in perspective for kids without disabilities. It teaches them how important friendship is. Friendship is very important, but we take it for granted.” Goerlitz, who also works with her children in her ballet teaching job, said meeting Scherenberg during taping helped her feel more at ease. Since being home, she said she has been recognized a bit at public. “It’s very weird for me. I don’t feel like a celebrity,” she said. Along with teaching ballet, Goerlitz holds the Miss Windy City 2014 title and has competed in several other pageants, including Miss McHenry County Fair years ago, according to news reports. She was Miss Northern Illinois 2013 and first runner-up for Miss Illinois 2014. She said she auditioned for the show after a friend’s mother suggested it. “I’m 24. I think it’s really great to take any opportunity thrown your way,” she said. “It was like, ‘Why not? I’ll do it.’ ” A 2008 graduate of Huntley High School, she has a Bachelor of Arts in public relations from Western Illinois University with a minor in dance, and she previously has performed the role of the Dew Drop Fairy in the Judith Svalander Dance Theatre’s production of “The Nutcracker.” Judith Svalander taught Goerlitz for about 15 years before she headed off to college. “She’s a wonderful ballerina, a beautiful dancer,” Svalander said, “and she’s come back and helped out. ... She’s been my personal assistant and office manager, and she’s just a jack-of-all-trades. She’s amazing. She’s probably one day going to have her own school. “She’s not only beautiful, but she’s a really smart gal, I’ll tell ya,” she said. Svalander encouraged Goerlitz to pursue a wide array of interests, including her appearance on “The Bachelor,” and Goerlitz is thankful for that. Along with teaching, she said she’s been able to focus on the business side of the school. “I learn something new at my job every day,” said Goerlitz, who would like to run her own ballet school one day. “I love working there. Being there is amazing. I get to work with such talented people.” When asked whether she thought the reality television show would bring attention to her school, Svalander said, “It could. It could. It all depends on Chris ‘The Bachelor,’ what he wants. It’s certainly exciting.” Copyright © 2023 Shaw Local News Network talks to Vaping Post’s founder Ghyslain Armand about his journey from cigarette model to repentant anti-smoking activist and vaping advocate Last weekend, Vaping Post’s founder Ghyslain Armand was at the Vapexpo exhibition in Las Vegas Ghyslain was informed that someone would like to meet him and not long after he had arrived in Vegas he found himself shaking hands with the most renowned ex-smoker in the United States In the 80’s, before the Big Tobacco litigation scandal broke David Goerlitz was an attractive advert model for the Winston brand who was filmed carrying out various physical activities whilst smoking “My brother had cancer and I could not continue to promote a product that was killing him,” he recalls the Winston Man made headlines by becoming the symbol of American tobacco control he has been conducting talks about the risks of smoking following the advent of vaping he has become an advocate for using the devices as smoking cessation tools Following the release of the movie A Billion Lives Goerlitz had become the face of the brand Von Erl “Von Erl was one of the sponsors who financed the premieres of the film,” explained the actor who now had gone full circle from being the face of a cigarette brand to being the face of a device which could combat smoking “I have always found pods very interesting and you do not have to be an engineer to use them However, in an ironic twist of events, six months later, Von Erl was acquired by Fontem Ventures, a subsidiary of Imperial Brands, and renamed “Blu“ The electronic cigarette that Goerlitz admired for its simplicity and efficiency did not change in any way however the actor rightly did not want to be affiliated with the deadly tobacco industry from which he had chosen to sever ties 38 years earlier David Goerlitz was outraged by the fact that Von Erl. would sell its product to a company that makes $159 billion a year by selling deadly cigarettes Looks like I’m working again for Big Tobacco!” retorted Goerlitz in an angry phone call with the Austrian e-cig manufacturer Subsequently he terminated his contract with them The former Winston Man is convinced that all big tobacco companies care about is controlling the market “Tobacco companies which continue to sell their deadly cigarettes and suddenly offer their customers electronic cigarettes E-cigarettes simply allow them to improve their image,” he points out Sadly, in line with what several public health experts have previously pointed out, Goerlitz pointed out that current US regulations are serving only big tobacco companies as they are the only ones who can afford the lengthy and expensive licensing procedures “They are almost the only ones who can afford US marketing approvals and they have a very clear vision of the situation “The independent vape industry is serving the market on a silver platter to the tobacco companies,” explained Goerlitz “The big tobacco companies will seize it to control the few percentages of vapers they have in their customer portfolio They want to keep the tobacco monopoly and include the vaping industry.” Upon leaving the meeting with this inspiring man the Vaping Post’s Ghyslain recalls feeling a sense of contentment “I go back to my hotel with the feeling of having a beautiful story to tell David Goerlitz told me a dozen times that he wants us to work together.” “That’s what we’re doing David,” replied Ghyslain “We’re going to explain to people that it’s interesting that the tobacco companies that are also selling e-cigarettes are not part of a process of public health tobacco will always lead its macabre dance * The Smoke-Free World Foundation led by former WHO Director of Tobacco Control is funded by Philip Morris International for $ 80 million annually for 12 years ** In 2018, RJ Reynolds reportedly spent $ 12 million on an information campaign in San Francisco to counter the ban on flavors in tobacco and e-liquids taking advantage of a common interest with the vaping community Get news and current headlines about vaping every Friday MIAMI – They say anything can happen in Miami and now it's true even when you're leaving the Magic City A wild scene unfolded Sunday as an American Airlines flight prepared to depart Miami International Airport on its way to Los Angeles Video taken by passengers on the flight shows Tiffany McLemore hitting her husband with a laptop following an argument between the two over him looking at other women McLemore can be heard yelling and cursing at her husband while several flight attendants stand nearby monitoring the situation One attendant asks McLemore to refrain from poor language as a young child was sitting behind the couple telling the man to "never come to her house again." When attendants finally ask the man to get up and move to another seat McLemore apparently hits the man as he gets up McLemore then follows her husband down the aisle and hits him in the head and neck area with a laptop computer while asking whether she's still assaulting him The laptop also hit a flight attendant who was not seriously injured Kailey Goerlitz told Local 10 News she was sitting several rows ahead of the couple when she heard the commotion “She was yelling a lot of profanities,” Goerlitz recalled As McLemore then swung the laptop at her husband’s back but when it escalated and I got hurt and the airline stewardess got hurt then it wasn't so funny anymore," she said Both McLemore and her husband were pulled from the flight Police said McLemore's husband was uncooperative and did not want to press charges He was rebooked on another flight later Sunday while American Airlines refused to rebook McLemore The couple had been returning home on their way from Quito Copyright 2019 by WPLG Local10.com - All rights reserved Janine Stanwood joined Local 10 News in February 2004 as an assignment editor Before moving to South Florida from her Washington home Janine was the senior legislative correspondent for a United States senator on Capitol Hill TV Listings Email Newsletters RSS Feeds Closed Captioning / Audio Description Contact Us Careers at WPLG Terms of Use Privacy Policy Public File FCC Applications EEO Report Do Not Sell My Info 1.0 Host Exhibit Copyright © 2025 Local10.com is published by WPLG INC. The Meyer-Optik-Goerlitz Trioplan 100mm f/2.8 is a modern version of the classic Trioplan f2.8/100 lens known for its ‘soap bubble’ bokeh and sharp focus and first produced in 1916 The updated Trioplan is manufactured using high-end coated glass made by Schott features an iris diaphragm of 15 steel blades for a near-circular aperture The optical construction follows a classic triplet design and the image circle has a diameter of 44mm making the lens suitable for 35mm full-frame cameras The Meyer-Optik-Goerlitz Trioplan 100mm f/2.8 lens costs €1,499.00 With a maximum diameter of 52mm and a length of 120mm the Meyer-Optik-Goerlitz Trioplan 100mm f/2.8 is a short telephoto fixed focal length optic that's well-suited to Sony's full-frame mirrorless camera bodies The Meyer-Optik-Goerlitz Trioplan 100mm f/2.8 lens mounted on a Sony A7R II body The Meyer-Optik-Goerlitz Trioplan 100mm f/2.8 lens mounted alongside a Sony A7R II body The Meyer-Optik-Goerlitz Trioplan 100mm f/2.8 boasts superb build quality The lens has an all-aluminium casing and it features a metal bayonet the manual focusing ring spans a significant width of the lens barrel and is exceptionally smooth to operate complete with a useful depth of field scale Side of the Meyer-Optik-Goerlitz Trioplan 100mm f/2.8 lens Front of the Meyer-Optik-Goerlitz Trioplan 100mm f/2.8 lens Rear of the Meyer-Optik-Goerlitz Trioplan 100mm f/2.8 lens At the end of the lens is the aperture ring with the aperture ranging from f/2.8 to f/22 Note that this ring rotates smoothly throughout the range with no actual hard stops (except at f/2.8 and f/22) which is perhaps better suited to movie recording than shooting stills The Meyer-Optik-Goerlitz Trioplan 100mm f/2.8 is a relatively simple lens with just 3 lens elements in 3 groups helps provide incredibly smooth bokeh blur but the Meyer-Optik-Goerlitz Trioplan 100mm f/2.8's short telephoto focal length and fast maximum aperture largely alleviate the need for it The Meyer-Optik-Goerlitz Trioplan 100mm f/2.8 lens in-hand A small round metal lens hood is supplied in the box the same as that of a 100mm lens in a 35mm system The Meyer-Optik-Goerlitz Trioplan 100mm f/2.8's manual focusing ring spans a significant width of the lens barrel and is exceptionally smooth to operate It also has a large rotation angle which enables precise focusing and moves smoothly without any play The precise engravings in meters and feet help make manual focusing a veritable pleasure especially in conjunction with the excellent Peaking feature offered by the Sony A-series cameras typically seen as blue or purple fringes along contrasty edges are well controlled with the Meyer-Optik-Goerlitz Trioplan 100mm f/2.8 lens The crops below give you an idea of what you should expect in a worst-case scenario there's some noticeable light fall-off in the corners but this clears up quickly upon stopping down the Meyer-Optik-Goerlitz Trioplan 100mm f/2.8 isn't really a macro lens The photo below shows how close you can get to your subject the lens can achieve a reproduction ratio of up to 2:1 Bokeh is a word used for the out-of-focus areas of a photograph and is usually described in qualitative terms The Meyer-Optik-Goerlitz Trioplan 100mm f/2.8 lens has an iris diaphragm with no less than 15 circular aperture blades In order to show you how sharp this lens is we are providing 100% crops on the following page The latest episode of the Vaping Weekly podcast is an experiment in format and a critical interview with one of the most impactful voices in the modern tobacco harm reduction space Michael McGrady holds a frank and open conversation with David Goerlitz Being “Unfiltered #1,” we put away the scripts and we have a real conversation about loss Parts of this podcast are to be considered emotionally raw and profanity is used that should not distract from the pain focus of this podcast episode there is no transcript for the episode because of the conversational nature of both Goerlitz and the host Feel free to let us know about any feedback you may have for us and please be sure to share type in “vaping weekly,” and click subscribe Sound design and recording of this podcast are done at Perihelion Creations in Monument Get all the latest news in your inbox every Friday This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page Meyer-Optik-Göerlitz has just unveiled its Gold 100th Anniversary Bokeh Lens giving photogs everywhere one more reason to be possessive over their cameras The luxury brand unveiled a pair of limited-edition versions of its Trioplan 100mm f/2.8 lens and customers will be able to choose between the Trioplan Titanium and the exclusive Trioplan Golden Eye the limited-edition lenses don’t have altered optical formulas at all the unique pieces were truly created to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the classic Trioplan lens only 100 examples of the Titanium will be created The Trioplan lens itself deserves recognition Last year Meyer-Optik used Kickstarter to bring it back to life and it raised almost $360,000 on a $50,000 goal these special-edition lenses command a bit more They are available for preorder with the Trioplan Titanium priced at $2,500 and the Trioplan Golden Eye set at $3,500 Sign In Subscribe Now This week’s athlete of the week is a two-for-one with Grade 6 students Aurora Goerlitz and Sadie Sussey engaging in some good The two girls were all smiles throughout the day at the Penticton Christian School’s annual Sports Day The school had six teams take part in multiple different sports by rotating through stations and earning points for their teams the day was a great way for the students to bond and have fun while they practice their athletic skills in friendly competition Know someone you want to nominate as athlete of the week? 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To learn about our commenting policies and how our community-based moderation works, please read our Community Guidelines The Meyer-Optik-Goerlitz Trioplan 50mm f/2.9 is a modern standard prime version of the classic Trioplan f2.8/100 lens known for its ‘soap bubble’ bokeh and sharp focus This updated Trioplan optic is manufactured using high-end coated glass made by Schott features an iris diaphragm of 12 steel blades for a near-circular aperture The Meyer-Optik-Goerlitz Trioplan 50mm f/2.9 lens costs €1,399.00 With a maximum diameter of 60mm and a length of 78mm the Meyer-Optik-Goerlitz Trioplan 50mm f/2.9 is well-suited to Sony's full-frame mirrorless camera bodies The Meyer-Optik-Goerlitz Trioplan 50mm f/2.9 lens mounted on a Sony A7R II body The Meyer-Optik-Goerlitz Trioplan 50mm f/2.9 lens mounted on a Sony A7R II body The Meyer-Optik-Goerlitz Trioplan 50mm f/2.9 lens mounted alongside a Sony A7R II body The Meyer-Optik-Goerlitz Trioplan 50mm f/2.9 boasts superb build quality Side of the Meyer-Optik-Goerlitz Trioplan 50mm f/2.9 lens Front of the Meyer-Optik-Goerlitz Trioplan 50mm f/2.9 lens Rear of the Meyer-Optik-Goerlitz Trioplan 50mm f/2.9 lens At the end of the lens is the aperture ring with the aperture ranging from f/2.9 to f/22 with no actual hard stops (except at f/2.9 and f/22) The Meyer-Optik-Goerlitz Trioplan 50mm f/2.9 is a relatively simple lens with just 3 lens elements in 3 groups but the Meyer-Optik-Goerlitz Trioplan 50mm f/2.9's short telephoto focal length and fast maximum aperture largely alleviate the need for it The Meyer-Optik-Goerlitz Trioplan 50mm f/2.9 lens in-hand A small round metal lens hood that screws into the front of the lens is supplied in the box the same as that of a 50mm lens in a 35mm system The Meyer-Optik-Goerlitz Trioplan 50mm f/2.9's manual focusing ring spans a significant width of the lens barrel and is exceptionally smooth to operate typically seen as blue or purple fringes along contrasty edges are well controlled with the Meyer-Optik-Goerlitz Trioplan 50mm f/2.9 lens The crops below give you an idea of what you should expect in a worst-case scenario there's some noticeable light fall-off in the corners The Meyer-Optik-Goerlitz Trioplan 50mm f/2.9 has a special macro function that provides a close-focus point of 25cm and magnification ratio of 1:4 Bokeh is a word used for the out-of-focus areas of a photograph The Meyer-Optik-Goerlitz Trioplan 50mm f/2.9 lens has an iris diaphragm with no less than 12 circular aperture blades The Grand Budapest Hotel has been nominated for nine Oscars – if only there was one for ‘best location’ so the eastern German town where it was filmed could win The locations brought a whiff of authenticity undermined only by that film’s suggestion that the townsfolk tend to ignore their mother tongue in favour of German-accented English had been doing something worthwhile with his money The Meyer-Optik-Goerlitz Primoplan 75mm f/1.9 is a modern version of the the original Primoplan 58 / f1.9 lens which was developed by Meyer-Optik Görlitz’s designer Paul Schäfter in 1935 This updated Primoplan optic is manufactured using high-end coated glass made by Schott and O’Hara features an iris diaphragm of 14 steel blades for a near-circular aperture The Meyer-Optik-Goerlitz Primoplan 75mm f/1.9 lens costs €1,999.00 With a maximum diameter of 60mm and a length of 88mm the Meyer-Optik-Goerlitz Primoplan 75mm f/1.9 is well-suited to Sony's full-frame mirrorless camera bodies The Meyer-Optik-Goerlitz Primoplan 75mm f/1.9 lens mounted on a Sony A7R II body The Meyer-Optik-Goerlitz Primoplan 75mm f/1.9 lens mounted on a Sony A7R II body The Meyer-Optik-Goerlitz Primoplan 75mm f/1.9 lens mounted alongside a Sony A7R II body The Meyer-Optik-Goerlitz Primoplan 75mm f/1.9 boasts superb build quality Side of the Meyer-Optik-Goerlitz Primoplan 75mm f/1.9 lens Front of the Meyer-Optik-Goerlitz Primoplan 75mm f/1.9 lens Rear of the Meyer-Optik-Goerlitz Primoplan 75mm f/1.9 lens with the aperture ranging from f/1.9 to f/16 with no actual hard stops (except at f/1.9 and f/16) The Meyer-Optik-Goerlitz Primoplan 75mm f/1.9 is a relatively simple lens with 5 elements in 4 groups but the Meyer-Optik-Goerlitz Primoplan 75mm f/1.9's short telephoto focal length and fast maximum aperture largely alleviate the need for it The Meyer-Optik-Goerlitz Primoplan 75mm f/1.9 lens in-hand The Meyer-Optik-Goerlitz Primoplan 75mm f/1.9 lens with the supplied lens hood fitted A small round metal lens cap and a circular lens hood that screws into the front of the lens are supplied in the box the same as that of a 75mm lens in a 35mm full-frame system The Meyer-Optik-Goerlitz Primoplan 75mm f/1.9's manual focusing ring is positioned at the end of the lens barrel and is exceptionally smooth to operate are well controlled with the Meyer-Optik-Goerlitz Primoplan 75mm f/1.9 lens the Meyer-Optik-Goerlitz Primoplan 75mm f/1.9 isn't really a macro lens The Meyer-Optik-Goerlitz Primoplan 75mm f/1.9 lens has an iris diaphragm with no less than 14 circular aperture blades despite winning the first round of voting last month."},"children":[]}]},{"name":"paragraph","children":[{"name":"text","attributes":{"value":"Octavian Ursu the centre-right candidate for Angela Merkel’s governing Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party beating his populist competitor by over 10 per cent."},"children":[]}]},{"name":"paragraph","children":[{"name":"text","attributes":{"value":"“I am happy that a majority has chosen to vote for me,” Mr Ursu told reporters after his victory “But in the end it is not about two candidates but the orientation of this town to the outside world."},"children":[]}]},{"name":"paragraph","children":[{"name":"text","attributes":{"value":"“We remain an open society and do not isolate ourselves.”"},"children":[]}]},{"name":"paragraph","children":[{"name":"text","attributes":{"value":"The result surprised locals as Sebastian Wippel was 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open society and do not isolate ourselves.” The result surprised locals as Sebastian Wippel Have a tip for the WESA newsroom? Email news@wesa.fm The Meyer-Optik-Goerlitz Primoplan 58mm f/1.9 is a modern version of the the original Primoplan 58 / f1.9 lens which was developed by Meyer-Optik Görlitz’s designer Paul Schäfter 80 years ago and known for its extensive range of bokeh effects The Meyer-Optik-Goerlitz Primoplan 58mm f/1.9 lens costs €1,599.00 With a maximum diameter of 60mm and a length of 64mm the Meyer-Optik-Goerlitz Primoplan 58mm f/1.9 is well-suited to Sony's full-frame mirrorless camera bodies The Meyer-Optik-Goerlitz Primoplan 58mm f/1.9 lens mounted on a Sony A7R II body The Meyer-Optik-Goerlitz Primoplan 58mm f/1.9 lens mounted on a Sony A7R II body The Meyer-Optik-Goerlitz Primoplan 58mm f/1.9 lens mounted alongside a Sony A7R II body The Meyer-Optik-Goerlitz Primoplan 58mm f/1.9 boasts superb build quality Side of the Meyer-Optik-Goerlitz Primoplan 58mm f/1.9 lens Front of the Meyer-Optik-Goerlitz Primoplan 58mm f/1.9 lens Rear of the Meyer-Optik-Goerlitz Primoplan 58mm f/1.9 lens with the aperture ranging from f/1.9 to f/22 with no actual hard stops (except at f/1.9 and f/22) The Meyer-Optik-Goerlitz Primoplan 58mm f/1.9 is a relatively simple lens with 5 elements in 4 groups but the Meyer-Optik-Goerlitz Primoplan 58mm f/1.9's short telephoto focal length and fast maximum aperture largely alleviate the need for it The Meyer-Optik-Goerlitz Primoplan 58mm f/1.9 lens in-hand the same as that of a 58mm lens in a 35mm full-frame system The Meyer-Optik-Goerlitz Primoplan 58mm f/1.9's manual focusing ring is positioned at the end of the lens barrel and is exceptionally smooth to operate are well controlled with the Meyer-Optik-Goerlitz Primoplan 58mm f/1.9 lens the Meyer-Optik-Goerlitz Primoplan 58mm f/1.9 isn't really a macro lens The Meyer-Optik-Goerlitz Primoplan 58mm f/1.9 lens has an iris diaphragm with no less than 12 circular aperture blades The Sunday TimesAlthough a small town in a remote corner of easternmost Germany Görlitz is familiar to cinema-goers across the world: Daniel Brühl shot people on its cobbled streets in Inglourious Basterds; Kate Winslet was an Auschwitz guard turned tram conductor here in The Reader; and its art nouveau former department store served as the interior of the Grand Budapest hotel in the movie of that name To walk here is like stumbling onto a film set is now the setting of a battle for the future of German politics Today voters in this town of 55,000 people will choose a mayor — not normally an event that would attract much attention beyond the remnants of its medieval walls Picturesque Görlitz is offering free lodging and studio space in exchange for feedback on what potential residents want from a city Last year Eva Bodenmüller read about a city in eastern Germany inviting people to live there for a month for free knew they had to leave their residence in Italy soon and weren’t looking forward to moving back to their native Berlin “I thought: ‘Why not Görlitz?’” said Bodenmüller is a well-preserved gem that has played the part of quaint Mitteleuropean burg in Hollywood films from The Grand Budapest Hotel to Inglourious Basterds to The Reader We have the feeling it doesn’t matter whether we stay here. We’re just the laboratory mice for this science experimentCarsten BorckThe city has Germany’s lowest wages and one of the country’s highest shares of far-right voters. After the Berlin Wall came down in 1989, easterners fled west in droves, driving Görlitz’s population down more than 25% to 54,000 in 2013 City officials decided they needed to do something to reverse this trend and hit upon the idea of offering a free one-month stay The officials behind Görlitz’s programme figured it could both attract some of those nomadic workers and give them the chance to learn some lessons on how to reverse its population decline Disused buildings in Görlitz Photograph: Christian Jungeblodt/The Guardian“When we applied we thought the project was about convincing people to move to Görlitz,” Borck said over borscht at a restaurant overlooking the Neisse River “But now we have the feeling it doesn’t matter whether we stay here after these four weeks or not We’re just the laboratory mice for this science experiment.” The Görlitz-based Interdisciplinary Centre for Ecological and Revitalising Urban Transformation (IZS), which is overseeing Testing the City, as the federally funded project is known The 54 individuals and groups participating are singles, couples and families ranging from their 20s to 60s, including digital entrepreneurs, a film-maker, a model, visual artists and musicians. Each is assigned to one of three project-maintained apartments and offered free use of one of three spaces for work learn the city and do our work in just four weeksEva BodenmüllerThough the municipality hopes that some will permanently relocate to Görlitz the main intention is for ISZ to use participant interviews and questionnaires to inform a national urban development policy to help revive Germany’s smaller cities “Our aim is to learn more about what people need what is their motivation,” said IZS head Robert Knippschild Ursu believes the key to creating jobs is a more welcoming society you must think about whether you want to have an open city This is not a settled question in Görlitz. A July report on the project by the German news outlet Deutsche Welle attracted sharp comments online “The incentive to lure you here is just the desperate attempt of our city to fight the shrinking population,” said YouTube user Polter Geist “They hope your leftwing alternative garbage will appeal to the youth.” This project is giving us a great deal of insight into the strengths and weaknesses of GörlitzRobert KnippschildDuring their stay Bodenmüller and Borck have sought to engage with these issues directly Borck staged a show of his work at the Europa Haus gallery with posters asking passersby questions such as “Am I welcome here?” and “How do I know you are not a Nazi?” The couple said they spent a lot of time talking to locals and found a city of extremes “In other places you generally have people from different groups talking to each other,” said Bodenmüller “But here there is no centre – there are just the two sides.” “In Leipzig I probably wouldn’t have done this,” he said With the project about halfway through, four participants have committed to move to Görlitz, including German-Finnish poet Mark Mallon and his wife, Finnish artist Venla Saalo. The couple decided to leave Berlin because of its traffic, pollution and high rents, and settled in Görlitz in April. “Görlitz feels like a lively town with a lot of young people, students, opportunities, empty spaces, and on the other hand peace and remoteness,” they said. “It is a great combination for creative work.” Read moreBorck and Bodenmüller like the cheap rents and high density of organic grocery stores and vegetarian restaurants but wish Görlitz had better regional transport and more open-mindedness learn the city and do our work in just four weeks,” said Bodenmüller we could leave and come back and have a better chance to understand the city.” Knippschild’s early conclusions from the pilot project suggest that cultural offerings and leisure activities are crucial to attracting nomadic workers as are reliable travel connections and good housing thinking about which phase of life they are in and what they need in terms of housing and living,” he said of the participants “This is giving us a great deal of insight into the strengths and weaknesses of Görlitz.” Angesichts des Investitionsstaus fordern Experten vom Staat ein kreditfinanziertes Ausgabenpaket von bis zu 600 Milliarden Euro. 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