11.03.2014
My name is Alex Beck and welcome to the Humans of Switzerland Project.If you like what you see and read I encourage you to share my work with your friends and family.Perhaps you might even like to take part in my photographic social documentary project and want to appear on the pages of: http://www.humansofswitzerland.ch. If so, please contact me directly via the below listed email address to make...
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30.03.2011
Dear Readers,I am interested in finding more examples of weird Beamtendeutsch. In particular sentences containing synonyms with which one can construct sentences such as the following real life example I just had to submit to one Zurich authority:"Ich stelle einen Antrag auf Grund meines Begehrens und ersuche hiermit die Fürsprache meines Anliegens." According to the Duden: Anliegen, Fürsprache, B...
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23.03.2011
I don't know about other Orange customers out there in Switzerland, but I am highly dissatisfied with the service, or rather lack of service, Orange offer me as SME / KMU business customer. Sure, their price plans are ok. However, their customer service sucks big time.Once again the Orange Online Business Portal Login does not work, because apparently I am not an Orange customer... WFT???Then, get...
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18.02.2011
When travelling I keep my shooting gear in a big water and shock resistant Peli case. Usually my equipment list will include the following: 2 x Leica (M6, M9-P) 1 x Canon G12 5 x batteries for G12 and M9 2 x charging units for G12 and M9 external light meter audio recorder gps navigator folding stereo headphones mini screwdriver set knife 2 x multi-tool Swiss army knives (large with ...
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16.02.2011
Rivers know this: There is no hurry. We shall get there some day, because only when we give joyfully, without hesitation or thought of gain, can we truly know what love means. The affairs of life embrace a multitude of interests, and those of us who reason in any one of them, without consulting the rest, are prophets unsuited to control the business of the world. To consult the rules of compositio...
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15.02.2011
This is the true short story of how my landlord / Verwaltung refused my request to repair a leaky loft roof that has, in the meantime, caused a little over CHF 10'000 of damage to my property and made my loft almost unfit for human habitation. It began one quiet summer's day when workman attached solar cell panels to the roof's surface and managed to drill several holes straight through my loft's...
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13.02.2011
Situated a mere two and a half hours away from Zurich is the fabulous little Graubünden village of Bergün, also known as Bravuogn in Romansh. The best way to reach Bergün is to jump onto an SBB train, until you reach Chur, and then change trains in order to continue this highly scenic journey on the world famous Rhätische Bahn.SBB offer a special discounted saver ticket, including weekend sledging...
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10.02.2011
There really is every reason to be excited! The X100 looks stunning, is very well designed, it does everything you could possibly want with considerable ease and it simply has one of the best viewfinders I’ve ever seen anywhere full stop. http://www.finepix-x100.com/I just tried out a pre-production version and the key features are as follows: Excellent engineering & remarkable JPEG and RAW i...
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