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For the most part, I quite like my apartment. But lately I've been feeling like the decor could use a little... something. Something to give it a touch of adult sophistication. Something that says "a grown-up heterosexual male lives here". Or perhaps just "hey ladies, check out my swinging bachelor pad".
Et voila!
FKCCI Seminar for French Newcomers
Introduction
David-Pierre JALICON, President, FKCCI
Welcome Speech
S.E. Ms. Elisabeth LAURIN, French Ambassador to Korea
Introduction of the French Korean Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Edouard CHAMPRENAULT, Director FKCCI
Welcome Remarks Sponsors
HWANG Dae-geu, General Manager, Shinhan Bank
SON Joey, Director Sales&Marketing, Hilton Namhae Golf&SPA Resort
Symbolic and Semiology in Korean Culture
David-Pierre JALICON, D.P.L.G architect, President D.P.J. & Partners Korea
Manage a Company and Negotiate a Contract in Korea
Eric LEGER, President, Schneider Electric
Practical Life and French Community in Seoul
Marie-Pierre Allirol, Seorae Global Village Center
Introduction of « Association des Francophones de Corée »
Arnaud ZOBEL, President, Association des Francophones de Corée (AFC)
Introduction TV5 Monde
Kim Hye-won, Marketing Director, Panda Media
French-Korean Economic and Commercial Relations
Valérie LIANG, Deputy Head of Economic Department, French Embassy
Korea and Korean people
Jenny H.KIM, Associate, Kim&Chang
Korean Vision of France
Ida DAUSSY, Communication Manager, Le Monde Real Estate
Justice for Sergei - How an innocent Russian lawyer dies in prison
Anlässlich des ersten Todestages von Sergej Magnitski am 16. November 2010 lud die AG Menschenrechte und humanitäre Hilfe zur Vorführung des Films "Justice for Sergei - How an innocent Russian lawyer dies in prison" ein.
Das Pressefoto darf auf den Internetseiten der FDP-Bundestagsfraktion, der FDP und von FDP-Gliederungen sowie für die Presseberichterstattung über die Arbeit der Abgeordneten der FDP-Bundestagsfraktion sowie der FDP-Bundestagsfraktion verwendet werden.
Zur Verwendung bedarf es den Zusatz: Bild: FDP-Bundestagsfraktion. Eine darüber hinaus gehende Verwendung sowie Entstellung und Verfälschung von Bildern ist nicht gestattet, außer die ausdrückliche Zustimmung des Abgeordneten selbst oder der Pressestelle der FDP-Bundestagsfraktion liegen vor.
...arranged for the community to come eat free pizza from Dough Brothers as well as take part in gift certificate, t-shirt, and tattoo give-away opportunities, all the while getting to know the new shop and its seven resident artists.
Above, one of the Proton tattoo artists at work on a young female patron’s ankle tattoo.
Following the nineteen-year tattoo ban that was lifted this past September 29th, 2009, in the city of DeKalb, the area has become home to three new tattoo parlors including the currently operational Proton Tattoo Studio. Owners Chris May and Jon Bowman were born and grew up in DeKalb, making the establishment of a shop an extremely meaningful venture for the both of them.
For shop hours, directions, and more information, go to their website at: [http://www.protontattoostudio.com/]; or call Proton Tattoo Studio directly at (815) 756-1800.
For 18 years, TBLI Group has been building the ecosystem for the Impact Investing and Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance (ESG) community, providing advisory, educational services and networking events.
TBLI Group’s signature event TBLI CONFERENCE™ is the longest-running global forum bringing together investors, asset managers and thought leaders in sustainable finance.
TBLI events are for networking, peer-to-peer learning and finding new business opportunities.
More than 30 TBLI events have been held in Europe, North America, Asia and Latin America.
This year TBLI CONFERENCE is returning to Zurich, Switzerland to hold its longest-running event on 19-20 November.
The conference offers an extensive program addressing the latest trends in ESG and Impact Investing across asset classes in the European sustainable finance community.
The Postcard
A Gibson Lines postcard that was published by the Gibson Art Company of Cincinnati, Ohio. The card was posted in Cincinnati using a 1 cent stamp on Tuesday the 20th. December 1921.
It was sent to:
Mr. & Mrs. N. H. (surname deleted),
Felicity,
Ohio.
Felicity is a village in Franklin Township, Clermont County, Ohio. The population was 651 individuals at the 2020 census.
The message on the divided back of the card was as follows:
"Dear Uncle and Aunt,
Hope this card finds you
both well, and that your
Xmas stocking will be
full to overflowing.
Ada and Charlie."
The Significance of Holly
The European holly, Ilex aquifolium is commonly referenced at Christmas time, and is sometimes referred to by the name Christ's thorn.
In many Western Christian cultures, holly is a traditional Christmas decoration, used especially in wreaths and illustrations, for instance on Christmas cards.
Since medieval times the plant has carried Christian symbolism, as expressed in the Christmas carol "The Holly and the Ivy", in which the holly is said to represent Jesus and the ivy to represent the Virgin Mary.
Christians have identified a wealth of symbolism in its form:
The sharpness of the leaves help to recall the crown of thorns worn by Jesus; the red berries serve as a reminder of the drops of blood that were shed for salvation; and the shape of the leaves, which resemble flames, can serve to reveal God's burning love for His people.
Combined with the fact that holly maintains its bright colors during the Christmas season, it naturally came to be associated with the Christian holiday.
Mistletoe
Mistletoe is the common name for obligate hemiparasitic plants in the order Santalales. They are attached to their host tree or shrub by a structure called the haustorium, through which they extract water and nutrients from the host plant.
There are hundreds of species of mistletoe which mostly live in tropical regions.
The name mistletoe originally referred to the species Viscum album (European mistletoe); it is the only species native to the British Isles and much of Europe. The genus Viscum is not native to North America, but Viscum album was introduced to Northern California in 1900.
European mistletoe has smooth-edged, oval, evergreen leaves borne in pairs along the woody stem, and waxy, white berries that it bears in clusters of two to six.
-- Mistletoe Life Cycle
Mistletoe species grow on a wide range of host trees, some of which experience side effects including reduced growth, stunting, and loss of infested outer branches.
A heavy infestation may also kill the host plant. Viscum album successfully parasitizes more than 200 tree and shrub species.
All mistletoe species are hemiparasites, because they do perform some photosynthesis for some period of their life cycle. However, in some species its contribution is very nearly zero.
A mistletoe seed germinates on the branch of a host tree or shrub, and in its early stages of development it is independent of its host. The adhesive on the seed tends to darken the bark. On having made contact with the bark, the hypocotyl, with only a rudimentary scrap of root tissue at its tip, penetrates it, a process that may take a year or more. In the meantime the plant is dependent on its own photosynthesis.
Only after it reaches the host's conductive tissue may it begin to rely on the host for its needs. Later, it forms a haustorium that penetrates the host tissue and takes water and nutrients from the host plant.
Most mistletoe seeds are spread by birds who eat the 'seeds' (in actuality drupes). Of the many bird species that feed on them, the mistle thrush is the best-known in Europe.
Depending on the species of mistletoe and the species of bird, the seeds are regurgitated from the crop, excreted in their droppings, or stuck to the bill and causing the bird to have to wipe it off onto a branch.
The seeds are coated with a sticky material called viscin. Some viscin remains on the seed and when it touches a stem, it sticks tenaciously. The viscin soon hardens and attaches the seed firmly to its future host, where it germinates and its haustorium penetrates the sound bark.
-- Toxicity of Mistletoe
There are 1500 species of mistletoe, varying widely in toxicity to humans; the European mistletoe (Viscum album) is more toxic than the American mistletoe (Phoradendron serotinum).
In European mistletoe (Viscum), viscumin is the dangerous active toxin. It acts by irreversibly inhibiting ribsomal protein synthesis in cells, which leads to the death of the affected cell, tissue damage in the area of exposure from mass cell death in the very short term, with the potential for organ failure and death depending on the level of exposure.
Mistletoe has been used historically in medicine for its supposed value in treating arthritis, high blood pressure, epilepsy, and infertility.
-- The Cultural Importance of Mistletoe
Mistletoe is relevant to several cultures. Pagan cultures regarded the white berries as symbols of male fertility, with the seeds resembling semen. The Celts, particularly, saw mistletoe as the semen of Taranis, while the Ancient Greeks referred to mistletoe as "oak sperm".
In Roman mythology, mistletoe was used by the hero Aeneas to reach the underworld.
The Romans associated mistletoe with peace, love, and understanding, and hung it over doorways to protect the household.
In the advent of the Christian era, mistletoe in the Western world became associated with Christmas as a decoration under which lovers are expected to kiss, as well as with protection from witches and demons.
Mistletoe continued to be associated with fertility and vitality through the Middle Ages, and by the eighteenth century it had also become incorporated into Christmas celebrations around the world. The custom of kissing under the mistletoe is referred to as popular among servants in late eighteenth-century England.
The serving class of Victorian England is credited with perpetuating the tradition. The tradition dictated that a man was allowed to kiss any woman standing underneath mistletoe, and that bad luck would befall any woman who refused the kiss.
One variation on the tradition stated that with each kiss a berry was to be plucked from the mistletoe, and the kissing must stop after all the berries had been removed.
Mistletoe is the floral emblem of the U.S. state of Oklahoma, and the flower of the UK county of Herefordshire.
Every year, the UK town of Tenbury Wells holds a mistletoe festival and crowns a 'Mistletoe Queen'.
Sir George Fuller
So what else happened on the day that Ada and Charlie posted the card?
Well, on the 20th. December 1921, Sir George Fuller took office as the new Premier of the Australian state of New South Wales, seven days after Premier James Dooley had lost a vote of confidence in the state legislature.
However, only seven hours after Fuller had formed a government and had become the head of government as premier, he lost another vote of confidence in the legislature and was not seated.
On the 27th. December 1921, James Dooley was appointed premier again after forming a new government.
The Russian Famine Relief Act
Also on that day, the U.S. Senate voted to pass the Russian Famine Relief Act, and approved the appropriation of $20,000,000 ($300 million in 2021) for that purpose.
The vote was pursuant to the request of President Harding, subject to the condition that all purchases of food be made in the U.S. and shipped to the Soviet Union in American vessels.
Julius Richard Petri
The 20th. December 1921 also marked the death at the age of 69 of the German microbiologist Julius Richard Petri.
Julius, who was born on the 31st. May 1852, is generally credited with inventing the device known as the Petri dish, which is named after him, while working as assistant to bacteriologist Robert Koch.
-- Julius Richard Petri - The Early Years
Petri was born in the town of Barmen (now a district of the city of Wuppertal), Germany. He came from a distinguished family of scholars, and was the eldest son of Philipp Ulrich Martin Petri (1817–1864), a professor in Berlin, and Louise Petri.
Petri's grandfather, Viktor Friedrich Leberecht Petri (1782–1857), was also a scholar, being both a director and professor at the Collegium Carolinum in Brunswick (Braunschweig), Germany.
Petri initially studied medicine at the Kaiser Wilhelm Academy for Military Physicians (1871–1875) and received his medical degree in 1876.
He continued his studies at the Charité Hospital in Berlin where his thesis on the chemistry of protein urine tests earned him his doctorate.
-- Julius Richard Petri - The Later Years
Julius was on active duty as a military physician until 1882, continuing then as a reservist. In 1886 he was a curator at the German Hygiene Museum where he subsequently worked under Robert Koch.
From 1877 to 1879 Julius was assigned to the Imperial Health Office in Berlin, where he became an assistant to Robert Koch. On the suggestion of Angelina Hesse, the New York-born wife of another assistant, Walther Hesse, the Koch laboratory began to culture bacteria on agar plates.
Petri then invented the standard culture dish, or Petri plate, and further developed the technique of agar culture in order to purify or clone bacterial colonies derived from single cells. This advance made it possible to rigorously identify the bacteria responsible for diseases.
Petri's first wife, Anna Riesch, died in 1894 during childbirth, and in 1897, he married Elizabeth Turk.
-- The Importance of the Petri Dish
Petri dishes are extensively used as research plates for microbiology studies. The dish is partially filled with warm liquid containing agar, and a mixture of specific ingredients that may include nutrients, blood, salts, carbohydrates, dyes, indicators, amino acids and antibiotics.
After the agar cools and solidifies, the dish is ready to receive a microbe-laden sample in a process known as "inoculation" or "plating". For virus or phage cultures, a two-step inoculation is needed: bacteria that is grown acts like a host for the viral inoculum.
The bacterial sample is diluted on the plate in a process called "streaking". This involves a sterile plastic stick, or a wire loop which is sterilized by heating; the loop is used to collect the first sample, and then to make a streak on the dish with the agar.
Then, using a fresh stick and sterilized loop, the new loop is passed through that initial streak, spreading the plated bacteria onto the dish.
This process is repeated a third time, and if necessary a fourth, resulting in individual bacterial cells that are isolated on the plate, which are then able to divide and grow into single "clonal" bacterial colonies.
Petri plates can be incubated upside down (agar on top), which can help lessen the risk of contamination from airborne particles containing microbes settling, and to decrease the chance of condensation from water accumulating and disturbing the microbes being cultured.
The basic design of the Petri dish has not changed since being created by Petri in 1887. It was a challenge to keep dishes free of dust, and extra bacteria could collect and alter samples; heavy bell jars used for this purpose proved ineffective, and so six years later Petri created a transparent plate slightly larger than the dish, which served as a transparent lid.
The Petri name has come into public prominence following a spate of serious food poisoning incidents on cruise liners; ships operating buffets in their restaurants have been referred to as 'floating Petri dishes.'
-- Julius Petri's Other Work
Not only was Petri responsible for many innovations and inventions, he also published a variety of papers including 150 on the topic of bacteriology and hygiene, which contributed significantly to information and concepts related to them.
Petri's papers detailed a number of steps in understanding microbiology, not limited to the study of microorganisms, but also including biological pathways and mechanisms.
In his paper of 1876 Julius considered questions regarding proteins found within urine, seeking ways that they could be used to identify conditions or functions.
For my Birthday I got some Disney Dollars to use on our upcoming Disneyland trip, yay! They are so cool, really detailed and they feel like real money.
For this photo, I chose to capture the moment my husband came home from drill and was greeted by our dogs. The settings I used were a shutter speed of 1/100, an f-stop of 5.6, and ISO 1600. The photo came out slightly underexposed, so I used Lightroom to adjust the exposure, shadows, and whites a bit.
For everything you want to know, please see the Ozimals blog:
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BLAH! I'm sorry we disappeared for a month! My computer crashed and they had to ship it over seas to get fixed. :( Even though I didn't have access to Flickr and couldn't upload pictures for 52 weeks I still took a picture every week! So again I am terribly sorry for miss four weeks of 52 weeks.
Here are links to the other 3 pictures I've missed:
Watch the teaser video from this event here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ye0lbTDy7y4
Event: Chila for Fun Presents 'Life Is Fun' Fashion Show
Location: Brooklyn, NY
Date: June 4, 2011
Teaser from 'Life is Fun' fashion show, featuring the Spring 2011 collection from Chila for Fun; designs by Cecilia Fabian. Shoes by John Ashford. Accessories styled by Natalie LaRon.
Chila For Fun
John Ashford Shoes
Master of Ceremony
Soraya Williams, Producer (Fashion Events) and former model.
Models
Amber 'Fierce' Walker, Regena 'Reign' Williams, Melisa Lauren, LaCrown Johnson, Anastasiya Kopets, Yessica Salce, Shanice 'Dream' Thompson, Joanna Ventour, Jillian Greenway, and Sofiita Santana.
Make-up
Paula Jeann and Heidi Pakdel
Hair
Ciara Smith
Performancers
U'Kno Tha Don and Nine 11
Live life in fashion.
Revenge Fashion Magazine
A Passion for Empowerment™
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I am the first owner of this little one. This is the emma mold of Momocolor which is know called momotree. Not anymore available by the company.
Please FM if interested.
I can trade her for a minifee or an aileen dragon.
“The Basic Shirt Version 2.0” Details:
A Pink with White PolkaDot Cotton purchased from Casa Felix of Barcelona. Its lined with a Cream Cotton Lawn.
Creamy Antique French Lace trim and 2 tiny brown buttons adorn the front of the shirt
It closes at the back with two black metal snaps.
"The Basic Empire Jumper” Details:
The Bodice is a green with White PolkaDot Cotton purchased from Casa Felix of Barcelona. It's lined with a Robyn Pandolph fabric called, Hope Cove; Little Rose on Cream.
The Skirt is a Multi~striped cotton in Cream and deep red. Along the base of the skirt is a lovely green ribbon and coco-brown french lace trim.
The "Empire Jumper" fastens with a button and metal loop closer.
All Hand and Machine Sewn by Me
For the 2nd year in a row young upstart CLIO, who makes legal practice management software, invited me to come hang out and photograph their staff Christmas party in Vancouver. This is one of the fastest growing companies in the world and they definitely share the same work hard play hard ethos as many of my other favorite young technology startup clients like Hootsuite, Shopify, Tune & Connect. :)
Check them out at www.goclio.com/
You're Going To Love This Home In Myrtle Beach Property Details For: 504 N Ocean Blvd. Myrtle Beach, SC 29578Type: CONDOPrice: $160,680Bedrooms: 2Baths: 2.0Sq Feet: 1001-1050See full detail for Listing: 1108435Address: 504 N Ocean Blvd. Myrtle Beach SC 29578Here is some additional information about 504 N Ocean Blvd. Myrtle Beach SC 29578: Potential Short Sale Here is what Trulia.com has to say about the area: Myrtle Beach Market Stats: There are 26 six bedroom properties available with an average listing price of $812,812. Overall the average listing price in Myrtle Beach is $228,572.
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Gee, she is truly hairy in the face after a busy day at work with my husband :P
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Show: Bond for Life.
Dates: May 22--June 21, 2009.
Curator: Christina Richardson, PhD.
Location: Del Ray Artisans Gallery at the Nicholas A Colasanto Center, 2704 Mt Vernon Ave, Alexandria, VA 22301.
Luxury apartment for rent in Ruby Garden, Tan Binh District
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