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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.
The two-day workshop hosted by the NOAA National Severe Storms Lab in Norman, Oklahoma brought together NWS, broadcast, and emergency management personnel to discuss the Threats-in-Motions concept from multiple perspectives and create a game plan for moving forward.
SAO PAULO, BRAZIL - MARCH 02: Matias "Saadhak" Delipetro of LOUD (R) and Kim "stax" Gu-taek of DRX make an entrance onstage at the VALORANT Champions Tour 2023: LOCK//IN Semifinals on March 2, 2023 in Sao Paulo, Brazil. (Photo by Lance Skundrich/Riot Games)
Village Green of Ann Arbor Apartments are in the prestigious northeast side of Ann Arbor and are among the high quality education (from elementary to university), near the area's major businesses, including Google, Toyota, NSK and NSF. We are just around the corner from shopping, more than 150 parks and nature areas, quaint boutiques, four-star restaurants and the cultural diversity of downtown Ann Arbor. Village Green of Ann Arbor Apartment's studio, 1 and 2 bedroom apartments for rent include lofts and unique through-unit designs.
Learn more: www.villagegreen.com/ann-arbor/village-green-of-ann-arbor
Tabinshwehti led 500 soldiers to take ears pierce at Shwemawdaw Paya. Tabinshwehti also put the cover for this pagoda after the battle with Martaban. When I stepped into this place, I can feel him. He put the light rain on me, and put the sweetest sunny day in this trip. He is Nat, he is still here. I love you, Tabinshwehti.
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I'm currently offering free portraits for children in BrIsbane living with a major illness.
This little darling has had a tough life - she's suffered a stroke at just one year old and now lives with epilepsy and learning difficulties.
Despite these hardships, Dakota is a happy and sweet child. An inspiration!
I think I could've spent the entire day taking shots of these huge, beautiful fish! Their colors and patterns were amazing! They reside in a pond in the courtyard of the Lightner Museum in St. Augustine, FL.
View On Black (Best viewed here in large)
In Nepal it is very common seeing men walking hand in hand as an example of friendship.
Bhaktapur, Nepal.
Fort Stevens was an American military installation that guarded the mouth of the Columbia River in the state of Oregon. Built near the end of the American Civil War, it was named for a slain Civil War general and former Washington Territory governor, Isaac Stevens. The fort was an active military reservation from 1863–1947 It is now listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The fort was constructed in 1863-64 during the Civil War as an earthwork battery on the south shore of the mouth of the Columbia River, and was known as the Fort at Point Adams. It was later Fort Stevens in 1865, in honor of the former territorial governor of Washington, Isaac I. Stevens who had been killed in action. Fort Stevens was the primary military installation in what became the Three Fort Harbor Defense System at the mouth of the Columbia River. The other forts were the Post at Cape Disappointment, later Fort Cape Disappointment and later Fort Canby, built at the same time as Fort Stevens, and Fort Columbia, built between 1896 and 1904.
Both are on the Washington side of the river. The fort was meant to defend the mouth of the Columbia from potential British attack during the Pig War of 1859 and subsequent ongoing regional tensions through 1870 in the San Juan Islands, and was important during the 1896-1903 Alaska Boundary Dispute, when British-American tensions again were high and the two countries were on the brink of war.
On the night of June 21–22, 1942, the Japanese submarine I-25 surfaced off Fort Stevens and fired 17 shells from her 14 cm-caliber deck gun, making Fort Stevens the second military installation in the continental United States to come under enemy fire in World War II after the bombing of Dutch Harbor in Alaska two weeks earlier. The Japanese attack caused no damage to the fort itself, it only destroyed the backstop of the post's baseball field.
Fort Stevens was decommissioned in 1947. All the armaments were removed and buildings were auctioned. The grounds were transferred to the Corps of Engineers, until finally being turned over to the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department.
The garrison of Fort Stevens during World War II included elements of two regiments, the 249th Coast Artillery (Oregon National Guard) and the 18th Coast Artillery of the Regular Army. (oregonstateparks.org/index.cfm?do=parkPage.dsp_parkPage&a...)
We went to Nagasaki with Sara. It was a lot of fun and we saw a lot of this beautiful city, even though it was a bit rainy.
At least four people were reportedly killed and two more feared dead in the floods caused by storms coupled with torrential monsoon rain during the past 6 days in Vanni. The sluice gates of Visuvamadu tank were opened as the raising water level posed great danger to the wall of the dam that has been shaken already by the Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) attacks. Also the sluice gates of two other tanks, Udaiyaarkadduk-ku'lam and Kalmaduk-ku'lam, were opened.
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Photographer: Parameswaran
Date of photographs: 27 November 2008
Only in Edinburgh! One minute you are admiring the architecture on the historic Royal Mile near the castle when a group of youngsters dresed as romans singing modern songs come past much to the amusement of the many japanese tourists.
They are members of Cambridge Fools who were advertising their comedy musical entitled When in Rome where you are immersed in a world torn between Ancient Roman culture and modern 90's pop.
Una pergamena in bianco sulla quale scrivere i propri desideri. Sembra una favola. Invece è l'affascinante storia dell’antica Città de La Cava.
Nel 1460 il re Ferrante (Ferdinando I) donò alla città, dimostratasi Fedelissima in battaglia, una pergamena in bianco sulla quale i cavesi avrebbero potuto richiedere ciò che fosse loro gradito.
Per promuovere la rievovazione storica, la MTN Company ha portato la pergamena in bianco in piazza, chiedendo ai cittadini di scrivere un desiderio per la propria città.
Tappe Salerno e Cava de'TIrreni
Wedding Photography in Prague: Christine & Ludeck: A Prague Wedding At Vrtbovska Gardens by Kurt Vinion
Christine and Luděk, are typical of many of the couples I photograph: they are both traditional and contemporary and wanted something outside the accepted norm of what is considered ‘wedding photography’ here in Prague.
The days when wedding photographers could shoot the same motifs for every wedding are hopefully coming to an end. Not that there is anything wrong with the ‘cookie cutter’ approach to wedding photography. For me, good wedding photography should be about capturing the personalities of the couples in an honest, creative and even artistic way – something we strive to do every day.
Christine and Luděk’s wedding ceremony was held at the stunning Vrtbovska Zahrada, which is a very popular tourist destination – even during weddings. After the ceremony and a few minutes in the gardens we headed to Kampa, where we were nearly overtaken by a very large wedding party. Later it was off to Strelecky Ostrov where a reception and an evening of dinner and dancing with family & friends was on hand.
As photography is very important to Christine & Luděk, we took leave of the guests in the evening and visited Prague Castle for a quiet and relaxed portrait session. Having the additional time in the evening where couples can relax after a long day always provides us with enough opportunities to create some stunning images as you can see here. Though it really helps when you have two wonderful and fun people like Christine and Luděk who really made capturing beautiful pictures not only easy, but fun!
Christine and Luděk, are typical of many of the couples I photograph: they are both traditional and contemporary and wanted something outside the accepted norm of what is considered ‘wedding photography’ here in Prague.
The days when wedding photographers could shoot the same motifs for every wedding are hopefully coming to an end. Not that there is anything wrong with the ‘cookie cutter’ approach to wedding photography. For me, good wedding photography should be about capturing the personalities of the couples in an honest, creative and even artistic way – something we strive to do every day.
Christine and Luděk’s wedding ceremony was held at the stunning Vrtbovska Zahrada, which is a very popular tourist destination – even during weddings. After the ceremony and a few minutes in the gardens we headed to Kampa, where we were nearly overtaken by a very large wedding party. Later it was off to Strelecky Ostrov where a reception and an evening of dinner and dancing with family & friends was on hand.
As photography is very important to Christine & Luděk, we took leave of the guests in the evening and visited Prague Castle for a quiet and relaxed portrait session. Having the additional time in the evening where couples can relax after a long day always provides us with enough opportunities to create some stunning images as you can see here. Though it really helps when you have two wonderful and fun people like Christine and Luděk who really made capturing beautiful pictures not only easy, but fun!
Christine and Luděk, are typical of many of the couples I photograph: they are both traditional and contemporary and wanted something outside the accepted norm of what is considered ‘wedding photography’ here in Prague.
The days when wedding photographers could shoot the same motifs for every wedding are hopefully coming to an end. Not that there is anything wrong with the ‘cookie cutter’ approach to wedding photography. For me, good wedding photography should be about capturing the personalities of the couples in an honest, creative and even artistic way – something we strive to do every day.
Christine and Luděk’s wedding ceremony was held at the stunning Vrtbovska Zahrada, which is a very popular tourist destination – even during weddings. After the ceremony and a few minutes in the gardens we headed to Kampa, where we were nearly overtaken by a very large wedding party. Later it was off to Strelecky Ostrov where a reception and an evening of dinner and dancing with family & friends was on hand.
As photography is very important to Christine & Luděk, we took leave of the guests in the evening and visited Prague Castle for a quiet and relaxed portrait session. Having the additional time in the evening where couples can relax after a long day always provides us with enough opportunities to create some stunning images as you can see here. Though it really helps when you have two wonderful and fun people like Christine and Luděk who really made capturing beautiful pictures not only easy, but fun!
Once researchers Arvel Hernandez and Robert Dougherty have outfitted their research subject Vaughn with earplugs and positioned his head in the right-sized headpiece, they press the button and he rolls into the scanner. The inside of the scanner isn't the place for fidgety people or those with claustrophobia. Vaughn will have to stay in there, without moving, for 45 minutes.
Image: Jenny Oh