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Joe Hesketh's Private View of "A Pendle Investigation" at the Newman St Gallery, London. More info can be found at www.simonwdesmond.co.uk
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Park of the Temple of Heaven, Beijing; one of the iconic places of the City, extremely popular for people of Beijing...
"Academy Award–winning costume designer Ruth E. Carter has defined generations through her work in film and TV. Her art adds dimensionality, flair, and culture to the characters she envisions, giving power to the incredible actors who wear her designs. Her vibrancy and attention to detail in costuming is integral to translating stories of race, politics, and culture to the big screen. From humble roots in Massachusetts, Carter has helped style the Afrofuturism movement for almost 40 years.
Creating pieces for films such as Black Panther, Malcom X, Selma, and Do the Right Thing, Carter has designed costumes for legends like Oprah Winfrey, Denzel Washington, Chadwick Boseman, Eddie Murphy, Angela Bassett, and Forest Whitaker." SOURCE: NC MUSEUM OF ARTS WEBSITE
In this exhibition the NCMA displays more than 60 of Carter’s original garments while also showcasing her immersive process, historical research, and the attention to detail that imbues every project she brings to life.
21/06/2018. Ladies European Tour 2018. Ladies European Thailand Championship, Pheonix Gold Golf and Country Club. Pattaya. Thailand . June 21- 24. Jessica Karlsson of Sweden during the first round. Credit: Tristan Jones
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Italian writer Franco Lovato, author of “Echi di Pianto dall’Indocina Francese”, addresses audience during book-signing event downtown Vicenza Apr. 18. The book honors the memory of Vietnam War Medal of Honor Luigi Albanese, a Vicenza born Soldier who died in Vietnam in 1966. Also attending, Lt. Col. Christopher S. Dillard in representation of the U.S. Army Vicenza military community.
Learn more on www.usag.vicenza.army.mil or www.facebook.com/USAGVicenza. Photo by Anna Ciccotti, USAG Vicenza PAO.
Graduate students in the Colleges of Agriculture (AGR), Business (BUS), Communication And Education (CME), and Humanities And Fine Arts (HFA) were honored during their Master's Commencement Ceremony on Thursday, May 16, 2019 in Chico, Calif.
(Jason Halley/University Photographer/CSU Chico)
Another example of technology in these large mines: Antamina's control center to monitor the mill that crushes rocks to separate the copper and other minerals and metals from them before they are shipped to the coast via pipeline for export.
Photo: Nicolas Villaume
These photos were taken by and provided courtesy of Willis Brown of CityFam.
Saturday (4/21/18) Clean Bread and Cheese Creek Community Cleanups had a truly beautiful day to work with over 150 wonderful volunteers along at Bear Creek Park and Shoreline for our Earth Day Cleanup - nearly filling a 40 yard dumpster with trash and debris they removed from this historic stream as well as from Bear Creek Elementary School, General John Stricker Middle School, Charlesmont Elementary School and Charlesmont Park totaling over 4 tons!!! This included 342 bags of trash, 5 tires, three shopping carts, 2 bed frames, a heavy duty dolly, a head board, a plastic 30 gallon drum, a plastic raven statue and more, Thank you everyone so very much for all your hard work! Our volunteer’s dedication to working toward a cleaner, greener, healthier community and environment is wonderful sight to behold!!!!
We would also like to thank the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay and American Rivers for all their assistance and support on this cleanup and to thank Chick-fil-A Eastpoint, Pat's Pizzeria Dundalk MD, Pizza Hut (Dundalk, MD), Chesapeake Traders Food Warehouse and Mr. Robert Jones for their generous donations of food to feed all our hungry and hardworking volunteers!!! Thank you so much Giant Food and Tradepoint Atlantic for your generous donations allowing is to purchase much needed supplies! We would also like to thank Faculty and Families of Bear Creek Elementary School, faculty and families of General John Stricker Middle School, faculty and families of Charlesmont Elementary School, CityFam - Baltimore, Strictly Business Auto Family, The Big Event at Towson University and Towson University Alumni Association for all the incredible volunteers they supplied
Thank you so very much for helping us mage a huge difference!
Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White visited the College of DuPage campus April 21 to promote Donate Life month and encourage faculty, staff and students to join the Illinois organ donation registry. During his visit, White visited many of the College's facilities, including the Homeland Security Education Center and newly-renovated Physical Education Center.
League of California Cities 2010 Conference & CA Latino Caucus
My good friend Cesar Millan joined me and the CA Latino Caucus at the League of California Cities 2010 Conference in San Diego. Cesar gave a great speech and the crowd loved him.
Picture taken with Sony Alpha 700 Camera and Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonnar T* 24-70 F2.8 ZA SSM Zoom Lens at 60mm focal length, F/4 and 1/100 sec exposure time. ISO speed set at 400. Metering Mode Center Weighted Average. Five Sony HVL-F56AM Flashes in Wireless Mode used in various arrangements for lighting.
Thanks to Schap Digital Imaging for setting up this photoshoot. This was for his senior project at the Illinois Institute of Art. I was asked to be his lighting guy, but I took a few shots of my own during the session naturally.
El Greco - this is one of my favorite paintings.
View of Toledo, ca. 1597–99
El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos) (Greek, 1541–1614)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer (29.100.6)
Like intricate pieces of delicate antique lace, I love the details of the magic coming forth from my ever changing garden.
The 19th Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps, Sgt. Maj. Troy E. Black, tours VMFA-314, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW) at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, San Diego, Ca, Feb. 11, 2021. The Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps conducted the visit to speak to Marines, especially those that work on the newest Marine aviation platform, the F-35. Marine Aircraft Group 11 generates, embarks, and integrates relevant, combat ready aviation forces capable of providing Offensive Air Support, Anti-Aircraft Warfare, Assault Support, Aerial Reconnaissance, and terminal area Control of Aircraft. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Victoria Ross)
WASHINGTON (January 16, 2023) Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas gives opening remarks alongside the Department of Veterans Affairs Deputy Secretary, Donald Remy, and the Small Business Administration Administrator, Isabella Guzman, for The Mission Continues, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service, at Sousa Middle School in Southeast Washington, DC. Volunteers painted the hallways of the school to foster students' creativity for this year's elective classes. (DHS photo by Sydney Phoenix)
China Railway CRRC Qingdao Sifang Type CRH2B 'Hexie' ('Harmony') Class 155 mph 25k AV 16-car e.m.u. at Suzhou, Shejiang Province, 4 May 2009. These are based on the Kawasaki Sinkansen.
The imposant court-yard of the Bsampeling monastery
Newly built, the structure nevertheless conveys the typical Tibetan flair, with monks lingering around the ground and ravens flying over the bell-fitted tiers of the main temple. Perching to the slope at the foot of the temple are the housings of the monks, little cubicles beautifully decorated. Inside the temple there are some beautiful murals depicting the Buddhist way. Behind the temple there is a small cemetery with prayer-flags and white ribbons adorning every bush
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And last but not least an appearance by the KCS.
Westmont IL / Cass Ave
BNSF w/b autoracks
Passing cars - KCS 8339
Members of the audience at Nobel Laureate, Professor Joseph E. Stiglitz' Distinguished Lecture titled “Economic Performance and Social Well-Being”, hosted by The University of the West Indies (UWI) Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social & Economic Studies (SALISES) and The Open Lectures Committee on Monday 23rd November, 2009, at 7 p.m. at the Daaga Auditorium, UWI, St. Augustine, under the patronage of University Pro Vice Chancellor and St Augustine Campus Principal, Professor Clement K. Sankat.
At left is Deputy Principal, Professor Rhoda Reddock.
To find out more, please contact Patrick Watson, Director of the Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies (SALISES), at (868) 662-6965 or patrick.watson@sta.uwi.edu, or visit the SALISES website at www.sta.uwi.edu/salises.
21. Oktober 2021, Deutschlandsberg
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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.
Dome Saint Salvator of Fulda. The Fulda Dome is the symbol of the city. Inside the cathedral is, inter alia, the tomb of St. Boniface, the first apostle of the Germans. The plans of the cathedral were in 1700 by one of the most important German baroque architects, Johann Dientzenhofer (1663-1726), on behalf of Prince-Abbot Adalbert von Schleifras manufactured. The previous building, the Ratgarbasilika, once the largest basilica north of the Alps, has been razed to the ground in favor of the new cathedral, before in 1704, the construction in the (then current) Baroque style was begun. On August 15, 1712, cathedral was consecrated. The Fulda Cathedral in its internal system is modeled according to the St. Peter's Basilica in Rome.
The Ratgar Basilica was built in 791-819 in Fulda monastery and named after the builder, the monk Ratgar. The basilica was a Holy Sepulcher over the relics of St. Boniface. It was created after the model of the great Peter's Basilica in Rome and was the largest church building north of the Alps. Construction swallowed so considerable amounts of ressources that Abbot Ratger was expelled from the convent of the monastery.
During the Middle Ages the building structure crumbled more and more, so that the Ratgar Basilica in 1700 was demolished. In its place, the baroque Fulda Cathedral was built by Johann Dientzenhofer over the tomb of Boniface.
Die Ratgar-Basilika wurde zwischen 791 und 819 im Kloster Fulda erbaut und nach dem Baumeister, dem Mönch Ratgar, benannt. Die Basilika war eine Grabeskirche über den Gebeinen des Heiligen Bonifatius. Sie entstand nach dem Vorbild des großen Petersdoms in Rom und war der größte Kirchenbau nördlich der Alpen. Der Bau verschlang so große Mittel, dass Abt Ratger vom Konvent des Klosters vertrieben wurde.
Im Verlaufe des Mittelalters zerfiel die Bausubstanz immer mehr, sodass die Ratgar-Basilika 1700 abgerissen wurde. An ihrer Stelle wurde über der Bonifatiusgruft von Johann Dientzenhofer der barocke Fuldaer Dom errichtet.
Dom St. Salvator zu Fulda: Der Fuldaer Dom ist das Wahrzeichen der Stadt. Im Inneren des Doms befindet sich u. a. die Grabstätte des Hl. Bonifatius, des ersten Apostels der Deutschen. Die Pläne des Doms wurden im Jahr 1700 von einem der bedeutendsten deutschen Barockbaumeister, Johann Dientzenhofer (1663–1726), im Auftrag von Fürstabt Adalbert von Schleifras angefertigt. Der Vorgängerbau, die Ratgarbasilika, einst größte Basilika nördlich der Alpen, wurde zugunsten des neuen Doms niedergelegt, ehe 1704 der Bau im (damals aktuellen) barocken Stil begonnen wurde. Am 15. August 1712 wurde der Dom geweiht. Der Dom zu Fulda ist seinem inneren System nach an den Petersdom in Rom angelehnt.
Images of Lomatia tasmanica, a critically endangered Tasmanian endemic and one of the world's oldest living clonal plants. It is estimated that this species has existed in Tasmania for at least 43,600 yrs. The RTBG currently has a program to conserve this amazing plant. For more information please go to www.rtbg.tas.gov.au/conservation