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Regarding email I received, and of my own experience visiting other people blog, I figure out a lot of people coming here may not really know who I am ;)
I often do not read blogs and only check pictures, then jumping from link too link... So, for those who read, here come some infos, on what I am / I have done / I am working on...
To illustrate this, here come some picture of my office, that I share with my wife in our nice France countryside home.
Read full post at www.graphic-exchange.com/aabout.htm
Lab created opal wedding ring set with blue topaz accents set in stainless steel. His and hers rings with matching blue green lab grown opal inlay in stainless steel mountings. Styles MD252 and CS004.
Creating the Future: Exploration and Innovation - Rebuilding America and Global Transformation
Discussion among the Honorees of the Womensphere Global Leadership Awards
L-R:
Analisa Balares - CEO & Founder, Womensphere
Dr. Jill Tarter - Bernard Oliver Chair, Search for Extraterrestial Intelligence (SETI) Institute; Womensphere Global Award for Advancement in Science
Marissa Mayer - Vice President, Local & Location Services, Google; Womensphere Global Award for Leadership in Innovation
Anna Ewing - CIO, NASDAQ OMX; Womensphere Global Award for Leadership in Innovation
Linda Cureton - CIO, NASA; Womensphere Global Award for Leadership in Innovation
Lynn Tilton - CEO, Patriarch Partners; Womensphere Global Award for Leadership in Innovation
The 4th Annual Womensphere Global Summit and Inaugural Womensphere Global Awards, presented by JPMorgan Chase. September 23, 2011; One Chase Manhattan Plaza, New York City
Womensphere is a global leadership community and media organization dedicated to advancing women's leadership and success in all fields of endeavor. Our purpose: To unleash women's potential. To create opportunities for women. To inspire and accelerate women's impact. To transform the world.
Womensphere convenes leaders through Global and Regional Summits, around the themes of advancing women's leadership, innovation, ventures, the economy, sustainability, and global impact.
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How to create desktop shortcut or launcher on Linux
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This is my little art area that is in my downstairs hall way. There is a little built in desk that I have made my special creating space for sewing, painting, jewelry making etc. I was in the middle of a painting when I took this picture, so its a bit messy.
Created this using Carrara, Sculptris and Wings3D for the ImagineFX monthly challenge "Ancient China" @ community.imaginefx.com/forums/default.aspx
I don't know why.. but lately I have been looking at food in a whole new light.
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The Project on Prosperity and Development will host the Creating Shared Value Conference as part of its ongoing work on the role of the private sector in addressing enduring socioeconomic challenges in the world's poorest countries. Join us for a discussion on ways to maximize shared value between businesses and the often rural communities in which they operate. The conference will build on the energy generated by Nestlé's Creating Shared Value Annual 2014 report to discuss innovative ways government and civil society can work with the private sector to achieve rural development goals. This event is made possible with support from the Nestlé Corporation.
Agenda
7:30AM-8:00AM - Registration and Breakfast
8:00AM-9:00AM - Keynote Panel: “Leveraging Shared Value as a Catalyst for Development”
His Excellency Martin Dahinden, Ambassador, Embassy of Switzerland; Former Director General, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation
The Honorable Daniel Glickman, Former United States Secretary of Agriculture
The Honorable Ann Veneman, Former Executive Director, UNICEF
Moderator:
The Honorable William Garvelink, Former United States Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo
9:00AM-10:30AM - Panel 1: “Integrating Women Smallholder Farmers Into Global Value Chains”
Janet Voûte, Global Head of Public Affairs, Nestlé
Deirdre White, CEO, PYXERA Global
Macani Toungara, Senior Manager for Program Development, TechnoServe
Margaret Enis Spears, Director, Office of Market and Partnership Innovations; Bureau for Food Security, U.S. Agency for International Development
Moderator:
Daniel Runde, Director, Project on Prosperity and Development, CSIS
10:45-12:00PM - Panel 2: “The Food, Water, and Energy Nexus”
Anders Berntell, Executive Director, 2030 Water Resources Group
Paul Guenette, Executive Vice President for Communications and Outreach, ACDI/VOCA
Late Lawson-Lartego, Director, Agriculture and Market System Team, CARE USA
Christian Holmes, Global Water Coordinator, U.S. Agency for International Development
Moderator:
Johanna Nesseth, Senior Associate, Global Food Security Project, CSIS
12:45PM-2:00PM - Panel 3: “Challenges and Opportunities of Youth and Rural Workforce Development”
Bill Reese, President and CEO, International Youth Foundation
Bill Guyton, President, World Cocoa Foundation
Sherry Youssef, Youth and Workforce Development Specialist, Development Alternatives Inc.
Moderator:
Nicole Goldin, Senior Associate, Project on Prosperity and Development, CSIS
We create material things for the sake of art...we study the colors, the textures, the materials used, the forms, the subject...when our greatest art teacher is God Our Creator...when we have been given God-given Nature to appreciate...and when we appreciate the God-made art in nature...then eventually we yearn to protect it...rather than making material things for daily use, decorative, or self-glorification...but we take the path of Our Creator who blessed us with art for free...and in turn we learn to make material things artistically...to share and give these generously to others...then Holy Virtues of Love becomes an art...being creative in doing good deeds for others...
David Taylor, Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer, Procter & Gamble, USA, speaking during the session: Creating Profit through Purpose at the Annual Meeting 2017 of the World Economic Forum in Davos, January 19, 2017
Copyright by World Economic Forum / Ciaran McCrickard
Fabiola Gianotti, Director-General, European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva speaking during the Session "Creating a Shared Future through Education and Empowerment" at the Annual Meeting 2018 of the World Economic Forum in Davos, January 25, 2018.
Copyright by World Economic Forum / Manuel Lopez
Created for Faestock Challenge #66
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Texture: Shadowhouse Creations
Background: Michael-Rayne fav.me/d3afap9
Daily cremations take place along the sacred Bagmati River in front of the Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu, Nepal. I definitely had mixed emotions regarding viewing cremation. I didn’t know what to expect or how I would feel, but I decided to enter the area and stay as long as I felt comfortable.
Walking toward the puffs of black smoke ascending from stone cremation platforms along the Bagmati River was very eerie at first, especially when I knew that the smoke was coming from bodies that were burning . . . and, not knowing what to expect, I thought I might see recognizable bodies on fire.
As I walked closer to that area I was concerned about breathing in the smoke and I was a bit afraid that I could be exposing myself to disease, but the more I saw, the more intrigued I became.
The preparation of the body for cremation along the Bagmati River is really beautiful and something to see. Family/friends come with marigolds to adorn the body and the area around the body. It was a ritualistic ceremony with lots of detail which of course I did not fully understand.
What I did understand was the love and compassion the family/friends demonstrated during the cremation ceremony. I was able to watch some of the preparation for a deceased man and was able to follow the procession to his cremation platform.
I was moved by what I saw. Looking at my pictures and remembering what I experienced I feel honored to have been with this man at such an important time. It was nice that he was accompanied by family and friends at the very end, and I’m sure the family/friends were honored to be there.
My father was cremated in 2005, but of course none of us were present during his cremation. After his death at home we knelt around him and prayed the Rosary. Then we sat around him and talked. In the morning, when people from the mortuary came to take him, everyone left the room but me. I helped put Dad in the bag and helped take him from the house. They let me do the final zip of the bag once he was in the mortuary vehicle. I thought of my dad while watching the cremation of the Nepalese man.
Pashupatinath Temple is Nepal’s most sacred Hindu shrine and one of the greatest Shiva sites. A translation for Shiva is “The Auspicious One” or “Great God”. Shiva is a popular Hindu deity.
This extensive Hindu precinct is a collection of temples raised over the centuries along the banks of the sacred Bagmati River and is included as one of the seven monument groups in UNESCO’s designation of Kathmandu Valley as a cultural heritage site.