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For the first few hundred thousand years humankind knew exactly where food came from. There was a close relationship between hunter and prey, gatherer and bounty, farmer and harvest. But somehow, in the last few decades, humankind just lost it. Beyond the fact that milk may contain more growth hormones than certain baseball players (looking at you big headed Barry Bonds) and genetically modified veggies may be insect-lettuce hybrids, it is simply difficult to fall in love with food when you don’t know its origin.
For the first few hundred thousand years humankind knew exactly where food came from. There was a close relationship between hunter and prey, gatherer and bounty, farmer and harvest. But somehow, in the last few decades, humankind just lost it. Beyond the fact that milk may contain more growth hormones than certain baseball players (looking at you big headed Barry Bonds) and genetically modified veggies may be insect-lettuce hybrids, it is simply difficult to fall in love with food when you don’t know its origin.
Since the creation of humankind, war has been an inevitable part of our history. Through times, weapons and equipments become more and more sophisticated, but something has never changed: the raging bloodlust of men, seeking for the sweet taste of victory and revenge. Nothing can represent such idea as well as a mecha named Arthur. It has appeared in almost every battles that had occured since 1893 - the rising year of mecha technologies. While Arthur mostly just killed everyone insight, it peculiarly withholds its fury during wars with Britain's involvement. Subsequently, it usually takes side with the UK, eagerly and willingly battle for the nation. As such, many considered it, or rather who piloted it, to be an English. The robot earned its name due to its weapon: the long broadsword, and its bias for Britain coincide with the legendary hero King Arthur.
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Finally getting back to mechas! My 6-month absence can be justified with the enrollment announcement from my top dream school: CNN. I spent 6 months to study hard for probably the most important exam in our country and finally got in my favorite school. So personally, this mech is built as a celebration to this event!
5.Soul communications——Soul calligraphies
——〇cindy
I was curious when I saw this kind of characters or words. What did they look like? I would prefer to describe it as hieroglyphic——one oldest word-formation of humankind, or it seemed as early oriental oracle bone inscriptions. Some of them look like totem, a culture phenomenon in ancient history. Some of them look like Arabic. Some of them just look like those words from E.T.It is Ocindy’s deva-words that attract me rather than herself.Ocindy is a citizen of China, a yellow-skin and black-hair Chinese girl to the core. She can speak a little English, which she had learned from middle school. Her handwritings of Chinese character are commonplace, but how can she write such special characters? This character is not like common character or picture, but resembles some kind of pictograph. I met her after she just spent her 20-year-old’s birthday. So she is pretty young. When asked how she can write such characters, Ocindy was very happy to share his spiritual journey.Ocindy explained that those characters she wrote is called deva-words which contain cosmic energy, cosmic information and cosmic code(CECICC). Deva-words are different from any kind of words and can only be understood by those who have same CECICCI asked her,” Is there anyone can understand your deva-words?”Ocindy replied, ” Of course. And not a few.”I was surprised by her answer and said,” How can they know their meanings?”She told me,” those with the same CECICC came from the same place, but scattered latterly on earth. And they are just the people whom I am looking for. When they saw my deva-words, they can understand their meanings no matter where they live and which language they have learned. Because all human beings are connected on spiritual level, and have nothing to do with nationality, skin color and gender. Anyone who has natural affinity with me will certainly know that information transmitted by deva-words. You can call them “soul words”, which mean they can be understood by telesthesia.”I became interested in “ the same place” she had just said, so I asked her,” You came from the same place, as you said，and then Where?”Ocindy frowned and asked me,” If I you tell you, can you understand?”I said,” Maybe I came from the same place with you, just tell.”Ocindy answered me with smile, ”All right, all sentient beings came from the same place, the center of the universe(CU). CU is a boundless light ocean with inexhaustible cosmic energy, where is the hometown of all spirits.”“All spirits here own the precious energy resource, and someone start to do what they like. Sometimes they may harm the interests of others, so they separate from CU gradually. They could create anything they want because of their powerful energy. Therefore, one planet after another had come into being, which were created by those high-energy spirits. The earth, a high energy planet, is also a high-power cosmic spirit, who is fostering his offspring on her body.”This cosmos became colorful with temporal and spatial evolution, and there were more and more spirits created negative stuff. In this way, their energy became lower and lower and couldn’t return to CU, because CU is a high-energy place. Those spirits misused their valuable energy and became low-energy. They couldn’t return to their wonderful home. Thereupon high-energy cosmic spirits has been making great efforts to salvation those low-energy ones. What we are doing is try to find those spirits separated from CU by transmitting high-dimensional CECICC. Now, a rare wonderful opportunity is coming. The direct return route to CU is available(also called Heavenly Gate is wide open), which is a glory occasion when all high-energy spirits wish to find those separated ones and guide them to return to CU.“The deva-words I wrote are spreading the information of high dimensional cosmic spirits from CU. If anyone who has natural affinity with me will understand this information and not hesitate to contract us. When some Cosmic Journeyer show up, we can find more. In doing so, the more information we disseminate, the more spirits can be taken home. Just remember, we are actually members of a same big family. Our master is waiting for us.”Ocindy also said,” I know that you are curious about my capability of deva-words. Let me tell you. I have mentor, and we all call him venerable Master, who is searching for Cosmic Journeyer worldwide. And I am just one of those Cosmic Journeyer found by Master. At the present, I know, it’s urgent. There are many important things needed to done because many Cosmic Journeyer have not appeared in globe wide. So I have to spread this information to find them.”Then, I suddenly found that this girl is not simple. She is like psychic in some European and American areas. Their starting point is no problem no matter whether she can find more Cosmic Journeyer or not. She is going a different way from ordinary person. In any event，I wish her good luck.28th May, 2012
当我第一次看到这样的文字时，心里很好奇。这是什么样的一
与其说是〇cindy这个人吸引了我，不如说是〇cindy的字让我认识了〇cindy.
〇cindy国籍中国，是一个地道的有着黄皮肤黑头发的中国姑娘。她除了会说本国话以外，会简单的一点英语，这还是她上初中时，没有忘记留下的。〇cindy的中国字写的一般，但是，她是怎么写出这样字不像字，画不像画，又什么都类似的文字的呢？当我接触到她的时候，才发现原来她并不大，刚过完20岁生日。当问到是如何写出这些文字时，〇cindy非常高兴的与我讲述她得心灵历程。
〇cindy介绍她写的文字全名叫做——能量信息密码字。是一种具有宇宙能量、信息和密码的表达方式，通过类似文字的载体把这种能量、信息和密码表现出来。它不同于任何一种文字，因为只要是任何一种文字，就会有看的懂的人。但是，这种能量信息密码文需要同样具备宇宙能量信息密码的人才能看懂。
当我问道：有人能看懂你写的文字时吗？
〇cindy回答说：当然有！而且还不少呢！
当时我很吃惊：他们是怎么能看懂得？
〇cindy说：因为他们是和我一样同样具备宇宙能量信息密码的人，我们都是从一个地方来的，现在我们在地球上分散了，我就通过这样的文字找我所需要寻找的人，当他们看到我所传递出的信息时，无论是哪一个国家的人都会明白我文字中所代表的含义，因为我们这个地球上虽然有不同国家、不同肤色、不同性别的人，但是，所有人的心灵都是相通的，只要和我有缘，一定会明白这种文字所传递的信息的。所以它也叫“心灵文字”，就是心心相应的人会明白的含义。呵呵！
这时，我便对这个“同一个地方来的”感兴趣了，便问〇cindy，你所说的，你们是从同一个地方来的，是指哪一个地方？
〇cindy皱了皱眉头问我，我如果给你讲，你能明白吗？
我便回答道：只管讲，说不定我就是和你们从一个地方来的呢！”
〇cindy笑着说：那好吧！所有的众生都是从一个地方来的——宇宙中心（简称：宙心）。宇宙中心是一片无边无际的光的能量海洋，这个宇宙间所有的灵儿都是从那里分散出来的。而光的能量海洋里是取之不完、用之不尽的能量。所有生存在这里的灵儿都拥有这个宝贵的能量资源。当拥有了这些能量资源之后，有的灵儿便随着自己的喜爱做事情，甚至伤害到别人的利益，于是，这些灵儿们就逐渐从宇宙中心分离了出来，因为拥有能量，可以创造任何想要的东西，于是，一个个星球就在宇宙间出现，这些都是拥有高能量的宇宙灵儿所创造的，而地球，本身也是一个大的能量团，是一位宇宙高灵在抚养地球上的后代。随着时空的演变，这个宇宙越来越丰富多彩，但是同样也有越来越多的灵儿因为乱用自己所拥有的能量创造出了负面消极的事物，而这样下去的结果就是这些灵儿们的能量越来越低，因为宇宙中心是高能量，这些乱用自己能量的灵儿能量降低之后，就不能回到原来美好的家园了。于是，宇宙高灵便通过一种又一种的办法，挽救这些宇宙灵儿的灵性。我们现在所做的事情就是，通过传递来自宇宙高维次的能量、信息和密码，找到从宇宙中心分离出来的灵儿。这一次，是一次非常难得的时空运行机缘，从宇宙中心直通到到地球的一条光明回归之路大开（简称：天门大开），来自宇宙中心所有的高维次生灵都想在这次宇宙殊胜的时刻，找到并且带领从宇宙中心分离出来的灵儿回归宇宙中心。我所写的文字就是在不断的发射传播来自宇宙中心高维次生灵的信息，如果与我有缘，他们不但能看懂这些文字所传递的意思并且还会立马联系并且找到我们。因为，我们本来都是一家亲人，我们还有师父在等着他们的出现，当他们出现之后，我们会找到更多来自宇宙中心的宇宙行者，这样，我们就可以在宇宙这个殊胜的时空点传递更多的回家的信息，带领更多的有缘人回家。
〇cindy讲：我知道你肯定对我为什么会写这种文字感到好奇，我直接告诉你吧！我还有一位师父，我的师父现在周游世界，在寻找这样的宇宙行者，我也是被师父找到的，现在，我明白时间非常的紧迫，而我们要做的事情非常之多，非常之大，现在很多全球各地的宇宙行者都没有出现，所以才通过这样的方式传递信息，找到他们！
这时，我突然发现这个姑娘原来并不简单，或许类似于一些欧美国家的通灵者吧！但是，不管怎么样，他们出发点是对的，并且在走一条与常人不一样的路。呵呵！不管怎么样，你们能否找到更多的宇宙行者，〇cindy！祝你好运！
2012年 3月 28日
Contact 〇sifu：
〇cindy MSN& E-mail: ocindy1977@msn.cn
1.The universe of high-dimensional creatures of our help in 2012。
宇宙高维次生灵对地球人类2012年的帮助。
2.Do you want open your third eye?
你想开启你的天眼吗？
3.The universe of high-dimensional approach to enhance energy (you tube)
宇宙高维次提升能量的方法。(视频）
www.youtube.com/channel/UCALSyZTSs0Oea8YR2zkz1Fw?feature=...
4.宇宙的奥秘请看这个博客，来自宙心使者的通灵信息。(中文博客）
5.My face book name : Bette Ocindy
Pleace come in my face book group（我的face book群组）:2012——Aliens——ufo
NASA image release March 11, 2010
Some 400 attended the Goddard Space Flight Center's third annual Yuri's Night party on April 10, celebrating humankind's achievements in space exploration.
Guests danced to beats from DJ Scientific and live music from regional music stars Bellflur. Other activities included an "Are You Smarter Than an Astronaut?" gameshow, an intergalactic fashion show, Science On a Sphere presentations, and telescope-assisted stargazing in Goddard's Rocket Garden. Special guests included retired astronaut Roger Crouch and some 20 characters from the Star Wars universe, including Imperial officers, stormtroopers, Jedi, Naboo security, Tusken raiders, a Jawa, Boba Fett, Princess Leia, Darth Vader and R2-D2.
Credit: NASA/GSFC/Bill Hrybyk
To see more photos go to: www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/news/features/2010/yuri-reca...
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center is home to the nation's largest organization of combined scientists, engineers and technologists that build spacecraft, instruments and new technology to study the Earth, the sun, our solar system, and the universe.
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - May 18 - Mitch Melfi and Debbie Melfi attend CommonSpirit's Humankindness Gala 2023 on May 18th 2023 at San Francisco in San Francisco, CA (Photo - Natalie Shrik for Drew Altizer Photography)
DAVOS/SWITZERLAND, 22JAN16 - The audience is captured during the open forum session 'Life in 2030: Humankind and the Machine' at the Annual Meeting 2016 of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, January 22, 2016.
WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM/swiss-image.ch/Photo Michele Limina
DAVOS/SWITZERLAND, 22JAN16 - Eric Anderson, Chairman, Planetary Holdings, USA; Young Global Leader, speaks during the open forum session 'Life in 2030: Humankind and the Machine' at the Annual Meeting 2016 of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, January 22, 2016.
WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM/swiss-image.ch/Photo Michele Limina
For the first few hundred thousand years humankind knew exactly where food came from. There was a close relationship between hunter and prey, gatherer and bounty, farmer and harvest. But somehow, in the last few decades, humankind just lost it. Beyond the fact that milk may contain more growth hormones than certain baseball players (looking at you big headed Barry Bonds) and genetically modified veggies may be insect-lettuce hybrids, it is simply difficult to fall in love with food when you don’t know its origin.
Joseph Wong, Managing Partner, AID Health Tech Fund, AID Partners
Christopher Hall, Head of Health Solutions (APAC), Fitbit
Here the Virgin Mary as intercessor for humankind shows her breasts to her son as a reminder of the humanity he took from her and her claim to pre-eminence as a heavenly intercessor. Mary along with either John the Baptist or John the Evangelist were often shown as intercessors for humanity at the Last Judgement.
This motif of Mary baring her breasts was known in England by c1280 - it is included in such manuscripts as the Huth Psalter and the early 14thC Queen Mary Psalter (plate 297 in G F Warner's facsimile edition of 1912).It occurs in wall paintings at Chalgrove in Oxon and Ickleton in Cambs. According to Sarah Brown (in her chapter on the medieval glass of the abbey in "Tewksbury Abbey: History, Art & Architecture" ed Richard K Morris & Ron Shoesmith, Logaston Press, 2003) this is probably the earliest appearance in English stained glass. She notes that in the "Speculaum Humanae Salvationis, the Virgin and Christ are jointly celebrated as intercessors, defending humankind from the wrath of God, he by offering his wounds, she by offering her breasts. She quotes the 15thC Middle English translation of the Latin text:
"Christ to his Fadere shewes his cicatrices for mercy,
And til hyre son hire bristes shewes for us swete Marie" (op cit: p 192).
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - May 18 - Lloyd Dean, Fred Najjar and Samira Najjar attend CommonSpirit's Humankindness Gala 2023 on May 18th 2023 at San Francisco in San Francisco, CA (Photo - Devlin Shand for Drew Altizer Photography)
Julien de Salaberry, Founder and CEO, Galen Growth Asia
Christopher Hall, Head of Health Solutions (APAC), Fitbit
Lihan Zhou, Co-Founder and CEO, MiRXES
Jeremy Cao, General Manager, BGI-Asia Pacific, BGI Genomics
Joseph Wong, Managing Partner, AID Health Tech Fund, AID Partners
Jeannette Ickovics, Dean of Faculty and Professor of Social Sciences, Yale-National University of Singapore
According to the Qur'an, God has created all of humankind equal, and has given each the right to pursue their own destiny. The life, honor and property of all people in a Muslim society are considered sacred, whether the person is Muslim or not. Racism, sexism and prejudice of any sort are unacceptable in Islam. The Qur'an speaks of human equality in the following terms:
"O humankind! We created you from a male and female, and made you into nations and tribes, so that you may come to know one another. Truly, the most honored of you in God's sight is the greatest of you in piety. God is All-Knowing, All-Aware." (Qur'an 49:13)
The right to life is the most basic of human rights; the Qur'an equates the unjust killing of a single person to killing all of humankind: "And whoever kills a soul…, should be as though he has killed all of humankind." (Qur'an 5:32)
Dealing equitably and protecting the rights of every individual is the cornerstone of a Muslim society. God further states in the Qur'an: "O you who believe! Stand up firmly for God, as witnesses to fair dealing, and let not hatred of a people invite you to act inequitably; act justly, that is nearer to piety, and be conscious of (your duty to) God, surely God is aware of all that you do." (Qur'an 5:8).
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - May 18 - Nanci Bussani attends CommonSpirit's Humankindness Gala 2023 on May 18th 2023 at San Francisco in San Francisco, CA (Photo - Devlin Shand for Drew Altizer Photography)
DAVOS/SWITZERLAND, 22JAN16 - View of the audience for open forum session 'Life in 2030: Humankind and the Machine' at the Annual Meeting 2016 of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, January 22, 2016.
WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM/swiss-image.ch/Photo Michele Limina
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - May 18 - Jed York, Kristi Yamaguchi, Fred Najjar, Wright Lassiter, Remi Kajogbola and Lloyd Dean attend CommonSpirit's Humankindness Gala 2023 on May 18th 2023 at San Francisco in San Francisco, CA (Photo - Devlin Shand for Drew Altizer Photography)
DAVOS/SWITZERLAND, 22JAN16 - The audience is captured during the open forum session 'Life in 2030: Humankind and the Machine' at the Annual Meeting 2016 of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, January 22, 2016.
WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM/swiss-image.ch/Photo Michele Limina
For the first few hundred thousand years humankind knew exactly where food came from. There was a close relationship between hunter and prey, gatherer and bounty, farmer and harvest. But somehow, in the last few decades, humankind just lost it. Beyond the fact that milk may contain more growth hormones than certain baseball players (looking at you big headed Barry Bonds) and genetically modified veggies may be insect-lettuce hybrids, it is simply difficult to fall in love with food when you don’t know its origin.
Friends write messages on Obama mosaic to help document post election feelings. Also found at www.arleneelizabeth.com
BE THE CHANGE YOU SEEK 9’x8’ (including text )
Capturing and reflecting the affirmative and healing spirit in this nation post-election was the goal of this portrait. Taking the mosaic to the public arena and having passersby write messages on the excess canvas transformed the piece into a postcard of the courtship between the President-elect and our country, and world.
Up-close viewing of the mosaic reveals a complexity of skin-tone that includes every imaginable shade of humankind. Increased distance from the canvas allows these individual elements to unite and blend into the skin of one man, again illustrating the importance of perspective, both in this work and in life.
People are eager to express their civic pride, hope for the future, frustration, love, political I.Q., desires and contributions by engaging the art. Including public dialogue moves the art from simply a beautiful portrait into a document of this moment in time.
Next up on the slowly growing Top 1000 songs in the history of humankind -- Elvis Costello, "Pump It Up":
I've been on tenterhooks
ending in dirty looks,
list'ning to the Muzak,
thinking 'bout this 'n' that.
She said that's that.
I don't wanna chitter-chat.
Turn it down a little bit
or turn it down flat.
Pump it up when you don't really need it.
Pump it up until you can feel it.
Down in the pleasure centre,
hell bent or heaven sent,
listen to the propaganda,
listen to the latest slander.
There's nothing underhand
that she wouldn't understand
Pump it up until you can feel it.
Pump it up when you don't really need it.
She's been a bad girl.
She's like a chemical.
Though you try to stop it,
she's like a narcotic.
You wanna torture her.
You wanna talk to her.
All the things you bought for her,
putting up your temp'rature.
Pump it up until you can feel it.
Pump it up when you don't really need it.
Out in the fashion show,
down in the bargain bin,
you put your passion out
under the pressure pin.
Fall into submission,
hit-and-run transmission.
No use wishing now for any other sin.
Pump it up until you can feel it.
Pump it up when you don't really need it.
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - May 18 - Toni Waller, Phoebe Yang and Chris Lowney attend CommonSpirit's Humankindness Gala 2023 on May 18th 2023 at San Francisco in San Francisco, CA (Photo - Devlin Shand for Drew Altizer Photography)
PROF. DOUG KING URGES CONSTRUCTION PARADIGM CHANGE
Brandon 3 October 2013: At the Lignacite Lecture 2013 Professor Doug King spoke about Building on Evolution, and called for the need to change the construction paradigm to ensure high performance, low impact buildings, which are essential to the future of humankind.
The Lecture, which was this year held at The Royal Society in London, was attended by architects, specifiers, designers, environmentalists and representatives from construction and local authorities, who came to hear Professor Doug King speak about the need to learn from the evolved wisdom of historic builders.
He said: “In the next 40 years, to accommodate the rapid growth in urban population, humankind will likely have to build as much new urban fabric as already exists today. We will not have time to correct mistakes. We need to ensure that the buildings we put up are genuinely sustainable: appropriate for their cultural and climatic locations, as well as minimising use of resources.
“Everywhere I look, I find evidence of underlying physical properties that have influenced the choices of generations of builders. From structure to roof tiles to paint, the properties of certain materials and methods have brought benefits to buildings, despite these rarely being overtly recognised. We need to examine these with a view to identifying new opportunities for creating high performance, low impact buildings that have not yet even been imagined.”
Chairman of leading masonry products manufacturer, Lignacite, Giles de Lotbiniere, was delighted Professor King accepted his invitation to address this year’s Lecture: “He is a building physicist and one of the most influential figures on sustainable construction in the world. He raised some important points, and at Lignacite we are already working to address his challenge of developing high performance, low impact buildings and conserving resources by using up to 50% of recycled materials in our products.
“Recently we also launched The Carbon Buster, which is the world’s first carbon negative building block, and incorporates recycled materials and carbonated aggregates, which are derived from by-products from waste to energy plants. We believe this block has an important role to play in helping to meet the UK’s zero carbon homes targets and build a more sustainable future,” he said.
The Lignacite Lecture is an annual event, which dates back to year 2000. Since then, a variety of topics ranging from The Relationship between Art & Architecture to Biomimicry and the Ecological Age have been covered by high profile speakers, including Sir Terry Farrell, Anthony Gormley OBE, Ken Shuttleworth and Professor David Mach.
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More information:
An edited version of Professor King’s Lignacite Lecture is available here: www.dougking.co.uk/building-on-evolution/
For more information, please contact marit@meyerbell.co.uk
Lignacite:
Lignacite is a leading UK manufacturer of masonry products designed for internal or external use. Founded in 1947, it remains a family owned company managed by Allan Eastwood. The Lignacite masonry range incorporates a range of recycled and waste materials, including glass, wood particles, Furnace Ash, Recycled concrete, china clay and shells. The company also provides products to encourage biodiversity in construction. The company uses aggregates from its own local quarry in Brandon, and has supplied many high profile buildings in the UK, including the Shard, the Gherkin, Olympic Village, Heathrow Airport, Stanstead Airport, Canary Warf and the Olympic Stadium. For more information, visit www.lignacite.co.uk
Professor Doug King:
Doug King FREng CEng CPhys CEnv FInstP FEI FCIBSE HonFRIBA is, according to Building Design, one of the most influential figures in UK sustainable construction. He has been the environmental engineer behind numerous ground-breaking, critically acclaimed, buildings including; the Stirling Prize shortlisted Weald & Downland Gridshell, The Innovate Office Leeds, which triggered the introduction of BREEAM Outstanding, The Genzyme Centre in Cambridge Massachusetts, at the time the largest LEED Platinum building in the world, and Sainsbury’s original Eco-Superstore at Greenwich. Doug King now works as a freelance consultant, helping construction clients, designers and supply chains to realise genuinely high performance, low impact buildings. He teaches environmental design widely, to both engineers and architects and is a visiting professor at universities in the UK, China and Russia.
For more information please visit: www.dougking.co.uk
For video highlights of the lecture please see: www.dougking.co.uk/building-on-evolution
PROF. DOUG KING URGES CONSTRUCTION PARADIGM CHANGE
Brandon 3 October 2013: At the Lignacite Lecture 2013 Professor Doug King spoke about Building on Evolution, and called for the need to change the construction paradigm to ensure high performance, low impact buildings, which are essential to the future of humankind.
The Lecture, which was this year held at The Royal Society in London, was attended by architects, specifiers, designers, environmentalists and representatives from construction and local authorities, who came to hear Professor Doug King speak about the need to learn from the evolved wisdom of historic builders.
He said: “In the next 40 years, to accommodate the rapid growth in urban population, humankind will likely have to build as much new urban fabric as already exists today. We will not have time to correct mistakes. We need to ensure that the buildings we put up are genuinely sustainable: appropriate for their cultural and climatic locations, as well as minimising use of resources.
“Everywhere I look, I find evidence of underlying physical properties that have influenced the choices of generations of builders. From structure to roof tiles to paint, the properties of certain materials and methods have brought benefits to buildings, despite these rarely being overtly recognised. We need to examine these with a view to identifying new opportunities for creating high performance, low impact buildings that have not yet even been imagined.”
Chairman of leading masonry products manufacturer, Lignacite, Giles de Lotbiniere, was delighted Professor King accepted his invitation to address this year’s Lecture: “He is a building physicist and one of the most influential figures on sustainable construction in the world. He raised some important points, and at Lignacite we are already working to address his challenge of developing high performance, low impact buildings and conserving resources by using up to 50% of recycled materials in our products.
“Recently we also launched The Carbon Buster, which is the world’s first carbon negative building block, and incorporates recycled materials and carbonated aggregates, which are derived from by-products from waste to energy plants. We believe this block has an important role to play in helping to meet the UK’s zero carbon homes targets and build a more sustainable future,” he said.
The Lignacite Lecture is an annual event, which dates back to year 2000. Since then, a variety of topics ranging from The Relationship between Art & Architecture to Biomimicry and the Ecological Age have been covered by high profile speakers, including Sir Terry Farrell, Anthony Gormley OBE, Ken Shuttleworth and Professor David Mach.
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More information:
An edited version of Professor King’s Lignacite Lecture is available here: www.dougking.co.uk/building-on-evolution/
For more information, please contact marit@meyerbell.co.uk
Lignacite:
Lignacite is a leading UK manufacturer of masonry products designed for internal or external use. Founded in 1947, it remains a family owned company managed by Allan Eastwood. The Lignacite masonry range incorporates a range of recycled and waste materials, including glass, wood particles, Furnace Ash, Recycled concrete, china clay and shells. The company also provides products to encourage biodiversity in construction. The company uses aggregates from its own local quarry in Brandon, and has supplied many high profile buildings in the UK, including the Shard, the Gherkin, Olympic Village, Heathrow Airport, Stanstead Airport, Canary Warf and the Olympic Stadium. For more information, visit www.lignacite.co.uk
Professor Doug King:
Doug King FREng CEng CPhys CEnv FInstP FEI FCIBSE HonFRIBA is, according to Building Design, one of the most influential figures in UK sustainable construction. He has been the environmental engineer behind numerous ground-breaking, critically acclaimed, buildings including; the Stirling Prize shortlisted Weald & Downland Gridshell, The Innovate Office Leeds, which triggered the introduction of BREEAM Outstanding, The Genzyme Centre in Cambridge Massachusetts, at the time the largest LEED Platinum building in the world, and Sainsbury’s original Eco-Superstore at Greenwich. Doug King now works as a freelance consultant, helping construction clients, designers and supply chains to realise genuinely high performance, low impact buildings. He teaches environmental design widely, to both engineers and architects and is a visiting professor at universities in the UK, China and Russia.
For more information please visit: www.dougking.co.uk
For video highlights of the lecture please see: www.dougking.co.uk/building-on-evolution
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - May 18 - Atmosphere at CommonSpirit's Humankindness Gala 2023 on May 18th 2023 at San Francisco in San Francisco, CA (Photo - Natalie Shrik for Drew Altizer Photography)
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - May 18 - Tomas Riegas and Akolade Coker attend CommonSpirit's Humankindness Gala 2023 on May 18th 2023 at San Francisco in San Francisco, CA (Photo - Devlin Shand for Drew Altizer Photography)
UNIQLO Ginza / ユニクロ銀座店
I was asked by UNIQLO to create six designs for their Nippon-Omiyage T-shirt lineup, the second three in the series were Onsen, Sakana and Animal Onomatopoeia. All using handmade typography and a connection to the subject itself.
ユニクロの「日本のお土産シリーズ」のデザインに参加させて頂きました。ハンドメイドのタイポグラフィーを使って、イメージを表現するという内容です。2013年の春夏に発売されたのは「東京」「銀座」「神戸」の三都市のお土産でした。2013年の秋冬シーズンは、日本の好きなところを何でもデザインしてもいいという内容でしたので、僕も日本人に負けないぐらい大好きな「温泉」「さかな」をモチーフにデザインしました。「温泉」のデザインでは、日本で大流行している"ゆるキャラ" もつくってみました。３つめのデザインは、音を表現する擬音語が英語と違うところ面白くて、動物の鳴き声をタイポグラフィーにしてデザインしてみました。
Onsen Daisuki 温泉大好き
There are few nations that have a love for bathing in natural hot springs more than the Japanese. Some outsiders are embarrassed to try while others fall in love this amazing experience. I took the commonly recognised symbol for hot spring (Onsen in Japanese), adapting it in to a kind of "yuru kyara" to illustrate the experience with the addition of hand drawn typography declaring a love for hot springs ‘Onsen Daisuki’.
温泉をこよなく愛するのは日本人だけではありません。しかし外国人の中には、日本の温泉の公衆浴場に抵抗を感じて、その素晴らしさを体験するところまで行けない人も少なくはありません。日本人なら誰もが知っている温泉のロゴを、温泉でゆっくりしているキャラクターにしてみました。温泉大好きという手書きの文字と共に、その素晴らしさが伝わればと思います。
A bleary-eyed Neil Armstrong beams, safely inside Lunar Module Eagle after his and humankind’s first steps on another world.
Per the ALSJ:
"Buzz took this picture of Neil in the cabin after the completion of the EVA. Neil has his helmet off but has not yet doffed his "Snoopy" cap. The circuit breaker panels are illuminated, and a small floodlight is on at the lower right. A circuit breaker chart has been fixed up on the wall with gray tape, below the rendezvous window in the cabin roof."
www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a11/AS11-37-5528HR.jpg
UGH. This following abomination -at a now defunct site - was then propagated to Flickr (see comments section below), and who knows where else. Fortunately, some independent folks out there have taken it upon themselves to "do justice" to the image AND moment.
The write-up is at least passable this time:
"This photograph of astronaut Neil A. Armstrong, Apollo 11 commander, was taken inside the Lunar Module (LM) while the LM rested on the lunar surface. Astronauts Armstrong and Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., lunar module pilot, had already completed their historic extravehicular activity (EVA) when this picture was made. Astronaut Michael Collins, command module pilot, remained with the Command and Service Modules (CSM) in lunar orbit while Armstrong and Aldrin explored the moon's surface."
It's really painful to look at:
spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/apollo/apollo11/html/...
And, untouched, also now available at the new(er) high-speed NASA image library. Wow:
images.nasa.gov/details-as11-37-5528
Some of the better versions, thankfully:
www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/images/print/AS11/37/55...
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - May 18 - Olivia Baxter and Sean Baxter attend CommonSpirit's Humankindness Gala 2023 on May 18th 2023 at San Francisco in San Francisco, CA (Photo - Devlin Shand for Drew Altizer Photography)
Life is a giant puzzle full of suspense and mystery
Many a question has gone unanswered since time began and throughout history
Thoughts of how life began and how it might end fill the minds of humankind
The ageless question about our existence in life is asked by the seeing the deaf and the blind
Why are we alive what purpose do we serve
To whom do we owe our existence to and why is he not visible
Can He be one of us or is he some higher being
We think and we ponder we start to let our imaginations wander
We lay awake sometimes at night discussing with ourselves our many doubts
Sometimes many sleepless nights go by and our health begins to plunder
There are many religions and beliefs many faiths and many ideas
So many gods there are so many lords and so many ladies
Whom should I choose and whom should I follow
So many are they that following just one is an idea that is sometimes hard to swallow
They all have their definitions of life they have guidelines and they have moral codes
Their leaders and scholars come from many classes in life
While some prefer the beggar's life others prefer a mighty abode
All seem to be so logical all have their own philosophies
They talk about everything from who to worship to how to appreciate a gentle breeze
The more you think the more you are confused and the more you wait or try to avoid it the more you are accused
Wars have come and gone and come again all in the name of faith
All came from good intentions but as wars go their outcomes were the same
A lot of innocent lives were lost and many historical treasures were damaged or stolen again as wars go people never stopped to think about the costs
I dream of a peaceful world one free of violence and of fear
Sadly that is much more of a foolish dream than one which might come true
For in spite of all our differences on one thing we all agree
For all the good in our world there is also a dark side which is seen
For all the angels there are devils that are full of hate that enjoy cruelty and being mean
Yet we still choose to live our lives we still choose to go on
We all have different answers some of which we search for others we stumble upon
Unless you choose a path by which to go by this mystery might remain unsolved
The pigeons have a message for humankind: "Humankind, how will you spend the terminal phase of humankind's existence? If you need any prophecy regarding humankind's future just consult a history book. All of humankind's crimes of the past are humankind's crimes of the future. Certainly the last two humans who happen to live at the end of time will spend their final day in hatred & violence before the extinction of humankind brings an end to the most horrendously evil animal to ever exist in the Universe."
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - May 18 - Lloyd Dean, Wright Lassiter, Jed York and Remi Kajogbola attend CommonSpirit's Humankindness Gala 2023 on May 18th 2023 at San Francisco in San Francisco, CA (Photo - Devlin Shand for Drew Altizer Photography)
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - May 18 - Atmosphere at CommonSpirit's Humankindness Gala 2023 on May 18th 2023 at San Francisco in San Francisco, CA (Photo - Natalie Shrik for Drew Altizer Photography)
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - May 18 - Jed York, Wright Lassiter, Lloyd Dean, Kristi Yamaguchi and Fred Najjar attend CommonSpirit's Humankindness Gala 2023 on May 18th 2023 at San Francisco in San Francisco, CA (Photo - Natalie Shrik for Drew Altizer Photography)
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - May 18 - Jed York, Kristi Yamaguchi, Fred Najjar, Wright Lassiter, Remi Kajogbola and Lloyd Dean attend CommonSpirit's Humankindness Gala 2023 on May 18th 2023 at San Francisco in San Francisco, CA (Photo - Devlin Shand for Drew Altizer Photography)
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - May 18 - Eric Bishop and Kayle Braums attend CommonSpirit's Humankindness Gala 2023 on May 18th 2023 at San Francisco in San Francisco, CA (Photo - Devlin Shand for Drew Altizer Photography)
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - May 18 - Lloyd Dean and Wright Lassiter attend CommonSpirit's Humankindness Gala 2023 on May 18th 2023 at San Francisco in San Francisco, CA (Photo - Devlin Shand for Drew Altizer Photography)
UNIQLO Ginza / ユニクロ銀座店
I was asked by UNIQLO to create six designs for their Nippon-Omiyage T-shirt lineup, the second three in the series were Onsen, Sakana and Animal Onomatopoeia. All using handmade typography and a connection to the subject itself.
ユニクロの「日本のお土産シリーズ」のデザインに参加させて頂きました。ハンドメイドのタイポグラフィーを使って、イメージを表現するという内容です。2013年の春夏に発売されたのは「東京」「銀座」「神戸」の三都市のお土産でした。2013年の秋冬シーズンは、日本の好きなところを何でもデザインしてもいいという内容でしたので、僕も日本人に負けないぐらい大好きな「温泉」「さかな」をモチーフにデザインしました。「温泉」のデザインでは、日本で大流行している"ゆるキャラ" もつくってみました。３つめのデザインは、音を表現する擬音語が英語と違うところ面白くて、動物の鳴き声をタイポグラフィーにしてデザインしてみました。
Sakana 魚屋
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One of the things I’ve noticed as a foreigner is that the Japanese absolutely love fish, the only Japanese people I know that don’t eat fish are those with an allergy to it. I wanted to create a t-shirt that celebrated this extreme love of fish, both as a food but also a sport, something more subtle than the obvious and overused fish imagery commonly used. Using hand printed shapes and typography I created a simple design that everyone can understand even if they can’t read Japanese.
日本人の魚の消費量の多さは、類を見ないと思います。アレルギー体質という以外の理由で、魚を食べない日本人に出会ったことがありません。魚を食べる事だけでなく、釣りをこよなく愛する方々も多くいます。そんな魚を愛する大勢の日本人の方々に敬意を評して、ハンドメイドの版画の様なイメージと文字で、日本語が読めなくても、魚を愛する想いが伝わるイメージを作ってみました。