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Article in Kerry's Eye Newspaper by Gordon Revington about the eviction of my Great Grand Uncle Dan Hanafin from his home in Clahane, Interestingly and unknown to me I was born 50 years to the day after this eviction, i.e. I will be 50 on the 100th anniversary of the eviction, which happens on the 17th of September this year.
A lap around Scottsboro Raceway, courtesy of an old Car Model magazine supplement feature. This was inspiration for my own basement race track at the time, and still is.
Starfall: It is that time again, when we talk to a Strike 5 member. Joining us now is John “Greywind” Grey, the mid player and the captain of the team. Grey, say hi to the fans.
John: Hi guys!
Starfall: A lot of people say that mid is the most important position in the game. Do you agree?
John: Well, I think every position is important, but strategically, if you lose mid, you’ll have more problems then if you fail at top or bot.
Starfall: Does that make you the most important player on the team?
John: Not at all. I think the key player is the jungler, since he keeps the pressure on all the lanes.
Starfall: Speaking of jungler, rumour has it that babyHawk is your best friend since childhood.
John: Rumors are true. Kurt and I have known each other since pre-school.
Starfall: How did you get the team together?
John: Well, I used to play World of Warcraft with babyHawk, Pepper and Imsexy. We were in the raiding guild and a few years ago all of us quit and LoL was one of the things we tried out. It became more and more interesting, we still played together and had lots of fun… Last year I decided to go in the competitive scene and invited them along.
Starfall: Do you think it’s better to play with friends than with random good players?
John: Absolutely. We’ve been playing together for so long that I know I can absolutely depend on all of them. I was a little worried since we didn’t have a top player, but Doranson has never made a bad call or failed as a member. Glad I found him, a great addition to the team.
Starfall: You are the mid player, the captain and for a while were the manager as well, why did that change?
John: Well, the stress of three jobs was taking its toll on me, so when Rachel offered to step in as a manager, I happily put that weight on her shoulders.
Starfall: And are you happy with the work she is doing?
John: Fully. She is great, very supportive and helpful, but she also knows how to make us work.
Starfall: That’s great to hear. Now, this is always my last question to the people I interview: are you single?
John: *smiles* Yes.
Starfall: Thank you, John. *To the camera* Don’t forget to watch us tomorrow!
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Model: Amy Reygaert
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I've had these magazines for about two days and finally got around to posting this. Thanks so much to Shannon Collins and the Lifestyle Magazine staff for having me as your featured artist. It looks great!
WDCC Digital Photographer Magazine club focus article that featured Richard Kempton, Richard Connolly, Steve Conway and Tony Smith of the Grappenhall based camera club.
Alex Waddington interviewed the Warrington District Camera Club ay the GYCA www.flickr.com/photos/42023242@N06/3893967532/in/photostr...
The article was published in July 2003.
If you would like to be one of the clubs studio or photographic subjects or models, please get in touch via the Warrington District Camera Club Website at www.thewdcc.org.uk/
Article in the February 3, 1961 edition of The Daily Dispatch. Newspaper photographed in the archive of the East London Central Library on the afternoon of July 7, 2008 - 150 years to the day that the Caesar Godeffroy sailed into the mouth of the Buffalo River carrying the first group of agricultural settlers from Germany.
An arrangement of some things that typified my mother at her viewing and funeral in December 2006.
Top row: my parents' wedding photograph from September 1953; a watercolor painting done at Disneyland of Mom and me in 1974; a computer printout of one of Mom's poems.
Bottom row: a book by one of her favorite authors (Rex Stout); one of her drawings (a copy of the famous "Praying Hands"), a newspaper article about something she did (I forget by now exactly what that was).
I'm missing her quite badly today for some reason.
A silent auction was held by Stephanie Johnston (Article 25) and Zyg Jarzembowski (4D modelshop) of 2 Foster prints with all proceeds going to Article 25.
Article 25 is an operational UK registered charity that designs, builds, and manages projects to provide better shelter wherever there is disaster, poverty, or need.
An excerpt: 'Let me tell you what a majority of Muslims think about Islam. A majority of Muslims think that the tenets of Islam cannot be modified, changed or updated. Allegedly speaking, in order to be a pure and true Muslim, one must adhere to the philosophy of Islam as it was presented at the time of Prophet Mohammad. However, this is not true.
Islam, like any other religion in the world, needed to go through the process of spiritual evolution. This was due to the fact that in every new age, the way people live their life changes. Circumstances change. What was significant 1400 years ago appears to be insignificant today.'
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Mr. M.H.M.N. Bandara is a Member of the Sri Lanka Foreign Service (2000 batch)
(The following article published on Sunday Nation on 30 September 2007,{www.nation.lk/2007/09/30/special2.htm} and Sunday Observer on 7th October 2007 {www.sundayobserver.lk/2007/10/07/fea01.asp}
Foreign Service Invest further for a fruitful harvest
(The 58th anniversary of the Sri Lanka Foreign Service falls on October 1)
By M.H.M.N. Bandara
The Sri Lanka Foreign Service (SLFS) will commemorate its 58th anniversary on October 1. The SLFS, which commenced its activities independently on October 1, 1949 with five members – Dr. V.L.B. Mendis, H.O. Wijegoonawardena, A. Basnayake, I. B. Fonseka and Y. Yogasunderam – has since grown substantially, having undergone changes, challenges, disputes, etc., and now has a strength of 153 career personnel serving as ambassadors, high commissioners, additional secretaries, directors general and directors.
It is my view that the SLFS has not received its due share of ‘praise’ from both the media and the general public. This is mainly due to the fact that the general public is not appropriately apprised of the onerous duties performed by the members of the SLFS for the benefit of the country as a whole.
One allegation levelled against the SLFS is that SLFS officers are not closely linked with Sri Lankans living abroad. They are at times targetted by the media in a critical manner for not taking action to ‘safeguard’ the Sri Lankan migrant workers who are found guilty of violating the rule of law applicable to the respective countries. Nevertheless, it will have to be conceded that there may be very few instances where SLFS officers have observed the rules in the breach, perhaps unwittingly.
Criticism
Another criticism levelled against SLFS officers is that they are keener on ‘looking after the welfare of their children’s, education,’ rather than the wellbeing of the country. This allegation is baseless and is unfounded.
Of the 419 home based officers serving in Sri Lankan foreign missions abroad, only 97 officials, a mere 23%, are from the SLFS. The remaining 322 personnel, or 77%, comprise officers from various government services and also those who have political patronage.
Of the 153 officers now serving the SLFS, 61% comprise of unmarried officers and officers with one child per officer or none. Most of the children of these officers are not receiving the ‘education allowance.’ Hence, it is not fair by these officers to level such criticism against them.
The SLFS is a specialised service. It runs parallel to the Sri Lanka Administrative service and other combined services in the country. However, its role is different from other services. Broadly, the SLFS officials are tasked with the responsibility of coordinating bilateral and multilateral relations with foreign countries and also with the responsibility of protecting and safeguarding the image of the country.
The SLFS officers have measured up to their counterparts in other countries in discharging their assigned duties with diligence and bringing ‘name and fame’ to our motherland.
When we gained independence in 1948 after a period of foreign domination of almost 150 years, the most sought after and the prestigious service in the country was the then Ceylon Civil Service (CCS). Therefore, every young man with the requisite qualifications aspired to be a ‘civil servant’ and the failures at the Civil Service had the opportunity to join the then Overseas Service, which was then new to the country. However, they had to answer an extra question paper on world affairs.
First Overseas Service Minute
In terms of the first Overseas Service Minute – operative from 1949 to 1959 – nearly 32 officials were recruited to the then Ceylon Overseas Service as probationers and they were designated as ‘Grade IV Officers of the Ceylon Overseas Service.’
The Overseas Service Minute of 1949 was superseded by the Overseas Service Minute of 1959, which had the effect of a revision of the examination to recruit officers to the Overseas Service. From 1949 to 1973, a total of 73 officers had been recruited to the SLFS.
From January 4, 1974 onwards, the scheme of recruitment to the SLFS was revised so as to allow the opportunity to those graduates who had qualified themselves in Sinhala and Tamil media also to sit the examination in Sinhala and Tamil media in addition to the examination in the English medium.
Thereby, many graduates from Sinhala and Tamil speaking rural areas who received their education in the Sinhala and Tamil media and who were the products of ‘central colleges’ established in keeping with the ‘C.W.W. Kannangara vision’ were benefited and the numbers from such rural areas exceeded the numbers from the urban areas.
Until the time of late President Ranasinghe Premadasa, the post of Foreign Affairs Ministry secretary was held by non-SLFS officers. It was during Premadasa’s time that an SLFS officer was appointed to this post for the first time and that honour went to Bernard Tilakaratna.
Subsequently T.H.W. Woutersz (1965 batch), R.C. Vendargart (1967 batch), G. Wijesiri (1970 batch), D.E.N. Rodrigo (1965 batch), B.A.B. Goonetilleke (1970 batch) and H.M.G.S. Palihakkara (1979 batch) held that coveted post.
Creating history
Manel Abeysekera created history in the SLFS by being the first female career diplomat and the first female chief of protocol of the Foreign Ministry. Mary Luxhmi Naganathan was the second female career diplomat and the first from the Tamil community to reach that level.
Sarala Fernando (1975 batch) was the first female permanent representative of the United Nations. Of an approved cadre of 179, the SLFS now has 153 officers in its service in the categories Grade I, II, and III, (and at the additional secretary level too).
The ethnic, religious and gender balance in the SLFS is healthy. Of the 153 serving officers, 52 are females and four of them are serving as heads of missions in Paris (C. Wagiswara), The Hague (Pamela J. Deen), London (Kshenuka Senewiratne) and Vienna (Aruni Wijewardane).
In addition to the aforesaid female heads of missions, SLFS officers head the following missions: New Delhi (C. R. Jayasinghe), New York (Prasad Kariyawasam), Berlin (Jayantha Palipana), Warsaw (C. F. Chinniah), Beijing (Karunathilaka Amunugama Stockholm (Ranjith Jayasuriya – designate) , Tel Aviv (W.M. Senevirathna – designate), Tokyo (Ranjith Uyangoda), Muscat (M. Maharoof), Cairo (I Ansar –designate), Oslo (Esala Weerakoon), Katmandu (Sumith Nakandala), Pretoria (R.K.M.A. Rajakaruna), Hanoi (A. L. Rathnapala), Dhaka (V. Krishnamoorthy), Frankfurt (T. Raveenthiran) and Chennai (P.M. Amza).
Two officers of the ‘ambassador rank’ are serving as an Additional Secretary (Sarala Fernando) and a Director General (Grace Asirwatham) respectively at the Foreign Affairs Ministry.
Of the aforesaid 153 SLFS officers, 57 officers, including the 10 officers recruited in April 2007, are attached to the office of the Foreign Affairs Ministry in Colombo. The remaining 91 SLFS officers are attached to Sri Lankan missions abroad (four officers are on study leave and one of senior officers has been working in the international organisation).
Recruitment
The majority of the SLFS officers had been recruited through competitive examinations and some through the ‘merit system,’ which was an opportunity extended to clerical grade officers serving the Foreign Ministry and the other category through a ‘limited examination’ conducted by the Examinations Department for the benefit of certain grades of public servants with a certain number of years of service to their credit in government departments.
Recruitments to the SLFS under the merit and limited systems were abolished by the new minutes introduced in 2001. Anyone who wishes now to join the SLFS has to sit an Open Competitive Examination conducted by the Examinations Department. The examination comprises six written papers and a viva voice.
When we look back at the performance of some of our SLFS officers during the last ‘half-a-century,’ we can be really proud of our service. Many of them have excelled in their respective fields. I take this opportunity to name a few of them:
Deshamanya Dr. V. L. B. Mendis was in one of the very first batches of officers selected to the overseas service of Sri Lanka (then Ceylon). His contribution to our foreign service is priceless. He was highly respected wherever he served. To his credit, there are several publications authored by him which are a sine qua non to SLFS officers.
The 1976 Non-aligned Summit was the most successful international conference ever held in this country. Dr. Mendis was its secretary general and it was he and the SLFS officials who meticulously planned and programmed the proceedings of the summit. The whole world acclaimed that it was a complete success.
The diplomatically famed Dr. Jayantha Danapala has brought fame not only to the Foreign Service, but also to our motherland as a whole. He is a product of the SLFS and has displayed his ‘diplomatic skills’ internationally by serving the United Nations at different levels. His name was also proposed for the post of secretary general of the United Nations in the year 2006.
Achievements
Dr. John Gunaratne, who joined the Foreign Service in 1967, has several publications to his credit, one of which is A Decade of Confrontations: Sri Lanka and India in the 1980s. His recent publication launched in July 2007 is Negotiating with the Tigers.
S.B. Atugoda joined the Foreign Service in 1975 and he has several publications to his credit – fiction in both Sinhala and English.
Ranjith Gunaratana of the 1992 batch has published several fictions both Sinhala and English.
In 2006 he translated into Sinhala and published the biography of the former Singaporean Prime Minister, Lee Kuan Yew.
Niluka Kadurugamuwa, who joined the Foreign Service in the 2003, was a journalist at the Lakbima Newspaper. He has translated into Sinhala and published two publications, In Evil Hour authored by Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Maya authored by Manel Abeyratne under the titles Vikal Horawa and Maya, respectively.
Bandu de Silva and Kalyananda Godage of the 1956 and 1973 batches respectively are two prolific writers. They subscribe to the local press periodically on matters not only pertaining to the Foreign Service but also of national interest. Their publications have boosted the image of the Foreign Service.
Nihal Rodrigo is not only a diplomat (1965 batch) but is also a painter of no mean repute. Rodrigo, when he once met Cuban Leader Fidel Castro, on the spur of the moment sketched the Cuban Leader’s face on a piece of paper. The Cuban Leader was so happy with the ‘sketch’ that he autographed it. It is now a souvenir with Rodrigo. Rodrigo served as the SAARC Secretary General from January 1, 1999 to January 10, 2002.
T.Z.A. Samsudeen of the 1981 Foreign Service batch served as the executive director of the Indian Ocean Rim Association for Regional Cooperation (IORARC) in Mauritius. Rodney Perera of the 1988 batch and a former ambassador to Italy received one of the highest honours awarded by the Italian government.
Media personnel
Our Foreign Service also possesses experienced media personnel. Ravintha Abeysinghe of the 1988 batch was an announcer as well as a presenter at Sri Lanka Rupavahani Corporation. As a presenter of SLRC, he had also conducted several interviews with visiting VIP leaders of many countries. He is presently the director general of public communications at the Foreign Ministry.
Madhrika Joseph and George Cooke of the 1998 and 2007 batches sharpened their skills as announcers at SLRC and TNL respectively. Several SLFS officers are well versed in UN languages and other international languages.
B. Kandeepan joined the Foreign Service in the year 1996. His hobby is playing the tabla and he is a skilled tabla player. He has displayed his tabla-playing skills even at musical shows conducted by Maestro Visaradha Amaradeva.
Chanaka H. Talpahewa (year 2000 batch) has excelled in the sport of rowing in the country. He became the first rowing captain of Sri Lanka when he led the Sri Lanka rowing team to the Asian Games in South Korea in 2002. He also won a silver medal at the SAF Games in Pakistan (2004) and a bronze medal at the South Asian Games in Colombo (2006). He is the holder of two Sri Lanka records. He is also an accomplished rowing coach and the secretary of the National Rowing Association.
The SLFS had to face an uphill task to redeem the lost prestige of the country. Human rights violations were the main allegation levelled against Sri Lanka. Our officers working in foreign missions, especially New York, Geneva, Brussels and some European countries and India, had to burn the midnight oil to keep the Sri Lankan flag flying with prestige.
Our officers, with the guidance of that great and inimitable statesman, the late Foreign Minister Lakshman Kadirgamar, were not only able to turn the tide against the terrorists and redeem the lost prestige of our motherland but also to persuade several countries, including those who initially supported terrorist activities, to proscribe the anti Sri Lanka movements in their countries. It was a great achievement and the unsung heroes were the Foreign Affairs Ministry officials and the Minister.
Significant role
Foreign Ministry officials played a significant role at the peace talks/negotiations with the LTTE commencing from Thimpu to Geneva. The first Peace Secretariat Secretary General was B.A.B. Goonetilleke, a product of the SLFS 1970 batch. Dr. Jayantha Danapala and Dr. John Gooneratne too had worked at the Peace Secretariat. Presently C. H. Poologasingham of the SLFS 1975 batch is working at the Peace Secretariat. The two SAARC summits held in Sri Lanka were excellently handled by SLFS officers.
The tsunami of December 2004 was the biggest disaster the country ever suffered. The administrative machinery too was affected and several public servants could not even reach their work places. The international community reacted to the situation immediately and the influx of foreign aid was instantaneous. Over 300 foreign delegates arrived in the country.
The SLFS officers were ever ready to meet any situation and the coordination of the visits of the foreign delegates was handled by the SLFS officers to the satisfaction of everyone.
Officers of the Sri Lankan missions abroad collected more than Rs. 500 million as donations as well as officers’ personal contributions. The Sri Lankan Mission in China alone collected approximately Rs. 200 million. With those funds, the Foreign Ministry completed five housing projects comprising 856 housing units for tsunami victims – 152 units at Trincomalee, 300 units at Ampara, 116 units at Galle (two projects) and 288 units at Kalutara.
The recent reception held at the Embassy of Sri Lanka in Japan to commemorate ‘Sri Lanka Day’ was attended by more than 100,000 guests and the spouse of the Japanese Prime Minister graced the occasion as the Chief Guest. It was a great publicity event organised by the SLFS officers of the mission.
Yeoman service
SLFS officers have done a yeoman service to the country. They have protected and safeguarded the image of the country. They have kept the Sri Lankan flag flying with dignity. Their services are indeed praiseworthy.
The next batch to the SLFS is scheduled to be recruited in the near future. As a member of the SLFS, I invite talented young graduates who passed out recently to join the SLFS and serve our motherland.
In conclusion, I mention with gratitude the encouragement given to me by that veteran administrator, Lionel Fernando, a one time Foreign Affairs Ministry secretary and member of the former Civil Service, to make an in-depth study of the SLFS. I thank him from the bottom of my heart.
(The writer is the First Secretary of the Embassy of Sri Lanka, The Hague, The Netherlands. E.mail. menikb@hotmail.com
Response to Article:
"Village that towers above China" by
Jonathan Watts
November 14, 2011
www.chinadialogue.net/article/show/single/en/4623-Village...
Comment by Philip McMaster:
People favourably respond to Change
Generally speaking, people don't change for the better when criticized. But they do respond favourably to praise.
Huaxi Cun is not the worst place in China, and it has been following and sometimes leading the objectives and trends of the government and Chinese people - first it was to get rich - and clean up the mess later. We did this in the West on our own schedule, some Chinese are doing it now under the generally hypocritical pressure of the global community.
人们对改变的有利反应
总体上，当人们受到批评的时候，不会变得更好。但他们受到表扬的时候，总是积极反应。华西村不是中国最差 的地方，它跟从着-有时也领导着中国政府与人民的目标与潮流。这个目标首先是变富，然后再处理垃圾。西方按照自己的日程表也这样做过。现在有些中国人也这 么做，就面临虚伪的国际压力。
An aspirational monument - if you choose to see it that way..
When I was invited to Huaxi Cun for the inauguration of the “Village in the Sky”, (www.tudou.com/programs/view/05XpJXkiNwI/ ) I spoke of the new tower as a beacon for all to see, not in terms of opulence and excess, but as a towering 3 element "Symbol of Sustainability" - an aspirational symbol rising above all else - including the cookie-cutter villas, the grubby factories, the money focus and the faux world landmarks - to shock and awe viewers into realizing that all monuments have a message – and this one should inspire people to make the connection between Heaven, Earth and the People (Tian, Di, Ren 天地人) and that to achieve Wu Renbao’s “Heaven on Earth”… the Triple-Bottom-Line balance between Society, Environment and Economy （社会,环境,经济）must become Huaxi’s new ethic.
一个振奋人心的里程碑——如果你从另一个角度解读
我应邀了参加华西村“空中新农村大楼”授牌仪式(www.tudou.com /programs/view/05XpJXkiNwI/ )，当时我谈到这栋大楼并不是炫富和挥霍，而是华西村的一个新地标。比起那些千篇一律的别墅，脏乱差的工厂，一切向钱看的态度和人造世界景观，这栋摩天大 楼是一个振奋人心 里程碑，它作为可持续发展的标志建筑让人感到震撼和心生敬畏，它能让人们感到天地人和谐发展的信息，体现了吴仁宝“人间天堂”的理念。以社会，环境和经济 作为三条支柱，寻求三者的平衡发展是华西村的新理念。
菲利普•麦克马斯特
麦克马斯特商务可持续发展研究所首席研究员，世界可持续发展组织创始人。
"Now that Huaxi village is rich, what's next?"
Following my presentation, the new building’s architect Ma Xusheng, in turn praised my interpretation of his building’s design, saying that no one had thought of it before, but that “with your new ‘Society, Environment, Economy ‘meaning attached, our building is even richer”.
At a private dinner with village leaders the evening before, I had shamelessly asked: “Now that Huaxi village is rich, what’s next?” – hoping to encourage them to expound on how they were going to share Huaxi’s wealth and expertise with other communities and to build sustainable enterprises based on a model ecological civilisation… however the response was understandable, as a bit more thinking is required; and considering most people’s focus was still on showing off and celebrating what they have achieved so far, the answer was a simple “Gambei!”
Philip McMaster,
Principal Researcher, McMaster Institute for Sustainable Development in Commerce
Founder, World Sustainability Organization
“现在华西村富了，接下来呢？”
我的演讲结束后，这栋新大楼的建筑师马旭升（音）反过来称赞了我对他的建筑设计的诠释，说以前从未有人想到这个方面，“加上您说的‘社会、环境、经济’意义后，我们的摩天大楼更加富裕了”。
前一天晚上和华西村领导的聚餐上，我厚着脸皮问了一句：“现在华西村富裕了，接下来呢？”我当时希望他们能够详细阐述下怎样和其他地区分享华西村的 财富和技术，以及在生态文明模型的基础上建立起可持续发展的企业。但是，他们的回答很简单，就是：“干杯！”当然，这是可以理解的，因为回答这个问题需要 一些思考，而且当时大多数人的注意力仍然在炫耀和庆祝他们至今已取得的成就上。
菲利普•麦克马斯特
麦克马斯特商务可持续发展研究所首席研究员，世界可持续发展组织创始人。
...Huaxi must have liked 3 Fingers - we're invited back_\!/
Our “Peace Plus One -World Sustainability Project” (www.SustainabilitySymbol.com ) and the 3 Finger Sustainability Symbol is about promoting LOHHAS – a Lifestyle Of Health, Happiness And Sustainability, first for the 1/5th of the world in China, then to be exported as a sustainable philosophy for the entire planet. The Leaders of Huaxi must have liked something about our discussions, as they wholeheartedly embraced the3 Finger Sustainability Symbol and invited us back to share more_\!/
Philip McMaster,
Principal Researcher, McMaster Institute for Sustainable Development in Commerce
Founder, World Sustainability Organization
...华西村一定喜欢“三指禅” —— 我们又被邀请了_\!/
我们的“和平 + 1 - 世界可持续发展项目” （www.SustainabilitySymbol.com）和“三指禅”可持续发展符号旨在促进“乐活”——一种健康、快乐、可持续的生活方式。起初 是为了中国占世界五分之一的人口而提出，后来作为一个可持续发展的理念被推广到全世界。华西村的领导们肯定是欣赏我们的一些讨论成果，因为他们热烈欢迎了 我们的“三根手指可持续发展符号”并且再次邀请我们去分享更多信息。
Philip McMaster（大龙），
商务可持续发展麦克马斯特学院，首席研究员
世界可持续发展组织创始人
Response to Article:
"Village that towers above China" by
Jonathan Watts
November 14, 2011
www.chinadialogue.net/article/show/single/en/4623-Village...
Comment by Philip McMaster:
People favourably respond to Change
Generally speaking, people don't change for the better when criticized. But they do respond favourably to praise.
Huaxi Cun is not the worst place in China, and it has been following and sometimes leading the objectives and trends of the government and Chinese people - first it was to get rich - and clean up the mess later. We did this in the West on our own schedule, some Chinese are doing it now under the generally hypocritical pressure of the global community.
人们对改变的有利反应
总体上，当人们受到批评的时候，不会变得更好。但他们受到表扬的时候，总是积极反应。华西村不是中国最差 的地方，它跟从着-有时也领导着中国政府与人民的目标与潮流。这个目标首先是变富，然后再处理垃圾。西方按照自己的日程表也这样做过。现在有些中国人也这 么做，就面临虚伪的国际压力。
An aspirational monument - if you choose to see it that way..
When I was invited to Huaxi Cun for the inauguration of the “Village in the Sky”, (www.tudou.com/programs/view/05XpJXkiNwI/ ) I spoke of the new tower as a beacon for all to see, not in terms of opulence and excess, but as a towering 3 element "Symbol of Sustainability" - an aspirational symbol rising above all else - including the cookie-cutter villas, the grubby factories, the money focus and the faux world landmarks - to shock and awe viewers into realizing that all monuments have a message – and this one should inspire people to make the connection between Heaven, Earth and the People (Tian, Di, Ren 天地人) and that to achieve Wu Renbao’s “Heaven on Earth”… the Triple-Bottom-Line balance between Society, Environment and Economy （社会,环境,经济）must become Huaxi’s new ethic.
一个振奋人心的里程碑——如果你从另一个角度解读
我应邀了参加华西村“空中新农村大楼”授牌仪式(www.tudou.com /programs/view/05XpJXkiNwI/ )，当时我谈到这栋大楼并不是炫富和挥霍，而是华西村的一个新地标。比起那些千篇一律的别墅，脏乱差的工厂，一切向钱看的态度和人造世界景观，这栋摩天大 楼是一个振奋人心 里程碑，它作为可持续发展的标志建筑让人感到震撼和心生敬畏，它能让人们感到天地人和谐发展的信息，体现了吴仁宝“人间天堂”的理念。以社会，环境和经济 作为三条支柱，寻求三者的平衡发展是华西村的新理念。
菲利普•麦克马斯特
麦克马斯特商务可持续发展研究所首席研究员，世界可持续发展组织创始人。
"Now that Huaxi village is rich, what's next?"
Following my presentation, the new building’s architect Ma Xusheng, in turn praised my interpretation of his building’s design, saying that no one had thought of it before, but that “with your new ‘Society, Environment, Economy ‘meaning attached, our building is even richer”.
At a private dinner with village leaders the evening before, I had shamelessly asked: “Now that Huaxi village is rich, what’s next?” – hoping to encourage them to expound on how they were going to share Huaxi’s wealth and expertise with other communities and to build sustainable enterprises based on a model ecological civilisation… however the response was understandable, as a bit more thinking is required; and considering most people’s focus was still on showing off and celebrating what they have achieved so far, the answer was a simple “Gambei!”
Philip McMaster,
Principal Researcher, McMaster Institute for Sustainable Development in Commerce
Founder, World Sustainability Organization
“现在华西村富了，接下来呢？”
我的演讲结束后，这栋新大楼的建筑师马旭升（音）反过来称赞了我对他的建筑设计的诠释，说以前从未有人想到这个方面，“加上您说的‘社会、环境、经济’意义后，我们的摩天大楼更加富裕了”。
前一天晚上和华西村领导的聚餐上，我厚着脸皮问了一句：“现在华西村富裕了，接下来呢？”我当时希望他们能够详细阐述下怎样和其他地区分享华西村的 财富和技术，以及在生态文明模型的基础上建立起可持续发展的企业。但是，他们的回答很简单，就是：“干杯！”当然，这是可以理解的，因为回答这个问题需要 一些思考，而且当时大多数人的注意力仍然在炫耀和庆祝他们至今已取得的成就上。
菲利普•麦克马斯特
麦克马斯特商务可持续发展研究所首席研究员，世界可持续发展组织创始人。
...Huaxi must have liked 3 Fingers - we're invited back_\!/
Our “Peace Plus One -World Sustainability Project” (www.SustainabilitySymbol.com ) and the 3 Finger Sustainability Symbol is about promoting LOHHAS – a Lifestyle Of Health, Happiness And Sustainability, first for the 1/5th of the world in China, then to be exported as a sustainable philosophy for the entire planet. The Leaders of Huaxi must have liked something about our discussions, as they wholeheartedly embraced the3 Finger Sustainability Symbol and invited us back to share more_\!/
Philip McMaster,
Principal Researcher, McMaster Institute for Sustainable Development in Commerce
Founder, World Sustainability Organization
...华西村一定喜欢“三指禅” —— 我们又被邀请了_\!/
我们的“和平 + 1 - 世界可持续发展项目” （www.SustainabilitySymbol.com）和“三指禅”可持续发展符号旨在促进“乐活”——一种健康、快乐、可持续的生活方式。起初 是为了中国占世界五分之一的人口而提出，后来作为一个可持续发展的理念被推广到全世界。华西村的领导们肯定是欣赏我们的一些讨论成果，因为他们热烈欢迎了 我们的“三根手指可持续发展符号”并且再次邀请我们去分享更多信息。
Philip McMaster（大龙），
商务可持续发展麦克马斯特学院，首席研究员
世界可持续发展组织创始人