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2 of our AMAZING Skate With US coaches were featured in the Williamsville Courier. You can see Matt and Mike Steffan teaching our skaters at many of our SWU sessions!
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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
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.
This was part of a series of pictures on my IG account - what follows is taken directly from that post (some of the following may not make sense here, but it still has some interesting information). If you'd like to see the series in its entirety please follow this link: www.instagram.com/p/BaPBjgonngp/?taken-by=around_and_abou...
From the IG post [the photo above is referred to as pic 3]:
"Pic 1. The KEYNES MATE badge seems an appropriate addition to pic 1 as it's a painting of MK's oldest known citizen: Ichthyosaur aka Big Eye / The Caldecote Monster (and my favourite) Icky.
Pic 2. Explains how Icky was found back in 1982 whilst Caldecote Lake was being created.
Pic 3 [ the one above here on Flickr ]. Takes a look at why lakes like Caldecote were created here in MK.
Pic 4 is a map from the thesis made by David Michael Martill *A (he was one of the experts from Leicester University). It shows where they found Icky and from looking at a modern map of the area, I think it was on the southern lake (where @miltonkeynesrowingclub is based). I am however, only guessing.
Pic 5 is also from Mr Martill's thesis and explains how Icky came to rest there: apparently Icky was a mature adult ichthyosaur - approximately 5m long - and the cause of death couldn't be fully ascertained.
Pic 6 is from today - before Icky was swimming along with the sea of books at the library, those powerful flippers were used to swim around "the warm sea which covered this area more than 165 million years ago" *B
Ichthyosaurs were featured on the BBC documentary Walking with Dinosaurs, this clip talks of the same genus as Icky: youtu.be/rezCswEi6cA - it's a bit gruesome at the end though!
On this day Icky was featured in the then local paper - pic 7. As with the previous post, I'll put the articles onto Flickr.
I took pic 8 at Caldecote the other day. Every time I see lamp posts in this state they make my imagination do a double take, but especially so after researching this post.
You can visit the oldest known citizen of our area by visiting Icky in the CMK Reference Library - there's construction work going on but they're still open.
Sources:
A: David Michael Martill thesis hdl.handle.net/2381/8441
B: CMK Big Eye leaflet
Credits:
Pic 1. The badge design is by Gareth Horner. The pictures of the design are by IG @badge_geek The main painting is by Michael David Martill
All other credits within the pictures themselves
This is the cover of an origami pack I have design to promote Article 9 of the Japanese Constitution (Kenpou Kyu Jou). The bird is called Kyu Chan and flaps if you pull its tail.
This peace movement started off as a one man campaign, giving out origami around japan as I finished my year tour of the island by bicycle. Now Im writting a book about it and going to appear on national TV on August 15 to comment on this important peace issue Japan is facing.
チャールズ・ワードが自転車で日本一周の旅へと出発したのは、2006年の春でした。彼は1年間の旅の間に、何千枚もの写真をとりました。この写真はその中の1つです。最初は有機農場でボランティアとして働きながら旅を続けていましたが、ある日、それをやめ、「きゅうちゃん」という名の折り紙の小鳥といっしょに、自分なりの平和活動を開始しました。
このチャーリーの冒険が、『チャーリーです地球人です』という一冊の本を生みました。彼は新たな世界を発見し、同時に、平和活動のために今やるべきことを明確にしました。
This photo is one of 1000s taken by Charles Ward as he cycled around Japan for a year (2006-2007). Half way though his trip he gave up working as a volunteer in organic farms to start his own peace movement with a little paper bird called Kyu Chan.
Follow Charlie in his adventure to change the world in his new book "Charlie desu, Chikyujin desu" and find out what he is doing now to promote peace.
To find out about more about this peace movement visit Kyu Chans homepage www.ex1st.com and join the flickr group Kyu Chan. You can make one too, have a go!
Foto bij artikel over blootvoets lopen
ledmagazine.be/barefoot-running-tussen-hype-en-twijfel/
Fotograaf: Glenn De Hollander
Model: Amy Reygaert
Beeldredactie: Amy Reygaert
Formula 82M compounded minoxidil before and after results were published in the whitepaper hai.rs/formula82m
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.
Article ice melting and icebergs on northern seas are cooling the Labrador Current which cools the ocean here. It was a very cool May and the coastal waters are chillier than usual.
Par Marie Aschehoug-Clauteaux,
Article Shaka, “La guerre de Shaka”, paru dans L'Itinérant n°849 (28 Février - 6 Mars 2011)
Scan Article from the Herald of Truth or Consequences . Truth or Consequences ( T or C ) is the county seat of Sierra County NM .
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.