Month: January 2016

Speech bubbles at Erg

l Speech to Text Online Images:

Speech bubbles at Erg
Speech to Text Online
Image by Marc Wathieu
October 29, 2010 at Erg (Ecole de Recherche Graphique, Brussels).

Classwork assignment.
Creating purely graphic speech bubbles (magazine, packaging, fabric or several materials cuts), then hanging and mixing it in order to arrange them in a contrasting and surprising dialog.

See the online documentation :
www.multimedialab.be/doc/images/index.php?album=langage-graphique

This work is inpired by Saul Steinberg’s work.
About Saul Steinberg :
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saul_Steinberg

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Gateway Camp Verse
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Isaiah 62:10

What Dale instructed about going out of our way to treat the Mainland Chinese well resonated within me. To be sure, just as the Koreans have gone out of their way to bless me so I must step out to bless and to love my Mainland brethren.

After the first meeting, Ed and I wandered off campus and found inside a shopping mall a cha chaan teng where we had a late-night snack. And hardly had we tucked into our meals when in walked several dozen volunteers, all locals, who were overcome, it seemed, by the same munchies that infected Ed and me. It’s surprising how such a primal urge, at such a time, drives everyone to no less than the same, impossibly far location.

I thus far have met so many people that, had I not brought along my iPod, I would have already lost track of the multitudinous names flying around like fireflies at night, sparkling luminously one moment and then disappearing the next. And this is only the beginning: more and more people will arrive both today and tomorrow so I had better stay awake, alert, and writing.

I am working with a partner who really challenges me, and indeed that is why I chose to work with him. From the first words that came streaming out of his mouth, I knew he would be a special one, and as if to conifrm my conjecture, indeed, the more he spoke, the more confused I became. The challenge, I have realized after much ruminating, isn’t so much the pace of his speech as his choice of words, which fall outside a normal lexical range; that is, at least with me, when he talks, he doesn’t use familiar collocations to communicate; besides, he has an uncanny Tin Shui Wai accent; those, along with his amazing resistance to Chinglish, which impresses me, by the way, have made our communication tedious, since I am bombarded by peculiar lexical constructions that I generally never encounter in Cantonese conversation and must therefore stop our flow to clarify his speech. It’s too bad that he doesn’t speak English as I would love to hear how he structures ideas in my native language to determine whether or not this strange lexis has spilled over into his other modes of communication.

Regardless, in being with him, I have learned to be patient, and if I am truly to walk away from resentment, I must continue rather to engage him than to keep him at arm’s length. It helps us, then, that he is a congenial fellow, prone more to expressing love, much in the same way that I do by warmly grabbing a forearm or a shoulder, than to venting his frustration, which with me could certainly be great. He is verily a good guy, and so long as the Lord keeps him — I am sure Daddy will — Tin Shui Wai, that small patch of concrete moon colony, is in capable, faithful human hands.

Sau2 muhn6 je2
Mihng6 dihng6
Kyuhn4 lihk6
Lihk6 leuhng6
Chong3 yi3 adjective
Chong3 jouh6 verb

Romans 5:3-5

Not only so, but we rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom He has given us.

I cried this morning when I read these words, because they are true, and comfort my soul as water to a dry, parched land. However many times I’ve lamented this place and its people, I am still inextricably tied to this rock, per God’s will for my life; and God really is faithful in providing a way out not from this place but from these spiritual hindrances. These past few days, what with communication failures and fatigue setting in, I could have more easily give into my rationality, in defense of my weaknesses, than resisted this bait of satan. Thank God, hence, for the words which are like fuel for the refiner’s fire that burns up all my expectations, my pride and my flesh. I can survive, nay, rejoice, indeed, because of God, who, in me, day by day teaches me to suffer long with a smile.

This is what the gateway is all about, I believe: jumping head-first out of my comfort zone to confront the nations, for my brothers and sisters and I must face each other if we are to raise the banners together. Battling through enemy strongholds of mistrust ad resentment, we demolish carnal thoughts and dig deep in the Spirit for the unity that shall overcome as much language as culture; God, after all, is bigger, even, than the battlefield. In these ways can my brethren and I love each other as ourselves, as we shall be one in the Father, with audacious power and boldness laying hands on His kingdom which advances, in this kairos moment, over all of China, including, no doubt, Hong Kong. No longer will there be curses thrown upon the nations; but rather the river of life will flow through the city, and the leaves of the tree on each side of the river will be for the healing of the nations.

1) Welcoming the Father
2) Unifying the body
3) Partnering with the Chinese
4) Serving the city
5) Supporting the Chinese

Isaac and I have worked quite hard this morning, putting up signs all over campus, and as if to reward me for my assiduity, he offered to buy me a drink, an offer which I took up. Indeed, this man’s care and concern for others, genuine, doubtlessly, fills me with joy, for, to be sure, the joy of the lord is his strength. My friend is indefatigable, always encouraging and never slighting, no matter the circumstances, rain (that has happened a lot today) or shine. Praise God!

Much like my relationship with Isaac, my relationships with my other team members have improved considerably since, even, this morning’s briefing during which, the code-switching, happening too fast and too furiously for my comfort, vexed me so terribly that if Isaac had not put a generous arm around my shoulder immediately afterwards, I surely would have blown my top in frustration at the perplexing language option. Thankfully, my team and I settled our language arrangements: Isaac, Dorcas and I will intractably speak Cantonese to each other whereas my other group mates and I will use English with as little code-switching as possible; and I, along with Ed, no doubt, am satisfied. It’s best to avoid misunderstandings.

Lihng4 Mahn4 (soul)
Sihng4 jeung2
Muhng6 Seung2 (dreams)

The Lord’s mercies are new everyday. Just now, during the morning rally, by His Spirit, hundreds of brothers and sisters received a new anointing, to be spiritual mothers and fathers of a new generation so as to minister to the next. This outpouring of the Spirit was sudden, and so captivated me that when the call came to reap, I rushed to the front to ask my father for this anointing, and naturally, my life was transformed. In the same way, the pastor called up a new generation of spiritual children to receive the love, care and support of these new parents; and likewise, so many young men and women heeded this call that verily, the pit in front of the stage was soon awash in hugs and tears between generations that, once lost, were now found. Indeed, no sooner did these people embrace their father than Dad immediately swept them up in his strong arms and showered them with audacious encouragement and support. Praise God!

An Outburst

I was angry this morning during our team time. I temporarily lost my ability to be merciful and to live in God’s grace. When my team leader began to address me in English, yet again, I couldn’t help but berate him for doing so when Cantonese, I argued, would be a more economical medium of delivery. And then I compounded this already incendiary situation by ranting about the hypocrisy of Hong Kong being a gateway to China but not a gateway into its own neighborhoods teeming with Chinese people, 97% of whom, according to one of the pastors at this camp, do not know the Lord Jesus. Cantonese will matter, I posit, if anyone dares to take on the onerous mission in this vexing place.

To be sure, even my brother announced that language was a prohibitive barrier to closer relationships with these local people, and therefore, since he neither speaks Cantonese nor is going to give learning the language a go, he is relegated to the outer walls of the gates into Hong Kong.

In hindsight, I thought I cared enough about God’s purposes for me in Hong Kong, but I realize now that I still care a lot about myself, and resentment. Though I have prayed and declared boldly that God is bigger than language and culture, I know I don’t believe it; and that’s upsetting. For the time being, I don’t verily believe in my heart that I can have deeper, closer relationships with Chinese people without the benefit of language and culture, patterns of action.

OK. This is actually an opportune start for my spiritual parentship, for now I have an opportunity to put aside my very compelling arguments for the necessity of language and culture in deep and close relationships, these conclusions born out of my reason, and to step out in faith, to trust in the Lord who, I pray, will show me deep and close relationships sans language and culture, and with whom my deep and close relationship shall obviously be the key to this victory.

I’m thinking about events at this camp that heretofore demonstrated loving relationships without language and culture, and I recalled two acts: the first happened yesterday when I spontaneously joined a line of ushers to high-five and to cheer the audience as they flooded out of the auditorium, the morning rally having scarcely finished; and the second, this was my meeting Yao, a man from the Ivory Coast, whom I befriended in those first, fleeting, if not frantic moments before the opening rally on Friday evening. That encounter was immediate and sudden, neither words nor habits needed; Yao and I simply high-fived, hugged and sat beside each other; and wow, that was terrific companionship — praise God!

Finally, however hard my diatribe may have struck my team members’ hearts, my merciful group mates still forgave me, not only on an personal level, but also, as I had sought forgiveness on behalf of all foreigners who have ever cursed locals or stood passively outside the gateway, on a corporate level, thereby releasing countless non-Chinese people into the freedom of these Hong Kong people’s forgiveness; just as brothers and sisters had so recently been reconciled to each other in my church, so local and non-local people have received the others’ freedom of forgiveness; more than a homecoming, that, indeed, is a breakthrough.

In listening to this morning’s sermon, I hear such verses as I know God is speaking to me through His word. 2Corinthians 4:16-18, this scripture in particular carries a buoyant, hopeful currency in my heart. My spirit soaks in this divine revelation as a sponge soaks in water and thus becomes malleable, able to be formed and shaped according to its holder’s will: Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.

Disagreeable

I don’t know why my brother and I undermine each others’ comments; why we no more know consensus than the deaf music. Our interactions have been especially abrasive recently since we have spent so much time together without the benefit of our other brother to act as a natural, vociferous buffer; and as a result we argue like pieces of sand paper being rubbed against flesh, which inevitably leads to significant soreness. I feel sore now.

I think back to my outburst this morning and can appreciate my role in this evening’s embarrassing outcome; I am certainly not without fault, for I choose these days not only to venture my opinions but to do so passionately, if not emotionally. People consequently who otherwise are phlegmatic at best are put in a discomfiting position by my impassioned pleas. Besides, I recall Interrupting my brother prolifically, which understandably would not make him a happy camper; just as a hyperactive child doesn’t know when to stop pestering his sibling, so I don’t know nowadays when to hold my tongue. Indeed, I would rather not respond at all to my brother, even after he has fired off his rejoinder, than to strike him down in mid-speech.

In view of this latest incident, I have resolved to take the former course of action. To be sure, I simply stopped our petty dispute about a stupid basketball game by, awkward as it was, taking out my book and perusing it as fixedly as my tattered mind would allow. I will try my best to stay away from my brother for a spell, to create physical and spiritual space between us, so hopefully, in this way at least one of us will be able to come to his senses about this matter; better yet, now would be an opportune time for our father in his mercy to reveal to us the fault lines in our flesh so that we could surrender these tremulous spots in our soul, crucifying them to the father for our healing and the redemption of our relationship. I will pray about this.

…Praise God. If I had not separated myself from my brother’s presence, I wouldn’t have been sitting at that bench at the exact moment when Isaac came over to me in a plaintive mood. Obviously upset, he had been so recently wronged, he lamented on the verge of tears. And at that, mercy swept over my countenance, for my brother felt as aggrieved as I did earlier; and this appointment, per God’s unfailing, obstinate love, had at last come for me, convicting me to be very, very agreeable, sympathetic and kind to my fellow long-suffering brother. In this instance, thank God, language did not matter so much as empathy, carrying each others’ burdens and thus fulfilling the rule of Christ. We prayed and blessed each other in Jesus’ name, and then boldly went forward into the rally.

I suspect the enemy has infiltrated our team what with my outbursts and Isaac’s failing out as evidence. My group mates and I must be more vigilant in prayer and in digging deep into the Father’s word if we are to overcome the spies in our camp that have planted incendiary devices in our mouths and in our hearts. We certainly need such encouragement as the Lord provides for the edification and encouragement of each other, even more so, in fact, in the face of adversity, despite our fatigue and other physical ills that befall us like a hail of arrows. In faith, I’m sure, faith will see us through; and per what the pastors exhorted at the rally, we will become as if the smooth stone in David’s sling, ready to fly into the air to crush the Goliath in this world.

Sihng4 jauh6 achievement
Ngwuih misunderstanding
Nggaai2 to misunderstand
Yuhn4 leuhng6 forgive
Gaan2syun2 chosen

The Security Guard

At the morning rally, a security guard left an indelible impression on my heart what with her showing of unconditional support and her proffering of words of encouragement, which like a waterfall fell in force and power over my friends and me. To my amazement, I first saw her out of the corner of my eye stepping out of her role as a security guard to pray as a spiritual parent to two spiritual children during the morning rally’s prayer time; there she was, clad in her blue uniform, laying hands on those weeping kids; finally, I had witnessed someone courageous enough to step out of that rule of law, her boundary in Hong Kong, to be bound to that which is ethereal, the rule of Christ to carry each others’ burdens. Later, as the audience passed through the exit, I had time to confirm her love for the Lord and at that, we broke into a torrent of encouragement and followed this with a flurry of picture-taking. Indeed, never have I stumbled upon such good will from a dragon security guard in HK so I am hopeful, therefore, that this is but the the start of a greater movement within that particular demon-worshipping core, that at this time, God is opening up the heavenly armory and placing his prayer warriors inside that particular stronghold in Hong Kong to demolish every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God and placing in its stead a profusion of love, gentleness and kindness. I look forward to the day when wisdom, and not languid stares, shall emanate from all the people who man the facilities in these universities.

Reconciliation

This is special. No sooner had Isaac and I stepped into the auditorium than we heard the plaintive cry of the mainland Chinese on the stage forgiving the Hong Kong people for their trespasses against their brethren from the north. A flurry of hugs, replete with a few tears, ensued. That was, as Dale announced from the stage, a delicious moment. Jesus must have been breaking out the good champagne in heaven for a rousing celebration in view of this victory.

Sex Talk – Part One

The kids finally received the sex talk this morning; a fiery pastor delivered the message which was as much shocking as informative; and gasps and wincing abounded in the audience.

While I have recently heard the sex talk at the men’s retreat, and have furthermore by God’s grace been inoculated against this particular area of struggle, it was nonetheless refreshing to hear the news, as shocking and as sensational as it was. I am willing, in addition, to believe that some of the atrocious acts that the pastor referenced, such as gruesome abortions and bizarre sexual acts, are more prevalent than my reason will believe, because my scope is limited by experience, but as the Father witnesses everything, if the Spirit has convicted this man and has told him that the world is heading closer and closer into the mouth of Jezebel in this way, I accept this. In fact, believing this is important if I am to be a good spiritual parent who will not only protect but educate the new generation from the prowling enemy that lurks these days, even, in our computers.

Prayer

The Holy Spirit fell over me this morning during my group’s team time. He convicted me to pray in Cantonese for the first time, and so I did without fear, those Chinese words pouring out of me as if perfume from an alabaster jar. Praise God: he is good; and this was the moment I have been waiting for.

I think about what happened, and am amazed at the Father’s favor; despite my critiques against this culture, and in spite of my recent lamentations, the Lord, ever faithfully, provided a way out under which I could stand and by which I could be protected from the bait of Satan. Little did I know that the escape route would, in fact, ironically, direct me to the very thing that heretofore has stood as an obstruction, a spiritual roadblock, in my mind.

A missionary on the stage just spoke into my life when she said about her experience learning Putonghua in China: the difficult part was not learning the language but learning to love those people as Jesus loves them. This will always be my mission, no matter where I am.

Keuhng4 jong3
Lai1 hei2 (pull up)

In the afternoon, my team had a reconciliation meeting during which, in small groups, each team member at last was given an opportunity to share alternately their joys and struggles. At that time, though having staved off an open rebuke for several days, I could no longer hold back this challenge to my small group: to step out in faith to be a gateway to the nations; and second, per the morning’s message, to on their guard against the sexually explicit, insidious media. I laid out my argument with much cogency, and such a response as I saw fit knocked my group mates into a stupor, because they certainly didn’t have much to say afterwards.

Oscillate between…and…
Vacillate…
Equivocated
Prevaricate

Sex Talk – Part Two

1) Jesus came to show us the Father; John1:18
2) Grace First, Truth Second; John 1:24:25; 16-18

Pahn4 mohng6 (hope)

Do you believe that Jesus can heal you? Then lay hands.

Dale and I are men who have shared similar struggles. His testimony is riveting.

Suddenly, I realized that this rally is, in fact, a continuation of yesterday morning’s sex talk, because we ended the previous rally praying more against the shame of abortion than against personal sexual immorality. Notionally, what is being discussed will enable people to really experience the love of the Father such that to change permanently our behavior. So when we are tempted:

1) Call for help; Romans 10:13
2) Escape Plan; 1Corinthians 10:13

Remember not to stand and rebuke the enemy with your own strength; move physically from the situation.

3) Run Away; 2Timothy 2:22
4) Into the Father’s Arms; Hebrews 4:14

I like this talk. This might be the first time that these young people get straight sex talk from their leaders; and there is no better time than now for these young people to break through in this particular area of struggle, just as the young men of SP broke through these obstinate barriers during our men’s retreat.

5) Confess and be Healed; James 5:16

I hope these young people find faithful accountability brothers and sisters in this service.

6) Walk in Transparent Accountable Relationships; 1John 1:7
7) Resist the Enemy; James 4:7

Flowers at Lingnan University
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Gateway Camp Verse
(Pin1) Ging1 Mahn4
Isaiah 62:10

What Dale instructed about going out of our way to treat the Mainland Chinese well resonated within me. To be sure, just as the Koreans have gone out of their way to bless me so I must step out to bless and to love my Mainland brethren.

After the first meeting, Ed and I wandered off campus and found inside a shopping mall a cha chaan teng where we had a late-night snack. And hardly had we tucked into our meals when in walked several dozen volunteers, all locals, who were overcome, it seemed, by the same munchies that infected Ed and me. It’s surprising how such a primal urge, at such a time, drives everyone to no less than the same, impossibly far location.

I thus far have met so many people that, had I not brought along my iPod, I would have already lost track of the multitudinous names flying around like fireflies at night, sparkling luminously one moment and then disappearing the next. And this is only the beginning: more and more people will arrive both today and tomorrow so I had better stay awake, alert, and writing.

I am working with a partner who really challenges me, and indeed that is why I chose to work with him. From the first words that came streaming out of his mouth, I knew he would be a special one, and as if to conifrm my conjecture, indeed, the more he spoke, the more confused I became. The challenge, I have realized after much ruminating, isn’t so much the pace of his speech as his choice of words, which fall outside a normal lexical range; that is, at least with me, when he talks, he doesn’t use familiar collocations to communicate; besides, he has an uncanny Tin Shui Wai accent; those, along with his amazing resistance to Chinglish, which impresses me, by the way, have made our communication tedious, since I am bombarded by peculiar lexical constructions that I generally never encounter in Cantonese conversation and must therefore stop our flow to clarify his speech. It’s too bad that he doesn’t speak English as I would love to hear how he structures ideas in my native language to determine whether or not this strange lexis has spilled over into his other modes of communication.

Regardless, in being with him, I have learned to be patient, and if I am truly to walk away from resentment, I must continue rather to engage him than to keep him at arm’s length. It helps us, then, that he is a congenial fellow, prone more to expressing love, much in the same way that I do by warmly grabbing a forearm or a shoulder, than to venting his frustration, which with me could certainly be great. He is verily a good guy, and so long as the Lord keeps him — I am sure Daddy will — Tin Shui Wai, that small patch of concrete moon colony, is in capable, faithful human hands.

Sau2 muhn6 je2
Mihng6 dihng6
Kyuhn4 lihk6
Lihk6 leuhng6
Chong3 yi3 adjective
Chong3 jouh6 verb

Romans 5:3-5

Not only so, but we rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom He has given us.

I cried this morning when I read these words, because they are true, and comfort my soul as water to a dry, parched land. However many times I’ve lamented this place and its people, I am still inextricably tied to this rock, per God’s will for my life; and God really is faithful in providing a way out not from this place but from these spiritual hindrances. These past few days, what with communication failures and fatigue setting in, I could have more easily give into my rationality, in defense of my weaknesses, than resisted this bait of satan. Thank God, hence, for the words which are like fuel for the refiner’s fire that burns up all my expectations, my pride and my flesh. I can survive, nay, rejoice, indeed, because of God, who, in me, day by day teaches me to suffer long with a smile.

This is what the gateway is all about, I believe: jumping head-first out of my comfort zone to confront the nations, for my brothers and sisters and I must face each other if we are to raise the banners together. Battling through enemy strongholds of mistrust ad resentment, we demolish carnal thoughts and dig deep in the Spirit for the unity that shall overcome as much language as culture; God, after all, is bigger, even, than the battlefield. In these ways can my brethren and I love each other as ourselves, as we shall be one in the Father, with audacious power and boldness laying hands on His kingdom which advances, in this kairos moment, over all of China, including, no doubt, Hong Kong. No longer will there be curses thrown upon the nations; but rather the river of life will flow through the city, and the leaves of the tree on each side of the river will be for the healing of the nations.

1) Welcoming the Father
2) Unifying the body
3) Partnering with the Chinese
4) Serving the city
5) Supporting the Chinese

Isaac and I have worked quite hard this morning, putting up signs all over campus, and as if to reward me for my assiduity, he offered to buy me a drink, an offer which I took up. Indeed, this man’s care and concern for others, genuine, doubtlessly, fills me with joy, for, to be sure, the joy of the lord is his strength. My friend is indefatigable, always encouraging and never slighting, no matter the circumstances, rain (that has happened a lot today) or shine. Praise God!

Much like my relationship with Isaac, my relationships with my other team members have improved considerably since, even, this morning’s briefing during which, the code-switching, happening too fast and too furiously for my comfort, vexed me so terribly that if Isaac had not put a generous arm around my shoulder immediately afterwards, I surely would have blown my top in frustration at the perplexing language option. Thankfully, my team and I settled our language arrangements: Isaac, Dorcas and I will intractably speak Cantonese to each other whereas my other group mates and I will use English with as little code-switching as possible; and I, along with Ed, no doubt, am satisfied. It’s best to avoid misunderstandings.

Lihng4 Mahn4 (soul)
Sihng4 jeung2
Muhng6 Seung2 (dreams)

The Lord’s mercies are new everyday. Just now, during the morning rally, by His Spirit, hundreds of brothers and sisters received a new anointing, to be spiritual mothers and fathers of a new generation so as to minister to the next. This outpouring of the Spirit was sudden, and so captivated me that when the call came to reap, I rushed to the front to ask my father for this anointing, and naturally, my life was transformed. In the same way, the pastor called up a new generation of spiritual children to receive the love, care and support of these new parents; and likewise, so many young men and women heeded this call that verily, the pit in front of the stage was soon awash in hugs and tears between generations that, once lost, were now found. Indeed, no sooner did these people embrace their father than Dad immediately swept them up in his strong arms and showered them with audacious encouragement and support. Praise God!

An Outburst

I was angry this morning during our team time. I temporarily lost my ability to be merciful and to live in God’s grace. When my team leader began to address me in English, yet again, I couldn’t help but berate him for doing so when Cantonese, I argued, would be a more economical medium of delivery. And then I compounded this already incendiary situation by ranting about the hypocrisy of Hong Kong being a gateway to China but not a gateway into its own neighborhoods teeming with Chinese people, 97% of whom, according to one of the pastors at this camp, do not know the Lord Jesus. Cantonese will matter, I posit, if anyone dares to take on the onerous mission in this vexing place.

To be sure, even my brother announced that language was a prohibitive barrier to closer relationships with these local people, and therefore, since he neither speaks Cantonese nor is going to give learning the language a go, he is relegated to the outer walls of the gates into Hong Kong.

In hindsight, I thought I cared enough about God’s purposes for me in Hong Kong, but I realize now that I still care a lot about myself, and resentment. Though I have prayed and declared boldly that God is bigger than language and culture, I know I don’t believe it; and that’s upsetting. For the time being, I don’t verily believe in my heart that I can have deeper, closer relationships with Chinese people without the benefit of language and culture, patterns of action.

OK. This is actually an opportune start for my spiritual parentship, for now I have an opportunity to put aside my very compelling arguments for the necessity of language and culture in deep and close relationships, these conclusions born out of my reason, and to step out in faith, to trust in the Lord who, I pray, will show me deep and close relationships sans language and culture, and with whom my deep and close relationship shall obviously be the key to this victory.

I’m thinking about events at this camp that heretofore demonstrated loving relationships without language and culture, and I recalled two acts: the first happened yesterday when I spontaneously joined a line of ushers to high-five and to cheer the audience as they flooded out of the auditorium, the morning rally having scarcely finished; and the second, this was my meeting Yao, a man from the Ivory Coast, whom I befriended in those first, fleeting, if not frantic moments before the opening rally on Friday evening. That encounter was immediate and sudden, neither words nor habits needed; Yao and I simply high-fived, hugged and sat beside each other; and wow, that was terrific companionship — praise God!

Finally, however hard my diatribe may have struck my team members’ hearts, my merciful group mates still forgave me, not only on an personal level, but also, as I had sought forgiveness on behalf of all foreigners who have ever cursed locals or stood passively outside the gateway, on a corporate level, thereby releasing countless non-Chinese people into the freedom of these Hong Kong people’s forgiveness; just as brothers and sisters had so recently been reconciled to each other in my church, so local and non-local people have received the others’ freedom of forgiveness; more than a homecoming, that, indeed, is a breakthrough.

In listening to this morning’s sermon, I hear such verses as I know God is speaking to me through His word. 2Corinthians 4:16-18, this scripture in particular carries a buoyant, hopeful currency in my heart. My spirit soaks in this divine revelation as a sponge soaks in water and thus becomes malleable, able to be formed and shaped according to its holder’s will: Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.

Disagreeable

I don’t know why my brother and I undermine each others’ comments; why we no more know consensus than the deaf music. Our interactions have been especially abrasive recently since we have spent so much time together without the benefit of our other brother to act as a natural, vociferous buffer; and as a result we argue like pieces of sand paper being rubbed against flesh, which inevitably leads to significant soreness. I feel sore now.

I think back to my outburst this morning and can appreciate my role in this evening’s embarrassing outcome; I am certainly not without fault, for I choose these days not only to venture my opinions but to do so passionately, if not emotionally. People consequently who otherwise are phlegmatic at best are put in a discomfiting position by my impassioned pleas. Besides, I recall Interrupting my brother prolifically, which understandably would not make him a happy camper; just as a hyperactive child doesn’t know when to stop pestering his sibling, so I don’t know nowadays when to hold my tongue. Indeed, I would rather not respond at all to my brother, even after he has fired off his rejoinder, than to strike him down in mid-speech.

In view of this latest incident, I have resolved to take the former course of action. To be sure, I simply stopped our petty dispute about a stupid basketball game by, awkward as it was, taking out my book and perusing it as fixedly as my tattered mind would allow. I will try my best to stay away from my brother for a spell, to create physical and spiritual space between us, so hopefully, in this way at least one of us will be able to come to his senses about this matter; better yet, now would be an opportune time for our father in his mercy to reveal to us the fault lines in our flesh so that we could surrender these tremulous spots in our soul, crucifying them to the father for our healing and the redemption of our relationship. I will pray about this.

…Praise God. If I had not separated myself from my brother’s presence, I wouldn’t have been sitting at that bench at the exact moment when Isaac came over to me in a plaintive mood. Obviously upset, he had been so recently wronged, he lamented on the verge of tears. And at that, mercy swept over my countenance, for my brother felt as aggrieved as I did earlier; and this appointment, per God’s unfailing, obstinate love, had at last come for me, convicting me to be very, very agreeable, sympathetic and kind to my fellow long-suffering brother. In this instance, thank God, language did not matter so much as empathy, carrying each others’ burdens and thus fulfilling the rule of Christ. We prayed and blessed each other in Jesus’ name, and then boldly went forward into the rally.

I suspect the enemy has infiltrated our team what with my outbursts and Isaac’s failing out as evidence. My group mates and I must be more vigilant in prayer and in digging deep into the Father’s word if we are to overcome the spies in our camp that have planted incendiary devices in our mouths and in our hearts. We certainly need such encouragement as the Lord provides for the edification and encouragement of each other, even more so, in fact, in the face of adversity, despite our fatigue and other physical ills that befall us like a hail of arrows. In faith, I’m sure, faith will see us through; and per what the pastors exhorted at the rally, we will become as if the smooth stone in David’s sling, ready to fly into the air to crush the Goliath in this world.

Sihng4 jauh6 achievement
Ngwuih misunderstanding
Nggaai2 to misunderstand
Yuhn4 leuhng6 forgive
Gaan2syun2 chosen

The Security Guard

At the morning rally, a security guard left an indelible impression on my heart what with her showing of unconditional support and her proffering of words of encouragement, which like a waterfall fell in force and power over my friends and me. To my amazement, I first saw her out of the corner of my eye stepping out of her role as a security guard to pray as a spiritual parent to two spiritual children during the morning rally’s prayer time; there she was, clad in her blue uniform, laying hands on those weeping kids; finally, I had witnessed someone courageous enough to step out of that rule of law, her boundary in Hong Kong, to be bound to that which is ethereal, the rule of Christ to carry each others’ burdens. Later, as the audience passed through the exit, I had time to confirm her love for the Lord and at that, we broke into a torrent of encouragement and followed this with a flurry of picture-taking. Indeed, never have I stumbled upon such good will from a dragon security guard in HK so I am hopeful, therefore, that this is but the the start of a greater movement within that particular demon-worshipping core, that at this time, God is opening up the heavenly armory and placing his prayer warriors inside that particular stronghold in Hong Kong to demolish every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God and placing in its stead a profusion of love, gentleness and kindness. I look forward to the day when wisdom, and not languid stares, shall emanate from all the people who man the facilities in these universities.

Reconciliation

This is special. No sooner had Isaac and I stepped into the auditorium than we heard the plaintive cry of the mainland Chinese on the stage forgiving the Hong Kong people for their trespasses against their brethren from the north. A flurry of hugs, replete with a few tears, ensued. That was, as Dale announced from the stage, a delicious moment. Jesus must have been breaking out the good champagne in heaven for a rousing celebration in view of this victory.

Sex Talk – Part One

The kids finally received the sex talk this morning; a fiery pastor delivered the message which was as much shocking as informative; and gasps and wincing abounded in the audience.

While I have recently heard the sex talk at the men’s retreat, and have furthermore by God’s grace been inoculated against this particular area of struggle, it was nonetheless refreshing to hear the news, as shocking and as sensational as it was. I am willing, in addition, to believe that some of the atrocious acts that the pastor referenced, such as gruesome abortions and bizarre sexual acts, are more prevalent than my reason will believe, because my scope is limited by experience, but as the Father witnesses everything, if the Spirit has convicted this man and has told him that the world is heading closer and closer into the mouth of Jezebel in this way, I accept this. In fact, believing this is important if I am to be a good spiritual parent who will not only protect but educate the new generation from the prowling enemy that lurks these days, even, in our computers.

Prayer

The Holy Spirit fell over me this morning during my group’s team time. He convicted me to pray in Cantonese for the first time, and so I did without fear, those Chinese words pouring out of me as if perfume from an alabaster jar. Praise God: he is good; and this was the moment I have been waiting for.

I think about what happened, and am amazed at the Father’s favor; despite my critiques against this culture, and in spite of my recent lamentations, the Lord, ever faithfully, provided a way out under which I could stand and by which I could be protected from the bait of Satan. Little did I know that the escape route would, in fact, ironically, direct me to the very thing that heretofore has stood as an obstruction, a spiritual roadblock, in my mind.

A missionary on the stage just spoke into my life when she said about her experience learning Putonghua in China: the difficult part was not learning the language but learning to love those people as Jesus loves them. This will always be my mission, no matter where I am.

Keuhng4 jong3
Lai1 hei2 (pull up)

In the afternoon, my team had a reconciliation meeting during which, in small groups, each team member at last was given an opportunity to share alternately their joys and struggles. At that time, though having staved off an open rebuke for several days, I could no longer hold back this challenge to my small group: to step out in faith to be a gateway to the nations; and second, per the morning’s message, to on their guard against the sexually explicit, insidious media. I laid out my argument with much cogency, and such a response as I saw fit knocked my group mates into a stupor, because they certainly didn’t have much to say afterwards.

Oscillate between…and…
Vacillate…
Equivocated
Prevaricate

Sex Talk – Part Two

1) Jesus came to show us the Father; John1:18
2) Grace First, Truth Second; John 1:24:25; 16-18

Pahn4 mohng6 (hope)

Do you believe that Jesus can heal you? Then lay hands.

Dale and I are men who have shared similar struggles. His testimony is riveting.

Suddenly, I realized that this rally is, in fact, a continuation of yesterday morning’s sex talk, because we ended the previous rally praying more against the shame of abortion than against personal sexual immorality. Notionally, what is being discussed will enable people to really experience the love of the Father such that to change permanently our behavior. So when we are tempted:

1) Call for help; Romans 10:13
2) Escape Plan; 1Corinthians 10:13

Remember not to stand and rebuke the enemy with your own strength; move physically from the situation.

3) Run Away; 2Timothy 2:22
4) Into the Father’s Arms; Hebrews 4:14

I like this talk. This might be the first time that these young people get straight sex talk from their leaders; and there is no better time than now for these young people to break through in this particular area of struggle, just as the young men of SP broke through these obstinate barriers during our men’s retreat.

5) Confess and be Healed; James 5:16

I hope these young people find faithful accountability brothers and sisters in this service.

6) Walk in Transparent Accountable Relationships; 1John 1:7
7) Resist the Enemy; James 4:7

Talk To Text Images

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Archive to the future, let the show begin!
Talk to Text
Image by PeterThoeny
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Last night I went to an open house event at the Internet Archive in San Francisco. They chose the date 2015-10-21, the day when Marty McFly and Doc Brown arrived in the future.

The Internet Archive is a nonprofit digital library with the stated mission of "universal access to all knowledge". It provides free public access to collections of digitized materials, such as web sites, software applications/games, music, movies/videos, moving images, and nearly three million public-domain books. As you can imagine, this requires a huge amount of storage – now over 15 petabytes. In addition to its archiving function, the Archive is an activist organization, advocating for a free and open Internet.

There were stands with hands-on demos on book scanning, playing vintage games, and playing 3-D video games with the Oculus Rift virtual reality goggles. We then were ushered upstairs to the big hall for presentations – the building is a former church. At the evening they presented the first Internet Archive Hero Award to the Grateful Dead, which were pioneers in sharing. The Internet Archive is a truly visionary organization let by Chairman Brewster Khale.

The Internet Archive is using our TWiki collaboration platform to coordinate work internally. Thank you for using TWiki!

I processed a balanced HDR photo from a RAW exposure.

— © Peter Thoeny, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, HDR, 1 RAW exposure, NEX-6, _DSC8761_hdr1bal1e

Google Talk #1
Talk to Text
Image by Paul Watson
Google Talk is out in the wild. It is an instant messenger with VOIP (voice over IP) capabilities. In usual Google fashion though it is quick and simple. I have written a brief review of it.

You can get me on GTalk via paulmwatson@gmail.com.

Talking About My Generation
Talk to Text
Image by swanksalot
Street art, West Loop, about 5 feet away from an alleged Banksy installation.

Actual title, artist unknown (though presumedly the title involves a variation of “Who Cares”).

And one could argue that since there is no question mark, the artist is saying that they care…

Dragon Simulator Free Reviews

Dragon Simulator Free

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  • Control your own medieval dangerous pet;
  • It is a flight simulator game with excellent and realistic physics effects;
  • High-quality graphics enrich the game with wonderful landscapes.

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Aqua Dragons Deluxe LED Deep Sea Habitat Kit

Aqua Dragons Deluxe LED Deep Sea Habitat Kit

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  • Real Live Aquatic Animals
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This deluxe all-in-one Aqua Dragons kit provides you with everything you need to hatch and grow your very own Aqua Dragons. This crustacean species have been dormant for millions of years and need your help to grow! Learn about aquatic life and the behavior of the species as they grow from microscopic eggs up to 2 cm’s in length. Buy additional food packets and egg pouches to grow even more. The deluxe aquarium playset features blue LED lights and batteries are included.

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Nice Dragon Speaking Photos

Dragon Speaking Images I found:

Dragons revisited
Dragon Speaking
Image by Tojosan
Hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil

Bi-coastal status meeting
Dragon Speaking
Image by wbaiv
Here we are, its 11:00am in MA, its 8:00 in CA. Its hard coordinating across our three hours of time difference- but you can kinda keep it working. CA to Europe is right at the edge of the doable, and CA to Japan or Japan to CA only works if you can lead-in and follow-up with email.
At one point when I worked at GenRad we were having an afternoon meeting in California with a couple of guys who were trying to fix a customer problem in the Netherlands- I now realize they must have just left the bar and were heading to bed when we spoke… maybe that’s why we didn’t seem to make as much progress as we hoped!

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Les contes de Mme d’Aulnoy
Dragon Speaking
Image by merlinprincesse
Not as popular as Charles Perrault, but her stories are well known in the French speaking world. The illustrations of this book are wonderful, some very nice lithographs!

IWBF Euroleague 2 13.03.2015 Nevsky Alliance vs. Pilatus Dragons 58-74

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IWBF Euroleague 2 13.03.2015 Nevsky Alliance vs. Pilatus Dragons 58-74
Dragon Alliance
Image by arianta

IWBF Euroleague 2 13.03.2015 Nevsky Alliance vs. Pilatus Dragons 58-74
Dragon Alliance
Image by arianta

IWBF Euroleague 2 13.03.2015 Nevsky Alliance vs. Pilatus Dragons 58-74
Dragon Alliance
Image by arianta

Dragon Age 3 Images

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Dragon Age™ Inquisition
Dragon Age 3
Image by Zehta ♕
• PS4
Ingame screenshot

Dragon Age™ Inquisition
Dragon Age 3
Image by Zehta ♕
• PS4
Ingame screenshot

Dragon Age™ Inquisition
Dragon Age 3
Image by Zehta ♕
• PS4
Ingame screenshot

Type To Speak Images

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12-step bathroom-sink-darkroom program
Type to Speak
Image by willsfca
this is my set-up for processing black and white negatives at home. usually i would just scan the negatives on a cheapo flatbed scanner as my "proof" prints. the processing part is quick and cheap, and you don’t have to worry about the lab scratching up your film. here’re the steps:

1. fill the water bottle (a) with cold tap water and stick the thermometer (b) in it. try to get it to 68F. you may have to add hot water or ice cube depending on the weather.

2. load the negative onto the reel/tank (c) inside the changing bag (d). if you’re using 35mm film you’ll need a bottle opener to open the cannister inside the bag (or in complete darkness). this is often the trickiest part. you can practice with a spare roll of negatives. some people prefer the plastic type which may be easier to roll. but i find the metal ones pretty easy to work with and are durable.

3. used the syringe measurer (e) to mix the right mount of developer (f) in the graduated plastic beaker cup (g). I use kodak’s hc-110 developer and use it "one shot" only — i mix up just enough for each tank and use it only once. a bottle of this can probably process about 18 rolls of 120 or 30 rolls of 35mm film.

4. agitate the tank periodically, for a period of time based on the type of film you’re using and the temperature of the water. i use a cheapo sports stopwatch (h) to time this. you don’t have to stop and restart it, but just let it run for the total amount of time you need to develope, and just agitate it at the 30 second or 1 minute marks.

5. dump out the developer and fill with clean tap water that’s near the same temperature as what you used to develope. agitate the tank with the clean water for about 30 seconds. repeat again with new water. the film is done developing at this point.

6. meaure out enough of the pre-mixed fixer (i) in the graduated beaker cup (g). you can probably pour it directly into the tank but it’s safer this way. pour the measured amount of fixer from the beaker into the tank. agitate the fixer periodically for an amount of time specified for your film (anywhere from 2 minutes to 6 minutes).

7. pour the fixer from the tank (c) back into the gallon jar (i). the fixer can be reused. i think a gallon can fix maybe 100 rolls of film. but basically you watch to see if the amount of time to "clear" the film has increased by a certain amount, say 30% or 50% from when it was new. most cities have places to take used fixer to. i usually take it to our local public darkroom. it’s a bad idea to dump it in the sink because it contains the silver from the fixed negatives.

8. open the tank and check out the film! look to make sure the fixer has made the unexposed portion of the film (sprockets for example) clear. if it looks cloudy you can fix the film some more. this can be done with the light on.

9. rince the film under the faucet, with the reel inside the tank for about a minute. again try to make the water to be near room temperature. you don’t want very hot or very cold water.

After step 9 your film is processed. The rest of the steps are all about washing any excess fixer off of the film, so it won’t fade out when you donate your negatives to the smithsonian… 🙂 if you don’t care how long the negative would last you can just hang it up to dry after this step.

10) mix up some perma wash (j) in the graduated beaker, and pour into the tank. agitate for about a minute and dump out the liquid. by the way, you should rinse the plastic beaker thoroughly between uses. i just have one but some people use one for each type of chemical. i haven’t found that i need more than one though.

11. open the tank and rinse it under the faucet as in step 9, for a minute or so.

12. pour all the water out of the tank, and fill it with distilled water (not shown). put 2 to 4 drops of kodak photo-flo (k) in the tank and swish the water around a bit to make sure it’s mixed in. i rotate the reel i

OpenType FontFonts and the Languages They Speak
Type to Speak
Image by Stewf
OpenType brings us more glyphs, and (unfortunately) more confusion. This handy chart will show you which FontFonts can speak Eastern European languages, Greek, and Cyrillic.

www.fontshop.com/fontfeed/archives/opentype-fontfonts-and…

Easy Model – Tiger 1 (Early Type) SS LAH 1943
Type to Speak
Image by Leap Kye
A white Tiger! The Sturmtiger behind is a Dragon Armor. Bergepanzer Tiger variant here

Easy Model has some nice collection of tanks in snow camouflage. The tanks are made entirely of plastic and weighs like paper, unlike other brands which made theirs part metal and "heft nicely" in your hand. However to make up for that, the details are quite decent for the low price. Have a look at other models they have here. What’s nice about this model here is that its tracks are finished in charcoal black to look as if it had rolled through some Russian mud.

I’m currently working on collecting tanks (oh yes) that are painted in snow camo or urban grey (dunkelgrau). I don’t think I will be visiting the Lego aisle for now, speaking of which, I have found another Mr. Gold! That means I have found an extra, useless Mr. Gold! Any interested party? 😉

Peggy D. Rudd Retirement Party 12.12.12

Check out these Speech Recognition Images:

Peggy D. Rudd Retirement Party 12.12.12
Speech Recognition
Image by Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Recently Peggy D. Rudd announced her plan to retire at the end of 2012 after 13 years as Director and Librarian of TSLAC. On Wednesday December 12th, Peggy’s staff, friends and colleagues gathered in the lobby of TSLAC’s Lorenzo de Zavala Building to honor Peggy with heartfelt speeches, gifts, and best wishes. The program was followed by refreshments and socializing. For more on Peggy Rudd’s retirement visit: bit.ly/rudd-retires

Peggy D. Rudd Retirement Party 12.12.12
Speech Recognition
Image by Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Recently Peggy D. Rudd announced her plan to retire at the end of 2012 after 13 years as Director and Librarian of TSLAC. On Wednesday December 12th, Peggy’s staff, friends and colleagues gathered in the lobby of TSLAC’s Lorenzo de Zavala Building to honor Peggy with heartfelt speeches, gifts, and best wishes. The program was followed by refreshments and socializing. For more on Peggy Rudd’s retirement visit: bit.ly/rudd-retires

TBP Library of the Year Award Party 12.10.12
Speech Recognition
Image by Texas State Library and Archives Commission
TSLAC Director and Librarian Peggy Rudd (left) and TBP Director Ava Smith (right) pose with the award of appreciation presented to Ms. Rudd as she prepares to retire from TSLAC December 2012.

Dragon Blade

Collectible Dragon Ball Z Color Changing Coffee Mug Heat Reactive

République #9

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République #9
Speech to Text Free
Image by Dr John2005

Nice Dragon Sunglasses Photos

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End-Hunger-Dragon-Boat-Festival-2013_Your-Calvert_0250
Dragon Sunglasses
Image by YourCalvert
The End Hunger Dragon Boat Festival 2013 in North Beach MD was the inaugural year of event to raise money to support End Hunger in Calvert County. All photos in this set were taken by Your Calvert.

Below are the team names, shirt colors, and race pairings.

This photo is being licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution No-Commercial license. A copy of the license can be found at www.yourcalvert.com/?p=858. A human readable version can be found at creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0.

RACE 1
PINK/LIGHT PINK — Bay Business Group — At beach getting ready, in boat, racing in race 1
GREEN/LIME GREEN — Sieze The Bay — At beach getting ready, in boat, racing in race 1

RACE 2
PURPLE/DARK PURPLE with Blue Hawaain Shirt Drummer — Drag’n Tail — Racing shots in race two
GREY/LIGHT GREY with Pirate Drummer who fell — Plan B Ship Faced — — Racing shots from race two

RACE 3
BLUE/ROYAL BLUE with Pirate Drummer and Bandana heads in red and blue — Team North Beach — Racing shots from race three
GREY/DARK GREY with Bald Drummer — Thai Paddlers — Racing shots from race three

RACE 4 — NO RACING PHOTOS
BLUE TEAL — Civil Oar’s
BLUE/BRIGHT BLUE — Blue Dragons in Nuclear Paradise

RACE 5
GREEN/BRIGHT GREEN with Hula Drummer with big sunglasses and a purple hat — Team SMECO – Racing shots in race 5
YELLOW/BRIGHT YELLOW — Team Toucan — Group shots at booth, Racing shots in race 5

RACE 6
ORANGE/YELLOW — The Titanic — Racing shots race 6
RED/Drummer with a Red Boa — Town of Chesapeake Beach — Group Photo on the beach, Racing shots race 6

RACE 7
PURPLE/LIGHT PURPLE all girls — Missfits 1 — Racing Shots race 7
GREEN/LIGHT GREEN — Kiss My Wake/Smurf Drummer – Smurf, Racing Shots race 7

RACE 8
GREEN/BRIGHT GREEN with tie dye bandanas — Team Puff – one of race 8,
RED — Chesapeake Pharmacy Paddlers/Drug Dragons – tent, one of race 8

RACE 9 – no racing shots
ORANGE/BRIGHT ORANGE — Wednesday Wildcats — group shots on the beach
PURPLE/LIGHT PURPLE — Missfits 2 — group shot on beach

RACE 10
BLUE/TEAL/BRIGHT with a VIKING drummer — Psyc Vikes — In the boat,
GREY/LIGHT GREY — The Law Dawggs — in the boat

RACE 11 – no racing shots
Plan B Ship Faced — Group Shot
Seize the Bay

RACE 12 — Racing shots
Bay Business Group –group shots, into boat, race
Civil Oars

RACE 13 — NO PHOTOS
Thai Paddlers
Drag’n Tail

RACE 14 — Racing shots
Blue Dragons in Nuclear Paradise
Team SMECO

RACE 15 – Racing Shots
Town of Chesapeake Beach
Town of North Beach

RACE 16 — Racing Shots
Team Toucan
The Titanic

RACE 17 — Racing Shots
The Law Dawggs
Team Puff

RACE 18 — A few shots
Missfits 2
Psych Vikes

RACE 19 — Racing Shots
Chesapeake Pharmacy
Missfits 1

RACE 20 — Racing Shots
Kiss Our Wake
Wednesday Wildcats

RACE 21 — Racing Shots
Drag’n Tail
Team North Beach

RACE 22 — Racing Shots
Law Dawggs
Seize the Bay

RACE 23 — Racing Shots
Kiss Our Wake
Team Puff

End-Hunger-Dragon-Boat-Festival-2013_Your-Calvert_0232
Dragon Sunglasses
Image by YourCalvert
The End Hunger Dragon Boat Festival 2013 in North Beach MD was the inaugural year of event to raise money to support End Hunger in Calvert County. All photos in this set were taken by Your Calvert.

Below are the team names, shirt colors, and race pairings.

This photo is being licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution No-Commercial license. A copy of the license can be found at www.yourcalvert.com/?p=858. A human readable version can be found at creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0.

RACE 1
PINK/LIGHT PINK — Bay Business Group — At beach getting ready, in boat, racing in race 1
GREEN/LIME GREEN — Sieze The Bay — At beach getting ready, in boat, racing in race 1

RACE 2
PURPLE/DARK PURPLE with Blue Hawaain Shirt Drummer — Drag’n Tail — Racing shots in race two
GREY/LIGHT GREY with Pirate Drummer who fell — Plan B Ship Faced — — Racing shots from race two

RACE 3
BLUE/ROYAL BLUE with Pirate Drummer and Bandana heads in red and blue — Team North Beach — Racing shots from race three
GREY/DARK GREY with Bald Drummer — Thai Paddlers — Racing shots from race three

RACE 4 — NO RACING PHOTOS
BLUE TEAL — Civil Oar’s
BLUE/BRIGHT BLUE — Blue Dragons in Nuclear Paradise

RACE 5
GREEN/BRIGHT GREEN with Hula Drummer with big sunglasses and a purple hat — Team SMECO – Racing shots in race 5
YELLOW/BRIGHT YELLOW — Team Toucan — Group shots at booth, Racing shots in race 5

RACE 6
ORANGE/YELLOW — The Titanic — Racing shots race 6
RED/Drummer with a Red Boa — Town of Chesapeake Beach — Group Photo on the beach, Racing shots race 6

RACE 7
PURPLE/LIGHT PURPLE all girls — Missfits 1 — Racing Shots race 7
GREEN/LIGHT GREEN — Kiss My Wake/Smurf Drummer – Smurf, Racing Shots race 7

RACE 8
GREEN/BRIGHT GREEN with tie dye bandanas — Team Puff – one of race 8,
RED — Chesapeake Pharmacy Paddlers/Drug Dragons – tent, one of race 8

RACE 9 – no racing shots
ORANGE/BRIGHT ORANGE — Wednesday Wildcats — group shots on the beach
PURPLE/LIGHT PURPLE — Missfits 2 — group shot on beach

RACE 10
BLUE/TEAL/BRIGHT with a VIKING drummer — Psyc Vikes — In the boat,
GREY/LIGHT GREY — The Law Dawggs — in the boat

RACE 11 – no racing shots
Plan B Ship Faced — Group Shot
Seize the Bay

RACE 12 — Racing shots
Bay Business Group –group shots, into boat, race
Civil Oars

RACE 13 — NO PHOTOS
Thai Paddlers
Drag’n Tail

RACE 14 — Racing shots
Blue Dragons in Nuclear Paradise
Team SMECO

RACE 15 – Racing Shots
Town of Chesapeake Beach
Town of North Beach

RACE 16 — Racing Shots
Team Toucan
The Titanic

RACE 17 — Racing Shots
The Law Dawggs
Team Puff

RACE 18 — A few shots
Missfits 2
Psych Vikes

RACE 19 — Racing Shots
Chesapeake Pharmacy
Missfits 1

RACE 20 — Racing Shots
Kiss Our Wake
Wednesday Wildcats

RACE 21 — Racing Shots
Drag’n Tail
Team North Beach

RACE 22 — Racing Shots
Law Dawggs
Seize the Bay

RACE 23 — Racing Shots
Kiss Our Wake
Team Puff

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Dragon Sunglasses
Image by YourCalvert
The End Hunger Dragon Boat Festival 2013 in North Beach MD was the inaugural year of event to raise money to support End Hunger in Calvert County. All photos in this set were taken by Your Calvert.

Below are the team names, shirt colors, and race pairings.

This photo is being licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution No-Commercial license. A copy of the license can be found at www.yourcalvert.com/?p=858. A human readable version can be found at creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0.

RACE 1
PINK/LIGHT PINK — Bay Business Group — At beach getting ready, in boat, racing in race 1
GREEN/LIME GREEN — Sieze The Bay — At beach getting ready, in boat, racing in race 1

RACE 2
PURPLE/DARK PURPLE with Blue Hawaain Shirt Drummer — Drag’n Tail — Racing shots in race two
GREY/LIGHT GREY with Pirate Drummer who fell — Plan B Ship Faced — — Racing shots from race two

RACE 3
BLUE/ROYAL BLUE with Pirate Drummer and Bandana heads in red and blue — Team North Beach — Racing shots from race three
GREY/DARK GREY with Bald Drummer — Thai Paddlers — Racing shots from race three

RACE 4 — NO RACING PHOTOS
BLUE TEAL — Civil Oar’s
BLUE/BRIGHT BLUE — Blue Dragons in Nuclear Paradise

RACE 5
GREEN/BRIGHT GREEN with Hula Drummer with big sunglasses and a purple hat — Team SMECO – Racing shots in race 5
YELLOW/BRIGHT YELLOW — Team Toucan — Group shots at booth, Racing shots in race 5

RACE 6
ORANGE/YELLOW — The Titanic — Racing shots race 6
RED/Drummer with a Red Boa — Town of Chesapeake Beach — Group Photo on the beach, Racing shots race 6

RACE 7
PURPLE/LIGHT PURPLE all girls — Missfits 1 — Racing Shots race 7
GREEN/LIGHT GREEN — Kiss My Wake/Smurf Drummer – Smurf, Racing Shots race 7

RACE 8
GREEN/BRIGHT GREEN with tie dye bandanas — Team Puff – one of race 8,
RED — Chesapeake Pharmacy Paddlers/Drug Dragons – tent, one of race 8

RACE 9 – no racing shots
ORANGE/BRIGHT ORANGE — Wednesday Wildcats — group shots on the beach
PURPLE/LIGHT PURPLE — Missfits 2 — group shot on beach

RACE 10
BLUE/TEAL/BRIGHT with a VIKING drummer — Psyc Vikes — In the boat,
GREY/LIGHT GREY — The Law Dawggs — in the boat

RACE 11 – no racing shots
Plan B Ship Faced — Group Shot
Seize the Bay

RACE 12 — Racing shots
Bay Business Group –group shots, into boat, race
Civil Oars

RACE 13 — NO PHOTOS
Thai Paddlers
Drag’n Tail

RACE 14 — Racing shots
Blue Dragons in Nuclear Paradise
Team SMECO

RACE 15 – Racing Shots
Town of Chesapeake Beach
Town of North Beach

RACE 16 — Racing Shots
Team Toucan
The Titanic

RACE 17 — Racing Shots
The Law Dawggs
Team Puff

RACE 18 — A few shots
Missfits 2
Psych Vikes

RACE 19 — Racing Shots
Chesapeake Pharmacy
Missfits 1

RACE 20 — Racing Shots
Kiss Our Wake
Wednesday Wildcats

RACE 21 — Racing Shots
Drag’n Tail
Team North Beach

RACE 22 — Racing Shots
Law Dawggs
Seize the Bay

RACE 23 — Racing Shots
Kiss Our Wake
Team Puff

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Dragon Assistant Images I found:

Image from page 385 of “The dragon, image, and demon; or, The three religions of China: Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism, giving an account of the mythology, idolatry, and demonolatry of the Chinese” (1887)
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Identifier: dragonimagedemon1887dubo
Title: The dragon, image, and demon; or, The three religions of China: Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism, giving an account of the mythology, idolatry, and demonolatry of the Chinese
Year: 1887 (1880s)
Authors: DuBose, Hampden C
Subjects: Taoism Buddhism Confucianism
Publisher: New York, A. C. Armstrong & son
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
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t of Gods. Tsusze Pusa—He is the minister to the Pearly Em-peror, who in turn has two assistants, the snake andthe turtle, which are seen by his side. His father wasking of Tsin Luh. He was a precocious youth; at tenyears of age in one glance he understood the classics,and at fifteen left home. With hair dishevelled hewent to the Snowy Mountains to become a hermit, butcould not endure the cold. On his return he met anold woman grinding a crowbar. What are you doing,old lady ? Oh! I am grinding this crowbar into aneedle. But how can you accomplish so arduous anundertaking ? Oh ! you can do anything with Taoist Gods. 385 patience. He returned to the hills for forty-nineyears, when he became an immortal. One of his fourministers has a green face and a girdle of bones; is ableto control hobgoblins, and can gather the clouds andsend rain. The City gods.—As the government of Hades isthe exact counterpart of the government of the ChineseEmpire, all the mandarins of the world of night are

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Tsusze Pusa. Chinamen; so the gentry are not only aspirants fortemporal power, but they also seek for divine honours,and the generous sovereigns of the land, who also presideover their departed subjects, generally try to gratify theirambition. Each of the sixteen hundred cities has its citygod; also the one hundred thousand great market townseach claim a local god, and not a few of the million villageshave their village gods, so these gods are a multitudewhich no man can number. The mandarins act as 25 386 The Dragon, Image, and Demon, governors, j adges, magistrates, tax-collectors, and coroners,all combined in one office, so the duties of the citygods are multifarious. These are often taken to thetemple of the Pearly Emperor, and an entrance feefrom S20 to 0 is paid to the priests for an audienceof the god before the king of gods. Assistants to the City gods—The work of the

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Image from page 307 of “The dragon, image, and demon; or, The three religions of China: Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism, giving an account of the mythology, idolatry, and demonolatry of the Chinese” (1887)
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Identifier: dragonimagedemon1887dubo
Title: The dragon, image, and demon; or, The three religions of China: Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism, giving an account of the mythology, idolatry, and demonolatry of the Chinese
Year: 1887 (1880s)
Authors: DuBose, Hampden C
Subjects: Taoism Buddhism Confucianism
Publisher: New York, A. C. Armstrong & son
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

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theregions below. The large sutra which gives an accountof this city is evidently an Indo-Chinese production; anattempt to combine the Chinese doctrine of the Yang andYin with the Indian tenets of the earth-prison. The Ten Kings of Hell—King Yama, the ruler ofthe dead, the guardian of the prison of the lost, hasten different personifications, all spoken of in Chineseas Yen Lo Wang; the ten to rule over the ten depart-ments of Tartarus. The accounts of the earth-prison are chiefly made known by the Jade Kecord, which The Heart of Buddhism. 307 is often printed by benevolent persons and gratuitouslydistributed. The reader asks, Why these two assistantswith the cows head and horses face ? It is to preventnew arrivals from recognising them, and so to check allattempts at bribery. The fifth king with an African face was a mandarinof the Sung dynasty, A.D. 1200, by the name of PaoLungtu, celebrated for his incorruptible integrity. Hewas first placed over Ward No. 1, but as he had a resur-

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King Yama, Cows Head and Horses Face Assistants. rection rod by which he could restore men to life, itwas feared that many would return to earth withoutgoing before the ten courts, so Shangte moved him toWard No. 5, because the criminals had to remain sevendays in each department, and after five weeks the bodywould be corrupt, and it would be impossible to bring itto life again. King Yama X. rules over the wheel oftransmigration. White and Black Devils—These are the Marshalsof Hades, who are despatched to arrest the dying, seize 3o8 The Dragon, Image, and Demon. their souls, and hurry them into the presence of thejudge.

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Senior Army leader visits Yongsan
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Assistant Secretary of the Army Keith Eastin (left) meets with USAG-Yongsan Commander Col. Dave Hall Oct. 21 at Commiskey’s Restaurant. Read more…

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Dragon Videos Images I found:

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Dragon Videos
Image by Anna Fischer

Spin Cycle in Silver Glen Springs
Dragon Videos
Image by Phil’s 1stPix
A couple thousand stripers practice their synchronized swimming technique in the deep vent of a freshwater spring.

Striped Bass
Silver Glen Springs
Ocala National Forest
Marion County Florida, USA
SeaLife DC1400
Sea Dragon 1200 Photo/Video/Dive Light

Little Loggerhead on the Move
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Image by Phil’s 1stPix
A baby Loggerhead Musk Turtle scurries from one spot along the bank to another, and doesn’t seem at all interested in pausing for a portrait. I can’t blame it really, since I was having a bad hair day and probably looked very scary.

Loggerhead Musk Turtle
Silver Glen Springs
Ocala National Forest
Marion County Florida, USA
SeaLife DC1400
W/ Sea Dragon 1200 Photo/Video/Dive Light