I can hardly believe that 6 years has gone by since I last made a habit of regularly writing on this blog. Although I put the pen down to focus on other priorities in life, I have still been using my bike as my primary mode of transportation (when I am not run commuting to…
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A crowd of people at Chinatown Gate plaza moves around a small, red house made of fabric. There are videos projected onto the walls of the house. (2021 Sean Foulkes) In Boston, a freeway runs through Chinatown. Actually two do: I-90, the barreling East – West interstate that stretches from Boston in Massachusetts to Seattle in…
The Great Divide Mountain Bike Route, USA/Canada Great Divide Mountain Bike Route Spanning over 2,700 miles from Canada to Mexico, the Great Divide Mountain Bike Route is a testament to the raw beauty and ruggedness of the North American wilds. Following the spine of the Rocky Mountains, cyclists traverse a diverse landscape of forests, deserts,…
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PRDHT Chairman Dennis Miles and Hannah Prowse CEO of the Portsmouth Naval Base Property Trust launching the Triangle Girls project Portsmouth Royal Dockyard Historical Trust (PRDHT) launched its mobile exhibition and the ‘Colin Lay education resource pack’ for the culmination of the ‘Triangle Girls’ project on 29 March 2022. The project explored women workers in…
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The Fog & Gold Flag is now available for purchase! Find all different sizes and options at www.SFfogGoldFlag.com The City of San Francisco deserves a compelling, attractive, unique, and symbolic flag. Cities should have a way to rally around their place through a symbol, much how sports fans rally around the colors and logos of…
Before I started this research, my understanding of designed buildings was limited to meeting the design requirements as much as possible and how to go about designing as well as possible. But obviously no designer can guarantee that his own design will not fail. This is an article about what happens to a design that…
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Funded by the U.S. Department of Energy, working groups will be hosted in partnership with Berkeley Lab as part of the CEA Accelerator Project PORTLAND, Ore. (September 18, 2024) — Resource Innovation Institute (RII), a not-for-profit, public-private partnership advancing climate resilience, announced today the topics for its working groups under the CEA Accelerator Project. Funded through the U.S. Department of…
Pure Evil’s latest show is titled “The Temple of Broken Hearts” and is a departure from his usual style, featuring imagery that has been previously unused including Chinese dragons and Buddhist Temples. The new series of 8 paintings are inspired by a very personal tragedy, which in turn led him to Asia for a spiritual…
Passion Garden I sat down with a wonderful woman the other day, her 94 year-old mother by our side, and talked about gardening, and the healing properties in its harvest… She is a vendor at the Waco Downtown Farmer’s Market, and runs a small business, Passion Gardens (click link and scroll down). In addition…
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Humans build cities on the surface of the earth, but not every city is built on a stable geological environment. N/A https://urbanistplatform.com/exclusives/f/planning-japans-answer-to-becoming-an-%E2%80%98earthquake-proof%E2%80%99-city In cities that are commonly affected by earthquakes, how are buildings affected, in what form are infrastructures destroyed, how do earthquake-resistant buildings work, and how do we repair cities after earthquakes. Earthquake…
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