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Illustration by Don Punchatz

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Isaac Asimov’s Foundation trilogy - art by Don Ivan Punchatz (1966)

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From DBusiness: Clark Hill Director of Marketing Roy Sexton Named to Outstanding 100 LGBTQ+ Executives Role Model List for 2024

Thank you, R.J. King, Tim Keenan, and DBusiness Magazine, for your consistent and kind support and for all you do for Southeast Michigan and Detroit. Original article here. Roy Sexton, director of marketing at Clark Hill and 2024 International Immediate Past President of the Legal Marketing Association, has been named to the INvolve Outstanding 100 LGBTQ+ Executives Role Model List for…

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volevo condividere con voi questo fondotinta di avon, perché per me è uno dei migliori fondotinta low cost mai utilizzati, ha un finish super glow con tanti brillantini, e copro tantissimo... purtroppo non vengono più prodotti, ma se vi capita di imbattervi in esso, provatelo assolutamente 💋

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[tgrailwar-zero]

The AVENGER held out a hand, beginning to stoke the wildfire. And by all means, there was plenty. The ancient fox spirit was subject to many myths and legends, whispered curses and hateful words. She grimaced, stepping back as blood trickled from her ears, teeth grit so tightly that you thought they'd break.

You felt the Bounded Field strain, as the PRIESTESS gripped her head. She let out a scream, massive amounts of cursed energy spewing from her body like a shattered fountain, wave after wave causing the area around her to distort. The massive Palace Beast roared, thundering forward.

You watched as KUKULKAN dashed forward in a verdant blaze, one fist cocked back. The beast swung a claw, as she rapidly held up another arm to block, sharpened nails digging into her flesh. Her feet skidded against the ground, hips turning with immense force as her mana-filled fist slammed into the chest of the Beast, the resulting impact so loud that you went deaf for a moment, hearing nothing but intense ringing.

The massive beast reared backwards, as SUZUKA lunged forward, blade slicing through several of the beast's eyes as it growled, slumping against the ground with a heavy snarl. It pushed itself back to feet, the two women battling it and keeping it heavily distracted.

And in the back, the Emperor prepared for her performance.

NERO: "…Behold my genius… Listen to the thunderous applause…!"

You saw the goddess, the PRIESTESS' ears twitch. Her eyes snapped to NERO as the Emperor plucked the flower from her hair.

NERO: "I offer you this flower for your grave…"

The flower was tossed, petals beginning to scatter.

You saw the area around her change- around all of you begin to change as the foundation for a building, one with architecture much different than the palace you found yourself in now, begin to form and overlap the territory- the Bounded Field- that had been set before her.

There was resistance. As the two acts of Magecraft began to clash, a power struggle formed. A battle of focus and will- whichever one held on despite the strain would win out.

TAMAMO-NO-HIME scowled, a curse forming within her grasp, preparing to strike down the Emperor before her Noble Phantasm could be unleashed.

TAMAMO-NO-HIME: "No… No, no, no! Not this! Not here! This is my world! I won't let you!"

It was at that moment, you struck.

You flung your hands outward, triggering the Code Cast. The shockwave barely moved the Palace Beast, but you saw that it knocked the PRIESTESS off balance just enough so that she lost her focus, the curse in her grip fumbling just a moment and firing off kilter, brushing past NERO's face.

With that, her voice cried out like thunder--

NERO: "Aestus Domus Aurea!"

She slammed her sword into the floor below her- and the scenery changed.

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Golden walls. Golden stairs. Golden seats and golden rafters.

Billowing flags and bellowing horns, shimmering floors and shining ceilings. Petals dancing freely in the air, and the faint sound of praise and applause accompanied by daring, blaring music. This was, by all accounts, the sounds of triumph!

Loosely paraphrasing the Bard of Avon, 'all the world's a stage… and the men and women serving as its players should make way for the star'!

Praise be to the Muses, Praise be to the Theater, Praise be to the Emperor!

The star shot forth, blade drawn as she approached the beast without fear.

The beast let out a blood-curdling roar, as the Emperor of Roses dodged the attack with a laugh, landing firmly on one of the massive clawed arms of the monstrosity as she leaped backwards, spinning in the air as she readied her sword.

NERO: "Sing praise! Laus St. Claudius!"

With a single stroke of her weapon, she cut down the beast.

The goddess stared as her beast crumbled to the ground, blood spurting from its neck as it vanished into cursed dust. Her eye twitched, her teeth gritting as her intense gaze shot towards the shining Emperor.

TAMAMO-NO-HIME: "You… you arrogant, delusional, egotistical twerp! I forgot why you always got on my nerves! How dare you force your reality over mine! You're a Servant! A lone Servant!"

The spotlight swung over to the Emperor, who began stepping forward, arms spread proudly.

NERO: "I am no mere Servant. I am an Emperor. You forget, o' reflection of Casko. All roads lead to Rome, and I am her ruler. Rome is the world. Rome is the people. Rome is the wind, the rain, the sun, and the stars. And thus, all of it rests in my hands. Now, listen well, as I'll divulge my True Name, so you know just who you're battling!"

TAMAMO-NO-HIME: "You don't need to tell me your name! Unfortunately, I know it well!"

NERO: "My name is Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus! Behold, the curtain rises upon the soloist! Your sickness continues to eat away at me, but that is just as well! For a heroine, battling mysterious illness yet fighting with a fire burning in her heart… isn't that the definition of romance?!"

ENDURANCE GAUGE: [ / /X/X]

MANA CHARGES: [ / / / / ]

COMMAND SPELLS: [ X / X / ]

INVICTUS SPIRITUS: [ X | X | X ]

NERO took a hit to her Endurance due to TAMAMO-NO-HIME's Noble Phantasm!

NERO's Noble Phantasm lasts for three actions! There are no HP or MP costs to her actions, and her attacks cannot be avoided! She progressively grows stronger, as her enemies grow weaker!

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SCP AMTF Nu-7 Cosplay - Hazardous Environment Level II

Depicted here is the typical loadout of a conventional Nu-7 light fighter in a Level II rated hazardous environment. Each level, ranging from I to IV, has a typical hazardous environment protection requirement that outlines the necessary support that a task force member needs to complete their objectives within the working area. Showcased here is an example of a Nu-7 operative working within a Level II Hazardous Environment. Required protection when working in this environment is a standalone gas mask with a filter rated for riot agents. The standard issue gas mask of Nu-7 forces is the Avon Protection C50. This is a variant of the famous M50 which uses standard NATO 40 mm thread filters. In addition, the Avon C50 and M50 series gas masks are designed to be worn under a ballistic helmet.

The primary use case of Level II Hazardous Environment equipment is when the element is operating within an area that has an elevated risk of hazardous particles in the air or riot control agents and tear gases including CS, CN, and OC pepper spray present. Such a location would be none other than a Foundation facility or other subterranean structure. This operative carries his Avon C50 in a gas mask bag slung bandolier style over the right shoulder.

All Nu-7 fighters must be tactically proficient in sub-t operations doctrine as foundation sites primarily consist of large underground sections. Additionally, many anomalies take the form of caverns and other fully enclosed environments. To this end the standard Nu-7 fitment during a sub-t operation may vary in specialization, however in this display we can see the operative is in Level II Hazardous Environment status with night vision equipment. A respiratory device and night vision equipment is necessary when working within subterranean operations as there can potentially be zero ambient light within sections of the workspace and contaminants do not disperse quickly and tend to settle in place if there is no flowing air. Such an environment is not hazardous to direct body contact to warrant the use of a full CBRN (Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear) suit, but hazardous to the operative's respiratory system. In this situation a simple gas mask with a CTCF50 Riot Agent Filter would suffice.

The Nu-7 unit may have to breach certain entry points while on mission. For this task they may be equipped with large breaching tools like the Stanley FuBar and Halligan equivalents. Smaller tools such as a jimmy prybar, wire cutters, and wearable specialized breaching tools like the Gerber Downrange Tomahawk could also be seen. Other breaching tools can include large prybars, bolt cutters, rams, saws, and other mechanical, explosive, ballistic, vehicular, or thermal options.

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On August 9th 1757 the civil engineer Thomas Telford was born in Dumfries.

This is the man who laid vast amounts of the foundations of Scotland ,England, Ireland and Wales, he has had numerous buildings, bridges, roads and even a town named in his honour, yet in my opinion is often overlooked as one of the great Scots of our past.

Telford was born at Glendinning, Westerkirk, Eskdale, Dumfriesshire, he never knew his father, John, who was a shepherd who died when Thomas was about 4 months old, Telford was raised in poverty by his mother and their relations, Thomas never let this get to him though and as he grew up was given the nickname "Laughing Boy"

Telford left school age 14 and started working with a stonemason and helped build new roads and a farmhouse on the estate of a local duke. Despite the nature of his day job, with its intensive long hours, Thomas studies at night to learn all there is about construction. By 25, he’s worked in Edinburgh and is off to London. He meets with two Scottish architects Robert Adam and William Chambers, the latter is building Somerset House and Thomas is given the job of some addition design work, no mean feat for the man who is relatively self taught.

It was while in London he met an acquaintance from his youth, William Pulteney, the Scottish advocate, landowner and politician was from Dumfriesshire and reputedly the richest man in the country Putney took Telford under his wing and, there was no looking back after this, it's always handy to have the richest man in Britain as your new patron, and in 1786 Pulteney commissions him to start converting the derelict, Shrewsbury Castle. He remodels the interior into a house complete with panoramic platform and a folly Tower for the wife. He’s a prolific and imaginative creator. Pulteney is impressed. He finds work for Telford as surveyor of public works in Shropshire,a new job created just for the new engineer.

The majority of Telfords' work was in Shropshire, he built an amazing 40 bridges in the county alone, it was no wonder they named the new town in his honour in 1968.

Projects Telford is renowned for include, The Caledonian Canal, Dunkeld Bridge and the famous Telford churches in Scotland, the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Menai Suspension Bridge in Wales and The Avon Aqueduct and numerous canals and roads in England.

In his spare time Telford turned his hand to poetry and contributed verses to ‘Ruddiman’s Weekly Magazine’, under the pen-name ‘Eskdale Tam’.

Thomas Telford died on September 2nd 1834 aged 77, he is buried in the nave of Westminster Abbey; a statue was erected to him nearby, in St Andrew's Chapel adjoining the north transept.

Pics are of Telford, one of his poems and Plockton Church, which you will see similar churches throughout Scotland.

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From The Sun Times News: “These awards aren’t about the momentary personal ‘sugar rush’ of recognition.” INvolve Outstanding 100 LGBTQ+ Executives Role Model List 2024

Thank you, Sun Times News! Original article here. Roy Sexton, Director of Marketing at Clark Hill and 2024 International Immediate Past President of the Legal Marketing Association, has been named to the INvolve Outstanding 100 LGBTQ+ Executives Role Model List for 2024. This is his second year in a row being recognized by the organization. Other honorees include David Hynam, Chief Executive,…

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Today, President Biden put forward a clear, realistic and just plan to establish an immediate ceasefire and end the war in Gaza a plan that ensures Israel’s security, returns hostages taken on October 7th to their families, increases aid into Gaza and relieves the suffering of Palestinian civilians, and engages Israelis, Palestinians, Arab countries and the broader international community in the process of rebuilding Gaza. A ceasefire alone won’t ease the terrible pain of Israelis whose loved ones were butchered or abducted by Hamas, or the Palestinians whose families have been shattered by the subsequent war. It won’t resolve the longstanding conflict between Israelis and Palestinians, or answer contentious issues surrounding a two-state solution or continuing settler activity in the West Bank. But what it can do is put a stop to the ongoing bloodshed, help families reunite and allow a surge of humanitarian aid to help desperate, hungry people. It can save lives, here and now - and it can lay the foundation for what will be a long and difficult road to a future in which Israel is secure and at peace with its neighbors, and Palestinians finally have the security, freedom and self-determination that they have sought for so long. As the tragedy in Gaza has unfolded over the past eight months, we’ve witnessed an often fierce public debate here at home and around the world - regarding how the United States should respond. But no matter where each of us stand in these broader debates, an enduring ceasefire is something we should all support for the sake of Israelis, Palestinians and the world at large. I am deeply encouraged by the steady, tireless efforts of President Biden, Secretary of State Tony Blinken and our diplomatic team to bring this awful war to an end. Barack Obama 31 mai 2024

Aujourd'hui, le président Biden a présenté un plan clair, réaliste et juste pour établir un cessez-le-feu immédiat et mettre fin à la guerre à Gaza un plan qui garantit la sécurité d'Israël, rend les otages pris le 7 octobre à leurs familles, augmente l'aide à Gaza et soulage les souffrances des civils palestiniens et engage les Israéliens, les Palestiniens, les pays arabes et la communauté internationale dans son ensemble dans le processus de reconstruction de Gaza. Un cessez-le-feu à lui seul ne soulagera pas la terrible douleur des Israéliens dont les proches ont été massacrés ou enlevés par le Hamas, ni celle des Palestiniens dont les familles ont été brisées par la guerre qui a suivi. Cela ne résoudra pas le conflit de longue date entre Israéliens et Palestiniens, ni ne répondra aux questions controversées autour d’une solution à deux États ou de la poursuite des activités de colonisation en Cisjordanie. Mais ce qu’il peut faire, c’est mettre un terme à l’effusion de sang en cours, aider les familles à se réunir et permettre un afflux d’aide humanitaire pour venir en aide aux personnes désespérées et affamées. Cela peut sauver des vies, ici et maintenant et cela peut jeter les bases de ce qui sera un chemin long et difficile vers un avenir dans lequel Israël sera en sécurité et en paix avec ses voisins, et où les Palestiniens auront enfin la sécurité, la liberté et l'autonomie. Détermination qu’ils recherchent depuis si longtemps. Alors que la tragédie de Gaza s’est déroulée au cours des huit derniers mois, nous avons été témoins d’un débat public souvent féroce, ici chez nous et dans le monde entier, sur la manière dont les États-Unis devraient réagir. Mais quelle que soit la position de chacun d’entre nous dans ces débats plus larges, un cessez-le-feu durable est quelque chose que nous devrions tous soutenir dans l’intérêt des Israéliens, des Palestiniens et du monde en général. Je suis profondément encouragé par les efforts constants et inlassables du président Biden, du secrétaire d’État Tony Blinken et de notre équipe diplomatique pour mettre fin à cette terrible guerre. Barack Obama

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本語能力試験 (JLPT)

Dans la salle où a lieu l’examen, trois boules disco pendent du plafond. Touche festive qui se marie mal au silence précédant la remise des copies. Tout le monde fixe le vide.

Salle de bal, moquette, vague odeur de cigarette. Longueur et lenteur. Trente minutes avant l’heure.

Ryan et moi nous sommes inscrits sur un coup de tête au JLPT, ce test de langue standardisé qui détermine l’avenir de beaucoup d’immigrants au Japon. Une idée que nous avons eue en mars, lors des vacances scolaires, quelque part au milieu de ces journées sans école qui s’éternisent et se confondent maintenant dans ma mémoire. Un défi, s’était-on dit, pourquoi pas.

À la reprise des cours, cette idée fut vite écartée. Puis, retour en flèche tout juste un mois avant l’examen. Constat inquiet: on aurait dû s’y mettre il y a longtemps.

Ryan m’a déposée beaucoup trop tôt. Inquiet de l’état des parkings dans ce coin de Kōchi-centre. Impossible de le raisonner — toujours à son rythme.

Je regarde mon téléphone; vingt-huit minutes avant le début de l’examen.

Un message de Juliette sur mon écran. Elle fera le même examen que moi, à des kilomètres de là, au pied du Mont Fuji où elle habite.

🪩💃🕺 — sa réponse à ma photo des boules disco.

Nous avons toutes deux une confiance très moyenne en nos habiletés. Il y a quelques semaines, en annonçant à Maryko, une partenaire de taiko, le niveau pour lequel j’avais opté — coup de grâce.

« N4? » s’était-elle exclamée. Le bout de ses doigts couvraient le trait inquiet de sa bouche. « N’est-ce pas un peu trop ambitieux? »

Le JLPT se mesure sur cinq; de N5 à N1, en ordre croissant de difficulté. Le N4 a une valeur nulle. Il n’est même pas remboursé par notre employeur. À peine une stepping stone vers les niveaux les plus importants, de N3 à N1.

L’expression consternée de Maryko, piqûre.

J’en parle à Kusumoto le lundi, tâchant de ne pas laisser le découragement m’atteindre.

« Ah, » me dit-il, vague relent de pitié au fond des yeux. Sur son écran de téléphone, traduction, et revers de la gifle: « Mais tu as payé pour le prendre, cet examen. Vaut mieux y aller tout de même. »

Peu de réconfort à puiser auprès de lui.

Je me ré-attelle à mon étude de kanji, wanikani, comme chaque jour depuis mon arrivée au Japon. L’impression de le faire pour rien. À quoi bon, avec ma mémoire de carpe. Tous les mots se ressemblent; variations autour du kyo, kyō, ko, kou, kyu, kyū. Et les kanji qui font presque douter de notre lucidité, 夫, 末, 天.

La honte, la lenteur.

L’air doux-amer des gens qui me disent sur le même ton que mon japonais est bon depuis le début — compliment qui tourne à la farce plus le temps passe. Nihongo jōzu desu ne.

Se faire ré-expliquer le sens du même mot plus de cinq fois d’affilée. Kusumoto, forcé d’apprendre l’anglais pour palier à mes lacunes. Tax. License. Pay. No pay.

La rangée des liquides à l’épicerie. Huile, vinaigre, mirin, sake — liquide clair dans une bouteille illisible, aux kanji stylisés et intraduisibles.

Terminer une conversation, et se rendre compte du ridicule de mes erreurs après coup. Front pressé sur le volant de ma voiture.

Mon père, au téléphone. À quoi ça pourra bien te servir, tout ça. Même réflexion que lorsque je lui avais annoncé mon départ.

Toutefois, ces moments.

Dans la toile opaque de la langue, le flou sombre du quotidien — un éclat de lumière. Quelque chose, saisi, enfin.

Kihon, foundation.

Souzou suru, to imagine.

Kekkyoku, in the end.

Modoru, to return.

Trou d’aiguille dans la toile, à la clarté si fine qu’on en douterait presque. Scintillement lointain, qui peu à peu se rassure, se concrétise, se joint à ceux des autres. Tracé, tapisserie.

Quand je rentre au soir, après ma pratique de taiko, le ciel noir de Muroto s’éclaircit. Fil des saisons. Nous sommes loins des lumières de la ville, et loin des profondeurs de l’hiver.

Après un an à en faire l’ascension tous les jours, depuis peu, je monte les escaliers de mon bloc appartement sans avoir à m’aider du flash de mon téléphone.

Sur ma copie d’examen, des petits reflets de lumières tournent, lents.

Je lève les yeux vers les boules disco, et me sens sourire.