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The Fruitmarket sits in the central valley of Edinburgh adjacent to (and above) Waverley Station. Our original commission to facelift the gallery was greatly extended to undertake a complete remodelling . This involved the construction of a new roof which flies over the old parapet thus dramatically increasing the hanging height of the upper gallery. In the centre of the roof are large rooflights and under these is a new staircase connecting the two floors and also bringing light down to the lower level. On the ground floor the cafe and bookshop were relocated to the front facade which was opened to the street as a means of dissolving the threshold and tempting visitors into an intermediate space between street and exhibition. A section of the original stone facade was completely removed, to form the new entrance at street level, and provide space for a hoist at the upper level. In the summer this can be transformed into a balcony by a sliding screen.
From within, the clerestories and new windows give selected vistas of recognisable monuments both near and far around the city linking the experience of the interior to the experience of the city.
Top light is reflected off a central warm air duct with south light animating one side of the central screen. This appears as a hidden source when seen from the street. The new winged roof springs from tree like portal frame columns and the staircase is capable of being raised to allow large objects into the lower gallery. The reception desk and cafe were designed by the office but the bookshop of which they were an intergral part was never constructed.
The project was completed in 1993.
|Richard Murphy, Graeme Montgomery, Clive Albert, Lee Hallman, Andrew Byrne
|Woolgar Hunter
|Quantity Surveyor
|Ross and Morton
|Lighting Consultants
|Jonathan Spiers & Associates
|Colour Consultant
|Linda Green, Studio Green
|Peel Constracting
|Construction Cost
|Fruitmarket Board
1993 EAA Silver Medal Award
1993 Civic Trust Award Commendation
1993 RIBA Award


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This year - maybe the last two years, if I'm being honest - has/have just worn me out. Usually I'm pretty excited about Hallowe'en. I post music, talk about costumes, write little scare stories...
This year, I'm just not feeling it. It's not that I don't like the holiday, it's just that I don't have any emotional energy left to spend on it.
...And I guess that's not entirely true. I mean, my desktop background and my lock-screen image are both suitably spooky, and I've set out little toy monsters on the top of my desk. Back at the beginning of October, I took a giant tube of tiny little monsters and arranged them all over the office to puzzle and delight passers-by and fellow employees. And we have costumes for the boys, and I bought candy to hand out. So it's not like I haven't done anything to prepare. It's just...
I dunno. I'm tired, I'm still feeling kind of sick, my energy is very off-and-on, and everything I try to do (including work) seems to take twice as long as it should, run afoul of odd delays, or both. And the part where Hallowe'en falls on a Tuesday this year is just... ugh.
Nevertheless, for tonight I'll dig out a Batman costume, put on something spooky, and stand in the doorway and hand out candy. And the boys will go out with their mother and trick or treat, and it'll probably all be fun. I just wish I was more excited about it, y'know?
Tuesday, October 31, 2017
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We feel you, if you're done watching Game of Thrones. We also feel you, if you don't have much capacity left for the Hollywood science-fiction or the typical action/drama that Bollywood has to offer. Moreover, we couldn't agree with you more if you think live gigs and Sufi nights in cafes is now becoming, albeit enjoyable, a little too regular maybe?
The daily grind takes a toll on all of us, and sooner or later we resort to any of the above mentioned methods of taking some time off and regaining ourselves. And it's not like you don't have other options! You have Pokemon Go now. Netflix. Shopping? Online games and Netflix and movies are all too substitutable. And even if your world does get better when you shop, like Rebecca Bloomwood's from Confessions of a Shopaholic, you know that shopping is not all that wonderful. It's typical.
This time around, abandon these alternatives, grab your gang, and do something totally fun, exciting and enjoyable. Plan some cool outings with your buds in the first half of August to any of these hand-picked creative events, each one as good as any.
When we think of experiencing another city/country, the first obvious choice is to travel there, and while that is not always feasible, we try their cuisine, read, watch movies, and so on. Sadly for us, movies are automatically equated to either Bollywood or Hollywood. Everything else is conveniently invisible.
Come next month, experience Singapore through the third instalment of Singapore Film Festival, which will showcase three films – 7 Letters, an anthology of seven short films; Singapore Minstrel, based on an Indian-origin busker; and Utter, a series of three animated shorts. Know that there is more to Singapore than Universal Studios and Sentosa Island. Explore its artistic potential. What's more, each screening will be followed by an interactive session with a participating filmmaker, and anyone who is interested in the intricate art of film making has sure to gain something from the talks.
Date: 5-7th August, 2016
Time: 7 pm onwards
Venue: India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Estate
Photo courtesy : eazysundays.com
This will cease to be just a WhatsApp emoticon, if you decide to go to this amazing stand up comedy show 'Either Kill or Die' (in English/Hindi) by Nishant Tanwar. Grinning is easy, laughing difficult, and making somebody laugh is another ballgame altogether! It requires creativity and dexterity and proper execution. In times when we constantly complain of anything and everything around us – from our work load to enormously long traffic jams to such annoying mosquitoes in this weather, it seems only logical to actually laugh off our myriad worries and complaints of life. And when was the last time you laughed so hard that your stomach hurt anyway? This stand up comedian is here to make sure that you have the time of your life and laugh like there's no tomorrow. We assure your stomach will hurt from all the laughing.
Date: 1st August, 2016
Time: 7:30pm (2 hours long)
Venue: Canvas, People and Co. Premises number 5, Building number 8, Tower B, Cyber City, Gurgaon
For all those you have an eye for art, this solo exhibition by late artist Master K.G. Subramanyan will serve as a gateway for the artist's new creations. His artworks done on handmade paper and coloured gouache leave an even greater impact. You will find that there is intense application of mind, and one would have to watch rather closely to absorb the expressive visual modulation of the colour grid. His compelling compositions will provide you with an insight into his spontaneity.
Photo courtesy : dailyo.in
Date: 1st-14th August, 2016
Time: 11am – 7pm (Sunday closed)
Venue: Aakriti Art Gallery Pvt. Ltd., F-213/A, Old M.B. Road, Lado Sarai
We've heard of cooking workshops and karate workshops and dance workshops and maybe self healing workshops, but lighting workshops? Yup. Here is one! This workshop titled 'Perception of Colours' will see a renowned lighting professional artist from Japan teach you some tricks-of-the-trade in an intensive, hands-on workshop. Mr. Ryoya Fudetani, after having experienced design in architectonics field, interiors, and displays, has worked in scenographic design with lighting since 2005. So if you're a design/art student or mildly interested in film making, then this a must for you, but even if you aren't, we recommend you step out of your comfort zone and try something that is going to leave you pleasantly surprised and hooked.
Photo courtesy : vimeo.com
Date: 4th August, 2016
Time: 4pm-6pm
Venue: 5A Ring Road, Lajpat Nagar 4
How can we talk of August and not talk about Independence Day? Our country, which has been called by Mark Twain as "Sone Ki Chidiya" or "Golden Sparrow" will complete 69 years of its independence this year.
Mark Twain summarized why he called India "Golden Sparrow" -"The land of dreams and romance, of fabulous wealth and fabulous poverty, of splendour and rags, of palaces and hovels, of famine and pestilence, of genii and giants and Aladdin lamps, of tigers and elephants, the cobra and the jungle."
To say that these past 7 decades have been 'eventful' would be to belittle it, but at the same time, a lot more is yet to come. As an ode to how far we've come, 69 artists have come together to re-imagine 69 years of Independent India. Through art. All the artworks will be printed on archival canvas and unveiled at an exhibition cum sale on 15th August. And what's more, 50% of the proceeds from the sale of the artworks will be donated to an NGO called Karm Marg, a non profit care home for disadvantaged children providing education, skill development and employment.
Date and Time: 12th August, 11am – 18th August, 8pm
Let August be your most creative month this year!


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First off, I'd like to offer my sincere reassurance to anyone who is actually looking forward to my next book and is probably wondering if I've fallen off the writing grid.
Unfortunately, not everything can be predicted, least of all illness and how it may or may not affect the ability to be productive. Despite the pleasant weather, I've managed to pick up a cold virus, which has proven to be quite nasty and knocked me down for several days. It has caused a Fibromyalgia flare and prevented me from getting the required formatting done for Oath of God. I'm back working now, despite the sniffling and runny nose and irritating cough! I've also edited the blurb, to add a little more detail. Below is the new version and previous blurb, see what you think. I believe it is an improvement.
Kama became an orphan the day she fled the ruins of her village.
Rescued by a dragon, she was forged into a weapon of vengeance.
Until the assassins track her down. Her beliefs are tested and her loyalty challenged.
Valdis soon realises cornered animals bite back and a simple task becomes a fight for survival.
Not to mention, the Immortal who hired his services has another agenda to fulfil.
Lilah, First Disciple of Ataran. And her brother, Zelos, supposedly a Prophet are forced to work together to ensure the success of Ataran's decades long endeavour.
What none of them could predict was catastrophe and ruin.
I believe the new version of the blurb gives more of an insight into the story, without giving too much of the plot away. I've learnt quite a bit since writing Vastian Lore and I'm hoping Oath of God will be an enjoyable story, with intrigue and adventure thrown into the mix. A lot of work, detail and research has gone into the book. I've created a new world from scratch, however, while Oath of God will the First Book of Ebenell, it will also have clues and hints within the story that links it to the world of Vastian Lore. Wolf Born will the First Book of Ulyssia, and eventually all six of the proposed books will be woven together to form a cohesive whole.
I know…I like to challenge myself!
Within the whole series, there will be a total of nine books. That's the idea so far.
I'm also planning a few stories with two of my favourite characters: Frank and Bob. The inept magician and his reluctant assistant/friend. This is more of an Urban Fantasy and will be set within a fictional English village that will be a mash up of various elements I've taken from places I've lived and visited. It will have a lighter tone and more humour.
There are a few darker stories in the works, mostly stored inside my mind. I'm not sure what I'm doing with these ideas just yet.
That's the writing plan so far! 🙂


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Back when LOST came on TV, I watched the first episode and my Spider Sense tingled. By that time I'd already waded through the meandering Twin Peaks and Chris Carter's four initially interesting, but ultimately muddled attempts to be vague and pointless: X-FILES, MILLENIUM, HARSH REALM, and THE LONE GUNMEN. These pretty much burned any last vestiges of patience I'd had with a story that begins an arc that features a devastatingly big super secret conspiracy that lasts for seasons on end. A gimmick that just keeps getting weirder and weirder with every episode until you realize that instead of winding tighter and ever inward to unveil a core of extraordinary revelation, is instead unraveling into a confused and contradictory mess. After I watched a few more episodes of LOST (about six weeks worth because at first it was, after all, fascinating), I knew that no one on the J. J. Abrams crew had any idea where in the hell they were going. I stopped watching.
Abrams himself, in interviews or announcement, would drop coals of vague clues or assert that he did indeed, know where he was going. LOST had a point. It had an ending. Well, an ending is wherever something stops. The Sopranos had an ending - a pointless ending (oh wait, no I'm just a moron! The Sopranos had a Stupendously Brilliant ending if you knew just how to watch it! The Emperor has clothes, I'm just too dim to see them!).
Around about the time that Abrams began marketing CLOVERFIELD, and some of my friends were weaning themselves off of LOST (HEROES siphoned off much of the LOST audience. HEROES makes a lot more sense), I carefully watched what J. J. was doing with his viral marketing campaign. And I reached a personal conclusion: I think Abrams really doesn't know where to go with a story and doesn't care. Everyone was watching all of his weird trailers and faux commercials for Slusho, and the various faux websites (nearly all of which didn't have a damn thing to do in regards to illuminating the movie one whit. Check out the archived CLOVERFIELD NEWS page).
What Abram's interested in is marketing. Even LOST is doing nothing more than marketing and promoting the next episode. There doesn't need to be anything really happening, just the promise of something odd, or weird, or nothing at all. Abrams, like Chris Carter before him, uses Red Herring marketing. All he wants is a weekly "hook" that can grab the audience's attention, and then play the audience out with promises of unveiling the great something. Thing is, Abrams doesn't have a great something. He only has a hook: the first five minutes of his story - and a line, feeding the belief that what wowed us in the first five will return in the next 12 to 24 episodes. It's a good ploy as far as salesmanship goes. In a single season, with a sufficiently inspired writing/creative team, you are bound to have a couple of ideas that are amazingly cool. At least, cool enough that you can toss them into the story - the less relevant the better - to add another supposed facet to the mystery. If it contradicts what has come before, even better. THAT will leave those yahoos guessing. By the time the whole show caves in on itself, you've had a good two, three, maybe even five year run! That's profitable enough. Especially in this day and age where you can hawk a few seasons of your TV show off on DVD before the rubes catch on.
I've tested my theory by going back on what Abrams did to market ALIAS and LOST, how his current and former fans feel about those shows^, and how folks buzzed during the run up to CLOVERFIELD: A fascinating but ultimately dissatisfying movie, and I closely watched his marketing on FRINGE.
Then tonight, I actually watched FRINGE. Like LOST, the first episode is very cool.
We start with a plane during a severe storm. Folks in the plane handle it better and worse than others, but one guy gives himself an injection in his belly. The guy next to him tries to calm his fears, but this guy is starting to lose it. Then he gets out of his seat while the Fasten Seat Belts sign is on. The stewardesses try to stop him, then one of them see what is happening to the guy. Merry Mishaps occur.
The next thing we know, having landed by automatic pilot, the plane is on a seperate runway (as far from the other planes and main airport as possible). FBI agents, Olivia Dunham (Anna Torv: FRANKENSTIEN [TV]) and her partner John Scott (Mark Valley), decked in biohazard suits, enter the 747 only to discover that everyone seems to be in various stages of melting. Some are just skeletons, others are covered in steaming, translucent soft tissue. All are dead.
After they get their samples and evidence, the entire plane is burned on the tarmac. Something very terrible is going on and Olivia and John, to begin their investigation, find themselves in the temporary employ of Homeland Security and answering to Agent Phillip Broyles (Lance Reddick). Then things take a turn for the VERY worse when, with clues leading them to a storeroom facility, an explosion of one of the rooms hits John, with the effect of contaminating him with whatever killed the people on the plane. Rushing him to a special hospital and biohazard facilities, the agents are able to slow the deadly effects of the mystery chemical contamination. They induce a coma and lower John's body temperature greatly. Now, instead of melting right away, he melts slowly, with his skin going from opaque to transparent.
John is more than just Olivia's partner, he is her lover, and she is ready to break any rule to save his life. A drive which brings her to discover the only scientist who might know what is going on. Thing is this scientist, Dr. Walter Bishop (John Noble: THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING, VOODOO LAGOON), has spent the last 17 years in an Insane Asylum. In short order she flies out to Iraq to force Dr. Bishop's son, Peter Bishop (Joshua Jackson: SCREAM 2, APT PUPIL, URBAN LEGEND) - a genius in his own right - to get her access to his infamous father. Then the
Still someone thought it was a good idea to make the secret corporation a brick and mortar tech store with a specific address.
I totally enjoyed the first episode of FRINGE as it balanced supremely well between serious and camp ("Let's go make some LSD!"), believable action and unbelievable globe trotting. This first episode, while introducing the evil corporation that will no doubt be the running bad guy, also felt self-contained. There is the bad guy behind THIS particular mystery, plus betrayals, unexpected bad guys, and a hint of some larger conspiracy (this is an Abrams story, what did you expect?). Yet unlike Twin Peaks and the perpetual search for who killed Laura Palmer, or X-FILES and what happened to Muldar's sister, or LOST and
"Why are we on this island?"
"No seriously, why are we REALLY on this island?"
"Okay, but why are we really, REALLY on this Island?"
"Wait a minute! ARE we really on this island?"
this episode didn't feel like it was embarking on a season long search of some big question.
The big picture point seems to be that there is all kinds of crazy crap happening in the world, and we may just need an off-kilter genius like Walter Bishop on our team. As long as Abrams and Co. don't pull another LOST and fall into the same aggravating rut that ruined David Lynch and Chris Carter's careers, FRINGE could be what many of us have been waiting for! It just might be the fun freak show we wanted and missed from the rise and fall days of THE X-FILES. FRINGE could be The One!
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The code below is correctly finding items containing a particular text string, but it is not finding the associated first source and linked repository pointers (where these exist). No doubt it's the data reference that's the problem... and I will curse when an obvious problem is pointed out but I'm not too proud to ask!
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for ptrItem in allItems() do
if TagSearch:Found(fhGetValueAsText(ptrItem), "#RN") == true then
-- TagSearch is a search function (class) that is returning items correctly, some of which have sources, some of which have repositories
local ptrS = nil
local ptrR = nil
ptrS = fhGetItemPtr(ptrItem, "~.SOUR")
if ptrS:IsNull() then
ptrS = nil
ptrR = fhGetItemPtr(ptrS,"~.REPO")
if ptrR:IsNull() then ptrR = nil end
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Window with a view.
Here is a little project we did down in Sarasota some weeks back. This client had a privacy wall just outside their bath and wanted a Window with a view scene. They had a piece of art that they liked that was similar. As an added touch I asked what their favorite wine was and incorporated a bottle as well.
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The day after their performance at Ikon, Rie Nakajima is in conversation with David Toop, Professor of Audio Culture and Improvisation at London College of Communication. Nakajima and Toop met at Cafe OTO in 2012 and have been collaborating ever since.
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The challenge from the Global Design Project is to CASE the amazing Designer Connie Collins. I chose to use the Watercolor Christmas stamps to create the background. I colored the trees with Stampin' Blends and some Wink of Stella. I sponged the edges of the Vanilla panels with Crumb Cake.
Stamp: Watercolor Christmas Paper: Old Olive, Black, Vanilla Ink: Crumb Cake, Memento, White Craft Accessories: Sponges, Layering Ovals, White EP, Wink of Stella, Solid Black Baker's Twine, Metallic Enamel Shapes, Stampin' Dimensionals
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Skills and Career Center at Tishreen University in Lattakia a Bridge between Syrian Students and Job Market
The Skills and Career Center at Tishreen University in the Syrian province of Lattakia plays a vital and efficient role as a bridge between Tishreen University students and labor market. The center supports the university students through developing their knowledge and skills relevant for their further education and future employment and through connecting them to the business community.
"The center was established in 2011 at Tishreen university in accordance with an agreement with the EU, which aimed at establishing vocational training centers at some Syrian public and private universities", Dr. Neruda Barakat, Head of the Skills and Career Centre at Tishreen university, said in an interview with the Syriatimes e-newspaper.
Dr. Barakat is also a professor at the Mechanical and Electrical Engineering Faculty and one of the European Union (EU) coordinators of the students exchange programs with some universities.
When asked about the center's goals , Dr. Barakat said "the center aims at enhancing the students' capabilities, knowledge and practical skills relevant for employment, providing information for students on various education opportunities, connecting students to the job market through receiving training in companies in addition to providing counseling services for students with dilemmas about their career choice in the labor market upon graduation".
He asserted that the center seeks constantly to provide students with useful information regarding career development such as seminars and workshops on job search techniques, writing good CVs and preparation for job interviews and it also seek helping the students to apply for various scholarships.
Dr. Barakat made it clear that the center's working plan depends mainly on carrying out constant free training courses and interactive workshops on communication skills, teamwork skills, time management, marketing, information technology (IT) skills as well as language skills.
He stressed that the center spares no effort to make field visits to local labor markets and companies to introduce and connect the students to the labor market and to promote their professional values and business policies.
Dr. Barakat added the center's plan focuses on inviting all local and national companies to present their job opportunities and experiences to university students to make use of their skills.
He underlined the need to increase awareness about the key role of vocational education in society, pointing out that more attention should be paid during the preparatory and secondary schools to this kind of education, as the society is in need for all practical and academic specializations.
According to Dr. Barakat, the center has a good staff including volunteers , who are students from different faculties, stressing the fact that volunteering at the center is a great opportunity for them to use their skills to help others and at the same time to learn new things that enhance their qualifications, to get new skills, to put their skills into practice and to boost their job prospects.
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Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, on Wednesday, inaugurated the MarketMoni scheme at the Apo Mechanic Village, Abuja.
MarketMoni is an offshoot of the Government Enterprise and Empowerment Programme.
It is designed to provide loans to market women and traders, artisans, enterprising youths and small scale farmers and agric workers nationwide.
The interest free facility ranges from N50,000 to N100,000 and is repayable within six months.
Osinbajo, who was received by a cheering crowd, said that when the artisans were empowered, the Federal Government would empower more people as artisans had the capacity to employ more.
He said: "Those who employ the more are the artisans; they are the ones who can employ two, three, four, five people.
"If 1000 artisans employ four to five people, already we have 5000 new people who have been employed because employment is very important.
"Especially for all the young boys and girls who are coming out of school just to find something to do first and be paid for something; that is very important to us.
"When we give the facility, it is so that you can build your own business and then employ people in your business; the bigger your business, the bigger the employment opportunities are and the better for the country as a whole.''
The vice president said that the Federal Government was focused on giving the loans through the Bank of Industry.
He said it was very important that the beneficiaries repaid the loan so that it could be multiplied.
Citing the Bible in Psalm 27 vs 21, Osinbajo said that only wicked people failed to repay loans.
He said: "The Bible says the wicked borrow and they do not repay; only wicked people borrow and they do not repay.
"Why? Because when you borrow and do not repay, nobody else can benefit; only you will benefit; so, it is important that we all pay back the loan so that we can continue to give more.
"We are going to give it by installments so that as some people get, we will start giving others as we go along.
"It is a bank; it is not just government; it is done set by set so long as they are genuine artisans who are supported by your associations."
The vice president also went round the workshops and had one on one interaction with the mechanics.
Earlier, while receiving the vice president at the village, Chief Lawrence Onuchukwu, Vice Chairman, Abuja Municipal Area Council, said that over 30, 000 artisans/traders plied their trade there.
He said that the beneficiaries would reciprocate Federal Government's gesture by voting massively for President Muhammadu Buhari in the 2019 Presidential election.
Onuchukwu said: "It may interest to you to know that the traders here are over 30,000 and come 2019, I want to assure that this great gesture will never go in vain; we will return it in votes.
"Our people will come out enmasse and return our `Baba'; the reason being that this is the only man who remembers the poor and the poor will remember you.
"Please continue this great gesture; Nigerians are feeling it; Nigerians are enjoying it; Nigerians are praying for you people; God will continue to bless you.''
To benefit from MarketMoni, one is required to belong to a market association or registered cooperative society.


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The University of Pennsylvania hosted the 2009 Summer Persian Teachers' Workshop for Professional Curriculum and Materials Development June 4-7, 2009. The workshop was funded by a Startalk Summer Grant, and co-sponsored by the National Middle Eastern Languages Resource Center at Brigham Young University, the American Association of Teachers of Persian and the following Penn Penn Centers: the Penn Language Center, the Multimedia Resource Center, the Language Resource Center and the Middle East Center. This workshop brought together 20 Persian teachers from across the United States to discuss a variety of issues current in Persian instruction, including teaching methodology, use of technology, curriculum, heritage vs. non-heritage students, multi-media teaching materials, and education and performance assessment. Following the workshop, participants continued working on their collaborative projects online.
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The Middle East Center and Penn Museum's Education Department hosted the first Middle East Day at the Museum on June 5th , 2009. We welcomed a group of 85 students from the School District of Philadelphia (Motivation High School, Ben Franklin HS, Leeds Military Academy) and Camden School District (Pine Point Middle School). One of the highlights of this one-day event was the keynote address by Carolyn Baugh, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at Penn. Ms. Baugh's speech discussed Arabic poetry including that of pre-Islam; Judeo-Arabic poetry; Persian poetry; and Andalusian poetry from Spain. She also talked about the Arabic influence on today's pop culture.
The students then got a chance to explore Penn Museum's magnificent collection. The guided tours covered the sections on Israel, Egypt, and Mesopotamia. Students were grouped into two workshops; one examined "Art and Architecture of the Middle East," the other, "Life of a Teenager in Turkey." For lunch, students were served Middle Eastern food. In the afternoon, Marie Brown, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of History at Penn, delivered a talk on life in Sudan.
As the capstone to the day's events, there was a musical performance and interactive presentation featuring musicians from Spice Route Ensemble, a local band that specializes in Middle Eastern and Eastern Mediterranean music.
Here is what some of our participants had to say about Middle East Day:
"Middle East Day was a wonderful opportunity for area teachers and students to actively engage with Middle Eastern and North African culture" - Presenter Marie Grace Brown
"Middle East Day helped students gain a diverse understanding of the Middle East from the disciplines of History, Society, Art and Music" - James Ryan, MEC Administrative Assistant and event organizer.
Annual Global Education Workshop
On May 9, 2009, The Middle East Center, African Studies Center, the Center for East Asian Studies, and the South Asia Center hosted an intensive full-day workshop for teachers and administrators at the University of Pennsylvania. The workshop focused on the significance of global education and global perspectives and provided lesson plans and supplementary materials. Programs were delivered by educators Medard Gabel and Wayne Jacoby. Outreach coordinators from the four centers also made presentations about teaching materials and resources available to teachers.
The Center's Jim Ryan will be lecturing on Saturday, April 4th, 2009 to students at the fifth annual Cherry Hill East Model United Nations Conference. He will be discussing the growth of area studies in the United States.
The Center is currently sending qualified Ph.D students to Philadelphia area high schools to help educate students about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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The MEC will upload popular lectures to iTunes as podcasts. The inaugural episode features Professor Sylvia Vatuk's lecture on "Islamic Feminism in India: Muslim Women Activists and the Reform of Muslim Family Law" as part of our Women and Islamic Law series. Find the lectures through iTunesU, or by following this link.
The Middle East Center is proud to announce a new Certificate of Study in Middle East and Islamic Studies for students in Law School at the University of Pennsylvania. To qualify for certificate, a Penn Law student must successfully complete four courses in the general area of Middle East and Islamic Studies. For more information on requirements, click here.
NELC Persian Lecturer Pardis Minuchehr was recently elected President of the American Association of Teachers of Persian (AATP), a national organization devoted to the teaching of Persian language and culture in North America. She is also the recipient of a STARTALK summer grant from the National Foreign Language Center for Professional Curriculum and Material Development Workshop for Teachers of Persian.
MEC Administrative Assistant James Ryan makes semi-regular visits to area schools to guest lecture on topics related to the Middle East. On December 18, visited Central Bucks High School West to discuss the Islamic Republic of Iran to a 12th grade AP Comparative Government Class. On Friday November 7, he visited Central Buck High School South to guest lecture in the 12th Grade International Relations classes. Mr. Ryan addressed the political and social problems of Iran and Iraq, both from the American and Middle Eastern Perspective. He also addressed the Sunni-Shi'i divide, helping the students better to undersand exactly what role religion plays in the ethnic and social cleavages in the region. International Relations is part of the standard Social Studies Curriculum for 12th graders in Central Bucks Schools and has significantly increased focus on the Middle East in recent years. The Middle East Center looks forward to greater participation in the curriculum, with the students and with the faculty in this and other area school districts.
Dance Workshop for 7th Graders
One of the Center's fellows and dance instructor Habiba held two workshops at the Independence Charter School on December 17th and 18th, 2008. The two workshops were part of the seventh grade level Arabic language and culture training and they focused on the traditional dance of Egypt. The goal of the workshop was to teach students how to dance in the context of an Egyptian village festival. Some of the topics discussed in the festival setting included language, clothing, agriculture, climate, customs, henna, music, and dance.


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If you have a relatively large patio you can also lean over a fountain. The stone floor will immediately give you old airs, in the same way you can fill the rest of the space with plants or benches sculpted in stone or marble.
You can also add some light reflectors that illuminate the splendid fall of water when the sun goes down.
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A space to enjoy dinners and outdoor meals is ideal for family sharing, however it is not the only alternative. You can choose a corner of your patio to create a family Chill Out area with outdoor furniture , covered with cushions and mattresses, even a Custom Pergola.
Think about place this chill out area where the vegetation is thickest. In this manner, surrounded by plants and with the right lights, at dusk and at night, you will have a beautiful place where you can relax enjoying a coffee or a drink.
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Six polling station working committee (KPPS) officers reportedly died due to exhaustion after working long hours on election day on April 17.
One of the officers, Supriyanto, 54, the head of a KPPS in Cigalontang subdistrict, Tasikmalaya, West Java, passed out and was rushed to a nearby community health center (Puskesmas) but was pronounced dead at 2 p.m. on Wednesday.
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"Supriyanto complained of finding it hard to breathe before he passed out. His family said he had a history with asthma," Tudiman said as quoted by tribunnews.com.
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As a relative newcomer to Medium, here's what I (albeit anecdotally) have found out about getting good stats. If anyone has anything further to suggest, or any points of disagreement, I would love to hear them!
Golden rule: engage, engage, engage!
The best stats will be on days where you have communicated with others a lot more than you have posted your own work.
No matter how much you publish, whether it be new material, or existing work of yours, it counts for very little.
It doesn't matter how many pieces you have, or how many keyword tags they have, or how judiciously you choose your tags; it's completely counterproductive to post a lot of work in a short period of time.
Whether it's purely because you are wasting time you could be engaging with other people's work, or whether there is an algorithmic penalty (these two possible reasons are hardly mutually exclusive), I don't know.
If there were such a penalty, I doubt Medium would broadcast it.
But just be sensible, and remember this is not a personal blog. It is a 'community,' in the non-patronizing sense of the term.
I don't know for sure about Twitter or Facebook algorithms; but again, try and space 'em out! Remember, there is a 'draft' function. So you can always return in an hour or two for your next piece and stagger them throughout the day.
Keyword tags
Keyword tags are tricky.
On the one hand, Medium doesn't allow you to load your pieces with keyword tags, which is good.
However, we all need to think about whether to go for keyword tags which are very popular, or ones which aren't very popular.
As someone who isn't huge on Medium (as things stand), I'd be inclined to start off with less popular ones, in order to stand out a bit more.
A few examples (guessing here without consulting the stats):
'Liberal' is going to be a tough one. Try 'liberal thinkers' or 'liberal journalists.' Again, instead of 'conservative,' try 'conservative philosophers' or 'conservative media.'
Slow down!
Try not to be too much of a 'power user.' Other folks on Medium have said they've had warning messages from overusing the heart button.
I assume the same might be the case (at least as a hypothetical possibility) for other actions, other than the heart button; but I am not so sure about that. I've not had these problems, but it's worth thinking about.
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This Christmas the Salvation Army is seeking to raise $1,000,000.00 during the annual Tree of Lights Campaign. The money raised during the Christmas season funds programs and service year round. In addition to programs offered year round, this Christmas the Salvation Army anticipates it will help over 3,200 individuals with holiday assistance.
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Advances in controlling the flow of light are ubiquitous in our daily life. In fact, design-tailored guiding and steering of light by optical fibers and waveguides has paved the way for powerful data networks spanning the globe. Additionally, optical waveguide devices are essential for a optical sensing schemes in metrology, medicine, sensing, and manufacturing technology. Moreover, guided-light-structures provide exceptional opportunities for investigating fundamental concepts of modern physics and for analyzing fundamental aspects of wave dynamics. In recent years, non-classical quantum states of guided light with a high degree of entanglement in space and time have emerged as a thrilling field of research powered by expectations of quantum computing, quantum communication or quantum cryptography. Waveguiding and resonant localization of light in tiny volumes – and their control in space, time, spectrum and quantum state – remain a pertinent scientific and technological challenge. The ultimate demands for integrated optics are to tightly pack optical functions in order to enable smaller devices with better energy efficiency and improved sustainability and to unlock new applications.
Since its start in 2015, the ambitions and challenges of the IRTG 2101 Guided light, tightly packed: novel concepts, components and applications have proven as an exciting field of research, and most fruitful and largely unexplored grounds for teaching and training young-career scientists at a top-notch international level. With the teaming of one German and three Canadian partners, bringing in their complementary competences into the IRTG and already during its first funding phase, more than 50 participating doctoral and postdoctoral researchers are given the opportunity to obtain academic qualification and degrees upon experimental physics in a one-of-a-kind, bi-national and stimulating environment.
Since 2015, the IRTG has established a professional qualification and supervision program, adherering to the highest academic standards. This includes our perception and dedication of how to train and shape self-responsible, mature and innovative young scientists and how to support their careers in any possible way. The IRTG's doctoral researchers are deeply involved in a top-notch research environment, both in Germany and in Canada, and with mandatory research visits abroad. Extensive hands-on experience in laboratories with exclusively research-grade components and equipment is one of the most valuable professional attributes by which a true expert in photonics is distinguished. The doctoral researchers within the IRTG are allowed a maximum freedom to develop their own ideas and to follow personal scientific interests. Our trust in our doctoral researchers' liberties and their abilities to develop is one of the IRTG's most distinguishing features.
Therefore, and already during its first funding period, the IRTG has opened a unique opportunity to educate young scientists working towards doctoral degrees in Germany and Canada concerning multifold aspects of guided waves and concentrated light, ranging from fundamental concepts over material science to the transfer of fundamental principles into applications. In a top-notch, stimulating, binational surrounding, the doctoral researchers execute both scientific research as well as a well-balanced qualification program at highest standards, which encompasses scientific, transferrable and intercultural aspects, and several researcher stays at the foreign participating institutions to profit from complementary expertise, equipment, and exchange with fellow professors and scientists. The binational interplay between research, academics and professional education will continue to nurture scientists who will be capable of executing internationally recognized world-class research in the future. The counterpart of the research and training programm of this DFG-IRTG on the Canadian side is funded by a CREATE program of the National Science and Engineering Research Council (NSERC).
During the IRT's first funding period, research pillar 1 deals with the fundamental material aspects, design and realization of innovative waveguide structures with unmatched properties and functionalities. Fundamental linear and nonlinear light propagation effects in waveguide structures as realized in pillar 1 as well as the interaction of the propagating light with its environment will be mastered in pillar 2. Finally, pillar 3 will harvest the novel functionalities to realize applications with hitherto unknown precision. Each of these different aspects will be investigated in close collaboration between all the partner institutions in Canada and Germany.
Research pillar 1 - Longitudinal and transversal structured waveguides
1.1 Realization of innovative fiber structures
- Liquid-core PCF - a new base for soliton propagation in extremely confined geometries
- Hollow-core chalcogenide glass band gap PCFs for mid-IR applications
- Super-continuum generation in heavy oxide fibers with artificially enhanced nonlinearity
1.2 Functionalization of optical fibers by defined (laser) structuring
- Fiber Bragg gratings for microstructure optical fiber - towards high power mid-IR lasers
- Mode-converters and polarization controlled optical fiber circuits - quantum encryption on fiber
- Waveguide probed optical resonator cavities - novel spectral filter concepts embedded in fiber
1.3 Optical guiding structures in bulk materials and thin films by laser modification
- Spatio-temporal control of ultrashort laser pulses for defined modifications inside transparent bulk materials
- Local control of polarization states by 3D confined artificial birefringence
- Tailoring the propagation properties in thin-film waveguides by local laser nanostructuring
1.4 Novel functional materials with tailored properties
- Integrated, waveguide-based magneto-optical isolation using novel materials
- Sub-wavelength scale electro-optic modulators and switches using hybrid VO2-onsilicon waveguides
- Realization and investigation of waveguiding structures built from or embedded in periodic structures
- Investigation of the nonlinear response of PT-symmetric effective materials
Research pillar 2 - Temporal and spatial effects in waveguides
2.1 Linear confinement of guided light waves
- Localized edge states due to disorder
- Light evolution in disordered photonic crystals
- Light tailoring due to artificial defects
2.2 Light confinement inside cavities
- Limits of topological cavity mode isolation in the strong confinement regime
- All-optical switching and signal processing at ultra-low powers in optical cavities
- Pattern formation and spatio-temporal confinement in coupled cavity systems
2.3 Nonlinear propagation effects of guided high intensity light
- High field THz pulses from filaments driven by long wavelength pulses
- Exploiting ionization induced nonlinearities in hollow core fibers for supercontinuum generation
- High average power energetic few-cycle pulses at 2 μm wavelength
- Compression of energetic laser pulses in large area hollow core fibers
- Efficient Raman-shifters based on Bessel-beams
- Spatio-temporal coupling with beams carrying angular momentum
2.4 All-optical routing and switching in waveguide networks
- Optimization of two-dimensional geometries for the efficient routing of light
- Blocking and switching of light in waveguide arrays using discrete spatial solitons
- Data processing on the flight employing the interaction between pulses during their propagation
- Bit sequence and header recognition in waveguide arrays
Research pillar 3 - Novel optical functions in waveguide components and systems
3.1 Novel fiber laser sources
- Design and excitation schemes of multi-core amplifying fibers and their coherent combination
- Investigation of passive and active stabilization of interferometric multi-core fiber amplifier
- Raman gain fiber lasers for the mid-IR based on fluoride and chalcogenide fibers
- Supercontinuum generation in the IR/MIR spectral range using ultrashort (femtosecond) pulses
3.2 Integrated quantum systems
- Integrated quantum sources based on fiber and laser-modified waveguides
- Quantum walks of correlated photons in a 3D laser-written waveguide lattice
- Chip-based quantum gates for photon qubits
3.3 Smart fiber-based biosensors
- Functionalization scheme to develop 3D optofluidic fiber devices
- Fiber based cell-counting system and plasmonic sensor
- Multifunctional core-shell nanowires for biosensing applications in a large spectral range
- Spectral diagnostics and theranostic approaches at plasmonic structures in the near-infrared
- Silicon nanostructure-decorated optical fibers: formation and optical loss optimization


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The Joe Flacco trade has set a precedent for the 2019 quarterback market and Nick Foles might not have the bargaining power he initially thought.
TDP120: Recapping NFL Championship Weekend
NFL's Championship weekend was as good as it gets in the NFL. Two overtime thrillers concluded with the Los Angeles Rams and the New England Patriots advancing to Atlanta for Super Bowl LIII. Special guest Jordan Wade cashed in on both underdogs parlayed on the moneyline for a 6-to-1 payout. Jordan is back to discuss all of Sunday's action and look ahead to Tom Brady's 9th Super Bowl appearance.
Deep Route Football Notebook: Week Eleven
Give thanks for an early DRFN as Zach Cohen devours the Game of the Decade, what it means for the future of football, the biggest conspiracy in NFL history, coaching dilemmas that teams are facing, weekly awards, and so much more!
NFL Week 11: The Game of The Century
On a special Thanksgiving episode of RTS Rob Paul and AJ Marchese discuss every game from Week 11 in the NFL. They answer questions like, who do you trust to round out the playoffs? What do the Cowboys do with Dak? Where do the Jags go from here? And was that the best game they've ever seen? After all that they pick and preview all of Week 12.
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This week, the guys are all getting ready for Thanksgiving! We talk about a little sports, from Alex Smith to Kevin Durant to Markelle Fultz, but then quickly hop right to the great family holiday that is Thanksgiving. What food do you start with and avoid? What is the key dessert to look out for? Where do you want to end up sitting? From old stories to Black Friday philosophy, and much much more, this week on Just Press Play. Show notes and more can be found on our website, check out how we're doing in Playoffs?! and Buy Buy Buy. Music provided by TRUTH. This week's episode is brought to you MyBookie.ag, use offer code JPP to double your initial investment.


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A new study has shown that male teenagers are more likely to 'put a brave face on', rather than opening up about their problems with anxiety, stress and depression
A new study has shown that 54 per cent of young men who are experiencing mental health problems keep things to themselves.
Time to Change, a campaign run by Mind and Rethink Mental Illness, polled a group of 16-18-year-old men, finding that 27 per cent of the teenagers try roids – steroid for sale at least once a week, though 54 per cent choose to "keep it to themselves" or "put a brave face on". Research also showed that 49 per cent of male teenagers in the UK wouldn't feel comfortable talking to their fathers about anxiety, depression, stress and other aspects of mental health.
The study is part of a campaign that is working to dismantle attitudes towards these issues and the code of silence that has been imposed on men and their mental health.
"If we can break the negative cycle of men feeling unable to speak out, we can create a new generation of men who no longer feel isolated, ashamed and unable to reach out for the help that they, and everyone around them, needs to successfully manage their mental health," Jo Loughran, Interim Director at Time to Change said.
This campaign has zoned in on how father figures in the lives of young men could ease the strain of sometimes dilapidating mental health issues that are kept quiet.
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JoJo Fletcher Straddles Fiancé Jordan Rodgers On Romantic Beach Trip — See Pics
OW OW! Things are heating up between JoJo Fletcher and her fiancé Jordan Rodgers! The newly engaged couple were spotted getting extra close on a romantic beach getaway when JoJo straddled her man in a rainbow bikini as they shared a passionate kiss! See the steamy photos here!
This couple is TOO hot to handle! JoJo, 25, and Jordan, 27 heated up the beach in Malibu, CA when they were spotted packing on the PDA in their first exotic getaway since their epic Bachelorette finale and we can't get over the chemistry between these two!
The pair had some fun in the sun to say the least. JoJo held a football while she straddled her man and they both had a steamy make-out sesh! It's obvious these two are really enjoying their engagement. The brunette had bright, white nails that glistened in the sunlight as she held on to Jordan super tight. But, what was really sparkling in the summer sun was her massive engagement ring. What a rock!
JoJo showed off her amazing figure in a multi-colored two-piece bikini with crocheted detail. Her stylish rose gold sunnies completed her flawless look, along with her classic denim shorts. Jordan looked equally great with simple blue swimming shorts. They were a bit on the shorter side, and we're not complaining! His beach attire showed off his athletic legs, as well as the rest of his muscular build. The former pro football quarterback let his voluptuous hair fly in the wind as he basked in the sun, clearly having a great beach day with his fiancée.
She took to Instagram to post this cute photo from she and Jordan's romantic getaway of the two sitting by the ocean, as his arm cradled her. "First week of freedom together and we were able to wake up to this every morning," JoJo captioned the sweet snap with a smiley face. AW!
'The Bachelorette' Finale — PICS
JoJo and Jordan seem to be going strong right now, so we're hoping that we will get to see that wedding they gushed about sooner than later! They two teased some major plans following the Bachelorette finale on After The Final Rose with Chris Harrison, 45. After she obsessed over her new fiancé, JoJo revealed that she was even texting his mom and the couple was throwing around wedding ideas. They even said they're moving in together! Get all of the adorable details on their life together here.
JoJo and Jordan were in the contemporary clothing store Ali & Jay store at The Malibu Lumber Yard.
HollywoodLifers, what do you think of JoJo and Jordan's new romantic getaway photos? Do you like them together as a couple? Tell us in the comments below!


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Online Reputation for your Business: How to Protect It
The company's reputation is considered as its most valuable asset. You could lose customers and sales, if it's tarnished. This write-up shows how bad reviews are not always what they seem they are and the things that you can do about it. In life and in business, we stand or fall on the status of our reputation. Companies spend a lot of money and time to build a positive and solid reputation by staff training, customer service policies, listening to customer feedback and more. In spite of everything that has been done by the company, a reputation can be easily damaged into a thousand pieces by a few ill placed words. This is truly true in this world of modern technology with internet review sites and technology of digital mobile, where a bad review about a certain business can be said and be read by the entire world in just a minute.
It is very important to manage how your business is represented because of the fact that 89{35174ec1f3913d0167ef06aa80332ab4fbba011e1effd25c70e183dc00f5e8a2} of consumers around the world start to look for a product by doing a search on the internet before purchasing. Furthermore, it is not new that there has been a big competition of businesses out there, if a client reads a bad business review about your business, chances are that he or she will simply move on to the next business down the search list rather than look for a more positive review about you.
While it is perfectly normal to feel angry or upset about bad comments that others say about your business, you need to control yourself and should not lash out at all cost. The unfortunate truth about publishing something into cyberspace is that it is very difficult to remove it completely once it was already been published and this was verified by some businesses. Don't be afraid to own up and then take positive public steps to make it right, if you have made a mistake. The fact that you have owned up and are committed to getting it right, people would respect that. This fact may be able to put more confidence your business motives and ethics.
These bad comments are often taken as a personal attack to us. You can easily be put under public examination by the way you react to negative comments because of the fact that you represent your business. It is much better to write out a draft first, then leave it for a hours until you can review it in a more composed frame of mind, and soften any overly harsh words. After all, reading a few bad comments is better than doing deception as it cause lesser trust in business.
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Food for Thought: Twenty Questions (four or five of them at least), May 15, 2019
Notes composed and discussion facilitated by Pastor Bryan Hackett.
Our mid-week services are designed for open discussion among a group of people with diverse philosophies and beliefs. These are the notes from those meetings, and reflect the desire to explore thought within and outside the Christian tradition. They do not represent official doctrine, but a willingness to explore our shared humanity. As such, they are somewhat incomplete without the experience of actual discussions. We post them here for the sake of those who would like to have them but cannot always make it out to a mid-week service.
Twenty Questions (four or five of them at least)
- What does it mean to live in the present moment? (mindfulness)
Jesus: Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.
Thich Nhat Hanh: Walk as if you are kissing the Earth with your feet.
Buddha: As you walk, eat, and travel, be where you are.
Woody Allen: What if everything is an illusion and nothing exists? In that case, I definitely overpaid for my carpet.
- How does one obtain true peace?
Lao Tzu: When there is no desire, all things are at peace. (very Buddhist)
Let it be still, and it will gradually become clear.
The Bible: Be still and know that I am God. (Is God known better in the stillness rather than the activity of the mind?)
Jesus: My peace I give you.
Do not think that I came to bring peace, but a sword.
Douglas Adams: He was a dreamer, a thinker, a speculative philosopher… or, as his wife would have it, an idiot.
3. What is our greatest distraction?
Jesus: And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.
Ramana Maharshi: Think of God; attachments will gradually drop away. If you wait till all desires disappear before starting your devotion and prayer, you will have to wait for a very long time indeed.
Ray Bradbury: The Internet is a big distraction.
4. What is the greatest quality humans possess?
Socrates: There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance.
St. Paul There are three things that endure: faith, hope, and love. And the greatest of these is love.
Jesus No greater love has anyone than this: that he should lay down his life for his friends.
Lao Tzu: Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.
Blaise Pascal: The greatness of man is great in that he knows himself to be wretched. A tree does not know itself to be wretched.
Also: The greatness of man lies in his power of thought.
Douglas Adams: A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.


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The Polk County Jail releases arrest reports on weekday mornings. Click the attached PDF to find the Tuesday, May 19, 2020 report.
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What to list, where to place it and when to open it
There is no obligation for a wedding guest to send the happy couple a gift, just as there is no obligation for the engaged couple to invite everyone who sent them a present to their wedding. It is usually considered polite though for those who sent gifts to at least be invited to the wedding reception.
Guests and well-wishers can send presents from the moment the wedding is announced, whether they find out through an invite, family member or public announcement, either in a paper or online. It is considered quite impolite to wait for an invite before you send a gift, especially if you are close to the couple.
In order to avoid receiving duplicate gifts, most couples will compile a gift list. You can make your very own gift list on hitched.com.au for your guests to browse! The list should include a wide range of gifts from the expensive to the affordable, so there is something to suit every guest's price range. A good way of making things easy and affordable is to specify a particular pattern or design of cutlery or china, so people can buy from a wide range of things, but they'll still all match.
Bed linen is traditionally given by the parents of the bride. Traditionally, the gift list would consist of items for the new couple's home, and would be something of use. For this reason, even if the couple have set up home and have all they need, it's best to avoided gifts aimed to just one half of the couple, such as jewelry etc. If you really don't know what to get them, money is usually a good idea as it can go towards a honeymoon or something else the couple is saving for.
If it is possible, gifts should be posted or delivered before the date of the wedding. If it can't be posted before the wedding day, then it can be taken along to the wedding, but it is not customary for the bride and groom to open their gifts at the reception. Traditionally, they wait until after the honeymoon to open their presents.
In order to stay organized, it's best for the bride to take note of each gift and who sent it as they arrive, to make it easier when it comes to writing thank you notes. All notes should be polite and never imply that they didn't want or like the gift in question.
A gift table can be set up at the reception for guests to admire the presents, if the couple wishes to display them. If guests have sent too large a gift to display or have sent money, then a card should be shown on the table stating what the gift was and who it was from. For a gift of money, the amount should not be shown. Instead, it should read 'cheque from Mr. & Mrs. ...'
See more on wedding gift lists.
Discover the wedding gift list that's right for you by browsing our edit of the best options available.


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A hefty amount of our readers here on the MyLEDLightingGuide's official blog consists of facility managers (along with contractors, government employees, and other decision makers). This post is made specifically for the facility managers and building owners out there to help keep you up to date and fresh on the latest news and opportunities for you and your buildings.
This list of 14 facilities management blogs will consist of some popular and most likely already heard of publications, along with a few lesser known places that you still may find extremely interesting. Picking a few facilities management blog sites from this list is definitely the first step to keeping up to date and staying ahead with your work.
There will be a brief description along with a URL for each blog / magazine listed, and it should give you a good idea or not if that facility management resource will benefit you more-so or not than others listed here.
Now, let's get started with this list…
This is seemingly one of the more popular and well known publications for facility managers and building owners alike. They cover topics such as safety, security, maintenance, technology, lighting tips, retrofitting, improving with green buildings, and more. They just about try to cover nearly any and every topic that is relevant to a facility manager or similar decision maker. This is definitely one that is a 'must read' for anyone managing a building.
Another very popular publication which covers a lot of useful topics and products that any facilities building decision maker should be aware of to create a more efficient and overall better workplace. They also have many courses and webinar on topics like life cycle costs, energy management, lighting, security, and more.
Covering lots of insights, trends, products, and facilities management education articles; they are a very well rounded place to find tons more content that may help you find your way with managing buildings. They too offer both free and premium webinars and courses on highly relevant topics for today's workplace and technology.
As the name suggests, this blog leans on the side of maintenance based topics. Although, they often talk about topics that are important to any facility manager, such as cooling an industrial sized area. That is just a glimpse of the type of stuff this blog publishes, so reading more on what they offer may be important to seeing if this blog is worth your time or not!
Although this blog seems to be a bit more broad than specifically for facility managers, it still talks about tons of relevant topics and they even have an entire section entirely for facilities management. Some recent ones (at the time of writing) include redesigning your office, corporate responsibility, productivity in the workplace, and many more. Their facility management resources definitely seems to be siding more on office spaces, so if you manage a building that has an office then this is a surefire place to check on from time to time.
FM World seems to put a lot of their attention on news, but all are topics that are probably very relevant to you and your tasks as a FM. They also (like many other of these blogs on this list) offer many different white papers which carry tons of valuable information in them. Along with professional interviews, webinars, and other pieces of content they are very well rounded in the variety of things that they offer.
Again, we don't think it comes as a surprise when this resource is all about automation articles. Their primary focus is on technological automation in buildings to become more efficient and effective at everyday tasks. A good resource for anyone interested in this type of technology!
They don't only talk about the environment and green buildings, but surprisingly they publish a lot about facility managers and how to become a better one in general. You can thank Michel Theriault for this great resource, as he is the brains behind it all. He also offers services such as consulting and training for FM staff, so if a budget allows and you want to become a better FM; that's always an option!
9. International Facility Management Association (IFMA)
We couldn't leave this one out, IFMA's a huge player in the FM space and can't be ignored. They offer many different things to better yourself such as professional development, but their blog specifically covers many relevant and timely articles on stuff that you should be keeping up with and at least remain aware of. We definitely recommend this one as a 'must read' for any facility manager too.
10. Building Automation Monthly
Phil Zito is the creator and sole person behind Building Automation Monthly. He writes about and educates on the topics solely regarding building automation systems. No time to read? Phil offers a Podcast which covers many different great topics as well. So, next time you are driving or taking a flight you might want to listen in to his podcast instead of waiting to read!
11. Facilities Manager Magazine
They bring in educated and experienced people to write about relevant FM topics based through experience and expertise. Many readers enjoy Facilities Manager Magazine because of the research, creative strategies, and best practices that they offer through their content.
Although this blog doesn't seem to be updated as often as many others on this list; their past and current posts are a good read. They are definitely insightful and thought provoking on the tasks and purposes of a facility manager.
Majority of the topics they cover include integrated facility services, people management, outsourcing, and workplace management. They seemingly publish every few days, which is great for any managers who want consist content that is useful and practical; but not too much where they miss half of it due to information overload.
Like their headline says, "if you're in FM, you need to be on i-FM." They offer tons of content through news, interviews, top 50 list of great and relevant companies, and overall great resources.
Missed any that you think is worthy of being added? Be sure to comment them down below, this list is always being updated!
Final Words
There you have it, 14 (and growing) facility manager blogs, magazines, and resources that will hopefully make you an informed, up to date, and more educated facility manager overall. Our #1 tip for you is to pick two or three from this list that really peak your interest, and make it a ritual to check in on them often for the latest content that they offer.
Again, if we missed one that you think should be added; message us for consideration!


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Wells Fargo recently closed their location at Mt. Diablo Blvd. & Moraga Rd. in Lafayette and will also be closing in
Moraga West Berkeley this March. According to this CNN Money article, the closures are, "a reflection of Americans' preference for online and mobile banking these days." Considering how convenient online banking (even check deposits) has become, I'm not at all surprised by this.
Update: The Moraga branch is not closing. The West Berkeley Business Center is closing in March.