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As we close the year off, I would like to wish you a happy new year. I looked through my blog stats for this year and these are some of the top 5 blog posts that I wrote for 2013.
December 30, 2013
December 23, 2013
Seasons Greetings! From My Studio Desk to Yours!
To close the year off, I would like to send my warmest wishes to all my readers and followers! I wish all of you a Happy Holidays and a prosperous 2014. All of you have given me a voice to share my story, my experience, and my reflections as a architecture blogger and it is ultimately you that have made The Underdog Architecture Student's Blog where it is today.
December 16, 2013
Why I am NOT applying for M.Arch (right now)
For Canadian Architecture students like me, there is a pressure on those who want to become fully licensed architects. The baseline is the M.Arch as all Canadian undergraduate schools of architecture do not offer the accredited 5-year B.Arch (In Canada, we have what is known as the "4+2 system" in the US).
December 09, 2013
Kisses of Death: The Recent Grad's Architecture Job Application
When applying and hustling for work for a year after graduating, and working for just about half a year, I got to see a bit of what goes wrong upon the receipt of a recent architecture graduate's application. Here are the "kisses of death" many recent design have done to their applications. I'm more compassionate to design students because you probably did not consider career counselling advice when you were just too busy finishing your studio project. I hope these tips improve your chances Architecture Students:
November 19, 2013
Architecture School Shopping - Part II: The Student Experience
On the last entry on school shopping, I focused on issues concerning practicality and career readiness. In this post, I finish off with issues concerning the architecture student experience as a factor when you look for the architecture school you want to get into. You probably would not be considering these issues when looking for a college as a senior high school student, These are my views based on looking back at my college experience. Architecture School is demanding and requires a lot of time: the architecture building on campus can be in use 24/7 during an academic year, especially near deadlines.
October 30, 2013
Kiss of Death: The Recent Grad's Architecture Job Interview
I guess for the many architecture students that did not get career counselling help, or a thesis juror offering a job, or a school offering them an internship placement - many architecture graduates say things that can turn off prospective employers. Here's some of the "Kisses of Death" you must avoid in Architecture Job Interview:
October 28, 2013
Applying for Architecture Internships
I am very honoured to announce our first guest post here at The Underdog Architecture Student's blog. Today's post is courtesy of Ryan Hansanuwat, an Architect and Vice President for an architecture firm in Texas and writer for Architecture Career Guide where he dispenses advice on how to become an Architect and what being an Architect is like.
October 23, 2013
Architecture School Shopping - Part 1
October 11, 2013
1 year later: Reflecting on Stress & Architecture School
It's just over a year when I when I published my famous post on Mental Health and Architecture School which begun this blogs climb in page views and readers in the Architecture blogosphere. As Mental Health
Awareness week ends in America, I wanted to reflect on the topic of stress and architecture school:
October 02, 2013
Resourcefulness is key
What is the most precious trait you acquire in Architecture School? After a year of graduating you realize two things the moment you work in an architecture firm:
September 24, 2013
Things I learned in Architecture School
It's September and I know I should be coming up with more posts as many students begin Architecture School. For me, September is just a reminder of how many years I have been away from school and counting down the years left until I intend to go back to academia to pursue my M.Arch. Here are some points on things I learned, but can be actually new post ideas for the future!
September 04, 2013
To my younger self...
September is here! This entry is timely for that person entering college or design school. These are some words of advice for that recent graduate still looking for work, or that person who wants to shake things up and try something new in their career. A year ago I was jobless and still hunting for work, I did not have a decent portfolio and I would get really frustrated and dissatisfied with how things were not going to schedule – I felt like my life was at a pause. It is not easy as a recent grad to get your first job and you have to just go through the test of time and truck through grunt work step by step to land a job or create one. For some it can be a few months to others close to a year or more.
September 02, 2013
On your mark, get set, GO!
On your mark, get set, GO! Don't overlook the first week of school Architecture Students! You want to start off with your best foot forward and ready to tackle the work that's in store...
August 26, 2013
Architecture School is like an Obstacle Course.
Just over a year past graduating I have been working on my life-long battle against obesity and if anything that architecture school and university has taught me was to persist, persevere, and always be open to new things. And for the past few months I have been exercising to get myself fit and go for my first 6km obstacle race.
July 15, 2013
Talent & Capability - I think it can be honed.
* ok, yes, I probably should have added "necessarily" to the title
In the end, I believe the argument really boils down to how does one view talent and capability. How passionate is one individual to pursue their interests if they are not as naturally talented as the next guy. Is being talented something that you are gifted at by birth and can run a life of great success once your realize your capability and strengths? Is it your natural ability to just own it and succeed through school and life without failure and act like yous a boss? Are you talented by ultimately a gaining and honing skill that needs practice in order to strengthen your ability? I stick to the latter of the spectrum and believe that it is ultimately based on ones drive, passion, and commitment to be willing to grow and push their limits. It takes years to build an architect up with the vast amount of knowledge you have to acquire, apply and master. Does a curriculum define your own measure of personal and professional growth? for me, probably not. If anything it provides you the foundation to build your career. Ultimately, the most important question lies in where you will take your education and college experience beyond the studio and into the professional life that you want.
June 28, 2013
Summer Connections: Why it`s important #DesignStudents
|Image: A beach networking event I attended by Cool Connections
This week's post is a submission to Project GYST (Get Your Sh!t Together!) hosted by Raeallan. This week's topic focuses on Summer Connections. I felt this topic could be applicable with the focus of my blog. I was that individual in architecture school that wanted to meet people outside of my field and make connections:
Summer is finally here and you are finally OUTSIDE of the dreaded architecture studios for the year. Now, I understand if you were not able to attend professional workshops and events during the school year but summer break is no excuse. How are you going to make the most of your summer break?
Summer is finally here and you are finally OUTSIDE of the dreaded architecture studios for the year. Now, I understand if you were not able to attend professional workshops and events during the school year but summer break is no excuse. How are you going to make the most of your summer break?
June 19, 2013
Good Grades does NOT a Good Designer Make
I have been waiting to write a post about this for a while. This post is for the architecture student that has struggled and perhaps had their setbacks. I hate to break it for the top dog design students, but A's does not a great designer make. From attending workshops and talking to practitioners and even professors a great disconnect lies between what you have been learning and mastering in architecture school versus what happens in the real world and where you will go after graduation.
June 17, 2013
Make the most out of your Summer #ARCHISTUDENTS
Okay, so it has been quite a rough year for you. No longer will you have to spend really late nights in the architecture building. Actually chill with friends and loved ones who thought you were dead. Why sleep on a floor/cardboard/dirty drafting table if you can blissfully rest in your own bed, without the guilt! You don't have to worry about excessive deadlines unless you are taking summer classes or doing a summer studio. It's summer time and you should give yourself a pat on the back for trekking through a rough academic year of architecture school.
June 12, 2013
Renderings Part II: In the real world.
So, I might be biased by being primarily taught by the old "modernist" studio professors during my architectural education. My career in school with these professors made me feel that renderings are not the deterministic factor to making it to the field. I was more interested in design process than seeing what I can do with photoshop – and yes there are consequences that I had to deal with swinging to the extreme for one approach in studio over the other. Eventually I had to realize that yes, renderings are crucial as a student, but if you want to be those architects that actually want to make money and make ideas become reality...spending hours on photoshopping and renderings does not an architect make...if anything, it is just one aspect of the many things we do.
June 10, 2013
Renderings Part I: Inside Academia
Last week I came across Arch Daily's article, Are Renderings Bad for Architecture?. That article brought up to issues concerning the allure of renderings and its truthfulness. It brought up issues surrounding questions on what should students learn in school. Is seductive imagery a true measure of a good designer? Sure, digital renderings are important to market and sell our ideas to a client but to what extent do you have to be good at rendering as an architecture student? You'll need a base level to present your work in order to sell your presentations and portfolio.
June 05, 2013
A studio project is like a good greasy burger.
Last weekend, I went with a friend from architecture school to check out a Burger Festival in Toronto. It was Burger Day last Sunday at Toronto's Artscape Wychwood Barns. Since it was architecture and food – I am all up for this any day! Wychwood Barns used to be a Streetcar repair facility just north of downtown Toronto and was recently converted to a beautiful community hub that by local design firm DTAH. Along the lines of the Underdog Architecture Student's blog for wanting to make the analogous link between Architecture and the Culinary Arts, I have always wanted to talk about the burger in one of my posts. I just was not sure if I wanted to take a high school approach and apply the burger concept that we use in essays for the way you present your projects and convey the narrative of your design. I thought I would after seeing some design reviews that needed improvement (I have entries on them – click here and here) NO – now that I think about it, the design of a crafted burger is like a studio project. Both can teeter between falling face down to a pedestrian state or rise to a state of elegance and sophistication.
May 27, 2013
Reflections from the Post-Grad Job Hunt!
It's been a year since I graduated and I know many architecture students have reached the day that kinda diminishes the intensity of late nights, all-nighters, among the other stressors you would normally expect as a student of architecture. The job hunt after graduation is probably one of the most stressful experiences I have had and if it was not for my experiences of falling behind as a student I do not believe I would have been able cope as resiliently as I did. If failure did anything, it was an exercise and training in persistence. As a recurring theme in my blogs, true passion and persistence is a necessary trait in a highly competitive, extremely demanding and poor low-wage field like architecture.
May 14, 2013
Portfolios: Some advice from a recent grad (Part II - Momentum)
I would like to finish off this portfolio advice series with a less prescriptive outlook on how to get your collection of work off to interviews. We're hitting summer in North America and that moment of freedom from architecture school can put a lot of students behind in the job hunt. After years of toiling through the night in studio to just being free from school it is too easy to have fun and lose focus after school. The weather is nicer outside and it can be really tempting to slack off and chill and come September realize and you still have not found a job.
May 09, 2013
Portfolios: Some advice from a recent grad (Part I)
Last weekend, I decided to attend a Portfolio Review event hosted by Architecture for Humanity Toronto. As someone who graduated just almost a year ago, applied to numerous firms, and landed only 3 interviews at the end of the day, I really wanted to get some feedback just to know what can I do to improve, and what am I doing wrong to not get 6 or even 9 interviews from applying to 70+ firms in the past few months. After receiving feedback, I guess I realized that it is rough job market for entry-level architecture jobs, even though things are picking up and I shouldn't be too hard on myself. From the event, I got to get my portfolio reviewed by a professor and professional with regards to M.Arch applications and on the basis of job hunting, respectively.
May 01, 2013
Lessons from Improvisational Theatre
As I continue to enjoy the moments of freedom after Architecture School, I want explore different things that is NOT architecture for sanity's sake. I was stuck in architecture school for a pretty long time and there were things in my life and in college that I wanted to do. I wanted to explore my cultural identity, workout and try new things. Since my first year of University I have always been fascinated in the performing arts. I attended different plays from different playwrights and troupes in Toronto and I am fascinated how actors are able to recreate world and immerse an audience into that story setting through crafted dialogue and acting. Whereas designers usually have to convey a story through the construction and manipulation of space and framing the circulation and experience to tell a story. Actors have to convey emotion, tone, mood in order to transport their audience into the world in which their characters live. It's that art of communication which transforms and engages, and I feel like architects and designers can learn a thing or two...because when it comes to communication I think it's something all of us designers and students can learn from and apply to our careers.
April 23, 2013
Architecture Student Book Roundup: Graphical Representation Primer
So, after going through architecture school at one point in my life, I decided to provide a list of books that might help you in architecture school...particularly the freshman. Graphic representation and conventions need to be honed down and asap. Like a language you speak, you need to be fluent in how you convey your design intent and I've seen architecture students across all the years struggle in drawing conventions. This week, I'm gonna suggest these books for the freshman architecture student in terms of beefing up your graphical representation skills. These books cover a wide array from computer drawing, hand rendering, sketching, model making. Note, wait for the first day of class to figure out what books you need to buy and initially check these books out in the library first to gauge if you will need to keep referring to them, and decide to buy them.
April 17, 2013
Should I stay or should I go? - Part II
Last weekend I visited my friends who were presenting their studio projects at one of my prospective grad schools for M.Arch. I am fortunate to have architecture school friends across Canada who are getting their M.Arch in besides my Alma Mater. It makes it easier background research for where I want to study and get a student perspective. Some of my classmates in undergrad have opted to study elsewhere for Masters. I have asked some of them, in the past few months, why they chose to shift gears for graduate school and I received a good response from a number of them. So In this entry, I will outline the pros and cons from my conversations with them.
April 16, 2013
Should I stay or should I go? - Part I
So in the past year, I have visited the top 3 schools on my M.Arch wish list. Two are in NYC, and one in Toronto. Just recently watched my two good friends present their comprehensive studio projects last weekend and has really given me some thought to consider when I should go for grad school, as well as where I want to study. I'm kinda wanting to not commit "University Incest", but there is also some benefit of studying in the same school you did your undergrad.
April 10, 2013
More to the world outside of Architecture.
I have usually described to friends and family that architecture school is pretty much the continuation of high school – in a sense that you would be exposed to a broad range of courses covering different subjects and exposing you to different schools of thinking. For instance, health science students would be focused more on courses like chemistry, psychology, and sociology. Business Students would be taking courses from accounting to marketing. Engineers would focus on physics and calculus. As a holistic individual, I've always wanted to learn about different things and I felt architecture school gave me that mixed bag of subjects from humanities to sciences to the arts. After graduating, I'm interested in learning things outside of Architecture...for sanity's sake.
April 08, 2013
Architecture + Design Films I'm Excited For (2013)
In addition to my list of 2013 design documentaries i'm excited for besides REM by Thomas Koolhaas, I thought I would share some film trailers for design documentaries that I have came across recently. I'm not really just about the books, I think the art of documentary and film making dynamically conveys layers of information and meaning effectively. This can compliment the lectures and readings given to the architecture student - keep things interesting. Documentaries centered to issues on Architecture and Design can help you open eyes to the field and keep you inspired and engaged.
March 26, 2013
Post Grad Phase: Stay Informed. Stay Engaged.
I feel that this post is valuable if you are currently studying architecture, and even for those that are taking a break between undergrad and graduate architecture school. As I apply for work and wait, it is always good to stay engaged with the profession and the culture of architecture – networking and talking to professionals. You want to keep current with the trends, the fads, the movements and issues surrounding architecture and the profession. For the past few months (and until I get back to grad school) I have been attending Movie Night series provided by the Toronto Society of Architects, the Bulthup Lecture Series at Daniels School of Architecture Landscape & Design to keep engaged with the architecture community and the latest trends. I think this is valuable time after graduation to reflect and really look deeper into the things that interested you in school. I take this as an opportunity to figure out what I would like to do for thesis and what aspects in the discourse of architecture inspires me.
March 14, 2013
The Art of the Design Review - PART II
So the tables have turned for me. I went back to my architecture school. Not as a student, but this time as a guest critic for interim studio presentations. It was a bit new to me, because this is the first time I have been asked to be part of the jury studio presentations.
March 11, 2013
Construction Site Visits
Walk around your city – you cannot help but notice the different buildings that are undergoing construction in different parts of town. It is easy to overlook these places, but for students of architecture and young professionals, it is a great way to see how construction is done and help you understands the technicalities of building construction – how are things put together seeing the dynamic relationship between structure, servicing, walls, floors, finishes. This is of utmost value for the student who is doing a comprehensive building design studio, or is working on permit drawings for a design firm. Perhaps my next point is on the fact that I have been doctrinated by a professors who practice architecture, pretty images and renderings are one thing, but at the end of the day we make money by getting something built for clients.
March 05, 2013
Move Forward: Tips on the (Architecture) Job Hunt
Sorry for the delay on blog post my fellow readers. For the past few weeks I've been pushing and working to look for work in the architecture world.
It's that time of the year when many students are beginning to flood the mailboxes of architecture offices with resumes and portfolios. I have to say it's a tough market out there, especially for a profession that is saturated. In North America, architecture schools have been cranking out many graduates into a field that is small. For those who live in urbanized areas, looking for an architecture job in a metropolitan city with more than one architecture school in the region means tougher job competition. How do you manage to get your foot in the door to becoming a Junior or Intern Architect?
February 14, 2013
Architecture Student Book Roundup: Building Technology Primer
Architecture school books tend to be more go-to references guides while you develop your designs - especially if you need a technical design response (eg comprehensive building design studio). You usually have to figure out the build-ability and technology and dimensions yourself - none of your courses will give you a thorough detail on dimensions of furniture, seating, or typical elevators, heating systems, sizing of your shafts and ducts - you have to find it out or get an approximate size or placeholder to continue progressing in your design. Whether it is structure, mechanical systems, electrical systems, building envelope - they are critical and should garnish your education in learning about how to design a building. Some of these are books that will guide you and even follow you after university (well Building Construction Illustrated and the Architect's Studio Companion - I know friends and colleagues have shown through Facebook post or people who are preparing for their licencing examinations).
February 05, 2013
Lunch Inside the Crystal
Last weekend I went to the c5 restaurant to meet up with my friends for a little fine dining during Winterlicious, Toronto's restaurant week in February. The restaurant is located inside of Daniel Libeskind's Michael Lee Chin Crystal at the Royal Ontario Museum. As an architecture enthusiast, along with my fellow classmates and guests from Detroit...how could we not go? And how could I not blog about my two loves of Cuisine and Architecture? This had The Underdog Architecture Student's Blog written all over it!
January 30, 2013
The Underdog Architecture Student`s Response: Save the Architecture Learning for Graduate School
I recently came across Aaron Betsky's recent editorial on Architect Magazine, Save the Architecture Learning for Graduate School. In his article, Betsky argues that architectural education should begin at the graduate school level. I have to agree with the article because emerging design trends, like Public Interest Design, requires designers to be more aware and critical of the issues challenging society to respond thoughtfully. I favour the article, as a Canadian, due to the education requirements in becoming a licensed professional in Canada.
January 25, 2013
Sometimes it is better to head out to the cinemas as opposed to reading a book or listening to a lecture. A good movie that is educational and informative (for instance, a documentary) can enhance your architectural education. Sometimes, architecture students need a break from studio and a fresh way to learn more about the field. I will be honest and must confess that this is quite difficult for students. I understand the stresses and risks associated with deadlines and intensive course loads – time is money, and the stress can be overwhelming that a break is never an option.
January 21, 2013
Chopped vs. Charette: Culinary Arts and Architecture
|There was an awesome restaurant I went to in NYC, called Fat Buddha,
and they had Chicken and (Red Velvet) Waffles
(Being the foodie that I am, I wish I can learn this...seriously)
January 17, 2013
An Evening on Failure
Even after graduation, I have always been fascinated by the topic of Failure along with the stigma and emotional aspects surrounding it. After my experience of failing in architecture school (a crash and burn experience, to say the least), failure has been a subject that I have been interested in trying to make personal meaning with. So, being an architecture student that failed, where do I go? A few nights ago, I recently attended an event dedicated to the subject of Failure and looking at it in different perspectives.
January 14, 2013
Post-Grad Phase: Keep Busy & Persist!
"Don't sit down and wait for the opportunities to come. Get up and make them!" – C.J. Walker
Sorry for the slow rate of posts my friends. It's been busy for the past few weeks. From part-time drafting work, to doing a design competition, and getting on the grind with job applications for architecture and architecture-related fields – My time is occupied after graduation from architecture school. There have been late nights, all-nights, and busy times – it does not look pretty after graduation.
January 10, 2013
Be Fearless By Failing
We constantly make mistakes – it is part of what makes us human, and what makes life somewhat more interesting like a roller coaster ride as opposed to a gentle ferris wheel. Despite our best efforts when the odds are against us; when failure is inevitable; do we cower away and avoid? Or do we persist despite the odds.
January 03, 2013
WELCOME 2013! Time to expand!
As 2013 is here, I want to continue to expand my blog by being a story hunter and broadcaster. I want to expand this blog and hear from the architecture students currently in architecture school. There are so many of us that have experienced studio culture - the good and bad, and I would like to present a diverse and colourful story about studio culture with my blog. I want to hear those that are going through the studio experience and how they coped and improved and what did they learn. I wanna hear about those students that blog.
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Charlie Sheen Getting Married: Fiance Still Legally Married
Published By: Tara ClemFebruary 20, 2014
Hollywood bad boy, Charlie Sheen, has been back on a #winning streak and lucky in love, as he announced that he proposed to his porn star girlfriend on Valentine's Day. The ex-Two and A Half Men actor has been tweeting up a storm about how much in love he is with his new girl, porn star Brett Rossi. Charlie Sheen getting married again is big news. But the bigger news is that his fiance is still legally married.
According to court records that were discovered by several media sources, Rossi is currently in the midst of divorce proceedings from her husband,Jonathan Ross, who filed for divorce from Brett on July 18, 2013. He is representing himself in the proceedings. Rossi didn't file a response to the divorce documents until January 30, 2014, and is being represented by Sheen's famed family law attorney, Mark Gross. The couple had been married for about a year and do not have any children together.
Some are surprised about Charlie Sheen getting married for the 4th time, but none of his ex's have commented, and probably won't. After the very public battle with is most recent ex wife, Brooke Mueller, and mother of his twins, she is happily going through sobriety daily, and getting her child support from Charlie. So she will probably stay mum. And his scorned second wife, Denise Richards, will more than likely stay away from commenting about Charlie Sheen getting married, after Charlie land basted her for not letting him spend Christmas with her and their daughters.
Charlie proposed to Brett Rossi in Hawaii on Valentine's Day, and tweeted all about it. He also bought Rossi a new Mercedes before Christmas. So he's already starting to repeat his pattern of lavish gifts.
Oh Charlie….will this tiger blood drinking bad boy ever learn that maybe marriage isn't for him? So before good old Charlie Sheen can wed Brett Rossi, looks like she has to get divorced first. So before you hedge your bets on Charlie Sheen getting married, you might want to sit this one out. He loves to change his mind.


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SEDGLEY Park overcame Harrogate in a pulsating game which could have gone either way.
Harrogate, with a big size and weight advantage, stretched the home forwards all through the game with the difference exaggerated after 33 minutes when Paul Arnold was injured and replaced by the diminutive Richard Oxley who tackled like a demon and never shirked.
The worse part of Sedgley's game was the goal-kicking with six penalties and a conversion missed despite trying three goal-kickers.
Sedgley's ball retention was superior and within six minutes they were ahead after pressurising Harrogate with brilliant passing movements ending with new outside half Ryno Ueckermann swinging a long pass to left winger Chris Glynn for his try converted by Arno de Jager.
A knock on denied Park a second score before Harrogate on 17 minutes scored through Thornton following a break by Morgan, who repeated last year's trick of selling a superb dummy to confuse the Sedgeley defence: Duncombe converted.
Sedgley managed to miss a third penalty before Harrogate crossed again following a penalty to touch, line-out, catch and drive and then the maul took the ball over the line.
Last up was prop David Hall who presumably scored. Diego then landed a penalty to make it 12-10 to Harrogate at the break.
Diego then added his second penalty to put Park ahead but the penalty, line-out, catch and maul sequence works again for the visitors to change the lead.
From then on Sedgley's superior fitness and some slack play from the tiring Yorkshiremen ensured Sedgeley victory.
First though, two tries went begging, one from a knock on over the line, and then a charge down not grounded. But Chris Glynn made a superb break on the left which enabled Ross Bullough to finish off the move on the right wing. Before the end Chris Glynn had two shots at converting penalties and the first went over.
Nevertheless Sedgley were happy to keep punting the blal to the Harrogate line to keep the invaders at bay.
As usual Tim Fourie, Dave McCormack and Arno De Jager had good games and all 15 Sedgley players tackled Harrogate out of this game in which sheer determination was the difference betweent he sides and Chris Glynn's moments of magic.
Next week at Nuneaton surely cannot be any harder than this.


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Slip these on for a new way of seeing thingsFeatured July 13 Words by Andrew Hankinson
Imagine you're walking on Westminster Bridge in London," says Professor Dimitrios Buhalis. "Through your glasses, you are able to see virtual boats that recreate the dynamics of the Thames from past times. If you like, you can even superimpose a wireframe [a 3D graphic] and have a look inside them.
"A virtual arrow directs you to the best place for taking panoramic photographs. Your glasses can also control your view of the scenery, so you adjust the colour of the sky. While you walk, you push away virtual advertisements scattered on the ground..."
Sound like some crazy future life? In fact, this future - or a good portion of it - is already upon us. It's all part of an augmented reality (AR) revolution, which is bringing with it a brave new world, especially in travel.
According to experts like Buhalis, who is director of Bournemouth University's eTourism Lab, AR could be the greatest thing to happen to tourism since the passenger jet. It could give us dynamic insight into cities, make us all smarter and keep us continually clued in.
Or it might just be the worst thing to happen, making the experience of being a tourist so unbearable you never want to be in another museum, gallery or other visitor hotspot again. Regardless of how you feel about it, it's happening anyway, so you might as well get used to it.
But what is AR exactly? Well, in its simplest sense, AR enhances - or augments - a real-world environment with graphics, audio or other computer-generated data. Currently, the best way to experience it is with a tablet or smart phone. You fire up an app, hold the device in front of a real object, and you'll see the various augmentations overlaid through the viewfinder. If you're walking, these graphics may well change as you move.
The technology is becoming massive business, and tech firms such as Apple, Google, Nokia and Samsung have been investing heavily to create apps that bring the world to life. Professor Buhalis predicts it will eventually become part of our everyday lives - "like breathing" - and the tourist market is so far leading the way.
According to his research, among the most successful of thousands of AR apps are Yelp, which annotates the feed through your viewfinder with information on different businesses; Word Lens, which translates any text you point at, and Nearest Tube, which superimposes directions at street level to the closest London Underground station. "They mark a new era for tourism," says Buhalis. "We will witness truly ubiquitous computing, where information is seamlessly interwoven with the physical world."
While some are general tools for travel, others are specific to certain cities: Berlin Wall 3D rebuilds the Berlin Wall in front of your eyes, while the Dutch UAR app superimposes past and future architecture onto current streetscapes.
So far, so exciting. But until now, it's been hampered by cumbersome hardware: walking along with an iPad in front of you is tricky and not exactly subtle. However, the next generation of AR devices has arrived, heralding a new era of accessibility.
Users - who have paid $1,500 (€1,145) each for the privilege - are already trialling Google Glass, a wearable computer that looks like spectacles, through which they can see the world overlaid with all sorts of extra information. Further developments of Google Glass are being worked on by a top-secret department, Google [x] which, according to Businessweek magazine, spent $6.8 billion on research and development in 2012. Rivals include Takahito Iguchi's Telepathy One, which has audio as well as visual augmentation, and can morph images into manga-style cartoons; and Steve Mann's Eye Glass (see p96), which uses an 'Augmediated Reality' system. Once we're all wearing them, we'll see the world like The Terminator saw it, through an interface of graphics and text. Only, instead of picking targets, we'll be learning about, say, the history of Rome as we walk the city's streets.
One of the more interesting pioneers is artist Matthew Maxwell, who studied fine art at Oxford University and became a digital creative director. Back in April, his first AR project, Singing Ribbons, opened at London's Coningsby Gallery. There, visitors were invited to point their phones at pictures of military ribbons, each of which had a different accompanying musical score. "In the exhibition, you have the little Singing Ribbons app and when you look at the pictures through your phone, they jump off and come to life," Maxwell explains. "They actually expand and turn into 3D shapes which sing to you.
"It's like Disney, quite Fantasia. It's really the sense of surprise that makes it work. As is the point with AR, you're looking at the world through the prism of this phone - but you can still see the world behind it - and in the phone it's turned into something else. It sets off quite a mental confusion.
"My initial idea was that they would all be sort of singing at the same time, but at different points in the score and in different keys," continues Maxwell. "It would be like a cacophonous birdsong, but of course phones are quite quiet and humans are quite loud, so it works better if you're in a silent gallery or you've got headphones on."
This is one downside of AR: with any audio app we will either aggravate each other or, through the use of headphones, become isolated. Other downsides include data charges, battery life, small images and text. Arguably, the worst wrinkle is that everyone could be so absorbed by AR that they miss the visceral experience of just being near something interesting. So, will this new technology become a barrier between us and reality?
"Oh, no, that would be horrible," says Karen Forbes, a professor of art at Edinburgh University and a global expert in AR. "The idea's not to take away from the direct experience of seeing an object. It's about understanding it better." Forbes has worked with some of the world's most famous museums to create AR exhibits, including London's V&A for the David Bowie Is exhibition, where line drawings of Bowie's costumes appear in three dimensions; and Edinburgh University's Museum of Anatomy, which included AR heads. Her role reflects a growing interest by museums in AR-enhanced exhibitions. She's also created a book, Site Specific, through which readers can explore modern architecture, including the Lausanne Art Museum and Oslo's Opera House. Holding a device over the page triggers a 3D image that can be explored like a model. This 'jumping out' of the object from the page is startling to the human eye - Forbes has seen people, even scientists, try to touch the space between the screen and the page.
"We're still discovering the potential of AR," she says. "It's a really exciting way of explaining information. You can have sound files, video and photographic archives attached. It will have great repercussions for the whole experience of a place. There's even a museum we're in discussions with in the Netherlands that wants to show on the outside of the building what's on the inside."
Other companies that have seen the potential include Lonely Planet, which created Compass Guides for 25 cities.
Users can see their surroundings annotated with maps, information and expert advice ("stuck like Post-it Notes", according to the Lonely Planet innovations manager). Or there's the Holiday Inn, Kensington: during the 2012 London Olympics, guests could watch virtual athletes doing tricks in the lobby.
Professor Buhalis is keen to stress the revolution isn't in full flow yet and The Guardian's apps expert, Stuart Dredge, is even more definitive: "I've yet to see an AR app that does its job so much better than a decent guidebook that it makes up for the battery and data-charge issues. For now, the AR market as a whole is really being driven by technology companies, rather than consumer demand."
OK, so none of us are begging for AR yet. In its current form, it rests precariously between being a technological marvel and mere geek chic. Once devices catch up, however, it's hard to believe it won't be huge, especially with Google in the driving seat. So enjoy basic reality... while you still can.


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No. 21 Louisville will travel to No. 12 Michigan State on Wednesday, Dec. 2. Rick Pitino and the new-look Cards will try to avenge their Elite Eight loss to the Spartans.
The No. 14 Indiana Hoosiers will take on the defending national champion Duke Blue Devils at Cameron Indoor Stadium in Durham, N.C., on Wednesday, Dec. 2. Indiana returns all five starters from last season, and will face a Duke squad that lost key players Tyus Jones, Quinn Cook, Jahlil Okafor and Justise Winslow.
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lirik lagu gyrlz, they love me (remix) – heavy d
[women singing in background: x3]
cause he's the overweight lover heavy d!
[heavy d:]
coolin in my crib and i'm cold, maxin
call up a cutie, i'm in the mood for relaxin
get my phone book from, top o' the shelf
i'll dial 66 – hm, i better keep it to myself
call up a cutie with a triple star next to it
she says, "h-llo," we con-versate a bit
invite her over for a candlelight dinner
believe me when i tell you that this girlie is a winner
shortly after that, i hear the doorbell ring
turn on the radio, anita baker starts to sing
open up the door and i kiss her on the cheek
she's so nice, polite, pet-te, so sweet
sit her on the couch and uh, remove her coat
squat next to her, -ahem- clear my throat
whisper in her ear, told her what she wants to hear
let her know that, "have no fear – heavy d.'s here"
[chorus 1:]
gyrlz they, gyrlz they love me
(cause he's the overweight lover heavy d!)
gyrlz they, gyrlz they love me…
[heavy d:]
take my hand, walk with me
i'm the imperial, overweight lover mc heavy d.
now that i've introduced myself correctly
do you have a moment to spend some time with me?
would you like a drink, maybe a piã±a, colada
a strawberry daiquiri, some wine from havana
it really doesn't matter, the choice is yours
and when you're through with your drink, we'll take a walk out-doors
gazed at the stars, walked down the boardwalk
sit by the beach and talk lover's talk
make a quick call on my cellular phone
some type of limousine to pick us up and take us home
ahh! – an enjoyable night
the mood was smooth and everything was alright
it may be hard for you, but it's easy for me
cause girls, the girls, the girls, they love me!
[chorus 2:]
gyrlz they, gyrlz they love me
(cause he's the overweight lover heavy d!)
gyrlz they, gyrlz they love me
(cause he's the overweight lover heavy d!)
gyrlz they, gyrlz they love me
(cause he's the overweight lover heavy d!)
gyrlz they, gyrlz they love me!
[h-rn solo break and eddie f. cuts and scratches]
[heavy d:]
me, glenn, and troy went to a disco (word)
pete rock & cl smooth was on stage drinkin cisco
damien had his girl mich-lle (of course!)
craig boogie had a girl that i never seen before ("hey!")
eddie f. was home makin a beat [scratches]
mick t. was at the crib on a hundred and twenty-two street (chillin)
tootie had a cutie that was dope (d-mn!)
groovy lou, quan, and little dow was crackin jokes (you big!)
grapp had the dancefloor packed (go, go, go)
joe black was in the corner lookin meanie when he [?]
tommy, george, jeff and b-tta was on the spot
buyin champagne from the crew a hundred dollars a pop!
me, i was casin the joint
clockin all the people as they stared and point
it feels really good to be heavy d.
because the girls, the girls, they love me!
[chorus 2]
[heavy d:]
huh, candlelight dinner and violets
keep the girlie smilin, but when upon the set
i don't drink, i'm profilin
run through the last check, looked upon the rolex
her clock says twelve, my clock says se-…
eh-ha-ha-ha-hah – you know what i'm talkin about!
and if you don't, i think you'll figure it out
it ain't that i'm conceited or nuttin
i'm just impressed, for frontin and bluffin
[chorus 2: 'til fade]
(cause he's the overweight lover heavy d!)


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Trying to Make Damascus Steel
Damascus Steel from Quinn Jacobson on Vimeo.
Damascus Steel from Quinn Jacobson on Vimeo.
Where do I begin? We're a separated nation, and we will never unite. Period.
How do I know this? Inference and induction. Observation and insight - being present. I talk to a wide variety of people in my teaching and personal life. I find it curious what influences their worldview. Mostly, it's social media (i.e. Facebook, Trump's Twitter feed, etc.). You can choose which side you're on and your feed will project exactly what you want to read. Pro-Trump or ant-Trump; the feed will reflect only those ideas and beliefs. I think this is the most dangerous thing of all; promoting shallow, superficial concepts about race, nation, and religion.
I used to lament the relentless advertising and bombbardment of the free market raining down on me at every turn. What deoderant to use, what car to drive, what clothes to wear, micro-payment this, and micro-payment that - relentless!! The commerce is still alive and well, but now, with this administration, we've added (publicly) politics, religion, and race. And we've encouraged behaviors and habits that dumb us all down. Not that these elements haven't always been there, but they are "evident" by the masses now.
What does this mean? It means that the empire (America) is crumbling. Chris Hedges wrote a great book called, "Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle". I read it right after it came out in 2010. I was gobsmacked at his insight and clarity; "We now live in two Americas. One--now the minority--functions in a print-based, literate world that can cope with complexity and can separate illusion from truth. The other--the majority--is retreating from a reality-based world into one of false certainty and magic. To this majority--which crosses social class lines, though the poor are overwhelmingly affected--presidential debate and political rhetoric is pitched at a sixth-grade reading level. In this "other America," serious film and theater, as well as newspapers and books, are being pushed to the margins of society."
The chapters read like this: The Illusion of Literacy, The Illusion of Love, The Illusion of Wisdom, The Illusion of Happiness, and The Illusion of America. Within that framework, he talks about reality TV, pornography, WWE, and celebrity worship. Here are some enotes from the book:
"The Illusion of Literacy"
Chris Hedges summarizes plot lines from WWE, or World Wrestling Entertainment. He shows how these plots mirror the fears and fantasies of American culture at large. For example, during the Cold War, there were wrestlers who took on personas of stereotyped Cold War adversaries. In the recession, the villains of the WWE take on the role of the capitalists who "walked away with a pot of gold while workers across the country lost their jobs, saw their savings and retirement funds evaporate, and fought off foreclosure."
Hedges compares this to Plato's allegory of the cave. People in contemporary society stare at illusions, mistaking these shadows for reality. Hedges explains how "Plato feared the power of entertainment, the power of the senses to overthrow the mind, the power of emotion to obliterate reason." In today's society, people are described by the author as chained to the flickering shadows of celebrity culture, the spectacle of the arena and the airwaves, the lies of advertising, the endless personal dramas, many of them completely fictional, that have become the staple of news, celebrity gossip, New Age mysticism, and pop psychology.
"The Illusion of Wisdom"
Hedges turns his attention to the academy. He suggests that the problems the Western world faces, ranging from the economic to the erosion of human rights to political turmoil in the Middle East, are largely because of the failure of the academy and its obsession with things that are unrelated to true intellectual discourse.
Hedges argues that by definition, education is skeptical of authority. However, the academy has become co-opted by its alliance with a variety of organizations of power. Hedges points to educational institutions that actively seek out military and corporate funding as evidence of the way that structures of power have co-opted intellectual discourse in the West. The ongoing project of securing funds prevents the academy from fostering the ability to think critically or to seek out new systems of thought in students because objecting to these power structures may compromise the financial security of the organization.
Furthermore, thinkers such as Noam Chomsky and Ralph Nader who question authority and power structures within both the political and academic domains are systematically marginalized to prevent them from harming the back and forth that the academy enjoys with the military and the corporation.
Hedges explains that he would prefer to see higher education focus more on values, and he reminds his readers that it is only by studying such values that mistakes like the Holocaust can be prevented from being repeated. Rather than rising up against this illusion of wisdom, Hedges notes, academics instead have retreated into areas of specialized thought in which their ideas are foreign to what happens in the day-to-day world within which one might find the majority of society.
The common person cannot interact with "intellectual" thought, let alone allow it to interact with them. These academics may treat the world with contempt, but Hedges argues that the academics are actually functionally illiterate because their ideas are recorded in a jargon so arcane that no one who reads it can understand it. Worse, the jargon becomes a language that is meant to remove the common person from the "intellectual" debate that only the powerful can engage in.
If the academy was ever meant to foster a sense of wisdom in students, it can no longer claim to do so. Contemporary higher education is devoted to profit and to creating a subservient population incapable of questioning and challenging the power structures around it. Unfortunately, the system cannot maintain itself because it is unsustainable.
"The Illusion of Happiness"
Hedges turns his attention to positive thinking and positive psychology, concepts whose validity is reinforced by the psychologists of the academy.
Hedges is skeptical of the cult of optimism, particularly the notion that it can become a permanent mental state that spreads throughout all apsects of society. Nevertheless, many organizations of power, including corporations and the United States Navy, have adopted programs that pay homage to the power of optimism, and these organizations insist that members of their organization also pay homage.
Hedges suggests that corporations, for example, rely on this obsession with positive thinking to induce their workers to merge their identity with that of the corporation. By adopting an optimistic outlook at all times, workers will always second guess their own dissatisfaction, no matter how genuine it may be. Instead of questioning the merits of the organization, they will question themselves.
Worse, if they do question the merits of the organization, their concerns can be turned back upon them as a lack of positivity. These concerns on the part of the worker can now be labeled "counterproductive" because a positive worker is better than a skeptical one. There is a desire within the corporation for people to believe that anything is possible: profits will always increase if workers believe.
Hedges argues that the corporation's obsession with positive thinking is similar to Nazi Germany's obsession with eugenics. Hedges also cautions that although some workers may actually accept the tenets of positive thinking, this acceptance should never be confused with reality.
Hedges points to the work of philosopher David Jopling, who argues that eventually reality will intrude upon the "dream world" of positive thinking—eventually the illusion of happiness will collapse. Regardless of whether or not the reality collapses the illusion, Hedges warns that the purpose of positive psychology is clear: it is a form of manipulation. It teaches people to conform rather than to question.
He further warns that it is not the first time that psychology has been co-opted by organizations of power. For example, when psychologists developed the system Survive Evade Resist Escape (SERE) to help American soldiers endure interrogation techniques, that system was soon compromised by the military. Rather than allowing the knowledge of resistance to survive intact, the military went on to reverse-engineer SERE to break prisoners during interrogation.
The ultimate purpose of positive thinking is to further reinforce and secure power structures and the totalitarian elements of structures of power within society against questioning and against reality.
"The Illusion of America"
Hedges recalls that he used to live in a country called America. He does not suggest that the past was idyllic, but he does remember that although some were disadvantaged, there was nevertheless hope that things might some day improve.
America paid its workers good wages, and it granted these workers health care and pensions. The state provided public goods such as education, the rule of law, and a respect for human rights.
This America, Hedges argues, is all but lost, and America's ideals have become little more than empty phrases. For example, the government does not rule by the governed's consent. Rather, power has been co-opted by oligarchs and corporations.


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Last month, Hold Steady frontman Craig Finn released Clear Heart Full Eyes, his first-ever solo album, and he's lately done a few different in-studio sessions for a few different media outlets. At a couple of those, he's played songs that, for whatever reason, didn't appear on the album. During his session for NPR's Tiny Desk Concerts video session, he did one called "Jeremiah's Blues," a really sad and beautifully written story-song that should've absolutely been on the album. And on a session for Minnesota Public Radio's The Current, he played the new one "Sarah, I'm Surrounded," and it could've also made the cut. Hear him play both below.
"Jeremiah's Blues" (starts at 10:15):
"Sarah, I'm Surrounded" (Starts at 10:47):
(via Craig's Tumblr)
Clear Heart Full Eyes is out now on Vagrant.


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The playhead shows the location of the currently displayed frame within the current sequence. The scrubber bar runs along the entire width of the Canvas, below the video image. To scrub through a sequence, drag the playhead across the scrubber bar. You can click anywhere in the scrubber bar to instantly move the playhead to that location.
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Control-click in the Current Timecode field in either the Timeline or the Canvas, then choose a marker from the shortcut menu.
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This control lets you quickly play through sequences at different speeds, in fast and slow motion. It also shifts the pitch of audio as it plays at varying speeds. In slow motion, this can make it easier to locate specific words and sounds for editing.
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Press Release: DOUBLE TAKE: AKRAM ZAATARI AND THE ARAB IMAGE FOUNDATION
Thursday 30 March 2017
30 March - 3 September 2017, National Portrait Gallery, London, Free Admission
Supported by The Ampersand Foundation
Photographs taken in a studio above a cinema in Lebanon and showing people of the same sex kissing or tenderly embracing have gone on display at the National Portrait Gallery, London, it was announced today, Thursday 30 March 2017.
Double Take: Akram Zaatari and the Arab Image Foundation (27 March-3 September 2017) comprises photographs taken from the early 1950s to the 1970s at Studio Shehrazade, a popular photographic studio run by Hashem el Madanin Saida, Lebanon.
The photographs were discovered in 1998 by the contemporary Lebanese artist Akram Zaatari and incorporated into the collection of the Arab Image Foundation, an organisation co-founded by Zaatari to collect and study images from the Arab world. As part of an ongoing archaeological project, Hashem el Madani: Studio Practices, Zaatari has selected images from Madani's archive to put back into circulation today. Madani's studio became a theatre for people to act out different identities. The poses may have been influenced by popular films, which were screened in the cinema underneath Studio Shehrazade, and the element of performance is reinforced by the studio backdrops and props.
By returning to these historical documents, Zaatari explores the specific cultural and political histories contained within Madani's portraits. Saida's conservative culture in the 1950s and 1960s did not permit men and women to socialise outside marriage, and physical contact was strongly discouraged. Tactile gestures were rehearsed among members of the same sex, often friends or relatives, not necessarily couples. Madani recalls that 'people were willing to play the kiss between two people of the same sex, but very rarely between a man and a woman.' He remembers this happening only once.
Akram Zaatari (born in 1966 Sidon, Lebanon) is a filmmaker, photographer and curator. In 1997, he co-founded the Arab Image Foundation with photographers Fouad Elkoury, Walid Raad, and Samer Mohdad. His work is largely based on collecting, studying and archiving the photographic history of the Arab World. Akram Zaatari was selected to represent Lebanon at the 2013 Venice Biennale by Sam Bardaouil and Till Fellrath, curators for the Lebanese Pavilion.
Dr Nicholas Cullinan, Director of the National Portrait Gallery, London, says: 'Akram Zaatari's project asks fascinating and very relevant questions about the representation of identity, tolerance and cultural understanding. Capturing moments of intimacy between people of the same sex, these tender but enigmatic images question assumptions just as much as they beguile in their simplicity and immediacy.'
Sabina Jaskot-Gill, Curator of Double Take: Akram Zaatari and the Arab Image Foundation, andAssociate Curator of Photographs, National Portrait Gallery, London, says: 'Zaatari's intervention raises questions about how we read – or misread – portraits when we look at them from a time and a distance far removed from their original moment of production. For Zaatari, these photographs have two authors and two dates, and tell two distinct stories to two different societies and audiences.'
Double Take: Akram Zaatari and the Arab Image Foundation forms part of a year-long programme of special displays and events, entitled 'I am me,' at the National Portrait Gallery exploring sexuality, gender, art and identity.
This includes David Gwinnutt: Before We Were Men(untilSeptember 24) adisplaythatchroniclesthe 1980s London art and club scene of Leigh Bowery, Derek Jarman, Ossie Clark and Gilbert & George. Gwinnutt photographed directors, writers, designers and artists who together formed a vibrant and influential underground gay culture.
There is also Speak its Name! (until August 6) a display of photographic portraits to marking the fiftieth anniversary of the partial decriminalisation of male homosexuality in England and Wales in 1967. This display includes portraits of fashion designer Alexander McQueen and journalist Isabella Blow, politician Angela Eagle, actors Ben Whishaw and Saffron Burrows, poet Jackie Kay, diver Tom Daley and singer Will Young. Their portraits are accompanied by quotations from the sitters who share their experiences of coming out. These range from coming out to friends and family, to wanting to be honest to their fans and the media.
Also as part of the I am me season, the Gallery's spring exhibition, Gillian Wearing and Claude Cahun: Behind the mask, another mask (until May 29) draws together over 100 works by French artist Claude Cahun (1894–1954) and British contemporary artist Gillian Wearing (b.1963). While they were born seventy years apart, they share similar themes around gender, identity, masquerade and performance.
DISPLAY: Double Take: Akram Zaatari and the Arab Image Foundation
Supported by Ampersand Foundation
All works lent by Tate: Presented by Tate International Council 2008
Room 33, Admission Free (30 March – 3 September 2017)
8 June 16.30 Screening:
28 Nights and a Poem
Akram Zaatari's film explores the work of photographer Hashem el Madani, who has run a commercial photography studio in southern Lebanon for the last five decades, and examines the changing photographic practice and preservation though various analogue and digital media. Followed by a short talk by the director and Q&A. (Dir. Akram Zaatari 2015, 105 min, Arabic with English subtitles)
(Tickets go on sale in May www.npg.org.uk)
Also in I am me - A season exploring art and identity at the National Portrait Gallery:
David Gwinnutt: Before We Were Men Room 39, Admission Free (16 March – 24 September 2017)
Speak its Name! Balcony Gallery, Admission Free (25 November 2016 – 6 August 2017)
Gillian Wearing and Claude Cahun: Behind the Mask, another Mask
Lerner Contemporary Galleries, Admission charge (9 March – 29 May 2017)
For further press information and image requests please contact: Neil Evans, Media Relations Manager, National Portrait Gallery, London Tel: 020 7312 2452 (not for publication) Email: [email protected] Press images: npg.org.uk/press
National Portrait Gallery, St Martin's Place WC2H 0HE, opening hours Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, Sunday: 10am – 6pm (Gallery closure commences at 5.50pm) Late Opening: Thursday, Friday: 10am – 9pm (Gallery closure commences at 8.50pm) Nearest Underground: Leicester Square/Charing Cross General information: 0207 306 0055 Recorded information: 020 7312 2463


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New Scheme provides Career Advantage for Young Engineers
The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) today announces the launch of a new scheme helping engineers during the early stages of their career. Tailored to meet the changing employment needs of young engineers, IET Career Advantage concentrates on helping increase knowledge and experience. Designed to give an individual more direction, the scheme forms a solid foundation for their career progression through bespoke benefits and resources.
Following the launch of the IETs Graduate Advantage initiative in 2011, which helps engineering graduates bridge the gap between university and the working world, IET Career Advantage is the second step in a wider three stage programme (IET Advantage). It is designed to assist young engineers in their career development and towards achieving Professional Registration as a Chartered or Incorporated Engineer (CEng/IEng)). Career Advantage is a three year membership package which provides the tools and resources to help young engineers build the essential skills of a professional, underpinned by the provision of essential engineering intelligence and the support of a worldwide community of peers.
"The IET is committed to supporting recently qualified engineers with their career development. said Michelle Richmond, Director of Membership and Professional Development, IET. "The launch of IET Career Advantage will give a range of resources to our members to ensure they have a competitive edge in shaping their future and that of the engineering profession around the world.
Open to all engineering graduates within the first three years of their career, IET Career Advantage will complement any internal personal development graduates are receiving in their own organisations. The year-by-year goal-driven framework sets out a structured career development pathway, which allows young professionals to track their own progression and seek support and advice from the resources in the IET. At the end of the three years, IET Career Advantage will have prepared its members to take the next step in engineering and ensure they are progressing in the right direction for Professional Registration as an Incorporated or Chartered Engineer (IEng/CEng).
The IETs involvement in various global issues, including promoting sustainable technology and a low carbon economy, means the engineers of the future will be joining an organisation that not only has worldwide links but is also ethically motivated. Those interested in the new membership package can find more details here http://www.theiet.org/membership/career-advantage/index.cfm?origin=career-advantage-redirect


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The Twelve Days of Dash and Lily
by Rachel Cohn
Dash and Lily have had a tough year since they first fell in love among the shelves of their favorite bookstore. Lily's beloved grandfather suffered a heart attack, and his difficult road to recovery has taken a major toll on her typically sunny disposition.
With only twelve days left until Christmas—Lily's favorite time of the year—Dash, Lily's brother Langston, and their closest friends must take Manhattan by storm to help Lily recapture the unique holiday magic of a glittering, snow-covered New York City in December.
I had uber high hopes for this book. There had been a lot of buzz about it, so I picked up a copy while I was at ALA Annual conference 2016. Even though it released in October, I wanted to save it for the holidays. I wanted to let it get me into the spirit. The title, The Twelve Days of Dash and Lily, is as close to saying that it's for Christmastime without actually saying it.
That plan only succeeded half way. Yeah, I saved it for the Christmas season, hoping to get all snuggly with it. However, this book was extremely depressing.
On one hand, you could say that this means the authors knew how to express emotion.
Or, you could say that this is not a cuddly Christmas time story. There were so many pros and cons to this story! I keep wildly flipping between wanting to give it four stars, or 3.5.
I can't decide.
Because the emotions of it all were fabulous. It dealt with hopes, let downs and personality changes that occur after traumatic events. (or at least after massive life-changes). So that part was super touching, because I've been through some of that…
Except, I kept wanting to smack the crap out of both of them for their crappy attitudes.
At one point, Lily decides to go to the island and then she doesn't tell anyone that she's leaving. Which is fine, except everyone freaked out because she's been acting strange.
Not only does she leave, but SHE STAYS GONE. She randomly walks into a bakery and starts decorating gingerbread and just ends up crashing there. Overnight. It goes on a bizarre bunny trail, ending with frosting an orgy gingerbread scene. Um…okay?
I know depression makes you do odd things, and makes you not care…about anything….
But it just came from out of left field so fast that it felt odd and out of place for the book.
So, what I'm thinking/feeling about this book? CONFLICTED. It had a cutesy ending, where everything was tied up in a string (but not in a sudden, weird way…). It was hilarious when the librarians ended up with injuries after slipping on glittery ice (and Dash ended up with an eye patch…)
Soo….I liked it? 4 stars? Yes? Why am I asking myself so many questions?
I definitely think it should come with the warning that it does have its depressing thoughts.
I'm extremely prone to getting depressed around Thanksgiving/Christmas. So that may be another reason I was so affected by Lily's emotional state.
I'd don't know if I'd recommend it for Christmas/wintery fun. It has it's perks. So I'd recommend it for those who don't mind a side of depression with their eggnog.


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An historic building in a Leicestershire town has been handed back to the district council following a £5.75 million refurbishment, thanks to contractor Willmott Dixon and public sector construction procurement specialists Scape.
The Symington Building in Market Harborough, which started life as a corset factory more than 100 years ago, is a Grade II listed building, which has been transformed into a cultural and heritage hub.
The building houses Harborough District Council's offices, an integrated library and museum as well as shops and local businesses.
Paul Bremner, the lead for assets finance at Harborough District Council, said: "It's important that we provide the best facilities and services we can for the community, while also delivering value for money for local people.
"That's why I'm so pleased that the construction work has gone so smoothly and come in on budget and ahead of schedule."
Scape Chief Executive, Mark Robinson, said: "This project has seen the refurbishment of an historic building which is of great importance to the people of Market Harborough, creating a new hub which will provide high quality facilities to benefit the town and its residents for many years to come.
"The construction work for the project was carried out for our client through Scape's procurement service. This meant the procurement process had already been taken care of on the council's behalf, saving them time and money and giving them the certainty the project would be completed on time and on budget."
The original corset factory was taken over by Courtaulds Group in 1967, before a number of its workrooms were converted to offices and sold to the council in 1980. Following the closure of the factory ten years later, the building became home to council staff and the Harborough Museum and library.
Nick Heath, East Midlands Operations Director at Willmott Dixon, said: "The Symington Building has a rich heritage and we have worked hard throughout this project to ensure its sympathetic refurbishment.
"We have been able to create excellent facilities for local residents, while maintaining the character of the Symington Building which was hugely important."
Scape is a local authority controlled company, based in Nottingham, whose shareholders are Derby City, Derbyshire County, Gateshead, Nottingham City, Nottinghamshire County and Warwickshire County Councils. The company's objectives are to bring economy and efficiency to the whole building process – including for new buildings and refurbishment projects – and it achieves this through the development of standard designs and strategic procurement arrangements.


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The AACI Corporate Roundtable was established to provide a forum for AACI cancer centers to address topics of mutual interest with their industry colleagues. The resulting interaction has the potential to advance the progress of research and ultimately benefit patients with cancer and their families.
AACI is grateful for the support and commitment of the following companies for their participation as corporate roundtable members. For additional information on the AACI Corporate Roundtable please contact Kate Burroughs at 412-647-3844.


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WASHINGTON --Vice president Dick Cheney kept journalists and politicians in stitches Wednesday night at the annual Radio and Television Correspondents Association Dinner."You all know how to make a guy feel welcome. Obviously you're not the kind to look down on a bitter man that clings to his guns," Cheney said to the crowd, poking fun at Sen. Barack Obama's recent comments about small-town voters.
Cheney also joked about the Pope's visit to Washington D.C., saying he wanted to confess to the Pope that he's been thinking unkind thoughts about the news media.
Cheney also recounted how he asked his wife at the breakfast table if it bugs her that people call him "Darth Vader." He said she answered, "Not at all. It humanizes you."
The Associated Press contributed to this story.


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CargoBeacon is designed for the cargo transportation industry to support logging of temperature, relative humidity and acceleration shock events. The data is stored with timestamps in order to analyse nonconforming events. It's designed with low weight for easy attachment on any product by screwing, lashing or gluing.
With the CargoBeacon App and Portal service, users can globally access data from the device and understand the goods expected condition without having to break open the packaging. Near real-time information, including coordinates for the goods whereabouts can be provided when using the app along the goods freight way.
Solution overview:
CargoBeacon Logger
A compact IoT data logger device
specifically developed to monitor the environment for cargo, where logging of temperature, relative humidity and shocks is the key. It is lightweight and is designed for easy deployment in the field.
CargoBeacon App
Your interface between the CargoBeacon Logger and the CargoBeacon Portal. It presents and transmits environmental data from the logger to the portal, manually or automatically. The app also lets you to change logger settings.
CargoBeacon Portal
The perfect analysis tool for key-account or quality departments working with continuous improvements and customer care. Any events registered by the CargoBeacon Loggers are visualized together with useful information such as location and time.


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"Daredevil" to Return In March; Daredevil and Punisher Face-Off In New Photo
Previewing the coming year in TV, Entertainment Weekly revealed that Netflix's "Daredevil" television series will return in March for its second season — rather than April, when many of us expected, under the assumption that the series would release exactly one year from Season 1's debut.
In addition to confirming the March release date, EW released the following photo from Season 2, which shows us Jon Bernthal's Punisher/Frank Castle in a face-off with Charlie Cox's Daredevil. And it looks like Matt Murdock could use some help…
"Daredevil" Season 1 is currently available for instant streaming on Netflix — along with Marvel's other well-received Netflix series, "Jessica Jones." "Luke Cage," starring Mike Colter, will debut sometime later this year, and will follow with a yet-to-be-cast "Iron Fist" series.
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