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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://communities.bentley.com/cfs-file/__key/system/syndication/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Shikz's Blog</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/shikzs_blog</link><description /><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>Telligent Community 12</generator><item><title>June eSeminar Calendar</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/shikzs_blog/posts/june-eseminar-calendar</link><pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 14:11:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:33214340-129b-4bc9-889a-9abfd0ab154d</guid><dc:creator>Shikz</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/shikzs_blog/rsscomments?WeblogPostID=57452</wfw:commentRss><comments>https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/shikzs_blog/posts/june-eseminar-calendar#comments</comments><description>&lt;p&gt;
May saw a complete takeover by MicroStation V8i series !! We witnessed a huge rush in the registrations and yes equal number of users attended too,which has&amp;nbsp;resulted in a high&amp;nbsp;tempo for next three sessions in MicroStation series. 
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Bentley presenters showed how to improve project reliability using intrinsic geo-coordination in a single integrated environment.Thru Intuitive Design Modeling how to take models from concept to completion in the same design environment and how Luxology Rendering Engine provides MicroStation users with near real-time, high-quality rendering uniquely integral to architectural, engineering, and construction (AEC) workflows. 
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Also , we had started with Water Loss Management series in the month of March09.On 28th May, we completed the last and the third session of the series.If you have attended all the three sessions , you will be receiving &amp;quot;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Advanced Water Distribution Modeling and Management e-book&amp;quot;.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;AutoPIPE V8i;its two-way integration with STAAD.Pro V8i and the latest enhancements were also covered. 
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If you were unable to attend the &lt;a href="http://www.bentley.com/en-PH/Corporate/Events/Live+eSeminars/may.htm"&gt;earlier live eSeminars&lt;/a&gt;, please view the recordings posted&amp;nbsp;at your convenience.
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&lt;em&gt;May was an interesting and hectic month , we forsee that June will be an equally busy learning month !!&lt;/em&gt; 
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So happy Learning from the comfort of your home/ workspace.&lt;a href="http://www.bentley.com/en-PH/Corporate/Events/Live+eSeminars/June.htm"&gt;Click here to access June eseminar Schedule&lt;/a&gt;. 
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="https://communities.bentley.com/aggbug?PostID=57452&amp;AppID=9313&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/shikzs_blog/archive/tags/autopipe%2bstaad%2bpro%2bv8i">autopipe staad pro v8i</category><category domain="https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/shikzs_blog/archive/tags/recording%2bof%2beseminars">recording of eseminars</category><category domain="https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/shikzs_blog/archive/tags/online%2blearning">online learning</category><category domain="https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/shikzs_blog/archive/tags/june%2bcalendar">june calendar</category><category domain="https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/shikzs_blog/archive/tags/bentley%2beseminars">bentley eseminars</category><category domain="https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/shikzs_blog/archive/tags/microstation%2bb8i">microstation b8i</category><category domain="https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/shikzs_blog/archive/tags/recorded%2beseminars">recorded eseminars</category><category domain="https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/shikzs_blog/archive/tags/Water%2bLoss">Water Loss</category></item><item><title>May eSeminars Schedule:Register Now for your favorite Topic</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/shikzs_blog/posts/may-eseminars-schedule-register-now-for-your-favorite-topic</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 10:43:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:b0f9d5bd-ee0f-4ebd-a1e3-ca28156ccfc6</guid><dc:creator>Shikz</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/shikzs_blog/rsscomments?WeblogPostID=53074</wfw:commentRss><comments>https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/shikzs_blog/posts/may-eseminars-schedule-register-now-for-your-favorite-topic#comments</comments><description>It is the age of quick Information and we do get restless if we do not receive information on time.So we have decided to keep you updated about the sessions being organised on popular topics on monthly basis.Starting from this month we will be posting the monthly calendar in our e seminar Asia group. 
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The information will give you an overview about : 
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	&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Topic being dicussed &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Date of the eSeminar &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Time (Three time zones are mentioned) &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Presenter Details &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Registration Links &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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For complete details about May e seminars,Please &lt;a href="http://www.bentley.com/en-PH/Corporate/Events/Live+eSeminars/May.htm"&gt;click here.&lt;/a&gt; 
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Also , if you have missed previously held eseminars, you can &lt;a href="http://www.bentley.com/en-PH/Corporate/Events/Live+eSeminars/January.htm"&gt;view the recording&lt;/a&gt; according to your convenience. 
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Happy Learning!! 
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&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="https://communities.bentley.com/aggbug?PostID=53074&amp;AppID=9313&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>Want a MicroStation V8i PenDrive?</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/shikzs_blog/posts/want-a-microstation-v8i-pendrive</link><pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 20:29:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:b5e409ee-8aec-4fc0-ad21-297fc2a8cccf</guid><dc:creator>Shikz</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/shikzs_blog/rsscomments?WeblogPostID=51725</wfw:commentRss><comments>https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/shikzs_blog/posts/want-a-microstation-v8i-pendrive#comments</comments><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.bentley.com/sa-in/Promo/MicroStation+Value/MicroStation+V8i+eSeminars"&gt;&lt;img height="99" width="637" src="http://communities.bentley.com/photos/shikzs_images/images/51718/500x99.aspx" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Discover the New Value in MicroStation V8i&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Are you a MicroStation or AutoCAD user and want to know more about MicroStation V8i? If yes, you&amp;#39;ve landed in the right place.Using MicroStation V8i you can: &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;bull; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Streamline paper plotting workflows&lt;br /&gt;&amp;bull; Coordinate multi-format information spatially&lt;br /&gt;&amp;bull; Replace multiple surface and solids modeling products &lt;br /&gt;&amp;bull; Render 3D models in near real-time using Luxology &lt;br /&gt;&amp;bull; Use Dynamic Views to coordinate 2D and 3D models &lt;br /&gt;&amp;bull; Overcome interoperability challenges&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Want to know more? We have six eSeminars planned for you! &lt;a href="http://www.bentley.com/sa-in/Promo/MicroStation+Value/MicroStation+V8i+eSeminars"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Register Now !&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.bentley.com/sa-in/Promo/MicroStation+Value/MicroStation+V8i+eSeminars"&gt;&lt;img height="164" width="240" src="http://communities.bentley.com/photos/shikzs_images/images/51721/original.aspx" border="0" style="width:321px;height:202px;" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="https://communities.bentley.com/aggbug?PostID=51725&amp;AppID=9313&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/shikzs_blog/archive/tags/MicroStation%2bV8i">MicroStation V8i</category><category domain="https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/shikzs_blog/archive/tags/Streamline%2bpaper%2bplotting%2bworkflows">Streamline paper plotting workflows</category><category domain="https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/shikzs_blog/archive/tags/Coordinate%2bmultiformat%2binformation%2bspatially">Coordinate multiformat information spatially</category><category domain="https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/shikzs_blog/archive/tags/training%2bmicrostation">training microstation</category><category domain="https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/shikzs_blog/archive/tags/Render%2b3D%2bmodels%2bin%2bnear%2brealtime%2busing%2bLuxology">Render 3D models in near realtime using Luxology</category><category domain="https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/shikzs_blog/archive/tags/eseminars%2bmicrostation">eseminars microstation</category><category domain="https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/shikzs_blog/archive/tags/Replace%2bmultiple%2bsurface%2band%2bsolids%2bmodeling%2bproducts">Replace multiple surface and solids modeling products</category><category domain="https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/shikzs_blog/archive/tags/Use%2bDynamic%2bViews%2bto%2bcoordinate%2b2D%2band%2b3D%2bmodels">Use Dynamic Views to coordinate 2D and 3D models</category><category domain="https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/shikzs_blog/archive/tags/Discover%2bthe%2bNew%2bValue%2bin%2bMicroStation%2bV8i">Discover the New Value in MicroStation V8i</category><category domain="https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/shikzs_blog/archive/tags/learning%2bmicrostatio">learning microstatio</category><category domain="https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/shikzs_blog/archive/tags/Overcome%2binteroperability%2bchallenges">Overcome interoperability challenges</category></item><item><title>Be Seminar Asia South:A Quick Review(Watch Video)</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/shikzs_blog/posts/be-seminar-india-a-quick-review</link><pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 16:05:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:4b27379e-5c20-4521-97e3-068359eea034</guid><dc:creator>Shikz</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/shikzs_blog/rsscomments?WeblogPostID=51473</wfw:commentRss><comments>https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/shikzs_blog/posts/be-seminar-india-a-quick-review#comments</comments><description>&lt;p&gt;
&lt;img style="width:619px;height:172px;" src="http://communities.bentley.com/photos/shikzs_images/images/51474/500x181.aspx" border="0" width="619" height="179" /&gt; 
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&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;Be Seminar &lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;held in New Delhi on April 13 turned out to be a very successful event. It was attended by 275+ individuals from 365 pre-event local registrations (75% show-up rate).It was a part of Series of seminars held in six cities in &lt;strong&gt;Middle East, Asia &amp;amp; ANZ;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;New Delhi hosted the Asia South edition&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;.Event Theme and Agenda was tailored to suit local audience profile &amp;amp; expectations 
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For the first time, &amp;bdquo;Be Seminar series was organized outside US and Europe, bringing it closer to key users and prospects in Asia, especially due to the ongoing global slowdown.As a part of this series, attendees to obtain first-hand information on Bentley's all-&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;new software portfolio V8i&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; -the most comprehensive suite of software products ever assembled for infrastructure professionals in a single release.The objective was that attendees engage with top Bentley Executives from US and get answers to their important questions from other experts, besides getting an insight into the new V8iportfolio and what it can mean for their business. 
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The seminar was divided in Main Session and later on had three parallel sessions.Main Session focused on the theme of the event ;Sustaining Infrastructure/ROI Cubed and threw light on V8ikeynote, MicroStationV8i&amp;amp; ProjectWiseV8i.The three Breakout Sessions were targeted towards specific solutions; Water Resources,Rail, Road &amp;amp; Bridges and Oil &amp;amp; Gas.Quiz activity after all three breakout sessions kept attendees engaged till the end and the gifts for winners ensured enthusiastic participation. Rail,Road and Design saw maximum attendees followed by Oil &amp;amp; Gas and Water Resources. 
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It also saw encouraging attendance from Media.Key Media personnel interacted on a one-to-one basis with Senior Bentley officials.Media Luncheon was well received among the fraternity.FCI2020-Current year's winner and runner-up teams presented their projects in the Rail/Road breakout session; both models were also put on display in the pre-function area for all attendees to see.Presentations by both school teams were highly appreciated by the audience.Media personnel were also impressed and stated that the presentation (on use of professional software by school students in a user meet) was unique and it differentiated Bentley from its competition. 
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&lt;strong&gt;Be Employable initiative&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;Be Awards 2008&lt;/strong&gt; were also highlighted to the press and received a favorable reaction. 
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The day came to an end with High Level Executive Dinner which witnessed important clientele gathering.As planned, it turned out to be a very meaningful session that provided the desired gathering and a casual ambience for discussions. 
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The Event enabled meeting, networking and the exchange of ideas with peers in the infrastructure community; provided a chance to learn about exciting projects and their use of latest technologies for competitive advantage. 
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&lt;img style="width:199px;height:112px;" src="http://communities.bentley.com/photos/shikzs_images/images/51476/secondarythumb.aspx" border="0" width="199" height="110" /&gt;&lt;img style="width:190px;height:114px;" src="http://communities.bentley.com/photos/shikzs_images/images/51489/secondarythumb.aspx" border="0" width="182" height="97" /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;img style="width:185px;height:112px;" src="http://communities.bentley.com/photos/shikzs_images/images/51493/secondarythumb.aspx" border="0" width="224" height="106" /&gt; 
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Team effort ensured smooth execution and positive response from our users resulted in overall success of the event. 
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&lt;a href="http://www.bentley.com/bentleywebsite/files/streaming_media/corporate/Malcolm-Walter-Be-Seminar-New-Delhi-India.asx?skid=CEE_IN_BESEM09TY_090413"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Watch Video&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.bentley.com/BentleyWebSite/Tools/sales_contact.aspx?currentPath=/en-US/Corporate/Contact+Us/Contact+Us.htm"&gt;Contact Sales&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; 
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&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="https://communities.bentley.com/aggbug?PostID=51473&amp;AppID=9313&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/shikzs_blog/archive/tags/bentley%2basia%2bevents">bentley asia events</category><category domain="https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/shikzs_blog/archive/tags/Be%2bSeminar">Be Seminar</category><category domain="https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/shikzs_blog/archive/tags/be%2basia%2bseminars">be asia seminars</category><category domain="https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/shikzs_blog/archive/tags/new%2bv8i%2bportfolio">new v8i portfolio</category><category domain="https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/shikzs_blog/archive/tags/rail%2bdesign">rail design</category><category domain="https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/shikzs_blog/archive/tags/water%2bresources">water resources</category><category domain="https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/shikzs_blog/archive/tags/road%2bdesign">road design</category><category domain="https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/shikzs_blog/archive/tags/oil%2band%2bgas">oil and gas</category><category domain="https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/shikzs_blog/archive/tags/bentley%2bevents">bentley events</category><category domain="https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/shikzs_blog/archive/tags/Be%2bEmployable">Be Employable</category><category domain="https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/shikzs_blog/archive/tags/BE%2bAwards">BE Awards</category></item><item><title>BIMARC 09</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/shikzs_blog/posts/bimarc-09</link><pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2009 11:38:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:94d9046d-58ed-496c-a2d0-8e39e2c32de7</guid><dc:creator>Shikz</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/shikzs_blog/rsscomments?WeblogPostID=46701</wfw:commentRss><comments>https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/shikzs_blog/posts/bimarc-09#comments</comments><description>&lt;p&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;u&gt;BIMARC 09&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/u&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;u&gt;A focused one-day seminar on Building Information Modeling &amp;amp; Sustainable Architecture&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/u&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;u&gt;&amp;nbsp;organized by Infrastructure &amp;amp; Construction Asia&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; 
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WORLD over, Building Information Modeling (BIM), a 3D design process aiding the construction and maintenance of structures, has caught the imagination of the AEC community. BIM covers geometry, spatial relationships, geographic information, quantities and properties of building components which helps manufacturers and suppliers to control every aspect of a building construction. Added benefits like interoperability and ease of communication with all stakeholders of the project have made BIM a necessary undertaking. ICA's BIMARC 09 provides much needed insight into the integration aspects of BIM and showcases BIM's efficiency in optimizing the resources. 
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BIMARC 09 aims to provide knowledge and awareness in:&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;bull; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Understanding BIM Concepts&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;bull; Appreciating the tools and applications for efficient model building&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;bull; Interoperability&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;bull; Documentation abilities&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;bull; Resource optimization and&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;bull; Sustainability&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; 
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&lt;u&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event Details-&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/u&gt; 
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Date : April 24th 2009&lt;br /&gt;
Time :9.30 am - 5.30 pm&lt;br /&gt;
Venue :Furama Hotel, 405 Havelock Road, Singapore 
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&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Register Online now -&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;www.ica.roofandfacade.com/BIMARC09&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; 
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For questions regarding this event, please contact: &lt;br /&gt;
Phone : +65 6382 3881 &lt;br /&gt;
FAX : +65 6382 1920 
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* &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Bentley Speakers will be presenting on the following topics :&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;
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	&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;Future trends for BIM enabled designing&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;How does BIM lead to Resource Optimization in B&amp;amp;C Monitoring life cycle of building with BIM&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;img src="http://communities.bentley.com/photos/shikzs_images/images/44875/640x411.aspx" border="0" /&gt; 
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Standing 2000 feet tall, Chicago Spire, the spiral shaped building promises to be unlike any other structure in the&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;world's skyline. Having found inspiration in nature's beauty and the complexities of our planet, the mastermind behind the indigenous design of this structure is world renowned &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Spanish Architect, Santiago Calatrava&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; 
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With complete novelty ,the architect has incorporated (what he is probably known for) &lt;strong&gt;kinetic elements&lt;/strong&gt; in the designing of this building. Calatrava likens the designs of his structure to an imaginary smoke spiral, coming from a campfire near the Chicago River lit by Native Americans in the earlier days, he says,' I am extremely happy to have been given this opportunity to add something unique to Chicago's architectural heritage; and to what I believe is one of the most beautiful skylines in the world. 
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After completion, the Chicago Spire will not only be marked as the &lt;strong&gt;Tallest Building in the United States&lt;/strong&gt;, but it will also be the &lt;strong&gt;world's tallest residential building&lt;/strong&gt;. Garrett Kelleher ,founder of &lt;strong&gt;Shelbourne Development Ltd&lt;/strong&gt;.,the builders of the Chicago Spire says,' &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Chicago Spire is a remarkable building on an exceptional site. We've brought together a world class team to create what will not only become an amazingly beautiful home for its residents but a building that will be a dynamic new symbol for the city if Chicago.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; 
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&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;(excerpt from Inside Track.Check more info on- &lt;a href="http://www.thechicagospire.com/"&gt;http://www.thechicagospire.com&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; 
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="https://communities.bentley.com/aggbug?PostID=45218&amp;AppID=9313&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/shikzs_blog/archive/tags/Santiago%2bCalatrava">Santiago Calatrava</category><category domain="https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/shikzs_blog/archive/tags/Tallest%2bBuilding%2bin%2bthe%2bUnited%2bStates">Tallest Building in the United States</category><category domain="https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/shikzs_blog/archive/tags/worlds%2btallest%2bresidential%2bbuilding">worlds tallest residential building</category><category domain="https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/shikzs_blog/archive/tags/Spanish%2bArchitect">Spanish Architect</category><category domain="https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/shikzs_blog/archive/tags/Garrett%2bKelleher">Garrett Kelleher</category><category domain="https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/shikzs_blog/archive/tags/Chicago%2bSpire">Chicago Spire</category><category domain="https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/shikzs_blog/archive/tags/Shelbourne%2bDevelopment%2bLtd">Shelbourne Development Ltd</category></item><item><title>Be Seminar 2009 – New Delhi, April 13</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/shikzs_blog/posts/be-seminar-2009-new-delhi-april-13</link><pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2009 19:12:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:712bd346-9bbd-43de-bd8f-86758af719f4</guid><dc:creator>Shikz</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/shikzs_blog/rsscomments?WeblogPostID=43620</wfw:commentRss><comments>https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/shikzs_blog/posts/be-seminar-2009-new-delhi-april-13#comments</comments><description>&lt;p&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.bentley.com/en-PH/Corporate/Events/Seminars/BE+Seminars/Overview.htm" target="_blank" title="Be Seminar"&gt;&lt;img src="http://communities.bentley.com/photos/shikzs_images/images/43621/500x88.aspx" border="0" width="628" height="88" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.bentley.com/sa-in/Corporate/Events/Seminars/BE+Seminars/Overview.htm" target="_blank"&gt; &lt;/a&gt;
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&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt; &amp;quot;Sustaining Growth through Innovation in Infrastructure&amp;quot;&lt;/strong&gt; 
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Monday April 13 - 9:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.at Hotel InterContinental Eros, Nehru Place, New Delhi&lt;/strong&gt; 
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
For the first time, a &amp;lsquo;Be Seminar' series is being organized outside US and Europe. As a part of the series of similar sessions in Middle East, China and Australia, the Asia South edition is scheduled inNew Delhi.You can witness first-hand Bentley's all-new software portfolio V8i - the most comprehensive suite of software products ever assembled for infrastructure professionals in a single release. 
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Join us in an ideal setting for infrastructure professionals to:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; 
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;bull; Share innovative best practices for sustaining infrastructure using Bentley solutions.&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;bull; Meet, network, and exchange ideas with peers while exploring ways to increase productivity, improve project quality, while reducing costs.&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;bull; Witness first-hand Bentley's all-new software portfolio V8i - the most comprehensive suite of software products ever assembled for infrastructure professionals in ONE release.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
This one-day &amp;lsquo;Be Seminar' is free, but you do need to register first. A high attendance is expected, so please take this opportunity to reserve your seat.After lunch, there will be &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;u&gt;specific breakout sessions on Water Resources, Roads &amp;amp; Bridges, Rail &amp;amp; Transit and Oil &amp;amp; Gas.&lt;/u&gt; &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;You will be able to indicate your preference of attending any one of these at the time of registration. 
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&lt;p&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Seating is limited, so please take this opportunity to reserve your seat. &lt;a href="http://www.bentley.com/en-PH/Corporate/Events/Seminars/BE+Seminars/Overview.htm"&gt;Register Now.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; 
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&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="https://communities.bentley.com/aggbug?PostID=43620&amp;AppID=9313&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/shikzs_blog/archive/tags/Seminar%2bfor%2bInfrastructure%2bprofessional">Seminar for Infrastructure professional</category><category domain="https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/shikzs_blog/archive/tags/Be%2bSeminar">Be Seminar</category><category domain="https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/shikzs_blog/archive/tags/Bentley%2bTraining">Bentley Training</category><category domain="https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/shikzs_blog/archive/tags/Seminars%2bin%2bIndia">Seminars in India</category></item><item><title>Free Water Loss Management eSeminar Series</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/shikzs_blog/posts/free-water-loss-management-eseminar-series</link><pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 18:53:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:581da831-510e-4480-9e63-65a053706c50</guid><dc:creator>Shikz</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/shikzs_blog/rsscomments?WeblogPostID=43411</wfw:commentRss><comments>https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/shikzs_blog/posts/free-water-loss-management-eseminar-series#comments</comments><description>&lt;p&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;Water Loss Management eSeminar Series&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; 
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&lt;br /&gt;
Surging demand, unchecked leaks, and aging distribution systems are putting unprecedented pressure on our planet's finite fresh water resources. In these dire circumstances, how can we save more water to meet the growing demands of the future? Join us in our Sustaining Water initiative-a free 3-part eSeminar series-to get the answers. Our experts will discuss the latest technologies and how you can use them to minimize your water loss. 
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&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.bentley.com/en-PH/Promo/Water+Loss+eseminar.htm"&gt;Active Leakage Control&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;March 26,12.00 pm IST2:30 pm (Singapore &amp;amp; Malaysia),5:30 pm (Melbourne)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
Learn about innovative leak-detection tools like the Darwin Calibrator. Find out how you can use these tools to identify leakage hotspots, reduce pipe breakages caused by high pressure transients, and optimize your field personnel by directing them to the right locations. 
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&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.bentley.com/en-PH/Promo/Water+Loss+eseminar.htm"&gt;Pressure Management and Speed and Quality of Repairs&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;April 30, 12.00 pm IST 2:30 pm (Singapore &amp;amp; Malaysia),4:30 pm (Melbourne)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
Get our experts' take on planned pressure reduction and how it can be used to cut real losses. You will also learn about how to optimize repair functions with the least amount of service disruption. 
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&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.bentley.com/en-PH/Promo/Water+Loss+eseminar.htm"&gt;Water Infrastructure Management&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;May 28, 12.00 pm IST 2:30 pm (Singapore &amp;amp; Malaysia),4:30 pm (Melbourne)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
Repair or replace? Get the answer to this perpetual dilemma in this seminar on asset management. Discover useful tools that help you analyze network assets and prioritize capital investments. 
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&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Attend all three e Seminars to receive Free online access to&lt;/strong&gt;: 
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&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Advanced Water Distribution Modeling and Management e-book&lt;br /&gt;
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The ground is breaking in New Orleans, and it's giving the Lower 9th Ward a reason to celebrate .This is due to a program established by actor/ architectural hobbyist Brad Pitt that has been designed to be a catalyst for redevelopment in the Lower 9- A neighborhood many people thought would (And should) never be rebuilt after Hurricane Katrina. 
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After meeting the hardest hit residents and inspired by their courage and hope, Pitt resolved to do whatever he could to help them rebuild. It was here he initiated the &amp;quot;Make it Right&amp;quot;( MIR ) project. The MIR Project aimed to revive the Lower Ninth Ward, by constructing a community of 150 sustainable, affordable homes that would incorporate modern, high quality design and construction. Matching up to $ 5 million in donations for the project ,Pitt also called on politicians, foundations and companies to donate to MIR.
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The MIR core team assembled by Pitt has been working in tandem with leaders of local, national and international architecture firms, ensuring that the focus on the lower 9th ward is demonstrably diverse. At present ,MIR construction is underway in the lower 9th Ward. The first six homes are completed, giving some thankful residents affordable ,storm resistant and sustainable housing designs. the houses are among the first in the city to earn LEED Platinum certification. Some of the materials used are sustainable wood cabinetry, non-toxic paints , and Energy Star appliances. Furthermore, the green features that take these houses to the next level include insulation that makes them five times more air tight than typical homes , photovoltaic systems, and groundwater heat pumps for both heating and cooling.
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Architects who are involved in this project is James Timberlake ,Concordia Architects;Billes &amp;amp; Graft;Shigeru Ban Architects;BNIM Architects of Kansas City;Eskew +Dumez+ Ripple of New Orleans;Constructs of Accra, Ghana.
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&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;-Excerpts from &amp;lsquo;Inside Track'&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="https://communities.bentley.com/aggbug?PostID=42509&amp;AppID=9313&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>"Telling a Lie "....Seth Godin</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/shikzs_blog/posts/telling-a-lie-seth-godin</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2009 19:46:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:6308d650-76a7-49b8-ad63-a4e439aeace5</guid><dc:creator>Shikz</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/shikzs_blog/rsscomments?WeblogPostID=33123</wfw:commentRss><comments>https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/shikzs_blog/posts/telling-a-lie-seth-godin#comments</comments><description>&lt;p&gt;
We marketeers have given a whole new meaning to &amp;quot;Popular Nursery Rhyme&amp;quot;,johny johny yes papa...telling a lie ...No papa...In reality all marketeers are Liars...I agreed with Seth Godin's every word...&lt;img src="http://communities.bentley.com/photos/shikzs_images/images/32863/290x375.aspx" border="0" /&gt;
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I had a good laugh, I am sure even you also had....
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="https://communities.bentley.com/aggbug?PostID=33123&amp;AppID=9313&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>Social Media Expression"Expressed"</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/shikzs_blog/posts/social-media-expression-expressed</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2009 19:41:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:4e57c6d1-b22a-4d64-b629-cb1494b670fe</guid><dc:creator>Shikz</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/shikzs_blog/rsscomments?WeblogPostID=33120</wfw:commentRss><comments>https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/shikzs_blog/posts/social-media-expression-expressed#comments</comments><description>&lt;p&gt;
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Social networking sites are flourishing because it gives me, you and everybody a chance to express themeselves freely..without any hitch...without any fear...
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I would call this as &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;u&gt;&amp;quot;xpression Unleashed&amp;quot;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;
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&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="https://communities.bentley.com/aggbug?PostID=33120&amp;AppID=9313&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>Obama:Social Media Champion</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/shikzs_blog/posts/obama-social-media-champion</link><pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2009 18:23:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:8ff8d3a0-1342-407d-b78a-31910b4a082d</guid><dc:creator>Shikz</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/shikzs_blog/rsscomments?WeblogPostID=31997</wfw:commentRss><comments>https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/shikzs_blog/posts/obama-social-media-champion#comments</comments><description>&lt;p&gt;
&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img style="width:89px;height:86px;" src="http://communities.bentley.com/photos/shikzs_images/images/31998/original.aspx" border="0" width="190" height="116" /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.fastcompany.com/blog/rich-brooks/social-media-strategies-small-business/what-businesses-can-learn-barack-obamas-soci" target="_blank"&gt;Kennedy was built for TV and Obama is built for the Internet age&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; 
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Some facts and figures about&amp;nbsp;Obama's&amp;nbsp;SOCIAL popularity...&lt;a href="http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/social_media_obama_mccain_comparison.php"&gt;Read on&lt;/a&gt; 
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&lt;strong&gt;Blogs&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
While overall blog mentions of Obama and McCain varied greatly during the last year (it cannot be said&amp;nbsp;if those were positive or negative posts), close to 500 million blog postings mentioned him since the beginning of the conventions at the end of August. During the same time period, only about 150 million blog posts mentioned McCain (though it would also be interesting to see similar statistics for Governor Palin as well). 
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&lt;strong&gt;Twitter and MySpace&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
On social networks, Obama also held a clear lead, with 844,927 MySpace friends compared to McCain's 219,404. Just between November 3rd and November 4th (election day), Obama gained over 10,000 new friends, while McCain only gained about 964. On Twitter, Obama gained 2865 new followers between the 3rd and 4th (for a total of 118,107), while John McCain's Twitter account only has a paltry 4942 followers in total. 
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I am a huge fan of Barack Obama...From the beginning itself he was THE PRESIDENT..He was not acting but you could feel that the future president was talking to you...I have found trivia about him and thought of sharing with you...Enjoy reading... 
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&lt;em&gt;1. He collects Spider-Man and Conan the Barbarian comics&lt;br /&gt;
2. He was known as &amp;quot;O'Bomber&amp;quot; at high school for his skill at basketball&lt;br /&gt;
3. His name means &amp;quot;one who is blessed&amp;quot; in Swahili&lt;br /&gt;
4. He is left-handed - the 6th post-war president to be left-handed&lt;br /&gt;
5. He has read every Harry Potter book ( me tooo...me too )&lt;br /&gt;
6. He owns a set of red boxing gloves autographed by Muhammad Ali&lt;br /&gt;
7. He worked in a Baskin-Robbins ice cream shop as a teenager and now can't stand ice cream&lt;br /&gt;
8. His favourite snacks are chocolate-peanut protein bars&lt;br /&gt;
9. He ate dog meat, snake meat, and roasted grasshopper while living in Indonesia&lt;br /&gt;
10. He promised Michelle he would quit smoking before running for president - he didn't ( typical guy thing )&lt;br /&gt;
11. He kept a pet ape called Tata while in Indonesia&lt;br /&gt;
12. He carries a tiny Madonna and child statue and a bracelet belonging to a soldier in Iraq for good luck&lt;br /&gt;
13. He applied to appear in a black pin-up calendar while at Harvard but was rejected by the all-female committee&lt;br /&gt;
14. His favourite films are Casablanca and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest&lt;br /&gt;
15. As a teenager he took drugs including marijuana and cocaine&lt;br /&gt;
16. His favourite music includes Miles Davis, Bob Dylan, Bach and The Fugees&lt;br /&gt;
17. He enjoys Scrabble and poker&lt;br /&gt;
18. He hates the youth trend for trousers which sag beneath the backside&lt;br /&gt;
19. He repaid his student loan only four years ago after signing his book deal&lt;br /&gt;
20. Daughter Malia's godmother is Jesse Jackson's daughter Santita&lt;br /&gt;
21. He says his worst habit is constantly checking his BlackBerry&lt;br /&gt;
22. He owns four identical pairs of black size 11 shoes&lt;br /&gt;
23. He was given the code name &amp;quot;Renegade&amp;quot; by his Secret Service handlers&lt;br /&gt;
24.He plans to install a basketball court in the White House grounds ( Things which we love to do , we keep on doing that and find ways and means to pursue it )&lt;/em&gt; 
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Barack Obama;New youth Icon...... 
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="https://communities.bentley.com/aggbug?PostID=31997&amp;AppID=9313&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/shikzs_blog/archive/tags/online%2bcommunity">online community</category><category domain="https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/shikzs_blog/archive/tags/Social%2bMedia%2bMarketing">Social Media Marketing</category><category domain="https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/shikzs_blog/archive/tags/Social%2bMedia">Social Media</category><category domain="https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/shikzs_blog/archive/tags/barack%2bobama">barack obama</category></item><item><title>Social Media "Shell"</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/shikzs_blog/posts/social-media-shell</link><pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2009 11:58:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:b0ad359c-1e7c-4710-849e-b28753ca2b7c</guid><dc:creator>Shikz</dc:creator><slash:comments>7</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/shikzs_blog/rsscomments?WeblogPostID=31655</wfw:commentRss><comments>https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/shikzs_blog/posts/social-media-shell#comments</comments><description>&lt;p&gt;
When we join any online community, first step what we do is we search all our friends in the similar space..Then we search our friends/ colleagues with whom we have lost touch..Then we go in joining our school,college, previous organisation alumni group..We might go on in joining groups/forums which interests us..Like food,news etc..This is what we do when we venture ourselves in Social Media Space.. 
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And then there is a small lull in the linkage process...We marketing folks keep on striving how not to stop the nuclear chain reaction !!!
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The percentage of 3rd and 4rth contact connection is pretty less and it decreases further as we progress towards 5th ,6th and so on..Some ways to keep the chain reaction going on is what facebook does:displaying all the updates and actions done by a particular user and if it interests other user, he also participates in the same..This is called viral effect wherein the user shouldnt feel he is being forced but we need to tempt him..
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So urge is to come out of your own defined Shell and venture in endless world of online community..Try,learn and unlearn..Thats what I keep on doing....
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="https://communities.bentley.com/aggbug?PostID=31655&amp;AppID=9313&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/shikzs_blog/archive/tags/online%2bcommunity">online community</category><category domain="https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/shikzs_blog/archive/tags/Social%2bMedia%2bMarketing">Social Media Marketing</category><category domain="https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/shikzs_blog/archive/tags/Social%2bMedia">Social Media</category><category domain="https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/shikzs_blog/archive/tags/social%2bnetworking">social networking</category></item><item><title>"Mad world" Social Media Humor</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/shikzs_blog/posts/mad-world-social-media-humor</link><pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2009 12:28:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:b6e5e4f0-19e6-40fb-af64-b55502ff6e6c</guid><dc:creator>Shikz</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/shikzs_blog/rsscomments?WeblogPostID=30610</wfw:commentRss><comments>https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/shikzs_blog/posts/mad-world-social-media-humor#comments</comments><description>&lt;img src="http://communities.bentley.com/photos/shikzs_images/images/30598/468x375.aspx" border="0" /&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="https://communities.bentley.com/aggbug?PostID=30610&amp;AppID=9313&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>Social Media"Circle"</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/shikzs_blog/posts/social-media-circle</link><pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 16:56:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:5a4c2410-36d9-4c90-bc7b-a6ae2d569e46</guid><dc:creator>Shikz</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/shikzs_blog/rsscomments?WeblogPostID=30318</wfw:commentRss><comments>https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/shikzs_blog/posts/social-media-circle#comments</comments><description>&lt;p&gt;
I was watching news on CNN,an advt appeared which said &amp;quot; Catch 2009 Presidential Inauguration &amp;quot;..And then the Facebook link appeared for RSVP to the event 
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Link -www.facebook.com/cnn 
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I logged into Facebook,became a fan of the group and clicked &amp;quot; Attending &amp;quot; for the event..Did you notice the cycle ? I bet you did, If you are social media maverick&amp;nbsp;like me :-) 
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Another one;I was reading a blog post on Burger King's Whopper Sandwiches..They have started a campaign if you delete 10 of your facebook friends , they will send you a free whopper..Now how to do it, log into Facebook,join &lt;a href="http://www.whoppersacrifice.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Whopper Sacrifice club&lt;/a&gt; and Whopp start deleting !! 
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Now the third one;I was going thru our Bentley Systems Tweets and I found a &lt;a href="http://www.bnamericas.com/news/waterandwaste/Bentley_sees_business_opportunities_in_local_idiosyncrasies" target="_blank"&gt;news article on Bentley&lt;/a&gt; wherein Ed was quoted..It is in Business News Americas... 
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I cannot do injustice to Google by not quoting Sergie and Larry guys..Was browsing thru the online edition of The Economic Times and saw this 
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It is a circle yet it is a maze..Fun is in the interlinking of the paths and various medias..And the way it is said in Madagascar animated movie &amp;quot;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Definitely the fun is on this side &amp;quot;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="https://communities.bentley.com/aggbug?PostID=30318&amp;AppID=9313&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/shikzs_blog/archive/tags/Google">Google</category><category domain="https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/shikzs_blog/archive/tags/orkut">orkut</category><category domain="https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/shikzs_blog/archive/tags/Social%2bMedia%2bMarketing">Social Media Marketing</category><category domain="https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/shikzs_blog/archive/tags/Social%2bMedia">Social Media</category><category domain="https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/shikzs_blog/archive/tags/Facebook">Facebook</category><category domain="https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/shikzs_blog/archive/tags/social%2bnetworking">social networking</category><category domain="https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/shikzs_blog/archive/tags/online%2bnetworks">online networks</category></item></channel></rss>