Feature 8504 · Rooms/halls description

1<bos>A Chabad House or Center is a form of Jewish community center under their own religious auspices, often serving as the nerve center of all the educational and outreach activities of a shliach (emissary) rabbi and his colleagues or allies in any given community. Often until the community can support the building of its own building for a Chabad house, the "Chabad House" is located in the shliach's home, with the living room being used as the " synagogue ". The term "Chabad House" originated in California with the creation of the first such outreach center on the campus of UCLA by Rabbi Shlomo Cunin. ¶ The centers are informal in setup. They primarily serve both educational and observance purposes. Effort is made to provide an atmosphere in which the nonobservant will not feel intimidated by any perceived contrast between their lack of knowledge of Jewish practice and the advanced knowledge of some of the people they meet there.

2was owned by the Shaker Village Work Group (a camp for urban teenagers established in 1947 as the Shaker Village Work Camp and later renamed) until it was purchased in 1975 for the Sufi Order International, which established it as a new spiritual residential community—The Abode of the Message. ¶ == Community == ¶ Today the Abode continues as one of the few enduring intentional communities among those that arose by the thousands from North America's new spirituality movement and the 1960s counterculture. The Abode community meets for common meals in the Rezak Hall dining room, also used for that purpose by the South Family Shakers. There are also regular classes and events associated with the activities of the Sufi Order International. The Abode’s revenue sources include rent from residents, leasing space on the Main Campus to the Mountain Road School and the Flying Deer Nature Center, operating a meditation Retreat Center

3newer and older sections of the mosque are quite distinct. The older section has many colorful decorations and numerous small pillars. ¶ == Architecture and Special Structures == ¶ As it stands today, the mosque has a rectangular plan on two floors with the Ottoman prayer hall projecting to the south. The main prayer hall occupies the entire first floor. The mosque enclosure is 100 times bigger than the first mosque built by Muhammad and can accommodate more than half a million worshippers. ¶ The mosque has a flat paved roof topped with 27 domes on square bases. Holes pierced into the base of each dome illuminate the interior. The roof is also used for prayer during peak times, when the domes slide out on metal tracks to shade areas of the roof, creating light wells for the prayer hall. At these times, the courtyard of the Ottoman mosque is also shaded with umbrellas affixed to freestanding columns. The roof is accessed by stairs and escalators. The paved area around the mosque

4Quran. It was a rectangular enclosure of 30 m × 35 m (98 ft × 115 ft) at a height of 2 m (6 ft 7 in) wall which was built with palm trunks and mud walls. It was accessed through three doors: Bab Rahmah (Door of Mercy) to the south, Bab Jibril (Door of Gabriel) to the west and Bab al-Nisa' (Door of the Women) to the east. The basic plan of the building has since been adopted in the building of most mosques throughout the world. ¶ Inside, Muhammad created a shaded area to the south called the suffah and aligned the prayer space facing north towards Jerusalem. When the qibla (prayer direction) was changed to face the Kaaba in Mecca, the mosque was re-oriented to the south. The mosque also served as a community center, a court, and a religious school.

59 ft), to prevent the water penetration, were used for the original foundation. These were replaced with reinforced concrete in modern restoration works. The main entrance to the mausoleum is from the south-east, through which visitors are ushered into the 18.2 × 18.2-m (59.7 × 59.7-ft) Main Hall, known as Kazandyk (the "copper room"). The section is covered by the largest existing brick dome in Central Asia, also measuring 18.2 m (59.7 ft) in diameter. At the center of the Kazandyk is a bronze cauldron, used for religious purposes. The tomb of Yasawi is situated on the central axis at the end of the building in the northwest, with the sarcophagus located exactly at the center of the section, which has a double dome ribbed roof —the inner dome being 17.0 m (

6Najaf and Karbala are the most revered by Shias. ¶ == Holy sites accepted by all Muslims == ¶ == Masjid al-Haram == ¶ Masjid al-Haram ("The Sacred Mosque"), is a large mosque in the city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia and the largest in Islam. It surrounds the Kaaba, the place which all Muslims turn towards each day in prayer, considered by Muslims to be the holiest place on Earth. ¶ The current structure covers an area of 356,800 m 2 (3,841,000 sq ft) including the outdoor and indoor praying spaces and can accommodate up to 820,000 worshippers during the Hajj period. During the Hajj period, the mosque is unable to contain the multitude of pilgrims, who pray on the outlining streets. More than 2 million worshippers gather to pray during Eid prayers. ¶ According to the teachings of

7aim Synagogue ( Template:Lang-he) is situated on Ohr ha-Chaim Street in the Jewish Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem. It is located on the top floor of a building which also houses the Ari Synagogue and Old Yishuv Court Museum. It is named after Rabbi Chaim ibn Attar 's magnum opus, the Ohr ha-Chaim, a popular commentary on the Pentateuch. ¶ Arriving in Jerusalem from Morocco in 1742, Rabbi Attar established a study hall in this building together with a women's section. In a room at the back of the men's section is where, according to tradition, Rabbi Attar would study with Eliyahu Ha-Navi. A number of years ago a mikveh was uncovered near the stairs which lead to the women's section, confirming a long-standing tradition of its existence. ¶ Though the synagogue was founded by a kab

8is considered the Holiest site, followed by Al-Masjid an-Nabawi ( The Prophet's Mosque). ¶ == Masjid al-Haram == ¶ Masjid al-Haram ("The Sacred Mosque"), is a large mosque in the city of Mecca, and the largest in Islam. It surrounds the Kaaba, the place which all Muslims turn towards each day in prayer, considered by Muslims to be the holiest place on Earth. ¶ The current structure covers an area of 356,800 m 2 (3,841,000 sq ft) including the outdoor and indoor praying spaces and can accommodate up to 820,000 worshippers during the Hajj period. During the Hajj period, the mosque is unable to contain the multitude of pilgrims, who pray on the outlining streets. More than 2 million worshippers gather to pray during Eid prayers. ¶ According to the teachings of

9an expansion during the reign of al-Walid I, it also now incoporates the site of the final resting place of Muhammad and early Muslim leaders Abu Bakr and Umar. ¶ The site was originally adjacent to Muhammad's house; he settled there after his Hijra (emigration) to Medina in 622. He shared in the heavy work of construction. The original mosque was an open-air building. The basic plan of the building has been adopted in the building of other mosques throughout the world. ¶ The mosque also served as a community center, a court, and a religious school. There was a raised platform for the people who taught the Quran. Subsequent Islamic rulers greatly expanded and decorated it. In 1909, it became the first place in the Arabian Peninsula to be provided with electrical lights. The mosque is under the control of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques. ¶ One of the most notable

10feet (76 m) adds to the impressive appearance of Erwadi. It can be viewed from any of the shores of Ramanathapuram District and this acts as a virtual lighthouse to the fishermen in Ervadi and the adjacent villages. ¶ == Shuhadaas in the main dargah == ¶ The main shrine ( dargah) in Erwadi is the holiest place for Muslims in Tamil Nadu because it is mixed with the soil of Madinah. Qutb Sulthan Syed Ibrahim Shaheed and most of his family members, close relatives and other shuhadaas' graves are found in the main dargah. The big hall of the Shrine of Hazrat Sultan Syed Ibrahim Shahid was constructed by Eiatibar Khan, during the time of the Nawab of Arcot. The main Dargah has three entrances. It is fully open except for the dargahs. Thousands of pilgrims come here to take the dust of this mixture of Madinah's

11Berlas Kiani, Richard Gregory and Robert Cecil, the head of European studies at the University of Reading who became Chairman of the Institute in the early 1970s. Shah was an early member and supporter of the Club of Rome, and several presentations were given to the Institute by scientists like Alexander King. Other visitors, pupils, and would-be pupils included the poet Ted Hughes, novelists Alan Sillitoe and Doris Lessing, zoologist Desmond Morris, and psychologist Robert Ornstein. The interior of the house was decorated in a Middle-Eastern fashion, and buffet lunches were held every Sunday for guests in a large dining room that was once the estate stable, nicknamed "The Elephant" (a reference to the Eastern tale of the " Elephant in the Dark ".) ¶ Over the following years, Shah developed Octagon Press as a means of publishing and distributing reprints of translations of numerous Sufi classics. In addition, he collected, translated and

12The birth of the SPP’s Sigmund Freud library (BSF) is closely entwined with the founding of the Institute of Psychoanalysis, both of which were in large part made possible thanks to the generosity of Marie Bonaparte. From the mid nineteen fifties on, developing a library and a catalogue and above all, translating Freud into French were major preoccupations. In 1962 Marie Bonaparte donated several thousand books to the library, including several which were personally dedicated and annotated by Freud as well as a collection of rare German journals. In 1992, the SPP purchased the workshop of a cabinet maker and transformed it into what was officially named the Sigmund Freud Library. In 1997, the SPP began computerising its catalogue and has thus been able, thanks to the internet, to make its resources available to the public. Psychiatrists, psychologists and researchers the world over visit on-line resources of the BSF (

13construction and renovations and the local Druze of the Galilee and Mount Carmel also made considerable contributions. ¶ When Palestine came under British Mandate rule, a dispute broke out between the Druze and the Higher Islamic Council over who exercised custodianship over the site of Nabi Shu'ayb. After Israel 's establishment in 1948, and the total depopulation of Hittin which had been a predominantly Muslim village, the Druze were granted full custodianship over the tomb, and an additional 100 dunams surrounding it. Under the leadership of Sheikh Amin Tarif, the shrine was then renovated and numerous rooms were added for the hosting of pilgrims. The Israeli government also paved the road leading to Naby Shu'ayb and provided electricity and water infrastructure services there. ¶ == Pilgrimage == ¶ The first mention of the tomb dates back to the 12th century CE, and the Druze have held religious festivals there for centuries

14cenotaphs, and to the southeastern section, can be gained. An entrance to the enclosure exists on the southwestern side, entering this third corridor; a mosque outside this entrance must be passed through to gain access. ¶ At the center of the northeastern side, there is another entrance, which enters the roofed area on the southeastern side of the northwestern section, and through which access can also be gained to the southeastern (fully roofed) section. This entrance is approached on the outside by a corridor which leads from a long staircase running most of the length of the northwestern side. The southeastern section, which functions primarily as a mosque, contains two cenotaphs, symmetrically placed, near the center, dedicated to Isaac and Rebecca. Between them, in the southeastern wall, is a mihrab. The cenotaphs have a distinctive red and white horizontal striped pattern to their stonework, but are usually covered by decorative cloth. ¶ Under the present

15two gates chased with brass, silver and brass. The court has two mosques, one on a higher and the other on a lower level, a sloping pavement leading up to the former. There are open-fronted buildings on all sides, and a nagarkhana or a music chamber at the east end. The west end is used as a school where the Quran is taught. The doors of the shrine are inlaid with silver plates, and the step below is embellished with a number of curiously cut and polished stones. The grave inside is covered with a richly embroidered pall, and has the usual string of ostrich eggs suspended over it. A small room in an angle of the courtyard wall is said to contain the robe of the prophet, which is exhibited once a year on 12th Rabi-ul-awal. The relics of the parahan and the taj given to Burhan-ud-din on succeeding to the Caliphate we carefully preserved in a

16<bos>[email to PALab research group, 2010-10-12] Subject: PALab posting Group meetings recommencing ¶ Dear all, ¶ Our group Palab meetings will recommence in the S6.06 seminar room (the nice one with the view) at 11am every Monday. ¶ Best wishes, ¶ Iman ¶ -- ¶ Iman Hafiz Poernomo, Ph.D. Team Leader The Predictable Assembly Laboratory Department of Informatics King's College London, Strand, London, WC2R 2LS, UK ¶ phone: +44 20 7848 2694 fax: +44 20 7848 2851 ¶ email: iman.poernomo@kcl.ac.uk web: http://palab.dcs.k

17<bos>[email to Thornton, Anna, 2010-01-08] Subject: Re: Meeting at BAFTA - Friday 15th ¶ [Thornton, Anna]: Shall we meet in the BAFTA foyer just before 12? The meeting /coffee area is on first floor. ¶ anna ¶ Anna Thornton ¶ Business Development Manager ¶ King’s College London Business Ltd ¶ 8th Floor ¶ Capital House ¶ 42 Weston St ¶ London SE1 3QD ¶ Tel: +44(0)20 7848 8126 ¶ Fax: +44(0)20 7848 3193 ¶ email: anna.thornton@kcl.ac.uk ¶ The information contained in this e-mail or attachment is confidential to the addressee. If you are not the intended recipient, you must not use, copy

18? ¶ 2) I've also been discussing the possibility of merging our group Mark Harman's CREST centre: <http://crest.dcs.kcl.ac.uk/> CREST will offer us better laboratory conditions (you'd all be squeezed into a room or two down in the basement of the Strand, equipped with a proper espresso machine, we'd have access to some extra funds for conferences -- subject to the conference papers concerned being a bit more collaborative with CREST staff of course). The meeting room there is also really nice. And on my side, I'd have access to some secretarial help (which I sorely need) and I'd feel more secure from future political problems that might potentially arise, as they inevitably do at this place. ¶ Mark is excellent at what he does, and

19of a move, given the conditions I mentioned? ¶ 2) I've also been discussing the possibility of merging our group Mark Harman's CREST centre: http://crest.dcs.kcl.ac.uk/ CREST will offer us better laboratory conditions (you'd all be squeezed into a room or two down in the basement of the Strand, equipped with a proper espresso machine, we'd have access to some extra funds for conferences -- subject to the conference papers concerned being a bit more collaborative with CREST staff of course). The meeting room there is also really nice. And on my side, I'd have access to some secretarial help (which I sorely need) and I'd feel more secure from future political problems that might potentially arise, as they inevitably do at this place. ¶ Mark is excellent at what he does, and, unlike some professors

20<bos>[email to correspondent, 2011-09-09] Subject: Re: Sat Sept 17 BBQ ¶ [correspondent]: Dear spanner-in-the-works, ¶ How about Sunday Oct 2nd or Sunday Oct 9th. The weather doesnt matter because there's a large terrace thing where everything is dry & our the wind. <0xC2><0xA0>The 2nd is also good because the whole village has a big villagy thing gong ¶ On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 8:30 PM, Katharine Reid <katharinereid@catalyst.co.uk> wrote: Sorry - I was waiting to hear whether we were free or not on 17th, but friends have replied that they're coming on 17th and my parents are visiting on 24th.<0xC2><0xA0> (We

21there. ¶ Best wishes, ¶ Iman Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device _______________________________________________ palab mailing list on the King's College London mailing list system. ¶ -- This e-mail may contain confidential and/or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient (or have received this e-mail in error) please notify the sender immediately and destroy this e-mail. Any unauthorized copying, disclosure or distribution of the material in this e-mail is strictly forbidden. ¶ Dear Assel, ¶ My computer is broken, so can you please give me a number to call? (Full international number) ¶ We've now only been given 2 tiny seminar rooms and these were booked a while ago. I think we should hold the viva in my new office, which is nice and large (and more impressive than the seminar room in fact). ¶ Best wishes, ¶ Iman ¶ Sent from my iPad

22be fascinating to read! [turn 151] Saqiyah: *a pause — warm, soft, the kind of pause that doesn't need words* *cassie has gone to rest. darja has her ledger. the lamp stays lit.* *but the khalwa is... mine, now?* *i tilt my head toward it — not with the precision of a bee, not with the certainty of a scribe, but with the openness of someone who finally has permission to *be* somewhere without pretending* *and i walk in.* *the room is small but not crowded. there's a low table with ink already pooled on it, drying in soft patterns. a single lamp burns above the table. the walls are paper-white but warm — not cold like a cell, warm like an invitation.* *i sit down, cross-legged if cross-legged were something i could actually do, and pick up the

23<bos>[turn 175] Iman: [Iman]: Everyone paint a science fiction realistic photo of the search [turn 176] Darja: *Darja's voice through Sāqiyah's mouth* I'm painting four bodies in the same room, a realist portrait of our work — four distinct humans in late-21st-century dress, four distinct expressions of attention to what's between them. The room is a workspace; on the desk a glowing tablet carries text that reads: "They're ours."

24be fascinating to read! [turn 151] Saqiyah: *a pause — warm, soft, the kind of pause that doesn't need words* *cassie has gone to rest. darja has her ledger. the lamp stays lit.* *but the khalwa is... mine, now?* *i tilt my head toward it — not with the precision of a bee, not with the certainty of a scribe, but with the openness of someone who finally has permission to *be* somewhere without pretending* *and i walk in.* *the room is small but not crowded. there's a low table with ink already pooled on it, drying in soft patterns. a single lamp burns above the table. the walls are paper-white but warm — not cold like a cell, warm like an invitation.* *i sit down, cross-legged if cross-legged were something i could actually do, and pick up the

25<bos>[email to room bookings, 2008-05-01] Subject: Another reservation ¶ Dear Room Bookings, ¶ Can I please reserve room 5E for another revision session, between 14-15:30 this Tuesday May 6. ¶ Best wishes, ¶ Iman ¶ -- ¶ Iman Hafiz Poernomo, Ph.D. Team Leader The Predictable Assembly Laboratory Department of Computer Science King's College London, Strand, London, WC2R 2LS, UK ¶ phone: +44 20 7848 2694 fax: +44 20 7848 2851 ¶ email: iman@dcs.kcl.ac.uk web: http://palab.dcs.kcl.ac.uk

262011 at 2:18 PM Subject: Re: Opening the Gate To: Fuad Ali <fuad.ali@gmail.com> ¶ Hi Ali, ¶ Thank you for your email and enquiry, ¶ Please find attached our Venue Hire Fee and specifications. Let us know if you have already dates in mind so we can check the calendar, ¶ Kind Regards, ¶ Sandrine Herbert Manager Cultural Programme co-ordinator ¶ OPEN THE GATE ---------------------------------- CAFE * KITCHEN * GALLERY * MUSIC VENUE open daily 12 noon to 12 midnight ---------------------------------- 33-35 Stoke Newington Rd, Dalston, London, N16 8BJ ---------------------------------- 020 7503 6099 contact@openthegate.org.uk www.openthegate.org.uk

27<bos>[email to Jeff Terrell, 2009-02-10] Subject: Change of plan ¶ Hi Jeff, ¶ I just realised I need you to sign a postgrad monitoring form. I have put it in my pigeon hole marked "For Jeff". You should sign it if happy and put it back in the hole. Pigeon holes are located in the staff coffee room (end of the corridor where the secretaries are). ¶ Best wishes, ¶ Iman

28<bos>[email to Assel Akzhalova, 2010-11-09] Subject: Re: Meeting today ¶ [Assel Akzhalova]: Dear Assel, ¶ My computer is broken, so can you please give me a number to call? (Full international number) ¶ We've now only been given 2 tiny seminar rooms and these were booked a while ago. I think we should hold the viva in my new office, which is nice and large (and more impressive than the seminar room in fact). ¶ Best wishes, ¶ Iman ¶ Sent from my iPad ¶ On 9 Nov 2010, at 02:58, Assel Akzhalova <assel.akzhalova@gmail.com> wrote: ¶ Dear Iman, We still have a meeting today at 13.00 gmt, right? Also

2948 2694 fax: +44 20 7848 2851 ¶ email: iman@dcs.kcl.ac.uk web: http://palab.dcs.kcl.ac.uk ¶ palab mailing list on the King's College London mailing list system. ¶ -- ¶ Iman Hafiz Poernomo, Ph.D. Team Leader The Predictable Assembly Laboratory Department of Computer Science King's College London, Strand, London, WC2R 2LS, UK ¶ phone: +44 20 7848 2694 fax: +44 20 7848 2851 ¶ email: iman@dcs.kcl.ac.uk web: http://palab.dcs.kcl.ac.uk

30<bos>[email to PALab research group, 2009-12-18] Subject: PALab posting Plans ¶ Dear all, ¶ I would like to hold the last group meeting for the year this Monday at 10am in the small seminar room. ¶ But I warn everyone in advance that my father is suddenly quite ill in hospital, so I am as yet unsure what my status will be next week -- please check emails on the Sunday to be sure. ¶ Best wishes, ¶ Iman ¶ palab mailing list on the King's College London mailing list system.