There are a number of possibilities for placing guests on the Top Table (or Head Table) at your wedding. Many couples opt for a traditional top table layout but that doesn't always work for everyone. It's your day, so don't think you need to stick with tradition. Feel free to arrange your guests in a way that suits you best! These are the traditional top table layouts used in the UK, Europe and North America. In the UK, the Bride and Groom traditionally sit in the middle with their respective parents and the Chief Bridesmaid and Best Man either side of them. However, in the USA parents host their own 'VIP' tables with the head table seating the bridal party - Bride, Groom, Bridesmaids and Groomsmen. Traditional Top Table Seating (UK) Traditional Head Table Seating (USA) Unfortunately, modern families aren't always straight-forward and it's often the case that parents are separated, divorced or possibly even re-married. Working out not only who is sitting where on the top table but also who is actually on the top table can be a real headache!
Here are a few alternative layouts for accommodating parents. Bride's Parents Divorced and Re-Married Groom's Parents Divorced and Re-Married If you really can't get a top table layout that works for you, then how about trying one of these great ideas: 'Sweetheart' Table For Two A Table for 4If you spend most of your work day behind a desk, then being comfortable is key to keeping you productive – and pain free! Workplace ergonomics experts suggest following these helpful techniques to get you through your work day as pain free as possible -- from how to sit correctly and how often to move to getting the best fit from your office furniture. In addition, you'll find a list of ergonomic workplace products recommended with your comfort in mind. Repeated tasks performed when seated contribute to stress of the neck, shoulders, hands, wrists and even the legs, especially when you slouch. Anyone who spends several hours seated on the job should use ergonomic caution and follow a few rules.
Get up and walk around every 20 to 30 minutes, and take frequent one- to two-minute micro-breaks. Micro-breaks aren’t breaks from work but breaks from using a particular set of frequently used muscles and joints, such as regularly resting your fingers when typing. Stand, stretch, or do different tasks during micro-breaks. Keep feet flat on the floor. If your feet don’t reach, use a footrest. Position your computer monitor so that your eyes are level with the top of the screen (oversize monitors are exceptions). The center should be at 15 degrees below your line of sight and approximately an arm’s length away. Raise or lower it as necessary. If you wear bifocals, check with your therapist about lowering your monitor to avoid crooking your neck. Use a document holder. Use this device to raise materials to eye level, rather than bending your neck toward the desk. If you have an older chair without lumbar support, replace it or try using a small pillow or tightly rolled towel to relieve pressure on your lower back.
Be sure the towel isn’t thick enough that it forces you to lean forward, creating even more strain. Alan Hedge, PhD, professor of ergonomics and director of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Program at Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., recommends these tips to help find a chair that fits.To minimize joint strain, a swivel chair with a five-point base and wheels is a must for both stability and ease of movement.For the right fit, Hedge advises using the 1-inch seat rule. When sitting back, there should be at least a 1-inch gap between the edge of the seat and the backs of your knees, and the seat of the chair should be at least 1-inch wider than your hips and thighs. The chair’s back should be wide enough for your back, but not too wide to restrict arm movements, such as reaching 90 degrees to your sides.Seat backs should have both a height-adjustable lumbar support to fit the curve of your lower back snugly and a tilt feature that allows you to move easily while being supported at all positions.
Hedge says chairs with headrests also are helpful for people who need to reduce neck and shoulder strain.Be sure your chair’s armrests are adjustable and set so forearms are supported when elbows are bent at 90 degrees and wrists are straight.A chair should have adjustments for seat height, seat tilt, backrest height and tilt, and armrest positions – and you should be able to easily reach and adjust all levers. Try before you buy. Visit stores and sit in many chairs before buying. Learn about office and workplace products that received the Arthritis Foundation’s Ease of Use Commendation. Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit is the debut studio album by Australian indie rock musician Courtney Barnett, released on 20 March 2015 by Milk! Records (Australia and New Zealand), House Anxiety/Marathon Artists (UK, Europe) and Mom + Pop Music (US). The album received wide acclaim and was ranked as one of the best albums of 2015 by numerous publications. After playing with various bands in Melbourne, Barnett used money that she had borrowed from her grandmother to start her own Milk Records label[1] and released her first EP, I've Got a Friend Called Emily Ferris (2012).
Following the release of her first EP, Barnett signed to Marathon Artists (via its imprint House Anxiety). In August 2013, Marathon Artists released The Double EP: A Sea of Split Peas, a combined package of Barnett's first EP and her second EP, How To Carve A Carrot into a Rose.[2] The Double EP brought Barnett international critical acclaim, with the lead single, "Avant Gardener", named 'Best New Track' by Pitchfork in 2013. How To Carve A Carrot was released on a limited run by Milk! Records as a standalone EP in October 2013. In 2014, Marathon Artists partnered with Mom + Pop Music for the US release of The Double EP. Barnett had spent a year writing songs for her album[4] but only showed them to her band a week before they were recorded in order to capture a "fresh" sound.[5] The song "Pedestrian at Best" was written "at the last minute" and the recorded version was the first time that Barnett had sung the words out loud.[5] The album was largely recorded across eight days[4] in Melbourne[6] during April 2014 but the release was delayed due to touring commitments.
[7] Barnett unveiled the album at the 2015 South by Southwest festival and then embarked on a world tour that began in Paris. The title of the album was taken from a poster that hung in her grandma's bathroom.[8] It is also used as part of the lyrics of the hidden/bonus song "Stair Androids & Valley Um..." (see Track Listing section, below). Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit received widespread acclaim from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 88, based on 35 reviews.[9] In a review for AllMusic, Stephen Thomas Erlewine called it "invigorating", saying that it provided a "convincing argument that rock & roll doesn't need reinvention in order to revive itself."[10] Mike Powell of Pitchfork awarded the album a 'Best New Music' accolade, saying that "Barnett has nothing to prove and she's proving it."[17] DIY magazine's Jamie Milton called the record "exceptional" and said "make no mistake - this is a debut like few others."
[20] Eric R. Danton, reviewing the album for Paste magazine, said that Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit was "one of the most compulsively listenable albums to come out so far this year."[21] Everett True wrote in The Guardian that the album improves upon each listen because "it's been a while since western rock music – let alone Melbourne's fiercely insular and often too-precious indie scene – has thrown up a songwriter and lyricist as intriguing, compelling and down-to-earth, yet surreal and morbidly funny, as Barnett."[14] In Cuepoint, Robert Christgau said Barnett's music has a "drive and focus" it did not have before, complemented by her passionate singing and a lyrical style reminiscent of John Prine and Jens Lekman but still "herself": "Formally, her songs are confessional, only they describe her material life and conflicted feelings acutely rather than dreamily, so that the songs occur in and are inflected by a deftly rendered physical and social world." In a less enthusiastic review, Christopher Monk of musicOMH called Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit "a likeable, enjoyable album rather than a great one", writing that "the craft of Barnett's words dwarfs that of her music...there are too many compositions here that feel underwritten."
Rolling Stone ranked "Pedestrian at Best" at number 4 on its annual year-end list to find the best songs of 2015. Sometimes I Sit and Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit received eight nominations at the ARIA Music Awards of 2015, including for Album of the Year, Best Rock Album and Best Independent Release. On 7 October, Barnett won the ARIA Award for Best Cover Art, part of the artisan ARIA awards, for her self drawn cover. On 26 November, Barnett also won Best Female Artist, Breakthrough Artist and Best Independent Release. She lost to Tame Impala's Currents for Album of the Year and Best Rock Album. Barnett was nominated for Best New Artist at the 2016 Grammy Awards. Courtney Barnett was announced as the winner of the 2015 Australian Music Prize award which is given for the best Australian album release of the year. All lyrics written by Courtney Barnett; all music composed by Courtney Barnett. Credits are adapted from liner notes of Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit.
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