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Welcome to the International Conference on Archaeology, History and Heritage (ICAHH 2019) which is scheduled to be held from 14th- 15th March 2019 in Habarana, Sri Lanka. ICAHH 2019 create a great platform for archaeologists, historians, researchers, scientists, academicians, industry experts and policy makers to share the knowledge related to Archaeology, History and Heritage. Through diverse researches and case studies from all over the world, the conference will bring together hundreds of participants from around the world in parallel sessions with many networking opportunities.
" New Perspectives in Global Heritage Studies "
ICAHH 2019 provides a wonderful opportunity for you to enhance your knowledge and share new research findings in Archaeology, History and Heritage. The conference will feature renowned speakers from the academia and industry who are experts in Archaeology.
Conference Tracks
- Pre and protohistoric archaeology
- Early History and state formation
- Early civilization and classical archaeology
- Medieval archaeology and history
- Environmental and Bio archaeology
- Theory in Archaeology and History
- Heritage preservative and conservation
- Heritage management and museum studies
- Marine archaeology and history
Sigiriya, Polonnaruwa and Anuradhapura
Site visits with fruitful discussions
Join with ICAHH 2019 and get the opportunity to visit Archaeology sites in Sigiriya, Polonnaruwa and Anuradhapura. You can explore the renovated monuments, restored edifices, preserved ruins and historical sites where the archeological excavations which are still being continued in these area. There will be special discussions with site experts to enhance your knowledge throughout these visits.
Keynote Forum
Listen to the world renowned speakers who are experts in the field of Archaeology, History and Heritage.
Technical Sessions
During the conference, you will have the opportunity to present your research work to an international audience and listen to other best researchers in the field. You can be a poster or an oral presenter.
Awarding Ceremony
The best researches will be evaluated throughout the conference and will be awarded at the awarding ceremony.
Panel Discussions
ICAHH 2019 will make a great platform to discuss, debate, exchange ideas and give suggestions with an international panel of experts in hot topics of Archaeology.
Prof. Dilip K Chakrabarti
Prof. Prashantha Bandula Mandawala
Prof. Anura Manatunga
Senior Professor in Archaeology
Department of Archaeology
Director of the Centre for Heritage Studies
University of Kelaniya
Sri Lanka.
Speech Title: " Some aspects on vandalizing and trading of antiquities ".
Director General of Archaeology
Department of Archaeology
Sri Lanka
Professor in Archaeology
University of Sri Jayewardenepura
Sri Lanka
Dr. Siran Upendra Deraniyagala
Former Director-General of Archaeology
Sri Lanka
Speech Title: " The Antecedents of Sri Lanka's Historical Heritage "
Prof. Vasant Shinde
Vice-Chancellor of Deccan College
" Relevance of the Study of Ancient Heritage to the Contemporary Society: A Case Study from India. "
Conference Proceedings
All accepted abstracts for the International Conference on Archaeology, History and Heritage 2019 (ICAHH 2019), will be published in the conference abstract book with an associated ISBN 978-955-3605-27-6.
All full papers sent for conference proceedings will be subjected to double blind reviewing process and will be published electronically with an ISSN 2651-0243 in the proceedings with a DOI Number (DOI prefix: 10.17501).
Accepted papers published in conference proceedings will be submitted to Google Scholar, Scopus and Thomson Reuters for possible indexing.
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Editor in Chief: Mr. John Butler-Adam
Publisher: Academy of Science of South Africa
Journal Link: https://www.sajs.co.za/issue/view/477
Indexed in Scopus, BIOSIS, EBSCO, ScienceOpen, Sabinet, OCLC, DOAJ, and many more.
International Journal of Historical Archaeology
This journal accepts theoretical and methodological papers focused on earlier eras. The main concern of the journal is post-1500 CE world
Print ISSN 1092-7697
Online ISSN 1573-7748
Editor in Chief Orser Jr. Charles E.
Journal Link https://www.springer.com/social+sciences/anthropology+%26+archaeology/journal/10761
Abstracting and Indexing in SCOPUS, Google Scholar, Anthropological Index Online, Art Index, Arts & Humanities Citation Index, CNKI, Current Abstracts, Current Contents/Arts and Humanities and many more
International Journal of Performance Arts and Digital Media
Online ISSN 2040-0934
Print ISSN 1479-4713
Editor in Chief Dr. Maria Chatzichristodoulou
Publisher Taylor and Francis Online
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We all know that brands want to know what their competitors do or will do, so that they can do better than them or do it before them. It's called competitor and strategic monitoring. But some big brands decided one day to tell publicly what they found out (when it was in their favor of course). For instance, they announced that for the same product, people could buy it for less at their shops rather than at their competitors'.
But according to law, what is comparative advertising? What can be done and what is forbidden?
The first case of comparative advertising was in 1910: it was the Saxlehner vs Wagner case. Justice confirmed the right of a mineral water seller to use its competitor's trademark and honestly tell the public that he was selling water with the exact same content than the trademarked water.
In the United States, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the National Advertising Division of the Council of Better Business Bureaus, Inc. (NAD) govern the laws of comparative advertising. It includes the treatment of comparative advertising claims. The FTC declared that comparative advertising could be good for consumers and encourages this practice. The conditions are that the comparisons should have been "clearly identified, truthful, and non-deceptive".
In Europe, every advertisement which, explicitly or implicitly, identifies a competitor or some competitor's goods or services, is comparative advertising. The European Commission watches that the concerned ads aren't misleading.
Now let's see some examples of what the brands are ready to do to convince the audience they are better.
Pepsi VS Coca-Cola
The most famous brand for this kind of acting is Pepsi against Coca-Cola. The n°2 always had the ambition to become n°1, but the leader Coca-Cola just keeps ignoring the attacks.
Already in 1985, Pepsi attacked Coca-Cola with this ad: a future where only Pepsi exists!
Pepsi just went on and on with this marketing strategy. In 2005, they went too far for Coca-Cola who asked for the withdrawal of this ad:
The campaign was declined on many visuals with the baseline "The joy of Pepsi".
But actually, choosing between Coca-Cola and Pepsi is just a matter of taste, isn't it ?
Burger King VS McDonald's
Here is another famous duo who likes to mess with each other. The difference is that McDonald's doesn't ignore Burger King's attacks and even enjoys responding to them.
Already in 1986, BK attacked MD with this ad:
In 2002, Ronald was caught in a BK restaurant as a loyal customer…
… but McDonald's showed the « king » stealing one of their recipes:
Two years ago, MD broadcast an ad which brought troubles:
Burger King thought the ad was degradind and said that « McDonald's has broken the rules of comparative advertising by degrading the Burger King brand in the TV commercial 'Packaging'« .
In a totally different type, Burger King made a video as a documentary where we can see people who never ate hamburgers in their life. They made them taste a Whooper and a Big Mac. I let you guess who wins or you can discover it here.
Banks and Supermarkets
In Australia, the NAB (National Australian Bank) "broke up" with its competitors. It actually happened on Valentine's Day 2011 through a letter and by helicopter as well! The NAB succeeded in differentiating itself from the other big banks, it signed up its one millionth new customer in July 2012, 17 months after the beginning of its "break-up" campaign (to find out all about the campaign, click here).
It has been a success, and I think it's because they were really original. They humanized the bank and showed their strengths and weaknesses. They implied storytelling in their ad and that is what it talked to many people.
In France, the practice is more recent, because of the laws and the culture. Most of the comparative ads are made by big retail companies such as Carrefour, E.Leclerc or Auchan. They are more about prices as you can see here:
E.Leclerc suggests an app to find where the products are less expensive (at E.Leclerc's of course!).
The woman whispers the competitors' name, but Carrefour says out loud that they can assure they are cheaper.
But I think, the price for a same product can be different even with the same brand, it just depends on the time and place where you buy it… So for me, that kind of argumentation is not efficient.
The comparative advertising in general can't guarantee a success. If it's done cleverly, with humor or smart arguments, the public can be convinced. But if the brand is just mean to its competitor or has groundless remarks, the impact can be negative and the audience will keep a bad image of the brand. It has to be done carefully.
And you, what do you think of this concept? Do you like this type of advertising or does it bother you?

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The Privilege of Religiously-Affiliated Universities to Defy Ethical Standards
I'm going to put it out there: religiously-affiliated universities concern me. Not all of them… just the ones where the affiliation affects what can and can't happen on the campus. They have the power to curb students' rights and manipulate education (especially science, sheesh!). I think "religiously-affiliated schools" is a misnomer; they act more like "education-affiliated churches." Yet, within higher education, they often are accredited and respected as peer institutions who just have different beliefs and ways of educating (read: submission to the Respect meme).
Well, just to show you why I'm not okay with that, I thought I'd take a look at a recent happening at Liberty University through the eyes of the ethical standards of Student Affairs.
Last week, Liberty University declared it would no longer recognize its Democratic club. Their reason was because the Democratic party's platform conflicted with the university's mission (and probably moreso because donors complained).
Unsurprisingly (and thankfully), there was a backlash to this decision. So this week, the university released this official statement. It reeks of the Victim meme. Here are a few highlights:
The University has not banned Democrats from campus. Nor has the Democrat club been banned from meeting. And, never has the University or its' officials said that a person cannot be a Christian and a Democrat.
This is pretty disingenuous. If the club is not recognized, it has no access to any of the campus meeting rooms or any of the funding set aside specifically for student organizations. They don't want to admit that, but they come close:
The students who formed the Democrat club last October are good students. They are pro-life and believe in traditional marriage. They can continue to meet on campus. The only thing that has changed came about as part of a University-wide review of all student organizations for official recognition status. Official recognition carries with it the benefit of using the University name and funds. While this group will not be an officially recognized club, it may still meet on campus.
Technically. Essentially, this forces the Democrats underground. They can meet, but not officially. I don't know the details, but I would assume that they would probably even be banned from hanging up fliers advertising their meetings.
Parents and students support the University because they believe in its' distinctly Christian identity and mission. Liberty University is pro-life and believes that marriage between one man and one woman provides the best environment for children. Liberty University will not lend its' name or financial support to any student group that advances causes contrary to its mission.
See what I mean? It's more about being a church than a school. It's not a place to learn; it's a place to subscribe.
The rest of the statement is the same repetitive tripe. The last paragraph is a real kicker though:
We encourage our students to bring positive change to all political parties, Democrats, Republicans and Independents. We hope our students challenge all political parties to remain true to the core moral values consistent with the Christian mission of the University. To blindly support any candidate solely because of party affiliation irrespective of their moral views is wrong. Liberty would never endorse a Republican student group that supported abortion rights. Liberty stands for certain core values; not for a political party.
No… Liberty would never blindly advocate for a candidate.
Anyways, there are two encompassing professional organizations for higher education professionals: ACPA and NASPA. Each organization has taken the time to outline ethical standards for their members. Let's take a look at how Liberty's decision to control free speech on its campus fits in with these standards.
NASPA offers 18 Standards of Professional Practice for its members. Two stick out to me as being in conflict with Liberty's decisions:
7. Equal Consideration and Treatment of Others Members execute professional responsibilities with fairness and impartiality and show equal consideration to individuals regardless of status or position. Members respect individuality and promote an appreciation of human diversity in higher education. In keeping with the mission of their respective institution and remaining cognizant of federal, state, and local laws, they do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, creed, gender, age, national origin, sexual orientation, or physical disability…
16. Campus Community Members promote a sense of community among all areas of the campus by working cooperatively with students, faculty, staff, and others outside the institution to address the common goals of student learning and development. Members foster a climate of collegiality and mutual respect in their work relationships.
I don't think Liberty's actions are respectful of individuality, diversity, or any sense of community. Quite the opposite.
ACPA offers a slightly more detailed Statement of Ethical Principle and Standards. Here are a whole bunch I found that don't jive with Liberty University.
3.2 Seek resolution when they and their institution encounter substantial disagreements concerning professional or personal values. Resolution may require sustained efforts to modify institutional policies and practices or result in voluntary termination of employment.
3.3 Recognize that conflicts among students, colleagues, or the institution should be resolved without diminishing respect for or appropriate obligations to any party involved.
3.7 Refrain from attitudes or actions that impinge on colleagues' dignity, moral code, privacy, worth, professional functioning, and/or personal growth.
3.19 Restrict their private interests, obligations, and transactions in ways to minimize conflicts of interest or the appearance of conflicts of interest. They will identify their personal views and actions as private citizens from those expressed or undertaken as institutional representatives.
4.3 Not discriminate on the basis of age, culture, ethnicity, gender, ability, gender identity, race, class, religion, or sexual orientation. They will actively work to change discriminatory practices.
4.4 Demonstrate regard for social codes and moral expectations of the communities in which they live and work. At the same time, they will be aware of situations
in which concepts of social justice may conflict with local moral standards and norms and may choose to point out these conflicts in ways that respect the rights and values of all who are involved. They will recognize that violations of accepted moral and legal standards may involve their clients, students, or colleagues in damaging personal conflicts and may impugn the integrity of the profession, their own reputations, and that of the employing institution.
I don't think I need to extrapolate on the clear conflicts here.
As a student affairs professional, I feel I must call out Liberty University for creating a poor learning environment for its students. The decision to silence political opinions in the name of an oppressive institutional mission is an insult to the work that I and so many of my colleagues do.
Why should we respect institutions that oppress their students? I think academic freedom and freedom to assemble should always be maintained as a priority. Should those be factors in accreditation?
The only thing protecting Liberty University is the Respect meme. Why do we honor it? Why do we legitimize the education they dispense?


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When I offered to send her a gift, she gave me the following send-to info:
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I found this whole thing feeling like a scam almost from the first day.
I did a Google search and confirmed my suspicions. But, for entertainment, I decide to continue to correspond. I figured that if she was busy with me, she would not be scamming someone more naive than myself.
Needless to say, 'If it sounds (feels) to good to be true, IT IS!' This beautiful young lady, yes, age 25, completely fell in love with me in less than two weeks. She is very persuasively romantic. As of today, we have now been corresponding for just over three weeks. I have never professed any 'love' for her, but have encouraged her slightly by calling her 'Beautiful.' Well, it's working.
Today, she is SO madly in love with me that she is now referring to me as her beloved husband. I was also going to add/submit a photo on here of the ones that she has sent me. There's no point. They're already posted here. LOL.
SHE IS A 100% SCAM ARTIST. She's been practicing for at least two years. Based on what I've read here and on other sites, she has probably taken in at least $30,000.00 and maybe more than $50,000.00. She's making a rather good living at this.
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Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers, Mumbai, powered by Shiva Kumar's double strikes, overcame hosts Bombay Gymkhana President's XI 4-1 in a first round match of the DCB Presents Aga Khan hockey tournament - 2011, at the Bombay Gymkhana ground, on Monday.
The home team, comprising former Indian stars Viren Rasquinha, Darryl D'Souza, Edgar Mascarenhas Sr, Devinder Kumar and goalkeeper Edgar Mascarenhas Jr, put up a decent fight, but were unable to keep pace and match their younger and fitter opponents.
The senior pros from Bombay Gymkhana showed promise at the start as they stitched together some nice passes in their build-up towards the rival goal. But they found it tough to break through the RCF defence and have a clear shot at goal.
RCF finally got the breakthrough in the 12th minute when Shiva Kumar, with a darting run from the left, cut into the striking circle and with a rasping angular hit beat Mascarenhas.
He was again on target, tapping home a pass from Mahesh Bagade in the 30th minute.
Bombay Gym pulled one back in the 46th minute when Devinder Kumar sounded the board with a solid hit from the left.
Suhas Patil knocked the fight out of Bombay Gym, scoring the third goal in the 58th minute before Mahesh Bagade added the fourth, a minute before the final hooter.
In another first round match, Karnataka XI scored twice in the second session through Bipin to put out Indian Customs 2-0. Bipin scored his first goal in the 48th minute and doubled the lead six minutes later to help his side move into the second round.
In a fast-paced encounter, Karnataka were clearly the better team. They showed better coordination and created more chances but had to wait till the 48th minute to open the scoring. They continued to pound the rival goal and Bipin again found success six minutes later to put his side in a comfortable position.


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"Practising my art had enriched me, and had sharpened my faculty to differentiate between the genuine and the imitative." – Alfred Rosenberg
Hitler placed much emphasis on Aryan aesthetics as a way to unite people and give them sense of purpose, thereby turning them into a folk. In his own words: "Admiration for everything that is great is not only a tribute to one creative personality but that all those who feel such admiration become thereby united under one covenant." This includes not only the formal arts, but also aesthetics in daily life. In line with the positivity of National Socialism, aesthetics should not offer escapism from ordinary activities, but should try to complement them.
"A Jew is for me an object of disgust. I feel like vomiting when I see one." – Joseph Goebbels
Honesty is the basis of Aryan appearance. All cosmetic products and cosmetic surgery should be regarded as deception and hence unacceptable. Similarly, the healthy require no exercise beyond ordinary physical activity to maintain their physique, whereas the unhealthy have to constantly 'keep fit' in order to stave off obesity and other negative conditions. Effortful or costly upkeep of physique is also deception. Appearance should reflect honest health, not contrived vigour.
"There is a world of difference between chanting a Mass in Latin and receiving an income-tax demand in the same language." – Adolf Hitler
Clarity is the basis of Aryan dialogue. Whether speaking, writing or otherwise presenting content, the quality of the content should stand up for itself, and not be embellished by pompous or obscure language. The meaning of each statement should be as clear as possible, leaving no room for ambiguity. Politeness is best conveyed by a respectful attitude, not by ritualized manners. Indeed it is infinitely more respectful to be concise and to the point than to waste someone else's time with tedious decorum, just as it is infinitely more respectful to criticize openly (but without meanness) than to feign praise.
"The warriors were all there, dressed in black and carrying their swords. I, too, carried mine." – Miguel Serrano
Simplicity is the basis of Aryan clothing. Designs should aim not for fashion, but for timeless appeal. Styles should be neat and practical, and not show off wealth or distort physique. Commercial brand names and other irrelevant labelling/accessories (including jewellry) should not be visible. Uniforms are encouraged for professions. For casual wear, we recommend elementary outfits in plain black and white, with discretion advised regarding garments traditionally linked to hostile factions (e.g. neckties - Freemasonry).
"It's known that the ancient philosophers already regarded the change from black gruel to bread as a sign of decadence." – Adolf Hitler
Austerity is the basis of Aryan diet. Meals should be quick and easy to prepare, using common, locally available ingredients, and served simply. Gastronomy should not be an issue. Health considerations should be addressed by avoiding what is toxic rather than by pursuing what is tonic. As a general guideline, any food that would make you sick if you had to eat it and nothing else for every meal is better not eaten at all (this includes alcohol). When eating out, cafeterias are preferable to restaurants, non-chain outlets preferable to chain outlets, and inexpensive meals preferable to expensive meals.
"To be modern only means to fill new forms with eternal truths." – Joseph Goebbels
Integrity is the basis of Aryan edifice. Conceptually, one theme should be reflected throughout all construction; it should not be possible to receive different impressions of the construction via viewing different parts in isolation. Motivationally, construction should not function to partition us away from the unpleasant aspects of life, but should rather keep us in touch with these aspects so that empathy is cultivated. Luxury and ostentation of wealth are unacceptable.
"Poets do not matter, for no one takes them seriously." – Adolf Hitler
Sincerity is the basis of Aryan artwork, be it visual, musical, literary, dramatic or any other field. Artwork should be driven neither by desire to impress viewers with one's talent or erudition (Gentile tendency), nor by desire to experiment with or manipulate viewers' reactions (Jewish tendency), but purely by the intent to eternalize emotions. From the perspective of the artist, the viewer should not be visualized during the process of production. From the perspective of the viewer, the artist should not be visible in the finished product. Furthermore, emotions that are temporal in character are inherently incapable of being eternalized, thereby are automatically excluded from consideration.


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Once your lead generation strategies start getting some serious traction and the number of sales leads that are generated on your website increase, your next logical step is to sharpen your pencil when it comes to the quality of the leads.
Most people who deal with leads on a daily basis agree that higher quality leads are more valuable than to a higher volumes of leads.
The question is, how can you improve quality of the leads that you receive?
Here are three most common ways to improve the quality of your sales leads:
1) Ensure that your digital marketing efforts are laser focused to attract your ideal clients.
Let your marketing agency know the type of leads you're receiving so they can make constant adjustments to your marketing campaign. They need to know who your target market is. To avoid attracting the wrong target market, you can use negative keywords or improve your advert copy so that it relates to your ideal clients.
Your digital marketing agency will test various strategies to see which ones deliver the best results. Rest assured, they will learn from these experiments and implement the changes to your campaign to ensure it delivers better results.
2) Set up your online web forms to eliminate some of the bad quality leads before they land up in you lead database.
This is where your website development company should bring their expertise to the table. They should typically implement basic SPAM preventing methods like Captcha to ensure you don't get false leads from Internet Spambots. They should also look at other logical and complex methods to ensure only your ideal clients complete the online form.
For example: If your ideal client is a buyer for a company as opposed to individuals, you can implement the following checks on the form to prevent specific users from submitting the form:
- Have a dropdown selecting your company size
- 1 Employee (Individual)
- 2-10 Employees
- 11-50 Employees
- You can prevent someone from submitting a form using a @gmail.com address too.
3) Constantly nurture the leads in your database using a lead management tool
Up until this point, you've done your best to find your ideal client on the Internet, send them to your website and get them to engage with you. Thus you've spend a lot of time, money and effort to get the sales lead into your database.
Despite targeting efforts, bad quality leads may have slipped through the cracks. The best way to improve the situation is to constantly refine the process of how the leads land up in your database. Your best bet is to communicate with your website development company and digital marketing company about the quality of the leads you're receiving.
Eliminate the bad quality leads from your database to ensure you only spend time on the leads that have a high probability to convert.
The next crucial step is to use a business lead management system is to manage and nurture your high quality leads.
Here are a few additional tips to improve the quality of your leads even more:
- Contact the lead within 5-10 minutes of initial engagement.
- Ensure that the sales lead is aware that you're dealing with his query.
- Set up reminders to ensure that you contact the lead again.
- Make constant notes about the interactions you've had with the lead.
- Ensure leads are escalated to a manager or passed to another person if there is no movement within a predefined time period.
If you can implement all there these methods, your lead database will contain quality lead, which will increase upselling or cross selling opportunities and, most importantly, turning those leads into $$$$.


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Now, in its fourth year, The KPMG Irish Independent Property Excellence Awards highlight, reward and celebrate excellence in the Irish Property Industry. Core to this success is the integrity of the judging process and its commercial structure, which has ensured that the awards receive both the support and endorsement of the entire Irish property sector. No award recipient is permitted to sponsor any of the awards categories. The industry as a whole has embraced the proposition that any profit raised by the awards programme be reinvested into the property industry through the establishment of the first ever Doctorate in Property Research.
The Irish property industry is going from strength to strength, and if you believe your work is setting the standard, make sure to enter. Reflecting the diversity of contribution to the property arena, there are 11 awards in total. This year sees the introduction of a Facilities Management Project category which awards an individual or team whose facilities management project demonstrates substantial innovation and positive effect on an organisation. Judging is conducted by fifteen leading experts from industry, government & professional bodies. Adjudication parameters seek projects that: go above and beyond the normal, demonstrate measurable improvement, reflect innovation through approach or technology, appreciate needs and satisfaction of clients, contribute to local community and demonstrate excellence in strategic coordination.
All professional institutes, representative bodies and government agencies endorse the KPMG Irish Independent Property Industry Excellence Awards.
For further information visit www.propertyexcellenceawards.com
The awards ceremony which, attracts over 800 industry stakeholders annually, takes place on November 8th 2018 at The National Convention Centre, Dublin.
The Award Categories:
There are 11 categories, as follows:
Community Benefit Award
Regional Excellence Award
Design Project of The Year
Commercial Agency Award
Property Investment Fund Manager Award
Residential Agency Award
Excellence in Planning Award
Contractor Award
Emerging Talent Award
Energy Efficiency Award
Facilities Management Project Award
The Judging Panel:
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Sophie A.Udin
An intelligent, determined, career woman, Sophie A. Udin was a feminist leader and activist who sought equality between the sexes, including equal pay for equal work and equal representation for women. Channeling her campaign for autoemancipation for all women and support of working women in Palestine through Pioneer Women, she used her organizational, public relations, speaking, writing, and librarian skills to build the organization and the Zionist movement in America and to aid Israel.
Born on August 31, 1896, in Zhinkov, Ukraine, Udin emigrated as a young girl with her socialist parents to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. At the early age of fourteen, she became active in the American branch of the Poale Zion movement, which combined socialism, Zionism, and the struggle against assimilation. Upon graduation from Pittsburgh Central High School in 1913, she moved to New York, enrolling in the Library School of the New York Public Library. She received her certification in 1914, a B.S. in education at Columbia University's Teachers College in 1928, and an M.L.S. from Columbia University School of Library Science in 1929.
Udin chose library science because it was one of the few vocational professions open to women. She served on the staff of the New York Public Library system from 1914 to 1929, specializing in foreign collections. Meanwhile, on March 13, 1918, she helped organize the American Magen David Adom and served as its first national secretary from 1918 to 1919.
Taking a leave from the New York Public Library in 1921 and 1925 to 1927, she went to Palestine where she joined the fledgling Jewish National and University Library. At the library, she convinced the director, Dr. Hugo Bergmann, to keep the library open for longer reading hours, replace the German cataloging system with the Dewey decimal system and Anglo-American cataloging, and adopt American-style library education for the staff. While living in Jerusalem, she became involved in clandestine work for the Hagana.
Udin married Pinhas Ginguld, a Poale Zion officer and head of the network of secular Yiddish Folk Schools and Teacher's Seminary, in New York in 1922. Their son, Yehuda (Ginguld) Paz, was born in New York City on September 27, 1930. Their daughter, Marcia Ginguld Ford, was born in New York City on December 18, 1933. Both reside in Israel with their families.
In 1924, Udin raised funds from America to produce the first Kiryat Sefer, the bibliography of Jewish and Hebrew publications of the National Library in Jerusalem.
Responding to a letter from her friend Rahel Yanait Ben-Zvi, who asked her to help raise money for a well to water trees at a tree nursery near Jerusalem, she founded, with the assistance of six wives of Poale Zion members, the Women's Organization for the Pioneer Women of Palestine (also known as Pioneer Women, subsequently Na'amat U.S.A.), incorporating it in December 1925.
Udin established and directed the Zionist Archives and Library in New York, where she collected documentation of the Zionist movement and edited important reference materials such as the four-volume The Palestine Year Book annual (1945–1949) and the three-volume Palestine and Zionism (1947–1948). In 1948, she published the important bibliographical listing "A List of References Leading to the Establishment of the Jewish State of Israel" in The Journal of Educational Sociology.
Udin made Lit. "ascent." A "calling up" to the Torah during its reading in the synagogue.aliyah in 1949 when she was appointed by David Ben-Gurion to set up and direct the Israel State Archives, now the National Archives. She directed the classification and listing of archival material that had already been collected. In an effort to ease the absorption of American immigrants to Israel, she helped establish the Association of Americans and Canadians in Israel (AACI) in 1951.
Sophie A. Udin died in Jerusalem on April 24, 1960.
"A List of References Leading to the Establishment of the State of Israel." Journal of Educational Sociology 22 (November 1948): 239–247; Palestine and Zionism, editor (1947–1948); The Palestine Year Book, editor (1945–1949).
AJYB 62:453; Keren, Thea. Sophie Udin: Portrait of a Pioneer (1984); Levitats, Tamar Schultz. "In Memoriam: Sophie Udin." Pioneer Women (May–June 1960): 12–13; Obituary. NYTimes, April 28, 1960, 35:4; Sokoloff, Judith. "Na'amat U.S.A. Through the Decades." Na'amat Woman (September–October 1995): 17–21; WWIAJ (1938).
More on Sophie A. Udin
More on UdinÌ¢âÂã¢s work as a librarian in NYC.
Sophie Ada Udin joined the Circulation Department of the New York Public Library in July 1914, shortly after receiving her Certificate from the NYPL Library School. She then completed the second year course and received her Diploma from the Library School in 1918.
UdinÌ¢âÂã¢s first assignment was at the Rivington Street Branch on the Lower East Side. In 1916 she was transferred to the Seward Park Branch, also on the Lower East Side.
In 1918 Udin was promoted to Assistant Branch Foreign Librarian. In 1919 she was transferred to the Tremont Branch and held that position until her first leave of absence in 1921. When she returned to NYPL in 1922, she was assigned to the Aguilar Branch and in 1924 returned to the Rivington Street branch as foreign assistant. It doesnÌ¢âÂã¢t appear that she returned to NYPL after her second leave of absence.
The NYPL Staff News (December 22, 1921) published a long letter by Udin describing her travels in Palestine and her work on behalf of the Jewish National Library.
In 1928-1930, Udin worked as a Reviser in the Columbia University Library and then took a position as Bibliographic Researcher on the Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences at Columbia.
The Jewish Librarians Association was formed in 1946 by Sophie Udin of the Zionist Archives and Library in New York and was composed of academic and research librarians. Dr. Herbert C. Zafren, librarian at Hebrew Union College, became president of this group in 1965. The Jewish Library Association was founded in 1962 by Miriam Leikind; its membership consisted of synagogue librarians and librarians of Jewish community centers. Some were professionally trained librarians; many were nonprofessional volunteers. The two associations merged in 1966 and became the two divisions of the new Association of Jewish Libraries: the Research and Special Libraries (R & S) Division, and the Synagogue, School and Center (SSC) Division. http://americanjewisharchives....
"Hebrew University Library School Names Wing After Sophie Udin." Jewish Telegraphic Agency 31 Dec 1964. http://archive.jta.org/article...
How to cite this page
Rosen, Judith Friedman. "Sophie A. Udin." Jewish Women: A Comprehensive Historical Encyclopedia. 20 March 2009. Jewish Women's Archive. (Viewed on December 6, 2019) <https://qa.jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/udin-sophie-ada>.


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I had a very disappointing day yesterday. I got so excited about making a meringue cake yesterday that I started writing the post before it was finished baking. It looked great when I put it in but, lo and behold, it came out a raging mess. Then I burnt the custard that went along with it. I was just not in the game. I had to deal with all the dishes and none of the satisfaction.
Of course I was still looking to satisfy a sweet tooth today (like every other day). My thought process went something like: cake- no, brownie- no, cookie- I want it all! Dense, moist and flavorful, this "cake" resembles more of a blondie. Siah likes his goodies a lil' gooey and chewy so this won him over.
I was trying to follow my own instructions to avoid collapsing the cake but alas, with a 2 year old running around the kitchen, keeping your baked goods from collapsing is even harder than keeping fistfuls of them out of tiny hands. It might be more than that too. The ingredients make for a dense baked goody. Maybe breaking down and using eggs will help add some fluff. I think I will try to use some stiff peaked egg whites next time around and leave out the baking soda. If anyone out there tries that before I do please let me know how it goes.
Gluten Free Vegan Chocolate Chip Cookie Cake Recipe
- 1/4 cup water
- 1/2 cup coconut milk
- 1/8 tsp xanthan gum
- 1 cup almond butter
- 1/4 cup coconut flour
- 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
- 1 tbs maple syrup
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp pumpkin pie spice
- 1/4 cup mini dark chocolate chips (or more depending on how chocolaty you'd like it)
- Preheat oven to 375F
- Mix the water, coconut milk, and xanthan gum together. Pour into mixing bowl
- Add all other ingredients to the bowl and mix well
- Dump into a greased springform cake pan (I think mine was a 13")
- Bake for about 20 minutes or until top is browned and a toothpick inserted in the middle come out clean
- Turn off heat and let rest in the oven with the door ajar till room temp
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Joint APA Bar Associations' Reception Honoring Josh Groban
On August 1, 2018, the Southern California Chinese Lawyers' Association (SCCLA) and the California Asian-Pacific American Judges Association (CAPAJA) in conjunction with the Asian Pacific American bar associations of Southern California will be hosting a Joint APA Bar Associations' Reception honoring Josh Groban, Senior Advisor to Governor Brown. The event will be held at the Bonaventure Brewing Company in Los Angeles.
FBANC is proud to support our fellow APA bar associations in Southern California. This celebration recognizes all of the APA judges that have been appointed to the bench over the past year, totaling 52 judges since 2011. FBANC joins the other APA bar associations to thank Governor Brown and Josh Groban in the continuing effort to appoint Asian Pacific Americans to the State judiciary.
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Assailant apologizes for Xinjiang axe attack
Source:Xinhua Published: 2014-6-22 16:51:13
A teenager from Hotan in southern Xinjiang Autonomous Region has apologized for attacking people with an axe, in an exclusive interview with China Central Television (CCTV) on Sunday.
Murzahti, 19, entered a games room in Hotan on June 14 intent on attacking innocent people.
His two accomplices Abduzahir and Abdughappar died from serious injuries after civilians fought back. According to the narrator of the news piece Abduzahir was the ringleader.
Murzahti, who holds temporary jobs, told CCTV that Abduzahir said to him "those who wage a holy war and die for it will not be judged after his death and will go directly to heaven."
He said Abduzahir told him to hack at whoever he saw.
CCTV showed video footage of Murzahti waving an axe towards a woman in the games room.
Murzahti told CCTV that he and his accomplices surveyed the games room from the outside for about 90 seconds before staging the attack. "We thought it was an easy target to kill and run," he said. "I was scared when people fought back. I didn't expect them to fight back. They hit us with desks and chairs in the room..."
He added, "When we tried to run, more people ran towards us with sticks. I thought we had no chance to escape."
The three kept hacking at people with their axes but were eventually brought under control by police and members of the public.
Four civilians were injured but not seriously, according to police.
Abduzahir and Abdughappar died in hospital after treatment failed.
Murzahti told CCTV he was sorry for carrying out the attack. "I am still alive. If I could be released, I would never do the same again. I would stay at home and take care of my parents."
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Police discovered cannabis plants, with a street value of £142,000, in an isolated farm house in Co Durham.
Officers made the find when called to Greencroft, outside Dipton, near Stanley, yesterday after an altercation between a bailiff and a householder.
Around 142 cannabis plants were found, along with cultivating equipment. A man, 51, and a woman, 33, were arrested. They were questioned at Consett Police Station and later bailed.


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Two Great Cards, Very Different Perks
For most Indians, State Bank of India (SBI) credit cards are the best, even though a significant amount of people are Citibank fans as well.
Frankly speaking, from my perspective, the credit cards realm aligns with the idiom "one man's meat could be another man's poison." (Yes, I have tweaked it a little bit so it can match this context.)
Different people choose distinct credit cards for various reasons. For instance, someone can pick a credit card solely intended to pay for fuel at petrol pumps because it gains good points there, whereas another person might choose a credit card he can use it on restaurants for good reward points in return.
That said, keenly read through this post with an open mind and choose a credit card that best aligns with your needs and desires.
Difference between an SBI Prime Card and a Simply Click Card are as follows…
SBI Prime Card, A Closer Look
If you are going to spend a lot of money, then this product is the perfect choice for you. Additionally, if you are going to spend less than Rs. 300,000 annually then disregard this credit card altogether, or else you'll have to pay Rs. 3000 plus 18% of annual fees.
SBI prime card is the best option if you pay most utility bills online since it awards you 5% reward points from every transaction. Even better, you receive 2.5% reward points if you use the credit card to pay on department stores, restaurants, for movies, or groceries.
If you own an SBI Prime Card Credit Card, you are eligible for the following;
- Annual fee reversal provided you spent more than Rs. 300,000 the previous year
- A pizza hut e-Voucher worth Rs. 1000 provided you spend more than Rs. 50,000 in four months
- An annual saving of up to Rs. 30,000
- Four complimentary International Lounge visits under the Priority pass program
- A pantaloons/Yatra e-gift voucher provided you spend Rs. 500,000 in 12 months
Only opt for this credit card if your monthly income is anywhere from Rs. 30,000 to Rs. 50,000 monthly
Now The SBI Simply Click Card
If you spend most cash on online platforms then SBI simply Click Card is the best option for you. Even better, an expenditure of Rs. 100,000 to Rs. 200,000 annually is sufficient for this credit card.
SBI simply Click Card offers an array of benefits including, but not limited to, an Amazon redeemable gift card worth Rs. 500. Besides the gift card, you'll be eligible for the following;
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Prayer, Sincerity and Economy
Many Christians do not like liturgical prayers. The seemingly mechanistic corporate drones that are the hallmark of liturgical prayers quite often come across as either uninspiring or insincere. In response, there has been a tendency by many contemporary Christians to favour spontaneous prayers "from the heart", often driven by the unspoken assumption that prayers are more legitimate and honest when they are consonant with one's individual dispositions.
Whilst there is some truth to that, the emphasis on individual sincerity to prayer has to address two things. First, spontaneous activity works off the assumption that it is often bracketed by periods where no such activity happens. This is a problem with regards to prayer, in light of the scriptural injunction to "pray at all times and in all occasions" (Eph 6:18). The second thing is the subjective experience of many Christians who, for quite legitimate reasons - be it trauma, illness or the experiencing of the crushing of spirit (Job 17) - either cannot find the words or even the desire to pray. The emphasis on individual sincerity which is ascendent in contemporary forms of Christian expression very often leaves such Christians behind.
Another thing to consider is how individual sincerity works on the assumption that prayer is primarily a human product, an projection of the individual will towards God. In response to this, the Dominican Master of Theology, Paul Murray wrote in his
Praying with Confidence: Aquinas on the Lord's Prayer
, that prayer finds its provenance not from the individual at prayer, but from the economy of the Triune God. Prayer is thus primarily a process where, to paraphrase the Carmelite writer Ruth Burrows, God speaks to God who abides in us and a process in which we get swept up. More concretely, prayer is an economy into which God in the Body of Christ - the Church - invites us.
If we find ourselves with no internal resources of our own to pray, the economy of prayer operates to provide that prayer on our behalf. In such a situation, the task of "praying for one another" (James 5:16) takes on a new layer of meaning. Christians at prayer are not only praying
others, but are also, in Christ, praying
in place
of others when they find themselves unable to. And that economy of prayer aids the Christian struggling to provide his own sincere prayer with two things.
First, the economy of prayer may set the context in which God could search and test the Christian, in order to know the Christian's anxious thoughts (Psalm 129: 23), and in so doing the economy of prayer articulates for the Christian what he or she wants to pray but cannot. God in the economy of prayer opens the lips of the person at prayer, in order for that person to pray to God (Psalm 51:15). In doing so, the Christian may very well find in the economy of prayer, particularly in the Psalms, words that more profoundly express his or her interior state.
At the same time that the economy of prayer provides the lexicon for the Christian to pray, that same lexicon would also serve to revivify the imagination of the person at prayer, providing training to see beyond the walls his or her own circumstances erect before his or her vision. Prayer is thus an economy of salvation, one that is able to give joy where joy is not forthcoming from the individual, redemption where redemption seems impossible, and life where life appears to be over.


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Sickoids follow up their debut LP with six new tracks of complex, pummeling hardcore. No Home is a blistering, full-frontal assault combining the directness of early Poison Idea with dense, confident musicianship rarely heard in a hardcore band. No Home exceeds all expectations, cementing their status as one of the most exciting and vital hardcore punk bands in the world. 12 EP includes digital download.


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Hello Friends! Happy Monday!Its May! Can you believe it that we are quickly approaching Summer time and I'm excited! This is also a brand new month and the theme of the month is EMBRACE. Since last month was all about celebration I wanted this month to be about adjustment, acceptance and moving forward with this new phase in my life so thats why when the word embrace came along I new I had to make it the theme of the month. If you missed any of my busy April birthday month with Spring outfits, videos and life lessons, check out Its the Weekend, April Wrap Up.
Embrace is defined as an act of accepting or supporting something willingly or enthusiastically. This is exactly how I feel this month. The anticipation of turning thirty is now turned into embracing it with an open heart and arms and making the most out of my milestone year. I updated my milestone birthday post with thoughts and feelings I had about turning thirty and what that means to me now.
This week, I'll be sharing the new list I have about all the thirty activities I want to accomplish before my next birthday. I have crossed out one or two already. I look forward to getting things done this year because now more than ever i will use my time with focus and intention. Check out my video I made 6 months ago (7 things to do before 30)
I also have two weddings I will be attending this month. I will be sharing my what to wear to as a Wedding guest. Two years ago I went to an African Wedding and this is what I wore. It was a beautiful yellow dress and I seriously want to wear it again but the worst thing is to upstage the bride and that is not going to happen!
* Photos c/o Myriad Musings
Outfit DetailsJamaica T-shirt | Blu Pepper Jacket | Madewell Skinny Ankle Jeans | DV Dolce Vita Cage Heels | The Ghana Bag (see here) | Micheal Kors Watch | Jamaica Sunglasses | African Bracelets (see here) |
Sidenote: Check out the other Jamaican Souvenir T-shirt I wore last Monday!
What I Wore on this Day last year: Spring Weekends & Effortless Confidence
What I wore on this day two years ago: Creative Spontaneity
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…Or, "Self-publishing, Mariachi-style"
I've been (re-)reading Robert Rodriguez's books Rebel Without a Crew and RoadRacers: the Making of a Degenerate Hot Rod Flick. This must be my third or fourth time through Rebel and my second through RoadRacers, and it finally struck me: self-publishing is actually doing what Robert Rodriguez did, but with the printed format instead of films.
Let me explain: Robert Rodriguez made his first movie, El Mariachi, for $7,000. He was the entire crew. He conceived it, wrote it, shot it, edited it, and managed to get one of the most powerful agents in Hollywood to sell it to Columbia Pictures — even though that was not his original plan.
Well, the concept, writing, shooting and editing were, but he never planned on the movie being released theatrically. His original plan was to shoot three movies directly for the Mexican home video market, make all his mistakes there, and then show up in Hollywood ready to take on a "real" movie.
Self-publishing is doing the same thing. We are conceiving, writing, editing, formatting, and submitting our works to be published; either in eBook or print form, or possibly both. We ARE the crew. We're learning as we go, and we're saving a ton of money. And then, maybe… MAYBE… an agent or publisher will notice us and give us our big break.
Or not. Either way, the stories get out there for people to read, right?
In his books, Rodriguez talks about shooting "Mariachi-style." This means taking inventory of your assets and working from there. When he wrote El Mariachi, he knew he had access to certain places for filming, specific guns, which type of camera. He knew his limitations and worked within them. Anything else would have cost more money.
With self-publishing, you do the same thing. If you have access to a computer with Microsoft Word, that's great. You don't have to pay extra. If not, use one of the free programs that are compatible with Word.
Need help formatting? Decide on your book's size before you start, then download the free template for it from CreateSpace or Lulu or wherever you choose to publish.
If you're designing your own cover, this means either utilizing your own artistic talent or that of someone you know who will work with you at a substantial discount — or better yet, free. In my case, it means going out with my sister and nephew to take pictures, then deciding which one fits my idea for the book cover.
One of the things I've talked about on this blog is free software, and I can't recommend it highly enough. My first two books were written using Microsoft Office. For my third, I've swapped over to Atlantis, which is portable and free so I can use it on any Windows-based computer with a USB port that I have access to. I will still do my final layout in Word — but that will also be free, because I already have it. If my computer isn't working, I can do it at the public library.
The photo editing software I use is free (and a lot of it is also portable). Between FotoSketcher, PhotoScape, and GIMP, I've got it covered. I use doPDF to create the final cover art and book file for CreateSpace.
The one place I fall down in Mariachi-style publishing is in self-publicity. While Robert Rodriguez is a master of putting himself out there, I'm still not at that point. I know that if I want to be more successful I'll have to get over it. Or get over myself. Whichever it takes.
All I know is that I'm having fun. And if writing isn't fun, you're not doing it for the right reasons.
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We recently received an exciting invitation for a play date with Little Tikes in Hyde Park. The event was to celebrate the release of the new Little Tikes Fun Zone products that are perfect for the coming summer. We'd already got to experience the Fun Zone Drop Zone and was really excited to take a look at more of the new range. …Read More »
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On Friday we experienced a short lived snippet of what the spring and summer will look like for my family. It was warm enough to sit outside with no coats on. Yet this weekend we have been graced with more snow. Usually I'd be jumping for joy about the white flakes falling from the sky. Willing it, pleading it to …Read More »
I'm Featured On Blogger Love
This year I want to dip my toe in the world of creating content for other blogs and not just my own. I have seen many other bloggers do this but have always been scared to approach anyone in case I wasn't that interesting or my writing wasn't good enough. Then I saw a fellow blogger, Emma from Em's World, …Read More »
Why Did I Go To My 4th #BML17 Blogging Conference?
If you are not part of the blogging world then you probably don't know that there are conferences for bloggers. The parenting world of blogging alone has quite a few to offer but when I first started blogging nearly five years ago, BritMums Live seemed to be where all the action was at. Each year sort of had a different …Read More »
Siblings 2017 – September
September is a big month for us. I can't believe that we are half way through it already! This month has signified big changes in our routines with back to school, two of the girls starting new places and we've still got two birthdays and a wedding anniversary to look forward to by the end of September. P1 is now …Read More »
Siblings 2017 – June
This month has been a bit of a rollercoaster of weather changes hasn't it! One minute it is warm and bright, the next the clouds open and we end up in a lightening storm with thunder. I've been finding it really hard to know what to dress myself in, let alone the girls. Thankfully we've had more warmer days despite …Read More »
I've Never Been An Adult Without Children
My husband and I are really lucky to be able to enjoy one weekend a month where we can be child free for a night. For a little while before my Mum's health deteriorated we even had two nights of freedom. When my Mum and Step-Dad had their kidney transplant operations the weekend's stopped because they were recovering. They also …Read More »
A Family Day Out At Godstone Farm
There is exactly one week between my Grandad and my Mum's birthdays. This was the same for my Nan and me. It's always hard to plan birthday celebrations when you have kids to entertain at the same time. This year with the weather warm and bright, we decided to head to Godstone Farm. We've not been to Godstone Farm before, …Read More »
Dodging The Rain & Having A Family Day
I have been feeling so much of that dreaded mum guilt lately. It sparks up the most at the weekends. We fill our weekdays with so many activities, trips to the shops, running arranges and getting the girls to various clubs that I sort of need the weekend as a break. It also becomes our cleaning time too. I always …Read More »
A Morning Stroll Around Haysden Country Park
Following a day of feeling numb and confused after England experiencing another terrorist attack, I felt like I needed to just get out. Which is slightly strange as I am worrying so much about crowded public spaces now. This week the weather is glorious. I've dusted off my summer shorts and crop tops even if it may only last a …Read More »
Siblings 2017 – May
Is anyone else getting super annoyed by the ever changing weather? I know we are in England and it's expected but my golly I don't know whether I am coming or going. I never know whether to pack winter coats or dress them in summer dresses. P2 especially has wanted to wear her sandals even when it is raining. This …Read More »
Going To The Google Offices & Getting A Google Home
During the Easter holidays Hubby and I had three full nights child free. The girls headed back to Essex with their Grandparents and it was a much needed break for us. During that time we did so many lovely things. We mainly visited National Trust places and ate out in McDonalds and Zizzi. Our adventures can be found on my …Read More »
Mother & Daughter Horse Riding
It has been just over two months since my middle daughter had her very first horse riding lesson. We made the decision for her to continue horse riding. She took to it like duck to water and we wanted to focus on this skill we feel she has. Each time I have watched her grow in confidence and it's been …Read More »
Siblings 2017 – April
We've made it to the end of the Easter holidays. Two full weeks of having my girls at home and with another one more with two of them. It's been nice not having early mornings and routines, I used to hate the school holidays but I really relish the more relaxed vibe. The weather has even been relatively kind to …Read More »
Google Home UK Launch Party
Last week Hubby and I hopped on a train and headed to London. I get nervous for every blog event I attend but this one was on a whole new level of nerves. We were heading off for a dinner arranged with Google. I sensed it was going to be a big event as other bloggers announced their attendances and …Read More »


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Best BootsnAll Travel Photos: June 2010
I love to write, and I love that people read what I have to say. And I also know that travel photos are often better at conveying messages. This point was re-emphasized at the recent Travel Blog Exchange conference in New York, where Everything Everywhere's Gary Arndt presented a well-received talk he called "Travel Porn." If you weren't at the conference and didn't catch the livestream of Gary's presentation, let's just say that there's a large contingent of people for whom travel photos are infinitely more important than the words near them.
We love featuring your travel photos on BootsnAll, and I love highlighting a few favorites each month. Here are the five photos I've picked from the pictures we published in June 2010. Under each picture you'll find a link to the photo on our daily travel photo site, so you can click through to see a bigger version of it as well as find out more about the photographer. And if you'd like to have your travel photographs featured on our travel photos site and be in the running to be highlighted each month in this "best of" round-up, be sure to submit your travel pictures to us. Send in as many as you like – I will likely use them all eventually.
Here are the best BootsnAll travel photos we featured in June 2010.
Ta Prohm – Angkor Wat, Cambodia — Photo by Kim Walker
Dos Ojos – Mexico — Photo by Alex Berger
Sardines and Socks – Sabinillas, Spain — Photo by Dee Andrews
Reflections – The Louvre, Paris, France — Photo by Chuck Kuhn
Vegetable Market – Baikonur, Kazakhstan — Photo by Shane Shrader
Whether you're a professional photographer or frequent traveler or not, if you leave your living room occasionally and you bring a camera with you, you've probably taken what I consider travel photos. Remember, even if it's a picture of your hometown, that's a travel photo to anyone who hasn't been there. Send in your photos, people, I want to see them!


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Red Burgundy
|1982 -
|An enormous vintage, resulting in many dilute wines, which haven't aged well. Not a vintage to look out for.
|1983 -
|A vintage I emphatically do look out for - but only in the Côte de Beaune. There were all sorts of problems in the Côte de Nuits, including rot and hail. There probably are some good bottles about, but I'm not sure it's worth the risk. On the Côte de Beaune, however, there was a healthy crop of ripe, thick-skinned grapes. The wines have weight, structure, fruit and great charm.
|1984 -
|Not popular, but reputable domaines made good wines.
|1985 -
|Very popular, producing delicious wines the length of Burgundy.
|1986 -
|Uneven. Avoid the Côte de Beaune, where even reputable domaines made some peculiar tasting wines. Better on the Côte de Nuits.
|1987 -
|Perfectly satisfactory, although commentators have been rude about it - and conveniently well priced.
|1988 -
|This was a very slow maturing vintage, but just about all wines have now come round.
|1989 -
|Exceptionally hot, ripe vintage. The wines are maturing faster than both the 88s and the 90s.
|1990 -
|Brilliant, a great year. Another hot, ripe vintage, but with better structure than the 89s (viz. not only fruit and tannin, but also acidity).
|1991 -
|Good - all the wines I have tasted from this vintage have been fine.
|1992 -
|Lighter - a bit like 1987: early maturing but perfectly satisfactory.
|1993 -
|Terrific. The more I taste, the more I like this vintage. Lovely fruit supported by a firmness that gives the wines a wonderful texture.
|1994 -
|Be careful with this vintage: many one-dimensional, dilute wines were made, especially among the more lowly appellations on the Côte de Nuits.
As always, there are exceptions.
Better on the Côte de Beaune, with Savigny-les-Beaune doing particularly well.
|1995 -
|An excellent vintage. The tannins are beginning to soften, and the wines are turning out fine.
|1996 -
|My first impression was that this is a great vintage, for both reds and whites, which both display exceptional balance, with really beautiful, clearly defined fruit. My view hasn't changed, but some reds are going through a closed stage and need keeping before they open up again.
|1997 -
|Patchy. The best are brilliant, but the weather was hot at harvest time, causing problems in some growers' cellars. The whites seem to me to be uniformly delicious - a vintage for drinkers rather than commentators, who have criticised it for lack of acidity, structure, etc.
|1998 -
|The weather during the growing season was challenging, but the wines from the growers we deal with have turned out surprisingly well.
|1999 -
|Outstanding vintage. Despite a very large harvest, the wines are delicious across the board.
|2000 -
|A perfectly good, but early maturing vintage.
|2001 -
|The weather was very difficult. There was rain at harvest time, and there was rot, which attacks the colouring matter in wines, resulting in some very light colours indeed in some cases. As a generalisation, the further south you go in the Côte d'Or (and beyond) the more tricky the vintage. Uneven for whites.
|2002 -
|Lovely vintage (for both reds and whites) - exceptional ripeness with good balance.
|2003 -
|Many growers seemed worried about this vintage on my visit to France in 2004 - there was talk of baked flavours, of raisins and prunes in the wines, and anxiety over volatile acidity. Personally, I was impressed by the wines, which seemed to me to have not only excellent colour, but good, ripe structure as well.
|2004 -
|Mixed vintage - with some rather weedy examples about, but also some really excellent wines were made, with impressive colour and vivid, fresh flavours.
|2005 -
|Great vintage: benign weather conditions allowed a crop of healthy, perfectly ripe gapes to be harvested; both reds and whites are showing wonderful balance.
|2006 -
|Very attractive vintage of early-maturing wines. Most wines up to and including village level are drinking very well now, and some Premier Crus as well. Low tannins, lighter colour than 2005 (not surprisingly!), but lovely fresh fruit. Similar in character to 2000, but better quality.
|2007 -
|Difficult year, with a damp summer causing a lot of rot. Small quantities of very early-maturing wines, earlier than 2006. As always, it depends on the grower - for example, the Domaine Gachot-Monot used tables de trie for the first time, and has made some very appetising wines.
|2008 -
|Good colour, and lovely flavour in the wines I have tasted, combined with a firmness that bodes well for the future. Good whites as well.
|2009 -
|The growing season, and harvest, went swimmingly, producing large quantities of healthy, ripe grapes. Easy to taste in their youth, the world's press went overboard for this vintage. Of course, many will keep well, but it looks as though the 2010s will last longer.
|2010 -
|This looks increasingly like a very fine vintage indeed - tiny yields, but fine, concentrated wines with good colour and the structure to give them a good future. Good whites as well.
|2011 -
|A lighter vintage, but some delicious wines with a spicy dimension, displaying their orgins most attractively.
CLOS TOULMIN Pinot Noir 2015 AC Bourgogne Ordinaire
BOURGOGNE 2014 Domaine Gachot-Monot
BOURGOGNE Pinot Noir 2013 Domaine Diconne
BOURGOGNE ÉPINEUIL 2015 Domaine Leger
BOURGOGNE "Chant de Muses" 2014 Domaine Gachot-Monot
BOURGOGNE HAUTES CÔTES DE NUITS "Clos du Vignon" 2014
BOURGOGNE Pinot Noir 2015 Domaine Denis Pommier
CÔTE DE NUITS VILLAGES 2014 Domaine Gachot-Monot
AUXEY-DURESSES 2013 Domaine Diconne
SANTENAY "Les Charmes Dessus" 2012 Domaine Claude Nouveau
SAINT ROMAIN "Sous le Château" 2012 Domaine Prunier-Bonheur
|CÔTE DE NUITS VILLAGES "Les Chaillots" 2012 Domaine Gachot-Monot
Clean, fresh, a faint touch of farmyard, drinking really well now and will do so for the next few years.
MARANGES 1er Cru La Fussière 2013 Domaine Claude Nouveau
SAVIGNY LES BEAUNE 1er Cru Les Hauts Jarrons 2011
BOURGOGNE HAUTES CÔTES DE NUITS "Clos des Dames Huguettes" 2015
SANTENAY 1er Cru Grand Clos Rousseau 2014 Domaine Claude Nouveau
MONTHÉLIE "Les Crays" 2012 Domaine Prunier-Bonheur
NUITS SAINT GEORGES "Vieilles Vignes" 2012 Domaine Philippe Gavignet
CHAMBOLLE-MUSIGNY 2012 Juliette Chenu
NUITS SAINT GEORGES 1er Cru "Les Bousselotss" 2013


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How Blogging and Education Are Coming Together
Now that the Internet is truly an integral part of the education system, teachers are using the many web-based formats available to them to enhance the learning experience. Certain elements not only improve the students' situations, but also enhance a teacher's experience. This is happening with blogging, a tool now used in the education system.
Blogging and the Classroom Teacher
If you teach in a campus setting or at a high school, you know how challenging it is to connect with every student. Where younger students are concerned (around grades 6-8), teachers and parents also discover the need to stay connected, but they find there is a lack of opportunity. Kids hate for their parents to come into class, teachers hardly have anything for parents to do in class, and parents are working now that their little ones are teens or pre-teens.
With blogging, a teacher can share information about what is going on in the classroom generally. This does not replace the teacher-parent meeting, phone calls, personal notes, or emails. Some things cannot be shared on a community blog (like a single student's experiences in class with bullies, or details about work not being completed). What a teacher can do is apprise mothers and fathers of what their children are supposed to be doing. It is up to those parents to follow up. If students missed something due to absence or because they were not paying attention, there is no excuse for falling behind.
Blogging and the Online Teacher
A lot of home-schooled and college or university students are taking online classes. A home-schooled student and his or her family still need some guidance throughout the week. Blogs make it much easier for everyone participating on a particular track to stay connected and know what is available from their learning resource center. Also, when it is nearing time for an assessment, this allows the teaching center to communicate with parents.
Online studies are also popular with post-secondary students. They do not get to take part in the classroom learning environment on campus for various reasons. They are too far from the college. They have to work full-time and/or family commitments come first. As a result, they miss something fundamental to higher education: the chance to discuss concepts and to bounce ideas off of study partners.
Blogging is a form of rescue to these many post-secondary students in many disciplines. They already know they are not alone. Whole institutions are set up for this kind of purpose. Students at this level do not need to be (or want to be) babysat by their professors. They just want to stay in touch.
What Does this Connection Provide?
It is easy to get an education online these days, but many people find this an isolating experience. They cannot nudge the guy at the next desk and ask him to explain what the professor just said. If they are studying at 2 in the morning, it is easy to miss things. Blogs help students stay on track with one another. They also serve as public boards where anyone with ideas or questions can post them.
Meanwhile, teachers stay connected with their pupils. This is often hard to do. A college professor typically has a large class of people to deal with. He cannot talk to all of them on a single night, even if he wants to find out how everyone is doing. Students have to wait in line at the campus to speak with a busy, much-sought-after professor and there is not always the time to waste on that. With blogging, students and professors stay in touch outside of business hours when it is convenient for both parties.
Author Bio: Ryan Ayers is a writer who generates education related articles. In this article, he explains the use of blogging in education and promotes continued study with a Masters of Education Online.


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Five days ago, my cousin Dan slipped in to a coma. Three days ago, on April 1, 2011, he passed away. All my family is in Canada. I'm in Korea.
"Did you get my text?" A Skype message from my sister.
I check the text, "Call me when you have time."
I go to my email, "Jos, call us when you get the chance." An email from my father.
I got these messages during my 10 minute break between classes.
What could I do? As a teacher I don't have the privilege of hiding behind a desk, or fading away into a crowd of colleagues in order to deal with my emotions. No matter what my beliefs are about student-centered classrooms, I am fully aware of the central role I play as a teacher. I knew I would have to face my participants at some point. I couldn't pretend.
After ten minutes I went back to class and told my participants about what I had just learned. I cried. Some of them teared up, possibly connecting to their own painful memories. I told them about the pain my cousin had to endure for the last seven years. For five years he was a prisoner in his own body (tetraplegia), and then in the last two years he became a prisoner in his own mind (Guillain Barre Syndrome).
(This is a photo montage I made of my cousin yesterday morning. I was inspired to do this when this was the first song that popped up on my iTunes shuffle. There are no coincidences.)
I decided that sharing my grief was the only way to go. I couldn't imagine walking out of class. I knew that in that moment, if I chose to leave, I would have left them wondering and worrying. In the end, I probably would have come back in shambles anyway.
I faced the same bout of vulnerability when I learned of my SIT friend, Kimberly Awaos's passing last summer (June 16, 2010). I tried to keep going with my grammar lesson, like I hadn't received a Facebook message from her daughter telling us that the cancer had finally got to her, but in the end I unraveled in front of them all.
When my sister, also a teacher, asked me about my opinion of her own teacher tears, I told her I thought it was important for her 14-year-old students to see her emotional honesty. It teaches them that it's okay to share our emotions. It also teaches them that they can be vulnerable too. It may also help them grieve a little.
All I know is that I felt better after I told them. I was even able to continue my lesson with more clarity. But the best thing I noticed, is that we all got a little closer.
I am happy to own my teacher tears.
What's your protocol? Do you allow yourself to be vulnerable during hard times, or do you hide behind an emotional teacher wall? Do you see value in sharing your truth with students, or do you think it's better to keep it from them?


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If you've got any questions about driving in Japan or booking a campervan, read on below for answers to some of the most common ones we've already been asked. If you can't find an answer, feel free to contact us.
What kind of places can we stay using the campervan?
Parking a vehicle in the middle of the road is strictly forbidden. Japan has many parking locations. Depending on the place, they may be free. Japan has over 1,100 locations known as road-side stations where you can park vehicles for free and take a rest. Visit Michi no eki for more information.
Is there a limit to how far we can take the campervan?
There are no limits, so you can take it to wherever you wish and enjoy your road trip.
How much does gasoline and using the expressway in Japan cost?
Freeways allow cars to reach their destinations in a much shorter time, but using it costs money. One of the merits of using the local roads is the ability to observe sceneries that can't be experienced on the freeway, as well as the ability to stop by small stores on the country road.
The time difference that results from using the expressway and the local road obviously depends on the traffic level, but a good estimate is that using the local road will take 1.5x longer when compared to using the freeway. The cost of using the freeway also depends on where the destination is located. As a general guideline, customers going from Tokyo to Shikoku, and back to Tokyo on a 14-day road trip spend about ¥20,000 at the tolls. On the other hand, there were customers who went on a round trip to Nara from Tokyo, and spent ¥5,000 at the tolls.
If time is a constraint, use the freeway.
If you have time to spare, why not take the campervan to the streets and enjoy a leisurely road trip?
Gas prices are also dependent on a number of factors, but it's usually around ¥100~150/liter.
A liter of gasoline would get you around 7~10km on the road.
※ Fuel economy depends on many factors such as whether you take the expressway or the local road, as well as how aggressively you accelerate the car.
What kind of license do I need to drive in Japan?
In order to rent and drive a vehicle in Japan, you will need to acquire what is known as an International Driving Permit (IDP). The requirement is based on the regulation outlined in the 1949 Geneva Road Convention.
Alternatively, if you already possess a Japanese driving license, you may use that instead. Regarding the process of obtaining an IDP, we will gladly assist you with the process.
Where do we borrow and return the campervan?
This can be done near Nippori Station or Asakusa Station. With an additional fee, and depending on the location, we may be able to accommodate your request for a separate location.
What kind of insurance is included? Is there an additional fee?
The insurance fee is included with the package. The details are as follows:
Personal compensation: Limitless per person.
Objective compensation: Per accident (deductible amount: 100,000 yen).
Vehicle compensation: Vehicle's current price per accident (Deductible amount: 100,000 yen).
Personal injury compensation: Injuries – including after effects and death, resulting from an accident while driving or riding the vehicle are compensated with a maximum of 30 millions yen per person.


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Lake Papakeetchie homeowners to pay $1 million for state project
Syracuse, Ind. -- Steve Herendeen enjoys the simplicity and peace that comes with living on Lake Papakeetchie, but in recent months, it hasn't been too tranquil.
"I'd like for them to do something a little more reasonable, but you have to do what you have to do," Herendeen, president of the Papakeetchie Protective Association, said.
He and 200 people who live around the private lake have had to see and hear construction.
The lake's old dam had a leak, so the state is making homeowners shell out one million dollars to meet new requirements.
"PMP --- Probable Maximum Precipitation... We gotta be able to handle 20-inches of rain in 24-hours," Herendeen said.
Or, half the year's average annual rainfal in just a day. Something, that's never happened.
"We live right next to the project, so there's mornings I'd like to get a few more 'Z's'," John Hart, Vice President of PPA and homeowner on the lake, said." "It gets pretty loud out there."
He owns three lots on the lake, and said construction is one thing to live with, but the cost of the project is trickling down to his wallet. He and others have to pay several hundred thousand dollars of debt for the next six years.
All for a project they didn't even want.
"It's a huge burden on everyone, but bigger for some people," Hart said.
And if they don't pay, the DNR will tear down the new dam and let Papakeetchie's water flow into nearby Lake Wawasee.


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