Real Estate USA and The History of America Property SourceOctober 28, 2015
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When John Carney moved to Australia in July 2009 he had no idea that he would soon become the founder of America Property Source. This is the story about how America Property Source began and quickly became the goto company for Australian property investors who wanted to safely invest in USA real estate.
In October 2015, John Carney was invited to be a guest on the Best Real Estate Investing Advice Ever show with. Top gun real estate investor and show host Joe Fairless interviews John about how and why he launched America Property Source in Australia.
Enjoy the show!
John Carney’s real estate background:
- Active real estate investor and developer in the United States and Australia
- He moved to Melbourne, Australia in 2009 and founded America Property Source to enable Australians to invest in US real estate
- Author of the book Real Estate is a Team Sport
- Say hi to him at http://www.johncarneyonline.com


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Today is Martin Luther King Jr. Day. As such, I am playing “banker” and taking the day off :).
Sometimes I think of people like Martin Luther King Jr. and wonder if they had any inkling of the impact they were making in history. Did they realize how iconic they would become? Would they realize a national holiday would be named after them? Did they have any idea that they would become a symbol of something amazing?
I would bet you that most did not, at least not initially.
With that in mind, continue to fight your battles and trudging along to make your own difference, even if that is “only” in the lives of your family members. You never know what kind of iconic difference you are making, and neither do most of the people around you. We all impact the lives of others, for better or worse. Make your impact better.


Pan-Africanism was a movement to connect the people is the diaspora to those that were still living in Africa. Its primary goal was to unify all peoples of African descent through shared experiences and the need for action.
There were many people who were influential in the pan-African movement. The following are some of the more influential persons. Dr Edward Blyden has been credited with the conceptual idea of Pan-Africanism, and was the first person to use the term “African personality”. Casely Hayford wrote the book Ethiopia Unbound: Studies in Race Emancipation. Sylvester Williams organized the first Pan-African congress in 1900. This took place in London and was followed by four more between 1919 and 1927. These conferences were organized by W. E. B. Dubois. The last one was held in New York in 1927. Marcus Garvey founded the Universal Improvement Association in 1914, and completely rejected the idea that white would come to be equal with blacks. Founded the “Back to Africa” movement in which he created the Black Star Line to move African that were living in the Diaspora back to Africa. George Padmore wrote the book Pan-Africanism or Communism and was the co-organizer of the Pan-African Congress in 1945. Lastly, Kwame Nkrumah must be noted as the most influential figure within the Pan-African movement. He was a great believer in the independence of African and the need for African to co-operate in order to rebuild Africa. He organized the very first conference of independent African states in 1958 and was the chief architect in the founding of the Organization of African Unity.
The Pan-African movement was in response to the Euro-centric way that the peoples of Africa had been treated in the late 19th and early 20th century. That being said there were also many anti-imperialist and critics that lived within Europe at the time as well as division within Africa. There was also a waning of power from Europe after the second world war and Europe was not able to continue to finance it operation outside if its own borders.
Some of the pros of Pan-Africanism is that is provided an new perspective regarding the struggle for independence that was being felt within Africa as well as other countries. It created within African, both living in Africa and in the diaspora, a pride to be black. It also emphasized the shared goals and hopes that nationalism would be a positive influence, sidestepping the negative features that can come from nationalistic tendencies of new and emerging independent countries.


It's time to celebrate the day enslaved African Americans learned that they gained independence and freedom in the United States. Keep scrolling to learn about the history of Juneteenth, find new ways to pay tribute to the African American community, and explore other celebratory activities to help expand on your own understanding of the event and its importance toward racial equity and social impact.
A Brief History Juneteenth
The first celebration of Juneteenth commenced on June 19, 1866, which is the first anniversary of the day that enslaved African Americans in Texas learned of the Emancipation Proclamation. The Emancipation Proclamation was signed by President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863 but the news of freedom did not reach Texas until the arrival of Union General Gordon Granger to Galveston nearly two-and-a-half years later on June 19, 1865. The news of the proclamation brought hope into the lives of 250,000 enslaved people in Texas. Even though freedom did not come instantaneously, many enslaved Africans Americans celebrated that newfound hope for freedom that day, and African Americans have continued to celebrate that proclamation of freedom every year on June 19 since then.
Freedom did not come readily at that time for any enslaved people in America, especially those outside of the Confederacy. According to History.com the Emancipation Proclamation only applied to the 11 states under Confederate control and not to any other slave-holding states or rebel areas under Union control so many other enslaved people across the country were excluded from its language. However, the arrival of Northern troops into the Confederate South presented many people with an opportunity to flee and seek refuge behind Union lines. Slavery in America would not be formally abolished on a national level until the adoption of the 13th Amendment on January 31, 1865, when the House of Representatives passed the amendment with a vote of 119-56. The 13th Amendment states: “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.” Within a few years, African Americans were celebrating Juneteenth in other states as well, making it an annual tradition. History.com also tells us that the holiday’s celebrations originally included prayer meetings, singing spirituals, and wearing new clothes to represent newfound freedom.
Juneteenth is Officially A Federal Holiday
Juneteenth, also known as Freedom Day, Jubilee Day, Liberation Day and Emancipation Day, has been celebrated by African-Americans for the past 155 years to recognize the emancipation of those who had been enslaved in the United States. However, the commemoration only became an official federal holiday on Thursday, June 17, 2021 when President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, the nation's first African American, female Vice President, signed legislation to officially designate it a federal holiday. The historic signing drew attention from activists nation-wide.
One activist in attendance at the signing event was Ms. Opal Lee, of Texas. The NY Times reports that Ms. Lee, has suffered firsthand, violent, racial injustice including an incident on June 19, 1939 when hundreds of rioters set fire to her family home. Some speculate that incidents like that could have been a catalyst to her activism. In 2016 Ms. Lee, then age 89, decided to walk from her home in Fort Worth, Texas to Washington, D.C., in an effort to get Juneteenth named as a national holiday. She continues to walk two-and-a-half miles on June 19 every year, with that specific mileage symbolic of the time it took between the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation and the arrival of Union General Granger who brought the news of freedom to Galveston. After four years, now and at the age of 93, President Biden drew attention to Ms. Lee at the Juneteenth federal holiday signing, calling her out by name to recognize and honor her persistent activism. He deemed her “a grandmother of the movement to make Juneteenth a federal holiday.” President Biden also got down on one knee to greet her and spoke with her personally according to the NY Times. ABC News states that Ms. Lee’s activism “helped push Congress to establish a new national holiday for the first time in nearly 40 years.”
Although the signing of Juneteenth into federal holiday is a small step forward, some see the action as merely a "symbolic gesture." Some of the initial goals of Black Lives Matter, including police reform, the introduction of anti-lynching laws, and the distribution of reparations to the descendants of enslaved people, have yet to be addressed. Substantive action is still required by federal lawmakers and by every community member to work toward achieving racial equity, and progress in economic and structural change.
Vice President Kamala Harris touched on the importance of taking action and the continuing efforts toward racial equity at the signing, “Let me end by saying this, we are gathered here in a house built by enslaved people. We are footsteps away from where President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation. And we are here to witness President Joe Biden establish Juneteenth as a national holiday. We have come far and we have far to go, but today is a day of celebration. It is not only a day of pride. It is also a day for us to reaffirm and rededicate ourselves to action.”
10 Ways to Celebrate JUneteenth
There are many ways you and your organization can honor this important day in history, celebrated on June 19, as well as celebrate Black history and heritage.
Source: Diversity Best Practices
Make it part of your company’s holiday schedule or offer the opportunity for employees to use Juneteenth as a personal day or floating holiday.
Use the day as an opportunity to hold listening and essential conversations about race.
Make it an annual day of reflection or conversation that celebrates emancipation but also to highlight progress at your organization.
Celebrate and recognize the contributions of your Black employees, leaders, and stakeholders.
Assess your talent processes and systems to eliminate bias and ensure equitable promotion and advancement opportunities.
Use it as a day of service.
Recommend, buy, or donate children’s books on Juneteenth or Black history and share them with local school districts
Create a hashtag campaign commemorating the day.
Lobby for changes and reform in inequitable policies, laws, and programs.
Use the company’s social media platforms to promote Juneteenth and to celebrate Black culture and Black history throughout the day, and all year.


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Janak Palace is 90 years old royal residence of Late Th. Janak Singh son of Late Th. Devi Singh of Thikana, Chomu. Janak Palace is now converted into homestay run by Th. Lokendra Singh Nathawat in Jaipur.
He is a scion of the house of Chomu.The senior most Thikana under the Jaipur State. Maharaja Prithvi Raj Singhji of Amber’s fort son of Gopalji was ruler of Chomu and Samode Thikana.
The decendents of Gopalji like Nathaji, Manohar Dasji etc. fought many battles under Maharaja Sawai Man Singji of Jaipur.
The Most famous battle being conqest of Afghanisthan by Th. Manohar Dasji who compiled the colours captured from the Afghans tomake the famous “Panchranga” (five coloured flag) and Presented it to Jaipur State.
In the memory of the victory of the famous battle of Afghanistan. His ancestors also fought against Maratha,s in the famous battle of Kakor.
Janak Palace is a classic style heritage style budget hotel in Jaipur with some of the most exclusive interiors and ambience you can find in Jaipur. Janak Palace offers a wide range of personalized services and facilities to help make your stay in Jaipur a memorable one.


The decade of the 80's in Peru were very convul- sed years, during this period terrorism took the streets and an internal war was lived in the country. At the same time, Rock took over the young people, who found in music the best antidote against loosing hope. Av. Larco tells the story of a group of young Limeños who compete to become the best Rock &Roll band. Romance, adventures and the best of Peruvian rock.


On July 3, 1982, 20 days into the Israeli siege of West Beirut, then-Prime Minister Saeb Salam and seven other Sunni leaders demanded that Yasser Arafat, chairman of the PLO, and his 6,000 fighters leave Lebanon to spare the country further destruction.
Arafat agreed but suggested a gradual withdrawal, hoping such a move would open the dialogue with Washington Arafat desperately wanted. Salam and his Sunni allies insisted on immediate departure, and on August 21, as Arafat led his men into exile in Tunisia, the Israelis lifted their siege.
The 1982 Sunni initiative paralleled in its importance the declaration of Lebanese independence in 1943, when the Sunni leadership turned a deaf ear to pan-Arabism and – together with the Maronites – started practicing sovereignty.
Yet the 1982 sovereignty-in-action was to be undermined through a combination of terror attacks, domestic sellouts and regional deals. President-elect Bachir Gemayel was murdered, signaling, to this day, the end of effective Maronite leadership. For their part, the Sunnis were compromised and replaced by pro-Syrian Shia and Druze “de facto forces.”
In 1990, the shattered Lebanese sovereignty was dealt a final blow when both Riyadh and Washington traded Syrian participation in the coalition war against Iraq for complete Syrian domination over Lebanon.
During Damascus’s “rule”, the pro-sovereignty Maronite leadership was further weakened. Dani Chamoun of the National Liberal Party was murdered with his family in their home, the maverick army commander Michel Aoun sent into exile, and the Lebanese Forces boss, Samir Geagea, was imprisoned for his alleged role in the murder of former Prime Minister Rashid Karami. Thus began what came to be known throughout the 1990s the “Christian frustration.”
Damascus remained wary of the Sunni leadership, which was reinvigorated by the emergence of the Saudi-backed billionaire, Rafik Hariri. Syria restricted Hariri’s movement. Throughout his premiership he was not allowed to visit the predominantly Sunni north, and his reputation as a man of economic salvation was tainted by wholesale Syrian corruption and embezzlement, while he was told to focus on the reconstruction process and leave the foreign and domestic security policies to Syria.
Starting 1998, Damascus tried to replicate its own police state in Lebanon. It was a bad call. It marginalized allies such as Druze leader Walid Jumblatt and further frustrated an already disillusioned Hariri.
To Syria’s misfortune, however, the world changed after 9/11 and by 2004, a new Middle East coalition had ensured that Syria had lost Saudi consent to rule Lebanon.
Jumblatt, arguably Lebanon’s smartest politician, and Hariri, legendary for his quick mastery of Lebanese politics, saw an opportunity to push for a Syrian withdrawal. They instantly forged a common cause with the still “frustrated” Christians.
The rest, as they say, is history. On February 14, 2005, Hariri was killed and a momentarily shell-shocked Syria withdrew its army from Lebanon in April 2005, ending 29 years of occupation.
For the third time, following the 1943 independence and the Palestinian withdrawal of 1982, harmony between the Sunnis and the Maronites produced immediate results. Lebanon practiced sovereignty and achieved independence. By doing so, it commanded the world’s attention and support.
But also like in 1982, opponents of Lebanon’s sovereignty employed a similar combination of tactics to ensure that the next five years would be blighted by assassinations, conflict and civil unrest that at one point took Lebanon to the brink of civil war.
Earlier, in the beginning of 2006, Damascus hit the jackpot when exiled Maronite leader Michel Aoun agreed to join the ranks of the opposition March 8 coalition, thus dealing the Independence ‘05 movement an early blow by abandoning the traditional Christian pro-sovereignty line.
Even without Aoun, the majority of the Sunnis, Druze and the remaining Maronites – armed with international support for their cause – persisted in their push for a genuinely independent Lebanon.
Running out of options, on May 7, 2008, Syria unleashed its local proxies, who swept onto the streets of Beirut. It was now or never for the regime in Damascus. A few months earlier an exceptionally pro-Lebanon French president had left office, while a pro-Lebanese US administration only had a matter of months in office.
Regional dynamics were also at play. Saudi Arabia had grown wary of a strongly assertive Iraqi cabinet, led by a Shia who Riyadh believed to be close to its archenemy Tehran. Like in 1990, Riyadh went to Damascus for a trade over Iraq in a deal that included Lebanon.
Jumblatt caved, and shortly after, the new Sunni leader, Saad Hariri, despite his best efforts, knew the game was up. Even Geagea and his Christian followers, who until this point had stood defiant against Damascus, accepted that the June 2009 election victory was nothing more than a memory.
A new era of indirect Syrian rule in Lebanon has started again, given the havoc Aoun has wreaked, and the traditional pro-Lebanese sovereignty line has been compromised like never before.
Will the future give the Lebanese a fourth chance to practice sovereignty? No one can tell. But history will certainly remember that the Lebanese, the regionally-dependent leaders and their blind followers missed yet another golden opportunity for self rule, a chance that might not come again in our lifetime.


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Ever since the beginning of the 20th century comic stories have been used as a powerful tool in shaping the identity and aligning the ideas and thoughts of the Japanese people. Benefiting from clever and sophisticated techniques in their narratives along with their ability to stimulate the patriotic feelings of the nation, these artworks soon became an important means to propagate and promote national and governmental ideologies. During the Second World War, comic stories and animations were specifically used for encouraging the youth to conscript in the army, strengthening the national unity, justifying the acts of Japanese army in China and Korea, and even spreading fake news about the battlefield. Similarly, in the post-war years, comic stories (Manga) and Japanese commercial animation known as “Anime”, acted as effective tools in healing the wounds of the defeat and the aftermath of atomic bombings. This research aims to investigate the presumed power of these visual narrative media and define the extent of their influence in the Japanese society by conducting a historical survey on the emergence and development of Manga and Anime. Accordingly, a comparative study method is used to evaluate the role of Iranian animations in shaping the concept of national identity.


Henry Ford started young. By the age of 12, he was spending most of his spare time in a small machine shop, which he had equipped himself. It was here that he constructed his first steam engine, in 1878, aged just 15. The next year, Henry left home, bound for the nearby city of Detroit, to work as an apprentice machinist.
His apprenticeship lasted three years, after which he returned home to Dearborn. During the next few years, Henry divided his time between operating and repairing steam engines, finding occasional work in a Detroit factory and overhauling his father's farm implements. The year 1888, saw a major change in his life, when he married Clara Bryant and began supporting his new family by running a sawmill.
It wasn’t long before Henry made another change and by 1891, he had become an engineer with the Edison Illuminating Company in Detroit. A promotion to Chief Engineer two years later, gave him enough time and money to devote more attention to his personal experiments on internal combustion engines.


NOTES: Happy first day of spring! The events in this post took place on the vernal equinox 13 years ago. —Jadi
For 14 years my husband spent half of every winter up in northern Sweden, working on a frozen lake. The engineers flew up for 2 week stints, leaving home on Mondays and returning two weeks later on a Friday evening charter flight.
The very last year that Uwe did this stint, his company began to allow family members to take advantage of the flights. At the end of March 2001, on the vernal equinox, I flew up to meet Uwe in the region broadly known as Lappland.
My flight was delayed while President Putin flew through European airspace back to Russia. By the time I arrived it was close to midnight, and we had to drive an hour further north to reach Arjeplog. It was a bitterly cold -22° and on either side of the deserted road the snow piles loomed. But we kept stopping the car…
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Almost 2000 years ago people were practicing something called “bloodletting.” While today we draw small amounts of blood for diagnostic purposes, bloodletting was the process of draining a large amount of blood for therapeutic reasons.
Although bloodletting likely killed more people than it helped, it wasn’t until the second half of the 1800s that people began to question the treatment’s effectiveness. Bloodletting was so popular that it was used to treat almost every disease: acne, diabetes, epilepsy, smallpox and more. With the development of evidence-based medicine however, the treatment slowly lost favor during the 19th century.
Today we know bloodletting is mostly harmful and phlebotomy usually now refers to the removal of small quantities of blood. If you think blood is more interesting than ‘yuck,’ you should consider a career in phlebotomy. The AUMT Institute of Southern California helps students obtain licenses as Californian Certified Phlebotomy Technicians, with the lowest tuitions in the state!
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On 2nd March 30 Year 10 Historians visited Oxford University Museums to deepen their understanding of navigation and exploration in the Elizabethan Age. At the Ashmolean pupils examined artefacts traded by Elizabethan explorers and learnt of the diversity of interactions England experienced in the sixteenth century. The History of Science Museum allowed everybody to be hands-on with quadrants, astrolabes and other important Tudor navigation instruments. Our pupils even measured the height of the world-famous Sheldonian Theatre using techniques architect Christopher Wren would have recognised! The day contributed strongly to pupils’ knowledge of trade and exploration in the Elizabethan age and allowed The Cedars Academy to benefit from the depth of knowledge Oxford University provided.


History of Oshawa
The earliest known settlement in Oshawa started in the 1400's when the Lake Ontario Iroquois settled near the Harmony Creek.
Since Lake Ontario was the only means of transportation in the 1700's, early settlement in Oshawa took place mainly along the shoreline. It wasn't until 1793 when Governor Simcoe planned a road between Kingston and Toronto that settlement started to move further inland. This road is known as Kingston Road (now Highway 2)
More people moved to Oshawa in the early to mid 1800's. As the population slowly increased, more services and buildings were built including mills, hotels, stores, churches and a post office. In 1849 Oshawa was incorporated as a village. The name "Oshawa" was chosen to represent the original settlement and translates from native dialect to mean "that point at the crossing of the stream where the canoe was exchanged for the trail."
By 1840 Oshawa's harbour was known as Port Sydenham, named after Lord Sydenham, who was Governor General of Upper Canada between 1839 and 1841. Port Sydenham was located only five kilometres from the centre of town and provided a means of importing and exporting goods to and from Oshawa. However, the railway's arrival in Oshawa in 1856 greatly affected business at Port Sydenham as coal and other supplies were brought in by rail, rather than ship.
In the mid to late 1800s, Oshawa's industry continued to grow, especially with the development of the Grand Trunk Railway from Toronto to Montreal. In 1876, Robert McLaughlin moved to Oshawa and his company, the McLaughlin Carriage Company, quickly developed into the largest carriage works in the British Empire.
With the automobile gaining popularity in the early 1900s, the McLaughlin family decided to enter the business by contracting with the Buick Motor Car Company of Michigan for use of the Buick engine in the McLaughlin car. Automobile production began in Oshawa in 1907 when 198 McLaughlin automobiles were built.
In 1915, the McLaughlin's acquired the rights to build Chevrolets, creating the Chevrolet Motor Car Company of Canada. Three years later, the McLaughlin Motor Car Company and Chevrolet Motor Car Company of Canada were merged to create General Motors of Canada Limited, a unit of the General Motors Corporation. At the same time, Pedlar People Limited, a metal roofing company grew to be the largest of its kind in the British Empire and by 1920, the number of people employed with industrial jobs in Oshawa grew to over 3,000.
Oshawa continued to grow in size and people. A public water system was created, a public library was built, the Oshawa General Hospital was built and two large parks were created (Alexandra Park and Lakeview Park). On March 8, 1924, with a population of 15,545, Oshawa received "City" status and throughout the late 1900s population and employment continued to grow.
Today, with a population of over 157,000, Oshawa is the largest municipality in Durham Region. It is home to three post-secondary institutions and is rich in arts and cultural assets, with over 500 cultural businesses, events and festivals. Learn more about our many City events and check out our visitor's guide.
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One of the four sons of Ometecuhtli, Quetzalcoatl reigns of the West, acting as a god of Light, Mercy, and wind. He and his brother Tezcatlipoca created humanity by sacrificing Cipactli, the earthmonster. As patron god of knowledge and learning, of Aztec priesthood, he invented books and the calendar. Being god of life & fertility as well, he gave maize to his people so that they may flourish and prosper. It is mistakenly thought that the Aztecs believed Hernan Cortes to be Quetzalcoatl; in fact, the myth was propagated by the Spanish after the bloody conquest of the indigenous people.


There is very little written history in Resolution; most people are just too concerned with what comes next to be too concerned with what came before. Add to this the rarity and unreliability of computer information storage, and the prevalence of illiteracy, and it is little wonder not much is known about the past. There are some – fortunate enough to have the monetary resources and spare time – who have dedicated themselves to delving into society’s history, but they are stretched thin and so far have generally lacked a sense of cooperation toward a common goal.
There are oral accounts, of course – basically a jumble of stories, folk wisdom, fish tales, rumours, and wild fabrications – but such histories are notoriously unreliable past a generation or two. Nevertheless, certain questions demand speculation: Where did humankind originate, and why are there so many subspecies? How is it that there are so many vestiges of lost technology superior to what can currently be made? Where did the robots come from? What led to the dichotomy between Judges and Marshals? These and many more mysteries wait to be uncovered.


Zora Neale Hurston was born on Jan. 7, 1891. She graduated from Morgan Academy, and attended Howard University and attended Barnard College, Columbia University. Her father was a preacher, farmer, and carpenter. When she was 3 years old she moved to Eatonville, Fla., where she moved in to the first black community in America. She would include in her writings about how Eatonville was a place where black Americans could be independent and not have to deal with the prejudices of the white society.
Zora was a novelist, folklorist, and an anthropologist. She served as a typical Harlem Renaissance woman. Nora would combine her literature with anthropology. Her first short stories that caught the audience’s attention were “John Redding Goes to Sea” and “Spunk”. They appeared in black literature magazines. Several years later she produced her first novel Jonah’s Gourd Vin, which was published in 1934. She also wrote a book on an investigation of voodoo practices in black communities, which she got much praise for.
Zora died on Jan. 28, 1960, in Fort Pierce, Fla. She never wrote about the racism towards blacks, but the freedom she found in Eatonville. Her theme became popular amongst writers in the post World War II era of civil rights. Since then her influence has faded.


Living In Silk – Nottingham Castle
The Living in Silk exhibition combines artefacts from the collection of the China National Silk Museum, Hangzhou, with Unravelled, a companion display drawn from Nottingham City Museums and Galleries’ own collection of Chinese textiles.
——- Nottingham Collection: Women’s Jacket, 1875 to 1900, China —–
The silk damask jacket features chrysanthemum and peony flowers, alongside butterflies and bats.
The fancy braid on the garment was added at a later date, when this became fashionable.
— Nottingham Collection: Han Women’s Collar, 1850 to 1880, China —
In the 1800s, collars such as this were made at home by women, as a way of showcasing their embroidery.
Here white satin is embroidered with butterflies, birds and flowers. The central panel features a deer, which symbolises long life. Deer were given this status as they were said to be the only animal able to find the sacred plant of immortality.
— Nottingham Collection: Silver Pheasants for Rank Badges, 1890 to 1910, China —
Rank badges were worn by men in the chinese civil service and military. Each category had nine ranks. The civil service used bird to identify someone’s position, while the military used real and mythological animals.The silver pheasant was fourth highest rank that could be achieved.
Mandarin gown,embroidery Qing dynasty(18th-19th century, AD)
China National Silk Museum, Hangzhou
(the exhition did not allow to take photos,
* all sources from: http://www.dresstheworld.co.uk/nottingham/media/42537 )


Sibilia Srl.was founded in 1936 with the entrepreneurial spirit of Angelo Sibilia. The company’s first industrial reform began in 1947, with the construction of a cast iron foundry that. Since 1993, the technical direction of Sibilia was taken by Alberto Sibilia, the founder’s son, who quickly brought Sibilia to a position of worldwide leadership in the Industrial Vacuum Cleaner sector. Today we are present throughout the entire world throughout an extensive network of agencies and partners.
The mission of Sibilia
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An Evening with Ken Burns: film screening of The Civil War - August 30 Tickets available through Telluride Historical Museum only Ken Burns has been making documentary films for more than
An Evening with Ken Burns: film screening of The Civil War – August 30
Ken Burns has been making documentary films for more than 30 years. Since the Academy Award-nominated Brooklyn Bridge in 1981, he has gone on to direct and produce some of the most acclaimed historical documentaries ever made.
Burns was the director, producer, co-writer, chief cinematographer, musical director and executive producer of the landmark television series The Civil War. The film was the highest-rated series in the history of American public television – prior to Baseball, and attracted an audience of 40 million during its premiere in September 1990. The New York Times called it a “masterpiece,” and that Burns, takes his place as the most accomplished documentary filmmaker of his generation.”
Some of Burns’ other films include, The Address (2014), The Central Park Five (2013), The Dust Bowl (2012), Prohibition, (2011), The National Parks: America’s Best Idea (2009), andThe War (2007), which was co-directed with Lynn Novick.
Book and DVD sales will also be available courtesy of the Between the Covers Bookstore.
(Sunday) 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm


In September 1891 the minutes of record of the Board of Education gives discussion as to the erection of a new school building on the corner opposite of the B.Y.C. (Northeast corner of 1st West and 1st South) L.D. Martin was given the contract but later turned to U.O. Milling and Building Co.
April 25, 1892 the minutes state that the Board met to receive the new Woodruff building for Cole Brothers contractors with Mr. Wilson as architect. At this meeting it was decided to have a lawn planted and an iron fence placed around the building, the bell was to be placed at a later date.
The Woodruff building entrance bares the date of 1891 but must have meant the beginning of construction.
In August 1898 records of minutes show that a discussion of a small addition to the Woodruff was recorded. Edefsen and Thoresen contractors, C.F. Barrett drew the plans.
In August 1907 –February 1908 the Woodruff annex was built. In 1894 W.G. Raymond was the principal.
In Pioneer Days the Woodruff School site was the log yard for a saw pit and first grist and saw mill built in Logan.


I have taught on three continents and have done research on four. I currently teach global studies courses related to world history, including World War II and Contemporary World. I have also taught business history, leadership theory, and the history of ethnic groups in the United States—including Chinese Americans. I have published a history of the leading Chaoshan handkerchief importing firm in the United States. I have an active research project about Shantou in Global Context, 1860-1949. I am also writing about the history of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States during the 1960s. I have published an award-winning biography of Clement J. Zablocki. I have also published an award winning article about George Wallace campaigning in the north.


Before people built #snowshoes, nature provided examples. Several animals, most notably the snowshoe hare, had evolved over the years with oversized feet enabling them to move more quickly through deep snow. The origin and age of snowshoes are not precisely known, although historians believe they were invented from 4,000 to 6,000 years ago, probably starting in Central Asia British archaeologist Jacqui Wood hypothesized that the equipment interpreted to be the frame of a backpack of the Chalcolithic mummy Ötzi was actually part of a snowshoe. Strabo wrote that the inhabitants of the Caucasus used to attach flat surfaces of leather under their feet and that its inhabitants used round wooden surfaces, something akin to blocks, instead. However, the "traditional" webbed snowshoe as we know it today had direct origins to North American indigenous people, e.g., the Huron, Cree, and so forth. Samuel de Champlain wrote, referencing the Huron and Algonquin First Nations, in his travel memoirs (V.III, pg. 164), "Winter, when there is much snow, they (the Indians) make a kind of snowshoe that are two to three times larger than those in France, that they tie to their feet, and thus go on the snow, without sinking into it, otherwise they would not be able to hunt or go from one location to the other". In 2016, Italian scientists reported "the oldest snowshoe in the world" discovered in the Dolomites and dated to between 3800 and 3700 B.C.
在人類開始製造 #雪鞋 之前，大自然已提供了樣品。#白靴兔 等一些典型動物，在長期進化後長出超大尺寸的腳，這使得他們可以在較深積雪的地方更快速的活動。
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Ulaanbaatar/MONTSAME/. A catalog ‘National treasures of Mongolia’ has been compiled by collecting photographs of unique and wonderful treasures being kept at the Treasury Fund of Mongolia, museums, libraries, some monasteries, as well as by individuals.
Within its full powers and functions specified in the legislation, the Bank of Mongolia carries out numerous activities in the field of research, enrichment, preservation, and promotion of cultural values of Mongolians. In this context, the central bank, in collaboration with professional research organizations, is presenting the catalog to the public. As of 2015, there were 770 exhibits, which were certified as unique artifacts, in Mongolia and the catalog includes photographs of archeological finds, rare finds related to different periods of history, as well as beautiful Buddhist artworks.
Moreover, It includes photographs of 307 rare valuable artifacts related to ethnic traditions and belonged to historical figures, with captions and brief descriptions.
It is the sixth edition published by the Treasury Fund of Mongolia and is featured with its being first-time compilation of photographs of Mongolian cultural and historically unique and rare artworks regardless of their form of ownership.


“From Burden to Resource: Industrial Heritage in Central-Eastern Europe”
September 28, 2021 from 9:00 AM to 13:00 PM CET
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Please find the preliminary program below.
Welcome and introduction
KEYNOTE: Yonca Erkan: Industrial Heritage as a Resource for Urban Development: Management Models from Istanbul
Denisa Chylová and Gábor Bindics: Reviving long forgotten heritage in Bratislava: the Grössling City Bath
Dr. Katarzyna Sadowy: New economy for industrial heritage. Looking for solutions in Warsaw
Dr. Hanna Szemző and Zsuzsa Sidó: Three pathways of industrial heritage in Budapest: Former beer factories in Kőbánya
KEYNOTE: Györgyi Németh: TICCIH and industrial heritage in the Visegrad Group countries
Dr. Milan Balaban: The Bata Company towns in Central Europe today
KEYNOTE: Piotr Kisiel: Industrial Heritage: Between technical monuments and post-industrial landscapes
Summary and closing
The keynote speakers:
Prof. Dr. Yonca Erkan
Is the UNESCO Chair on the Management and Promotion of World Heritage Sites: New Media and Community Involvement and PhD Coordinator of the Graduate Program on the Conservation of Cultural Heritage at Kadir Has Univeristy, Istanbul. In 2018, she worked as senior consultant at the UNESCO World Heritage Centre, as the Historic Urban Landscape/World Heritage Cities Programme Coordinator. She is a jury member of European Union Cultural Heritage – EUROPA NOSTRA Awards in Education, Training and Awareness Raising (Category IV) since 2015.
Currently, she is coordinating the research project Horizon2020 Marie-Sklodowska Curie – RISE Project titled “Sustainable Management of Industrial Heritage as a Resource for Urban Development” (2021-2025).
Yonca Erkan received her PhD from Istanbul Technical University in 2007. She got her S.M.Arch.S. degree from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1998 and she received M.Arch. degree in architectural conservation in 1996 and B.Arch. degree in 1993 from Yıldız Technical University. Her research interests include management of world heritage sites, urban conservation, industrial heritage and community involvement.
Dr. Györgyi Németh
She has been associate professor in industrial history and industrial heritage studies at the Institute of History, University of Miskolc. She holds an MA and a PhD from the Kossuth Lajos University, Debrecen, Hungary.
She is the head of the Global & Local Section of The International Committee for the Conservation of the Industrial Heritage (TICCIH) and has been a Board Member in the organisation with special responsibilities for Central and Eastern Europe. She is the founding chairperson of TICCIH Hungary, and an active member of ICOMOS Hungary. She has been a research fellow at Centre d’Histoire des Sciences et d’Histoire Techniques (CH2ST), Pantheon-Sorbonne, Université Paris 1, and at Maison des Sciences de l’Homme. She has also taken part in co-operational research programmes in the USA, France, Germany, Poland, and Slovakia. Her researches focus on the history of industry between the 18th and 20th century, as well as on the theory and practice of industrial heritage conservation.
She has been a keynote speaker at academic conferences in Germany, Italy, Sweden, Finland, Russia, Mexico, Chile, the Czech Republic, Serbia, Romania, and Hungary, among others. She has been visiting professor at Michigan Technological University in the USA and Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers (CNAM) in Paris, and has lectured at Shizuoka University in Japan and at Taipei National University of the Arts in Taiwan. She has elaborated the first complex industrial heritage university programme in Hungary.
She has served on the editorial board of the scientific journal Patrimoine de l’industrie, Industrial patrimony and TICCIH Bulletin. She published Growth, decline and recovery: heavy industrial regions in transition, and has contributed recently to Industrial Heritage Re-tooled: the TICCIH guide to Industrial Heritage Conservation. Her latest English-language study “Contested heritage and regional identity in the Borsod Industrial Area in Hungary” was published by Routledge in Industrial Heritage and Regional Identities.
Dr. Piotr Kisiel
After graduating in history in 2011 from the University of Dundee, Scotland and in the same year from the Jagiellonian University, Poland, Piotr Kisiel pursued his PhD at the European University Institute, Italy where he defended his dissertation in January 2016. After working at the Berlin-Hohenschönhausen Memorial, he joined the research team of Aleida and Jan Assmann at the University of Konstanz in 2018, where he focused on postindustrial heritage in Germany and Poland. In January 2021 he became the principal investigator of the subproject “Planning” at the Leibniz Institute for Research on Society and Space, within the UrbanMetaMapping research consortium. His project deals with the post-war planning in East Germany and Poland. Piotr taught at universities in France, Poland and Turkey. His research lies at the crossroads of urban history, heritage studies and nationalism studies.


Geographic Information Systems Help Scholars See History – NYTimes.com
Humanities 2.0: Digital Maps Are Giving Scholars the Historical Lay of the Land
By Patricia Cohen, New York Times, July 26, 2011
Few battles in history have been more scrutinized than Gettysburg’s three blood-soaked days in July 1863, the turning point in the Civil War. Still, there were questions that all the diaries, official reports and correspondence couldn’t answer precisely. What, for example, could Gen. Robert E. Lee actually see when he issued a series of fateful orders that turned the tide against the Confederate Army nearly 150 years ago? Now historians have a new tool that can help. Advanced technology similar to Google Earth, MapQuest and the GPS systems used in millions of cars has made it possible to recreate a vanished landscape. …
For full text of the article via Geographic Information Systems Help Scholars See History – NYTimes.com.


This weekend, my husband and I went to UNO to see his grandpa play in the 1955 Tangerine bowl. The video footage had been linked up to the radio broadcast to create a full game experience.
UNO made displays with items and photographs from the archives. Storz beer was there giving out free samples of their newly resurrected old Omaha beer. We cheered when his grandpa was on the field and boo'd him (lightheartedly) when he fumbled.
My favorite part was seeing this sweet photo of my husband's grandparents after the game. I didn't know that they had been dating at the time. It was sweet to see this photo and know that they were still together almost 60 years later.


About the department
The Department of Ancient Indian Culture was established in the year 1971. The aim of the department is to impart both theoretical and applied knowledge to students with a holistic approach to the subject of Ancient Indian Culture and Archaeology. With a history of more than 50 years, the department has flourished into a centre of academic excellence in the last few decades.
Predisposed towards its aim, the department provides various opportunities for students to broaden their horizons through workshops, seminars, symposiums, and conferences. Apart from the external exposure, a multi-disciplinary approach is taken while educating students, which is also reflected in the syllabus of the courses offered by the Department. With an understanding of Ancient Indian Culture and archaeology, students are also equipped with the knowledge of sub-disciplines such as heritage management, tourism, and museology. This approach has played a vital role in giving the students a better understanding of the discipline of Ancient Indian Culture and Archaeology.
The Department houses a museum which facilitates the factor of applied education. The museum consists of some rare antiquities which include coins from the Ancient Period up to the colonial era, pottery pieces from distinctive cultures, ancient stone tools, a collection of crystallized rock formations, Chinese porcelain ware fragments, a replica of the foot impression of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, architectural fragments, manuscripts which were received by the department in the form of donation and many more artifacts and antiquities.
Alongside the museum, the department library has a noteworthy collection of books, journals, magazines, and reports dealing with various subjects from prehistory to modern history, sociology, ethnoarchaeology etc. The department also has the entire collection of the “Journal of Asiatic Society of Mumbai”, “The Indian Archaeology Review”, “Indica'' and an assemblage of the volumes of the magazine “Puratava”. A voluminous collection of books on Indian architecture, literature, Buddhism, and Jainism alongside an extraordinary collection of Marathi books are available for students to refer to for academic purposes.
With the vision of giving students exposure to the different facets of the discipline of Ancient Indian Culture and Archaeology, the department has numerous collaborations with various national and international institutes. The department has benefited from a number of courses and joint projects through these collaborations.
Since the academic year of 2021-2022, the department of Ancient Indian Culture and Université Libre De Bruxelles have been jointly conducting a certificate course in ‘Heritage Tourism and Heritage Management’. This course allows students from both countries, India and Belgium to have meaningful interactions on various academic and non-academic topics, resulting in a fruitful cultural exchange.
One of our department's most reputable collaborations is with the Directorate of Archaeology and Museums. The Department of Ancient Indian Culture and Buddhist Studies signed an MOU with the Directorate of Archaeology and Museums in 2022. This collaboration is of immense importance in many ways as it facilitates a better learning experience for students by giving them access to government collections. The Diploma in Indian Archaeology is one such course which has benefited from this collaboration. The department has also collaborated with professionals such as Pradaya Heritage Management Services Pvt. Ltd. for joint projects such as the “Survey of Ulhas river valley for tangible and intangible heritage”, and for training students in applied factors of Heritage Management. We have also collaborated with institutes like the Horizons Center for Cultural Studies for academic courses.
The department has acquired funding of around 50 lakhs over the years and has undertaken several research projects in order to provide research exposure to its students, these projects are an attempt to help students develop a research aptitude. One such activity the department has started since the year 2022 is the awarding of two fellowships to academically inclined students who wish to pursue research ahead as a career. Students are given the opportunity to research for three months on the topics of their interest and are supposed to present their work to the Members of the Board of Study at the end of the fellowship. Along with conducting research projects, students are prompted to present their work on diverse platforms such as department presentations, national conferences, regional conferences and seminars.
Some of the many projects taken up by the department include:
1. The Documentation of Caves in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region
2. The Salsette project
3. Historical geography and Cultural ethnography of pre-Portuguese and early medieval Mumbai
4. Survey of Ulhas river valley for documentation of tangible and intangible heritage
5. Website content development for the Directorate of Tourism, Government of Maharashtra
The department of Ancient Indian Culture and Buddhist studies also runs courses tailored for archaeology, culture, history, and heritage enthusiasts. The following is the list of courses run by our department-
1. Diploma in Indian Archaeology
2. Certificate course in introduction to Jain Art and Archaeology
3. Certificate course in Ancient Indian Culture
4. Certificate course in Buddhist Art and Archaeology
5. Introduction to Intangible Heritage
More information on these courses can be found on the add-on courses page on the website of Sathaye College Autonomous.
With the motivation of giving students a holistic understanding of the subject of Ancient Indian Culture and Archaeology, the department shall continue to enrich and help students excel in academics.
Ancient Indian Culture FYBA SEM I Syllabus [Will be updated soon as per NEP 2020]
Ancient Indian Culture FYBA SEM II Syllabus [Will be updated soon as per NEP 2020]
Ancient Indian Culture SYBA SEM 3 & 4- PAPER II Syllabus pdf
|Add-on Courses|| |
|F.Y.Sem.1||[Will be updated soon as per NEP 2020]|
|F.Y.Sem.2||[Will be updated soon as per NEP 2020]|
|S.Y.Sem.3||India Through Ages |
Social Organizations in Ancient India
|S.Y.Sem.4||India Through Ages |
Economic Institutions in Ancient India
|T.Y.Sem-5||Introduction to Museology |
Art & Architecture In Ancient India
Introduction to Heritage Management
Religious & Philosophical Thoughts In Ancient India
An Introduction & Survey Of Literature In Ancient India
|T.Y. Sem-6||Introduction to Museology |
Art & Architecture In Ancient India
Introduction to Heritage Management
Religious & Philosophical Thoughts In Ancient India
An Introduction & Survey Of Literature In Ancient India
Utsav, an intra college fest of Sathaye college (autonomous), was organised on the 23rd and 24th of December 2022. The department of Ancient Indian Culture and Buddhist Studies had put up an exhibition of the department antiquities. A walk through of the museum was arranged for visitors. The exhibit consisted of artefacts from the department museum. A special corner dedicated to the artifacts found in 'Sopara' was displayed in the center of the room with a self-explanatory documentary about the 'Sopara corner' was shown.
For the rest of the artifacts in the museum, audio guide explanations were made available. Visitors had to simply scan the QR codes for the audio guides at each cupboard.
3 games related to the museum were organised at one corner of the museum. The games were quick and easy to play. The visitors enjoyed these games. On day 1 the department's annual magazine "Parampara" was inaugurated by principal Dr. Madhav Rajwade and Dr. Arvind P. Jamkhedkar.
This two day long event was filled with excitement and enthusiasm on the part of both students and teachers. Although Utsav is an annual fest, it had to be cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Thus, in 2022, it was organised after a gap of 2 years. This lent an extra boost to the excitement of the students and an increase in student participation. Through this event, the students learnt resource management, basics of setting up a museum display and last but not the least, teamwork and team spirit.
VOLUNTEERING AT ASIATIC SOCIETY OF MUMBAI FOR ASSISTING FOR THE TECHNICAL WORK RELATED TO REGISTERING THEIR ANTIQUITY COLLECTION
On 29th, 30th November and 1st December 2022 8 students from first year and second year visited the Asiatic Society of Mumbai to assist for the technical work related to registering their antiquity collection. The students documented artifacts, manuscripts and numismatics collection in these 3 days. The students went to the Asiatic Society for 3 days from 11:00 AM TO 4:00 PM. It was later submitted by Ms. Nishigandha Parulekar on 6th December 2022 to the authorities.
LECTURE ON DATING METHODS IN ARCHAEOLOGY
On the 14th of November 2022, the Department of Ancient Indian Culture arranged an interdisciplinary lecture on Thermoluminescence Dating and Carbon Dating Methods. This lecture was delivered by Ms. Sukruta Pethe ma'am from the Physics department of Sathaye College (Autonomous). Various dating methods from absolute and relative dating methods such as thermoluminescence method, stratigraphy method, carbon-14 method, Potassium Argon method, etc. were taught. This lecture helped students in understanding the various dating methods used in the field of Archaeology.
In this highly educational and fun yet important guest lecture, the students learnt about Dating Methods in Archaeology'. This lecture was very useful in regards that the students had their exams soon and hence a refreshing overview was conducted so that the exam topics of 'Dating Methods in Archaeology' will be remembered by the students to write in their exams. This guest lecture presented the students with a more scientific view of Dating Methods rather than just theoretical and help understand them better.
MUSEUM DOCUMENTATION ACTIVITY
From 8th - 14th October 2022 students documented the artifacts from the classroom museum of the department of Ancient Indian Culture. The department's museum is home to a collection of artefacts that range from the prehistoric period to the modern times. As per the directorate of Archaeology of the State Government of Maharashtra, the department was required to document these artefacts. This task was carried out by the students of the department with the guidance and help from their teachers. The activity was done as per the rules and format set by the Government.
All the students of Ancient Indian Culture of SY & FY were divided into ten groups with each group made up of a group leader and around four members. The process of documentation included clicking photographs of the artefacts, measuring them and jotting down the history and description of the artefacts. All the information was then collected and compiled into a single document. On the 6th and 7th of December, 2022, each group presented the information they collected and the observations they had made in front of the teachers and students.
Through this activity, the students learnt about the importance of documentation, the steps necessary for the same as well as skills such as teamwork and cooperation. The presentations helped them to develop confidence and overcome their stage fear.
A HERITAGE TOUR OF SOUTH MUMBAI
A heritage walk of South Mumbai was organized by the students of SYBA on the 15th of September 2022. The tour was conducted by Second year students, Atharva Kandalgaonkar, Reshaa Dongre, Srushti Aitwade, Akanksha Gulwe, and Shruti Kendre, and was attended by 20 First year students and 16 Second year students. The walk started from CSMT at 12:00 PM and ended at Oval ground, 4 PM. The places covered in the walk were CSMT, BMC, War Memorial, Reserve Bank, Asiatic Society, Bombay Samachar building, Horniman Circle, St. Thomas Cathedral, Ready money Mansion, Flora Fountain, High Court, Mumbai University, and Oval ground.
India Week 2022
The Department of Ancient Indian Culture and Buddhist Studies organized an event known as 'India Week' in the month of August, 2022 from 22nd August to 26th August. In this week-long event, four different games were organized. Along with Monopoly, a foreign game, Saripat and Mokshapat, two ancient Indian games, were played and an entirely new game, What The Fort, was introduced. The preexisting games were recreated by applying minor changes to the ground rules and adding new elements to the play. The programme was inaugurated by Principal Dr. Madhav Rajwade and Vice Principal Ms. Pramodini Sawant.
While all the games were being conducted simultaneously, they were being played at different locations. Saripat was conducted in the foyer of the ground floor. Two sets of the game were created which required four players each. On the first floor, a life-sized version of Mokshapat (also known as Snakes & Ladders) was created with 25 tiles on the board. The first tile being the start, represented birth and the 25th tile, being the end, represented moksha. Snakes were placed throughout the board and each snake was labeled with a vice at its head & tail. A similar pattern was followed with the ladders, which were labelled virtues rather than vices at the top and bottom. The other two games took place on the second floor. What The Fort, a rapid fire quiz game required students to answer questions related to forts from all over India in order to win. The other game, Monument Monopoly was played with a life-sized version of the board as well. This particular version used world heritage sites from India in place of cities. 16 different sites and monuments were selected which included temples, natural sites, Victorian & Mughal sites. Contestants had to answer questions related to a particular site in order to buy it.
About a total of 1000 people registered for the games for the duration of the event. The students who won received unique prices. For Saripat potsherd replicas decorated with designs dating back to Mahabharat were given which were hand painted by the students itself. Winners of What the Fort and Mokshapat received a bookmark given upon which the names of the winners were written in Modi Script while those who won in Monument Monopoly got postcards with the winners’ names in Modi script. There were around 250 winners altogether by the end of day 5. The aim of this event was to educate people about the importance of our culture and heritage in a fun and interesting way by making them play various games, which was fulfilled successfully.
WORKSHOP ON 'STORY WRITING''
On the 6th of August 2022, Saturday a workshop on 'story writing' in collaboration with 'Mind Matters' was conducted by Mrs. Kalindi Kale, Founder Director, Mind Matters Institute . It was conducted in the department of Ancient Indian Culture and was attended by a total number of 21 participants. The lecture dealt with a variety of topics regarding story writing and creative writing, spanning over a time period of 4 hours.
WORKSHOP ON GREEK COINAGES
On the 3rd of August 2022, Wednesday Dr. Mahesh Kalra, an expert in Numismatics was invited to conduct a workshop on Greek coinages in the department. The lecture was attended by Second year and Third year students. Dr. Mahesh Kalra taught students the Greek script and how to read it on coins. The session was very insightful and spanned over a time of two hours.
GUEST LECTURE'S BY ALUMNI OF THE DEPARTMENT
On the 23rd and 30th of July 2022, the departments alumni students Mr. Nishad Raut and Ms. Shwetal Patil were invited to lecture students on various topics dealing with tourism and world heritage sites. On the 22nd they gave lectures on 'World Heritage Sites' & 'Museology & Signage' respectively. This lecture spanned over 30 minutes each & was attended by TV & S⋅Y students. Whereas on the 30th of July they took sessions on 'MTDC-ITDC' and 'Museum Management' respectively.
THE CERAMICS WORKSHOP
Pottery is like the jack of all cards when it comes to understanding multiple aspects of any archaeological site, from the kitchen to their burial sites we see our ancestors using pottery in many ways. It is extremely important for an archaeologist to be able to analyze the ceramics found at an archaeological site. In order to equip students with the knowledge of ceramic analysis, the Department of Ancient Indian Culture organized a two-day ceramics workshop on the 6th and 7th of June, 2022. The workshop was conducted by Dr. Prabodh Shirvalkar, who is an assistant professor at the Deccan College Post-graduate and Research Institute: Deemed University. The theoretical knowledge of methods and techniques used for ceramic analysis was given on the first day whereas the second day consisted of practical learning, participants tried their hand at technical drawings of the pottery and computer applications under the guidance of Dr. Shirvalkar sir and Mr. Shashank Babu.
A TRIP TO KANHERI
With a view of giving back to society, the students of Sathaye College (Autonomous) participated in volunteering work under the aegis of the Teach to Lead foundation, for Teach for India. On 30th April 2022, they took about 40 underprivileged 6th graders of Rose Mary High school for an educational trip to the Kanheri Caves on a field trip. Cave numbers 1 to 4 were explained by the student volunteers of Sathaye from the Department of AIC. The student volunteers told them about cave excavation and explained Buddhist cave architecture in a story format, with an aim of developing their interest in archaeology and heritage. The curiosity and energy levels seen in the children were refreshing and helped our student volunteers understand the site on a better level. It was a learning experience not only for the students who were given exposure to the heritage and history, but also for the student volunteers who learnt how to educate children from various backgrounds.
On completing 75 years of independence Swaraj 75 was an interdisciplinary seminar held on the 25th of March, 2022 under the theme “Redefining the narrative of freedom struggle in the Indian subcontinent (from 1498 to 1947)”. The seminar was jointly conducted by the Department of Archaeology, Centre of Extra-Mural Studies, University of Mumbai, Sathaye College (Autonomous), and Itihas Sankalan Samitee Kokan Prant, Rambhau Mhalgi Prabodhini, and Northern lights. The chief guest was Dr. Anuradha Ranade, the retired principal of K.V. Pendharkar college. The president of the session was Professor Dr. Arvind P. Jamkhedkar the Chancellor of Deccan College Post-Graduate and Research Institute: Deemed University.
This seminar was an excellent learning opportunity for all of the students attending this seminar as it had both academicians and students presenting papers. The seminar consisted of an inauguration program, and four plenary sessions, and ended with a valedictory session, with a total of 29 papers presented.
FIELD TRIP TO MAHAKALI CAVES
On the 22nd of March 2022, a field trip of the students of the Department of Ancient Indian Culture were taken to Mahakali caves from 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM. The field trip's objective was to develop a better understanding of the Buddhist caves and their interpretation. The First Year students who were stuck in their houses during the Covid-19 pandemic enjoyed this outdoor learning activity where they freely interacted with their classmates, seniors and teachers. They observed the architecture, iconography, inscription and other aspects which are important to understand an archaeological site. Prof. Dr. Suraj Pandit conducted the field trip and gave insights into the living conditions of the Buddhist monks in Mahakali caves. With the help of Prof. Pandit, the students studied the caves and tried to understand the cave architecture, its functions, settlement pattern and religious aspects of Buddhism.
STUDENT’S SEMINAR 2022
With the theme of ‘Cultural Heritage of South Asia’ the Student's Seminar was hosted by the Department of Ancient Indian Culture and Buddhist Studies on the 3rd of March 2022. It was a collaborative event held by the Department of Ancient Indian Culture and Department of History from Sathaye College (Autonomous) and Itihas Sankalan Samitee, Kokan Prant. with Shri. Chandrakant Joshi as the chief guest. The judges for this seminar were Shri. Surendra Tanna and Dr. Prachi Moghe. A total number of 17 papers were presented by students on topics related to culture, literature, traditions, communities, heritage, etc. After the paper presentations, the judges and the teachers, Dr. Abhidha Dhumatkar and Prof. Dr. Suraj Pandit gave their remarks, and ranks were decided. The 1st rank was given to Mr. Sarath Sasi, the 2nd to Mr. Nishad Raut, and the 3rd to Ms. Shwetal Patil and Ms. Pranjali Sathe. It was a very proud moment for the department as the 2nd and 3rd ranks were secured by students of our department.Photo Gallery


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Holidays in Pella, Greece
Have your holidays in Pella, Greece. Pella is a county developed at the border region of northwestern Greece with rich natural beauty and memorials of archaeological and historical importance. Major attractions of the county, which is within short distance of Thessaloniki city, is the ski resort on Kaimaktsalan (Vora), the world wide known waterfalls situated at the foot of Vermio, capital of Edessa- which attracts numerous visitors all year long- and the astonishing Vegoritida lake. There are, however, archaeological sites of exceptional importance such as the ruins of ancient Pella, the capital of the ancient kingdom of the Macedonians. The area is also famous for it’s all year long fruit production, a ‘sample’ of which one should taste while having holidays in Pella, Greece.


We have recently published a summary of our 2023 achievements. This short summary PDF covers the work done this summer toward the establishment of the Parrhasian Heritage Park, as well as the summer field season of the Mt. Lykaion Excavation and Survey Project.
Park Planning Brochure 2023
2023 Dedication of Andritsaina House
During the 2023 PHP season, the team celebrated the generous gift by Dr. Mary Voyatzis of her family home in Andritsaina. The home is being converted by a team of local architects to become a research center dedicated to the study of the area within the Parrhasian Heritage Park.
2019 Presidential Conference
On May 31, 2019 a group of PHP representatives met with the President of the Hellenic Republic, Mr. Prokopios Pavlopoulos. PHP representatives included Dr. David Gilman Romano, Dr. Mary Voyatzis, Dr. Costas Cassios, Dr. Demetris Papakonstantinou, and Dr. Nota Pantzou.
The purpose of the conference was to discuss the area that has been proposed to become Greece’s first large scale cultural heritage park.
2016 Meeting with the President of Greece
David Gilman Romano (right), Mary Voyatzis (left) and Costas Cassios (center right) met with the President of Greece, Procopis Pavlopoulos in July 2016 in his office in the Presidential Palace in Athens to discuss the Parrhasian Heritage Park of the Peloponnesos. The President promised to work directly with us towards the formal creation of the Park.
2011 Alliance Meeting
Plans for the future of the Park were discussed at the first meeting of the Park Alliance on July 31, 2011. Held in Megalopolis, the Governor of the Peloponnesos Dr. Petros Tatoulis presided.
A supportive statement from the Minister of Culture, Pavlos Gerolanos was read at the meeting by Dr. Anna Karapanagiotou. Brief talks were given by Dr. Tatoulis, Dr. Takis Bouras, Dr. Costas Cassios, Dr. David Romano, Dr. Mary Voyatzis, Mr. Mark Davison and Ms. Ximena Valle.
2010 Planning Workshop
This event brought experts and locals together to ideate on the protection of natural, cultural and scenic resources while promoting local livelihoods and traditions. By the end of the workshop, participants developed a mission statement, list of goals, and a design concepts to guide park development.


Previously, we wrote a post about some must-shoot places in NYC—places that are pretty well known. Here, we bring you the weird places—the places to photograph that aren’t in your NYC travel guides!!
North Brothers Island
The North Brothers Island is on the East River that has a murky history. This is the site of Riverside Hospital that once treated people with quarantine diseases such as smallpox and Tuberculosis. North Brothers Island is also the home of Typhoid Mary. She lived here the last two decades of her life.
North Brothers Island is now a bird sanctuary. However, the remains of the hospital and other buildings have rooms there that are perfectly intact.
At Hart Island, you will find the largest publicly-funded cemetery in the world that has over eight hundred thousand bodies buried there. It has been considered a prisoner of war camp and a women’s asylum. Bodies started to be buried there during the American Civil War.
At Hart Island, you will be able to photograph the remains of the original Chapel, the prisoner camp, and the asylum.
Kings Park Psychiatric Center
This is a banded psychiatric hospital on Long Island that treated hundreds to thousands of patients from 1885 all the way to 1996. Kings Park Psychiatric Center is now a state park for people to visit. It is said to be haunted with paranormal activity.
Tug Boat Grave Yard
This is where you can find the final resting place of about two dozen rotting tugboats. The tugboats here are dated back to the early twentieth century. This is an awesome spot for those of you who love maritime history.
Dead Horse Bay
This is a horse rendering plant that turned into a landfill. It is now a place for people to go and find all kinds of wonderful treasures from the past centuries, from the eighteen-fifties all the way to the nineteen thirties. This was the place that people brought dead horses and many other animals to make things such as fertilizer and glue.
The reason to visit here and use your photography skills is that you will find treasures from generations past. You will also find things to photograph such as bones from the animals that were put here after they died.
Pretty. Freakin’. Cool.
Now go out and SHOOT!!!


|Posted on July 12, 2014 at 3:40 AM|
In this article of 'The Tea Files', I am going to provide a very brief and humble review about the origin of Korea's Jirisan, Hwagae Valley, nokcha which is also referred to as the 'King's Tea.'
Below is a picture that I took of a neat poster which appears to be one of King Heungduk of the Shilla Kingdom or possbly King Sejong, the inventor of Hangeul, the Korean alphabet, pouring himself what may possibly be a cup of Hadong wild green tea.
Jirisan, Hwagae Valley tea seeds originated from the foggy and misty mountains of China. This particular tea plant is a hardy, slow growing camellia sinensis variety. The varietal is called camellia sinensis v. sinensis. It has small, slender tea leaves that can survive under very cold weather conditions recorded to be as as low as -5°C/23°F. This was an important consideration because the camellia sinensis varietal would have to be able to withstand very cold Korean winters. Presumably, Korean winters were much colder in those days.
How did this tea varietal make its way to Korea?
The answer to this question, and by the way, this is a very short answer, I discovered at the Hadong Tea Cultural Museum in Hadong, Hwagae Valley, South Korea.
Hadong is considered to be the 'Holy Land' of tea according to historical records of the Samguk Sagi (The Three Kingdoms.)
In the Samguk Sagi, it has been recorded that Kim Dae Ryeom, a royal envoy during Korea's Shilla Dynasty in 828 AD., was ordered to go to China's Tang Dynasty by royal orders of King Heungduk. His mission was to return to Korea with camellia sinensis tea seeds on behalf of King Heungduk who was the reigning monarch at that time. It is also worth mentioning that at the time it was illegal to take tea seeds out of China because the Chinese allegedly wanted to keep a monoply on their valuable agricultural cash crop.
When Dae ryeom returned from China with the tea seeds, King Heungduk and Dae ryeom mapped out the ideal location to plant those first valuable tea seeds. It was determined that the prime growing location for those tea seeds would be on the southern facing slopes of Jirisan where they could flourish given the geography, nutrient rich soil, pristine rivers and streams, and ideal weather conditions for camellia sinensis to thrive in.
Several years later, it was a zen master by the name of Jin Gam, the founder of Ssanggye Temple, who began distributing tea around the local area and the culture of traditional tea (umm..) took root. From a historical and religious standpoint, Ssanggye Temple is reknowned as being one of the most sacred and oldest buddhist temples in Korea.
(Pictured below are steps leading to Ssanggye Temple's entrance)
A stone memorial near Ssanggyesa has been erected to mark the original location of the first tea cultivation site in Korea. The exact location is said to have been Unsuri, Hwagae Myeon, Hadong-gun, Gyeongnam Province.


Conveying classic excitement.
We were tasked by one of our favourite clients to produce a ‘sizzle’ reel for a new event they were holding at the historic Goodwood motor circuit.
The short film was to capture the excitement and colour of the event. It was also to feature the new house system The Goodwood Road and Racing club had introduced featuring a healthy amount of banter from the house captains.
This was actually just one of three separate videos we produced over the weekend, all of which were deemed by the client to be a huge success.