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Many people have asked me what the killer app is for Office and I have always replied that it depends on the customers' needs. This is still true, so I am not doing a U-turn on that, but one thing people are always after is some form of CRM solution, but moving people to MS-CRM has an associated expense and complexity. BCM in Office 2003 was a nice package, but suffered on account of mobility, sharing account information and scalability.
Office 2007 has addressed these issues and is now an amazing product. To see what it can do I strongly recommend you go and watch the small flash demo at http://office.microsoft.com/search/redir.aspx?AssetID=HA101759211033&Origin=HH101878561033&CTT=5 . When you load it onto your system (yes, I have it loaded on my work system connected to Exchange) you get the following mail that explains what it can do. I have bolded the sections I think are the most important.
One of the really interesting things is that many customers say they want some form of contact management system, but are far less interested in the marketing side. When you drill down into this, it is often because they consider it too hard and complex. Once they have seen how easy it is to deliver a campaign professionally with Office 2007, it is often the area that excites them the most and BCM can manage and monitor this for them, ensuring they understand what gives them value and that they follow up with customers as needed.
If your customers could do with a bit of this - then Office 2007 is the product for them.
Welcome to Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 with Business Contact Manager, which combines the familiar appearance of Outlook with great new and updated features.
Customization - Tailor Business Contact Manager for Outlook to fit your business needs by customizing forms, lists, and reports.
Marketing Campaigns - Manage and measure the effectiveness of the marketing content that you create. Promote your brand, quickly see which Marketing Campaigns help you generate more business, and improve customer satisfaction. If you have created Marketing Campaigns before, Business Contact Manager for Outlook helps you distribute the Marketing Campaigns more effectively. If you're new to marketing your business, Business Contact Manager for Outlook guides you through the process.
Business Projects and Project Tasks - Manage your time and business better by using the Business Project feature. Business Projects give you a single place to store all related project information, tasks, and assignments so that you can quickly see who's doing what project task, and its due date. Easily share project information across your company. For example, you can assign project tasks to colleagues, which they can see in their To-Do Bar.
Offline - Take your data with you on your portable computer so that you can see how your business is doing at any time. View reports, follow up with customers, create new Business Projects, or just update Account and Business Contact information. When you return to your office, it is easy to synchronize the information.
Business Contact Manager for Outlook E-Mail Marketing Service - By combining the power of the E-mail Marketing Service* with Business Contact Manager for Outlook, you can send specifically targeted e-mailings to your customers, and keep track of the responses to your e-mailings. The E-mail Marketing Service is free to try and provides a cost-effective and powerful way to reach your customers in a personal way. To use the E-mail Marketing Service, create a Marketing Campaign, and then select the Campaign Type as E-mail and the Delivery Method as E-mail Marketing Service.
Home Page - Get a complete view of critical information through the centralized home page. This customizable home page helps you summarize your important business metrics and prioritize business tasks.
Leads or prospects - Differentiate leads or prospects from existing Business Contacts, and create customized reports.
Search Folders - Use Search Folders to gather Accounts, Business Contacts, Opportunities, Business Projects, or communication history items into a folder based on your criteria, such as all Business Contacts with an Excellent rating.
Improved Features!
Reports - Use one of the more than 50 reports to see the state of Accounts, Business Contacts, leads, Opportunities, activities, Business Projects, and Marketing Campaigns. Use the new report filtering capabilities to easily sort and filter data, and then export it to Microsoft Office Excel 2007 for further analysis.
Integration with accounting applications - When you combine Business Contact Manager for Outlook with supported accounting applications, your Business Contact information and financial history are seamlessly integrated. Sales opportunities can be easily converted into quotes, sales orders, and invoices in your accounting application. Go to the Microsoft Office Accounting Web site to see a list of supported accounting applications.
Sharing of customer data and communication history across your business - Sharing Accounts, Business Contacts, leads or prospects, and Opportunities gives you and your colleagues a rich view of all communications that your company has had with each customer. This feature gives everyone the shared customer history data that they need to respond faster and serve customers better.
Opportunities - Quickly organize, manage, and track all of your Opportunities, including details such as sales stage, potential value, and estimated close date, so you can assess potential sales and make better-informed business decisions.
Communication History - Enjoy immediate access to the history of your customer interactions. Items stored in the Communication History folder include business notes, phone logs, Opportunities, Business Projects, tasks, e-mail messages, appointments, and files. It's easy to share this communication history with your colleagues.
Import and Export - Easily import and export data from or to various applications and formats, including ACT!, QuickBooks, Access, Excel and many others. The enhanced mapping capabilities make it simple to transfer information from other applications that may have different fields than Business Contact Manager for Outlook.
*The E-mail Marketing Service is available only in select markets.
Posted Fri, Nov 24 2006 6:28 AM by David Overton
Filed under: Office System, CRM, Business
Paulie wrote re: What is the Killer App for Office 2007 - Business Contact Manager (BCM)
on Fri, Nov 24 2006 1:25 PM
Do you know if BCM 2007 can run in a terminal server environment as this was not supported in BCM 2003.
Kikker46 wrote re: What is the Killer App for Office 2007 - Business Contact Manager (BCM)
on Fri, Dec 8 2006 12:16 AM
I can't install the business Contact Manager because he doesn't look if the Microsoft Office 2007 Interop Assemblies are already installed...
David Overton wrote re: What is the Killer App for Office 2007 - Business Contact Manager (BCM)
on Fri, Dec 8 2006 9:02 AM
On the BCM install - I presume this is all using Office 2007 RTM code? If so, go back to the Office 2007 setup and add the interop libraries, or simply tell it to install everything to the local hard disk.
On the TS question - I need to go check, but I can't see why it will not run today.
Andrew Sadler (Microsoft) wrote re: What is the Killer App for Office 2007 - Business Contact Manager (BCM)
on Tue, Jan 30 2007 1:25 PM
Is there any chance you know how to import contacts and link them in to accounts - I have tried this by bringing in contact records and mapping to the parent account field but the impot seems to ignore this - have you any idea why this is or how I should be doing this, many thanks.
Adam Lapsevich wrote re: What is the Killer App for Office 2007 - Business Contact Manager (BCM)
on Fri, Feb 2 2007 4:08 AM
I've been beta trialing it for about 6 weeks and LOVE it. I just bought it the other day. I would love to figure out how to get it to work across my staff though. Does it work on any hosted exchange servers that you know of? How should I do this?
Second, if I put it on one computer in our office and we all share it, I use a laptop, will I be able to see the info when I'm on the road?? This is a bit confusing for me. I'd love to be able to make changes when I travel and have my staff do the same. Will it 'sync' when I return?
HELP! Thanks
on Fri, Feb 2 2007 11:51 PM
Andrew - not sure yet - I will try to find out
Adam - have a look at the BCM Database menu - you can share your database - do this on the 1st PC and then connect to it from the 2nd PC - that should do the trick - I will blog it in a day or so.
You might also find http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/thankyou.aspx?familyId=F24267EE-9AD5-4BE5-B888-C9A50AE395CA&displayLang=en helpful
chris wrote re: What is the Killer App for Office 2007 - Business Contact Manager (BCM)
on Wed, Feb 7 2007 12:25 AM
Do you know if Outlook 2007 w/ BCM installed directly on a win2003 server running exchange 2003 is supported? I know outlook 2003 wasn't...
Salomon wrote re: What is the Killer App for Office 2007 - Business Contact Manager (BCM)
on Wed, Feb 14 2007 7:52 PM
Sure you can "customize" forms by adding your own fields. But what it seems you can't do is remove standard fields or add/remove tabs...
Now i'm left with a single "user properties" tab with 40 of my fields crammed into a space and 2 other tabs with fields that I mostly won't use.
Now I understand that BCM is lightweight and any heavy mods should be left for MS-CRM (which I have toyed with extensively and is not for the faint of heart!). Its unfortunate that they have no solution that falls in between.
Chris - installing onto the server itself - no as Outlook and Exchange crash. However if you meant installing when Ouitlook connects to the server then this has been supported via a patch on BCM w/Outlook 2003 then the second release of BCM 2003 and again with Office 2007.
Salomon - there is customisation, but as you have said, it is limited. I wish there could be more, but this is one of the defining distinctions between MS CRM and BCM. BCM is an off the shelf solution with some customisation - MS CRM is 110% customisable, but therefore more complex.
jeff thompson jr wrote re: What is the Killer App for Office 2007 - Business Contact Manager (BCM)
on Sun, Feb 18 2007 6:17 AM
i am user bcm 2007 and oa 2007 with the data being shared between the two apps in a remote database. for the most part, it appears to do pretty well but i do have one desire with all this...as i am not a programmer, please forgive my ignorance but how can i have the information stored in my user-defined fields (of the business contact form) reside in the same database as all the rest of the information entered into the form? i presume that i will need to create some additional tables or columns in the database but how do i get the info from the form to go there when the form is saved? all i need is some direction as i would indeed like to learn this rather than have someone do it for me. any suggestions are greatly appreciated.
Greg wrote re: What is the Killer App for Office 2007 - Business Contact Manager (BCM)
on Tue, Apr 10 2007 1:00 AM
Too bad it doesn't sync with Office Live... pretty much makes both worthless to me.
so let me just make sure I understand this - having a sales and marketing tool that helps you manage your customes, shares sales and contact information between all your staff and enables you to do some reporting is not good enough unless the sharing happens using an online tool rather than something based on your LAN or SBS network?
Also, Offie Live does have a form of contact and lead sharing etc, but also gives you a domain, e-mail based on that domain, a wizard or frontpage based website and the power of Windows SharePoint Services - this is also of no use to you? With the cost point being £0 - yes zero for the domain, web and e-mail and something like £22 for the larger set of servies (WSS) - this is no use either?
They are both fantastic tools - if your needs are different, then I get it - otherwise.. I think they are good, maybe not as advanced for your desires, but considering what you DO get,and the price point (included in the price of Office SBE, Pro & Ultimate) - I would say amazing.
John wrote re: What is the Killer App for Office 2007 - Business Contact Manager (BCM)
on Wed, May 23 2007 8:21 PM
Outlook with BCM apparently requires a volume license to install on a Terminal Server. This has prevented us from upgrading to Office 2007 since we have volume licencing for Office Pro Plus only. Is there any way to download a seperate version of BCM 2007 or Outlook 2007 with BCM that can be installed on a Terminal Server?
Outlook with BCM only ships in 3 versions of Office - I know this is a pain. I will ask, but I suspect that you need either Small Biz, Pro (not Pro Plus) or Ultimate. Outlook with BCM does not require a Volume License to run inside Terminal Services. Office 2007, all components, has to be licensed using VL to run under TS.
I will ask and get back to you.
John McCarvill wrote re: What is the Killer App for Office 2007 - Business Contact Manager (BCM)
on Tue, Jun 5 2007 6:18 PM
We are using BCM as a nice, rich, Outlook-based client for accessing our other online systems. We have been able to do some pretty interesting modifications to BCM that, although unsupported, allow us to integrate it with other products such as a highly customized Microsoft CRM-based business portal as well as customize the base forms within BCM. Our custom BCM logic allows us to modify the BCM forms as well as to perform high-performance background synchronization with other online systems. If you are interested, take a look at our website for more info: http://www.consultimc.com/ContentPage1.aspx?Content=Product-IT-BCMPortalClient I'd be glad to help others develop their BCM-based solutions, John
Tad Cooper wrote re: What is the Killer App for Office 2007 - Business Contact Manager (BCM)
on Fri, Jun 22 2007 1:27 PM
We have recently started migrating some of users to BCM 2007 - mainly those sales and marketing people who travel with laptops. The reason we went to 2003 was the ability to share the data and take a local copy on the laptops. We also have inside people who do not have to travel and have 24-7 access to the server from their desktop. Do you know how I can integrate BCM 2003 users and BCM 2007 users?
do you mean the main reason you went to 2007 was the ability to share? Anyway, you just to clarify - is your question can you have some people on 2003 and some on 2007 against the same database?
Duane wrote re: What is the Killer App for Office 2007 - Business Contact Manager (BCM)
on Thu, Jul 19 2007 9:51 AM
Were you able to get a response to Paulie's question regarding running BCM 2k7 on TS David? (Nov-06)
We have a client that wants to run BCM 2k7 on a 2k3 TS with all user RDP client profiles loading Exchange 2k3 mailboxes. As Exchange mailboxes cannot be loaded on a TS in Cached Mode and BCM requires Cached Mode to function, how does this work (if at all)?
Hagen wrote re: What is the Killer App for Office 2007 - Business Contact Manager (BCM)
on Fri, Jul 27 2007 12:48 AM
I would also like to know if BCM 2K7 will run on TS 2003. we have several remote users that only connect via remote desktop (we are a rural but very large Ag Co. and our only internet connection is via satellite thus limiting VPN connections) We are currently migrating to BCM 2K7 from Outlook 2003. We switched from one user that had goldmine (very clunky) and need to have everyone that is remote be able to use BCM 2K7.. is this possible in a TS environment? PS. An upgrade to our current Office 2003 Pro on the terminal server failed and I had to back everything off and restore multiple settings and files..
Traci wrote re: What is the Killer App for Office 2007 - Business Contact Manager (BCM)
on Fri, Jul 27 2007 9:55 PM
Where are the to-do list tasks stored in BCM? I've added follow-ups to my contacts and they show in OL2007 in the same list as my non-BCM tasks. However, I'm unable to sync them with my wireless device because the sync program only looks in the Tasks folder (which only contains tasks not associated with BCM). I'm only running BCM locally on my laptop as I don't need to share the data with anyone else at this time. Thanks!
Rafal wrote re: What is the Killer App for Office 2007 - Business Contact Manager (BCM)
on Mon, Aug 13 2007 9:26 PM
How to customize BCM to make a quotation for client directly from Opportunity form or any ither place in Outlook ?
Andrew wrote re: What is the Killer App for Office 2007 - Business Contact Manager (BCM)
on Thu, Aug 30 2007 3:26 PM
I have a small business with 2 X PC's both running MS Vista Ultimate and MS Office 2007 Ultimate. BCM is used and shared between the 2 PC's.
On the PC which does not physically contain the database, I am able to go into an Account and create a 'follow up' - this follow up appears on both PC's 'to do' list and both PC's are then able to make changes to the follow up, as expected.
However, on the PC where the database is stored, upon creating a 'follow-up' it appears in the 'to do' list of that PC - however this follow up cannot be viewed on the other PC that doesn't have the physical database.
Any suggestions? many thanks in advance.
on Fri, Aug 31 2007 8:00 AM
is the action assigned to someone? If so, perhaps this is why it is only appearing on one to-do list. If this is not the case I will investigate more, let me know.
on Sun, Sep 2 2007 11:13 AM
Hi David, thanks for your comments.
I have spent more time investigating, and my initial comments were slightly incorrect:
PC 'A' - contains physical database
PC 'B' - shares the database from PC A
On PC A, I create a new Account (the new Account automatically appears on both PC's). I then go into that Account and create a 'follow up' - the follow up only appears in the 'to do list' of PC A.
On PC B, the newly created Account can be viewed (but not on the to do list as a follow up - no flag). I then create a follow up, it then appears on the to do list on PC B - from this stage onwards the to do lists on both PC's are synchronised. Whichever PC I go to and make changes to the follow up for the Account, the to do lists are synschronised.
This process happens the other way around too - meaning, if the Account and follow up are created on the PC B, the Account appears on the PC A, but the follow up does not (and so on).
It does the same regardless if assigned to someone or not.
This is the only way I can succesfully scynchronise the to do lists - this doesn't seem right. Is this a known problem with BCM?
I also note that when I create an Account on PC A and set it to 'non-active' (no tick in box - and it doesn't matter which PC I do this from), when I go to PC B and open up the created Account, it is set to 'active' - not a huge problem, but curious as to why this would happen?
Hope you are able to help. Many thanks in advance David.
Paul Watkins wrote re: What is the Killer App for Office 2007 - Business Contact Manager (BCM)
on Tue, Sep 18 2007 6:06 PM
I have read a lot about the benefits for BCM 2007 and its email marketing system and it seems to be exactly what I need but it seems the email marketing system is not available in the UK yet - any idea when it might be?
Tom wrote re: What is the Killer App for Office 2007 - Business Contact Manager (BCM)
on Thu, Oct 25 2007 8:53 PM
Yes BCM 2007 great improvement over previous and it integrates well with Small Business Accounting...but I'd like to use both BCM and Accounting in a WSS 3.0 enviroment on SBS to create a few workflows and can't find any info on that integration.
on Thu, Nov 1 2007 12:06 AM
Paul, I doubt the "marketing" piece will be available, however the tool is basically a list manager. BCM has those capabilities.
BCM and Office Accounting can be configured to work together, however I don't see how you could take the data which is basically stored in SQL and suddenly use WSS v3 to deliver workflow.
Ted wrote re: What is the Killer App for Office 2007 - Business Contact Manager (BCM)
on Thu, Nov 1 2007 8:38 AM
All the fancy stuff doesn't seem to me to address Outlooks basic and continuing failing - i.e the fact that contact information cannot be shared between PC's on an office network (yes I know all about the extremely complex and cumbersome Exchange) - but surely a straightforward sharing system is long overdue... I have another very cheap and basic PIM program which includes that facility .......... Ted
I disagree. BCM DOES allow sharing of information in the scenario you talk about and Small Business Server which has Windows Server, Exchange and much, much more is available cheaper than a Windows Server, is low maintenance and I think in the UK alone, several thousand partners would be able to tell you how a network centered on SBS has saved their customers money, time and given them much, much more than just "PIM sharing". If you want to really know more, e-mail a list of your network requirements to admin@uksbsguy.com and how much you think you would be prepared to pay for this and I will tell you how amazingly easy it would be to buy this with SBS.
Tyler wrote re: What is the Killer App for Office 2007 - Business Contact Manager (BCM)
on Thu, Jan 10 2008 7:34 AM
I have the same question Andrew Sadler did on the 30th of january last year. Did you ever figure out how to link the contacts to accounts during import? Mapping them to "Parent Account Name" doesn't seem to work.
Martin McCarthy wrote re: What is the Killer App for Office 2007 - Business Contact Manager (BCM)
on Tue, Feb 12 2008 3:34 PM
I have 2 small businesses that I currently keep track of using Access, I would like toi take advantage of BCM and eventually Microsoft Office Accounting. To be able to do this I will need to set up Contacts and Accounts in BCM. I can import the data into either the Contacts or the Accounts but I will then need to link one to the other separately, as I have over a thousand records to import this will take some time and effort. Is there any way of automating this (perhaps through SQL Server?).
Rod wrote re: What is the Killer App for Office 2007 - Business Contact Manager (BCM)
on Thu, Feb 14 2008 6:22 AM
I have the same question Andrew Sadler and Tyler asked.
Did you ever figure out how to link the contacts to accounts during import? Mapping them to "Parent Account Name" doesn't seem to work. I'm importing outlook contacts.
Luke Shaw wrote re: What is the Killer App for Office 2007 - Business Contact Manager (BCM)
on Sat, Mar 29 2008 12:46 AM
I want to run Sharepoint Services 3 on SBS 2003 and use BCM to act as a small crm system. Do you know of anyway to link the products so that you can get one view of you entire customer?
Lea wrote re: What is the Killer App for Office 2007 - Business Contact Manager (BCM)
on Mon, May 26 2008 3:55 AM
H David,
While searching for a solution to my problem I saw Andrew entry for September 2, 2007 entry.
Its the same issue as we are having and I wondered if there was ever a solution put forward for it.
Thanks Lea
Karan wrote re: What is the Killer App for Office 2007 - Business Contact Manager (BCM)
on Sat, Jun 28 2008 11:54 PM
I am trying to establish if it is possible to create (and view) relationships between people. We want to basically view who knows who sort of information.
George de Vries wrote re: What is the Killer App for Office 2007 - Business Contact Manager (BCM)
on Mon, Oct 20 2008 12:54 PM
I look at all answers in here but couldn't find a answer. So I will ask it again.... Will BCM 2007 work on a Terminal Server 2003/Citrix environment?


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Rossdale and Stefani met at radio station KROQ's big holiday gig in 1995, when both bands were on the bill. No Doubt went on to tour with Bush, and the couple then fell in love and married in 2002.
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"Ouch ouch ouch, it's done?!"
This was a scene re-played countless times in all elementary schools in Taiwan, in the 1950s. Here is another, from Taipics.com, children apprehensively queued up before receiving the shot:
Because of the loss of medical personnel to the Pacific War - many were drafted to serve in the Japanese military and never returned, there was a public health crisis in the post-war era. The long vanished black death and cholera actually made a comeback. As part of the 美援US aid, vaccines such as that for diphtheria, and BCG vaccines (BCG: Bacillus Calmette-Guérin, known in Taiwan as 卡介苗) became available. And programs such as mandatory vaccination and malaria eradication were instituted through the island-wide network of 衛生所Public Health Clinics.
In Tamsui, the Clinic was headed by Dr 蔡坤煌Tsai Kun-Huang. It was located next to Tamsui Elementary School with a huge front yard where a make-shift movie screen could be quickly erected and cartoons on health subjects shown in summer evenings. These cartoons were in English, so no one knew what the narratives were all about; although from the animated colorful pictures, even us kids could surmise that being bare-footed might be comfortable but bad for you, because some kind of parasitic worms could enter through between the toes and wreck havoc with your organs. Not that anybody we knew had contracted the disease whatever it was, we did love to squish an earthworm with our toes. Of course, we quickly lost interests in those black-and-white ones.
It was less sophisticated in other parts of Taiwan. This 1957 photo shows a mobile team of actors, playacting the diseases which houseflies and mosquitoes could carry; although this was already known to the Taiwanese, not to mention the also common knowledge that the dreaded plague was carried by rats (a bounty program was actually promoted in Tamsui during the Japanese colonial era, see here).
"Come -- let's all exterminate mosquitoes and flies!"
The medical tradition in Taiwan did recover, slowly but surely, from the loss of physicians, and medical and immunological assistants to the Pacific War, and continues to safeguard the health of the Taiwanese to this day.
淡水街長 洪以南 The First Mayor of Tamsui
Most friends of Tamsui will recognize this famed 1935 oil painting by 陳澄波 (1895-1947). On the upper right is the 紅樓 (Red Castle) built in 1895-99, home to the 洪以南 (Hong Yi-Nan) family (purchased in 1913, re-named 達觀樓). For years, it has sat idle, now a popular cafe-restaurant with a spectacular view of Tamsui.
洪以南 was actually the first mayor of Tamsui (from 1920 to 1924) who lived there for 14 years. The 淡水信用組合 that he had helped founded is still in business today.
Mayor Hong was an accomplished scholar, well-known for his poetry, calligraphy, and traditional painting. He was also a literature collector and the first leader of 瀛社, a poetry society in Taipei. A short biography is included in the recently published 淡水鎮志 vol 3 p 292 and reproduced here:
洪以南(1871—1927) 洪以南名文成,字逸雅,號墨樵,別署無量癡者。清淡水廳艋舺(今臺北市萬華)人。1871年(同治10),生於艋舺土地後街,1913年4、5月間,遷居淡水。道光中,其曾祖自泉州移往臺北。祖騰雲,經營米郊致富。以南幼穎異,祖喜之,延泉州名孝廉龔顯鶴課讀,受諸經子史詩賦。1895年,割臺,內渡晉江,參加童試,補弟子員,後為護產,攜眷返臺。1897至1901年,嘗任臺北縣辨務署參事,1897年授佩紳章,之後歷任艋舺保甲局副局長、臺北廳檢驗疫員、臺北協會臺北支部評議員、臨時臺灣舊慣調查會囑託、臺北廳參事,1914年9月25日任淡水區長,1920至1924年首任街長等職。洪氏善詩文,詩書俱佳,能畫蘭竹,且家饒於貲,乃蒐集各地散佚圖籍、碑帖、文物,購達觀樓以貯之,為北臺著名藏書之所。1909年與謝汝銓等共創瀛社,被推為第一任社長,時與當道相唱和。著有《妙香閣集》。子長庚,是臺灣第一位眼科醫學博士。1927年5月14日,洪氏因病去世。洪氏雖然只在淡水居住約14年,但因其交友廣闊,為人又熱心,除了擔任淡水區、街長外,更一手參與淡水信用組合的成立,在淡水的近代史留下了美好的名聲,其寓所―達觀樓亦讓後人緬懷當年文人雅士聚集飲酒作詩的風雅。
Hong Yi-Nan was from Manga (now WanHua), born in 1871, and relocated to Tamsui in May 1913. His great grandfather had migrated from QuanZhou to Taipei during the reign of Emperor DaoGuang (1821-50). Grandfather Ten-Yun became wealthy from the rice trade who, recognizing the extraordinary intelligence of the young Yi-Nan, had invited a famous scholar Kong Hsien-He from Quan Zhou to be his grandson's private tutor for the latter to learn literature, history, poetry, and rhapsody. In 1895, Taiwan was ceded to Japan, Yi-Nan moved to Jing-Jiang and took the Chinese national scholastic exam to qualify for officialdom. Later, to protect family estates in Taiwan, he traveled back with his family and was appointed to a series of official posts. On Sept 25, 1914, he became the Director of Tamsui District, and between 1920-24, Tamsui's first Mayor. Yi-Nan was well-known for his poetry, calligraphy, and traditional painting (of orchids and bamboo). He was also an avid literary collector, owner of a noted private library within his residence 達觀樓, and the first leader of 瀛社, a poetry society in Taipei. Yi-Nan's son Chang-Gun was the first MD ophthalmologist of Taiwan. Yi-Nan passed away on May 14, 1927 from an illness. Even though he had resided in Tamsui for only 14 years, because of his vast network of friends and unbridled generosity, he not only had administered Tamsui but had also participated in the establishment of Tamsui Cooperative, leaving behind a favorable imprint in Tamsui's modern history. His residence 達觀樓 also permits younger generations to look back and remember the graceful past of poet gatherings, complete with poetry composing, reading, and wine-sipping, at that time.
The Hong Family has kept a collection of vintage photos, including the art work done by Hong Yi-Nan, here:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/sunangen/225906044/in/set-72157594252244290
A quick example is the ballad composed by Hong Yi-Nan (exhibition in 北投文物館, est 1984):
Courtesy of Katy Biggs, great granddaughter of Hong Yi-Nan
The Cheng Map of China
In 2008, an old map was rediscovered in the Bodleian Library of Oxford University, after more than 350 years of neglect. It is now known as The Selden Map of China, named after its donor John Selden (1584-1654). The map appeared to have been made in ca 1624. After extensive restoration, it is now on display and also available on line, see:
http://seldenmap.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/map
Tonio Andrade has proposed in his book, "Lost Colony: the Untold Story of China's First Great Victory over the West" (2011 Princeton Univ Press), that the map might have been created by the Cheng Family, perhaps under the supervision of 鄭芝龍Cheng Zi-long (p 23). If true, then Selden's Map is actually the Cheng Map of China, 鄭芝龍航海圖.
Of particular interest are the markers denoting Taiwan which appears as two islands on the map. The one in the north 北港 might be the seaport of the same name in modern-day Yun-lin; although it could also be an ancient name now disused of Taiwan. In the south, 加里林 appeared to be the now 佳里 in Tainan. There are also several small islands off the north shore. They were probably Keelung or the 宮古群島. To the west of Taiwan was of course Hokkien with the major cities clearly marked out. 泉州 was the home base of the Cheng Clan.
Tomothy Brook in his "Mr. Selden's Map of China" (Bloomsbury Press, 2013) has suggested that the map "could have had impact on European cartographers" but didn't, for "by the time the map is on display in Oxford, it was too late to make any difference". How true.
Oddly, as far as the relationship between 鄭芝龍 and his mentor 李旦, Brook quoting from Andrade, as one of an unconfirmed homosexual nature. Much like the putative rape of Koxinga's mother Lady Weng, insinuating someone has been sexually violated is a traditional Chinese insult, a way of tarnishing his or her reputation. The official Qing history is fairly dubious in its claims when it comes to the Cheng Clan; unfortunately, the lies are still being perpetuated by students of this part of the history.
BK24 comes home
Mayor Tsai Yeh-Wei hailing from BK20, an exact replica of our beloved BK24
BK20 on the original re-fueling site
A view familiar to Tamsui-lang on their way to Tamsui Station to catch the train to Taipei
The Mackay sisters
http://catalog.digitalarchives.tw/item/00/08/36/de.html
This is a photo of Dr and Mrs George William Mackay偕叡廉 and their children. The three daughters were Anna Helen Mackay (偕安理,1912-2012), Isabel Minnie Mackay (偕明利,1917-2012), and the youngest Margret Mackay (偕瑪烈). Both Helen and Isabel passed away in Toronto and were buried in Mackay Cemetery in their hometown Tamsui. They were home-schooled in English but spoke fluent Taiwanese and were well-versed in Pe̍h-ōe-jī白話字 (language of the Holy Bible in Taiwanese).
On 7/19/2009 Michael Turton posted in his The View from Taiwan blog (http://michaelturton.blogspot.com/2009/07/previously-unrevealed-2-28-account.html) a letter written by someone who was "for years a marine advisor in the principal Chinese ports". The letter appeared to have been forwarded by Kenneth W Dowie, through Margaret Mackay, to a Dr Cameron. The letter described the 228 Incident of 1947 in great detail. [Note: Mr Dowie羅虔益 was the geometry teacher from 1913-1924 at Tamkang High School (founded by Dr George William Mackay) who had designed the well-known landmark on its campus, the Eight-cornered Tower八角塔.]
The 228 Incident did have an immense impact on every single Taiwanese at that time, and the Mackays were no exception. Indeed, Dr George William Mackay had to deal with the garrison commander 柯遠芬 on the release of Mr 陳能通, the principal of Tamkang High, who intervened and was immediately arrested when the military came to search for students allegedly involved in the uprising. Mr Tan was never seen again.
To make the story complete, Miss Isabel Mackay recalled in 1999 that her father and a brother were en route from Shanghai to Keelung when the Incident took place. The ship they were on had to turn back; although for unknown reasons, it turned around to resume its course a short time later, and eventually arrived in Port Keelung. They then traveled from Keelung to Taipei, and from Taipei to Tamsui. On the way, they witnessed common people indiscriminately shot and killed by the military. "慘不忍睹", they told the family. Miss Mackay lamented years later, "太悲哀,太悲哀".


The National Park of Foreste Casentinesi-Monte Falterona- Campigna, one of the most beautiful in Europe, where in the "silence" of forests, woods and clearings, reign undisputed wolves, deer, ungulates and birds of prey.... a succession of small and very small centers are crown of the pre-park area. The spectacular and grandiose Ridracoli Dam, whose artificial lake enters the lush forest; near Galeata, the Abbey of Sant'Ellero, millenary spiritual and political leader of the system of churches of the Esarcato of Romagna.
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There was a dog who loved a cat.
but I don't want to bite you.
When I don't see you, I miss you.
All I want to do is kiss you.
let's have a little chat.
and you feel the same way, too.
So, said Cat, let's leave it at that!
and promise you'll be my Valentine.
I'm so delighted that we're a pair.
while their friends clapped applause.
decided he must make his break.
in order to be really free.
Even though his friends said, "Dope!"
he swam along with a surge of hope.
But the sea was salty and very rough.
Wally said, "I'm not used to this stuff.
but now I am one seasick fish.
And my fins are turning pink.
I don't know what to think!"
dreaming of his lovely lake.
before you knew it, they were green and ripe.
Mickey knew, grew a stem.
and within a week she had a bud.
"every flower is your chum.
bringing joy to your heart.
but I can't taste a thing I eat.
seems to me almost more than human."
on every window and wall.
because something already there was trying to grow.
having a wife with a very green thumb.
to make space for your Mother's blooms.
but I can hardly see the ceiling.
went right to his head.
and a proud look in his eye.
But was Lucie's love a lie?
I started off with the goal of creating a book of poetry for children called "Silly & Serious." I wrote about 50 poems that I liked. Now I'm thinking that many of these poems--mostly they are little stories, page turners actually--could be a book unto itself.


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'Lore' Gets Director Barry Sonnenfeld
Lore Gets Director Barry Sonnenfeld
— September 25th, 2012
Director Barry Sonnenfeld is in talks to take the helm on Warner Bros.' fantasy adaptation Lore. We reported in April that Dwayne Johnson is set to star.
Cory Goodman and Jeremy Lott wrote the screenplay, adapted from the graphic novel by Ashley Wood and T.P. Louise. The story is set in a world where a secret society of Shepherds guard against mythical creatures told in folklore that actually exist. When the chain of command is broken, a young hero must do whatever it takes to stop these beasts.
Mad Chance Productions' Andrew Lazar is producing with Circle of Confusion's David Alpert and Rick Jacobs. No production schedule has been given at this time.
Barry Sonnenfeld last directed this past summer's Men in Black 3, which took in over $620 million worldwide.


While it is true that an Indian showed them how to use dried fish/ fish parts as fertilizer, the harvest was not abundant in 1621 nor 1622. Over half of the colonists died due to starvation and its attendant illnesses - the winter of 1620 - 21 claimed the majority. The governor of the colony, William Bradford, reported that the colonists went hungry because they refused to work in the fields. This was the result of reasonable human reaction to a requirement in the Mayflower Compact; "all profits & benefits that are got by trade, traffic, trucking, working, fishing, or any other means" was to be put into the common stock of the colony. Withdrawal was "all such persons as are of this colony, are to have their meat, drink, apparel, and all provisions out of the common stock." You are familiar with "from each according to his ability, to each according to his need."? Or, maybe you are too young to recall the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR); lasting only from Dec. 1922 until Dec. 1991 - - a mere 69 years.
This is important in economic foundation. You have plenty of time to Google Gov. Bradford's journal in order to research what policies he adopted in the Spring of 1623 - in order to turn a failing settlement into one of prosperity. He wrote, "For the young men, that were most able and fit for labor and service did repine that they should spend their time and strength to work for other men's wives and children without any recompense.". Bradford took the first steps toward establishing capitalism and the free market as this nation's economic foundation; he gave the colonists land. (Providence?) And, he allowed them to keep the fruits of their labors! Allowed them to trade as they saw fit. Imagine - - people working in their own best interests. The colony flourished. It flourished so well that not only did the colony have plenty; they paid off their loan early. - - - - Starvation to abundance!
Great article. Why do some people continue to believe socialism works. It has never worked, never will, and is a horrible thing to do to society. I guess if a person has the Brain Disorder that leads people to be Democrats, it seems like they have to keep trying until we collapse, it has to be painful to be that stupid. For those who think it is compassion to encourage socialism, that is a dreadful thing to do to anyone, it leads to a miserable demise every time!


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22nd November 2019, London
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Icon ACR Conference 2019: Collaborative Working
Icon ACR Conference 2019
The Annual ACR Conference is taking place in London on 22nd November. It is only open to Icon's Accredited Members and is specifically designed to inspire them in their professional development.
This years' conference will be addressing the theme of collaborative working. Chaired by Sandra Smith ACR, speakers from inside and outside of the profession will discuss how conservators work with other conservators, other professionals, clients or even members of the public to shape the development of projects as well as their own professional development.
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Sandra Smith ACR, Head of Collections Care, British Museum
Session 1 | Advocacy
HS2 and collaboration in the heritage sector
Helen Wass, Head of Heritage, HS2
Before we build the bridges, tunnels, tracks and stations for HS2 an unprecedented amount of archaeological work will take place – the largest ever programme of investigation in the UK. We can only achieve this through collaboration with our stakeholders and supply chain. My talk will outline the opportunities and challenges that HS2 offers in terms of knowledge creation, engagement and legacy. With site works now underway there will be recent discoveries to share.
'Making an impact' an effective conservation partnership for small independent museums
Emma Chaplin, Director and Justeen Stone, Programmes & Finance Officer, Association of Independent Museums
The Association of Independent has over 1000 member museums across the UK who care for a large and significant range of historic objects and collections. They range from fine art collections to locomotives, textiles to ships, decorative art and social and industrial history collections. Over 70% of our members have fewer than 20k visitors a year and struggle to find the resources and expertise to meet their collections care and conservation needs. AIM's partnership with the Pilgrim Trust over the last 10 years and, more recently, with Icon, has developed a complementary range of grant schemes from audit to collections care to remedial work. Emma Chaplin, AIM Director and Justeen Stone, Programmes and Finance Officer, will explore the impact of the schemes and lessons learned for both museums and conservators
Take me to your Leader!
Ylva Dahnsjo ACR, Director, Ylva Dahnsjo Conservation
This paper will consider collaborative working in various contexts, and its complicated and rewarding inter-relationships. It will compare and contrast the pan-disciplinary structures of major conservation organisations with recent large projects in the private sector, where conservation is only one part of the jigsaw. It will chart the exhilarating roller-coaster rides of working for clients who are themselves an integral part of the material culture and it will try to "see ourselves as others see us", and to talk about the secret symbols among professional groups.
Session 2 | Excellence
Exeter cathedral medieval stained glass
Steve Clare ACR, Director, Holywell Glass
In 2018, as part of the cathedral's medium and long term conservation planning, architect Camilla Findlay commissioned Steve Clare to carry out a full condition survey of all of the stained glass in the cathedral. The Clerk of Works Chris Sampson, and cathedral archaeologist John Allan gave generous assistance to the survey process. Steve will discuss his experiences of working as part of this collaborative project and how he brought in additional expertise to contribute towards this important project.
Using an ATP hygiene monitoring kit and usb microscope to identify mould on archival documents
Natalie Brown, Senior Conservation Manager - Engagement, The National Archives
Mould in archival collections is a common challenge. Conservators are often required to identify mould and make treatment decisions based on nothing more than analysis of the affected document with the naked eye. As mould cleaning of archival documents can be costly and time-consuming, conservators need a quick tool that improves the accuracy of identification. Adenosine Triphosphate (ATP) hygiene monitoring kits are used extensively in the health care and food and beverage industry to measure surface cleanliness. They are rapid, non-destructive tests that quantify the presence of ATP molecules, which are found in all life forms. As ATP is present in fungi, complementary research projects were undertaken with researchers from the National Trust to adapt testing procedures to identify mould in paper collections. Through this knowledge sharing opportunity we were able to support each other's findings, share data and resources in order to adapt this technology in two different contexts. Natalie's talk will discuss how the test was adapted to be used in combination with a USB microscope, considerations when using different testing kit types, the protocols created and the pilot study at the National Archives to introduce the method to inform decision making on conservation treatments.
Developing a sector-wide toolkit for workforce research
Anni Mäntyniemi, Policy & Communications Manager, Icon
Stephen O'Reilly, Director, Loud Marketing
Throughout 2019, Icon has been working with Loud Marketing, the Chartered Institute for Archaeologists and Historic England to develop a Labour Market Intelligence (LMI) toolkit that will enable the collection, analysis and reporting of LMI within the heritage sector. The project aims to empower heritage organisations with a mechanism to independently conduct workforce research on a regular basis and to provide data that can be cross-referenced and compared across different subsectors. Anni and Stephen will present the results of the project and outline the central role collaborative working played in delivering a toolkit that is relevant and accessible to all bodies and organisations wishing to survey the heritage workforce.
Session 3 | Engagement
Cross disciplinarity in Conservation
Dr Renata Peters, Associate Professor in Conservation, UCL
Regardless of specialism, the conservation process today can be described as a cross-disciplinary and recursive. This talk will draw on archaeology, ethnography, contemporary art and cross-disciplinary teaching to explore implications of cross-disciplinarity for conservation thinking, practice and training.
Integrating Refugees into a Conservation Volunteer Team
Dr Christian Baars ACR, Senior Preventive Conservator, National Museum Wales
In 2016 National Museum Cardiff broke new ground when the first refugee was integrated into its Preventive Conservation volunteer team. The team had only been set up one year previously and had recently started operating in galleries during opening hours with the intention of increasing public engagement with conservation activities. The introduction of a refugee from Eritrea was undertaken with careful planning and only after preparing both the refugee and the volunteer team. Taking time to plan this process paid off, because integration was almost seamless and had positive impacts on the refugee, the volunteer team and the museum. The volunteer team operated as before the introduction and continued to make important contributions to the care of collections in stores and public galleries. The refugee had his asylum claim approved and eventually moved on into paid work.
Training prisoners and ex-prisoners in textiles and fine needlework
Dr Katy Emck OBE, Founding Director, and Wendy Cramer, Workshops and Training Manager, of Fine Cell Work
Fine Cell Work is a charity which trains and pays prisoners and ex-offenders to create high quality, hand-embroidered and quilted products which are commissioned by and sold to museums, interior designers, artists and private customers. This talk will outline the process by which these products are made; as well as the numerous collaborations with prisons and probation, other charities, training, arts and rehabilitation organisations and businesses willing to employ ex-offenders, which are necessary in order to successfully train and rehabilitate offenders through the making of textile products.
Session 4 | Quick fire presentations
National Trust 'Hands On or Hands Off Project'
Catriona Ward ACR, Ward & Co.
The Hands On Or Hands Off project was set up in response to a regional challenge that we were seeing at National Trust properties - an increase in accidental damage, more wear & tear and pinch points and reports from volunteers and visitors of more confrontational incidents and challenging conversations. This two year project has been looking at how we connect people with our conservation work in a consistent, clear and creative way. It has involved a group of property and volunteer leads from 5 properties: Attingham, Greyfriars, Sudbury, The Workhouse and Upton, who have been supported by a multi-disciplinary team including Conservator, Curator, Volunteering & Participation, Visitor Experience, Gardens and Digital Consultants led by freelance Project Conservator, Catriona Ward.
Working toward being a welcomer as opposed to a gatekeeper
Peter Martindale ACR, Peter Martindale Conservation
Collaboration of a Private Conservation Practice
Veronika Vlková ACR, Director, Mareva Conservation Limited
Redevelopment of the Conservation Register
Michael Nelles, Head of Membership, Icon
A call to Action!
What does accreditation mean to you?
Sarah Peek ACR, Director, Sarah Peek Conservation.
Dr Christian Baars AMA ACR is the Senior Preventive Conservator at National Museum Cardiff. He worked as a palaeontological preparator before managing a programme of collection reviews in 18 Welsh museums to improve the use, visibility and conservation of collections. He has been coordinating the care of three million objects across five collection disciplines at National Museum Cardiff since 2014. Christian is Treasurer of the Federation of Museums and Art Galleries in Wales, and a member of the ICOM UK committee where he represents international aspects of the conservation profession. His interests lie in using multidisciplinary scientific enquiry to develop improvements for the care of museum collections, and in enhancing the public profile of heritage preservation.
Natalie Brown, Senior Conservation Manager – Engagement, The National Archives
Natalie is the Senior Conservation Manager – Engagement at The National Archives. In her role she leads on developing and managing programmes of public, academic and policy engagement, as well as researching the integration of new technologies into conservation practice. Prior to joining The National Archives, Natalie worked for the European Research Infrastructure for Heritage Science where she led the UK hub's communication activities. Natalie trained as a paper conservator and heritage scientist, and is currently completing her PhD at the Institute for Sustainable Heritage, University College London. Her thesis focuses on the assessment of near-infrared spectroscopy as a collection survey method for library collections. Her varied roles and research have led to a keen interest in data-driven research, accessible technologies and the assessment of impact in conservation practice. For the past four years Natalie has sat on the Icon Heritage Science Committee, and also sits on the National Heritage Science Forum Communities working group.
Emma Chaplin, Director, Association of Independent Museums
Emma Chaplin has worked in curatorial and senior management roles in independent and local authority museums in England and Wales for over 25 years as well as running a successful consultancy business, specialising in collections management and business planning. She has been Director of the Association of Independent Museums (AIM) since early 2018. AIM supports, champions and advises over 1000 member museums across the UK and is an Arts Council England Sector Support Organisation. AIM members range from some of the biggest attractions in the UK such as the Black Country Living Museum and the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust through to small community museums that are run by volunteers. Emma holds the Fellowship of the Museums Association, is a Trustee of the Port Sunlight Village Trust and a member of the Canal and River Trust's Museum Advisory Board.
Steve Clare is stained glass conservator by Royal Appointment to Her Majesty the Queen. He is an Icon ACR accredited conservator, and national Stained Glass Adviser to the National Trust. Steve founded Holy Well Glass in 1995 after training at The Glasshouse in Fulham, and a decade working with Alfred Fisher at Chapel Studio. In a long career, he has supervised major projects at the cathedrals at Wells, Winchester and Exeter, and at St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle as well as numerous parish churches, Steve has acted as consultant to some of the most significant buildings in England, including King's College Chapel at Cambridge. Holy Well Glass Limited, and Holy Well Design operate from a remarkable medieval water mill in the beautiful city of Wells in Somerset, with a large staff working on historic glass conservation and contemporary work, including collaborating with contemporary artists in the realisation of their creative works in glass.
Wendy Cramer, Workshops Manager, Fine Cell Work
Wendy is a textiles teacher with many years working with diploma and degree students. Now managing Fine Cell Work's training programmes across over 20 prisons, where she has been instrumental in establishing and running Fine Cell Work's 'Open the Gates' project, working with offenders post-release in our Battersea studio.
Ylva Dahnsjo is an independent conservator, educator, and writer who works internationally with material culture. She is passionate about the environment and is convinced that conservators have a major role to play in sustainability by sharing their skills and insights widely. She has held senior management roles in major conservation charities and designed several large state- of- the- art conservation facilities with public and private money. She has served as an Icon Trustee, as President of ECCO and was External Examiner for the University of the Arts London MA Conservation at Camberwell College. She is an ACR, a Fellow of IIC and of the Linnean Society of London, and an active member of Fashion Revolution.
Dr Katy Emck OBE, Founding Director, Fine Cell Work
Dr Katy Emck is Founding Director of Fine Cell Work, the charity that trains British prisoners to do fine commercial needlework. She has worked for the charity for 22 years, helping to develop a national network of volunteers who now work in 24 prisons with 600 prisoners annually, and to establish Fine Cell Work as a brand selling top quality soft furnishings made in prison. She has also taught and performed theatre in US and UK prisons and worked as a literary journalist.
Anni is the Policy and Communications Manager at Icon. She works closely with the Chief Executive to enhance Icon's advocacy capacity and to influence the policies of governments, NGOs and other voluntary and professional bodies. In her role as Project Manager, she oversaw the day-to-day operation of developing the LMI Toolkit. Before joining Icon, Anni worked as a current affairs officer at the US Embassy in London, specializing in Northern European politics. She has four years of curatorial experience, having worked in various research roles at Historic Royal Palaces. Anni has a BA in Art History from the University of Sussex and an MA in the Principles of Conservation from UCL
After graduating in Fine Art, Peter Martindale ACR undertook a three-year apprenticeship in the conservation of wall paintings at Canterbury Cathedral Wall Paintings Workshop. He then worked for a number of conservators in the private sector on wall paintings, paintings and stone before founding his own company in 2003. Over the years, Peter has played an active part in Icon Stone and Wall Paintings Group, co-organising a number of conferences. He is an Icon Mentor, member of the Science and Heritage sub-committee of the Royal Society of Chemistry and a trained yoga teacher.
Michael Nelles,Head of Membership, Icon
Michael Nelles previously worked for six years in the museum sector in Hampshire. He worked at the Old Maritime Museum in Southampton as a Curatorial Assistant after he finished his first degree in History in Canada. That led to a frontline management role at Winchester Museums, and while there he joined the Committee of the Hampshire Field Club and Archaeological Society as Hon Membership Secretary. He is currently studying for a PhD in History.
Stephen O'Reilly, Director, Loud Marketing
Stephen O'Reilly is business consultant working for a range of clients, with particular emphasis on the membership space. He helps clients improve performance through more effective communication and engagement. The process often starts with strategic advice and the delivery of insight and intelligence through market research. Branding and marketing communications campaigns and collateral often follow. Through Loud Marketing, Stephen provides a flexible extension to his clients' resources and often becomes a trusted advisor.
Sarah Peek ACR, Director, Sarah Peek Conservation
Sarah began her career as an Art teacher working with primary age children before moving back to the UK to undertake her Postgraduate Diploma in Ceramic Conservation and Related Materials at West Dean. Shortly after completing her training, Sarah established her own practice, Sarah Peek Conservation in 1996, which has gown and developed enormously over the last 20 years. Sarah became Chair of the Icon Accreditation Committee in 2019, having previously been the representative for Ceramics and related materials, and Vice Chair of the Committee.
Dr Renata Peters, Associate Professor in Conservation, Institute of Archaeology, University College London
Dr. Renata F. Peters runs the MA Principles of Conservation at UCL, where she has been working since 2005. She is an object conservator with a background in Fine Art and a keen interest in conservation decision-making, especially in how the interactions between manufacturing techniques, raw materials, uses and values associated with objects affect conservation approaches. Renata has worked with different kinds of collections in South and North America, Europe and Africa. Her research focuses on collections originating from indigenous nations from the Americas, but she also has extensive experience with archaeological conservation. Currently, she is the conservation lead of a cross-disciplinary project in Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania.
Sandra Smith ACR, Head of Collection Care, British Museum
Sandra Smith is Head of Collection Care at the British Museum. Prior to taking up this post in February 2019 , she was Head of Conservation and Technical Services at the V&A, with an overview for the long term care of the V&A collections. Sandra has taken a leading role in the development of the conservation profession as the Co-ordinator of the Ceramics and Glass working group of ICOM-CC, participating in working groups within Icon to develop career opportunities and education strategies in conservation. She was Senior Judge of the Nigel Williams Award, Treasurer of IIC and Icon and is a Trustee of the Gabo Trust and Vice President of IIC. Sandra is an accredited conservator and Fellow of International Institute of Conservation (FIIC) and the Society of Antiquaries (FSA). She was awarded Honorary Fellow by the City and Guilds art School in July 2019.
Veronika Vlková ACR is a Director of Mareva Conservation Limited formerly known as V A Conservation. Her company specialises in conservation of works of art, sculptures, monuments, memorials and historic buildings providing services and consultancy work for owners of private collections, museums, galleries, institutions, churches, cathedrals as well as local councils among others. Prior to setting up her own business, Veronika worked on prominent collections of the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford and Birmingham Museums Trust where she treated objects ranging from antiquity to contemporary pieces. In early days, she also worked for a number of private conservation companies in London and participated in large conservation projects such as the conservation of St Paul's Cathedral. Since 2010, Veronika has been giving lectures to post-graduate students in Conservation of the Built Environment at Birmingham City University on Conservation of Stone in Practice.
Catriona has worked in the heritage field in the UK and Australia for over twenty five years - in both the public and private sectors. Her specialisms are Project Management, Preventive Conservation and Conservation Management. She has managed many individual collections conservation projects, provides training in care of collections and has been a Project Conservator on several large historic building re-servicing projects.
Helen oversees the entire archaeology and built heritage work for the route between Manchester, Leeds, Birmingham and London. Much of Helen's career has been on linear infrastructure. She worked on High Speed One for nine years for Rail Link Engineering managing the delivery of the archaeological site and post excavation works. This proved the perfect hothouse for her current role.At HS2 Helen sets the project's strategy and standards for the historic environment, supported by many consultants, academics and contractors, together with Historic England and local authority specialists. Working in what she calls 'construction archaeology', Helen sees a key part of her roles as communication, explaining the what, why and how of the archaeological works to communities, colleagues and clients alike.
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With the latest release of Google Maps 7.0 for Android, Google also added incident info which it got so far from public sources. That's indeed very useful, since you might want to know why a road has traffic jam and appears in either orange, red or even black. However, today Google announced the next stage incident information. Following Google's earlier takeover of Waze, Google Maps for Mobile users will now benefit from real time incident reports from Waze users. This means when Wazers report accidents, construction, road closures and more on Waze, the updates will also appear on the Google Maps app for Android and iOS in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, France, Germany, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Switzerland, UK and the US.
The other way around, the Waze community will also benefit from the takeover by two new Google features Google features which will come to Waze. First, the Android and iOS versions of the app have been updated with Google Search. Wazers will now have access to even more search results when navigating. Google Search joins other search providers making it easy to find favorite businesses and any local address.
In addition, after a successful Beta test, the Waze Map Editor now includes Google Street View and satellite imagery to build out the map and make it easier to correct map errors reported by the community.
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Students accumulate the majority of the internship hours required for Texas licensure through Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experiences (APPE) which occur during the last year of the curriculum (P4). Additional hours are gained in problem-based, interactive experience courses during the P1-P3 years.
Responding to the requirements of a "health care team" concept of patient care services, the College of Pharmacy offers pharmacy practices experiences at The University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio, The University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical School in Dallas, The University of Texas at El Paso (through May 2019), The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, and at affiliated pharmacies and institutions in Austin, Temple, Waco, Dallas, Fort Worth, El Paso (through May 2019), Galveston, Houston, San Antonio, and the Rio Grande Valley.
APPEs during the P4 year provide students with intensive involvement in ongoing professional pharmacy services; interaction with fellow students in nursing, medicine, and other disciplines; opportunities to measure one's true capacity for professional achievement in a variety of innovative patient care environments; and opportunities to pursue special interests.
A description of some, but not all, of the APPEs offered in each of the regions can be found at https://utdirect.utexas.edu/phirst/rotation_list.WBX (UT EID required).
P4 Students begin APPEs in early July, and complete the Pharm.D. program the following May. This program is a full-time practical experience (seven six-week full-time rotations) during which the student spends the entire length of the P4 year away from campus.
Progression to the P4 APPE courses may take place only if the student has successfully completed all required didactic and laboratory coursework prior to the P4 courses. If, for some reason, the student's academic progression changes, it is the student's responsibility to contact an adviser in the Office of Student Affairs to make necessary adjustments. Students failing any courses subsequent to the region assignment process but prior to the P3 year will be delayed and may be assigned to a different experiential region depending on availability. Questions regarding progression or region assignments should be directed to the Office of Student Affairs.
Rotations are supervised by college faculty or preceptor-faculty as approved by the Texas State Board of Pharmacy (TSBP). Experiential hours gained are applied to the TSBP requirement for licensure. All TSBP internship requirements for licensure are fulfilled as a part of the College of Pharmacy curriculum.
APPEs ensure that students gain the best possible professional practice experience. Student activities, assignments, and projects are designed to develop contemporary clinical practitioners able to meet the increasingly complex health care and drug therapy needs of patients.
During the APPEs, a student's schedule may vary with each rotation. A minimum time commitment of 45-50 hours per week is common to all rotations. Thus, it is not recommended that a student have outside employment while in the experiential program. Financial assistance needed during the P4 year (APPEs) should be sought early in the curriculum. Loans and scholarships are available through the UT Office of Student Financial Services as well as through the College of Pharmacy.
Students should plan for extended hours during APPE rotations. The rotation day may begin as early as 6 a.m. and may last until late evening hours. Some APPEs may require overnight or weekend call. Adequate child and dependent care must be obtained prior to the start of rotations to ensure that interns can be at the rotation site during the hours required.


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Rebecca Campbell received her MFA in painting and drawing in 2001 from the University of California, Los Angeles. Campbell has exhibited nationally and internationally at L.A. Louver Gallery, Modern West Fine Art, Ameringer-McEnery-Yohe, Gagosian Gallery, the Phoenix Art Museum, the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and the Cornell Fine Arts Museum at Rollins College, among other galleries and museums. Campbell's work is regularly presented at art fairs including Art Basel, Art Basel Miami Beach, ARCO Madrid, and ADAA: The Art Show. Her work has been featured in publications including ARTnews, the Los Angeles Times, ART PAPERS, X-TRA, ARTWORKS Magazine, Art Ltd., The Huffington Post, and Artnet. She is an Assistant Professor of Drawing and Painting at California State University, Fullerton.


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Get to know John.
John started his career in technology as a PC salesman decades ago — just two blocks away from the Insight office in Montreal. Bringing things full circle is just a fitting coincidence, he notes. He didn't plan it that way.
While studying marketing and finance at Concordia University in Montreal, John thought he'd turn his part-time pharmacy job into a career. But a chance encounter in the university faculty lounge set him on a different course when he was recruited to sell computers. John worked full time as a salesman while attending night classes until his graduation in 1985.
He has sought out fresh challenges and opportunities from the start.
"Every career step I've taken, I've been a little outside my comfort zone," he says. "I really enjoyed the constant learning and constant challenge. It excites me."
From 1999 to 2005, he held sales leadership roles at Nortel Networks. Then, from 2005 to 2014, he worked at Juniper Networks as the Canadian enterprise general manager. His roles continued to broaden, and he joined Hewlett Packard Enterprise in 2014, working his way up to vice president and general manager in Canada.
"I've always been a person who took pride in understanding enough about technology to translate what it can do for the business."
He became Insight Canada's senior vice president and general manager in 2018 and was tasked with delivering Insight's four solution areas to the Canadian market. John relished in the opportunity to shift the Canadian business from focusing on Supply Chain Optimisation to delivering the full Insight value proposition to include the other three solution areas: Connected Workforce, Digital Innovation and Cloud + Data Centre Transformation.
John believes in a well-balanced approach to leadership, using a color-coded calendar to ensure he's spending enough time engaging and collaborating with his teams, clients and partners.
His competitive spirit and high energy carry him through each day as Insight Canada's leader. John believes in driving the success of everyone around him — and communication plays a critical role.
He defines the what and the why, so his team can find the how that leads to success. "It's a privilege to lead this team and finding motivation from them is easy."
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Vegetable tanning used to be very popular. It is more environmentally friendly but the physicals aren't as good. For example, the leather will change color quickly when exposed to sunlight. However, vegetable tanned leather does age and burnish well, so tanneries will often decide between chrome and vegetable tanning depending on the finish they intend to use. Lastly, wet white tanning involves using pure organic chemicals for environmental.


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There will be walk-by homeroom at the end of the day today. Please make sure you go to your homeroom to pick up your interim reports.
Boys Spring Rugby. Spring Rugby practice is set for today straight after school. All boys in Grades 10 to 12 interested in playing rugby this spring, come on out & be ready to go. Rugby practices will be Thursday & Sunday for the next 2 weeks. We need as many players as possible out to these early practices to set positions & prepare for the season ahead. See you all out tomorrow at 3:00 pm on our back field.
Hey Wildcats! Check out the Mindfulness Club's first karaoke event of the year! Come out tomorrow at lunch in the drama room for a fun, non-judgemental & musical environment. If you'd like to sing for this non-competitive event, please sign up at the office. Thank you!
Calling all Scientists! The Science Club will be having a lesson & discussion on the Leidenfrost effect, tomorrow at lunch in Mr. Yeung's Room, C221. Please note that attendance is mandatory if you would like to participate in next week's lab on the Leidenfrost effect. Feel free to stop by and learn something new!
Gung Hey Fat Choy Wildcats! The Multicultural Club & Ms. Sun's Mandarin 12 and AP students will be hosting a Chinese New Year celebrationin the Rotunda today. There will be games, prizes, and performances. Come out and show support by wearing traditional Chinese clothes or the colour red.
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After years of snubbing LGBTQ+ fans, WNBA is sports' most welcoming league
Jen DeMarco was 11 years old when the WNBA launched in 1997. She had been a devoted UConn women's basketball fan while growing up in Connecticut and loved collecting baseball and basketball cards with her family. But as soon as the WNBA tipped off, she began adding league player cards into the mix.
"It wasn't like what it is now — where you can see games or see videos or read about (the league)," DeMarco says. "So as a little kid, I collected cards and I would hunt for all the players I wanted. I'd see their uniforms and look at their stats. That was how I experienced the WNBA."
Years later, after DeMarco, 35, came out as a lesbian and move to New York City, she attended a Liberty game with friends. During a timeout, a group of lesbian fans began kissing and laughing as a planned protest against the league. When DeMarco asked her friend about it, the friend explained the WNBA wasn't supportive of its queer fanbase, so fans took it upon themselves to be as visible as possible in the crowd.
"I was confused," DeMarco recalls. "The W doesn't like gay people? Isn't half the court gay? What's going on? So, I felt like the league wasn't for me."
To newer fans, especially those in the LGBTQ+ community, this might sound surprising. The WNBA is one of the most — if not the most — progressive and diverse professional leagues in the world, where queer players are visible on and off the court and the need for publicly coming out or making a grand statement about their sexuality or identity seems unnecessary. Players also use their voices and platforms to support causes, speak out about social injustice, enact political change and raise awareness about issues. WNBA commissioner Cathy Englebert and company have not only embraced them for it, but actively uplifted and encouraged their messages.
It's hard to look back and acknowledge the WNBA wasn't always this way. But there was a time when the league overlooked the LGBTQ+ community, and intentionally marketed its players and basketball product as a way to specifically appeal to heterosexual fans instead — particularly men. They were not only overtly feminized, but straight players who were married and had children were often put front and center in promotional materials and league marketing, while queer players, like pioneer Sue Wicks, said they felt pressured to hide their sexuality and identity. Throughout the aughts, the WNBA mirrored American society when it came to LGBTQ+ issues and acceptance. And queer fans like DeMarco felt snubbed.
Then something shifted. A new generation of bold and outspoken players forced the WNBA's hand, and the league began turning toward the queer community instead. Veteran players like Sue Bird and Diana Taurasi, who had been in the league during its closeted years, finally felt empowered to be themselves. Pride parades and events took place regularly. Layshia Clarendon became the first non-binary player in league history. And when Candace Parker recently announced on Instagram that she had married European basketball player Anna Petrakova and they were expecting a child, social media comments were overwhelmingly supportive.
"I think that's just where the league was at. I don't want to say it was a natural progression, because I think that takes away from the players that had a hand in changing the league," says Camber Clemence, 35. "Had they not come around, the league might not exist. So did they come around because they had to, or did they come around because they wanted to?"
Clemence, an out lesbian who works in marketing and co-founded Cut Down The Net — an organization that provides resources and support for young girls in basketball — got into the WNBA during the 2020 "wubble" season in the thick of the pandemic. She chooses not to let the league's skeletons haunt her. For her, it's about the present moment.
Clemence, who lives in Florida, says: "It's really important to me to make sure my kids have things they can visibly see on (television) and feel like — we live in a very red area and especially right now with all the legislation being passed across the country and everything — you've got non-binary representation, everything across the spectrum in the league. And whether you're personally gay or identify a certain way, there's probably someone on the court you (relate to)."
Sue Bird (right), shown here after the 2020 Storm championship with fiancé Megan Rapinoe, is one of many high-profile out WNBA players. (Chris O'Meara / Associated Press)
Allyssa Eclarin, 31, agrees with Clemence when it comes to embracing the WNBA where it is now, and not just because they started Cut Down The Net together. It's personal.
Clemence and Eclarin recently partnered with a Miami girls AAU team, which is affiliated with Lynx star Sylvia Fowles. They are highly invested in women's basketball overall and champion inclusion.
"Just seeing the fact that you can be a professional and have your love life not be detrimental to your career was really great, because that was an insecurity I had and still sort of have about being out," says Eclarin, from California. "What I like about the WNBA is how open (the players) are with their sexuality. It made it easier for me, made me feel less alone. It feels very much like an afterschool club at times — just more welcoming and accepting rather than gatekeeping."
For Bailey Grey, a 32-year-old attorney living in Texas, the WNBA's evolution paralleled her own.
"The pivot that the WNBA did came around the same time that I was coming out and starting getting involved more in the queer community," she says. "It helped very much for me — like we were kind of growing together in a little bit of a way. So, I missed a lot of the harder times. I know that there was a lot of silence and a lot of avoidance of the obvious queer elephant in the room."
Grey, a trans woman, followed the NBA and other sports for years. She was in the pep band at Texas A&M and has been to both the men's and the women's NCAA Tournaments. When the Tulsa Shock moved to Dallas and became the Wings, Grey jumped at the chance to follow a local WNBA team. Her fandom has ballooned since then and the WNBA is the first sports league that has made her feel like part of a community. With other leagues, Grey says she feels like a passive participant. Her love of the WNBA has grown. And she has the jersey collection to prove it.
"I feel seen. I mean, I don't want to give them too much credit. Because it's not like they're going out of their way or anything," Grey says. "They're not actively pursuing my fandom necessarily, but they are acknowledging my presence. And acknowledging our presence."
Feeling seen in a genuine way that goes well beyond a sports league changing its social media avatar to rainbow colors during Pride Month is a crucial aspect and it's what sets the WNBA apart, fans say.
"I think there's a certain pride of place," says Amanda Aubrey, 43. "The W knows its fanbase. They know who they are. They know who has shown up in the seats since the beginning, because there's been this groundswell of enthusiasm in general. Rather than just being resigned to it, they actively are saying: We know, we see you, and we celebrate you. And they generally connect in that way."
Aubrey, an attorney in Texas like Grey, remembers the WNBA's inaugural season and the legendary "We Got Next" commercials that ran before the league tipped off. Her tie to the WNBA runs as deep as the nostalgia she feels when talking about how giddy she was as a teenager when the league began. Years later, having gone through her own journey of acceptance regarding her sexuality, Aubrey's WNBA fandom has taken on a different form. She follows the league more closely now, roots for multiple teams, and revels in the visibility and acceptance of its players.
"For me, there's a level of affirmation," Aubrey says. "I think especially for people who have grown up in this fraught sort of past 20 years where the messaging has been so anti-, for lack of a better word. I think it's really important to have that kind of outspokenness, not just tolerant, but accepting and celebrating, in such a visible way."
WNBA teams host pride-themed games throughout the month of June, Pride shirts are available in the WNBA store, and representatives from the WNBA and NBA will march and include a float in the New York City Pride March on June 26. But it's more than the marketing that makes Pride events feel authentic to WNBA fans. When Clemence walked her teenage daughter to school recently, her daughter asked if there were any gay players in the NBA. Clemence couldn't name a single player, because there are no active openly queer players in the NBA. But in the WNBA, the list runs deep with at least one out player on every team. The reason is a combination of player autonomy and a league atmosphere of acceptance and support. "I really appreciate the players," Bailey says. "Just the sheer number of players willing to be out there and passionate and open. Because, I don't know, the world sucks. And getting to watch these badasses play basketball and do awesome things is a breath of fresh air that I think we all need sometimes."
WNBA fan Jen DeMarco (left) and her wife enjoy a Liberty game. (Courtesy of Jen DeMarco)
It's been a long time since DeMarco walked away from the WNBA. Her relationship with the league has come full circle. She still lives in New York City and works as a technical program manager. And she still has that binder of WNBA player cards she started collecting as a kid. But when Panini released some new edition WNBA cards in 2019, she began collecting them and following the league again. Now, she has fresh binders full of current player cards and considers herself a WNBA superfan, attending Liberty games whenever she can.
"I feel a connection that I always wanted but maybe wasn't there (before)," DeMarco says. "I love that."
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