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Redesign L.A.'s City Flag
Redesign L.A.'s City Flag
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Los Angeles needs a new flag. There is no doubt that we are one of the greatest, most influential cities in the world. Wired Magazine recently named us the "#1 City of Tomorrow," and even the New York Times admitted, "Los Angeles is enjoying a renaissance with a burgeoning art, fashion and food scene that has become irresistible to the culturally attuned." But the one thing we're missing, the one thing every great city deserves, is a great flag. Our current flag is neither recognizable, nor symbolic, nor representative of us, as a city or as Angelenos. Most people don't even know it, and because they don't know it, they don't fly it. But we intend to change that.
Los Angeles is currently undergoing a profound transformation. Development is booming, neighborhoods are thriving, and the very heart of our city is growing and adapting to meet the demands of an ever-changing 21st century. We are not just home to celluloid dreams and iconic landscapes, but also to a growing tech industry, world-class cultural centers, and the fastest growing mass transit system in the country. We are in the midst of a stunning revival and, as such, are currently the frontrunner to host the Olympics in 2024. We have set a course to strengthen and transform our city, to create a more sustainable L.A., and right now all eyes are on us. It's time we show the world how beautiful, creative, and united we truly are.
With your help we can gather the support needed to redesign and adopt a new city flag -- a flag we can all be proud to fly, a flag to promote and represent our city, and unite millions of Angelenos throughout Los Angeles and around the world.
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One of the most recognized fixtures along Portsmouth's waterfront is about to get a new look.
The Renaissance Hotel is scheduled to undergo renovations starting early next year. The building will get a new sign and a coat of slate-gray paint that will transform the exterior look. Inside, the hotel will be modernized to a cleaner, brighter look for the hotel, which was built in 2001.
Chester-based Shamin Hotels, the largest hotel management company in Virginia, bought the hotel in February 2017 from Ashford Hospitality Trust for $9.2 million. When the hotel first opened, it did so with an upfront public investment of about $39 million and a private investment of about $14 million in the hotel and a parking garage, according to a story in The Pilot.

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As we put this latest election to bed, a few observations are in order.
It's the media's fault
This is an old trick pulled out of the back pocket of politicians. My good friend Josephine Wentzel tried it this time around when she ran for city council.
It didn't work.
Still, some folks keep trying. Presidential candidate Herman Cain is trying it right now.
Here's the thinking: Blame the messenger rather than the message. Maybe, just maybe, some folks will believe that what you've done or said is less important than those media bad guys.
After Wentzel lost, she tried to explain why by saying she had to run against The Columbian. But that's not all! She also had to run against:
• The good ol' boy network.
• The mayor.
• Identity Clark County.
• The elections office.
I like Wentzel, so I sent along a constructive email. I said, my mom taught me, if you're in the business of always blaming others for your shortcomings, you'll never get any better.
I was thinking maybe she'd see the obvious and concede she needs to look within first, before pointing the fingers at others.
Not so much.
She responded by saying she had no idea what I was talking about. I then reminded her that our mutual friend Lew Waters had posted a video of her saying just this. Her response?
"Lou, if you don't mind, I would like a few days of peace and quiet."
Fair enough. Peace, Josephine.
David Madore
I like David Madore, as well. Madore is a successful local businessman who has jumped headfirst into the political arena. Madore would never say this, but he is hoping to be a kingmaker on the causes he believes strongly in. He backed Wentzel — one of his employees at U.S. Digital — for example.
Some people think he's shrewd and conniving. I disagree. I just think he hasn't found his political footing. He really doesn't know enough about politics.
He hoped that, by throwing several thousand dollars at State Sen. Don Benton to seek his expert advice, things would change.
Benton? Really? Did that work out OK?
I've had a number of very good conversations with Madore. And as noted, I like him. And I consider myself a good judge of character. And I believe he has character.
So, I figured I'd throw out a little advice to Madore, and really anyone who is thinking about the kingmaker field. Maybe a few politicians could use it, as well. (And it won't cost you 20 large either!)
• Mr. Madore, I believe the issues that are important to you resonate with lots of folks in Clark County. But don't get sucked too far down the rabbit hole with all the political garbage makers. It's dark and cold down there.
• Stay true to yourself. Don't be tempted to get into the mud with others. It doesn't suit you.
• Vet the candidates you back, much, much better. Recognize the difference between someone who says he is "passionate" and someone who really is just combative.
• Ask this question to yourself:
"Does this candidate have the character, the demeanor, the approach and the issues for me to support him or her? And can he/she convince others, who aren't already on board, to get on board?"
• Seek solid community connections. Isolation is a losing formula. Don't worry about keeping the fringe bloggers and your core base happy. Worry about everyone else.
Finally, sign-up for Professor Brancaccio's Politics 101 class. There's always a seat open for you! ;-)
Lou Brancaccio is The Columbian's editor. Reach him at email@example.com.


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These are the publications selected by our library to find out more about the topics of this issue of INTAL Connection.
The Institute for the Integration of Latin America and the Caribbean (INTAL), in its role as the Technical Secretariat for COSIPLAN, has presented an infographic summary of the nearly 600 integration projects in South America.
A dynamic infographic for examining the relationship between trade and the environment.
¡Descubre cuánto sabes sobre integración y comercio!
Overview and opportunities for equitable development in the region.
Key issues and prospects for a sustainability-based research agenda.
Speakers at the presentation of INTAL's new publication, Eco-Integration in Latin America, pointed to the importance of tackling the consequences of climate change as part of the integration process in Latin America and the Caribbean.
A webinar created by the ConnectAmericas team focuses on exporting to Asian markets and includes specific examples and success stories.
WTO members are seeking to adapt rules and regulations to the new realities of trade.
This year, the Asian giant is on its way to outstripping the United States as the world's largest oil consumer.
The aim of the document is to create a space for investment within the bloc and increase guarantees for local and foreign investors.
The third round of negotiations for the modernization of the free trade agreement between Mexico and the European Union has concluded.
The Caribbean Community Steps up the Struggle against Climate Change.
The Pacific Alliance is seeking to expand its economic relations through free trade agreements.
The two blocs held a much-anticipated meeting and agreed on the importance of integrating with one another given the current context of international uncertainty.
Mexico's deputy minister of foreign trade evaluates the negotiations that are currently underway with Argentina.
Negotiations between MERCOSUR countries and the Pacific Alliance will open up regional manufactures markets
Investment in this railway is hoped will quadruple the volume of freight currently transported and boost regional economies, connecting them with the rest of the world through the ports on the Paraguay–Paraná Waterway.
Rogelio Frigerio, Argentina's minister of the interior, public works, and housing, inaugurated activities for 2017 in his role as pro-tempore president of UNASUR's COSIPLAN. He drew attention to planning and the implementation of infrastructure as a necessary condition for development and integration in the region.
A High-Level Dialogue at INTAL-LAB marks the start of a process of reflection in the run-up to the 11th WTO Ministerial Conference and the next G20 Summit.
The director of IDB/INTAL presented the MERCOSUR Futures report to the bloc's new Ministerial Council.
Agricultural trade between Mexico and some South American countries is one of the missing links in Latin American integration.
Countries in Latin America are diversifying their energy matrix and seeking to develop their wind power capacity.
Can trade agreements help reduce pollution through the adoption of best practices?
What trade incentives promote good environmental practices?
Strengthening environmental governance in Latin America and the Caribbean: a look at the main challenges to improving environmental performance.
INTAL has presented a new publication in which 30 global experts put forward ideas on inclusive sustainable development, inspired by the papal encyclical Laudato Si'.


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Romania is surrounded by Hungary, Serbia, Bulgaria, Ukraine and Moldova. It also reaches the Black Sea in southeast. Romania is a membering country of the European Union, NATO and the Schengen Convention.The capital of Romania, Bucharest is located in the southeastern part of the country on the banks of a Danube tributary river Dâmbovița. Famous sights in Bucharest are the Bucharest Museum of the Romanian Peasant, the Parliament Palace, the Patriarchal Cathedral etc. Besides the capital in Romania places worth visiting are the historical sights in Transylvania and the coastal cities at the Black Sea.
Romanian speciality dishes include grilled meatballs, meat wrapped in cabbage leaves, pork stew with garlic and onions and doughnuts made with cream and cheese.The spine-chilling tale of Dracula was inspired by the 15 th century Romanian Count Vlad Dracul whose son was famous in wartime for impaling captured enemies. Less notorious Romanians include the writer Eugene Ionesco, the gymnast Nadia Comăneci and the composer George Enescu.


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At present, Airpro Oy is the only ISAGO-registered ground service provider in the Nordic countries. Airpro is a subsidiary company of Finavia.
"To us and to our customers, the ISAGO registration is further proof that our operating matches the international standards. For us, and for the entire aviation sector, it is of extreme importance that all operations comply with the Safety Management System and its guidelines. The ISAGO registration is an important milestone for our entire organization as we continuously strive to develop our operations from the point of safety, quality and service," CEO Janne Hattula is pleased to say.
ISAGO is a standardized and structured audit program of Ground Service Providers.
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BANGKOK (AP) -- Asian stocks eked out gains Thursday as traders hunted for bargains after sharp selling in recent days, but markets in Europe fell amid intensifying fears of a messy exit by Greece from the euro common currency.
Greece called a new round of elections for June 17 after coalition talks to form a government fell apart. The president said depositors were pulling hundreds of millions of euros out of banks, weakening the country's strained financial system.
The developments fueled fears that Greece would exit the euro currency and shake global markets. In elections earlier this month, Greek voters punished parties that supported tough austerity measures needed to secure international bailout money.
But analysts at Credit Agricole CIB in Hong Kong said the scheduling of new Greek elections suggested "a reduction in near-term uncertainties" that could lead to some relief for volatile markets.
Britain's FTSE 100 fell 0.4 percent to 5,380.72 in early trading. Germany's DAX fell 0.2 percent to 6,373.01 and France's CAC-40 lost 0.2 percent to 3,042.45.
U.S. stocks were set for a moderately higher opening, with Dow Jones industrial futures up 0.3 percent at 12,610. S&P 500 futures rose 0.4 percent to 1,327.
In Asia, stock markets enjoyed a slight rebound as investors went bargain-hunting, analysts said.
Japan's Nikkei 225 climbed 0.9 percent to close at 8,876.59 after the country posted better-than-expected growth figures for the first quarter. South Korea's Kospi added 0.3 percent to 1,845.24. Benchmarks in Taiwan, New Zealand and the Philippines also rose.
Australia's S&P/ASX 200 slipped 0.2 percent to 4,157.40, dragged down by financial stocks. Hong Kong's Hang Seng closed 0.3 percent down at 19,200.93.
Mainland Chinese shares bounced back from early losses, buoyed by calls from the country's central bank governor, Zhou Xiaochuan, for market reforms.
The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index rose 1.4 percent to 2,378.89. The Shenzhen Composite Index also gained 1.4 percent to 954.95. Shares in brokerages, financial and trading-related companies led the gains.
Positive news on the U.S. economy on Wednesday underpinned sentiment in Asia. Construction of homes in April rose 2.6 percent from March, and U.S. factory production increased 0.6 percent in April, helped by a gain in auto production.
Some Japanese stocks saw big gains amid news that the country's economy grew at an annualized 4.1 percent for the January-March quarter thanks to a rebound in consumer spending.
Sharp Corp. jumped 5.7 percent and Mazda Motor Corp. added 3.8 percent. Steel company JFE Holdings shot up 5.5 percent.
Benchmark oil for June delivery was up 52 cents to $93.33 per barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. On Wednesday, the contract fell by $1.17 to finish at a seven-month low of $92.81 per barrel in New York.
In currencies, the euro fell to $1.2715 from $1.2725 late Wednesday in New York. The dollar rose to 80.35 yen from 80.29 yen.
AP researcher Fu Ting contributed from Shanghai.


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I really enjoyed Adam Nevill's Apartment 16 earlier this year, so am excited for his upcoming novel The Ritual. Here's the gorgeous cover.
Not sure about the tagline, but I love the atmosphere that oozes from this cover. Wonderful stuff.
Here's the blurb:
When four old university friends set off into the Scandinavian wilderness of the Arctic Circle, they aim to briefly escape the problems of their lives and reconnect with one another. But Luke – still single and living a precarious existence – cannot identify with his companions any more. Lost, hungry, and surrounded by forest untouched for millennia, Luke figures things couldn't possibly get any worse.
But then they stumble across an old habitation. Ancient artefacts decorate the walls; bones are scattered upon the dry floors. The residue of old rites and pagan sacrifice for something that still exists in the forest. Something responsible for the bestial presence that follows their every step. Death doesn't come easy among these ancient trees . . .
Sounds very interesting, rather Blair Witch-esque, which is a good thing in my book. Apartment 16 was notable for the excellent prose and sense of terror that Nevill managed to evoke, so I'm expecting good things from The Ritual in this regard.
You can check out a short teaser excerpt here. And here's a very short story that Nevill wrote for the Tor website.
Tuesday, 26 October 2010
Cover art, blurb and excerpt for The Ritual
3 comments:
- Cara said...
When is The Ritual due for release? It is not listed on amazon yet
- 26 October 2010 at 13:58
- James said...
Sorry - May 2011. Should have put that in the post!
- 26 October 2010 at 14:02
- Rob said...
I really want to like this author but I was not enamoured with Banquet of the dammed. I should give Apartment 16 a go as I love the look and blurb of this book
- 26 October 2010 at 22:46
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10 Colleges With the Highest Application Fees
At these schools, application fees can cost more than $76, on average
Senior year of high school is an expensive year. From school registration and activities, to senior portraits and prom, things can quickly add up. Most parents don't budget for the rising cost of college applications. Not college itself, but APPLYING to colleges. The average cost of college applications has increased slowly but steadily in the last 5 years, according to U.S. News.
The average seems to be a reasonable $37.88, but when students apply to 10-12 schools, that can quickly add up to.That's the highest average in the past five years. In spring 2007, schools reported an average cost of $35.33 in application fees nationally. That average climbed to $35.97 (2008), $36.37 (2009), $36.92 (2010), and $37.45 (2011).
Even more alarming is the number of schools who are charging substantially more for the application. The top 10 list of schools with the highest application fees (which is really a list of 22 colleges because of ties) the average fee is double the national average at $76.36. Most colleges waive the application fees for students with financial need.
"Three schools—George Mason University, Salem State University, and University of New Haven—would have made the list if it only took into account their most expensive application fees ($100, $75, and $75, respectively). But they are not included because their online application fees were considerably lower ($60, $40, and $25, respectively). At least at George Mason, between 90 and 95 percent of students apply online, according to Beth Pullias, a university spokeswoman."
Here is the list of schools with the highest application fees for undergraduates, in 2012.
|School name (state)
|Application fee
|U.S. News rank & category
|Stanford University (CA)
|6, National Universities
|Columbia University (NY)
|4, National Universities
|University of North Carolina—Chapel Hill
|30, National Universities
|Villanova University (PA)
|1, Regional Universities (North)
|Boston University
|51, National Universities
|Brown University (RI)
|15, National Universities
|College of New Jersey
|6, Regional Universities (North)
|Cornell University (NY)
|15, National Universities
|Dartmouth College (NH)
|10, National Universities
|Drexel University (PA)
|83, National Universities
|Duke University (NC)
|8, National Universities
|George Washington University (DC)
|51, National Universities
|Harvard University (MA)
|1, National Universities
|Kean University (NJ)
|133, Regional Universities (North)
|Massachusetts Institute of Technology
|6, National Universities
|Northeastern University (MA)
|56, National Universities
|Rice University (TX)
|17, National Universities
|University of Chicago
|4, National Universities
|University of Delaware
|75, National Universities
|University of Pennsylvania
|8, National Universities
|University of Texas—Austin
|46, National Universities
|Yale University (CT)
|3, National Universities


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Touchscreen Tablet Released for Students Worldwide
The international education company AcrossWorld Education has partnered with Delhi-based Go-Tech to transform the learning process by enabling K-12 schools, colleges and universities access to open educational resources with the touchscreen tablet PC called ATab.
Despite the cheap price, the 7" android touchscreen tablet features a 2GB inbuilt memory and an external 3G USB Dongle. With the device, schools will be able to access AcrossWorld Education's education technology platform EducationBridgeTM for three years for free.
The platform allows academic institutions, teachers and students to use a variety of content elements including Open Content, Open Educational Resources, Legacy Content and proprietary content sources to connect, collaborate, and innovate.
Dr. Stephan Thieringer, President and CEO of AcrossWorld, said:
"Open Source is the future of education. With the availability of ATab, Indian schools will be able to discover and leverage world-class educational content at their fingertips at the K-12 level itself as well as at the college and University level.
"It is very timely and appropriate that India schools and colleges alike seriously explore advanced technology solutions that provide instant access to the world's best educational resources , especially now within an affordable budget."
Gaurav Khanna, CEO, Go Tech said:
"While inclusive growth must ensure that access to technology is within the reach of the masses, yet providing just the hardware is not enough. It must also provide access to quality educational content.
"By bundling free access to AcrossWorld's global premium educational content, ATab is not just a book shelf, but a whole library full of the world's best Open Source knowledge for schools and higher educational institutes. When I was studying Electrical Engineering at Virginia Tech, the motto of our University was, Ut Prosim, meaning, That I May Serve. I am pleased to have an opportunity to serve my country with this low-cost innovation that will impart knowledge to the masses."
The EducationBridge platform also allows teachers to be able to create customized content and share it with students across the ATab tablets. Schools and colleges will be able to allow students to bookmark, rate, recommend, and comment on open educational content. These aspects create a more interactive and democratic content.
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The following are excerpts from Nicholas Kristof's look at the real former President Jimmy Carter as he turns 90 and releases an a memoir, A Full Life.
President Carter is a man I've always admired more than any other U.S. presidents for many reasons but his commitment and physical involvement in providing shelter worldwide through Habitat for Humanity to the less-privileged, sealed the deal with me and, I'm sure, many of those who really knew and have always appreciated The Man, and got involved by chipping in to the magnificent cause.
A very decent man who might have been a politician but was not the political type, he and his wife, Rosallyn are two of this blogger's greatest role models, living or dead. TOLA.
One of our worst traits in journalism is that when we have a narrative in our minds, we often plug in anecdotes that confirm it. Thus we managed to portray President Gerald Ford, a first-rate athlete, as a klutz. And we used a distraught rabbit to confirm the narrative of Carter as a lightweight cowed by anything that came along.
Now that Carter is 90 and has been an ex-president longer than anyone in history, it's time to correct the record. He is anything but an empty suit.
When he was inaugurated governor of Georgia, he declared, "I say to you quite frankly that the time for racial discrimination is over." He then erected a portrait of Martin Luther King Jr. in the State Capitol.
A black woman who was a convicted murderer, Mary Prince, was assigned to work at the governor's mansion in a work-release program. Carter became convinced that she was innocent and later applied to be her parole officer, so he could take her to the White House to be his daughter's nanny. Prince was eventually pardoned.
But Carter was also a pioneer. He was the first to elevate human rights in foreign policy. He appointed large numbers of women, Latinos and blacks. He installed solar panels on the White House (President Reagan removed them). He established diplomatic relations with China.
Carter also had a deep sense of honesty — sometimes too deep. Other politicians have affairs and deny them. Carter didn't have affairs but nonetheless disclosed that "I've committed adultery in my heart many times." File that under "too much information."
Carter, the one-termer who was a pariah in his own party, may well have improved the lives of more people in more places over a longer period of time than any other recent president. So we in the snooty media world owe him an apology: We were wrong about you, Mr. President. You're not a lightweight at all, and we can't wait to see what you'll do in your next 90 years!
FRIDAY, JULY 10, 2015. 7:02 a.m. [GMT]


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Consumer debt solutions that really work
Have your finances taken control of you instead of you controlling them? Maybe the economy has hit you and your family hard and the bills have overtaken you and now you find yourself in panic mode not sure what to do. Consumer debt solutions are being advertised all over the internet but maybe they just don't seem legitimate to you. You're looking for another way.
Out of the many consumer debt solutions there is one that really works. No gimmicks, no ploys, just results. Which one is it? Yourself! You are your best advocate and you are your best credit counselor. With a little bit of reading, you can take control of your debt. Not far in to the future, you will find that you have made a major dent in your debt and not long after that, you will be debt free.
All you need to do to get started is some fact finding. Download your credit reports for free and look for errors. If you find any, report them to that credit agency right away.
Next, prioritize your debt and begin paying down the high interest debts. You may even want to consider finding ways to make some extra money to go towards your debt. It's not as hard as you may think.
If you want to read more about how to be your own consumer debt solutions company, A friend of mine, Ryan Bauer, has written a great series of ebooks about debt and gives you ways to get your debt under control without the help of a consumer debt solutions company. This system is called the Debt Annihilation Formula. The information provided above is just a small sampling of what is contained in this ebook series. He talks about how to get rid of your debt in a practical way.
In Ryan's ebook, he gives you more than 60 pages of real ways to make extra money. These aren't those work at home scams. They are real, legitimate ways to make extra money to work off your debt. Can you write articles about topics you enjoy? He shows you how to make extra money working when you have time writing articles on topics of your choice.
One of the best parts of his ebook series is the advice he gives about improving your credit. These aren't those scam or illegal pieces of advice. They are legal, practical ways to negotiate with your creditors. While the debt repayment calculator may say it will take 6 years, with this system, it will take much less.
You don't need consumer debt solutions companies. This ebook series will give you everything you need to get your debt under control.


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WITHERS, ELMER GEORGE (1881–1938). Elmer George Withers, Fort Worth architect, was born in Caddo Peak, Texas, in 1881. Withers evidently learned the practice of architecture as an apprentice or through correspondence courses because there is no record that he received a formal education in the field. He moved to Fort Worth from Stamford, Texas, in 1910 and established a practice there. His early works included the Jones County Courthouse (1910–11) in Anson, the Marion County Courthouse (1912) in Jefferson, and the Armstrong County Courthouse (1912) in Claude. During the 1910s and 1920s Withers traveled to small communities throughout the state in search of jobs. The tactic proved to be a successful one, and he was able to land numerous commissions for schools, civic buildings, stores, and service stations. In 1928 Withers founded his own firm, the Elmer G. Withers Architectural Company, Incorporated, and over the course of the next decade he produced a wide variety of structures in Fort Worth, among them the Blackstone Hotel (1929, in association with the St. Louis firm Mauran, Russell, and Crowell), the Firestone Service Garage (1929), as well as numerous small commercial buildings, automobile showrooms, and garages. As was the common practice at the time, Withers designed his works in a wide variety of historical revival styles: Neo-classical, Spanish Renaissance, and Italian Renaissance. During the 1930s he also produced a number of buildings in the Moderne or art deco idiom, including the Fort Worth City Hall (1938, in association with Wyatt C. Hedrick), and the Will Rodgers Memorial Center coliseum, tower, and auditorium (1936, in association with Hedrick). In the late 1930s Withers also designed two additional courthouses, the Ector County Courthouse (1938) in Odessa and the Upshur County Courthouse (1938) in Gilmer, both of them in a spare, streamlined Moderne style. Withers was at work on a public housing project for the Housing Authority of the City of Fort Worth in association with five other architects when he died on December 30, 1938.
Judith Singer Cohen, Cowtown Moderne: Art Deco Architecture of Fort Worth, Texas (Fort Worth: Texas Christian University Press, 1988). Willard B. Robinson, The People's Architecture: Texas Courthouses, Jails, and Municipal Buildings (Austin: Texas State Historical Association, 1983).
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VERNON - Those attending the memorial service for a Vernon teen killed in a boating accident are encouraged to sport a jersey, pajama bottoms and socks that don't match to honour and remember him.
Fourteen-year-old Miles Wohlford's celebration of life will be held July 14 at Kal Tire Place at 3 p.m.
Wohlford was tubing on Okanagan Lake when he fell off and was struck by the propeller of the boat as the 49-year-old female driver, believed to be a family friend, circled back. Due to a grave prognosis, his family made the difficult decision to pull him off life support July 4. Police are investigating the incident to determine if charges will be laid against the driver of the boat.
An online fundraiser has so far raised over $17,000 and a hot dog sale, raffle and silent auction last weekend collected $6,300.
There are three ways to financially support Wohlford's family during this difficult time. You can give to the Miracles for Miles VantageOne Credit Union account by cash or cheque, or mail a cheque to Miracles for Miles, c/o Rhonda Becker 1011-34 Avenue, Vernon BC, V1T 6R8.
A variety of events have also been planned to help support the family. A day of family events are scheduled for July 18, including a carnival and music event in Cenotaph Park, a bake sale at the Elks Hall, and a silent auction.
There will also be an adults-only dance at the Elks Hall that night featuring local band Mace. Tickets are $15 and are available at The Bean Scene.
Silent Auction items can be dropped off at The Okanagan Science Centre in Vernon or mailed to Rhonda Becker at the address above.
To contact the reporter for this story, email Charlotte Helston at email@example.com or call 250-309-5230. To contact the editor, email firstname.lastname@example.com or call 250-718-2724.


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- The Most Cost-Effective Rapid Shutdown Solution, Tigo's TS4-A-2F, Is Now Shipping
- Tigo Sues APsystems for Rapid Shutdown Intellectual Property Infringement
- OutBack Power Announces Rapid Shutdown Solution with Tigo for Solar Charge Controller - April 6, 2020
- Tigo's Flex MLPE now UL-listed with IronRidge's Flush Mount - March 30, 2020
- Tigo Expands TS4-A Platform with New Add-on UL-system-certified Rapid Shutdown Solution - March 17, 2020
- Tigo Releases New Add-on to TS4 Platform with SMART Premium Monitoring Software - March 9, 2020
- Tigo's Rapid Shutdown Solution: Over a Million Units Shipped - February 18, 2020
- Tigo Facilitates Commercial Solar Discussion as Rapid Shutdown enters the Philippines - November 7, 2019
- Schneider Electric Offers Rapid Shutdown Solution with Tigo for Solar Charge Controllers - September 24, 2019
- Tigo Announces TS4-A-2F during Solar Power International 2019 - September 23, 2019
- Tigo Leads Solar Optimization Workshop at Solar Asset Management Event in Mexico City - September 12, 2019
- Tigo CEO Presents Intelligent Solar with SICES at Intersolar South America 2019 in Brazil - August 21, 2019
- Tigo's Rapid Shutdown Solutions featured in SEI's Safety Installation Training - August 6, 2019
- Tigo Debuting New TS4-A (Advanced Retrofit/Add-on) at Intersolar Europe - May 13, 2019
- Tigo Releases Next Generation of Advanced Retrofit/Add-ons: TS4-A - May 8, 2019
- Yaskawa Solectria Solar Offers Rapid Shutdown Solutions with Tigo's UL Certification - April 24, 2019
- Huawei PV Inverters Deliver Rapid Shutdown with Tigo's UL Certification - April 22, 2019
- CPS PV Inverters Provide Rapid Shutdown with Tigo's UL Certification - April 17, 2019
- Tigo Introduces Handheld Tool for Installers to Validate & Simplify Rapid Shutdown - March 25, 2019
- Tigo To Present Accredited Rapid Shutdown Trainings at 2019 NABCEP Conference - March 18, 2019
- SolaX Power PV Inverters Gain Rapid Shutdown with Tigo's UL Certification - February 14, 2019
- Tigo Launches Next Generation SMART Website - February 12, 2019
- SMA PV Inverters Gain Rapid Shutdown with Tigo's UL Certification - February 5, 2019
- Growatt PV Inverters Earn Rapid Shutdown with Tigo's UL Certification - February 1, 2019
- Delta PV Inverters Achieve Rapid Shutdown with Tigo's UL Certification - January 29, 2019
- Tigo Releases New Rapid Shutdown Transmitter for Integrated NEC 2017 Compliance - November 12, 2018
- Tigo Releases State-of-the-art Wireless Technology – Mesh – as the New Solar Communication Architecture for the TS4 Platform - July 18, 2018
- Tigo Introduces New Tigo Access Point (TAP) as UL-Certified Communication Device for TS4 Platform - July 11, 2018
- Tigo Awarded Patent for Flex MLPE Platform - June 19, 2018
- Tigo Welcomes Babu Jain as Chief Operating Officer - June 11, 2018
- Tigo Releases New TS4 Rapid Shutdown Solution with Powerline Communication - January 8, 2018
- Tigo Launches Next Generation SMART App - October 9, 2017
- Tigo Targets High Power 700W PV Modules With Launch Of New TS4 DUO - September 12, 2017
- Tigo & SMA Join Forces To Bring A Rapid Shutdown Solution To Market Supporting SunSpec Specifications - September 11, 2017
- Tigo Provides PV System Owners With Voice-Controlled Energy Monitoring Through Amazon Alexa - August 9, 2017
- Tigo Internationally Recognized As Only MLPE Vendor With Certified Rapid Shutdown Solution For PV Module Manufacturers - August 2, 2017
- Multiple Inverter Suppliers Now Rapid Shutdown Certified With Tigo - June 28, 2017
- TS4-S (Safety) Joins Family Of Tigo's UL Certified Rapid Shutdown Offering - June 12, 2017
- Tigo Adds Two New Optimizers To UHD-Core Technology Platform - May 31, 2017
- Tigo Introduces New Optimizers Utilizing UHD-Core Technology - March 9, 2017
- Tigo Delivers Industry's First UL-Certified PV Module Solution Meeting 2017 & 2014 NEC Rapid Shutdown Regulations - February 23, 2017
- Tigo announces TS4 platform availability on PVsyst modeling software - November 1, 2016
- Tigo's Selective Deployment modeled on Aurora's software - October 25, 2016
- Smart Module Technology From SMA and Tigo Can Now Be Planned With Sunny Design - October 17, 2016
- Tigo announces Kevin Kilkelly as Vice President of Sales for the Americas - August 24, 2016
- Tigo reshapes the solar industry by shipping the first 1500V Flex MLPE - July 7, 2016
- Tigo® announces Ronen Benzion to assume the position of President and Chief Operations Officer - July 5, 2016
- Tigo® CCA joins Tigo's Smart Module IOT - May 24, 2016
- Tigo® achieves TUV certification for TS4-R - April 19, 2016
- Tigo® achieves UL recognition for TS4-R - March 23, 2016
- Sunage integrates Tigo Platform - February 17, 2016
- Sunerg Solar Integrates Tigo Smart Platform - February 8, 2016
- Tigo® announces launch of the TS4-R – offering the most cost effective MLPE to any Retrofit Solar Installation on the market - February 2, 2016
- IBC Solar expands product portfolio with module technology from Tigo - December 9, 2015
- CSUN sub company SST's Smart DC modules to integrate Tigo's TS4 modular Platform - December 3, 2015
- Talesun Solar has announced today the availability of the integrated Tigo's modular TS4 platform to its PV Modules portfolio - November 10, 2015
- Tigo announces Stanley Stern to join the Board of Directors - November 5, 2015
- Suntech and Tigo Introduce Creative Energy Optimization to the Solar Market - November 4, 2015
- Tigo announces Michael Splinter to join the Board of Directors - November 3, 2015
- Ingeteam inverter line compliant with Tigo - October 8, 2015
- Tigo Forms Strategic Partnership with Leading Korean Electronics Manufacturer Hansol Technics
- Tigo Announces Strategic Partnership with PV Module Manufacturer Sunpreme to Feature Tigo's TS4 Platform
- Tigo Announces Revolutionary Predictive IV Technology Enabling Maximum Energy Harvest with No Communication
- Tigo's Selective Deployment Offers String Optimization for as low as $0.02/watt
- Tigo Announces Game-Changing Modularity Feature of its TS4 Platform
- Tigo Announces Distribution Partnership with Mexico's Exel Solar to Feature Tigo's TS4 MLPE Platform Exclusively
- Tigo Powers Largest Solar-Battery, Off-Grid Home in the World!
- Tigo Energy Introduces Cloud Connect
- Tigo Energy Launches TS4 Platform
- Samil Power Joins Tigo's Industry Leading Smart Module Platform
- Tigo Announces New Solution for Modeling the Energy Benefits of SMART Module Platform
- Tigo Energy and Solar Juice Announce Strategic Distribution Partnership
- Tigo Energy Supports Team Techstyle Haus in the 2014 European Solar Decathlon
- Tigo Energy Crosses Milestone with Over 2000 Inverters from 80 Companies Working with Tigo Energy's Technology
- Sunnova Installers Receive 3.4% Boost in Energy Yield by using Tigo Energy Technology
- Tigo Energy and Folsom Labs Announce DNV GL Approval of Smart Module Modeling Software
- Tigo Energy Supports Team Santa Clara and Stanford in the 2013 U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon
- Silfab Ontario Inc. Announces First Smart Module Made In America - 2013
- KACO new energy Validates Tigo Energy's Smart Module Feature Enabling 30% Longer Strings
- Tigo Energy introduces new technology to increase string length by 30%--lowering BOS costs, and increasing the speed of installation
- Biltmore Estate Expands Solar Field with Smart Modules from Upsolar
- The Solar Smart Module and Optimizer Leader Tigo Energy® Completes Financing Round, Elects Zvi Alon as Chairman
- Upsolar's Smart Modules Selected by Pristine Sun for 10 MW Deal
- Amphenol and Tigo Optimize PV Junction Box Technology
- KACO new energy is shipping the blueplanet M series of inverters with Tigo Energy's Management Unit integrated.
- Upsolar's Tigo-Integrated Smart Modules Now Available for UK Solar Market
- Alsoenergy To Provide Module-Level Premium Solar Monitoring With Tigo Energy
- Tigo Energy Selected By Alwayson As A Goinggreen Silicon Valley Global 200 Winner
- Tigo Energy Achieves World's First TÜV Certification for Smart Module Technology
- Solar Solution: Vermont solar test bed for smart modules
- Leading Independent Engineering Firm Validates Bankability for Tigo Energy Technology
- Talmage Solar Engineering, Inc. Unveils Largest Smart Array in North America
- Upsolar Unveils 2.2 MW Smart Array in Vermont
- Trina Solar launches Trinasmart solution in North America
- Tigo Energy Wins Additional US DOE Award For A Total Of $3,500,000
- Leading Solar Module OEMs To Display Next-generation Tigo Energy Technology During PV Expo Japan
- Tigo Energy® Raises Additional Capital Resources To Accelerate The Growth Of Their Solar SmartModules
- Eclipsall And Tigo Energy® Announce Supply Agreement
- Tigo Energy® Partners With Leading PV Module Manufacturers To Deliver Solar Smart Modules
- Tigo Energy® Named Intersolar Award 2011 Finalist In Photovoltatics
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- SunPower takes different track with smart modules: special interest group to set standards
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- Tigo Energy® Teams With SCHOTT Solar To Bring Electronic Intelligence To Photovoltaic Projects
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- Rec Solar Offers Tigo Energy® Maximizer Solution For Commercial And Residential Solar Installations
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Talmage Solar Engineering, Inc. Unveils Largest Smart Array in North America
SHARON, Vt., Jul 31, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Talmage Solar Engineering, Inc. ( http://solarmarket.com/ ) a leading installer of solar PV modules, today announced the completion of its largest project in the United States to date: a 2.2 MW solar power plant in Sharon, VT.
The system incorporates 9,562 Upsolar UP-M230 polycrystalline modules ( http://www.upsolar.com/ ) equipped with Tigo Energy Maximizers. The Sharon project is backed by the Upsolar's Reinforced Warranty. Featuring trigger points at years 3, 7, 12, 16, 20 and 25, the company's Reinforced Warranty ensures its modules will maintain high levels of performance over the long term.
Tigo Energy Maximizers ( http://www.tigoenergy.com/ ) are used to monitor each panel and deliver the most power available under any condition. Panel level optimization allowed modules to be placed on varying tilts and orientations eliminating the expense of grading the site. The Maximizers are expected to increase performance of the array by 4% within the first year while driving the cost of operation down.
Inverters were provided by Massachusetts based manufacturer, Solectria Renewables ( http://www.solren.com/ ). "We have the highest level of confidence in Solectria products, they are a shining example of the potential of American manufacturing capability. Inverter reliability is the most critical component to a solar system," says Kale Inoue, Chief Financial Officer for Talmage. "We are literally betting our success on the performance and reliability of our equipment manufacturers."
The project, known as SunGen Sharon 1, is part of the Vermont Feed-In Tariff that is managed by Vermont SPEED ( http://vermontspeed.com/ ). The contract of 25 years purchases power at a fixed rate of $.30/kwh. Power produced at this site will be fed into the Central Vermont Public Service grid which recently merged with Green Mountain Power ( http://www.greenmountainpower.com/ ).
Over the life of the project the system is expected to produce approximately 57,500,000 kwh. The array will produce enough power to supply approximately 440 of the 553 homes in the Town of Sharon. Vermonters already have one of the lowest carbon footprints of any state in the US with a score of 10.46 metric tons per capita. Each Vermonter has a footprint of 2.61 tons of carbon per year that can be attributed to electricity consumption. With the commissioning of this solar array the Town of Sharon will have an average carbon footprint of approximately 8.37 tons per capita or 42% of the national average of 19.84 tons per capita.
Representatives from Talmage Solar Engineering, Upsolar, and Solectria Renewables will be on hand for a project commissioning ceremony on August 11th, 2012 to be held at 301 Commerce Park Drive, Sharon, VT.
About Talmage Solar Engineering, Inc.
Founded in 1975 Talmage Solar Engineering, Inc. has been a leader in PV system Engineering, Procurement and Construction for over 3 decades. TSE's engineering and construction practices focus on long term value and lower cost per kilowatt hour. Operating out of Kennebunkport, Maine, Talmage Solar Engineering, Inc. has complete over 2000 installations and is positioned to continue deliver turnkey power systems to New England at the most competitive price. Talmage has been a key partner in several module and inverter manufacturer's integration and market penetration.
About Upsolar
Upsolar is a leading international solar module developer and producer, offering the solar industry's best quality/price ratio in the global PV market. With vertically integrated, diversified manufacturing platforms, as well as an R&D-supported quality control management system, Upsolar produces high quality, reliable solar modules backed by a world-class warranty, at competitive prices. Headquartered in Shanghai, Upsolar has offices throughout Asia, Europe and North America to support an international customer-base, providing on-site technical support, customer service and product development teams. For more information, visit www.upsolar.com .
About Tigo Energy
Tigo Energy designs the #1 PV solar optimizer utilizing patented impedance matching technology to allow more modules on any roof, uneven string lengths and different orientations. Installers and system owners achieve the highest ROI by increasing energy production and maximum system up-time for new systems and retrofits. Headquartered in the Silicon Valley, Tigo Energy is an innovative force partnering with module, inverter and combiner box manufacturers to embed these features and monitor arcing, fire and safety hazards. Tigo Energy delivers the most effective string monitoring, theft prevention and fleet management.
About Solectria Renewables, LLC
Solectria Renewables, LLC is the leading U.S. based grid-tied photovoltaic inverter manufacturer for residential, commercial and utility-scale solar installations. Our versatile line of high efficiency products provide power solutions ranging from 1 kW residential systems to multi-megawatt solar farms. Solectria Renewables' products are backed by more than 20 years of experience in the power electronic and inverter industries and supported by world class warranties. All of our commercial and utility-scale PV inverters are manufactured in the USA, ARRA compliant, Ontario FIT Content Compliant, and listed to UL 1741/IEEE 1547.
SOURCE: Talmage Solar Engineering, Inc.


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[Danya Sherman, our Program and Outreach Manager, talking up the High Line at our Plant-o-Rama info table]
This past Tuesday, we participated in the 13th Annual Plant-o-Rama, a trade show and syposium co-hosted by the Brooklyn Botanic Garden and the Metro Hort Group. Our best guess is that over 100 vendors, non-profits, and tradespeople attended the day-long trade show, which was a great opportunity to meet and greet horticulture professionals from nurseries, community organizations, and wholesale growers.
One of the main attractions were the panel discussions, with topics like: choosing plants for a sustainable garden, led by Daniel Hinkley; the plants of the Arnold Arboretum, led by curator Michael Dosmann; and "Planthropology," a talk based on Ken Druse's new book about the scientific secrets of plants. (For the horti-curious, Ken also has a podcast available on his blog.)
We met some great people and shared the exciting news about the High Line's upcoming opening. We also spread the word about maintenance and operations positions we'll be hiring for later this year. Look for the job openings in our next e-newsletter- if you don't already get updates, you can sign up on our web site.
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The postal strike has featured much in the news recently with some papers predicting the extinction of the Royal Mail.
Ironically one part of our forthcoming Edinburgh Zoo RZSS / Newquay Zoo collaboration on a Darwin stamp book features a section (especially useful for teachers) on postal history with lots of links to different resource websites. Darwin relied on the post for a link with his family and many correspondents on the Packet ships, the early postal system before Queen Victoria, Rowland Hill and the Penny Post which saw the Penny Black invented in 1840 just after Darwin returned from his famous HMS Beagle voyage in 1836.
An old friend Jo Butts gave me this postcard of the Devonport mail-coach 1837 years ago from the Post Office Collection / National Postal Museum in London. Luckily I rediscovered it in time for Darwin's bicentenary year this year for display at Newquay Zoo, supporting the four unusual and thought-provoking Darwin 200 art exhibitions at Falmouth Art Gallery this year.
The painting shows the Devonport mail-coach driving through snowstorms in 1837, the year after Darwin's arrival at Falmouth, Cornwall on October 2, 1836 and swift departure on the mail-coach home to Shrewsbury over two and a half days. Despite its Christmas card appearance (another Victorian invention), this postcard of a painting 'after James Pollard 1837' gives a vivid idea what winter mail-coach travel in the West country of the 1830s might have been like around the time that Queen Victoria came to the throne!
Darwin's comments on the long coach journey home and his coach companions are recorded in his Beagle diary, available www.darwin-online.org.uk which, along with www.darwinproject.ac.uk , make Darwin's writings and letters available and accessible online.
Teaching tips:
Victorians, postage and Darwin feature in primary school National Curriculum History topics, as well as Victorian discoveries and inventions in Science, Design and Technology
Teachers might consider with pupils in what other ways people communicate today, as well as posted letters, compared to Darwin's time.
What evolution of everyday technology has replaced handwritten letter post since 1837?
How might Postman Pat (or his Victorian great great great Grandfather) have delivered Darwin's letters then? Today his vehicles now extend past Victorian steam trains to helicopters and motorbikes as seen on www.postmanpat.com! (N.B. other children's television characters are available).
Some of these communication methods have now become extinct or obsolete themselves such as Morse Code and telegraphs (see the website of the Porthcurno Telegraph Museum in Cornwall http://www.porthcurno.org.uk/ for more about the 'Victorian Internet' as it was called).
Teachers might also consider how post is delivered today instead of by horse and coach, an example of evolving technology. The old out of print Ladybird book of The Postman is a good source of colourful illustrations of postmen for use in class – easily available on E-Bay!
A postal timeline is a useful way to show this as a display, alongside Darwin's life time line. It makes a pleasant change from studying Florence Nightingale!


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Centennial Hall receives grant from Sandhills Area Foundation
Centennial Hall was in dire need of a roof to keep the historical building open as a museum.
They wrote a grant application to the Sandhills Area Foundation and were awarded $10,000 in grant money to help with the roofing expense.
Sandhills Area Foundation is able to award grants and scholarships through the contributions of generous donors and proceeds from their annual Foundation fund-raiser. SAF would like the community to mark their calendars for November 4, 2017 for "Tailgating for the Sandhills Area Foundation."
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Free school meals and milk
Covid-19 response
The UK government has launched a new voucher scheme for children eligible for free school meals.
Schools can now provide every eligible child with a weekly shopping voucher worth £15 to spend at participating supermarkets while schools are closed due to coronavirus.
If your child is eligible, please contact your school, or find out more using the links below:
Schools are currently identifying ways to ensure that support is in place for children eligible for free school meals. Schools will have different approaches, these will be dependent on the individual circumstances of the school. More detailed information is expected shortly and will be published here once this is available.
Claiming for free school meals
We want to make sure as many eligible pupils as possible are claiming their free school meals, and we want to make it as easy as possible for parents and schools. We use the Department for Education's free school meals eligibility checking system to determine eligibility. Parents only need to provide their National Insurance Number or National Asylum Support Service Reference Number, surname and date of birth.
Find more information about where to apply.
Qualifying benefits
Coronavirus (COVID-19) temporary extension of free school meals eligibility for children of groups who have no recourse to public funds (NRPF). Families in these groups cannot apply online and should telephone 0300 500 8080 to apply.
Free school meals are available to pupils in receipt of, or whose parents are in receipt of, one or more of the qualifying benefits:
- Universal Credit (provided you have an annual net earned income of no more than £7,400, as assessed by earning from up to three of your most recent assessment periods).
- Income Support
- Income-based Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA)
- Income-related Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)
- Support under Part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
- The guarantee element of Pension Credit
- Child Tax Credit (with no Working Tax Credit) with an annual gross income of no more than £16,190
- Working Tax Credit run-on (paid for the four weeks after the person stops qualifying for Working Tax Credit)
Registering for free school meals
The information needed to register includes:
- personal details (including national insurance number and date of birth) for the parent/carer
- child's details in full including their date of birth and the school they attend.
If eligible for free school meals and/or milk the start date will normally be within two working days of parents contacting us and entitlement being verified. Children attending maintained nurseries will also qualify for a free school meal as long as they are receiving funded early years education before and after lunch.
Children transferring between schools that use Nottinghamshire County Councils eligibility assessment service do not need to reapply. For children attending a school that does not use this service you should contact the school directly for information about how to apply for free school meals.
If parents are unable to apply online they should contact us on 0300 500 80 80 or they can complete an application form.
Children moving schools
Children transferring between schools that use Nottinghamshire County Councils eligibility assessment service do not need to reapply. For children attending a school that does not use this service you should contact the school directly for information about how to apply for free school meals.
For children moving from a school that does not use Nottinghamshire County Council's eligibility assessment service you will need to apply to us to ensure that free school meal eligibility is continued if the child is currently covered by transitional protection. You may be required to provide evidence of transitional protection.
For children leaving a school that uses Nottinghamshire County Council's eligibility assessment service who are eligible, we will indicate in the stop letter to parents that their entitlement is covered by transitional protection.
Universal infant meals
All pupils in reception, year 1 and year 2 in state-funded schools are entitled to receive a school meal. It is important that all parents who receive one of the benefits listed above register for free school meals as this will enable the child's school to claim pupil premium allocation. The pupil premium is additional funding given to publicly funded schools in England to raise attainment.
Currently the pupil premium allocations are:
- £1,320 for each eligible primary-aged pupil
- £935 for each eligible secondary-aged pupil.
Free milk scheme
Free milk is available for:
- children under the age of five in school or daycare
- children receiving free school meals. The eligibility criteria for free milk entitlement is exactly the same as for free school meals. Where local authorities or schools provide milk, it must be free to children whose parents are in receipt of the same support payments as for free school meals.
Milk is subsidised for all other pupils in primary education and in special schools.
Information on benefits
GOV.UK has information on the various benefits which entitle your child to free school meals:


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Basement, attic or back of closet: those three storage options, though commonly chosen, are not the best for brides hoping to save their wedding gown for the next generation.
But if the dress is properly cleaned and stored, a bridal gown won't be a ragged, faded remnant of its past glory when unwrapped years later.
Sarah Scaturro, the conservator in charge of the lab at the Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, said "Garments like to be where people are." Therefore, a basement or attic is not ideal. Neither, she said, is next to an exterior wall where the temperature and humidity vary.
"Garments, like people, need a stable environment with nonfluctuating temperature and humidity in order to avoid damage," she said.
Ms. Scaturro said the money spent (from a modest do-it-yourself price to up to $1,500 for a professional) to preserve a gown depends more on what the gown means to the bride than the original price of the dress.
"Cleaning should always be done by a reputable cleaner of wedding gowns," she said, adding that if a woman wants to clean her own dress, like one made of synthetic fiber that is washable, she should do so only after getting advice from a professional wedding-gown cleaner, and then buy proper museum-quality conservation supplies for wrapping (which most dry cleaners do not have).
Preservation should include protection from light, which means never put the gown in a box that has a see-through plastic window (the type dry cleaners often use). Other factors include protection from dust and insects; and the gown should never be wrapped in plastic.
Boxing a gown is a safe approach if done correctly, Ms. Scaturro said. Boxes should be big enough to minimize the number of folds required in a garment, be archival and be designed for costumes, she said. "Use the largest box possible to fit in the designated storage space," she said. Most cleaners use only one size container, but gowns come in many sizes, some with long trains.
"No one-size box fits all gowns," said Stu Bloom, a couture dry cleaner in Scottsdale, Ariz. Mr. Bloom, who has cleaned gowns that have been shipped to his store from 44 states, said a dry cleaner should use acid-free unbuffered cardboard boxes. (The cost of cleaning and preserving a gown at his company, Rave Fabricare, is $375 to $500, not including shipping.)
"Whether it's a wedding gown or a tablecloth, it should be cleaned and packed in archival materials the way textiles are stored in a museum," he said." According to Mr. Bloom,"99 percent of dry cleaners use boxes that are dangerous to the garment, in fact, as bad as a supermarket carton. Some cleaners know about cleaning, but not about preservation."
A box isn't the only option. Ms. Scaturro said some garments may be hung on a padded hanger if not too heavy with embellishments. The garment should be covered with a dust cover made of cotton or muslin, archival Tyvek or silk. "The dust cover should be washed before it is put over a garment," she said, especially if it is made of new fabric.
Gown care goes beyond merely removing unsightly stains. It also means preserving memories.
Francesca Granata, an assistant professor of fashion studies at Parsons the New School for Design, said the dress has symbolic value, even though most are not historically important. "In contemporary society, the garments we keep are important in terms of rites of passage," she said. "The wedding gown is a garment worn when a woman goes from one place in life to another."
The dress can later be reworked into something different, like a christening gown or cap, and it may not be the only element preserved from the wedding day. When one bride found her grandmother's wedding veil more than a decade ago, 80 years after it was first worn, the delicate textile was wadded into a little cloth bag in the back of a closet.
The large square of silk net edged in pale satin ribbon was improperly stored and had faded, but the material had not deteriorated. It would be another few years before that same veil found use again: as a canopy at a great-granddaughter's wedding. The veil is no longer stuffed into a little bag, but properly wrapped and boxed in archival materials.
"There is nothing frivolous about my work, " said Jonathan Scheer, the owner of J. Scheer & Co. in New York, which cleans and preserves wearable textiles. The cost for this service can be $595 to $895. "Seeing your mother's wedding gown years later promotes family history," he said. "It encourages discussions between generations about time, place and cultural and religious customs."
Patricia Grunebaum of Bedford, N.Y., was married 20 years ago in a gown by Catherine Walker, the London designer. After the wedding, her dress was professionally cleaned and boxed for preservation. When the box was opened recently, she learned the preservation work was not done properly. Her gown was stuffed with blue tissue paper, which could have caused staining if moisture had seeped into the box.
"My wedding was so important to me, it seemed a fitting tribute to preserve the gown," said Mrs. Grunebaum, who has two teenage daughters. "I'm sure I'll show them the dress when they are ready to marry and give them the option to wear it." But she thinks her gown, a classic model, is not trendy enough for her daughters. "I don't think a gown is really an heirloom like a ring or a piece of furniture. But it's a moment to preserve, and a very important memory."
John-Claude Hallak, an owner of Hallak Cleaners in New York, believes that however well you preserve a gown, proper cleaning of visible and invisible stains (like Champagne, which doesn't show up right away but can discolor a garment) is most important. "Garbage in and garbage out," he said.
He said the cost of cleaning a gown at his company is determined by the complexity of the garment and can cost $575 to $875, (it can be as much as $1,500 if the gown has a long train).
"There's not a lot of smoke and mirrors, but a cleaner must be able to answer a list of questions before handling your garment," Mr. Hallak said. "The first and most important one is whether the cleaner does his own work. Or will the gown be sent out to a wholesale facility, something you do not want."
Second, Mr. Hallak and other cleaners and conservators agree that you should avoid anyone who seals the boxed garment and instructs the bride not to open it. Textiles need air to breathe.
Mr. Bloom and other experts agree that paying too much for preservation of a gown that didn't cost much to begin with is not necessary. Some conservators recommend sending such a dress to good neighborhood dry cleaner and then wrapping it yourself in archival materials like unbuffered, pH neutral, acid-free tissue paper (white only) that can be ordered from a conservation supply company (at sites like conservationresources.com or universityproducts.com).
Ms. Scaturro recommends lining the box with the tissue paper and "padding out every crease and fold with the paper, stuff the sleeves and the bodice and fill out the pleats. Place a roll of tissue paper wherever there is a fold."
Cover the box but do not seal it, she said. Conservators suggest opening the box once a year, and most services include a pair of white cotton gloves for handling textiles. They recommend removing and inspecting the dress, and refolding and rewrapping it with fresh acid-free paper, creating new folds in the fabric if possible. Acid-free cardboard boxes should be replaced every 15 years, Ms. Scaturro said.
In time, the delight in unwrapping and sharing a well-preserved gown with future generations can create a long-lived family keepsake.


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In the last 12 months, the application of Machine Learning to real world problems has quickened due to the arrival of tools and frameworks that allow ordinary, but skilled programmers to apply it to a wide variety of problems. The integration of these toolkits with specialized hardware such as graphics processing units (GPUs) has unleashed tremendous processing power. This integration, combined with a growing community that provides support, guidance, training, and examples, has broadened participation from specialized wizards to mere mortals and migrated results from labs to production.
At Alert Logic, we have successfully integrated machine learning into an operational security environment for thousands of customers. Through that experience, we've learned that any successful machine learning (ML) program requires five primary ingredients:
- Collection of consistent, high quality and high volume of data
- Data scientists to curate and label subsets of data needed for training the ML algorithms
- Domain experts to guide the data scientists
- A production team to convert the data scientist results into a scalable high-quality production implementation
- A feedback loop that evaluates the performance of the algorithms and continually improves the results
All parts are tightly linked. Collecting high-quality, consistent data is critical. If the data is noisy, the system will train incorrectly and produce bad results (garbage in, garbage out). Once the algorithm is trained, the real-world data must be measured and collected using identical sensors to the training data. Otherwise, it's like training the algorithm using text documents and expecting it to recognize speech. We solved the consistency problem at Alert Logic by deploying our own sensors in the customer environments.
How it Works… do not take Machine Learning lightly
Domain experts work closely with data scientists to create a training set for the machine learning algorithm. In many real-world applications, the creation of the training set is the hardest part of ML. Domain experts can interpret the raw data and point out what features or characteristics are important to the data scientists. The data scientists use this knowledge to select an appropriate ML technique and to transform the raw data into a balanced training set for the algorithm. The training set must be carefully constructed so that the ML trains on the right features and learns from both positive and negative examples.
Once the algorithm is working, moving it from the lab to a production environment is another hurdle. The set of skills needed to build a robust, nonstop, maintainable production environment is different than those needed to apply ML techniques to a problem domain. The production team needs to be hardcore engineers who can understand the data scientist's algorithms and needs, as well as build an environment that allows their work to be run.
Once the machine learning algorithms are trained, running in production and producing results, the experts need to identify which results are accurate and which are not. This new data is then given to the data scientists, who can either tweak the algorithm and/or add the data to their training set. This feedback loop is critical to developing an effective algorithm. At Alert Logic, we have a 24x7 security operations center that validates the output of our detection algorithms, provides feedback to improve the algorithms and escalates the results for our customers.
Developing a successful machine learning environment requires these ingredients and that investment needs to be taken into consideration from the start.
The benefits of initiating any sort of ML program can be great. Machine Learning allows us to shift from a problem set that can be managed inside a human brain, to much more complex problems such as Human Genome sequencing, facial recognition, cyber security and cancer treatment. It's important to emphasize that while the AI computing solutions can far outperform humans to address complex problems, we still need the human domain experts to program and steer them.


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38 U.S. Code § 7252. Jurisdiction; finality of decisions
1998—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 105–368 substituted "Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims" for "Court of Veterans Appeals".
1991—Pub. L. 102–40, § 402(b)(1), renumbered section 4052 of this title as this section.
Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 102–83, § 4(b)(1), (2)(E), substituted "Secretary" for "Administrator".
Pub. L. 102–54 amended subsec. (a) as in effect immediately before the enactment of Pub. L. 102–40 by substituting "Court" for "court" in last sentence.
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 102–83, § 5(c)(1), substituted "1155" for "355".
Pub. L. 102–83, § 4(b)(1), (2)(E), substituted "Secretary" for "Administrator" in two places.
Pub. L. 102–40, § 402(d)(1), substituted "7261" for "4061".
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 102–40, § 402(d)(1), substituted "7292" for "4092".
Amendment by Pub. L. 105–368 effective on first day of first month beginning more than 90 days after Nov. 11, 1998, see section 513 of Pub. L. 105–368, set out as a note under section 7251 of this title.


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It was the singing that really got to me. Preferably in a big choir in a big old church where the tones resonate with all breathing entities in that room.
There is something extraordinary about standing in the midst of a huge crowd of beautiful voices which echoes all around you. Voices ascend, tones mount and sopranos, altos, tenors and all harmonies fill you up - inside and out.
"Music is God's little reminder that there's something else besides us in this universe; harmonic connection between all living beings everywhere, even the stars." - Robin Williams
Music was such a big part of my life, for so many years, that at a certain stage, it had to stop. I was fed up.
For years I didn't pick up an instrument what-so-ever. I didn't sing a single note. At weddings or other church occasions I squirmed when having to.
I tried singing on a couple of occasions both in a choir and in a duet, but no.
When I had kids I was fed up with noises altogether. I stopped listening to the radio.
At first I wasn't paying much attention to this change. It was a natural process.
But as the years went by, I felt this void, something was missing.
And so I sent out a wish - out into the universe: "show me the music – once again!"
I knew I needed to bring it back into my life but there was no rush. It would come to me at the right time.
And I knew I wanted to sing in a small group of music loving peoples, preferably in harmonies.
But the years went by and nothing happened. And at times I was surprised. Where was my music?
But just before Christmas last year, I happened to sit in a car, with some wonderful women. And as the talking, laughing and giggling went on; we realized we had a shared interest: music.
And there it was.
I had found my soulgroup of music loving people.
And the dreaming took off. We pictured ourselves on a stage in front of lots of people. We dreamt and we played with it.
We met, we sang and we practiced (and giggled). We kept dreaming of that stage performance, and we even composed our own song.
And in March this year, it was time. Pure Cor was ready and we sang on a stage in front of 300 people (and another 1000 online).
Play with it!
The true magic happens when you let go, let the tones fill you up with no expectations and no tomorrow and you connect with that soulsong.
What's your song?
"Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent." - Victor Hugo


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|Elise Abram
Today I am taking part in a blog tour for Elise Abram whose new book, The Revenant, came out on the tenth of July. Elise describes her story as a YA paranormal novel set in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Zulu is a revenant, killed and resurrected more than 100 years ago. His only companions are Morgan the Seer and Kat, a modern teen who can see auras. Together they work to save the people in danger in The Seer's dreams. But when Morgan, a powerful necromancer is raised from the dead, the trio realize the people most in need of saving are themselves.
Teacher of English and Computer Studies by day, wife and mother by night and author whenever she can steal some time, Elise Abram is the proud author of Phase Shift, The Mummy Wore Combat Boots, and Throwaway Child, available on Amazon and KoboBooks. She pens a blog about literature, popular culture and the human condition whenever the muse moves her at eliseabram.com.
And now, here's our interview.
Who are your influences?
Anne Rice, Cathy Reichs, and Margaret Atwood would have to be my biggest influences. Rice for her descriptive prose, Reichs for making science and technology accessible and Atwood for her skill at incorporating contemporary themes in her writing. And I can't forget Stephen King for modeling how to write about the gore.
When did you begin writing?
My first memory of writing was winning an award for my rendition of Snow White and the Seven Dwarves in grade 2. I also remember reading a book about kids who find a treasure map which sends them on a quest in grade school that sparked me to write a similar tale, but I can't for the life of me remember the name of the book. Then there was the novel I tried to write in high school, but never finished. There was a period of a decade or more when the only writing I did was technical, essays and archaeological reports and such. It's only been about 12 or so years I've seriously tried to make it into a second career of sorts.
Many of my stories come from the world around me. Throwaway Child comes from the travesty of native residential schools in Canada. The Mummy Wore Combat Boots comes from the growing number of youth obsessed with the realistic world of gaming fantasy over reality. Phase Shift was influenced by "Star Trek", "Stargate", "Sliders" and the like that offer up duplicate worlds, change one variable, and explore what happens. I usually name my characters based on personality traits. Malchus, the antagonist in The Revenant, for example, comes from "mal" which means bad or unpleasant.
If I think hard enough about a story, the point of view usually just comes to me. If ever a story isn't working, I might try on a different point of view to see if it flows better another way.
Do you work from an outline?
I work from a vague outline. I sometimes jot ideas down when I think of them so I don't lose them. Most of the time I know where I want to begin, where I want to end and major plot points in the middle. The transitions from point to point usually fill themselves in as I write.
Tell me about your favorite scene in your novel.
Since my favourite scene in The Revenant is the climax, I can't tell you too much about it because I don't want to reveal any spoilers. The climax is the archetypal battle between good and evil. I can tell you it involves a kidnapping, zombies, a sword fight, and someone dies, but that's about it. I still cry every time I read it.
Can you tell us a little about your writing philosophy?
If you subscribe to the "you're not a real writer if you don't write every day" school of thought, you're only going to tear away at your confidence. The truth is, life happens. Everyone has to deal with school or work or family responsibilities and days, weeks, even months may go by without ever writing a word. Even though you never sit to put proverbial pen to paper, it's okay as long as you don't abandon your story. I'm always writing in my head, trying to visualize scenes and listen for character dialogue. When I finally sit down to write, the story seems to write itself. Thanks to Nanowrimo, I've also trained myself not to worry about editing as I write. My goal is to finish the story and worry about the editing later.
Have you ever tried writing in any other genres?
Though I prefer writing science fiction and paranormal/supernatural, I've also written police procedurals. Palmer Richardson, one of my Phase Shift characters, is a forensic anthropologist, someone who figures out what happened to a person in life, from their bones after death. Because he freelances with the Metropolitan Toronto Police Department, it's really easy to take his skill-set and use them in real-life scenarios to solve murders. He usually teams up with Detective Constable Michael Crestwood, who pops up in my sci-fi archaeology stories as well.
Do you have any interesting writing-related anecdotes to share?
I often think back on my writing "career" and think about how much more difficult my accomplishments to date would have been without the use of the Internet. But more than the research, I want to talk about the connectivity of the digital age, and I don't mean the role it played in helping me find a publisher. People, other authors and bloggers, have been amazing in their support. I think this really speaks to community and the connectivity of the world. All you have to do is reach out; the worst that will happen is someone says "no." In planning my blog tour, the amount of bloggers--total strangers--who offered to open up their web pages to me, be it in an interview such as this one, a guest blog post, or a much needed review, the response has been nothing short of welcoming, warm, and supportive, and I am truly grateful to everyone who offered a hand, no matter how small, along the way.
The Revenant is available at the following online locations: Amazon, B&N, Black Rose Publishing. You can follow Elise and her writings through her page on Goodreads.Barb grunted a low grunt.Malchus heard something that sounded like cracking bone. He stood and walked slowly around to face Barb. She was working to frantically shove the remnants of whatever she had in her hands into her mouth. Blood covered the lower half of her face and her hands and dripped down her forearms, off her elbows, and had begun to pool on the floor. The sleeves of her sweater, rolled up her arms and above her elbows, were saturated.Having pushed the last of whatever it was she had been eating into her mouth, Barb set to licking the blood off her fingers and then from her forearms. She rolled down her sleeves until they covered her hands, and then placed the material into her mouth and sucked the blood from them as well."Barb!" Malchus said, sickened in spite of himself.Barb looked up at him, eyes wide with fear, the cuff of one of her sleeves still between her lips."What are you eating?" he said, sounding calmer than the thump of Hal's heart would indicate."Rat." The sweater cuff fell from her mouth when she spoke. She licked her lips, and as if realizing there was still blood to be had on her face, wiped her cheeks with the back of her hand, looked at it, then pressed it against her mouth and sucked.


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I often day-dream about some day owning uber awesome gaming rig complete with $1000 graphics cards, dual 32 inch monitors and a computer chair that beams me into the kitchen/bathroom/bedroom and back at the click of a button. Then I wake up and I look at my current desktop computer at home, sulk, then smile as I remember our 10+ year relationship.
Frank as in Frankenstein
I spent some quality time with my aging desktop computer over the long Easter weekend. It has had many names over the years, from Betsie to Rambo to it's current name… Frank as in Frankenstein because of the pieced together nature of my rig and the fact that the case is almost perpetually opened so I can poke things if it fails to start or pull it all down and put it back together again if really decides to act up.
I got a new upgrade for Frank recently- a solid state drive. I attached it over the weekend and now Frank has a little extra pep in his step. Recently, most of my PC time is spent at work (doing mostly work) or on my ultrabook doing school work or projects or watching classic anime. However I do manage to get in a couple hours here and there of gaming goodness – my current primary game being the MMORPG Star Wars the Old Republic.
Co-operative Wallet
The plan is to upgrade Frank piece by piece over the next few months. The hard drive was super old so that had to go first but next I plan a mobo and memory upgrade, then a processor, then a graphics card! Hopefully my wallet cooperates…
In case you were wondering the new drive I got is – SanDisk Extreme SSD 120 GB


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To effectively treat sciatic pain, the pain management doctors at PriMMed will focus on relieving pressure and inflammation through the use of anti-inflammatory medications and minimally invasive procedures like epidural steroid injections.