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All Solid Capacitors with Humidity Protection New Glass Fabric PCB design.
Dual GbE LAN com protecção ESD.
2 portas extra SATA 6Gb/s para mais interfaces de armazenamento.
Slot PCI para um vasto leque de expansões.
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a new era in building and construction
When Jason Van Kuyl – the 'J' in JVK & Sons – realised his personal and ethical standards in carpentry and construction weren't the norm within the building and carpentry industry, he decided it was time to step into his own unique space. As a highly sought after, skilled and respected builder he began to carve out a path less travelled. Combining his penchant for precision with his innate need for positive change in the building and construction space, JVK and Sons was born. Jason and his hand-selected team embraced this new ethos with both hands, applying combined decades of experience and craftsmanship into a company fit to inspire a legacy for his family.
A significant part of this legacy is JVK & Sons solid commitment to become a proudly sustainable company by 2025. Conscious of the environmental impact of their industry, they are constantly seeking ways to improve their business operations to lessen the footprint of their operations. With superior time management skills and attention to detail along with his forward thinking, Jason realised there was an advantage in merging his own abilities with those of his wife Harmony; creating a company that stands proud, in a realm of its own.
Harmony & Jason acknowledge the ecological impact their company has on the environment, with full transparency. With this openness comes the obligation for them to move toward making changes when possible, to provide clients the opportunity to make greener choices in building and the option for carbon offsetting for their renovations and builds, where economically possible. With a dedication to learning and evolving better practices, Jason and Harmony Van Kuyldon't shy away from the challenge. Their ambition is unparalleled and their openness refreshing when faced with the realities of a wasteful industry.
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'It's a steep hill to climb, and we won't be perfect at it by any means – we want to be transparent about this. Becoming ecologically sustainable is a big, scary and uncharted space – but because of this discomfort and fear, we will find the most fulfillment, both professionally and personally. There's a need for improvement in our industry and we have set our company the goal to meet and provide more sustainable options for our clients, and those wanting to build with circular and sustainable building approaches'
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Who is JVK & Sons?
Along with wife Harmony and their three children, Jason began JVK & Sons in 2017 to create a fresh, unique company to consciously build towards sustainability whilst not compromising on quality and precision. Harmony – a mindful, practical slow-living enthusiast with a propensity for instilling structure and calm in the construction chaos – joined forces with her husband to become the Marketing Director of JVK & Sons. They have nurtured and evolved their growing business to now employ over 10 tradespeople, who align with their intrinsic values and deliver the highest possible standard of work both in the commercial and residential realm.
Why choose JVK & Sons?
With incomparable precision and perfection their primary aim, JVK & Sons believe their work should be done efficiently and purposefully, the first time. Their friendly, respectful team of tradespeople are a reflection of their own empirical values and each tradesperson operates as an extension of Jason and Harmony's values and in turn, their reputation. Within an industry high on waste, Jason and Harmony are continually monitoring and forecasting their working practices to move toward minimal waste, more circular building economies and the use of the most sustainable materials.
Where do JVK & Sons operate?
Based in North Brisbane, JVK & Sons cater to the Sunshine and Gold Coasts, Greater Brisbane and North and South Brisbane suburbs. Send us an inquiry to see if we can be of service to you!
How do I get started WITH JVK & Sons?
Simply fill out our 'free quote' form on our website here, so we can be in touch with you, to see if our company is the right fit for you!
Harmony: 0401 840 049
Jase: 0435 944 814
Email: admin@jvkandsons.com
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Certified Sustainable by 2025
With the union of Harmony Van Kuyl's slow-living style and Jase Van Kuyl's extensive experience in the construction industry, this power duo are forging the way forward as pioneers in becoming sustainable builders. It is JVK & Sons industry aim, to be 'certified sustainable' by 2025.
By making conscious choices when it comes to supplies, materials and ecologically replenishable options for construction, Harmony, Jason and team are constantly evolving to employ better processes and utilize greener options in both materials and productions. It's no secret that the construction and building industry are one of the most environmentally impactful industries to exist in the modern world.
According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (specifically the National Waste Report 2020 (key statistics here)), in 2018-2019 Construction and Demolition waste was the biggest contributor to solid waste in Australia by far, encompassing a huge 44% of the total.
Construction also accounts for the second-highest Waste Intensity (data here), with its production of massive quantities of demolition waste and contaminated soils. This shocking statistic is second only to gases, water, power and waste services themselves – a humbling position to be reckoned with.
With the welcome integration of several mandates and waste-management infrastructures and plans, we must act now to actively reduce our waste disposal methods. At JVK & Sons, we hope to (literally) pave the way forward to a less-impactful industry. As part of our transparency to you, we will endeavour to provide you with a JVK & Sons waste-management report at the close of our project with you.
Extended Producer Responsibility (ESR)
Several industries are rightfully motivated to employ strategies such as extended producer responsibility. Currently, Australia has no law-mandated nor nationally opted-for practices to demonstrate such measures.
Those who have forged their own waste reducing processes – such as the Vinyl Council of Australia – who since 2002, have consciously used their offcuts to be repurposed into products, which would have previously been sent to landfill.
Another pioneering initiative has been formed by CSR Gyprock recycling contractors, who charge a small fee to contractors to collect any offcuts and left over building materials after installation, for recycling. These initiatives show that the intent and opportunity is there, and we are working toward our very own ESR for JVK & Sons.
Whilst the initial pivot into greener practices may be stop-and-go – with learning and mistakes made along the way – we opt to provide our clientele with choices and options for a less ecologically impactful project, from the businesses we use to the materials we source for your build.
In adopting extended producer responsibility, we acknowledge that there will be some road-blocks and disconnects between PARTIALLY sustainable interactions and connections in construction, to WHOLLY sustainable practices from beginning to end, until such time there are company-driven initiatives OR legally mandated regulations. We have no misconceptions that this will be an easy undertaking – but we are motivated, inspired and aligned ethically to get there!
Since 2006, the Australian Building Sustainability Association has existed to provide an accreditation scale in order to assess construction and building companies. By making careful choices in the process of building projects, from the insulation down to the window performance and shading details, there are many steps we can take to align JVK & Sons with methodologies that move toward being a certified ABSA company.
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Legis Volumni (ital.: Legis di Volumnio) ist ein Titularbistum der römisch-katholischen Kirche.

Die in Nordafrika gelegene Stadt war ein alter römischer Bischofssitz, der im 7. Jahrhundert mit der islamischen Expansion unterging. Er lag in der römischen Provinz Numidien.

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Baltimore police investigating officers' actions in mayoral candidate Thiru Vignarajah's traffic stop
A Trump administration ruling could quash Maryland's renewable energy efforts, regulators say in appeal
Seniors lead UNC Wilmington to CAA quarterfinal rout over Charleston
By Jon Meoli
The Baltimore Sun |
Even if they didn't bring much tournament experience to Baltimore, a senior-laden UNC Wilmington rode its veterans to a blowout quarterfinal victory to earn its first Colonial Athletic Association semifinal spot since 2008.
Seniors Freddie Jackson, Addison Spruill and Cedrick Williams combined for 50 points, with Williams and Jackson chipping in 19 apiece in a 79-53 rout of 10th-seeded Charleston Saturday in the CAA tournament at Royal Farms Arena.
"We want to get past [our lack of tournament success] now, because when you get to the end of the season, this is a group that won 12 regular-season [conference] games and won a [tournament] game and we're moving forward from that past," Keatts said. "They haven't had a lot of success in the past, but we have all moved forward and they deserve everything they get from this point forward."
The win was the Seahawks' first CAA tournament victory since 2012. The regular season co-champions, who lost on the final day of the season to deny themselves the outright championship, will face No. 3 seed Northeastern in a semifinal Sunday.
Keats said it was their best two-way game of the season.
"Our pressure really bothered them, we did a good job of defending 94 feet, and we've worked on getting out in transition and getting easy baskets," Keats said. "I thought tonight, we did a really good job of it."
Charleston guard Joe Chealey was first to double digits with 11 first-half points, but most came from the foul line. After a pair of early buckets for Chealey, Charleston slumped to miss 18 of its next 21 field goals while the Seahawks pushed the tempo and built an overwhelming lead.
UNC Wilmington, which has four players who average 10 or more points per game in conference play, used their typical balanced attack to push its first-half lead to as many as 13 and enter the break up, 36-25.
Williams had nine points and seven rebounds at the half, while Jackson and Spruill had nine and eight first-half points, respectively.
The two sides traded baskets out of halftime before 10 points from Jackson sparked a 16-2 run, opening the lead to 25 points. UNC Wilmington's largest lead was 29 points.
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Chealey finished with 12 points to lead the Cougars, and sophomore guard Canyon Barry added in 9 in the loss. Charleston, which on Friday upset a shorthanded, seventh-seeded Drexel in the opening round, finished at 9-24.
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Northeastern 67, Delaware 64
David Walker scored 17 points and Quincy Ford had 16 as third-seeded Northeastern edged No. 6 seed Delaware 67-64 in the Colonial Athletic Association tournament quarterfinals on Saturday night.
Zach Stahl added 13 points and six rebounds for the Huskies (21-11) who move on to face No. 2 seed UNC-Wilmington in the CAA tournament semifinals on Sunday.
Northeastern led 35-31 at the break but Delaware went 9-4 to start the second half to make it 40-40 with 17:43 to play and trailed by narrow margins through the rest of the period.
With eight seconds to play, Delaware's Kory Holden drove inside for a layup to bring the Blue Hens (10-20) to within one point, 65-64, before a foul by Kyle Anderson sent Walker to the line where he sank two, sealing the Huskies' victory.
Holden scored 20 points and dished five assists for the Blue Hens.
The Associated Press contributed to this article.
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Tracts and Articles
Command or Custom
The Message of 1 Corinthians 11
A Symbol of Glory
A Christian Woman's Journey
No More Excuses! (PDF)
The Coverings and the 1990 Freed-Hardeman Forum (PDF)
The "Every Church" Problem (PDF)
Exchange Concerning David W. Bercot
Charts on Covering - Custom by Pat Donahue
Chapter 10 - The Holy Kiss and Washing of Feet
The Holy Kiss and Washing of Feet
There are some social customs which are recognized and commanded in the Bible. Two of these are the kiss of greeting and washing the feet of guests.
There are two essential differences between the way these customs are commanded and the way the head coverings are commanded.
First of all, it can be clearly demonstrated from scripture that these were social customs, and the way they were regulated in the New Testament is in exact accord with practice. The kiss was made "holy", showing that our greetings are to be from the heart and not hypocritical. Washing of feet was a specific hospitable act, and this act is used to indicate hospitality in general.
Second, in regulating these acts there are no special reasons given for commanding them. They remain acts of greeting or hospitality. They have no special significance. They are simply to be "holy".
Here are biblical references to these practices:
The kiss of greeting:
Genesis 27:26,27—Jacob kisses his father.
2 Samuel 20:9—Joab makes as if to kiss Amasa.
Psalm 2:12—"Kiss the son", translated "Do homage" in the NASB.
Proverbs 24:26—A right answer is like a kiss on the lips.
Matthew 26:48—Judas kissed Jesus.
Luke 7:45—Jesus rebuked the Pharisee for giving him no kiss.
Romans 16:16; 1 Corinthians 16:20; 2 Corinthians 13:12; 1 Thessalonians 5:26; 1 Peter 5:14—Christians told to greet with a "holy" kiss.
Washing of feet:
Genesis 18:4—Abraham entertained angels.
Genesis 19:2—Lot entertained angels.
Genesis 24:32—Laban gave hospitality to the servant of Abraham
Genesis 43:24—Joseph's steward washed feet of Joseph's brothers
1 Samuel 25:41—Abigail described herself as "a maid to wash the feet of my lord's servants."
2 Samuel 11:8—David invited Uriah to go down to his house and wash his feet.
Luke 7:44—Jesus rebuked the Pharisee for giving him no water for his feet.
John 13:4-15—Jesus washed the feet of His disciples, told them to do the same.
Notice: When these practices were enjoined in the New Testament, no new significance was given to them. The washing of feet was commanded to show that we are to serve one another, even when that means doing things ordinarily done by a servant. The kiss of greeting was made into a "holy" kiss, a kiss which was a sincere sign of the love Christians are to have for one another.
It is for this reason that we know these practices are not in themselves important. When customs change, we can follow the customs for greeting or for hospitality. But the principles taught by the commands concerning those customs are always to be followed.
Paul dealt with the head coverings in a different way. First, he legislated very specifically in a way which was contrary to practice, especially the practice of men. (See chapter Custom.) These differences are important. They show that Paul was not telling the Corinthians to follow accepted practice because of what that practice meant. He did not talk about head coverings in general, but head coverings "while praying or prophesying." He told men not to cover their heads when praying or prophesying because Christ is their head. This was contrary to the Roman practice of worship, and contrary to what Jewish priests were to wear. And the reason for the command had nothing to do with custom.
In the case of women, though it was common for women to cover their heads in public, custom did not make it necessary. Further, we found that priestesses in heathen religions did not cover their heads. Therefore Paul was giving something different from social or religious customs.
Second, Paul gave very important reasons for carrying out his commands: to show headship, to keep from disgracing one's head, to have "authority" on her head, because of the angels. He appealed to the accepted practice ("nature") of hair length only to reinforce his command concerning the coverings.
Our conclusion is, therefore, that the words of 1 Corinthians 11 were not given to regulate custom. They were given as instructions to Christians different from what was customary, for reasons not found in custom. We have no right to change the way in which we follow these instructions.
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In this edition of Recently Foraged Ingredients we have a new list of unusual and hard to find items as well as some produce that is coming into season. These are some of the fun ingredients that are available out there so talk to your vendors and farmers.
Spring ingredients are in full swing right now and summer produce has begun to make its appearance. Look for stone fruit, melons, summer squash with blossoms, and even some tomatoes. I have seen some very nice looking Porcini and Morel Mushrooms around and lots of different varieties of Berries everywhere.


What is behind the continuing decline of our songbirds today? What are the underlying reasons and what potential solutions should be investigated?
SongBird Survival is committed to finding out the answers to these questions through commissioning quality scientific research into the issue.
In 2016, we produced a short film, presented by ecologist Katy Thomas, introducing SongBird Survival and looking at where the UK's famous dawn chorus is heading.
Since the 1970s, populations of songbirds in the UK have crashed, and our dawn chorus is far less rich and diverse than it was in our parents' and grandparents' day.
Yellowhammer populations have declined by 55%, cornbunting numbers are down by 87%, whilst tree sparrows have suffered a rapid decline of 95%. These figures are shocking, but what is causing our small birds populations to crash? Loss of habitat? Predation? Intensification of farming?
SongBird Survival believes that research is the key to understanding why.
We fund high quality scientific research to investigate the drivers behind these population declines and promote evidence-based solutions to restore songbird numbers.
With your support we hope to draw attention to the plight of our song and other small birds. Your membership and donations help to fund our research programme and add weight to our work with other organisations. Together, we can save our songbirds before it's too late.
To find out more about our research and objectives, watch our YouTube video.
We partner with like-minded organisations to commission targeted research into areas where scientific evidence is currently sparse, inadequate or lacking.
To date we have partnered with the University of Exeter, the University of Reading, the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust, and the University of St Andrews, in projects which examine the potential causes behind songbird population decline. Such research produces high-quality, peer-reviewed research papers, contributing to ornithological and ecological knowledge in the UK.
We have exciting future projects in the pipeline, and will be bringing you news of this very soon. In the mean time, further information about our current and past research programmes can be seen on our website.


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Drop-out problem discussed at Frederick School forum
By Martine Louis
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Over 300 residents packed the auditorium of the Lilla G. Frederick Pilot Middle School on Dec. 6 as Superintendent Dr. Carol Johnson, along with various school officials, led a dialogue on how to prevent youth from giving up on their education. The forum, part of the Boston Public Schools' "Graduation for All" campaign, was one of a series of community meetings designed to give parents and youth the opportunity to exchange ideas on what does or does not work in Boston's school system.
"Our overall goal is to eliminate gaps in achievement and increase the graduation rates," said Johnson. "We need to reach those kids who are ready to give up and help them see the relevance between their courses and their futures. It is important to have an ongoing partnership with the community so we can continue to put the pieces together. These forums help to both promote awareness to guardians, school staffs and students as well as recognize their concerns and advices. This is vital in order to collectively reach those students who need extra help."
Armed with statistics gained from a study conducted by the BPS Strategic Planning to Serve Off-Track Youth Committee, Johnson says the four-year graduation rate among Boston students is a "stagnant" 60 percent. The four categories of "at risk" youth described in the study includes: English learning students who enter the school system for the first time during high school; special education students; students with risk factors such as low attendance rate, failing multiple courses, two or more years overage; and first time ninth-grade students failing multiple courses.
According to interviews conducted by the BPS committee, parents and youth have recommended designing more in-school and after-school programs that help guide students in their academics. Students felt there was a lack of resources that provided them with internships, employment and scholarship opportunities. Many voiced their need for smaller schools that provide instructors the chance to focus more attention on individual students.
"No one wants to feel like they can slip through the cracks," said Ashley Jordan, a graduate of English High. "If students are made to feel like they are just another body at a desk then they will start to believe it. My older sister dropped out in the tenth grade and whenever you ask her why or try to encourage her to go back all she says is 'for what?' "It's sad and it's frustrating because schools are really failing to connect with so many kids," Jordan said.
Frank Barnes, special assistant to Johnson, said what is needed in school systems is accessibility and providing additional support.
"There are many types of students and we need to meet them where they are. Help transform them into adults that can succeed in the years after school. Any number of off-track youth is unacceptable, but last year nearly 1,900 students dropped out of school - that requires immediate action."
The final forum will take place from 6-8 p.m on Jan. 10 at East Boston High School, 86 White St. For more information call Frank Barnes at 617-635-9054.


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Seven solar-plus-storage projects on three Hawaiian islands are now in contract negotiations between developers and utility company Hawaiian Electric, whose subsidiaries include Maui Electric and Hawaii Electric Light.
The negotiations are expected to produce long-term contracts for approximately 260 MW of solar energy on Oahu, Maui and Hawaii islands. Each solar project will be connected to a storage system that will capture up to four hours of electricity that can further reduce fossil fuel use in the evening or other times when the sun isn't shining, the utility explains.
These projects, if approved by the Public Utilities Commission (PUC), will help displace 1.2 million barrels of fossil fuel per year, according to the utility.
The seven projects are the result of a procurement effort the companies began in February to expand their renewable energy portfolios. Working with the PUC, the companies increased their original procurement scope for Hawaii Island from 20 MW to 60 MW, expedited project selection and increased the total number of projects anticipated in this phase of the procurement across all three islands.
On Hawaii Island, two projects totaling approximately 60 MW and 240 MWh of storage.
The companies have made community outreach a formal part of the procurement process and require those who seek to build a project to engage early on with residents in the communities where the projects will be sited.
Developers will begin community outreach activities in the coming weeks. Community members will have the opportunity to comment on the proposed projects, and Hawaiian Electric will file the comments with the PUC as part of the regulatory approval process.


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Susan Davis, longtime Democratic congresswoman, retiring
By	Ron Kampeas	 September 6, 2019 11:06 am
Rep. Susan Davis, D-Calif., speaks during a House Democrats news conference in the Capitol, July 24, 2018. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Rep. Susan Davis, one of 26 Jewish Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives, is retiring.
"My decision today represents a desire to live and work 'at home' in San Diego," Davis, 75, said a letter she sent this week to her San Diego-area constituents. "This is tough for me. There are always compelling issues and challenges that have encouraged me to pursue each new election cycle."
Davis, who will have served 20 years by the time she retires in January 2021, was known for her leadership among Democrats on education issues.
Davis spent time in her youth on a kibbutz in Israel working with at-risk children.
Non-Jewish House reps form congressional 'Caucus for Advancement of Torah Values,' with Canadian rabbi's help
Florida governor candidate Nikki Fried says Ron DeSantis reminds her of 'the rise of Hitler'
By	Gabe Friedman	 January 18, 2022 10:29 pm
Biden yanks Trump appointee who spoke to white supremacists from commission that monitors Holocaust sites


My RDI task at the moment is journalling about working with Bright Eyes to cooperate and co-regulate.
Bright Eyes has been improving in his ability to be guided and to participate in a game or a task, as opposed to having to control it all the time.
We have really been enjoying having games with his Brum car and another one which I christened 'Sheridee'. It's a girl car apparently. They have been shopping, built garages, visited the beach and the snow, sailed in boats, pretended to be airplanes, gotten married to each other and generally had as full and interesting lives as is possible for small toy cars.
Bright Eyes continually invites us to participate with him, saying 'Want to play?' in a really sweet voice and full eye contact.
Today we made signs with the names Brum and Sheridee. I wrote their names in pencil, and gave him the fat texta to hold to trace over them. He wouldn't do it unless I had my hand very close to his on the pen, but the movement and the grip was all his. He seemed very proud of them at the end when I showed great excitement at the fact that he had written by himself.
We had a blow-out the other day on a walk around the lake. Bright Eyes decided to be the 'leader' and delegated his brother to being the 'follower'. His brother was unhappy about this and chased him to try to take over the 'leader' role. Fisticuffs ensued and I had to hold Bright Eyes back and say "That is not ok."
His brother took off, and Bright Eyes collapsed on the path. "I can't go. We have to go home. Home time. etc etc" in loud yells and screams. I sent the sister after the little one and got Bright Eyes up by noticing that he might get bitten by mosquitoes if he remained on the path. We walked along with him in varying states of unhappiness, but at least he was moving. It will be interesting to see if he can cope with not necessarily being the leader next time we try it.


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Rent Control Bulletins
More in Rent Control Bulletins
IT'S FRIDAY THE 13th: SO MORE CHANGES FROM THE LANDLORD TENANT BOARD!
LANDLORD TENANT BOARD RELEASES UPDATE PLAN FOR PROCESSING APPLICATIONS
LTB Rules that Landlords and Supportive Housing Providers are "Co-Landlords" and the Occupants are RTA "Tenants"
Rent Control Bulletin
A private landlord and an SHP entered into a standard form of residential lease which specifically stated the Residential Tenancies Act (RTA) governed their relationship, and named the housing provider as the sole tenant. Despite this, the Board determined that the SHP was not a "tenant" under the RTA because it did not, and did not intend to, "occupy" the rental unit. The lease between the landlord and the SHP is a commercial lease agreement.
The rental unit was actually occupied under an "occupancy agreement" made between the SHP and an individual ("Occupant"), and the private landlord was not a party to it. The LTB held that the Occupant was an RTA tenant and both the landlord and the SHP were "co-landlords" under the RTA. The Board explicitly considered and rejected submissions that relationships at issue constituted an "upper tenancy" and a "lower tenancy", or that the Occupant was a sub-tenant. The bottom line is that where there is a head lease with an SHP, which in turn enters into separate leases with subsidized "sub-tenants", the LTB will treat the Occupant as an RTA tenant in a legal relationship with two RTA landlords: the landlord and the SHP ("co-landlords"). The decision is at this link at our website: https://cohenhighley.com/wp-content/files/2015canlii13940.pdf
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Tristram Lowe
Brad's Music
Brad C. Wilcox
SAG-AFTRA/AEA storyteller: voice over acting and more
Brad C. Wilcox is a versatile actor, based in Los Angeles, who has performed classic roles in Cyrano and many Shakespeare plays on stage to an amnesiac musician, cruel pimp, and ancient Roman thief in film and TV. He has recorded several audiobooks, including the Kin of Kings series by B.T. Narro, and is a principal cast member in the What's the Frequency? audio drama podcast.
Brad is a member of SAG-AFTRA and AEA. Film and TV highlights include Dollhouse, Anamnesis, and Exitus Roma. Theatre highlights include Se Llama Cristina at the Theatre @ Boston Court, An Ideal Husband at Knightsbridge Theatre, and Mr. Roberts at The Colony Theatre.
He is a graduate of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, studied Strasberg with Patrick Strong (Lee Strasberg's Teaching Assistant for Los Angeles), and voice over with David Lawrence XVII at VO Heroes.
Brad is a storyteller with many creative outlets outside of acting, including writing fiction and songwriting. He has a supernatural fantasy thriller novel series published, as well as a children's picture book under the pen name, Tristram Lowe. He is also a fencing coach, copywriter and editor, and an avid board gamer.
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Tomorrow, Iraq will chair the Council of Arab Information Ministers
Monday 13th January 2020 - 14:56
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On Tuesday, Iraq will preside over the work of the 12th regular session of the Executive Office of the Council of Arab Information Ministers, which will be held in Dubai to discuss a number of topics, the most important of which is the role of Arab media in addressing the phenomenon of terrorism.
Qais Al-Azzawi, Ambassador, Secretary-General and Supervisor of the Media and Communication Sector at the League of Arab States, said in a statement to Al-Waa, that the most important issues that the executive office of Arab Information Ministers will discuss are related to support for the Palestinian cause, and Arab action on the international scene to support the people of Palestine in addition to a number of basic items And among them is the Arab media strategy, the Arab media map for sustainable development 2030, in addition to the item for following up the Arab media action plan abroad, in addition to many items that the Arab Information Ministers Council will follow in its regular sessions.
Al-Azzawi added, The agenda of the Executive Office also includes a number of important items on which decisions were taken during the regular session (50) meeting of the Council of Arab Information Ministers, in order to review the measures that have been taken towards their implementation, and to identify any obstacles that may prevent the continuation of Implementation, and taking the necessary recommendations in this regard.
He continued, In the context of implementing the decisions issued by the regular session (50) of the Council of Arab Information Ministers on 17/7/2019, the General Secretariat of the League of Arab States will organize in cooperation and coordination with the Dubai Press Club and the Emirates National Foundation the regular session (94) of the Standing Committee of Information Al-Arabi, and the regular (12) session of the Executive Office of the Council of Arab Information Ministers, during the period from 14 to 16 current in the Emirate of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates.
1.Salih and Trump discuss foreign troops situation in Iraq
2.MOFA renews commitments to the diplomatic missions sanctity
3.Salih leaves for Switzerland to attend the Davos Economic Conference
4.Al Halbousi discusses the parliamentary coordination with his Jordanian counterpart
Abdul-Mahdi assures the Italian MOD of the importance of supporting Iraqi military capabilities in the field of training
MOI closes 900 websites spreading rumors belong to Daesh
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HomeUncategorizedHow much will Making Tax Digital cost small businesses in the UK?
How much will Making Tax Digital cost small businesses in the UK?
Posted on March 5, 2019 (September 29, 2021) by Turner Little
Half of small businesses in the UK are not yet ready for the Government's Making Tax Digital (MTD) scheme, according to the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB). They're urging the Government to underline its commitment to light-touch enforcement of the measures as research by the FSB shows 50% of small businesses cannot yet comply with the scheme, which will be enforced on 1 April 2019.
What is the Making Tax Digital scheme?
MTD is a major component of the Government's plan to simplify the tax process for businesses and individuals. HMRC wants to become one of the most advanced tax administrative systems in the world, and digitising is a big part of this ambition.
The Government says that MTD will make tax administration more efficient, more effective and easier for people to get right. VAT-registered businesses with a turnover above the threshold must use the MTD service to submit their VAT returns from 1 April 2019, the start of the new financial year.
There are exceptions, including what the Government says is a "small minority" of VAT-registered businesses with complex needs. HMRC has committed to delaying the scheme for these specific customers until 1 October 2019. You can see more of the proposed timeline on its website.
Costs of compliance
However, the FSB says that 27% of small businesses have not yet even started to prepare for MTD. A further 23% (one in five) have sought quotes for the required software but haven't yet bought access to any. A very small percentage (3%) say they are part of the pilot MTD scheme.
Some small businesses say that installing MTD-compliant software will cost an average amount of £564. Fees for software come as either one-off amounts or annual subscriptions for varying amounts.
The larger the business, the higher the expected costs. Businesses with a turnover of more than £500,001 and less than £1million will land a bill of around £872 for software. Businesses with a turnover of more than £1m will need to pay an average of £1,019.
Lack of understanding
While the Government maintains the system will make it easier for businesses to manage their tax, just 10% of firms believe that MTD will have a positive impact on their financial management. And around 36% say they think it will be negative.
The research also showcases how important offline accounting administrative methods are to small businesses. About 37% say they use paper invoices, and almost a third (29%) use bank statements and paper receipts to manage their finances. HMRC's own research shows that 19% of small businesses, who must comply with MTD on 1 April, don't know what it is, or what it will mean for them.
James Turner, Managing Director of Turner Little Limited says: "We are extremely close to the roll out of MTD by HMRC now, and small businesses are not prepared for it in many cases. Either way, small businesses should not be punished for a rushed roll-out. It's clear that some are in danger of not being able to comply with MTD in time, or worse, have little understanding of what it will mean for them.
"The Government says that MTD compliance will be affordable for small businesses, but some are now finding that they must pay hundreds of pounds. We are experiencing some lower levels of confidence for small businesses at the moment, and with rates rising, extra costs such as this are not helpful.
"The FSB also finds that the registration process is far from simple, adding to confusion for small business owners. It would be helpful to see a review of the rollout and for the Government to commit to helping small businesses reach compliance. A guarantee that it won't be forced upon businesses below the threshold for VAT for a significant time period would also be welcome."
About Turner Little
Founded in 1998 in Yorkshire, UK, Turner Little is a specialist UK and offshore company formation, banking and corporate services provider. Our services include company formation, UK and offshore banking, asset protection, credit correction, trademarking and trusts. Other services include Internet services, mail forwarding, wills and probate. Turner Little's vision is to offer the best possible service, together with market leading products.


When does a crime become a moral imperative? And what can we learn from weev, Matt DeHart, Jeremy Hammond, Barrett Brown, Edward Snowden, Julian Assange, and other activists for radical transparency? An important post from the new blog, Hacktivist Culture.


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The Treasurer keeps the chapter's bank account reconciled and reports to the chapter and the board on the receipts and disbursements from our chapter's activities; she also submits a quarterly financial report to the NPSOT state office.
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Q: Saving local overwrites and reapplying them as modified after git pull We use a configuration management repository for our big project. I have to change some of the general settings for some of my special work cases.
Therefore I have to modify some of the configuration files, but still want to be able to save these changes, when I update the project from remote (git pull). Ideally my changes should show as modified in git status
I did not find a question about this special work flow case so far. So whats the best approach?

A: You can use git stash to store your working folder (uncommitted) changes.
After the git pull, you can reapply those changes using git stash pop.

A: wolfs answer is possibly the easiest and most convenient way. When you want to (remotely) backup your changes or keep different versions, here is another approach:
Create a branch and then commit the modified version there.
Then you apply the changes of that commit as modified to your current head via:
git cherry-pick <commit-hash>
git reset --mixed HEAD~1

reset --mixed option: changed files are preserved but not marked for commit. It's the default option.
When you want to save a different personal modified version, create a new branch and proceed as above.

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Home > SLA School Librarian of the Year 2019 Announced
SLA School Librarian of the Year 2019 Announced
Ros Harding of The King's School Chester has been awarded the honour of the School Librarian of the Year 2019. 2019 YA Book Prize winner Sara Barnard presented Ros Harding with her award at a special ceremony at the Millennium Gloucester Hotel, Kensington, London Kensington on 27 June.
Sue Bastone, Chair of the SLA School Librarian of the Year Selection Committee, said: 'It was a real honour to visit the three exceptional librarians on this year's Honour List and it was incredibly difficult for the judges to pick a winner. Ros's professionalism and contribution to teaching and learning make her a highly valued equal among her teaching colleagues. Her caring and inclusive nature is appreciated by students, staff and parents, many of whom describe her as inspiring, not least in the way she makes things happen to the benefit of all who come into contact with her, from junior school pupils to the Senior Leadership Team.'
Noting that the award is a unique and wonderful celebration of the work of school librarians, Alison Tarrant, Chief Executive of the School Library Association, said: 'The Honour List this year are fantastic examples of the impact that effective school libraries can have, as shown by the affection and respect with which pupils and teaching staff talk about them. All three have all had a positive influence on the learning that goes on within their schools, both formally and informally. Ros has 'redefined the role' according to her nominee and all prove that the stereotype of a school librarian who sits behind a desk and stamps books is just that – a stereotype. All the Honour List should be incredibly proud of their contribution to ensuring all their pupils have a fully rounded education.'
The two other school librarians on the Honour List, recognised for their outstanding work the Honour List were Chantal Kelleher, Learning Resource Centre Manager at Herne Bay High School, and Helen Cleaves, Librarian/Learning Resources Manager at Kingston Grammar School.
To read the profiles of all the librarians on the Honour List visit the SLA website [1].
Source URL (retrieved on Jan '20): http://booksforkeeps.co.uk-www.booksforkeeps.co.uk/childrens-books/news/sla-school-librarian-of-the-year-2019-announced
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Valentine's Day will be here soon! If you're like many homeschool mamas, you're looking for a few fun Valentine-themed learning activities for your kiddos.
I am also on the hunt for Valentine's Day printables for my own homeschool crew. I have a 6 year old who is working on recognizing tally marks and number words, so I needed an activity to help her with that.
Since she's not much for handwriting (yet!), I made an activity that is more hands-on.
Even though these heart puzzle cards were created to use around Valentine's Day, hearts are a very versatile theme that you can use year-round!
Each set focuses on numbers 1 to 20.
I intentionally created these puzzle cards in black and white to save on printer ink!
To make them fun for Valentine's Day, just print on purple or pink cardstock. If you want to use them over and over again, it would be helpful to laminate them.
Then play and play some more!
♥ Color By Number: Hearts!


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Лінь () — тонкий морський трос, як правило, зроблений з високоякісного прядива, окружністю до 25 мм (1 дюйм). Виготовляється здебільшого виттям, для сигнальних фалів і для лаглінів патент-лагів вживаються плетені ліні. Більшість лінів йде для дрібних і чистих такелажних робіт і на обробку шлюпкового такелажу.

Каболки лінів називаються нитками, за їхнім числом визначають і товщину ліня: «лінь у 9 ниток» тощо.

Види лінів
З високоякісного прядива
 Ма́рлінь (від нід. marlijn) — лінь з двох ниток;
 Ю́зинь, ю́зень, заст. гю́зинг (від нід. huizing, ниж.-нім. hüsing, букв. «хатній виріб») — лінь з трьох ниток;
 Сте́клінь (від нід. steeklijn) — лінь з 6 ниток (трьох сталок по дві нитки кожна).

З прядива нижчого сорту
 Шестерик — лінь у 6 ниток;
 Дев'ятерик — лінь у 9 ниток;
 Лінь у 12 ниток.

Лінями, витими зі стрендей (тобто кабельної роботи) були тільки диплотліні в 27 ниток. Ліні з борідки (прядив'яних пачосів) називаються борідковими або шкімушга́ром (від ). Шкімушгар може бути в 2 нитки (двійник), 3 (трійник) та 6 (шестерик). Витий вручну лінь з 2-3 ниток (часто просмолений) називають шкі́мушкою.

Спеціальні ліні
 Лаглінь — трос для голландського або патентованого лага;
 Лотлінь — трос для ручного лота;
 Слаблінь — лінь для шнурування вітрила до реї (іноді і до щогли) на шлюпках.

Ліньок
Короткий лінь з вузлом на кінці називався «ліньком» і служив для покарання матросів на старому флоті. Покарання ліньками проводилося зазвичай на баку. Караний спускав сорочку і, заклавши руки за голову, ставав між двома боцманами, які по черзі, з розстановкою, били його між лопаток. Покарання ліньками на Російському імператорському флоті було скасовано лише в 1860-х роках.

Див. також
 Лінемет
 Трос (морська справа)

Примітки

Джерела

 § 51. Тросы и цепи  // Г. Г. Ермолаев, Е. С. Зотеев. Основы морского судовождения. , Транспорт, 1988. С. 188.

Морська термінологія
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Такелаж


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Gabe Rottman is a legislative counsel/policy adviser in the ACLU's Washington Legislative Office.
A week after the Department of Justice notified the Associated Press that it had secretly seized records for more than 20 phone lines in a leak investigation, The Washington Post uncovered an overlooked search warrant in another leak case that raises similar – and perhaps more serious – constitutional concerns.
The extraordinary revelation this week that the Internal Revenue Service targeted Tea Party groups for more aggressive enforcement highlights exactly why caution is needed in any response to the much-vilified Supreme Court decision in Citizens United v. FEC .


Did my cataract surgeon set my dominant eye for distance vision?
I just had cataract surgery on my left eye, which was set for distance. My doctor said if I got both eyes done for distance I will just need glasses to read. However, I am unable to focus on a computer screen with my corrected eye. The doctor now tells me I will lose my close vision to 6 feet out. I am considering having monovision to have the other eye corrected for near vision. I am not sure if they corrected my dominant or non-dominant eye for my distant vision. When I test for the dominate eye my left eye is dominate. Is this eye really dominant or is it now because I had it set for distance vision? I am confused.
This is one of those questions that does not lend itself well to email answers. You need a comprehensive examination by your ophthalmologist and the opportunity to ask all of your questions, but I will try to help you learn more about this complicated question.
There are basically three distances of vision: far, intermediate (computer) and near. There is no intraocular lens made that gives excellent vision at all 3 distances. It sounds like you now have good distance vision in your left eye. The question seems to be what would be the wisest course for your right eye and how does that relate to your dominant eye.
The notion of setting one eye for distance and the other for near is called monovision. Some of us prefer to do a mini-monovision, whereby a person has good distance vision in one eye and intermediate (computer) vision in the other. Glasses might still be needed for small print.
We prefer to set the dominant eye for distance, but sometimes it gets reversed for one reason or another. As long as the difference between the two eyes is slight, most people can adapt to the subtle difference between the two eyes either way.
You need to thoroughly discuss this issue with your ophthalmologist. He/she can easily determine your dominant eye and can do a contact lens "test drive" to allow you to see what monovision and mini-monovision would be like.


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OV 7th grade boys split pair of game at South Vermillion
The Owen Valley Middle School seventh grade boys' basketball team went on the road Tuesday night to take on the South Vermillion Wildcats for an A/B doubleheader. At the end of the night, OV won the B game but fell in the A.
In the A-game, the Wildcats held a 10-0 lead after one and 23-13 at halftime. The OV offense picked up in the second half, but South Vermillion led by 19 going into the fourth quarter, 39-20. The Patriots "won" the fourth quarter, 16-14, but the Wildcats finished with the 17-point game win.
The Patriots were led in scoring by Calvin Dean with 14 points, followed by Rhett Manuel with nine, Truett Burnette six, Rhet Heckman four, Rylan Robinson two and Brayden McDonald one.
In the B game, Owen Valley won, 23-17.
The teams were tied with six points each after one quarter of play and OV went into the locker room at halftime with a two-point lead, 11-9. In the third, both teams scored six again, giving the Patriots just a two-point advantage heading into the fourth quarter, 17-15. In the final frame, OV put up six points while holding the Wildcats to two for the six-point win.
The Patriot offense was led by Dillon Bell, AJ Bell and Elijah Anderson, each with five points, followed by Brennan Fishburn with four, Gavin Kennedy two and Jordan Mahon two.
The seventh-grade team will travel to Batchelor Middle School this evening for an A/B doubleheader with the host Bulldogs.


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Q: Crystal reports - close the database connection This is in C#, Visual Studio 2008, crystal reports that came with VS2008
I've got a crystal report viewer form that resides in a DLL.  The DLL is responsible for loading the crystal report (based on report filename), and displaying the report on the form.
When I'm done with the crystal report, i call dispose on the loaded reportdocument object.  However, the database connection remains.
Crystal seems to detect that there are other connections (from my main application) to the same database, and keeps its connection open.  The crystal connection is closed when the main applications database connection is closed.
Is there any way to force crystal to close its connection, with out closing the main applications database connection?

A: How are you connecting to the database, by creating your own connection at runtime via setting the authentication or are you letting Crystal do the connection via the stored connection in the report? If you are doing your own connection in any way, shape, or form, you have to manually close the connection and call the dispose before disposing the report.
It is quite possible this is a memory leak. I have experienced these before. There is also a memory leak issue with Crystal Reports and is talked about on their forum quite a bit but no fix was issued when I was using it a few years ago. I ditched Crystal for other options.

A: I had the same problem, except I'm using Sybase. A little while ago I was posting the code I wrote to dispose of the connection (and that didn't work) when I saw an error! I fixed the error, and, cross my fingers, now it seems to work. I've opened almost 100 reports where I couldn't open 10 before. If you try this, please let me know if it works for you.
Here is what I'm doing right before I close the window that contains the Crystal Reports viewer:
var rd = (ReportDocument)crystalReportViewer1.ReportSource;
foreach (Table table in rd.Database.Tables)
   table.Dispose();
rd.Database.Dispose();
rd.Close();
rd.Dispose();
GC.Collect();

Mark

A: Marks code seems to somewhat relieve the situation although it is a bit backwards, should be something like:
ReportDocument rd = (ReportDocument) viewer.ReportSource;
foreach (Table table in rd.Database.Tables)
    table.Dispose();
viewer.ReportSource = null;
rd.Database.Dispose();
rd.Close();
rd.Dispose();
rd = (ReportDocument) viewer.ReportSource;
GC.Collect();

This didn't completely plug the leak for me but certainly helped.

A: I'm not too familiar with Crystal Reports, but there are many objects which have a useless Dispose() method due to an inheritance chain that includes the IDisposable interface. If you are not seeing any performance problems on the server, then don't worry about it. The GC will take care of the connections on the clients when it is ready. You shouldn't try to be smarter than the GC, you will only give yourself more headaches.
And, always call Dispose() (or using{}) when it is available.

A: connectDB();

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DataSet ds;
cmd = new SqlCommand("Select * from LeaveJO where IDno = '" + textBox1.Text + "'", conn);

da = new SqlDataAdapter(cmd);
ds = new DataSet();
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            cryRpt.Load(@"JOleave.rpt");
            cryRpt.SetDataSource(ds);

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Tables CrTables;

crConnectionInfo.ServerName = cs.serverName;
crConnectionInfo.DatabaseName = cs.dbName;
crConnectionInfo.UserID = cs.userID;
crConnectionInfo.Password = cs.password;

CrTables = cryRpt.Database.Tables;
foreach (CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine.Table CrTable in CrTables)
{
    crtableLogoninfo = CrTable.LogOnInfo;
    crtableLogoninfo.ConnectionInfo = crConnectionInfo;
    CrTable.ApplyLogOnInfo(crtableLogoninfo);
}

cryRpt.Refresh();
//  cryRpt.PrintToPrinter(2, true, 1, 2);
crystalReportViewer1.ReportSource = cryRpt;
crystalReportViewer1.Visible = true;
cryRpt.Dispose();
conn.Dispose();

A: You can change the timout option in CRConfig.xml so the connections will be automatically closed.


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The International Blind Tennis Association (IBTA) is the organization that regulates the sport of Blind Tennis internationally.
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Olivia Jade Doesn't Think Her Parents' Legal Troubles Are Her Fault, Inside Sources Say
Olivia Jade just wants to move on from the college admissions scandal.
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Olivia Jade is the daughter of Lori Loughlin and Mossimo Giannulli, who are both currently wrapped up in the massive college admissions scandal. Even though her parents have been accused of cheating to get her and her sister, Bella, into college by falsely presenting them as rowing crew recruits, Olivia doesn't think that she should be blamed for their legal troubles, inside sources say, according to InTouch.
Olivia has faced a lot of backlash ever since the news of the scandal broke. She was previously a successful YouTuber with big name brand deals with beauty products. She has since lost the brand deals and the respect of some of her fans. But she doesn't believe she should be blamed for this whole mess.
"The way Olivia sees it, she didn't ask her mom to get involved in the admissions scandal. It's not her fault. She's just trying to get on with things and build a career for herself," an inside source said.
As The Inquisitr previously reported, Olivia has publicly tried to restart her career as a YouTuber in recent weeks. She posted a four minute video to the platform after being notably silent for months. In the video, the former beauty guru and lifestyle vlogger said she couldn't discuss any of the legal issues going on with her parents. However, she did say she wanted to start making videos again. It almost seemed as if she was asking her viewers for permission to return.
A post shared by olivia jade (@oliviajade)
"I'm terrified to make this video and to come back. I know that I also want to start taking smaller steps in the right direction for people that have been DMing and asking me," she told her viewers.
Even though Olivia said she'd have a new video out soon, it has yet to arrive. This is likely because lawyers will have to approve it before it can be posted so to keep her parents from getting in more hot water.
However, the star does seem to be posting on her social media again, having shared some selfies on Instagram.
Loughlin and Giannulli allegedly paid Rick Singer $500,000 to get their daughters into the University of Southern California. They now face a plethora of charges, including mail and wire fraud, honest services mail and wire fraud, and conspiracy to commit federal programs bribery. They could potentially spend decades behind bars if they are convicted. They have pleaded not guilty to all charges.


Bob Stevens – presenting at the 2017 LOCUS Leadership Summit in Washington D.C.
Bob Stevens, President of S&A and Principal for M&S Development will participate at the 2017 LOCUS Leadership Summit in Washington D.C. on April 24th. Bob will be joined by M&S partner, Craig Miskovich, Esq. as panelists and presenters during the Beyond P3s, How to Make a Project Viable when Public Private Partnership is not Enough session.
To read more about LOCUS: Smart Growth America please click HERE.
S&A welcomes Ally Bedard – Architectural Designer and Ann Dillon, Controller to their team.
Stevens & Associates team members are looking forward to attending 2017 Better Buildings By Design Conference. This event offers interactive learning opportunities in the areas of building durability, efficiency, and value for both residential and commercial projects.
Congratulations to Stevens & Associates staff members, Jon Saccoccio, AIA and Nikki Perry, Architectural Designer for receiving their CNU certification. S&A is proud to have a team of talented professionals expanding their knowledge of new urban design and development focused on placemaking and public spaces. By transforming downtowns into walkable, safe, and economically healthy areas, we create vibrant places for businesses and people to interact, prosper, and enjoy.
Wishing a Happy New Year & Thank You to all our clients, business associates, and staff for an exciting and prosperous 2016. S&A looks forward to serving Brattleboro and surrounding communities in 2017, as well as, the completion of their office expansion. Below are a few 'during construction' photos.
S&A welcomes Casey Berg as an Administrative Assistant to the team.
Casey joins Stevens & Associates as an administrative assistant with a passion for architecture, planning, sustainable design, and historic preservation. She is an active member of the Brattleboro community, serving on the Planning Commission and the Board of Directors for the Windham County Humane Society. As a staff member, Casey hopes to gain a broader understanding of the various disciplines offered by S&A expanding her knowledge and interests concerning local and neighboring community projects. In her spare time she enjoys architectural drawing and is inspired by the architecture of Brattleboro and her travels.
Stevens & Associates is a proud sponsor of the 2016 Vermont Development Conference. Bob Stevens, President of S&A and Principal for M&S Development will present "Financing Projects That Don't Pencil Out" on Nov. 2nd.


Niall and Jake are back to review the new Imperial Aces pack for the Star Wars X-Wing Miniatures Game. What do they think? Jacob thinks they're cool and it turns out, Niall is a huge nerd and has a bone to pick with this set.
Curious about what comes in the new Ogre Designer's Edition from Steve Jackson Games? Jake and Niall take a look inside and see what all the hype is about.
Our resident "miniatures experts", Niall and Jake, cover the latest wave of miniatures for the Star Wars X-Wing Miniatures Game from Fantasy Flight Games.
Our resident miniatures experts Jake and Niall cover the Hades Super-Heavy Walker from Dropzone Commander by Hawk Wargames.


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Dear family and friends...
Unfortunately, I'm not actually in Tehran, at least not anymore. But as some of you may know from illegible postcards or crackly telephone calls, I just got back from two weeks in Iran with a U of Chicago group. I promised myself that I wouldn't bore anyone with tales of How I Spent My Summer Vacation, but, well, Iran is kind of off the beaten path (so far off that there are large "DO NOT ENTER" signs in both English and Farsi) and especially with it being in the news so much recently, I thought I might be able to illustrate the well-researched articles in the paper with my own anecdotes from an entire fortnight there.
I've tried to be as brief as possible but seem to have lapsed into typical verbosity (if only I could write this much when I have papers due!). In homage to the fiftieth anniversary of On the Road, I've written in a nonlinear, unstructured stream of consciousness. So I certainly don't expect many (or any) of you to read this, but in case you are interested, here it is. (And please feel free to pass this along to anyone else who might be curious to hear a report from the ground...)
So to begin, U.Chicago organizes trips to a Weird Part of the World each year. Last year it was Tibet (focusing on human rights issues), next year it will be Laos and Cambodia (focusing on sustainable development), and this year it was Iran (and its human rights issues). Nine of us went, and the trip was coordinated by Global Exchange, a San Francisco-based nonprofit with the wonderfully liberal mission of connecting people in different countries to facilitate "cross-cultural exchange and dialogue". Normally we would have met with various Iranian NGOs--human rights groups, environmental groups, etc.--but the rightward swing the country has taken in the past two years prevented most of that. We still got to go to quite a few religious sites--a synagogue, an Armenian orthodox church, and several Zoroastrian sites. We went to no shortage of mosques, and even met with one of Iran's highest-ranking clerics (albeit an apolitical one). But Grand Ayatollah Imani was, depending on your point of view, either senile or just spiritually detached from the material world. The Dumbledore lookalike leaned on his cane and answered our questions about "How can we improve tensions between Islam and the West?" with one-liners like "Islam teaches that everything will come with patience." His two suit-wearing, Haldeman-and-Erlichman aides jumped in and subtly tried to convert us. They told us, as did all the clerics we met, about how they hoped that the Twelfth Imam, the Shia messiah, would return soon, and that when he did he would return with Jesus Christ. (According to a recent cartoon in a reformist newspaper, the actions of Prez Ahmadinejad are accelerating his return.)
The one person who did not seem to hope that the Twelfth Imam would return soon was our guide, Bahman, an ex-pro basketball player who as his senior thesis for his English Translation major translated The Sun Also Rises into Farsi (his professor got the credit when it was published). Bahman looked exceedingly uncomfortable at all of the religious sites we visited, referred to the theocrats as "those sons of bitches", and at one mosque in Isfahan, went on a long rant about how horrible it was that people actually prayed there, interfering with the ability to appreciate its architectural beauty. We visited a Shia seminary (madrassah in Farsi), where we ran into a young cleric who told us that he wanted to improve his English so that he could come to the U.S. and work to dispel the notion that their clerical colleges are terrorist training camps. Then he fingered the gold chain around Bahman's neck, said "You do realize that wearing gold is a sin..." and mused about how wearing gold would cause Bahman to be angry, impotent, and only bear daughters (Bahman has a six-year old girl). Bahman didn't look too pleased and all of a sudden we had another important site to rush off to. (A few days later, meeting with the Grand Ayatollah, Bahman's shirt was uncharacteristically buttoned all the way up.) And the full translation of the encounter with the gold-fearing mullah only came from our other guide, Mahdis, who might be described as a liberal activist of unclear nationality. Her parents are Iranian, she grew up in Germany, is now doing some sort of master's in Peace Studies at a university in Barcelona, and had worked in Global Exchange's San Francisco office over the summer, as well as having been involved in various activisty-type things in Israel/Palestine and so forth. Even though she had a preternatural suspicion of businesses, governments, and the media (i.e., large organizations) that was all too familiar after living in Ithaca for eighteen years, she was also very well-traveled and -experienced for a 24 year old. I liked her and Bahman quite a bit.
We stayed in four cities on the trip. Yazd, a small desert city home to Iran's dwindling Zoroastrian population, has narrow streets in the gaps between one-and two-story adobe buildings. The minarets at the mosques were the only buildings more than one or two stories high, and everything was made out of the beige mud and straw mixture. Shiraz has the best university in Iran, and consequently, good bookstores. It had plenty of public parks used as free campgrounds by Iranian families visiting the "Paris of Persia." Isfahan had people, a lot of them, and a lot of them friendly and eager to make English conversations. Tehran seemed cosmopolitan and wealthy, but it turned out that this was only because it was heavily income-stratified and we never wandered outside of the areas with "Starcups" coffee shops (where a cup of coffee cost $.20).
We visited quite a few cities and saw all the major tourist sites in central Iran, including Persepolis, the palace of Darius the Great that was first excavated by UChicago archaeologists in the 30s. In Tehran we went to the a contemporary art museum that had a large exhibit on textiles and fashion, including photos and sketches of Persian women modeling the latest designs in headscarves and manteaus (loose-fitting, neck-to-knee coats). Islamic dress for women is required by law and enforced by the Moral Police, whose squad cars are identical to normal patrol cars except for the label "ADMONISHERS" in small type. Still, there's quite a spread in what women actually wear, and like in the rest of the world, older women tend to dress more conservatively (which in Iran means full-body chadors or black headscarves and black clothing) than younger women. Especially in the richer parts of Tehran, girls my age wear their headscarves tied back as far as possible without falling off, and comb their bangs so as to expose as much hair as possible. And of course they wear headscarves with bright colors or crazy patterns, and tight-fitting manteaus with even tighter jeans underneath. (And then, of course, take the entire outfit off as soon as they get inside a private house.) One night in Shiraz, a motorcycle cop pulled our bus over for some unimportant reason, and as we were waiting, we saw two girls crossing the street behind the cop notice him, pull their headscarves forward over their hair, and put them down again as soon as they were back on the sidewalk.
The other popular fashion accessory for young people in Iran is a nose job. Or three consecutive nose jobs, as in the case of one girl we met. They're so popular (and cheap) that our guide claimed that two-thirds of women and a fifth of men had them. The real percentage probably isn't that high, but just gauging by the number of people who walk around with bandages on their nose (especially in the rich districts), they're pretty darn popular. Iran has become a Mecca for nose jobs and people from the Gulf states apparently fly in to have them done in Tehran. They're a popular subject of conversation, or at least of bragging. One girl we met in Isfahan, the cousin of a U.Chicago student we bumped into in the Tehran airport, was on her third--apparently the first had taken too much off and the second had put too much back on.
About that U of C student we met our first night in Tehran's Mehrabad International--that was a strange occurrence. It was 3 AM--all international flights from Europe arrive and depart in the middle of the night, since Tehran's main airport is about the size of Syracuse's and serves 20 million+ people--and the U of C delegation was sitting in some sort of holding room in customs. The immigration authorities (women in black chadors) had waved the Germans ahead of us through (we flew Lufthansa), but then paused when they saw our American passports. With no explanation, they escorted us into a room off of the immigration lounge, where we sat for a half-hour or so. In walked an eighth American, and we all jumped up and said hi, assuming that she was the eighth member of our group, who was arriving on a later flight. But she was, in fact, a fourth-year poli sci major from Cleveland whose family is Iranian, and who was going to visit her grandmother in Isfahan for a month. She had been on the flight after ours.
The eight of us probably weren't the only Americans in Iran, but especially with the government's recent crackdown on Iranian-American dual citizens in Iran, there's a decent chance that we were the only non-dual citizen Americans. So we chatted about mutual friends and classes, and watched a turban-wearing mullah get ushered through a side door without showing his passport; he was carrying four huge shopping bags from the duty-free store in Frankfurt. Eventually the immigration authorities came back and fingerprinted us. The U.S. has been fingerprinting and photographing Iranian citizens since the mid-90s (long before US-VISIT mandated it of all foreign entrants), the Iranian government doesn't like this, and had been considering responding in kind. But neither any of our guides nor the Swiss Embassy (home of the "U.S. interest section" in Iran) had heard of it actually happening. So we may have been the first recipients of that new policy. On the other hand, they let us go to the bathroom to wash the ink off our hands (and it was quite a lot of ink, since they took full palm prints), and the bathrooms in Mehrabad were the nicest bathrooms we visited in Iran.
We returned to Mehrabad and its 60s brutalism a few days later when we took Iran Air flight 294 to the small desert town of Yazd (whose airport resembled the pre-1994 Tompkins County Airport). I'd really love to have an exciting third-world-air-travel story, but unfortunately, Iran Air (with one important exception) was fantastic. Airport security, too, was excellent; it was like U.S. security before September 11th. The one exception was that we had to go to the metal detector and baggage scanner twice--once upon entering the terminal and again before entering the concourse. The second was a genuine airport security checkpoint with police and signs asking you to please not bring grenades onto the plane, but the first seemed mostly for show--the metal detector beeped for some guy right behind us, and the one person manning the checkpoint didn't care. (Incidentally, they have separate checkpoints for men and women.) They must have only been able to afford jetways at the international terminal, since at the domestic terminal, everyone had to board buses to be ferried out to their planes. In our case the plane was a Fokker 100, the same plane US Air used to run on the Ithaca-Pittsburgh flight. Unlike US Air, though, the flight attendants smiled and were friendly. One of them looked like a Persian Mitt Romney. Their announcements were both in English and Farsi (apparently this is standard practice and not just because we were on the plane); when they were done explaining how to fasten seat belts, they said, without translating it into English, a prayer. This turned out to be a good idea, since as soon as the plane began to accelerate down the runway, there was this sound like several hundred ball bearings rolling to the back of the plane. "Spare parts," Bahman joked. The sound continued as the plane banked after takeoff. Supposedly the plane had been flying at its maximum altitude on its previous flight, causing the water in its pipes to freeze, and it was the chunks of ice scudding around in the water lines that we were hearing. (Don't planes have insulation for this kind of thing?) Still, it was a good flight, and the terrain looked like Wyoming from above. It was 45 minutes long, only cost $25 (or 251,000 rials), and we even got food--a snack box containing apple juice, almonds, and a very tasty pastry.
Speaking of tasty treats, there's plenty of ice-cream in Iran (their soft serve is good; even better is saffron-flavored ice cream), but even more popular (and delicious) is a food called faludeh, which is frozen starchy noodles served in a sort of rosewater and lime broth. It's really, really good. I was wandering around the bazaar in Isfahan one day and happened on an ice-cream/faludeh shop, and while I certainly didn't *need* any ice cream, what with the kebabs they were stuffing us with, I figured that ordering food and interacting with retail staff would be a good Cultural Experience. Unfortunately, even the prices were in Persian numerals, and my Farsi is equivalent to about an hour in the womb. So I stared at the sign, and after ten or fifteen minutes, figured out that the store sold both ice cream ("bastani") and faludeh. (I could have figured this out in about thirty seconds by looking at what the people leaving the shop were carrying, but that didn't occur to me at the time.) Unfortunately, like most ice cream stores, the store had five or ten different types of each faludeh and ice cream, each with different names and prices, so I couldn't just walk up to the counter and say "Me ice cream." Plus, the store was completely mobbed, mostly with fathers carrying out trays of ice cream or faludeh for their kids. It wasn't clear whether people were ordering and giving money or taking bowls of ice cream and then giving money, or what. I tried to get in line, and stood amidst the crowd for about five minutes, but people kept shoving past me and I never got any closer to the counter. Then, this kid, maybe 13 or 14, came up, tapped me, and offered me his faludeh (or at least a faludeh that he was holding). "Take it." I asked him how much it was, but he declined payment, so I took it, and he disappeared. In retrospect, I should have been polite and declined (Iran, like many cultures, has an elaborate system of formal refusing), or at least have tried harder to pay him. Still, his generosity and hospitality really made my day... and the next evening, I went back when the store wasn't crowded, and managed to buy faludeh all by myself.
The rest of the food was quite good, although the Iranian staples of pomegranates, dates, and eggplant aren't really my thing. We had a lot of kebabs, a lot of rice, a lot of nan, and a lot of saffron- and rosewater-flavored things. I now have a very Warhol-esque glass bottle with "Pepsi" written in Farsi, although I only once got to try Iran's indigenous and wildly popular line of soft drinks, Zam Zam. I also had a fairly sketchy beer in Isfahan, but since the drinking age is never, it was non-alcoholic "Islamic beer" (a label proclaimed that it had not just 0% alcohol, but 0.0%). There's apparently a pretty big black market for alcohol, though, and our driver told us that whenever he drives buses from Tehran to Istanbul, the first thing the women do at the Turkish border is take off their headscarves and the first the men do is take out their beer.
The day after I got the free faludeh, I was wandering around the same square in Isfahan. Imam Square (not to be confused with Inman Square in Cambridge, Mass.) is, according to our guide, the second-largest public square in the world, twice the size of Red Square in Moscow but not quite as big as Tianamen Square. Some 17th-century shah built it back when Isfahan was the capital, and boy, what a great monument it is. The square is 1600 feet long by 500 feet wide. It's surrounded on four sides by a single low building filled with shops that open up onto both the square and onto the interior of the building. At the north end of the square the shops merge with the rest of Isfahan's main bazaar. There are two mosques built into the sides of the square, an enormous one and a medium-sized one, as well as a modest palace (all extremely beautiful). The center of the square is broken up between walking lanes, grass, and a reflecting pool with a fountain. There's a small parking lot at the north end of the square, and a small but busy street cuts through. We were there on weekend nights, and so the place was absolutely packed with people, including a lot of families picnicking on the grass. There are even hansom cabs! It's a great example of "living history" and certainly deserving of its designation as a UNESCO World Heritage site.
Anyway, I was wandering around Imam Square, and in the course of an hour, four people had come up to me and started conversations with me in English. Two of them were trying to sell me stuff, but two were just curious to talk to foreigners, and they were all surprised to hear that I was American. It was getting dark, so I was trying to take a photo of the mosque dome using my tripod, and as I was balancing it on a bench, a fifth person came up to me, said hello, and asked me where I was from. His eyes went wide when I said I was American. As it turned out his family was picnicking just a few feet away, so he invited me to sit down and eat sunflower seeds with them. His uncle, upon hearing that I was American, made the throat-slitting pantomime. "Khameini," he said, referencing Iran's Supreme Leader, the successor to the Ayatollah Khomeini. I ended up sitting and talking with them for about a half-hour, mostly about Iranian and U.S. politics, and it was very interesting. Only the guy who had come up to me and said hello, Kashan, spoke English, so he was interpreting, although I tried to toss in a sentence in bad Farsi every now and then (mainly "Yes!" or "Bush is very bad!"). He looked 18 or 19 and said he was studying math. (This was slightly strange, since every college student in Iran seemed to be training either to become an engineer or a doctor, but perhaps math was just a route to engineering.) Most of his seven or eight relatives there were older, but he also had a younger sister who was maybe 9 or 10. She bounced around the whole time, but kept asking questions and never took her eyes off me. When I asked what her name was, she said it, then carefully spelled it out, syllable by syllable. When I was leaving, I shook the men's hands and smiled and nodded to the women, since public intergender touching in Iran is never done. Then his sister stuck out her hand--much to everyone's giggles--and so I shook it. It was a small but significant symbol of youthful defiance.
Like most people we met in Iran, Kashan and his family hated the Iranian government, both the president in particular and Khameini and the Islamic Republic in general. Ahmadinejad is seen as an embarrassment. A poll taken by a fairly mainstream Tehran newspaper over the summer showed that of those who voted for Ahmadinejad two years ago, only 32% would vote for him again, and a reformist newspaper ran a cartoon saying that he was living proof that humans were related to monkeys. He's kind of a strange character, since he's ultraconservative but not a cleric--he has a Ph.D. in civil engineering and had been some sort of professor before becoming Mayor of Tehran. He's actually been at odds with the clerics on a couple issues. I heard him described somewhere as an Iranian neocon, which was particularly apt. People who go up to foreigners on the street probably aren't hard-liners, so there's a selection bias, and there probably are a lot of people who support the government. Even so, most Iranians are well-educated, pro-Western, and young--something like 70% of the population is less than 30 (i.e., younger than the government)--and the government is not popular. There was a lot of hope in 1997 when Mohammed Khatami, a reformist cleric, was elected president, but despite his landslide victory and reelection in 2001, Supreme Leader Khameini (who has veto power over everything the government does) blocked most of his reforms. This was one of the more depressing themes I took away from the country: people dislike the Islamist crackdown of the last two years, but don't know what to do about it. I asked Kashan about this, and he said, "We are not mullahs or politicians; we are just little people. We cannot change things." They can vote, though, and one can always hope that the backlash against Ahmadinejad will be strong enough to provoke a reformist win in 2009. Or the mullahs could just work extra hard to disqualify reformist candidates, which was the main reason why Ahmadinejad won in 2005. When democracy doesn't work, infinite veto power is a good fallback strategy.
One of the major themes of Ahmadinejad's campaign two years ago was fixing Iran's economy, which boasts 20% inflation and 40% unemployment. Most large corporations are either completely or partially state-owned. Though Iran has quite a bit of oil in its Iraq-neighboring provinces and oil makes up the majority of government revenue, it has almost no domestic refineries, and so has to import most of its gasoline. They government began rationing gas a few months ago--100 liters per month per car--but with heavy subsidies, it only costs 40 cents per gallon. (Those same subsidies are what made my hour-long plane ride cost $25.) The economic sanctions against Iran have completely severed its banking network from the rest of the world's, but there's a moderate-sized network of internal ATMs. (It's still a cash economy, of course, but most major bank branches have one or two sitting outside.) And the sanctions can be easily circumvented; all the fancy carpet shops we visited had "contacts in Dubai" that let them accept credit cards. They had little Visa and MasterCard stickers on their windows, and the transactions worked successfully for several members of our group. I got the impression that the "contacts in Dubai" were actually fairly sophisticated businesses, and profitable ones, with 3-6% commissions on top of each transaction (quite a bit for carpets).
After Isfahan, we drove back to Tehran, and stopped in several nice villages in the Zagros Mountains on the way. We also drove past Iran's main nuclear-processing site, outside of Natanz. The site is right next to the main road between Tehran and Isfahan, the Persian equivalent of I-95. There were occasional anti-aircraft guns for about fifty miles in each direction; this was the only evidence of military buildup that we saw in Iran. (With one exception: each major state museum in Tehran had a single soldier with an AK-47 standing guard. I guess they take looting seriously.) We passed a watchtower, and the guard smiled and waved at us. Unfortunately we didn't tour the site and the gift shop was closed--I really wanted some centrifuge keychains. We weren't allowed to take any photos of the nuclear site (nor of any government building, cop, or soldier in Iran). But our view from the road wasn't as good as the satellite photo available on Google Maps. (Google Maps's resolution on the nuclear site is higher than on Ithaca--go figure. Or maybe they're trying to encourage grassroots reconnaissance.)
So that was Iran. I'd really like to go back sometime if we ever liberalize relations; the country is very beautiful and there's lots of good hiking. It's not a closed country and there is tourism (lots of Germans and Japanese), but the government is quite touchy with Americans, and it's pretty impossible to get a visa unless you have family or are on a tour.
Life at Chicago continues, and I write for the newspaper, work for the campus cinema, and this quarter am TA'ing precalculus. I also go to class from time to time--this quarter I'm taking physical chemistry, a class on the neo-Assyrian empire, modern physics, and sculpture. I hope I can share photos the next time we meet, and until then...
iran | northern new york | chile 1 | chile 2 | chicago 1 | chicago 2
transamerica | arizona 1 | arizona 2 | oakland | berkeley


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Q: Installing driver, will it work with my system and is there any possibility of harm? I want to install this driver: Click here for info about it
I need the Stereo Mix function for skype calls so sound from my computer can be funneled to the call.
I am on an Inspiron 1520, which isn't listed on there.
Will this work? Are there any other ways to capture computer sounds and send them through skype?
Thank you for the help!

A: I would go to the Dell support site and enter your service tag to be directed to the correct driver.  That should assure you get the right drivers.
From what I can see this is the right driver but may not be the latest version.
It will also usually tell you if the installer does not find supported hardware.
In addition, you sometimes need the HD Audio driver to get it all working.  Not sure on your Inspiron 1520 though

A: If you're using Windows XP, Dell recommends the following drivers for the Inspiron 1520:
Audio: SIGMATEL STAC 92XX C-Major HD Audio
5.10.0.5515_RC22-WHQL, A11
so it is definitely the correct driver.

A: If your computer isn't listed then there's a good chance it won't work. There may even be a slight chance it will make your system unstable - unlikely but it has to be mentioned.
However, it might "just work" - the only way you can know it by trying it.
If you are in any doubt don't install it.
If you want to take the risk then create a System Restore Point immediately before you do install so you can roll the OS back to a working state if it does cause problems.
Have you contacted Dell about a compatible driver?


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