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A week ago, I mentioned that the Cirrus Aircraft corporation, maker of the leading small-plane model in the world, had been sold to a branch of China's state-run airplane-producing consortium. This is actually part of the book I've been working on.
The Air Force Academy recently purchased 25 advanced trainers from Cirrus Aircraft for its powered-flight program, an integral part of the cadets pilot training.
One problem is that Cirrus Industries Inc., the aircraft maker's parent company, is 100 percent owned by the Chinese communist government. It was purchased by the Chinese in March 2011 for a reported $210 million.
The sale was not blocked for national security concerns by Congress or the Obama administration, even with opposition from Rep. Chip Cravaack, Minnesota Republican, who stated in a letter to the Treasury Department in March that the sale could compromise U.S. national security. Despite alarms coming from several sides, the sale was finalized by the end of June.
I think the technical response here is: Give me a break! The airplanes the Air Force is ordering "from China" actually spend the entirety of their production cycle in Duluth, Minnesota and Grand Forks, North Dakota. And what the Air Force is getting "from the Chinese" is a less sophisticated model of the kind of airplane that I flew earlier this week to Louisville, KY, and back (from DC), and that over the past decade has been sold all around the world to eager customers, including in China. It's a great plane, and I feel so lucky to fly one. But it poses exactly as much threat to national security as if Audis were suddenly being made and sold in China (oops, wait a minute - they are!). It's fine to be upset about China's achievements -- when there's a reason. This story, as I'll explain at greater length elsewhere, says something about the pressures the U.S. finance system puts on entrepreneurs. It has nothing to do with "national security."
For reference, you can see pictures of an (ominously) Chinese-registered Cirrus, in which I've flown. Or here. Meta point: if you get upset at things that don't matter, what do you have left over for things that make a difference? And while the Wash Times obviously has a niche identity, what does this show us about the way we discuss the evolving US-Chinese interactions?
* Me, far right; my friend Peter Claeys, fourth from right.


Another sympathy card to share.
Although I do have other themes than just sympathy coming up (I promise!), it's sort of where I'm stuck for a few more days. Just so many of them to make lately 😦 , and I've hardly had any time in the craft room because of editing projects. I have a feeling it's going to be a busy fall too. But. I do have this simple offering tonight (that I have to post before I start "hopping" around elsewhere), mailed a few weeks ago now.
This card was for a dear friend/former roommate who lost her young husband recently. I wanted something reminiscent of a masculine idea but also to incorporate blue, as that was always her favorite color. And I wanted something that hearkened to their relationship, something beautiful and giving an idea of romance. And I didn't have a lot of time to create it. (I actually worked on it in at least two snatches of time.) Tall order, I guess.
I started off by going to my "cheat box": a photo box I've filled with premade or prescored card bases, so that when I'm short on time, I can simply pluck one out of there. I've either already done the work on it or bought it usable. Although I prefer to use Stampin' Up cardstock (80-lb. weight) for my card bases, I do also have a stash of printed American Crafts and DCWV bases (thank you, Marijane). So I found one that was flowery (romantic), tan (somber/masculine), and blue (the whole point) and hoped I could make it work.
I find printed bases harder to create with. There's not much difference between a plain base that I top with patterned paper or a printed base, but I always find the latter harder to pull together into a card. But they are lovely and useful, so I keep trying.
I had a random scrap of blue flowered paper hanging around that seemed to match the color on the base fairly well, so I wanted to use it somehow. (I think it might be very retired SU DSP.) And I had sorted through my set of Anna Griffin sentiment tags and toppers beforehand to pull out ones that could work with sympathy cards, since it seems to be the "season" for that. This one spoke to me the most for her because of what she means to me and how the news affected me. Plus I liked how the gold foil in the sentiment matched the tan in the base.
So I found some SU cardstock that coordinated, used an EK Success edge punch on one side of a long strip for the middle, and matted the sentiment with the same. (I think it's either Crumb Cake or Tip Top Taupe cardstock.) And as I look at the pictures here, I'm wondering if I didn't match the top and bottom bronze pearls after all (both in size and color). I meant to…. I remember thinking that the smaller size of pearl looked better next to the flowers; it didn't take up as much room. And I already had the big one stuck at that point. Must have been more in a hurry than I thought and forgot to switch it out. (Or maybe it's the angle of the pictures?) Erg. Well, I can't ask for it back now. I never claimed to be perfect anyway. It's handmade, right?
I did have some fun rummaging through my random flower canister for ones I could use on the front of the card so it wouldn't be so plain. I nested a tiny cream one inside a couple of layers of white ones to bring in the cream-colored background of the sentiment and topped it off with a champagne-colored pearl. And of course I had to use blue flowers. This arrangement and color scheme seemed to work best. The dark blue flower is fabric ribbon with a gem in the middle of it, and the light blue rose is a rougher blend.
I chose the same SU cardstock from the front for the inside, since the inside of the card base was white. I matted the left-hand sentiment with cream for contrast. Both stamps were inked with an Encore Gold Metallic pad and heated with a heat gun afterward. The left-hand sentiment is from a retired SU set called "Words of Wisdom," and the one on the right is from the retired SU set "Thoughts and Prayers." I used a gold border strip from the retired SU "Painted Love Gold Vinyl Stickers" from the last catalog down one side and edge-punched the other with the EK punch from the front.
So that's it for this one. I'm glad I've actually managed to mail it. Still working on that for some of the others. 😛 More to come later. Back to my edit for now. The juggling continues!


GoConnect is one of my favorite real estate tools that acts as a Mobile CRM and checklist app for real estate agents.
It's basically an app for your phone that you can use as a CRM to manage contacts, contracts and closings.
But hang on, if that sounds more like a transaction management app it's because it is also helps you manage the transaction.
Think about it like this – GoConnect took the entire real estate transaction process, from lead capture to post closing, excluding lead generation, documented thousands of check points and converted them all into a seamless task flow and beautiful mobile app for agents.
It was hard enough to construct that last sentence never mind build out an intuitive and easy-to-use mobile app that manages and perfectly organizes thousands of tasks and rules.
The takeaway for you is that you can download the app for free and use your phone stay on top of your real estate contacts and transactions. But remember that its not a prospecting tool so don't dump all your contacts that you collected over your career into the app. It needs to stay fast and nimble and useful.
The mobile interface embraces the fundamentals of mobile design. Swipe, tap and color co-ordinated visual tasks. There is no desktop version. There's a fundamental shift in how we use technology and you're going to see more and more developer stop building websites and only create mobile apps.
There is a Pro version of the app. It's affordable and offers a number of enhancements but you don't need it to get started as the free version is more than enough (until you get hooked).
You're going to love the GoConnect app if you're serious about streamlining your business, being a mobile agent and having everything at your finger tips.


75-3725. Allotment plans and information to be available to director of accounts and reports. The director of the budget, under rules and regulations adopted as provided in K.S.A. 75-3706, shall make available to the director of accounts and reports all information as to allotment plans and available funds as will assist the director of accounts and reports in recording, by funds and items, the amounts appropriated for, and the estimated revenues of each state agency, the amounts allotted and available for expenditure, the amounts of expenditure obligations authorized to be incurred, actual receipts and disbursements, actual balances on hand, and the unencumbered balances after deduction of all actual and authorized expenditures.
History: L. 1953, ch. 375, § 25; L. 1972, ch. 332, §78; July 1.


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A large crowd gathered outside the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco this morning to await details about Apple's iPhone 5.
Apple CEO Tim Cook and other company officials announced the new phone's features at a 10 a.m. event at the center today.
Dozens of gawkers stood outside the building, many of whom were following the announcement on older versions of the iPhone.
"We knew we weren't going to be in, but just wanted to be here," said Tim Dunn, who, along with two coworkers, is in town from Cincinnati for a business trip.
The iPhone 5 is said to be thinner and lighter than previous models, with a larger screen and longer battery life, and will feature a new connection port.
Ethan Bresnick, a 13-year-old eighth-grader from Burlingame who was wearing a green shirt bearing the Apple logo, took the day off of school to come to San Francisco for the event.
"It's my last chance to come to one of these before high school," said Bresnick, who said he makes short films.
"I'm a huge fan of their marketing and culture," he said. "It really appeals to the consumer."
Alexa Maechtel, of Germany, who is on vacation in the Bay Area, said she is eager to get the new version of the phone.
"I work at an IT company, so I have to have the newest stuff," Maechtel said.
She said she decided to visit San Francisco because, for tech workers, the city and Silicon Valley are "our Mecca."
Dan McMenamin, Bay City News
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chelsea court proposal passes one hurdle, faces another (updated)
UPDATE: I made a few corrections to this post after publication, which are in bold.
With fewer houses and a reconfigured layout, Chelsea Court, a proposed townhouse development less than a block from downtown Silver Spring, got the nod from MoCo's hearing examiner, bringing it one step closer to reality. The County Council next has to approve the project, and they should.
Townhomes like these at Clarendon Park in Arlington could soon becoming to Silver Spring.
Two years ago, Bethesda-based developer EYA bought planned a development on the five-acre Chelsea School campus at Pershing Drive and Springvale Road after the school decided to move. Noting the site's proximity to the Silver Spring Metro and demand for transit-accessible housing, EYA sought to have the site rezoned from R-60, which allows single-family homes, to RT-15, which allows townhouses.
The zoning change was approved by the county Planning Board, which pointed to the twelve-story Colesville Towers apartments across the street and said townhouses weren't too dense for the neighborhood. Then it went to the County Council, but they rejected the zoning change due to opposition from residents only want single-family homes in their neighborhood.
The County Council asked EYA to come back with a new proposal, and they did, which was just approved by the Hearing Examiner, Lynn Robeson, who basically serves as a judge for the county's zoning code. The examiner's office released this 111-page report detailing how they came to their conclusion.
The originally proposed site plan.
The new site plan.
The site will now be zoned RT-12.5, which still allows townhouses, but at a lower density. There will be only 64 townhouses, instead of 77 as EYA first proposed, while the number of county-mandated moderately-priced dwelling units will drop from 13 10 to 8. The houses will be placed further away from Springvale Road to appease residents of that street, while a private street for the new development has been moved.
Because of these changes, half of the site is set aside as open space, including wider courtyards between townhouse rows and a larger park at the corner of Springvale Road and Pershing Drive. There's also more open space around the historic Riggs-Thompson House, which was built by the founder of Riggs Bank was originally going to be saved in the first proposal.
Nonetheless, some neighbors weren't satisfied. No fewer than six civic associations opposed the project, including the adjacent Seven Oaks-Evanswood Civic Association (SOECA), but also Lyttonsville and South Four Corners, both of which are several miles away from the site.
Residents complained about the loss of large trees, while others questioned that EYA's traffic studies showing no increase in nearby congestion. SOECA president vice president Vicki Warren said there wasn't enough open space around the Riggs-Thompson House, though historic preservation planner Judith Christensen said she could "live with" what was provided because the county's Historic Preservation Commission would have a say in how it was used.
Many complained that the project's layout resembled military barracks, though the "alternative plan" submitted by Kenneth Doggett, SOECA's "expert land planner," looks much like EYA's proposal, but with fewer houses.
Doggett's proposal for the Chelsea Court site.
In response, EYA tried to show how Chelsea Court fit into the local context. Vice president Aakash Thakkar displayed a model of Clarendon Park, a project they built in Arlington with a similar layout, and noted how the end houses were designed to look like single-family homes, helping them blend into the neighborhood.
Miguel Iraola, a planner at Hord Coplan Macht who's designing the project, offered several precedents throughout Silver Spring, Wheaton and Bethesda that are similar in design or density to their proposal. Neighbors Maria Schmit and Tom Anderson claimed that they weren't comparable to Chelsea Court, but Robeson agreed with Iraola's conclusion.
With the hearing examiner's approval, the new Chelsea Court proposal will now go before the County Council once again, and I hope they approve it as well. EYA has worked hard to meet the neighborhood's concerns, crafting a project that not only respects the site's history but its current surroundings.
They also have a good track record for creating quality infill projects, which many neighbors recognize. "Based on EYA's National Park Seminary [in Forest Glen], I am convinced this new development will be attractive – just as attractive as our existing neighborhood and perhaps even more so," wrote SOECA resident Leslie Downey in a letter to the Planning Board last year.
Many Silver Spring residents say they want to support local businesses, are upset about traffic congestion, and are concerned about safety. Yet they are often the same ones who oppose projects like Chelsea Court, which would generate more customers, allow more people to walk, bike or use transit instead of driving, and provide more "eyes on the street."
We could do far worse than this. Chelsea Court has been fully vetted and dutifully revised, and now it's time to get it built.
(Thanks to reader David Adams for the heads-up.)
"county-mandated moderately-priced dwelling units will drop from 13 to 8"
I'm pretty sure it dropped from 10 to 8 (77x.125=9.625).
The Council better approve the proposal. EYA has been more than generous with the NIMBYs.
My b. I fixed it!
I believe it was the hearing examiner who rejected EYA's initial plan, not the Council.
SSRES20910 said...
You write from the perspective of a young adult who is still moving around and not settled down. You lack the perspective of people who are older and have made the largest purchase of their lives: in this case, people who bought homes in the Seven Oaks/Evanswood neighborhood, expecting a certain level of density for a community they plan to live in for the next several decades, where they will raise families and perhaps even stay until they die. If the Council approves this development, then the Council will betray the trust of the residents of Seven Oaks/Evanswood.
The Master Plan for North and West Silver Spring explicitly reaffirmed the existing zoning in residential neighborhoods like Seven Oaks/Evanswood. The fact that the Planning Board eagerly rubberstamped EYA's RT-15 proposal, and then its RT-12.5 proposal, demonstrates how deep in the pocket of developers they are, along with their complete disregard for the county citizens they ostensibly serve.
Even at RT 12.5, this will be the most dense townhouse development in North Silver Spring. It will dump up to 120 cars into a quiet residential neighborhood of single family detached homes and quiet streets. EYA plans to cut down 77 trees, many of them tall and mature and perhaps 100 years old. How is that "Smart Growth"? Its plan infringes upon the traditional historic setting of the Riggs Thompson House, and it will create an imperviously surfaced heat trap where there is now grass and trees. It has no place in Seven Oaks/Evanswood, and if it wasn't for the greed and arrogance of the Planning Board, it wouldn't even be considered.
Seven Oaks/Evanswood is beautiful and valuable precisely because it is a low density, green neighborhood. "Chelsea Courts" at RT 12.5 will destroy part of what makes the neighborhood so beautiful, for the profit of people who do not live in it.
SOECA scored a significant victory in its David versus Goliath fight against EYA when it stopped EYA from its disastrous RT-15 plans. The County Council hearing was a bad joke, as it was clear that the pro-EYA Councilmembers didn't even bother to read the Hearing Examiners' report and voted based on their own craven interests. Don't buy for a second their stated concern for MPDU's; do buy their concern for contributions from developers, however. If you don't believe that, then consider that EYA can have the same number of MPDU's under a lower RT zoning level, if they wanted to. If that's what the Council really cares about, then let them choose something lower than RT-12.5 (don't hold your breath). That SOECA managed to win was a miracle, given the combination of willful ignorance and greed displayed by so many of the Council members.
"Smart Growth" sounds good in theory, but it has become a ruse used by developers to justify high density development that is not compatible with existing neighborhoods. It is a bad lie, in other words, like so much other propaganda.
SOECA has fought, and continues to fight, the good fight. If the allegedly liberal and progressive County Council chooses to side with an outside developer over the needs and concerns of the people they are paid to represent, then it will be to their everlasting shame.
@Woody,
The Council voted 5-4 to reject EYA's plan.
@SSRES20910
You write from the perspective of a young adult who is still moving around and not settled down. You lack the perspective of people who are older and have made the largest purchase of their lives.
Well, color me patronized. I'd be happy to respond to your generalizations about me and my life with some generalizations about yours, but I'll let you in about me first.
I grew up in an apartment building in downtown Silver Spring in the 1990's. I know what it used to be like. My family moved away because even when prices were reasonable, neighborhoods like yours were still out of reach to them. But I love coming back to downtown Silver Spring because of all the great stuff we have down here: restaurants, shops, jobs, parks, and so on.
And, of course, the Metro. I don't want to generalize about you, but I know you live within a mile of a Metro station and within walking distance of all those great things I just mentioned. Those things are not supported solely by your "low-density, single-family neighborhood." You need more people, some of whom will live in apartments (as my family did) and townhouses (like your potential new neighbors in Chelsea Court). Those things are why your house is so valuable and why others want to live in your neighborhood.
Call me a conservative, but I believe in property rights. The planning board and hearing examiner agree that all y'all in SOECA are crying wolf because there's a 12-story apartment building in your backyard. So if someone wants to buy property in your neighborhood and build townhouses, and the county planners says it's okay, then so be it.
We're kind of both right. The council voted to affirm the hearing examiner's recommendation to downsize the original EYA proposal. I think it's important to point out that the neutral hearing examiner found that the original EYA plan put too many townhouses on the site. Of course, the hearing examiner did not agree with the neighborhood's position either.
I hope this case is an exception. We need to protect the single-family neighborhoods in the down county area while at the same time supporting a mix of residential and commercial in the business areas. We also need to make sure that the down county area continues to be served by churches, nursing homes and other service institutions. I am afraid this decision might encourage some of them to sell and move out.
Dan, it great to believe in property rights. EYA bought 5 acres with the right to build single family homes. That is their right of property - nothing more.
Presumably other potential bidders for the property were operating under that assumption. Neighbors bought their houses with the belief that the Chelsea school would, at most, hold single family homes. That's what the county had decided was the correct use of the land.
EYA, as they can, is trying to get more than they paid for. Worth a shot I would say - but why is the county willing to go along with this? Favoring one corporate person over many other "real" people and infringing on their property rights is what is causing the anger here.
You're right: property owners are given protections against things that would affect the use of their land. But I'm not sure why townhouses harm your property rights. It's not a factory belching chemicals, or a new highway, or a skyscraper that blocks the sun. It's houses, just like yours, except with common walls. It's still a residential use. I'm not clear how this affects your property rights.
Dan, I count myself as older (by the minute!) and have made not one but three of the largest purchases of my life in Seven Oaks. Three houses in the past 17 years within 2 blocks of the site, moving as my family expanded. There are many of us in the neighborhood that completely support higher density. It is distressing that we lost 2 MPDU's to the drama of SOECA as evidenced by the comments above. Please folks, if you want everything to stay just as you envisioned it for the rest of your lives, this is not the place. This is exactly the kind of project we have the responsibility to support. And the county should be ashamed that they let a small group of people lower the density and reduce MPDU's.
Liz Brent. Resident and yes, I'll point it out before someone else jumps to do so, real estate agent.
"It will dump up to 120 cars into a quiet residential neighborhood" "it will create an imperviously surfaced heat trap where there is now grass and trees"
I'm sorry, but it is just embarrassing if those are the arguments against the project. HELLO, it was a school - the site is currently two large buildings and a giant parking lot! Its current use is the situation in which you see 2 massive heat islands and 120 cars dumped on the street at the same time, not the EYA proposal! Not to mention it's flanked on 3 sides by a large retirement community structure/parking lot, a massive apartment building, and SFHs that are zoned for commercial use along a major road (Cedar).
Of course the community should have input on the design/use of the site, but SOECA has long since lost all credibility on the issue in the eyes of most everyone.
@jag2933,
As someone who has lived across from the Chelsea School for the last 12 years, I can tell you that you are wrong regarding the current traffic and site situation at the Chelsea School.
Traffic to and from the school has a minimal impact on our neighborhood. It is generally restricted to two time perionds: when the employees and students arrive, and when they leave. By the time most of us get home from work, the cars and buses are long gone.
Moreoever, except on rare occasions, there is no school-related traffic on evenings, weekends, and holidays.
By contrast, EYA wants to build 63 townhouses with two-car garages. This will create significant new traffic, at all hours, all days, on what is now a quiet street. Were the site to remain R60, then, after deducting the environmental setting of the Riggs-Thompson House, there would be roughly two and half times fewer new cars letting out into our neighborhood.
You also are wrong about the environmental impact EYA's plan will have. They propose to cut down 77 trees, many of which are old growth and very tall, with huge canopies. Whatever decorative trees they plant will not reach such heights, and it will take decades for them to mature. The negative effects of this mass destruction of trees on our air and water and soil, as well as noise pollution and screening of downtown, will be terrible.
Lastly, contrary to your last assertion, I believe that SOECA has done itself a great service in opposing this reckless plan. It has gained significant allies among other community associations and groups like Preservation Montgomery. SOECA members like myself who have been heavily involved in this struggle have learned a great deal about the development process in MoCo (and we've had our eyes opened to how dirty so much of it is), and I am happy to say that wonderful frienships have developed among the neighbors who have worked together these last two years. I am proud of my community. And believe me when I tell you that we will be ready for any new misguided development plans that might come next.
We were told that we stood no chance of stopping EYA's plans. We proved the naysayers wrong by stopping EYA's first plan, and we will continue to do all we can to make this townhouse development as compatible with our neighborhood as we possibly can.
Dan, what happened to Jean Cavanaugh's comments?
I like to think of this blog as a place for relatively civilized discussion, including reasoned arguments based not only on fact but on some level of respect for others.
I understand that emotions are running high about this proposal, and I realize that not everyone's gonna be happy with the solution. But complaining that people are "wrong" or "don't have their facts" or are "dirty" because they disagree with you is not only unhelpful but, frankly, rather childish.
So that's why I deleted Jean's comments. I told her that I'm willing to accept a guest post from her if she can provide a reasoned, insult-free argument for her case.
With all due respect, I thought Jean was polite and that she accurately pointed out the factual errors in your article. While I sincerely appreciate your desire to keep letters civil, I would note that some of the anti-SOECA sentiments you've left here are as vigourous, so to speak, as anything that Jean said.
I think labeling me "anti-SOECA" because I disagree with the position of a handful of people in your neighborhood association made my point.
I did not label you anti-SOECA, and I was not referring to anything you wrote.
Okay, I'm done. It's a gorgeous Saturday afternoon and I'm not spending any more time at the keyboard.
David Adams said...
Mr. Gurwitz asserts that 63 townhomes will cause traffic at all hours because each has a two car garage (strongly implying that each Townhome's occupants will have and use two cars rather than public transportation).
Mr. Gurwitz testified before the hearing examiner and, ironically, in cross examination admitted that both he and his wife frequently use metro to get to/from work and leave both of their cars at home. This is part of the public record, not my opinion.
How then can Mr. Gurwitz or anyone rationally claim that the new owners of the townhomes will be driving everwhere and "dumping120 cars" into the neighborhood? People will buy these townhomes because they can walk and take public transit frequently--just as their across -the-street neighbors, the Gurwitzes, do all the time.
D said...
I can't believe you deleted Jean's comments. They were cogent, thorough and well documented.
Is it your policy to delete all posts that do not agree with your position?
mariagiroux said...
Eesch. So this blog only wants to hear one aspect, a supportive one, re: given issue?
I for one, would have liked to have heard what Jean had to say, she is President of one of the civic associations you mentioned, and likely speaks for more than herself ~ and for more than a "small handful." Doesn't being "President" carry a certain amount of respect that any blogger would want to uphold?
As far as "property rights" sounds like all of this boils down to just that: If one cannot purchase in an area relying on the Master Plan and similar; then it makes all of our purchases shakey and unsure.
Perhaps one day, when Mr. Reed decides to purchase for his family and spends decades paying his mortgage, he might understand changes such as this (where traffic & lack of schools/similar may affect his children's welfare on some level).
Dear Mr. Adams,
Allow me to set the record straight.
There is nothing ironic about my having testified about taking the Metro to work. I also testified that we still use our cars to drive to stores, friends, and occasionally to work. I fully expect the townhouse residents to do the same.
You should also know, having apparently read the hearing transcripts, that a neighbor testified that based on his quizzing of our street, my wife and I are the only two people who regularly Metro to work. Everyone else drives. Moreover, other witnesses testified that many of the jobs in our area are along the I-270 technology corridor or otherwise accessible mainly via the Beltway.
As I expect you know, due to the one way restriction at the corner of Ellsworth and Springvale, the townhouse residents will most likely cut through our neighborhood to get to the Beltway. Also, given the right turn only onto Cedar Street from Ellsworth, they will cut through our neighborhood to get to Wayne Avenue and shops like Whole Foods and the rest of downtown Silver Spring. That is 63 townhouses-worth of cars, exiting onto Springvale Road, currently a quiet street. That is a significant change by anyone's standards.
Do you recall, by the way, that EYA testified before the Planning Board that they had promised SOECA that they would not put a road onto Springvale Road? That they testified that the development would work with only one exit (and that was under the older, 76-unit plan, not the newer, 63-unit plan)? Do you recall my testimony, which was not disputed, that EYA is under no legal obligation to put a second exit onto Springvale Road, because under the law, given the number of units they propose to build, they are allowed to have only one exit?
Incidentally, I am curious if you are same David Adams who is employed as a reviewer for the Montgomery County Development Review Team.
@D
No. It's my policy to delete posts that just say "you are wrong" without providing an actual argument. That's all I'm asking for.
@Maria
I'm sorry, but you don't know me and I don't know you. My life experience is not relevant to whether a development project has any merit.
Agent499% said...
That Jean's fact based point by point correction of this blogs inaccuracies was removed, is indicative of censorship. She represents the Neighborhood perspective and I Am sure many in the blogosphere are interested to hear from resident, in their own words, that live in the surrounding neighborhood where this proposed townhouse development is proposed for a civil war site and on school land.
In a civil society discourse and dialogue is respectfully administered, but the removal of the facts and truths from this blog, by voices from the affected Neighborhoods perspective - is a perspective this blogger can't tolerate.
This blogger is undemocratic and his cowardice in censorship is evidence that the underlying issue is the blogger wants to dictate.
C. P. Zilliacus said...
I grew up in the Four Corners area of Silver Spring, having moved there in 1960 - probably before many of the commenters on this topic were even born.
From 1985 to 2009, I lived in the Silver Spring part of the Fairland Master Plan area, so I know something about traffic congestion.
I am disgusted, sick and tired of "traffic" being used as an excuse to prevent and hinder development and progres (even new development built by developers), and to promote a pro-stagnation agenda.
Over and over again, the same entities and groups that use "traffic" as an excuse to oppose something (and everything) are also opposed to traffic solutions, including the InterCounty Connector (and yes, I know the ICC runs noplace near this project) and improvements to U.S. 29.
Dan is one of the better observers of the East County scene, and I very much resent comments about his age (and other irrelevant and personal attributes).
Pardon my rant.
How is this smart growth?
Putting density and walkability near transit is the core of smart growth. Taking land within walking distance of the downtown and the metro stop and zoning it for some denser and more walkable is exactly what smart growth is all about.
This may be hard for detached single family owners to grasp, but many people like to walk places. The kinds of people that buy townhouses tend to walk a lot more than people who own single family homes. Filling that land with a bunch of detached SFHs would cause more traffic than townhouse owners.
Townhouses will deliver less traffic on our streets than detached SFHs. Many of the parking spaces mandated by the county will go unused. I have two parking spaces with my condo and only use one. I drive a car maybe a few times a month.
I have legs. I use them. That's why I live here, and that's why other people in my generation live here (or don't, if they can't find a housing style they like -- a townhouse, for instance).
People need to live somewhere. Stopping development does not stop people from having babies. If we don't put density within walking distance of the DTSS metro, people will build elsewhere. But those developments won't be walkable, causing more pollution, more sprawl, more traffic and more trees to be cut down.
Opposing this development has the amazing ability to both be incredibly un-progressive and non-conservative. Progressives/liberals should love a development that will be good for the environment and get people out of their cars. Conservatives should love to see the market at work and want see zoning loosened, since zoning is at its heart a very non-market idea.
Instead we have some NIMBYs who thnk that land they don't own is theirs. Who oppose a development because they don't want to deal with a few years of construction.
Shame on you.
I'm a homeowner in Silver Spring. I made a big investment in this community, and I fully support this development.
We must build for the future. Younger cohorts no longer want what most of Silver Spring and Montgomery County has. The DTSS area lacks townhouses, and many younger home owners may one day like to go from owning a condo to a townhouse, but if there aren't any available they'll leave for other jurisdictions.
That's just the facts.
The county would be committing a grave dereliction of duty if they do not let these townhouses and other walkable developments proceed.
Dan, can you highlight the corrections that you made? I read this article when you published it, and I don't have any visual clue as to the corrections you incorporated.
Full disclosure - I work for NPR, so this is something I talk about with them as well.
Also: have you been doing some DJing for WXPN?
@kate
When I make corrections, I usually do a strikeout over what I'd written before. For this post, I'll also put the new text in bold to be clearer.
Unfortunately, I don't work at WXPN, but I enjoy listening to their music director, Dan Reed! I briefly thought about applying to work there, but I felt that my qualifications, namely having the same name, weren't good enough.


Voluntary Action Swindon are looking to recruit an organised, motivated and adaptable individual to supervise and run the Shopmobility service.
The successful candidate will be a self-starter, have the ability to work on their own as well as part of a team, have good IT skills and experience of supervising others.
VAS was established in 1932 and is the local 'Council for Voluntary Service'. We provide infrastructure support to Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) sector groups and organisations in Swindon, helping them to grow in terms of capability and capacity. We also ensure the sector has a voice to help influence policy makers.
Our current CEO, Richard Hill, will be retiring in July and we are consequently seeking a replacement. We are open to the possibility of the new incumbent joining VAS a short while before Richard leaves, to help facilitate a smooth handover.
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The West of England AHSN I'm delighted to invite organisations from the voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) sector to submit proposals for funding between £500 and £10,000 to strengthen links with public contributors and encourage innovation using hyvr – the online social media platform for healthcare.
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Inaugural Salem pumpkin drop draws crowd
Hundreds of pumpkins, diverted from landfills and incinerators, will become compost for local gardens and farms. [Courtesy Photo/Marilyn Humphries]
Last Sunday at Dead Horse Beach, the sun shone brightly, the air was Fall-crisp and pumpkins were flying through the air as over 100 people participated in Salem's first Great Pumpkin Drop and Toss.
Scotia Hunter, 10 and a fifth-grader at Carlton Innovation School, never imagined she would be throwing her jack-o'-lantern into a barrel four days after she carved its face.
"I think it's really fun," she said, despite hers landing a little short of its mark.
Sponsored by SAFE (Salem Alliance for the Environment), SalemRecycles and Black Earth Compost, the community event promoted composting with the goal of signing up more Salem households to participate in the fee-based service. It also provided the opportunity for people to find out if they had the skills to shoot their pumpkin through a basketball hoop.
A blue tarp in front of the truck bore the slimy remains of those former Jack o' lanterns whose owners didn't score.
Justin Sandler of Black Earth Compost with is glad he put down a tarp in front of his "basketball hoop" truck.
"I feel like people are underestimating how much force it takes to get a 10-pound pumpkin up and over into the truck," said Justin Sandler, Short Stop at Black Earth Compost of Gloucester, which donated its services. "We lowered the hoop for the kids, but some people have been adventurous," he added with a chuckle.
Black Earth Compost CEO Conor Miller, who has done post-Halloween pumpkin pick ups in other towns and has handled Salem's for the past couple of years, knew the city was ripe for just such a special event.
"Salem's amount of pumpkins is triple any other town's, and I always wanted to shoot one through the basketball [hoop]," he said. "We're trying to get as many people in Salem on board to participate in curbside composting. It's the right thing to do."
The idea to host a free community composting event grew out of a SAFE board meeting last summer where members set reducing residential composting rates and increasing participation as one of its top priorities for the coming year.
Initially, a grant allowed Salem to offer composting at no cost during a pilot program begun in April 2014. By that December, about 1,500 homes had signed up. When the grant ran out and the city had to start charging for the service, household participation rates took a tumble.
Current subscribers pay $8/month, but the cost could be reduced to $6.50 per month with the addition of fewer than 100 more households, according to Miller.
SAFE Chairman Pat Gozema, who has been active in SAFE since its 2001 founding, says her group is concerned about the existence of methane gas coming from landfills and the incineration of organic material, particularly food.
"We need to increase composting so food waste goes to the growing of more food rather than producing more methane gas that causes climate change," she said.
Gozemba organized an initial event planning session shortly after last summer's SAFE board meeting. She invited Miller, Salem Business Manager Julie Rose, and members of SalemRecycles, the all-volunteer committee appointed by Mayor Kim Driscoll in 2008 to develop ways to increase recycling and decrease waste.
Miller suggested doing a pumpkin drop off.
"He said after Halloween, the compost bins are very heavy, straining his collectors' backs. He thought this would be helpful," said Shelley Alpern, SAFE board member and longtime volunteer.
The group decided to make the event community-wide and free, so they could amass hundreds of pumpkins and reintroduce people to composting. Black Earth agreed to absorb the cost of the pick up in return for gaining the organic material. Coffee Time Bake Shop on Bridge Street and Honey Dew Donuts and Dunkin Donuts, both located on Washington Street, donated treats and donuts. SAFE absorbed remaining costs.
Miller started Black Earth Compost in 2010 after working in the recycling and composting fields in Wisconsin and Wyoming. He is passionate about eliminating wasted materials and committed to doing his part to make that goal a reality.
"I think of composting like a soil bank. If you're only drawing from it, in other words sowing but not recycling the nutrients, then we're all going to be broke," he explained. He refers to food bank and animal feed donations as alternatives to composting, but is adamant that consumers not throw away food that came out of the ground "or we're going to run out of nutrients."
He too hopes more people sign up for curbside composting services after attending Sunday's event.
"Driving from one house to the next is more efficient than driving from one neighborhood to the next. It becomes cheaper and cheaper the more people that do it," he said.
Judging from the almost full container of names entered into a raffle for a free one-year compost pickup, the event sponsors succeeded in whetting people's appetites to participate more in composting. The free cider and treats didn't hurt either.
"Instead of letting pumpkins sit on the sidewalk for three weeks and rot, the city collects them and makes them into compost," said Salem resident Craig Barcelo between bites of a donut. "This is fantastic. I'd definitely do it again."
Posted in Environment, Feature, North Shore MA, Salem
Tagged Black Earth Compost, Composting, SAFE, Salem MA, Salem Pumpkin Drop, SalemRecycles
Student of Elie Wiesel shares his story in Marblehead
Rabbi Ariel Burger leads a workshop at the 2008 Covenant Foundation meeting at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York City.
NOVEMBER 1, 2018, MARBLEHEAD – Rabbi Ariel Burger was 15 when he met Elie Wiesel for the first time. His stepfather, a conductor who worked with Wiesel on a musical project, introduced the two after a lecture in New York, sparking a connection that would span over a quarter of a century.
As Wiesel's undergraduate student, doctorate candidate, and teaching assistant at Boston University, Burger developed a relationship with the Romanian-born American Jewish writer, professor, political activist, Nobel laureate, and Holocaust survivor that transcended protégé. The two became close friends.
During his five years as Wiesel's teaching assistant, Burger witnessed the transformative power of his mentor over hundreds of students. He lets the public peek through the keyhole door into this classroom dynamic in his newly published book, "Witness: Lessons from Elie Wiesel's Classroom," a detailed chronicle of student interactions and Burger's personal conversations with Wiesel about intellect, faith, tolerance, and truth.
Rabbi Ariel Burger's art includes illustration and multimedia works, and deals with themes of language and its limits.
"A lot of people had the chance to study with my teacher, or at least to hear him lecture or speak publicly," Burger said via email. "But we can no longer do that. So it's up to us who knew him and learned with him to share what we learned."
Wiesel, who passed away in July 2016 at age 87, supported Burger's project. "I think he was excited whenever his students created new work, especially books. And I was able to share with him some very early sketches of the book, chapter titles, things like that for his feedback," Burger said.
A true Renaissance man, Burger has been drawing, painting, and illustrating since he was a young boy. He works in a variety of media, from acrylic portraits to pen and ink illustrations, to digital collages.
Referring to himself as "an educator and artist whose focus is leadership, spirituality, and creativity," Burger strives to empower others to access their spirituality, or "the less common inward-facing stuff. We're meant for more than plodding through our days with shopping breaks. And the problems we face as human beings demand better and deeper responses."
The master storyteller and rabbi also began studying conflict transformation after spending time in Israel from 1998 to 2003, where he experienced the Israeli-Palestinian conflict firsthand. He was unsatisfied by the prevailing attitudes he encountered: the "us v. them" mentality and others that seemed to avoid the real issues altogether.
"I came away with a sense that we needed to deepen our approach to otherness, to difference, to competing claims and stories," he said. "I wanted to know what my own tradition, and especially the hidden side of our tradition – the mysticism – had to say about how we might transform conflict."
After studying in several other yeshivot, Burger finished his rabbinical studies at the orthodox Bat Ayin Yeshiva in the West Bank and was ordained in 2003. Wiesel neither encouraged nor discouraged this pursuit. "In general, he didn't push me in any specific direction. He usually answered my questions with other questions. But this helped me a lot, because his questions were so much more precise, and asking them helped me clarify what I wanted," Burger said.
As Scholar-in-Residence at Temple Sinai in Marblehead this year, Rabbi Burger will bring all his hats to wear leading the audience in three sessions devoted to learning and growing. "The Temple Sinai community and Adult Education Committee feel a responsibility to provide exciting programs to the whole area that will inspire people to continue evolving and learning as part of leading a Jewish life," said Rabbi David Cohen-Henriquez.
A member of the committee had met Burger and thought his fusing of text and traditions with the arts would be a good fit for the temple's program. "And as a student of Wiesel, Rabbi Burger also focuses on one of my favorite passions — the power of storytelling," Cohen-Henriquez added.
At the first session on Oct. 21, which was part of the Jewish Book Month speaker series, Burger spoke about "Witness" and his personal and professional experiences with Wiesel. "I always hope to connect listeners to themselves, to each other and to wisdom," he said. "I feel very committed to helping heal our broken civic discourse through sharing stories and studying text. I'm continuing to travel and teach, learn, listen, and share stories about a man who continues to have so much to teach us."
Rabbi Burger wants people attending his sessions to leave with two takeaways. "Hope, and new questions," he said, echoing his mentor's mantra.
The winter and spring sessions will integrate text study, art, and storytelling. For more information, go to templesinaiweb.org or call 781-631-2763.
Posted in Interview, Judaism, Marblehead, News, North Shore MA
Tagged Ariel Burger, "Witness: Lessons from Elie Wiesel's Classroom, ", Elie Wiesel, Scholar-in-Residence, Temple Sinai MArblehead
Marblehead bar mitzvah boy boosts hockey in Israel
Jacob Aizanman in a sea of hockey equipment he secured to donate to CIHS as his bar mitzvah project.
Ice hockey is not the first thing that comes to mind when most people think of Israel. Not so for Marblehead resident and hockey player Jacob Aizanman, who secured more than 200 pieces of equipment to bring to the Canada-Israel Hockey School for his bar mitzvah project.
It all started four years ago when Jacob's mother, Melissa, was at the Western Wall in Jerusalem during an Eim Chai Jewish Women's Renaissance Project trip. She asked a woman who was wearing a hockey shirt with a Canadian symbol to take her picture. The two started chatting, and Melissa learned the woman was an Olympic gold medalist who was in Israel to promote the documentary, "Neutral Zone."
"My husband [Darren] is Canadian. Jacob loves playing hockey. It felt 'beshert' [meant to be]," said Melissa. She couldn't wait to get home and suggest the Canada-Israel Hockey School as a possible mitzvah project for Jacob's bar mitzvah, which would be held in 2018 at Temple Sinai in Marblehead.
"Neutral Zone" (vimeo.com/70459909) documents a program at the Canada-Israel Hockey School in Metula, a town in the northernmost tip of Israel, smack between the Syrian and Lebanese borders. The program's goal is to promote peace between the next generation of Israeli Arab and Jewish kids through playing hockey together.
"You'd think there would be bombs coming at us," said Sidney Greenberg, who helped launch the CIHS and is vice president of one of Canada's largest media companies. "Instead, here's a hockey rink in the center of it."
The kids who participate include Druze and Muslims from villages in the Golan Heights, Jews from kibbutzim and nearby towns, and Christian Arabs from Nazareth.
Many area Arab kids had never met a Jew. Many Jewish kids thought only of rockets screaming across the sky from Lebanon toward their homes when they thought of Arabs. Now those same kids are teammates, several even self-described "best friends."
"Is that going to get us peace in the Middle East?" asked CIHS Head Coach Mike Mazeika in the film's first minutes. "Probably not. But if you don't start small and take tiny steps, you'll never be able to take a big step."
Jacob Aizanman, who plays hockey at Veterans Middle School and in Marblehead Youth Hockey, watched the documentary and knew contributing to the school was going to be the mitzvah project for his bar mitzvah. "I love hockey. I'm Jewish. And it's cool to learn they play hockey in Israel," he said.
With his mom's assistance, Jacob contacted the CIHS to find out how he could help. He learned they needed specific gear (neck guards and jock straps). Luckily, his uncle, Jeffrey Volk, has spent his career in the sports media industry, and connected them with the right people to get the donations. The NHL and Pure Hockey agreed to support the project.
"They wanted to get involved. They wanted to promote hockey in countries not usually associated with the sport," Melissa said.
Over 200 pieces of equipment arrived at their Marblehead home in four huge boxes. The entire family schlepped it all to Israel and on July 10, Jacob presented it in person to CIHS. The highlight for Jacob was being invited to skate on the ice and hang out in the locker room. He even received an offer to return next summer and coach hockey.
Jacob is proud that he was able to provide the school with fresh gear and promote his favorite sport in his Jewish homeland. "It was really meaningful and still has an impact on me," he said.
Posted in Feature, Judaism, Marblehead
Tagged Aizanman, CIHS, Neutral Zone


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WITH the possibility of an overhaul of the emergency loan system in future seasons, John Sheridan has voiced some concerns about the effect a change of approach may have.
Footballing governing bodies are discussing bringing in new rules that would limit the practise of signing players on short-term loans outside of transfer windows. Argyle have made good use of the emergency loan system this season, bringing in Andy Kellett and Olly Lee from Championship sides Bolton Wanderers and Birmingham City as well as signing Bobby Reid and Drew Talbot – who was recalled earlier this week - from League 1 sides Bristol City and Chesterfield.
"I think it would affect us really badly," John said. "Any team that's in the lower division – and I think any manager will tell you – you need that loan system. FIFA probably don't think about the second division or the lower leagues, they're just worried about the big boys unfortunately. That's the way the game is going.
"Especially where we are based. People do not understand how difficult it is. We can talk about getting all these players five years ago when we were in the Championship. Believe me, there was a lot more money knocking about as well.
"If I was giving them double the money, they'd probably come here but it doesn't work like that anymore.
"We try our best; I think our loan players have been really good for us and I think I've done really well in the loan market this season, but that's just something we have to do.
"I don't want loans, I want permanent players. I wish people would understand that. I don't want to sign any loan players; I would love to have all my players as permanent.
"I see people are saying that I sign too many players but there's not a lot I can do about it; if I'm after a player and he doesn't want to come permanently, I probably won't get him. But if there's an advantage of me getting him on loan, obviously I'm going to do it if I feel the player is a good player."


Part 4 today will be my final show coverage before getting to the group of cars representing ThreeTwenty, which as promised will conclude this series of posts. Before I begin with the photos today though, I want to share the amazing news that the 2015 edition of Sunday School set a record for the amount of money raised! All said and done, $5500 will be going to the Calgary Humane Society! Great weather, great cars, and all of it benefits the Humane Society in the end. Well done everyone!
Today's post starts off with the red on red WRX from Legit.Society. Every time I see someone with white lettering on their tires, I wonder if I should give it a try.
Also from Legit.Society was the black and white Camaro, which has made the trek out to Sunday School before. I don't know if it's static or not but for the sake of the splitter I hope it has bags. Haha.
This IS300 was pretty tidy.
A nice R32 with some seriously wide rear overfenders. I like that the headlights have blue housings to match the engine bay.
Next to that was a winking RX7 which also had some blue accents. If you look closer you'll notice the lack of a rotary too.
My personal favourite of the trio was probably the Supra though.
Boost had me like "I want that".
With these three iconic Japanese sports cars together, all in white, I had to get a shot of the trio. In fact, I also have one taken from the back, up on ill.motion. It was too good of an opportunity to pass up.
I've been following the progress on Josh's FR-S and it's coming along nicely. The ARC intake is probably my favourite part on it as I've always really liked them. Check out the Valenti headlights too.
I first ran into this old 3 series at the Edmonton season opener this year, but unfortunately my photos of it didn't turn out all that well since it was getting dark when I took them. When I stumbled across it at Sunday School I made sure I took a couple to make up for that.
Hoodless, V8 swapped, roughly a million tree air fresheners and zipties, and more. I could see it being a lot of fun to mess around with though.
This really clean S15 was next to the pair of silver R34s seen earlier in the coverage (part 2 for those wondering).
Bringing a lifted truck to a show that will primarily consist of lowered cars? Stand out more by running it through mud first! Haha. This made sense though. This 'look' kind of suits the truck more, I think.
Definitely one of the loudest vehicles at the show – possibly THE loudest – was this G35 which showed up a little later and was part of the Haute AG group. This really turned a lot of heads upon its arrival as people tried to figure out where the racket was coming from.
Since I was walking around with my telephoto on I decided to grab a few more shots of the cars from Vancouver. These were among my favourite vehicles at the show because of the number of high-end parts they had and their overall style.
Reggie's FR-S has a small intercooler peeking out from behind the Varis bumper now that it's turbocharged.
The colour-coded Voltex wing on this BRZ was a nice touch. Overall, this whole car looks – to me – like something that Subaru would offer as a more track day-focused version of the BRZ.
Cooper was out for a walk around the venue and came by our tents so I was able to grab this snapshot. Such a cute little guy!
This Spoon S2000, which was at Jackie's BBQ, wasn't even part of the show. I wandered up to the parking lot with Scott to check out his Evo's new exhaust (which is crazy loud by the way) and naturally it was filled with a number of modified vehicles – this just happened to be right next to him so I took the photo.
Since I still have a couple of Rocket Bunny FR-S model kits on my workbench I made sure to grab lots of shots of Reggie's car. Nothing beats seeing a car in person for making notes and getting reference material.
Like last year, for this show ThreeTwenty sponsored the Honour Roll trophies and I was extremely impressed by them; this was the first time I had seen them in person and they were truly beautiful.
I'm thankful for having the opportunity once again to sponsor these and was proud to be able to help out with the show.
Now there's just one part of the coverage left, with our own group. After the show ended a few of us stuck around to take some photos in the empty lot so I'll be putting together a small post with some of those as well for later on. Hopefully you all have enjoyed the coverage thus far!
And lastly, before signing off today, I want to offer the reminder that there's a Grey Eagle meet tonight! They had been canceled the last couple of weeks as the casino needed the parking lot for events but now they can offer us the room again. Tonight's is also the second-last official GE meet of the year (yes, already!) so I will definitely be there to partake. Some of us are planning on a Focus meet at next week's while we still have the chance to go, and are hoping we can get a number of Foci out for that.


The Harrogate Hub is a place for community. The physical building is a place for all, a place that can feed everyone and anyone regardless of price tag, a place where our community can connect and engage with others or with support if needed. It isn't owned by one church but by many.
Many of our visitors come for a great cup of coffee and wholesome food, to engage with the wider community, to get involved in the events but sometimes because they are seeking more or need some help. The Hub gives a taste of what our wider community offers and can help to signpost people to support they haven't yet found. If you, your organisation or business provides something you feel would be helpful to the people of Harrogate then please get in touch.
Alongside or physical building the Hub is also a network of churches existing to facilitate and enable a shared mission that blesses our town.


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So here's the thing......sometimes it is SUPER HARD to think up something to blog about. I want it to be informative OR entertaining......sometimes my tiny brain can't do EITHER!
So....today, while I get photos of my latest piece ready to show, I have some other things to show yous!
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The payroll tax deferral
By Heather Findon, CPA | September 02, 2020
On August 28, 2020 the Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service released guidance on the payroll tax deferral that was ordered by President Donald Trump in a presidential memorandum on August 8th.
The guidance (Notice 2020-65) allows employers to postpone withholding and paying employee's portion of the Social Security payroll tax (6.2%) if the pretax wages or compensation during any bi-weekly pay period generally are less than $4,000, or the equivalent amount with respect to other pay cycles.
The Notice does not directly state whether the tax deferral is optional for employers. However, based on the authority on which the guidance relies, it appears that employers can choose whether to implement the deferral because Section 7508A of the Internal Revenue Code and the press release uses permissive language such as "allowing" the deferral. Currently, it is a postponement of tax not a forgivable tax for the employee.
The deferral applies to wages or compensation paid from September 1, 2020, through December 31, 2020.
The Notice requires affected employers to withhold and pay the deferred taxes ratably between January 1, 2021, and April 30, 2021. Interest, penalties, and additions to tax will begin to accrue on unpaid taxes starting May 1, 2021. The notice says, that, if it is necessary, employers can "make arrangements to otherwise collect the total Applicable Taxes from the employee" but does not provide details on that requirement. Employers will likely want to structure "arrangements to otherwise collect" the deferred taxes by collecting them from a final paycheck or by a separate check from the employee.
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Q: Mutliple day VEVENT crashing in iCal I've created an ICS file for users to subscribe to their calendar on their iPhone and other Calendar software. Everything seems to be working great, no issues anywhere.
The only problem I keep running into is that on the iPhone all events that are covering more then 1 day crash when you try to look at them. Calendar on the Mac or Google Calendar shows them just fine. Am I overlooking anything stupid?
Here's an example, first event crashes, second event works just fine:
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20141219T170203Z
UID:kSChyB7KjAHQxS0eUSQ_5-Jm05PfeFqa4F4JKW17-IswWXqUFPRGiBGV
DTSTART:20141226T190000
DTEND:20141227T021500
DESCRIPTION:x
LOCATION:x
SUMMARY: x
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20141219T170224Z
UID:HdhK2VXwuLuTxeGKJtCkeUTPElV5DMMawMMeG6Wj_1MAOqeAIL1rR3yj
DTSTART:20141226T100500
DTEND:20141226T164500
DESCRIPTION:x
LOCATION:x
SUMMARY:x
END:VEVENT

A: Don't know what type of event you want to represent here but it is generally not advisable to use floating time (for your DTSTART/DTEND).
If your events are not recurring you probably want to use date in zulu.
See https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc5545#section-3.3.5 for the definition of floating time versus zulu time.
This might not solve your crash issue but it should help interoperability at least.

A: I'd say the date start and date end are ill formatted. Formatting the date start and end as follows
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20150101T000000

should make them work. A datetime without a timezone is a weird thing :)

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Energy News, May 2018
EDF Energy has said its plans for two major windfarms on the Isle of Lewis may need to reach heights normally preserved for turbines at sea, prompting an outcry from local opponents. The French company's renewables unit said it may need to go higher for the project to be economically viable and win millions of pounds in government subsidies.
Kerry MacPhee, who heads community liaison, told locals that one of the windfarms could be 200 metres (650ft) tall, with the other 187 metres, up from 150 metres and 145 metres previously. That would be taller than the UK's largest existing onshore turbine (193.5 metres) and be on a par with some of the world's most powerful offshore wind turbines, which are 60 metres taller than the London Eye.
EDF said it was likely, but not guaranteed, that fewer turbines would be needed than the original 36 planned. Bigger turbines would also require a new application for planning approval, allowing opponents a chance to air their opinions.


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News From the Future
Ah, clearly the administration didn't think this one all the way through ...
A mere two weeks into her tenure, President Hillary Rodham Clinton has announced a sweeping roundup of illegal enemy combatants, the first step in a comprehensive program designed to protect the American people from potential terrorist activities. In accordance with the Military Commissions Act of 2006, the nearly one million detainees will be held indefinitely without trial or recourse to legal counsel until such time as the President determines they no longer pose a threat to the United States and its allies.
"The legal basis of these sweeps is firmly grounded in the Military Commissions Act of 2006," Paul Grisley, White House Press Secretary, said, "which is an essential component of our ongoing struggle to protect America from those who would seek to destroy Her..."
While the names and crimes of the detainees are classified to protect the interests of national security, a clue as to some of their identities could be gleaned by means of a stroll though major government offices around the country. Four of the nine Supreme Court Justices, for example, failed to show up for work, as did approximately 220 congressmen, 52 senators and a number of governors and presiding justices of district and appellate courts. President Clinton Jails 938,000 Illegal Enemy Combatants
Go read the rest. It's hilarious.
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Read on to learn about blocking on FaceTime, and what it will mean if you do it.
1. Open the FaceTime app on your iPhone or iPad.
Tap the FaceTime icon to launch the app on your device.
2. In the text box at the top, type in the name, phone number, or email of the person you want to block.
Tap the text box at the top of your screen, and type in the name, email address, or phone number of the person you're looking to block.
3. Tap their name when it appears in the results.
When you see their name appear in the results of your search, tap their name to open their contact details.
4. Scroll down to the bottom and tap Block This Caller.
At the bottom of their contact information page, tap where it says "Block this Caller" to move on to the next step.
5. Tap Block Contact to confirm your actions.
Tap the Block Contact button that appears at the bottom of your screen to finalize your decision to block that person from calling you.
That's all you need to do to block someone on FaceTime. There are a few things you should keep in mind when you block someone though, so let's go over those things next.
1. There are many reasons to stop someone from contacting you.
You may want to restrict someone from video calling you if they are constantly trying to reach you, if you don't know the person, or if you just don't wish to speak to them. Really though, you can choose to block someone for any reason you see fit.
2. If you block a contact, all contact methods will be blocked on FaceTime.
If you have someone saved as a contact on your device, and you have multiple contact methods attached to their name (e.g. their phone number and email address), any/all contact methods associated with that contact will be blocked.
3. You can view who you've previously blocked in your settings.
To view who you've blocked on FaceTime, open your device's settings.
Scroll down, and then tap FaceTime.
On the next page, scroll to the bottom and tap Blocked.
Here, you will be able to see a list of the people, phone numbers, and emails you've already blocked.
4. At any time, you can easily unblock someone.
To unblock someone, go to the list of people you've blocked.
Then tap Edit in the top right corner.
Tap the Red Circle Button beside the name/number/email you want to unblock.
5. If someone's harassing you, take action.
If a situation escalates and a person is really bothering you through FaceTime, you should contact your local authorities. They will be able to help you take control of the situation and stop the harassment from happening.
That's everything you need to know about blocking video and audio calls on FaceTime. To learn more, check out our step-by-step tutorials with pictures on how to set up and how to use FaceTime.


Health retreats are meant to give us a holiday that will offer benefits to our body. Unlike a normal holiday where you indulge all your unhealthy cravings, in a health retreat, you enjoy your holiday while remaining healthy. Most of the health retreats encourage a healthy lifestyle while at the same time enjoying time away from daily activities. Go to http://www.pilatesretreatasia.com and learn some interesting health retreat activities. The most common activity in these retreats is yoga although there are other activities like healing and detox. Let's learn the activities that you are likely to experience on a health retreat.
This is one of the main activities that you would expect in a health retreat. There are even health retreats that exclusively offer yoga sessions. The benefits of yoga are to offer to heal of the body, mind, and soul through relaxation techniques. There are also retreats that offer yoga for weight loss and as a lifestyle.
A health retreat is all about taking care of yourself and getting a spa treatment is one of the ways to take care of yourself. During a spa treatment, you will get the chance to get a manicure, pedicures, facial and also body rubs. All these activities are meant to care for your skin and make you feel good and refreshed.
Body massage has healing and relaxation effects in the body. The type of massage is meant to heal the body. There is some massage that can provide healing to critical pain the body. For instance, massage can be used to release tension in the back and other parts of the body, and this encourages relaxation in the body.
Meditation is necessary to get rid of negative energy in the body. Meditation is used to get rid of negative energy in the body and encourage positive thinking. In many health retreats, there are meditation experts and trainers who lead you and teach you on the art of meditation.
This is almost the main reason why many people go on health retreats. Detox is either in the form of body detox to get rid of toxins in the body or emotional detox. For body detox, vegetables and smoothies help while for emotional detox, yoga is the main help.


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Politics > State-House
State Board of Ed says '99.9 percent' of public commentary on Edelblut negative
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Frank Edelblut (left) speaks to people with signs opposing his nomination as commissioner of the Department of Education before a Jan. 31 hearing at the State House in Concord. AP file '; }
By LOLA DUFFORT
Just hours before Frank Edelblut was officially confirmed as education commissioner, the State Board of Education told Gov. Chris Sununu they had reservations about his nominee to lead New Hampshire's public schools.
In a letter sent to the Republican governor Tuesday afternoon, the board attached 57 pages of public commentary on Edelblut's appointment to head the Department of Education. Nearly all of the comments were in opposition.
"After discussion with the public today and among board members, we have to say, Governor, that we share the public's concerns about Mr. Edelblut's qualifications for the role of New Hampshire Education Commissioner," the board members wrote in a letter signed by chairman Tom Raffio.
In an interview Wednesday, Raffio said the board was simply noting a near-unanimous public outcry they had received about his appointment.
"It's not like we don't deal with controversial issues," Raffio said. But Edelblut's nomination was "off the charts" in terms of the volume of public input, "99.9 percent" of which appeared opposed to the idea, he said.
Conservatives have cheered Edelblut's appointment, arguing the businessman who home-schooled all seven his children will bring fresh ideas to the department.
But detractors argue Edelblut isn't qualified for the job because he has no professional background in education and holds beliefs deeply out of step with modern public schooling.
Edelblut was confirmed Wednesday in a 3-2 vote by the Republican-controlled Council.
Here's a sampling of the comments included in the board's letter:
– "Managing and overseeing the state's educational system is not something that can or should be learned 'on the job.' Businesses regularly cite an educated workforce as a key factor in deciding where to locate their headquarters; placing our educational system under the direction of a person with no experience will only harm New Hampshire's economy," Dr. Katherine Porter, Concord.
– "I work for a local biotech company. We are always looking for individuals educated in STEM subjects and we have trouble filling positions. Teaching creationism and underfunding the public school system through school choice programs will not help produce an educated, skilled work force," Sarah McDonald, West Lebanon.
– "I am concerned about positions that Mr. Edelblut has taken that are outside the mainstream. He voted against banning gay conversion therapy, and seems to be against providing special needs students with the services they need, as evidenced by his vote against a bill that required the Department of Education to assign a reading specialist to support schools with dyslexia," Marcey Rawitscher, an Amherst parent and educator.
– "Mr. Edelblut's positions are far outside the mainstream, and it would be unconscionable to elevate to Commissioner of Education a proponent of these views," Janson Wu, the executive director of GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders, on Edelblut's testimony when he was a state representative against a bill to ban conversion therapy for minors and his support of the Parental Rights Amendment.
– "Personally and professionally, I have witnessed the despair of children and teenagers when their sexuality is denounced, a despair which all too often leads to self-harm, a life in the shadows, or even death," Sarah M. B. Henry, a Concord pediatrician, also regarding conversion therapy.
After the confirmation vote Wednesday, Sununu defended appointing Edelblut to the position despite the state board's qualms.
"I think it was a great discussion," Sununu said, referring to his visit to the board's meeting on Tuesday. "You know, they have concerns, but none of these concerns bear the weight of, frankly, taking these to a level where we should put ourselves behind the eight-ball for political reasons, for reasons, again, that I think would be to the detriment of the Department of Education."
Frank Edelblut
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ALos Angeles doctor's license is reportedly at risk after he told a father give his four-year-old a cannabis-infused cookie to control his temper tantrums. The incident, which emerged last month, captures the concerns of legalization opponents who fear easier access will lead to increased use among children, in this case facilitated by what the California medical board called "grossly negligent" doctoring.
When new markets write their laws, children remain a central concern. Proposals about how far dispensaries need to be from schools and whether companies can make edibles in animal shapes are nightly news staples. Cannabis companies have generally been accommodating, eager to avoid any perception that they are targeting underage customers.
With cannabis, the instinct to protect young people is amplified by the scientific literature. The data shows marijuana poses the greatest danger to people under 25, whose brains are still developing. In the significant US markets, the current buying age is 21, compared with 18 or 19 in Canadian provinces.
From a public health perspective, then, it might be smart to experiment with a buying age of 25, though this would cut into the industry's core demographic. If, say, New York state, which is expected to debate legalization this year, proposed a buying age of 25, the industry would almost certainly counter that raising the legal age would prop up the illegal market, which sells to everyone.
While keeping pot away from kids is a widely shared priority, stories in which children benefit from medical marijuana have helped the legalization movement spread its message.
The 2013 CNN documentary Weed featured the story of Charlotte Figi, a little girl who suffered from a debilitating childhood seizure disorder. After Charlotte's parents exhausted their other options, they connected with the Stanley brothers, a Colorado family of marijuana growers.
Charlotte began taking oil from a strain of cannabis low in intoxicating THC but high in CBD, and her condition dramatically improved. The strain she took became known as Charlotte's Web.
The documentary inspired a number of similarly afflicted families to uproot their lives and move to Colorado where they could access the medicine. For the families who didn't move, smuggling networks arose to disperse the oil.
Last year, a pharmaceutical form of CBD called Epidiolex, produced by the UK company GW Pharmaceuticals, won approval from the US Food and Drug Administration as a treatment for patients like Charlotte, making it easier and safer to access the medicine.