Kingsgate Kirkland home for sale: this is a great catch for the first-time buyer. The 3-bedroom home is located at the end of a quiet cul-de-sac in Lendemain, the dog lovers' paradise of Kirkland. Update the upstairs & move in. Then finish the downstairs to double the living space and add instant equity. A home on the same street with the identical layout, completely renovated, sold 15 months ago for $505,000. Enjoy the community pool and the club house with a park-like setting. This IS a single-family home. This home has sold.
Although you rarely hear the din coming from I-405, this Kingsgate Kirkland home for sale is in an ideal location for commuting in many directions. It's just one and a half miles to the Brickyard Park & Ride and I-405. Local bus routes stop just one block away. Northshore Schools are highly rated. The Woodmore Elementary and the Northshore Junior High School are within walking distance.
Kingsgate Kirkland Home for Sale: What's Lendemain?
Lendemain is a development consisting of about 178 single family homes and townhomes. Because it was created in the early 1970s, the development includes a generous amount of green space. The Lendemain Homeowner Association manages the community pool and clubhouse and takes care of Lendemain's streets and public places which include treed areas and meadows. The association management is notified when there is a Kingsgate Kirkland home for sale.
Questions? Send an email to Gerhard Ade.
Exit 22 off I-405. East on NE 160th St, right at 119th Ave NE, right on NE 148th St, at T-intersection left on 122nd Ave NE & left at NE 149th St. The home at the end of the cul-de-sac.
Hi, my name is Sugar. I'm not the one who put the sign up that says Kingsgate Kirkland home for sale. However, I used to live here with my owners and little sister (a Doxie called Tiger). I am the 4th Samoyed to have lived here, and I can tell you that Lendemain is the perfect place for dogs. There is an off-leash area a few minutes away. A large park and the Tolt trail are just one block away. My owners liked to walk with me to Safeway and the vet (ugh). There is an Elementary school and a Junior High just a short walk away. I used to go there with my sister to meet the students. My dad likes the short drive to the freeway and to the groomer. Camille at Petsmart has been my groomer for a long time. She's very nice.
My dad says that this area has grown a lot in 40 years. There are more places to shop, some good sushi (not Tiger's taste) and even movie theaters. Sometimes we drive to Woodinville and walk along the river. It's a very nice trail that goes all the way to Seattle and Redmond.
If you move here, I think you will like it a lot. If you know some first-time buyers with dogs tell them that there's a Kingsgate Kirkland Home for Sale!


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Guinness brews up strong brand performance with alcohol-free beer
Guinness has enjoyed a brand boost after announcing its new alcohol-free beer (Getty Images)
Global drinks company Diageo recently announced an alcohol-free version of Guinness in Britain and Ireland, with a global rollout set for 2021. "Guinness 0.0" will initially go on sale in supermarkets and off-licences, with pubs and restaurants to follow later in the year.
Data from YouGov Plan & Track indicates that the move, in conjunction with the brand's regular sponsorship of the Six Nations Championship, may have had a positive effect across several key metrics. Value for money scores – which measure whether a consumer thinks a brand represents good or poor value for money – almost doubled, rising from 6.8 to 12.8
(22/10 – 26/10), while Reputation scores (which measure whether a consumer would be proud to work for a brand or not) rose from 28.7 to a peak of 34.7 (22/10 – 25/10).
Ad awareness scores, which asks consumers if they've seen an advertisement for a brand in the past two weeks, also increased from 8.0 to a peak of 15.7 (22/10 – 25/10), which likely has more to do with the Guinness Six Nations Championship than the alcohol-free stout.
There is evidence to suggest that the Covid-19 lockdown may have affected national drinking habits. While a YouGov poll from March revealed that 13 per cent of Brits had increased their alcohol intake, by June this had increased to 22 per cent. The proportion who were drinking less remained relatively static (18 per cent in March; 17 per cent in June), as did the quarter (25 per cent in March; 23 per cent in June) who say they "never" drink at all.
Data from Profiles also suggests that 16 per cent of consumers who believe they "drink too much" would consider buying a pint of Guinness. So while the brand's alcohol-free option may naturally service those who have sworn off stout, Guinness 0.0 could also appeal to drinkers who are looking to cut down on their consumption – and avoid hangovers – for the remainder of the pandemic.

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GMO decision honors Boulder County values
04/08/2016 /in Agriculture /by Regeneration International
Author: Mark Guttridge
Last month's decision by the Boulder County Commission to phase out GMOs on publicly-owned open space was a monumental decision. In an age where special interests seem to dominate political policy, it was a surprise to see that the will of the citizens still holds weight. Yet the reaction from Paul Danish, who angrily entered the commissioners' race for this November, calling the decision "an attack on scientific agriculture," and the editorial by the Camera's Dave Krieger claiming the commissioners "bowed to popular fears" paint a very different picture. I'm sorry Paul and Dave, but I have to disagree.
With so many of our citizens, non-profits, and county employees working tirelessly to increase access of healthy local food into our school cafeterias, low-income communities, and daily shopping habits, is it not appropriate that the use of our public lands also follows this aim? If the county health department is actively encouraging phasing out processed sugars from our diets, is it not appropriate that their production also be phased out from our public lands? The decision was not an attack on science, it was an investment in the values of Boulder County.
The decision was also an investment in an alternative form of science called regenerative agriculture, one that many climate experts have agreed is our greatest chance to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and return it to our soils. My own research into carbon sequestration has led me to conclude that it occurs most efficiently in healthy ecosystems, with plants and soil biology working together. Like the commissioners, I am less concerned about the gene manipulation technology than I am with the chemicals associated with current GE crops. Spraying glyphosate, coating seeds with neonicotinoids, and relying on petroleum-based nitrogen fertilizers are all crutches designed to make farming in unhealthy ecosystems viable. What the commissioners proposed is a transition period where we research ways to increase the health of our public lands to a point where these crutches are no longer necessary.
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Carbon farming is a zero-risk strategy for curbing climate change
04/07/2016 /in Climate /by Regeneration International
Author: David Wolfe
Now that 195 nations, including the U.S., have agreed to ambitious greenhouse gas emission reductions to slow the pace of climate change, the question everyone is asking is: How will we actually meet our targets set for 2035?
Given past performance, many don't think we will get there without so-called "geoengineering" solutions, such as blasting sulfur dioxide or other particles into the atmosphere to shade the planet and compensate for the warming effect of greenhouse gases. Clever, eh? Maybe not. Some recent modeling studies show these seemingly easy fixes could backfire in catastrophic ways, such as disrupting the Indian monsoon season and completely drying out the Sahel of Africa. Another risk is atmospheric chemical reactions that deplete the ozone layer. Do we really want to run global-scale experiments for 20 or 30 years and see what happens?
There is another way, one that is zero-risk and builds on something farmers around the world are already motivated to do: manage soils so that a maximum amount of the carbon dioxide plants pull out of the air via photosynthesis remains on the farm as carbon-rich soil organic matter. "Carbon farming," as it is sometimes called, is Mother Nature's own geoengineering, relying on fundamental biological processes to capture carbon and sequester it in the soil, carbon that would otherwise be in the air as the greenhouse gas, carbon dioxide.
Over the past century soils worldwide have been degraded due to expansion of agriculture and poor soil management. Today, there is a revolution in agriculture that recognizes the importance of building "healthy" soils by replacing the organic matter that has been lost over time. One way to do this is to use carbon- and nutrient-rich organic sources of fertilizers such as manure or compost rather than synthetic chemical fertilizers. Another is to include carbon- and nutrient-rich crops like legumes (e.g., peas, beans) in rotations, and plant winter cover crops that contribute additional organic matter in the off-season. We've also discovered that reducing the amount of plowing and tilling of the soil ("conservation tillage") slows the microbial breakdown of organic matter that leads to carbon dioxide emissions from soils.
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Farmland Could Help Combat Climate Change
Author: Bobby Magill
The earth's soil stores a lot of carbon from the atmosphere, and managing it with the climate in mind may be an important part of reducing greenhouse gas emissions to curb global warming, according to a paper published Wednesday in the journal Nature.
"Climate-smart" soil management, primarily on land used for agriculture, can be part of an overall greenhouse gas reduction strategy that includes other efforts like carbon sequestration and reducing fossil fuel emissions, the paper's authors said. Many scientists believe new efforts to reduce greenhouse gases in the atmosphere are needed to keep global warming to an internationally agreed-upon limit of 2°C (3.6°F).
"One way to do that is by locking up carbon in soils," said study co-author Pete Smith, professor of soils and global change at the University of Aberdeen in Scotland. "If we can do this, we can complement efforts in other sectors to stabilize the climate and deliver on the Paris agreement."
About three times the carbon currently in the atmosphere is stored in the Earth's soil—up to 2.4 trillion metric tons, or roughly 240 times the amount of carbon dioxide emitted by burning fossil fuels annually.
Much of that is locked up in land used for agriculture. Cropland soil stores atmospheric carbon in organic matter such as manure, roots, fallen leaves and and other pieces of decomposing plants. It doesn't remain there permanently. It takes decades for the organic matter in the soil to decompose, and the carbon stored within is eventually emitted back into the atmosphere as gas. Soil is responsible for 37 percent of global agricultural greenhouse gas emissions, according to the paper.
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How Carbon Farming Could Reverse Climate Change
Author: Vera Liang Chang
As the climate crisis heats up, agriculture is in the hot seat, not only as a contributor to climate change, but also as a potential solution. Eric Toensmeier has spent the last several years tracking both. A lecturer at Yale University, a senior fellow with Project Drawdown, and the author of several books on permaculture, Toensmeier is also the author of the newly-released book, The Carbon Farming Solution: A Global Toolkit of Perennial Crops and Regenerative Agriculture Practices for Climate Change Mitigation and Food Security.
Toensmeier argues that when combined with immense reduction in fossil fuel emissions and adaptation strategies, carbon farming has the potential to return the carbon dioxide in our atmosphere to the "magic number" of 350 parts per million, while feeding people, building more fertile soils, and contributing to ecosystem health.
We spoke with Toensmeier about his thoughts on agroforestry, what happened at the climate summit in Paris, and what strategies farmers, communities, and governments can take to launch carbon farming projects. This conversation has been edited for brevity.
When did you start working on carbon farming and why?
In 2009, I read the book Now or Never. Author Tim Flannery wrote that we need to mitigate climate change and a good way to do that is planting forests. But we can't plant enough forests because we need land for agriculture. I thought to myself: there are trees that are agriculture; perhaps I have a contribution to make.
You note that agroforestry and perennial staple crops—strategies with immense potential to sequester carbon—have been given little attention to date. Why is that?
There are good reasons to focus on lower-sequestration strategies like no-till, organic annual cropping, and managed grazing. They don't require farmers to make big changes to what they do, they don't require people to change their diets, and they don't require us to add unfamiliar foods to our food system. For example, an animal raised in a managed grazing system is raised differently than in a conventional system, but the cheese is still more or less the same. Moving into a fully perennial system would require fundamental transformation of our food system, from development to technologies. The notion that agriculture can incorporate trees—let alone the notion that agriculture be based on trees—is still new for most of us. Agroforestry produces only a tiny percentage of our food in the U.S.
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The Rise of Regenerative Agriculture
Imagine a world in which industrial crop production supports healthier air, water and soil; a time when rural communities thrive thanks to their local farms; a world where foods are rife with nutrients and the future of agriculture is a thing of beauty and promise …
This is the vision that grows within regenerative agriculture—a practice of farming, based on ecological principles, that builds soil health and recaptures carbon emissions from the atmosphere.
Regenerative agriculture is building on the principles and practices of organic to help communities and soil thrive. "There is an international movement afoot today that says it's time to take things a step further," says industry veteran Tom Newmark, founder and chair of Carbon Underground—a nonprofit dedicated to restoring soil health and helping to address climate issues. Regenerative Agriculture is that step, according to Newmark and a growing number of vocal advocates.
Many modern farming systems, which often include the use of heavy machinery, excessive tilling and harmful chemicals, disrupt the organic matter in the soil. Once the carbon molecules in the soil get exposed to the air, they combine with oxygen to create carbon dioxide, turning a natural carbon exchange system from healthy and fertile soil into a toxic atmospheric gas. These unnatural processes have sickened the living systems within the soil, and in many cases have cut off vitality completely—ruining the health and sustainability in all too many agricultural ecosystems.
The healthy side of dirt
In her recent book, The Soil Will Save Us (Rodale Press, Inc., 2014), author Kristin Ohlson writes about the relationship that plants have with microorganisms in the soil, and the impact that disturbing the soil through unnatural, modern methods is having on our food, our climate, our local communities and our future as a whole.
In a teaspoon of healthy soil, Ohlson says, there are billions and billions of microorganisms, all interacting with plants in a "complex and crucial" ecosystem. "Because it's not visible to the naked eye, humans have only sort of become aware in the last couple of decades what's going on down there," she explains.
Organic carbon in soil is a reservoir for plant nutrients—those that are essential to the health of humans that consume them, as well as the ecosystem they are meant to thrive within. These nutrients include calcium, nitrogen, phosphorous, magnesium and micro-nutrients, which are released in the decomposition though microbial processes.
Carbon in the soil ensures these processes become a vital part of nutrient storage, soil structure, microbial activity, water retention, soil temperature and biodiversity—all elements that contribute to nutrient-rich soil and foods from that soil and the living ecosystem they sustain.
Known by scientists as agro-ecological farming, the principles of regenerative agriculture create healthy farms through practices such as crop rotation, cover cropping, composting and reduced tillage.
Healthy farms can be just as productive, if not more productive, than industrial farms, but are much better for the environment, the economy and the people who plant, harvest and eat the food.
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On World Soil Day, OCA, IFOAM Laud French Government's Initiative to Address Climate Change via Carbon Sequestration in Organic Soil
CONTACT: Organic Consumers Association, Katherine Paul, 207-653-3090, katherine@organicconsumers.org
December 5 marks end of International Year of the Soils, beginning of work to replace degenerative industrial ag with organic regenerative strategies that can reverse global warming
PARIS – As the International Year of the Soils officially ended on December 5, World Soil Day, Organic Consumers Association (OCA) and IFOAM Organics International (IFOAM) praised the French Government's 4 per 1000 Initiative as the most important climate strategy to come out of the COP21 Paris Climate Talks.
"This is the most exciting news to come out of COP21," said Andre Leu, president of IFOAM Organics International. "By launching this Initiative, the French Government has validated the work of scientists and farmers and ranchers who have demonstrated the power of organic regenerative agriculture to restore the soil's natural ability to draw down and sequester carbon.
"It is imperative that world the decarbonizes the atmosphere from 400 ppm to far less than 350 ppm to stop catastrophic climate change. The combination of renewable energy to stop further emissions and drawing down excess CO2 into the soil is most achievable way to do this and it is readily available to us now."
"What better way to celebrate World Soil Day than to recognize that healthy soil is our most available, most promising solution to global warming," said Ronnie Cummins, OCA's international director. "As we celebrate this important Initiative and also mark the end of the International Year of the Soils, we look forward to what is arguably the most important work our organizations and our governments face—reversing global warming before it's too late."
OCA and IFOAM Organics International are among the 100 partners who were signed on at the launch of the "4 per 1000" Initiative. Partners include developed and developing states, international organizations, private foundations, international funds, NGOs and farmers' organizations.
The partners have agreed to reinforce their actions on appropriate soil management, recognizing the importance of soil health for the transition towards productive, highly resilient agriculture.
The "4/1000 Initiative: Soils for Food Security and Climate" aims to protect and increase carbon stocks in soils. According to the French Agriculture Ministry, a 0.4-percent annual growth rate in soil carbon content would make it possible to stop the present increase in atmospheric CO2 and achieve the long-term objective of limiting the average global temperature increase to the 1.5°C to 2°C threshold beyond which the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) says would lead to a climate disaster.
The initiative consists of a voluntary action plan under the Lima-Paris Action Agenda (LPAA), backed by an ambitious research program.
The United Nations officially declared 2015 the International Year of the Soils, beginning on December 5, 2014, and ending on World Soil Day, December 5, 2015. The official closure took place at FAO headquarters on December 4.
IFOAM – Organics International is the worldwide umbrella organization for the organic agriculture movement, which represents close to 800 member organizations in about 125 countries.
The Organic Consumers Association (OCA) is an online and grassroots non-profit 501(c)(3) public interest organization representing 2 million U.S. consumers campaigning for health, justice, and sustainability. The Organic Consumers Fund is a 501(c)4 allied organization of the Organic Consumers Association, focused on grassroots lobbying and legislative action.
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Actuellement, en France, les comptes annuels rassemblent le bilan, le compte de résultat et l'annexe des comptes d'une entreprise, qui sont établis à la clôture de l'exercice, selon l'article 130-1 du plan comptable général.

La normalisation de l'établissement des comptes annuels
Les comptes annuels doivent être présentés selon des normes standardisées, afin d'assurer une comparabilité des comptes entre les personnes. Différentes méthodes de comptabilité sont possibles ; cependant le choix d'une méthode comptable doit être permanent, afin d'assurer la comparabilité des comptes d'une même entreprise dans le temps.

Ces normes sont élaborées par l'ANC, puis homologuées par arrêté ministériel.

Le caractère obligatoire de la tenue de comptes annuels
Certaines personnes physiques (commerçants) et morales sont soumises à une obligation légale d'établir des comptes annuels.

Le besoin de transparence des comptes annuels
Les comptes annuels permettent une lecture plus facile des comptes :
 Par les investisseurs, qui ont besoin de connaître les performances de l'entreprise afin de déterminer si elle constitue un bon investissement.
 Par les prêteurs, les fournisseurs et les salariés, qui veulent être rassurés sur la solidité de l'entreprise.
 Par l'administration fiscale qui veut vérifier le montant de l'impôt.

Par ailleurs les comptes d'une entreprise peuvent constituer un moyen de preuve.
Enfin la comptabilité est un outil de gestion qui permet aux dirigeants de prendre des décisions stratégiques.

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Value Chain Management of Moringa oleifera
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Moringa (Moringa oleifera) is potentially one of the planet's most valuable plants for human use, however it is under researched and used only to a limited extent. The Moringa is a tree crop raised for food rather than timber, and could be described as a food market on a trunk. The tree yields at least four different edible parts; pods, leaves, seeds, and roots. Beyond edibles, it provides products that contribute to village life and self-sufficiency across Africa and Asia. However limited research base and a lack of knowledge make it difficult to identify and manage value chain innovations which could improve utilization of the crop. This research was intended to explore the Moringa value chain, giving special attention to its governance and coordination. Data collection was done using interviewer administrated structured questionnaire with three categories of respondents; farmers, intermediaries and consumers. The sample was identified using a combination of multistage sampling and snowball sampling. Two distinct value chains were identified relating to pods and leaves respectively. Descriptive statistics shows that other than the male head of the household, traders are the key decision makers in production activities. The decision to grow Moringa has significant relationship with factors like demand for Moringa pods in the market, tolerance to drought, low cost and high yield of Moringa. Inferential analysis showed that Sales decisions were influenced by; price, convenience of transport and transparency of the transactions. Application of the Mann-Whitney test indicates that Moringa leaf value chain showed a greater level of coordination than the Moringa pod value chain. Consumer preferences lie with pods rather than leaves. RBQ test results confirmed that the unavailability of leaves in the market contributes to this. Results revealed that the demand for both pods and leaves is year round, however seasonality has a significant impact on consumption patterns indicating a positive demand trend and future opportunities.
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On April 20, 2010 there was an explosion on the Deepwater Horizon offshore drilling platform in the Gulf of Mexico. Two days after the explosion and fire, the oil drilling rig sank. A huge amount of crude oil leaked from the oil well. The leak was about 5,000 feet below the surface of the Gulf.
The oil well was finally capped in mid-July. By then, almost 5 million barrels of oil had been spilled into the Gulf. The oil spill harmed wildlife along the large coastal areas of Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, Alabama, and Florida. Fish, turtles, and other animals and plants that live in the Gulf were hurt or killed by the spilled oil. Birds that landed in the water became covered in oil and could not fly. Fishing boats could not collect fish from the oily water. Oil washed up on beaches and into marshes.
It takes many years for the environment to recover from a large oil spill.
Safety Training – Within days of the explosion, the NIEHS Worker Education & Training Program facilitated safety training for more than 100,000 cleanup workers.
GuLF STUDY– NIEHS is heading research on the health of the workers and volunteers most directly involved in the oil spill clean-up.
Gulf Research Consortia – The NIEHS provided money to help researchers work with people who live in the Gulf Region to take care of problems caused by the oil spill.
Learn more about how powerful our environment can be.
Scientists want to study the long term effects of oil spills on people and animals. Learn more about the NIEHS Gulf Oil Spill Response Efforts.
The Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) program will study how environmental factors affect child health and development via a new seven-year initiative from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).


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Saks Fifth Avenue at Polaris Fashion Place will host a runway show tonight and appearance by Kimberley Newport-Mimran, president and head designer of Pink Tartan. Newport-Mimran, who co-founded the women's sportswear line in 2002 in Toronto, will give guests a sneak preview of her spring collection.
"I do runway to real life," Newport-Mimran said in a phone interview with Capital Style. "That's sort of how I translate the collection. It's really wearable, accessible, beautifully made fabrics."
The collection includes soft, neutral tones of blush and stone as well as practical pieces, such as seamed tech stretch pants that easily transition from day to night. "I love looking at fashion, but I tend to love the collections that I can actually wear, versus dream about wearing," Newport-Mimran said. "I like style more than trends." Tickets to tonight's event, which runs from 5 to 8 p.m. and includes a cocktail party, cost $40 and will be sold on the store's upper level. The runway show begins at 6 p.m. --Dana Wilson


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I need to get a few things off my chest before I get into this. Of all the technical calls we get in my office, the overwhelming majority have to do with 3-ways (and I don't mean the kind that Captain Coupling was caught doing). Usually the underlying problem is that the installer doesn't understand standard 3-way circuits, let alone X-10 3-way circuits. Often the caller will become angry at us because it seems that we are incapable of visualizing what he needs. I have had more than one installer yell at me saying, "…you are supposed to be the experts and you can't tell me how to install this?!?". We may be the experts, but we can't see through the phone in order to tell what kind of 3-way circuit he has. There are many variations in standard 3-way wiring and in most cases the installer has no idea which one he has. It is unfortunate that he assumes that there is only one kind. Believe me, nothing could be further from the truth. The many variations in 3-way circuits dictate which X-10 3-way receivers will work and which ones will not.
Before we talk about "X-10" 3-way circuits, we need to talk about "standard mechanical" 3-way circuits. Have you ever wondered why they are called "3-way circuits" when there are only 2 switches? Well, it has to do with the number of "drop points" and not the number of switches in the circuit. You see back in the early days of electrical wiring, back in the days of Thomas Edison, the vocation of "electrician" was brand new. These new electricians would base their cost estimates partly on the number of "drop points" on each circuit. A drop point could be a switch, a load or any junction point. In a sense a circuit with only 1 switch and 1 load would be a "2-way". I suppose this was because the wires had to go "two different ways". A circuit with 2 switches and 1 load would be "3-way". Incidentally, a circuit with 1 switch and 2 loads would also be a 3-way, but over the years, the label of "3-way" has evolved into meaning any circuit with 2 switches in it.
It is rare indeed to find any house in North America that does not have at least one 3-way circuit. Perhaps it is at the top and bottom of a stairway or at both ends of a long hall. In any case, it enables the user to turn on or off the load (usually a light) from either location. It sometimes seems confusing that the switches are made so that "on" can be either "up" or "down" depending on the position of the other switch. How are these wired? Let's look at a standard mechanical 3-way circuit. Figure 1 shows a typical 3-way circuit. This is what I think of when I think of a 3-way circuit: 2 switches with the load at the end.
This diagram is pretty good but it was a pain to draw. Besides it's hard to see where the wires go. Since I don't want to draw complex drawings every time, and I want you to be able to see where the wires go, I am going to simplify all the diagrams from here on. Figure 2 is a much more practical drawing for the purpose of this article.
How do X-10 3-way master receivers work? Some X-10 3-way master receivers are standard 2-wire dimmers with a third "control" wire (figure 3). If you hook up just the line (black) wire and the load (blue) wire, it would work just like a standard X-10 dimmer receiver.
Others have a neutral wire. These are usually called "3-wire" dimmer receivers. You may have inadvertently misread that last sentence. I didn't say "3-way", I said "3-wire" receivers. These are not the same thing but if you are scratching your head right now, you should go back to the earlier chapter "Which One Should I Use?" and possibly "Which One Should I Use – Part 2" to see what I'm talking about. A 3-wire dimmer with a fourth wire (control) is a 3-wire, 3-way dimmer receiver. Again, if one of these are wired using just the line (black) wire, the neutral (white) wire and the load (blue) wire, it would work just like a standard X-10 dimmer receiver. So what makes them a 3-way master? If voltage is applied to their control lead they will change state. That's where the slave switch comes in.
Figure 3 also shows how the "slave" switch (or "auxiliary" switch if you want to be politically correct) is connected to the 3-way master. All the 3-way masters use the same slave switch. (We here at ACT sell five different 3-way masters: RD101, RD161, RD123, RS101 and the RS301). If you are only familiar with mail-order X-10 or Radio Shack slaves switches, they still do the same job but they may look different. The X-10 and Radio Shack versions have wires while our slave switch (part number AS001) has screw terminals (like our 3-way relay receivers, RS101 and RS301, shown in figure 4). Slave switches (oh, all right, "auxiliary" switches — happy now??) are just high voltage momentary push buttons. They are, in a sense, fancy doorbell buttons. When the button is pressed, line voltage is applied to the control lead (but please don't try to use a doorbell button, okay?).
If a dimmer receiver is designed with a neutral connection (it needs "line", "neutral" and "load" wires) then I call it a "3-wire" dimmer. While it's true that the control lead makes it a total of 4 wires, I still consider it a "3-wire" dimmer. We at ACT sell these under our part number RD161 (and our 2400 watt version, RD123). I know that this is somewhat confusing but that's the way it is.
All relay receivers require a neutral wire (our RS101 and RS301).
Also, please note that in many of the diagrams that follow, the wire colors seems to change color. Believe me, they will not magically change colors as you connect them to various X-10 units. I simply chose the wire colors to show those most commonly used in standard 3-way wiring scenarios and then I changed them to show the wire colors of the X-10 receivers.
1. Standard 3-way circuit with the load at the end of the run.
If the load is incandescent and less than 500 watts, a 2-wire dimmer (I know, 3 wires if you count the control lead) can be installed. If you have read my previous words of wisdom, you know that when ever there is a neutral wire available, I always recommend a 3-wire dimmer. They just work better. In this example, we are extremely lucky to have a neutral connection available in the j-box, so I suggest a 3-wire dimmer (our RD161). If the load is greater than 500 watts, or is something that you just don't want to "dim", then a relay receiver (ACT's RS101, for instance) can be installed. Both the relay receiver (RS101) and the 3-wire dimmer (RD161) require a neutral connection.
2. Standard 3-way circuit with load in the middle of the run.
Figure 6 shows another common method of wiring a 3-way circuit. In this version the switches are at both ends of the circuit run and the load (a light, in my example) is in the middle j-box. To convert this to an X-10 3-way, simply replace the first mechanical switch with a slave switch (as shown in figure 7), then replace the second mechanical switch with a 2-wire, 3-way master dimmer receiver (like the ACT RD101).
This is where the plot thickens. If the load exceeds 500 watts, or is non-resistive, we have a problem. Look closely at figure 7. Neutral is available only in the first two j-boxes. The 3-way master is sitting in the third box and there is no neutral wire there. Can you swap the slave and the master in order to use a 3-wire dimmer or a relay receiver? Nope! There aren't enough wires. You are stuck. If you are trying to convert this kind of pre-existing 3-way circuit to an X-10 3-way, you are limited to using a 2-wire dimmer. If your load is greater than 500 watts or is something other than a regular incandescent light, you must abandon the use of a true X-10 3-way and instead use a single relay receiver (like the ACT RS121) in the first position and a wall-mount transmitter (like the ACT TB100 with a keypad) in the last position (as shown in figure 8). Also please note that you will have to get up on a ladder and do some rewiring in that middle box to accommodate the electrical needs of these devices.
If dimming is desired, yet the use of a 2-wire dimmer (RD101) is inappropriate, a 3-wire dimmer (RD161) can not be used in place of the 2-wire dimmer (in figure 7) since there is no neutral. You can, however, use a 3 wire dimmer or a relay receiver (figure 8) but not as a true 3-way masters. There are not enough wires from one j-box to the others.
3. Standard 3-way circuit with the load at the beginning of the run.
Okay, we're half way there. Figure 9 shows another wiring version of a standard 3-way circuit. In this example, the load (or light) is first and then the two switches are in the second and third positions. If you thought the last one was difficult, this one is a killer. Since neutral exists only in the first j-box, the choices of X-10 master receivers is limited only to the 2-wire dimmer versions since they operate on the trickle current through the load.
If the load exceeds 500 watts, or is non-resistive, then the only option is to abandon the use of a true 3-way and install a fixture receiver and two transmitters (as shown in figure 11). It ain't pretty but it's the only option I can give you for this one. In commercial buildings we can pull more wires through the conduit, but in a house, you are usually stuck with whatever is already there.
4. Standard 3-way with the load at the beginning of the run and the switches split.
This is the last one we will do in this edition. Look at figure 12 and you will see a 3-way circuit where the light is actually in the first j-box and then the 2 switches are split off on either end. Unlike most of the previous examples, converting this type of 3-way will require significant wiring changes in the load j-box.
Since neutral exists only in the first j-box, the choices of X-10 3-way master receivers is limited to the 2-wire variety since they operate on the trickle current through the load. To convert this version, simply replace either mechanical switch with a 2-wire, 3-way dimmer (like the RD101) then replace the other mechanical switch with the slave switch (as shown in figure 13). The load must be incandescent and less than 500 watts.
If the load exceeds 500 watts, is non-resistive, or the use of a 2-wire type dimmer is inappropriate, the installer must then abandon the use of a true X-10 3-way and instead use a relay receiver and a wall mount transmitter (as shown in figure 14). Remember, with this version, a significant amount of rewiring will be required in the load j-box to accommodate the electrical needs of these devices.
BIG NOTE: All electrical work should be done by a qualified and licensed electrician adhering to all national and local electrical codes. Although circuit breakers are not shown, appropriately sized breakers are required on all circuits. ACT's RD101 dimmer is rated for 500 watts, incandescent only. The RD161 is also rated for 500 watts, for resistive and non-linear loads. Both the RS101 and the RS121 are rated for 20 amps on 120v. ACT's RF100 fixture receiver is also rated for 20 amps on 120v. This article was written for the Home Automation market in mind and so it implies only 120v circuits, however, ACT also offers a 277v version of the RS101. It is the RS301. The AS001 is rated for 277v and 120v. And most importantly, Never use the ground wire for anything other than ground!
Well, we have come to the end of another chapter in this "Which One Should I Use" series. I knew when I started this one that it would be big and I was right. In the next chapter (February 1998) we will look at two more 3-way wiring scenarios (one is the most complicated one I have ever seen, the other is the easiest) plus 4-way wiring. If time permits, we will also get into some 3 & 4-way troubleshooting.
Like everyone else who puts their work out on the web, I love to hear your comments. (It strokes my ego.) If you have any questions on this or any previous article in this series, please email me. If you have any suggestions for future discussions, please let me know. Have a nice Christmas and New Year and I hope to see you at the Consumer Electronic Show in Las Vegas in January . I will be teaching a class there so please stop by and say "Hey".
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Rollin' with Leo is the second, and final, album as a leader by American jazz saxophonist Leo Parker, recorded in 1961 but not released on the Blue Note label until 1980.

Reception
The Allmusic review by Steve Leggett awarded the album 4½ stars and calling it "a wonderful portrait of this unsung but brilliant player, whose huge, sad, but almost impossibly strong tone always felt like it carried the world on its shoulders".

Track listing
All compositions by Leo Parker except as indicated

 "The Lion's Roar" - 4:54
 "Bad Girl" (Conover) - 6:17
 "Rollin' with Leo" - 6:25
 "Music Hall Beat" (Illinois Jacquet) - 4:56
 "Jumpin' Leo" - 4:30
 "Talkin' the Blues" - 6:30
 "Stuffy" (Coleman Hawkins) - 5:41
 "Mad Lad Returns" - 4:35

Recorded on October 12 (tracks 3 & 4) and October 20 (tracks 1, 2 & 5-8), 1961.

Personnel
Leo Parker - baritone saxophone
Dave Burns - trumpet
Bill Swindell - tenor saxophone
John Acea - piano
Stan Conover (tracks 3 & 4), Al Lucas (tracks 1, 2 & 5-8) - bass
Wilbert Hogan (tracks 1, 2 & 5-8), Purnell Rice (tracks 3 & 4) – drums

References

Blue Note Records albums
Leo Parker albums
1980 albums
Albums recorded at Van Gelder Studio
Albums published posthumously


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CAIRO (AP) - Egypt's soccer federation said on Sunday that the country's national team will meet Portugal and Bulgaria in friendly games as part of preparations for the 2018 World Cup in Russia.
Egypt, returning to the World Cup for the first time in 28 years, opens its World Cup campaign against Uruguay on June 15 before it takes on host Russia on the 19th of the same month. Its final Group A match is against Saudi Arabia on June 25.
Portugal, the reigning European champion, will give Egypt a flavor of the type of play that partially resembles group rival Uruguay, but Egypt's most prominent football critic says he is unconvinced that the Portuguese will give Egypt the ideal preparation to take on the South Americans.
The Portugal-Egypt friendly, however, is potentially beneficial to the Portuguese, who are drawn in Group B with Morocco, whose style of play resembles that of the Egyptians. The other teams in Group B are Spain and Iran.
"Portugal plays Latin football, but it does not accurately mirror the style of South Americans," said Hassan al Mestikawi of the independent Cairo daily, Al-Shorouk. "Bulgaria, on the other hand, is close to how the Russians play in terms of tactics."
"But what the Egyptians need the most is to play football superpowers like Germany or Brazil. The results could be painful for the Egyptians but playing them would shatter the wall of fear Egyptians have when playing big teams," he added.
Still, the Portugal friendly will likely pose a useful test for the Egyptian defense in the form of Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo, one of the world's most prolific scorers. But while the five-time Ballon d'Or winner is by far the biggest threat on the Portugal team, Egypt will have to contend with two strikers who can tear any defense apart in Uruguay's Luis Suarez of Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain's Edinson Cavani when the games start to count.


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Great, common sense suggestions for managing the clean up of the house. Thanks for posting!
I clean out my fridge the night before garbage day. No smelly leftovers in the garbage. I also try to clean and organize the fridge before I grocery shop.
I like to do what mj does, organize and clean refrigerator the day before trash goes out. I also try to coordinate this with being ready to do a big grocery shop. Another tip, sounds crazy but if meat has spoiled wrap well in grocery store bags, mark for dicard and place in trash just before pickup. This will prevent mess and odor.
Yes, I grew up freezing meat until trash day and it is a great solution to keep garbage cans from smelling, especially in the summer heat!
Yeah, until you forget about it each week and end up with a freezer full of frozen trash!
You can set a reminder on your phone to stuff from freezer for garbage, or leave a post it note reminder on fridge door. Just a thought.
Great idea to get in the habit of doing.
This is how I have always been…..
I've read that shelf liners sometimes set off a sensor that causes the refrigerator to not cool properly so maybe thats not the best idea…..
Interesting! I have never heard that, but it makes sense. I will have to look into it and update this!
Taking 30 seconds (literally) to wipe down every bathroom sink every day makes a difference too!
Yes, especially with kids (my kids!) who spit toothpaste in it and don't wipe it out!
Maybe you should get out the cleaning supplies and let the kids clean up their toothpaste and miscellaneous sink messes-especially after they've hardened. Explain them that if they suite up their messes right away it won't be so hard for THEM too clean up next time. This worked great for boys "missing the toilet" and having to clean up after everything was smelly and dried on.
I have a container of Clorox wipes in each bathroom, so it is really easy to wipe down counters, sinks, etc. Just pull out a wipe and go to town. Fast, easy and no excuses.
Before I start to cook a meal, I fill the sink with hot soapy water. As I cook I put the pans, spoons & what ever I use in the hot water. While I'm waiting for something to cook, I wash the things in the sink. Sometimes I might need a spoon again it's clean and ready to use.
What a great idea! I am going to start this. I am terrible about cleaning up as I go, when I am cooking. This will make it so much easier!
Funny, I do the same thing. Not for cutlery but for pots and pans and things that just shouldn't go in the dishwasher. I also get my dishcloth hot and soapy every morning so as I'm getting things done, I clean up after myself.
Love this idea and am going to do that.
My mother always did that when I was growing up-she emphasized cleaning add you go in the kitchen and it works not having all the large pots and pans and the miscellaneous utensils to clean up along with the meal dishes. Everything at once seems to be so overwhelming.
Another tip, I put empty cat cans in a freezer bag in the freezer until trash day. Dump the cans and re-use the freezer bag again with the cans.
Why not rinse them out and then recycle them instead of creating more waste?
Surely you should wash them out with hot soapy water and then they don't smell whilst waiting for recycling day?
The point is is not to have cat food down the sink (beyond what is on the spoon) and to stink up the sink which is attached to the dishwasher. In a freezer bag, resolves the problem, which I don't forget each trash day. Recycling just about everything else just not that.
I notice two large plastic jugs of milk stored in the door of the fridge in the last picture. Just read recently by fridge experts that milk should be stored in the main area of the fridge due to how the fridge is cooled.
Lickery, I also heard the same about milk and dressings etc that contain dairy should not be stored in the door because it doesnt keep them cold enough.
I clean my bathtub using a wet mop. Saves me having to bend over on my knees and suffering needless kneecap and lower back pain. The mop cleans up in seconds rather than minutes.
It's so nice to hear "clean sisters" such as myself!! LOL. I get teased many times by my 23 y/o daughter and fiance by my "excessive tideness." Regarding one of the women who stated she uses a mop (great idea as well!☺) to clean her bathtub, etc. For me; I find I like to use a quality Nylon broom I keep solely for this purpose. It gets my tub (and walls, etc) nice and clean and shiny without me having to injure my arthritic back and jeapordize my hip surgery. My fiance actually informed me of this tip from his mom, now 86 who was a professional cleaning woman for several elite clients years earlier.
A broom is a great idea!
Brilliant idea! I suppose you could wipe the towels dry using the same method?
Have you all tried e-cloths? They are amazing for buffing mirrors, shower doors, taps and tiles.
I use a white vinegar solution and really impressed with the results.
I have a scrub brush on a mop/broom stick. They used to sell these in most hardware stores. This is one of the BEST ideas I found. I also like the scrubbing bubbles, so after spraying some on, with the length of the broom stick, I am able to 'scrub' the tile wall above the tub. After, I then do the bathtub with cleanser, also with this scrub brush. The remaining tiles on the other side of the bathroom I wipe down with a damp rag that I've done 'bubbles' on. I can knock out my bathroom in an hour or less.
While these are all great tips (especially clean the kitchen as you go) I've got to say I had myself a bit of a laugh over it. I do every single one of these things and my house is still a constant mess. Some of these are clearly geared toward very small families or singles- I'd be in big trouble if I only did the laundry once a week and I ran my dishwasher 4 times yesterday! I think the last one on here should be "Wait patiently and keep working at it until your small children are older" because no matter how much you clean, small people make mess! I soooo look forward to the day when they are able to help clean more than they help dirty up the house!
When my children were little it was harder to keep clean, but a few rules definitely helped. Everyone had to remove their shoes when entering the home. Food was only allowed at the table. Not in the family room, and not on the sofas. Everyone had to throw their dirty laundry in the hamper, even the little ones. I tried reducibg laundry, by reusing towels. I hung themup aftwr the bath and they reused it the next time. Only washed the towels once a week. After the kids bathed, the towels were clean, why wash them. Also, in the winter, they wore their outfits for 2 days instead of one, if they were clean. Another tip, you can do one load every night. When the kids are in bed, throw their clothes in the wash, and then dryer, and put them on the next day, this way no folding and putting away. You can do that on bz days. Also, I didn't let the little kids serve themselves. That way I reduced spills. Also, wash up the little childrens hands as sin as they are sticky, that will prevent them from touching everything around the house and making it sticky and dirty. Bottom line is, prevention is the name of the game, not cleaning.
1) Label/date every leftover you put in the fridge. You will be surprised how long some things have been in the fridge. Since I have a low sense of smell. My motto is: when in doubt, toss it out!
2) Keep a running list of what you store in the freezer. Add it when it goes in and mark it off when you remove it!
This way two rooms done like spring cleaning. The rest of the house was normal cleaning.
For those who hatr cleaning, it's not the cleanimg you hate it's the uncluttering. Once that's done its easy .
Go through mail daily. Chuck any thing not important. Toss newspapers daily. Try to keep kitchen counters clear.
once you get in yhe habit you will wonder what took you so long! Clutter is 3/4 the work.
I wish this would be taught in school to children as a reinforced life lesson. Parents and the community would gain from the early start of respecting property and managing time. Children also feel good about themselves everytime they accomplish something, chore.
Taught in school! We've got enough to teach them. How about the PARENTS teaching them this???
I am a retired teacher. I agree. The beds, dishes, and laundry are at home. Teach it there. Tho my granddaughter goes to a wonderful Montessori school where the kids help the teacher keep the room clean, straighten books and always put things away where they belong.
I am a retired Special Education teacher. I agree that both parents and teachers need to work towards training children to clean up after themselves. In my elementary classroom, each child had a task to complete each afternoon before the dismissal bell. If a student were absent, others picked up his assigned task. Everyone helped keep the classroom tidy. Little folks love to help with chores!! In my high school classroom, the students picked up around their desks right before leaving for their next class. Students will help keep things organized…you just have to "have a rule for it".
Make the bed first thing? That way you will have a smelly bed. It should air out for a while before you make it.
I agree! I've never understood the whole "make the bed immediately upon getting out of it" concept — let it air out while eating breakfast, showering, brushing teeth, etc.
When you get up you can air it as you go to the bathroom, wash up for your day, pick out your clothes, get dressed, made up and before you leave your bedroom for the day, take 5 minutes or less, and make your bed. You've now given it 15 minutes to a 1/2 hour of airing.
Not enough – the average person sweats a pint of water per night. Beds should be allowed to air all day. And not with the duvet/blankets rolled into a heap either – they should be folded back over the end of the bed and allowed to air properly.
Thumbs up on Montessori schools.
Leaving your shoes at the door also prevents unseen toxins like pesticides and car/street oils and chemicals from entering your home.
Very true. That's my rule too.
Call me OCD if you want. I love the smell and feel of a clean house. I fluff my pillows, bedspread weekly in the dryer. I wash my sheets on hot and add along with detergent, white vinegar in all my laundry. This helps eliminate body odors.
Plastic bag and put them in a marked container in the freezer…that way there is no smell, no mess and no critters to bother it if it's been sitting out there for several days. Just plop the frozen bundle in the can and off it goes. I know this sounds odd, but remember the frozen left overs are still fresh when you freeze them!
Such a great idea. Thank you. We have fish several times a week and never thought of freezing as a stop gap measure between cooking and trash pick up. Thank you.
Hey I was wondering where the bedding was purchased. It's just what I was looking for and couldn't find. Great tips by the way.
My two favorite cleaning tips are: throw the dirty pots and pans in the oven; no-one looks there, and buy some cheap get well cards to display on your mantle. This works best if you leave the vacuum out in the middle of the living room, and change the cards around once in a while!
This comment reminds me of the late great Irma Bombeck.
My 18 month old cleans up after himself as best he can. I didnt teach him this. He learned by watching how we live. If you want your kiddos to help they will. Just let them and dont tell them they are doing it wrong when they try.
Thank you for sharing everyone.
When I fry fish. To get smell out I put 1/2 cup coffee grounds and put it on a frying pan, heat it up and just walk around house. The house will smell like a fresh pot of coffee. It does absorb the odors.
Brilliant! I shall be trying that one, thank you.
Laundry day? I do a couple loads every day so the clothes are always clean and I'm never overwhelmed unless we've been on vacation.
Way too many ads! could hardly find the content!
I really enjoy the tips. I too put food in the freezer.until garbage pickup day.


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Hey, What Century Is this? Is 2005 The Year after 1933?
THIS IS YOUR PRESIDENT. THIS IS WHAT YOUR PRESIDENT SAYS:
"If this were a dictatorship, it would be a heck of a lot easier, so long as I'm the dictator."
From: Obsidian Wings.
All Ideas (that I agree with) Are On the Table via Marshall Repeatedly since his re-election, President Bush has said he's willing to listen to "all ideas" about how to reform Social Security.
AND WHERE DO WE AMERICANS FIND OURSELVES NOW?
from Reuters: SENATOR ROBERT BYRD ON TUESDAY compared Republican threats to change Senate rules to outlaw procedural hurdles that have blocked 10 of President Bush's judicial candidates to Hitler jamming legislation through the German Reichstag.
"Hitler never abandoned the cloak of legality; he recognized the enormous psychological value of having the law on his side," the Democrat from West Virginia said. "Instead, he turned the law inside out and made illegality legal."
SENATOR RICK SANTORUM of Pennsylvania, a member of the Republican leadership, said in a statement, "Senator BYRD'S INAPPROPRIATE REMARKS comparing his Republican colleagues with Nazis are INEXCUSABLE."
ADL Director Abraham Foxman said: "It is HIDEOUS, outrageous and OFFENSIVE for Senator Byrd to suggest that the Republican Party's tactics could in any way resemble those of Adolf HITLER and the Nazi Party."
Republican Party Chairman Ken Mehlman said, "Senator Byrd's invocation of Hitler's Germany ... is REPREHENSIBLE and beyond the pale."
SOME COMPARISONS ARE BEYOND THE PALE? WHAT IS MORE OFFENSIVE? THE ACT OR THE RESPONSE? WHO IS BEING ASKED TO SHUT UP? WHO IS UNAMERICAN?
March 02, 2005 at 09:57 PM in Breaking News | Permalink | Comments (3) | TrackBack (0)
No Dogs In In Fight for Truth on Torture
How The White House Bends the Truth About Torture with a Straight Face
What follows is a sad and all too brief analysis of how the press doesn't get the story on torture and extraordinary rendition, even when one reporter dogs the question. The Heretik's sad analysis and conclusion in red.
from White House PressConference 2/28/05 with White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan
Q Has the President ever issued an order against torture of prisoners? And do we still send prisoners to Syria to be tortured?
A direct question has been asked.
MR. McCLELLAN: The President has stated publicly that we do not condone torture and that he would never authorize the use of torture. He has made that --
Stated publicly, but what about privately? Do we still send prisoners to Syria direct question unanswered
Q But has he issued an order?
The question about Syria and torture asked again.
MR. McCLELLAN: -- statement very publicly, and he's made it clear to everybody in the government that we do not torture.
He has made that statement very publicly, but what about privately. He's made it very clear to everybody that we do not torture. He has made it very clear. There is no denial in this. McClellan here sounds more like a public relations agent rather than someone addressing the press Bush says he respects.
Q Well, why do we still hear these stories then?
Another question, less direct. Grasp of the subject is tiring for the reporter. Why not ask: Scott, why have you not answered my question?
MR. McCLELLAN: If there are allegations of wrongdoing, then the President expects those allegations to be fully investigated and if there is actual wrongdoing that occurs, then people need to be held to account. The President has made that very clear.
If . . . then construction allows McClellan to sound like he is answering the question forthrightly. If the allegations, however are never acknowleged, there is no full investigation, no actual wrongdoing found, no one held to account. This is where the deceit takes place.
Q Well, do you deny that we still send prisoners to other countries to be tortured? Is that a denial?
Reporter regains strength. Direct question about extraordinary renditions.
MR. McCLELLAN: Judge Gonzales testified previously that we have an obligation not to render people to countries that we know would torture them.
Second critical point. Acknowleging an obligation is not the same as honoring the obligation.
Q He did not rule out torture.
Reporter points out the question has not been answered.
MR. McCLELLAN: Go ahead, David.
Press Secretary and other reporters move on. The following mainstream reporter is not interested in pursuing truth here, he is looking for access to McClellan .
Q Scott, you said this morning that for Iran . . .
The White House could not get away with this cynical strategy of divide and conquer if the press were not so willing to stand divided. Getting to the deeper truth regarding extraordinary rendition is predicated upon the White House's knowlege that the press willingly divides itself. He's done that question, I'm not following up on it. I need my own turf, my stake. So the press is complicit in its own conquest.
The reality that the White House limits its skirmishing dog fights with the press to a minimum has been acknowleged. The implications have not. So long as members of the mainstream media given access to the President in the Age of Guckert/Gannon do not press for real answers, the American people will continue to suffer the illusion that the founding principles of this country are not floundering and drowning in a sea of shame abroad.
While there is much whining in the established media complaining about the pack dog mentality of "those damn bloggers who do not check their facts," the dogged truth is that bloggers have their dogs in this fight and others do not, not so much. The mainstream media doesn't want to appear to be a wolf pack hungry for truth. Too bad. A polite dog never wins the bone.
Access to sources means more than getting to truth from the same sources. It is a sad commentary on a sad situation. Prisoners, legal and otherwise, will continue to be tortured while reporters torture themselves over how they will look to liars and thieves.
March 01, 2005 at 07:13 AM in Breaking News | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Uppity Woman: A Continuing Appreciation for Sophie Scholl
Ignorance and evil are commonplace. How many know much else about Hannah Arendt but for her succinct comment on "the banality of evil?" Evil, banal or otherwise, simple in its brutality or complex in its machinations, surrounds us now, a foul vapor that chokes the spirit. What is the role of a citiizen? How are we to respond?
The real damage is done by those millions who want to 'survive.'The honest men who just want to be left in peace. Those who don't want their little lives disturbed by anything bigger than themselves. Those with no sides and no causes. Those who won't take measure of their own strength, for fear of antagonizing their own weakness. Those who don't like to make waves—or enemies. Those for whom freedom, honor, truth, and principles are only literature.
Out in the open darkness descends with crushing weight. A light flickers in what looks to be a house. Best to find comfort from the chill and the dark and silence. Find it in that small house, with a small light.
Those who live small, mate small, die small. It's the reductionist approach to life: if you keep it small, you'll keep it under control. If you don't make any noise, the bogeyman won't find you.
Ours is an anonymous age. If there is a problem, let someone else deal. Nuance unneeded, details dispatched, death, destruction, and destiny await only others or those who deserve their fate. Don't people only get what they deserve?
But it's all an illusion, because they die too, those people who roll up their spirits into tiny little balls so as to be safe. Safe?! From what?
I am searching now for one uppity woman. Yes. Needed now: one uppity woman. An uppity woman would confront these dragons, fight them all with a more fierce flame, send them all flameless back to their caves. I am searching now for my own Sophie Scholl.
Life is always on the edge of death; narrow streets lead to the same place as wide avenues, and a little candle burns itself out just like a flaming torch does. I choose my own way to burn.
I have found my Sophie Scholl, but only in the pages of history. From those pages yet she speaks to me. . She is the white rose undying, even in defeat undaunted. The wisdom of a spirit withers not nor wilts.
And Sophie would look at me and say: What you would find in me you must instead find in yourself.
A brief not before continuing.
All entries by The Heretik on Uppity Women were inspired by a piece by : James Wolcott.
Additional entries on Uppity Women can be found here and here (a shorter appreciation of Sophie Scholl, her brother and a friend). This piece incorporates some of the shorter appreciation.
Thanks to my friend Bad Tux for continuing the story and from whom I found Sophie's quote above. Bad Tux is a very Snarky Penguin. Visit him on his ice floe.
Thanks to Bruderhof as source of quote and white rose pic.
But back to Sophie.
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February 25, 2005 at 08:37 AM in Breaking News, Heretik Hall of Fame, Uppity Women | Permalink | Comments (14) | TrackBack (0)
Putin Uncowed By Bush: Mooooo!
Putin to Bush: I'm sure you'll kick ass in the final round of Jeapordy, George. Just try not to blow us all up, okay?
NTodd has a Russian friend who says when Bush sanctimoniously lectured Putin on democracy, Putin pushed back a lot more than revealed in the White House transcript of their meeting in Constitution Hall in Bratislava Castle in Bratislava, Slovakia.
Said Putin in response to Bush's belabored hectorings on Russian shortcomings as an emerging democracy:
Ch'ia by korova mychala, a tvoya molchala = Whose cow would moo, while yours would be silent = The pot calling the kettle black.
Those crazy poetic Russians with those nutty aphorisms. Nothing like this appears in the official White House version of the meeting.
While I don't speak Russian yet (and unless I have an exorcist, speaking in tongues moment, I never will), this may or may not be the moment NTodd's friend is talking about. Maybe not:
PRESIDENT PUTIN: First of all, what do you mean when you say, I keep silent -- or we keep silent about this or that problem? First of all, I'm not the minister of propaganda.
I am not, what about you, George?
Bush also made the following comments without the slightest touch of irony:
On Putin :on Iraq. He didn't kind of hedge.
Isn't kind of hedge a kind of hedge?
On how he deals with like um everything: I'm perfectly comfortable in telling you, our country is one that safeguards human rights and human dignity, and we resolve our disputes in a peaceful way.
Bush on the press: I think it's important any viable democracy has got a free and active press.
On the press again : But no question, whether it be in America or anywhere else, the sign of a healthy and vibrant society is one in where there's an active press corps. Obviously, there has got to be constraints. There's got to be truth. People have got to tell the truth, and if somebody violates the truth, then those who own a particular newspaper or those who are in charge of particular electronic station need to hold people to account. The press -- the capacity of the press to hold people to account also depends on their willingness to self-examine at times when they're wrong. And that happens on occasion in America. And that's -- that's an important part of maintaining a proper relationship between government and press.
I can assure you that the folks here are constantly trying to hold me to account for decisions I make and how I make decisions. I'm comfortable with that. It's part of the checks and balances of a democracy.
Full White House Version here
Finally I find it interesting that when Bush is in the most formal occasions with foreign leaders, he always refers to them by their first names. Vladimir, this, Vladimir, that. While it makes him sound like the two of them are such good buds, it also makes it sound like Bush thinks Putin is his houseboy.
Bush's homie Putin (Vlad, can I call you Vlad?) sounds like he isn't playing that game.
February 25, 2005 at 07:11 AM in Breaking News | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Wanted: More Uppity Women
The world needs more uppity women, women who see the evil in the world and have the courage to poke the devil in the eye. James Wolcott writes often of the plight of the "ice queen" and "castrating bitches" of the world. But The Heretik says if it takes a challenging cut or two to change the world for the better, let the balls drop where they may. February 22, 1943 is the seventysecond anniversay of the death of Sophie Scholl, a lifetime away. Here let her story live a moment longer.
Hans Scholl, Sophie Scholl, Christoph Probst
note: Hans wears the Wehrmacht uniform.
ON FEBRUARY 22, 1943, SOPHIA MAGDALENA SCHOLL, HANS FRITZ SCHOLL, AND CHRISTOPH HERMANN PROBST FACED DOWN THE MACHINE OF DEATH IN NAZI GERMANY FOR THE LAST TIME. IN LOSING THEIR LIVES, THEY RECLAIMED A SMALL PART OF THE SOUL OF THE GERMAN PEOPLE.
Distributing The White Rose Letters in opposition to a monstrous Nazi regime in leaflet form, the Scholls and Probst challenged evil in a battle, a part of a seemingly endless war. They did not succumb to their fears, but pressed on in a fight impossible to win in fact, but one they knew must be won in spirit.
All of them brave, Sophie was perhaps most courageous in the face of the court, in the face of death. To the illegally constituted court that convicted her, she spoke in a strong voice words without a wavering, she spoke with a simple vision and wisdom courage alights on the brave:
SOMEBODY, AFTER ALL, HAD TO MAKE A START. WHAT WE WROTE AND SAID IS ALSO BELIEVED BY MANY OTHERS. THEY JUST DON'T DARE TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES AS WE DID.
For their courage in seeing the corruption of evil that corrodes the human spirit, for fighting a battle that could not be won that day, Hans Scholl, Sophie Scholl, and Chrstoph Probst were murdered by the Nazis on February 22, 1943.
February 23, 2005 at 07:38 AM in Breaking News, Heretik Hall of Fame, Uppity Women | Permalink | Comments (3) | TrackBack (0)
Oscar Voters Will Stuff the Ballot Box for Martin Scorcese!
BUT DON'T HIS CHARACTERS SAY FUCK A LOT?
Fuck, yeah!
Leonardo?
The Aviator?
The reason to give Scorcese the Oscar for Best Director this year is for what he did twentyfive years ago?
Hey, that shit happens all the time. The guy just kicks ass,fucking ass. Musical. Documentary.
Raging Bull. A Number 1, Top of the Heap.
Nuff Effing Said.
Thanks to : Out of Focus
Karl Rove: Shoot the Grandparents Now!
WARNING: Objects That Appear Straight
On May Actually Tilt To The Right
As reported in from all the usual sources in the Free
Republic of Blogostan (3 martini, AmericaBlog,
Daily Kos Kossack Imp of the Perverse, Digby,
and Crown Prince Atrios himself), Karl Rove has
sent out another Kill Order. From the people who
brought you the Swift Boat Veterans and other
infamies, it's time to kill the messenger again.
Shoot the grandparents! Get the geezers in a
shotgun blast that mixes fact with fiction!
Do those old bastards and bastardettes think
they have any right to comment on Medicare
legislation or on that abomination Tom Scully?
AARP commenting on prescription drug prices?
And not agreeing with us?
We'll give them a bitter pill to swallow!
To the boats, Swift Boat Veterans,
to the boats! Another target has been found!
Smear them! Smear them! Smear the queers!
Smear the queers and the geezers now!
Update 9:30PM EST February 21, 2005
Compiled by The Heretik's Research Assistant
February 21, 2005 8:30 PM EST Updated Often!
"Abu Ghraib in Brooklyn"
A Lament for A Fallen Hero here
W W W W W W W W!!!!!! here
Missing Pieces in the Puzzle
of John Negroponte here
MALCOLM X here
February 21, 2005 at 07:40 PM in Breaking News | Permalink | TrackBack (0)
The Iraq War Comes Home Before the Soldiers
HORRORS HIT HOME FRONT
MORE FROM THE TWILIGHT ZONE
NO GREYS, ONLY BLACK AND WHITE
MOSTLY BLACK
Follow the Progression: Gitmo, Abu Ghraib,
Gulag ghost ships, extraordinary rendition
of prisoners to Syria and Egypt, but
it happened first in Brooklyn.
From: New York Daily News
Maybe there is hope. This isn't being reported out here in The Blogostan Daily News. It's The New York Daily News, jeebus.
Great Commentary from: Juan Cole at Informed Consent
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February 21, 2005 at 07:08 PM in Breaking News | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Bush Would Bomb Iran in June 2005
02/19/05 --United for Peace of Pierce County (WA) - -Scott Ritter, appearing with journalist Dahr Jamail yesterday in Washington State, dropped two shocking bombshells in a talk delivered to a packed house in Olympia's Capitol Theater. The ex-Marine turned UNSCOM weapons inspector said that George W. Bush has "signed off" on plans to bomb Iran in June 2005, and claimed the U.S. manipulated the results of the recent Jan. 30 elections in Iraq.
New War Slogan
Another Front in the War on Everything (tm)
From Information Clearing House: Scott Ritter Says U.S. Plans June Attack On Iran.
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This week we have had 2 sessions with the instructors from Swim for Life. The children have been learning survival skills for in the water.
Great to see you learning all about survival skills with Swim for Life. We are lucky to have so many great beaches and rivers in Northland for swimming so it's so important we know how to be safe and survive! What are some of the top tips you have learnt?
I love reading all your blog posts that you have put up this term. Won't it be great when you get your own individual blogs to write all your achievements on?
It is so good that you get to learn survival skills in the water and get used to wearing your life jackets. I wonder what you'll be learning this week with your swimming classes.
Bye for now from Maree.
Renee thought this activity was fun. Great to see the individual and team engagement and skills that are so important being learnt byou having fun.
i like your swimming video when you are floating on your back .
hi you guys look smart..


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The Saturn Award for Best Actor is an award presented annually by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films to honor the top works in science fiction, fantasy, and horror in film, television, and home video. The Saturn Awards were devised by Dr. Donald A. Reed, who felt that films within those genres were never given the appreciation they deserved. The physical award is a representation of the planet Saturn, surrounded with a ring of film. The award was initially and is still sometimes loosely referred to as a Golden Scroll. The award for Best Actor was first introduced in 1976 for the 1974 and 1975 years, to reward a lead performance by a male actor in film.

The record for most awards is held by Robert Downey, Jr. with four wins, followed by Mark Hamill with three, and then Jeff Bridges, Tom Cruise, and Harrison Ford (two each). Tom Cruise is the most nominated actor in the category with twelve nominations, followed by Downey, Jr. and Arnold Schwarzenegger with seven. Arnold Schwarzenegger holds the record for most nominations without a victory.  Anthony Hopkins and Martin Landau are the only actors to have won the Saturn Award for Best Actor and an Academy Award for the same role; however, Landau won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and not Best Actor. The record for most wins for playing a same character is held by Downey Jr. and Hamill, who both won three times for playing Tony Stark and Luke Skywalker respectively.

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 Tom Cruise

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 Robert Downey, Jr.

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 Christopher Reeve
 William Shatner

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 Christian Bale
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 Chris Evans
 Mark Hamill
 Hugh Jackman
 Will Smith
 Robin Williams
 Bruce Willis

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 Jim Carrey
 George Clooney
 Daniel Craig
 Leonardo DiCaprio
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 Matthew McConaughey
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 Warren Beatty
 George Burns
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Casa del Rio Melaka today announced it has been recognised as Top 25 winner in the Luxury Hotel in Malaysia category of the 2018 TripAdvisor Travellers' Choice™ awards for Hotels, ranking 21 out of 25. Travellers' Choice award winners were determined based on the millions of reviews and opinions collected in a single year from TripAdvisor travellers worldwide. In the 16th year of the awards, TripAdvisor has highlighted the world's top 8,095 properties in 94 countries and 8 regions worldwide.
This year, the awards celebrate hotel winners in 10 categories, including Top Hotels Overall, Luxury, Bargain, Small, Best Service, B&Bs and Inns, Romance, Family, All-Inclusive and Value for Money. The hallmarks of Travellers' Choice hotels winners are remarkable service, value and quality.
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For the complete list of Travellers' Choice Hotel award–winners for 2018, as well as the latest reviews and candid traveller photos, visit: www.TripAdvisor.co.uk/TravelersChoice-Hotels. Travellers can also follow the conversation on Twitter at #TravellersChoice.
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66 luxuriously appointed rooms located by the idyllic Melaka River near the entrance to the historic straits, named after this city, Casa del Rio is designed to capture curious landmarks and unforgettable view. This Mediterranean-inspired boutique hotel in Melaka is a stone's throw away from the heart of The Historic city of Melaka, listed on the UNESCO World Heritage List. (Google Map). The architectural design pays tribute to the Portuguese heritage of Melaka as well as the unique Melaka Sultanate. While it blends with the historical surroundings and echoes of the past, the hotel caters for the modern 21st century guests' needs and facilities. We keep our dining wholesome and down-to-earth by showcasing authentic flavours.
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