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ABC "This Week with George Stephanopoulos" - Transcript
MR. STEPHANOPOULOS: Good morning, everyone. Since his surprise loss to Hillary Clinton in New Hampshire, Barack Obama has picked up a string of high powered endorsements topped by our headliner this morning, the Democrat's nominee in 2004, John Kerry.
Welcome back to "This Week."
SEN. JOHN KERRY (D-MA): Glad to be here.
MR. STEPHANOPOULOS: So you have longstanding political ties to the Clintons. Of course, you picked John Edwards as your running mate in 2004. Why Barack Obama now?
SEN. KERRY: Because I think the times demand real change. I know that word is getting overused, but it's a reality. I believe that Barack Obama has the ability to be a transformational leader.
MR. STEPHANOPOULOS: What does that mean?
SEN. KERRY: It means that there are big shifts, tectonic shifts in American politics. Whether it was Reagan, Kennedy, Roosevelt, there were moments where America is ready to move in a different direction. I believe this is one of those moments. If you go back, George, to the end of my campaign, at Fennel (ph) Hall, I talked of the conversation I had with President Bush at the end and I warned the president, and I said this at that moment, of the division in our country, the desperate need of people for unity and of trying to come together in a different way and I really believed that as a result maybe there would be a moment of healing for the country, of a better politics.
It didn't happen. It's gotten worse. This city is worse than I have ever seen it in all the years that I've been here. And I think we need a fundamental break with the past.
MR. STEPHANOPOULOS: And Hillary Clinton can't be that fundamental break?
SEN. KERRY: Well, she might be able to be, but I believe that Barack Obama has the better opportunity to be. I think he brings something special to this race. First of all, leadership -- and I'm confident your next guest, New Gingrich will echo this -- requires the ability to inspire, the ability to create a movement, the ability to mobilize people around ideas. I think Barack Obama is showing the ability to do that and has shown the ability to do that.
Remember, when Lyndon Johnson signed the Civil Rights Bill, the pen he gave -- the first pen -- was to Martin Luther King. In 1970 when I was first involved in the Earth Day, something some people scathe at today, but 20 million Americans came out one single day and said, we're tired of living next to toxic waste sites, we're tired of seeing the Cuyahoga River burn. And that movement then targeted 12 congressmen. They were labeled the Dirty Dozen. Seven of them were beaten and the result was we passed the Clean Air Act, we passed the Clean Water Act, the Safe Drinking Water Act, the Marine Mammal Protection Act. We created an Environmental Protection Agency, which a president -- Nixon -- was forced to sign into law.
I believe that Barack Obama has the ability to inspire hope and define our aspirations as a nation in a way that reaches not only Americans, but reaches the world.
MR. STEPHANOPOULOS: You made an artful reference there to Martin Luther and Lyndon Johnson. Senator Clinton got in a little bit of trouble this week where she seemed to downplay Martin Luther King's contribution at the expense -- I mean, enhance Lyndon Johnson's reputation at the expense of Martin Luther King. Here's what she said.
SEN. HILLARY CLINTON (D-NY): (From videotape.) Dr. King's dream began to be realized when President Lyndon Johnson passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
MR. STEPHANOPOULOS: And yesterday, she said that the Obama campaign was distorting those words. She blamed the Obama campaign.
SEN. CLINTON: (From videotape.) I am particularly offended at the way that some have taken out of context and apparently deliberately tried to mislead others about what was said.
MR. STEPHANOPOULOS: Does the Obama Campaign owe Senator Clinton an apology?
SEN. KERRY: George, I don't know what the back-forth has been and I'm not here to get in between the sort of two campaigns and how they're interpreting that. History knows that it was those folks crossing that bridge at Selma and facing those dogs and those batons and bloodied heads. History knows that it was kids getting on the buses and the freedom rides and going down to the South, people being blown up in Birmingham and dozens of other places in the South. History knows that it was the courageous, nonviolent movement inspired by Martin Luther King that forced politicians to confront these issues, just as it has been for women, for the environment, for children, for a host of other issues. Yes, it takes a president obviously in the end to do that.
I believe Barack Obama has the ability to bring both of those qualities, inspire and be a president. And I think there's a reason, George, that Ben Nelson of Nebraska and Tim Johnson of South Dakota and Janet Napolitano of Arizona and Tim Kaine of Virginia and others --
MR. STEPHANOPOULOS: All Republican states.
SEN. KERRY: -- are saying -- all Republican states, red states, difficult states are saying we believe Barack Obama can unite, can create this fresh and new beginning. The other thing, and I look around our country. I came into public service to try to make a difference, like most of us. I see my colleague, Ted Kennedy, who does a superb job of leading on these issues on the Health and Human Services Committee, frustrated, struggling to deal with an education system that we still know isn't working. Who better than Barack Obama to talk about, and just by his person signify to the world the difference that it means to get an open door to a good school? Who better than Barack Obama to talk to young blacks in America or disaffected young people or anybody and sort of say, you see what happens if you have a dream and you pursue it and you work at it?
I was just in South Africa and I picked up the newspaper one day and there was a big headline on the second page, Obama says the following.
They have a huge issue there of credibility of their leadership on the issue of AIDS. I personally believe having been 20 years, 24 years on the Foreign Relations Committee that Barack Obama can say things to African-American leaders that a white president just can't say, and I think there's a power in that.
MR. STEPHANOPOULOS: But a lot of Democrats are worried that he can't get there and one of the arguments of the Clinton campaign has been making -- you say that one of the reasons to support him is because he wants to end the politics of swift-boating. One of the arguments of the Clinton camp is that he will fall victim to the politics of swift-boating -- that he's unknown, untested, not tough enough.
SEN. KERRY: No. He won't. He won't, nor will any Democrat ever again. And you're looking at the person who understands that better than anybody. We made the miscalculation that we had answered the lies enough. They were answered. They were answered, contrary to myth, on day one -- instant one, counter press conference. And the mainstream media wrote the truth, but unfortunately when lies are put out on television sufficiently and unanswered sufficiently, they can make a difference. That will never, ever happen again, not to Barack Obama --
MR. STEPHANOPOULOS: Even though Barack Obama is brand new?
SEN. KERRY: -- not to Hillary Clinton incidentally either. Whoever our nominee is, I intend to fight like crazy and I will lead the effort personally -- (inaudible).
MR. STEPHANOPOULOS: But there's a difference, isn't there? Senator Clinton is a known quantity. That's one of the arguments her camp makes. Barack Obama is not and he'll be defined.
SEN. KERRY: I think Barack Obama knows and the campaign knows that that definition process has to begin immediately and any effort to define him will be countered immediately and he will have the money to do that immediately. That's one of the differences. We were stuck in the federal financing, he is not, and he will have the ability to be able to redefine himself immediately.
But come back to the larger issue here. Look at what's happening in Washington. This place is just in gridlock and stuck. Barack Obama stood up and passed one the most important -- the single biggest ethics reform package that we have passed. He did that immediately. On legislative record -- yes, he's a young man, but he's older than Bill Clinton when Bill Clinton became president. He's older than John Kennedy. He's older than Teddy Roosevelt. He's only three years younger than Abraham Lincoln, who lost his seat for the House after serving only two years, lost a race for the Senate, lost a race for the Illinois legislature and became our greatest president.
MR. STEPHANOPOULOS: And he has also been making the argument that judgment is also key, especially on the Iraq war. He says he was against it from the start. President Clinton -- we all saw it this week -- was out saying it's a fairy tale that Barack Obama's record is very different from Senator Clinton's on this score because he's voted for the funding, because he said -- basically -- at your convention that he's not sure how he would have voted.
SEN. KERRY: Well, no. That's -- I beg to differ with you. If you take the complete quote of what he said at my convention, he said that -- he said, I believe it is my judgment the case has not been made.
MR. STEPHANOPOULOS: And what he said exactly was --
SEN. KERRY: That's the end of the sentence.
MR. STEPHANOPOULOS: -- "I'm not privy to Senate Intelligence reports. What would I have done, I don't know. What I know is that from my vantage point, the case was not made," and that's one of the quotes President Clinton is referring to.
SEN. KERRY: Correct. And not only did he say the case has not been made, which was a very diplomatic way of saying John Edwards and John Kerry made a mistake at a convention where he was about to speak and I was the nominee, so in effect he showed considerable diplomatic tact and he managed to duck you guys because you might have had a story that my keynote speaker was in fact in a different position, which he was. He spoke at an anti-war rally of some several thousand people in which he talked about not being against all wars, but being against a war where it didn't make sense and the case had not been made. So I don't think there's any question but that Barack Obama had a position against the war, and he --
MR. STEPHANOPOULOS: How about the argument that he then came into the Senate and voted for funding?
SEN. KERRY: -- made it clear. And I have said since then, George, that that vote was a mistake. I believe it was a mistake because we gave power to the president that he abused. Now, you can make arguments about what the vote was at the moment you made it, but in the end it turned out to be a mistake and the country now knows that overwhelmingly and Barack Obama had the right judgment.
I think that you also measure a life. In the end, Barack Obama has more legislative experience than Hillary Clinton directly because he served eight years in the Illinois legislature and now three years in the Senate. Hillary Clinton's had one term plus this year and a bit since then, so you measure the whole life. And I think when measure Barack Obama's life, a guy who went to Columbia as an undergraduate and his daddy didn't help get him into an Ivy League school. He went to Harvard Law School, became the first African- American president of the "Harvard Law Review," which as you know is no small task. It goes on from there. Instead of going to Wall Street to make millions, he goes to Chicago to help organize in the streets. He's a civil rights lawyer. He stood up and helped change the death penalty situation in Illinois. He fought to get children tax credits.
I think he's had the right instincts. I think he had the right instinct to say this is a moment for America to change and to take the risk and decide to run for president. And look at what's he's achieved against all of the forces arrayed against him, and he is now attracting people like Ben Nelson of Nebraska, Governor Janet Napolitano. I don't think that's insignificant.
MR. STEPHANOPOULOS: One final question. You made a strong case for Senator Obama. One question about Senator Edwards because there are many here who say there's bad blood between you. Your former strategist, Bob Shrum, wrote that you were queasy about Senator Edwards when you actually met with him to talk about the vice presidency after he told you a story about a promise he made to his dead son, Wade, a story he said he'd never told before. He then went on to write, Bob Shrum did --
SEN. KERRY: George, can I stop you right there?
MR. STEPHANOPOULOS: Let me show you, let me show you this --
SEN. KERRY: I know, but it's just not worth it. It's a waste of time because those kinds of Washington books and Washington stories are part of the problem of what's going on here.
MR. STEPHANOPOULOS: Well, is the story true or not?
SEN. KERRY: It doesn't matter.
MR. STEPHANOPOULOS: Why not?
SEN. KERRY: Because just like the "Des Moines Register" that made the decision -- having endorsed Edwards four years ago, they endorsed Hillary Clinton this year because this is a different moment. This is a different time with different demands for our country and I'm here supporting Barack Obama not against Hillary, not against John Edwards, either of whom would take this country and fight to take this country in the right direction. It's my belief that Barack Obama has the best chance of being transformative, of confronting the issues, of building the movement, of reaching out to the world to change America's perception in the world and that he has the best opportunity to try to change our reputation and restore our moral authority on a global basis faster than anyone.
MR. STEPHANOPOULOS: I take you at your word and this is just a simple yes/no question. Is that story true, and is it true that he promised you to -- (inaudible).
SEN. KERRY: I have not read precisely how it was reflected. I have not read it and I can't tell you how it's been -- (unintelligible).
MR. STEPHANOPOULOS: Well, that's why I wanted to show. He said --
SEN. KERRY: It's a waste of time. It's a Washington deal. Let's deal with much more important things than the gossip of a book.
MR. STEPHANOPOULOS: This was direct charges that he made. I just want to know -- (inaudible).
SEN. KERRY: Well, it doesn't matter, George. I'm telling you.
MR. STEPHANOPOULOS: So you just don't want to comment.
SEN. KERRY: I don't want to comment. I think it's a ridiculous waste of time.
MR. STEPHANOPOULOS: Okay. Senator Kerry, thanks very much.
SEN. KERRY: Thank you.
Source: http://abcnews.go.com/ThisWeek/story?id=4127999&page=1


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|Complete Deck Lists by Type
A Diva Zero Deck is a build designed to make use of the interaction of the Destiny HERO engine with the Special Summon and searching capabilities of "Deep Sea Diva" to unleash several Synchro and Xyz Monsters, then using "Miracle Fusion" to Summon "Elemental HERO Absolute Zero".
Playing Style
During the early game, the Deck wants to draw through a lot of cards and perform a lot of searches in order to get their combo pieces quickly. The "Destiny HERO Engine" allows for this, being able to be searched via "Elemental HERO Stratos" and "Reinforcement of the Army", then discarded via "Destiny Draw". Particularly, "Destiny HERO - Malicious" likes to be discarded with "Destiny Draw", so its effect can be used later. Due to the high number of DARK monsters, "Allure of Darkness" is an usual suspect too. "Future Fusion" is also a common sight, since it sets up Malicious instantly, sets up a "Miracle Fusion" play and thins the Deck. "Deep Sea Diva" also contributes to the Deck thinning, performing a quick Synchro or Xyz Summon for the early game while you get the appropriate cards in hand.
Once the setup has been made and you've drawn enough cards, the build changes its priorities. Using Diva in combination with Malicious or a Lv4 monster already on the field, this build can drop down a Lv8 Synchro Monster like "Stardust Dragon" either by directly Summoning it with Diva + Malicious or "scaling" into it using a Lv6 Synchro as a middle step. Instead of going for a middle step with a Level 6, you can also Special Summon a Lv3 Monster with Diva like "Lost Blue Breaker" in order to summon "Trishula, Dragon of the Ice Barrier" or "Mist Wurm". After you have a HERO monster and a Diva in Graveyard, you can use "Miracle Fusion" to Summon Absolute Zero. After you summon the first Zero, all other copies of Miracle are usable as you can use the first Zero to summon the subsequent ones.
Due to the number of DARK monsters used and the Graveyard manipulation, "Dark Armed Dragon" is usually seen on these builds. Since few Traps are ran, "Gorz the Emissary of Darkness" is also a common sight, although "Royal Decree" can be used on the build too. Since it has high compatibility with Diva, "Reborn Tengu" is a good pick, staying on the field long enough to perform a Synchro Summon combo. It also provides alternate win conditions, like "Dark Simorgh" and the ability to Fusion Summon "Elemental HERO Great Tornado". "Dark Grepher" is used to dump DARK monsters (Malicious in particular) into the Graveyard for more combos, pitching something you don't like in your hand or thinning your Deck from cards you can't use anymore. "Armageddon Knight" works similarly, having a less powerful effect but not consuming your hand in exchange. "Plaguespreader Zombie" and "Necro Gardna" are usual choices alongside Grepher/Armageddon. Since Malicious and Tengu provide good Tribute support, "Caius the Shadow Monarch" can also be played.
Among the commonly used Destiny HEROes are the already mentioned Malicious and "Diamond Dude", since the Deck runs a lot of Normal Spells. "Destiny HERO - Doom Lord" is a good pick due to its ability to remove threats from the field (although just for a pair of turns), with the added benefit of taking all of the Xyz Materials from a monster, while "Fear Monger" is useful for getting second uses of the other D-HEROes. "Destiny HERO - Dasher" is useful if you run monsters that you'd rather Special Summon (like "Dark Simorgh"). "Destiny HERO - Plasma" can be used too, since Diva gets 2 monsters to the field easily: just have a 3rd one there already (which can be easy if you run Tengu) and follow up your Diva Summon with a Plasma Summon. "Scapegoat", commonly seen on builds using Plasma, is also a good idea since it allows Diva to Summon different monsters.
"King of the Swamp" can also be used as an alternate mean to Summon Zero: it searches "Polymerization" and is a WATER monster itself. King of the Swamp also allows the use of "Debris Dragon" to unleash a quick Lv7 Synchro Monster. That particular combination lets you use "Gungnir, Dragon of the Ice Barrier", a monster known for being very powerful but rather difficult to Summon most of the time. Debris also can Summon Diva for a multiple Synchro/Xyz combo or Plasma Summon. Using "Polymerization" also allows the use of "Vision HERO Adoration".
Since Absolute Zero is a WATER Elemental HERO, you can use "Mask Change" to transform it into "Masked HERO Vapor". While trading Zero for a lower ATK monster doesn't seem as good, "Mask Change" will trigger Zero's effect, clearing your opponent's field. Then you can use Vapor to attack directly, knowing that "Mirror Force" and the likes won't threaten you. If using "Mask Change", cards like "Elemental HERO Ocean" are recommended so you can use it even without Zero. Ocean is useful too, as it can recycle Stratos and your D-HERO monsters for more uses. It can even recycle fallen copies of Zero so you can fuse them again.
Recommended Cards
Monster Cards
- Deep Sea Diva
- Reese the Ice Mistress
- Spined Gillman
- Lost Blue Breaker
- Snowman Eater (good generic WATER monster)
- Penguin Soldier (same as above)
- King of the Swamp (if using Polymerization)
- Debris Dragon (if using King of the Swamp)
- Destiny HERO - Malicious
- Destiny HERO - Fear Monger
- Destiny HERO - Diamond Dude
- Destiny HERO - Dasher
- Destiny HERO - Doom Lord
- Destiny HERO - Plasma
- Elemental HERO Stratos
- Elemental HERO Ocean
- Dark Armed Dragon
- Caius the Shadow Monarch
- Gorz the Emissary of Darkness
- Dark Grepher
- Armageddon Knight
- Genex Ally Birdman
- Sangan
- Plaguespreader Zombie
- Necro Gardna (if using Armageddon/Grepher)
- Reborn Tengu
- Dark Simorgh (if playing Tengu)
- Mystic Tomato (if playing Armageddon Knight; searches Malicious and Diamond Dude too)
Spell Cards
- Destiny Draw
- Allure of Darkness
- Pot of Duality
- Miracle Fusion
- Future Fusion
- Foolish Burial
- Pot of Avarice
- Parallel World Fusion
- Polymerization
- Mask Change
- Scapegoat (if using Plasma)
- Enemy Controller
Trap Cards
Extra Deck
- Elemental HERO Absolute Zero
- Elemental HERO Great Tornado
- Vision HERO Adoration (if using Polymerization)
- Masked HERO Vapor (if using Mask Change)
- Number 39: Utopia
- Gem-Knight Pearl
- Steelswarm Roach
- Number 17: Leviathan Dragon
- Number 30: Acid Golem of Destruction
- Leviair the Sea Dragon
- Gachi Gachi Gantetsu
- Daigusto Phoenix
- Trishula, Dragon of the Ice Barrier
- Colossal Fighter
- Scrap Dragon
- Stardust Dragon
- Black Rose Dragon
- Gungnir, Dragon of the Ice Barrier (if running the Debris/King combination)
- Gaia Knight, the Force of Earth
- Orient Dragon
- Brionac, Dragon of the Ice Barrier
- T.G. Hyper Librarian
- Ally of Justice Catastor
- Magical Android
- Sea Dragon Lord Gishilnodon
- Locomotion R-Genex
This Deck relies a lot on the Graveyard, so disrupting it is a good idea to take it down. "D.D. Crow", "Dimensional Fissure" and "Crevice into the Different Dimension" are really good against the Deck, but "Kycoo the Ghost Destroyer" is particularly useful. The Deck doesn't have anything that can be Normal Summoned and is able to deal with Kycoo (short of Stratos), while Kycoo prevents the effects of "Miracle Fusion" and Malicious.
"Diva Zero" also performs a lot of Special Summons, so shutting them down is a good idea. "Steelswarm Roach" and "Thunder King Rai-Oh" work against the Synchro Monsters but won't do a thing against the Fusions, so using cards like "Fossil Dyna Pachycephalo" or "Archlord Kristya" is a better idea. Negating their effects is good too, so "Effect Veiler" and "Doomcaliber Knight" are reliable options.
Searching is also a common strategy here, so using cards like "Mind Crush" can shatter your opponent's plans. Diva and Malicious have a very low ATK value, so "Chain Disappearance" can be used against them. "Debunk" is useful at shutting down Tengu, and can negate Absolute Zero if it activates on the Graveyard (which is the most common case).


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Saints Row: The Third successfully managed to redefine the franchise and carve out a niche in the sandbox arena by offering, extreme and over-the-top visuals and gameplay scenarios, with the primary focus being simply on crazy fun and just plain crazy.
So, with THQ gone, and Deep Silver now picking up the publishing reins for developer Volition, how does Saints Row 4 raise the bar from having Burt Reynolds on speed dial, a dildo bat weapon and singing zombies? It's simple. Give the 3rd Street Saints a dragon to fly. No, not really – although that was the original plan – just put them in charge of the entire nation, give them Dubstep weapons, mechs, superpowers and… aliens to fight.
What was originally meant to be a DLC expansion for Saints Row 3, Enter the Domintrix, has been mostly scrapped and its development team merged with the team working on Saints Row 4, which began development two months before The Third released.
For that reason, and the seemingly quick release date after the THQ bankruptcy, there are obvious concerns that Saints Row 4 is more of a rushed cash-in before the next-gen consoles (and Grand Theft Auto V) release and that it's more of a 3.5 than a 4. The game's creative director Steve Jaros tells Joystiq that's not the case:
"We had to go in and totally gut the [Dominatrix] story for Saints Row 4. Everything that was the missions or the story we did for Dominatrix was totally thrown out. All the voice recording that we did all thrown out. We redid the entire story. The game is mission wise the same length as Saints Row 3, plus other open worlds on top of it."
"Everyone on the team had the same concern, we didn't want to make a 3.5, we aren't making an expansion pack. What we put out to the world has to be worthy of the name Saints Row 4. I really think everyone on the team will stand behind it. So much stuff has been changed and thrown out. Even the best of the [Dominatrix] stuff that we liked and pulled into the game we still changed. Nothing was drag and dropped in."
With Javros previously reiterating to game press at PAX East over the weekend that Saints Row 4 has a "F*** ton more" open world content than Saints Row: The Third, we're feeling rather optimistic about the next 3rd Street Saints adventure, even though it's always a little disconcerting to hear of there being so much post-launch DLC in development. Javros told Destructoid not to worry, explaining that some of the DLC is outsourced to other developers including High Voltage Software (Kinect Star Wars).
What also has us excited are not the UFOs players will battle in the air, but that players of Saints Row: The Third will be able to port their character over from that game, a la Mass Effect although we don't know what that means in terms of story or character stats/custom vehicles/weapons, etc., especially since Saints Row 4 takes place a few "years" later.
If you're excited about Saints Row 4 and interested in the Collectors Edition, help Deep Silver determine what it's going to include by filling out this survey.
How will Saints Row 4 compare to its predecessors and will it stand out against Watch_Dogs and GTA V?
Saints Row 4 releases August 20, 2013 for the PS3, PC, and Xbox 360.
Sources: Destructoid, Joystiq, NY Post


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Austerity as Atrocity
Where does, where should one draw the 'line,' if any between 'atrocity' and 'non-atrocity?'
Perhaps the 'term' 'non-atrocity' is overbroad.
An (the?) international legal controversy of late has pertained
to certain questions about where 'non-torture' ends and 'torture' begins.
I tend to concern myself with questions about the shape
of the threshold or 'frontier' between X and NOT-X.
I have been thinking about the subject of atrocities, torture and mistreatment since being a small child.
This is not because I have been mistreated, but because I have been known to watch
the occasional espionage thriller or even daytime soap on the plugindrug, and these art forms
tend to emphasize questions of personal conduct under extreme duress,
especially mental duress. In actual fact, of course, I am an American citizen by birth
and by virtue of (practically) that (alone) I am, I'm sure, well over 80th percentile
when it comes to enjoyment of humyn rights.
Like any NC1965 (NC=natal cohort) unit raised on soap, my youth was peppered with
conversations with peers and others modeled around the proprietary game Scruples®.
There seems to have been a general consensus that fear of intractable pain of
more than momentary duration is feared more than death itself.
Also considered a fate literally worse than death is to allow oneself
under duress to somehow serve causes antithetical to one's personal life
agenda. I may not be 'rugged' but I still identify shamelessly with 'individualism.'
Some call it hypocrisy.
I can't categorically 'demonstrate' that ruggedness isn't an
absolute prerequisite for individualism, but as with M. F. Luder,
there are some things some people simply want to believe.
Speaking of hypocrisy, I myself have been known to self-identify with
scruples, norms; sometimes even 'morals.'
Sometimes I'm in an abstract mood and speak of 'self-imposed constraints.'
I can definitely think of things I've done that I wish I hadn't.
None, of course, fall under my meager 'understanding' of what
torture is, let alone what an atrocity might be.
I could make a list, but I use my real name here at blogger.com,
and we're living in the age of Total Information Awareness,
which is turning out also to be the age of Managed Migration
(and managerialism in general) so yes, Virginia,
not only is Big Brother watching, but so is the globe's
'collective' 'human resources department.'
The good news is,
the situation hasn't yet degenerated
to one in which I would have to kill you
if I told you.
Perhaps next week there will be a 'confessions' section within 'my' blog.
Austerity as Liberatory Technology
The present blog, in case the present reader didn't already know, was started as a 'containment bucket'.
This means that opinionated content tends to be posted here. This is not done in order to increase
the level of acrimony here at blogger.com, but simply to serve as some kind of pressure valve
for you and yours, truly. In addition to creating a 'space' where you might be able to vent.
To do so, try clicking on any 'blue' (i.e. 'link-colored') 'underscore' characters you might see.
The present blog allows me
to vent when getting certain things out of my system (specifically my splenetic system)
before I'm OK to write the stuff I post in NPOV spaces such as those of the Wikimedia Foundation
and other NPOV groups.
The present screed is too partisan for the parts of wikiaspace that I sometimes haunt,
so I brought it here instead of to pubwan scratchpad, one of the 'mini-wikia,'
even though it would be considered 'on topic' there.
Good taste, as well as adherence to the neutrality principle of pubwan,
requires that pubwan-relevant screeds go with screeds, not with pubwan content.
Pubwan was originally intended as a liberatory technology.
It will probably be a long time before anyone knows whether
that potential actually exists.
Pubwan is to be configured (we hope)
to be capable of (among other things)
empirical research on the subject of austerity.
The normative question I am struggling with
is whether 'voluntary' austerity is somehow
'better' than 'involuntary' austerity.
I'd like to get some testable answers,
but testable answers to such questions
may in fact be theoretically impossible.
After all, information does not want to
be free, regardless of what I want
to believe.


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A Meridian man has recanted — sort of — his story that he helped U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran's campaign buy votes for $15 each in Lauderdale County.
Stevie Fielder now says he was asked to buy votes — by someone he won't identify — but that he refused because "I would be in jail because that's illegal." He says he has talked with the state attorney general's office.
"I haven't done anything illegal," said Fielder, who made national news after a lengthy interview with GotNews.com. In that audio-recorded interview, Fielder said he received thousands of dollars in envelopes from Cochran campaign staffer Saleem Baird and paid hundreds of people in the African-American community around Meridian $15 each for their votes. He also indicated he had discussed the issue with then-Cochran campaign manager Kirk Sims and operations manager Amanda Shook.
Listen to a full interview with Fielder here
The Breitbart news site, after the GotNews report, said Fielder in a brief phone interview reconfirmed the allegations.
Now Fielder is claiming he was talking "hypothetical" and the recording of the interview must have been selectively edited. But then he appeared to contradict this at one point, saying, "Maybe I got out there and said, gave an interview to somebody that I shouldn't have talked to … I'm not trying to take away the recording."
Charles C. Johnson with GotNews said the audio of the interview was not altered.
"What was said and what was recorded on that tape was not meant to show in any way that I took anyone to the polls and voted," Fielder said Thursday, "nor did Mr. Cochran and them ask me to do that, not Kirk or any of his other people … in the upper echelon (of the campaign)."
But Fielder danced around the issue when asked if Baird, minority outreach director for the Cochran campaign, asked him to help buy votes.
"I was aware of a person who wanted to do that," Fielder said. "I don't think that right now is the time (to say who). I'm giving them the opportunity to tell it themselves. I know it was mentioned to me and I refused to do it, and my interview was only a hypothetical …."
Fielder said he would name the person if they don't soon "clear this up," and "Right now I am not saying it was someone with the campaign and I'm not saying it was not." He said Baird is "one of the people that should be talking to some of you all and not me."
Baird, on leave as a staffer for U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker while he works on Cochran's campaign, has been unavailable for comment through repeated attempts for more than a week. The Cochran campaign said he was unavailable Thursday and would not likely be making any comments.
The Cochran campaign has called allegations of vote buying "baseless." But state Sen. Chris McDaniel claims Cochran "stole" the June 24 GOP primary runoff from him through illegal voting by "liberal Democrats." In a letter to supporters asking for donations to help his challenge, and offering cash rewards for evidence of voter fraud, McDaniel said "Sen. Thad Cochran's campaign allegedly paid $15 per vote to steal the June 24 primary election."
The Cochran campaign has called on McDaniel to "put up or shut up" about illegal voting allegations.
Asked this week whether Attorney General Jim Hood was looking into allegations of voter fraud, a spokeswoman said, "It is our policy to neither confirm nor deny what we may or may not be looking into."
Cochran spokesman Jordan Russell on Thursday said: "As we've said from the beginning, we would not, and have not been, involved in any vote buying, and I'm glad that Mr. Fielder cleared that up … There is no evidence of that. We didn't do it. Saleem didn't do it.
"There is one guy, in the whole state, who said something, then turns around and recants. If we were buying votes, others would be saying it."
The Cochran campaign says it hired Fielder for get-out-the-vote work, and agreed to pay him $600, half up front. Russell said Fielder didn't follow through, and was only paid $300.
Fielder claims the campaign agreed to pay him $16,000, but stiffed him. On Thursday he stood by that claim.
Fielder says he was paid for the GotNews interview, but wouldn't say how much or by whom.
Fellow church members at First Missionary Baptist Church in Meridian, including a longtime county Democratic Party official, said they doubted Fielder's story of vote buying, saw no evidence of it, and question his overall veracity.
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A man who accused Senator Thad Cochran of engaging in voter fraud now claims that he was bribed by Tea Party challenger Chris McDaniel.
Just like a Law & Order episode, the Mississippi Senate race has featured felonies, courtroom drama, lies and deceit. Also, just like a Law & Order episode, seems to be ending with a twist that you'd never expect.
The claims of Tea Party challenger Chris McDaniel that six-term incumbent Thad Cochran somehow stole the Republican Senate runoff in June have always been centered on the accusation that the Cochran campaign paid a Meridian man named Stevie Fielder to buy votes of African American Democrats at $15 a head. However, a spokesperson for the Mississippi Attorney General told local reporters on Tuesday night that Fielder was actually bribed by Noel Fritsch, McDaniel's communications director, to lie about vote buying and implicate Cochran.
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Jan Schaefer with the Attorney General's Office tells us Stephen Fielder claims Noel Fritsch, spokesperson for the McDaniel Campaign, paid him the $2,000 to be told what to say. We're also told Fielder says that everything he said concerning the Cochran Campaign paying him to buy votes was false.
We reached out to Mr. Fritsch for a comment concerning the accusation. "I'm pointing you to Charles Johnson who admits to having paid for Rev. Fielder's emails," Fritsch says.
Charles Johnson, reporter for gotnews.com, tells News Channel 12, "I paid for the text messages that confirm Fielder's story of massive vote buying by the Cochran campaign. I don't disclose what I pay sources."
We reached out to the AG's office about the claims. We were told "We have no opinion as to the veracity of Mr. Fielder," says Schaefer.
We'll continue to follow the developments on this story and bring them to you as they become available.
JACKSON, Miss. - With the McDaniel Campaign formally challenging the election results, News Channel 12 is digging deeper into their alleged evidence. It's a binder full of accusations that's been handed over to the Mississippi Republican State Executive Committee. In addition to nearly 300 pages, audio clippings are included in that evidence.
"Fifteen dollars a vote in each envelope and just give it to the people as they go in and vote." According to the McDaniel campaign, that's Stephen Fielder talking to reporter Charles Johnson from gotnews.com. In the audio fielder claims he was recruited by the Cochran campaign to hand out envelopes with money in exchange for their vote for Cochran.
But Attorney General Jim Hood says those claims are false. However, AG's office did confirm to News Channel 12 that fielder did receive money. His office released this statement to us late this afternoon: "General Hood said that our investigators questioned Fielder and he (Fielder) said he was paid $2,000 and was told what to say."
So who paid Fielder $2,000? That's what we are still working to find out.
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Most of the time hear about a guy found a woman on a dating website, he emails her, but she didn't email him back at first cause like any typical female they play hard to get just to think of themselves as a grand prize for men to win over (which I disagree) she wasn't looking for a relationship, plus she says she has a lot of great thiings going for her in her life, she thinks having a man will bring her down. Me I think she's thinking she's too good for him, and no human should think there better than the other... So once he keeps emailing her, she gives him a chance and sees he's not so bad, then that's how both him and her became a couple and end up married.
If it was me emailing a woman online, if she didn't respond back cause she thought at first I wasn't her type, I would of already moved on. I don't like it when someone thinks little of me. Even if she did changed her mind about me after words all because at first she gotten out of a relationship from her ex and didn't want any man's attention. Ladies don't lump every man into the horrible male category just because your ex was no good. You'd be letting a good guy go to waste.
- A.) Yeah women go on those sites just to look for friends at first, then later on not realising she starts to fall for a guyVote A
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Aindrita Ray, the most bubbly actress in Kannada film industry made her debut through Prajwal Devraj's Meravanige.
Born in Udaipur, Rajasthan to parents A K Ray and Sumitha Ray. Aindrita Ray has a elder sister. After shifting from places, since her father was a Prosthodonist in the Indian Air Force, Andy's family settled in Bengaluru.
Aindrita completed her schooling in Baldwin Girls High School. She joined M R Ambedkar College and graduated with Dental Science. While, studying her bachelor's degree, did part-time modelling and also acted in few advertisements.
The actress hard work was fruitfull and she debuted in Sandalwood through Merravanige. Andy's acting and her cute expressions in the movies made thousands of fans go crazy.
Aindrita has shared her onscreen space with the top stars of Kannada film industry. She has acted with Puneeth Rajkumar, Sudeep, Shivarajkumar, Chiranjeevi Sarja, Srinagara Kitty, Diganth and many more.
Continue to read the slideshow to see sizzling pics of Aindrita Ray from her best movies...
Aindrita Ray And Prajwal Devraj In Meravanige(2008)
In 2008, Aindrita Ray made her Sandalwood debut throug Meravanige opposite Prajwal Devraj. The actress was very appealing in her acting in the movie.
Aindrita Ray And Chiranjeevi Sarja In Vaayuputra
After making her debut movie. Andy acted with Chiranjeevi Sarja in Vaayuputra(2009) which remarks as a benchmark in the actress career.
Aindrita Ray And Diganth In Manasaare
Aindrita Ray shares a sizzling chemistry with Diganth. If the reports are to be believed, the actors are dating each other. Well, this is a pic from the movie Manasaare(2009).
Aindrita Ray And Kiccha Sudeep In Veera Parampare
Aindrita Ray is one among the top actress of Kannada film industry. The actress has shared her onscreen space with Kiccha Sudeep in the movie Veera Parampare(2010).
Aindrita Ray And Puneeth Rajkumar In Paramathma
Andy's passion towards movies, gave her the golden opportunity to act with Puneeth Rajkumar, the top actor of Sandalwood. This is the pic from the movie Paramathma(2011).
Aindrita Ray And Diganth In Paarijatha
After receiving huge appreciations for pairing up in Manasaare, Andy and Diganth again shared their screen space in Paarijatha(2012), which was moderate hit at the box office.
Aindrita Ray In Kaddipudi
Aindrita Ray played a very bold character in Shivarajkumar's Kaddipudi(2013). The actress played a role of a prostiitude in the movie which was also a comeback to movies.
Aindrita Ray And Srinagara Kitty In Tony
This is a pic from Tony(2013). The romantic entertainer starred Andy and Srinagara Kitty as leads.
Aindrita Ray And Shivarajkumar In Bhajarangi
After pairing up with Puneeth, Andy paired up with Shivarajkumar in Bhajarangi in 2013. Guess, Aindrita has taken a break from movies, since she has stopped acting as a lead actress in movies. Recently, she was seen playing a item number in Jogi Prem's DK(2015)


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AAre these from marvelous moulds?
I don't think so. I looked there and didn't see these.
These look very flat up close and marvelous molds are thicker.
By the Honey Crumb Cake Studio: honeycrumb.com
Pretty certain it's a stencil. You can see the irregularities in this photo--and no one could ever get those all that perfect (http://honeycrumb.blogspot.com/2012/08/pink-magnolias-cake-for-world-trade.html):
AThank you Honeycrumb. I couldn't get a real close view of the sides of the cake. I think you are spot on. Definately looks like a stencil. Thank you so very much for the photos. I will definately rethink doing this now.
I finally found a good photo of Marvelous Molds double wedding ring overlay. It is very similar, but not quite as refined as the stencil. With piped dots in the center, it would probably do very well.
by by Danielle Gray as shown on the sugardelites.com Customer Corner
AThanks so much for the photo maybenot. I didn't know there was an onlay in this design. It's just what I was looking for.
AI vote for tracking down the stencil, unless you and your client don't mind the pieces of fondant. It will be a different look, I know you know that, but it won't have that same sleek flat look to it with the mold.


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of a short but great love. It's Tristan und Isolde in miniature and the texts were written by Wagner's lover Mathilde Wesendock as a result of their extra-marital affair.
The inspiration behind Bruckner's final, unfinished symphony was not earthly love but religious faith, and the result is transcendent in its luminous beauty. He dedicated this symphony to "Dem lieben Gott" (to the beloved God).


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So, in honor of my nickname and pesonality traits and ability to get into and cause trouble,
Wednesday, January 31, 2007
So many Blinkies
So, in honor of my nickname and pesonality traits and ability to get into and cause trouble,
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Tuesday, January 30, 2007
So much to do
Mya has had a fever for 3 days now. There was strep throat at the daycare last week. So, we are off to see the pediatrician this afternoon.
Updated by Verna at 12:08 PM 5 viewers thoughts.
Monday, January 29, 2007
Children of Promise
Bethany has just received a list of special needs children. They call them Children of Promise (COP) because, even with a special need, they hold great hope for their lives, especially once they have a family and good medical care. Most of the needs are considered minor and treatable--cleft lip, minor tumors, congenital heart disease, etc. I have been on the "edge of my seat" lately with a feeling of anticipation. I knew the list would be out in early February or maybe as late as March. So, getting the list today was a pleasant surprise.
Updated by Verna at 4:58 PM 6 viewers thoughts.
Sunday, January 28, 2007
Erin's MySpace
As long as I am advertising, I'd recommend going to Erin's MySpace (see sidebar). She has posted a video of Mya dancing. It's pretty cute.
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Saturday, January 27, 2007
Helping Gwen Get Going
***************Hey everyone,
**Gwen is trying to get a blog up and running. I have to work today. If you are able to help her out, just give her an email full of encouragement. I am putting a link to the new blog on my sidebar. Hang in there til she gets the bugs worked out.
**Becky, after all your hockey today, can you check in on Gwen and see how she is doing?? I will be working side by side with doctors saving lives. OK, I'll just be at work running tests and drawing blood but it sounds more exciting when I say it the other way ;) ~v
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Friday, January 26, 2007
Favorite Photo Friday
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Thursday, January 25, 2007
Day to Day life
+++++The cupboards are bare, Erin brought home her own lunch supplies and Keith has offered to go to Cub. All are bad signs. After realizing that I could no longer put off the inevitable, I packed up Mya and off we went, diaper bag and purse in tow. I just hate shopping with a 2 yr old. Fortunately, the Cub has those carts that are really long and have a special spot for Mya. They have little steering wheels. Keeps her busy for over half the store. Well, that and saying "Hi" to everyone, reminding me that we need popsicles, and any other goodies that she sees.
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Wednesday, January 24, 2007
Love this Graphic
***I found this graphic quite a while ago. It looks like Mya to me. Someday I will figure out how to put something into my profile.
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Tuesday, January 23, 2007
Old Sunscreen
The Daycare gave us back our sunscreen saying it was outdated.
I bought it last summer. My sources say it is good for 3 years but
they say 6 months. Anyway, Mya routinely asks for or gets hold
of that sunscreen and applies it liberally. Here's how it goes.
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Hu Hu Cat//Cool Dog
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Sunday, January 21, 2007
Of Cold and Snow
As a seasoned Minnesotan and one with poor circulation to boot, I don't enjoy the snow like I once did. Back in the day, on the farm (Hi Mom) we would slide down the hill all day. One year we had snow on Easter Sunday. I couldn't resist. I just had to slide down the hill. Don't know how it happened but I gashed my nose and went to church looking really sweet. Does anyone (Colleen--help me here) remember snow drifts high enough to dig forts into them and be able to stand?? OR, having a brother who thought it was cool to pull the toboggan fast enough behind our littlest tractor, make extremely tight corners and send the riders flying? What about snow days where we couldn't see the barn across the yard? It was always mom's hope that the school bus would make it through the snow on the road near our house because she really didn't what to host all those kids.
Keith reminds me that in central Minnesota, those things still happen. Here in the near metro area, snow plows come out frequently, the winds are calmer and stopped by endless rows of houses and the kids rarely get a day off for heavy snow. So, as I look out the window from my now 80 degree family room, I enjoy the falling snow from a picturesque standpoint. I might even enjoy putting on 400 layers of clothing and a pair of 5 pound boots, covering my face until only my eyes show so that we could take out the snowmobiles. On second thought, I'm going to make a cup of hot cocoa, wrap my cold hands around the mug and stay put.
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Friday, January 19, 2007
Another Favorite
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Favorite Photo Friday
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Thursday, January 18, 2007
Pretend Play
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These pictures are to show everyone that how I comb Mya's hair makes all the difference. Yesterday, I tried putting a clip in it and so all the longer hairs were off to the side. Today, I combed it all forward and the short stuff is covered up. Big difference. No matter what, I love my littlest brown eyed girl!!
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Wednesday, January 17, 2007
Brown Eyed Girl
The short hair is my fault, well partly. Mya cut it on one of her scissors maniac days and of course, I fixed it. Guess we can see her brown eyes this way!!
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Big Girl Undies
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Tuesday, January 16, 2007
It Had to be Done
As the mother of teens, I have learned to ignore many things--dirty bathrooms, drinking glasses, bowls and candy wrappers strewn in various locations, clothing on the floor, overflowing garbage cans, etc. Every once in a while, even a mom can't stand it any more. Now mind you, I am not an organized person. In our marriage relationship, I am the messy, Keith is the cleany. So, when the level of messiness gets too high for even me to stand, don't get in the way.
Erin worked after school today. I have been asking her for days to clean her room. She is supposed to do it and her laundry on a regular basis. However, regular has a different definition to her than me.
I went down to her room, planning only to pick up the drinking glasses and other items that should be brought to the kitchen and put in the dishwasher. I could see small patches carpeting peeking out from under the clothing. The room was littered with Laffy Taffy wrappers.
That's when it hit. Erin's room HAD to be cleaned.
Erin will be home in half an hour. What will she say when she sees the laundry done and the floors vacuumed??!!?? I can only tell you what I would say if someone went into my room, did the laundry and vacuumed--GOD BLESS YOU and when can you come back??
If I am still energetic tomorrow, I will hit that closet where Erin and Carrie conveniently put all the stuff they don't really use but are unwilling to discard.
Hey, maybe I'm nesting!!!???
P.S. Erin's response--"cool" AND, I have gotten to the carpeting in that closet. Three shouts of Hooray for me. I have wanted to do that for a LONG time.
Updated by Verna at 8:56 PM 7 viewers thoughts.
Lessons Learned
I should know better by now. Everytime I make a snap decision, it bites me in the butt. Keith doesn't really care for the colorful plates because of the compartments. I called the folks at Target and they said that because I washed the plates and the barcode stickers are gone, they are now considered used plates and cannot be returned. So, now we have really colorful compartmented plates that I will be using for lunch and snacks and picnics. Oh well, I hate those flimsy paper plates at picnics. Thanks to Stef for providing the blinkie. I do still love my Target and I'm sure they LOVE me.
Updated by Verna at 11:15 AM 4 viewers thoughts.
Monday, January 15, 2007
Finally Some Snow
You know that I'm not particularly fond of the white stuff but if it's going to be cold, it might as well snow. Mya was thrilled to see it. Right now she is enjoying a cup of the snow and watching Wow, Wow, Wubzy.
Updated by Verna at 8:31 AM 6 viewers thoughts.
Sunday, January 14, 2007
Temporary Retirement
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Saturday, January 13, 2007
Happy Birthday Anna
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Waiting is No Game
Well, my friends, I've hit an impatient spot in the long wait for Lily (or a boy). I just got so anxious yesterday that for a few minutes I considered what it would take to change our adoption country to Guatemala. Short referral times and lots of healthy little boys made the process look pretty inviting.
Every program has it's glitches. You may get a quick referral from Guatemala but the wait time from referral to travel is almost as long as the wait from LID to referral for China. Also, since the Hague Convention was signed, there is a chance that the Guatemala program may close altogether. Now that would be a major bummer. So, all in all, changing countries would not benefit us much and may cause more problems.
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Friday, January 12, 2007
Favorite Photo Friday
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text: November 25, 2014 Training on "How to ecodesign and make better packaging choices" Type of event: Packaging optimization training (given in French) Date: Tuesday, November 25, 2014 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Place: Tohu, 2345 Jarry Street East, Montréal tour of the nearby TIRU sorting centre Information: Register by contacting the Institut de développement de produits, the organization managing registrations on ÉEQ's behalf. By phone: 514-383-3209 Online: http://www.idp-ipd.com/eco-packaging One more tool to help companies integrate an ecodesign approach to existing business processes This training is intended for Éco Entreprises Québec's (ÉEQ) contributing companies and organizations as well as packaging manufacturers and concerned partners. Program objectives are to provide companies with appropriate tools in a group training format and a personalized in-company coaching session, which enable them to: Implement a packaging ecodesign and optimization initiative Encourage their packaging suppliers to make better choices Custom training in the integration of ecodesign and its benefits in the company's overall business strategy The course helps you clearly identify and understand the issues as well as seize opportunities resulting from new market pressures on container and packaging management. You get to explore how various ecodesign strategies can improve packaging quality when in-house personnel and suppliers get involved in the process in addition to learning about life cycle analysis tools. The training teaches participants how to apply optimization and ecodesign approaches and suggests best practices for communicating environmental information. The course complements OptimEco.ca, an interactive portal on the ecodesign of containers and packaging, and OptimAction, the initiative measurement and communications tool. The program consists in: A full-day's training, including a tour of a sorting centre A half-day's coaching session conducted on company premises by an ecodesign expert The coaching session may be used, among other things, to help launch an initiative, mobilize teams, identify avenues for improving packaging or develop communications strategies. This course is for people who wish to: Define an overall vision in order to better understand changes in the packaging sector Understand packaging ecodesign and optimization concepts Launch a packaging ecodesign and optimization initiative Steer packaging suppliers' efforts towards responsible procurement Develop arguments to mobilize teams and partners Effectively communicate what their packaging ecodesign and optimization initiative is all about Set up a management framework to improve the environmental performance of their packaging Experienced trainers Édouard Clément is the co-founder and Managing Director of Quantis Canada. He is a recognized expert in the strategic integration of sustainable development policies in business plans. Bertrand Derome is the Managing Director of the Institut de développement de produits. He is an experienced industry consultant in the integration of environmental considerations in innovation and product development strategies.


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At the beginning of October we plan a trip with friends from Marrakech to Mount Toubkal. I'm looking for guide and any suggestions related with trekking on MT in October: how long is it, how to wear...
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At the beginning of October we plan a trip with friends from Marrakech to Mount Toubkal. I'm looking for guide and any suggestions related with trekking on MT in October: how long is it, how to wear...
Thank you!
Many thanks Tim and Youness.
The company had high reviews on TripAdvisor, which is why I thought they would be good. They said because it is just for one, the cost is high.
850€ for a 5 day trek, Berber villages and Toubkal Summit. It includes: private transport from and back to Marrakech, a mountain guide, a mule & muleteer, food, and accommodation during the trek.
They also wanted to charge me 550€ for a 2 day Sahara trek for a solo traveller.
I've contacted a few other guides to see if I could join other groups, but doesnt look like there are many (or even any) that are trekking in April.
I may have to take my chances and hope I can find a reasonably priced guide when I get to Marrakech.
Many thanks for your posts.
I will be trekking to the summit at the beginning of April. If I survive and return in one piece I will try to file a trip report and pass on any useful info re: guides. For 4 nights all in with mules, food, refuge accommodation, etc we are paying 190 euros each. ( there are 10 of us). We are trekking for a Marrakech charity (not sure if this made a difference to the cost.....?) and we're happy with this price. We have received excellent communication so far from the trek guide. It seems quite well organised. However I will be able to share more when I return.
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Sherlock Holmes
In this picture the man is William Gillette.He was played the Sherlock Holmes.
Personality and appearance
Sherlock Holmes was very smart.He was born in 1854 and died in 1923.His detective career began in 1878 and ended in 1903.Sherlock Holmes symbols were magnifier,a pipe and a hat.Sherlock Holmes first case was "Gloria Scott".He solved this case.Sherlock was 3 years "dead" because some people wanted him to revenge.
Sherlock was skinny and very tall,sharp eyes and usually dirty hands.He had short dark hair.He wore usually long coat or suit.
The author
The author who created the Sherlock Holmes was Arthur Conan Doyle who was a Scottish novelist and poet.Arthur Conan Doyle was born in 1859 and died in 1930.He wrote about 11 stories to Sherlock Holmes.
Famous stories and films
1."The Speckled Band"
2."The Red-Headed League"
3."A Scandal in Bohemia"
4."Silver Blaze"
1."Without a Clue"
2."Sherlock Holmes"
3."The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes"
4."The Hound of the Baskervilles"
British life in 1914
British people in middle class lived in houses.They had furniture but they use gas for lighting for their homes.They played usually many games ,do some sport and read books like Sherlock Holmes.
British people in the working class life was hard.They had to work hard.Their homes were 2 rooms downstairs and 2 upstairs.
Food was very expensive.People traveled by train.Cars were very rare.


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This handy solar panel regulator measures the voltage across your battery or the charging current and will disconnect the panel to stop overcharging. It works with 12V or 24V systems and has a 3.5-digit liquid crystal display
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Roasted Cauliflower with Herbed Breadcrumbs
This side dish goes well with fish or seared steak.
- Servings: 4
Source: Everyday Food, November 2009
- 1 head cauliflower (2 pounds), cut into florets
- 4 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- Coarse salt and ground pepper
- 2 slices white sandwich bread
- 1 garlic clove, chopped
- 2 tablespoons finely chopped fresh parsley
- 2 teaspoons chopped fresh thyme leaves
- Grated zest and juice of 1 lemon
Preheat oven to 450 degrees, with racks in upper and lower thirds. On two large baking sheets, toss cauliflower florets, with 2 tablespoons olive oil; season with salt and pepper. Roast until tender and browned, 20 to 25 minutes, rotating sheets halfway through.
Meanwhile, in a food processor, combine bread and garlic; season with salt and pepper. Pulse until coarse crumbs form. In a medium skillet, heat 2 tablespoons oil over medium. Add breadcrumbs and cook, tossing frequently, until toasted, 3 to 6 minutes. Transfer to a small bowl and let cool. Stir in parsley, thyme leaves, and lemon zest.
Toss cauliflower with juice of the lemon and sprinkle with breadcrumbs.