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Michel Mill, 1944-1996
Michel Mill, a leading member for many years of the Trotskyist movement in Canada and Quebec, died of a heart attack on October 6, 1996. The following message, slightly revised for publication here, was written for delivery at memorial meetings held shortly afterward in Montreal and Toronto.
As a personal memoir, it was not an attempt to evaluate the entirety of Michel's political activities or literary contributions. One notable contribution, not mentioned in the memoir, was the role Michel played as a key leader of the massive upsurge and occupation movement in Quebec's junior colleges, the CEGEPs, in the fall of 1968. In recognition of his organizing skills, Michel was selected by his student colleagues as the chief marshall of some major street demonstrations by the striking students in Montreal. At the time he was a student at the University of Montreal.
In an interview with Alain Bernatchez shortly before his death, Michel joked about the unexpected impact his activities at the time had on some individuals:
"There is one person who, despite himself, was an extraordinary recruiter for the Fourth International in Quebec. It is Claude Charrron [later House Leader of the Parti québécois when it formed the government in the National Assembly]. He was then the vice-president of the UGEQ [the Quebec students union]. At the big demonstration that ended the October '68 student strike, in front of 10,000 students at the University of Montreal sports centre, he denounced the Trotskyists who were coming from all directions and trying to 'overradicalize' the movement.
"In fact, there was only one Trotskyist [Michel]. But Charron identified as Trotskyist everything that was to the left of the UGEQ leadership. Claude Charron's comments marked the beginning of the Francization of the Trotskyist organization in Quebec. We had a youth organization, the Ligue des jeunes socialistes. In November '68... there was a by-election in Bagot riding, a rural area, and I ran as a candidate. It was more a political than an electoral operation. This by-election, in the wake of the October events, helped to consolidate ourselves and reach a broader audience."
In that by-election, Mill ran as an LJS candidate against the newly-appointed Minister of Education in the Union Nationale government, Jean-Guy Cardinal. The LJS campaign attracted considerable attention in the mass media in both Bagot and Montreal.
Richard Fidler,
Remembering Michel Mill
by Richard Fidler
I first met Michel Mill in 1962, in Toronto, while working as a carman's helper at the West Toronto maintenance shops of the CPR. Sitting in what I thought was an empty boxcar, beyond the foreman's gaze, I was stealing a few minutes of company time to glance at the latest volume in Isaac Deutscher's biography of Trotsky, The Prophet Unarmed. Suddenly I was interrupted by a voice from the shadows at the far end of the car: "Reading Deutscher? He's not bad, for someone who opposed the founding of the Fourth International and believed in the self-reform of the Soviet bureaucracy."
Mike Mill (for that was how we first knew him in the movement) was soon "a hot contact", as we used to say, and it was not long before he had joined the Young Socialists and the League for Socialist Action. He was, like me, a student working on the railroad as a summer job. However, both his father and an uncle had been long-time workers in the CPR shops and, more importantly, members of the Canadian Trotskyist movement in the 1930s and early '40s, latterly as members of a group associated with B.J. Field, a former leader in the American Left Opposition whose supporters had split from the Canadian Trotskyist movement during the Great Depression. Even before he encountered our tiny group in the '60s, Mike had read rather widely in the literature of the Marxist movement, and was remarkably well informed about our international antecedents.
Two years later, in 1964, Mike moved to Montreal to join me and a few other comrades in helping to start a branch of our organization. We rented a house on Guilbault street, in the Milton-Park area, established a book room on the first floor, and Mike and I took up lodgings in the basement apartment during that first year.
These were the early years of the so-called Quiet Revolution, and it was a heady experience to plunge into the activities and debates within the left and revolutionary nationalist circles that were already burgeoning on the campuses and beginning to make headway among some layers of working class youth. Michel (as he now became) was in the thick of it.
Michel already had a fair knowledge of French, having spent a few summers working in the Roberval area at Lac Saint-Jean. He soon became impressively fluent in the language through voracious reading of newspapers and reviews such as Parti pris, Révolution québécoise and Socialisme québécois, and the French-language press of the Fourth International, and above all by immersing himself in the political life of his adopted nation. Michel was an active member from the beginning of the Mouvement de libération populaire, initiated by the supporters of Parti pris; a leading activist in the Comités des chômeurs; and of course a founder of the Ligue socialiste ouvrière, a predecessor of the Groupe marxiste révolutionnaire and still later Combat socialiste and Gauche socialiste.
In all of these activities and debates, Michel participated as an avowed adherent of the Fourth International, and he introduced a good many activists to the writings and ideas of revolutionary Marxism.
Some in the left were surprised at the relatively professional appearance of our tiny group's publications, and Michel was always ready to impart his ample technical skills to others in a non-sectarian spirit—sometimes with unexpected results. I remember him in 1964 carefully instructing Pierre Vallières on how to produce justified two-column copy on a Gestetner stencil; and I still treasure my copy of the 1966 underground classic, "Qu'est-ce que le FLQ?", a 100-page brochure, neatly typewritten in cleanly-justified columns, signed "Mathieu Hébert", the pseudonym of Pierre Vallières.
Michel was a frequent contributor to Lutte Ouvrière, the mimeographed bi-monthly publication of the LSO during the mid-1960s. His thoughtful, well-argued contributions were always addressed to the radicalizing young nationalists, and aimed at winning them to an internationalist class-struggle perspective in the struggle for a socialist society. One of his most effective pieces, in an early issue of LO, was on the immigrant question. Michel noted the growing weight of the immigrant population in the Quebec working class and argued forcefully that those fighting for national liberation needed to pay special attention to incorporating this reality into their program as they developed a multiracial, secular, anticapitalist perspective.
I think it is fair to say that Michel was the first in our small group of mainly néo-Québécois in the mid-1960s to grasp and insist on the sovereigntist dynamic in Quebec's nationalist upsurge, and above all to understand how central this understanding had to be to the work of the revolutionary Marxists. He argued strongly that the Quebec supporters of the Fourth International had to "go beyond" an abstract defence of the right to self-determination and actively promote Quebec independence—as Michel put it (in an analogy to James Connolly's views on Ireland) to fight for a "workers' republic of Quebec". He first developed his views at length in a 64-page typewritten tome, "The Reconquest of Quebec," published internally in 1966 in the LSO/LSA.
Michel's argument was directed in part against articles and resolutions I had drafted that, while supporting the right of self-determination for Quebec as an oppressed nation, still failed to advocate Quebec sovereignty or independence (although by 1970 our organization as a whole, in both Quebec and English Canada, was in favour of an "independent and socialist Quebec").
This is not the place for a balance sheet on that early debate. The international Marxist movement at that point had little experience with or analysis of the phenomenon of a militant nationalist upsurge in a largely proletarian nation within an advanced capitalist social formation. We were groping in largely uncharted territory, attempting to apply some rather abstract theory and principles developed primarily in the quite different conditions of late 19th and early 20th century eastern and central Europe, to the situation of 1960s Quebec, even prior to the founding of the Parti québécois.
Nevertheless, I think an objective assessment, if such can be made, would have to conclude in the light of subsequent history that Michel's analysis, whatever its faults, was correct in its central message: that Quebec was evolving and would continue to evolve as a nationally distinct social formation within the Canadian state and the broader North American context, and that the implications of this national shape to its social or class struggles had to inform every aspect of the thought and work of the left wing, both within and outside Quebec. A purely formal "democratic" position in support of self-determination was not enough.
To the best of my knowledge, Michel had worked through the fundamental elements of his position by the late 1960s, although over the following quarter century he elaborated on many particular aspects and deepened his analysis. One example was the aboriginal question; his articles in Inprecor, International Viewpoint and Option Paix during the Oka crisis in the early 1990s were in my opinion among the most perceptive commentary on a troubling episode that exposed a sharp class division within the Quebec sovereigntist movement.
An incidental, albeit important, thesis first advanced by Michel in the mid-1960s was that because the class struggle in Quebec was unfolding within a national envelope, the Quebec supporters of the Fourth International had to organize within a distinct Quebec section of the FI. Unfortunately (although understandably, perhaps, given its practical implications) this view became a central bone of contention within the Canadian Trotskyist movement, a majority of which was unwilling to accept the underlying premises that Quebec would necessarily become an independent state and that an independentist perspective necessitated a formally autonomous revolutionary party in Quebec within the framework of the existing Canadian state.
For a variety of reasons that cannot be detailed here, the debate in the movement on the theoretical nature and implications of the Quebec national question as a whole tended to be eclipsed by an increasing focus on this particular issue of party structure, and within the LSA/LSO leadership Michel and his supporters were increasingly marginalized. Polemical and factional excess came to characterize both sides, but I think it is only fair to say that the primary responsibility for the acrimonious and uncomradely tone of the debate, especially in its initial stages, lay with the majority, and (I deeply regret this) in the first place some of my own written and unwritten contributions.
The increasing factionalization within the section (which was of course fed in part by many other developments on both the Canadian and international levels) culminated in the early 1970s with the departure of Michel with a major component of our fledgling Quebec forces to found the GMR. Only following the recombination of the Canadian Trotskyist movement in the 1977 fusion did the substantive debate on the national question resume, although in a quite different context enriched by the experience of, among other things, the existence of a PQ government.
Notwithstanding the passion of our debates over certain unique features of the Quebec question, all participants understood the importance of solidarity and joint work between revolutionists in Quebec and English Canada. Michel was no exception.
In fact, his entire adult life, in a sense, can be seen as a compelling individual demonstration of the proposition that workers in English Canada could overcome the prevailing chauvinist pressures and express active solidarity with the Québécois in a common struggle against oppression and exploitation.
In his later years, Michel worked professionally, I believe, as an interpreter and translator. My last image of him was in the winter of 1995, at the Outaouais hearings of the Quebec commissions on sovereignty, where Michel was employed as an English-French interpreter. But in a sense, his whole life was spent interpreting in the broadest sense—as an interlocutor across the national divide. Born and raised in a working class suburb of Toronto, spending most of his life in Quebec, he was an insistent advocate throughout his politically conscious life of the need for united action by working people in both nations against their common enemy, the bourgeois state and its governments in Ottawa and Quebec City.
Writing on the eve of last year's referendum (and, as it happens, barely a year before his own untimely death), Michel expressed succinctly his profound understanding of the relation between the national and class "questions", and his optimism about the road ahead. In a brief but moving introduction to our late comrade François Moreau's posthumously published book, Le Québec, une nation opprimée, Michel wrote these prescient words:
"... une défaite au prochain référendum ne signifierait nullement la disparition de la question nationale québécoise. Pour cela, il faudrait mettre fin à l'oppression nationale. Tant qu'il y aura de l'exploitation et de l'oppression, il y aura de la résistance.... Marx a dit, il y a longtemps, que l'histoire de l'humanité est l'histoire de la lutte des classes. La lutte contre l'oppression nationale fait partie de cette lutte des classes. La nation québécoise restera un os en travers de la gorge de l'État canadien quoi qu'il arrive....
"Quelques soient les résultats du référendum, la tâche fondamentale reste la même: créer un mouvement de masse au Québec qui ne fera plus de fausse distinction entre la libération nationale, la lutte pour le socialisme et la démocratie."
"... a defeat in the forthcoming referendum would not result in the disappearance of the Quebec national question. That would require an end to national oppression. As long as there are exploitation and oppression, there will be resistance.... Marx said, long ago, that the history of humanity is the history of class struggle. The struggle against national oppression is part of this class struggle. The Quebec nation will continue to stick in the craw of the Canadian state no matter what happens....
"Whatever the results of the referendum, the fundamental task remains the same: to create a mass movement in Quebec that will no longer make a false distinction between national liberation, the struggle for socialism and democracy."
Richard Fidler
Ottawa, November 8, 1996
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Laura Harring – Bio, Married, Husband, Divorce, Family, Other Facts
Many have extolled the on-screen performances of Mexican born actress Laura Harring who is best known for the character she portrayed in the movie titled Mulholland Drive (2001) produced by David Lynch. One of her admirers is Roger Ebert, the popular movie critic who likened Laura to the screen legend, Rita Hayworth. The star of Mulholland has also enjoyed attention from a movie reviewer of the International Herald Tribune who compared her to Ava Gardener. Laura is a distinguished actress, classical in her performance with a healthy passion for dancing, acting, life as well as food. Here is everything you need to know about the talented actress.
Laura Harring Bio
On March 3, 1964, in Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Mexico the actress was born as a Mexican by nationality with a mixed ancestry of Mexico, German and Australia. Laura is an alumnus of Aigon College, right from her formative years, she has always been hankering after the acting profession and subsequently proceeded to London Academy of Performing Arts to study Theater.
Shortly after her graduation from one of the most exclusive private boarding schools in Switzerland, Aiglon College, Laura embarked on a worldwide traveling adventure. With her academic diploma, she traveled to the Himalayas foothills where she put in some time as a social worker helping the indigenes to get access to a better life by planting gardens, building schools, helping in transporting heavy rocks and all sorts of manual work.
She spent a full year, backpacking through Europe and Asia, sleeping in makeshift sleeping bags near the ocean. The emerging actress spent a better part of her time rendering selfless services in other countries and meeting people which changed her life greatly.
Laura Harring; Mulholland Drive – image source
Laura started out as a model before going into TV series and movies. She made the record as the first Latin woman ever to be crowned Miss United States of America in 1985 after winning the Miss Texas competition. Laura attained another level of fame through the parts she played in films like; Love in the Time of Cholera, The Forbidden Dance, The King, John Q, The Punisher, Willard, and others.
Family: Married, Husband, Divorce
The former beauty queen was born to María Elena Martínez-Cairo (her mother) who earns a living working as a secretary, a real estate investor as well as a spiritual teacher, and her father, Raymond Harring an organic farmer and a developer. Laura grew-up alongside her sister Rita Harring.
Her parent's marriage hit the rocks in 1971 which led to her mother's second marriage to Gaston Lima. Elena's union with Lima produced another daughter named Maria Lima. Laura was ten years old when her family relocated from Mexico to San Antonio Texas.
Going into the details of her relationship status, we got to know that she is unattached at the moment but her past records revealed a failed marriage relationship with Count Carl-Eduard von Bismarck-Schönhausen, a German politician and Otto von Bismarck's great-grandson. Their connubial life took-off on in February 1987 and came to an end in 1989. They had no kids together.
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Although she is no longer with Carl, Laura still bears the title of Countess von Bismarck-Schönhausen. After her divorce from Carl, she began another relationship with Brian Quintana, a film producer of American origin. The duo was an item for two years dating from 1996 to 1998. From 1998 till date, there has not been any other record of any romantic relationship for Laura, she is believed to be single.
Her Net Worth
Talking about the renowned actress' net worth, it has been pegged at a tidy $5 million by a reliable source, although her annual earnings and expenditure is not public knowledge. Laura has been noted for her classy dressing, during the academy awards of 2002, she appeared with a necklace worth $25 million and a pair of heels which worth $1 million.
The celebrated actress cannot be called tall; her height is listed as 5 feet 6 inches and her last listed body weight is 67kg which is just right for her height. For her body stats, Laura Harring measures 38 inches for bust, 26 inches for waist and 37 inches for her hip. Harring hardly goes unnoticed with her dark brown hair as well as dark brown eyes. In addition, her shoe, bra and dress sizes are measured at 7.5 US, 34D and 10 US respectively.
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Dr Helmut Sohmen Retires As Chairman of BW Group and BW Offshore Boards
Dr. Helmut Sohmen has announced his retirement effective 20 November as Chairman of the Board of BW Group Limited and BW Offshore Limited, having served the group for 44 years with 28 years as Chairman.
Dr Sohmen's son Andreas has been elected as the new Chairman of both companies. He will retain his current role as BW Group CEO until 1 April 2015, when Carsten Mortensen will take on the role of CEO.
These changes are part of a planned leadership transition. Helmut Sohmen comments: "It has been a privilege to oversee BW's growth from a tanker and dry bulk business to a significant maritime oil and gas player involved in LNG, LPG, crude, products, chemicals and FPSOs. Andreas has been with BW for the past 15 years and I am confident that under his leadership, the company will continue to grow."
Andreas Sohmen-Pao says: "My father has guided the company through numerous cycles over a period of forty years, and has been an exceptional Chairman to the group. He has shaped the group's values and reputation, and his strong and decisive leadership has brought us to where we are today. Both of us are very grateful to our dedicated colleagues around the world who have been instrumental in the group's success."
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BW Group is a leading global maritime group involved in shipping, floating gas infrastructure and deepwater oil & gas production, and has been delivering energy and other vital commodities for more than 80 years, with a current fleet of over 180 ships. The group was founded by Sir YK Pao in Hong Kong in 1955 as World-Wide Shipping. In 2003, the group acquired Bergesen, Norway's largest shipping company founded in 1935, and in 2005, the business was re-branded as BW. Today, BW Group operates the world's largest gas shipping fleet (LNG and LPG combined), with a total of over 70 large gas vessels including FSRUs (floating storage and regasification units). BW Offshore operates the world's second largest floating oil and gas production fleet (FPSOs), with 16 units in US, Brazil, Mexico, West Africa, North Sea, and Australasia. BW's fleet also includes crude oil supertankers, refined oil tankers, chemical tankers and dry bulk carriers.
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"Strettamente Privata": Benedict Meets Biden... and Silence Abounds
SVILUPPO (Noon ET): With apologies for the pixellation, a photo of the PP.-VP encounter has emerged on the back page of tomorrow's edition of L'Osservatore Romano, which was published within the last hour.
The meeting again going unnoted alongside the pontiff's other audience of the day on the traditional spot of the Vatican daily's front page, a caption to the small photo said that "On the morning of Friday 3 June, the His Holiness Benedict XVI received Mr Joseph Robinette Biden Jr, Vice-President of the United States, with his wife [Dr Jill Biden] and entourage."
In what Italian reports have described as a "strictly private" encounter, this morning the Pope received Vice-President Joe Biden, who's in Rome representing the US at celebrations marking the 150th anniversary of Italy's unification.
Despite being the first Catholic to hold one of the country's top two posts in a half-century, in an ostensible reflection of the VP's status as the highest-ranking American Catholic public official ever to support legalized abortion, nothing official has emerged from the meeting: no photos, nor -- as opposed to an encore of the memorable 2009 release that chided the then Democratic House Speaker, Nancy Pelosi, for her pro-choice stance as she met with the pontiff -- any statement from the Holy See. Unusually for any papal audience, the encounter wasn't even mentioned in Benedict XVI's daily list of visitors issued in the Bollettino of the Holy See Press Office.
Having been publicly chastised by the USCCB for comments he made on the issue on Meet the Press during the 2008 campaign, a handful of the nation's bishops have publicly urged the Scranton-born Delawarean to refrain from receiving the Eucharist. In his primary places of residence, however, neither Cardinal Donald Wuerl of Washington nor Bishop Fran Malooly of Wilmington have echoed the request.
Views on abortion aside, Biden's affinity for the faith is well-known. Among other things, the Vice was spotted thumbing his Rosary while watching the May operation that succeeded in killing the Al Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden, the vicar-general of his home diocese was one of his guests at the formal Inauguration Day lunch given by Congress in the Capitol's Statuary Hall, and on a working visit to Russia that happened to coincide with last Ash Wednesday, Biden's office recruited a local Jesuit priest to say Mass and distribute ashes for the VP and 10 of his staff.
While the Stateside #2's meeting was kept under wraps, by contrast, the full public reception was accorded earlier today to the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, who met individually with the Pope and the Cardinal-Secretary of State, Tarcisio Bertone SDB. Earlier in the week, the same treatment was had for Australia's head of state, Governor-General Quentin Bryce -- a Catholic -- who paid a courtesy visit to Benedict following Wednesday's General Audience.
With heavy fanfare -- and in an unusual afternoon time-slot for diplomatic guests -- President Obama's lone meeting with the pontiff came in July 2009, less than six months after he took office.
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NEW DELHI — Volkswagen Group said Friday that it will pay a fine of 1 billion rupees ($14.2 million) imposed by India for installing software on vehicles that allegedly cheated pollution testing devices, though it is still appealing the order.
The company said it has challenged the National Green Tribunal's order in India's top court.
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US firm, Acme Manufacturing Company, established new research and development centre focusing on the development of new robotic metal finishing solutions in Singapore
27 September 2019 – Acme Manufacturing Company, a world leader in robotic finishing systems has officially launched its Singapore office today. Acme Singapore includes a standalone research and development centre focused on creating new solutions and customised robotics systems for the company's extensive customers in Southeast Asia.
"The establishment of Acme Singapore reflects our commitment to bring our state-of-the-art innovations closer to customers in Southeast Asia," said Mr Fritz Carlson, President and CEO of Acme Manufacturing Company, who was present at the grand opening of the company's Singapore facility. "I believe we are currently the only Certified Robotic Integrator in the region specialising in Metal Finishing."
Acme's integrated automated solutions employ robot arms and a suite of digital technologies to perform finishing tasks such as grinding, polishing, deburring, and buffing on manufactured metal parts. The systems are applied for high-precision finishing of jet engine and aerospace structural components such as turbine blades, vanes, fuselage skins and wing skins. Apart from cost reduction and increased operating efficiency, the application of robots improves consistency and uniformity ensuring that parts satisfy stringent aerospace requirements.
Located in Seletar Aerospace Park, Acme Singapore is nestled amongst some of the largest aerospace manufacturers in the world.
"We are pleased to benefit from Singapore's innovation ecosystem and the country's push to be a leader in smart manufacturing and advanced engineering," added Mr Carlson. The R&D centre will also be exploring other new finishing techniques using Additive Manufacturing.
Congratulating Acme Singapore on its grand opening, Mr Sia Kheng Yok, Chief Executive of the Association of Aerospace Industries (Singapore), remarked, "Singapore's aerospace industry is actively embracing digitalisation, automation and new technologies for improved productivity. We are pleased to welcome Acme Singapore into the growing ecosystem of solution providers that is enabling our industry's transformation."
Mr Dany Dechamplain Managing Director, Acme Manufacturing Company Singapore Email: dechamplaind@acmemfg.com | Mobile: +65 9235 8732
Ms Ann Majid Communications Manager, Association of Aerospace Industries (Singapore) Email: ann@aais.org.sg | Mobile: +65 8545 6864
About Acme Manufacturing Company Singapore Pte Ltd
Acme Manufacturing Company is the world leader in providing robotic flexible automation for the metal finishing industry. For over 108 years and four generations, Acme Manufacturing is a family owned company, which is now under the leadership of G.A. "Fritz" Carlson III. Acme is a solution-based company that specializes in supplying turn-key metal finishing solutions. Servicing over 20 industries worldwide, with a focus in the aerospace industry, our systems are engineered for both functional and/or cosmetic applications using polishing, grinding, deburring, and buffing techniques.
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Q: Understanding and Defining Primay Keys in Cassandra In Cassandra, lets say I have a table called cats
In the table cats, lets say that a cat can only be uniquely identified based on both the color of the cat and the name of the cat, so for instance;
color: blue, name: henry

There could however be many cats that are blue in color. Similarly there could be many cats named Henry. However there is only one cat who is named Henry whose color is blue.
My question is, what should I define as the primary key and how. For instance, should I make the name the partition key, or should I make the color the partition key, or should I make both of these fields as part of the partition key? Would it be beneficial to add the color and/or the name as a clustering key? I have also read about hashed values as the partition key; would having a separate hashed value as the partition key and adding the name and color as secondary indexes offer any benefit here?
What are the performance impacts here? What type of table setup would be the most performant?
Users will search by either name AND color OR just the color, but never just on the name.
Thanks in advance.

A: To retrieve data from the table, values for all columns defined in the partition key have to be supplied. Since in your case the user
can query by only the color and also both color and name you would need following definition

PRIMARY KEY (color, name);

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Dr. Victor Acquista has become a successful international author and speaker following careers as a primary-care physician and medical executive. He previously helped to co-found The Collaborative for Community Health, a non-profit, is a founding member of River Valley Market, a food co-op, and authored a syndicated Health and Wellness column. His non-fiction and his workshops focus on personal growth and transformation, especially as pertains to health and wellness. His fiction includes social messaging intended to get the reader engaged in thought provoking themes. Dr. Acquista has a longstanding interest in consciousness studies, is a student of Integral Theory, and strives to do his part to make our planet a wee bit better.


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Coronavirus vaccine won't protect us against climate change
Written by Robert Hamwey, Economist, and Tim Sullivan, Public Information Officer, UNCTAD
Unlike for COVID-19, the world can't place hope in finding a vaccine against climate change.
This year has been marked by the threat of a new coronavirus and society's sacrifices to combat it – with a determination and political will that has been missing in the fight against climate change.
Though invisible, COVID-19 has been seen by most people as a "clear and present danger" to the entire world population.
Our strong human instinct for survival and to protect our loved ones convinced most of us to immediately adopt the necessary precautions and accept government-issued lockdown measures requiring personal sacrifice and limiting individual freedoms.
The effective implementation of social distancing and other measures has helped flatten the curve in many countries but substantially impacted economic activity around the globe.
Unprecedented losses
Factories, farms, fisheries, stores, restaurants, trucks, ships and planes ground to a halt for over three months, causing unprecedented job losses and dramatic declines in output and trade.
The International Labour Organization predicts the pandemic could cost the equivalent of 305 million full-time jobs, while 1.6 billion workers in the informal economy could suffer "massive damage" to their livelihoods.
According to UNCTAD, global trade values fell 3% in the first quarter of 2020, and the quarter-on-quarter decline in the second quarter is expected to reach 27%.
Today, governments are taking actions to restart their countries' economies by cautiously and progressively bringing people back to factories, offices and schools, yet asking everyone to remain vigilant against a threat that is still among us – a second wave of infections remains highly probable.
Less attention on the climate crisis
With all our attention focused on the coronavirus battle, we've paid considerably less attention this year to the ongoing changes in our planet's climate.
Like the coronavirus pandemic, the climate crisis is an existential threat. And like the virus, greenhouse gases are invisible and remain ever present in our natural surroundings.
Yet unlike for COVID-19, we can't place hope in finding a vaccine against climate change.
A python, not a cobra
The coronavirus pandemic has demonstrated that countries can take a common stance against a threat to our collective well-being.
Why have global leaders been less determined in the fight against climate change? Why are governments not detailing in emergency press briefings the urgent actions they are taking to save the planet?
The reason is because of a fundamental difference: the coronavirus could immediately infect and potentially kill anyone exposed to it, whereas greenhouse gases are slowly destroying the planet and are gradually threatening our survival over decades of time.
Whereas most of us were conscious of the dangers posed by COVID-19 as soon as we stepped out the front door, few of us today feel immediately threatened by climate change. Whatever the impacts may be, depending on where we live, they may only marginally affect our daily lives.
Put simply, climate change is seen not as a "clear and present danger" but as a "diffuse and future danger." It's a python that threatens to slowly strangle us, not a cobra that could kill with one bite.
Lost sense of urgency
Such a perception removes the personal sense of urgency and falsely reassures us that sacrifice and decisive action can wait until the climate threat knocks at our door.
Unfortunately, once that happens, we'll have already reached a point of no return.
Human impact on the climate accumulates over decades and unravelling the damage takes just as long. We can turn off the oven immediately, but the built-up heat will continue to cook for hours.
Like the coronavirus pandemic, climate change will lead to extensive loss of life, unemployment and substantial declines in GDP.
But unlike for a virus, for which we will eventually build immunity, the impacts of climate change will worsen over time.
Decades of talk, little progress
We have already had nearly three decades to curb climate change. After over 25 years of climate negotiations, frameworks and agreements, we have made only meagre progress towards this objective.
As a global society, we seem willing to accept that fighting the climate crisis requires too much sacrifice – at a global, local and personal level. Hopefully, our response to the coronavirus has opened our eyes to what is possible – and to what really matters.
We have a lot to reflect on as we celebrate World Environment Day this year. Understanding our successes in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic can provide insight into how we can confront not only threats to our personal health but also assaults on the health of Earth, the source of all life.
Combatting the coronavirus pandemic required each one of us to do our part, change our habits and daily routines and make personal sacrifices.
If we can convince ourselves to do the same in the fight against the climate crisis, we will finally start to see real progress.
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The mint julep is the official drink of the Kentucky Derby. Find out its origin and a quick recipe for making one. Get your silver cups ready. It's Kentucky Derby time and that means mint juleps. But, was the original mint julep made with Bourbon? The BNIC (Bureau National Interprofessionnel du Cognac) claims Cognac was the original spirit used to make Mint Juleps.


Gurgaon Railway station is situated in Gurugram, Haryana. Station code of Gurgaon is GGN. Here are some trains that are passing through Gurgaon railway station like Dec Aii Sf Spl, Dec Jp Sf Spl, Dee Bkn S F Exp, Bkn Dee S F Exp, Mandor Express, Mandor Express, Ashram Express, and many more.


A female Sumatran tiger has been viciously killed by it proposed mate during their first meeting at ZSL London Zoo on Friday (UK Time).
Ten days ago, Sumatran tiger Asim was moved to ZSL London Zoo as part of a European conservation breeding programme, to potentially mate with the zoo's "beloved Sumatran tigress Melati".
The tigers were then kept in adjourning enclosures, intended to allow the pair to see each other and slowly become used to each other's presence before they met.
After observing "positive signs" about the tigers' reaction to each other, zoo experts believed it was the right time to introduce each other.
However, in a statement on Friday, the Zoo declared the date had not gone as planned, with the pair engaging in an "aggressive interaction" prompting staff to implement a prepared response using loud noises, flares and alarms.
While the zookeepers were able to secure Asim, they were too late, finding that the male tiger had overpowered Melati who had died.
"Everyone at ZSL London Zoo is devastated by the loss of Melati, and we are heartbroken by this turn of events".
According to the World Wildlife Fund, Sumatran tigers are critically endangered, with less 400 in existence.
In a tweet, the zoo said its Tiger Territory would remain closed while the zoo's team focussed on caring for Asim.


Ice cream cakes are the perfect summer dessert for birthday parties, family reunions, block parties, and casual backyard picnics with friends. Let this roundup of recipes inspire you to create something special for your next event.
For those of you who hate spending any more time in the kitchen than what's absolutely necessary, this ice cream cake recipe is sure to be a hit. The base is made by simply layering ice cream sandwiches in a large loaf pan. Hip 2 Save explains.
Lemons for Lulu has a mouth watering recipe for a DIY ice cream cake with Reese's peanut butter cups. Her recipe also uses ice cream sandwiches as a base layer.
Another quick and easy dessert idea, this DIY ice cream cake uses brownie mix to create the bottom layer and whipped cream with sprinkles for the top. Head over to Cookies and Cups for the full recipe.
If Dairy Queen ice cream cakes are your favorite, you'll love this DIY copycat recipe from Brown Eyed Baker. Customize to your preferences by adjusting the amount of fudge filling and/or chocolate crunch bits.
Traditionalists often claim ice cream cakes aren't really cake, but this recipe is a blissful hybrid dessert that pairs funfetti cake mix with rainbow chip icing and a yummy inner layer of cake flavored ice cream. Life, Love and Sugar has the details.
Make use of fresh summer berries by using them to decorate a delicious ice cream cake. This recipe from Camille Styles is sure to impress your guests, as long as you use the highest quality ice cream you can get your hands on.
Strawberries and chocolate are a winning combination for any occasion. This DIY ice cream cake has a from scratch chocolate cake layer, a layer of homemade strawberry ice cream, chocolate ganache, and fresh strawberries for garnish. Handle the Heat has the recipe.
Carlsbad Cravings has a recipe for a layered caramel pecan toffee ice cream crumble cake that's rich yet refreshing. The author suggests trying different ice cream flavors for the middle layer to customize the cake to fit your personal tastes.
This artfully decorated Oreo ice cream cake pairs a cookie crust with alternating layers of chocolate and vanilla ice cream. Life Made Sweeter has the recipe.
If your morning isn't complete without a fresh cup of coffee, this ice cream cake is sure to please. The Little Epicurean explains how to fit the coffee flavors you love into a show stopping dessert.


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Philanthropists interested in improving education and supporting school reform should think about it this way – when you boil down all the concerns we have about our schools into one question, it would be this: How do we know what a student has learned in school?
Think about the many ways this question plays out in education debates. Employers don't really have any good gauges on what useful skills humanities majors possess. Colleges realize that grades are no longer a good indicator of anything, particularly in an era of rampant grade inflation and graduation ceremonies with multiple valedictorians.
The two major federal education reforms of this century, the No Child Left Behind Act and Common Core, both tried to address this question with top-down mandates to force schools to push students to learn.
I think the jury's still out on Common Core, although the most likely outcome is that the program will conclusively show that top-down reforms by mandarins don't change schools.
But even though they provided a poor answer, the anonymous producers of Common Core standards were at least trying to ensure that all students learned something. If you don't have national standards, the question remains unanswered: we don't really know what students have learned in school.
He asks what you would do with a student he calls "Robert." Robert entered Barnett's class three grade levels behind. He is "a sweet kid with lots of potential." But in class he stares at his phone or into space. His mother changes her phone number a lot, and Robert often skips class. "You've given up your lunch period and bought Robert snacks and encouraged him in every way you know how." But Robert refuses to put in the effort to learn math.
So Barnett explains that teachers like him have two options: they could flunk Robert and make him repeat a grade. But that doesn't guarantee Robert will shape up and learn. Or you could pass him, ensuring that in an advanced course he'll struggle even more.
Nationally, Barnett says, teachers are passing more students.
In 2016, 69 percent of Washington, D.C. high school students were graduated, up six points from 2015. But some of this was due to a grading change where an F meant a student received a score of 59 instead of 0, with 64 percent needed to pass a class. Under the new rules, a student could have earned a B in one quarter, flunk the other three quarters, and pass a class. Since then, it appears that schools have tightened the rules so that a student has to earn at least a B+ in one quarter in order to pass for a year.
Barnett notes that the National Assessment of Educational Progress reports that students are, on average, poorer readers than in 1992 and that math scores haven't changed since 2005. Another third-party assessment, this time for the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for Career and College (PARCC) said that 21 percent of District of Columbia students were "college and career ready" in tenth-grade English and 11 percent "college and career ready" in geometry. "In my own school," Barnett writes, "18 percent of students were proficient in reading, 1 percent were proficient in math, and nearly 80 percent crossed the stage" and got their diplomas.
According to Barnett, some states are relaxing graduation requirements even more. Arizona has a "Grand Canyon Diploma" where students only have to pass half as many classes as before to get a degree. Alabama got rid of their exit exams, so graduation rates went up.
Obviously, something has to be done. Barnett's solution is "mastery learning." With encouragement from his supervisors, he put his courses online. Students watch them over and over until they show they understand the material before they proceed to the next one. He found that, while some students started the semester spending their time watching stuff on YouTube, they ultimately did what they were supposed to do and learned while watching their computers, with Barnett there to answer questions and presumably instill a little discipline.
Moreover, "mastery learning" is becoming more common. Washington Postcolumnist Catherine Rampell, who is very good when writing on education, noted earlier this year that 100 prep schools, including Holton-Arms, the Phillips Academy, and Chapin have formed the Mastery Transcript Consortium which means they won't give colleges grade transcripts but instead will offer "mastery transcripts" they say college admissions officers can read in two minutes.
The transcripts, Rampell says, provide what she calls "qualitative, soft-focus descriptions" but are, in fact 100-proof content-free edu-bargle.
As I understand these rules, teachers offering a mastery transcript aren't allowed to write anything about a student on their own; all they can do is pick clichés from a list.
What the rise of "mastery learning" shows is a need for school choice, particularly in schools which have high standards because of firm rules. A "mastery transcript" says nothing, but a degree from a Great Books, Core Knowledge, or International Baccalaureate school tells colleges that students have worked hard in a school that insists on excellence.
Rob Barnett wants public schools to be places where students pursue individual lesson plans at their own pace. Given the glacial pace of school reform, this will never happen in school districts that restrict choice. But he is absolutely right that the current education rules produce students whose high school diplomas are little more than a certificate of attendance.
 Here is my piece about Common Core.


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Future :: Pluto
One thing can be said for certain about "Pluto" – it's the most anticipated album coming out on April 17th, 2012. It's conceivable that it's the most anticipated hip-hop album for the whole month of April. And given that the release date was postponed for several months, I'll even concede that "Pluto" is among the most anticipated records of the year so far. Future is definitely that guy right now when it comes to crossing over from the underground to the mainstream. The Decatur rapper and Dungeon Family affiliate has found that right mix of what's in right now for his hit songs, like the K.E. On the Track produced "Magic," which only got bigger when T.I. appeared on the remix. That version is on this new CD.
T.I.: "Tell you off the top, I'm bossed up
Yee ain't talkin money, don't talk us
I'm steady stackin that guap up
Ball harder than you when I'm locked up
You the type a nigga just popped up
when nigga rollin that kush, huh?
Got mine growin like grapevines
in the backyward, come look, brah
I pull up, hop out
Bad hoes just pop out
Hatin niggaz better watch out
Still ridin with that glock out"
Future: "On my way to Aspen, I forgot to do my taxes
Call on my accountant, he gon' make it do magic
Had to get a driver just to drop me at the airport (For what?)
Way I smoke the blunts, man, I burn 'em up like Newports
Fif' thou in Auto Zone, superstar attire
K.E. and Young Future bringin 'em fire
All this damn cash make a bitch wanna retire (Turn it up)
Gotta drop a half a brick, you wanna put me on the flyer (Future)
Excuse me but my name go crazy, see these diamonds, ain't none of 'em fugazi
Two bad bitches wanna fuck me the greatest, a O.G. and a brand new Mercedes
Turned out a lot, I'ma do a 180, for the haters I'ma gon' 'head and do a 360
Trickin on the Sprite, got lean all in it
I'm an astronaut nigga, better church my pimpin"
So what's the secret to Future's success? It can in large part be attributed to his flow, which I will divide like a pie into four slices. 25% is his sing-song delivery, which falls somewhere between monotonous and hypnotizing. 25% is the use of AutoTune to manipulate his vocals, turning him into a cross between T-Pain and Gucci Mane. 25% is the fact he's very well connected in the game. He's got Drake on the Will-A-Fool produced "Tony Montana," Snoop Dogg on the Jon Boi produced "Homicide" and Juicy J on the DJ Spinz produced "I'm Trippin'" and R. Kelly on the DJ Pharris & John Blu produced "Parachute" just to name a few. The other 25% is in fact production – Future has all the right beats. Will-A-Fool's production on songs like "Astronaut Chick" sounds grandoise and epic. Mike Will is the ideal slow ride on instrumentals for "Truth Gonna Hurt You" and "Neva End." One of the album's best is the C-N.O.T.E. laced "Long Live the Pimp" featuring Trae. These beats will knock in your car, guaranteed.
In the grand scheme I can respect Future's hustle greatly. He's well connected, he's well promoted, he's making the kind of music that's hot right now, and this album is undoubtedly going to push all kinds of units at retail. I'm certainly not being your stereotypical "hater" when I say a lot of the time this album doesn't work for me. The lyrics are so-so, but would probably be better if he could enunciate and articulate what he's saying with more clarity. The singing and AutoTuning don't help matters on that score – they exacerbate the inherent problems he has. Good beats can take you a long way, but having something to say can too. Much like another album I reviewed today, Future's whole point seems to be partying and living lavishly, only I don't sense any possibility that he's anything other than 100% sincere about it. It seems this is his whole life. "Permanent Scar" could have been a metaphor, but instead it's a statement that he's something you'll never forget. That's irony. He's well-produced, well-connected, and well-forgettable. He sounds like everybody else on Shade 45 in 2012, so it's going to work, but it's only going to leave the faintest impression on me.
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Review – Advance Wars: Days of Ruin
posted on February 27th, 2008 by jay
Sequels are usually a bad thing. For every one that changes game mechanics enough to make the new series entry fresh, there are five that tweak the graphics slightly, add a new combo counter and a new character or two. A sequel should not replace the original game; simple expansions of themes and mechanics should not cost full retail price. Instead, gamers deserve sequels that coexist with the originals. Super Mario 2 did not replace Super Mario 1, nor did 3 replace 2 – all of them were different enough to warrant keeping the older titles around. This is how sequels should be handled (someone inform EA, please).
By "somewhat powerful" it means "very weak".
Luckily for me, my ludicrous idealism is not applied uniformly. Certain series are built on such solid foundations that to demand they entirely reinvent themselves with each entry is unreasonable. This chink in my armor of hatred for boring sequels (it's the sexy but useless kind of armor that barely covers my nipples) is where all my enemies will strike – of course we can all agree that "boring" sequels suck and the real debate is simply on which series have classic gameplay that should be rehashed ad nauseum. We will still disagree, but I'd say Mega Man XXVI is not worthwhile while Culdcept 3 is. This is because Culdcept is as infinitely replayable as chess or poker. Give me new maps and new cards and I will keep buying sequels.
Advance Wars is another series that already bears so much resemblance to a classic board game that it would likely be detrimental to make significant changes. Advance Wars is so finely tuned that any change needs to be precisely balanced – wild innovations are more likely to break the game than improve it. The series takes the rock-paper- scissors model and expands it, possibly to rock-paper-scissors-glue stick-tooth pick-garden hose. On land, foot soldiers are necessary to capture buildings but are the weakest units. Mercs are foot soldiers who can put up a fight against heavily armored vehicles but have horrendous movement range. Tanks kill most ground units but are weak against Anti-tanks and defending against Mercs; the long range weapons are excellent in destroying most anything but then are vulnerable at point blank range.
There is more to land combat, and then there is also air and sea combat. Fighters own the sky; Bombers are fatal to any ground unit and can even put up a fight against Anti-air units. Subs can take out most sea vehicles but run out of fuel quickly and cannot harm air or land units. The Battleship is awesome and can destroy land targets but should fear Subs, and Subs need to fear Cruisers. Each battleground has a setup more complex than rock-paper-scissors and each battleground interacts with the other in complex ways.
Advance Wars is very similar to designer Intelligent Systems other long running series, Fire Emblem. Oddly enough, it is the differences between the two series that make both worth playing. Fire Emblem offers developed characters and stat based gameplay. There is an element of rock-paper-scissors in the weapon triangle, but ultimately a high level character can power through any enemy. This satisfies the RPG nut in me, but the strategy fan feels slighted. Advance Wars fills this void by making all units worthwhile in some situations and useless in others. Simply leveling the crap out of a tank, which is a new feature in Days of Ruin, does not change the overall balance very much.
A meteor hitting Earth is hard to believe. Ten at once, on the other hand, seems possible if not probable.
Intelligent Systems has subtracted elements from Days of Ruin that were in the previous game. They decided they either need to continue adding, or parse the game down to its bare mechanics. Luckily for us, they mostly cut things – too much bloat would surely rob the series of my patented "classic gameplay…you know, like chess" award. The once potent CO powers have been scaled back severely, and there are no more dual screen battles. This upset me briefly but then I realized that despite creating gameplay I will always buy more of, Intelligent Systems also managed to make a sequel that doesn't replace the previous entry. If I want dual screen battles and hugely powerful CO powers, I can just pop in Dual Strike. It's like Chess 2: Revenge of the Pawns just came out and is as awesome and replayable as Chess 1.
Much has been said about Days of Ruin's new, darker style and storyline. It is still very Japanese looking, so anyone worried Nintendo stuck bald space-Marines in their favorite series have no reason to lose sleep. If anything, the darker story fits the theme of the game much better than the sassy one-liners of Andy in the last few Advance Wars. War is depressing and while some feel the plotline of Days of Ruin is too wordy and full of forced moral quandaries, I appreciate the effort. If an enemy truly is insane and will not compromise, is it our duty to fight? Can we really be sure such insanity exists, or do such madmen only exist in video games, cartoons and Republican speeches? Days of Ruin made me think, and it even shocked me by being very anti-Japanese in ideology. There is a very strong current of individualism and the value of one person's life over the safety of the group.
My ideological issue with the game (not the sequels issue, I have a second, separate ideological issue to discuss – I'm a lot of fun at parties) is that in between bits of plot, the game is damned fun, and when people partake in war they should be depressed, miserable, or dead, but certainly not entertained. My girlfriend recently asked me how I can play violent video games if I am a pacifist. I punched her in the face and told her that I don't believe in real violence, but that doesn't mean I can't enjoy violence in books, games, movies, and thoughts. Maybe I'm imposing the same sort of stupid moral complaint when I wonder how Intelligent Systems could make Advance Wars less fun for the sake of truly expressing the horrors of war. Or maybe video games are too narrowly focused and should strive to appeal to more than our senses of fun. Full Metal Jacket is not fun, yet it's still enjoyable. Can a game somehow do the same?
GJ said on February 27, 2008:
I thought your armor covered everything BUT your nipples.
AK said on February 28, 2008:
I don't know which is more enjoyable: (a) shoving large objects into a small orifice, or (b) paying money for a game sequel that is so similar to the original. Both feel the same to me, even when lubricant is used.
Shota said on February 28, 2008:
AK, there are lot's of people who enjoy shoving large objects into small orifices. (have you seen the interweb lately?) So, i'd say it entirely unclear if you meant your comment as a positive or a negative.


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  }

  implicit val noCommaStringRendering: SCRAMRendering[NoCommaString] = {
    new SCRAMRendering[NoCommaString] {
      override def render[R <: Renderer](r: R, str: NoCommaString): R = {
        r ~~ str.str
      }
    }
  }

  implicit val printableStringRendering: SCRAMRendering[PrintableString] = {
    new SCRAMRendering[PrintableString] {
      override def render[R <: Renderer](r: R, str: PrintableString): R = {
        r ~~ str.str
      }
    }
  }

  implicit val base64StringRendering: SCRAMRendering[Base64String] = {
    new SCRAMRendering[Base64String] {
      override def render[R <: Renderer](r: R, str: Base64String): R = {
        r ~~ str.str
      }
    }
  }

  implicit val printableAndSafeRendering: SCRAMRendering[PrintableAndSafe] = {
    new SCRAMRendering[PrintableAndSafe] {
      override def render[R <: Renderer](r: R, strImpl: PrintableAndSafe): R = {
        strImpl match {
          case printable: PrintableString => printableStringRendering.render(r, printable)
          case base64: Base64String => base64StringRendering.render(r, base64)
        }
      }
    }
  }

  implicit val safeStringRendering: SCRAMRendering[SafeString] = {
    new SCRAMRendering[SafeString] {
      override def render[R <: Renderer](r: R, strImpl: SafeString): R = {
        strImpl match {
          case esc: EscapedString => escapedStringRendering.render(r, esc)
          case noComma: NoCommaString => noCommaStringRendering.render(r, noComma)
          case printable: PrintableAndSafe => printableAndSafeRendering.render(r, printable)
        }
      }
    }
  }

  /**
    * GS2
    */
  implicit val channelBindingFlagRendering: SCRAMRendering[gs2.ChannelBindingFlag] = {
    new SCRAMRendering[gs2.ChannelBindingFlag] {
      import gs2.ChannelBindingFlag._

      override def render[R <: Renderer](r: R, flag: gs2.ChannelBindingFlag): R = {
        flag match {
          case NotSupports => r ~~ "n"
          case SupportsButNotUsed => r ~~ "y"
          case SupportsAndUsed(bindingName) => r ~~ "p=" ~~ bindingName
        }
      }
    }
  }

  implicit val headerRendering: SCRAMRendering[gs2.Header] = {
    new SCRAMRendering[gs2.Header] {
      override def render[R <: Renderer](r: R, header: gs2.Header): R = {
        r ~~ header.channelBinding ~~ ","
        if (header.authId.nonEmpty) {
          r ~~ "a=" ~~ header.authId
        }
        r ~~ ","
      }
    }
  }

  /**
    * SCRAM
    */
  implicit val attrValRendering: SCRAMRendering[AttrVal] = {
    new SCRAMRendering[AttrVal] {
      override def render[R <: Renderer](r: R, attrVal: AttrVal): R = {
        r ~~ attrVal.attribute.toString ~~ "=" ~~ attrVal.value
      }
    }
  }

  implicit val extensionsRendering: SCRAMRendering[Seq[AttrVal]] = {
    new SCRAMRendering[Seq[AttrVal]] {
      override def render[R <: Renderer](r: R, attrVals: Seq[AttrVal]): R = {
        attrVals match {
          case Nil => r
          case first :: other =>
            r ~~ first
            other foreach (attrVal => r ~~ "," ~~ attrVal)
            r
        }
      }
    }
  }

  implicit val clientFirstMessageBareRendering: SCRAMRendering[ClientFirstMessageBare] = {
    new SCRAMRendering[ClientFirstMessageBare] {
      override def render[R <: Renderer](r: R, bare: ClientFirstMessageBare): R = {
        if (bare.reserved.nonEmpty) { r ~~ bare.reserved ~~ "," }
        r ~~ "n=" ~~ bare.username ~~ ",r=" ~~ bare.clientNonce
        if (bare.extensions.nonEmpty) {
          r ~~ "," ~~ bare.extensions
        }
        r
      }
    }
  }

  implicit val clientFirstMessageRendering: SCRAMRendering[ClientFirstMessage] = {
    new SCRAMRendering[ClientFirstMessage] {
      override def render[R <: Renderer](r: R, msg: ClientFirstMessage): R = {
        r ~~ msg.header ~~ msg.bare
      }
    }
  }

  implicit val serverFirstMessageRendering: SCRAMRendering[ServerFirstMessage] = new SCRAMRendering[ServerFirstMessage] {
    override def render[R <: Renderer](r: R, msg: ServerFirstMessage): R = {
      if (msg.reserved.nonEmpty) { r ~~ msg.reserved ~~ "," }
      r ~~ "r=" ~~ msg.serverNonce ~~ ","
      r ~~ "s=" ~~ msg.salt ~~ ","
      r ~~ "i=" ~~ msg.iterationCount.toString
      if (msg.extensions.nonEmpty) r ~~ "," ~~ msg.extensions else r
    }
  }

  implicit val clientFinalMessageWithoutProofRendering: SCRAMRendering[ClientFinalMessageWithoutProof] = {
    new SCRAMRendering[ClientFinalMessageWithoutProof] {
      override def render[R <: Renderer](r: R, msg: ClientFinalMessageWithoutProof): R = {
        r ~~ "c=" ~~ msg.channelBinding ~~ ","
        r ~~ "r=" ~~ msg.nonce
        if (msg.extensions.nonEmpty) r ~~ "," ~~ msg.extensions else r
      }
    }
  }

  implicit val internalAuthMessageRendering: SCRAMRendering[InternalAuthMessage] = {
    new SCRAMRendering[InternalAuthMessage] {
      override def render[R <: Renderer](r: R, auth: InternalAuthMessage): R = {
        r ~~ auth.clientFirstMessageBare ~~ ","
        r ~~ auth.serverFirstMessage ~~ ","
        r ~~ auth.clientFinalMessageWithoutProof
      }
    }
  }

  implicit val clientFinalMessageRendering: SCRAMRendering[ClientFinalMessage] = {
    new SCRAMRendering[ClientFinalMessage] {
      override def render[R <: Renderer](r: R, msg: ClientFinalMessage): R = {
        r ~~ msg.bare ~~ ","
        r ~~ "p=" ~~ msg.proof
      }
    }
  }

}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


Collaborating with other creatives, developers, writers, and clients is a skill that is learned hands on. We each bring our own vision to the table and learning how to work together to achieve greater success sometimes is challenging. As a young designer I learned to collaborate with my art directors and creative directors, as well as illustrators, photographers, printers and clients. I gained the confidence to know when to push for my vision, when to work together, and when to let someone else take the lead. I realized how much better a project can be when a true collaboration takes place. As a business owner collaboration is more important than ever. Whether it be collaborating with an employee, partner or client, I now understand that there isn't one correct solution, every thought is important, and the more input the better the final result.
The one skill I continue to hone is how to effectively collaborate with clients. I know many designers out there cringe when they receive a stick figure "sketch" from a client, - I've been there myself. After the initial blood pressure spike, I've learned to step back and see what my client is trying to show me. Is there something I didn't try or something I didn't share? The fact is they know their business and I know mine and I've found the most successful collaborations come from both sides learning each other's trades. So we as the designers have to become experts of our clients businesses, and they in return have to fully embrace the design process. I take on this challenge by keeping my clients involved in every step of the design process. I share with them our initial research, talk about what we've found and what is and isn't working. During the designing phase we try and explain why we made the decisions we did. It's important for both of us to keep an open mind, and remember all parties involved want successful work. It's not always easy, but approaching design as a collaboration does work.
I decided to take this challenge to my students this semester at Tyler School of Art. The project was for the One Club College Competition the assignment was to create an infographic for "Poverty and Small Business Development." Anyone who has created an infographic understands how hard it can be to visualize data. Throw in there team work and assign it to a class of sophomores and it seemed almost impossible. For this project I invited a guest designer, Mike Perry, to help introduce the project. He and I have worked together on numerous infographics and I thought it would be a great experience for the students to hear first hand how we collaborate together. Mike continued to come to our classes to critique the work and help referee. And it did end up being a lot of refereeing. The students struggled a lot, first figuring out the best way to present the data, then dividing up the work. We had suggested that one of the team members would be the illustrator and the other would be the designer and be responsible for color, type and layout, but there was a huge misconception that the illustrator had the "hard job" of the two. This quickly was put to bed once they fully dove in to the project. Personality conflicts hit a few of the teams, but in the end the projects are outstanding - keep in mind these are sophomores.
Student work above: (top) Colleen DeMenna & Alyssa Nicole Brensinger, (middle row left to right) Eric Maxwell Vandenberg & P.J. Crisanti, Julianne Melograno & Anna Gavlishin, Dana Sheely & Rachel Peckman, (bottom) Carolyn Brandt & Caroline VanZoeren.


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Tabled on 9 December 2020 and due for answer by 23 December 2020.
Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the re-designation of Nigeria as a Country of Particular Concern by the government of the United States; and whether they intend to take similar steps. HL11262
Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports of arrests by Faylaq Al-Sham of people in Yazidi villages near Afrin in northwest Syria on 4 December; what assessment they have made of the wellbeing of those who have been arrested; and what representations they have made to the government of Turkey about (1) the release of any such… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text
Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports that HSBC has frozen the bank accounts of (1) the Good Neighbourhood North District Church in Hong Kong, and (2) its pastor and his wife; and what assessment they have made of whether such action has been taken because of that Church's links with pro-democracy campaigners in Hong Kong… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text
Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Ethiopia about reports that it has refused the offer of international co-operation in investigating the Mai Kadra massacre; if they have, what response they received; and, if not, whether they intend to make representations. HL11265
Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Pakistan about its publication Policy Brief by National Commission on the Rights of the Child on Forced Conversion with Recommendations after Analysis of Arzoo Case, published on 7 December; and what steps they are taking to prevent the practices analysed in the publica… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text
Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask Her Majesty's Government what assistance they have given to the government of Pakistan (1) to expedite prosecutions of those responsible for, and (2) to secure redress for those affected by, forced marriages and conversions. HL11267
Lord Baker of Dorking to ask Her Majesty's Government how many loans were taken out by students aged between 18 and 24 studying for (1) Higher National Certificates, and (2) Higher National Diplomas, for the years (a) 2017, (b) 2018, (c) 2019 and (d) 2020; and how many of these students also took out maintenance loans. HL11268
Lord Baker of Dorking to ask Her Majesty's Government what was the average value of (1) fee loans, and (2) maintenance loans, taken out in (a) 2017, (b) 2018, (c) 2019, and (d) 2020, by 18 to 24-year-old students studying for (i) Higher National Certificates, and (ii) Higher National Diplomas. HL11269
Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle to ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to (1) promote, (2) encourage, and (3) support, charitable status for public interest journalism. HL11270
Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle to ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that the new Immigration Rules applying from 1 January 2021, including those which make rough sleeping grounds for refusing and cancelling someone's right to remain in the UK, do not deter people experiencing homelessness from accessing support. HL11271
Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle to ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with HSBC Bank about the freezing of the bank accounts of pro-democracy campaigners from Hong Kong; what assessment they have made of the implications of such practices for the continued eligibility of HSBC to have a headquarters in London; and what specific plans they have to prevent f… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text
Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports of ecological damage to the banks of the River Lugg; and what plans they have to prevent similar events occurring elsewhere in England. HL11273
Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the campaign by Crisis to repeal the Vagrancy Act 1824. HL11274
Lord Blencathra to ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to consult on raising the penalties for cyclists and delivery drivers using heavyweight electric bicycles who (1) ride on the pavement, and (2) leave their bikes blocking the pavement, to (a) a fine of up to £5,000, and (b) six months imprisonment. HL11275
Lord Blencathra to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of (1) the adoption of the resolution by the UN General Assembly (UNGA) Promotion of interreligious and intercultural dialogue, understanding and cooperation for peace (A/75/L.36/Rev.1), published 1 December, and (2) the reference by the Prime Minister of Pakistan, in his address relating to that resolu… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text
Lord Campbell-Savours to ask Her Majesty's Government how effective (1) an adenovirus vector, and (2) an mRNA, COVID-19 vaccine is if a person only receives one of the two doses required under the vaccination protocols. HL11277
Lord Campbell-Savours to ask Her Majesty's Government what was the incidence of vaccinated people being able to pass on COVID-19 to those who have not been vaccinated in the trial COVID-19 vaccination programmes. HL11278
Lord Campbell-Savours to ask Her Majesty's Government for how long a person who has received the two-doses of the COVID-19 vaccine required under the vaccination protocols can remain asymptomatic. HL11279
Lord Campbell-Savours to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether a person who has been vaccinated against COVID-19 can acquire COVID-19 asymptomatic status without indicators and transmit the virus on to another person who has not been vaccinated. HL11280
Lord Campbell-Savours to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether (1) an adenovirus vector, and (2) an mRNA, COVID-19 vaccine (a) does not prevent a vaccinated person from contracting COVID-19 but suppresses the symptoms of the disease, or (2) prevents a vaccinated person from contracting COVID-19. HL11281
Baroness Coussins to ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to make an exemption for (1) German lektors and (2) German language assistants participating in the German Academic Exchange Service programmes, from the standard skilled worker visa regulations in respect of the salary threshold. HL11283
Lord Dholakia to ask Her Majesty's Government what measures Ofwat has taken to increase competition in the non-household retail marketplace. HL11284
Lord Dholakia to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the use of Parent Company Guarantees by water wholesalers to their associated retailers in the English water retail market; and their impact on market (1) competition, and (2) distortion. HL11285
Lord Dholakia to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports that Ofwat is allowing SME customers in the English water retail market to be charged in advance. HL11286
Lord Dholakia to ask Her Majesty's Government what measures Ofwat has taken to enable new entrants to the English water retail market to meet their credit support requirements. HL11287
Lord Dholakia to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the benefits the English water retail market has delivered for SMEs; and how many SMEs switched retailers in (1) 2018, and (2) 2019. HL11288
Baroness Eaton to ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to maintain public order during the COVID-19 pandemic. HL11289
Baroness Eaton to ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to remove foreign national offenders from the UK. HL11290
Baroness Eaton to ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to reform the UK's asylum system. HL11291
Baroness Eaton to ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to extend the visas of health and care workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. HL11292
Baroness Hodgson of Abinger to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to replace the role of Special Envoy on Girls Education; and, if so, when will that be announced. HL11293
Baroness Hodgson of Abinger to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to replace the role of Special Envoy on Gender Equality; and, if so, when will that be announced. HL11294
Lord Hylton to ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking with international partners to reduce the number of refugees and migrants in Greece. HL11295
Lord Hylton to ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to provide more polymerase chain reaction machines and swabs to Gaza. HL11296
Lord Hylton to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the letter sent on 6 November by homelessness organisations about making homelessness and rough-sleeping a discretionary ground for deportation; and what steps they intend to take in response to the representations they have received. HL11297
Lord Hylton to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the merits of only permitting deportation following a recommendation to do so by the courts. HL11298
Lord Hylton to ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with (1) HMP Belmarsh, and (2) healthcare providers, about the provision of care for Julian Assange; and what assessment they have made of the case for reviewing his care. HL11299
Lord Judd to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the report by the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Music Education, the Incorporated Society of Musicians and the University of Sussex Music Education: State of the Nation, published in January 2019; and what steps they have taken to improve music education in schools. HL11300
Lord Judd to ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with local authorities about the commencement of their new, consolidated, global resettlement scheme and the resettlement of 5,000 refugees in one year at the conclusion of the Vulnerable Persons' Resettlement Scheme; and what was the outcome of any such discussions. HL11301
Baroness Kennedy of Cradley to ask Her Majesty's Government what assistance they have given to the government of Lebanon following the explosion in Beirut on 4 August. HL11302
Baroness Kennedy of Cradley to ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to address the avian influenza outbreak; and what assessment they have made of the risk of transfer to the human population. HL11303
Baroness Kennedy of Cradley to ask Her Majesty's Government what is their latest assessment of (1) the economic and (2) the political, situation in Zimbabwe. HL11304
Baroness Kennedy of Cradley to ask Her Majesty's Government what is their latest assessment of (1) the economic and (2) the political, situation in Sri Lanka. HL11305
Baroness Kennedy of Cradley to ask Her Majesty's Government what is their latest assessment of (1) the economic and (2) the political, situation in Venezuela. HL11306
Baroness Lister of Burtersett to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Bethell on 19 November (HL9485), why parents of children who have to self-isolate because of contact with someone outside their household who has tested positive are not eligible for the Test and Trace Support Payment when they also have to self-isolate; and whether there are any p… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text
Baroness Lister of Burtersett to ask Her Majesty's Government how many people have (1) applied for, (2) had an application rejected for, and (3) received, the Test and Trace Support Payment. HL11309
Baroness Lister of Burtersett to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 22 July (HL Deb, col 2294) and the "pledge to resettle a further 5,000 vulnerable people seeking refuge, from not just Syria but anywhere in the world", when they estimate they will begin to resettle the 5,000 refugees pledged to occur within one year under the… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text
Baroness Lister of Burtersett to ask Her Majesty's Government when the review on how immigration (1) status, and (2) restrictions, in particular no recourse to public funds, interact with free school meals and other educational entitlements will be (a) completed, and (b) published. HL11311
Baroness Lister of Burtersett to ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions have taken place between the Home Office and the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government about ensuring that the new Immigration Rules applying from 1 January 2021, including those which make rough sleeping grounds for refusing and cancelling someone's right to remain in the UK, do not det… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text
Baroness Lister of Burtersett to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of mindfulness teaching in (1) schools, (2) colleges, and (3) universities. HL11313
The Marquess of Lothian to ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Israel about (1) the reported killing of a Palestinian child near Ramallah on 4 December, and (2) reports that the child was shot by the Israel Defence Force. HL11314
The Marquess of Lothian to ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the government of the United States about (1) their decision to designate the Yemeni Houthis as a Foreign Terrorist Organisation, and (2) the impact of such a designation on the ability of aid agencies to deliver humanitarian supplies in that region. HL11315
The Marquess of Lothian to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification's assessment of the Food Insecurity Situation in Yemen that (1) 16,500 Yemeni's are facing a "catastrophic, famine-like situation", and (2) that this number could increase to 47,000 by June 2021; and what plans they have to increase aid spendi… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text
The Marquess of Lothian to ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the incoming US presidential administration about the future of the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action between Iran, Germany and the UN Security Council permanent members. HL11317
The Marquess of Lothian to ask Her Majesty's Government what action they are taking to support the statement by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office on 6 December (1) that they do not recognise the result of the illegitimate Venezuelan National Assembly election held on 6 December, and (2) calling for democracy to be restored in Venezuela. HL11318
The Marquess of Lothian to ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking (1) to address any shortfall in funding for the World Health Organization-led Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator, and (2) to ensure global equitable access (a) to tests, (b) to treatments, and (c) to vaccines, to prevent economic damage to low and lower middle income countries; and what representa… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text
Lord Rogan to ask Her Majesty's Government whether anyone representing (1) the Northern Ireland Office, or (2) the Ministry of Defence, attended the meeting at Lambeth Palace on 2 November to discuss the legacy of the Troubles in Northern Ireland; and if so, who authorised any such attendance. HL11320
Lord Storey to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the financial reserves of each of (1) Belfast, (2) Birmingham, (3) Bristol, (4) Cardiff, (5) Glasgow, (6) Leeds, (7) Liverpool, (8) Manchester, (9) Newcastle, (10) Nottingham, and (11) Sheffield, local authorities; and what information they hold on such reserves in each case. HL11321
Lord Storey to ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with Liverpool City Council about their process of awarding contracts to developers. HL11323
Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to include hospitality on the level 3 Lifetime Skills Guarantee qualification list. HL11324
Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to invest in post-16 education hubs for (1) specialist, and (2) minority, provision. HL11325
Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to provide additional emergency funding for student counselling and wellbeing services. HL11326
Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to invest in gambling treatment and support services. HL11327
Baroness Tonge to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Sugg on 28 January (HL435), how they calculated the 13.6 per cent of UK Official Development Assistance spent on sexual and reproductive health and rights in 2017–18. HL11329
Lord Truscott to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the potential benefits of including blood donors in the priority groups of those to receive a COVID-19 vaccine. HL11330
Viscount Waverley to ask Her Majesty's Government what progress they have made since the UK–Africa Investment Summit in January in relation to their (1) trade policy for, (2) investment in, (3) exports to, (4) trade, but not export, finance with, and (5) trade agreements with, countries in Africa; and how UK trade objectives support the objectives of the Africa Continental Free Tr… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text
Viscount Waverley to ask Her Majesty's Government what is their assessment of when the UK will have a fully functional 5G infrastructure in place. HL11332
Viscount Waverley to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of any possible future negative impacts of the revision of procurement plans in July on the UK's 5G roll-out targets. HL11333
Viscount Waverley to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the technical capabilities of Ofcom to implement the Telecommunications (Security) Bill under the revised powers proposed for Ofcom in that Bill. HL11334