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Pre.6 Noting that Article VIII of the International Plant Protection Convention approved by the Conference of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) at its Sixth Session, on 6 December 1951 and revised by the Twentieth Session of the FAO Conference in November 1979, provides that the contracting parties to the International Plant Protection Convention undertake to co-operate with one another in organizations in establishing regional plant protection appropriate areas;
Art.2.1x For the purpose of this Agreement and in accordance with the provisions of Article II of the International Plant Protection Convention:
Art.4.1x.a (a) promote the implementation of the provisions of the International Plant Protection Convention with particular attention to measures for the control of pests, and advise Governments on the technical, administrative and legislative measures necessary to prevent the introduction and spread of pests of plants and plant products;
Art.4.1x.b (b) promote the implementation of the provisions of the International Code of Conduct on the Distribution and Use of Pesticides adopted by the FAO Conference at its Twenty-third Session in November 1985 and amended at its Twenty-fifth Session in November 1989;
Art.16.3 3. At each regular session the Governing Council of the Organization shall by a two-thirds majority of the votes cast, or by consensus when it is possible, determine the aggregate amount of contributions for the following biennium. The Governing Council shall apportion that amount on the basis of the rates at which the Member States contribute under the United Nations scale of assessments in force at the time.
Art.17.4 4. Each Member State shall accord the status, privileges and immunities referred to above by applying, mutatis mutandis, to the Organization, the representatives of States and intergovernmental organizations and to the Executive Director and staff of the Organization, the privileges and immunities provided for in the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the Specialized Agencies adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations an 21 November 1947.
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Art.19.3 3. Instruments of ratification or accession shall be deposited with the Director-General of FAO who shall be the Depositary of this Agreement.
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ADRA and Denomination Partner to Tackle COVID Worldwide
The global response has created 422 projects so far in 96 countries and has resulted in a historic collaboration between ADRA and the Adventist church during a time when many churches were closed.
ADRA has outlined this collaboration and the significant impact of this global response in a new COVID-19 Global Report, which ADRA published.
ADRA's COVID-19 Global Report outlines how the agency pivoted from existing development projects to scale up a $26M response by establishing a global taskforce to implement a new approach.
ADRA worked closely with Adventist churches in 7 out of 10 projects to deliver assistance while many churches were closed
Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic this year, the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA), the global humanitarian arm of the Seventh-day Adventist church, has been responding globally to help nearly 20 million survive the significant health challenges and economic impact that the pandemic has created. This global response has created 422 projects so far in 96 countries and has resulted in a historic collaboration between ADRA and the Adventist church during a time when many churches were closed.
ADRA has outlined this collaboration and the significant impact of this global response in a new COVID-19 Global Report, which ADRA published. View the report HERE.
"ADRA reaffirms its commitment to continue to respond to the urgent needs of disadvantaged communities heavily impacted by the COVID-19 global crisis. Our global emergency taskforce, in coordination with the Adventist church and our trusted partners, is making significant progress in helping vulnerable families recover from the difficult challenges of this pandemic," says Michael Kruger, ADRA's president. "We are grateful to the Adventist church for the significant support it has provided, as well as to our donors and volunteers for their continued assistance. We pray that this aid will give comfort and hope to every person we help and a sense of Jesus' love and compassion."
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ADRA's COVID-19 Global Report outlines how the agency pivoted from existing development projects to scale up a major response by establishing a global taskforce to implement a new approach. This helped ADRA scale up humanitarian assistance worldwide and leverage limited funds into a $26 million response that included Adventist church entities, governments, multi-lateral organizations, nonprofit organizations, corporations and other trusted partners to ensure vulnerable communities had access to life-saving essentials and life-sustaining support. This included awareness and health promotion, water and sanitation, health training, personal protective equipment (PPE), medical supplies, food security, and psycho-social support to vulnerable populations, frontline workers and first responders.
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Seventy percent of ADRA's COVID-19 response operations were established or adapted rapidly in partnership with the Adventist church with minimal or no funding. Despite the office closures and disruptions caused by the pandemic, ADRA successfully executed projects in multiple countries and multiple continents, including the following regions:
NORTH AMERICA – 69 PROJECTS IMPACTING 714,000 PEOPLE
ADRA partnered with the North American Division of Seventh-day Adventists (NAD) to donate USD$4 million in personal protective equipment (PPE), medical supplies, food and cash assistance to Adventist-run food pantries across the United States and Canada. The donation supported medical facilities facing severe supply shortages in U.S. suburban communities such as Texas, California, Maryland, and New York. More than 200 pallets of PPEs, face shields, globes and essential medical supplies were delivered to the facilities. In Canada, 510 Adventist volunteers from 39 churches also delivered food baskets, hygiene kits, psychosocial support, and cash vouchers to nearly 30,000 people.
INTER-AMERICA – 10 PROJECTS SERVING 54,000 PEOPLE
ADRA used innovative ways to adapt or change existing projects and create new ones to support migrants, refugees, and vulnerable populations during the pandemic. The initiatives totaling USD$339,000 ranged from health prevention awareness campaigns, mental health counseling, food security, crisis management training, to PPEs and medical supply donations, as well as water and sanitation projects. ADRA's relief operations in this region covered at least nine countries, including Colombia, where hundreds of Seventh-day Adventist employees donated one day of their salary to support families affected by the pandemic. In El Salvador, efforts helped more than 6,000 small business entrepreneurs and families working in agricultural projects to adapt their skills to continue earning livelihoods during the coronavirus crisis.
SOUTH AMERICA – 101 PROJECTS HELPING 764,000 PEOPLE
ADRA worked closely with the Adventist church and local partners to respond to the region's health, social and economic crisis. The response, valued at more than USD$8.8 million, included at least eight countries. The efforts featured mobile laundry and decontamination services in Argentina and Brazil where trained volunteers washed, dried, and sanitized more than 20 tons of clothes regularly for COVID-19 patients. Initiatives also included public health training and assistance to support 13,000 recipients in over 47 health centers for the homeless and trafficked children and adolescents.
EUROPE – 32 PROJECTS IMPACTING 42,000 PEOPLE
ADRA's response in Europe raised local funds to support the most vulnerable populations in developing countries around the world, as well as those inside the European region. The projects worth USD$688,000 were located in some 14 countries. In the United Kingdom, ADRA focused on community hubs for the homeless, refugees, and people with chronic conditions. In Hungary, children received laptops so they could study online. In Albania, students at risk of dropping out of school received tutoring videos via WhatsApp, and in Russia, ADRA volunteers made and distributed 70,000 masks for 35,000 people in disadvantaged communities and health workers.
Ten European ADRA offices supported humanitarian activities in Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. Additional relief projects for the underserved communities are already underway in South Sudan, Yemen, Tanzania, Lebanon, Sudan, some West African countries, Sri Lanka, and Nepal.
AFRICA – 47 PROJECTS SERVING 16 MILLION PEOPLE
While COVID-19 cases in Africa have not surged at the same levels as other regions, the effects of the pandemic and recent natural disasters in the region have created a refugee and food security crisis. To address the challenges facing Africa, ADRA launched 47 projects worth USD$8 million, including activities focused on water and sanitation for more than 53,000 households and orphans, food and hygiene kits for more than 3,600 displaced people in Mali, and protective gear and medical supplies for health professionals serving more than 72,000 families in Mozambique.
ASIA – 75 PROJECTS HELPING NEARLY 2 MILLION PEOPLE
In Asia, ADRA worked closely with the Adventist church as well as the European Union, governments, corporations, United Nations agencies, and other local partners to ensure the development achievements of recent years were not lost. To this end, ADRA carried out 75 projects worth nearly USD$1.7 million in at least 15 nations, and many activities focused on adapting existing development projects to educate communities about COVID-19 prevention. Other activities specialized in training community members to use proper sanitation and providing medical resources to community health centers. ADRA in Cambodia helped more than 10,000 households and 800 health workers through COVID-19 projects targeting community health centers. In the Philippines, ADRA leveraged partnerships with the Adventist University of the Philippines to provide psychosocial support for health workers. ADRA in Sri Lanka also leveraged funding to attract support from UNICEF to provide awareness about personal protective equipment, hygiene kits, and hand-washing basins.
SOUTH PACIFIC – 49 PROJECTS SERVING 125,000 PEOPLE
ADRA also adapted projects to meet the challenges of the pandemic in the South Pacific and created new projects in partnership with the Adventist church and other partners. The 49 projects totaled USD$1.9 million and were implemented in at least six countries. Some of the activities centered on reaching communities with more than 800 dialects, in places such as Papua New Guinea (PNG), where ADRA launched prevention awareness initiatives with multiple communication and education campaigns to ensure communities understand the threat and reduce their risk of infection. ADRA also trained women and other vulnerable community members to make soap, masks, and other products to sell to improve incomes in the community. In Australia, ADRA provided food and counseling to more than 10,000 low-income residents, migrant families, and vulnerable international students who cannot access government benefits.
MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA REGION – 27 PROJECTS SERVING 260,000 PEOPLE
In the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, ADRA covers 20 countries, including Lebanon, Iraq, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, and Yemen. During the pandemic, ADRA has been meeting the emergency needs on the ground by forming alliances with local partners and the Adventist church to increase COVID-19 awareness. The 27 projects in the region, totaling USD$419,000, are supporting refugees, low-income residents, and families affected by civil wars and impacted by recent disasters, such as the Beirut, Lebanon, explosion that happened in August. ADRA is also working to prevent the spread of the coronavirus by providing thousands of medical supplies and PPEs to hospitals that were damaged in the explosion, serving vulnerable families and children. In Yemen, ADRA has sponsored COVID-19 prevention training and distributed hygiene kits to more than 2,500 households as part of a Danish government-funded project. In Tunisia, more than 400 community members who lost their job, due to the pandemic, received cash vouchers; and in Sudan, water and sanitation support from ADRA in Canada is helping communities to have access to essential cleaning supplies.
"As we move forward, we expect to face greater challenges than we have so far. But we are prepared to face them head on. As we serve so many affected communities, ADRA will continue to carry out relief operations founded on the principle that we are stronger together—together with our partners and with the Adventist church. Our global offices, churches, ministries, schools, clinics and partners must work in step in order to address the massive impact of this pandemic to ensure that many more lives can be touched and saved," says Mario Oliveira, director for emergency management at ADRA.
Globally, more than 55 million people have contracted coronavirus and more than 1.3 million individuals have died, with the United States ranking as number one worldwide with more than 11 million confirmed cases, according to data from Johns Hopkins University (*Numbers subject to change daily). Donations to assist with the COVID-19 disaster response are urgently needed at ADRA.org/coronavirus.
The Adventist Development and Relief Agency is the international humanitarian arm of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, serving in 118 countries. Its work empowers communities and changes lives around the globe by providing sustainable community development and disaster relief. ADRA's purpose is to serve humanity so all may live as God intended. For more information, visit ADRA.org.
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Adventist Tomorrow: Fresh Ideas While Waiting for Jesus by Jack Hoehn
Edwin Torkelsen in the most recent issue of Adventist Today, asks a very pertinent question: "If I believe exactly as I did 60 years ago, where has the Spirit been?"
Did the Holy Spirit stop talking to Adventists in 1915? The book, ADVENTIST TOMORROW is not "new light" or original insights. Jack has been listening to the thoughts and insights from inspired Adventists and friends of Adventists for the past 60 years. These ideas reappear in his book ADVENTIST TOMORROW in chapters that let us think about them and decide how we could respond. Each chapter has references and reading lists to study details in more depth.
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John Brunton wrote, "I can't say I agree with the author on all the topics but he brings up some interesting points."
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James Spoo said, " My wife and I have enjoyed it immensely. It is an unprecedented and transformative rescue of Adventist thought."
Linda Nottingham wrote, "there are surprises and it is a good read, giving rise to the thoughtful revisiting of our doctrines…"
Will Eva said, "It has been a genuine pleasure and a relief of sorts to find someone who has wrestled… as you obviously have — and articulated so well in your very valuable piece of work. You have added very richly to my heart, soul and mind…"
Pastor Smuts von Rooyen wrote, "Enjoying your book Adventist Tomorrow."
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Cherri-Ann Farquharson wrote, "Very well written with a logical flow of arguments to guide through what present truth could look like, if we accepted all of the revelation we have about God."
The books is good for individual consideration. It can be even better as the basis for group discussions– Sabbath School classes who need more than recycled lessons; Book Clubs interested in sharing good reads; Classrooms; Worker's Retreats looking for some stirring up of the waters!
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I have this card and I'm thinking about getting a waterblock for it, but not a full cover waterblock, since I'm pretty sure this is a non-reference layout.
Does anyone have experience with this card, or pictures of the board layout without the heatsink on it? I was thinking about going with just a GPU waterblock, but then it makes me wonder about the VRMS and all the other components. The stock heatsink (dual fans and full coverage) takes care of these components, whereas a GPU block would not.
So tell me, HWC -- would it be a good idea to get a standalone waterblock for the GPU and maybe some of those little heat sink dudes for the RAM chips and VRMs, or should I just not bother and stick with the stock aircooling heat sink?


All risk management in some ways involves taking calculated gambles. But how well do we understand the probabilities of adverse events? How much about potential outcomes is known or unknown? And do we really understand the size of the bets we are making?
At the Risk Management Summit taking place in New Orleans on December 8, Pete Lindstrom, research director of International Data Corp. (IDC), will lead attendees through a game of placing bets and decision-making with uncertainty. Risk management often involves predicting the future, but many biases and tendencies can often get in the way of success.
The game is designed to get the risk manager into the right frame of mind to understand probability and uncertainty while still making decisions and "placing bets" about things, even without perfect information. During the game, participants will learn a little about confidence intervals, calibration, and ultimately risk management.
While the game is sure to provide some lighter moments, the Risk Management Summit will offer plenty of more serious sessions too, and some that may be downright sobering. For example, risk management experts Douglas Gay and Lisa Young will cover, "Moving from Threat to Consequence." During this session attendees will learn to move beyond gaining an understanding of the threat landscape to shift focus and to prioritize the capabilities that will allow the organization to operate no matter what threat materializes.
Another session, this one presented by risk management guru Norman Marks, looks at "Managing Risk Every Day as We Make Intelligent Decisions." He will look at how organizations can shift the risk management focus to include taking advantage of opportunities. He will consider how risk management can be a value-creating process and help companies achieve their objectives.
The summit will start with a session from Jack Jones, executive vice president of RiskLens, on "Evolving the Risk Profession." Jones will look at new ways to prioritize risks. During the session, he will highlight some of the key weaknesses in common (and even "best") practices, as well as share insights and simple steps organizations can take to evolve their risk management programs.


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Q: How can I cd to a directory without writing its name? Sometimes it's annoying to access a directory with the folder name. Say I have a directory named a b c d. Apart from using Tab, is there any way to access the folder without typing the name of the directory?
I know that Linux has a unique identifier every particular file. Can I use this to access the folder? I don't know whether this can be actually done or how to do it.
I that think when Linux implements a filesystem, it compares two directory names' uniqueness. So each directory must be unique in a space. But I think that it's like a primary key in a database system. Is the primary key the name of the directory or is there some other unique identifier (perhaps some numbers stored "under the hood")?
Try to think of this like a process. If you execute the command ps on a terminal, it outputs a process list with the name and number of each process. You have to call that process with the process number. Similarly, is there a number for a directory so that you could call the directory with its number instead of calling it with its name?

On further investigation, I have found that each directory has a unique inode. However, I have not so far found any built-in command to access a directory by its inode.

A: You can make Tab rotate the available folders instead of listing them.
Edit the file ~/.inputrc and add
"\C-i": menu-complete
"\e[Z": "\e-1\C-i"

If you want it for all users, edit /etc/inputrc instead.
Press Ctrl + x and Ctrl + r to make it effective.
Now use cdTab to navigate to your folder without writing its name. cdShift + Tab will rotate in the other direction.
Worth remembering that cd - will take you to the last visited folder.

A: You can use shell wildcards.
For instance, I can do
cd a?b?c?d

or
cd a\*b\*c\*d

And it will expand the wildcards to the actual name and change to that directory. Assuming that's the only directory which matches.
If you have both a b c d and a1b2c3d, then cd a?b?c?d will expand to either cd a1b2c3d a b c d or cd a b c d a1b2c3d (the actual order will depend on the kernel, filesystem...), and bash will silently move you to the first path.
On the other hand, you often not have so similarly named folders, so something like a*d is enough to expand that without having to type all the intermediate characters. This is specially useful when you are not actually able to type it (eg. the names are in a different script, or even a different encoding), and you would otherwise have needed to octal-encode the filename.

A: You can find this directory in a file manager, e.g. nautilus and just drag and drop it to terminal.
If you previously type cd in terminal, you will get the command.

A: Solution made by OP
No built-in command found here . But finally I am able to write a C program to use cd(lets call my program icd == (inode cd) ) to enter in a folder using inode value. Here I am posting the raw code.
But there is a fundamental problem I have faced here. While coding execution a C code from a bash needed to create child process under the bash process(parent process). From the child process the directory space is new, and I can not access parent process's directory space from there. So nothing could be done except invoked a new bash window from here. In future I will try to implement a new tab feature if people are interested in this. But I believe I have faced a lot of criticism for doing this. So people might not be interested. I have just done for my amusement.
RAW code is shared here,
#include<stdio.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <time.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include<dirent.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <grp.h>
#include<pwd.h>

using namespace std ;

int main(int argc , char *argv[] ) {

  struct stat ITR ;

  if( argc != 2 ) {
    printf("\nWrong Command\n\n") ;
    return 1 ;
  }

  long long given_inode = 0 ;
  for( int i =0 ; argv[1][i] ; i++ ){
    given_inode *= 10 ;
    given_inode += (argv[1][i]-'0') ;
  }

//  if (stat(argv[1], &ITR) == -1) {
//    perror("stat");
//    return 1  ;
//  }

  printf("%s\n",argv[0]) ;
    char PWD[1000] ;
    getcwd( PWD , 1000 ) ;

  DIR *d;
  struct dirent *p;
  char path[100000] ;
  d = opendir(".");
  if( d != NULL ) {
    while( (p = readdir(d))!= NULL ) {
        strcpy( path , "./" ) ;
        strcat( path, p->d_name ) ;
        stat(path, &ITR) ;
        //printf("%s --> ",path) ;
        //printf("%ld\n",ITR.st_ino) ;
        if( ITR.st_ino == given_inode ) {
          strcpy( path , "gnome-terminal --working-directory=" ) ;
          strcat( path, PWD ) ;
                    strcat( path, "/" ) ;
                    strcat( path, p->d_name ) ;
                    system(path) ;
                    //printf("%s\n",path) ;
                    return 0 ;
        }
    }
  }
  printf("icd %lld:No such file or directory\n",given_inode) ;
  return 0 ;

}

I am using gnome terminal here. Obviously For other distro the code will be changed.

A: Any entity in (most) file systems on Linux has an unique identifier called an inode. Notice that a file can have more than one name (hardlink), but directories have just one link in all the filesystems I know of. Notice that the concept of inode is local to the filesystem, so that in two different devices (partition or whatever) the uniqueness is not guaranteed.
You can see the inode of your directory with ls -ldi:
[:~] % ls -ldi tmp/uffa
20873234 drwxrwxr-x 2 romano romano 4096 Jun 26  2014 tmp/uffa

So you know that your directory has inode 20873234. Now you can switch to it with the command:
[:~] % cd "$(find ~ -inum 20873234 2> /dev/null)"
[:~/tmp/uffa] %

(Note that the 2> /dev/null is to shut up error messages about unreadable directories along the path.)
This command will scan the entirety of your home directory, so be patient.1
But what about using cd and the TAB-completion of your shell?

1. This must be the most2 inefficient thing I ever posted ... an ode to entropy. The reason is that the "primary key" under which the access to a file or directory is optimized, fast and direct is — guess what? — the pathname: /dir/dir/file_or_dir. Moreover, to grant you access to a given directory, the system needs to check all the permissions in the path... so again, accessing by inode means scanning recursively the filesystem.
2. Well, you can make thing worse by scanning from /.3
3. But then it won't work, because inodes are unique only on a per-filesystem (per-mount) basis.

A: Not sure if that's exactly what your asking for, but zsh has some neat tricks to access a directory by other means than typing the directory's strict name; for one, you can type a part of the name and it will expand to the directory's full name, which allows for very useful things, for example:

Hitting TAB...

A: The simplest way is to double click on the directory name (assuming it is visible on the screen), then type cd followed by space and click the wheel button on your mouse and it will copy and paste the directory name that you have highlighted. Pressing the enter key will then change to the directory required.
I use this procedure all the time and it's not just confined to directory names. It can be used for any commands using the command line.
Good luck.

A: If it is just one or a few directories, why not have aliases in your bashrc or whatever init files? For example:
alias abc='cd /tmp/"a b c"'

Then whenever you want to go in there, just type abc

A: You could write a program to create a hash table for all of your OS directories. It would basically be a tree flattening program.
But then you could do something like hash-cd 32okjv02 and it would do the hash table lookup for the 32okjv02 to directory mapping. and jump to your directory. And it would be really fast once you got all your directories indexed.
You would have to alias mkdir to call this program every new directory and maybe write a hash-table check/refresh command you could cron every minute and on logon.

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A PRIVATE WAR—ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK FEATURING "REQUIEM FOR A PRIVATE WAR" WRITTEN AND PERFORMED BY ANNIE LENNOX
Iconic singer, songwriter, and human rights activist Annie Lennox has written and recorded a song for the film A Private War which will appear on the original soundtrack to be released digitally by Music. Film Recordings November 2 and on CD November 9. Titled "Requiem For A Private War," Lennox produced the song with composer H. Scott Salinas (Just Friends, Edison), who also provided the original film score. For the Academy Award, Grammy and Golden Globe Award-winner, contributing to a film about the slain journalist Marie Colvin was a labour of love, as the two were connected by Lennox's organization The Circle which works to empower women around the globe as they challenge injustice and inequality. A magnificent ode to Colvin, the song is both haunting and powerful, as Lennox forcefully conveys the loss in her tragic passing. The film directed by Matthew Heineman (City of Ghosts, Cartel Land), and starring Rosamund Pike, Jamie Dornan, Tom Holland and Stanley Tucci will be released in theatres November 2 courtesy of Aviron Pictures.
Celebrated war correspondent Marie Colvin is a woman who is as comfortable downing martinis with high society's elite as she is brazenly staring down warlords and fleeing from gunfire. Driven by an enduring desire to bear witness and give voice to the voiceless, Colvin charges into danger, constantly testing the limits between bravery and bravado.
Says Lennox in Deadline: "It was a privilege and honour to be asked to write and record a special song for A Private War, which not only commemorates the exceptional courage and dedication of war correspondent, Marie Colvin, but, from a human rights perspective, also highlights the importance of 'from the ground' media coverage, in war torn situations around the world."
Listen to full album here: https://lnk.to/APrivateWar
1) Fear Comes Later
2) Marie's Lost Theme
3) Sunday Times
4) Sri Lanka
5) Marjah
6) Marie Loses Her Eye
7) Nice Eyepatch
8) Mass Graves
9) The End is Near
10) The Search for Truth
11) Bombs
12) Eulogy
13) Norm Dies
14) Return to the Tunnel
15) The Final Broadcast
16) Requiem for a Private War (featuring Annie Lennox)


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Community Buys Volleyball Referee a New Car
Lemuel Buster, is a 76-year-old volleyball referee in Paulding County, Georgia. Earlier this year, his car broke down and he missed a game. He then had to rent a car to make it to the next game. When the athletes and their parents heard about Mr. Buster's troubles, they banded together to help. When he arrived for the next game, he had a surprise waiting for him. Members of this community provided him with $2,000 in gift cards and a convertible car.
"We wanted to make sure he was taken care of," said one of the family members. "He was just blown away. He cried, we all cried." Of the experience, Mr. Buster said, "The whole experience is a blessing, and I am very thankful and humble."
Joe's Perspective: There is a saying that, "charity starts at home." We can all donate money to send to a foreign country to help unknown strangers. However, it's also important to help people in your own community who could use a helping hand. Mr. Buster is a treasured member of the community and he was helped by people who truly cared about him. The result is a community that felt better about itself and a cherished man who truly felt appreciated.
Your Turn: Do you think your sports teams would help someone in your own community in their time of need?
Our community has banded together in the times when we needed it the most. I can think of two instances when we did this, once when a parent was in a bad accident, and another time when a coach had cancer. We do whatever we can to help each other out
rip kobe as a figure of inspiration and bball.
this is a nice thing to do
Elle Teunissen
Yes, I for sure think our community would come together to help someone out that needs it. We are a pretty small community but I feel like we can make a big difference when we need to.
I believe that our team and community is very caring and supportive. We would most definitely band together for the greater good.
I have no doubt that the generosity of the Brebeuf Community would be demonstrated for an individual in need. If we can come together for our teammates, than we can come together for someone else.
Yes, our team if full of kind and hardworking people who know that every community always has room to help others, even if it is not in the form of material goods.
Heaven Jackson
I think our team would do anything to make someone or a community be better than it was before. We all are kind hearted and it would make us feel a lot better to make someone's day.
I believe that my community would come together and help someone in need. Being a small tall, people tend to lean towards helping out.
Maleeah
Yes I do believe that my sports community would help a person in need because my sports team care about others feelings and just by helping a person in need would make us feel like a greater team just by donating our time and kindness giving to those who deserve it
Jacob F
Yes I think we have a good community and would help somebody that really needed it.
Andrea Hicks
Yes, as a community we would help someone. I think it would be very beneficial if we were better informed on the economic status of citizens in our county to help them as well.
My community would come together and help someone in need because we are good people.
Jamison
Yes I believe our team would help someone within our community that is in need of help. Doing this would also leave a good impression on our team that others will notice.
Josh D
For sure, our community has banded before in support of those in need and I have no doubt that we would do it again. We truly are a family.
Brendan Wood
A community will do whatever it needs to to help somebody out. When people are struggling a community comes together.
Jacob Mielke
I would say that our community would come together for someone that needs help, that's the power of a small town. We have recently rallied together to raise cancer awareness for a coach at the school.
I believe our community would have banded together in this situation. Last year one of my teammates dad was in a bad accident and we handed together to help them out any way we could, so a similar instance were to happen I know we would respond the same way.
Joe Hoedel, Ph.D.
Yes I believe that me and my teammates would definitely because we know that the person needs something and they can't afford it so we'll try our best to help the person out.
I think it was a great idea to give him a new car because they took him under their wing like they knew him forever.
Yes I definitely think if someone we loved was going through a hard time and the community surrounding them could do something to help them they definitely would.
Johanna McNair
I do believe that people in my community would help someone in need, especially in my brebeuf community because we focus on being men and women for others.
If someone we know was going through a hard time then 100% we would do something for them to lift their spirts !
If someone we know was going through a hard time then 100% we would do something for them to lift their spirts ! It would be fun along the way and could help us bond also.
Camden S
I think this story is beautiful. we should strive to be more like this in our community.
Ron Vizer
I think this is a really loving way to show their importance and i feel that if a lunch lady or teacher or anyone working at or for the school will have the same experience as this Man in a time of need
hope gebelhoff
our community would do this.one of my cheer coaches was having a rough time so we got her money to help and a teacher at my school had a daughter with cancer so we all raised money for him and he got over 15,000
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Rianna
I really liked this story. If someone was struggling, we would definitely help them in their time of need.
Reagan Bach
I feel that if someone in my community my team would help them out even my club would help out.
I feel that if someone in my community my team would help them out even my club would help out. This is a very nice story cause my team has done something like it before.
Yeah – if someone is in need, we might think of something to do to make them feel better. That's a good story.
that is good how the community helped the guy because the guy really needed the car and he could not do his job to make money.So that is very thoughtful for the community to help out and it really helped the man out.
Micah converse
i feel that if in my community my friends and family and others would help this is very nice thing to do everybody could use a little help in there life.
Sarah Webb
It is so nice that the whole community came together to help this guy get a new car after he got in a car crash, and still came to the games.
Owen Gay
Mabey I don't know
Saim Shamsi
Yes, If everyone one works together we can do anything.
Kaleb Heyliger
It's really nice to see how a community would help someone else even if they dont really know them that much
Yes they will help.
K'shawn
Yes, i think they will help
YES SIIIR
Lilly Kolb
The reaction is the best part. Its so sweet
Durham Howard
This is so nice and the reaction was really good.
sydney clem
this is such a good film to show acts of kindness to people who help out
Alicia Mellen
Wow! This really shows how one person can influence a community. I'm so glad what went around came around.
I think we will band together in a case like this we all care about each other.
I believe he did deserve what he got and the ones who helped really did care and I would be grateful myself and appreciative and I'm sure he was as well
I believe he did deserve what he got and the people in his county really do care about him and i myself really appreciate that
Katie Palmer
My team would help my community if there is something wrong.
"We wanted to make sure he was taken care of", was a really sweet and genuine line , that shows they really care about him and appreciate him.
"We wanted to make sure he was taken care of", was a really sweet and genuine line , that shows they really care about him and appreciate him. So, it's really sweet that they did that for him.
I think a community sports team would help someone in need because our community is very supportive.
Elijah lima
yeah, because it would just be the right thing to do.
Grady Rimes
Yes I think so because its the right thing
people can be really nice if you give them a chance
Cody Bowen
people are really kind in the world like me i'm really kind too and my friends are kind to all i'm saying is that people are really kind in the world.
josiah lane
this is awsome
This just shows how the community can give back and how it can really make people happy.
tayah
I think our sports teams would help someone from our community in their time of need because it is our sign of being appreciative and giving back for what he/she did to help us grow.
rose - oscoda
Probably not. And why would they, that doesnt make any sense. What did he do? Maybe if he need look food or something, but not a car.
George Kirby- Oscoda
The people in my community most likely would have shown their appreciation and helped out. It wouldn't have been a car but it would have been something sentimental to them.
Randey- Oscoda
I don't think anyone would help are refs because no one likes are refs around here.
Darron Bix
I think that they would chip in to help someone in the community if they were known to help around a lot like Lemuel Buster.
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Q: Login to Zhihu using Python selenium I want to login to Zhihu, a Chinese Q&A site. The login URL is https://www.zhihu.com/signin?next=%2F. Click on the second tab with text 密码登录 to view the login form. I wanted to login to it, but when I submit the form with all information correctly, it fails. There is a sign_in request with status 403 when I submit the form. I've tried to set the window.navigator.webdriver option to true, setting add_experimental_option("excludeSwitches", ["enable-automation"]), or even using pyppeteer, but none of them work. Any ideas for this? Thanks in advance!
UPDATE:
My code is below:
from selenium.webdriver import Chrome, ChromeOptions

options = ChromeOptions()
# options.add_argument('--headless')
options.add_experimental_option("excludeSwitches", ["enable-automation"])
options.add_experimental_option('useAutomationExtension', False)
driver = Chrome(options=options)
# Enable the script below to get rid of the `webdriver` property in JavaScript
driver.execute_cdp_cmd("Page.addScriptToEvaluateOnNewDocument", {
    "source": """
        Object.defineProperty(navigator, 'webdriver', {
        get: () => null
        })
    """
})

def login(username, password):
    # Error that may be raised while executing
    error = None
    try:
        driver.get('https://www.zhihu.com/signin?next=%2F')
        psw = driver.find_elements_by_class_name('SignFlow-tab')[1]
        psw.click()
        username_input = driver.find_element_by_name('username')
        username_input.send_keys(username)
        password_input = driver.find_element_by_name('password')
        password_input.send_keys(password)
        btn = driver.find_element_by_class_name('SignFlow-submitButton')
        btn.click()
        print('Please check the captcha.')
    except Exception as err:
        error = err
    finally:
        # Raise the error if detected
        if error:
            print(str(error))

login(input('Username: '), input('Password: '))

PS: I'm using ChromeDriver version 84.


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Lačaves () is a settlement in the hills northeast of Ormož in northeastern Slovenia. It lies next to the village of Kog, close to the border with Croatia. The area belongs to the traditional region of Styria and is now included in the Drava Statistical Region.

References

External links
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Populated places in the Municipality of Ormož

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Impact play is a human sexual practice in which one person is struck (usually repeatedly) by another person for the gratification of either or both parties which may or may not be sexual in nature. It is considered a form of BDSM.

There are a number of activities that qualify as impact play.

In erotic spanking the sub is struck on the buttocks either with the Dominant's open hand, or a rigid implement such as a paddle, cane or riding crop. In the latter case the activity is often referred to as paddling, caning or cropping.

In erotic flagellation the sub is struck with a flexible implement such a whip or belt. Whips are classified by how many falls they have:

 Single tails such as a bullwhip have a single fall. The associated activity is referred to as single tailing.
 Floggers, such as a cat o' nine tails have many falls. The associated activity is referred to as flogging.

For safety, impact play should be done on areas of the human body well protected by fat or muscle; spots to avoid include the kidneys, neck, tailbone, hipbones, the head and all joints. The usual targets for flagellation are the buttocks and the two areas of the upper back below the shoulder blades. With care, the thighs, the backs of the calves and the chest can be targets as well. Breasts are another potential (but high-risk) target, and should only be used with experience.

The use of a whip means that the Dom must take great care to hit the intended target area, and avoid wrapping; when a whip or flogger makes contact with the target area somewhere up its length and the remaining length wraps around the sub's body to deliver a sharp, non-erotic, and possibly injurious off-target blow, such as to the hipbones or ribs. The longer the falls, the more skill is required by the Dom to land a safe blow. Advanced flogging techniques use a pair of floggers employed in a martial arts style alternating pattern, a technique commonly referred to as "florentining" or "florentine flogging."

Less common forms of impact play include punching and face slapping.

The sensations produced by impact play depend on the area in which the impact is concentrated. Wide implements such as an open hand, paddle or flogger produce a dull "thuddy" sensation. Narrow implements such as a cane, riding crop, belt or single tail produce a sharp "stingy" sensation.

A slapper or smacker may also be used. This consists of a broad (3 to 4 inch wide) semi flexible leather paddle with rounded and tapered edges, designed to minimize the severity of tip strike.

History

One of the earliest depictions of erotic flagellation is found in the Etruscan Tomb of the Whipping from the fifth century BC, named after its depictions of eroticized flagellation. Another reference related to flagellation is to be found in the sixth book of the Satires of the ancient Roman Poet Juvenal (1st–2nd century A.D.) further reference can be found in Petronius's Satyricon where a delinquent is whipped for sexual arousal.

There are anecdotal reports of people willingly being bound or whipped, as a prelude to or substitute for sex, during the 14th century. Flagellation practiced within an erotic setting has been recorded from at least the 1590s, as evidenced by a John Davies epigram, and references to "flogging schools" in Thomas Shadwell's The Virtuoso (1676) and Tim Tell-Troth's Knavery of Astrology (1680). Visual evidence such as mezzotints and print media is also identified revealing scenes of flagellation in the 1600s, such as in the late seventeenth-century English mezzotint "The Cully Flaug'd" from the British Museum collection.

In the 1639 book, De Usu Flagrorum (which David Savran declared was the authoritative text on the subject for two hundred years), the author Ioannes Henricus Meibomius "rejoice[s]" to know that when someone doing flogging for sexual gratification was found in Germany, they would be burned alive.

John Cleland's novel Fanny Hill, published in 1749, incorporates a flagellation scene between the character's protagonist Fanny Hill and Mr Barville. This book is considered "the first original English prose pornography, and the first pornography to use the form of the novel". It is one of the most prosecuted and banned books in history. A large number of flagellation publications followed it, including Fashionable Lectures: Composed and Delivered with Birch Discipline (c1761), promoting the names of ladies offering the service in a lecture room with rods and cat o' nine tails.

Representations of erotic spanking and flagellation make up a large portion of Victorian pornography, for instance 1000 Nudes by Koetzle. Hundreds of thousands of engravings, photographs, and literary depictions of spanking and flagellation fantasies circulated during the Victorian era, including erotic novellas like The Whippingham Papers, The Birchen Bouquet, Exhibition of Female Flagellants or the pornographic comic opera Lady Bumtickler's Revels.

Theresa Berkley (died 1836) ran a high-class flagellation brothel at 28 Charlotte Street (which is today's 84–94 Hallam Street). She was a "governess", i.e. she specialised in chastisement, whipping, flagellation, and the like. In 1828 she invented the "Berkley Horse", an apparatus that reportedly earned her a fortune in flogging wealthy men and women of the time.  Her fame was such that the 1830 pornographic novel Exhibition of Female Flagellants was attributed to her, probably falsely.

Interest in sexual gratification received from giving, receiving and witnessing spanking began to increase during the 1800s (particularly within France and the United Kingdom). Interest was not only confined to spanking literature, but the development of photography during 19th century resulted in the beginning of the creation of spanking photography. In the context of literature, this growing demand caused the publication of numerous limited edition spanking novels (although, while the term novel is/was used many of these works from this time and subsequently can be instead classified as novellas).

This interest for spanking (both in regards to literature and photography) followed into the next century, with the early 20th century being considered the "Golden Age" of spanking literature. This period of spanking literature is marked by three notable characteristics. First, greater audiences were reached with the availability of less expensive editions and greater print runs. Second, many of the spanking novels contained numerous illustrations (many of which have fallen under public domain and are easily available online). Third, this period saw a gradual increase in the output and publication of spanking literature, growing particularly within the 1920s and peaking within the 1930s. Much of the output of spanking literature during this period was by French publishers, writers and illustrators. Similarly, within the context of spanking photography, France was also the home to the creation of much content, with the most notable studios being the Biederer Studio and the Ostra Studio. This "Golden Age" of spanking literature (and French spanking photography) came to an end as a result of the Second World War, more specifically due to the German occupation of France between 1940 and 1944 and later the enforcement of censorship laws. A somewhat notable exception to the decline of spanking literature during this period was John Willie's bondage Bizarre magazine (published between 1946 and 1959). Of the many French works from the "Golden Age" few at the time were translated into other languages within which spanking literature was popular, namely English and German, but beginning during the mid-1960s a number of these French works were translated into English and published, along with these works being republished in French and older British works also being republished. The occurrence of this was facilitated by the availability of mass-produced paperbacks and changes in censorship laws.

Today, a subculture known as Christian domestic discipline (CDD) promotes spanking of wives by their husbands as a form of punishment; some describe CDD as a form of abuse and controlling behavior, but others consider it a simple sexual fetish and an outlet for sadomasochistic desires. Christian conservative radio host Bryan Fischer said to the Huffington Post that it was a "horrifying trendbizarre, twisted, unbiblical and un-Christian".

References

External links
The basics of flogging at Albany Power Exchange

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Aliandra's passion is singing and performing, she studied voice at the Conservatorium of Music for 5 years and is currently completing a Diploma of Piano. For many years she has enjoyed participating in musical theatre productions and have had the pleasure of playing lead roles in productions such as Grease and Fame the Musical.
Through studying a Masters of architectural design, Aliandra hopes to have an impact on the built environment in ways that benefit those in need. She wishes to devote herself to initiatives that support women and young girls in developing countries. "Through infrastructural and architectural intervention, I hope to contribute to improving the quality of life of young people and communities in disadvantaged parts of the world."
If she wins the crown Aliandra will have the opportunity to represent Australia Miss World 2018. Miss World Australia holds an annual pageant to identify young Australian women who exemplify beauty, talent, intelligence and compassion. It aims to create and empower role models who will serve as ambassadors to charity, enrich the perception of beauty, and enhance a new strength, energy and spirit for the advancement of women, while positively impacting their communities.
Did you know ? Two Australian representatives have won the Miss World title, in 1968 and 1972.
How a former shy girl became a confident pageant queen: Discover Emily Johnson's story!
There are as many reasons for entering a pageant as there are girls entering, and there is a story behind each one. Some enter pageants because their friends or family encourage them, others because their classmates are doing it. And many girls are lured by the enticing prizes, hefty scholarships and visions of future fame. Here's Emily Johnson story of transforming from a shy girl to a confident contestant - "Growing up with a speech disorder along with many years of speech therapy lead be to become very shy in my everyday life. Pageants was something I watched but never believed I could do due to this" - she explained.
Coming up into high school she decided to join her first pageant - "speaking in public and even one on one with others was the biggest obstacle I had to over come" - she added.
The beautiful Emily had to opportunity to represent Brainerd in the 2018 Miss Minnesota Teen United States Pageant earlier this year, read more about her story below!


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A romantic comedy that tells the story of two people who are forced to play a fake lover for family reasons until they become true lovers. Therefore, many terms of love appear in conversation. However, the main reason for the difficulty of using the Japanese language in this anime is that the main character frequently uses idioms and young people's words that are peculiar to the Japanese language.
This is a story about Hana Ichinose, who entered high school after graduating from junior high school, spending her days with her classmates. There are no male characters, so the conversation consists of only female talk. You can enjoy the conversation of the female high school students. However, it is good for enjoying anime because it contains a lot of maniac terms and lines, but it is difficult to learn Japanese.
It is a romantic comedy about the main character who created a perfect self to avenge his childhood heroine. Because it is a romantic comedy aimed at young people, the content of conversation is often related to love, and young people's language also appears. However, the Japanese level of this romantic comedy is so high that it is not suitable for beginners to learn Japanese.
A story in which the main character, a puppeteer, meets a heroine while traveling alone, and while overcoming various hardships, they are attracted to each other. Conversations range from general to historical. Unlike its appearance, this anime is very difficult to understand in Japanese. However, since this is a historical masterpiece animation, you should watch it regardless of whether you are studying Japanese or not.
This is the story of a protagonist and an android girl who meet and become a true partner through work. Since all the characters in the story are members of society, there are a lot of business terms and the conversation is difficult. Business level Japanese learners should try the Japanese listening of this anime.
Learn Japanese with Anime: "Code Geass Lelouch of the Rebellion" (Advanced Level)
This is a difficult word level that even Japanese people are a little troubled with. Learning Japanese with this anime is quite difficult. Because there are many political elements in the story and many battle scenes.
Learn Japanese with Anime: "The Irregular at Magic High School" (Advanced Level)
Because this anime is a science fiction genre, there are many terms specific to the work. In addition, there are many military and political terms, and frequent idioms, idioms, proverbs, and difficult honorific words.
Learn Japanese with Anime: "Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress" (Advanced Level)
However, many words and terms that appear during conversation are not used today. If you like Japanese historical drama, this is a familiar word. From the perspective of learning Japanese, it is not a study in the first place. Who would like to learn a foreign language in a zombie movie?
Learn Japanese with Anime: "Guilty Crown" (Advanced Level)
As you might expect, a variety of military terms such as weapons ammunition, battles, and operations appear, and there are many terms and lines that are difficult for political relations in adult conversations. This anime can only be recommended for advanced Japanese learners who like political dramas and political struggles.
Learn Japanese with Anime: "CHAOS;HEAD" (Advanced Level)
The terms that appear are just difficult. Also, since the story itself is more difficult than the difficulty of the terminology, it is quite difficult to watch as learning Japanese.


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O my dear simpleton, there must concur besides strange conjunctures, astral influxes, and the favour of a variety of spirits, in order to bring about a work as it should be! Did it never fall within thy experience, that an artist of fine perceptions and great depth of thought has spread his canvas, and dipped his pencil into the best colours, to lure and entice the most lovely ideal into his net?
Ludwig Tieck - The Pictures; The Betrothing
For our continued influxes of feeling are modified and directed by our thoughts, which are indeed the representatives of all our past feelings; and, as by contemplating the relation of these general representatives to each other, we discover what is really important to men, so, by the repetition and continuance of this act, our feelings will be connected with important subjects, till at length, if we be originally possessed of much sensibility, such habits of mind will be produced, that, by obeying blindly and mechanically the impulses of those habits, we shall describe objects, and utter sentiments, of such a nature, and in such connexion with each other, that the understanding of the Reader must necessarily be in some degree enlightened, and his affections strengthened and purified.
- Prefaces and Prologues to Famous Books
with Introductions, Notes and Illustrations
As to these motions, and the grand influxes, there is this much we can rely on: they come by law, in their regular cycles; and we can invite their coming, and insure their stability when they do come. The more I study history, the more the significance of my present surroundings impresses me.
Kenneth Morris - The Crest-Wave of Evolution
A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19
For what answer can be made to the following extracts? " What a miracle is this! Another doctrine which Paul derived from the Oriental Philosophy, and Which makes a great figure in his writings, is the notion, that moral corruption originates in the influxes of the body upon the mind.
George Bethune English - The Grounds of Christianity Examined by Comparing The New Testament with the Old
Exempt from all such imperfections, say rather in perfect harmony with the excellences that preclude them, this openness to the influxes of good sense and information, from whatever quarter they might come, equally characterised both Lord Nelson and Sir Alexander Ball, though each displayed it in the way best suited to his natural temper.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge - Confessions of an Inquiring Spirit and Some Miscellaneous Pieces
Thus a copiousness and a flexibility, which in the instance of the Greek seem to have arisen out of that subtilty of intellect which gave birth to endless subdivision and distinction, have been in some measure compensated in our own by the influxes which it has received from the languages of many other people; and have been yet further improved by that liberty which it is to be hoped we shall always retain, each man, of speaking his thoughts after his own guise, without too much regard to any set mode or fashion.
Henry Francis Cary - Lives of the English Poets
From Johnson to Kirke White, Designed as a Continuation of
Johnson's Lives
Perhaps the poetic temperament is more liable to such morbid biases, influxes of imaginative crotchet, and mere folly that cannot be cured?
Thomas Carlyle - History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 05
The north winds sometimes cause influxes and counter-currents in the south-west part of the Caribbean Sea, which seem, during particular months, to diminish the heat as far as Terra Firma.
Alexander von Humboldt - Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1
At such times, by such influxes, the whole inner kingdom of man is roused and illumined; and not only the intellect and all noble qualities are quickened, but the passions also. The race, and the individual, are stirred to the deepest depths, and no part of you may have rest. What then will happen, unless you have the surest moral training for foundation?
Others refer rather to occasional and special influxes of special power on account of special circumstances, and drawn forth by special exigencies, as when there poured into Peter's heart the Divine Spirit that made him bold before the Council; or as when the dying martyr's spirit was flooded with a new clearness of vision that pierced the heavens and beheld the Christ.
Alexander Maclaren - Expositions of Holy Scripture: the Acts
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