As an organization comprised of prominent members of the entertainment industry dedicated to promoting the arts as a means to peace and to defending artistic freedom, we at Creative Community For Peace (CCFP) want you to know that we stand behind you and Netflix in the face of this blatant attempt at artistic censorship.
The BDS movement seeks to isolate Israel in the cultural, academic, economic, and diplomatic arenas. Its myopic and simplistic anti-Israel worldview is threatened by the worldwide exposure Netflix has generated for Fauda's nuanced portrayal of issues related to the Israeli/Palestinian conflict.
This worldview was evident in the letter BDS wrote to Netflix, in which they continued their habit of using inaccurate and inflammatory language, such as "colonialist" and "apartheid," to describe Israel. As always, they assign every evil imaginable to Israel, while absolving the Palestinians of any and all responsibility or agency.
On the other hand, Lior Raz and Avi Issacharoff, Fauda's co-creators, go out of their way to show the conflict — and the individuals caught up in the conflict — in all its complexity. Mr. Raz, for example, has said that he sometimes sits down with his Arab actors to rewrite scenes when they feel their characters are incorrectly portrayed.
This is the power of this show — and the reason it attracts legions of fans from around the world — which mirrors the power of the arts in general; they bring up difficult but important conversations, expanding our horizons and allowing us to experience different points of view. We wish the BDS movement would join us and the creators of Fauda — and Netflix, of course, for distributing Fauda — in striving for understanding and dialogue, which is the only path to peace.
Sadly, attempts to block true understanding and instead force a black and white, good versus evil view of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict upon the world are nothing new for BDS. In threatening to sue Netflix for distributing a television series with which they disagree, they have simply taken those attempts to the next level of absurdity.
We have every confidence that you and Netflix will disregard these threats and stand behind the show. We offer our assistance if ever you should need it.
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Dozens killed after Russia strikes de facto ISIS capital in Syria
John Davison,
Nov. 6, 2015, 9:41 AM
This image from the footage taken from the Russian Defense Ministry's website on Monday shows a target hit during a Russian air raid in Syria.
AP Photo/ Russian Defense Ministry Press Service
Airstrikes by Russian warplanes on the Islamic State-held Syrian city of Raqqa killed 42 people earlier this week, including 27 civilians, the monitoring group Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Friday.
Fifteen Islamic State fighters made up the remainder of the death toll, the Britain-based Observatory said, after a series of strikes on Tuesday that hit the group's Syrian stronghold.
The bombings add to a civilian death toll from Russian strikes, which the Syrian Network for Human Rights, another monitoring group, said on Monday stood at 254 people killed in just over a month.
It was also a rare heavy Russian bombardment targeting Islamic State rather than other insurgent groups.
Russia's air force intervened in Syria's four-year civil war on September 30 on the side of President Bashar Assad, launching a campaign it said targeted Islamic State.
The US says Russian raids have mostly hit other Syrian insurgents, including foreign-backed and more moderate groups.
The Russian intervention has marked a new phase in the war, intensifying fighting in the country's west and northwest between rebels and pro-government forces backed also by Iranian troops and Lebanese Hezbollah fighters.
Russian strikes have hit Islamic State-held areas further east but have been concentrated mostly in the west.
Its air force said on Tuesday it had flown 1,631 sorties and struck 2,084 militant targets since the start of the campaign.
More than 120,000 people have been driven from their homes since Moscow's bombing campaign started, the United Nations says. The war has killed an estimated 250,000 people and driven more than 11 million from their homes.
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Q: Is there a way to define different keybinds depending on file extension in VSCode? I am trying to get something similar to VSCode Python Jupyter Notebook functionality but with C++, and I have succeeded for the most part by using Code Runner extension along with a custom python script to add a preamble to the cpp file before running it. However, I do not know of a way to make the same keybind that launches Jupyter Notebooks (Shift+Enter) working in cpp files but instead use  the Code Runner, and so I was wondering if there is a built-in way or an extension that allows adding keybinds which are prioritized under a particular file extension.
It might also be that there is a better way to do what I'm trying to do that I do not know about. Regardless, it'd be helpful to find out about the options I have.

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*Go into your keyboard shortcuts JSON file (ctrl+shift+p and search keyboard shortcuts)

*Create a new entry with the keybind you want and the command you want (if the command is through an extension you should check their Github repo for info on the specific commands enacted inside vscode)

*For the "when" section you should use the "editorLangId == ..." clause and place the language you want to use where the ... is.

In the end it should look something like this
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    "command": "[command you want]",
    "when": "editorLangId == [lang]"
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Q: Chartkiq Line Graph plotting X-axis values differently I am using the gem 'chartkiq' for plotting graphs in my Rails App.
It is working fine with bar and column types, not with line graph.
        <%= line_chart array_of_values %>
        array_ofvalues = [{:name=>"Last Year Net Sales", :data=>[[0, 1110.0],1,6450.0],[2, 13234.0], [3, 11234.0]]}, {:name=>"This Year Target Net Sales", :data=>[[0, 12000.0], [1, 5678.0], [2, 12222.0], [3, 12345.0]]}, {:name=>"This Year Net Sales", :data=>[[0, 1110.0], [1, 6450.0], [2, 13234.0], [3, 11234.0]]}]

Here, 0,1,2 and 3 are the expected values on X-axis, but what is shown on the x-axis is '5:30:00 AM 5:30:00 AM 5:30:01 AM 5:30:01 AM 5:30:02 AM 5:30:02 AM 5:30:03 AM'
Does anyone know why this happens?

A: Chartkick does not support discrete values for line charts at the moment.
https://github.com/ankane/chartkick/issues/38


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Whys And Wherefores
We return to the question of Whys & Wherefores, and bring you a selection from bygone days of Prisoner Apprecation., and stress that no questions have been answered by any of the Tally Ho editorial team. And support none of the ideas and thories which may be presented here.
Arent different numbers as individual as names?
I thought that the point of making everyone a number was to undermine their individuality. No.6 says "I am not a number, I am a person."
How does Alison-No.24 know what cards Curtis is thinking of?
The Schizoid Man? Perhaps by using pre-arranged subtle sign{eg. the position of a finger} that No.6 wouldn't notice. Just like cheating at cards.
In 'A B and C' why does No.2 assume No.6 would have attended Engadine's party after he resigned in such a hurry?
No.6 might have gone there on impulse, before deciding on where to go on holiday. We know from his conversation with Engadine that he is just starting a holiday and he is vague about it.
'Once Upon A Time' there is yet another clue to No.1's identity, which is obvious and deliberate. When Leo McKern {speaking on the red telephone} says to No.1 "You don't want to damage him!," the flashback on the screen immediately counters with "My life is my own." One of the several brilliant references to No.1's identity which McGoohan slips in. Leo says "Very well" just on cue, too.
In 'Hammer Into Anvil' No.6 orders the six copies of L'Arlesienne but only plays three of them. I've always wondered why.
Do the Rover "worshipers" in 'Free For All' represent the ambitious party faithful who worship power and the forces that oppress them, or are they meditating?
The men clustered in a circle around Rover seem to be worshiping it like a shrine - the acceptance of a controlling force, as they are unwilling or unable to think for themselves.
In contrast, No.6 is an individual who is desperately trying to break free from this kind of oppression and has to be subdued by violence. It is possible the men in dark glasses are receiving some kind of hypnotic telepathic instructions from Rover. We know it can render a victim helpless by electronic methods as well as asphyxiation.
Is the village newspaper called The Tally Ho because that is the cry of the hunt - and thus, the cry of the establishment?
Information And Observations
We kick off this time with something in the mirror. Not only in the mirror in the prisoner's London home when he was sickening for a cold and sneezed his way out of their camera. But also they repeat themselves when they place a camera in No.6's bathroom mirror. He can be observed shaving early in the episode of 'Dance of the Dead.'
A variety of languages are heard spoken in the village. French by the oriental taxi driver, then later an undetermined foreign language heard spoken by No.19 the shopkeeper to one of his customers. Yet as the Prisoner enters his emporium the shopkeeper reverts to speaking English to his lady customer!
Nadia of course speaks fluent Russian to post 5 and he to her, and that's fine. Yet what language is No.58 speaking? Whatever it is, No.2 can speak that language as well. Even No.6 picks up a phrase or two "Lye ezeet azoon."
Patrick McGoohan may very well out live all those who worked on 'the Prisoner,' is it possible that there's a cur..... no, that would be taking things just a bit too far.
Why is it females have the desire to play male roles in Prisoner re-enactments at Prisoner conventions?
Its not enough for No.6 to test himself against the village. But during 'Dance of the Dead' No.6 also pits himself physically against Rover, but not only is left found wanting, but also on his knees!
During 'Dance of the Dead' I wonder if Roland Walter Dutton thought his old colleague had actually killed the man No.6 set adrift.
No.6 should have waited to set the dead body, which was to carry his message, adrift to be carried out to sea on the ebb tide, because he failed to observe that the tide was actually coming in, and so the body would be washed up on the shore again!
The dead man washed up on the shore in 'Dance of the Dead' had a radio in his pocket. He is quite obviously a former citizen of the village, this due to his attire. But where did he get that radio?
Even village microphones are given a number. You can observe this during both episode of 'The General.' when the television announcer is on camera, and 'Hammer Into Anvil.' when the Supervisor is reading out the birthday greeting to No.6.
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Whys & wherefors continued...
Q1, numbers: Isn't it that it's numbers in the first place that make it/an individual, identifiable? Think of the internet ip numbers! I'm not a mathematicina. But what about prime numbers? Aren't they even more individual than others? In the Village numbers are a means to undermine people's individuality because a human mind is more likely to "understand" and recognise "analogue" names better than "digital" numbers.
Q2, mind reading the cards: They practised while No. 6 was being "treated" for his performnace as No. 12.
Q3, No. 6 & Engadine's party: Simply a short-cut of the episode action.
Q4, identity of No. 1: It would seem that the ambiguity was deliberate. One can contend that.
Q5, why 6 copies L'Arlesienne: The number 6! It would have taken too long on screen going through the rest.
Q6, Rover worshippers: Since little is known about Rover's way of operating technically, how it is propelled or manages to "drive" out of itself, perhaps there is an aura of - something emanating from the balloon? Something working either physically (e.g. like taking a sunbed) or psychologically on humans. Perhaps reinforcing people according to the will of those controlling Rover.
Q7, name of the Tally Ho: No, don't think so. Rather a call or cry vaguely reminding people that the "hunt" can be on them at any moment. Roughly spoken. - BCNU!
David Stimpson 18 April 2013 at 09:42
2 is a prime number I believe, and so is 7, 6 is not a prime number, that much I do know. I have written about numbers being more individual than names in the past, but prime numbers being the most individual of numbers, I had not considered that before. You could very well be right.
Indeed they did, and I have always thought that Curtis and Alison had worked out a siganl between themselves as to what card Curtis is holding up. The signal being in the way Curtis places the emphasis on the word "now."
Rover, I liked your take on this, certainly the Village Guardian is pulsating in that cave!
Good enough, as No.2 once said. I like your answers. Thank you for taking part.
Observations...
That's a thing. In this case most likely a camera is supposed to be behind the mirror. But I have the notion that there's a confusion of what the surveillance cameras see and what we, the audience, eventually get to see on the TV screen. We all know more or less accurately what kind of images surveillance cameras supply: they are rough and the footage is unedited. Thus, somebody is required to arrange the images so that they can be presented to s.b. else. Think of TV's "Big Brother" situation. However, I'm not sure if the way of presenting scenes taken by surveillance cameras and mixing it with scenes arranged according to the script, as one would stage the action, is always effected purposefully. Perhaps it was done so as to achieve a better look, simply. Still something unfinished in my mind. - BCNU!
An intersting comment, it certainly provokes more thought. But for the time being, in the debriefing session with No.2 in 'Arrival,' we learn that the Prisoner had been under close surveillance, "What was that? Sounded like a click, something in the mirror?" Well I have somethimes thought what about that camera behind the mirror, and how the said camera must have been set up in the room on the other side of the wall. Unless of course the walls in the Prisoner's house were inordinately thick!
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Gloster Meteor Jet Flies Again!
The Village Is A Mirror To Both sides
I'll Have A Double! by our own reporter
Learning By Example
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Is No.2 Fit For Further Term? asks our own reporter
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Mixed Medium Musings: What Gives You the Right???
What Gives You the Right???
- to dispose of an animal - at a farm or whatever - to let it take care of itself?
- to not spay or neuter your animal and then what do you do about those babies - that come?


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Q: Pyinstaller build not running, AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'origin' I'm trying to make a dll injector using pyinjector, it works running it as a .py, but when I use pyinstaller to package it all into an .exe I get this error.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "loader.py", line 3, in <module>
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 983, in _find_and_load
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 967, in _find_and_load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 677, in _load_unlocked
  File "PyInstaller\loader\pyimod03_importers.py", line 546, in exec_module
  File "pyinjector\__init__.py", line 1, in <module>
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 983, in _find_and_load
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 967, in _find_and_load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 677, in _load_unlocked
  File "PyInstaller\loader\pyimod03_importers.py", line 546, in exec_module
  File "pyinjector\pyinjector.py", line 6, in <module>
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'origin'
[4540] Failed to execute script loader

The relevant code from the imported module pyinjector:
import os
from importlib.util import find_spec
from ctypes import CDLL, Structure, POINTER, c_int32, byref, c_char_p
from typing import AnyStr, Callable, Any, Mapping, Type, Optional

libinjector_path = find_spec('.libinjector', __package__).origin
libinjector = CDLL(libinjector_path)

injector_t = type('injector_t', (Structure,), {})
injector_pointer_t = POINTER(injector_t)
pid_t = c_int32

and finally the code I'm using.
import psutil
from pyinjector import inject

# Iterate over all running process
pid = False

for proc in psutil.process_iter():
    try:
        # Get process name & pid from process object.
        if proc.name() == "notepad.exe":
            print("notepad detected, grabbing PID.")
            pid = proc.pid
    except (psutil.NoSuchProcess, psutil.AccessDenied, psutil.ZombieProcess):
        pass

if not pid:
    print("notepad.exe not running.")
else:
    print("Injecting.")
    inject(pid, "extension.dll")

The pyinstaller command I am using to build the exe is:
pyinstaller --onefile --debug=all --add-binary extension.dll;. loader.py

Though it is important to note I've tried a variety of flags all leading to the same error.
This is pyinstaller dev version 5.0, and python 3.7.9


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«Моби Дик» — российско-британский мультипликационный фильм 1999 года, созданный на студии «Человек и время», заказчик — 4 канал Британской телекомпании BBC. Режиссёр Наталья Орлова создала в технике живопись по стеклу мультфильм по мотивам одноимённого романа Германа Мелвилла.

Сюжет
Исмаэль мечтал отправиться в плавание и увидеть океанские просторы. Поэтому он нанялся на китобойное судно. Перед отплытием он познакомился в таверне с чернокожим гарпунером по имени Квикед и позвал его с собой. Когда судно вышло в открытое море, капитан объявил команде, что они отправляются не просто на китобойный промысел, а на охоту на громадного белого кита, которого прозвали Моби Дик. Во время предыдущей охоты капитан потерял ногу и теперь одержим жаждой мести. Во время плавания Квикед заболел лихорадкой и по его просьбе корабельный плотник смастерил ему гроб. Но Квикед выздоровел, гроб закрыли и убрали в трюм. Во время плавания капитан спрашивал у капитанов всех встреченных кораблей: Не видел ли кто белого кита? И вот наконец ответили утвердительно. Капитан велел наблюдать за морем, и когда белого кита увидели, скомандовал начинать охоту. Были спущены три шлюпки, на носу каждой был гарпунер, который метнул свой гарпун и ранил кита. Моби Дик рассвирепел и стал выпрыгивать из воды, он падал на шлюпки и потопил все. Затем он стал таранить парусник и потопил и его. На поверхности остался только Исмаэль и закрытый пустой гроб. Двое суток Исмаэль держался за плавающий гроб, пока его не подобрал другой парусник. Исмаэль решил, что он остался в живых, чтобы рассказать людям историю о Моби Дике.

Фестивали и премии
 1999 — Премия «Ника» за лучший анимационный фильм — номинация
 2000 — V Открытый Российский Фестиваль анимационного кино в Тарусе : Диплом «За последовательную разработку оригинальной технологии» режиссёру Наталии Орловой и художнику Наталии Демидовой фильм «Моби Дик». Рейтинг: 3 место «Моби Дик».

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Ссылки

 «Моби Дик» на сайте «Энциклопедия отечественного кино»
 «Моби Дик» на сайте animos.ru

Мультфильмы России 1999 года
Мультфильмы Натальи Орловой
Мультфильмы в технике живопись по стеклу
Экранизации произведений Германа Мелвилла
Моби Дик


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President of CAP Wants Half-Female Cabinet for Hillary
Neera Tanden, the President of the liberal think tank Center for American Progress (CAP) who has close ties to Hillary Clinton, is calling for a large percentage of females to hold Cabinet positions when the new US president takes office in 2017. Here is more:
If half of the members of Canada's Cabinet can be female, why couldn't we get to 50 percent, too? We're talking about finding, at minimum, 11 women out of the almost 160 million in this country who could serve in the Cabinet at once...
What would that Cabinet look like? It's not hard to imagine that, in 2017, a Michèle Flournoy, former undersecretary of defense for policy, could become the first female defense secretary, or a Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook, could become the first woman as Treasury secretary. For a Republican Cabinet, New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez would be more than qualified to lead the Justice Department, and South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley would be a highly capable choice to head the Department of Homeland Security.
CAP is known to have greatly influenced a number of policies in the Obama Administration, and will likely have a massive influence on a Hillary administration should she become president.
Labels: CAP, Hillary Clinton, Neera Tanden, think tank, think tanks


The Word is abundantly clear.
There is no room for varied opinion.
The Lord wants us to know this.
This is a Word for those who profess to be true Believers.
You can not profess to be of the Light of God and hate a brother.
If you hate, then you are in Darkness, not Light.
There is no eternal life abiding within.
We know that we have passed out of the Darkness of Death into life because we love the brethren.
If you hate and say you "love God", you are a liar.
The Lord tells us that the world will know that we are His disciples by our love for one another.
What does the world see in you?
Therefore, if you truly love God, then love one another.
This was written by the Most High God some 1900+ years ago.
How much nearer is the end today?
Be prepared to suffer in the flesh as Christ did.
Arm yourself with the same purpose.
Determined to live the balance of this life in the flesh for the will of God, not the lusts of man.
Leave behind the activities of the past life…that time was enough.
If you leave these behind, those with whom you had formerly run will be surprised..
Worry not. They will be judged by God.
We are to live in the Spirit according to the will of God.
How will this be manifest?
Above all…get that? Above all...keep fervent in love for one another. Why? Love covers a multitude of sins.
Serve one another. How? Each true believer is gifted by God. Two major arenas of spiritual giftedness are revealed here - speaking and serving. They are not mutually exclusive. If one speaks, may he speak the utterances of God. Whoever serves, do so by the strength the Lord provides.
Be a good steward of the grace of God released in us.
This is so that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom belongs the glory and dominion forever and ever.
How different would our world be if the Body of Christ lived like this?
Have you ever done what you felt the Lord told you to do...only to see no "results"?
A man had a problem.
His son was vexed...don't you love that word?...he was called a "lunatic"...literally it means he was "moon-struck".
He came to the Lord and cried out for mercy.
I'm certain that the disciples were thrilled with that statement.
They had apparently tried to bring relief.
They had tried to do what Jesus had told them...cast out demons.
But, they failed...and all knew.
Jesus' response is not what would be expected.
"How long shall I suffer you"… how long shall I endure?
Jesus sinned not in these statements though they sound harsh.
Jesus then summoned the boy.
The devil...demon...departed out of the boy.
The child was cured that very hour.
A demon caused the problem.
Jesus rebuked the demon, it left.
Much of what we call "medical problems" are not such - they are demons having their way with humans.
The disciples waited until they were "apart with Jesus"...alone with Him...to enquire what had occurred - pride thing.
Why could they not cast out the demon?
Jesus then tells us the power of faith.
If we had the faith as a grain of a mustard seed...very, very small seed...then we could move mountains.
If we had that small element of faith...then nothing would be impossible unto you.
Again, nothing would be impossible.
Most believers live lives of the "impossible".
Oh, there is much work...much busy-ness...much endeavor...much of man.
Let us not be such.
May we be people of the "impossible".
Oh, why did the disciples fail?
"this kind"...there is an apparent hierarchy within the demonic realm. This kind of demon does not go out but by prayer and fasting.
Jesus did not say "wait...I'll go fast and pray for three days and be back"...He was prepared.
May we be prepared by abiding in Him.
Fear, trouble and intimidation permeate the Body of Christ.
We are fearful of the religious.
We continually kowtow to corrupt practices of man, all the while exalting our "obedience" and "godliness".
In most of our communities we are in a time of training.
Training for difficult, dark days to come.
Give heed to what we are to do.
13 Who is there to harm you if you prove zealous for what is good?
No harm will come to us if we prove to be zealous for what is good.
That does not mean that suffering might not come...even death.
Blessed we are when we suffer for the sake of righteousness.
There may be temptation to fear and be troubled.
Sanctify Christ as Lord in your heart.
Sanctify means to separate from profane things, to purify, to cleanse.
Our hearts must be purified and cleanse by and before the Lord.
This will enable us to be able to give a defense for that which we believe...in season/out of season. Anytime. Anywhere.
Not a rote regurgitation of the latest tool of evangelism (as useful as they might be), but a Spirit empowered accounting of the Hope that is in us!
We are to do so with gentleness and reverence.
Reverence unto the Lord? Yes.
Reverence - honor, humility, patience - to the one before us? Yes!
Those who revile the good behavior in Christ will be put to shame.
These are issues of the heart.
What does your heart dwell upon?
"Matthew Part 1 - Lesson 5, Video 2"
"Matthew Part 1 - Lesson 4, Video 2"
These qualities are lacking in many portions of the professing church.
Folk do not know the truth of the requirement of such.
Many who claim to "be saved" are not.
In living this way, in giving blessing we will inherit a blessing.
Do you desire Life, to love, to see good days?
Then keep your tongue from evil.
Keep your tongue from deceit.
The eyes of the Lord are toward the righteous.
The ears of the Lord attend to our prayers.
Mentioned this before...if you have an Android phone...have a couple of apps for you.
You can stream our music.
You can be updated on dates.
Both have blogs, twitter action, etc. etc.
"Aliens and Strangers of Purpose"
I continue to be amazed at how folk will strive and struggle to do things "for God", yet they will not simply do what God commands.
So many go the way of Cain.
They seek to approach God in "their way" and by the fruit of "their labor" rather than in the way the Lord instructs.
They seek to be "relevant".
They seek to be "seeker-sensitive".
They seek to be a part of something "emergent".
The cute strategies and buzz-phrases of men continue to increase as does the darkness of the world.
They forget/reject the Truth of the Lord.
We saw previously that we are Living Stones, a Peculiar People, a Chosen Race, A Royal Priesthood, A Holy Nation.
We are also Aliens and Strangers to this world.
Yet, so many who would profess to be such, seek lives that pursue the world.
We must abstain from fleshly lusts...in all its flavors.
It wages war against our very soul.
Our behavior before "those outside" testifies to them.
Live in and by Him.
The Lord in His Word describes Jesus in several ways...Shepherd, Door, Light, Gate, etc.
One of my favorite comes from the following passage.
the passages in ALL CAPS are quotes from the Old Testament - things prophesied.
We once were not a people of the Lord.
Remember the mercy of the Lord.
Are you not a person of the Lord?
Then call out to Him.
Are you a Believer, yet you have turned away...you have sinned?
Stand upon the Living Rock of our Salvation.
The local Bible studies resume this week...come join us.
A loaded question I know.
We are told in the Word what to desire.
In the following, note what we are rid from our lives and what we are to desire.
Often folk believe that upon salvation we no longer will be tempted with such.
We have a decision to make as to what we will walk in.
Will we walk in the Spirit and the new man created by God?
Or, will we walk in the flesh, in the old man, in the patterns and practices of the past life "in Egypt"?
We are empowered to walk in holiness.
Yet, we can reject/override and walk in sin.
We are to desire something else.
We are to desire pure, spiritual milk.
This will provide growth in our salvation.
Usually "spiritual milk" is stated to be the Word of God - exclusively.
The Word is milk unto us.
But, I do not believe that "spiritual milk" is limited to the Word.
We know that the Spirit teaches us.
25 "I have spoken these things to you while I remain with you.
We know that the Body has a role/function.
So, the picture is that of growing in relationship in the Lord through all that He releases.
We are to crave/desire this "spiritual milk" as an infant desires its mother's milk.
If you have seen this you understand the picture.
We are not to live exclusively from "milk".
11 We have a great deal to say about this, and it's difficult to explain, since you have become too lazy to understand.
12 Although by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you the basic principles of God's revelation again. You need milk, not solid food.
13 Now everyone who lives on milk is inexperienced with the message about righteousness, because he is an infant.
14 But solid food is for the mature—for those whose senses have been trained to distinguish between good and evil.
Therefore, let us be not lazy in our pressing on in the Kingdom.
Let us not exist on milk alone.
Rather, let us partake of the solid food that the Lord gives.
Let us move beyond the "basic principles of God's revelation" into that which He has for us.
Allow the Lord to move you into maturity…trained to distinguish between good and evil.
Two new Android phone/tablet apps have been released.
One is for our worship group, Victory Park.
Another is my personal one, Dale Moore.
On both you will find our music, a blog, performance info, etc.
I hope to be providing some new instrumental things soon on mine.
"Sincerely Love One Another Earnestly"
All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like a flower of the grass. The grass withers, and the flower falls, 25 but the word of the Lord endures forever.
And this is the word that was preached as the gospel to you.
Through obedience to the Truth we have been saved by the blood of Jesus.
We have been purified by His blood.
Therefore, since we are purified, we are to manifest love for fellow brothers.
We are to love earnestly.
We are to love from a pure heart.
Sadly, this is rare within the professing Body of Christ.
Too often I have heard "I have to love them in the Lord, but I don't like them".
The Lord is abundantly clear about this.
I have mentioned it repeatedly...often I think too much…but, then the Lord mentions it repeatedly.
Jesus said that the world would know that we are His disciples by our love for one another.
Not by our love of Him.
Not by our perfect theology.
Not by our "growth" in numbers.
Not by our performances ("services" in the name of the Lord.
But rather, by our love for one another.
Not even our love of those in the world.
Many within the professing Body do not do this.
Personally I believe it is due to the fact that they are not truly saved.
I think some 75% of those who are "religious", "go to church", etc. are not truly saved.
I base this on the parable of the sower.
If they are not saved, then they can not manifest true love for one another.
Oh, we can be nice.
We can manifest the love of man.
But, one can not truly love the brethren if they are not part of the brethren.
The Word of God endures forever.
The Love of God manifested through us endures forever.
The other stuff will burn…as the grass of the field.
5 Test yourselves to see if you are in the faith. Examine yourselves. Or do you yourselves not recognize that Jesus Christ is in you?—unless you fail the test.
You are born again of imperishable seed.
You are born again through the Living and Enduring Word of God.
It is because of what we have seen earlier that the following is true.
In this passage we see these truths about the Believer's life. These have special impact on the first day of a new man-made calendar year.
Forget not the process...share it with others.
13 Therefore, with your minds ready for action, be serious and set your hope completely on the grace to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
Man craves hope...so much so that he is easily deceived by the lying mechanizations of man with "hopey/changey" words.
Jesus is the Way, the Truth the Life.
We are to be Holy as He is.
If it were not possible for the true Believer to be Holy, then God would not have commanded it.
We are holy because He is Holy.
Let us at the beginning of this year determine through Him to die to self and live the Holy life that indwells and awaits us.
Fear not the circumstance nor situation of the world in these last days.
Things will soon become "much worse" in the eyes of man.
We are to fear God. Not man. Not situation.
Here is a cool, freebie for the new year.
If you have an Android phone...our worship group, Victory Park, has a new android app. Download it here or search the Marketplace.
I'm interested in seeing what can be done with it.


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Q: When I was solving an equation with floor function in my class I was teaching floor function equation in my class . I asked my students to solve $\lfloor x\rfloor+2x=1$ by $x=n+p ,\\\space n=\lfloor x\rfloor ,\space 0 \leq p <1
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all of my student make the same mistake . their solution was $$x=n+p \to \lfloor x\rfloor+2x=1\\ n+(2n+2p)=1 \to \begin{cases}3n=1 \to n=\dfrac13 \\p=0 \end{cases}$$and $\dfrac13$ does not belong to $Z\\$
$\large After$ that I solved it by below methods
$$x=n+p \to \lfloor x\rfloor+2x=1\\ 3n+2p=1 \to (1) \to \begin{cases}3n=1 \to n=\dfrac13 \\p=0 \end{cases}\\
(2) \to \begin{cases}3n=0 \to n=\dfrac13 \\2p=1 \to p=\dfrac12 \checkmark  \end{cases} \to x=n+p=0+\dfrac12=\dfrac12\\$$ For better thinking ,I did this
$$\lfloor x\rfloor+2x=1 \to \lfloor x\rfloor=1-2x \to 1-2x =k \in Z\\x=\dfrac{1-k}{2} \to \\\lfloor \dfrac{1-k}{2}\rfloor=k\\ k \leq \dfrac{1-k}{2} <k+1
\\k \leq \dfrac{1-k}{2} <k+1 \\\begin{cases}2k \leq 1-k \to k\leq \dfrac13 \to k=...,-2,-1,0\\1-k <2k+2 \to \dfrac{-1}{3} <k \to k=0,1,2,...\end{cases} \to \color{red}{k=0} \\ x=\dfrac{1-k}{2}=\dfrac{1-0}{2}\checkmark$$
And ...
$$\lfloor x\rfloor+2x=1 \to \lfloor x\rfloor=1-2x\\f(x)=\lfloor x\rfloor ,g(x)=1-2x$$ plot them together and find cross section

$$\\ \to x=\dfrac12\\$$
That class terminated .One of my student come to me and asked for $\large more \space Idea(s)$ to solve this (and like this problem ).I said I think and answer...
Now I am asking for other solution (s) If exist ? or other observation .(k-12 class)
Thanks in advanced .

A: First $\left \lfloor  x\right \rfloor=1-2x$
In other hand by floor property $$\left \lfloor  x\right \rfloor\leq x <\left \lfloor  x\right \rfloor+1$$ or  $$1-2x\leq x < 1+1-2x$$ add +2x then
$$1\leq 3x < 2$$ or $$\frac{1}{3}\leq x< \frac{2}{3}$$
But any way  $\left \lfloor  x\right \rfloor = 0$. So $$\left \lfloor  x\right \rfloor+2x=1$$ becomes $$2x=1$$ so $$x=\frac{1}{2}$$

A: I would do like your first solution :
$$\left\lfloor x\right\rfloor+2x=1\iff 3n+2p=1\iff 2p=3n-1$$
and using $0\le p<1$, so that $0\le 2p<2$, remains only solutions $2p=0$ or $2p=1$...
When manipulating floor function, I always think the better idea for students is to give a value to $\left\lfloor x\right\rfloor$, like you do with $x=n+p$.
But the functional approach is interesting, too. Just solving $\left\lfloor x\right\rfloor=1-2x$ is not very easy when you want to be rigorous.


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Report on the 32nd Session of the Human Rights Council
by the URG team July 11, 2016 International human rights institutions, mechanisms and processes, URG Human Rights Council Reports
The 32nd regular session of the Human Rights Council (HRC32) was held from 13 June 2016 to 8 July 2016.
HRC32 marked the 10th anniversary of the establishment of the Council.
At the opening of the session, statements were delivered by Mr Choi Kyonglim, President of the Human Rights Council, Mr Didier Burkhalter, Head of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs of Switzerland, H.E. Mr Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh, Vice President of Viet Nam, and Mahmud Mammad-Guliyev, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan.
HRC32 marked the first time there has been universal participation at the Council: all UN member states took part. This was made possible by the HRC Trust Fund which supported the participation of a number of Small Island Developing States (SIDS) and Least Developed Countries (LDCs).
6 panel discussions were held during the session.
55 reports under the various items on the Council's agenda were considered.
The outcomes of the UPR working groups of the following 14 countries were adopted: Namibia, Niger, Mozambique, Estonia, Paraguay, Belgium, Denmark, Palau, Somalia, Seychelles, Solomon Islands, Latvia, Sierra Leone, and Singapore.
More than 180 side events were held by States and/or NGOs during the session.
34 texts were considered by the Council: 33 resolutions and one decision. Of these, 25 were adopted by consensus (74%), and 9 by a recorded vote (26%).
25 of the texts adopted by the Council (73.5%) had Programme Budget Implications (PBI) and 17 required new appropriations not included in previous Programme Budgets. The total costs of the newly mandated activities amounted to $2.701.900.
Briefing by the High Commissioner for Human Rights
Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, High Commissioner for Human Rights during High-level panel discussion on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the Human Rights Council: achievements and challenges at the 32nd session of the Human Right Council. 13 June 2016. UN Photo / Jean-Marc Ferré licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.
In his regular address to the Council, Mr. Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, the High Commissioner for Human Rights, expressed concern over the treatment of migrants and refugees globally. He noted that the only sustainable solution to the recent movements of people is to improve human rights in countries of origin. He encouraged the Members of the Council to focus its attention on this issue. The High Commissioner expressed concern over challenges to the independence of rule of law institutions in several countries of central and south-eastern Europe, including Hungary, Poland and The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. He referred to a number of urgent human rights situations including the conflicts in Syria, Yemen, Libya, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the deterioration of human rights in Bahrain, Burundi and Mali. The High Commissioner furthermore expressed concern over shrinking democratic space in the Maldives, concern over heightened tension in Kenya and the high incidence of gun violence and related deaths across the Americas. On a more positive note, the High Commissioner welcomed some positive recent developments in Myanmar, Argentina, and Guatemala. Finally, he underscored his Office's dedication to the 2030 Agenda and encouraged Member States to push for the delivery on the Agenda's promises. (link to statement).
Trust fund to support the participation of LDCs and SIDS
The Trust Fund for the participation of LDCs and SIDS in the work of the Council, which was set up in 2012, helped fund the participation at HRC32 of government officials from Antigua and Barbuda, Belize, Guinea Bissau, Guyana, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu.
A total of 6 panel discussions were held during the 32nd session. The panels were on the following topics (click for OHCHR meeting summaries):
High-level panel on the 10th anniversary of the Human Rights Council (annual high level panel)
30th anniversary of the Declaration on the Right to Development (panel)
Violence against indigenous women and girls and its root causes (panel as part of annual full-day discussion on women's rights)
Women's rights and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (panel as part of annual full-day discussion on women's rights)
The contribution of parliaments to the work of the Council and the UPR (panel)
The possibility of using sport and the Olympic ideal to promote human rights (panel)
Interactive Dialogues
18 mandate holders (15 thematic, 3 country-specific) presented annual reports to the Council (all of which are available here). During the 11 Interactive Dialogues (7 'clustered' and 4 individual), 76 states delivered statements (either individually or jointly), of which 13% were from the African Group, 24% from APG, 20% from EEG, 13% from GRULAC, 28% from WEOG, and 3% from other states (namely United States of America and the Holy See).
New "SOGI" mandate created
During the 32nd session, the Human Rights Council created a new Special Procedures mandate on "protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity" (see analysis and conclusions section for more detailed information on the adoption process). Following 3.5 hours of heated discussion, the resolution establishing the mandate was adopted by a vote of 23-18 with 6 abstentions. Saudi Arabia, Russia, and others who vehemently opposed the initiative said that they would refuse to cooperate with the Independent Expert.
Appointment of new mandate-holders
Five new Special Procedures mandate-holders were appointed during the session to fill existing mandates (see analysis and conclusions section for more detailed information on the appointment process):
Agnes Callamard (France) as the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions;
Ahmed Shaheed (Maldives) as the Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief;
Koumbou Boly (Burkina Faso) as the Special Rapporteur on the right to education;
Tomás Ojea Quintana (Argentina) as Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea;
Anita Ramasastry (USA) as the WEOG member of the Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises.
The Consultative Group, made up of representatives from Albania, Brazil, Egypt, France and Thailand, scrutinised 66 individual applications and interviewed 29 people for the five vacancies. The Group sent its recommendations to the President of the Council on 13th June 2016. The President followed those recommendations exactly in his proposal to the Council, sent via letter on the 30th June.
The President explained that Ahmed Shaheed will "remain in his current functions as currently the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran until the appointment and entry into functions of his successor," in order to "avoid a protection gap and ensure the smooth transition among mandate holders." As such, it is expected that Heiner Bielefeldt will remain as the Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief until autumn 2016. In his letter, the President stressed that this arrangement should be considered an "exceptional" measure, and "should not serve as a precedent and not be reiterated in future circumstances."
Item 5 discussion
A few states used the Item 5 general debate to raise issues of concern about the functioning of the Special Procedures mechanism.
India on behalf of 30 LMG states[1] expressed concern over the geographic imbalance among mandate-holders, and also about the over-reliance on voluntary contributions and earmarked funds. They welcomed the recent initiative by which mandate-holders have chosen to disclose the financial support they receive (published in the annual report presented in March), but called for further details with regard to "the utilisation … of these additional funds."
The EU took the opportunity to highlight the failure of some states to respond to communications sent to them by mandate-holders. It noted that 40 states had failed to respond to communications contained in the latest Special Procedures joint communications report, noting that 12 of those states were Council members. The EU "remind[ed] Council members that they are required under GA Resolution 60/251 to 'fully cooperate with the Council,'" adding that "a lack of timely and substantive response to Special Procedures undermines the integrity of this forum and, if it happens on a systematic basis, is incompatible with membership."
Adoption of UPR Working Groups reports
The Council adopted the UPR reports of Namibia, Niger, Mozambique, Estonia, Paraguay, Belgium, Denmark, Palau, Somalia, Seychelles, Solomon Islands, Latvia, Sierra Leone, and Singapore. A total of 2,661 recommendations were made to these 14 countries, out of which 2,121 were accepted in whole or in part and 540 were noted or rejected.
The 32nd session of the Council concluded with the adoption of 33 resolutions and one decision. This represents an increase of 31% from the number of texts adopted at the 29th session in June 2015.
Around 26% of the texts were adopted by a recorded vote.
29 (85%) of the texts adopted by the Council were thematic in nature, while only 5 (15%) dealt with country-specific situations. Of these, 3 addressed human rights violations (under agenda item 4) and 2 sought to protect human rights through technical assistance and capacity building (under item 10).
25 of the texts adopted by the Council (73.5%) had Programme Budget Implications (PBI), requiring appropriations of $2.701.900 not previously covered by the UN regular budget.
PBI?
Extra-Budgetary Appropriations
3 Accelerating efforts to eliminate violence against women: Preventing and responding to violence against women and girls, including indigenous women and girls Canada ✓ 0 Consensus
Civil society space
Chile, Ireland, Japan, Sierra Leone, Tunisia
✓ $12.800 Vote (31-9-7)
3 Enhancement of international cooperation in the field of human rights Iran (on behalf of NAM) ✗ – Consensus
Elimination of discrimination against women
Colombia, Mexico ✓ 0
Elimination of female genital mutilation
South Africa (on behalf of the African Group)
Human rights and arbitrary deprivation of nationality
Human rights and climate change
Bangladesh, Philippines, Vietnam
Human rights and international solidarity
Vote (33-1-13)
3 Mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the right to food Cuba ✓ 0 Consensus
Business and Human Rights – Improving accountability and access to remedy
Argentina, Ghana, Norway, Russian Federation
Mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons
Austria, Uganda ✓
Protection of the human rights of migrants – Strengthening the promotion and protection of the human rights of migrants including in large movements
3 Protection of the family: the role of the family in supporting the protection and promotion of human rights of persons with disabilities Bangladesh, Belarus, China, Côte d'Ivoire, Egypt, El Salvador, Mauritania, Morocco, Qatar, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, Uganda ✓ $143.700 Vote (32-3-12)
3 Promotion, protection and enjoyment of human rights on the Internet
Brazil, Nigeria, Sweden, Tunisia, Turkey, USA
✓ $82.800
Mental health and human rights
Realizing the equal enjoyment of the right to education by every girl
Promoting the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health through enhancing capacity-building in public health
Algeria, Brazil, China, Egypt, Iran, Pakistan, South Africa
Access to medicines in the context of the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
Brazil, China, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Senegal, South Africa, Thailand
✓ $98.300 Consensus
The right to a nationality: Women's Equal Nationality Rights in Law and in Practice
Algeria, Australia, Botswana, Colombia, Mexico, Slovakia, Turkey, USA
The right to education
Portugal ✗
3 The rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association Czech Republic, Indonesia, Lithuania, Maldives, Mexico, USA ✓ 0 Consensus
Trafficking in persons, especially women and children: protecting victims of trafficking and people at risk of trafficking, especially women and children in conflict and post-conflict situations
Germany, Philippines
✗ –
Youth and human rights
Côte d'Ivoire, Egypt, El Salvador, France, Greece, Italy, Morocco, Philippines, Portugal, Republic of Moldova, Tunisia
Impact of arms transfers on human rights
Ecuador, Peru
$82.800 Vote (32-10-5)
3 Protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, Uruguay ✓ $616.800 Vote (23-6-18)
3 Addressing the impact of multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination and violence in the context of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance on the full enjoyment of all human rights by women and girls Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Paraguay, Uruguay ✓ $125,500 Consensus
4 The human rights situation in the Syrian Arab Republic France, Germany, Italy, Jordan, Kuwait, Morocco, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, UK, USA ✗ – Vote (27-14-6)
4 Situation of human rights in Belarus Netherlands (on behalf of the EU) ✓ 0 Vote (15-23-9)
4 Situation of human rights in Eritrea Djibouti, Somalia ✓ $48.500 Consensus
5 The Social Forum Cuba ✗ – Consensus
5 Declaration on the right to peace Cuba ✓ 0 Vote (34-4-9)
Cooperation and assistance to Ukraine in the field of human rights
✗ – Vote (22-19-6)
Strengthening capacity-building and technical cooperation with Côte d'Ivoire in the field of human rights
✓ 0 Consensus
Decisions and President's Statements
Decision/President's Statement
"Regional arrangements for the promotion and protection of human rights"
Armenia, Mexico, Thailand, Belgium, Senegal, Republic of Korea
Analysis and conclusions
For many observers, HRC32 will be remembered, principally, as the session that refused to end. What was supposed to be the last day of the session, Friday 1st July, became bogged down with voting on numerous 'amendments from the floor' (sometimes known as 'hostile amendments') and with points of order, by Russia and others, designed to halt the appointment of new Special Procedures mandate-holders until concerns with one of the nominees (namely the recommended nominee for the mandate on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions) had been addressed.
After numerous points of order, and with no state willing to call a vote on his list of proposed appointments, the President of the Council, Ambassador Choi Kyonglim, asked members if they agreed with his proposed appointments, and proceeded to adopt the decision. However, Russia called for a point of order at the same time as the President adopted the decision, leading to a debate on the validity of the President's decision. With the meeting in deadlock, the President suspended the session at 11pm.
The session eventually resumed on Friday 8th July, when the President, based on a legal counsel from UN Office of Legal Affairs (OLA), concluded that "there are no rules for the procedural correction" of this issue and that "the decision of the President stands unless action for reconsideration is taken." OLA advised the President that reconsideration of the President's decision could only be taken if two thirds of the Council decided to do so, under rule 123. The President concluded that his decision on the appointment of the new mandate-holders stands, unless rule 123 was invoked by Members of the Council. Russia, on behalf of the Like-Minded Group, delivered a statement presenting two alternatives for appointing the new mandate holders on the basis of a "consensual approach", calling for the President to postpone the appointment of new mandate-holders until he had held further consultations. However, no Member of the Council called for the reconsideration of the President's decision of appointing the new mandate-holders, and therefore, his decision stood.
These difficulties and disagreements at the conclusion of HRC32 should not, however, be allowed to overshadow what was a substantively rich and historically significant session.
As has become a trend over recent years, much of the substantive debate and disagreement at HRC32 centred on a number of societal issues – issues which some States believe form an integral part of the universal human rights normative landscape, while others believe represent efforts to impose certain social, cultural, or religious belief systems upon the world at large; and on issues related to civil society space and human rights defenders.
Regarding the former, HRC32 saw the presentation, by Chile, Uruguay, Brazil and other sponsors, of a draft resolution on 'protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity.' The draft resolution, which inter alia responded to a report on the same subject by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, called for the establishment of a new Special Procedures mandate: an Independent Expert. The sponsors argued that because individuals around the world are regularly discriminated against, and even attacked and killed, on the basis of their sexual orientation or gender identify, it is important, in view of the universality of human rights, for the Council to address such violations.
Responding to the tabled text, a number of Council members from the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) took the floor to criticise what they viewed, in the words of the delegation of Saudi Arabia, as a "deeply divisive proposal that fails to recognise cultural differences." Nigeria, on behalf of the OIC (except Albania), argued that the resolution was designed to ensure that Western views on sexual orientation and gender identity would take root across the UN membership – irrespective of the views and concerns "of a large number of States."
Saudi Arabia therefore called a 'no action motion' on the text. This was rejected with 15 in favour, 22 against and 9 abstentions.
Pakistan, on behalf of the OIC (except Albania), then introduced a series of ten written amendments to the draft resolution, explaining that while the OIC condemned all forms of violence and discrimination against individuals, on any grounds, it could not support a text that explicitly focused on discrimination based on concepts not accepted by OIC States and that are not reflected in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The OIC amendments, inter alia, sought to replace the creation of the new mandate with a request that the High Commissioner prepare a report on violence and discrimination on grounds recognised in the Universal Declaration. The amendments also highlighted the need to respect cultural, religious and traditional values, and the negative effects of imposing values on others.
Various Western and Latin American States spoke to reject the amendments, arguing that the resolution was not an attempt to impose certain cultural values on others (for example, the UK made clear that "the resolution does not request States to recognise same-sex marriages), but rather to uphold the equal rights of all people, and to send a message from the international community that discrimination or violence against people based on their sexual orientation or gender identity is wrong, and represents a violation of their human rights.
In the ensuing votes, 7 draft amendments tabled by OIC Members were adopted and 4 were rejected (often in very close votes, decided by just one or two swing States). Normally the passing of so many amendments to their text would be considered a serious setback for the main sponsors. However, on this occasion the key proposed changes to the draft were contained in one overarching amendment, presented in document L.81, which sought to delete six key paragraphs (Mexico described this as "an attack on the heart of the resolution,") stripping away all references to sexual orientation or gender identity and eliminating the decision to establish a new Special Procedures mandate. Draft amendment L.81 was rejected with 17 in favour, 19 against and 8 abstentions.
Many of the amendments that were adopted were those that sought to underscore the need to respect cultural, religious, and traditional values, and to avoid imposing values on others.
The OIC (except Albania) then proposed four further amendments from the floor. These were rejected.
Finally, the Council took action on the draft resolution, as amended, and adopted it with 23 in favour, 18 against and 6 abstentions. After the vote, there was some surprise that South Africa, which had tabled the very first 'SOGI' resolution (in 2011), and which has a constitutional provision protecting individuals against discrimination on the basis of, inter alia, 'sexual orientation,' had abstained.
Also during HRC32, the Council considered and took action on a separate draft resolution on 'Protection of the family: the role of the family in supporting the protection and promotion of human rights of persons with disabilities' (sponsored by, inter alia, Bangladesh, China, Egypt, Mauritania, Morocco, Russia, Tunisia, and Uganda.) Introducing the text, Egypt said that the family is something of indisputable social, cultural, moral, and religious value.
While there was widespread acknowledgment that the draft resolution dealt with important human rights issues, some Western States argued that, as part of a reaction to the resolution on 'protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity,' the draft text sought to affirm the idea that there is only one type of family (father, mother, children). The UK (3), and Norway and Switzerland (1), therefore presented amendments designed to recognise the existence of various forms of family/families. All four amendments were rejected by comfortable margins. The final resolution was adopted with 32 in favour, 12 against and 3 abstentions.
Also in common with other Council sessions of recent years, a further focus of disagreement and division was the issue of civil society space, human rights defenders, freedom of association, etc. At HRC32, the principal focus of disagreement was draft resolution L.29 on 'civil society space' (presented by Chile, Ireland, Japan, Sierra Leone and Tunisia).
Ahead of Council action on draft L.29, Russia tabled 15 amendments to the text (though it subsequently withdraw 3 based on changes introduced by the sponsors). In the end, all amendments were rejected, some by comfortable margins, others in close votes (e.g. draft amendment L.54 which sought to delete some language from a paragraph on reprisals was rejected with 11 in favour, 13 against and 23 abstentions; while amendment L.59 which sought to delete part of a paragraph dealing with restrictions on NGO funding, was rejected with 19 in favour, 22 against and 15 abstentions).
The final resolution was adopted with 31 in favour, 7 against and 9 abstentions.
A final noteworthy development at HRC32 was the delivery, by Ireland on behalf of a cross-regional group of 17 states, of a concluding statement offering ideas as to how the Council might strengthen its work to prevent serious human rights violations at an early stage and in a non-selective and non-politicised manner.
[1] Nicaragua, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Vietnam, Zimbabwe, Venezuela, Cuba, Iran, China, Bolivia, Indonesia, South Africa, UAE, Egypt, Sudan, Algeria, Bangladesh, Uganda, Belarus, Pakistan, Malaysia, Singapore, Bahrain, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Philippines, Oman, Tajikistan, Eritrea, India.
Image credits: Choi Kyong-lim ( seventh from the left) President of the Human Rights Council pose with the eight former présidents of the Human Rights Council during opening day of the 32nd session of the Human Right Council, UN Photo / Jean-Marc Ferré, licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0; PHOTO FOR "HIGH LEVEL SEGMENT" SECTION; Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, High Commissioner for Human Rights during High-level panel discussion on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the Human Rights Council: achievements and challenges at the 32nd session of the Human Right Council, UN Photo / Jean-Marc Ferré, licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0; Miklos Haraszti, Special Rappoteur on the situation of Human Rights in Belarus presente his report during of the 32nd session of the Human Right Council, UN Photo / Jean-Marc Ferré, licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0; Marie-Thérèse Keita Bocoum, Independent Expert on the Central African Republic during of the 32nd session of the Human Right Council, UN Photo / Jean-Marc Ferré, licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0; Preparing for the Interactive Dialogue (with the Special Rapporteur on the right to education, Kishore Singh), Maina Kiai, Licensed under CC BY 2.0; Mike Smith, Chairperson of the Commission of Inquiry on the situation of Human Rights in Eritrea presents his report during of the 32nd session of the Human Right Council, UN Photo / Jean-Marc Ferré, licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.
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In the midst of controversy over the ill-fated Sorority Sisters reality series, VH1, the most popular network in African American homes, quietly celebrated it's 30th birthday. The channel formerly known for music videos (and not washed-up rappers and video vixens-turned-singers) is but one of many Millennial/Gen-X staples marking a big anniversary this year. Check out some of the albums, movies, TV shows and cultural events that we will reminisce over in 2015:
Music:The almost cult-like excitement over D'Angelo's new album Black Messiah late last year speaks to the staying power of the elusive soul man's debut album. Those of us who came of age in the 80s and 90s have a serious emotional attachment to Brown Sugar, released in the summer of 1995 during an amazing return to live instrumentation and old school sounds that came to be known as "Neo-Soul."
Do you remember Girl's Tyme? The group that would come to be known as Destiny's Child came together in 1990, and is celebrating 25 years of introducing the world to independent women, bootylicoiusness and of course, King Bey. Also turning a quarter of century this year is Salt & Pepa's Black's Magic album, which gave us the theme song to many an awkward Sex Ed video in the 90's.
Other notable albums that turn 20 in 2015 include: Tupac's Me Against the World, GZA's Liquid Swords, Monica's Miss Thang and Goodie Mob's Soul Food. Meanwhile,
Outkast's Stankonia and Erykah Badu's opus, Mama's Gun both turn celebrate 15 years of Southern-fried funk.
Not every musical anniversary this year is a good one. 1995 marked an incident that many denounced as the "death of Hip Hop"—the infamous1995 Source Awards, which degenerated into fights, veiled threats by hip-hop artists and the commercially viable but ultimately deadly East Coast/West Coast Rap battle. Ironically, this 20th anniversary comes as Suge Knight has returned to the national spotlight after running over a man with his car on the set of the upcoming NWA biopic.
Speaking of NWA, it was 20 years ago this year that Easy-E announced that he was infected with AIDS and died very shortly thereafter. Two decades later, open discussions about HIV and AIDS—and the importance of condom usage—have increased significantly.
Film: Some of the best black movies of all time are due for a platinum gold re-mastered re-release at your local Target in 2015. The Color Purple, which celebrates it's 30th birthday this year, reminded 'mainstream' audiences that Black people have our own stories to tell, filled with just as much drama, pathos and emotion as a dozen Meryl Streep movies. Also turning 30 this year is the Black Kung- Fu classic The Last Dragon(March 22nd, 1985), which not only inspired Busta Rhymes whole "Dangerous" video but gave us the answer to who should play Wes's father on How to Get Away with Murder.
In the "This movie made your Momma cry because it was a little too real" category, Waiting To Exhale turns 20 this year, and the late Aaliyah's Romeo Must Die marks its 15th anniversary.
Love him or hate him, the cultural juggernaut known as Tyler Perry had his first Hollywood film Diary of a Mad Black Woman" hit theatres 10 years ago this month.
Television: Thirty years ago, we were introduced to the baritone voice of Avery Brooks on Spencer for Hire, and while the end of Kevin Clash's career wasn't great, the Black puppeteer's signature muppet Elmo turns 30 in 2015 as well.
Two classic Black shows that launched the careers of dozens of actors and producers turn 25 this year: The Fresh Prince of Bel Air and In Living Color, which started the careers of the entire Wayans clan, Jamie Foxx, Jim Carey and Jennifer Lopez.
Hard as it may be to believe but 2015 is the ten year anniversary of Everybody Hates Chris, which still ranks as one of the best Black sitcoms in history.
Sadly, it was 10 years ago this summer that Dave Chappelle abruptly ended Chappelle's Show, leading to a decade of Black pop culture events that were never properly made fun of on cable.
Cultural Anniversaries:This year marks the 30th anniversary of the Move Bombing in West Philadelphia. It was one of the most depressing and violently racist attacks on the black community to happen after the Civil Rights Movement and in many respects West Philly has only recently begun to recover.
The Million Man March turns 20 this year and while plans for the big anniversary have not yet been announced, the positive outcomes of that march can still be seen in major cities across America.
This year also marks the 10-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, which is arguably one of the worst examples of federal government incompetence in American history.
In the world of sports, anniversaries can never be overlooked, and this year marks 15 years since Venus won her first Wimbledon tournament, and the 10-year anniversary of the NBA dress code, which has launched clothing lines galore and all sorts of memes–usually involving Dwayne Wade.
Jason Johnson is a professor of Political Science at Hiram College in Ohio. He is a frequent guest on MSNBC, CNN, Fox Business and Al Jazeera America. Follow him on Twitter: @DrJasonJohnson
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Researchers at Goulds Naturopathica, in Hobart TAS, Australia, reviewed the evidence.
Prospective studies were included if they evaluated herbal medicines, other than St. John's wort, in the treatment of mild-to-moderate depression and used validated instruments to assess eligibility and outcomes.
9 studies met all eligibility requirements.
3 studies investigated saffron stigma.
1 compared saffron stigma to the petal.
Individual studies of lavender, Echium, and Rhodiola rosea (Golden Root, Roseroot, Aaron's Rod) were also included.
That doesn't mean their effectiveness is proven.
Last year, a review of omega-3 fatty acids, St John's wort (Hypericum), folate, S-adenosyl-l-methionine (SAMe), acupuncture, light therapy, exercise, and mindfulness psychotherapies revealed promising results for the treatment of depression.
With the possible exception of St. John's wort, that's probably a good advice for the herbals covered in this review as well.
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