U.S. Government Support for Democracy and Human Rights: The United States uses bilateral and multilateral diplomatic advocacy, foreign assistance programs, educational and cultural exchange programs, and a diverse array of policy planning tools to advance human rights and democracy around the world. The endnotes to this description of U.S. efforts to advance democracy and human rights are illustrative of countries where such efforts are active. The United States supports democracy, human rights, and governance through foreign assistance programs administered by USAID and several State Department bureaus and offices, such as the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL); the Bureau for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement (INL); the Bureau for International Organizations (IO); and the Office of Global Women's Issues (S/GWI). We also support democracy and human rights through regionally focused efforts such as the Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) and the Near East Regional Democracy (NERD) program. Democracy, human rights, and governance programs support rule of law and human rights, good governance, political competition and consensus building, and civil society. Core democracy programs are funded from a variety of appropriation accounts, including Assistance for Europe, Eurasia, and Central Asia (AEECA), Democracy Fund (DF), Development Assistance (DA), Economic Support Fund (ESF), International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement (INCLE), International Organizations and Programs (IO&P), and Transition Initiatives (TI). Beyond core democracy foreign assistance programming, this report also documents how other sources of foreign assistance and diplomatic engagement tools contribute to promoting democracy, governance, and human rights abroad.
The Department also uses public diplomacy tools to advance democracy and human rights. For example, through people-to-people exchanges, including the International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP), and the Fulbright, Humphrey, and Edward R. Murrow Fellowship programs, participants sometimes develop and share expertise on topics related to democracy and human rights. Undergraduate exchanges, including English language programs and Study of the U.S. Institutes, can build linkages and empower participants to tackle democracy and human rights challenges. The Department also reaches diverse audiences on a variety of topics, including democracy and human rights, through American Spaces, also known as Lincoln Learning Centers (LLCs) in some countries, Ambassadors' grants (ASG) and other small grants  programs, American Corners, as well as young leaders' initiatives for Africa, Southeast Asia, and the Americas. Moreover, we coordinate with the Voice of America and also fund U.S. speakers on democracy and human rights-related issues. In Africa, the U.S. promotes democratic principles and good governance through the administration of the African Growth and Opportunity Act to promote democratic principles and good governance in the areas of rule of law, political pluralism, right to due process and a fair trial, and respect for labor and human rights.
Democratic Institutions and Civil Society: During the reporting period, the U.S. government sought to strengthen the legal framework and institutions of democratic governance to improve capacity of governments to respond to citizens. The U.S. government supported initiatives and programs aimed at defending and sustaining civil society amid growing restrictions on civil society organizations globally. Such restrictions impeded efforts to advance democracy, human rights, and governance and hindered progress in other development sectors such as education, economic growth, and health. Among others, USAID's programs to strengthen civil society include: the Civil Society Innovation Initiative, the Legal Enabling Environment Program, the Global Alliance for Community Philanthropy, Information Safety and Capacity Program, Human Rights Grant Program, Supporting Civil Society Globally, and Global Labor Program. The Department has used the United States' current term as President of the Community of Democracies to encourage other democratic governments to undertake joint efforts to promote and protect civil society in emerging democracies and in multilateral fora, such as the UN Economic and Social Council Non-Governmental Organization Committee. The United States is also the largest overall donor to the UN Democracy Fund that funds projects promoting human rights and democratization globally. U.S. government activities also supported recruitment and training of democracy and civil society professionals.
U.S. support enables local organizations to further their countries' own democratic development, as well as in areas such as disaster relief, social services, and capacity building opportunities. U.S. support also enables civil society organizations to drive innovations and develop new ideas and approaches to solve social, economic, and political problems. Additionally, through support from the U.S. government, civil society actors develop their capacity to advocate to leaders to promote human rights and foster democratic institutions. These programs strengthen the ability of civil society organizations to influence governments on behalf of citizens, increase accountability, advocate for political reform, and promote tolerance. Our assistance supports organizations that work on issues such as freedoms of peaceful assembly and association, religious freedom, advancing the status of women and girls, democratic governance and political participation, the prevention of human trafficking and gender-based violence (GBV), rule of law, and protection of local independent media. These activities increase economic growth and strengthen regional security by creating a space for underrepresented groups to participate within the government rather than on the margins.
Elections and the Political Process: The U.S. conducts or funds programs that strengthen the capacity of electoral institutions and train election officials, support improved political processes, increase awareness of civic responsibilities, encourage NGOs to provide inclusive civic education and citizen advocacy, and encourage citizen participation in governance. The United States conducts and supports programming to promote and protect independent media coverage of elections, improve political party organization and elections legislation, and implement legislation to provide access to official information and protect freedom of peaceful assembly, including within the context of elections and political processes. The United States also promotes free, fair, and inclusive elections by supporting election observation missions, encouraging participation and representation by women and other marginalized groups, and building political party capacity. The United States supports free and independent media reporting to increase understanding of election processes.
The United States supports programs to promote reconciliation and prevent violence during and after elections. Such programs work with leaders from diverse political, religious, and ethnic groups to promote tolerance, respect, and reform.
Labor Rights, Economic Opportunity, and Inclusive Growth: The United States works with businesses, trade unions, and other labor and human rights organizations to promote respect for human rights, worker rights, and responsible business conduct globally. We support efforts to eliminate exploitive child labor by engaging indigenous and other communities in planning, budgeting, and monitoring to move children from exploitive labor to education programs. We support efforts to reduce and ultimately end labor trafficking by working with private sector partners to mitigate forced labor in their supply chains, and by supporting access to justice for victims of trafficking. The United States funds U.S. and local labor rights organizations for projects overseas, supports the participation and leadership of women and other vulnerable groups in worker organizations, and supports programs that combat workplace discrimination.
The United States works with the International Labor Organization, the International Finance Corporation, other international organizations, and a range of civil society partners to support worker rights and well-regulated labor markets.  The United States uses e-governance programming in its anticorruption efforts, as well as to increase government and civil society capacity. U.S. programs provide technical assistance, training, and systems support including fiscal and budget management, and support for community participation in policy discussions and associations of governors and mayors. U.S. programs help strengthen the independence and good governance of trade unions, and facilitate modern, rights-respecting industrial relations.  They seek to support the rights of members of vulnerable groups, including women, youth, and migrant workers, and promote fair labor standards and safe working conditions globally.  U.S. programs seek to address root causes of labor migration and to protect labor rights. The United States is also particularly concerned about the worst forms of child labor and forced labor/labor trafficking, and works to advance the elimination of these abuses through research, policy engagement, private sector partnerships, and technical cooperation.
Independent Media, Press Freedom, and Internet Freedom: The United States enhances professionalism of journalists through workshops, program support, technical assistance, and support for national and international journalists' associations. We utilize programming and public diplomacy to convey the importance of an independent media's role in building a democratic society. The United States supports development of journalistic ethics, media capacity, innovation, and local efforts to increase access to public information. The United States promotes academic exchanges that support independent media; visits of U.S. speakers; and an open and free internet, including the use of social networks, blogs, and electronic journals.
U.S. internet freedom programs promote the exercise of human rights online, including freedoms of expression, peaceful assembly, and association. Our programs seek to strengthen the capacity of democracy and human rights activists and organizations by helping to ensure they are using technology securely and not putting themselves or their organizations at risk. We urge the release of journalists and bloggers imprisoned for politically motivated reasons. We urge governments also to rescind criminal penalties for libel, and advocate for transparent investigations of violence against journalists. We work to address GBV that occurs online. U.S. projects further the professionalization of women in journalism, coverage of gender issues, and women's voices in the media. In closed societies, U.S.-supported broadcast programming provides the public with alternative sources of news. We support access to an open and secure internet as well as training programs that increase citizen access to information, including through U.S.-funded resource centers.
Criminal Justice, Law Enforcement, and Rule of Law: The U.S. government provides technical assistance to criminal justice and law enforcement authorities to prevent and mitigate transnational organized crime, corruption, drug trafficking, and other threats that can undermine the rule of law, often lead to human rights violations, and threaten the security and stability of the United States and its partners. U.S.-funded programs support efforts to propose, review, and implement criminal law-related legislation; train judges, police, prosecutors, corrections authorities, and defense attorneys; offer institutional support to establish and strengthen effective and accountable law enforcement structures and bar associations; and improve access to justice for women and marginalized groups. U.S. assistance further promotes the availability and use of civilian courts, mobile courts and one-stop centers for survivors of GBV. The U.S. government provides financial, intelligence, law enforcement, and/or diplomatic support to international, hybrid, mixed, and in-country criminal tribunals that pursue justice and accountability for atrocity crimes, including war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide. The Office of Global Criminal Justice (GCJ) – as the primary liaison for the U.S. government to these justice mechanisms – additionally provides direct technical advice and encouragement to support accountability for atrocities. We also support legal aid services. U.S. assistance helps national and provincial legislatures, courts, correctional institutions and authorities, and provincial and municipal authorities to advance the rule of law. U.S. support seeks to enhance citizen and security sector dialogue and expand access to justice.
The United States funds programs to protect judges and their families from violence and intimidation. Our work seeks to prevent extrajudicial killings and disappearances while encouraging the investigation and prosecution of such cases. U.S. officials exchange best practices with counterparts in reforming countries related to commercial laws, migration management laws, and anti-trafficking legislation, and support training and professional exchanges in the United States for commercial law judges.
U.S.-funded programs and U.S. engagement with foreign governments and civil society help strengthen laws and procedures to combat human trafficking, provide comprehensive emergency and long-term support for victims, and prevent and raise awareness of trafficking in persons. Our support enhances the capacity of judges, prosecutors, lawyers, law enforcement and victim service providers with the aim of advancing rule of law and justice for trafficking victims.
Promotion of Human Rights: U.S. officials urge governments to bring their human rights practices into compliance with their human rights commitments and obligations. We support systemic reforms and press for the release of political prisoners and prisoners of conscience. The United States urges governments to distinguish between those who are only seeking to express political dissent and those who are engaged in criminal activity, and then to respect the rights of those voicing dissent to exercise their freedom of expression. The U.S. government supports civil society projects to bolster freedoms of expression, association and peaceful assembly, and the rights of children, among others. U.S. assistance seeks to enhance respect for labor rights, prevent and respond to GBV, reduce discrimination against women and girls, assist indigenous communities in accessing justice mechanisms, and monitor human-rights observance by local police. We provide emergency assistance to activists under threat, support local NGO advocacy for the human rights of those under threat, and promote religious freedom.
U.S.-funded military training encourages cooperation in legal proceedings involving human rights abuses committed during conflict civilian control of the military, encourages the adoption of U.S. standards for military conduct, and improves the capacity and professionalism of militaries to be just security guarantors of their populations. Training for foreign peacekeepers through the U.S. Global Peace Operations Initiative includes instruction on human rights and promotes appropriate behavior and conduct during peacekeeping missions with the United Nations and regional organizations. Consistent with U.S. law and policy, including the Leahy law, the U.S. government does not provide assistance to any foreign security force unit for which there is credible information that the unit has committed a gross violation of human rights.
The United States works to improve deplorable prison conditions and prevent prisoner abuse, urging countries to comply with their international human rights commitments and obligations and follow internationally accepted standards to improve conditions.
The United States provides funding for international and local NGOs to identify and respond to acts of violence against women and children, including early and forced marriage. We work with community-based organizations to end the practice of female genital mutilation/cutting and other harmful practices. U.S. programs support NGOs assisting survivors of GBV in navigating the justice system, and we help provide psychosocial support to survivors. We also aid pro bono mediation specialists to develop materials for mediation training and law workshops.
Promoting the human rights of all persons is an area where the Department of State has worked to make significant progress. The Lifeline: Embattled CSOs Assistance Fund; Dignity for All; Voices Against Violence: the Gender Based Violence Initiative; and other quick-acting, U.S.-created mechanisms, some of which are supported by multiple government, private sector, and civil society partners, provide assistance to individuals and civil society organizations at the local level when they are under threat. These mechanisms also increase access to justice through provision of legal support and advocate for increased protections.
To support development of civil society within regions with large ethnic minority populations, U.S. officials work with NGOs to organize capacity building trainings and technical assistance opportunities. We support social outreach programs, networking opportunities with domestic and international NGOs, and tolerance-in-schools projects.
The United States exchanges best practices with governments globally and advocates for stronger, more comprehensive legislation against trafficking in persons. The United States produces an annual Trafficking in Persons Report, a comprehensive assessment of government efforts to combat trafficking in more than 180 countries. The report also provides policy recommendations to governments on the issue. We urge increased prosecution of suspected traffickers, protection and services for human trafficking victims, and prevention of the crime.
U.S. programs support promotion of religious freedom and tolerance. We encourage cross-sectarian dialogues and monitor government respect for religious freedom. U.S. officials meet with religious leaders and members of interfaith dialogue committees, as appropriate, in various communities.
Promotion of Disability Rights: The United States promoted the rights of persons with disabilities by assisting the development and implementation of legal reforms, including nondiscrimination laws and accessibility standards, empowering civil society organizations to promote the rights of persons with disabilities, and assisting organizations to monitor compliance with disability protections.
Promotion of Women's Rights: The U.S. National Action Plan (NAP) on Women, Peace, and Security outlines commitments to ensure women's participation in conflict prevention and resolution, peace negotiations and reconstruction, protect women and children from conflict abuse, and address the needs of women in disaster response. It sought to empower women and girls as equal partners in preventing conflict, ensure their representation in peacemaking, and protect them from violence. The Office of Global Women's Issues implements programs through its Global Women, Peace, and Security initiative to further the objectives of the NAP. The U. S. Strategy to Prevent and Respond to Gender-based Violence Globally is complementary to the NAP and serves to marshal U.S. capacity to address GBV. The Office of Global Women's Issues leads policy development for the Department on bilateral, multilateral and public diplomacy tracks to prevent and respond to GBV. The Department also administers the Gender-based Violence Emergency Response and Prevention Initiative, which provides immediate relief to survivors of extreme GBV. The Department developed the first-ever U.S. Global Strategy to Empower Adolescent Girls, aimed at ensuring adolescent girls are educated, healthy, socially and economically empowered, and free from violence and discrimination, which is being implemented closely with USAID, especially in four focus countries. The Department and USAID prioritize gender integration in all aspects of their work and support standalone and integrated interventions from the onset of a humanitarian emergency, including more than $55 million obligated through the Safe from the Start initiative since it was launched in 2013 and by leading the international Call to Action on Protection from Gender-based Violence in Emergencies.
Transitional Justice: The United States supports transitional justice processes that provide accountability, truth, reparation, and other guarantees of non-recurrence to redress legacies of atrocities.  This support is provided through expert technical expertise, high-level diplomatic engagement, and programmatic assistance to partner governments and civil society actors by USAID, DRL, GCJ, and INL.
Comment on endnotes: Because of the complexity of U.S. government programming assistance worldwide, the endnotes on country applicability are more illustrative than definitive.
 Afghanistan; Armenia; Bangladesh, Belarus Bhutan; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Brunei; Burma; Central African Republic; China; Democratic Republic of Congo; Comoros; Republic of Congo; Egypt; Fiji; Guinea-Bissau; Kazakhstan; Kosovo; Kyrgyz Republic; Laos; Lesotho; Libya; Macedonia; Malawi; Malaysia; Maldives; Mexico; Moldova; Morocco; Nepal; Pakistan; Papua New Guinea; Paraguay; Rwanda; Saudi Arabia; Sierra Leone; Singapore; Solomon Islands; Sri Lanka; Sudan; Tajikistan; Tonga; Turkmenistan; Uganda; Ukraine; Uzbekistan; Vietnam.
 Armenia; Belarus; Bhutan; Brunei Darussalam; Burma; Republic of the Congo; Kazakhstan; Kyrgyz Republic; Libya; Macedonia; Maldives; Mexico; Moldova; Nepal; Pakistan; Paraguay; Tajikistan; Turkmenistan; Ukraine; Uzbekistan.
 Armenia; Bhutan; Burma; Moldova; Nepal; Pakistan.
 Armenia; Bangladesh; Brunei Darussalam; Moldova; Nepal; Pakistan.
 Albania; Armenia; Azerbaijan; Bahrain; Bangladesh; Belarus; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Botswana; Burkina Faso; Burma; Cambodia; China; Comoros; DRC; Cote d'Ivoire; Ecuador; Egypt; Eritrea; Ethiopia; Fiji; Georgia; Guinea; Honduras; Iraq; Jordan; Kazakhstan; Kenya; Kosovo; Kuwait; Kyrgyz Republic; Laos; Lebanon; Macedonia; Madagascar; Malaysia; Malawi; Maldives; Mauritania; Mexico (Ben Franklin Library); Moldova; Montenegro; Morocco; Mozambique; Nepal; Nicaragua; Niger; Nigeria; Pakistan; Paraguay; Philippines; Senegal; Sierra Leone; Singapore; Somalia; Sri Lanka; Swaziland; Syria; Tajikistan; Tanzania; Thailand; Togo; Turkey; Turkmenistan; Uganda; Ukraine; United Arab Emirates; Venezuela Vietnam; Zambia; Zimbabwe.
 Angola; Azerbaijan; Bangladesh; Guinea-Bissau; Iran; Pakistan; Paraguay.
 Afghanistan; Algeria; Armenia; Azerbaijan; Belarus; Bolivia; Brunei Darussalam; Burma; Central African Republic; China; Egypt; Ethiopia; The Gambia; Georgia; Guinea; Kazakhstan; Kenya; Kosovo; Kuwait; Kyrgyz Republic; Laos; Lesotho; Madagascar; Malawi; Malaysia; Maldives; Mauritania; Moldova; Morocco; Nepal; Nicaragua; Nigeria; Paraguay; Pakistan; Qatar; Singapore; Sri Lanka; Sudan; Swaziland; Thailand; Togo; Turkey; Turkmenistan; Uganda; Ukraine; Uzbekistan; Zambia.
 Afghanistan; Albania; Angola; Armenia; Azerbaijan; Bahrain; Bangladesh; Belarus; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Brunei Darussalam; Burkina Faso; Burma; Burundi; Cambodia; Central African Republic; Chad; China; Colombia; Democratic Republic of Congo; Republic of the Congo; Cote d'Ivoire; Djibouti; Ecuador; Egypt; Equatorial Guinea; Fiji; Gabon; Georgia; Guatemala; Guinea; Guinea-Bissau; Haiti; Honduras; Iraq; Jordan; Kazakhstan; Kenya; Kosovo; Kyrgyz Republic; Laos; Lebanon; Liberia; Libya; Macedonia; Madagascar; Malawi; Moldova; Mozambique; Montenegro; Nepal; Nicaragua; Niger; Nigeria; Pakistan; Papua New Guinea; Pakistan: Paraguay; Philippines; Rwanda; Senegal; Serbia; Sierra Leone; Somalia; Sri Lanka; Syria; Tajikistan; Tanzania; Thailand; Togo; Tonga; Turkmenistan; Uganda; Ukraine; Uzbekistan; Venezuela; Yemen; Zambia; Zimbabwe.
 Afghanistan; Colombia; Guatemala; Haiti; Kyrgyz Republic; Maldives; Pakistan; Paraguay; Sri Lanka; Tajikistan; Ukraine.
 Afghanistan; Albania; Armenia; Azerbaijan; Belarus; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Burma; Cambodia, Colombia; Cuba; Georgia; Guatemala; Indonesia, Kazakhstan; Kenya; Kosovo; Kyrgyz Republic; Lebanon; Libya; Macedonia; Mexico; Moldova; Montenegro; Nepal; Pakistan: Serbia; Sri Lanka, Tajikistan; Uzbekistan; Ukraine.
 Afghanistan; Armenia; Azerbaijan; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Burma; Colombia; Cuba; Egypt; Georgia; Guatemala; Kazakhstan; Kosovo; Kyrgyz Republic; Lebanon; Macedonia; Mexico; Moldova; Montenegro; Tajikistan; Pakistan; Cote d'Ivoire; Gambia; Serbia; Senegal; Ukraine; Uzbekistan; Zimbabwe.
 Training to Independent Election Commission, National Assembly, Afghanistan; Elections Process Support Program, Armenia; Independent Electoral Commission, Colombia; Democratic Republic of Congo; Increased Trust in Electoral Processes, Egypt, Georgia; Guatemala; The Party Training Academy, Kosovo; Central Election Commission, Kyrgyz Republic; Legislative Strengthening Program, Malawi; Moldovan Electoral Administration Capacity Development Program, Moldova; Election Committee, Nepal; Election Commission, Pakistan; Permanent Election Committee, Qatar; La CENA Training, Senegal; Election Commission, Sri Lanka; Electoral Commission, Uganda; Political Process Program, Ukraine; Yemen.
 Training to Civil Service Commission, and the Independent Directorate of Local Governance, Afghanistan; Monitoring of Elected Bodies, and Political Process Development, Armenia; Strengthening Civic Leadership and Civic Participation in the Democratic and Electoral Process in Azerbaijan; pardons of opposition candidates, Colombia; Egypt; Guatemala; Strengthening Political Competition, Georgia; implementation of the Human Rights Action Plan, Kazakhstan; Kyrgyz Republic; Political Processes and Party Support (PPPS) Program, Strengthening Election Administration in Kosovo program, Kosovo; IVLP, Lesotho; Strengthening Democratic Political Activism, Moldova; IVLP, Morocco; IVLP, The American Library, Strengthening political parties, Electoral and legislative processes, Nepal; small grants, Nicaragua; Pilot Engagement with States (PES) program, Jos Task Force, Nigeria; IVLP, Pakistan; IVLP, Papua New Guinea; IVLP, Rwanda; ILVP, the Middle East Partnership Initiative, Morocco, Algeria, Libya, Yemen, Bahrain, Kuwait; American Connections, Singapore; enforcement of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement, Sudan; American Corners, Tajikistan; small grants, Togo; Promoting Credible Elections and Accountable Government in Togo; Political Process, Ukraine.
 Afghanistan; Armenia; Azerbaijan; Bahrain; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Burkina Faso; Burundi; Cameroon; China; Republic of the Congo; Cote d'Ivoire; Egypt; Fiji; Georgia; Guatemala; Iraq; Kazakhstan; Kosovo; Kyrgyz Republic; Lebanon; Liberia; Moldova; Morocco; Mozambique; Nepal; Nicaragua; Niger; Papua New Guinea; Pakistan; Philippines; Solomon Islands; Swaziland; Tajikistan; Tanzania; Ukraine; Libya; Yemen.
 Afghanistan; Armenia; Azerbaijan; "Get Out the Vote" (GOtV) campaign, Georgia; Egypt; Guatemala; GOtV, Kuwait; Kyrgyz Republic; Lebanon; GOtV campaign, Moldova; Pakistan; Ukraine.
 Afghanistan; Azerbaijan; Armenia; Bhutan; Cuba; Georgia; Kyrgyz Republic; Macedonia; Moldova; Pakistan; Ukraine; Uzbekistan: Zimbabwe.
 Afghanistan; Azerbaijan; Armenia; Bhutan; Burkina Faso; Colombia; Egypt; Georgia; Guatemala; Guinea; Kazakhstan; Kosovo; Kyrgyz Republic; Libya, Moldova; Pakistan; Sierra Leone; Tajikistan; Togo; Ukraine; Uzbekistan; Zimbabwe.
 Azerbaijan; Armenia; Belarus; Bhutan; Burkina Faso; Burma; Central African Republic; Cuba; Georgia; Kazakhstan; Kyrgyz Republic; Macedonia; Mauritania; Moldova; Nigeria; Pakistan; Tajikistan; Ukraine; Zimbabwe.
 Central African Republic; Guinea Bissau; Kenya; Kyrgyz Republic; Nepal, Senegal; Somalia; Zimbabwe.
 Algeria; Armenia; Bahrain; Bangladesh; Colombia; Cuba; Democratic Republic of Congo; Egypt; Ethiopia; Guatemala; Kazakhstan; Kuwait; Liberia; Mauritania; Morocco; Nepal; Niger; Pakistan; Philippines, Saudi Arabia; Sierra Leone; Somalia; Ukraine; United Arab Emirates; Vietnam; West Bank/Gaza; Yemen; Zimbabwe.
 Albania; Azerbaijan; Armenia; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Central African Republic; Democratic Republic of Congo; Egypt; Ethiopia; Jordan; Kazakhstan; Kosovo; Liberia; Libya; Mauritania; Morocco; Niger; Pakistan; Serbia; Somalia; Ukraine; Zimbabwe.
 Bangladesh; Burma; Cameroon; Colombia; Egypt; Georgia; Guatemala; Guinea; Honduras; Pakistan: the Philippines; Vietnam; Zimbabwe.
 Bangladesh; Colombia; Egypt; Guatemala; Haiti; Honduras; Iraq; Mozambique; Nicaragua; Pakistan; Zambia.
 Bangladesh, Burma; Cambodia, China; Colombia; Egypt; the Gambia; Guatemala; Haiti; Honduras; Indonesia; Jordan; Kenya; Kyrgyz Republic; Laos; Malaysia; Nepal; Niger; Nigeria; Pakistan; Thailand; Ukraine; United Arab Emirates; Vietnam.
 Afghanistan; Azerbaijan; Armenia; Belarus; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Bhutan; Burkina Faso; Central African Republic; Democratic Republic of Congo; Ecuador; Ethiopia; the Gambia; Georgia; Guinea; Guinea Bissau; Honduras; Kazakhstan; Kosovo; Kyrgyz Republic; Macedonia; Montenegro; Mexico; Moldova; Nepal; Pakistan; Serbia; Somalia; Tajikistan; Ukraine; Uzbekistan; Yemen; Zimbabwe.
 Armenia; Democratic Republic of Congo; Kyrgyz Republic; Pakistan.
A rmenia; Azerbaijan; Colombia; Honduras; Kyrgyz Republic; Mexico; Nepal; Pakistan; Russia; Somalia; Ukraine.
 Afghanistan; Armenia; Azerbaijan; Brunei Darussalam; Cambodia, China; Cuba; Ecuador; Eritrea; Georgia; Guinea Bissau; Iran; Kuwait; Kyrgyz Republic; Madagascar; Malaysia; Nigeria; Rwanda; Singapore; Syria, Timor Leste; Turkmenistan; Ukraine; Vietnam.
 Afghanistan; Albania; Algeria; Angola; Armenia; Azerbaijan; Bahrain; Bangladesh; Belarus; Bolivia; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Burkina Faso; Burma; Cambodia; Cameroon; China; Congo; Cuba; DRC; Cote d'Ivoire; Ecuador; Eritrea; Ethiopia; Guatemala; Georgia; Guinea; Haiti; Honduras; Jordan; Kazakhstan; Kenya; Kosovo; Kuwait; Kyrgyz Republic; Liberia; Laos; Macedonia; Madagascar; Malawi; Mexico (Ben Franklin Library); Moldova; Morocco; Mozambique; Nepal; Nicaragua; Niger; Nigeria; Pakistan; Paraguay; Philippines; Rwanda; Saudi Arabia; Senegal; Sierra Leone; Sri Lanka; Sudan; Swaziland; Syria; Tajikistan; Tanzania; Thailand; Togo; Turkmenistan; Uganda; Ukraine; United Arab Emirates; Uzbekistan; Venezuela; Vietnam; Yemen; Zambia; Zimbabwe.
 Albania; Azerbaijan; Armenia; Bahrain, Bosnia; Cameroon; Colombia; Democratic Republic of Congo; Egypt; Georgia; Guatemala; Honduras; Indonesia, Kazakhstan; Kosovo; Kuwait; Kyrgyz Republic; Liberia; Macedonia; Mexico; Moldova; Nepal; Pakistan; Qatar; Serbia; Ukraine; Uzbekistan.
 Albania; Armenia; Bosnia; Burkina Faso; Colombia; Ethiopia; the Gambia; Georgia; Guatemala; Honduras; Kazakhstan; Kenya; Kosovo; Kyrgyz Republic; Macedonia; Mexico; Moldova; Nepal; Nigeria; Pakistan; Serbia; Tajikistan; Ukraine; United Arab Emirates.
 Albania; Azerbaijan, Armenia; Bahrain; Bosnia; Colombia; Georgia; Guatemala; Honduras; Indonesia, Kenya; Kosovo; Kuwait; Kyrgyz Republic; Liberia; Macedonia; Mexico; Moldova; Pakistan; Qatar; Serbia; Sri Lanka; Ukraine; Uzbekistan.
 Albania, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Bahrain; Georgia, Guatemala; Kosovo, Kyrgyz Republic, Mexico; Moldova; Macedonia; Pakistan; Serbia; Sri Lanka; Tajikistan; Ukraine; Uzbekistan.
 Albania; Azerbaijan; Armenia; Bosnia; Burkina Faso; Cameroon; Colombia; Georgia; Guatemala, including through the International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG); Honduras; Kazakhstan; Kenya; Kosovo; Kyrgyz Republic; Mexico; Moldova; Nepal, Pakistan; Sri Lanka; Ukraine; United Arab Emirates.
 Armenia; Bahrain; Georgia; Kosovo; Kuwait; Kyrgyz Republic; Libya; Mexico; Moldova; Qatar; Ukraine.
 Armenia; Central African Republic; Chad; Colombia; Guatemala; Mexico; Nepal; Russia; Pakistan; the Philippines; Zimbabwe.
 Albania; Azerbaijan; Armenia; Chad; Colombia; Democratic Republic of Congo; Ethiopia; Georgia; Guatemala; Honduras; Kenya; Kosovo; Kyrgyz Republic; Mexico; Moldova; Nepal; Niger; Nigeria; Pakistan; Ukraine; United Arab Emirates; Uzbekistan; Vietnam; Zimbabwe.
 Afghanistan; Cambodia; Colombia; Democratic Republic of the Congo; Guatemala; Haiti; Iraq; Lebanon; Mexico; Morocco; Pakistan; Russia; Serbia; South Sudan; Uzbekistan. In May 2012, the Department of State published a practical guide to understanding and evaluating prison systems for Department personnel, and in May of 2013, the Department also issued a congressionally mandated report on international prison conditions that includes a description of U.S. activities and programs aimed at addressing those conditions.
 Armenia; Bangladesh; Burkina Faso; Cote d'Ivoire; Democratic Republic of Congo; Ethiopia; Guatemala; Guinea; Kazakhstan; Kenya; Liberia; Pakistan; Sudan; Ukraine; Mexico.
 Azerbaijan; Cote d'Ivoire; Georgia; Guatemala; Honduras; Pakistan; Sri Lanka.
 Albania; Azerbaijan; Bangladesh, Belarus; Cambodia, Egypt; Georgia; Guatemala; Kenya; Kosovo; Kyrgyz Republic; Lebanon; Mexico; Nepal; Niger; Nigeria; Pakistan; Sierra Leone; Ukraine; United Arab Emirates; Zimbabwe.
 Armenia; Azerbaijan; Bahrain; Burma; Cote d'Ivoire; Egypt; Ethiopia; the Gambia; Georgia; Guatemala; Kyrgyz Republic; Nepal; Nigeria; Pakistan; Uzbekistan; Zimbabwe.
 Afghanistan; Azerbaijan; Armenia; Bhutan; Burma; Central African Republic; Colombia; Egypt; Ethiopia; the Gambia; Georgia; Guatemala; Kyrgyz Republic; Lebanon; Macedonia; Mexico; Nepal; Nigeria; Pakistan; Sudan; Uzbekistan; Zimbabwe.
 Armenia; Guatemala; China; Kenya; Mexico; Vietnam.
 Afghanistan; Algeria; Armenia; Cambodia, Colombia; Guatemala; Laos, Libya; Kenya, Kuwait; Mexico; Morocco; Pakistan; Sri Lanka; Tanzania; Thailand; Vietnam.
 Armenia; Kenya; Mexico; Pakistan; the Philippines; Sri Lanka.
 Burma; Kenya; Libya; Mexico; Mozambique; Peru; the Philippines; Senegal; Ukraine; Zimbabwe.
 Afghanistan; Burundi; Central African Republic; Colombia; Côte D'Ivoire; Democratic Republic of the Congo; Guatemala; Guinea; Iraq; Kenya; Mali; Nepal; Rwanda; Sri Lanka; South Sudan; Syria; Uganda.


Cricket is first and foremost a dramatic spectacle. It belongs with the theatre, ballet, opera and the dance … It is so organized that at all times it is compelled to reproduce the central action which characterizes all good drama from the days of the Greeks to our own; two individuals are pitted against each other in a conflict that is strictly personal but no less strictly representative of a social group. One individual batsman faces one individual bowler. But each represents his side. The personal achievement may be of the utmost competence or brilliance. Its ultimate value is whether it assists the side to victory or staves off defeat. This has nothing to do with morals. It is the organizational structure on which the whole spectacle is built.
I never see a game of cricket without thinking of these words from the West Indian historian C.L.R. James. Beyond a Boundary is the greatest of sports books, because it so persuasively and eloquently places its subject within a personal, social, political and artistic framework. Famously, the book seeks to answer the question, 'What do they know of cricket who only cricket know?', and finds in the 'structurally perfect' game a catalyst for understanding the conduct of life.
Cricket stands up to all of the philosophical and critical ideas James offers, but reality can be a little more mundane than one finds on the printed page. Sitting in the unnaturally warm sunshine of a late afternoon in April at the St Lawrence ground in Canterbury, watching Kent play Gloucestershire, I thought of James's arguments. The beauty of his observation, which he expands on, is that the permutations of the game pit different talents against each other, so any one bowler may challenge any one of the eleven batsmen (or batswomen) on the other side, who in turn may face several bowlers. It is the special feature of cricket – in James's words, "while the principle of an individual representing the side at any given moment is maintained, the utmost possible change of personnel compatible with order is allowed". The essential nature of individual facing individual, each representative of their side, is enriched by the intermingling of character, ability and style. There are dramas within the drama, Achilles against Hector, Headley versus Grimmett, Holding versus Boycott.
The humble nature of the second day of an English second division match at the start of the cricket season, however, could put such argument under strain. This is a small battle being fought; the artistry is average, and from my position among the few hundred of us gathered to see the contest, I struggle to work out who is who. I don't get to as many cricket games as I would like to these days, and I can't say that I know every Kent player, let alone their special characteristics. The scoresheet in my hand gives me the names, and the scoreboard highlights the numbers of who is batting, who bowling, what the score was at the last fall of a wicket, how many over remain to the close of play. But those figures in white, for all that they have numbers on their back (with names, for the keen-eyed), are indistinguishable from one another. Yes, some bowl fast and some bowl slow, and while one batsman attempts to push on the score the other takes on the cautious anchor role, but character rarely emerges. Briefly Darren Stevens, the stocky Kent seam bowler, shows how seeming ordinariness of delivery may disguise guile, while Mitch Claydon bowls with fire, exuberantly leaping after each successive wicket in a purple patch he enjoys mid-afternoon. But ultimately we are some way off from Jamesian classical dreams. This is the day for journeymen.
Journeyman is a curious word (journeywoman exists too, but doesn't seem to carry the same weight of connotations). Its traditional meaning is that of a skilled worker who has successfully completed an apprenticeship. But somewhere along the line it has acquired a pejorative secondary meaning, that of a timeserver who does what is required but who is unremarkable, particularly in the field of sports – and in that field especially cricket. There is a lot of ordinariness in English cricket, bred of a large county structure able, somehow, to accommodate a substantial number of competent but generally unremarkable players. Their eternal round of four-day games on far-flung grounds, played under grey skies before a scattered, ageing crowd is well documented in Simon Hughes' fine autobiographical account of the life of a country cricketer, A Lot of Hard Yakka.
He had strong, but sloping shoulders; a deep chest, fairly long arms and – essential to the pace bowler – broad feet to take the jolt of the delivery stride and wide hips to cushion it. His run-in, eight accelerating and lengthening strides, had a hint of scramble about it at the beginning, but, by the eighth stride and well before his final leap, it seemed as if his limbs were gathered together in one glorious wheeling unity. He hoisted his left arm until it was pointing straight upwards, while his right hand, holding the ball, seemed to counter-poise it at the opposite pole. Meanwhile, his body, edge-wise on to the batsman, had swung its weight back on to the right foot: his back curved so that, from the other end, you might see the side of his head jutting out, as it were, from behind his left arm. Then his bowling arm came over and his body turned; he released the ball at the top of his arm-swing, with a full flick of the wrist, and then plunged through, body bending into that earth-tearing, final stride and pulling away to the off side.
All these things the textbook will tell you to do: yet no one has ever achieved so perfectly a co-ordination and exploitation of wrist, shoulders, waist, legs and feet as Maurice Tate did. It was as if bowling had been implanted in him at birth, and came out – as the great arts come out – after due digestion, at that peak of greatness which is not created – but only confirmed – by instruction.
James's point is that the appreciation of cricket as art, as opposed to static art works, lies is seeing the "image constantly recreated", an ideal that the spectator can carry round with them and recreate as required, whether they be watching the celebrated performers in a Test match or the unknown players in some village game that they might stumble across. So it is that even the journeyman, who might never arouse the level of appreciation an Arlott might see in a Tate, nevertheless brings with them the constantly recreated image of the game. They represent its spirit, its potential, and its art.
I concentrated that much more as the day wore on – it helped that Kent were playing well – and gradually what had been a game with indistinguishable figures was transformed into a contest between distinct individuals, each being themselves yet each being representative of the side. Individual contests were played out, matching character to character, while the greater narrative of one team pitted against another continued.
Above all that, the game itself was illustrated, continuing on its eternal round. James says that cricket is perhaps the only game in which the end result is of little importance: "What matters in cricket, as in all the arts, is … what everyone with some knowledge of the elements can see and feel".
I don't know that I entirely agree this, at least in its claim to an exclusivity for cricket as an art form in which the existence of the game matters more than how it may finish. I think that, deep down, it is true for all sport. Art encapsulates experience through form and feeling. So does sport. We are watching contests, one force weighed against another, with the understanding that one must triumph and the other concede. Those contests are at a micro as well as a macro level, player against player, side against side, or (if you must) nation against nation, and what matters is that they are ongoing contests, much more than the passing significance of a result. They represent the choice we have in conquering life's random obstacles. There is always the chance that we could win, and with such hope we carry on. Cricket exemplifies this, with its particular complexity and beauty, even in an ordinary county game, but it does not do so uniquely. All sport is art, if we can but see and feel.


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SL v IND 3rd Test: India win by 117 runs despite Mathews ton
Tags: India tour of Sri Lanka 2015, India, Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka Vs India 3rd Test at Colombo, Aug 28 - Sep 01, 2015
Published on: Sep 01, 2015
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Sri Lankan captain Angelo Mathews, yet again gave a wonderful account of himself as a batsman, scoring a hundred with his team's back to the wall. During his admirable partnership with debutant Kusal Perera
Sri Lankan captain Angelo Mathews, yet again gave a wonderful account of himself as a batsman, scoring a hundred with his team's back to the wall. During his admirable partnership with debutant Kusal Perera, who registered his second fifty in his debut Test, Mathews even briefly ignited hopes of a come-from-behind victory, something which Pakistan had achieved against Mathews' side during their recent visit. However, India had enough time and energy left in the tank to withstand the defiance offered by Mathews and Perera, eventually winning the Test by 117 runs, and the series 2-1
The victory, which was achieved when Amit Mishra got his first wicket of his innings by trapping last man Nuwan Pradeep plumb in front with a googly, was India's first Test series win in Lanka in more than two decades. The last such triumph was achieved in 1993, under the leadership of Mohammad Azharuddin. The series win was also Virat Kohli's first as Test captain, after having faced some frustrating times in recent matches. Ishant Sharma once again stood out for India with his fiery fast bowling, finishing with three big wickets. Ravichandran Ashwin got four to add to his second-innings fifty.
Although the 117-run triumph seems like a comprehensive win, it wasn't an easy one for India, at least not when Mathews and Perera were going strong. The game-turning moments for India came either side of the tea break. Having played almost flawlessly for his 70, Perera went for a reserve sweep, that landed straight into the hands of the fielder. Lanka went into tea on a sour note, and things only turned more bitter on resumption. India took the new ball, and in the very first over, Ishant had Mathews trapped lbw as the batsman failed to move his feet, and was hit right in front. The rest was mere formality as Rangana Herath did not offer much resistance, and Dhammika Prasad dashed back as if to avoid facing Ishant.
The day did not begin on a bright note for India as they gave a massive reprieve to Sri Lanka when Mathews nicked one behind the stumps in Ishant's very first over of the day. However, the angry fast bowler, not for the first time in the match, had overstepped. It was a massive moment as India could then have quelled Lanka's challenge very early in the day. As it turned out, the Lankan skipper went on to make India pay for the mistake. He batted resolutely, and rarely took any risks. Mathews was most impressive, leaving the ball outside off stump, knowing exactly where his stump was. He brought up a valiant century, before Ishant finally had his man.
While Mathews survived early on, there was no such reprieve in store for Kaushal Silva. He fell to a bouncer from Umesh Yadav, completely mistiming it and, in the process, handing back a simple catch. Silva lasted at the crease for 50 balls. New man Lahiru Thirimanne was low on confidence given his string of failures in recent matches. But, it seemed that he had decided to support his captain by taking on the defensive role, just like his captain. Ishant and Umesh kept things extremely tight against the duo, and the batsmen too played on the bowlers' patience. Thirimanne eventually blinked. As Ashwin was brought on, he tried to turn one on the leg side, and was caught off the leading edge, yet again by a fumbling Lokesh Rahul. Mathews and Perera then resisted wonderfully well before the latter did a Rohit Sharma, who incidentally was the catcher.
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How Zimbabwe functions without a local currency
Zimbabwe's banks are running out of cash, forcing the country to start printing its own version of the U.S. dollar.
The southern African country has been using a mix of different foreign currencies -- and most importantly U.S. dollars -- since its own currency collapsed in 2009 during a period of hyperinflation.
Dollars have been in short supply for months, but the squeeze has intensified in the past few weeks. A slump in global commodity prices and a severe drought is hurting exports, meaning the country is earning fewer dollars abroad.
Bank runs have become commonplace and some banks are turning customers away as they simply don't have enough cash in their vaults.
Zimbabweans line up to withdraw cash outside a bank in Harare, Zimbabwe.
In an effort to ease the acute cash shortages, Zimbabwe's central bank said it would start printing "bond notes" in denominations of $2, $5, $10 and $20. The country already has "bond" coins that represent U.S. dollar values. For each coin in circulation, there's an equivalent U.S. dollar held in the country's reserves.
The central bank has also limited withdrawals to $1,000 a day, and wants people to make more use of euros and South African rand. But the rand has lost 20% against the dollar in the past year, and some Zimbabweans are losing patience.
In the capital city Harare, one woman standing in line for the bank told CNNMoney that she was disappointed with all the government's "tricks."
"[I've] been queuing for cash for three days. It's painful," she said.
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Eddie Cross, an economist and member of parliament for Zimbabwe's opposition party, accused the ruling party of making matters worse by withdrawing money from the central bank reserves and issuing "IOUs" in return. This has ultimately drained money from the system, he said.
"An immediate collapse of our banking system is now threatened and, with it, what is left of our economy," he wrote in a note. And he slammed the move to print "bond notes."
"The attempt to bring back a local currency, albeit on a restricted basis... will not be accepted by the markets," he said.
The collapse of Zimbabwe's economy has meant people have to buy everything from bottled water to toothpicks from abroad, and that means cash is constantly flowing out of the country.
"We need to ensure that we retain our position as an exporter of agricultural commodities and other essentials to ensure that cash flows inbound," independent economist John Robertson told CNNMoney.
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The International Monetary Fund raised a red flag Wednesday about Zimbabwe's worsening economic difficulties.
"Economic activity is severely constrained by tight liquidity conditions resulting from limited external inflows and lower commodity prices," it said.
It also noted that weather was wreaking havoc on the nation.
"Drought, erratic rains, and increasing temperatures, have reduced agricultural output and disrupted hydropower production and water supplies."
Lines to get into Zimbabwean banks can wrap around the block.
-- CNN's Robyn Kriel contributed to this report.
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Q: UseContext can't find variable? I'm trying to understand useContext but I don't see what I'm doing wrong here, I get the error message "Can't find variable: Test" but in the tutorial I'm reading from it never says anything about needing to import/export other than what is in the code?
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    import React, { createContext } from 'react';
    const Test = createContext()

    export default function App() {
  return (
    <Test.Provider value="hello">
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const Home = () => {

    return(
        <Test.Consumer>
                <View style={styles.homeContainer}>
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A: You aren't exporting Test from App.js, so you can't just implicitly use it in Home.js.
I'd recommend moving it to another file, say, contexts.js:
import React from 'react';
const Test = React.createContext();
export {Test};

You can then do
import {Test} from './contexts';

in both (or all, in the future) of your other source files to refer to the same context type.

A: I suggest you to create the context in a separate file :
test-context.js
import { createContext } from 'react';
export const TestContext = createContext();

App.js
import React from 'react';
import { TestContext } from './test-context';

export default function App() {
  return (
    <TestContext.Provider value="hello">
        <Home/>
    </TestContext.Provider>
  );
}

In TestContext.Consumer, you must provide a function to consume the context value.
Home.js
import React from 'react';
import { TestContext } from './test-context';

export default const Home = () => {
  return (
    <TestContext.Consumer>
      value => (
        <View style={styles.homeContainer}>
          {value}
        </View>
      )
    </TestContext.Consumer>
  )
}

A: We often forget about old school rules, when reading docs about fancy libraries these days.
In your example, Context is just a JS object, in order to access Test.Consumer, Test must be in scope of the file.
So, you have to import Test object (context) on order to access the Consumer property.

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Sarah Elizabeth Reeves; born April 29, 1989) is an American musician and singer who primarily plays a Christian pop and worship style of music. She has released five extended plays and three studio albums (two of which are independently released).

Early and personal life
Reeves was born Sarah Elizabeth Reeves on April 29, 1989, in Athens, Alabama. She is the daughter of John Mark "Hershey" Reeves and Tina Key Reeves, and has two younger sisters and an older brother.  One of her younger sisters, Mary Reeves, is in the band Only in Stories. Her father is a music producer and songwriter who helped to establish Sound Cell Studios in Huntsville, Alabama, where Sarah recorded her first album. Reeves was given the call from God to become a worship leader at 15 years-old.  She is married to Philip Kothlow, and the couple reside in Nashville, Tennessee together.

Music career
Reeves' music career started in 2006 with her first major-label release, Sweet Sweet Sound, an extended play that was released on April 21, 2009, from Sparrow Records. This extended play was her breakthrough release upon the Billboard magazine charts, placing No. 19 on the Christian Albums chart and No. 9 on the Heatseekers Albums. The song "Sweet Sweet Sound" peaked at No. 27 on the Christian Songs chart and at No. 24 on the Christian AC Songs chart. Her subsequent extended play, God of the Impossible, was released on April 20, 2010, with Sparrow Records. The first studio album, Broken Things, was released on July 26, 2011. She released Christmas, a independently-made extended play, in 2013. Her second studio album, Acoustic Worship Covers, Vol. 1, was released on March 24, 2014. On May 14, 2021, the Belonging Co released "Eyes on You" featuring Sarah Reeves as the second promotional single from See the Light.

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Rượu đế
"Rượu đế" is a distilled liquor from Vietnam, made of either glutinous or non-glutinous rice. It was formerly made illegally and is thus similar to moonshine. It is most typical of the Mekong Delta region of southwestern Vietnam (its equivalent in northern Vietnam is called "rượu quốc lủi"). Its strength varies, but is typically 40 percent alcohol by volume. It is usually clear, and a bit cloudy in appearance.
In some parts of Vietnam it is commercially available in bottles. It is produced by many unregistered household distilleries.
The term "rượu đế" literally means "đế" ("Kans grass") liquor." This name is explained by the fact that, in Cochinchina (southern Vietnam) during the early period of French colonization, the protectorate government had a monopoly on alcohol production, and the only distilled alcoholic beverage the general population could legally purchase was "rượu Công Ty" (literally "Company alcohol"; also known as "rượu Ty"). Those who paid a special fee were given a sign emblazoned with the letters "RA" (an abbreviation for "Régie d'Acool") to hang in front of their store, which gave them the privilege to be able to sell alcohol from the Société Française des Distilleries de l'Indochine, which was a diluted distilled alcoholic beverage made from rice and corn. In order to obtain liquor with a higher proof, many people resorted to distilling their own liquor in secret by hiding it in tall grass called "cỏ tranh" ("Imperata cylindrica"), or in another kind of grass called "đế" (Kans grass, which grows up to three meters tall), far away from their homes. Whenever such individuals saw the tax collector, they would bring their alcohol and hide it in a field overgrown with "đế" plants.
"Rượu đế" is sometimes referred to as "rượu lậu", literally "contraband liquor," although this term may also refer to other varieties of illegally produced Vietnamese liquor or rice wine.
While the term "rượu đế" is used most often in southern Vietnam, such liquor is typically called "rượu quốc lủi" in northern Vietnam. Although the exact etymology of the latter term is unclear, its component words translate literally as follows: "rượu"=liquor; "quốc"=nation, state; and "lủi"=to slip away. There are several theories of the origin of this term. The first proposes that it is a corruption of "rượu cuốc lủi" (literally "swamphen slips away liquor"), as "cuốc" ("Porphyrio", a type of swamphen) and "quốc" are homophones; this term may have come about because those who produce and sell this form of liquor have to do it in fear of prosecution, selling and then slipping away, like the behavior of the "cuốc" bird. The second theory is that the term is a parody of the foreign term "national spirit" (literally translated as "quốc hồn quốc túy", but can be understood to refer to a type of liquor), because the "national spirit" has to be produced surreptitiously, it is thus called "rượu quốc lủi". The third theory states that the term was created to distinguish this liquor from "rượu quốc doanh" (literally "state enterprise alcohol"); the government in northern Vietnam under communist rule prior to "đổi mới" in the 1980s had a monopoly on liquor production, so this illegally produced alcohol is similar to American moonshine--again highlighting the theme of secrecy.
*Lê Tân (2003). "Văn hóa ẩm thực ở Trà Vinh". NXB: Văn hóa Thông tin, H.2003, p. 78.
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* [http://www.canthoonline.com/diendan/showthread.php?t=6513 Article about "rượu đế" in Can Tho]
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*Rượu nếp
*Rice baijiu
*Shōchū
*Rice wine
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DIRECTV NOW Added Hearst NBC Affiliates Last Night
As we predicted a few days ago DIRECTV NOW added Hearst-owned NBC affiliates including Sacramento, Cincinnati, Orlando, Baltimore, and more last night.
Now keep in mind DIRECTV NOW has been rolling out locals as they are ready. This does not mean every Hearst-owned NBC affiliate will go live today but that they will be added. Hearst Television owns 12 NBC affiliates and a host of other stations around the United States.
At the start of October DIRECTV NOW offered at least one live local in 75% of the United States. DIRECTV NOW has recently been adding many NBC and even some FOX affiliates and has likely driven that number even higher.
Earlier this year NBC struck a deal with their affiliates allowing them to negotiate with live TV services on behalf of most of their affiliates. Now it looks like we have started to see these affiliates go live on services such as Hulu and DIRECTV NOW as part of this deal.
It will still be a slow process because this is not about just flipping a switch. Equipment needs to be installed at the affiliates and a secure connection made among other issues that need to be addressed. According to unofficial sources DIRECTV's satellite service and streaming services are not located in the same area forcing them to have a separate connection to the local affiliates; however, DIRECTV NOW has been adding new locals almost weekly for about a month now.
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Saraki, Dogara, Obasanjo Absent At Independence Day Rally
Abel Ogwu
The President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki; and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, were on Monday conspicuously absent at a parade organised to commemorate Nigeria's 58th independence anniversary.
The strictly military event held at the Eagles Square, Abuja, was attended by President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo.
Recall that Saraki and Dogara recently defected from the ruling All Progressives Congress to the opposition Peoples Democratic Party.
Also in attendance at the parade was the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen.
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo was also absent at the event attended by two former military leaders: Gen. Yakubu Gowon (retd.) and Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar (retd.).
On arrival at the venue, Buhari first took the national salute before moving to inspect the parade in a motorcade.
He later returned to the VIP stand to join Osinbajo, Onnoghen, Gowon, Abdulsalami and other dignitaries.
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When is the Best Time to Visit Myanmar
Burma, which has a total area of 678,500 square kilometres (262,000 sq mi), is the largest country in mainland Southeast Asia, and the 40th-largest in the world. It lies between latitudes 9° and 29°N, and longitudes 92° and 102°E.
Myanmar features three different types of weather, the months from February to May is hottest and driest time of the year. During this time, temperatures can reach up to 40 degrees Celsius, however, it can be found in the highland areas the cooler temperatures.
May to October is the time of monsoon season while drier and temperate weather usually runs from October to February (peak tourist season). However, Myanmar is still great to visit at any time during year.
It is bordered to the northwest by Chittagong Division of Bangladesh and Mizoram, Manipur, Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh of India to the northwest. Its north and northeast border straddles the Tibet and Yunnan regions of China for a Sino-Burman border total of 2,185 kilometres. It is bounded by Laos and Thailand to the southeast. Burma has 1,930 kilometres of contiguous coastline along the Bay of Bengal and Andaman Sea to the southwest and the south, which forms one quarter of its total perimeter.
As much of the country lies between the Tropic of Cancer and the Equator, Myanmar weather is relatively straightforward in comparison with other countries in South-East Asia. There are two distinct seasons: the dry season runs from October to May while the wet season last from May to early October, the climate at the peak of the wet season is unpredictable in some regions of Myanmar.
Each season has its own characteristics. The months from March to June are considered as the hottest months of the year as the temperature can reach 40°C to 43°C.
October marks the end of rainy season in Myanmar, witness the considerable fall of temperature and rainfall. The pleasant weather prevails throughout the country, the mountainous and highland areas may meet the much cooler. The flatlands surrounding Bagan and Mandalay are driest regions of the country when avoiding heavy rains all the way through to August.
In addition, Myanmar climate is significantly influenced by altitude when highland areas experience cooler temperature compared to regions in the south, west and lower center.
Best time to visit Myanmar
The best time to travel to Myanmar is from November to February when the climate is mild and less rain; however, this is also the peak season in Myanmar as picking up accommodation may become more difficult. Thus, many experienced tourists prefer the mid-season as the weather is still pleasant during all months of year.
Particularly, you may meet the cool weather all year round when visiting the Mount Kyaiktiyo (Golden Rock), the temperature ranges around 15°C to 20°C. The rainy, cloudy and foggy weather may prevail the mountain sometimes. With the hottest period of the year, it is highly recommended taking jumper or fleece in the evening when the weather tends to be cooler than daytime.
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Impact investing has come to the forefront as investors have increased interest in understanding the social and environmental impact of their portfolio alongside investment performance.
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Q: How to add std=c++11 flag to clang-cl? I tried to compile a C++11 program with clang-cl under Windows. Clang-cl is the wrapper around clang to be more compatible with cl (Visual Studio compiler). I tried to add -std=c++11 and /std=c++11 and both get rejected. This is to no surprise as cl has no C++11 flag.
But I can not use C++11 features with clang-cl.
How can I enable C++11 support in clang-cl?

A: In the documentation mentioned before says: http://clang.llvm.org/docs/UsersManual.html#clang-cl

clang defaults to C++11 for Windows targets.

Maybe you don't need to pass any flag to clang-cl.

A: For any future visitors, using /std:c++17 for clang-cl works for me. Notice that there is no equals sign after std.

A: From official docs:
/std:<standard>