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Ms. Moyeed was admitted to the Illinois bar in November, 2017. She was also admitted to practice in the Northern District of Illinois in July 2018.
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The Way of Cain
The Missouri Baptist Convention has published a new resource called The Last Apologist: A Commentary on Jude for Defenders of the Christian Faith. The 275-page book is available in print and Kindle editions on Amazon, and in print from the MBC. But we also want to make each of the 16 chapters available online. This post features the first portion of Chapter 10: Woe to Them! Cain, Balaam, and Korah.
Previously: Where Does Jude Get This Story?
Woe to them! For they have traveled in the way of Cain, have abandoned themselves to the error of Balaam for profit, and have perished in Korah's rebellion. (Jude 11 HCSB)
We all have role models. Athletes, actors, and rock stars are among the most popular people we seek to mimic – even when their legendary falls from grace are captured in tabloid headlines and social-media hashtags. Unfortunately, we often take for granted those who exemplify honesty, integrity, and hard work, choosing to conform our behavior to those whose actions – no matter how outrageous – get noticed and rewarded. This is a process Susan Krauss Whitbourne, a professor of psychology at the University of Massachusetts, refers to as "vicarious reinforcement."
Maybe that's why entertainers like Miley Cyrus, athletes like Dennis Rodman, and selfie-stick wielders like Kim Kardashian are so popular. It seems the more shockingly they behave, the more their celebrity grows. History takes a longer view and tends to judge such characters more harshly. After all, there aren't too many baby boomers named Adolf. And it's doubtful that moms and dads want their little boys growing up to be like Charlie Sheen.
In a similar vein, Jude reminds his readers of some unsavory role models in Israel's past, men whose wicked deeds so overshadowed whatever good they accomplished that they are forever held up as examples of how not to live. In warning against false teachers, and in urging believers to earnestly contend for the faith, Jude reminds us of three characters who are not to be emulated. Yet the first-century false teachers unwittingly model their lives after Cain, Balaam, and Korah.
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Jude and his divine half-brother
The Missouri Baptist Convention has published a new resource called The Last Apologist: A Commentary on Jude for Defenders of the Christian Faith. The 275-page book is available in print and Kindle editions on Amazon, and in print from the MBC. But we also want to make each of the 16 chapters available online. This post features the last portion of Chapter 6: Who Are Those Guys? How Apologists Identify False Teachers.
Previously: Who Are Those Guys? How to Identify False Teachers.
For certain men, who were designated for this judgment long ago, have come in by stealth; they are ungodly, turning the grace of our God into promiscuity and denying our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ. (Jude 4)
A doctrinal gem often overlooked in Jude is a reference to the deity of Christ. In verse 4, Jude describes "certain men" who are guilty of "denying our Master and Lord, Jesus Christ." Immediately after this warning, he offers examples from Jewish history, beginning with the rebellion of the Israelites in the wilderness: "Now I want to remind you, though you know all these things: the Lord, having first of all saved a people out of Egypt, later destroyed those who did not believe" (v. 5).
Note that Jude calls Jesus "Lord" in verse 4, and then he refers to the "Lord" of the Israelites in the very next verse. The Lord who delivered the Israelites out of Egypt and then destroyed the apostates can be none other than the Lord Jesus.
In fact, many of the earliest manuscripts of Jude actually say "Jesus" instead of "the Lord" in verse 5, and this is most likely the original meaning. Several modern translations, including the New Living Translation (NLT), English Standard Version (ESV), and the NET Bible all refer to "Jesus" rather than "the Lord" in this passage.
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Why is Contending for the Faith Necessary?
The Missouri Baptist Convention has published a new resource called The Last Apologist: A Commentary on Jude for Defenders of the Christian Faith. The 275-page book is available in print and Kindle editions on Amazon, and in print from the MBC. But we also want to make each of the 16 chapters available online. This post features the last portion of Chapter 5: I Found it Necessary: Going from Good to Better in Defense of the Faith.
Previously: Chapter 5: I Found It Necessary: Going from Good to Better in Defense of the Faith
Dear friends, although I was eager to write you about our common salvation, I found it necessary to write and exhort you to contend for the faith that was delivered to the saints once for all. (Jude 3)
Jude expresses great concern with these words: "I found it necessary to write and exhort you to contend for the faith that was delivered to the saints once for all" (v. 3b). He places on hold his plans to write about the common salvation grounded in the person and work of Christ in order to address an urgent matter. "Circumstances had arisen that demanded immediate action, thus presenting an emergency situation. Jude addressed himself to a recognized problem, and exhorted the believers to respond with positive determination."
The Greek word translated "necessary" is anagke and means by constraint, compulsion, distress, or hardship. In other New Testament passages, the term is used to describe the influence of other persons, circumstances, or a sense of obligation or duty.
For example, in urging the Corinthians to share their financial resources, Paul writes, "Each person should do as he has decided in his heart – not out of regret or out of necessity, for God loves a cheerful giver" (2 Cor. 9:7 – emphasis added). In his appeal to Philemon to welcome back a runaway slave, Paul remarks, "But I didn't want to do anything without your consent, so that your good deed might not be out of obligation, but of your own free will" (Philemon 14 – emphasis added).
The writer of Hebrews addresses his audience with an appeal to consider the superiority of the new covenant ministry in Christ. About the law's requirements for the shedding of blood, he writes, "Therefore it was necessary for the copies of the things in the heavens to be purified with these sacrifices, but the heavenly things themselves to be purified with better sacrifices than these" (Heb. 9:23 – emphasis added).
And in regard to a Christian's duties to the state, Paul remarks, "Therefore, you must submit, not only because of wrath, but also because of your conscience" (Rom. 13:5 – emphasis added).
For Jude, the necessity to write an urgent exhortation comes not from peer pressure or an obligation to fleshly authority. Rather, it appears the Holy Spirit has stirred Jude's heart and caused him to grieve over the manner in which his beloved friends are allowing false teachings to seep into the church. They must not sit idly by while interlopers undermine the first-order doctrines established by the eyewitnesses of the life of Christ.
Warren Wiersbe comments, "I must confess that I sympathize with Jude. In my own ministry, I would much rather encourage the saints than declare war on the apostates. But when the enemy is in the field, the watchmen dare not go to sleep. The Christian life is a battleground, not a playground."
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I Found It Necessary: Going from Good to Better in Defense of the Faith
The Missouri Baptist Convention has published a new resource called The Last Apologist: A Commentary on Jude for Defenders of the Christian Faith. The 275-page book is available in print and Kindle editions on Amazon, and in print from the MBC. But we also want to make each of the 16 chapters available online. This post features the first part of Chapter 5: I Found It Necessary: Going from Good to Better in Defense of the Faith.
Previously: Chapter 4: Copycats? The apologist's challenge concerning Jude and 2 Peter 2
It's Christmas night 1776, and General George Washington's Continental Army could use some rest. Tired, cold, and harried, the soldiers would welcome a blazing fire, a warm meal, and a good night's sleep as a holiday respite from their travails.
But instead, Washington leads 2,400 troops across the icy Delaware River, where they stun German Hessian mercenaries garrisoned at Trenton, New Jersey. The Patriot forces catch the British-sponsored enemy completely off guard. "The lasting effect was that the success raised rebel morale and proved that the most professional army in the West could be beaten."
Some 17 centuries earlier, Jude ponders a good thing for the harried believers besieged by false teachers. Evidently, he has given much thought to writing about their common salvation, but the Holy Spirit prompts him to take a more aggressive tack and spur his fellow believers to engage in a doctrinal battle that influences the course of the early church.
Jude demonstrates a sensitivity to the Holy Spirit, and a willingness to turn from something good to something better in defense of the Christian faith.
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Just released: The Last Apologist
The Missouri Baptist Convention has just released a new apologetics resource for personal or group study titled The Last Apologist: A Commentary on Jude for Defenders of the Christian Faith.
The 275-page book, written by the MBC's Rob Phillips, offers a verse-by verse study of the short epistle. It also explores key words and phrases, and poses thought-provoking questions that make the book a handy reference and study guide.
The General Epistle of Jude may be one of the most neglected New Testament books, according to Phillips. Bible readers are tempted — in part by its brevity and in part by its similarity to 2 Peter 2 — to skip over Jude on the way to Revelation, or to give the book little more than a glance.
This is unfortunate, because Jude speaks volumes about the value of Christian apologetics. Whether exhorting believers to contend for the faith, or urging them to keep themselves in the love of God, Jude addresses the importance of sound doctrine and the threat of false teachers. And Jude does so with humility, boldness, and remarkable foresight.
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Al-Wataniya Private University, founded in 2007, is a private university located in Hama, Syria.

Structure

Faculties

 Dentistry:
 Department of Biology
 Department of Odontology
 Department of dental therapy
 Department of Orthodontics and Pediatric Dentistry
 Department of Periodontology
 Department Prosthodontics
 Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
 Pharmacy:
 Department of Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Technology
 Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology
 Department of Analytical and Food Chemistry
 Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology
 Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Drug Control
 Department of Drugs
 Architecture:
 Department of Architecture
 Department of Urban planning
 Department of Interior Architecture
 Engineering:
 Department of Computer Engineering
 Department of Telecommunications Engineering
 Department of Civil Engineering
 Finance and administrative science:
 Department of Business Management
 Department of Accounting
 Department of Marketing
 Department of Finance & Banking

See also
List of universities in Syria

References

Wataniya University
Wataniya University
2007 establishments in Syria

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My government has not publicly criticized the PRC's imposition of the National Security Law on Hong Kong.
Singapore officials and state-related media have supported the Hong Kong government's crackdown on protests in Hong Kong. Some of this has to do with the People Action Party's own paranoia about mass protests, often seeing them as synonymous with riots and mass violence.
https://hongkongfp.com/2019/11/10/singaporeans-dont-back-hong-kong-protests/
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-hongkong-protests-singapore-idUSKBN1WV1Z7
https://www.ft.com/content/0d8cba3c-f539-11e9-b018-3ef8794b17c6
Kazakhstan abides by the principle of non-interference in internal affairs and believes that issues regarding Xinjiang and Hong Kong are purely China's internal affairs. Kazakhstan is willing to further strengthen cooperation with China within the frameworks of the SCO and CICA to jointly safeguard regional security and stability. Link
http://to.china-embassy.org/eng/zgxw/t1847950.htm
Armenia and Chad expressed their adherence to the one-China principle, support for China's efforts to safeguard its sovereignty and territorial integrity, and the "one country, two systems" principle.
In June 2020, Tajikistan was one of 53 countries that backed the Hong Kong national security law at the United Nations. Link
https://www.axios.com/countries-supporting-china-hong-kong-law-0ec9bc6c-3aeb-4af0-8031-aa0f01a46a7c.html
https://www.news-europe.com/the-70-countries-supporting-chinas-national-security-law-for-hong-kong/
https://web.archive.org/web/20200101010000/http://china.embajada.gob.ve/comunicado/venezuela-apoya-adopcion-de-ley-sobre-sistema-legal-en-hong-kong-aprobada-por-asamblea-popular-nacional-de-china/
https://mundo.sputniknews.com/20200701/venezuela-expresa-respaldo-a-la-aprobacion-de-la-ley-de-seguridad-nacional-de-hong-kong-1091938318.html
https://mppre.gob.ve/comunicado/venezuela-ley-hong-kong-china/
http://www.chinacelacforum.org/esp/zgtlmjlbgjgx_2/202007/t20200702_6577288.htm
http://spanish.xinhuanet.com/2020-07/02/c_139181378.htm
https://ultimasnoticias.com.ve/noticias/politica/venezuela-saluda-ley-de-seguridad-para-hong-kong-aprobada-por-china/
https://vtv.vn/chinh-tri/viet-nam-ton-trong-va-ung-ho-cac-quy-che-lien-quan-cua-hong-kong-trung-quoc-20200702172341641.htm
Prayut, Thai Prime Minister, said when Carrie Lam visited Thailand in 2019 that 'Thailand knows that Hong Kong government has a good intention for Hong Kong citizen and Thailand hopes Hong Kong government will resolve the protests problem in nearest future with peaceful way." The prime minister did not obviously announce that he supports Carrie Lam, however, we can see from his statement that he prefers PRC governs Hong Kong than Hong Kong citizens govern themself. Link
https://workpointtoday.com/hongkong-thai/
• Which Countries Support the New Hong Kong National Security Law? Link • Cambodia supports China's draft decision on HK national security legislation: spokesman Link
https://thediplomat.com/2020/07/which-countries-support-the-new-hong-kong-national-security-law/
Lebanon expressed support to Hong Kong National Security Law Link Link
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Responses_to_the_2020_Chinese_involvement_with_Hong_Kong_national_security_law
https://rs.n1info.com/vesti/a606041-vucic-u-pismu-si-djinpingu-povodom-honkonga-podrzavamo-suverenitet-integritet-i-bezbednost-kine/
https://www.axios.com/2020/07/02/countries-supporting-china-hong-kong-law
https://thediplomat.com/2020/10/which-countries-support-china-on-hong-kongs-national-security-law/
https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:HSd5W3P6S1cJ:https://thediplomat.com/2020/10/which-countries-support-china-on-hong-kongs-national-security-law/+&cd=13&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=sg
Hungary did not support the EU statement condemning China because the government said it would have been pointless.
https://www.rferl.org/a/hungary-criticized-eu-statements-china/31290741.html
Sino-Afghan bilateral relations are characterised by undeclared policy of non-interference in each others internal affairs which Chinese policy of Hong Kong is no exception.
http://af.china-embassy.gov.cn/zagx/202006/t20200603_1167051.htm
As the report "Turkmenistan stressed at the Human Rights Council that issues related to Hong Kong and Xinjiang are China's internal affairs and supports the position of the Chinese government" said, Turkmenistan supported PRC on Hong Kong issues in 2021 United Nation Human Rights Council.
http://news.xnnews.com.cn/gjxw2/202107/t20210715_2359035.shtml
During the ongoing 46th session of the UN Human Rights Council, a Belarusian representative delivered a joint speech on Friday on behalf of 70 countries, emphasizing that Hong Kong affairs are China's internal affairs and should not be interfered in by external forces. The Geneva-based senior diplomats also spoke positively of the national security law in Hong Kong. "Belarus is deeply convinced that sustainable and effective development is impossible without political stability and national unity and integrity; this is why any separatist activity is totally incompatible with achieving prosperity and stability of the nation, and this is why we welcome the new law," Ambrazevich said. Khitchadeth said the enforcement of the national security law in Hong Kong "is very necessary in order to better protect the rights and freedom of Hong Kong residents in a safe environment". Andrabi recalled that during the previous session of the UN Human Rights Council, many countries, including Pakistan, also issued a joint statement in support of China on Hong Kong-related issues. "That statement was quite an emphatic expression to reject the approach of targeting China based on political considerations," he said. Available at the URL below.
https://global.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202103/07/WS60448086a31024ad0baad5cb.html
Pakistan is committed to One-China Policy and supports China on Taiwan, South China Sea, Hong Kong, Xinjiang and Tibet.
https://www.dawn.com/news/1583884
http://us.china-embassy.gov.cn/eng/zgyw/202202/t20220206_10639501.htm
Indonesia remained silent on their stance on China's imposition of the National Security Law in Hongkong as evident from the 44th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council during which Indonesia did not voted.
There have been no public statements made.
General notes: It was observed that China compelled Nigeria not to regard Taiwan as a Sovereign state and that went all the way to displacing them of their seat at the UN. They have strong interest in Nigeria and a number of African Countries, given them loans with classified agreements (not open to the citizens ) and they are also the contractors to execute projects running on these loans.
There is no evidence of SA government publicly criticising the national security law.
No evidence was found of criticism from the Brazilian government on the impositions brought by the the National Security Law in Hong Kong. The research was carried out on search engines and in the main newspapers in Brazil (O Globo, Estadão and Folha de São Paulo).
No mention from the Bolivian government about the National Security Law on Hong Kong. However it is important to remark that Bolivia fully supports the one-China policy.
Macri and the Subtle Balance Between China and the United States (reference 1). The relevance of the reference is the mention to Argentina's sustained silent on human rights abuses in China due to the centrality of economic interests. It applies to the cases in Hong Kong, Tibet and Xinjiang. As already mentioned in the previous comment, Argentina's position on the Tibet situation, also responds to its own foreign policy tradition of non intervention and the need to avoid confrontation with China.
Uruguay does neither support nor express concern about PRC's imposition of the National Security Law on Hong Kong.
No report could be found regarding Paraguay's position. Due to the antecedents and the relationship with Taiwan and the United States, it is to be expected that it does not support the position of the PRC
https://py.usembassy.gov/joint-statement-on-hong-kong/
In one of the few comments made by any Chilean government official on the issue of human rights in Hong Kong, then Chilean Foreign Minister Teodoro Ribera declared that for Beijing, the subject of Taiwan, Tibet and Hong Kong is a highly sensitive one, and specified that Chile "accepts, values and recognizes China's territorial integrity [...] in this matter there are not two readings (to its position)", he insisted.
https://www.cnnchile.com/lodijeronencnn/entrevista-canciller-teodoro-ribera-fallo-suprema_20191009/
https://www.pauta.cl/politica/intervencion-de-canciller-en-disputa-entre-embajador-y-diputado
El gobierno de México estableció desde el año 2013 su apego al principio de "Una sola China". razón por la cual evita realizar declaraciones sobre las cuestiones de Taiwán, Hong Kong y el Tíbet.
There is no a governmental position, but according to the links there are some news criticizing the law.
https://limagris.com/efectos-de-la-ley-de-seguridad-nacional-de-hong-kong-fin-de-un-pais-dos-sistemas-y-nueva-normalidad-en-la-comunicacion/
https://gestion.pe/mundo/china-adopta-polemica-ley-de-seguridad-para-hong-kong-que-entra-en-vigencia-hoy-noticia/
https://www.apam-peru.com/web/china-establecera-nueva-ley-de-seguridad-de-hong-kong-trump-advierte-sobre-fuerte-reaccion-de-estados-unidos/
https://www.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2020/05/28/2020052800256.html
China, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahrain, Belarus, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Comoros, Congo-Brazzaville, Cuba, Djibouti, Dominica, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Gabon, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Laos, Lebanon, Lesotho, Mauritania, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, North Korea, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Papua New Guinea, Saudi Arabia, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Syria, Tajikistan, Togo, UAE, Venezuela, Yemen, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Opposing: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Canada, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Iceland, Ireland, Germany, Japan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Marshall Islands, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Palau, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, and the U.K. Link
https://news.cgtn.com/news/2020-07-03/More-countries-support-China-s-national-security-legislation-for-HKSAR-ROQbNU2PK0/index.html
Philippines has not publicly announced its stance on National Security Law on Hong Kong
• No supporting evidence on its support or denouncement are found Why most Asian countries have not spoken out against Hong Kong's national security law Link
https://www.msn.com/en-my/news/world/why-most-asian-countries-have-not-spoken-out-against-hong-kong-s-national-security-law/ar-BB16h4dL?li=BBr8RiH
The government or its official representatives have not officially denounced PRC's curbing of Hong Kong's freedoms.
In July 2020, a motion for Polish Parliament resolution signed by 15 MPs was sent to International Affairs Commission and has not been processed since then. Polish MEPs have voted for the adoption of a joint motion resolution concerning PRC state security law for Hong Kong and the need for the EU to defend Hong Kong's high degree of autonomy in June 2020, but this voting should not be treated as representing the official position of the Polish government. However, the situation in Hong Kong is not important for Polish political elites, while relations with China are also far from a priority. This also impacts the lack of clear stance on these issues.
https://www.sejm.gov.pl/Sejm9.nsf/druk.xsp?nr=467
No public statements are made by the Jordanian authorities on national security law on Hong Kong.
The full list of countries supporting the Hong Kong national security law: China, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahrain, Belarus, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Comoros, Congo-Brazzaville, Cuba, Djibouti, Dominica, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Gabon, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Laos, Lebanon, Lesotho, Mauritania, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, North Korea, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Papua New Guinea, Saudi Arabia, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Syria, Tajikistan, Togo, UAE, Venezuela, Yemen, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. (Uzbekistan is not in the list,, thus, it has not officially supported the act) - Link The criticism towards the act has been expressed from western countries, but nothing has been expressed from the Uzbekistan side- Link
https://www.swp-berlin.org/publications/products/comments/2020C56_HongKongNationalSecurityLaw.pdf
Ghana is not on the list of countries known to be in support of the imposed law on Hong Kong
There has been silence on this, too
Answered by 2 anonymous experts, and has been reviewed by another 2 anonymous experts.
There are no examples of Bulgaria taking a position on the issue. note: It should be mentioned that this has only happened at the UN and no discussions/comments have been given on a national level - the government has not picked it up as a topic to raise to neither the domestic audience, nor the PRC itself. In general, there is a pattern in Bulgarian foreign policy whereby international coalitions/other EU member states are joined in order to make a statement on a certain matter - but very often this tends to be for the sake of participation. And as in this case, there was no discussion among policy-making circles or on the government level in a public manner regarding the PRC's imposition of National Security Law in HK. I think it would not be correct to say that the Bulgarian authorities have a clear position on the matter even if they joined the statement.
Greece has not distanced itself from EU statements on Honk Kong. However, on several occasions over the past few years, Greece opted for abstaining from statements critical of China on Hong Kong at UN level.
Declaraciones del exembajador de Costa Rica en la RPC, Marco Vinicio Ruiz, explica la estrategia de nuestro país de no expresar una posición pública sobre el asunto del Tíbet y otros asuntos relacionados con intereses de la RPC, tales como la situación de los uigures en Xinjiang, o las reclamaciones en el Mar de China Meridional (enlace 1). Adicionalmente, vale recordar el documento firmado entre ambas naciones sobre apoyo a los intereses soberanos de ambos países.
https://bit.ly/39L0p6Q
No existe reportes sobre el tema (ejemplo ver link 1). No se reporta pronunciamiento de gobierno ecuatoriano ni a favor ni en contra.
Las autoridades panameñas se han expresado sobre temas de intercambio comercial y cultural, evitando abordar el cuestionable récord chino en temas de derechos humanos.
https://bit.ly/3NFg1rj
We found no comments from Moldovan officials concerning the imposition of the National Security Law on Hong Kong
Ukraine has remained silent on the subject
After the Hong Kong National Security Law was passed, Legislative Yuan passed unanimous resolution to condemned the decision, expressing support to the appeal of Hong Kong people defending their democracy and freedoms, expressing deep concerned and strong condemnation to China bypassing the Legislation Council in Hong Kong to pass the laws. The President, Executive Yuan and Mainland Affairs Council also stated that they will support Hong Kong people by all means in humanitarian aspects.
https://www.hk01.com/台灣新聞/479250/
https://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/trad/chinese-news-52854259
https://archive.ph/wip/tReE9
https://archive.ph/wip/5gzgu
https://archive.ph/wip/NAiCi
Japan has expressed concern over the situation in Hong Kong.
https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/International-relations/Japan-trades-words-with-China-over-Uyghurs-and-Hong-Kong
https://2017-2021.state.gov/on-beijings-imposition-of-national-security-legislation-on-hong-kong/index.html
https://www.state.gov/marking-one-year-of-hong-kongs-national-security-law/
https://www.canada.ca/en/global-affairs/news/2020/07/canada-takes-action-following-passage-of-national-security-legislation-for-hong-kong.html
Germany has even initiated protests against PRC's treatment of Hong Kong and Hongkongers.
Estonia has joined several actions criticizing PRC's policies in Hong Kong including the state security law.
https://vm.ee/en/news/media-freedom-coalition-statement-closure-apple-daily-newspaper-hong-kong
https://vm.ee/en/news/estonia-joined-27-countries-un-express-concern-over-human-rights-china
https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/un-human-rights-council-44-cross-regional-statement-on-hong-kong-and-xinjiang
The previously mentioned statement from October 2020, directly mentions the National Security Law on Hong Kong. B&H, alongside 38 other countries, expressed concerns over the law.
Once again, please look at the supplementary note from answer 9. Additionally, it is worth to mention that the Bosnian Serb member of the B&H tripartite presidency wrote a letter directly to PCR's president expressing his support over the National Security Law. Once again, while there is a decisive policy at the official level of Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the real foreign policy situation is more fragmented with the Bosnian Serb member of the B&H tripartite presidency being supportive of PRC policies unlike the country's Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Various Foreign Secretaries have been extremely critical of the National Security Law. In its most recent Six-monthly Report, the Foreign Office again raised concerned about the National Security Law. Foreign Secretary Liz Truss shared the report on Twitter. It quoted former Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab, who on 2 January 2021 said "The mass arrest of politicians and activists in Hong Kong is a grievous attack on Hong Kong's rights and freedoms as protected under the Joint Declaration. These arrests demonstrate that the Hong Kong and Chinese authorities deliberately misled the world about the true purpose of the National Security Law, which is being used to crush dissent and opposing political views. The UK will not turn our backs on the people of Hong Kong and will continue to offer British Nationals (Overseas) the right to live and work in the UK." Three days later, Raab issued a statement alongside the Foreign Ministers of Australia and Canada, and the US Secretary of State. It read "The National Security Law is a clear breach of the Sino-British Joint Declaration and undermines the 'One Country, Two Systems' framework. It has curtailed the rights and freedoms of the people of Hong Kong. It is clear that the National Security Law is being used to eliminate dissent and opposing political views."
https://twitter.com/trussliz/status/1470707342165614594?lang=en
https://twitter.com/trussliz/status/1472830880691412993
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1040471/49th-Six-monthly-Report-on-Hong-Kong.pdf
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/asia-pacific/over-40-nations-urge-china-to-grant-un-rights-chief-access-to-xinjiang/2282337
"The 44th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council became the site of competing international responses to China's new national security law in Hong Kong. Two dueling statements were read back to back during the session last week, with Cuba representing a group of 53 states backing the new Chinese law and the United Kingdom speaking on behalf of 27 critical. governments. The countries opposing: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize*, Canada, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Iceland, Ireland, Germany, Japan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Marshall Islands*, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Palau*, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom":Link
https://cn.ambafrance.org/Loi-sur-la-securite-nationale-a-Hong-Kong
Austria signed a joint statement expressing concern on the "recent developments in Hong Kong" in 2020. This statement notably also expresses concern on National Security Law. However, as in the context of Xinjiang (see. Question 9), this issue has not gained significant attention on a bilateral level.
As recently as June 2022, the Belgian Parliament adopted a specific resolution on the Situation in Hong Kong.
https://www.lachambre.be/doc/flwb/pdf/55/1524/55k1524006.pdf#search=%22hong%20kong%20%2055k%20%3Cin%3E%20keywords%22
In the European Council, Sweden was the only EU member state to advocate sanctions against China when the NSL was imposed.
https://www.mtvuutiset.fi/artikkeli/suomi-tuomitsee-sanan-ja-lehdistonvapauden-rajoittamisen-hongkongissa/8351384
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-italy-idUSKBN25L1LR
https://zoek.officielebekendmakingen.nl/ah-tk-20202021-485.html
https://www.trouw.nl/buitenland/kabinet-maakt-zich-zorgen-om-hongkong~bf09b1f9/
https://www.rijksoverheid.nl/documenten/kamerstukken/2021/06/23/kamerbrief-inzake-het-verslag-van-de-hoge-vertegenwoordiger-en-de-europese-commissie-over-de-politieke-en-economische-ontwikkelingen-in-hong-kong-in-2020
In 2021, the minister of foreign affairs was asked by the parliament to reply to the European Commissions report on the state of Hong Kong. She did not denounce it herself, but says she acts along with the EU. A year earlier the (previous) minister shared the concern the EU voiced about the new security law. The latest joint statement came out on June 14, 2022 (see URL4 above).
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/in-a-first-india-speaks-up-on-hong-kong/articleshow/76737816.cms
India hasn't been silent in the case of HK but not sure if the word denounced PRC is also applicable. India has raised the issue in the following words, ""We have heard several statements expressing concern on these developments. We hope the relevant parties will take into account these views and address them properly, seriously and objectively,"


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The Meadows, also known as the Robert Carter Hilliard House, is a historic plantation house located near Battleboro, Nash County, North Carolina.  It dates to the early-19th century, and is a two-story, five bay by two bay, Federal style dwelling with a one-story rear shed addition. It is sheathed in weatherboard, a low-pitched gable roof, and double-shoulder exterior end chimneys.  The front facade features a one-story replacement porch covering the center three bays.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.

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Q: How to make compiler generate a "elf32-x86-64" format object file? First, some background info about elf32-x86-64 format.
It is a format that leverages 64-bit hardware while enforcing 32-bit pointers. Ref1 and Ref2.
Question
I am trying to link the Google Test framework binaries to my project.
I use objdump -f to check the format of Google Test binaries and my binaries.
Google Test format is elf64-x86-64. Mine elf32-x86-64. So they cannot be linked together.
Then I add below content to the google test's internal_utils.cmake file:
set(ZEPHYR_LINK_FLAGS "-Wl,--oformat=elf32-x86-64")
set(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS  "${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS} ${ZEPHYR_LINK_FLAGS}")

I hope the linker flag can change the output format to elf32-x86-64.
But google test build failed with below error:
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/7/libstdc++.so: error adding symbols: File in wrong format

The /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/7/libstdc++.so is also a elf64-x86-64 format.
And I checked the generated object file, such as:
 ./googletest/CMakeFiles/gtest_main.dir/src/gtest_main.cc.o
It is still elf64-x86-64.
So it seems the linker flag doesn't affect the object file format.
I remember the linker ld will choose the output format based on its first encountered object file. So I guess I need to tell the compiler to output a elf32-x86-64 format.
How can I ask the compiler to output a elf32-x86-64 object file?
ADD 1 - 3:29 PM 11/1/2019
I have managed to compile the Google Test as elf32-x86-64 with below tuning:

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*Add compile flag -mx32

*And add link flag -Wl,--oformat=elf32-x86-64
Now the output binaries libgtest.a, libgtest_main.a are elf32-x86-64. But they need to be linked to libstdc++.so. So far, it is elf64-x86-64 on my system. And I haven't found a elf32-x86-64 one. Thus below error:
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/7/libstdc++.so: error adding symbols: File in wrong format

ADD 2 - 3:47 PM 11/1/2019
After installing sudo apt-get install gcc-multilib g++-multilib (ref), I got a elf32-x86-64 version of libstdc++.so at below location:
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/7/x32/libstdc++.so

And it ultimately points to /usr/libx32/libstdc++.so.6.0.25
Now it seems I just need to find a way to tell the linker to use it... So close!
ADD 3 - 2:44 PM 11/4/2019
Thanks to Florian and EmployedRussian, I change Google Test's internal_utils.cmake file to add below 4 lines:
set(MY_COMPILE_FLAGS "-mx32")
set(cxx_base_flags "${cxx_base_flags} ${MY_COMPILE_FLAGS}")
set(MY_LINK_FLAGS "-mx32")
set(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS  "${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS} ${MY_LINK_FLAGS}")

Now the generated executable are elf32_x86-64 format.
So basically, I add the -mx32 to both compile and link flags.
And in the generated rules.ninja file, the link rule goes like this:
command = $PRE_LINK && /usr/bin/c++  $FLAGS  $LINK_FLAGS $in  -o $TARGET_FILE $LINK_PATH $LINK_LIBRARIES && $POST_BUILD
The $FLAGS and $LINK_FLAGS are defined in the build.ninja file as below:
FLAGS = -Wall -Wshadow -Werror  -mx32 ...
LINK_FLAGS = -mx32 ...

So essentially, there are 2 -mx32 options in the ninja command definition contributed by the $FLAGS  $LINK_FLAGS respectively.
So why do I need to specify the -mx32 for twice??
And I don't understand why I can specify -mx32 for CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS.
First, -mx32 is only a compile option (ref), not a linker option.
Second, from the link rule definition, the $LINK_FLAGS are passed to usr/bin/c++ without a -Wl, prefix, so even the option can be appreciated by the linker, it won't be passed to the linker.

A: GCC will adjust the linker command line accordingly if you invoke it as gcc -mx32. It is more than just a compiler flag.

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Magic Me Declares a Climate & Ecological Emergency
Home / Stories / Magic Me Declares a Climate & Ecological Emergency
Magic Me has become one of a growing number of arts organisations and individuals who have declared a climate and ecological emergency via the Culture Declares movement. Organisations that have already declared include The Royal Court, Old Vic, Tate, Battersea Arts Centre, Cardboard Citizens, Arts Admin.
In the face of the overwhelming scientific evidence of an emergency – acknowledged by the UK Government and increasing numbers of institutions – such as the Bank of England, the declaration movement has gained pace internationally. More and more councils across the UK are declaring all the time, including the Greater London Authority, and are committing resources to tackling this emergency.
Many of these civic declarations include a commitment to work with other partners and collaboration is key to solving this crisis. Culture Declares is not just a list of people concerned about the emergency but it encourages those making a declaration to outline how they can help make a difference. They identify areas where culture can make a difference:
Brings people together across all kinds of difference
Engages people at an imaginative level, sparking cultural change and disrupting the status quo
(through participation) draws on patterns of belonging, empathy, kindness, stewardship, and energises people's courage and ability to respond collectively to challenges faced.
Encourages and teaches non-competitive ways of working
Before making our declaration Magic Me staff and trustees worked together to create a draft Environmental policy that we could submit as part of our Declaration:
We believe passionately in the role creativity can play in building community cohesion, connecting people, generating resilience in individuals and communities. Our work is also driven by an urge to support the wellbeing of future generations through connecting people today. We have always tried to act with responsibility for our local and planetary environment and now wish to embed this action in a charity-wide policy designed to influence all our actions and strategic decision-making.
We know there is a climate crisis. Global warming, the decline of bio-diversity, increasing levels of pollution and depletion of natural resources are affecting everyone on the planet. This impact is acutely felt in inner city London where we are based and where much of our work takes place, however the impact is nationwide. Older people are vulnerable to increasing air pollution and fuel poverty, younger generations will face the consequences of a lack of action on climate change for years to come. Climate change the world over will dramatically affect the changing population of London as climate refugees are driven to the city by environmental change across the globe.
Our work across generations and with creativity at its heart is already environmentally responsible. We now want to increase our ambition, halving our carbon emissions by 2021 and introducing new measures to ensure that the company is carbon neutral by 2025.
To date we have noted our main environmental impacts as follows:
Infrastructure – while we are tenants there are a number of adjustments we can make to our building use including: energy use and carbon emissions, waste management.
Transport, including travel for volunteers, partners and participants
Office activities (including flexible working), printing, IT, catering.
Strategy – including the way in which new programmes and activity are created, planned and delivered
Partnerships – including who we accept funding and donations from, who we work with
Employment and contracting – including the commitments we make to staff and freelance artists and what we expect from them
Finance – including our investments, pension processes, banking and the need to allocate some resource to carbon off-setting.
We want Magic Me to act as a beacon for good practice in intergenerational arts activity. This includes the way in which our commitment to the environment is embedded in all that we do. We will constantly seek to challenge ourselves and those we work with, and for, to deliver improved environmental actions and help us to meet our ambitious targets.
We understand that (particularly to support the vulnerable communities with which we work) we will not be able to reduce our outputs to zero carbon emissions in five years. However we will establish an ambitious and strict programme of carbon off-setting to counteract the estimated 10% of carbon outputs we will not be able to eliminate in this timeframe.
Our action
To achieve this we will take the following specific actions:
● Create and approve this environmental policy – by August 2019
● Sign up to Culture Declares Emergency – by August 2019
● Initiate a thorough environmental audit by external auditors – by October 2019
● Develop a detailed environmental action plan for the period to 2025 – by October 2019, subject to external auditors' timetable
● Review our progress against this action plan quarterly thereafter.
This will be led by the Chief Executive, the Green Team – made up of 3 core staff members, and a nominated Trustee.


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1 in 3 Toronto schools, nearly half of Brampton schools, have active COVID-19 cases
CYNTHIA MULLIGAN AND JESSICA BRUNO | posted Wednesday, Nov 25th, 2020
One in three Toronto public schools have an active case of COVID-19 – more than double the provincial average being touted by Ontario's education minister as he promotes the government's school safety strategy and the picture worsens at other boards in pandemic hot spots.
In Toronto's public board, 35 per cent of schools, some 206 facilities, have at least one student or staff member who are reported as actively sick with COVID-19. Of Toronto's Catholic schools, 40 per cent – or 79 institutions — have active cases. In Brampton, 48 per cent of all schools, both public and Catholic, have active cases.
Toronto and Peel are in lockdown so it's no surprise they have more cases than the provincial average, but the premier has acknowledged it's concerning.
"It is definitely setting off alarm bells," Premier Doug Ford said at a press conference Tuesday.
The government has consistently said it is safer for students to be in school, and that the priority is to keep them open. It has never mentioned that cases in locked-down regions are significantly higher than the provincial average, which is 14.6 percent. Four schools are currently closed due to outbreaks.
Education Minister Stephen Lecce stood in the legislature Monday and insisted schools were safe.
"Parents want the facts. Here's a fact that I think would instill a level of confidence: if they knew that 99.95% of students are COVID-19-free, that 99.92% of staff are COVID-19-free, that 99.7% of staff have never had COVID-19," said Lecce. "Our leadership in public health and our school boards are working together to flatten this curve, to reduce the risk and to keep our kids safe, and that is a good thing we should celebrate in this province"
In Brampton, 61 public schools and 28 Catholic schools are reporting 122 and 89 cases, respectively. In the public board, 51 schools beyond Brampton are reporting a further 78 cases. Of those, 46 schools are in Mississauga, four schools are in Caledon, and one is in Bolton.
In the Dufferin-Peel Catholic board, 37 schools outside of Brampton are reporting a total of 61 cases. All but one of those schools is in Mississauga, with the lone other location in Caledon.
Brampton's percentage of schools with active COVID-19 cases exceeds the proportion in its school boards in large.
The rate across Dufferin-Peel Catholic School Board, which includes Mississauga, Caledon, Bolton and Orangeville, is 43 per cent, with a total 65 of its 151 elementary and secondary schools reporting active cases. In Peel's public board, which serves Brampton, Mississauga and Caledon, the rate is 44 per cent, or 112 of the boards 257 schools.
CityNews has used the latest information posted on all the boards' own websites to compile this data.
The premier said today that he was not downplaying cases at schools: "numbers don't lie, they are out there."
Ontario's Chief Medical Officer of Health has said several times it is important to keep schools open for children's mental health, and while students and staff are bringing COVID-19 into schools, it's not being spread inside them. Provincial Minister of Health Christine Elliott echoed that today, adding she would re-evaluate the situation if needed.
"If the circumstances change and there's a huge increase in the number of cases in schools, we might have to take another look at it," Elliott said.
Ontario has started deploying rapid testing in long-term care homes and rural communities. Ford called it a game-changer and suggested if schools needed testing, it could happen. University of Toronto epidemiologist Colin Furness says he doesn't believe schools need to close, but he says those inside should be tested regularly.
"We should be doing surveillance testing broadly in the province, we should have been doing that since April. By surveillance testing, I mean you don't test people who show up at hospital looking sick, that's diagnostic testing. Surveillance testing means you go and test people at risk," he explained.
"We should be testing teachers because they are also in high-risk positions, and if want to know what's going on with COVID in schools, test teachers," he added, "But Ontario has been very resolutely committed to not doing surveillance testing. We are not trying to control transmission with testing, we are controlling with lockdowns. I think that's unfortunate."
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Karlan Grant shoot-out as Huddersfield Town take on Leicester City
Why one Foxes' attacker is odds-on to score at the John Smith's Stadium
Karlan Grant in action for Town at Crystal Palace. Picture by Avril Husband/Griffiths Photographers
New signing Karlan Grant is now firmly at the top of the betting to notch for Town in their Premier League matches.
The £2m arrival from Charlton Athletic has scored three times in seven appearances and caught the eye in a Terriers shirt.
His performances have impressed the bookies, too, with Sky Bet making him 6/1 to score first for Town against Leicester City on Saturday and just 12/5 to bag at any time.
But he's only joint fourth favourite to win the shoot-out at the John Smith's Stadium.
Sky Bet have Jamie Vardy as odds-on favourite to score at any time in the game - offering odds of just 10/11 for the England man to find the net.
That's probably because the 32-year-old has scored six times in his last seven outings and 13 times in 30 appearances this season in league and cup.
Vardy scored against Town earlier this season, helping the Foxes to a 3-1 win at the King Power Stadium in September.
WATCH mind-blowing surprise for Huddersfield Town fans at Tottenham's new ground
He also scored against Town at the John Smith's last season, firing home a penalty to earn a 1-1 draw after Laurent Depoitre had put Town ahead (he didn't feature in Leicester's 3-0 home win that campaign).
Ahead of Grant at 6/1 to score first, Leicester have Vardy at 5/2, Kelechi Iheanacho 4/1 and Shinji Okazaki 11/2.
James Maddison is rated the same odds as Grant, 6/1, to score first.
Leicester are 3/4 favourites to win the match, with Town at 19/5 and the draw 13/5.


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Africa-focused Vivo Energy soars after £548m IPO on London SE »
London Stock Exchange financing African growth
May 13th, 2018 by Tom Minney
African companies listed or trading on the London Stock Exchange have a total market capitalization of over $200 billion ($271bn), and in the last 10 years have raised more than $16 bn on London's markets. The 108 African companies is more than any other international market, according to a press release from the LSE.
There are 9 African sovereign bonds listed in London, from: Gabon, Ghana, Namibia, Nigeria and Zambia
According to Tom Attenborough, Head of International Business Development, London Stock Exchange, in an LSE press release: "The success of Vivo Energy's IPO is a strong statement of international investor interest in building exposure to Africa. As a London-listed company, Vivo Energy, will gain access to the world's most international market, as well as an unrivalled source of deep liquidity and new investors.
"London is a strong partner to African companies seeking to attract international investment."
Paternoster Square with London Stock Exchange at right (credit: Wikipedia)
Also this month, May 2018, Angola launched a $3bn Eurobond on LSE, the country's biggest international bond and the first international issuance since 2015.
In April the LSE Group, the Nairobi Securities Exchange and non-governmental organization FSD Africa signed a memorandum of understanding to explore the launch of LSEG's business support and capital-raising programme, ELITE. In May, the first Kenyan company, Olsuswa Energy, joined the programme. So far 850 companies have joined the ELITE programme.
In November 2017, the LSE, Casablanca Stock Exchange and the Bourse Régionale des Valeurs Mobilières (BRVM) signed an agreement to roll out ELITE across West African markets, in a signing ceremony presided by Amadou Gon Coulibaly, Prime Minister of Côte d'Ivoire.
In June 2017, Nigeria raised $300m through its first Diaspora Bond on LSE, a retail bond aimed at Nigeria's global expatriate community seeking to invest in their home country's development. It was the first bond of its kind from sub-Saharan Africa.
In March 2017, LSE published its first "Companies to Inspire Africa" report, identifying hundreds of the fastest-growing and most dynamic private businesses across Africa. Vivo Energy is the first company in that report to follow up by listing on LSE.
In March 2016, LSEG established an Africa Advisory Group, bringing together 12 distinguished business leaders, policymakers and investors from across Africa, to discuss the challenges and opportunities presented by the development of the continent's capital markets.
In November 2014, London Stock Exchange Group and The Nigerian Stock Exchange signed a capital markets agreement to support African companies seeking dual listings in London and Lagos. The agreement followed the implementation earlier in 2014 of a unique new cross-border settlement process between the UK and Nigeria.
In June 2014, LSEG signed a strategic agreement with Casablanca Stock Exchange to share its expertise on the full exchange business chain, from listing to trading, and from clearing to settlement and custody with a commitment to position Casablanca's capital markets and financial infrastructure as a regional hub.
In April 2014, Nigerian oil and gas group Seplat was the first Nigerian company to simultaneously dual list equity shares in London and Nigeria and raised $500m in an IPO.
LSEG market infrastructure technology, supplied by Millennium IT of Sri Lanka, is deployed in more 12 African markets, including Botswana, Casablanca, Namibia and Johannesburg stock exchanges.
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WHAT DOES 'LIKE' MEAN TO YOU? MAYBE MORE IMPORTANTLY, WHAT DO YOU MEAN TO 'LIKE'?
This post does not take on issues of foreign money, foreign collusion, or foreign influence in United States' and other countries' elections. (I leave for a post closer to the 2018 election a discussion of measuring just the right level of corruption in America's electoral process [campaign finance, dark money, Citizens United, voter suppression, gerrymandering].) And, you will quickly see I am among the least technologically sophisticated people on the internet.
But are we really all that surprised to learn we constitute marketing demographics derived from a platform we voluntarily enter and use at no financial cost? The signs were there.
The unsubtle, non-nuanced choice of Facebook emojis means a lot less to you and me than it does to Facebook. That's generally okay with me.
I am also fine that, having been outed, Facebook claims it will exercise greater oversight and control over user information and vet the sources of such information including profiles and the veracity of user identities.
Given the recent outing of Facebook's (1) open vault for access to user profiles and data and (2) deception concerning the openness of that vault (see https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/apr/07/christopher-wylie-why-i-broke-the-facebook-data-story-and-what-should-happen-now?CMP=sharebtnlink), maybe one answer ought to be full disclosure and fully-informed consent before people choose to use.
Nor am I offended by the risks of entering a forum—in which trolls, catfish and other tricksters are known to gain access—that requires me to bear personal responsibility, judgment and discretion for determining the veracity and merit of the information that makes its way to me. Sort of like life.
Maybe most significantly, Facebook might do well to (1) define for users in big bold letters what Facebook means by 'private,' (2) inform users in big bold letters that their 'private' information is up for sale or access to outside users and interests, and/or (3) not sell or share it.
I don't write code, am not a mathematician and know very little about algorithms. When I re-entered the world of Facebook around January 20, 2017 after a five-year hiatus, however, I consciously gave up any expectation of privacy for what I choose to put into that domain, including any personal information I disclose or post. And both my Timeline and Page are "public." But that's me.
Granted, I use Facebook primarily as a platform to express personal views about politics and geopolitics and, more importantly, as a gallery to share my father's brilliant artwork.
I created a Facebook Page, Last Amendment, as a forum for such personal expression. While I have no paid advertisers and am not interested in soliciting any, from time-to-time I pay Facebook to advertise my own Page. Why? Three reasons.
First, I have an inflated and artificial sense of my own importance and the significance of what I think and say. And Facebook is the perfect forum for displaying such hubris.
Second, I use Facebook as a means to vent. Such venting reduces my need for anti-depressants and visits to my clinical psychologist. I'm considering titrating the first and am down to once a month for the second.
Third, regardless of my deluded sense of self and need for a non-destructive relief valve (I quit the booze a long time ago and can't always count on the weather for bicycling), I use the forum to share my father's extraordinary artwork. As with many artists, his work was genius, his skill at self-promotion terrible. Before he passed away, he made clear that, if we were unwilling to display his artwork, we should discard or destroy it. And no, except in rare circumstances his art is not for sale. It is for appreciation and I am doing what I can, with his estate's express permission, to share.
In short order I came to understand that Facebook makes a lot of money by allowing, viz. encouraging, Facebook to advertise user Pages for Facebook users who might be interested in the content. My own timeline is replete with ads for products and events which, strangely, generally fall within my discrete interests.
Effective advertising requires targeting. Who is the target audience? What is the right demographic for the product any particular Page promotes?
Of course each category and subcategory has its own sub-subcategories.
Based on the content of my Page Last Amendment, which self-identifies as "comment[ing] on the current regime's suppression and manipulation of political, geopolitical, scientific, economic and truthful speech; it also serves as a gallery for my father's artwork," I choose mostly from the left of center, progressive side of "Politics (US)," and I leave it to Facebook's marketing geniuses to do the rest of the work.
Apparently, we all are targets, demographics, commodities, products. Seems a lot like life. But by voluntarily exposing ourselves, I don't believe we have handed over our free will. We still can—and should—vet whatever information makes it onto our Timelines, television screens, newspapers, Twitter feeds and any other sources to which we choose to be exposed and from which we choose to receive information.


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Solar Physics journal welcomes Inigo Arregui
Introducing our new Editor-in-Chief to succeed Michael Wheatland
Publisher and editors of the journal Solar Physics welcome Iñigo Arregui, who is taking over the responsibilities of Editor-in-Chief from Michael Wheatland, who has served on this post from 2016–2021.
We gratefully acknowledge Michael Wheatland's contributions to Solar Physics and the community as a whole. Iñigo Arregui is joining the continuing Editors-in-Chief Lidia van Driel-Gesztelyi, John Leibacher, and Cristina H. Mandrini.
Iñigo Arregui completed his PhD in 2003 and has been a researcher at the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) since 2012. He has conducted research in Spain (Universitat de les Illes Balears and Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias) and Belgium (K.U. Leuven). He also had visiting professor positions at ISAS/JAXA (Japan) and K.U. Leuven.
His research interests are focused on the magnetic structuring of the solar atmosphere, MHD waves in coronal structures, coronal seismology, coronal wave heating, and the application of Bayesian inference methods.
The publisher would like to thank all researchers who have applied for the open position as Solar Physics EiC, and also the Solar Physics Advisory Board who formed a selection committee that made recommendations to the publisher.
https://www.springer.com/journal/11207/updates/19913462


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Huie is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Albert Huie (1920–2010), Jamaican painter
Alexander Huie (1869–1964), Australian journalist
Janice Riggle Huie (born 1946), American United Methodist bishop
Jessica Huie (born 1980), British businesswoman
Oliver Huie (1897–1951), American football coach
Richard Huie (1795-1867) Scottish physician
Shirley Fenton Huie (1924-2016), Australian writer
William Bradford Huie (1910–1986), American journalist and writer


We are a neighborhood bar that specializes in 14 craft beers on tap, a great menu, sports games and awesome staff. We are well known for our wings and oversized burgers and don't forget about the free peanuts. Our claim to fame is our donkey bowl which is a 64-ounce fishbowl filled with an assortment of rums and juices.
The Mad Donkey has been open for a short time but has already received a great reputation. We've appreciated the everyday return of our loyal customers and enjoyed seeing the new faces. Don't be left out and be a part of the donkey madness!
Want special treatment? Use the form below to book a party at Mad Donkey.
Mad donkey is a great dive bar. Bartender is so nice and fun. Also has great nuts!!! Plenty of draft beers. Fun drinking and eating challenges. The perfect dive for Astoria!
Mad Donkey has down to earth staff, heavy pours, peanuts at the bar, a nice array of beer, and TVs. There is seating at the bar and along the wall and in the back there is an open area with more seating. The bar does offer food, I was just in there for the booze so I didn't order anything, but they do have that option if you're hungry.


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Q: Error when select and show zoom inside rectangle patch i try to visualize in another panel ( zoom) the area inside rectangle patch all time when the rectangle move witch click mouse i can visualize the area inside rectangle patch
the problem is the zoom is not show the all the area inside rectangle patch just part or i think the x y
how can i show the area inside rectangle patch all time when i move mouse in plot ?
that my code and what is show :
import wx
from numpy import arange, sin, pi,cos
import numpy as np
import matplotlib
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
from matplotlib.backends.backend_wxagg import FigureCanvasWxAgg as FigureCanvas
from matplotlib.figure import Figure
import matplotlib.patches as patches

class MainFrame(wx.Frame):
    def __init__(self, parent ):
        wx.Panel.__init__(self, parent,name="Main", size = (800,800))
        self.Panel = Panel(self)

class Panel(wx.Panel):
    def __init__(self,parent):
        super().__init__(parent)
        panel = wx.Panel(self)
        self.canvas_panel = CanvasPanel(self)
        self.zoom_panel=Zoom(parent=self)
        canvas_sizer = wx.BoxSizer(wx.HORIZONTAL)
        canvas_sizer.Add(self.canvas_panel,1,wx.EXPAND)
        canvas_sizer.Add(self.zoom_panel,1,wx.EXPAND)
        sizer = wx.BoxSizer(wx.VERTICAL)
        sizer.Add(panel)
        sizer.Add(canvas_sizer)
        self.SetSizerAndFit(sizer)
        self.Show()

class CanvasPanel(wx.Panel):
    """ Panel du graphique matplotlib """
    def __init__(self, parent , size=(200,350)):
        super().__init__(parent)
        self.figure = Figure(figsize =(4,4))
        self.canvas = FigureCanvas(self, -1, self.figure)
        self.axes = self.figure.add_subplot(111)
        self.Size = self.canvas.Size
        self.parent = parent
        t = arange(0.5, 3.0, 0.01)
        s = cos(2 * pi * t)
        self.axes.plot(t, s)
        self.axes.get_xaxis().set_visible(False)
        self.axes.get_yaxis().set_visible(False)
        self.canvas.mpl_connect('button_press_event', self.on_press)
        x = y = 0.02
        self.rect = patches.Rectangle((x, y), 0.4,0.4,edgecolor='g', alpha=1, fill=None, label='Label')
        self.axes.add_patch(self.rect)
        self.axes.plot()

    def on_press(self, click):
        x1, y1 = click.xdata, click.ydata
        x2, y2 = click.xdata, click.ydata
        self.rect.set_x(x1 - 0.2) #Move the rectangle and centre it on the X click point
        self.rect.set_y(y1 - 0.2) #Move the rectangle and centre it on the Y click point

        self.axes.plot()
        self.canvas.draw()
        self.zoom_axes=[x1,x2,y1,y2]
        self.parent.zoom_panel.Update(self)

class Zoom(wx.Panel):
    def __init__(self,parent):
        wx.Panel.__init__(self,parent,size=(200,200))
        self.Show()
    def Update(self,parent):
        #Load axis values of the selected rectangle
        zoom_axes=parent.zoom_axes

        #duplicate the plot from the main panel
        self.figure = Figure(figsize =(4,4))
        self.canvas = FigureCanvas(self, -1, self.figure)
        self.axes = self.figure.add_subplot(111)
        #Apply axis of drawn rectangle to the plot
        self.axes.axis(zoom_axes)
        t = arange(0.5, 3.0, 0.01)
        s = cos(2 * pi * t)
        self.axes.plot(t, s)
        self.axes.get_xaxis().set_visible(False)
        self.axes.get_yaxis().set_visible(False)
        self.canvas.draw()
        self.Refresh()

app = wx.App()
frame = MainFrame(None).Show()
app.MainLoop()

and i have this error when i click in rectangle to show zoom :
   self.set_ylim([v[2], v[3]], emit=emit, auto=False)
UserWarning: Attempting to set identical bottom==top results
in singular transformations; automatically expanding.
bottom=0.30714285714285716, top=0.30714285714285716

thank you

A: You are sending identical x and y values for x1,x2 and y1, y2, so in essence you are zooming to a point and not a rectangle.
Remember, you are clicking on a point and calculating the rectangle, so you need to calculate the zoom area from the point. See below:
def on_press(self, click):
    x1, y1 = click.xdata, click.ydata
    zx1 = x1 - 0.2
    zy1 = y1 - 0.2
    zx2 = x1 + 0.2
    zy2 = y1 + 0.2
    self.rect.set_x(x1 - 0.2) #Move the rectangle and centre it on the X click point
    self.rect.set_y(y1 - 0.2) #Move the rectangle and centre it on the Y click point

    self.axes.plot()
    self.canvas.draw()
    self.zoom_axes=[zx1,zx2,zy1,zy2]
    self.parent.zoom_panel.Update(self)

If you don't want to calculate the rectangle/zoom then investigate matplotlib's RectangleSelector


Infrequent bursts of creative energy have occurred around our world through the centuries. No one knows why, but every few hundred years or so God in his heaven decides that he will shake things up a bit. I have collected a list of some of these.
Why should a rocky, barren peninsula like Greece suddenly rise forth as a beacon of vast enlightenment between 427 and 347 B.C.? Words of wisdom from Plato, Socrates and Aristotle still illuminate the whole of our cultural landscape. But after 347 B.C., everything stopped, and Greece became a backwater.
After the fall of the Roman Empire, Europe slept in what is called the Dark Ages. Great rulers like Charlemagne could not read or write. All knowledge was kept under wraps. Yet why would the period from 1400 to 1600 A.D. become the Renaissance? Great leaders came to the forefront like Charles V, Henry VIII, Martin Luther, Frances I and Gutenberg, who started it all by inventing the printing press. In Northern Italy, Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael and others changed the face of art and culture forever, all within one or two generations. The Renaissance was called the rebirth of civilization; it swept over Europe like an artistic avalanche.
Music has a special place in history and enjoyed its own creative burst. Imperial Vienna in the early 1800s was a city suffering from every kind of censorship. Why should this city have suddenly burst forth with musical geniuses like Gluck, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Strauss and others at the moment it did? It's a mystery.
A few Monks in Venice were having a glass of wine in the early years of the 9th century. They decided to throw a few stones together in praise and tribute to Jesus Christ. The great Basilica di San Marco was born from their efforts.
Because such cultural explosions happen suddenly, not slowly over many centuries, great cathedrals were soon being built all over Europe. Each country tried to outdo the other. England has Canterbury; the Chartres and Notre Dame Cathedrals are among many in France. Thousands of others were built, including Santiago de Compostela in Spain, Vienna's St. Stephen's, Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence, and of course the famous Basilica of St. Peter in Rome. It was a glorious time, and a glorious age.
In a little backwater American British colony in the late 1700s, a group of men gathered to study the works of John Locke, who had written a great book that espoused liberty, equality and fraternity. These men started their own democratic revolution that still resonates in our country, as well as in the Middle East and other nations of the world. Franklin, Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Hamilton and Paine all were political geniuses who founded our country and kicked the royal Brits out of the richest colony in the world. How this group of men happened to be in the right place at the right time can only be attributed to divine inspiration.
In the earliest part of our last (20th) century another burst of cosmic energy brought forth Modernism, which changed the way we look at the world. Several radical ideas came together around the same time. In 1900 Sigmund Freud wrote The Interpretations of Dreams. Igor Stravinsky directed the controversial "The Rite of Spring" in Paris in 1913. It was a wild, ear-piercing piece of music that changed tone and direction all over the scale.
Ulysses, some say the greatest book of the century, was written in 1922 by James Joyce. It was an erotically different kind of book that used long unwinding sentences, with few periods or conjunctions. About the same time, Pablo Picasso established Cubism when he painted "Les Demoiselles d'Avignon," a strange picture of several scantily clad ladies standing next to what looked like an ape, all staring out from the canvas. In economics, John Maynard Keynes wrote The Economic Consequences of the Peace, a book concerning the end of WWI. It predicted the Great Depression of 1929 and propounded the economic method of managing the economy by deficit financing, which George Bush uses today.
Before Modernism, people would read a book and digest what the author was trying to tell them. It was the same in art and music. After the above set of cosmic events, people now interpret their own feelings into the works of art, and apply their own reactions as to the meaning of the work. This is a major difference that has produced all kind of nontraditional ideas.
In the post-Modernist era, "deconstruction" has taken hold. It is a process by which nutty authors claim that Herman Melville beat his wife, or, more recently, Abraham Lincoln was gay, all because of the way the writers interpret what was written or happened in history, not what actually happened.
What will happen in the 21st century? Some think that because of 9/11 and the Internet the world will sink into a kind of modern Dark Ages. It happened once before, and lasted 1,400 years. I am more optimistic than that. In all of the events listed above, no one recognized what was happening until many years later.
The term "Renaissance" was coined hundreds of years afterward. Computers and the Internet are making profound changes in our world today. If we are in the middle of a cosmic event now, and you recognize what is going on, please let me know. I want to add it to my list.


Fortnite Battle Royale mobile is boosting Fortnite's already epic popularity status, as expected. It seems that it is all people are talking about these days, and everybody is either playing it or has someone close to them who plays it. Now, usually it's the parents that are flooding the internet with please and rants about how their kids are spending money on Fortnite, but you might also know a pathological spender or two.
Select your account profile icon next to the search box, and then choose Settings.
Under Purchase Sign-In, turn off "Streamline my purchase experience." Doing so will make sure users are asked for a password every time they want to buy something.
Create a passkey to prevent unauthorized purchases and require it for making purchases.
Don't put credit card information in your kid's account. If you want to let your kid buy a few things, you can buy them an Xbox gift card.
Make sure you sign out every time you use the console if you are sharing it with your kid.
And there you have it. If you want to control your kids or other loved ones from spending too much money on Fortnite, there are options. But, be careful when you play Fortnite yourself, because the game will live up to its reputation! Just kidding! Fortnite Battle Royale mobile is an insanely fun game everyone can enjoy without spending a dime. The game is also free to play, so go ahead and enjoy!