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Today is World Science Day for Peace and Development.
By Meg Carter, ChildFund Sponsorship Communication Specialist
I remember teaching at Guinea's national polytechnic university a few years ago. Most of my first-year students had never seen a computer. They'd earned the highest marks in the country in science and math on their Baccalauréat (Guinea's high-school leaving exam), yet had never examined water under a microscope, created a chemical volcano or even stuck balloons to the wall with static electricity.
But they could list waterborne illnesses, recite the periodic table of elements, and define induction. My students had learned theory without practical experience because Guinea, like many low-income countries, lacks the resources for proper science education. Scientific research there usually consists of literature review and retrospective study, not original experiments.
Imagine MIT, Caltech or Virginia Tech without electricity, running water, refrigeration or internet access — and no books, maps, posters, calculators, CDs or DVDs on campus. Guinea's only bookstore was located five hours away. Lab materials and scientific instruments are expensive and hard to come by. You barely have enough chalk.
"Why," my students asked when I introduced myself on their first day of class, "did you leave your comfortable life in America for us?"
I'd come to teach technical English but ended up team-teaching introductory information technology classes, too. Each semester, my Guinean counterpart covered IT basics, while I observed and assisted with computer labs. Then we traded: I taught the advanced content and he ran interference.
I believe all children, regardless of where they are born, deserve as good an education as my daughter received in the United States. And the experience gap prevents these children and youth from solving new problems or thinking as creatively and critically as they could. Like DNA, a lack of practical experience passes down to subsequent generations.
I remember the moment I realized my students knew nothing about non-decimal number systems, including binary codes, on which information technology is based. While I reviewed my Energy Technology students' course evaluations, one young man wrote that he hadn't known you could generate electricity without pollution. Another wrote that the class wanted to learn more: "Show us photographs and diagrams of solar, wind, biomass, fuel cell, geothermal," he wrote, "all these energy sources you told us of. And explain in French, please."
The enthusiasm is there. I remember the sea of faces greeting me each semester. More than 100 students sat four to a desk. Although three in 10 scientists worldwide are women, fewer than one in 10 students at Guinea's national polytechnic university were female when I taught there. Nearly all were already married with children.
Imagine the difference in the Ebola outbreak if the quality of science education in West Africa were equal to our own.
Yesterday, ChildFund participated in an airlift of 15,000 pounds of emergency medical supplies for Liberia, one of the countries where health care professionals are working hard to contain the deadly Ebola virus. Thanks to a collaboration among other nonprofit organizations, corporations (including longtime ChildFund partner Procter & Gamble) and many individuals, Liberian hospital staff members are receiving personal protection items, including rubber gloves, face masks and fluid-resistant gowns, as well as soap and other hygiene supplies. ChildFund Liberia is delivering these supplies through the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare. Read more about the airlift.
By Christine Ennulat, ChildFund Staff Writer
This week, ChildFund joins organizations worldwide in celebrating World Breastfeeding Week, highlighting the benefits of breastfeeding, which could save the lives of as many as 1 million babies a year. In ChildFund's work to ensure healthy beginnings for the youngest, breastfeeding is crucial.
Throughout the world, ChildFund-trained volunteers are working to educate families about the benefits — for both mother and child — of what the organizers of World Breastfeeding Week call "a world-class intervention."
"Breastfeeding gives the child all the nutrients he needs," says Saly, a community health volunteer in Senegal, to the dozen mothers seated around her on a large straw mat in a courtyard's dappled shade. "We should consider breastfeeding even after six months, up to two years." The women, each with a child at her breast, listen carefully. One rocks side to side. Another stares at her nursing baby, holding folds of colorful fabric away from a cheek that should be rounder than it is. Another gently jounces her little girl, who has fallen asleep and hangs limp in her arms.
Under a USAID-supported community-based health program led by ChildFund in Senegal, Saly is helping lead a nutrition and recovery workshop in her community. The participants are mothers with children under 2 whom health volunteers have identified as malnourished. Held for 10 days in a row, the workshops include growth monitoring, individual counseling and nutrition education delivered along with song and dance and a meal. "We gather the children with their mothers to teach the mothers how to help their children overcome the malnutrition," says Saly. "When they return home, they will practice what we teach them here." Education and support about breastfeeding is a central piece of what these activities provide the mothers who attend.
Breastfeeding is a key ingredient in preventing and treating malnutrition, but its benefits go beyond simply providing nutrients.
In many of the communities where ChildFund works, it is news to most mothers that breastfeeding within hours after birth confers antibodies that lay the foundation for a newborn's immune system. "It's like a vaccine for the child," Saly says. Immediate breastfeeding benefits the mother as well, causing a hormonal shift that spurs her body to finish the process of childbirth and release the placenta.
And breastfeeding's benefits are more than merely physiological. Saly explains, "There is a close relationship between the child and the mother during this time, because breastfeeding develops affection between the child and the mother, and it can help the mother to teach the child many other behaviors. Sometimes the child is making gestures and the mother is correcting. This is a kind of communication."
A mother's responses to her baby during feeding can dramatically boost brain development. So, it makes sense that breastfeeding is also associated with a three-point increase in children's IQ.
Breastfeeding is indeed a world-class intervention: Exclusive breastfeeding from birth until six months is the single most effective intervention for preventing child deaths.
It's surprising, then, that only 39 percent of women worldwide practice exclusive breastfeeding for their children's first six months.
Why is that the case? The fact is that while breastfeeding may be natural, it's not always easy. What does it take? Primarily, mothers need information and support to make breastfeeding happen. Families, health workers and volunteers, and communities at large, also need information so they understand both why breastfeeding is important and what their role is in supporting nursing mothers.
That's why ChildFund would like to see breastfeeding goals become a global priority in international development. We invite you to add your voice to global discussions about breastfeeding, whether through social media, a note to your policymakers or just a conversation with a friend.
Or, the next time you see a mom snuggling her baby close in this very special, powerful way, give her a smile and a nod. She's doing a good thing.
Reporting by ChildFund Ethiopia
A water project in Ethiopia, which is estimated to benefit more than 16,000 people, was completed and dedicated in June after numerous technical and administrative challenges.
ChildFund Ethiopia worked with local partners in the Oromiya region of Ethiopia to provide fresh water to community members. Lacking a nearby source of clean water has been a terrible hardship to families. Before, children and women walked three to five hours to get water, which sometimes was polluted with bacteria that causes serious illnesses. Children also would be tardy to school or sometimes drop out because of the constant journeys for water.
At the dedication ceremony, Victor Koyi, ChildFund International's east and southern Africa regional director, spoke about the need for sustainability and noted that the community will be responsible for maintaining the water source. Both community members and local government officials expressed their commitment to manage and maintain this new resource.
Are you watching the Tour de France this month? Some of us at ChildFund are, and although we love the competition among professional cyclists, the Tour also makes us think about what other purposes bicycles serve. They provide a way to get to and from school safely, as well as a tool for fun, exercise and fresh air. What do bikes mean to you?
By Emmanuel Ford, ChildFund Liberia
In 2012, ChildFund launched a program called Shine a Light in four countries — Dominica, Indonesia, Liberia and Senegal — thanks in large part to a major gift from a concerned donor. The project's goal is to raise awareness of gender-based violence, assist child survivors of sexual abuse and help communities develop child-protective systems and responses. In four blog posts, we'll learn about the progress made in these countries; today, we focus on Liberia.
In Liberia, Shine a Light was launched in Klay Town, Klay District, Bomi County. The project targets 200 children in two schools — 100 boys and 100 girls aged 10 to 17.
Schools in Liberia are rife with sexual exploitation and abuse. Sexual exploitation and abuse, a form of gender-based violence, is an abuse of a position of authority for sexual purposes. In 2012, research among 800 girls in four of Liberia's counties found that 88.7 percent had experienced a sexual violation, 40.2 percent had engaged in transactional sex, and 47 percent had endured sexual coercion — citing classmates, teachers, and school personnel as the main perpetrators.
To respond to this enormous challenge with the aim of preventing sexual exploitation and abuse before it happens, the project has formed two clubs for girls. These clubs provide a safe space in the school setting where girls may interact with each other and community mentors. Community mentors are individuals who live and work in the same communities as the girls and who demonstrate interest in empowering both girls and boys to stop sexual exploitation and abuse at school.
Utilizing a dynamic and interactive curriculum, club members and community mentors together address important issues such as sexual harassment, HIV and AIDS and other sexually transmitted infections, prevention of unintended pregnancy, and reproductive myths. Girls also receive financial education where they spend time learning about options for income generation, how to control spending, learning the differences between needs and wants, and how to save. Girls will be exploring options to open savings accounts and form savings groups.
However, because boys and teachers are also important partners to end sexual exploitation and abuse, the project engages these critical groups. For example, boys are learning about the causes and consequences of sexual exploitation and abuse and are receiving financial education. The project works with teachers and school administrators to reinvigorate and apply a school code of conduct for all personnel.
Gender-based violence has long been an issue of critical importance in Liberia. The national government started a national effort to fight gender-based violence in 2012, focusing on a community-based observation network to identify problems and address them quickly. In 2007, the World Health Organization worked with Liberia's Ministry of Gender and Development to interview 2,828 women about violence in their relationships.
According to the study, 93 percent had been subjected to at least one abusive act. Of those who survived violence, 48.5 percent said they were forced to work as sex workers; 13.6 percent of survivors were younger than 15. Rape cases are the most frequently reported serious crime in Liberia, and in 2007, 46 percent of reported rapes involved children under age 18; sexual assaults frequently occurred during Liberia's political strife as a tool to control civilians, according to a 2012 Liberian government report.
Despite the response by Liberia's government, sexual violence remains a serious problem, with a total of 2,493 sexual and gender-based violent crimes being reported across the country in 2012 and 2013, according to the Ministry of Gender and Development.
President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, who has taken on gender equality and gender-based violence as key causes in her administration, said in a November speech: "In Liberia, through the pain and anguish experienced by each of these victims, we have found the strength and the courage to start to build a new, transformed society — where women enjoy equal rights and fair treatment, and where their productive role in society and the economy is acknowledged. In my country, women occupy high-ranking government positions; rape, though continuing, has been criminalized; and women have greater property and custodial rights."
By Martin Nanawa, ChildFund Philippines
In the weeks after Super Typhoon Haiyan devastated the central Philippines last Nov. 8, Martin Nañawa, a communications staff member in our Philippines office, reported on the children, youth and adults struggling in its aftermath. Six months after the storm, he reports on their recovery. Here is his first dispatch.
Tacloban looked really shiny from my airplane window. It was the glint of freshly installed corrugated metal sheet roofing — many homes and businesses whose walls still stood had recently repaired their roofs.
When ChildFund's emergency response team first landed in Tacloban, the city was the dire place the world was hearing about in the news. After what I had seen then, progress – any kind of visible progress – was welcome news. I'd see more signs of it as I made my way through town.
Utilities have been restored throughout the city. I've heard there are occasional power outages, but supply is largely stable. This is a far cry from the city that was swallowed in darkness each night. Water supply and mobile phone coverage have also been restored.
The public transportation grid is working again. Passenger jeepneys (local, privately owned minibuses) and commuter tricycles are plying the road once more. Some are even back to reckless driving, which is another indicator of normalcy, for better or worse.
Public transportation also indicates fuel supply has also been restored. I spotted many gas stations newly repaired or nearly so. Right after Haiyan, gas stations lay partially or completely in ruins and were subsequently ransacked for their fuel supply.
Tacloban's streets have been cleared of rubble and rubbish. In the first days after the super typhoon, cars were strewn about the roads like some toddler's toys. Now, nearly all the wrecked vehicles are gone from the streets, and the remaining automobile husks are parked neatly in front of their owners' lots.
Commerce in Tacloban is also struggling to recover. Many businesses have repaired and reopened. Markets, restaurants, boutiques, electronics and assorted services often sport large painted canvass streamers announcing their reopenings — no need to live off packed rations or relief goods anymore. I walked into a little corner fast-food eatery for lunch and enjoyed a good, cheap meal while watching a noontime vaudeville on TV, seated next to a few school-aged girls giggling over Facebook on their phones and tablets. It felt like Haiyan had never happened there.
The volume of lechon (roast pig) stalls open throughout the city also surprised me. Lechon isn't cheap, and it's usually served only at fiestas or large banquets.
School is out for the Philippines' summer break, from late March to the first week of June. Teachers say ChildFund's Child-Centered Space training was critical in the months of January to March, when school had to resume but children were not physically and emotionally prepared. These same teachers feel more confident that they're in better shape to start school in June.
Still, in contrast to local businesses, school buildings have largely not been repaired, and teachers expect to run up to three shifts of students using each surviving classroom. Quonset hut-like structures built by responding agencies will help ease congestion in classrooms.
Though signs of progress and recovery were apparent everywhere, so are Haiyan's horrible scars. Though large structures-turned-evacuation centers, like the astrodome by the bay, were now empty or under repair, numerous tent cities can still be found in the city. Homes and businesses that suffered greater damage remain neglected. Many residents or shop owners just aren't prepared to rebuild, or they've abandoned Tacloban for Cebu, Manila or elsewhere.
The large ships that Haiyan's storm surge carried and deposited on dry land, right on top of a seaside community, remain in place – solemn steel monoliths to remind the city of Haiyan's toll. The ships' hulls are now covered in graffiti – some are messages of encouragement, but there are many expressions of grief and rage.
Tacloban is rebuilding, but it's rebuilding over not only terrible physical and emotional scars but also pre-existing conditions. Businesses may be restarting, but lower-income households, whose earnings derive from agriculture such as copra production, have it harder. The threat of malnutrition, already observed in Leyte before Haiyan, has only further been compounded by the scarcity endured until only recently.
Having personally seen Tacloban on its knees, I'm thankful to see it struggle to its feet now. I'm thankful to be a part of this effort. I'm thankful to colleagues at ChildFund who've labored, wept and struggled alongside Taclobanons for six months now. Of course, I'm also thankful to donors who've helped us do what we do. ChildFund will continue to play a significant role in Tacloban's recovery.
ChildFund is invested in an early recovery strategy that tackles livelihood restoration, nutrition and child protection challenges faced by post-Haiyan Tacloban and other affected areas in the central Philippines. Funding for ChildFund's nutrition and child protection projects was made possible through grants from UNICEF.
By Martin Nañawa, ChildFund Philippines
In September, rebels attacked the coastal communities of Zamboanga City in the Philippines, taking civilians hostage and using them as human shields. After several weeks of fighting, the government has quelled the attack and security is returning to the area.
ChildFund works in six communities in and around Zamboanga City. Although children enrolled in ChildFund programs were not directly affected by the fighting, ChildFund's local partner organization, the Holy Rosary Family Center, under the leadership of Sister Nini, set up Child-Centered Spaces to ensure children have a safe place to gather, play and express any fears. ChildFund's Emergency Action Fund allows us to provide these spaces to children affected by strife or natural disasters. Sister Nini agreed to share her experiences at the height of the fighting.
Sister Nini is used to getting up at dawn. Like other Dominican sisters in her order, she takes her morning prayers silently before dawn and lately by herself. It's been more than a week since fighting erupted in the Philippines' Zamboanga City, and there's much work to be done.
Within an hour of waking, Sister Nini has already picked up seven volunteer mothers and youth. Though it's a tight squeeze, everyone fits in the cabin of her order's pickup truck. Laughter fills whatever space is left, as her company tries to keep their spirits up and their legs from falling asleep. Thankfully, their destination, Boalan, an elementary school that has doubled as an evacuation center, is not far. Though they are far enough from where the fighting continues in Zamboanga, Sister Nini is always wary of the possibility of danger on the road.
Arriving at the school grounds, Sister Nini and her volunteers unload the contents off the flatbed. There's rice, canned sardines, instant noodle packs and biscuit tins donated by former students of Nini's from her days at Ateneo de Zamboanga and St. Joseph School. She and her volunteers also unload bundles of lush malunggay (moringa) leaves, mustard greens, bright orange carrots, lettuce stalks and lengths of string beans, all harvested from the sisters' organic vegetable plot at the convent. The women carry the vegetables to a makeshift kitchen on the school grounds.
Dawn's first light brings warmth to 56 families who've spent the evening with little more than woven mats or flattened cardboard boxes between them and the cold pavement of classroom floors. Dawn also brings the aroma of a hot breakfast, wafting through the wooden shutters and rousing weary evacuees from their sleep. The Department of Social Welfare and Development has been providing and coordinating aid to this evacuation center and others as fighting displaces families. Sister Nini's crew complements the DSWD's support, taking care of breakfast at this site. Today, breakfast is steamed rice porridge — arroz caldo, fortified with fresh vegetables.
Sister Nini does not always stay through breakfast at this site. She makes the rounds of three more evacuation centers, setting up Child-Centered Spaces at these four sites. These spaces host activities addressing displaced children's psychosocial needs, playing, and creative and productive expression of their emotions. Nini alternates her schedule for her own security.
By the time Sister Nini returns to the first evacuation site, many parent volunteers are ready to return home to their families. The youth volunteers stay to assist local teachers who conduct stress-debriefing activities for children living at the school. The volunteers play with the children or tell them stories. "These young people know the importance of helping others," Sister Nini says. "They themselves are sponsored children with ChildFund and know just how big a difference a stranger's kindness can make."
Sister Nini also checks on the elderly at the evacuation centers, monitoring their blood pressure and asking if anyone needs to go to the hospital. There's been no need so far, but she offers the service anyway. She also arranges safe drop-offs for volunteers who live along her route from the evacuation center. "My vehicle is a public vehicle," Nini jokes, before expressing gratitude for the family and friends who donate what they can to keep the truck's tank full.
Returning to the convent at the end of the day, Sister Nini thanks God for all the support behind her work with children and the safety they're afforded. She admits, "In truth, I'm always afraid, but I know God is greater than my fear."
We could not be prouder of the children from ChildFund programs who participated in last week's Day of the African Child events held at the African Union in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Facing many challenges, including harmful social and cultural practices across the continent, these children urged the African Union, its member states and partners to take a stand to protect children and allow them to become educated, healthy and fulfilled adults.


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Tubular Heaters
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Declaration on Human Rights Defenders
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Emergencies in the context of the defence of human rights
This report does not attempt to provide any formal definition of 'emergencies'. The Special Representative uses here the word "emergency" to refer to political, social or economic conditions under which there is a departure from the normal legal regime, and the limits of state authority are, de jure or de facto, expanded beyond the scope of authority ordinarily prescribed. Her focus on emergencies includes, but is not limited to, formally declared 'states of emergency'.
It is in the context of armed conflicts that conditions comprising an emergency have most commonly occurred. Emergencies exhibiting these conditions have also appeared in situations that are below a thresh-hold of a raging conflict, but in which there is resort to exceptions that raise fundamental concerns regarding human rights. Emergencies may occur in one particular part of a country or engulf the whole state. Extra-judicial killings; disappearances; kidnapping; torture; rape; arbitrary arrest and detention; internal displacement; vast numbers fleeing as refugees; and the recruitment of children by armed actors are among the types of human rights concerns that are common to emergency situations. These circumstances are often paralleled by little or no official investigation into human rights violations committed and subsequent impunity for these acts. The full range of civil, cultural, economic, political and social rights is frequently at risk.
Some of the emergencies of concern to the Special Representative have been on the agenda of the United Nations Security Council within the past 3 years in the context of its international peace and security focus. The 2002 and 2003 agendas of the CHR also included consideration of several States experiencing conditions corresponding with the Special Representative's focus on emergencies. The Special Representative notes, however, that while some emergencies of concern to her have remained off the agendas of the Security Council and CHR this should not obscure the fact that the role and situation of human rights defenders in these States deserves urgent attention.
B. The role of defenders in emergencies, and the violations they face
As emergencies occur and develop the human rights problems common to these situations are often so serious that the presence and action of defenders is urgently required. In an environment of widespread human rights abuse and of a lack of clarity as to how, when and by whom abuses are being committed, the role of human rights defenders is at its most crucial. By engaging in the defense of human rights through a variety of actions, defenders endeavor to preserve these rights despite conditions that make them most vulnerable to erosion. More significantly, human rights defenders contribute to limiting the scale of human rights violations and their impact on people affected by emergency situations.
Defenders can monitor an overall situation, rapidly investigate allegations of possible violations and report their conclusions, providing a measure of accountability. They are able to provide support to victims and persons who are trying to escape violence. They provide emergency shelter, food, water and medical care to help a population survive a period of emergency. Their presence can help to calm situations and, at times, to prevent human rights violations being committed. Their work can help to bring these situations quickly to an end and ensure a measure of justice for those who nevertheless suffer violations. They also provide the international community with some independent assurance of what is actually happening within an emergency situation, informing the decision making process on possible actions. This role can be a crucial support, not only to the victims of human rights violations and the State authorities most immediately concerned, but also to the United Nations Security Council and other bodies.
The Special Representative is deeply concerned that, in many current and recent emergencies, at a time when they are needed most, defenders are often prevented from conducting their human rights work. In addition, where defenders have tried to fulfil their role they have themselves been vigorously targeted in what amounts to an actual policy to silence them. Legitimate limits may be placed on the exercise of rights in a state of emergency. However, human rights activity in itself cannot be suspended, whatever the exigencies of a situation may be.
In many States with emergencies security forces exercise, officially or de facto, special authority to conduct arrests and detentions outside of normal procedures and human rights guarantees. Government may, in addition, have assumed authority under the rules of a 'state of emergency' for the derogation of some of its international human rights obligations. Further, the negative impacts of national security legislation on defenders are amplified in situations of emergency.
1. Restrictions on Access
To be effective, human rights defenders require access to civilian populations within areas of emergency. They must be allowed to travel within the region, to meet with civilians and belligerents, to access IDP camps, to enter and inspect places of detention. They must be able to gather the information they need and to communicate it to the outside world. The Declaration on human rights defenders assures defenders of the right to conduct these types of actions.
In practice, the Special Representative has observed that as emergencies develop, defenders have a decreasing capacity to access places and people required to perform their human rights role. Where actual armed conflict is present, limitations on access are partly the result of the effects of the conflict. However, in both conflict and non-conflict emergencies, it is clear that deliberate and concerted efforts are made to limit the access of human rights defenders and to prevent their presence all together.
International human rights defenders have often been denied visas to enter a country where an emergency is occurring. Where they have been able to obtain visas, bureaucratic barriers have been used on many occasions to prevent the access of defenders to emergency areas within a State where human rights violations are thought to be occurring. Where access has been eventually provided it is often long after the alleged violations occurred making the task of collecting information much more difficult.
Defenders have been prevented from speaking directly with witnesses and victims of violations through denial of access to IDP camps and places of detention, by a refusal to allow questioning to take place in private, or by direct intimidation of the local population with whom defenders wish to speak. By way of example, in more than one State, authorities have dressed prison guards as detainees and placed them among a detainee population while human rights monitoring missions were being conducted, using the intimidating presence of these officials to discourage genuine detainees from bearing witness to violations.
These and other practices have been used against defenders working in the context of both national and international human rights NGOs as well as humanitarian and development organizations. United Nations human rights officials have faced the same problems with their mandates providing for minimum conditions of access to places, persons and documents not always respected.
2. Human rights defenders as targeted victims of violations
In parallel with limitations on the access of defenders in emergency situations, they have themselves become the deliberate targets of human rights violations. They have been killed, 'disappeared', tortured, targeted by death threats and intimidation, submitted to arbitrary arrest and detention and deported. Many examples exist of defenders being publicly accused by State authorities of being allied with opposition groups, or accused by opposition groups of being allied with the State. In some instances, State authorities or rebel group leaders have made statements to this effect on radio and television media, following which the defenders in question have been the victim of attacks and threats.
When denying access to a region, State authorities or armed groups sometimes argue that, because of prevailing conditions in the region, they are unable to guarantee the security of defenders. When, subsequently, a defender is killed or disappears authorities have renounced any responsibility. In some situations such attacks may be beyond the control of belligerents. However, there are too many defenders who have clearly suffered harm because they uncovered or made public their concerns regarding human rights violations occurring in these areas. These circumstances give credibility to allegations that 'security' arguments are used to obstruct the work of defenders and then as a cover for deliberate targeting of defenders in these situations. The Special Representative is well aware that in many situations of conflict human rights defenders have been harmed by non-state elements that may not be under overt or covert control of the state. Nevertheless, the responsibility for creating conditions necessary for the enjoyment of rights and taking legal, administrative and other steps to ensure that the rights referred to in the Declaration are effectively guaranteed, lies primarily with the State. While impunity for human rights violations at any time has become a serious human rights issue, in situations of emergency impunity is more prevalent and of greater potential harm to the promotion of human rights. The Special Representative deeply regrets the high rate of impunity for violations of the rights of defenders.
International human rights defenders have suffered all of the acts described above, in the last year alone. However, national defenders, and particularly nationals from the same region as the prevailing emergency conditions, are the most vulnerable. The Special Representative draws two related conclusions from this. Firstly, that the 'international' status of human rights defenders does provide a certain level of protection and encourages somewhat better respect of the Declaration with regard to their work, although one that remains far below the standard required. Secondly, that State authorities, and non-State actors, are much more ready to violate the Declaration with regard to their own nationals emphasizing the need for greater focus of international attention on the situation of national human rights defenders.
C. The importance to the international community of the work of human rights defenders in emergency situations
A very large proportion of the Security Council's time is occupied with considering emergencies affecting international peace and security, most notably those involving armed conflict. Human rights violations are almost invariably a root cause as well as a consequence of these armed conflicts, and impunity for violations committed perpetuates both the violations and the conflicts themselves. It follows that any action to address human rights violations at their outset, to limit their impact and to rein in impunity can be central to preventing or at least limiting the extent of emergencies. Human rights defenders contribute in all of these areas. National defenders are at work within a society before any emergency begins and they are often the most committed to preventing violations and bringing them to an end. They have an intimate knowledge of a local context and, with suitable international support, can draw attention to human rights concerns as they emerge.
The work of defenders is drawn upon to inform the Security Council of ongoing situations and provides a support to United Nations actions to address concerns. One can argue that it is partly through the palliative work of defenders that many countries with near-emergency situations have remained below the thresh-hold of the Council's focus and so off its agenda, freeing time to address the most urgent situations. Defenders in emergencies help to ensure that the monitoring of United Nations human rights mechanisms - including Special Rapporteurs and Treaty Bodies - can continue, even where emergency conditions last for many years. Based outside the country upon which they are mandated, country specific Special Rapporteurs of the CHR would have no alternative source of information other than that provided by the State if it were not for the support of defenders. Indeed, it is often upon the basis of information gathered by defenders that the Commission is able to determine the need to actually establish a Special Rapporteur mandate. As the International Criminal Court (ICC) becomes established it will rely, in part, upon human rights defenders present within emergencies to gather first-hand information and to provide testimony. One can argue with conviction that a link between defenders and the ICC will ultimately have a powerful preventive effect with regard to human rights violations in emergencies.
The work of human rights defenders is fundamental to supporting the goals of the international community and the United Nations in emergencies. Any restriction on defenders and their work will also, ultimately, have a negative impact on the goals of the international community.


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Atlanta-based Coca-Cola Co. has donated an additional $1.5 million to a University of Florida foundation to support long-term research into preventing citrus greening.
This comes on top of $1.5 million that the beverage maker contributed three years ago to the Citrus Research and Development Foundation Inc. to support research into the Asian citrus psyllid, the insect that spreads the citrus greening bacterium, according to a news release.
The latest donation will be distributed in $500,000 increments during the next three years.
"Research to find a sustainable and environmentally conscious way to fight this disease is the best way we can support the entire value chain for the citrus industry," Iain McLaughlin, Coca-Cola senior vice president of global stills and juice center, said in the release.
Among the beverage company's brands are Minute Maid and Simply.
Although citrus greening, also known as huanglongbing or HLB, is deadly to citrus trees, it is harmless to humans and other animals. Since it has become endemic in Florida, it has cost the state's citrus industry more than $4.6 billion in losses, according to University of Florida figures.


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Valencia hotels
General Information
It's not much of a challenge to promote Valencia, the city and province, as a tourist destination. The third-most populous urban area in Spain with 1.8 million people, after Madrid and Barcelona, just about has it all. Nestled on the idyllic Costa del Azahar, Valencia could attract crowds on the merits of climate and geography alone.
Valencia stands apart for other reasons besides beach and sunshine however. With a frenetic nightlife and modern attractions, the city offers cosmopolitan contrasts to ancient landmarks, historic medieval quarters and UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Toss in a culinary heritage that gave rise to paella, the de facto national dish of Spain, and wonderful provincial countryside and you have one extraordinary city and province.
Valencia History
- La Lonja – A well-preserved example of gothic architecture.
- Plaza del Ayntamento – The largest and most impressive square in Valencia.
- Iglesia Santos Juanes – An ancient church with an impressive baroque façade.
- Banos Almirante – Reformed, olden Arab baths.
- Monastery Tres Reyes – A huge monastery dating back to the 13th century.
Valencia Art & Culture
- City of Arts and Sciences – Home to Spain's largest interactive science museum.
- MUVIM – The Museum of Enlightenment and Modernity takes tourists from the Middle Ages to the present day.
- National Museum of Ceramics – An ancient palace filled with ceramic works of art.
- Valencia History Museum – This museum tells the story of the countless cultures that have inhabited Valencia over the centuries.
- Jose Benlliure House Museum – The furnished house of a well-known Valencian painter.
Valencia Shopping
- Nuevo Centro – A large shopping complex featuring a range of shop selling reasonably priced goods.
- El Saler – A beautiful shopping centre featuring shops selling well-known labels.
- Galeria Don Juan de Austria – Home to a classy shopping experience.
- Mercado Central – One of Europe's oldest markets, which sells authentic Valencian produce at affordable prices.
- Paseo Maritimo – Located on a stunning promenade along the beach, this market offers a diverse range of stalls selling clothing, accessories, souvenirs and much more.
Gay & Lesbian Valencia
- Dona Dona – A popular lesbian bar, open Wednesdays to Saturdays.
- Som Com Som – A lesbian bar featuring lively music and all the latest drinks.
- Sant Miquel Café – A gay-friendly restaurant turned music bar in the evening.
- Q Art! Café – A restaurant which opens in the early morning and gradually gets livelier as the day fades into night.
- Pub Base – A venue for the more mature gay tourist to Valencia.
Valencia Outdoor
- July Fair – Held in July, this cultural programme has been designed to entertain locals and tourists with various concerts, theatre performances, open-air cinema showings, traditional fiestas, sports events and bullfighting.
- Fair of the Nations – A month-long event held in May in the Turia river-bed. An open-air leisure ground in which visitors can purchase ethnic souvenirs, try international cuisines and listen to music acts.
- Turia Gardens – A beautiful garden home to children's playgrounds, green mazes, spectacular fountains and stunning buildings.
- Jardin Botanico – A botanical garden home to the flora of five continents and the perfect place to take a stroll in the sun.
- Almoina – The open-air excavations of the Roman part of Valencia.
Valencia Sport
- Check out the skills of Valencia's football club at their large home ground, the Mestalla stadium.
- Watch the Levante UD football club play their games at the Estadi Ciutat de València.
- See expert golfers in action at the El Saler Golf Club.
- Enjoy watching Pamesa Valencia slam dunk at the Pabellón Municipal Fuente San Lluís de Valencia.
- Catch a bullfight at the Plaza de Toros.
City of Arts and SciencesKnown as the Ciutat de les Arts i les Ciències in Valencian, the premier modern landmark in the city is a phenomenal example of contemporary architecture. Built in 1996, the brilliant and immense complex contains a performance hall, opera house, IMAX cinema, planetarium, science museum, oceanographic park and lush gardens.
Valencia CathedralWith a consecration in 1238, Saint Mary of Valencia Cathedral is one of the most austere landmarks in the city. Built upon a mosque, the architecture is a beautiful mishmash of Gothic, Romanesque, Renaissance and Baroque design aesthetics. The interior contains many important works of art and historical relics.
BenimacletTo get a taste for authentic Valencian village life, the town of Benimaclet, in effect part of the city proper, is a great destination. The ancient Moorish settlement still maintains an independent spirit, as a popular student and immigrant neighbourhood, where Valencian is still the lingua franca.
Barri del CarmeThe traditional old quarter of Valencia is a must-see area of the city. Like many medieval sections of Europe, the district has trendy bohemian appeal today, replete as it is with outdoor cafés, restaurants and shops.
The LlotjaThe foremost UNESCO World Heritage Site in Valencia was once ground zero for the ancient silk trade in the Mediterranean.
Las FallasThe main event on the calendar in the province is without a doubt, Las Fallas. The March festival takes place over one week and features a parade of miniature city landmarks, fireworks displays, food and wine vendors and traditional concerts.
Holy WeekHoly Week, or La Semana Santa Marinera, is a merry period of revelry that leads up to more sober Easter observances, every April.
El Palau de les Arts Reina SofíaThe superlative performance hall in the City of Arts and Sciences puts on a regular program of opera and classical music throughout the year.
Tomatino de BunolIn late August the town of Bunol, a mere 40 km from Valencia, transforms into a giant battleground, as more than 30,000 people engage in a food fight of epic proportions to herald the annual tomato harvest.
Valencia, both the province and city, has a rather enviable Mediterranean climate. The fall and spring months do receive occasionally violent thunderstorms.
- Winter (December to February) 7-17°C
- Spring (March to May) 9-23°C
- Summer (June to September) 18-29.5°C
- Fall (October to November) 10.5-23.5°C
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The hotel medium valencia is an avant-garde, designer hotel providing accommodation alongside the City of the Arts and Sciences (Ciudad de las Artes y de las Ciencias). The hotel has everything... More
Located in the business district of the Valencia, NH Ciudad de Valencia Hotel invites its guests with quality accommodation and relaxing ambience along with standard amenities. Botanic Garden and... More
Beautifully located in an area with the greatest commercial, business and financial expansion in Valencia, the Sercotel Sorolla Palace Hotel is an ideal residence to recover from the hustle of... More
Petit Palace Bristol Hotel Valencia is a high-tech hotel in the heart of Valencia. The interesting destinations located within proximity of this pet-friendly hotel are the City of Arts and Science... More
Hospes Palau De La Mar Hotel Valencia is a sophisticated hotel and invites for a relaxing and unforgettable stay. The hotel's interior has a stylish design with exceptional and thoughtful touches.... More
Husa Dimar Hotel, with convenient location and modern facilities, is an ideal place for you to reside in the city of Valencia. GeneralDimar provides a business centre and two meeting rooms for... More
Set in a very modern area of Valencia, this Silken Hotel welcomes you to stay in a comfortable location and enjoy all that the city has to offer. GeneralWhether it is a business meeting, wedding... More
Boasting unlimited comfort, contemporary style as well as luxurious accommodation, the Expo Hotel Valencia is the perfect setting to experience the beauty of Valencia. GeneralThe perfectly... More
Offering tastefully appointed and centrally located accommodations, Vincci Lys makes for an ideal retreat for leisure and business travellers looking to explore this bustling Spain city. ... More
Whether you come to Valencia for business or pleasure, this hotel offers a friendly atmosphere and makes your stay a pleasant one. GeneralBusiness travellers can make use of the conference... More
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André Appel
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I love everything to do with maternity, family, wedding and newborn photography. Capturing those life-changing moments is far more then just taking photos!
Ugo Cei
Ugo Cei is a travel, landscape and fine art photographer from Italy.
A geek at heart, he loves the technical aspects of digital photography and understanding what goes inside the machine.
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I'm a lover of conceptual digital art and photography. I enjoy creative writing and have an interest in literature, technology, philosophy, performance art, theatre and music.
Suzanne Clements
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Harmeet Gabha
I'm a digital age photographer who picked up a camera when I could afford to buy one. So I never learned anything in the darkroom or with classic SLR cameras. I started with a clean slate.
As a child I was always fascinated by cameras and how they could capture life as it was. I had taken pictures with my dad's camera but never really understood the principles. So once I got my first digital camera I practiced and practiced. I'm mostly self taught so I have made every mistake possible, but with each mistake I've learnt something new. I also don't follow any particular genre of photography, I love photographing everything.
I enjoy sharing what I have learned through various social networks and blogs as I feel it makes me a better photographer by helping others. My belief is that if I can't explain something to a novice correctly then I don't know enough myself, so I continue learning.
Mathieu Gasquet
My adventure into the world of photography began during my childhood. My parents gave me a Yashica fx2000 that I accidentally broke during a holiday in Rome. Growing up, my interests changed, only to return upon completing three years of cinema school in France. Over the years, photography turned into a profession, and the website MirrorLessons that my partner Heather Broster and I created became an outlet for my creativity. I haven't settled on a favorite genre as of yet, but to travel and photograph are definitely the two things that make me feel "free".
Andy Gray
Northumbrian born and bred, a true home bird and the very opposite of the "Travel Photographer". Andy rarely travels and shoots further than 20 miles from home …however he does live in one of England's most spectacular and rugged counties with a stunning historic coastline and Northumberland's many castles on his doorstep. With limited chances to travel, whereas many photographers simply fly to the next dream destination to shoot, Andy sees experimentation in techniques and styles as his outlet from the cabin fever that shooting the same area can occasionally bring.
Lee Herbet
Lee Herbet was born in the Middle East, grew up in Africa, lived in Europe, New Zealand and now calls Australia home.
Lee is a trainer, videographer and photographer. Lee worked in the Apple world for 10 years as a trainer, which was a great place to feed his creative spark. He now has his own company creating corporate videos and running workshops around the world on photography and video production.
Dan Kennedy
Daniel is a career salesperson with a background as a real estate photographer. His passion is landscape photography with a penchant for the unusual when it comes to gear.
Daniel Kennedy
I specialize in corporate events, sports photography, car photography and portrait work.
Kenji Kwok
Kenji Kwok is a Photojournalist and Documentary Photographer based in Singapore, and ever-ready to travel the world. His passion for telling stories through photography comes from his natural curiosity to learn more about the lives of others. He believes in the power of photography to witness and change the world. Today, Kenji continues to chase his dream of working for the National Geographic and non-profit organisations around the world to bring attention to issues that needs to be surfaced.
Matthew Maddock
Matthew Maddock is a commercial photographer based in the Lake District, UK. He is an official Fujifilm X-Photographer and a Getty Images contributor. He runs a site dedicated to the Fujifilm X-Series cameras at photomadd.com. A personal portfolio can be seen at memaddock.co.uk.
Maximilian Majewski
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He is a storyteller at heart, and photography is of course wonderful tool for relaying stories.
Craig McCormick
Hi there! I'm Craig. I'm an amateur landscape photographer living in Shanghai, China. I'm also a skateboarder, gamer, tech lover & a proud nerd. Hailing from the UK originally, I grew up in Hong Kong and have spent most of my life either living or travelling in Asia. Thanks to my job, I sometimes get to travel around the world and whilst I'm there I try to take pretty pictures. I do this weird thing called YouTube videos. Specifically, the "vlog" type of videos where I film myself when I go out to shoot my photographs. I enjoy it. Other people seem to enjoy it too. If you are the social type, don't be afraid to say "Hi". I'll certainly say "Hi!" back. I like being friendly.
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In a world where "Photographers" roamed the earth in unskilled masses. One man set out to teach them all. His name, Andrew Newlun, his mission, educate and entertain the majority of our solar system. He grew up in a small town in central United States. His entire life was unknowingly set on a path toward one goal. At 13 he began learning graphic design in the digital sweat shops of his local church. Then at 20 he got his first DSLR on a blood ridden ebay bidding war that left thousands dead in his wake. This DSLR became his weapon. His target, the human minds of every earth bound youtube zombie.Traveling the nation for years, shooting and learning his trade, he honed his skills to prepare for his journey into the vast overpopulated lands of the Youtubes. Then in October 2013 he joined forces with F stop Lounge and the next chapter in his battle for mildly humorous photo education began.
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I can start off like this – "Seeds of Jay Patel's appreciation for beautiful places were planted early in his childhood…." but it would get boring really fast. I will just sum it up and say that I am a Landscape and Wilderness Photographer who loves to capture dramatic light. My photographs have been published in various magazines, calendars and advertising materials throughout the world.
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There is nothing more remarkable to me than the power of nature. It is both cataclysmic and subtle. Slow and continuous erosion by water and wind can create landscapes every bit as astonishing as those shaped by catastrophic events – and minuscule details can be as breathtaking as grand vistas that stretch from one horizon to the other. Nature is incredibly diverse. Burning desert sands and mossy riverbanks… Brilliant sunbeams and fading alpenglow… Silent snowfall and raging summer storms… each offers unique opportunities. I am irresistibly drawn to the challenge of finding my next photograph, and mastering the skills required to capture it effectively.
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Mark Soon
I am a Sydney-based portrait and product photographer whose creativity and inspiration draws from my 15-year computer graphics career. I just love creating things that do not exist in real life, but also love making every day subjects look more amazing than they really are.
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I work as Senior Editor for Travel Longer magazine. Born in Australia, lived in New Zealand for 15+ years, before embarking on 3 years of full-time travel through South-East Asia, USA, Canada and Europe. I consider myself a passionate amateur photographer, an intermediate socialite and an expert when it comes to sleeping in airports, eating crazy Asian street foods, and crocheting beanies. Connect with me through Twitter, Facebook, Google+ or LinkedIn.
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Matt Widgery
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CSS generated content is not only the best way for clearfixes, it is also especially helpful if you want to create visually impressive objects with a minimal amount of markup. Due to a long existing bug in Webkit (3 years!) pseudo elements like :before and :after cannot be animated via transitions, yet.
But there is a way to fix this issue, as Roman Komarov presented at the Jam Session at Fronteers Conf this year. And a usually disregarded property value enters the stage for this work around.
Webkit Transition Bug (Example)
In this example I want to put a transition on an anchor element, which has a pointer arrow at its bottom, made of the css pseudo element :after. The whole thing should fade its color from pink to yellow on hover.
a:after {
transition: 500ms;
If we add the transition to the pseudo element as we did to the anchor element, everything looks fine in Firefox, where transitions are implemented correctly for css generated content. Webkit driven browsers, however, just animate the main element (parent of the pseudos) over the defined duration, which leads to a wrong appearance, because the pseudo element immediately jumps to the end values of the transition.
/* buggy pseudo element transition (excerpt) */
a:after {
transition: 500ms;
border-style: solid;
border-width: 10px 10px 0 10px;
border-color: #f26 transparent;
a:hover:after {
border-color: #dd0 transparent;
view the full example code (with the bug)
The old hero: inherit
Some property values get by default inherited from their parent to their child elements, if nothing else is specified such as font-size or color. But every property can be forced to inherit the values from the element's parent element.
.selector {
property: inherit;
As the property value inherit was not supported in IE before version 8, web developers were not able to reliably use it and began to forget about it. But since we want to use it for a transition here, we can ignore this old IE issue.
Inherit the transition
Inherit does not just inherit the values set in CSS, but every state during a transition. This is what we can take advantage of to fix the bug in webkit driven browsers and every other browser that supports transitions and inherit them correctly (like Opera 12).
Because the border of the pseudo-element is used to create the arrow pointer, we want the border-color to be transitioned. We need to add the border-color (pink) to the parent element and the changed value to its hover style (yellow). But we don't want the border to be visible there, so we have to set the border-width to 0 and the style to none.
/* fixed pseudo element transition (excerpt) */
a {
transition: 500ms;
background: #f26;
border: 0 none; /* hide the border */
border-color: #f26 transparent; /* the transitioned value, inherited by the pseudo element */
a:hover {
background: #dd0;
border-color: #dd0 transparent; /* changed hover value */
a:after {
border-style: solid;
border-width: 10px 10px 0 10px;
border-color: inherit; /* inherit the transition */
view the full example code (fixed)
Limits of this technique
As we need the properties of the parent element to animate its pseudo elements, there are limits to the things we can animate without affecting the behavior and the look of the parent element. In my example I used the border-color, but set the border-width to 0 on the parent element, which had it just affect the pseudo element and left the parent element visually untouched.
So there are a lot of possibilites to use this technique for properties with sub-properties, to protect your parent element.
- width, height: limit your parent element with min-width, max-width, min-height, max-height
- background: hide/show the background only on one element using background-position, background-size
- color: use text-shadow (maybe in combination with text-indent) for rendering text
- clip: just don't position it absolute!
- top, right, bottom, left: set position to static on the element you want to protect
Head over to the Roman's slides to find his awesome examples.
It's fun to find ways to use this technique — you should try it out and share your results :)


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Derochowski is vice president for business development marketing mix, price and promotion, and marketing ROI at Nielsen.
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Dorner is president of Becky Dorner & Associates Inc. and Nutrition Consulting Services Inc.
Sylvia A. Escott-Stump, MA, RD, LDN, Winterville, N.C., Past President
Escott-Stump is the director of the dietetic internship and didactic programs at East Carolina University.
Linda T. Farr, RD, LD, San Antonio, Texas, House of Delegates Director
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Margaret P. Garner, MS, RD, LD, Tuscaloosa, Ala., Director-at-Large
Garner is an associate professor of family medicine and the assistant dean for health education and outreach at the University of Alabama College of Community Health Sciences.
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Gill is dean of the College of Business and associate professor of business at Benedictine University.
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Nancy M. Lewis, PhD, RD, FADA, Stokesdale, N.C., House of Delegates Speaker-Elect
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All signs point to him being discontinued forever I think, with the Disney/Verizon partnership and their Disney Parks app to reactivate Pal Mickey would be bad business for Disney.
I apologize if this is in the wrong place, I wasn't sure where to put it. My husband and I bought a Pal Mickey when we visited Disney world in 2005. We used it on our next few trips, but on our last visit in 2009 Pal Mickey no longer worked. I was wondering if it was discontinued forever? (I am hoping they have brought Pal Mickey back, my kids would love it, but I am thinking it is doubtful.)
All signs point to him being discontinued forever I think, with the Disney/Verizon partnership and their Disney Parks app to reactivate Pal Mickey would be bad business for Disney.
I'm afraid Pal Mickey is now just part of great memories.
we haven't used ours in like 4 yrs but WDW website sill list what attractions works with my pal. we plan on taking ours next month
I missed out on this when it came out. I wanted to wait to see if would take off, I guess it did not, to bad.
I never bothered with it. First, I certainly didn't need one more thing to lug around the park. Second, I figured at some point in the future it would outlive its usefulness and be nothing more than a stuffed animal. Welcome to my future.
Please visit my new DISNEY AUTOGRAPH website to check out my autograph collection!
Really Walt? Disneyland is MY land? Why would I want a silly little land when I can have the WORLD.
We have one. I bought it back in 2004. It's novelty wore off pretty fast. We still bring it to the parks whenever we go, but it is more of a annoyance at this point. Unless you have it clipped to you, you will never feel it vibrate when it's activated. It's not loud enough, so it is very hard to hear in the parks. My kids still love it (5 and 2) but it just seems like there are other things to focus on these days.
never got one lol
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Bible in Basic English (BBE) | New International Version (NIV) |
1 Happy is the worshipper of the Lord, who is walking in his ways. | 1 Blessed are all who fear the LORD, who walk in his ways. |
2 You will have the fruit of the work of your hands: happy will you be, and all will be well for you. | 2 You will eat the fruit of your labor; blessings and prosperity will be yours. |
3 Your wife will be like a fertile vine in the inmost parts of your house: your children will be like olive plants round your table. | 3 Your wife will be like a fruitful vine within your house; your sons will be like olive shoots around your table. |
4 See! this is the blessing of the worshipper of the Lord. | 4 Thus is the man blessed who fears the LORD. |
5 May the Lord send you blessing out of Zion: may you see the good of Jerusalem all the days of your life. | 5 May the LORD bless you from Zion all the days of your life; may you see the prosperity of Jerusalem, |
6 May you see your children's children. Peace be on Israel. | 6 and may you live to see your children's children. Peace be upon Israel. |
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