United States dilutes UN rape-in-war resolution

The Trump administration's opposition to abortion has led to the watering-down of a UN resolution on ending sexual violence in war. The US removed all references to sexual and reproductive health. The Security Council resolution, submitted by Germany, dropped all such references. The US, along with China and Russia, had threatened to veto it. The Trump administration opposed a phrase on the grounds that it implies support for abortion. The amended resolution passed 13-0, with Russia and China abstaining. French UN ambassador Francois Delattre was scathing of the decision to exclude the reference to sexual health, saying it undermined the dignity of women. "It is intolerable and incomprehensible that the Security Council is incapable of acknowledging that women and girls who suffered from sexual violence in conflict, and who obviously didn't choose to become pregnant, should have the right to terminate their pregnancy," he said. The removed phrase read: "Recognizing the importance of providing timely assistance to survivors of sexual violence, urges United Nations entities and donors to provide non-discriminatory and comprehensive health services, in line with Resolution 2106."

This line was thought to be a compromise from an earlier version, which included a more detailed description of the health services, "including sexual and reproductive health, psychosocial, legal, and livelihood support". This language had been used before in previous resolutions related to sexual violence, US media report. Sierra Leone declares rape emergency World powers condemn new Libya fighting Nobel Peace Prize for anti-rape activists The new resolution condemns the use of rape as a weapon of war and expresses the Security Council's concern at the slow progress in addressing sexual violence in conflict. But while it urges improved justice for victims, the final version also removed a reference to a UN monitoring body that would report acts of sexual violence. The initial resolution had garnered widespread support. Human rights lawyer Amal Clooney attended Tuesday's Security Council meeting and urged members to vote in favour. "This is your Nuremberg moment," Mrs Clooney said. "Your chance to stand on the right side of history." Ms Clooney was joined by two 2018 Nobel Peace Prize winners, both anti-rape activists: Congolese gynaecologist Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad, an Iraqi Yazidi who was tortured and raped by Islamic State militants. German foreign minister Heiko Maas also joined actress and activist Angelina Jolie in writing an article in the Washington Post on 22 April advocating the resolution.

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Affiliate marketing

Wake up at an ungodly hour. Drive to the office through total gridlock, streets jammed with other half-asleep commuters. Slog through email after mind-numbing email until the sweet release at five o’clock.
Sound terrible?
What if, instead of dealing with the monotony and stupor of the rat race to earn a few bucks, you could make money at any time, from anywhere — even while you sleep?
That’s the concept behind affiliate marketing.
Affiliate marketing is a popular tactic to drive sales and generate significant online revenue. Extremely beneficial to both brands and affiliate marketers, the new push towards less traditional marketing tactics has paid off. In fact:

• 81% of brands and 84% of publishers leverage the power of affiliate marketing, a statistic that will continue to increase as affiliate marketing spending increases every year in the United States.
• There is a 10.1% increase in affiliate marketing spending in the United States each year, meaning that by 2020, that number will reach $6.8 billion.
• In 2018, content marketing costs were gauged to be 62% of traditional marketing schemes while simultaneously generating three times the leads of traditional methods. In fact, 16% of all orders made online can be attributed to the impact of affiliate marketing.
• In March of 2017, Amazon’s affiliate structure changed, offering rates of 1-10% of product revenue for creators, providing the opportunity for affiliates to dramatically increase their passive income based on the vertical they’re selling on.
• The affiliate marketing of Jason Stone, otherwise known as Millionaire Mentor, was responsible for as much as $7 million in retailer sales just in the months of June and July in 2017.
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  What Is Affiliate Marketing?

   

  Wake up at an ungodly hour. Drive to the office through total gridlock, streets jammed with other half-asleep commuters. Slog through email after mind-numbing email until the sweet release at five o’clock.
  Sound terrible?
  What if, instead of dealing with the monotony and stupor of the rat race to earn a few bucks, you could make money at any time, from anywhere — even while you sleep?
  That’s the concept behind affiliate marketing.
  Affiliate marketing is a popular tactic to drive sales and generate significant online revenue. Extremely beneficial to both brands and affiliate marketers, the new push towards less traditional marketing tactics has paid off. In fact:
• 81% of brands and 84% of publishers leverage the power of affiliate marketing, a statistic that will continue to increase as affiliate marketing spending increases every year in the United States.
• There is a 10.1% increase in affiliate marketing spending in the United States each year, meaning that by 2020, that number will reach $6.8 billion.
• In 2018, content marketing costs were gauged to be 62% of traditional marketing schemes while simultaneously generating three times the leads of traditional methods. In fact, 16% of all orders made online can be attributed to the impact of affiliate marketing.
• In March of 2017, Amazon’s affiliate structure changed, offering rates of 1-10% of product revenue for creators, providing the opportunity for affiliates to dramatically increase their passive income based on the vertical they’re selling on.
• The affiliate marketing of Jason Stone, otherwise known as Millionaire Mentor, was responsible for as much as $7 million in retailer sales just in the months of June and July in 2017.
  

Affiliate marketing is the process by which an affiliate earns a commission for marketing another person’s or company’s products. The affiliate simply searches for a product they enjoy, then promotes that product and earns a piece of the profit from each sale they make. The sales are tracked via affiliate links from one website to another

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8 TED Talks That Will Change Your Life

Sometimes changing your life takes lengthy soul-searching, years of therapy, or buckets of hard work. Other times, all you need is a flash of insight that shifts your perspective or rewires your thinking. And that can come in an instant.

Or in a 20-minute TED Talk.

Speakers at the wildly popular speaking event cover everything from cave diving to racial injustice, but according to a fascinating recent Reddit thread (hat tip to Apartment Therapy), just the right message sometimes collides with a prepared mind, changing the course of a life. Here are the talks Redditors swear changed their lives. Maybe the same thing will happen to you.

1. "Inside the Mind of a Master Procrastinator," Tim Urban

"I resolved to look at my life calendar every day for 90 days, and it kicked me into gear to get some stuff done," claimed intensely_human of this talk by the popular blogger.

 2. "Depression, the Secret We Share," Andrew Solomon  

Here's the lesson mfball took away from this one: "We're taught in so many ways that we must endure and persevere. Some things should not be endured. Some things cannot be surmounted in that way. Seeking help is not cowardice or weakness, it's realizing that you have value and are worthy of others' support in your recovery." Dozens more Redditors who had struggled with mental illness agreed.

 3. "The Power of Vulnerability," Brené Brown

This is one of the most viewed TED Talks ever for a reason. Redditor Jeratain claims it even led to his marriage. "I cannot recommend this TED Talk enough," he enthused. (If you want the whole story, his post offers tons of details)

 4. "How One Tweet Can Ruin Your Life," Jon Ronson

"It was amazing to hear him succinctly dissect how in the blink of the eye we are all willing to destroy someone's life for a small mistake," insisted the_desert_fox of this talk from the British journalist. Several others on the thread recommended Ronson's books highly.
 5. "I Was Almost a School Shooter," Aaron Stark

Rapscapadoo recommends this "tearjerker" about the power of friendship in which Stark "talks about the horrible abuse he went through growing up. Then he talks about the plan he crafts to shoot the school and how he gets the gun ... and then his friend shows up and changes his mind." 

Another Redditor, LordOryx, noted this quote from the talk has stayed with him: "Love the person who deserves it the least because they're the person who needs it the most."

  6. "The Power of Introverts," Susan Cain

This one isn't just life changing for quieter types. It "made me (extrovert) realize my young son did not have a behavioral disorder -- he's just an introvert in a world of extroverts -- and THAT is a beautiful way to be. Loved it!" raved penelopepoo.

Introverts, of course, endorse it too. "I pushed myself past my limits for a long time because it's what I thought I needed to do to have friends and a social life and just exist the 'right' way ... all I was accomplishing was exhausting myself, but seeing that talk really hit home that it's ok to enjoy being alone just as much as I enjoy people," wrote frickeneh.

7. "How to Use One Paper Towel," Joe Smith

Not all the life changes TED Talks were credited with were momentous. Several Redditors enthusiastically remembered this five-minute talk because it changed how they used paper towels forever. "It is now impossible for me to not try to flick my fingers 12 times after washing my hands before using half a sheet of paper towel to dry them OFF the rest of the way," reports DaveBeard. "I use that info every day," agrees cnewman11.

 8. "The Danger of a Single Story," Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

"We watched it at school and it made me realize how unfair it is to judge someone based off appearances. And what my own 'single stories' were of people," recalled one Redditor of this talk by the renowned novelist. Mzcilade called the talk "priceless."