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On March 27, 2020, the General Administration of Customs issued the Announcement on the Comprehensive Promotion of Supervision Measures for the Return of E-commerce Exports (the “Announcement”). The Announcement aims to optimize the business environment, promote trade facilitation, and enable the entry and export of e-commerce products so as to ensure the healthy development of e-commerce export business under the novel coronavirus epidemic. The Announcement came into force on the day of its issuance.
The Announcement stipulates the three types of business entities that are eligible to return goods, which includes e-commerce export enterprises, and e-commerce related enterprises within special areas (including special customs supervision areas and bonded logistics centers (Type B)) or the customs declaration enterprises retained by such enterprises (the “Eligible Enterprises “). The Eligible Enterprises may apply to the customs authority for conducting the return of goods that were exported under e-commerce retail, special area e-commerce, or overseas warehouse e-commerce.
The Eligible Enterprises may apply for the return of all or part of the goods listed in the original “The Peoples’ Republic of China Customs Export Declaration Form,” “The People’s Republic of China Customs E-commerce Retail Export Declaration List” and the “The People’s Republic of China Customs Export Recordation List.” However, they shall guarantee that the returning goods are the same as the goods that were originally exported. The returned goods may be shipped back individually or in batches, but they must be returned back to the country within 1 year from the date of export release.
Relevant enterprises are advised to pay attention to the contents of the Announcement and make proper customs declarations when returning goods.


Chesapeake Regional Medical Center in Virginia, US, has installed the Total Room Ultraviolet Disinfection (Tru-D) device to prevent the healthcare-associated infections (HAIs).
The hospital has implemented the UV germicidal technology as a part of a $2m CDC grant awarded to Duke University to eradicate infections.
Duke Infection Control Outreach Network (DICON) has selected Chesapeake Regional as one of nine facilities to implement Tru-D disinfection.
DICON medical director Daniel Sexton said, "We selected Tru-D because its automated system is proven to significantly reduce environmental pathogens and eliminate human error in the disinfection process."
The five-foot, automated disinfection robot installed at the hospital emits a narrow-band of specifically-dosed UV germicidal light to destroy the pathogens which can cause infections acquired at hospitals.
Tru-D SmartUVC utilises Sensor360 technology to measure the reflected UVC emission and calculate the pathogen-lethal UV dose essential for each room according to the room size, shape and other dose altering variables.
Research indicates that three specific disinfection technologies – precisely dosed UV light treatment, bleach and quaternary ammonium – show a considerable reduction of environmental biological contamination.
According to data revealed by the US Department of Health and Human Services, one in 20 inpatients will fight a hospital acquired infection, contributing to almost 100,000 fatalities per year.


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Curt Cavin and Kevin Lee are (plausibly) live from the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, recapping today's Carb Day Practice, and who their picks are to win Sunday's Indianapolis 500.


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Talya is a registered Psychotherapist, helping her clients reclaim their authentic selves, create conscious relationships, and become sexually empowered. In preparation of launching her website, she wanted to steer away from generic headshots and get some photos that really represented her.
First we sourced out a gorgeous, sun-lit condo to rent for the hour and then I virtually explored the surrounding area to see what there was to work with outside. We were on King St West in Toronto so I knew there was tons of potential lurking around. Talya also mentioned that she wanted to incorporate a graffiti wall, so I had my eye out for that, specifically.
I scoped out a great alley that had tons of graffiti in her brand colour (purple) about three minutes from the studio. This is where we started on the day of and then we stopped at a few places before arriving at the studio space. If I can, I always try to take my clients outside before their studio time – it’s a great opportunity to get warmed up and adds variety to your photos, so it doesn’t look like you’re just shooting in one location.
Arriving at the studio, Talya put on some of her favourite music and we were able to dance and just let loose. It was important for this brand photoshoot to capture feel-good, flowy, and authentic moments and what inspires that better than music? And how on-brand is the purple, tie-dye tracksuit she brought along?
Talya and I had a blast together and it definitely shows in her photos! I can’t wait to see these on her website.
You can learn more about Talya’s services and connect with her @talking.with.talya.
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McLeod ready to race after new car bugs ironed out of VC Commodore
Gerard McLeod is confident that he has ironed out the new car bugs in his Holden VC Commodore and is ready to challenge the leaders in the Gulf Western Oil Touring Car Masters.
McLeod built the first-generation Commodore for the 2020 TCM season aimed at rivalling the XD Falcon of Steve Johnson and the other horde of muscle cars from the past.
The car’s debut at Adelaide in February was thwarted with some unreliability, which McLeod says was due to the late arrival of some components from the United States.
With the COVID-19 pandemic slowing the world down, it has allowed McLeod and his team to thoroughly prepare the car, including a test day at Sandown (pre-second wave lockdown) and the complete livery, including major support from Motorsport Parts Australia.
McLeod was pleased with the test, saying that he completed close to 50 untroubled laps of the Sandown circuit.
“The car was really rushed getting to Adelaide, which was really no ones fault – it was just a struggle to get some parts from The States,” he said.
“It was literally finished the day before we arrived in Adelaide, so it turned its first wheel in practice which wasn’t ideal. Unfortunately had a few little issues like fuel supply and an annoying oil leak from the rocker covers which stopped us from showing the cars full potential. All of these have now been fixed.
“We did 45 laps at Sandown, and we were very pleased. Our times were competitive and we didn’t have any mechanicals dramas or problems. We are good to go”.
“Looking at the lap times, it’s right where it needs to be and we’re confident that we can be at the pointy end of the TCM field.”
McLeod says that he is champing at the bit to return the VC Commodore to the track to compete in the popular TCM class.
“We are simply just waiting for a date to go racing, and we can’t wait for that,” he said.
“The beauty is that once we get a date, we know that we can push the car into the transporter, roll it out on track and it’s ready to go.
“The pandemic has been frustrating, but it will be worth it when we’re all back racing.”
See below for vision from inside McLeod’s VC Commodore at its Sandown test.


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Orthographic learning during reading: examining the role of self-teaching
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Experiencing nearby locations together in time: the role of spatiotemporal contiguity in children's memory for location
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Perception of speech and nonspeech stimuli by children with and without reading disability and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
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Developmental patterns in priming and familiarity in explicit recollection
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Cosel Co, Ltd (6905: Tokyo) announced today that it has acquired The Powerbox Group. The Powerbox Group and its subsidiaries employ 120 people, with a consolidated turnover of more than €40m throughout 15 countries. With design centers in Sweden (HQ), Germany & Netherlands as well as offices throughout Europe, USA, China and Australia, they specialize in the design & manufacturing of Standard, Semi-Standard and Full Custom power supplies throughout the Industrial, Medical, Transportation & Defense sectors.
Powerbox’s S-CAP BOOST technology delivers peak power and safety to industrial and medical applications
Powerbox announces the introduction of its supercapacitor boost technology, S-CAP BOOST, offering backup and peak power solutions to industrial and medical applications. Based on the latest supercapacitor technology combined with intelligent control and monitoring, S-CAP BOOST offers a solution to equipment manufacturers requiring high energy peaks for short periods or emergency backup purposes in applications where due to safety regulations, Lithium Ion or acid batteries are not allowed.
Powerbox has announced its new coreless technology platform to power medical and industrial equipment operating in very high magnetic field environments such as magnetic resonance imaging or particle accelerators has been selected by the prestigious Elektra Awards committee as finalist.
Powerbox has announced a new range of high-voltage input DC/DC converters for microgrid, datacenters and industrial applications. Part of its industrial line, the new series of HVDC/DC converters operate with an input voltage range of 180VDC to 425VDC, and deliver output power levels from 150W to 750W. The range of applications powered by high-voltage DC supplies is rapidly expending, and from the latest microgrids and datacenters using high voltage DC (HVDC) bus voltages to reduce power losses through to industrial systems, all of these applications require ready to use, board-mounted power converters.
Powerbox has introduced a 100W potted AC/DC power supply, ready for industrial systems integration. Aimed at compact industrial systems applications with limited space, the ENI100 has a narrow width of 31.7mm and a length of 140mm making it easy to fit in even the smallest of places.
Powerbox’s rugged power modules are perfect for harsh environments in extreme industrial automotive applications
Powerbox, one of Europe’s largest power supply companies and a leading force for four decades in optimizing power solutions for demanding applications, has introduced a 400W DC/DC converter for use in industrial automotive applications in extreme environments. Designed for free air convection cooling, the ENA400-M is packaged in an aluminum enclosure with built in heatsink and potted with heat conductive polyurethane to improving thermal dissipation.
Powerbox reveals breakthrough coreless power conversion technology for high magnetic field applications
Powerbox, one of Europe’s largest power supply companies and a leading force for four decades in optimizing power solutions for demanding applications, has announced the release of its new coreless technology platform to power medical and industrial equipment operating in very high magnetic field environments such as magnetic resonance imaging or particle accelerators.
Powerbox introduces four new products within its Marine Line, PT570, PT571, PT576 and PT577, complying with the major classifications and approved by Det Norske Veritas (DNV), Germanischer Lloyd (GL) and major marine approval organizations. Designed for demanding applications requiring peak power, the new series can deliver 50% extra peak current for 10 seconds and exhibits high efficiency, up to 92%.
We introduce a new product within its Automotive Line, the Smart DC/DC ENA200-Charger. Designed to meet new market requirements for intelligent and flexible charging solutions for automotive and industrial demanding applications, the ENA200-Charger includes the latest technologies for intelligent charging.
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Powerbox announces the launch of a new series of power supplies for automotive applications and on-board Internet of Things (IoT). Based on a highly integrated components platform and low-profile planar magnetics the new series ENA100 (100W) and ENA200 (200W) are packaged in a plastic enclosure, which is IP21 and the boards are conformal coated to withstand high humidity, complying with the challenging environments found in the automotive industry.
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Notwithstanding section 297A.99, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 5, and 13, or 477A.016, or any other law, the board of a county outside the metropolitan transportation area, as defined under section 297A.992, subdivision 1, or more than one county outside the metropolitan transportation area acting under a joint powers agreement, may impose (1) a transportation sales tax at a rate of up to one-half of one percent on retail sales and uses taxable under this chapter, and (2) an excise tax of $20 per motor vehicle, as defined in section 297B.01, subdivision 11, purchased or acquired from any person engaged in the business of selling motor vehicles at retail, occurring within the jurisdiction of the taxing authority. The taxes imposed under this section are subject to approval by a majority of the voters in each of the counties affected at a general election who vote on the question to impose the taxes.
The proceeds of the taxes must be dedicated exclusively to payment of the cost of a specific transportation project or improvement. The transportation project or improvement must be designated by the board of the county, or more than one county acting under a joint powers agreement. The taxes must terminate after the project or improvement has been completed.

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For the Winter Term 2022/23 we invited Lasse, Gerrits and sofia Pagliarin, Kathrin Wieck and Juliana Canedo, as well as Guibo Sun as speakers at Pt.Talks. Pt.Talk events take place online via Zoom. For more details please register for the events or contact firstname.lastname@example.org.
Wednesday, November 30, 2022
Lasse Gerrits and Sofia Pagliarin, Erasmus University Rotterdam
Tracking Transformations over Time
Every planner knows that cities change. The planning and policy recipes that drive those changes, are multiple. What works in one place may or may not work in another place. While there are degrees of uniqueness in each city, there are also similarities between them. This defies simplistic causal accounts but also does away with the idea that each city is so unique that comparison is impossible. Here we touch upon a core issue in planning theory: to discern unique characteristics from those that recur across cases, especially in transformations that play out over time. Too often, we are left with descriptions of single cases or with ad hoc comparisons of a small set of cases. The first doesn’t identify what is unique and what is not, the second may run the risk of cherry-picking results. As a possible remedy, we developed Trajectory-Based Qualitative Comparative Analysis (TJ-QCA), which is a variation of QCA that incorporates different development stages of cases in the comparison. In this talk, we will present the main aspects of this research method and will demonstrate what kind of results it can generate. To this end, we will present our latest empirical research that compares eleven urban transformations in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. This research contributes to a better understanding of what makes urban transformations work because the method deployed acknowledges (1) the complex causality driving real-world changes, (2) structural differences and similarities between trajectories, and (3) can therefore identify policy mixes that contain conjunctions and disjunctions of conditions that contribute to said transformations.
Wednesday, December 14 2022
Kathrin Wieck and Juliana Canedo, TU Berlin
Co-Producing Common Ground Knowledge
The lecture will focus on the COLLOC workshop series and the Dual Design strategy which serves as a transdisciplinary format for co-producing common ground knowledge. As cooperation project since 2018 between TU Berlin, BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg, UFRJ Rio de Janeiro, technicians, societal actors and nature processes it gives insights to the collaborative production of transformation knowledge in the self-organized occupation Solano Trindade in the metropolitan area of Rio de Janeiro. It also reflects on opportunities for transferability and linkage with the theoretical framework of transdisciplinary research and teaching.
Wednesday, January 11 2023
Guibo Sun, University of Hong Kong
Metro and Health of Older People: A Natural Experiment in Hong Kong
Public transport accessible to older people may offer a transformative solution to achieving healthy ageing. However, the evidence to support such transport infrastructure modifications is unclear. Previous studies on public transport use and elderly health were mostly observational studies using cross-sectional data. Few studies have examined the before-and-after effects of a new metro, for example, to see if it improves elderly health.
We use a new metro line in Hong Kong as a natural experiment to examine the impact of the metro-led public transport intervention on elderly health. In Hong Kong, more than 90% of daily travel is made by public transport. The public transport modifications consist of the new metro line with eight stations and changes in the walking environment and bus services around the stations. We will look at the before-and-after differences in public transport use and health outcomes between elderly participants living in treatment neighbourhoods (400 m walking buffered areas of the new metro stations) and in control groups (living in comparable areas but unaffected by the new metro). Questionnaire-based baseline data were collected in 2019 before the COVID-19 pandemic, while some qualitative interviews are ongoing. Amid the pandemic, we conducted a quick telephone-based survey of COVID-19’s potential impact on public transport use behaviours of our elderly cohort in September 2020. After the new metro opened in June 2021, we conducted a follow-up survey in November 2021.
We aim to investigate if the new metro and the associated changes in the built environment affect public transport use behaviours, physical activity and wider health outcomes among the elderly (e.g., social inclusion, quality of life, subjective well-being). The research project collects practice-based evidence to enable future evidence-based planning for healthy ageing cities.


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Author: Manuel Manrique Castro from his column, Connecting the Dots; translation: Cynthia Selde, published January 29 2014, cross-posted February 18 2014: Her melodious and now universally renowned name travelled to every continent, and there was virtually no place where the news of the attack against her - in October of 2012 - had not been heard. Malala Yousafzai, a sixteen-year old Pakistani girl, not only survived the Taliban’s attempt to assassinate her, but, even before the grave wounds to her head and throat that had nearly killed her had had a chance to heal, she began once again to speak out in favor of the education of girls and women in Pakistan, a cause she has been championing since she was eleven years old.
The frustrated attack on her life immediately sparked a wave of global support. The UN Secretary General invited Malala to New York. She was awarded the International Children's Peace Prize in The Hague, and teamed up with former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown to advocate for Syrian children refugees. In October, she met with US President Obama and has continued to tirelessly promote the rights of girls and women. Malala is, without a doubt, an extraordinary example of the powerful impact a young voice can have when the message is expressed in such a brave, pure and spontaneous manner.
Starting next April, children and youth around the world will, like Malala, be able to denounce the violation of their rights before a special United Nations body. This will be possible thanks to the enactment of the third Facultative Protocol of the Convention of the Rights of the Child, which was approved by the UN General Assembly. This instrument will enter into force because it has been ratified by ten UN Member States, two of which - Bolivia and Costa Rica - ratified the protocol just a few days ago.
Colombia has yet to ratify the Protocol, but when it does, Colombian children and youth will be able to make use of this new resource. The most important aspect of this new instrument is that it validates, as a binding international principle, every child’s right to be heard in a global forum like the Committee on the Rights of the Child, which has its headquarters in Geneva. The challenges to be faced in implementing this Protocol have to do, on the one hand, with the agility of the existing mechanisms, and, on the other, with the time it will take to process the claims, which the Committee will only be able to accept for consideration one year after all other legal channels within the country of origin have been exhausted. And once the Committee has accepted a claim for consideration, more time will pass before the Committee, which meets periodically and has a small organizational structure, is able to look into the claim and contact the national government in question. Once the Committee has contacted the government, it, in turn has six months to send its response back to the Committee. We know that responses will not be immediate and that the time lapses may vary considerably. Once the Committee has reached a final decision about a case, it will draw up a set of recommendations for the country of origin’s government to take into account in order to correct the situation denounced in the claim. It is easy to see that, given the aforementioned challenges built into the process, no matter the importance or urgency of a claim submitted to the Committee on the Rights of the Child, a final solution will take a very long time. In spite of the fact that the Committee has earned a good reputation since its creation following the approval of the Convention on the Rights of the Child in 1989, the slowness inherent in this resolution process may have a negative impact on the Committee's credibility.
The value of the Protocol lies in the fact that it creates an official international mechanism for receiving claims directly from children and youth whose rights have been violated, eliminating the need for children to carry out heroic acts like Malala. If Colombia were to ratify the Protocol, and we hope that it will do so immediately, the testimonies of thousands of Colombian children who have suffered from the violent actions of illegal armed groups must be submitted to the Committee, so that these children’s suffering shall not be cast into oblivion.


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Meg Oliver & Lucie Piedra
Tell us about your business.We met in 2001 at the Byrdcliffe Artist Colony. After spending the summer of 2011 successfully combining puppy play dates with chores at each others houses, we decided to try our luck in the studio. l&m studio opened in September 2011 as a collaborative project between a sculptor and a functional potter. We wanted to create a line of clean, vibrant porcelain pieces for the favorite parts of our homes: the kitchen and garden; we also wanted to be able to work close to our homes in the Catskills. Our process involves first designing and then making a model out of clay, from which we make a plaster mold. When the molds are dry, we fill them with liquid clay or slip allowing us to make multiples of the same piece. Once removed from the molds, each piece is hand cut, cleaned of their mold lines, dried, and sanded. We then fire and glaze them. As we evolve, we envision a move to a larger space that would enable us to expand the scale of our products.
What makes your business stand out?Each item we design at l&m studio is a collaborative effort. We each bring in ideas, discuss them, live with them and discuss them again until we come up with a concrete plan. At that point, one of us enthusiastically begins hand-building clay for the positive form, from which the mold will be made. We pass the design back and forth until we are both pleased with the end result. As gardeners, animal lovers, a sculptor and a functional potter, our primary focus is on beautiful containers for living things, mindfully designed for the specific needs of the intended inhabitant.
What's the best business advice you've received?Diversify. Having a wide array of products allows you to respond to the market with more flexibility.
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In this workshop, we explored how to use Tableau to create visualizations for the Digital Humanities. Tableau is an easy-to-use business intelligence software used for data analysis, providing visual tools to help you see and understand your data. We will discuss how you can create, interact with and share a wide variety of visualizations with small and large amounts of data.
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November 21, 2015 - 10:30 AM
WEST KELOWNA - It appears wind damage at the West Kelowna Yacht Club is as bad as first feared.
While the members are still waiting to get official inspections from divers to assess the damage to the breakwall from a bizarre windstorm Tuesday, Nov. 17, spokesperson Pat Pope says it’s pretty much a write-off.
“We are just not sure yet what the damage is going to be,” he says. “But we are into the hundreds of thousands of dollars."
Three-foot high waves crashed into the breakwall with enough force to damage a piling and once one break, the others likely went like dominoes, he says. Without the breakwall, the boats in the marina tossed in the waves, as did the docks.
More than 20 boats sustained some kind of damage; some written off entirely. One boat broke free of its moorings and crashed against docks on the other side of the bay. Many of the boats are still there but some snowbird owners aren’t even aware of the damage yet, he says
Luckily the yacht club has insurance that should cover much of the damage, and every member of the club must have insurance on their boats as well.
The clubhouse itself, the Pendozi, was not damaged.
Pope calls the storm a "freak of nature" because they’ve never seen waves like that on the lake before. The winds came from the south which is also unusual, he says.
He says it will take time to inspect the damage and nail down a plan to rebuild the protective wall.
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SEOUL As the Samsung group's de facto chief stares down five years in prison for corruption, the fusion of politics and business that has long powered South Korea's economy faces a reckoning of its own as public sentiment turns firmly against the nation's largest businesses.
Lee Jae-yong, vice chairman of Samsung Electronics, is the latest to fall in a scandal that led to the removal of South Korean President Park Geun-hye several months ago. The heir to the massive family-run conglomerate, or chaebol, was convicted on Aug. 25 of instructing four former Samsung executives to direct company funds to nonprofit foundations controlled by Choi Soon-sil, a confidante of Park, at the then-president's behest.
The funds amounted to bribes, and were said to have been meant to win Park's support for a merger within the Samsung group that would help keep the business within the Lee family. As "Samsung's leader," Lee "had the most to gain from a smooth transition of leadership," the presiding judge in the case said.
The trial did not turn out as poorly for Lee as it might have. The total amount of the bribes was ruled to be 8.9 billion won ($7.88 million), rather than the 43.3 billion won claimed by the prosecution. And according to the ruling, neither Lee nor his associates actively sought favors from the Park government. Though Samsung supplied the funds "expecting to benefit from the president's influence," Lee and his associates cooperated with the government only "passively," the judge ruled, handing down a lighter sentence than prosecutors had sought.
HAND IN HAND As the largest of South Korea's conglomerates, Samsung commands extraordinary economic influence in the country. The business group accounts for 20% of the nation's exports and around 30% of its stock market's value. White-collar jobs at Samsung are prized for the extraordinary upward mobility they offer. Yet only a minute fraction of workers can land such positions at Samsung or its peers, and in recent years many have begun to resent the conglomerates as a bastion of a privileged class of citizen receiving direct support from the government.
Indeed, state support is essential to these companies' operations. Samsung, for example, would not have been able to sustain its investment-heavy growth strategy through lean times had the government not provided the infrastructure needed to build factories. And while Seoul has occasionally made a show of getting tough with the conglomerates, it has consistently given them the help they needed to become competitive on the global stage.
Over the course of the investigation into Lee's case, it was discovered that he and Park had met three times behind closed doors, starting in 2014. A lower court said that Lee's case represents "an unholy alliance of political and economic power."
But many in the business community have shown sympathy for Samsung's plight, arguing that to refuse a request from the president would risk putting one's company at a severe disadvantage when seeking project permits or during tax audits. And some have argued that Lee's conviction owes as much to the tide of public opinion turning against chaebol as to real evidence of wrongdoing.
"The judiciary seems to have taken a particularly strict stance on certain matters at a time when the public is taking a hard look at political power and the way the conglomerates operate," said Lee Jong-won, a professor at Waseda University's Graduate School of Asia-Pacific Studies in Tokyo.
Sources at Samsung say the legal battle is going to go all the way to the Supreme Court, and that the matter is ultimately in the hands of the country's political leadership. But President Moon Jae-in has only encouraged the public's anti-chaebol sentiment, and has said that, in general, he will not use the pardon power that his predecessors have tended to wield freely. At least for now, one half of the "unholy alliance" seems to have pulled out.
COLLATERAL DAMAGE Meanwhile, Park's trial marches on. A verdict is expected by Oct. 16, when her current detention period is set to expire. In South Korea, "it's likely that if a person is convicted for giving a bribe, the recipient will be convicted as well," said Choi Jin-nyoung, a former spokesman for the Korean Bar Association. And soliciting a bribe carries a far harsher penalty than giving one -- from 10 years to life in prison, for an amount over 100 million won. "If Lee gets five years, Park will probably get 10 or more," Choi said.
Samsung itself, however, seems to have emerged relatively unscathed. Core unit Samsung Electronics logged roughly 24 trillion won in consolidated operating profit for the six months through June, or 62% more than a year earlier. The chiefs of various Samsung units have adopted a system of collective leadership that seems to be functioning well so far.
The flip side is that there is no clear leader to take charge should the business lose its footing. It is unclear whether collective leadership will suffice when bold, fundamental decisions need to be made.

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The children want good parents. It does not mean parents are evil, but children always need their parents’ support in every action and the new thing they step into. A decent parent endeavors to settle on choices to the most significant advantage of the youngster. What makes an extraordinary parent isn’t just characterized by the parent’s activity, yet additionally their aim. A decent parent doesn’t need to be excellent. Nobody is great. No kid is amazing either, remembering this is significant when we set our assumptions.
Effective nurturing isn’t tied in with accomplishing flawlessness. Yet, it doesn’t imply that we shouldn’t pursue that objective. Set elevated expectations for ourselves first and afterward our youngsters second. We fill in as good examples for them.
Raising children is the most challenging work in the world for parents. Of course, there are so many complexes the parents should have to face.
Give Importance to Communication and Time
A complete family is only possible with good communication between the parent and the children because it helps to have a good understanding between the parents and children. By sharing everything, the children feel happy and relaxed, and the parents also can know about the children’s status, like if they are going on the right path or not. Communication strengthens the relationship quickly. Communication helps the children to be frank always to their parents to find a solution for the problems rapidly. It would help if you spent more time with the children to know about them and make them happy; give them confidence. If you fail to spend time with your children, they will slowly move away from you.
Cheer Up Your Child’s Self-esteem
The good observers in the world are kids who regularly observe every action of their parents, which will be reflected in their efforts. Make them feel strong and bold in all stuff. Avoiding the comparison between your children with other children is good, which will make them weaker. Self-confidence makes good self-esteem. You should not hit them with weapons and scold them for a long time, making them too soft. They need to be punished, but it should not be heavy and will not be taught anything rather than their parents’ lousy opinion.
Appreciate and Gift
Appreciating and gifting are huge tools to become successful in one’s life. Gift, if they get a good mark, win in a small game, or succeed in the giving tasks, will encourage them to participate in any competition or do more and better. At the same time, you have to prefer discipline, which is essential for every individual. According to the age of the children, you also have to increase your responsibilities like suggesting, advising.
Parents are the role models for many children; however, many celebrities, freedom fighters, and others have a high position in people’s minds. You also have to be a role model for your children by engaging them with your ideas like art and craft, games, and social service.

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It appears as if there is a competition going on among mothers to prove that theirs is a perfect family.
In the survey, it was found that mothers brag about their baby's early development in crawling, walking or talking, or the classroom achievements of older children.
What's more, others boast about losing pregnancy fat quickly, keeping their houses tidy or having a successful hubby.
"Mums put an awful lot of pressure on themselves to be the best at everything." The Telegraph quoted a spokesman for MumPoll.com, the market research site that carried out the study, as saying.
"It is impossible to have a perfect house, an attentive husband and make the greatest sponge cakes the town has ever seen all the time and yet ridiculously, mums everywhere are trying to do just that.
"It is hard enough to cope with the lack of sleep, getting the children dressed and keeping them entertained all day, without worrying about what the world and his wife are saying about you," he added.
The study of 3,000 mothers also showed that their competitive spirit emerges as soon as they give birth, with almost half reportedly "obsessed" by having the first baby in their peer group to crawl, walk and talk.


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In a city divided between opulent luxury in the Light and fierce privations in the Dark, a determined young woman survives by guarding her secrets.
Lucie Manette was born in the Dark half of the city, but careful manipulations won her a home in the Light, celebrity status, and a rich, loving boyfriend. Now she just wants to keep her head down, but her boyfriend has a dark secret of his own – one involving an apparent stranger who is destitute and despised. Lucie alone knows of the deadly connection the young men share, and even as the knowledge leads her to make a grave mistake, she can trust no one with the truth. Blood and secrets alike spill out when revolution erupts.
With both halves of the city burning, and mercy nowhere to be found, can Lucie save either boy – or herself?
I really enjoyed reading this book! I loved how the author managed to tackle serious themes like equality, minority rights and social change by seamlessly including them in a fantasy retelling of Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities (which I really want to read now, btw).
At first, I struggled a bit to connect with Lucie as a character. I guess I just couldn’t figure her out. Which in the end, I realised, was exactly the right reaction for me to have. Lucie is a girl who has witnessed so much darkness in her life, that it has marked her forever, even if she eventually manages to move to the Light part of the city, which is where all the wealthiest and most powerful people live. But even though she is relatively secure in her new status, Lucie knows everything could be taken from her in the blink of an eye, and she and everyone she loves would be back in the Dark – or worse. This constant conflict between the Lucie who has suffered and clings onto her safety, and the one who doesn’t forget her humanity and fights until the end for those she loves, was what made it difficult for me to completely understand her at first, and also what made me love her so much as a character by the end of the book.
Several things happen throughout the book, including numerous murders, abductions and a revolution, so I guess you could focus on the action-y part of the story and get lost in it, and that would be perfectly fine. It’s a good storyline, with enough action and suspense to keep you glued to the pages. But, for me, this book was about a lot more than just its plot. It was a delicate-yet-gut-wrenching critique of society, of just how easy it is sometimes to get lost in propaganda, to unload all the world’s troubles on a single group, forgetting our common status as humans.
This book definitely gave me a lot to think about, both through the storyline and through the individual characters. Lucie is definitely the one that will stick with me the most, because she is probably the one that most represents all of us throughout her development: moving from blind acceptance because she fears losing everything she has worked for up to her fierce determination in fighting an unjust system to protect her loved ones and the weakest who have no one else to fight for them, Lucie is a remarkable example of character development.
Definitely a highly recommended book, and one I will gladly re-read as soon as I get a chance!


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Music is sometimes like the iced coffee that I am sipping on right now as I hide in my apartment from the heat. The chemical reaction caused by the combination of elements. Hot coffee. Cold ice. Sugar clumping on ice cubes, then melting into a dewy confection.
Earlier this Spring I saw Apollo Sunshine luminary, Jesse Gallagher, play the Lizard Lounge with his new combo Da Burdz. Featuring members of Creaturos and Sunburned Hand of the Man, Da Burdz is a wonderful psychedelic-confection of optimistic noise and melodic child's play--a little bit '67 Beatles and a little bit Can. One particular song that stuck out for its beauty was "In A Cloud," a bubbling, joyous groove with a sun-kissed melody and just a little bit of tom-foolery (in addition to mixing electronic trumpet into their sound, Gallagher is also pretty prodigious with the use of various pedals and home-made electronic gadgets).
I was then knocked out recently to catch Gallagher playing "solo" at Middlesex, in a one-man band configuration that was quite unlike anything I'd ever seen before. Aside from playing guitar (with the associated pedals and effects that are linked to his sound), Gallagher created noise/percussion loops with a drum machine and a delay pedal--or so it appeared from five feet away--that he even used to make changes in the middle of his songs. What really sold me was a set of foot pedals from an organ that had been modified to be a portable instrument, which Gallagher told the crowd formally belonged to his musician father. So not only was Gallagher playing guitar, while making drum loops, but doing so while playing the bass with his feet. Pretty awesome.
This one-man-band version of "In A Cloud" was a soft and sweet duet with girlfriend Anna Rochinski of Quilt (whose Mexican Summer debut was produced by Gallagher). Now with its melody pronounced and echoed, bathed in the warmth of the bass foot-pedals, "In A Cloud" appeared to be much more of the puffy cirrus cloud variety than the heady stratus brew that was kicked up by Da Burdz.
While I'm pretty sure that it's not even properly recorded or released, "In A Cloud" is one of my new favorite songs. It lives in my memory and I hope to pass it on to you with my words.
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Seacrest interviews Snooki and Jwoww during On Air With Ryan Seacrest. Snooki is asked if she will televise the birth of her baby.
I definitely think that’s a private moment and Jionni definitely wants it to be just between us and I totally agree so you’re not gonna see my baby come out, but you know, you’ll see my baby eventually.
Seacrest asks Jwoww if she wants a baby now that Snooki is having one.
Nope, actually the opposite, and I have birth control for me. I don’t know, all the body changes, but not only that, she’s going into a completely new chapter in her life. Like this is it for her and she’s really excited for it, but I think I just want to be selfish just a little bit longer.

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new vespa scooters are great but am only thinking how many modern people will like them?? because thesedays college guys use activa and all so hope vespas will become popular between them also because of features this time!!
Piaggio will launch Vespa scooters at 2012 Auto Expo. Piaggio will manufacture Vespa 125LX at the Baramati facility in Maharashtra, and the scooter will go on sale by March this year.
Vespa LX125 is powered by a 125cc engine producing 10.5PS and 9.7Nm of torque, making it one of the most powerful scooters in India. The scooter will also have an automatic CVT gearbox and an optional front disc brake.
Italian manufacturer will produce and retail the 125cc automatic scooter in India, from March 2012.
Cool looking scooters with fantastic heritage and a romance that only Italian machines have. But I have heard a lot of people commenting that "oh, it looks like an old Bajaj made of plastic, who will buy this?"; "man, this is too girls for my taste", etc.
I just hope this iconic brand does not become a victim of typical Indian narrow-minded psyche .


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A high percentage of the population could be endangering their health by taking herbal medicines without checking with a health professional first according to Peter Houghton, Professor in Pharmacognosy, King’s College London. Speaking today (6 September) at the BA Festival of Science, Prof Houghton warned of the risks of herbal remedies interacting with conventional medicines.
There is widespread belief that all herbs are safe because they are ‘natural’. However, some plant material may contain compounds which are toxic and the amount present can vary much more than with a synthetic product. And, unlike pharmaceutical drugs, there are no strict quality standards for herbal medications.
"Although your risk of dying from taking a herbal remedy is extremely small, some do interact with other medicines with serious consequences. For instance, St John’s Wort makes many prescription drugs used to treat conditions such as heart disease, depression, seizures, certain cancers or to prevent conditions such as transplant rejection or pregnancy (oral contraceptives) less effective," said Prof Houghton.
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Astronomers from Bonn and Tautenburg in Thuringia (Germany) used the 100-m radio telescope at Effelsberg to observe several galaxy clusters. At the edges of these large accumulations of dark matter, stellar systems (galaxies), hot gas, and charged particles, they found magnetic fields that are exceptionally ordered over distances of many million light years. This makes them the most extended magnetic fields in the universe known so far.
The results will be published on March 22 in the journal „Astronomy & Astrophysics“.
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Researchers at the Goethe University Frankfurt, together with partners from the University of Tübingen in Germany and Queen Mary University as well as Francis Crick Institute from London (UK) have developed a novel technology to decipher the secret ubiquitin code.
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Silicon nanosheets are thin, two-dimensional layers with exceptional optoelectronic properties very similar to those of graphene. Albeit, the nanosheets are less stable. Now researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have, for the first time ever, produced a composite material combining silicon nanosheets and a polymer that is both UV-resistant and easy to process. This brings the scientists a significant step closer to industrial applications like flexible displays and photosensors.
Silicon nanosheets are thin, two-dimensional layers with exceptional optoelectronic properties very similar to those of graphene. Albeit, the nanosheets are...
Enzymes behave differently in a test tube compared with the molecular scrum of a living cell. Chemists from the University of Basel have now been able to simulate these confined natural conditions in artificial vesicles for the first time. As reported in the academic journal Small, the results are offering better insight into the development of nanoreactors and artificial organelles.
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It’s a late post today. I know, I’m horrible. My cousin came over yesterday (Hey, Katie!!) to watch movies. We ended up going to the mall for a bit and got to watch one movie before we passed out. Then we spent most of today watching movies and Catfish. And since I didn’t have a post already planned…You just get a puppy update today! But come on, who doesn’t love puppies!?
Pixel went to the vet Thursday. She had the worst time! First, they had to check her temperature, which included a thermometer where the sun don’t shine. The poor puppy does not like the vet…or other people for some reason. She shied away from everyone and at one point, tried to climb up under me. As much as I love the attachment she feels towards me, she needs to learn to like other people and animals as well. I was even told so by the vet.
They gave Pixel a shot and then gave her some kind of medicine they had to put up her nose. Poor puppy! Of course they had to get a stool sample and that involved a plastic spoon thing they had to stuck up her butt. There are moments in life where you are just very grateful for not being a dog!
Good news, all of her worms are gone. My girl is worm free, but not completely healthy yet. The vet was checking Pixel over and noticed her ears looked a little dirty. They ran a test and found out that she has an infection in her ear. Seriously? Can this poor puppy catch a break?
No, she can’t. After all of this, they then had to get her to take a pill for heart worms and all that fun stuff. Since she is such a stubborn puppy, they had to force the pill down her throat. I am sure that Pixel hated me the rest of that day. I know I would have hated me.
I now have to put stuff in her ears every day until Thursday of this week. I also have to start taking her around other dogs and eventually get her into some obedience classes. At first she would listen to me while we were outside, now she just wants to run free. I have to threaten to go in the house without her to get her back inside. And she doesn’t want to sit anymore. She will fetch, but only when it’s convenient for her.
I love my puppy, but it’s time for her to learn to listen. It is serious training time.
Though, as you can see by the picture, she has gotten really good at picking up her toys. But only when it’s bed time. For some reason she wants all of her toys when she sleeps. It’s kind of cute. She also likes to tear all the squeakers and stuffing out of her toys. No toy is safe with her!

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“Swallowing factory food”
A former farmer, government worker, world traveler and sustainable tree harvesting trainer in Southeast Asia, Jon became interesting in the ancient hindu/buddhist culture. He came to Bali to deepen his understanding of this culture
Long interested in wood and steel, Jon started his Pande (blacksmith) project in Bali in 2009, where he supported struggling Pande families, taught them new methods, styles, marketing, and introducing them to the world blacksmithing fraternity.
A blacksmithing journey over to Buleleng in late 2011 accidentally opened a return to teaching sustainable farming, where he sponsored and supported poor farmers in the Batur caldera. From his experience as a free range organic farmer, he has been able to teach new ideas and stronger methods for sustainable and cleaner food.
The industrialisation of what we eat, and how chemicals make it cheaper, but not necessarily better has been the motivation behind teaching farmers in Bali how to diversify and empower their thinking.

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‘Peace is beyond the reach of ordinary people’ – 97yo Palestinian recalls the conflict (VIDEO)
With the bloody Israeli-Palestinian conflict raging for decades, Mohammad Mahmoud Jadallah recalls how the tensions between the two nations over land and holy sites spiraled into wars, forced displacement and evictions.
Born in 1921 amidst the collapse of the Ottoman Empire, Mohammad grew up in Palestine when it was controlled by the British after World War I. In 1946, he was waiting tables in the King David Hotel in Jerusalem, when the Zionist militant group Irgun blew it up, killing 90 people. He vividly remembers the turbulent times of the creation of Israel in 1948 – the event is celebrated by the Jews as the triumph of their statehood, and lamented by the Palestinian Arabs as hundreds of thousands of them were forced to flee or were expelled.
The 1948 UN partition plan for Palestine was accepted by the Jews, but rejected by the Palestinians, so war ensued. Mohammad joined the Arab fighters in Jerusalem. “The Jews were superior in numbers and had more capabilities, they managed to win control over the country,” recalls Mohammad today. “It was the reason for the forced eviction of the Palestinians from their homeland.”
Around 750,000 Palestinians had become refugees by 1950, according to the UN, and more than a million people live in refugee camps today – many of them in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank.
Many of the protesters in Gaza are the descendants of people originally expelled from Jaffa, Haifa, Nazareth and other towns, says Mohammad, reminiscing about the 1948 Palestinian exodus or ‘Nakba’ – the ‘Catastrophe.’
The ongoing protests stay deadly, with at least 60 Palestinian fatalities just this week. The IDF claims that the majority of the killed related to Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad. However, Mohammad insists that this is not true. “All of the killed were peaceful, ordinary people. They had no relationship to the militants,” he says. “The protesters simply wanted the world to know that they demand justice, they want to return home, return to their homeland. They had no ill intentions.” He adds that the protesters were unarmed and, if the army had shown restraint, it is possible that they would have already reached some sort of agreement and left.
Mohammad is convinced that Trump made a mistake by relocating the US embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. “America had completely sided with Israel. It’s wrong from a diplomatic standpoint.”
He believes that the only way to stop the bloodshed is for Israel to comply with the international law and the UN resolutions. That will end the hostilities, he hopes. “If everyone wants to live in peace, there will be peace. If all parties affirm their determination to achieve peace, the situation will be resolved. People here want to live a normal life, that’s all,” says Mohammad, although he admits that there is little that ordinary Palestinians like him can do. “These issues are beyond our reach. This is a problem at the international level. We can’t solve it by ourselves.”


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Martin Scorsese’s next film, the serial killer drama Killers of the Flower Moon, was originally supposed to begin filming last March. We even wrote about it as Scorsese was location scouting during the beginning of the year, also known as 2020 Part 1.
Unfortunately though, as is this case with most things this year — forget just movies, things in general — production was ultimately delayed and is now set to begin in the coming months.
As it turns out, though, the global pandemic isn’t the only reason the film has been delayed, as screenwriter Eric Roth recently revealed that arguments between himself and Leonardo DiCaprio caused the script to undergo a handful of rewrites.
As the report goes, in Roth’s original version of the script, DiCaprio was set to star as a heroic federal agent working for the newly-established FBI who is tasked with solving a series of murders in the Osage Nation. However, because DiCaprio is DiCaprio, he pushed to have the script rewritten so he would instead be playing the nephew of the serial killer played by Robert De Niro that’s “torn between love and the evil machinations of his uncle.”
In Roth’s version of the film, DiCaprio was starring as the hero, a federal agent working for the newly-established FBI, who heads to the Osage Nation to solve a series of murders. DiCaprio pushed to revise the script so he would take on the nephew of the villainous killer played by Robert De Niro.
“That’s supposed to start filming in March once the Covid clears out, and it’s Martin Scorsese. They’ll be continuing rewrites with that,” Roth said.” Leonardo wanted some things changed that we argued about. He won half of [the arguments]. I won half of them. So that’s happening.” [via IndieWire]
Roth is certainly no rookie screenwriter, as the 75-year-old has been in the game since the 1970s, writing iconic films such as Forrest Gump, Ali, Munich, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, and Dune. But for all of Roth’s experience, DiCaprio is likely the greatest actor of his generation, so when he wants to play the bad guy, you figure out a way to let him play the bad guy.
Based on the book of the same name, Killers of the Flower Moon is set in Oklahoma during a period from 1921 to 1926 when over 20 members of the Osage tribe were killed, although some reports have indicated that the death toll was actually over 100.
Perhaps most excitingly, the film will mark the first time that DiCaprio and De Niro have appeared in a film together since 1996’s Marvin’s Room (the pair also famously starred in 1993’s This Boy’s Life). Surprisingly, despite the fact that both De Niro and DiCaprio have been Scorsese’s muses over the last 50 years, they’ve actually never appeared together in a film that was helmed by the legendary director.


FANUC 3D Area Sensors enable robots to recognise and pick up randomly positioned objects. Capable of locating parts three dimensionally, the 3D Area Sensor adds flexibility and reliability to operations traditionally completed by humans or which otherwise require sophisticated and expensive dedicated machinery.
Vision-guided robotics (VGR) is fast becoming an enabling technology for the automation of many different processes within many different industries. Object recognition technology is the ability to identify different items, based on their three-dimensional geometry. Whether the process involves loose, mixed, irregular parts, sacks or bags, equipping a robot with a 3D Area Sensor provides an efficient solution that can be quickly adapted to handle different products.
Typical applications for 3D Area Sensors include; de-palletising materials (including mixed boxes, sacks, bags and food packaging, bin picking – loose random parts, irregular items, and irregularly-shaped sacks or packaging, and sorting, placing and loading picked items into machines. Automating such processes is an effective way of increasing productivity and reducing costs on a vast range of general material handling applications. Even setups involving dirty, dusty or rusty products and/or difficult light conditions can benefit from such efficiencies. A range of grippers is available to handle a vast range of materials, based on mechanical, magnetic or vacuum principles.
The FANUC 3D Area Sensor is available in two versions: the 3DA-400 for smaller applications (400 x 300 x 300 mm); and the 3DA-1300 for larger applications (1340 x 1000 x 1000 mm). They are easy to install – no interfaces to external devices or a PC are necessary – and setup wizards are available to reduce system commissioning time.
How it works?
FANUC‘s 3D Area Sensor uses structured light projection to create 3D maps of its surrounds. By adding structured light to a vision system, features of the part are not located by identifying features via multiple cameras, but rather through each camera locating the object’s features created by the structured light. Typically, this is performed over a large area, with many 3D points detected for each snap. The result is a point cloud, which compiles several X-Y-Z locations in a tight array across the 3D scene being imaged.
Using these maps, the system looks for parts. The part manager then does an evaluation and decides which part to pick. Taking reaching distance and collision avoidance into account, it then chooses the fastest picking option. If the part manager decides a pick has been unsuccessful or a part queue does not contain a part to pick, another image is taken and the process starts again using the new results.
3D vision systems that generate point clouds are very useful for VGR applications, because multiple parts can be located simultaneously. Multi-tasking background processing – part detection takes place while the robot is moving and does not interrupt the workflow- means that shorter cycle times can be achieved.
Mastering new paths
Teaching the robot new paths is easy. The 3D Area Sensor can be programmed on the shop floor using a graphical interface on iPendant Touch, which utilises FANUC’s familiar iRVision graphical interface. It can set up a bin picking application in a matter of minutes.
One robot can service up to four 3D area sensors. In bin picking applications, the 3DA/1300 Area Sensor can be top-mounted on an auxiliary axis-powered rail, allowing the robot to directly control the movement of the sensor. Mounting the sensor this way gives the robot two bins in which to work from. As soon as the robot recognizes that one bin is empty it will automatically switch to the next one, saving downtime that would be required for an operator to change the bin manually.
Vast application reach
The 3D Area Sensor can be used in cleanroom-certified applications in electronics and pharmaceutical applications, as well as for food handling. A cleanroom robot equipped with the iRVision 3DA/400 Area Sensor can locate and pick randomly orientated bottle caps from a bin. The 3DA/400 Area Sensor provides 3D location of the bottle caps in the bin. The robot picks the bottle caps from the bin and places them in a second bin at high speeds. iRVision’s Interference Avoidance feature prevents the robot and tooling from coming in contact with the bin walls.


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Secretive military courts sentence scores of people to death — Global Issues
“The military continues to conduct proceedings in secret courts that violate basic principles of fair trial and are contrary to the judiciary’s core guarantees of independence and impartiality.” , Volker Türk morecalled for a suspension of all executions and a return to a moratorium on the execution of the death penalty.
On Wednesday, a military court sentenced at least seven college students to death.
“The military courts have consistently failed to maintain any level of transparency that goes against the most basic due process or guarantees a fair trial,” Türk said.
Meanwhile, on Thursday, reports revealed that as many as four additional death sentences had been issued against youth activists.
United Nations Office for Human Rights (OHCHR) is currently seeking clarification on those cases.
In July, the military carried out four State-level executions – the first in about 30 years.
Despite calls from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the international community, a former MP, a democracy activist and two others were executed.
Nearly 1,700 detainees among the nearly 16,500 people arrested for protesting last year’s military coup were tried and convicted in secret by especially court, sometimes lasting only a few minutes.
They were routinely denied access to lawyers or their families, and no one was acquitted.
The latest sentences will bring the total number of people sentenced to death as of February 1, 2021 to 139 individuals.
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Mr. Türk reminded that the military’s actions are not in line with the ASEAN peace plan, known as the five-point consensus – which includes an “immediate end to violence in Myanmar” – which the regional bloc re-committed to last month during the ASEAN summit.
At the summit, Secretary General António Guterres yes warning said that the political, security, human rights and humanitarian situation in Myanmar was “sliding deeper and deeper into disaster”, condemned the escalation of violence, disproportionate use of force and “the state of human rights”. bad” in this country.
Military courts have consistently failed to maintain any level of transparency – UN human rights chief
“By using the death penalty as a political tool to suppress the opposition, the military affirms its disregard for the efforts of ASEAN and the international community at large to end violence. force and facilitate a political dialogue aimed at bringing Myanmar out of its human rights situation. crisis created by the military,” said the UN’s head of human rights.
At the same time, Myanmar’s military is forcibly expelling more than 50,000 people from informal settlements and systematically destroying homes, according to two independent UN-appointed human rights experts. Is called a fundamental violation of core human rights obligations.
Without providing alternative housing or land, last month more than 40,000 residents living in informal settlements across Mingaladon, a town just north of Yangon, were evicted from their homes – most just had a few days to demolish the houses they had lived in for decades.
After receiving the eviction notice, the lack of options led some residents to stay while the two are said to have committed suicide out of desperation.
“Forced expulsion from Mingaladon is only part of the story. Arbitrary violent housing demolitions continue across the country,” the Special Rapporteur on the right to suitable housingBalakrishnan Rajagopal, and human rights situation in myanmarThomas Andrews, said in a statement.
According to experts, it’s not just people living in informal settlements in Myanmar’s cities who are subject to forcible deportation and house demolition.
“Houses continue to be systematically destroyed, bombed and burned down in organized attacks on villages by Myanmar security forces and militias authorized by the government,” they said. backing”.
Since last year’s military coup, more than 38,000 homes have been destroyed, displacing more than 1.1 million people on a large scale.
On November 23, 95 out of 130 houses in Kyunhla Town burned down when the Myanmar army set fire to the settlement.
These incidents follow the pattern of violence used against Rohingya villages during the genocide attacks in 2017.
The land-burning policies in Myanmar are widespread and follow a systematic pattern, experts say.
Special Rapporteur appointed by the United Nations based in Geneva Dong Nhan Quyen Association to check and report back on a particular human rights topic or country situation. The positions are honorary and professionals are not paid for their work.