California Republican Rep Darrel Issa has claimed that Special Counsel Robert Mueller's case against Michael Flynn will be soon thrown out of court when all interview documents are handed over to the judge.
Issa told Fox News on Sunday that he concluded the FBI had 'tricked' President Trump's former National Security Adviser into not having a lawyer during an FBI interview.
Flynne admitted he lied to federal authorities investigating potential Russian meddling during the 2016 election.
A memo was filed Tuesday revealing that Flynn was told not to have lawyers present.
Mueller's team says Flynn served on a "range of issues," including "interactions between individuals in the Presidential Transition Team and Russia."
The Daily Mail Reports: The committee is interviewing Comey regarding decisions the FBI made in 2016, including whether there was collusion between Russia and Donald Trump's presidential campaign through the presidential election.
'Tomorrow is going to be a very different day for Comey, particularly in light of what we've learned - the misconduct during the Flynn investigation was all about, thanks to a judge that demanded to understand what happened,' Issa said.
This week US District Judge Emmet Sullivan requested both the Mueller investigation and Flynn's team to turn over all documents associated with the fateful 2017 interview.
Flynn claimed in a court filing on Tuesday that the FBI pushed him toward having no lawyer present for his January 2017 interview.
His attorneys pointed the finger at then-FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe - claiming he pushed Flynn not to have an attorney present for the questioning.
They claimed the FBI threatened to take the matter to the Justice Department if Flynn were to seek counsel before sitting down with its agents.
'I explained that I thought the quickest way to get this done was to have a conversation between [Flynn] and the agents only,' McCabe wrote in a memorandum reported by Fox News.
The FBI was not required to make clear to Flynn that he had the right of attorney, because he was not in custody.
But Issa believes the cards are stacked in Flynn's favor.
'I would not be surprised a bit if the conviction of Flynn is overturned because of the Justice Department FBI's misconduct,' he said.
'Nothing about the way the interview was arranged or conducted caused the defendant to make false statements to the FBI,' Mueller's Friday court filing stated.
Judge Sullivan will be working to conclude whether or not agents used coercion to obstruct Flynn's constitutional right.
Apparently, if provided with reasonable proof that agents acted coercively, Sullivan could throw out the charges against Flynn on those grounds.
However, he has not shown that he plans to do so, according to Fox News.
Trump's former National Security Adviser is due to be sentenced on Tuesday.
Last week Mueller's office said that Flynn's cooperation - including 19 meetings with investigators - was so thorough that he was entitled to avoid prison when he is sentenced.
Mueller repeated this desire in his Friday court filing, writing that if Flynn '"continues to accept responsibility for his actions, his cooperation and military service continue to justify' no prison time.
He later pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about conversations during the presidential transition period with the then-Russian ambassador to the United States, Sergey Kislyak.
Asked about the contents of these conversations during the interview at his office in the White House in the days following Trump's inauguration, Flynn told agents he did not discuss sanctions with Kislyak.
However, an audio recording of the December 29, 2016 phone call, which was tapped by US intelligence officials, proved he had.
Flynn will become the first White House official punished in the Special Counsel's ongoing probe into whether the Trump campaign coordinated with Russia during the 2016 presidential election.
The filing comes as lawyers for former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort said they were still determining whether to oppose accusations that he lied to investigators and breached his plea agreement.
A judge gave Manafort until January 7 to respond to prosecutors' allegations that he deceived them about his interactions with an associate who they say has ties to Russian intelligence and with Trump administration officials.
The defendants, their fortunes sliding in opposite directions, represent starkly different paths in Mueller's investigation - a model cooperator on one end and, prosecutors say, a dishonest and resistant witness on the other.
Even as prosecutors recommend no prison time for Flynn, they've left open the possibility they may seek additional charges against Manafort, who is already facing years in prison.
Flynn, a retired Army lieutenant general, spent three decades in the military, including five years in combat.
In Manafort's case, prosecutors have accused him of repeatedly lying to them even after he agreed to cooperate.
They say Manafort lied about his communications with a longtime associate they say has ties to Russian intelligence, his contacts with Trump administration officials, and other matters under investigation by the Justice Department.


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Modi or Trump: Who Was the Bigger Obstructionist of Their Respective Multilateral Summits?
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Last weekend proved to be a unique illustration of the optics behind the fundamental differences between the multipolar Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) and the western driven G7 group of nations. While the SCO summit stressed diversity as a form of strength among a group of great nations and civilisations, the G7 aimed for artificial unity and ended up with a summit that effectively collapsed amid chronic discord.
But within the framework of each summit, one nation stood out as wilfully obstructing an otherwise shared goal. At the G7 summit, Donald Trump refused to endorse a joint statement calling for freer, fairer and more open trade. This itself resulted in an online war of words between Donald Trump and the G7's host, Canadian Premier Justin Trudeau. Later, Germany Chancellor Merkel expressed her regret at Trump's actions and rhetoric in an undeniable gesture of solidarity with Trudeau.
At the SCO a lengthy joint declaration was made advocating closer cooperation on trade, development, investment, security cooperation and wide reaching educational, cultural and scientific exchange. While each SCO head of state and government signed the full declaration, a specific clause which endorsed the One Belt–One Road (aka Belt and Road Initiative) trading and logistics mega-project, was ratified but all SCO members except for India.
In many ways, neither Trump's refusal to endorse the neo-liberal model of free trade advocated by most of his EU partners and Canada, nor Indian Premier Narendra Modi's refusal to endorse a clause of a wider agreement offering an intensified commitment to One Belt–One Road should be surprising. Trump's protectionism and Modi's hatred of One Belt–One Road are widely known.
The issue therefore is less a question of whether it was Trump or Modi who stuck out like a bigger sore thumb, but the more appropriate line of enquiry revolves around an analysis of how the other leaders of the respective organisations responded to the unilateralism of a single member.
Here, the SCO has showed a mature approach combining an emphasis on large areas of agreement between members over harping on India's expected reticence to endorse anything remotely related to the otherwise regionally embraced One Belt–One Road. Even India's traditional ally Bangladesh (not an SCO member) has recently come out in favour of One Belt–One Road while Nepal's recently elected government has rapidly intensified positive relations with Beijing. Elsewhere in South Asia, Sri Lanka and the Maldives also look to play important roles in One Belt-One Road's Afro-Asian maritime crossroads.
Elsewhere, Iran and Turkey, two prospective future members of the SCO are firm supporters of One Belt–One Road, while the possibility to integrate both One Belt–One Road and the SCO into a broader partnership with ASEAN (the Association of South East Asian Nations) also looks promising. In this sense, India is only isolating itself from its neighbours and those in India's near abroad, including ASEAN member Myanmar who are all responding positively to China's flagship project to harmonise world trade in an age of increased global interconnectivity.
Because of this, India is a clear outlier to the wider trends throughout Asia. India's obstinate attitude to One Belt–One Road is something China views with regret, but ultimately it is not something that China sees an as insurmountable obstacle. After all, India's membership of the SCO will likely outlast the current BJP government in New Delhi and it is hoped that one day a more multipolar minded Indian leader will realise that it is to India's own great economic advantage to embrace that which all of India's neighbours have already embraced.
Furthermore, the SCO's structure is one that revolves around bespoke partnerships rather than cast iron alliances, while non-aggression both internally and externally is a key point around which all SCO members are resolved. Because of this, India's uncooperative attitude is one that is dealt with at face value and thus far, it has not only failed to obstruct the progress of other members, observers and dialogue partners of the SCO, but in some ways it has strengthened the bonds of south Asian neighbours of China. This is especially the case in respect of Pakistan and China's all weather friendship which continues to become ever more productive for both sides, notably since the creation of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) a major artery of the wider One Belt–One road network.
Thus, there were no rhetorical meltdowns at the SCO summit or during its aftermath over India's position which was widely known even prior to India joining the SCO along with Pakistan in 2017. This contrasted sharply with the war of words which has emerged surrounding the breakdown of the G7 leaders in respect of the US leader's refusal to back a statement endorsing free trade.
While Indian media is busying praising Modi's refusing to sign a clause of the joint SCO declaration as a kind of victory, Modi's overall mild mannered presence at the SCO summit made him more of an 'invisible man' much of the time, vis-a-vis Trump's ostentatious style of obstructionism. As a result, many western media outlets have taken it upon themselves to rename the G7 group of nations the G6 + 1, as a means of drawing attention to the outlier status of the Trump led United States within the group.
Although the G7 remains the G7, the general atmosphere surrounding the meeting is such that one member (albeit the most wealthy member) voicing disagreement has led to many questioning the efficacy of the G7 as a super-national institution. By contrast, Modi's refusal to endorse One Belt–One Road has not effected the status of the SCO nor has it changed the reality that the SCO had its most successful summit to-date, based on both the scope of its new agenda and its desire to become an ever more geographically inclusive body.
While both Modi and Trump barked, it was Trump's bark which took the biggest bite out of G7 unity. Modi by contrast was treated with respect even when he showed indifference to a major project endorsed with enthusiasm by all other SCO participants.
Below is the full declaration of the SCO which was signed at the conclusion of yesterday's summit:
The leaders of the Member States of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (hereinafter referred to as the SCO or the Organisation), following the meeting of the Council of Heads of State in Qingdao on 10 June 2018, hereby declare the following.
The dynamically developing world is currently going through a period of major changes and reconfiguration; the geopolitical landscape is becoming diversified and multipolar, and ties between countries are becoming closer.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Pakistan President Mamnoon Hussain along with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the SCO Summit in Qingdao in eastern China's Shandong Province on Sunday. AP
At the same time, the factors of instability and uncertainty are increasing, the situation in the world economy remains unstable despite the positive changes, economic globalisation is confronted with the expansion of unilateral protectionist policies and other challenges in international trade, and the risks associated with the aggravation of conflicts in a number of regions, terrorism, drug trafficking and organised crime, epidemics of infectious diseases and climate change are also on the rise. Counteraction to these global challenges requires urgent development of collective and effective approaches of the world community.
Following the Shanghai Spirit, which embodies mutual trust, equality, mutual benefit, equal rights, mutual consultations, respect for the diversity of cultures, and aspiration for joint development, amid fundamental changes in global affairs, the SCO consistently enhances political, security, economic, cultural and humanitarian cooperation and acts as one of the most influential participants in the modern system of international relations.
Relying on neighbouurly relations, friendship and cooperation, mutual respect for the cultural and civilisational diversity and social values of its Member States, on trustful dialogue and constructive partnership, the SCO sets an example of close and fruitful cooperation in building a more equitable and balanced world order based on an equal, cooperative, indivisible, comprehensive and sustainable security, ensuring the interests of each and every state in accordance with the norms and principles of international law.
The Member States reaffirm their commitment to the goals and objectives stipulated in the SCO Charter and the SCO Development Strategy Towards 2025 by consistently developing the political, security, trade and economic, financial, investment, transport, energy, agricultural and humanitarian cooperation, promoting the construction of international relations of a new type based on mutual respect, justice, equality, mutually beneficial cooperation, and the formation of a common vision of building a community for the shared future of humankind.
The Member States will continue to deepen multifaceted cooperation for peace, stability, development and prosperity in the SCO space. In this regard, they, supporting the efforts of the countries of the Central Asian region to intensify cooperation in the political, economic, cultural, humanitarian and other spheres, welcome the results of the first consultative meeting of the heads of state of Central Asia (Astana, 15 March 15 2018).
The Member States note the new quality and dynamics that have emerged in various fields of cooperation since the Republic of India and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan's accession to the SCO. They intend, based on strict observance of international treaties and SCO documents, to jointly promote the further expansion of the Organisation's potential in all areas of its activities.
The Member States reaffirm their readiness to increase cooperation with observer states and partners in the SCO dialogue on a mutually beneficial and equitable basis, to enhance the contacts and interaction of the SCO with the UN and its specialised bodies, and with other international and regional organisations.
The Member States are committed to strict compliance with the goals and principles of the UN Charter, primarily the equality and sovereignty of states, non-interference in their internal affairs, mutual respect of territorial integrity, the inviolability of borders, non-aggression, a peaceful settlement of disputes, the non-use of force or threat of force, and other universally recognised norms of international law aimed at the maintenance of peace and security, the development of cooperation among states, the strengthening of independence, the right of nations to determine their future and to choose their political, socioeconomic and cultural path.
The Member States reaffirm their resolve to strictly comply with the provisions of the Treaty on Good-Neighbourly Relations, Friendship and Cooperation between the Member States of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (Bishkek, 16 August 2007) aimed at the further development of neighbourly and friendly relations in areas of mutual interest, including to turn mutual borders into borders of lasting peace and friendship.
The Member States reaffirm their resolve to support the efforts of the UN as a universal multilateral organisation to maintain international peace and security, stimulate global development, and promote and protect human rights. They are committed to strengthening the key role of the UN Security Council as the main body responsible under the UN Charter for maintaining international peace and security.
The Member States have taken note of the intention of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan and the Republic of Tajikistan to seek the position of non-permanent members of the UN Security Council.
The Member States will continue to work together in the area of disarmament and arms control, peaceful use of nuclear energy, and political and diplomatic settlement of challenges to nonproliferation regimes.
The Member States that are signatory to the Non-Proliferation Treaty are committed to strict compliance with NPT provisions, a comprehensive and balanced encouragement of NPT goals and principles, the promotion of the global non-proliferation regime and nuclear disarmament with due regard for the entirety of international stability factors, as well as stimulating equal and mutually beneficial cooperation in the peaceful use of nuclear energy.
The Member States believe that an early enforcement of the Protocol on Security Assurances to the Treaty on a Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone in Central Asia by all signatory states will be a major contribution to regional security and the global non-proliferation regime.
The Member States reaffirm that unilateral unrestricted build-up of missile defence systems by individual countries or groups of countries will damage international security and destabilise the global situation. They consider it unacceptable to strengthen one's security to the detriment of other's security.
The Member States point out the importance of keeping space free of weapons and support the practical measures to prevent an arms race in space. They welcome the resolution of the UN General Assembly Disarmament and International Security Committee on further practical measures for the prevention of an arms race in outer space and the creation of a group of governmental experts to prepare and submit proposals for an international legally binding instrument on the prevention of an arms race in outer space, which would prohibit the placement of weapons in outer space.
The Member States support the efforts and initiatives designed to stimulate strict compliance with the Chemical Weapons Convention, enhance the prestige of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons and strengthen the regime stipulated in the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on Their Destruction.
The Member States strongly condemn all forms of terrorism and consider it necessary to make efforts to promote the creation of a unified global counterterrorism front with the central coordinating role of the UN on the basis of international law, without politicisation or double standards. They confirm the key role of the state and its competent agencies in counteracting terrorism, separatism and extremism on its territory, as well as in relevant cooperation within the SCO and in international formats.
The Member States stand for reaching consensus on the issue of adopting the UN Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism based on the UN Charter and other documents. They emphasise the importance of comprehensive measures to reach a peaceful settlement of international and regional conflicts, enhance efforts against terrorism and its ideology, the detection and elimination of factors and conditions that facilitate terrorism and extremism, acknowledging that there can be no justification of any act of terrorism or extremism. They praise the initiative of the Republic of Kazakhstan to launch the Code of Conduct in International Anti-Terrorist Operations in the UN format.
The Member States note that the interference in the domestic affairs of other states under the pretence of combatting terrorism and extremism is unacceptable, as well as the use of terrorist, extremist and radical groups for one's own purposes.
The Member States call for effectively fulfilling the requirements of specialised UN Security Council resolutions as regards efforts to counter any forms of financing terrorism and providing material and technical support to it; the measures include finding individuals and legal entities involved in economic relations with terrorists.
In relation to the developments in the Middle East, the Member States note the growing threat from foreign terrorists who return to their countries or find shelter in third countries to continue their terrorist and extremist activity within the SCO. The Member States will work to improve the information exchange mechanisms regarding these people and their movements, and speed up procedures to extradite foreign terrorists in accordance with the national legislation of the SCO Member States and boost international cooperation both on the political level and between the security services.
The Member States praise the initiative of the Republic of Uzbekistan on the adoption of a special General Assembly resolution Education and Religious Tolerance, which it proposed at the 72nd Session of the UN General Assembly in September 2017 in New York.
The Member States confirm the special role of the SCO Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure in the joint fight against "the three evils" – terrorism, extremism and separatism – in order to ensure regional security, and will boost the potential of cooperation between competent agencies in this area. Considering the growing scale and mutual interconnectedness of threats to security, they noted the importance of the further improvement of the RATS SCO, including considering the organisation of a monitoring system of possible threats in the global information space, and counteracting them.
The implementation of the cooperation programme to fight terrorism, separatism and extremism for 2019-2021 will be prioritised. It is considered important to speed up the coming into effect of the SCO Convention on Countering Extremism, signed on 9 June 2017 in Astana. The Member States praise the results of the international conference on countering terrorism and extremism (Dushanbe, 3-4 May 2018), which became an important venue for multilateral cooperation in these areas.
The Member States will continue to conduct regular joint anti-terrorist exercises, including the Peace Mission antiterrorism military exercise. They will continue to expand their cooperation in defence and security, on security issues for major events, and the training of personnel to enhance the capabilities of their respective armed forces and competent services.
The Member States reaffirm their concern about the risk of weapons of mass destruction ending up at the disposal of terrorist groups; they advocate the strengthening of the international legal framework to counter this threat and support the initiative to draft an international convention against chemical and biological terrorist attacks at the Conference on Disarmament.
The Member States will strengthen their cooperation in combating the spread and propagation of terrorist ideology through the internet, including publicly justifying terrorism, recruiting members to terrorist groups, inciting and financing terrorist attacks, and online tutorials on methods of committing terrorist acts. They very much appreciate the Xiamen-2017 anti-cyber terrorism exercise held in China in 2017, aimed at curbing the use of the internet for terrorist, separatist and extremist purposes.
The Member States have noted the importance of combining the efforts of the international community in countering attempts to involve young people in the activities of terrorist, separatist and extremist groups. In this regard, they have adopted the Joint Appeal to Youth, in which they put forth the intention to organise comprehensive educational work as well as the spiritual and moral education of the younger generation in the SCO.
The Member States express concern about the growing threat from increased production, trade and abuse of drugs, and the use of proceeds from drug trafficking as a source of financing terrorism. They emphasise the need to develop a joint and balanced approach to countering illegal trafficking in drugs and their precursors, including through the internet.
In this regard, the Member States welcome the adoption of the SCO Anti-Drug Strategy for 2018-2023 and the Programme of Action for its implementation, as well as the Concept for the Prevention of the Abuse of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances at the summit. The Member States reaffirm their commitment to the existing international system to combat illegal drug trafficking on the basis of the norms and principles of international law, the relevant UN conventions and SCO documents. In this context, they gave a positive assessment of the joint SCO and UN Office on Drugs and Crime event, the UN and the SCO in the Fight Against Narcotic Drugs: New Threats and Joint Actions, on 12 March 2018 in Vienna.
The Member States have reaffirmed their readiness to continue improving the mechanism of cooperation within the SCO to combat illegal drug trafficking at the level of the heads of the competent authorities, senior officials and expert working groups, to conduct joint operations on a regular basis to curb illegal trafficking of narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances and their precursors, to take effective measures to prevent the spread of synthetic drugs, and new psychoactive substances. They approved the outcome of the Meeting of the Heads of the SCO Counter-Narcotics Agencies (Tianjin, 17 May 2018).
The Member States intend to continue exchanging information on individuals involved in terrorist activities and joint investigation of terrorist crimes of a transnational nature through effective border control under the Agreement on Cooperation and Interaction of the Member States of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation on Border Issues (Ufa, 10 July 2015) to prevent the activity and cross-border movement of foreign terrorists and terrorist groups.
The Member States call on the international community to put more effort into creating a peaceful, secure, open and structured information space based on cooperation. They emphasise the central role of the UN in developing universal international rules and principles as well as norms for countries' responsible behaviour in the information space and advocate the establishment of a working mechanism within the framework of the UN based on a just geographical distribution in order to develop standards, rules or principles for countries' responsible behaviour in the information space and to formalise them by adopting the corresponding UN General Assembly resolution.
The Member States are convinced that all states should participate equally in internet development and governance. A governing organisation established to manage key internet resources must be international, more representative and democratic.
The Member States will continue to promote practical cooperation in countering threats and challenges in the information space based on the Agreement among the Governments of the SCO Member States on Cooperation in the Field of Ensuring International Information Security (Yekaterinburg, 16 June 2009), such as international cooperation in IT abuse, including for terrorist and criminal purposes, and call for developing an international legal document on countering IT use for criminal purposes under the auspices of the UN.
The Member States note that corruption, as a threat to national and regional security, in all its forms and manifestations leads to less effective public administration, adversely affects investment appeal and hampers socioeconomic progress. They express their intention to develop comprehensive international cooperation in anti-corruption activities, including through the sharing of experience and information.
The Member States affirm their intention to develop practical cooperation in the legal and judicial areas by developing and approving approaches to exchanging expertise, methods to carry out forensic investigations and improving the skills of forensic experts. They advocate the establishment of a contractual legal framework on legal assistance to individuals and legal entities in civil cases, including trade and criminal cases in the framework of the SCO by adopting a corresponding SCO convention that will also envisage the participation of observer states if they comply with all the obligations under the convention.
The Member States consider it important to give impetus to contact and cooperation between legislative agencies and political parties, as well as to exchange expertise in the area of state governance and development.
The Member States praised the SCO missions to observe presidential and parliamentary elections and referendums.
The Member States advocate political and diplomatic settlement of the conflict situations in various regions of the world within the fundamental norms and principles of international law, in the interests of global security and stability.
The Member States support the efforts of the government and people of the Islamic republic of Afghanistan to provide security, ensure economic development, to counteract terrorism, extremism, and drug crimes. The Member States believe that establishing peace and stability in Afghanistan and an economic restoration will promote the security and sustainable development of the region as a whole. The member states emphasise that there is no alternative to settling the situation in Afghanistan beyond political dialogue and an inclusive peace process by the Afghan people themselves and under their guidance, and call for boosting cooperation under a central coordinating role of the UN for ensuring stability and development of the country.
The Member States noted the results of the SCO-Afghanistan Contact Group meetings that took place on 11 October 2017 in Moscow and on 28 May 2018 in Beijing, and spoke in favour of activating the mechanisms for dialogue and cooperation on an Afghanistan settlement, including consultations in the Moscow format.
The Member States welcomed the outcome of the International High-Level Conference on Afghanistan, Peace Process, Security Cooperation and Regional Connectivity that took place in Tashkent on 27 March 2018, as an important and positive contribution to the process of restoring peace and stability in the country.
The Member States confirm that the implementation of an inclusive political process, under the direction of the Syrian people and by the Syrian people themselves, which must be conducted in accordance with the provisions of UNSC Resolution 2254 and proceed from the need for Syrian sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity, is the only alternative to settling the Syrian crisis.
The Member States support the peace talks in Geneva under the auspices of the UN, note the efficiency of the Astana process, and call for all the parties to the conflict to take practical steps to implement the Memorandum on establishing the de-escalation areas to create favourable conditions for a political settlement of the situation in Syria. In this connection, the Member States welcomed the results of the Syrian National Dialogue Congress that took place on 30 January 2018 in Sochi as an important contribution to the promotion of the political process in Syria.
The Member States oppose the use of chemical weapons anywhere, by anyone, under any circumstances and for any goals, and support holding, under the provisions of the Chemical Weapons Convention, a comprehensive, unbiased and objective investigation into chemical attacks and drawing conclusions based on reliable and trustworthy evidence that can stand up to scrutiny.
The Member States deem it important to consistently implement the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action on the Iranian nuclear programme, and call for participants to strictly observe their obligations with a view to ensuring its full and efficient implementation and promoting peace and stability in the region and globally.
The Member States advocate the settlement of the situation on the Korean Peninsula solely through a political and diplomatic approach based on dialogue and consultations. They support the peace initiatives of the international community, including those of Russia and China, aimed at the normalisation of the situation, including the denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula, and securing long-term peace in Northeast Asia.
In this context, the Member States note the resumption of the intra-Korean dialogue, as well as the contact between the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and the United States, and urge all involved parties to support the negotiating process. The Member States confirm the need for a political settlement of the Ukraine crisis based on the prompt and full implementation of the Minsk Agreements of 12 February 2015.
The Member States stand for the improvement of the architecture of global economic governance and the development of trade, economic and investment cooperation. They proceed from the belief that the World Trade Organisation is the key platform for discussing the agenda for international trade and adopting the rules of a multilateral trade system. In order to maintain the reputation and efficiency of the WTO rules, the Member States stand for the joint forming of an open world economy, the consecutive strengthening of an open, inclusive, transparent, nondiscriminative and multilateral trade system based on rules, as well for the prevention of fragmentation of international trade relations and rejection of any forms of trade protectionism.
The Member States stand for creating favourable conditions for trade and investment in order to gradually introduce free movement of goods, capitals, services and technologies, as stipulated by the SCO Charter. In this relation, a Joint Statement of SCO Member States for Streamlining Trade Procedures has been adopted.
The Member States believe that the development of the services industry and trade, the support of microbusiness, as well as small and medium-sized business and stimulation of e-trade within the SCO are very important for the development of the economy, and the growth of employment and prosperity of the population. The Member States stand for the further development of a legal and contractual basis in these areas.
The Member States confirm their adherence to the central role of the UN in promoting the implementation of the Global Agenda for Sustainable Development. They urge the developed countries, in accordance with the obligations assumed earlier, to provide financial and technical assistance to the developing countries and help them boost their potential.
The Member States emphasise the importance of deepening regional economic cooperation in order to ensure their sustainable social and economic development, including through the use of the potential of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific in the key areas of its activity, including transport, energy, trade and IT. They stress the need to implement the relevant SCO documents aimed at developing regional economic cooperation.
In this connection, the Member States note the results of the SCO Business Forum held on 6 June 2018 in Beijing with the participation of the SCO business communities, observers and dialogue partners, and supported the planned hosting of the International Import Expo in November 2018 in Shanghai.
The Member States note the importance of cooperation between the scientific, research and analytical centres of the SCO Member States on economic issues.
The Member States are in favour of further strengthening practical cooperation in banking and finance, including for the purpose of studying the prospects of expanding the use of national currencies in trade and investment. They noted the relevance of boosting exchanges in financial control and management, interaction in the balanced macroeconomic governance and control over financial agencies in order to provide easy access and fair conditions for financial structures and service networks.
In order to finance the implementation of joint SCO projects, the Member States are boosting interaction within multilateral banking and financial organisations operating in the region, including the SCO Interbank Consortium, the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, the New Development Bank, the Silk Road Fund, the China-Eurasia Economic Development Fund and others. The Member States will continue to look for common approaches to creating the SCO Development Bank and the SCO Development Fund.
The Member States note the importance of promoting multilateral cooperation in transportation and increasing the transit and communications potential of the region, including by building new and upgrading existing sections of international transport routes, by developing road and rail systems, including fast highways, by creating multimodal logistics centres, by introducing cutting-edge and innovation technology, by simplifying and enhancing the standards of automation in border, customs, sanitary and other systems used to control the movement of goods across the Member States' borders, and also by implementing joint infrastructure projects.
In this context, the Member States note the importance of implementing the Intergovernmental Agreement on International Road Transportation Facilitation (Dushanbe, 12 September 2014) and of the continued efforts to draft a programme for road development in the SCO Member States.
The Member States support the initiative to hold the first meeting of the heads of the SCO Member States' rail administrations in Uzbekistan aimed at promoting transport accessibility and connectivity.
The Member States welcome the High-Level Special Event of the SCO and UNESCAP, titled Towards Regional Transport Connectivity (Bangkok, 23 November 2017). The Member States welcome the creation of the SCO Heads of Region Forum to promote interregional cooperation and take note of the proposal to hold the forum's first meeting in Chelyabinsk, the Russian Federation, in 2018.
The Member States point out the potential of coordinating international, regional and national development projects and strategies for stimulating cooperation in the interests of economic development based on the principles of respect, equality and mutual benefit, for encouraging investment and transport ties, promoting energy cooperation, strengthening the agricultural industry, introducing innovation and ensuring employment in the SCO space. Reaffirming their support for the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) of the People's Republic of China, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, the Russian Federation, the Republic of Tajikistan and the Republic of Uzbekistan, the Member States express appreciation for the joint efforts taken towards its implementation, including efforts to coordinate the development of the Eurasian Economic Union and the BRI and call for using the potential of the regional countries, international organisations and multilateral associations to create a broad, open, mutually beneficial and equal partnership in the SCO space.
The Member States emphasise the importance of promoting and deepening mutually beneficial cooperation and the exchange of knowledge, information and best practices in the area of information and communication technology, including digital technology, to the benefit of economic and social development of the SCO Member States.
Keeping in mind the importance of preserving an environmental balance in the SCO space and restoring biodiversity in the interests of future generations, and creating favourable conditions for people's lives and sustainable development, the Member States have adopted the Concept for SCO Member States' Cooperation in Environmental Protection.
The Member States highly assess the initiative of the Republic of Tajikistan, which has been declared by UN General Assembly Resolution 71/222 of 21 December 2016 as International Decade for Action on Water for Sustainable Development (2018-2028). They welcome the holding of a High-level International Conference on the Water Action Decade under UN auspices (Dushanbe, 20-22 June 2018). They call for supporting the draft resolution of the 73rd Session of the UN General Assembly on a midterm review of the implementation of the Decade, which is aimed at facilitating the attainment of sustainable development goals and tasks in the sphere of water management.
The Member States express a willingness to stimulate exchanges and cooperation to prevent and combat cross-border epidemic outbreaks of animal diseases, provide access to quality agricultural products and use quarantine for purposes of food security. They emphasise the need to take practical measures towards this end, including the drafting of a programme of cooperation in this area.
The Member States call for strengthening cooperation in innovation activities. They point out the importance of coordinating the SCO Member States' approaches in innovation politics, including the creation of an innovative ecosystem, technology platforms, innovation clusters and high-tech companies, and by implementing joint innovation projects. The Member States stress the crucial significance of the further development of cooperation in customs, agriculture and telecommunications, as well as in micro-, small and medium-sized business.
The Member States will work consistently to tap the potential of the SCO Business Council and SCO Interbank Consortium (SCO IBC) in order to implement joint projects in finance, high-technology, transport and communication infrastructure, energy and investment. In this context, the Member States welcome the efforts of the SCO IBC to attract new members.
The Member States will continue their productive bilateral and multilateral cooperation in culture, education, science, technology, healthcare, tourism, crafts, environmental protection, youth exchanges, the media and sport for the sake of mutual enrichment and closer relations between people.
Based on the Agreement Between the Governments of the SCO Member States on Cooperation in Culture, which was signed in Bishkek on 16 August 2007, the Member States will continue to facilitate the development of cultural ties within the SCO, as well as better mutual understanding between people with more respect for the cultural traditions and customs of the Member States; preserve and encourage cultural diversity; hold international festivals and competitions; expand ties between musicians, theatres, artists, film-makers, archives, museums and libraries; and also develop cooperation in studying and preserving the nature and cultural heritage of the entire region, including along the historical Great Silk Road. In keeping with the above, the Member States praise the decision to hold the 3rd World Nomads' Games in the Kyrgyz Republic in September 2018.
The Member States also noted the importance of holding the events under The SCO: Our Common Home project at the SCO Secretariat, as well as open days, conferences and roundtable discussions that involve youth.
The Member States welcome the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding and Cooperation Between the SCO Secretariat and UNESCO, which reflects the aspiration of these international organisations to develop constructive cooperation in the humanitarian area, including with the aim of raising awareness of culture and cultural achievements, as well as the historical heritage of the SCO Member States.
The Member States hail the work of the International Congress of Women from the SCO and BRICS countries that was held in Novosibirsk on 2-4 July 2017, and the Women and the SCO forum held in Beijing on 15-17 May 2018, pointing to good prospects for this area of cooperation.
The Member States will encourage media cooperation and in connection with this note the SCO Media Forum held in Beijing on 1 June 2018.
The Member States, while acknowledging the importance of sport as an effective factor in promoting dialogue between people of different countries, believe that sport should be separated from politics. They believe that the upcoming 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia, the international Wushu competition in Chongqing on 18-19 May 2018, regular SCO marathons, and International Yoga Day held annually will contribute to stronger friendship, peace, mutual understanding and harmony.
The Member States continue to implement the Agreement Between the Governments of the SCO Member States on Cooperation in Education in order to expand education exchanges and jointly prepare highly skilled personnel. Based on the principle of mutual respect, the SCO Member States will further develop practical cooperation in teacher and student exchages, joint scientific work, academic visits, foreign language-learning courses, professional education and youth exchanges.
The Member States point to the need to cooperate in various areas, such as building the potential for fast response in emergency healthcare; ensuring the sanitary and epidemiological safety of the population; fighting against the distribution of counterfeit medical products; countering the spread of infectious diseases; preventing and monitoring chronic diseases; conventional medicine and pharmaceutics; medical education and research; implementing joint programmes for promoting global development; medical service and medical staff exchanges; ensuring safety and high quality food in order to jointly protect public health; providing incentives for the development of healthcare; and promoting innovative cooperation. ***
The Member States highly appreciate the results of China's SCO Presidency in 2017-2018, which have contributed to promoting mutual trust and mutual understanding, constructive and fruitful cooperation, neighbourly relations and friendship between people in the SCO Member States.
The Member States will continue to develop constructive dialogue, expand, as partners, their multifaceted cooperation in order to effectively resolve regional and global issues in the interests of enhancing political and economic stability and building a fair and equitable world order.
Prime Minister, Republic of India Narendra Modi President, Republic of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev President, People's Republic of China Xi Jinping President, Kyrgyz Republic Sooronbay Jeenbekov President, Islamic Republic of Pakistan Mamnoon Hussain President, Russian Federation Vladimir Putin President, Republic of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon President, Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev Qingdao, 10 June 2018.
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Sprucing up your garden this autumn doesn't need to be a big job; small changes can be just, if not more effective.
Even the smallest touches can work instant magic on an outdoor space. One carefully considered move and hey presto, that slightly shabby back fence, you're not ready to replace, all but disappears. Here are some micro-moves that can make a big difference.
Even when your garden needs taming, one well-tended pot can make everything else look deliberate. Fill a container with annuals or an evergreen shrub such as boxwood or inkberry and position it near the front porch, say, or on the black patio.
A kaleidoscope of plant colours dizzies the eye instead of calming it. Let the Landscape be primarily green and use colour as an accent.
It might seem counterintuitive, but when you size your draining and seating areas generously, you make a small outdoor space appear bigger. A classic rule of thumb is to allow a minimum distance from the edge of the table to the nearest obstruction (say a wall of 36 inches).
If you're installing wooden deer fending, trellises for roses, or stakes for plants, paint those elements black. Black disappears into the garden; that 'landscape green' colour looks anything but natural.
Like a great haircut, a good pruning can dramatically change an outdoor space. Do it yourself if you're plant-savvy, or hire a skilled gardener or arborist.
It's easier than you'd think to get the soothing sound of a fountain. You need a simple watertight container (a terra-cotta pot, galvanised bathtub or urn), a re-circulating pump, and an electrical outlet to plug it into.
Less is more. Make sure your hardscape materials – stones, pavers, gravel, concrete, wood, and paint – all work together and also complement your house's architectural materials.
Any place where two materials meet is a loaded situation. Pay extra attention to detail and craftsmanship wherever paving meets gravel or a retaining wall, at the corners of raised planting beds, or along the line between lawn and flower bed. Make those junctures as clean as possible – without, need we say, the use of cheap plastic edging.
A good sweeping makes everything look ordered, even if the rest of the garden is leaning toward wild!
Gardenista, edited by Michelle Slatall and with images from Mathew Williams, is a hardback garden design manual inspiration and expert advice: there are in-depth tours, step-by-step guides and easy-to-implement design ideas. The book is available on Amazon for further garden landscaping inspiration.


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GeoCubed commissions Direct Lithium Extraction Pilot Plant in Cornwall
14th April 2022 Energy minerals, Mineral project developmentCornish Lithium, Cornwall, Direct Lithium Extraction, GeoCubed, GeoLith SAS, geothermal waters, Jeremy Wrathall, United DownsDaniel Gleeson
GeoCubed Ltd, a subsidiary of Cornish Lithium, has successfully commissioned and delivered the Direct Lithium Extraction (DLE) Pilot Plant at Cornish Lithium's Geothermal Waters Test Facility at United Downs in Cornwall, England.
The DLE Pilot Plant has been designed to process Cornish geothermal waters using DLE technologies and is the first time that a DLE system has become operational in the UK. The £4 million ($5.3 million) plant is being supported by the Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) with £2.9 million from the UK Government's Getting Building Fund.
The Pilot Plant was successfully commissioned at the end of March, on time and on budget.
Initially, the plant will test GeoLith SAS' Li-Capt® DLE technology and process the 140 cu.m of deep geothermal water successfully obtained during GEL's testing at its own United Downs site last year. This is expected to confirm that lithium can be produced in Cornwall from geothermal waters, and the Pilot Plant is expected to provide sufficient information to enable the design of a commercial lithium plant in the county.
During the course of 2022, different DLE technologies will be tested using the Pilot Plant with a view to establishing the preferred technology for future DLE plants in Cornwall. The Pilot Plant has been designed to be as flexible as possible and has been constructed in standard 6.1-m containers, enabling relocation to different sites to test new boreholes if required, the company said.
In addition to making pilot plant progress, Cornish Lithium announced that it had reached an agreement with Geothermal Engineering Limited (GEL) to acquire its 10% shareholding in GeoCubed. Following the completion of this transaction, GeoCubed will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Cornish Lithium.
Jeremy Wrathall, CEO and Founder of Cornish Lithium, said: "We are delighted to announce that the United Downs DLE pilot plant has been successfully commissioned on time and on budget. This is testament to the hard work and commitment of the GeoCubed team and our technology partners at GeoLith. The Pilot Plant will be a great asset for the company as we work to establish the most appropriate DLE technology with which to process Cornish geothermal waters."
Watson-Marlow pumps perform at Cornish Lithium Shallow Geothermal Test Site
11th April 2022 Automation, Energy minerals, Mineral processing, Mineral project development, Mining equipment, Mining servicesAdam Matthews, Cornish Lithium, Cornwall, Dr Rebecca Paisley, GeoCubed, Geothermal Engineering Ltd, lithium extraction, peristaltic pumps, pumps, Qdos 120, Watson-Marlow, Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology SolutionsDaniel Gleeson
Five 500 series cased peristaltic pumps from Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Solutions are playing an important role in a demonstration plant at Cornish Lithium's Shallow Geothermal Test Site in the UK.
Originally built to test the concept of extracting lithium from geothermal waters, Cornish Lithium is now working on an upgraded version of the test plant as its drilling program expands, ultimately with the aim of developing an efficient, sustainable and cost-effective lithium extraction supply chain.
The initial enquiry for pumps came from GeoCubed, a joint venture between Cornish Lithium and Geothermal Engineering Ltd (GEL). GEL owns a deep borehole site at United Downs in Cornwall where plans are in place to commission a £4 million ($5.2 million) pilot plant.
"GeoCubed's process engineers helped us to design and commission the test plant ahead of the G7, which would run on shallow geothermal waters extracted from Cornish Lithium's own research boreholes," Dr Rebecca Paisley, Exploration Geochemist at Cornish Lithium, said.
Adam Matthews, Exploration Geologist at Cornish Lithium, added: "Our shallow site centres on a borehole that we drilled in 2019. A special borehole pump [not Watson-Marlow] extracts the geothermal water [mildly saline, lithium-enriched water] and feeds into the demonstration processing plant."
The five Watson-Marlow 530SN/R2 pumps serve two different parts of the test plant, the first of which extracts lithium from the waters by pumping the brine from a container up through a column containing a large number of beads.
"The beads have an active ingredient on their surface that is selective for lithium," Paisley explained. "As water is pumped through the column, lithium ions attach to the beads. With the lithium separated, we use two Watson-Marlow 530s to pump an acidic solution in various concentrations through the column. The acid serves to remove lithium from the beads, which we then transfer to a separate container.
"The pumps are peristaltic, so nothing but the tube comes into contact with the acid solution."
She added: "We're using the remaining 530 series pumps to help understand what other by-products we can make from the water. For instance, we can reuse the water for secondary processes in industry and agriculture. For this reason, we have two other columns working in unison to strip all other elements from the water as we pump it through."
According to Matthews, flow rate was among the primary reasons for selecting Watson-Marlow pumps.
"The column needed a flow rate of 1-2 litres per minute to fit with our test scale, so the 530 pumps were ideal," he says. "The other consideration was choosing between manual or automated pumps. At the time, because it was bench scale, we went for manual, as we knew it would be easy to make adjustments while we were still experimenting with process parameters. However, any future commercial lithium extraction system would of course take advantage of full automation.
Paisley added: "The great thing about having these five pumps is that we can use them to help evaluate other technologies moving forward. Lithium extraction from the type of waters we find in Cornwall is not undertaken anywhere else in the world on any scale – the water chemistry here is unique.
"It is really important for us to undertake on-site test work with a variety of different companies and technologies. We want to devise the most environmentally responsible solution using the optimum lithium recovery method, at the lowest possible operating cost. Using local companies is part of our strategy, particularly as continuity of supply is vital."
To help fulfil the requirements of the next test plant, Cornish Lithium has enquired after more 530SN/R2 pumps from Watson-Marlow.
"We've also requested a quote for a Qdos 120 dosing pump from Watson-Marlow, so we can add a certain amount of acid into the system and achieve pH balance," Matthews says. "We'll be doing more drilling in the coming 12 months, which will allow us to test our technology on multiple sites."
GeoLith's LiCapt Direct Lithium Extraction tech to be tested at GeoCubed's United Downs project
22nd July 2021 Energy minerals, Mineral exploration, Mineral processing, Mining equipment, Mining services, Mining techniques, Water managementCornish Lithium, Cornwall, Direct Lithium Extraction, England, GeoCubed, GeoLith SAS, Jean-Philippe Gibaud, Jeremy Wrathall, Li-Capt, lithium production, United DownsDaniel Gleeson
GeoCubed, the joint venture between Cornish Lithium Ltd and Geothermal Engineering Ltd (GEL), has announced that GeoLith SAS has been selected to provide its Li-Capt® Direct Lithium Extraction (DLE) technology for GeoCubed's pilot plant at the United Downs project in Cornwall, England.
GeoLith's DLE technology was selected for use in the pilot plant following a comprehensive tender process. The £4 million ($5.5 million) plant, being supported by the Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Local Enterprise Partnership with £2.9 million from the UK Government's Getting Building Fund, is due to be commissioned at United Downs by the end of March 2022.
GeoLith says its Li-Capt DLE technology is compatible with groundwater temperatures of up to 70°C and is able to treat low concentration brines.
During the selection process, GeoCubed and Cornish Lithium engaged with over 10 providers of DLE technologies to evaluate their effectiveness on Cornish geothermal waters. Following the completion of these evaluations, five providers formally tendered their DLE technology for use in the plant. GeoLith's technology was selected due to the quality of its tender, the effectiveness of its technology, and the company's ability to design and deliver a pilot plant, Cornish Lithium said.
The pilot plant will be used to process the 140 cu.m of deep geothermal water successfully obtained during GEL's recent testing at its United Downs site, which will confirm that lithium can be produced in Cornwall from geothermal brine, Cornish Lithium said. The plant is planned to have a nominal capacity of 10 t/y of lithium carbonate equivalent and the results of the pilot are expected to provide sufficient information to enable the design of a commercial lithium plant in Cornwall.
Jeremy Wrathall, CEO and Founder of Cornish Lithium and a Director of GeoCubed, said: "We are delighted to announce that GeoCubed has selected GeoLith's Li-Capt technology for use in this pilot plant. We have established a good working relationship with the team at GeoLith, who provided a demonstration plant, along with their operations team, to enable us to test their DLE technology on our shallow geothermal water samples in June. This test work provided excellent results and we look forward to working with them.
"The pilot plant being constructed at Cornish Lithium's test site at United Downs will enable us to demonstrate what modern, low-carbon mineral extraction looks like as well as demonstrating the viability of DLE technology on Cornish geothermal waters. By processing the 140 cu.m of geothermal waters collected from the United Downs Deep Geothermal Power Project, the pilot plant will provide important data to enable the design and construction of a commercial-scale plant as we work to establish this innovative minerals extraction industry for the benefit of Cornwall and the UK."
Jean-Philippe Gibaud, CEO and Founder of GeoLith, said: "We are honoured to have been selected to provide our lithium filter technology as the 'technological enabler' of this clean lithium mining project, demonstrating the feasibility of sustainable mining for the future. We would like to congratulate GeoCubed on this first semi-industrial lithium brine production facility in Europe."


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Ankara to take extra measures against attacks in Syria's Idlib
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Turkey's National Security Council (MGK) said on Thursday that the country would take extra measures to protect its forces and civilians against the ongoing attacks by the Syrian regime in the province of Idlib.
"The commitment of our country to take additional measures against terror attacks that continue to target our security forces and the civilian population in various parts of Syria, namely Idlib, despite the agreements with countries active in Syria was reiterated," MGK statement read.
The Russia-backed Syrian government's onslaught on Idlib has displaced some 700,000 people, pushing them to flee toward the Turkish border.
U.S. Special Envoy for Syria James Jeffrey said on Thursday that this new wave of refugees could usher an international crisis.
Jeffrey told a news briefing that the Russian warplanes had hit Idlib with 200 airstrikes "mainly against civilians" in the past three days.
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Regime troops have swiftly advanced on Idlib since last week with the help of Russian airpower.
With the latest wave of displacement, an already dire humanitarian situation in the makeshift camps near the Turkish border has been deteriorating, the U.N. officials said.
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Note to editors and news directors: To arrange interviews with the doctoral candidates on the subjects of their dissertations, please contact the CSULA Public Affairs in advance at (323) 343-3050.
With dissertation topics ranging from academic intervention to English language development, Silke M. Bradford, Vince Carbino, Arnett Carl Duncan/A. Mpigani Kweli, Frank Olmos and Freda Elena Rossi will be conferred doctoral degrees in educational administration and leadership at Cal State L.A.'s Commencement on Friday, June 11. The ceremony starts at 5 p.m. with colorful academic procession and includes a doctoral hooding ceremony.
The joint doctoral—or Ed.D.—program, offered by Cal State L.A. and UC Irvine, prepares graduates for educational administration and leadership.
Bradford's dissertation is "Patching the Pipeline: Identifying Salient Characteristics of Academic Intervention Programs that Increase the Number of Underrepresented Minorities Pursuing Graduate Level Biomedical Research." She holds a B.A. in social science from CSU Sacramento and an M.A. in educational leadership from Cal State L.A. Bradford is a Hermosa Beach resident.
Carbino's dissertation is "You Can Hide, Watch or Run but You Better Not Snitch: A Study of Student Perceptions of School Safety at an Urban High School." He holds a B.S. in public administration from National University and an M.S. in counseling and education from Cal State L.A. Carbino is a Los Angeles-90042 resident.
Duncan's dissertation is "Cultural Capital, Habitus, and Scheme: A Case Study of African American Student Engagement in a Secondary Classroom." He earned both his bachelor's and master's degrees in sociology from UC Riverside. Duncan is a Rialto resident.
Olmos' dissertation is "Square Peg in a Round Hole: Out-of-Field Teaching and its Impact on Teacher Attrition." He earned B.A. in political science from CSULA and M.S. in public administration from Cal State L.A. Olmos is a South Gate resident.
Rossi's dissertation is "California English Language Development Test: Does It Measure Up?" She holds a B.A. in studio arts from Cal State L.A. and a master's degree in educational administration from CSU Long Beach. Rossi is a Culver City resident.
More than 20,000 people are expected this year to witness the conferral of more than 5,500 bachelor's and master's degrees over two days as the Commencement takes place in the University Athletic Stadium, located at the southeast corner of the campus.
Cal State L.A.'s Charter College of Education is accepting applications for its independent Ed.D. program in educational leadership, which began fall 2009. The program, authorized by the California Legislature, responds to the urgent need for well-prepared administrators to lead California's public schools and community colleges.


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The 2018–19 Brisbane Roar FC season was the club's 14th season participating in the A-League and in the FFA Cup for the fifth time.

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I've founded OpenCores in October 1999, as an open source community for development and distribution of VHDL/Verilog IP cores – building blocks of semiconductor chips.
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I've designed an open source 32-bit RISC processor. This processor has been used in hundereds of designs (ASICs, SOCs and FPGAs) among other in Samsung Digital TVs, Sony Ericsson phones, Zigbee devices (Jennic Ltd zigbee chipset), Broadcom networking chips, Siemens and even in satellite chip designed by AAC Microtec for TechEdSat and deployed to International Space Station. For more information see OpenRISC Wikipedia page.
The birth of OpenRISC has been featured in printed edition of EETimes in February 2000.
I've co-founded the company to extend OpenRISC into commercial space. Many companies wanted special RISC instructions specific to their application, dedicated support and special licensing terms.
There were several challenges working for Flextronics, one of the world's largest contract manufacturers.
First, I got an opportunity to convince Flextronics to open a semiconductor design center in Slovenia. This was much harder than it sounds – because Slovenia had virtually no semiconductor industry. I convienced Flextronics to invest $2 million USD, and I've raised a $1 million USD from the Slovenian government. This is how we started and got state of the art semiconductor tools, usually exclusively found in large semiconductor companies. In the following years I have raised another $3 million USD in investments.
Second, I had to juggle between different roles. I was managing director of the Flextronics Slovenia design center and at the same time I was also responsible for Flextronics' European SOC semiconductor engineering activities, and had 20 on staff. On one side I was involved in all business activities of European and Slovenian activities, such as pre-sales and sales activities, reporting to the parent company, administrative and human resources activities. On the other side I was also involved in all major technical discussion in our SOC/ASIC/FPGA/System projects. During my years at Flextronics, I have done a lot of traveling around Europe, to the US and Israel.
We had very diverse projects, from FPGA based system projects for Siemens, to pure SOC projects using at the time leading edge 180nm standard cell based CMOS technology. Very often the project did not only involve a SOC/ASIC, but also an FPGA prototype, system board design and software+operating system development.
My last project was an imagining chip – used in the camera of this Sony Ericsson mobile phone. The imaging expertise developed during this project formed the foundation for the imaging group of Insilica Inc.
In 2004, Flextronics International decided to sell its Flextronics Semiconductor division. My design center was sold to Insilica Inc – I stayed during the transition period and then decided it is time to start something of my own. The next step was Beyond Semiconductor, with intention to see how the OpenRISC can be commercialized.


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Q: Java: meaning of operand statement I found this statement in a classmate's code, and I do not know what it means. I cannot figure out the order of operations or the meaning from there.
Thanks in advance
return a > b ? a > c ? a : c : b > c ? b : c;

A: This is using the ternary operator.
(condition ? value1 : value2) evaluates to value1 if condition is true, otherwise value2.
The nested ternary expression:
return a > b ? a > c ? a : c : b > c ? b : c

amounts to:
if (a > b) {
    if (a > c) {
        return a;
    } else {
        return c;
    }
} else {
    if (b > c) {
        return b;
    } else {
        return c;
    }
}

It seems to be returning the maximum out of a, b and c, so it could be more clearly written as:
return Math.max(a, Math.max(b,c));

A: If a>b true then if a>c true then a else c. if a>b false then b>c then b else c

A: If you write the statement in if else's it will look like this:
if (a > b) {
    if (a > c) {
        return a;
    } else {
        return c;
    }
} else {
    if (b > c) {
        return b;
    } else {
        return c;
    }
}

A: In Java this construct (?:) is referred as ternary operator. This is how it works:
a=(b?c:d)

This means a is assigned value of c if expression b is true and a is assigned value of d if expression b is false.
In your case
return a > b ? a > c ? a : c : b > c ? b : c;

This means
    if a > b is true then
       check if a > c. if a > c then return a otherwise return c.
    if a > b is false then
       check if b > c. if b > c then return b otherwise return c.
which is equivalent to:
if (a > b) {
    if (a > c) {
        return a;
    } else
        return c;
} else {
    if (b > c) {
        return b;
    } else
        return c;
}

A: See this question here: what-is-the-java-operator-called-and-what-does-it-do
Pretty much it is saying,
return a if a > b and a > c, else return c
else, if b > c, return b, else return c.

A: Another answer is that:
return a > b ? a > c ? a : c : b > c ? b : c;
Means (parenthesized to make more readable):
return ((a>b)  ?  ((a>c)?(a):(c))  :  ((b>c)?(b):(c)));
Which is using a ternary operator, that translates (English) to:
If a greater than b AND a greater than c, return a.
If a greater than b AND a less or equal than c, return c.
If a less or equal than b AND b greater than c, return b.
If a less or equal than b AND b less or equal than c, return c".
Which is simply determining the largest value of a triple.
You could do something like this which is much simpler and easier to read:
return Math.max(Math.max (a,b),c);

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Zurich, Switzerland, 26 June 2018 – Drones can deliver medical supplies, make dangerous jobs safer and protect endangered species. However, regulations in many countries prevent drones from fulfilling their potential by blocking their access to airspace. Governments are struggling to develop regulations that harness the benefits of drones while minimizing the risks.
To address these challenges, the World Economic Forum, the international organization for public-private cooperation, has created the Drone Innovators Network as a platform to bring together pioneering aviation authorities to share research, best practices and innovative new policies. The mission of the network, the first of its kind, is to inspire and accelerate the responsible use of drones across society.
Supported by aviation and aerospace industry leaders, the Drone Innovators Network will spotlight countries, like Rwanda and Switzerland, which have found new ways to regulate airspace alongside new technology that could advance the management of drones.
"Drones and autonomous flying vehicles, key parts of the fourth industrial revolution, provide an opportunity to revolutionize mobility networks. The Drone Innovators Network launch event at ETH Zurich brings together government, industry, academia, and civil society to co-design the principles and protocols which will maximize the benefits to society and mitigate the risks of drone technology," said Klaus Schwab, Founder and Executive Chairman at the World Economic Forum.
Spotlighting new technology is a key component of the new network. The first nationwide demonstration of an Unmanned Traffic Management system took place today. For the first time in Europe, a user can track in real-time, on one screen, all registered drones in flight. It is the equivalent of putting digital "stop signs" in the sky. It lowers the barrier to entry for new pilots and improves overall safety.
The system can alert registered drone users when they are about to enter a no-fly zone or when to avoid certain areas where emergency responders are working. For the first time, a system will be able to see if a drone has permission to access airspace, bringing much-needed accountability and trust to the industry.
The test was carried out by the Swiss Federal Office of Civil Aviation, which worked alongside drone manufacturers Matternet, Parrot and senseFly and air-navigation service providers AirMap and Skyguide.
Based in San Francisco, the World Economic Forum Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution brings together governments, leading companies, civil society and experts from around the world to co-design and pilot innovative approaches to the policy and governance of new technologies. Its vision is to shape the development and use of emerging technologies in ways that will maximize the benefits and minimize the risks. The centre will develop, implement and scale agile and human-centred pilot projects that can be adopted by policy-makers, legislators and regulators worldwide to address the challenges presented by emerging technologies.


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DOI10.1007/s10553-020-01140-8 Export Citation
Research on Development Characteristics of Micro-Fractures in a Soft Coal Seam Based on the Water-Injection Effect
Wu JA, Zhang G
The development characteristics of micro-fractures in the soft coal seam, which are often neglected in water-injection and exploitation of coalbed methane, are more complex compared to the hard coal seam. To investigate the influences of micro fractures on the water-injection effects in soft coal seams, our research took the dust control through water injection in a soft coal seam with soft roof and floor as the object. By using an optical microscope, a scanning electron microscope (SEM), and an X-ray diffractometer (XRD), the development characteristics of micro fractures in the soft coal seam were obtained. The relationship between the development characteristics of micro fractures and the wetting effect of the coal was analyzed by studying the change of water content in coal samples after water injection in the coal seam. The research results showed that micro fractures were well developed, the fractures had poor directivity and connectivity, and some fractures were filled with minerals. In addition, the fractures were mainly 0 similar to 10 im wide, and the linear density was more than 6 fractures per millimeter. Fracture width and linear density positively correlated with the water content of coal after water injection, while clay minerals in coal mass exhibited a negative correlation with the water content.
Keywords:soft coal seam;micro-fractures;fracture width;fracture density;filling minerals;water content


Atto founder and CloudPeeps co-founder Kate Kendall. Source: Supplied.
CloudPeeps founder Kate Kendall has launched a new remote pre-accelerator program designed to help Aussie women founders approach their early-stage startup ventures with a bit more chill.
The Atto Accelerator is based out of the One Roof women-led co-working space, where Kendall has taken up the mantle of entrepreneur-in-residence, with funding from LaunchVic.
The 12-week program covers accounting, pricing models, building and audience and planning out an MVP, helping first-time entrepreneurs to dip their toes into the ecosystem.
Speaking to StartupSmart, Kendall says accelerators can tend to encourage startups to get as much done as possible in a short space of time, with a view to pitching for investment at a final demo day.
Kendall is more interested in an "indie" approach, focused on profitability, rather than on rapid growth.
"We get obsessed with raising money, we get obsessed with networking with VCs," she says.
Atto will focus on the basics, giving women entrepreneurs "the tools so they can be quite independent in the way they build the company", she adds.
If founders give away significant equity early on in their journey, they may become too diluted to be attractive for later-stage investments.
"The more independent you are, and the better position you can get in, the more power you have when you then go to scale," Kendall says.
Having spent time in Silicon Valley, Kendall is all too aware of the growth-at-all-costs mentality that reigns in the global tech capital.
Uber, for example, "started to operate outside the boundaries of the law" and saw a high turnover of staff.
"You can still have a very profitable business that grows without having to raise as much money as possible and churn through as many people as possible," Kendall says.
Equally, she points to startups that have raised a lot but still not succeeded. You can raise a lot of money, and shoulder the pressure that comes with that, "but if you don't have the right unit economics, the right customers and product-market fit, it's not going to help", she adds.
On the other hand, Atlassian — Australia's favourite startup success story — was bootstrapped for its first eight years, Kendall notes.
"I think we have to swing the pendulum back a bit," she says.
"You're not a loser if you haven't raised money and if you want to bootstrap for a while," she adds.
While she advocates for a more relaxed approach to growth, Kendall isn't against VC funding altogether. She simply suggests it shouldn't be the first and only thing on a founder's mind.
A startup creating an autonomous vehicle, for example, may need a lot of money to get off the ground. But a lot of companies such as marketplaces of Software-as-a-Service businesses can be self-sufficient, Kendall says.
"A lot of these companies aren't capital intensive anymore — you can actually do a lot with a little," she adds.
It's time for a new mindset, and to get back to focusing on what really matters, she says, which is "having a product that really satisfies a need".
The startup ecosystem across the world is ready for a new mindset, Kendall says — and Australia is the place for it to start.
"We're used to being outliers and bootstrappers and making do with what we have," she says.
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