羅冠聰 Nathan Law
【國際戰線｜加拿大夥57國發起國際宣言 反對「人質外交」 聯署國共同應對外交恫嚇】
中共近年大肆運用「人質外交」國家無理拘捕境內外國人，逼迫其他國家向中共就範。就此，加拿大外長於昨日聯同57個國家簽署名為《反對任意濫捕宣言》，表示反對任何國家拘留外國公民作為外交籌碼。雖則聲明內容沒有提到中共，但有加拿大官員提到，由於中共、伊朗、俄國及北韓等國經常無理扣留外國人或其家人，這份聯合聲明便是應對相關狀況。
聲明承諾，日後一旦出現「人質外交」事件，簽署國將共同應對問題。聯署的國家包括日本、英國、澳洲，以及歐盟27個成員國。發起聲明的前外相Francois-Philippe Champagne解釋，相關寫法參考了北約第五條成員國集體防衞條款，一旦成員國受攻擊，其他成員國將作出即時反應。這意味日後一旦發生胡亂濫捕外國人的事件，其他國家都會介入，令雙邊問題變成多國事件，共同抵卸威權國家的外交壓力。……
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After graduating she enrolled at Hunter College, where she intended to become a schoolteacher until she took an elementary physics class with Rosalyn Yalow, a future Nobel laureate, who urged her to consider a career in science.
“She was a very domineering person,” Dr. Dresselhaus said in an interview in 2012. “She had definite ideas about everything.”
段宜康說，「當一個人殺死一個人的時候，我們大家說，這個人要判死刑。當一個人殺死千萬人的時候，當一個人造成許多家庭的不幸，我們蓋了一個全國最大的廟來紀念他」。To kill a few. they call you a murder. To kill a million, they call you a conqueror, go figure!
The finding will ring true for men who have been egged on to do better in life by their domineering mothers.
這項發現將會對那些一直被他們喜歡支配人的媽媽激勵著人生要更上層樓的男人來說，聽來頗有道理。
Goldman's $20 Million Consequence The Wall Street giant lost in arbitration. Now a federal judge says the firm should live with the findings.
Is Consumer Panel Arbitrarily Funded? The president of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis raises some concerns about the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
the ultmate arbiter of his work
domineer
ˌdɒmɪˈnɪə/
verb
gerund or present participle: domineering
- assert one's will over another in an arrogant way.
"Cathy had been a martyr to her gruff, domineering husband"
adj.
Tending to domineer; overbearing.
香港據法新社報導，聯合國一機構呼籲中國當局立即釋放諾貝爾和平獎得主劉曉波。聯合國任意拘押問題工作組（UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention）本週一（８月１日）通過人權組織“立即自由（Freedom Now）”公佈了一份簽署於今年５月５日的聲明。這一聯合國所屬的獨立工作機構在聲明中強調，剝奪劉曉波夫婦的自由是違反國際法的行為。聲明要求北京政府立即採取步驟，改善有關狀況，其中包括釋放劉曉波，並給予賠償。聲明呼籲聯合國秘書長潘基文參與對中國當局的這一呼籲。聯合國任意拘押問題工作組由來自５個國家的人權問題專家組成。
Google Is Europe’s Accidental Arbiter of Internet Privacy
The search giant is now at the forefront of Europe’s enforcement of Internet privacy, with the power to police search results.
Children outnumbered by over-60s
The statistics point to the ageing nature of the UK's society
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People aged over 60 in the UK outnumber children for the first time, according to official figures.
The Office of National Statistics (ONS) revealed 13,262,256 people were 60 or over in mid-2007 - up from 12,928,071 the previous year.Meanwhile, the number of under-18s fell from 13,119,654 to 13,111,023 over the same time period.
Help the Aged said an older population would require social care reform and the end of "arbitrary" retirement ages.
go figure!
arbitrary━━ a. 任意の, 勝手な; 気まぐれな; 専横な.
arbitrary (CHANCE)
adjective
based on chance rather than being planned or based on reason:
arbitrary decision-making
What guided your choice of destination or was it arbitrary?
arbitrarily
adverb
We made the decision to go to Italy quite arbitrarily.
arbitrary (UNFAIR)
adjective DISAPPROVINGusing unlimited personal power without considering other people's wishes:
an arbitrary ruler
The company has been the subject of an arbitrary take-over.
arbitrary
(är'bĭ-trĕr'ē)
adj.
- Determined by chance, whim, or impulse, and not by necessity, reason, or principle: stopped at the first motel we passed, an arbitrary choice.
- Based on or subject to individual judgment or preference: The diet imposes overall calorie limits, but daily menus are arbitrary.
- Established by a court or judge rather than by a specific law or statute: an arbitrary penalty.
- Not limited by law; despotic: the arbitrary rule of a dictator.
arbitrariness ar'bi·trar'i·ness n.
SYNONYMS arbitrary, capricious, whimsical. These adjectives mean determined by or arising from whim or caprice rather than judgment or reason: an arbitrary decision; a capricious refusal; a whimsical remark.
domineer
v., -neered, -neer·ing, -neers. v.tr.
To rule over or control arbitrarily or arrogantly; tyrannize.
v.intr.
To exercise arbitrary or arrogant rule or control.
[動](自)（…を）独裁的に支配する, （…に）暴威をふるう((over ...))；高くそびえ立つ.
━━(他)…にいばりちらす；…を見おろす.domineeringly dom'i·neer'ing·ly adv.
arbiter
Pronunciation: /ˈɑːbɪtə/
noun
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