Leung Chun-ying seems to be getting increasingly belligerent and aggressive these days.
Shortly after the University of Hong Kong (HKU) Council vetoed Professor Johannes Chan Man-mun's appointment as pro-vice chancellor, Leung immediately appointed two pro-establishment figures, Junius Ho Kwan-yiu and Maggie Chan Man-ki, to the governing board of Lingnan University, despite fierce opposition from its staff and students.
It is apparent that Leung is determined to seize control of the eight universities in our city one by one.
Political struggle is the only craft that Leung is good at, and is probably the only magic weapon he can use to keep his job as chief executive and seek re-election, as hardline policies cannot only please his Beijing bosses but also win the hearts and minds of indigenous communists.
Therefore, Leung would probably keep stirring up controversies one after the other in the days ahead, because the more Hong Kong is thrown into disarray, the more political capital he will be able to accumulate.
Recently the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) took the city by storm by suddenly pressing charges against former chief executive Donald Tsang for "misconduct in public office".
Rumor has it that Beijing has lately passed on a message to the local pro-establishment camp that it had no prior knowledge whatsoever of the charges pressed against Tsang, nor did it know that CY Leung had arranged for a secret meeting with HKU vice-chancellor Peter Mathieson to put pressure on him over Professor Chan's appointment.
It seems Beijing was trying to dissociate itself from the recent set of political maneuvers pulled by Leung to avoid political responsibility.
Such a rumor might not be entirely unfounded, as Elsie Leung Oi-sie, the former justice secretary and a seasoned party stalwart, openly admitted that she was astounded by the fact that the ICAC was pressing charges against Tsang, suggesting that it might not have been a direct order from Beijing or else she would definitely have known about it beforehand.
As far as the secret meeting between Leung and Mathieson is concerned, there is also nothing Beijing can do about it as it is already a fait accompli.
As a matter of fact, Leung has a definite advantage, in that he seems to be able to read the minds of both his allies and opponents.
He seems to be able to tell that the pro-establishment camp would not dare to challenge him directly for fear of his retaliation, nor would Beijing oust him from power hastily out of concern over the stability of Hong Kong.
And as long as he is toeing the party line and taking a tough stance on pro-democracy activists in his remaining time in office, there is no way Beijing would say no to his re-election in 2017.
However, Leung cannot afford to be complacent because he is basically skating on thin ice right now, with Beijing constantly looking over his shoulder and his opponents ready to draw their swords at any moment.
All they are waiting for is a minor mistake made by Leung, which they can use as an excuse to get rid of him. In fact, there is no shortage of means by which Beijing or his political enemies can crush him.
For example, as we all know, under Article 73 of the Basic Law, a two-thirds majority vote in the Legislative Council is required to pass a motion of impeachment against the Chief Executive.
The pan-democrats have made several attempts to impeach him in the past, but all of which failed due to the boycott of the pro-establishment camp.
If Beijing really wants to remove Leung from office without causing too much turmoil, all they need to do is to turn over the evidence gathered by the graft-busting task force sent by Politburo member Wang Qishan to Australia on Leung's business connections with the UGL to pro-Beijing newspapers in Hong Kong so that they can run a front-page story on that and swing public opinion their way.
After that Beijing can order its proxies in Legco to move a motion of impeachment against Leung based on the material. With the support of the pan-democrats almost for certain, the motion can easily be passed by a two-thirds majority, and by that time Beijing can officially oust Leung by the book.
One of the most notable merits of this plan is that, on one hand, Beijing can get rid of Leung through the established mechanism of the Basic Law and avoid being accused of interfering in the affairs of Hong Kong, but, on the other hand, it won't let the pan-democrats take all the credit.
Since the entire impeachment process is spearheaded by the pro-establishment camp, it may also boost their election prospects in the Legco election in 2016.
This article appeared in the Hong Kong Economic Journal on Oct. 14.


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http://www.NewsAndOpinion.com | Michael Gerson, the president's speechwriter, has packed up his stacks of yellow legal pads, books, papers and mementos and made a long, fond farewell to the man who has spoken the words, for better and for worse, that he has been writing for George W. Bush since he announced in early 1999 that he was running for president.
"The success of America has never been proven by cities of gold, but citizens of character. Men and women who work hard, dream big, love their family, serve their neighbor. Values that turn a piece of earth into a neighborhood, a community, a chosen nation."
But such references are suspect today, as if they were a code for proselytizing. This is obviously wrong-headed, because religious language is not used in a sectarian way, and the goal of such language is to embrace all faiths as the strands that tie together our nationhood. In contrast to certain polls that suggest hostility to the president's references of faith, Gerson argues that his personal idealism has been strengthened by working for this president because public service is both meaningful and ennobling. "It can play a very important moral role in the lives of Americans," he told Fox News Sunday.
This is the formidable impulse toward political balance, stemming from what Leo Strauss calls the pull of both Athens and Jerusalem, the roots of Western civilization. Democratic governance was bequeathed by Athens, with certitudes running through revolutionary and reform movements based on reason and flowing from the Enlightenment. But it's the Biblical truths of the Judeo-Christian faiths born in ancient Jerusalem that temper self-righteous political polarization with considerations of the soul and spirit.
"This world He created is of moral design. Grief and tragedy and hatred are only for a time. Goodness, remembrance and love have no end, and the Lord of life holds all who die and all who mourn."
Such appeals inevitably attract the sneers of the faithless and disbelieving, no doubt in envy of those who draw comfort from such words in a time of terror and sorrow. These references draw particular ridicule from the ignorant and the ignoble. The New York Times, in a front page dispatch, attributed a passage from the Sermon on the Mount to "a cliched proverb." President Bush, at the funeral of Ronald Reagan, recalled St. Paul's promise that "now we see through a glass, darkly, but then face to face." This was, after all, a Christian funeral for a Christian man in a Christian cathedral, but Tom Shales, a TV critic more familiar with the high-minded language of prime-time sit-coms, sneered that "George W. Bush chose to proselytize that Reagan is now in heaven playing cards with Jesus Christ."
We live in times both parlous and perilous, and religious rhetoric must be measured carefully lest it lapse into platitudes. Not with a man of words, steeped not only in the moral context of language but with concern for the impact of words on public policy. He defends the faith that focuses attention on the poor, underlying the compassionate side of compassionate conservatism, and cites George W.'s call for spending $15 billion dollars to eradicate AIDS in Africa.
The church, said Martin Luther King, should be neither the master nor the servant of the state: "It should be the conscience of the state." Amen. Hail and farewell, Mike. We'll miss you.


A branch of medicine deals especially with the structure, function, and diseases of the nervous system, as well as the principles of nervous system phylogeny and ontogeny. The theoretical bases of neurology include neurophysiology and such morphological disciplines as the anatomy, embryology, histology and comparative anatomy of the nervous system. Neuropsychology is a division of neurology. Clinical neurology, which is the study of nervous diseases, is called neuropathology in the USSR. Neurosurgery deals with nervous system diseases whose treatment is mainly surgical. Mental diseases constitute a special group of central nervous system disorders.
Brain disorders include any conditions or disabilities that affect your brain. This includes conditions that are caused by illness, genetics and traumatic injury.
A brain tumor can be primary or secondary. It is because of age, gender, family history, and exposure to chemicals. It shows symptoms range like headaches, leg and feet numbness to seizures. Treatment is dependent upon the type and location of the brain tumor.
Strokes are a heterogeneous group of disorders involving sudden, focal interruption of cerebral blood flow that causes neurologic deficit. Strokes can be Ischemic (80%)( typically resulting from thrombosis or embolism), Hemorrhagic (20%) (resulting from vascular rupture e.g., subarachnoid hemorrhage, intracerebral hemorrhage), the acute management of patients with stroke is to analyze the patient condition and to complete initial evaluation and assessment, including imaging and laboratory studies. Critical decisions mainly the need for blood pressure control, intubation, and determination of risk/benefit for thrombolytic intervention.
Brain infections may manifest as Diffuse infection (resulting in encephalitis, sometimes affecting specific areas on the brain), Inflammation of the brain secondary to meningeal infections or parameningeal infections, Focal infection (e.g., due to a brain abscess or to fungal or parasitic brain infections).
Primary brain injuries Ischemic brain injury: either global, which includes cardiac arrest or anoxia, which includes vasospasm, compression of blood vessels or stroke. Stroke can be divided into ischemic and hemorrhagic strokes like tumors and cerebral brain edema are important causes for level of consciousness.
Secondary brain injuries Secondary brain injuries include hepatic coma, renal coma salt and water imbalance, a small disturbance of glucose metabolism, other endocrinal causes of coma.
Spinal cord disorders can cause permanent severe neurologic disability. Such disability can be avoided or minimized if evaluation and treatment are rapid.
Spinal cord disorders usually result from conditions extrinsic to the cord, such as Compression due to spinal stenosis, Herniated disk, Tumor, Abscess, Hematoma.
Less commonly, disorders are intrinsic to the cord. Intrinsic disorders include spinal cord infarction, hemorrhage, transverse myelitis, HIV infection, poliovirus infection, West Nile virus infection, syphilis (which can cause tabes dorsalis), trauma, vitamin B12 deficiency (which causes sub acute combined degeneration), decompression sickness, lightning injury (which can cause keraunoparalysis), radiation therapy (which can cause myelopathy), syrinx, and spinal cord tumor. Arteriovenous malformationsmay be extrinsic or intrinsic. Copper deficiency may result in myelopathy similar to that caused by vitamin B12 deficiency.
The nervous system is divided into the peripheral nervous system (PNS) and the central nervous system (CNS).The PNS consists of sensory neurons running from stimulus receptors that inform the CNS of the stimuli motor neurons running from the CNS to the muscles and glands called effectors that take action. The CNS consists of the brain and spinal cord. The peripheral nervous system is again divided into the sensory somatic nervous system and the autonomic nervous system.The sensory somatic system consists of 12 pairs of cranial nerves and 31 pairs of spinal nerves.
Neurologic disorders can cause problems with thinking and emotional deregulation, but for the purpose of this review they are distinguished from psychiatric condition such as posttraumatic stress disorder, depression, and anxiety and from systemic conditions of uncertain cause, such as chronic fatigue syndrome.
Alzheimer disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disorder .It is an incurable disease with a long preclinical period and progressive course. In AD, plaques develop in the hippocampus, a structure deep in the brain that helps to encode memories, and in other areas of the cerebral cortex that are involved in thinking and making decisions.
Rehabilitation is a reiterative active, problem solving process, educational, focused on the patient disability. When a patient is no longer acutely ill after a stroke, the aim turns to maximizing the patient's functional abilities. The rehabilitation process can involve speech therapy to relearn swallowing and talking, occupational therapy for regaining dexterity of the arms and hands, physical therapy for improving strength and walking, etc.
Functional neurosurgery is concerned with the treatment of conditions where the central nervous system (brain and spinal cord) physiology (normal function) is altered but the anatomy may or may not be normal. Examples of conditions treated by functional neurosurgery are chronic pain (including cancer pain and failed back surgery syndrome), spasticity, movement disorders (Parkinson's disease, dystonia, tremor etc.), psychiatric conditions and epilepsy etc. Recently addiction is being added as an indication.
Back surgery is a procedure to change a patient's anatomy, such as removing a herniated disc that is causing pain, with the aim of providing pain relief. Back surgeries vary, with some procedures minimally invasive and allowing for very fast recovery and others more extensive and requiring longer recoveries.
It causes sudden death of some brain cells because of lack of oxygen when the blood flow to the brain is blocked or rupture of an artery to the brain. A CVA is also referred to as a stroke. It shows the symptom of weakness or paralysis of one side of the body with partial or complete loss of voluntary movement or sensation in a leg or arm. There can be speech problems and weak face muscles. Numbness or tingling is very common. A stroke involving the base of the brain can affect balance, vision, breathing and even unconsciousness.
Within the relatively small subspecialty of vascular neurosurgery, certain traits accentuate and tailor this broader de?nition of excellence. Success as a vascular neurosurgeon almost always begins with passion, an inherent love for the work that drives an insatiable desire for personal improvement. This commitment to continually build on prior progresses realized through self-assessment, learning from your mistakes (and those of others), and incorporating excellence from those around you. In a practical sense, these habits are realized by considering every alternative when faced with a clinical or surgical decision and by staying abreast of the medicine, science, and academics of vascular neurosurgery.
Astrocytomas are central nervous system (CNS) neoplasms in this the predominant cell type is taken from an immortalized astrocyte. Two classes of astrocytic tumors are recognized: those with narrow zones of infiltration (e.g., pilocytic astrocytoma, subependymal giant cell astrocytoma, pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma) and those with diffuse zones of infiltration (e.g., low-grade astrocytoma, anaplastic astrocytoma, glioblastoma).
Brain metastases are cancer cells those spread to the brain from primary tumors in other organs in the body. Metastatic tumors are among the most common mass lesions in the brain. An overall estimated 24-45% of all cancer patients in the United States have brain metastases.
Neuroblastoma is a poorly differentiated neoplasm observed from neural crest cells that critically affects infants and children younger than 5 years of age.
Neurogenetics shows the major role of genetics in the function of the nervous system. It considers neural characteristics as phenotypes, and is mainly based on the observation that the nervous systems of individuals, even of those belonging to the same species, may not be identical. As the name implies, it draws aspects from both the studies of neuroscience and genetics, focusing in particular how the genetic code an organism carries affects its expressed traits.
Microorganisms and viruses sometimes insert into the body, infecting various organs and causing serious problems. Bacterial organisms are often to blame, but animal parasites and fungi can also cause infection. Neurological infections occur when these viruses and organisms invade the nervous system.
The most common neurological infections are ,Encephalitis( it is an inflammation of the brain, it is caused by either bacteria or virus) ,Meningitis( an inflammation of the membranes that in the brain and spinal cord, which can be caused by either bacteria or virus) ,HIV( a viral infection that causes AIDS and slowly destroys the body's immune system).
Other neurological infections include fungal infections, parasitic infections, Prion diseases, Bacterial infections such as Lyme disease, tuberculosis, syphilis, Brain abscess.
Parkinson's disease and Movement disorders: Parkinson's disease (PD) is the common neurodegenerative cause of parkinsonism, a clinical syndrome caused by lesions in the basal ganglia, predominantly in the substantia nigra. PD makes up maximum of approximately 80% of cases of Parkinsonism.
Huntington disease: Huntington's disease is a degenerative mind condition, which affects the nervous system. It causes a rapid decrease of mind cells. People who have Huntington infection can face Tremors, Writhing and it can occasionally trigger Dementia (lack of sanity). Sadly, one Huntington gene should be inherited someone to have the disorder. Thus far there is no treatment.
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: A serious infection affecting the nerve cells, especially those in the spinal cord that control muscle movement, and shows the results in a reduction in size and strength of the muscles.
Spinocerebellar ataxia: SCA Ataxia (Spinocerebellar Ataxia) is the name given to a group of hereditary conditions where the cerebellum begins to atrophy and as a result, the affected person finds that their ability to use the affected parts of the body becomes progressively more difficult and less exact. As a hereditary condition, its incidence is controlled by one of a selection of mutated genes but since there is no single test to tell which type of SCA a person has, many of the identifications have only been made by autopsy and living patients therefore are very rarely able to find out which type of SCA they have.
Spinal muscular atrophy: Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a genetic disease that attacks nerve cells; those are motor neurons in the spinal cord. These cells communicate with your voluntary muscles the ones you can control, like in your arms and legs. As the neurons die, the muscles weaken. This can affect walking, crawling, breathing, swallowing, and head and neck control. Parents usually have no symptoms, but still carry the gene. Genetic counseling is important if the disease runs in your family.
Diagnosis : In the initial stage of coma, it is common to judge by spontaneous actions, response to vocal stimuli and response to painful stimuli; this is known as the AVPU (alert, vocal stimuli, painful stimuli, unconscious) scale.
Neurotherapeutics : An older term for the treatment of psychological, psychiatric, and nervous disorders.
Neurocritical care, cares of critically ill patients with primary or secondary neurosurgical and neurological problems and was initially developed to manage postoperative neurosurgical patients. It expanded thereafter to the management of patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI), intracranial hemorrhage and complications of subarachnoid hemorrhage; including vasospasm, elevated intracranial pressure (ICP) and the cardiopulmonary complications of brain injury.
The skeletal dysplasia's are a heterogeneous group of disorders characterized by intrinsic abnormalities in the growth and/or remodeling of cartilage and bone. These dysplasias affect the skull, spine, and extremities in varying degrees. They frequently cause a disproportionately short stature (dwarfism); the standing height falls below the third percentile for age.
Craniosynostosis consists of one or more cranial sutures, often it resulting in an abnormal head shape. It may result from a primary craniosynostosis or, more commonly, from a failure of brain growth (secondary craniosynostosis). Simple craniosynostosis is a term used when only one suture fuses prematurely. Complex or compound craniosynostosis is used to explain premature fusion of multiple sutures. When children with craniosynostosis, usually complex, also display other body deformities, this is termed syndromic craniosynostosis.
They are not universally available, functional neuroimaging techniques, including single photon emission computerized tomography (SPECT) scanning, positron emission tomography (PET) scanning, magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS), magnetic source imaging (MSI), and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), can be very helpful in the localization of the epileptogenic zone and for mapping functional areas of the brain, such as those for language and motor function.
Radiography Radiographic findings usually are limited to paranasal or mastoid sinus pacifications; however, gas bubbles or air-fluid levels within the cranium may indicate a gas-producing organism or a communication with the paranasal sinuses or the nose.Direct evidence of osteomyelitis of the skull is generally a mixed pattern of larceny with a destruction of the outer or inner tables of the skull.
Magnetic resonance imaging On MRI, early cerebritis is characterized as poorly defined hyper intensity on T2-weighted images and as hypo intensity on T1-weighted images.
Drug addiction is defined by the existence of physical dependence on at least one illicit substance, according to PubMed Health. Marijuana, cocaine, crystal meth, heroin, synthetic drugs and even prescription drugs that can be effective medically are highly addictive.
When a patient is effected with both a substance abuse disorder and a mental health issue, then it is termed a Dual Diagnosis. According to Medline Plus, common mental health disorders that tend to occur alongside addiction include, Anxiety disorders, moderate to severe depression, Personality disorders, Mood disorders, Schizophrenia.
Psychiatry is the division of medicine focused on the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of mental, emotional and behavioral disorders. Psychiatrist is a medical doctor who specializes in mental health, including substance use disorders. Psychiatrists are qualified to assess both the mental and physical aspects of psychological problems, psychiatrists use a variety of treatments including various procedures of psychotherapy, prescriptions, psychosocial interventions and other treatments.
Social psychology is the examine which includes human beings's mind, feelings, and behaviour. Social psychology recognizes the human understandings and behaviors in social surroundings. Social psychologists consequently covenant with the elements that lead us to behave in a given technique inside the presence of others, and study the occasions below which certain behavior/moves and emotions take place.
Psychology has emerge as a very crucial and famous difficulty nowadays. It offers with many problems of ordinary life. Psychology helps us to recognize the behaviour of people round us, to discover why they behave differently and what forces are responsible to cause them to so distinctive from others.
Despite having a well-controlled system, brain cells or prone to damages caused by response diseases, together with induration. Within the case of associate autoimmune disorder, the system starts offensive the body's own cells and proteins by recognizing them as foreign particles. As a result, a cascade of prejudicial damages takes place, which might be fatal, particularly if such attacks occur within the brain.
Apart from response diseases, the brain's system additionally gets activated in several neurodegenerative diseases, like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases. In these cases, neuroglia gets activated and secretes sign molecules to cleanup cell junk (dead cells). These sign molecules may additionally induce any somatic cell harm and death. several mental disorders, like chronic depression and dementia praecox, are related to the activation of system.
Apart from enjoying a full of life role in pathological conditions, the system actively participates in natural development and maintenance of the brain. Because the brain develops, several new somatic cell connections or created and previous connections or lost. Neuroglias maintain the brain physiological state by removing previous connections and guaranteeing correct functioning of latest connections. Additionally, the system is additionally actively concerned within the formation of latest neurons.


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Park Regis Singapore opened its doors last week to welcome a fleet of StayWell Hospitality Group management teams for an annual global gathering aimed at upskilling, educating and empowering the organisations' workforce.
StayWell executives from all over the globe came together for the Groups' third bi-annual Global Gathering which took place from the 13th to the 18th of August 2016. The highlight of the Gathering was the Gala Dinner on 17th August which was attended by close to 100 people from around the world including hotel owners, key partners and suppliers as well as StayWell's executive team.
StayWell Hospitality Group CEO, Mr Simon Wan said that the global conference was a prime opportunity for key team members to come together to share knowledge, achievements and to spend time together in the same room.
"As a global organisation we often find ourselves working closely with a colleague from a different country or time zone, this conference was an excellent opportunity for our team to network in person, share knowledge and sit together side-by-side," Mr Wan said.
While the main aim of the conference was to gather the groups' key decision makers together to learn about each region's business challenges and practices and to set future goals, there was also a solid focus on professional growth for each attendee.
"We set aside a number of sessions to explore the conference theme of Empowering Our People: Unlocking our Potential. Within these sessions we shared knowledge and tips which will encourage entrepreneurial leadership across the group," said Mr Wan.
"We are fortunate to employ a large group of highly talented people from all around the world. It is vital that these key decision-makers have the authority and ability to make independent judgement calls when the occasion calls for it.
This hands-on training, as well as the presentations by each department, equipped the attendees with a detailed understanding of the business at a micro and international level so they can continue to confidently and expertly manage their region," he said.
It was not all work for the conference delegates, who also spent an evening touring Singapore Zoo and participating in team building events where they were able to explore some of the key tourism spots in Singapore.
Based in Sydney Australia, StayWell Hospitality Group, operates two high profile hotel brands – Park Regis and Leisure Inn. StayWell has a growing international hotel network now of over 35 properties across Australia, Singapore, Indonesia, India, the United Kingdom, and United Arab Emirates. The company is privately owned by three stakeholders – Simon Wan (CEO and Managing Director), Richard Doyle (Executive Director and Corporate Counsel), and Bal Sohal (Non-Executive Director).


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Number of characters fixed, 13 places 12 or 13 digits must be entered. When 12 digits are entered, the check digit must be calculated.
EAN 8 and EAN 13 codes can be extended with a two or five-digit supplemental. When they are appended, the digits of the supplemental are separated by a comma from the digits of the main section.


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noun Plural form of reflector.
But a solution, cinematic über-villainy in sensibility and scope, has been engineered by Bartenbach Lichtlabor GmbH involving 30 heliostats, "essentially rotating mirrors, mounted on a hillside to grab sunshine off reflectors from the neighboring village of Kramsach."
She examined their answers and found that only one in three people got the answer right; these people were 'reflectors' - who think with the left-side of the brain.
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It's been quite a while since I'm aware of the usage of black "reflectors" to absorb unwanted light spills on the subject.
Hanging Loose with Bil Zelman
This lighthouse was at a very dangerous part of the coast, and every day the lamps had to be cleaned and fresh oil put in them, and the great metal "reflectors" that were behind the lamps and threw the light far out to sea had to be burnished.
Naughty Miss Bunny A Story for Little Children
Hence, some cut slabs out of old walls and use them as panels, and the stucco of such panels and "reflectors" has projecting bevelled edges all round it.
The Ten Books on Architecture
It also emerged that 66 per cent of 'reflectors' pay off their credit card in full every month, compared to just 43 per cent of 'intuitors'.
"STORRM DTO #703 Docking Target Installation: Background: Relative Navigation sensors for Orion vehicle require special 'reflectors' on the PMA-2 docking target," explained STS-131
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People who gave the right answer are 'reflectors'.
Caldwell was one of three "reflectors" who observed the discernment process in Northern Michigan along with Bishop Tom Ely of Vermont and Dr. Fredrica Harris Thompsett, professor emeritus at Episcopal Divinity School.
Words with the same terminal sound

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Q: How to eat / gobble only whitespace or (implicit) \par? I created a command that prints material in an aux file and that's all. I can reasonably expect it to (also) be used in the following ways:
\precis{Some text}
The section goes on.

\precis{Some text}

The section goes on.

That is, with or without the % signs at the end of lines that would automatically take care of any spurious spaces.
In order to remove the trailing spaces the command is defined as:
\newcommand{\precis}[1]{%
    % Whatever the command does
    \ignorespaces%
}

However, as shown in my second example, there is still the case of a "spurious \par" which I don't know how to deal with.
I have tried using \@gobble instead, but indeed this only works if the next character is a space or blank line, and it breaks if %-signs were used (i.e. it swallows the first letter of the sentence).
So, I would like to be able to gobble only whitespace and the implicit par. Is that possible?
(I am working on a package, hence the attempt to be foolproof… I can go with the % signs for myself.)

A: As previously pointed out, what you want to do is more elegantly achieved by building on LaTeX's existing sectioning mechanism.  However, if you want an actual answer to your question, here it is:
\makeatletter
\def\precis#1{
  % Whatever the command does
  \@ifnextchar\par\@gobble\relax}
\makeatother

Note that \@ifnextchar already eats whitespace, so you only need to compare the next character to \par, gobble it if it matches, and do nothing otherwise.

A: You can do it with a font sectioning command:
\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{lipsum}

\makeatletter
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    {\z@}% Space above
    {-\fontdimen2\font plus -\fontdimen3\font minus -\fontdimen4\font}% space after label
    {\normalfont\normalsize\bfseries}% font for
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\newcommand\precismark[1]{}
\makeatother

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\lipsum[2]

\precis{Some text}
The section goes on.

\precis{Some text}

The section goes on.

\precis{Some text}

The section goes on.

\lipsum[3]

\end{document}

Alternatively, use \@ifnextchar to gobble white space and check whether \par follows; in that case gobble it and restart the machinery.
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\usepackage{lipsum}

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}
\newcommand{\precis@gobblepar}[1]{%
  \@ifnextchar\par{\precis@gobblepar}{}%
}
\makeatother

\begin{document}

\lipsum[2]

\precis{Some text}
The section goes on.

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India's Department of Telecom (DoT) has finally cleared US-based Qualcomm Inc's sale of 100 percent stake in its broadband wireless entity, Wireless Business Service Private Ltd (WBSPL), to Bharti Airtel.
In October last year, Airtel has acquired 100 per cent stake in Wireless Business Services (WBSPL), a company founded by Qualcomm which holds 4G BWA Spectrum in Mumbai, Delhi, Haryana and Kerala telecom circle.
Bharti Airtel has 4G (BWA) license and spectrum in 4 circles – Kolkata, Karnataka, Maharashtra and Punjab and launched its commercial 4G Broadband and Mobile services in Kolkata, Pune (Maharashtra), Chandigarh, Panchkula, Mohali (Punjab) and Bangalore (Karnataka) as we earlier shared on TelecomTalk.
With its 100% acquisition of WSBPL – Qualcomm 4G licences, Airtel now can launch 4G Mobile and Broadband services in the four more circles – Delhi, Mumbai, Kerala and Haryana.
it is purely violation of election code DOT is not suppose to take this major decisions without any concern with ECI….
The code of conduct bars bringing in new policies and its implementation in a stipulated time. This matter was due from some time now and DoT was just awaiting nod so that something unlawful is not done on anyone's part. So this is not a new matter and everything is done according to rules of auction in 2010 which didn't had objection on sale of license and spectrum. So just relax.
Good news this. Surely this paves way for faster and smoother take off. Finally govt seems to be waking up. Good for telecom industry.


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How to Help a Loved One Through PTSD
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) can have an enormous impact not only on the life of the person who is suffering from it but also on the lives of friends and family.
Because your loved one with PTSD is stuck in a state of high alert, reliving a traumatic experience over and over, their reactions to everything around them will not be normal. They will feel vulnerable and unsafe, which can lead to anger, depression, and much more.
PTSD can cause much damage to relationships and family life if you are not aware of how to help your loved ones through this difficult condition. At Texas Mind Science, with offices in Richardson and Flower Mound, Texas, we are committed to improving the lives of our patients who suffer from PTSD. As we treat them, here are a few ways that you can support them as well.
Provide Social Support
People who have PTSD often want to withdraw from family and friends and just be alone. They may feel ashamed and not want to burden others with their problems, but face-to-face support is one of the most important elements in recovering from PTSD.
You shouldn't pressure them into talking, but when they are ready to speak, be a good listener. Don't have expectations or offer judgments or advice — just listen attentively. They may want to rehash the same events over and over, and that's fine. Don't rush them, and respect their feelings and thoughts.
You can also encourage them to pursue normal activities, such as hobbies they enjoy. Don't tell them what to do, but take your cues from them. Help them build predictable structures and routines to provide stability and security.
Anticipate Triggers
Triggers are people, situations, or events that remind your loved one of the trauma they experienced. Some are obvious, such as a backfire that sounds like a gunshot. Others can be more difficult to identify, such as a certain song, specific dates, particular sounds or smells, media coverage of events, and much more.
Ask them how they have responded to triggers in the past, and come up with a plan together for what to do when they experience these triggers in the future. You can avoid the triggers as much as possible, but having this plan will help you both feel better in case an unexpected triggering event occurs.
Support Treatment
Your love and support are vital, but your loved one may also need professional treatment, such as therapy, support groups, or TMS therapy. Wait for the right time to suggest these options (not in the middle of a crisis, for example) and then offer to help them in whatever way they need — transportation, encouragement, etc.
There is much more to say on this topic but to get started with therapy or other treatment options, set up an appointment at Texas Mind Science by calling our offices or using our convenient online scheduler.
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Un-Reasonable Suspicion: A Cautionary Tale for Program Administrators
Published: Oct, 7 2021
Updated: Nov, 30 2022
Workplace disagreements are common. What is important is that employers establish clear and reasonable protocol and ensure that appropriate training and controls are implemented to prevent a monumental escalation like that involved in the federal case Hudson v. City of Riviera Beach.[1]
In the case, the multi-media specialist for the City of Riviera Beach and the plaintiff in the case, Michael Hudson, contends that he had an argument with Troy Perry, the son of the Human Resources Director for the City, Doretha Perry (Perry). Hudson alleges that Troy and Doretha conspired to exploit her position to satisfy a vendetta against him by ordering three supposed "reasonable suspicion" drug and alcohol tests.
When asked to justify her decision to conduct a reasonable suspicion drug test with records supporting the determination, according to Hudson Doretha initially indicated that "[i]t does not work like that[.] I don't have to give you anything. [T]here are no records[.]" Hudson alleges that she later indicated she would provide the documentation if she was given a records request. The following day, Perry gave Hudson a "one-paragraph explanation" which "stated that Perry had 'received several verbal complaints from employees the latest being on January 29, 2009, stating that [Hudson's] eyes were glassy and [he] smelled like marijuana.'"[2] Under oath, Perry indicated that she had forgotten who complained. Perry would later change her story to indicate that she had received a tip from an employee who had heard the information from another employee. Perry, according to Hudson, had also admitted that she tested employees based on her gut feelings and stated that she had been doing so for years.
At this point, the following policy inadequacies are made evident:
The drug-free workplace policy lacked a clear and reasonable policy on who can make reasonable suspicion determinations and why. This is evidenced by the fact that Hudson's manager was not involved with nor informed of the reasonable suspicion determination to test and Perry, the HR director, had not observed any phenomena herself. A clear and reasonable policy often indicates that in order to test under reasonable suspicion, either one or two trained, direct supervisors must personally observe specific, contemporaneous indicators of changes in speech, behavior, or appearance which might indicate substance use or abuse at work.
No one involved in reasonable suspicion drug or alcohol testing had taken a comprehensive DOT or Non-DOT supervisor reasonable suspicion training course in order to adequately make, handle, and document such determinations.
Whosoever was ultimately responsible for implementing the City's drug-free workplace policy did not establish enough controls in place to prevent abuse of discretionary power in such reasonable suspicion determinations.
Ultimately, the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida held that "Perry lacked any suspicion whatsoever to drug-test [Hudson] and instead did it to exact vengeance on [him]. This is in no way related to any public-safety measure or other recognized government interest supporting a suspicionless search. In the absence of any suspicion at all, such a personal and abusive use of the government's power to conduct drug-testing so obviously violates Fourth Amendment rights that no case law stating this proposition was necessary to have put Perry on notice of its unconstitutionality."[3] As a result, the court stripped Perry's qualified-immunity as a city employee entirely and allowed the suit to move forward against her personally.[4]
[1] Hudson v. City of Riviera Beach, No. 12-80870-CIV, 2014 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 64324, (S.D. Fla. May 9, 2014).
[2] Id. at *4.
[3] Id. At 39.


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The Art Life"...it's just like saying 'the good life'"
Careful What You Wish For: A Year In The Art Life
Site News Dec 20, 2004 No Comments
When we kicked off in February with little more than purloined email list and the will to exist, we were getting about 400 hits a month. Along the way we picked up more readers, the email list swelled with people asking to be added (not demanding to be removed) and by the time we added our poll questions three months ago, our hits quadrupled to more than 5,000 a month. We were stunned when all sorts of people started emailing us and asking to be included – who would have ever thought that Art Gallery of NSW curator Tony Bond and itinerant editor/journalist John McDonald would ever share the same space, even if it's just cyberspace? Everything went sour, of course, when we had the temerity to question McDonald over his attack on Ted Colless, being called "cowards" and "pseudo-serious and pretentious" for our troubles.
We had a moment of visionary clarity when we asked if Craig Ruddy's Archibald win might actually be a drawing and wondered if some aggrieved artist might start a class action suit against the trustees. Occasionally we predict the future but we rarely get it right. Imagine our amazement when out of the shadows stepped Tony Johansen to launch just such an action, backed by Fiona Sinclair King, wife of Peter King, the former Liberal member for Wentworth, who was ousted in favour of "future PM" Malcom Turnbull.
We've lost track of that story after the second or third preliminary court hearing, but perhaps the money ran out after the election debacle? If so, it would be one of only two good things to have come out of that contest of the mediocre – the other being Ross Cameron's loss of his safe Liberal seat of Parramatta to the Labor Party. Some have said it was his confession of an adulterous affair before the election that cost him his job as Parliamentary Secretary, but we all know it was because of his crusading anti-contemporary art stance that brought him asunder. Cameron even made us feel sorry for Ron Robertson-Swann, something we thought had been impossible. In the art world, the Sydney Art Seen Society's campaign for a set fee for exhibiting artists in public galleries picked up a lot of steam via public sit ins in museums around the country and they secured signatures on a petition that found its way into Federal Parliament on the very same day Turnbull delivered his maiden speech. The petition is now sitting in a drawer somewhere. On the last day of Parliament, it was announced the Community Cultural Development board and the New Media arts advisory panel would be axed as separate entities within the Australia Council. There was a lot of consternation but as yet no one really knows what all this will mean.
We flirted with the media ourselves a little this year. The Spike column in The Sydney Morning Herald picked up on a reader's comment regarding the peculiar evolution of Jason Benjamin's portrait of John Olsen after the former had left Tim Olsen Gallery and the latter – it was said – didn't actually know about the portrait until it was short listed. That was the gossip and when Spike got in touch with us to ask if that was the rumour, we confirmed it. We felt like prize shits when the column launched a completely unsubstantiated attack on Benjamin with a quote from the artist to the effect that the claim as reported by us had "ruined his day." From that moment on we vowed we would never again engage in art world gossip and promise to stick to it. Our apologies to Benjamin.
Six months later we were back in Spike, but this time as the subject of the story. The article flatteringly called us "essential reading for Sydney artists and members of the Australian art world" before going on to rubbish us and attempt out the so-called authors of The Art Life. The article also picked quotes from various Art Life stories (all out of context) which made us look insane. (OK, we did say Tracey Moffatt "made art look like a commercial" and that the ACP's Zeitgeist show was a "stinkin' mess" but we said nice things as well. Talk about selective!) The next day, we rang up the Spike editor Andrew Hornery who immediately wanted to know who we were and then pushed us to send him art world gossip that he could use in his column. When we said "thanks for the article", he stiffly replied "Oh, I'm not here to promote you…"
We also made some appearances in the flesh. In August we gave a speech about contemporary art writing at the NSW University College of Fine Arts and thank the organizers for helping to preserve our anonymity with hoods and a sound proof booth from which it was impossible to hear anything outside. We also got chewing gum on the sleeve of our favourite shirt. Melody and Vicki Wren of Gallery Wren invited us down to FBI Radio for their Sunday morning radio show. We had fun chatting about the art world although our brains were a rattled by the choice of punk rock for their play list first thing in the morning.
In our last media appearance for the year, we are included in a story in the forthcoming January-March 2005 issue of State of The Arts. Interviewed by Lee Tran Lam – who has been doing great but mostly unrecognized work since her days at HQ– we were asked about "humour in art" a subject about which we know very little. You might like to also note the story contains a photo of the three principals behind The Art Life, so hopefully we can finally put that one to rest.
Last week we discussed the Anne Landa Award and lamented the fact that there is little in the way of independent thinking on the part of either the artists or curators in the way it the works are framed, packaged and promoted. Well, we should really be careful what we wish for. Opening The Australian on Saturday, we discovered that our favourite art critic Sebastian Smee had reviewed both Destiny Deacon and the artists in the Landa:
"But best of all was the video by Shaun Gladwell, a young artist already well-known for his poetically slowed down skateboarding videos. […] There is something wonderfully fluent yet also jerky about [the capoeria dancer's} movements. They put me in mind not only of skateboarding stunts but also of [Matthew] Barney's queasily lyrical approach to the relationship between the body and its surrounding architecture. They also remind me of Edgar Degas's pictures of ballet dancers."
Talk about independent thought! Talk about ignoring received wisdom! You may recall that Smee previewed the work of Matthew Barney early in the year in the run up to the screenings of the Cremaster Cycle at the AGNSW. He started by quoting Janet Malcom and her comment that the spell of a work of art could be broken by a "little voice in one's head saying "but this is ridiculous." Smee added: "In front of the work of Matthew Barney, there's no doubt this little voice can be unusually persistent…" One minute he's saying Barney is shit, the next he's valorizing his "queasy lyricism". Far be it from us to accuse anyone of inconsistency, but we well remember Smee's opening line to his review of the 2000 Biennale of Sydney: "I hate video art." Although Smee signed off his review of Gladwell with a stinging backhander ("'Everyone has talent at 25', Degas said. 'The difficulty is to have it at 50'. I for one wish Gladwell the best of luck.") we suspect that there is a way New Media artists can get a good review from Smee: make sure you include an attractive woman in your video. Smee is a sucker for a woman's body in a work of art. He hates performance art as well but he totally blew his… er… critical decorum when he reviewed Vanessa Beecroft's performance at the Museum of Contemporary Art, so you can make his fetishism work for you.
We've discussed Peter Hill more than enough this year, so we'll leave him aside except to say that for a bloke who lives in Melbourne, he's doing a hell of a good job as the SMH's art critic. He's got his formula and he's sticking to it. Peter Timms's book What's Wrong With Contemporary Art? was a welcome addition to art criticism in Australia even if you disagreed with every single thing he said – at least it was there. We can't really remember anything in the book now except for the bit where Timms' says that in some cases Post Modernism isn't so bad and then cites the film Love Actually as the high point of metafictional movie making. What was even more perplexing is that we're pretty sure he was serious.
Further afield, a major disappointment this year was Matthew Collings's Matt's Old Masters, a book published to accompany his yet-unseen-in-Australia TV series about his favourite painters Titian, Rubens, Velazquez and Hogarth. For a writer as witty and erudite as Collings it's disappointing to discover not even his talents could make a description of a patch of blue paint interesting. Our favourite art book of the year was Paul Virilio's Art & Fear, published in 03 but only now on bookshelves. Did we fully understand it? Nah, but it's about as much fun as you can have with a French theorist these days.
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Author: Deborah ScoblionkovDeborah Scoblionkov
WASHINGTON – "What's going to be the next big thing after micro-processors?" That's what curious high school seniors wanted to know of Marcian "Ted" Hoff, co-inventor of the microprocessor.
"Well, there's still a long way to go in this field," replied Hoff. "There are limits to silicon. As the circuitry gets smaller, eventually the noise will overpower the sound – but that's a long way off."
Not so far off. Two of the students in Friday night's Q&A session – 18-year-old David Moore and 17-year-old Alexander Wissner-Gross – had already conducted sophisticated research on nano-technology that theoretically could create electronic circuitry one-millionth of its current size, which is expected to become standard when silicon becomes obsolete.
Other audience members had advanced-level, even ground-breaking, research projects in computer science, physics, biology, astronomy, mathematics, and marine biology.
Obviously, this was no ordinary group of high school students. The finalists for the Class of 1999 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), they're touted as America's brightest students. Formerly the Westinghouse STS, this annual high school science competition is the world's oldest and most prestigious. Founded in 1942, it boasts among its alumni five Nobel Laureates, five Fields Medallists, and nine MacArthur Foundation Fellows.
This year, 18 female and 22 male finalists, from 14 to 18 years old, traveled to Washington to compete for scholarships worth up to US$50,000.
The week-long Science Talent Institute includes receptions, meetings with Congressional representatives, presentations, and a grueling evaluation of their science projects.
"We're like baseball scouts looking at how well a player performs," explained judge Dr. Richard Gott, a professor of Astrophysics at Princeton University and a second-place winner in the STS class of 1964. "We look at the creativity, importance and difficulty of these projects –things that would indicate whether this person will be a good scientist in the future."


DESPITE BEING named after a type of cricket match, none of the members of the highly promising Irish band One Day International is actually interested in cricket.
The band is Tasmania's Matt Lunson (vocals ), Cormac Curran (piano ), Danny Snow (bass ), Ross Turner (drums ), and Eimear O'Grady (cello ) and another interesting fact about them is that they do not feature a guitarist - something extremely rare in rock.
One Day International however play intelligent, melodic, atmospheric songs - with perhaps a touch of quiet Radiohead and they can be seen in the Róisín Dubh for Strange Brew on Thursday January 15 at 9pm.
Admission is free. In the meantime check out their well received debut album Blackbird (Independent Records ).


In day today's life the population explosion and rapid urbanization, are causing lots of disturbances in our environment by discharge of industrial wastes, deforestation, air and water pollution, dipletion in the ozone layer etc., have dislocated the human, animal and plant life cycles. The ecological imbalance caused by these acts of 'civilized men' has caused adverse threat not only to human endurance but to the life as a whole on our planet.
Till now it was proved that research in science can furnish answer to all of man's problems. Today we find increasing number of newborns with physical inability due to increasing hardness of pollution in the atmosphere. Ozone layer depletion has been causing disease like sunburn, skin cancer, and cataracts and weakening of the immune system n reproductive system. viruses are growing tremendously by getting resistance to each and every drugs that we discover.
Experimental it proved, when the Yagya (Agnihotra) is regularly performed, it creates a pure, nutritional and medicinal atmosphere in our surroundings and the incidence of physical ailments, sickness and negativity are reduced in the houses. It renews the brain cells, revitalizes the skin, purifies blood and prevents growth of pathogenic organisms.
yagya is basically a remedial process. Its motto is ' TO Improve atmosphere, and the improved atmosphere, will improve your health and wealth.
Purification of atmosphere through the constituent electrons of the substances fumigated in the Yagya, is an obvious effect of this process. scientists also noted this as worthy remedial process by their experiments and research activities. Dr. Hafkine has mentioned that "mixing ghee and sugar and burning them produce smoke which kills the germs of certain diseases and secretion takes place from some glands related to the wind-pipe, which fill us full pleasure and pleasantness. Sugars present in Havishya have exterme capacity to purify the enviornment. It helps to finish the germs of T.B., measles, smallpox and cow pox remarks Prof.. Tilward.
If cow's ghee is put into Yagya, its smoke lessen the effect of atomic radiation in surrounding to a great extent.
The medicinal fumes fumigating from yagya have been noticed by researchers in the field of microbiology, and declared that these are bacteriolethal in nature. The root cause of illness and diseases arepathogenic bacteria.This must be the reason why the incidence of physical ailments, sickness and diseases becomes less in the households, where yagya Agnihotra is frequently performed.
It can be stated that performance of Yagya leads to purification of air without going into detailed chemical bacteriology.
The various volatile oils get diffused in the surrounding atmosphere along with steam and smoke as already declared, under steam volatilization,. Since these oils have distinct good smell, the foul odours are naturally replaced. This aroma can be experienced easily in the surroundings when Yagna is act due to diffusion of substances like thymol, eugenol, pine, terpinol and oils of sandal-wood, camphor and clove.
As stated under products of combustion, the limited oxidation of hydrocarbons and decomposition of complex organic substances create formal dehyde which is a capable antiseptic. It is also interesting to note that germicidal action of formaldehyde is only effective in the presence of water vapour which is also produced in large quantities in Yagna. The use of formaldehyde spray for disinfecting of walls, ceiling etc., is common and like a spray is automatically created when Yagna is performed.
The oxidation of hydrocarbons also creates formic acid and acetic acid both of which are good disinfectants. Use of formic acid for storage of fruits and that of acetic acid in maintenance vinegar is a common practice.The antiseptic and antibiotic effects of fumes of Yagna have also been examined by organize easy experiments on rabbits and mice and it has been established that fumes emitted in Yagna are strong antibiotic.
There are non-bacterial parasites like flies, ringworm, dice, fleas etc., which are immune to bactericides, which are also damage to other living beings. Such insects which are generally immune to ordinary reagents, however they either get finished or are driven away, when they come in contact with the fumes of volatile oils like camphor diffused in the environment.
The cleansing of air is not only beneficial to animal life but also helps plant's life though the bacteria responsible for diseases in both may be distinct. The aromatic substances during Yagna get separated in the air and offer protection to plant life against harmful organisms. This makes sure healthy plant growth. Agnihotra's atmosphere and ash can be used as assistant in the 'Natural farming' methods — also known as the Agnihotra farming methods. It is a holistic methods of increasing plants in healthy tempreture and controling ecological balance by performing Agnihotra (Yagna) in the middle of the farm and using the Yagna – ash as a fertiliser. It is not only free from harm and productive but also holistic in its approach towards environment.
Consignment of the wood and other organic matres to flames has been always an issue because of generation of CO and CO, and increase in consequent 'green house' effect. It had been disputed that act of Yagna also creates CO and CO,. It should be noted here that the way in which the Samidhas and Havishya are burnt in Yagna is a way of slow combustion at higher temperature. While the burning of coal in factories or in the household fire involves rapid combustion, where oxygen is absorb in large quantities and huge CO, is emitted. In the slow combustion taking place in the process of Yagna, small quantity of O, is beneficial, meager CO2 is emitted that poses no threat to the environment. In fact, whatever CO, is produced it is readily absorbed by the surrounding vegetation and CO, cycle is strengthened.
The other important aspect is the fact that CO2 created in Yagna is not always free CO, but it remains mixed with other aromatic oils and antiseptic products. It therefore, acts as a vehicle in transporting such products to distant surroundings.
The use of CO2 as a cerebral stimulant to helps the patients suffering from lack of ventilation is common in medical science world. Its use to control and cure many mental disorders is also known to medical science. Small amounts of CO2 inhaled by the persons performing Yagna acts as a drugd and more and more aromatic fumes are inhaled which help in curing mental disorders.
Particularly effective results with respect to the destruction or reduction in radiation were achieved through Yagna's fire and ash. These observations are made by Dr. L. Maela Anatoninhowska of Poland after using P.S.I. techniques.
These results without any doubt support the claims made about the role of Yagna in control of air pollution. The Deputy Director, Agriculture had submitted a technical report based on such results, confirming the use of Yagna's ash as an effective fertiliser.
Comparable results were also acquired by the scientific experiments conducted in about 27 large scale Yagnas organised by Shantikunj, Hardwar in India and abroad during 1993-1995.


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                                                const CFX_PointF& point,
                                                FWL_MouseCommand command) {
  if (command != FWL_MouseCommand::LeftButtonDown)
    return CXFA_FFField::AcceptsFocusOnButtonDown(dwFlags, point, command);

  if (!m_pNode->IsOpenAccess())
    return false;
  if (!PtInActiveRect(point))
    return false;

  return true;
}

bool CXFA_FFImageEdit::OnLButtonDown(uint32_t dwFlags,
                                     const CFX_PointF& point) {
  // Prevents destruction of the CXFA_ContentLayoutItem that owns |this|.
  RetainPtr<CXFA_ContentLayoutItem> retainer(m_pLayoutItem.Get());

  SetButtonDown(true);
  SendMessageToFWLWidget(pdfium::MakeUnique<CFWL_MessageMouse>(
      GetNormalWidget(), FWL_MouseCommand::LeftButtonDown, dwFlags,
      FWLToClient(point)));

  return true;
}

void CXFA_FFImageEdit::SetFWLRect() {
  if (!GetNormalWidget())
    return;

  CFX_RectF rtUIMargin = m_pNode->GetUIMargin();
  CFX_RectF rtImage(m_UIRect);
  rtImage.Deflate(rtUIMargin.left, rtUIMargin.top, rtUIMargin.width,
                  rtUIMargin.height);
  GetNormalWidget()->SetWidgetRect(rtImage);
}

bool CXFA_FFImageEdit::CommitData() {
  return true;
}

bool CXFA_FFImageEdit::UpdateFWLData() {
  m_pNode->SetImageEditImage(nullptr);
  m_pNode->LoadImageEditImage(GetDoc());
  return true;
}

void CXFA_FFImageEdit::OnProcessMessage(CFWL_Message* pMessage) {
  // Prevents destruction of the CXFA_ContentLayoutItem that owns |this|.
  RetainPtr<CXFA_ContentLayoutItem> retainer(m_pLayoutItem.Get());

  m_pOldDelegate->OnProcessMessage(pMessage);
}

void CXFA_FFImageEdit::OnProcessEvent(CFWL_Event* pEvent) {
  // Prevents destruction of the CXFA_ContentLayoutItem that owns |this|.
  RetainPtr<CXFA_ContentLayoutItem> retain_layout(m_pLayoutItem.Get());

  CXFA_FFField::OnProcessEvent(pEvent);
  m_pOldDelegate->OnProcessEvent(pEvent);
}

void CXFA_FFImageEdit::OnDrawWidget(CXFA_Graphics* pGraphics,
                                    const CFX_Matrix& matrix) {
  // Prevents destruction of the CXFA_ContentLayoutItem that owns |this|.
  RetainPtr<CXFA_ContentLayoutItem> retainer(m_pLayoutItem.Get());

  m_pOldDelegate->OnDrawWidget(pGraphics, matrix);
}

FormFieldType CXFA_FFImageEdit::GetFormFieldType() {
  return FormFieldType::kXFA_ImageField;
}


text:
#include "gevec2d.h"
#pragma pack (push, 8)

class AcGeMatrix2d;
class AcGeVector2d;
class AcGeLinearEnt2d;
class AcGeLine2d;

class
GE_DLLEXPIMPORT
AcGePoint2d
{
public:
    AcGePoint2d();
    AcGePoint2d(const AcGePoint2d& pnt);
    AcGePoint2d(double x, double y);

    // The origin, or (0, 0).
    //
    static const   AcGePoint2d kOrigin;

    // Matrix multiplication.
    //
    friend
    GE_DLLEXPIMPORT
    AcGePoint2d    operator *  (const AcGeMatrix2d& mat, const AcGePoint2d& pnt);
    AcGePoint2d&   setToProduct(const AcGeMatrix2d& mat, const AcGePoint2d& pnt);
    AcGePoint2d&   transformBy (const AcGeMatrix2d& leftSide);
    AcGePoint2d&   rotateBy    (double angle, const AcGePoint2d& wrtPoint
                                = AcGePoint2d::kOrigin);
    AcGePoint2d&   mirror      (const AcGeLine2d& line);
    AcGePoint2d&   scaleBy     (double scaleFactor, const AcGePoint2d& wrtPoint
                                = AcGePoint2d::kOrigin);

    // Scale multiplication.
    //
    AcGePoint2d    operator *  (double) const;
    friend
    AcGePoint2d    operator *  (double, const AcGePoint2d& scl);
    AcGePoint2d&   operator *= (double scl);
    AcGePoint2d    operator /  (double scl) const;
    AcGePoint2d&   operator /= (double scl);

    // Translation by a vector.
    //
    AcGePoint2d    operator +  (const AcGeVector2d& vec) const;
    AcGePoint2d&   operator += (const AcGeVector2d& vec);
    AcGePoint2d    operator -  (const AcGeVector2d& vec) const;
    AcGePoint2d&   operator -= (const AcGeVector2d& vec);
    AcGePoint2d&   setToSum    (const AcGePoint2d& pnt, const AcGeVector2d& vec);

    // Get vector between two points.
    //
    AcGeVector2d   operator -  (const AcGePoint2d& pnt) const;
    AcGeVector2d   asVector    () const;

    // Distance to other geometric objects.
    //
    double         distanceTo  (const AcGePoint2d& pnt) const;

    // Tests for equivalence using the Euclidean norm.
    //
    Adesk::Boolean operator == (const AcGePoint2d& pnt) const;
    Adesk::Boolean operator != (const AcGePoint2d& pnt) const;
    Adesk::Boolean isEqualTo   (const AcGePoint2d& pnt,
                                const AcGeTol& tol = AcGeContext::gTol) const;

    // For convenient access to the data.
    //
    double         operator [] (unsigned int i) const;
    double&        operator [] (unsigned int idx);
    AcGePoint2d&   set         (double x, double y);

    // The co-ordinates of the point.
    //
    double         x, y;
};

// Creates a point at the origin.
//
inline
AcGePoint2d::AcGePoint2d() : x(0.0), y(0.0)
{
}

inline
AcGePoint2d::AcGePoint2d(const AcGePoint2d& src) : x(src.x), y(src.y)
{
}

// Creates a point intialized to ( xx, yy ).
//
inline
AcGePoint2d::AcGePoint2d(double xx, double yy) : x(xx), y(yy)
{
}

// Returns a point such that each of the coordinates of this point
// have been multiplied by val.
//
inline AcGePoint2d
AcGePoint2d::operator * (double val) const
{
    return AcGePoint2d(x*val, y*val);
}

// Returns a point such that each of the coordinates of this point
// have been multiplied by val.
//
inline AcGePoint2d
operator * (double val, const AcGePoint2d& p)
{
    return AcGePoint2d(p.x*val, p.y*val);
}

// This is equivalent to the statement `p = p * val;'
// Each coordinate of this point is multiplied by val.
//
inline AcGePoint2d&
AcGePoint2d::operator *= (double val)
{
    x *= val;
    y *= val;
    return *this;
}

// Returns a point such that each of the coordinates of this point
// have been divided by val.
//
inline AcGePoint2d
AcGePoint2d::operator / (double val) const
{
    return AcGePoint2d (x/val, y/val);
}

// This is equivalent to the statement `p = p / val;'
// Each coordinate of this point is divided by val.
//
inline AcGePoint2d&
AcGePoint2d::operator /= (double val)
{
    x /= val;
    y /= val;
    return *this;
}

// Returns a point that is equivalent to the result of translating
// this point by the vector `v'.  (It yields the same result as if
// the vector had been cast to a translation matrix and then
// multiplied with the point.)
//
inline AcGePoint2d
AcGePoint2d::operator + (const AcGeVector2d& v) const
{
    return AcGePoint2d(x + v.x, y + v.y);
}

// This is equivalent to the statement `p = p + v;'
//
inline AcGePoint2d&
AcGePoint2d::operator += (const AcGeVector2d& v)
{
    x += v.x;
    y += v.y;
    return *this;
}

// This is equivalent to the statement `p + (-v);'
//
inline AcGePoint2d
AcGePoint2d::operator - (const AcGeVector2d& v) const
{
    return AcGePoint2d(x - v.x, y - v.y);
}

// This is equivalent to the statement `p = p - v;'
//
inline AcGePoint2d&
AcGePoint2d::operator -= (const AcGeVector2d& v)
{
    x -= v.x;
    y -= v.y;
    return *this;
}

// This operator returns a vector such that if `v = p1 - p0',
// then, `v' is equivalent to the translation that takes
// `p0' to `p1'.  (This point is `p1').
//
inline AcGeVector2d
AcGePoint2d::operator - (const AcGePoint2d& p) const
{
    return AcGeVector2d(x - p.x, y - p.y);
}

// This operator returns the vector that would have resulted
// from the operation `p1 - AcGePoint2d::kOrigin', which is
// a common operation to perform.
//
inline AcGeVector2d
AcGePoint2d::asVector() const
{
    return AcGeVector2d(x, y);
}

// Sets the point to ( xx, yy ).
//
inline AcGePoint2d&
AcGePoint2d::set(double xx, double yy)
{
    x = xx;
    y = yy;
    return *this;
}

//     Indexes the point as if it were an array.  `x' is index `0',
//     `y' is index `1'.
//
inline double
AcGePoint2d::operator [] (unsigned int i) const
{
    return *(&x+i);
}

inline double&
AcGePoint2d::operator [] (unsigned int i)
{
    return *(&x+i);
}

#pragma pack (pop)
#endif


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New Apple Services: TV Streaming Platform and Credit Card
March 25, 2019 by Precious Okafor
Apple has revealed its new Apple TV+, TV streaming platform, at the star-studded event in California.
Apple Credit Card
The people who were taken to stage at Apple's headquarters to unveil their involvement in the TV project commissioned by the tech giant are Oprah Winfrey, Steven Spielberg, and Jennifer Aniston.
In this platform shows from previous existing services like HBO and Hulu will include.
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Apple also listed in the announcement that they will be launching an enhanced news app, gaming portal, and a credit card.
This programme was held at California and Apple's Chief Executive "Tim Cook" stated from the unsent that the announcement would be about new services and not new devices
There had been much anticipation about Apple's predicted foray into the TV streaming market, dominated by the likes of Amazon and Netflix.
Steven Spielberg unveiled Apple TV+ app and said it will launch in the autumn, Steven Spielberg also said he will create some material for the new platform.
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Some stars who were brought to stage includes comedian Kumail Nanjiani, Reese Witherspoon, Alfre Woodard, Steve Carell, Jason Momoa and Big Bird from Sesame Street.
The Apple TV+ app, for the first time, is made available on rival devices! That includes Samsung, LG, Sony, Amazon's Firestick, Roku etc.
The subscription fee has not been announced yet, and Netflix was absent from the launch line-up, which has already ruled itself (Netflix) out of being part of the bundle.
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The Apple Credit card was announced and will be launched in the US this coming summer.
The apple card has 2 versions which are the iPhone version and a physical version, with a cashback incentive on every purchase this is very interesting.
Apple Pay VP Jennifer Bailey said that this credit card will not have late fees, international fees or annual fees.
Apple was able to achieve this project with the help of Goldman Sachs and MasterCard.
New games platform was launched, an Apple Arcade, this will offer over 100 exclusive games from the app store which can be played online and offline, in contrast with Google's recently announced streaming platform Stadia.
It will be distributed out across over 149 countries in the autumn but currently, no subscription fee was given.
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in 2018 analyst firm IHS Markit Ltd valued the global gaming market on iOS, Apple's operating system, at $33.5bn.
There is a space within the market for a platform like Apple Arcade which is not financed by the in-app purchases or advertising, said IHS director of games research Piers Harding-Rolls.
"Apple's decision to move up the games value chain with a new, curated subscription service and to support the development of exclusive games for its Arcade platform is a significant escalation of the company's commitment to the games market," he said.
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When I visited a rainforest in southeastern Cameroon for the first time in October 2006, I saw a man with brawny arms riding a hand-crank tricycle I had never seen before. Accompanied by children, the man came hurtling down the unpaved road at such speed that I had no idea he was on a wheelchair for people with disabilities (Photo1).
Photo 1: A three-wheeled wheelchair with crank handle attached.
This hand-cranked tricycle is used widely throughout Africa. It can be seen on a daily basis in Cameroon - on roads linking the villages, in mbandjo ("village gathering places" in Baka language), in workshops throughout the towns, at intersections where peddlers gather (Photo 2), at bars where people enjoy relaxing, and in the cacao fields (Photo 3).
Photo 2: A precious shot of a slightly intoxicated man, with his chicken, selling tobacco in town.
Photo 3: Visiting cacao fields in a wheelchair for harvesting.
The technology for making these hand-crank tricycles was conveyed to Cameroon (where I conducted my research) by engineers from the Republic of the Congo, and NGOs in the capital of Yaounde have been central to their manufacture in the country (Photos 4 and 5). The government is currently distributing these wheelchairs for free as part of its policies for people with disabilities. Through assistance measures beginning in 2006 and up until 2009, 348 hand-cranked wheelchairs were distributed (about half (191) being the folding-type ones often found in Japan).
Photo 4: The three machines needed to make hand-cranked wheelchairs. From left to right - a machine to make curves in the reinforcing rods (a major component of the wheelchair), a machine to cut the rods, and a tricycle mold. All are manufactured in Yaounde City.
Photo 5: The three stages of making a hand-cranked tricycle.
With the help of town welders, a hand-cranked tricycle can be made using just three machines. Such tricycles are vital to the mobility of people with disabilities in Cameroon, where many of the roads are steep. People use them even to get into the fields, where weeds grow thickly. Although the hand-cranked tricycle have turned rusty brown in color, having traveled with them here and there for many years already, people take great care to maintain them so they can be used for as long as possible (Photo 6). Recently, some have even dared to make three-wheeled wheelchairs from scratch using bicycles (Photo7).
Photo 6: Boys lubricating a tricycle. They are always ready to do maintenance work, even in the village.
Photo 7: Hand-cranked tricycles as a part of fashion. This man finally finishes making his own.
In a survey by social workers of 254 people with disabilities in a province in Cameroon's southeast, 83 said that they needed a hand-cranked tricycle. The government budget currently allows the distribution of two tricycles a year to this province. This means that the last of the people in need must wait 40 years to get one.
One man with physical disabilities in a rural village in southeastern Cameroon continued to send petitions for a tricycle to a town far away. A tricycle arrived after his fifth try, but it took 15 years. He said that he did not leave his home until the tricycle came. Now he goes into the town center everyday, traveling 5 kilometers away to do his own shopping. But what if no one in the village had been around to write petitions for him? What if the vehicle delivering the petitions did not go through his village? What if he had given up right away? And what if no one in the village even knew about the existence of tricycles? If one of these elements were missing, what would his life be like today?
The hand-cranked tricycles dash through the town's bustling crowds, and people are truly fearless as they powerfully use their arms to rattle down the unpaved, red earth roads and race up slopes. A look at their brawny arms, however, shows just how much strength they need to do this.
Photo 8: A hand-cranked tricycle traveling between villages.
There are still people near the village who are in the same situation. How can we begin to approach them?


text:
<!DOCTYPE html>

	<meta charset="utf-8">
	<title>系统权限管理 - O2H管理系统</title>
	<?php echo Asset::css('pc/admin/common.css'); ?>
	<?php echo Asset::css('pc/admin/user/permission/permission_list.css'); ?>
	<?php echo Asset::js('common/jquery-1.9.1.min.js'); ?>
	<?php echo Asset::js('pc/admin/common.js'); ?>
	<?php echo Asset::js('pc/admin/user/permission/permission_list.js'); ?>

	<?php echo $header; ?>

		<?php if($edit_able_flag): ?>

添加主组

		<?php endif; ?>

		<?php if($success_message): ?>

<?php echo $success_message; ?>

		<?php endif; ?>

		<?php if($error_message): ?>

<?php echo $error_message; ?>

		<?php endif; ?>

		<?php if(count($permission_list)): ?>

系统权限一览

系统权限一览

			<?php foreach($permission_list as $master_group_id => $master_group_info): ?>

				<?php if(count($master_group_info['sub_group_list'])): ?>

				<?php endif; ?>

<?php echo $master_group_id; ?>

					<p class="permission-name<?php echo $master_group_info['special_flag'] ? ' strong' : ''; ?>"><?php echo $master_group_info['name']; ?>

					<?php if($edit_able_flag): ?>

<a href="/admin/add_sub_group/<?php echo $master_group_id; ?>/">添加副组

<a href="/admin/modify_master_group/<?php echo $master_group_id; ?>/">修改名称

					<?php endif; ?>
					<?php if($delete_able_flag): ?>
					<p class="btn-controller btn-delete" data-type="mg" data-value="<?php echo $master_group_id; ?>" data-name="<?php echo $master_group_info['name']; ?>">削除主组

					<?php endif; ?>

				<?php foreach($master_group_info['sub_group_list'] as $sub_group_id => $sub_group_info): ?>

					<?php if(count($sub_group_info['function_list'])): ?>

					<?php endif; ?>

<?php echo $master_group_id . '-' . $sub_group_id; ?>

						<p class="permission-name<?php echo $sub_group_info['special_flag'] ? ' strong' : ''; ?>"><?php echo $sub_group_info['name']; ?>

						<?php if($edit_able_flag): ?>

<a href="/admin/add_function/<?php echo $sub_group_id; ?>/">添加功能

<a href="/admin/modify_sub_group/<?php echo $sub_group_id; ?>/">修改名称

						<?php endif; ?>
						<?php if($delete_able_flag): ?>
						<p class="btn-controller btn-delete" data-type="sg" data-value="<?php echo $sub_group_id; ?>" data-name="<?php echo $sub_group_info['name']; ?>">削除副组

						<?php endif; ?>

					<?php foreach($sub_group_info['function_list'] as $function_id => $function_info) :?>

						<?php if(count($function_info['authority_list'])): ?>

						<?php endif; ?>

<?php echo $master_group_id . '-' . $sub_group_id . '-' . $function_id; ?>

							<p class="permission-name<?php echo $function_info['special_flag'] ? ' strong' : ''; ?>"><?php echo $function_info['name']; ?>

							<?php if($edit_able_flag): ?>

<a href="/admin/add_authority/<?php echo $function_id; ?>/">添加权限

<a href="/admin/modify_function/<?php echo $function_id; ?>/">修改名称

							<?php endif; ?>
							<?php if($delete_able_flag): ?>
							<p class="btn-controller btn-delete" data-type="f" data-value="<?php echo $function_id; ?>" data-name="<?php echo $function_info['name']; ?>">削除功能

							<?php endif; ?>

						<?php foreach($function_info['authority_list'] as $authority_id => $authority_info) :?>

<?php echo $master_group_id . '-' . $sub_group_id . '-' . $function_id . '-' . $authority_id; ?>

								<p class="permission-name<?php echo $authority_info['special_flag'] ? ' strong' : ''; ?>"><?php echo $authority_info['name']; ?>

								<?php if($edit_able_flag): ?>

<a href="/admin/modify_authority/<?php echo $authority_id; ?>/">修改名称

								<?php endif; ?>
								<?php if($delete_able_flag): ?>
								<p class="btn-controller btn-delete" data-type="a" data-value="<?php echo $authority_id; ?>" data-name="<?php echo $authority_info['name']; ?>">削除权限

								<?php endif; ?>

						<?php endforeach; /* authority */ ?>

					<?php endforeach; /* function */ ?>

				<?php endforeach; /* sub_group */ ?>

			<?php endforeach; /* master_group */ ?>

		<?php else: ?>

目前尚未设定任何权限,请添加主权限组

		<?php endif; ?>

		<?php if($delete_able_flag): ?>

删除确认

				<form action method="post" id="form-delete">
					<input type="hidden" id="input-id" name="delete_id" value />
					<input type="hidden" name="page" value="permission_list" />
				</form>

确定

取消

		<?php endif; ?>


text:
Q: React native , text getting cut off when i style image Below is my code which shows image and text inside a view, text gets cut off as i style image
   </ScrollView>
        <View style={{ flex: 1 }}>
      <Image
        source={require("../../assets/bannerImages/1.jpg")}
        resizeMode={"center"}
        style={{ height: "30%", width: "100%" }}
      />
      <Text style={{ flex: 1 }}>
        1Aawaz is a one step solution for all. Not only popular instruments
        2like Guitar, Keyboard, Drums but also we provide training for rare
        3Aawaz is a one step solution for all. Not only popular instruments
        4like Guitar, Keyboard, Drums but also we provide training for rare
        5Aawaz is a one step solution for all. Not only popular instruments
        like Guitar, Keyboard, Drums but also we provide training for rare
        Aawaz is a one step solution for all. Not only popular instruments
        like Guitar, Keyboard, Drums but also we provide training for rare
        like Guitar, Keyboard, Drums but also we provide training for rare
        Aawaz is a one step solution for all. Not only popular instruments
        like Guitar, Keyboard, Drums but also we pr like Guitar, Keyboard,
        9Drums but also we provide training for rare Aawaz is a one step
        10solution for all. Not only popular instruments like Guitar,
        Keyboard, 13Drums but also we pr Ads
      </Text>
    </View>
  </ScrollView>

What i want is to display text below image and also be able to give width and height to image. Before styling image, everything works fine and text is not clipped.

A: This issue is present only on Android and your code is working fine on iOS. It is cased by the style of the image where you are trying to set the height of the image to be 30% of the screen height.
style={{ height: "30%", width: "100%" }}

The height of the image is calculated correctly but it is not added to the total height of the ScrollView. The issue is present only when setting the image height with percentages and works fine when using numeric values. One way to solve the problem is by using React-Native's Dimensions
First we need to get the screen height const { height } = Dimensions.get('window') and after to calculate 30% of the screen to set the image height const imageHeight = (30 / 100) * height
Here is the solution:
import React from 'react';
import { Text, View, ScrollView, Image, Dimensions } from 'react-native';

const { height } = Dimensions.get('window');
const imageHeight = (30 / 100) * height; // calculates 30% of the screen

<ScrollView>
    <View style={{ flex: 1 }}>
        <Image
            source={require("../../assets/bannerImages/1.jpg")}
            resizeMode={"center"}
            style={{ height: imageHeight, width: "100%" }}
        />
        <Text style={{ flex: 1 }}>
            1Aawaz is a one step solution for all. Not only popular instruments
            2like Guitar, Keyboard, Drums but also we provide training for rare
            3Aawaz is a one step solution for all. Not only popular instruments
            4like Guitar, Keyboard, Drums but also we provide training for rare
            5Aawaz is a one step solution for all. Not only popular instruments
            like Guitar, Keyboard, Drums but also we provide training for rare
            Aawaz is a one step solution for all. Not only popular instruments
            like Guitar, Keyboard, Drums but also we provide training for rare
            like Guitar, Keyboard, Drums but also we provide training for rare
            Aawaz is a one step solution for all. Not only popular instruments
            like Guitar, Keyboard, Drums but also we pr like Guitar, Keyboard,
            9Drums but also we provide training for rare Aawaz is a one step
            10solution for all. Not only popular instruments like Guitar,
            Keyboard, 13Drums but also we pr Ads
        </Text>
    </View>
</ScrollView>