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Q: How do I know when to add a new page? So I'm generating tables with cells based on some data that I get from a database.
And my question is simple, how do I know when to create a new page? I would have to calculate the height of each table and make sure that they're within the size of the page, and if the next table isn't, well then create a new page and add it to that one.
The issue is I'm not sure if this is the right approach. Is this how you would do it? And if so, how do I calculate the height of a table because myTable.GetHeight().GetValue(); throws a nullreference exception because GetHeight() returns null.

A: First of all table.GetHeight().GetValue() returns null because you are %99 not setting your table's height.
For Example :
var table1 = new Table(1);
var height1 =  table1.GetHeight().GetValue(); // This throws exception because we are not setting the height in here.

var table2 = new Table(1).SetHeight(20);
var height2 = table2.GetHeight().GetValue(); // This line returns 20, because you have set the value of height

For your main issue,
You can take the default page size with the below code, and set your table's height
var defaultPageHeight = pdfDocument.GetDefaultPageSize().GetHeight();

var table = new Table(1).UseAllAvailableWidth().SetHeight(defaultPageHeight);

But this wouldnt be a good approach, I think a good approach would be using a TableRenderer
Little Example:
public class CustomTableRenderer : TableRenderer
{
    protected Document document;

    public class CustomTableRenderer(Table modelElement, Document document) : base(modelElement)
    {
         this.document = document;
    }

    public override IRenderer GetNextRenderer()
    {
         // Add a header everytime a new page is created with this renderer
         var header = new Table(1).UseAllAvailableWidth();
         header.AddCell(new Cell().Add(new Paragraph("Title")));

         document.Add(header);
         return new CustomTableRenderer((Table)GetModelElement())
    }

    public override void Draw(DrawContext drawContext)
    {
        // This is the part where you create your layout for every time this renderer calls.
        var defaultPageHeight = drawContext.GetDocument().GetDefaultPageSize().GetHeight();

        // And you can do other things
    }
}

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MIAMI, FL / ACCESSWIRE / September 23, 2015 / Fueled by enthusiasm from the nation's key exhibition circuits, Hannover House, Inc. (HHSE) and East Side Story, LLC have made the commitment to expand the screen count and delay the theatrical launch date by two weeks for the youth-appeal dance feature, "Dancin' It's On." The film will now open on Friday, Oct. 30, with a target of 1,000 screens nationwide, and will be the only counter-programming wide release title for that weekend.
"Dancin' It's On" stars dance Superstars Witney Carson (2015 winner on "Dancing With the Stars") and Chehon Wespi-Tschopp (Grand Champion Winner of "So You Think You Can Dance") paired together both romantically and on the dance floor in this energetic, music-filled feature. The award winning film from producer-director David Winters ("West Side Story", "Roller Boogie", "The King Maker") and is expected to appeal to the same sort of highly-responsive movie audiences that made "Step Up" and "High School Musical" into major hits.
The film, which was shot primarily in Panama Beach City, Florida, won three awards earlier this year at the Widescreen Film and Music Video Festival in Miami and features an impressive cast of youth dancers and stars. Other key cast members include Russell Ferguson (Grand Prize Winner of "So You Think You Can Dance?"), Jordan Clark ("The Next Step"), Comfort Fedoke ("Step Up: All In"), Tadd Gadduang ("High School Musical 3") and "Glee" alums Matt Marr and Brandon Bryant. "Dancin' It's On" will be released on October 30, with distributor Hannover House targeting approximately 1,000 screens and playdates in all of the top USA markets.
"We are pleased with the support the film is receiving from major exhibition chains," said Eric Parkinson, C.E.O. of Hannover House. "The opportunity to expand the release and reschedule for a better date was suggested to the company by several of the larger theatre chains, and we accepted. It it our hope that this youth-appeal, PG-rated feature will be welcomed counter-programming to a flood of R-Rated horror titles in the market at that time," he concluded.
The official trailer for the film will debut next week. Additional information and images are available on the website, www.DancinItsOn.com.
SYNOPSIS: This coming of age Dance Film, in the spirit of Dirty Dancing and High School Musical - is about two young lovers from different worlds who find a common bond in their love of dance, and who ultimately work together to win a major dance competition. Jennifer, a High School Junior from Beverly Hills, falls in love with the handsome young Ken, who works at her father's Panama City Florida beach-front hotel. While preparing for the competition, they must overcome scheming dance partners, a meddling father and their own doubts in order for their love – and their chances at winning – to prevail. Featuring 2015 DANCING WITH THE STARS Champion WITNEY CARSON, alongside the impressive CHEHON WESPI-TSCHOPP (SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE?) and a powerhouse cast of youth dancers and stars, DANCIN' IT'S ON is the most intense, energetic and enjoyable dance film since STEP-UP!
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Becky is Great Britain's most successful ever swimmer. She became a household name following her two-gold medal winning performances at the Beijing Games in August 2008 and has been the nation's darling ever since.
Becky's drive and thirst for success meant that she won a medal in each of the Olympic finals she swam. A four-time Olympic medallist in the 400m and 800m Freestyle, she won two Gold medals in Beijing 2008 and two Bronze medals in London 2012.
Following her success in Beijing, Becky was awarded an OBE from the Queen at Buckingham Palace and accepted the Laureus World Sports Awards 'Breakthrough of the Year Award' from Sebastian Coe.
Becky is an ambassador of the Encephalitis Society, a national charity and the only resource of its kind in the world supporting people affected by the illness.
In June 2016, Becky became a Patron of Women in Sport to help support the charity's work in transforming sport for the benefit of every woman and girl in the UK.
Becky announced her retirement from elite swimming in 2013 and has since undertaken numerous roles in swimming commentary and punditry. A mainstay for the BBC's coverage of the 2015 World Championships, the 2016 Rio Olympics, the 2017 World Championships in Budapest, and the 2018 European Championships in Glasgow, Becky is an articulate and respected media presence.
Following her retirement Becky announced a vision for her legacy: Becky Adlington's Swim Stars – a swimming initiative with the goal that every child in Britain will be able to swim 25 metres by the time they leave primary school. Her famous drive is now channelled into this vision and, given her track-record, she is well placed to achieve her most challenging goal to date.
Becky Adlington's Swim Stars is now the fastest growing high profile learn to swim company in the country. Across the UK it teaches over 10,000 children a week how to swim. The programme, constructed by GB's most successful ever Olympic swimmer, stands out in particular due to its exciting, innovative and engaging programme.


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What are the Jacksonville Jaguars sneaky good at on offense?
By Ryan Day@ryaneatscake Sep 8, 2018, 7:48am EDT
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We've been a little down on the Jacksonville Jaguars offense as of late. Blake Bortles is an inconsistent quarterback, the wide receivers are fine (but not great), and the run game is effective but it's too one-dimensional a philosophy if the passing game can't get some of those defenders out of the box.
There are actually some things this offense does well. Like, really well. Aaron Schatz over at Football Outsiders has compiled one thing all 32 NFL offenses do well and the Jaguars do not disappoint — absolutely killing it in the first quarter of games last year.
Offense: First-quarter offense
The Jaguars ranked first in offensive DVOA in the first quarter of games but just 21st the rest of the time. The bad news is that there's no evidence of any year-to-year consistency in teams being better on offense early or late in games.
Aside from Bortles' ability in the red zone, this is an incredibly important piece of the puzzle for the Jaguars this season. If you're going to rely on Leonard Fournette and the offensive line to carry you, you'll need to rack up those points early in the game.
But like Schatz says, the correlation year to year, so we'll have to treat this trend with a grain of salt and see if the Jaguars can duplicate their early-game success in 2018.

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The Head of one of Britain's most prestigious high schools has noticed such an increase in isolation, apathy, and indifference towards the suffering of others in his students that he will introduce empathy lessons as early as next year.
Andrew Halls, the headmaster of the exclusive King's College School in Wimbledon, which costs a whopping £20,400 ($25,000) a year, has decided to take a more proactive approach to help combat what he sees as a growing disconnect between learners at his school and the world around them.
While the phenomenon has been observed worldwide for years, many felt it was just a symptom of the changing times and that a balance would eventually be struck.
New research indicates, however, that adults born in the 1990s have lower empathy scores than those born 10 and 20 years earlier reports the Sunday Times.
"...Underlying the community of likes, Photoshopped pictures, shared Instagram obsessions is an empty wilderness of solitude and disconnection," Halls added.


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Ted Kitchel, né le , dans le Comté d'Howard, dans l'Indiana, est un joueur américain de basket-ball. Il évolue durant sa carrière au poste d'ailier fort.

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 Champion NCAA 1981
 NIT 1979
 First team All-Big Ten Conference (1982, 1983)

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Joueur de basket-ball des Hoosiers de l'Indiana
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A judge found Phillip Scott Fournier guilty of murder for the 1980 death of a Millinocket teenager.
It's been, perhaps, one of Maine's most famous cold cases. 16-year-old Joyce McLain disappeared in August of 1980 while out jogging. She was wearing a multi-colored short set and sneakers as she called a goodbye to her mother at around 7:30 in the evening and jogged off, never to be seen alive again. Two days later, McLain's body was found in the woods behind the high school. She was wearing only her sneakers and socks.
Fournier reportedly stole an oil truck that night and ended up in a coma after crashing it into another vehicle. The then-19-year-old was questioned, but never arrested, despite the fact that he allegedly confessed to the killing. In 2016, McLain's body was exhumed and evidence recovered pointed to Fournier. He was arrested and charged with her murder.
WABI-TV reports Judge Anne Murray said today that reasonable guilt could be found from the crash of the oil truck and that, coupled with statements made by Fournier, gave powerful evidence that he did, indeed, kill Joyce McLain. One piece of evidence was Fournier's statement that he didn't have sex with the teen because it was 'that time of the month,' but officials say only someone connected with her murder would have known that. Defense attorneys had argued that there was no physical evidence linking Fournier to the crime.
Today's verdict should bring some closure to McLain's family, 37 years after her death. When asked what she would say to Joyce today, McLain's mother said, 'We made it, girl. We made it."
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भारत की सनातन संस्कृति में सम्प्रदाय, समुदाय की अवधारणा है जिसमें हर व्यक्ति का योगदान होता है।
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Home Headlines & Top Stories Emirates, Norwegian Air, Others Show Interest in Service to SXM Airport
Emirates, Norwegian Air, Others Show Interest in Service to SXM Airport
Members of SXM delegation led by managing director Regina LaBega meeting with Michael Ambs, Norwegian Air's Head of Regional Marketing Development and Rikard Sparby, Regional Development Manager. (SXM photo)
SIMPSON BAY, St. Maarten (Thursday, September 24, 2015)—Emirates, the flagship of the United Arab Emirates, and Norwegian Air are among a number of airlines who have indicated interest in further exploring service opportunities to Princess Juliana International Airport, SXM.
A delegation of SXM airport attending the World Routes Conference in Durban, South Africa, which was led by managing director Regina LaBega, held an introductory meeting with Asim Hussain, Manager, Route & Analysis Planning, Aero, Political and Industry Affairs of Emirates.
At this meeting, Hussain expressed interest in exploring route service opportunities to the Caribbean and possibly to SXM.
Hussain said the company's model is based primarily on non-stop and daily service, but depending on market size, it could adjust accordingly. It will be recalled that the Ministry of TEATT had signed an MOU with the government of UAE in 2013.
Emirates, headquartered in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE), recently began service to Orlando, Florida, USA, and will be introducing service to Panama, in February 2016.
The SXM delegation also met with Norwegian Air, at the request of the latter. Based in Norway, the 13-year old company, recently announced service from Martinique and Guadeloupe to a number of US markets (New York, Boston, and Baltimore).
With a current fleet of 101 aircrafts and a firm order for 250 more, over the next eight years, Norwegian Air operates in approximately 40 countries and started operating long haul services two years ago.
"As we continue to expand our reach into the Caribbean and North America, we recognize, based on preliminary studies, and are very interested in the route opportunities in and out of SXM," said Michael Ambs, head of Regional Marketing Development at Norwegian Air.
SXM delegation meeting with Alex McEwan Virgin Atlantic Airways' Network Planning Analyst, Chris Tibbett (Network Planning Manager) and David Hill (Head of Network Planning). (SXM photo)
According to LaBega, World Routes is where airlines, airports, and tourism executives from around the world convene to focus on growth opportunities. "This Routes conference was important as airlines have never been so profitable while passenger growth remained strong. According to ACI, world airport growth averages four to five percent while SXM increased by seven percent over last year."
BlueSky Airlines' Mark Ellinger expressed great interest in a potential service between Grand Cayman and St. Maarten. The airline, based in Grand Cayman, will commence service in the first quarter of 2016 to 10 destinations, including Cancun, Jamaica, the Dominican Republic, Tortola, Colombia, and Costa Rica.
Using a Bombardier Q400 aircraft with a seating capacity of 71, the company focuses on routes not exceeding two hours flying time. Its target markets include business, leisure, and ethnic travelers. Ellinger said the airline recognizes the market opportunity into and beyond SXM airport.
The discussions with Virgin Air and South West were also positive for potential service in 2017 or beyond, LaBega said. "They all hailed the Air Service Development Committee (ASDC) concept and recognized the potential of the hub partners," she added.
SXM delegation at meeting with Mark Ellinger, BlueSky Airlines' Chief Commercial Officer. (SXM photo)
"As we continue talks with a number of carriers, in efforts to maintain and increase service, we cannot stress enough that the participation of all stakeholders is critical," LaBega stated, adding that marketing of the destination is key.
"Brand awareness is indeed a must. While meeting with one airline, they indicated that when talking about and referring to the Caribbean, Barbados automatically comes to mind. This is obviously as a result of the destination's marketing efforts," LaBega said.
Commenting on the participation of the SXM delegation, LaBega disclosed that
carriers like COPA expressed satisfaction with its service and performance at SXM Airport. She said the COPA executives indicated that a growing market has resulted in good load factors and yield for the airline's service to SXM.
"To further stimulate the market and increase additional awareness of SXM and its hub partners, the company said it would look into possibly hosting its annual fam trip in 2016 in St. Maarten. Further consultations are needed with the various stakeholders to make this happen and SXM Airport will do its part," LaBega assured.
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The Deregulation Bill
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Tuesday's announcement from the Insolvency Service reminded me that I'd buried its 2012 Annual Review of IP Regulation deep within a pile of court judgments that I've also not blogged about. I'll tackle the easy job here: let's look at the recent IS/BIS announcements…
"New Measures to Streamline Insolvency Regulation Announced" (1 July 2013)
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SoS authorisations to come to an end
The Business Minister, Jo Swinson, announced proposals to transfer the regulation of SoS-authorised IPs to "independent regulators" in the interests of removing "a perceived conflict of interest" and in view of the limited powers of sanction when compared with the RPBs'.
This is not new. At the end of 2011, Ed Davey – two Ministers' ago – described the Government's intention to remove the Secretary of State from direct authorising, which was a conclusion of the consultation into IP Regulation. This also was a recommendation emanating from the OFT's study into corporate insolvency, which was published in June 2010. And the idea has been bubbling along for years earlier than that.
However, perhaps I should not focus on how long it is taking the Department to progress this change; finally it has a name: the "Deregulation Bill".
Limited Licences
The announcement also referred to proposals to allow "IPs to qualify as specialists in either corporate insolvency or personal insolvency, or both, [which] will reduce the time and money it takes to qualify for those who choose to specialise. This will open up the industry to more people and improve competition".
This also is not new. Almost as soon as S389A was introduced via the IA2000, people have been asking for it to change. That Section sought to allow IPs to specialise by only authorising them to act as Nominee and Supervisor of (Company or Individual) Voluntary Arrangements. The regulatory structure was never put in place to allow such licences to be issued – the Secretary of State never recognised any bodies for the purpose of issuing such limited licences – but it was also soon appreciated that there would be little use in such licences: for example, if someone wanted to administer an IVA, it would also be useful for them to be able to become a Trustee in Bankruptcy, but this is not possible under S389A.
However, there was also much clamour from many IPs who felt that it was dangerous to allow IPs to specialise only in one field of insolvency. Many felt that the knowledge of someone who has passed only the personal insolvency JIEB paper was insufficient to enable them to deal successfully with the range of debtor circumstances that likely they would encounter even if they only took formal appointments on IVAs and Bankruptcies.
It certainly seems that the current Government proposals, which highlight the benefit of a fast track to a licence – 1-2 years for "the new qualifications" – will lead to limited-licence IPs narrowing their field of vision at the JIEB-stage.
Although there are many IPs who only take appointments in either the personal or corporate insolvency arena, I doubt that many would have chosen a limited licence route, even if that had been available. The corporate specialists tend to have got where they are either through a relatively many-runged large firm ladder or by having begun as a jack-of-all-trades, albeit with a corporate emphasis, in a smaller firm. Of course, the IPs who have lived and breathed IVAs for much of their professional life may have taken advantage of a limited licence route and they are unlikely to be taking on the complex bespoke IVA cases for which knowledge of corporate insolvency might be valuable, so personally I don't feel too strongly about this being a bad idea… although I'm reluctant to call it a good idea, and I am not convinced that the profession needs to be opened up to more people and competition improved, does it?
Other aspects of the Deregulation Bill
The press release mentions a couple of other planned changes regarding the SoS's and OR's access to information on directors' misconduct and the choice of interim receivers. Also hidden in the small print is reference to the Government's proposals "to strengthen the powers of the Secretary of State as oversight regulator" – I'm not quite sure what they are, though…
"Consumers benefit and business to save over £30m per year from insolvency reforms" (5 June 2013)
http://insolvency.presscentre.com/Press-Releases/Consumers-benefit-and-business-to-save-over-30m-per-year-from-insolvency-reforms-68db0.aspx
Complaints Gateway
Business Minister, Jo Swinson, said: "An easy route to complain is important for consumers… This new Complaints Gateway will help consumers dealing with the insolvency industry to get speedier resolution of problems and easier access to the right information".
"An easy route"? Firstly, the Complaints Gateway does not include complaints about Northern Ireland insolvencies. Nor does it include complaints against IPs licensed by the SRA/Law Societies. Nor does it, presumably, cover complaints about an IP's conduct in relation to Consumer Credit Licensable activities..? Or at least it won't if the IP/firm has their own Consumer Credit Licence… I'm not certain about IPs covered by a group licence… clear as mud!
"Speedier resolution"? Well the Service's Complaints FAQs admit that complainants will normally be informed whether or not their complaint is being passed to the relevant authorising body within 15 working days of the Gateway receiving the complaint". That's a 3-week delay that would not have occurred under the old system.
Having said that, if the Complaints Gateway at least makes the public perceive IP regulation as more joined up and less self-serving than has been the perception to date, then that's great!
Red Tape Challenge Outcomes
The press release details other proposed changes, although I do wonder at the "savings of over £30m per year" tagline:
•	"Removing the requirement for IPs to hold meetings with creditors where they are not necessary". Final meetings, presumably? With the exception of S98s, meetings are never actually held, are they, so I can't see this measure resulting in less work/costs for IPs?
•	"Enabling IPs to make greater use of electronic communications, for example making it easier to place notices on websites instead of sending individual letters to creditors". So perhaps moving away from an opt out of the snail mail process to a default of website-only communication..? Anything less than that is pretty-much what we have already, isn't it?
•	"Allowing creditors to opt out of receiving further communications where they no longer have an interest in the insolvency." Hmm… personally I can't see creditors bothering to put "pen" to "paper" and opt out…
•	"Streamlining the process by which IPs report misconduct by directors of insolvent companies to the Secretary of State, enabling investigations to be commenced earlier." Well, yes, a much-reduced wishlist from the Service would be welcome, although that doesn't require legislation, just re-revised Guidance Notes. Not sure how else you can "streamline" the process unless you make in online… but is that really going to make much difference..?
•	"Removing the requirements on IPs to record time spent on cases, where their fees have not been fixed on a time cost basis, and to maintain a separate record of certain case events." – good, about time too! No more Reg 13s..? What will the RPB monitors find to have a gripe about now?!
•	"Removing the requirement for trustees in bankruptcy and liquidators in court winding-ups to apply to creditor committees before undertaking certain functions, to achieve consistency with powers in administrations"
•	Radically reducing the prescriptive content required for progress and final progress reports – sorry, this one is a fiction; it's my own suggestion of how a huge chunk of unnecessary regulation might be removed in an instant!
2012 Annual Review of Insolvency Practitioner Regulation (June 2013)
http://www.bis.gov.uk/insolvency/insolvency-profession/Regulation/review-of-IP-regulation-annual-regulation-reports
This was released without a murmur, slipped into the notes of the press release above. It's not really surprising that it created little noise – has everyone had enough of pre-pack bashing for now? – but I thought I'd try to extract some items of interest.
Monitoring of SIP16 Compliance
Given that only 51% of SIP16 statements were reviewed by the Service during the first six months of 2012, it would seem to me that the decision to move away from box-ticking SIP16 compliance was made some time before it was abandoned half way through 2012, but at least the Service could report that their work was "in line with [their] previous commitments". Consequently, I really can't get excited about the Service's findings on their SIP16 compliance monitoring, although it still irritates me to read that the Service considers IPs have not complied with SIP16 because they have not provided information "as to the nature of the business undertaken by the company", which is not a SIP16 requirement (and I cannot see that this is essential to explaining every pre-pack) but only appears in Dear IP 42.
Monitoring of pre-packs using SIP16 disclosures
In the second half of the year, the Service reports that they "moved to sample monitoring of the pre-pack itself in order to identify whether there is any evidence of abuse of pre-packs".
The statistics are interesting. Out of 42 cases referred to the authorising bodies, over 80% of them, 34, related to IPs authorised by the Secretary of State. Given that the SoS authorised less than 5% of all appointment-taking IPs in 2012, that's a fair old hit-rate. It has to be mentioned, however, that the 34 referrals involved only six IPs, so perhaps they are zoning in on particular IPs who seem to attract a disproportionate amount of criticism. It is a shame that, although the report describes the outcome of referrals to the RPBs, nothing is mentioned about the outcome of these 34 referrals to the SoS. Perhaps we will read it in next year's regulatory report… or perhaps the Service hopes that the plans to drop their authorisation role will intervene…
It is also a shame that the Service does not report on the outcome of the 23 complaints on pre-packs/SIP16 received in the year from external parties; it mentions only that six were referred to the RPBs. The report's Executive Summary states that "pre-pack administrations continue to cause concern amongst the unsecured creditor community", but it would be very interesting to learn exactly what kinds of concerns are being reported. In view of the fact that 17 complaints did not make it past the starting post after the Service had only "considered the nature of the complaint", it would seem to me that there is still a lot of dissatisfaction out there about the process itself, which unfortunately is sometimes translated into suspicions of IP misconduct. I will give the Service some credit, though, as their website now includes some FAQs on pre-packs that do attempt to counter the "it just cannot be right!" reaction.
A good news point to take away from the report is: "we have not found evidence of any widespread abuse of the pre-pack procedure".
Themed Review on Introducers
It is good to see the Service taking action to tackle websites that misrepresent professional insolvency services, although the limit of the Service's powers appears evident. The report indicates that five websites, which were not identified as being connected with an IP, were changed as a consequence of the Service's requests, but it seems that several more likely made no changes. The report mentions recourse available to the Advertising Standards Authority and recent coverage of an ASA ruling (www.insolvencynews.com/article/15416/corporate/insolvency-ad-banned-after-r3-complaint), albeit on the back of an R3 complaint, does show that this can generate results.
The report indicates that IPs can expect the RPB monitors/inspectors to be more inquisitive in this area: the Service believes that RPB monitors should be "robustly questioning insolvency practitioners as to their sources of work and testing the veracity of answers to ensure confidence that insolvency practitioners are complying with the Insolvency Code of Ethics".
Regulatory and disciplinary outcomes
Let's look at the visit stats for 2012: IS stats 2012
Hmm… does this hint at perhaps another reason why the SoS might think the time is right to drop authorising..? I'm referring to the average number of years between visits – 5.82 years for SoS-authorised IPs compared to an average of 2.92 for the RPBs as a whole – not the percentage of IPs subject to targeted visits, as I think that's a two-edged sword for authorising bodies: it could mean that you have more than the average number of problem cases or it could mean that you are tougher than the rest.
The only other points I gleaned from this section were:
•	The ICAEW clearly takes its requirement for IPs to carry out compliance reviews very seriously: three out of its four regulatory penalties were for failures to undertake compliance reviews.
•	The heftiest fines/costs resulting from the complaints process were generated as follows:
o	£10,000 fine for failure to register 884 IVAs with the Insolvency Service
o	£10,000 fine for failure to comply with the Ethics Code by reason of an affiliation with a third party website that contained misleading and disparaging statements about IPs and the profession
o	£4,000 penalty and £30,000 costs for taking fees from a bankrupt as well as being paid by the AiB as agent
•	According to the Executive Summary, apparently there have been concerns about "the relatively low number of complaints that are upheld and result in a sanction"… so can we expect the RPBs to "please" the Service by issuing more sanctions in future or will the RPBs satisfy the Service that their complaints-handling is just and that it is simply that there is nothing in the majority of complaints?
The Service intends to look further at the "considerable concern in relation to ensuring that insolvency practitioners consult employees as fully as is required by law in an insolvency situation". I think the case of AEI Cables v GMB (http://wp.me/p2FU2Z-3i) demonstrates the issues facing a company in an insolvency situation – something has to give: which statutory duty takes precedence? – and I cannot believe that the position for IPs is any easier. It will be interesting to learn what the Service discovers.
And of course, we're all waiting expectantly for the outcome of the Kempson review on fees; the Service's regulatory report states: "A report is expected by July"…
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Q: What information are visible in transaction after a call to a payable function? I was wondering what information are publicly visible and intelligible when an EOA (external ownable address) calls a payable function on a smart contract, with some parameters and a return value.
Let us say I have the smart contract function below, the question is: 'is the return value visible somewhere on the blockchain?'. I am using Solidity 0.8.12.
function askForSecretCode(uint time) external payable returns (bytes32) {
    require(msg.value == 42, 'Need to pay 42 wei.');
    secretCodes[secretCodesNum] = keccak256(abi.encodePacked(msg.sender, time);
    return keccak256(abi.encodePacked(msg.sender, time);
}

A: Anyone can see the input time param value as a part of a transaction invoking the askForSecretCode function.
Even though if you don't publish the contract source code, the bytecode is public, and there are decompilers that can (with some error rate) help generate source code back from the bytecode. So let's assume that the source code is available as well.
From the source code (or usually even from the pseudocode generated by the decompiler), anyone can determine the storage slot of secretCodesNum (which from the context seems to be a property of the contract) and retrieve its value using the eth_getStorageAt RPC method, including historical values.
Using these secretCodesNum values, they can use the same method to determine storage slots of any secretCodes[secretCodesNum] and their values.
TLDR: Never ever store private data on the blockchain.


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package org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.nodemanager.collectormanager;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;
import org.slf4j.Logger;
import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;

import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
import org.apache.hadoop.fs.CommonConfigurationKeysPublic;
import org.apache.hadoop.ipc.Server;
import org.apache.hadoop.service.CompositeService;
import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.ApplicationId;
import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.conf.YarnConfiguration;
import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.exceptions.YarnException;
import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.ipc.YarnRPC;
import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.api.CollectorNodemanagerProtocol;
import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.api.protocolrecords.GetTimelineCollectorContextRequest;
import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.api.protocolrecords.GetTimelineCollectorContextResponse;
import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.api.protocolrecords.ReportNewCollectorInfoRequest;
import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.api.protocolrecords.ReportNewCollectorInfoResponse;
import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.api.records.AppCollectorData;
import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.nodemanager.Context;
import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.nodemanager.containermanager.application.Application;
import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.nodemanager.security.authorize.NMPolicyProvider;
import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.nodemanager.timelineservice.NMTimelinePublisher;

/**
 * Service that handles collector information. It is used only if the timeline
 * service v.2 is enabled.
 */
public class NMCollectorService extends CompositeService implements
    CollectorNodemanagerProtocol {

  private static final Logger LOG =
       LoggerFactory.getLogger(NMCollectorService.class);

  private final Context context;

  private Server server;

  public NMCollectorService(Context context) {
    super(NMCollectorService.class.getName());
    this.context = context;
  }

  @Override
  protected void serviceStart() throws Exception {
    Configuration conf = getConfig();

    InetSocketAddress collectorServerAddress = conf.getSocketAddr(
        YarnConfiguration.NM_BIND_HOST,
        YarnConfiguration.NM_COLLECTOR_SERVICE_ADDRESS,
        YarnConfiguration.DEFAULT_NM_COLLECTOR_SERVICE_ADDRESS,
        YarnConfiguration.DEFAULT_NM_COLLECTOR_SERVICE_PORT);

    Configuration serverConf = new Configuration(conf);

    YarnRPC rpc = YarnRPC.create(conf);

    // Kerberos based authentication to be used for CollectorNodemanager
    // protocol if security is enabled.
    server =
        rpc.getServer(CollectorNodemanagerProtocol.class, this,
            collectorServerAddress, serverConf, null,
            conf.getInt(YarnConfiguration.NM_COLLECTOR_SERVICE_THREAD_COUNT,
                YarnConfiguration.DEFAULT_NM_COLLECTOR_SERVICE_THREAD_COUNT));

    if (conf.getBoolean(
        CommonConfigurationKeysPublic.HADOOP_SECURITY_AUTHORIZATION, false)) {
      server.refreshServiceAcl(conf, new NMPolicyProvider());
    }

    server.start();
    collectorServerAddress = conf.updateConnectAddr(
        YarnConfiguration.NM_BIND_HOST,
        YarnConfiguration.NM_COLLECTOR_SERVICE_ADDRESS,
        YarnConfiguration.DEFAULT_NM_COLLECTOR_SERVICE_ADDRESS,
        server.getListenerAddress());
    // start remaining services
    super.serviceStart();
    LOG.info("NMCollectorService started at " + collectorServerAddress);
  }

  @Override
  public void serviceStop() throws Exception {
    if (server != null) {
      server.stop();
    }
    // TODO may cleanup app collectors running on this NM in future.
    super.serviceStop();
  }

  @Override
  public ReportNewCollectorInfoResponse reportNewCollectorInfo(
      ReportNewCollectorInfoRequest request) throws YarnException, IOException {
    List<AppCollectorData> newCollectorsList = request.getAppCollectorsList();
    if (newCollectorsList != null && !newCollectorsList.isEmpty()) {
      Map<ApplicationId, AppCollectorData> newCollectorsMap =
          new HashMap<>();
      for (AppCollectorData collector : newCollectorsList) {
        ApplicationId appId = collector.getApplicationId();
        newCollectorsMap.put(appId, collector);
        // set registered collector address to TimelineClient.
        // TODO: Do we need to do this after we received confirmation from
        // the RM?
        NMTimelinePublisher nmTimelinePublisher =
            context.getNMTimelinePublisher();
        if (nmTimelinePublisher != null) {
          nmTimelinePublisher.setTimelineServiceAddress(appId,
              collector.getCollectorAddr());
        }
      }
      Map<ApplicationId, AppCollectorData> registeringCollectors
          = context.getRegisteringCollectors();
      if (registeringCollectors != null) {
        registeringCollectors.putAll(newCollectorsMap);
      } else {
        LOG.warn("collectors are added when the registered collectors are " +
            "initialized");
      }
    }

    return ReportNewCollectorInfoResponse.newInstance();
  }

  @Override
  public GetTimelineCollectorContextResponse getTimelineCollectorContext(
      GetTimelineCollectorContextRequest request)
      throws YarnException, IOException {
    Application app = context.getApplications().get(request.getApplicationId());
    if (app == null) {
      throw new YarnException("Application " + request.getApplicationId() +
          " doesn't exist on NM.");
    }
    return GetTimelineCollectorContextResponse.newInstance(
        app.getUser(), app.getFlowName(), app.getFlowVersion(),
        app.getFlowRunId());
  }
}

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Thai scientists court controversy by carrying out Covid-19 vaccine trials on macaque monkeys
May 26th, 2020 Headline, Health, News, World comments
THAILAND has raised ethical questions over its attempts to develop a vaccine for the Covid-19 virus after its scientists began carrying out tests on macaque monkeys in an bid to produce a cheap and effective drug.
Largely unaffected by the virus, Thailand has only witnessed 3,045 cases of coronavirus, of which there have been 57 deaths. However, despite this, due to its proximity to China, Thai scientists were one of the first to begin work on a vaccine for the virus and they are hopeful of producing a cheap pharmaceutical drug by next year.
More than 100 candidate vaccines are currently in various stages of development around the world, at least eight of which are in clinical trials with humans, according to the World Health Organisation. Oxford University researchers are considered the frontrunners in the race, having started clinical trials on a version based on a different virus that causes infections in chimpanzees last month.
In Thailand, however, the recent tests are likely to attract the angst of animal rights activists after scientists at the National Primate Research Centre of Thailand at Chulalongkorn University in Saraburi began conducting tests on macaque monkeys. Dr Suchinda Malaivitjitnond, director of the centre, who oversaw Saturday's vaccine injections to an initial group of 13 monkeys, said she hoped a Made in Thailand vaccine would be cheaper than a European or American drug.
Thai scientists said the testing phase on the macaque monkeys came after trials on mice were successful. They are working in collaboration with the University of Pennsylvania in the US using a new technology based on mRNA, a type of genetic material never before used to make a vaccine.
This process entails injecting a short sequence of viral genetic material to trigger an immune response by producing proteins acting against the virus. At least two other companies in Pfizer and Moderna are developing vaccines using the same technology, with the latter reporting positive preliminary results last week from clinical trials.
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Q: Is there a vim equivalent to bash's '!$'? I often find myself doing something like this while developing:
:e <file>
:vsplit <the_same_file>  "reopen/re-edit with a vertical split

As a few responders have pointed out, there's a much better way to do this: :vs<CR>. Suppose for a moment there weren't.
If I were opening files in my shell, I'd use the !$ history expansion to capture the last argument of the previous command, like this:
$ echo "Hello" "stackoverflow"
Hello stackoverflow
$ echo "I'm posting on !$"
I'm posting on stackoverflow

This expansion, and the many others like it, utterly redefined the way I used the command line. Are there equivalents in vim? I know % aliases the current file. What about past-command arguments?

A: As far as I know Vim does not have history expansion.
The natural thing to do then is to use the tools Vim gives us on the command line. And we have options!

*

*<Up> arrow filtering

*Command-line editing commands

*

*CTRL-W to delete a word backwards

*<Left> and <Right> to move around, CTRL-B and CTRL-E to move to start/end of line

*Use the command-line window q: (or CTRL-F when already on the command line) for ultimate history editing power

*Find idiomatic alternative solutions in the Vim spirit for the specific problem at hand

*

*Automatically expanded tokens like % and # are a good example

However, if you really want Bash-style history expansion you can hack something together with command-line <expr> abbreviations fairly easily (at least for the simpler cases).
The history expansion items I use most often (frankly not very often):

*

*!!, the most recent command line

*!-2, the second most recent command line

*!*, all arguments but the first of the previous command line

*!$, the last argument of the previous command line

Here's how you can implement them as expression abbreviations:
cnoreabbr <expr> !!  getcmdtype() == ':' ? @: : '!*'
cnoreabbr <expr> !-2 getcmdtype() == ':' ? histget(':', -2) : '!-2'
cnoreabbr <expr> !*  getcmdtype() == ':' ? join(split(@:,'\s\+')[1:], ' ') : '!*'
cnoreabbr <expr> !$  getcmdtype() == ':' ? split(@:,'\s\+')[-1] : '!$'

And here's how your example would work in Vim:
:echo "Hello Stackoverflow"
Hello Stackoverflow
:echo "I'm posting on !$<Enter>
I'm posting on Stackoverflow

Of course, use functions for more complex expressions if you really decide to go down this route.

A: Using :vsp with no arguments splits the current window.
Not exactly what you're asking for, but I often use % which is the current filename:
:e some_file
:vsp %

See :help cmdline-special

A: The outstanding best of VIM tips pointed out one specific area where history repetition works, namely in substitutions:
" Summary of editing repeats [N]
.      last edit (magic dot)
:&     last substitute
:%&    last substitute every line
:%&gic last substitute every line confirm
g%     normal mode repeat last substitute
g&     last substitute on all lines
@@     last recording
@:     last command-mode command
:!!    last :! command
:~     last substitute
:help repeating


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BRICS Economics: CHANGING FINANCIAL MAKEUP…
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CHANGING FINANCIAL MAKEUP
By Shivaji Sarkar
Political brouhaha subdued the economic gains made at the Goa BRICS summit. Business talk at the meet, as also on the sidelines, has largely played a significant role. This would include India pitching for a mechanism against black money; deals signed with Russia and India would total around $23 billion and include the sophisticated S-400 missiles and Rosneft purchase of 98 percent of Essar oil and its refinery. Besides, another $25 billion Russia-India oil pipeline is being worked out.
A significant agreement at the meet was the setting up of an international credit rating agency. This is so because of late, India, Russia and other developing nations have voiced their unhappiness over the way rating agencies function. In fact, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has repeatedly expressed concern over the bias and methodologies of some of the western agencies.
The BRICS declaration stresses on a shared vision of transforming the global financial structure on fairness and equity. At the conclusion of the Summit, Prime Minister Narendra Modi stated: "In order to further bridge the gap in the global financial structure, we agreed to fast track the setting up of a BRICS Rating Agency".
President KV Kamath of the New Development Bank (NDB), formed by BRICS, also expressed concern over big three rating agencies –S&P, Fitch and Moodys, all based in the US. On the other hand, international rating agencies still have their reservation about BRICS and are propagating that the group has "limited success or is tottering".
The NDB, however, now plans to more than double its commitment to support infrastructure projects to the tune of $2.5 billion by 2017. It has assured $911 million this year and shall next year raise $1.5 billion from multiple sources. Importantly, Russia, China and South Africa have shown their seriousness to make NDB a success by paying two years of their commitment in advance. The BRICS business council too has been told to work in close coordination with NDB.
In late September, Jaitley had called upon strengthening capitalisation of the IMF-World Bank so that countries like India could benefit from soft funding. A stronger NDB, finally aimed at having $100 billion capital, would give a greater boost to developing economies. The bank is keen to reduce the cost of borrowing for member countries by doing local currency borrowings as these do not require hedging.
India having committed $250 billion will be among the first countries to raise the money in local currency. The NDB plans to float a rupee-bond early 2017. At the same time, it proposes to raise 10 billion yuan in China in the medium term. Further, it is making similar strategies in other markets. Headquartered in Shanghai, the bank intends to increase its staff to 300 from the present 60 and is likely to open a centre in South Africa shortly.
More significant was the move to ensure that multi-nationals do not dodge taxes, along with norms to curb black money and bring those accused of corruption and tax evasion to justice. The issue has not only been discussed in detail by the G-20 but has led to its implementation. Some large IT companies were told to pay huge taxes by the UK soon after the G-20 move.
Taxes, BRICS leaders agreed should be levied at the point where activity takes place and not where their registered office is. This is because there are MNCs and other large groups, which have presence across borders, end up paying no tax anywhere and even shift their profits. BRICS is also confabulating on norms to bring to book white collar criminals, who cross international borders to avoid action.
BRICS meet also discussed repatriation of black money as per UN Convention against Corruption and other relevant international legal instruments. Apart from tightening the global system and taking forward the basic economic agenda of BRICS, India also had success in getting support of Brazil, Russia and Bay of Bengal group, BIMSTEC, members, including Thailand and Myanmar, on India's bid for Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) membership.
The $25 billion Russia-India pipeline from Siberia is being studied in detail, with three routes being discussed. The shortest is through the Himalayas into northern India, and does pose several technical challenges. The other is through Central Asian nations, including Iran, to western India. The third would be longest through China and Myanmar into north-east India.
India has also signed agreements with Myanmar in power, banking and insurance.
A MoU was signed on banking supervision between the Reserve Bank of India and the Central Bank of Myanmar while another was inked for designing an academic and professional building programme for the insurance industry of Myanmar.
There were agreements pertaining to construction of 69 bridges on the Tamu-Kalewa section of the trilateral highway connecting India, Myanmar and Thailand. New Delhi is also keen on cooperation in the field of renewable energy and traditional medicines. This apart, the agreements with Myanmar would make borders with India secure and curb insurgent activities in both the countries. It will bring the two nations closer and may put an end to parallel governments in place on both sides of the border.
However, India is not the only one to have deals with other countries. China too has used the opportunity to create its market in the neighbourhood. President Xi Jinping visited Bangladesh just before the summit and promised $20 billion aid against India's promise of $2 billion. Apparently, China is trying to create a large manufacturing base and make Dhaka more dependent on it. It is also wooing Nepal for closer ties, including extension of the railway track from Tibet.
The question that arises is whether BRICS is becoming a platform for mutual competition? To some extent, yes. However, both Russia and China are seen giving preference to their interests– more than the common interest of BRICS. Thus, anti-Assad groups of Syria were forced to be named in the declaration but not those operating in Pakistan.
Despite such and other problems, BRICS is emerging as important group and moreso with the inclusion of BIMSTEC. It is becoming a larger forum that includes almost two-fifth of the world population. Its development bank is poised to be a competitor with World Bank. BRICS proposals are undeniably creating ripples in the world economic scenario and it is expected to bring about significant changes. For India, it is a unique forum through which it is trying to change the regional geo-politics. It can be safely said that the economic grouping of BRICS is likely to become a competitor to the western world. —INFA
(Copyright, India News and Feature Alliance)
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Q: How to use full join and sum and SQL Coder-newbie using SQL server mgmt studio 2014.  I am trying to complete a full join on two tables:
DAILY
ID| NAME  | DATE      |HEALTH
1 | Tim   |01/01/2016 | 4
2 | George| 01/01/2016| 5
1 | Tim   |02/01/2016 | 8
2 | George| 02/01/2016| 7

TRAINING
ID| DATE       |   LOAD
1 | 2016-01-01 |    60
1 | 2016-01-01 |    40
1 | 2016-02-01 |    100
2 | 2016-02-01 |    75

As you can see from the tables there is usually an entry a day per id for     DAILY, however there are often multiple entries per day and id for TRAINING. - Or sometimes none just to confuse things!
I want to join a table that has a single row per date and id and the sum of the    load for that particular date and id. Code so far is below, but I assume I also need a groupby and sum operator in there somewhere.  This is the best I have achieved so far
select daily.id, daily.date, health, training.date, load
From daily
full join training
on daily.id = training.id

id  |   date      |health   |date       |load
1   |   2016-01-01| 4       |2016-01-01 |60
1   |   2016-01-01| 4       |2016-01-01 |40
2   |   2016-01-01| 5       |NULL       |NULL
1   |   2016-01-02| 8       |NULL       |NULL
2   |   2016-01-02| 7       |NULL       |NULL
NULL|   NULL      |NULL     | 2016-02-01|100
NULL|   NULL      |NULL     |2016-02-01 |75

Whereas the first row I would actually want to look like this:
id  |   date      |health   |date       |load
1   |   2016-01-01| 4       |2016-01-01 |100

If anyone could help me out I would really appreciate it as I am getting tangled up in newbie coding knots!

A: SELECT daily.id, daily.date, daily.health, SUM(training.load)
FROM daily
LEFT JOIN training
ON daily.id = training.id
AND daily.date = training.date
GROUP BY daily.id, daily.date, daily.health

Lmk if this doesn't compile or give the right result for some reason.


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It was Florida 2000 all over, in Iran. Initially, both Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Mir Hossein Mousavi claimed to have won Iran's presidential election with an estimated 70 percent of the electorate having turned out to vote. Now, though, it appears Ahmadinejad is the winner. With 24.1 million votes counted, the incumbent has claimed over 60 percent of the vote. "The result as it stands seems incredible," said a professor for Iranian Studies at St. Andrews University in Scotland. "It's difficult to see Karrubi and Rezaei getting such a small vote." According to The Times of London, "It is widely believed that the 2005 election was marred by fraud and experts estimate that up to four million votes could be rigged this year. However, with the turnout so high, even that may not be enough."
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Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly has admitted he failed to register a rental property in Dublin with the Residential Tenancies Board (RTB).
spokesman for Mr Donnelly said it was due to an "oversight" but that it has since been corrected.
The spokesman said that Mr Donnelly owns a Dublin property with a long-standing tenancy.
Due to an oversight, the tenancy registration was not renewed in 2019 when it should have been. The RTB indicated that this should be backdated online, which was done last week Spokesman for Stephen Donnelly
"That tenancy was registered and renewed with the RTB on a number of occasions (2011 and 2015) and is currently registered," he added.
"Due to an oversight, the tenancy registration was not renewed in 2019 when it should have been.
"The RTB indicated that this should be backdated online, which was done last week.
"The minister's interests have been fully declared every year on the Dáil register of members' interests."
It is an offence to fail to register a tenancy with the RTB within one month of the tenancy commencing.
The blunder comes after Robert Troy resigned as a junior minister last week.
Mr Troy left the role after admitting to a number of errors in declaring properties on the Irish parliament's register of interests.
He has since amended his declarations on the Dail Register of Members' Interests.
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MARCH 3-8 – "Riverdance." Ovens Auditorium, 2700 E. Independence Blvd.
MARCH 9 – The Art of Bellydance featuring Bellydance Superstars. 7:30 p.m. McGlohon Theatre, Spirit Square, 345 N. College St. $24.50-$39.50.
APRIL 5 – DanceBrazil. 7 p.m. $10-$44.
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Performances at 8 p.m., Belk Theater, Blumenthal Performing Arts Center, 130 N. Tryon St. $25-$65. Subscriptions, which include three musical events, are $95-$295. 704-527-6680; www.carolinasconcert .com.
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MARCH 30 – Russian National Ballet in "Cinderella."
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Charlotte Dance Festival
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NOV. 6, 13 – Dancing in the Streets. Noon. Outdoor locations along Tryon Street uptown. Free.
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NOV. 19 – Calo Flamenco: Ballet de Martin Gaxiola.
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FEB. 13-14 – N.C. Dance Festival. 8 p.m.
MARCH 25-29 – Spring Dance Concert. 8 p.m. March 25-28; 2 p.m. March 29.
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NOV. 5-9 – Winthrop Dance Theatre. 8 p.m. Nov. 5-8; 2 p.m. Nov. 9.
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Those of us who have been around for some decades are dismayed to find God dragged before another earthly tribunal. Each generation poses the question of God afresh and each answers it according to its own sensibilities and assumptions. Some day it will be clear how presumptuous our provincial questions and minimizing pronouncements have been.
In the meantime, it seems fair to observe that our standard scientific processes for taking God's measure are limited and biased. When we set up the rules of inquiry, we also foreordain the outcome. The dullest attorney knows the importance of controlling what evidence is entered in a court of law. Control the evidence and you control the conclusion. Likewise in the philosophical court of theology. When we decide what we will accept as evidence, we decide what our conclusion will be.
There is an interesting assumption in skepticism, an assumption that God, if He existed and wanted to be acknowledged, would want to be discovered by scientific methods. Let's reflect on that assumption. Is it likely that our Heavenly Father wants to be approached through the scientific method? The assumption has merit if we believe that God's primary concern is cultivating systematic inquiry—if we believe that God's highest priority is rewarding cognitive complexity.
If, however, God's primary interest is in cultivating compassion, humility, and faith, the trail of clues that lead to God are likely to be found on a very different path. If God is real, He will choose to be found on His own terms, which terms will be based on the qualities He wants to cultivate.
Rather than see the lack of scientific evidence about God's existence as supporting a contention that He does not exist, I see any dearth of clues on the mortal crime scene as evidence of His profound regard for agency. The God who created the world chooses not to leave obvious evidence lying around in a manner that cannot be ignored. He wants us to be able to choose to believe or disbelieve without any intimidation or heavy-handedness.
In contrast, consider Saddam Hussein. I have not been to Iraq but, judging from media images, it appears that (before the invasion of Iraq in 2003), a picture could not be taken of the landscape anywhere in the country without getting a billboard, poster, statue, or bust of Saddam Hussein in it. His commanding image was ubiquitous. He retained armies and police to assure social order—as he defined it. And, when free and open elections were held, he was the only candidate.
The One who reigns over eternity is very different from Saddam. His divine imprint is subtly displayed in the visages of friends and family who are being transformed by Him. God employs no police but He has always provided an inner voice and official inviters—priesthood messengers—who beckon us to enjoy the blessings of obedience. In the elections of daily life, our ballots are littered with options, from secular humanism to atheism, from Buddhism to Shintoism, from Catholicism to Christian Science, from indifference to extremism.
God is not an insecure and demanding autocrat who insists on being obeyed. He is a Father who deigns to bless, teach, and enlarge us (see D&C 38:18 and 124:42). He knows that He honors our agency and ministers to our growth when He invites us to use our own agency and discernment.
Perhaps discussions of religion would be more fruitful if we could rid ourselves of the assumption, common among Christians and practically universal among non-Christians, that God (if God exists) is simple-minded. We readily grant that a great writer such as Joyce or Proust is infinitely subtle and resourceful in fashioning a novel; but we assume that in fashioning human history God will be heavy-handed and obvious. Accordingly, some believers conclude that they know exactly what God has in mind and, vested with high office, could provide him with some much needed help. . . . In a parallel way unbelievers conclude that they know what God would do if he existed, and that since those things are not being done, he does not exist (The Atlantic, 265(3), March 1990, p.12).
Many of us find intriguing hints and harmonies in areas of science that suggest that the force behind the world is wise, good, and effective. When I took an astronomy class as a physics student, I felt that I saw the face of God on the elegant universe He created. More recently I have been amazed that, as our science in the realm of human relationships has improved, the conclusions have gotten closer and closer to the observations and recommendations of scripture. But it is not in the realms of science that I seek assurance of His reality.
For those of us who have chosen to seek him primarily on non-scientific paths and who feel that we have discovered encouraging signs of His existence and well being, the productive question is, "What can I do that will make my seeking more productive?" I think the first principles and ordinances of the gospel provide the guides. Those first principles seem also to be the second, third, and fourth principles of progress. They guide us from childhood to the end of mortality.
Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ comes first. It is the gift from our souls to him that testifies that we yearn for a relationship with the divine. God will not come and club us into submission. He will not compel us with a mountain of scientific data. He invites us. Ultimately we decide to try the personal experiment of trust or to resist it. If we are too proud or too independent to want a relationship with Him, we will not have one. He honors our choice while continuing to reach for us. His hand is stretched out still.
William James, the famous Harvard psychologist, observed that, "just as a man who in a company of gentlemen made no advances, asked a warrant for every concession, and believed no one's word without proof, would cut himself off by such churlishness from all the social rewards that a more trusting spirit would earn—so here, one who should shut himself up in snarling logicality and try to make the gods extort his recognition willy-nilly, or not get it at all, might cut himself off forever from his only opportunity of making the gods' acquaintance" (Fosdick, 1918, p. 9).
God asks that we enter into the spiritual experiment by trusting him—by showing faith. Even in that fundamental requirement He accepts baby steps, even good intentions—even a desire to believe—as an authentic first step in the journey of faith (Alma 32:27).
The fruits of faith are repentance. Having taken steps toward His way of thinking, we agree to test His way of living. We must do His will if we want to know the truth of the doctrine (John 7:17). Progressively we give His will and His purposes greater place in our lives. Having offered our minds to Him, we next bring our acts. Repentance is the evidence that we are serious about our spiritual investigations.
In our standard list of the principles and ordinances of the gospel, baptism and confirmation come next. Those washing and cleansing functions are marks of the transformation, the indescribable change that replaces the worldly in us with the divine. That spiritual process that makes us gentler and kinder may be mistaken for the effects of aging to those who are uninformed or uninitiated. For those who have felt that distinctive (and welcome!) change, it is much more than aging. It is the most serene of God's miracles. It is a process that is repeated thousands of times as we progressively rid ourselves of the natural man to make room within us for the disciple.
As part of the vision of the tree of life, Nephi was quizzed by an angel: "Knowest thou the condescension of God?" Nephi gave a wise and inspired reply: "I know that he loveth his children; nevertheless, I do not know the meaning of all things" (1 Nephi 11:16–17). Even in our finest, most inspired moments we cannot comprehend God's incalculable condescension. But we may sense that it is sure testimony of His love for us. He descended below all things that He might lift us above all things. The evidence of His good will contract is the subtle expanding of our souls. That subtle change of heart is hard to weigh in an earthly balance. It cannot be used to compel belief in others. Yet it is a welcome whisper of eternal hope for any who have felt it.
Joseph Smith, that remarkable messenger of heaven, observed that "good doctrine . . . tastes good. I can taste the principles of eternal life, and so can you. They are given to me by the revelations of Jesus Christ; . . . You say honey is sweet, and so do I. I can also taste the spirit of eternal life. I know it is good; and when I tell you of these things which were given me by inspiration of the Holy Spirit, you are bound to receive them as sweet, and rejoice more and more" (Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, p. 355).
Science rightly holds an honored place in this world. It helps us discover the regularities that are woven into natural law. It helps us live more comfortable lives. Yet a scientific orientation might reduce any statement about the sweetness of honey to a chemical and biological formula. Science cannot adequately describe (or create) the subtle growing process of the soul that God directs. That process is as subtle as a breeze and as elusive as a neutrino.
In the laboratory of life, those who have followed His lab instructions and have tasted His love know that it is sweet beyond any description. They know He is real and, more important, He is good.


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