Les Miserables in Hong Kong
David Boaz
As the police move in to tear down the barricades built by the protesters in Hong Kong, I am reminded of scenes from the musical “Les Miserables,” and of this song:
Do you hear the people sing?
Singing the song of angry men?
It is the music of the people
Who will not be slaves again!
Will you join in our crusade?
Who will be strong and stand with me?
Beyond the barricade
Is there a world you long to see?
Then join in the fight
That will give you the right to be free!
Les Mis “Do You Hear The People Sing”
I hope that the students of Hong Kong will be more successful than the French students were in J...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - October 15, 2014 Category: American Health Authors: David Boaz Source Type: blogs
Promoting Democracy in Hong Kong: Combining Prudence with Idealism
Doug Bandow
Hong Kong is part of China. But administered separately from the rest of the People’s Republic of China, the territory respects civil liberties while hosting the world’s freest economy.
Demonstrators are pressing Beijing to make good on its promise of democratic rule and free elections. But the PRC will not, indeed, cannot, give residents of Hong Kong what it refuses to give the rest of its citizens. The city’s future depends on finding a compromise that preserves Hong Kong’s freedom and peace.
The British colony grew out of imperial China’s weakness. London seized...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - October 8, 2014 Category: American Health Authors: Doug Bandow Source Type: blogs
Double aortic arch and tracheal compression
This is anarticle by Chan MSM et al from Hong Kong, in this month ' s AJR, that shows how with a single dataset, we can get exquisite angiogram and tracheo-bronchial tree images of a double aortic arch patient. When the patient is under anesthesia,"inspiratory expiratory" images can be obtained to look for concomitant tracheomalacia.We recentlysaw a similar patient, where however the tracheal compression was mild to moderate. We could not however perform a dynamic study for tracheomalacia, since all our parients are scanned under deep sedation only. (Source: Cardiac CT and MRI Literature)
Source: Cardiac CT and MRI Literature - October 27, 2005 Category: Radiology Authors: Bhavin Tags: Congenital CT Technical Source Type: blogs
