In practice, positions within the Central Committee and Politburo are determined before a Party Congress, and the main purpose of the Congress is to announce the party policies and vision for the direction of China in the following few years.

Parallel with this generational change, the articles and books on the doctrine and practice of fellowship with the main " Central " grouping now reject the notion itself of separate " fellowships " among those who recognise the same baptism as " schism ".

" This ranges from ritual nicking of the clitoris — the main practice in Indonesia — to stretching the clitoris or labia, burning or scarring the genitals, or introducing harmful substances into the vagina to tighten it.

In theory, the new Senate consisted of a broad national coalition, but in practice, with the main political groups unwilling to compromise and the most experienced politicians remaining outside it, the cabinet proved unable to solve any major local Finnish problems.

After the exile, however, the sages of the time ( united in the Great Assembly ) found the ability of the people insufficient to continue the practice, and they composed the main portions of the siddur, such as the Amidah.

Not only was this a spoof of travelogues per se, it was a protest against the then-common practice in Britain of showing cheaply made banal short features before a main feature.

Pain is the main reason for visiting the emergency department in more than 50 % of cases and is present in 30 % of family practice visits.

The main problem with the rectal route is the dose can be expelled before it is completely absorbed ; in practice, this is corrected by giving a half dose again.

The 15th and 16th century masses had two kinds of sources that were used, monophonic and polyphonic, with two main forms of elaboration, based on cantus firmus practice or, beginning some time around 1500, the new style of pervasive imitation.

Port Charles used the practice of running 13-week " story arcs ", in which the main events of the arc are played out and wrapped up over the 13 weeks, although some storylines did continue over more than one arc.

The main forestry practice in the boreal forest of Canada is clearcutting, which involves cutting down most of the trees in a given area, then replanting the forest as a monocrop ( one species of tree ) the following season.

Film critic Roger Ebert speculates in his review that the sequence introducing the leader Kambei ( in which the samurai shaves off his topknot, a sign of honor among samurai, in order to pose as a monk to rescue a boy from a kidnapper ) could be the origin of the practice, now common in action movies, of introducing the main hero with an undertaking unrelated to the main plot.

In the Philippines, in practice, the terms network, station and channel are used interchangeably as programming line-ups are mostly centrally planned from the networks ' main offices, and since provincial / regional stations usually just relay the broadcast from their parent company network's flagship station ( usually based in the Mega Manila area ).

The main characterization of this religion is the secrecy associated with the particulars of the initiation and the cult practice, which may not be revealed to outsiders.

But in practice the main role of the model is as a sub-model of larger models ( especially the Aggregate Demand-Aggregate Supply model ) which allow for a flexible price level.

The main symbol of the practice is the Falun ( dharma wheel, or Dharmacakra in Sanskrit ).

As per the requirements of the CQRS, Falun Gong was organized into a nationwide network of assistance centers, " main stations ", " branches ", " guidance stations ", and local practice sites, mirroring the structure of the qigong society or even of the Communist Party itself.

Here he took the earliest opportunity of demonstrating his main beliefs by the practice of his strict public morality.

As well as their basic functions of controlling access to the interior, portals were the main locations for sculpted images on the gothic cathedral and it was on the west façade at Chartres that this practice began to develop into a visual summa or encyclopedia of theological knowledge.

The BBC was not alone in this practice – the commercial companies that formed its main rival ITV also wiped videotapes and destroyed telerecordings, leaving gaps in their archive holdings.

West struck back at this practice in Comic Book: The Movie, in which the entire main cast comprises voice actors, including Jess Harnell, Lori Alan, Daran Norris, Mark Hamill and Tom Kenny.

* — highlights the main stages of Yogic and Buddhist practice, comparing Yoga-sutra system by Patanjali and the Eightfold Noble Path from Buddhist tradition.

" Another recurring bit, used in the newscast segment " Weekend Update ", involved Morris being presented as " President of the New York School for the Hard of Hearing " and assisting the newscaster by shouting the main headlines, in a parody of the then-common practice of providing sign language interpretation in an inset on the screen as an aid to the deaf viewer.

As well as standards of practice conservators deal with wider ethical concerns, such as the debates as to whether all art is worth preserving.

There are, however, concerns that the practice of feeding chicken litter to cattle could lead to bovine spongiform encephalopathy ( mad-cow disease ) because of the crushed bone meal in chicken feed.

The author states that it is also practiced by " unchaste women " but mentions widespread traditional concerns about this being a degrading or unclean practice, with known practitioners being evaded as love partners in large parts of the country.

While in theory insurers could encourage investment in loss reduction, some commentators have argued that in practice insurers had historically not aggressively pursued loss control measures-particularly to prevent disaster losses such as hurricanes-because of concerns over rate reductions and legal battles.

The first nominee to appear before the committee was Harlan Fiske Stone in 1925, who sought to quell concerns about his links to Wall Street, and the modern practice of questioning began with John Marshall Harlan II in 1955.

The growing practice, in the United Kingdom and elsewhere, of Care in the Community was instituted partly in response to such concerns.

The theorem concerns a thought experiment which cannot be fully carried out in practice, since it is predicted to require prohibitive amounts of time and resources.

Although he expressed concern over Li's totalizing discourse and millennial themes, Craig Burgdoff writes that such concerns are tempered by the fact that Falun Gong practice does not require unquestioning acceptance of all of Li's teachings, and there is no overt emphasis on dogmatically enforcing orthodoxy, Instead, Burgdoff writes that he found " practitioners to be engaged seriously in a highly disciplined spiritual and ethical practice.

The Hermetic literature added to the Egyptian concerns with conjuring spirits and animating statues that inform the oldest texts, Hellenistic writings of Greco-Babylonian astrology and the newly developed practice of alchemy ( Fowden 1993: pp65 – 68 ).

The use of sow stalls for pregnant sows has resulted in lower birth production costs ; however, this practice has led to more significant animal welfare concerns.

The system ( motivated by military concerns, following the recent Battle of Vienna in 1683 ) was never put into practice.

It used to be common practice to dump sewage sludge into the ocean, however, this practice has stopped in many nations due environmental concerns as well to domestic and international laws and treaties.

Piano trios that are set in the Sonata tradition share the general concerns of such works for their era, and often are reflective directly of symphonic practice with individual movements laid out according to the composer's understanding of the sonata form.

Until recently, such unwanted gas was burned off at the wellsite, but due to environmental concerns this practice is becoming less common.

Both in the academic literature and in practice, the implementation of congestion pricing for urban road travel has raised several concerns, and has been subject of debate and controversy.

Functionalism concerns " the effort to impute, as rigorously as possible, to each feature, custom, or practice, its effect on the functioning of a supposedly stable, cohesive system ," The chief form of social conflict that Durkheim addressed was crime.

To practice Leave No Trace teaching strategies in a supportive, educational environment, each participant teaches a short session geared toward minimum impact Leave No Trace concerns.

Accum was the first to publicly proclaim the hazards of this practice and to reach a wide audience with his concerns.

The Act of Parliament which created the province, the Manitoba Act, responded to these concerns by giving the province the power to pass laws relating to education, but also by giving constitutional protection to denominational school rights which existed "... by Law or practice in the Province at the Union.

Following environmental concerns the practice of adding soap was seldom employed during the 1990s.

Since the practice of trawling started ( around the 15th century ), there have been concerns over trawling's lack of selectivity.

However, environmental groups have raised concerns that this fishing practice may be responsible for significant volumes of by-catch, particularly cetaceans ( dolphins, porpoises, and whales ).