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Erikka Innes Smells Like Nerd Spirit [INTERVIEW]
Jackie Mancini
Jackie Mancini Published: March 6, 2013
Kevin Giffin
Funny girl Erikka Innes is as cute as she is nerdy. Her highly-anticipated stand-up special 'Smells Like Nerd Spirit' was released yesterday, and we're officially in love.
As 'Commander of the Nerd Legion,' Erikka creates supervillain seductresses with names like "Harriet Herpes," explains a video game system called the 'G-Spot 4,' and battles pirates, all while on a quest to find out what fake boobs feel like, as she adjusts to life in LA. We're on that quest too, but in a different way.
Despite all of those adventures keeping her pretty busy, she sat down with us to fill us in on the mission.
Congratulations on the release of 'Smells Like Nerd Spirit!' Is it a followup to 'Sex With Nerds?' What can we expect?
It is a follow up! There's a bunch of new stuff on it, as well as some older material It's also a DVD/CD combo, so you'll get both! You can find it on iTunes.
So, you're the self proclaimed 'Commander of the Nerd Legion,' which we love. Have you heard about the whole "fake geek girl," meme?
It's kind of weird! I was a pretty nerdy kid, and at that time no one really wanted to be a nerd, so it was a really welcoming community. It was fun, because you got to learn about science or be around other people who shared your interests. Now it's weird that there's all these angry people who are like "stop faking!" I think it's difficult to deal with, because instead of being yourself you have to be ready for a test all of the time. I've just been like, "I'm not gonna do this, I'm just going to be myself," you know?
It seems like it doesn't make much sense, as a strategy.
None of it makes any sense! Let's say someone is faking; that means they're trying to be appealing to nerdy men, which means that they want a nerdy guy to like them. Nobody complains when women wear a lot of makeup to look pretty -- I don't see why people would be angry about other people being interested in what they're doing. When I was younger and hanging out with people who played chess and 'Magic the Gathering' I was one of the only women. Guys were like "This is cool, we can play these games with a girl" and now it's like "We hate you, go away!" Who are they going to get it on with?"
It could be the extinction of the male nerd species!
It will be like the Shaker religion! They were like "No sex, it's bad, even if you're married" and now there aren't any more Shakers. They made really great furniture and then died off, because who wants to be a part of a group where you can't have sex?
Erikka Innes Pics
Tell us about the comedy night you run called "Freaky Geeks."
I run that at Improv Comedy lab, with my co-producer Nina Daniels. We try to bring in comedians who have nerdy or geeky sensibilities, and combine it with people who do interesting variety acts. We recently had a really great acoustic band on called 'Naked and Shameless;' they play outrageous comedic songs mixed with stage games that involve the audience. We also had a juggler who put his whole body through a backpack, it was really interesting. [laughs]
He kept moving the straps until he was wrapped inside of it and then put his whole body through the straps; it was crazy!
You mentioned that you were into 'Magic the Gathering' when you were young; what other nerdy games did you play?
I played a little D&D and I did some larping; actually I would just watch my friend play larping games. They would all wear these costumes that were a mix of "Goth" and 'The Matrix;' I imagine everyone in that neighborhood was like "WHAT is going on?" because there were 40 or 50 of us running around in sunglasses at night, as a part of a vampire game. There was some stuff that I always wondered why we didn't get in trouble for -- Once we all had to gather in a parking lot for a bomb to go off -- an imaginary bomb that was a part of the game -- but if you heard someone talking about it, it probably didn't sound fake.
What is your nerdiest current hobby?
I love original series Star Trek!
Who are some of your favorite comedians right now?
As far as people who have been around for a long time, I have always love Margaret Cho and Patton Oswald. Right now I'm really into Natasha Leggero and Louis CK.
Are you watching any YouTube series that you love?
I like "What the F***' a lot!
Do you have plans for a national tour?
Yes! I am working out tour dates for later this year, which will include east coast dates.
Tell us about Pool Pirates, your first film.
It's about pirates that are shipwrecked and have to live in a swimming pool. The owner of the house finds them and is pretty unhappy about the vagrant pirates living in her backyard!
So uh...Are you attracted to nerdy guys?
I'm not into the ones who don't like women being nerdy, haha! But yes, I do really like nerdy guys -- most of the time I end up dating engineers. We have the same interests so we can go to a museum or watch sci-fi together. They also get into Cosplay! Sometimes you can get them to dress up, but if not and they're an engineer if you need something for your costume --like lights-- they can help you set it up!
So you do Cosplay?
I do! Sometimes I just buy things and put them together, but sometimes I build more elaborate costumes.
What's your favorite costume?
I really like my Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy costumes. Poison Ivy is really popular now, so you have to have a really good costume if you do it.
Is it tough to be a woman making a name for herself in this industry?
I definitely think it's getting better, there's a lot of up and coming female talent getting female attention. It's still hard, but a lot of industries are male dominated, so if you're gonna do it, that's just the way it is.
Where can we see more of you?
I'm a regular host at Flappers in Burbank, CA! You can also check out the schedule on my website.
You can also follow Erikka on Twitter.
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Felicity Dean set to star as Queen Elizabeth I in new television series
Winterson's actor, Felicity Dean, will appear as Queen Elizabeth I in a new television docudrama, set to begin on Channel 5 at 9pm on Tuesday 9th May. Dean takes on the role of the older Elizabeth, appearing alongside Lily Cole, who plays the 20 year old version of the Queen.
The 3 part series combines elements of documentary and drama, and sees performances from both Dean and Cole as the action switches back and forth along Elizabeth's lifetime. The show will be presented by Dr Suzannah Lipscomb and historian Dan Jones, and follows on from the critically acclaimed 2016 documentary Henry VIII And His Six Wives.
You can here see parallel images of the two Queens in makeup, reflecting the lifelong commitment that Elizabeth made to her position, and in particular to the responsibility of being a woman in a traditionally male occupied role, having famously been quoted as saying: "I know I have the body of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a king."
Unusually for a show of this profile (and perhaps reflective of the majestic wardrobe on display) we have received a wide range of production shots ahead of release, which you can view more of on the Winterson's Facebook page here.
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Q: question about matrices in programming there is often such tasks    walk  through in multi dimensional array  (for simplify let take two dimensional) i need indexes   of elements in two dimensional array like
left to right bottom to up and vice versa and so on please  give me a few examples

A: The length of an array arr, in Java, is always arr.length. In Java, multidimensional arrays are nothing but array of arrays, so you can successively take the .length of any "sub-arrays".
    int[][] m = {
        { 1, 2, 3, },
        { 4, 5, },
        { 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 },
    };
    for (int i = 0; i < m.length; i++) {
        for (int j = 0; j < m[i].length; j++) {
            System.out.printf("m[%d][%d] = %d%n", i, j, m[i][j]);
        }
    }

The above prints:
m[0][0] = 1
m[0][1] = 2
m[0][2] = 3
m[1][0] = 4
m[1][1] = 5
m[2][0] = 6
m[2][1] = 7
m[2][2] = 8
m[2][3] = 9
m[2][4] = 10

To represent matrices, it's best to attach to the data structure (arrays or not) two indices M and N, which is the dimension of the matrix, and iterate on indices in terms of M and N instead of array .length. This higher abstraction would lead to better readability.
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A: I would strongly suggest to first go through tutorials available on the internet and then ask questions here. Your problem is not with matrices, but with the language itself, as it seems that you do not understand how fundamental things in programming work.
Also, tag your answers better. Specify the language you are using, etc.

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Friday Wrap Up: Must Reads and Best Online Finds From the Week!
MY FAVORITE ARTICLES, QUOTES, AND OTHER FINDS FROM THE WEEK!
Every week I come across so many informative articles, funny and inspiring quotes, and cool websites. It's impossible to post them all on my facebook page, so here's what I came across this week.
Dr. Malkin brings up some really good points about marriage and kids. Good read!
Kids invade your bedroom. They rule your schedule. They dictate where you go and how you spend your time. They spark squabbles over matters as trivial as where to put all the stuffed animals or which living room arrangement will lead to the fewest head injuries (the correct answer, by the way, is to remove all the furniture and sit on bean bags). Despite all this, I have one simple message to share: Kids don't kill marriages; adults do.
Kate Oliver, a Clinical Social Worker, reminds us to consider why our kids are behaving negatively. Many times we assume it's because they are just acting out, but she offers some alternative reasons that we should keep in mind as well.
I have never heard of these books before, but definitely think they are worth checking out. Thanks Dr. Weiss!
Did you know that your body is like a car that you need to learn how to steer, worries are like tomatoes that grow when they're fed, and disappointments are like hurdles to be jumped? By the time you're done with these books, you will! Using these and other similarly accessible analogies, Dr. Huebner brings the concepts of cognitive behavioral therapy to life, making them easy to understand and fun to practice.
Dr. Seuss on Love, another Pinterest find, and too great not to share!
What a cool idea! I pinned this on Pinterest, where I find so many great ideas. This would work well in a play therapy room or child's room and less expensive than building a bench with shelving underneath!
Thanks for the acknowledgement, and bringing these other great ideas to my attention, Kim!


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The grey economy
Contractor's obligations and liability - Ingressi
Pursuant to the Act on the Contractors Obligations and Liability when Work is Contracted Out, the parties contracting work out shall check that the enterprises concluding contracts with them discharge their statutory obligations as contracting partners and employers.
Links and glossary
Contractor's obligations and liability - Yleistä
The contractor's obligation to check and liability when work is contracted out
The objective of the Act on the Contractor's Obligations and Liability when Work is Contracted Out is to promote fair competition between companies and compliance with terms of employment on the labour market. The act applies to all sectors where subcontracting or temporary agency work is utilised. Before entering into an agreement, the contractor must ensure that its contracting partners comply with their statutory obligations. Compliance with obligations is verified by providing the documents listed in the Act on the Contractor's Obligations and Liability when Work is Contracted Out. The documents must be retained for a minimum period of two years after the work has ended.
Compliance with obligations is verified by providing the documents listed in the Act on the Contractor's Obligations and Liability when Work is Contracted Out:
documentation on whether the contracting partner is entered in the Prepayment Register and Employer Register, and registered as VAT-liable in the Value Added Tax Register
extract from the Trade Register
report on tax payment status
certificates of pension insurance taken out and of pension insurance premiums paid, or an account that a payment agreement on outstanding pension insurance premiums has been made
an account of the collective agreement or the principal terms of employment applicable to the work
account on the provision of occupational health care services
certificate indicating that insurance has been taken out pursuant to the Finnish Workers' Compensation Act.
Each contractor is responsible for obtaining the reports from their own contracting partners. The contractor must request for the reports, and the contracting partner must deliver them to the contractor. Ensuring reliability of the contracting partner is always in the best interest of the contractor and it is part of the risk management applied by a responsible operator. Failing to comply with the Act on the Contractor's Obligations and Liability when Work is Contracted Out can result in the imposition of a negligence fee.
The Division of Occupational Safety and Health of the Regional State Administrative Agency for Southern Finland is tasked with supervising compliance with the Act throughout Finland. In 2020, supervision will focus on the construction sector, logistics, industry, and cleaning and property maintenance as well as companies supplying temporary agency workers.
Contractor's obligations and liability - Lainsäädäntö
Act on the Contractor's Obligations and Liability when Work is Contracted Out (1233/2006)
Contractor's obligations and liability - Oikeuden päätökset
The ruling of the Supreme Administrative Court (KHO:2020:11, in Finnish) deemed that when the legal form of a foreign enterprise corresponds with a limited company as set forth in section 3(1)(1) of the Trade Register Act, it should be considered as the contractor as intended under section 3(1) of the Act on the Contractor's Obligations and Liability when Work is Contracted Out. The Occupational Safety and Health Authority has the right to oblige the company at the risk of a fine to provide a list of the companies with whom the company has signed an agreement on temporary agency work or a subcontracting agreement for work to be conducted in Finland. An obligation to provide information could be imposed in order to ascertain whether a foreign contracting company was engaging in operations in Finland belonging to the scope of application of the Act on the Contractor's Obligations and Liability when Work is Contracted Out.
In its ruling (KHO:2017:175, in Finnish), the Supreme Administrative Court deemed that the Act on the Contractor's Obligations and Liability when Work is Contracted Out was applied to international freight transport services only in the extent that the services are being implemented in Finland. Also when assessing the exceeding of the threshold when to apply the Act on the Contractor's Obligations and Liability when Work is Contracted Out and assessing the amount of the negligence fee, examination should only be directed at the part of the total value of the subcontracting agreement on transport services allocated to work conducted in Finland.
In its ruling (KHO:2017:135, in Finnish), the Supreme Administrative Court deemed that the arising of the contractor's obligation to check shall not be assessed work-performance or work-site specifically. Thus, when assessing the exceeding of the threshold when to apply the Act, the work performances in the contractor's various work sites running back to back or with only brief interruptions are taken into consideration. It is of no consequence in the matter, that no framework agreement or equivalent arrangements have been made with the subcontractor. The contractor's obligation to check arises when the limit value intended in section 4(1)(2) of the said Act is exceeded for the first time during the subcontracting relationship on the basis of the cumulative value of the remuneration invoiced for separate work performances.
In its ruling (KHO 17.1.2017/130, in Finnish), the Supreme Administrative Court stated that pursuant to the Act on the Contractor's Obligations and Liability when Work is Contracted Out, the contractor must obtain, in situations laid down by law, information and reports on its contracting partner on the basis of which the contractor can assess the reliability of the partner. When the contractor is assessing the reliability of its contracting partner, the factor whether the information provided by the contracting partner is genuine must be considered as significant. This is why the contractor must verify the authenticity of the obtained document, if there is cause to suspect its authenticity. Because A Oy had accepted documents as required reports despite having suspicion on the authenticity of the documents, A Oy had neglected its obligation to check pursuant to section 5 of the Act on the Contractor's Obligations and Liability when Work is Contracted Out.
The Supreme Administrative Court ruled (KHO 2013:191, in Finnish) that the contractor was considered to have neglected its obligation to check pursuant to the Act on the Contractor's Obligations and Liability when Work is Contracted Out, when, in a labour-intensive sector and being aware of the possibility of the subcontractor's employee turnover, it had not taken into consideration in the agreement that the turnover causes a need for the subcontractor to obtain E 101/A1 certificates also for new employees.
Pursuant to the ruling of the Supreme Administrative Court (KHO 2011:104, in Finnish), the entries made in the official registers did not as such provide evidence on the operations being of an established nature, but that the contractor needed to assess the matter on the basis of actual engagement in operations.
Contractor's obligations and liability - Muualla Tyosuojelu.fissä
Act on the Contractor's Obligations and Liability when Works is Contracted Out Contractor's liability. Brochure. Publications of the OSH Administration in Finland 1/2017 (updated 2019).
Act on the Contractor's Obligations and Liability. Brochure in Finnish.
Act on the Contractor's Obligations and Liability. Brochure in Swedish.
Act on the Contractor's Obligations and Liability. Brochure in Estonian.
Act on the Contractor's Obligations and Liability. Brochure in Polish.
Act on the Contractor's Obligations and Liability. Brochure in Russian.
Working conditions: Construction industry
Table: Compliance with the obligation to check for enterprises registered abroad
Minimum terms and conditions of employment
Contractor's obligations and liability - Muualla verkossa
Grey economy & economic crime website
YTJ - The Business Information System. Information on all companies that have a Business ID.
Information about taxing. Finnish Tax Administration.
Information about earnings-related pensions. The Finnish Centre for Pensions.
Foreign Employees in Finland. The Finnish Centre for Pensions.
Information about workers' compensation. The Finnish Workers' Compensation Center (TVK).
e-Business Register. The Estonian Centre of Registers and Information Systems.
Maksu- ja Tolliamet. Estonian Tax and Customs Board.
Contractor's obligations and liability - Sanasto
Subcontracting agree An agreement between a contractor and another contracting party to perform a specific job against remuneration. This does not have to be in writing; it may be a verbal agreement.
Agency worker An employee who has been assigned with his/her consent by his/her employer to work for another employer.
Construction All construction work, including repairs, maintenance and upkeep. In addition to new construction and renovation construction, civil engineering is also considered construction work.
Contractor Under the Act on the Contractor' Obligations and Liability when Work is Contracted Out, a contractor is a trader as referred to in section 3 of the Trade Register Act that is required to submit a basic notification as specified in the Trade Register Act. The central government, a local authority, a joint municipal authority, the Province of Åland, a local authority or joint municipal authority in Åland, a parish, a parish union, another religious community or any other corporation with legal personality may also be a contractor. A business based abroad may also be a contractor.


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I tried giving -f1-5, but that prints all the fields from 1st through 5th.
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        $this->description = $description;

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Love songs vibrate with heart on new album from actress and singer Andrea House
"It's just lovely to get a chance to make this kind of album filled with acoustic instruments, natural playing and human beings." - Andrea House
Roger Levesque
It's looking like a packed summer of playing multiple personalities for Andrea House.
The theatre actress who expertly inhabits compelling characters is currently preparing to play a distraught mother in The Bad Seed at the Varscona, and preparing a tribute to Dolly Parton for the Fringe Festival. But that's only one aspect of what makes the Sterling Award winner one of this city's most gifted performers.
When it comes to songwriting this singer truly bares her heart, touching on her roots in country with hints of swing and jazz on the side. House's extraordinary voice finds new, starkly honest depths of emotion on Fire, her first full-length album of all-original songs in 10 years, set for official release at this year's Folk Festival.
For House, acting and singing bring different challenges.
"Every Myers-Briggs test I've done has called me an introvert," she admits, "so I really like to hide behind characters. I can be comfortable that way, but at my core I'm quite shy. When I'm singing my own stuff I can't pretend, and that's why it's hard for me to share it sometimes, because I'm so vulnerable."
Fire is a loaded word. In using it to title her new album House was well aware that it can symbolize a lot, from the heat of passion to a fire that destroys everything in its path. Over the few years that the album came together she saw her marriage of 16 years disintegrate, and that figures in several tunes.
Local actress and singer Andrea House plans to release her new album, Fire, which features guitarist Mitch Watkins. Supplied
But House will remind you that "new things grow in fire's wake." The set ends on a hopeful note and, more significantly, the recording sparked a new musical association with a master of jazz and country styles, Texas guitarist Mitch Watkins. He wound up producing the album, adding guitar, and will also join her backing band at the Folk Festival in August.
They met by chance at the Fringe Festival two summers ago, when Watkins was in town on holiday and caught one of the musical theatre radio shows House had created for the festival.
"I was doing the show Chasing Willie Nelson. I didn't know Mitch at all but he came up to the stage after and asked me, 'why do you put your capo up so high?' I told him, 'I saw Lyle Lovett do it once and thought it sounded really pretty' and asked him, 'do you know who Lyle Lovett is?' He smiled and said 'I'm familiar with him.' A moment later someone came over to ask me, 'do you know who that is?'"
While Watkins (married to broadcaster Dianne Donovan) has a handful of jazz-oriented releases to his credit he's best known for backing up Lyle Lovett for many years, the likes of Leonard Cohen before that, and many others (months into their friendship House found out he played with Willie Nelson too).
House later asked if she could send him some tracks for his opinion. He wrote her back and asked if it was okay if he played some guitar for her.
"I said 'please' and it became clear pretty early on that Mitch should produce the album. I felt so lucky to work with such a sweet and gentle soul."
Several different sessions and bands are featured on Fire. It started on two tracks that feature an ensemble of symphony players who asked House to work with them, some of the same players she worked with in last summer's Fringe production of The Soldier's Tale (which brought House another Sterling nomination). Those two songs, with the classical septet and wider timbres of horns and strings, were the first two tracks that Watkins heard.
Watkins oversaw the remaining eight tracks, adding touches of guitar and bass to a core band that included Chris Andrew on keys, Rubim de Toledo on bass and Bob Blair on pedal steel, some of it recorded in Edmonton, other parts in Austin, Texas. Watkins also set up another trio session in Austin.
"It was a great honour to play with Mitch and his trio, and he came up here in January to mix it at Riverdale Recorders. He's friends with some really great players like Gene Elders (George Strait Band) who played fiddle. Mitch's background working with other songwriters made it a perfect fit. He reads the lyrics and cares about what you're singing, and at moments he was a real mentor."
House fills out her Fire album with love songs — "all songs are love songs" — and she takes on different kinds of love, songs for her grandparents, some for her ex, and a lovely spare, intimate number for her daughter Etta called I'm Just Your Mom. Chris Andrew and Rubim de Toledo conjure up a Latin groove for Don't Say, and a quasi-soul ballad for Silver Among The Gold, but the expertise and warmth of the musicians never overshadows the singer. The final tune, Open Me, is another track with the classical ensemble that will leave listeners uplifted.
Most instrumental and voice tracks were recorded live off the floor, and House had no interest in tweaking or re-recording her vocals.
"People said 'that's unusual' but I would rather keep the tracks we did together because that was more honest, and I don't think I would have done them much better anyway. It's just lovely to get a chance to make this kind of album filled with acoustic instruments, natural playing and human beings."
The album Fire will be available in both CD and a limited LP edition by the time House performs at the Edmonton Folk Music Festival in August. For further details see andreahouse.com.
House performs in Stewart Lemoine's production of The Bad Seed at the Varscona Theatre from July 11–27. Her tribute to Dolly Parton, set for the Fringe, is called Coat of Many Colours.
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Ethnobotany and Pharmacology of Pinus Species Growing Naturally in Indian Himalayas: A Plant Review
Author(s): Lav Singh, Department of Botany, University of Lucknow, Lucknow, India	Pooja Dixit, Department of Botany, University of Lucknow, Lucknow, India	Ravi P. Srivastava, Department of Botany, University of Lucknow, Lucknow, India	Shivaraman Pandey, Plant Diversity, Systematics and Herbarium Division, CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow, India	Praveen C. Verma , Plant Molecular Biology and Genetic Engineering Division, CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow, India	Gauri Saxena*. Department of Botany, University of Lucknow, Lucknow, India
Journal Name: Current Pharmaceutical Biotechnology
Volume 20 , Issue 15 , 2019
Pinus species are amongst the most commonly used medicinal plants in Indian Northwestern Himalayas. Nearly all parts of the plant especially needles are believed to possess medicinal and clinical values in traditional systems of medicine such as Ayurvedic, Unani or Homeopathic. They are used to heal numerous diseases, including afflictions of the skin, eyes, throats and ears. Various parts of the plant including needles are rich in biologically active compounds, such as thunbergol, 3-carene, cembrene, α-pinene, quercetin, xanthone, etc. The scientific data available for the biological potential of this plant and its constituents have been found to be scanty and also does not satisfy the basis of their age-old folklore and local uses. This review focuses on a detailed analysis of ethnopharmacognosical studies on the needles of different Pinus species growing naturally in northwestern region of Indian Himalayas including investigations and findings that have come up with a concrete view of the abilities of plant components for example phenolics, flavonoids, tannins and other constituents to treat oxidative, inflammatory and microbial responses. Careful evaluation of the data presented may be helpful for the researchers to discover and evaluate the specific chemical entities responsible for the traditional medicinal uses of P. roxburghii, P.wallichiana, P. merkusii, P.kesiya and P.thunbergii.
Keywords: Ethnopharcognosical, himalayas, India, pharmaceutical, Pinus, medicine.
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Nejad, A.S.M.; Kamkar, A.; Giri, A.; Pourmahmoudi, A.A. Ethnobotany and folk medicinal uses of major trees and shrubs in Northern Iran. J. Med. Plants Res., 2013, 7(7), 284-289.
Nejad, A.S.M.; Bahmani, M.; Shah, N.A.; Shah, S.A.; Kopaei, M.R. Beliefs of herbal therapies of the community of the Ilam city of Ilam province, Iran. J. Pharm. Pharmacog. Res., 2018, 6(4), 299-317.
Sharma, A.; Sharma, L.; Goyal, R. A review on Himalayan Pine species: Ethnopharmacological, phytochemical and pharmacological aspects. Pharmacogn. J., 2018, 10(4), 611-619. [http://dx.doi.org/10.5530/pj.2018.4.100].
Aggarwal, S.G. Antibacterial activity of plants of Himalayan region. World J. Pharm. Pharm. Sci., 2014, 3(5), 581-587.
Sharma, R.N.; Bala, J.; Singh, A.; Prabhjot, K. Antibacterial Potential of Achyran- thusaspera Linn procured from Himachal Pradesh, Punjab and Haryana.: India. Res. J. Chem. Sci., 2011, (8), 80-82.
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Current Pharmaceutical Biotechnology
Title:Ethnobotany and Pharmacology of Pinus Species Growing Naturally in Indian Himalayas: A Plant Review
VOLUME: 20	ISSUE: 15
Author(s):Lav Singh, Pooja Dixit, Ravi P. Srivastava, Shivaraman Pandey, Praveen C. Verma and Gauri Saxena*
Affiliation:Department of Botany, University of Lucknow, Lucknow, Department of Botany, University of Lucknow, Lucknow, Department of Botany, University of Lucknow, Lucknow, Plant Diversity, Systematics and Herbarium Division, CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow, Plant Molecular Biology and Genetic Engineering Division, CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow, Department of Botany, University of Lucknow, Lucknow
Keywords:Ethnopharcognosical, himalayas, India, pharmaceutical, Pinus, medicine.
Abstract:Pinus species are amongst the most commonly used medicinal plants in Indian Northwestern Himalayas. Nearly all parts of the plant especially needles are believed to possess medicinal and clinical values in traditional systems of medicine such as Ayurvedic, Unani or Homeopathic. They are used to heal numerous diseases, including afflictions of the skin, eyes, throats and ears. Various parts of the plant including needles are rich in biologically active compounds, such as thunbergol, 3-carene, cembrene, α-pinene, quercetin, xanthone, etc. The scientific data available for the biological potential of this plant and its constituents have been found to be scanty and also does not satisfy the basis of their age-old folklore and local uses. This review focuses on a detailed analysis of ethnopharmacognosical studies on the needles of different Pinus species growing naturally in northwestern region of Indian Himalayas including investigations and findings that have come up with a concrete view of the abilities of plant components for example phenolics, flavonoids, tannins and other constituents to treat oxidative, inflammatory and microbial responses. Careful evaluation of the data presented may be helpful for the researchers to discover and evaluate the specific chemical entities responsible for the traditional medicinal uses of P. roxburghii, P.wallichiana, P. merkusii, P.kesiya and P.thunbergii.
Lav Singh, Pooja Dixit, Ravi P. Srivastava, Shivaraman Pandey, Praveen C. Verma and Gauri Saxena*, "Ethnobotany and Pharmacology of Pinus Species Growing Naturally in Indian Himalayas: A Plant Review", Current Pharmaceutical Biotechnology (2019) 20: 1281. https://doi.org/10.2174/1389201020666190819153600
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In "The Minister's Black Veil," by Nathaniel Hawthorne, who is Mr. Hooper's fiacée?
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Elizabeth is Mr. Hooper's fiancée. She is at first less given to ascribing sinister motives to the veil that the Reverend Hooper wears over his face. Eventually, however, she asks him to remove it. When he refuses, she becomes terrified, and to assuage her terror, the Reverend Mr. Hooper tells her that his veil will not persist through eternity. She is the first person to whom he explains the possible dual meaning of the veil, but he refuses, despite her requests, to take it off or to even partially reveal his face to her. She refuses to marry him, which plunges him into great sadness. However, years later when he is on his deathbed, Elizabeth, coincidentally, is his nurse.
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Donald Fraser Smith, resident of Grande Prairie, passed away on Tuesday, February 5, 2019, at the age of 95 years.
Donald was born on the family farm near Sexsmith on August 9, 1923 and lived the majority of his life there. He moved into Points West Living in Grande Prairie in October of 2012 where he lived until his passing.
He was educated until about Grade 6 in a one-room school house in Sexsmith. His early years were spent with his dad working the fields, raising cattle and pigs and eventually taking over the farm, which consisted of four quarter sections.
He met his wife-to-be, Jean, in Edmonton and, after a distant courtship and time enough to frame up a home, he brought her to the farm in June 1954 as his wife. They spent their early years working hard together on the farm and made local news when they flew out of Grande Prairie on CP Air for a trip to Hawaii in the early 60's.
After 14 years of married life, to the astonishment of the community, Don and Jean were very proud and excited to announce the arrival of their daughter Donna Lynne in 1968, followed very shortly by Melodie Rose in 1969. They did a lot of travelling with their children and then, in later years, Don and Jean enjoyed travelling in their motorhome throughout Canada the US, living as Snowbirds in California, and seeing more distant places on various cruises. Don even made a trip to Australia in 1985 to visit his daughter Melodie who was living there and then, at age 82, went to Switzerland for Melodie's wedding. In 1999, they welcomed their first granddaughter.
In his final years, after Don moved to Points West, his greatest joys in life were playing crib or Chinese checkers with his grandchildren (by then there were 7), teaching them to tie knots, and visiting the farm to ride around with them on his golf cart. He was lovingly cared for in Points West by his caregiver family and continued to tease them and joke with them until the final week before his passing.
Don was a jack-of-all-trades. He built his own house, including doing the plumbing and electrical using only hand tools, and he did most of the repairs and maintenance on the farm equipment. He spent many hours tending the vegetable garden and keeping the large yard free of weeds. He could be spotted on his hands and knees with a screwdriver digging dandelions out of the lawn. After he retired and the land was rented out, he was often seen checking out the fields to see how they were doing and removing the weeds by hand if necessary.
He will be forever loved by his daughter Donna (Robert) Debre and grandchildren Rebecca, Matthew, Rachael, and Mark of Sexsmith, AB; and daughter Melodie (Rene) Prem and grandchildren Naomi, Josiah, and Joshua of Maple Ridge, BC; as well as nieces, nephews and close family friends of many years.
He was predeceased by his loving wife of 49 years in August of 2003; three siblings: Sidney, Jean, and Roy; one special niece Heather; and one nephew.
The family would like to thank the caregivers at Points West for the wonderful, loving care that Dad received there.
There will be a private gathering held following cremation.
Memorial donations may be made to the Grande Prairie Hospice Palliative Care Society (Box 21215, Grande Prairie, AB, T8V 6W7).


Oryx Midstream Services II LLC announced that its operating subsidiaries, Oryx Delaware Oil Gathering NM LLC, Oryx Delaware Oil Gathering TX LLC, Oryx Western Delaware Oil Gathering LLC and Oryx Delaware Oil Transport LLC, have launched a joint binding open season to secure volume commitments and/or acreage dedications to support the previously-announced regional crude oil gathering and trunk line transportation systems, which will serve the liquids-rich Delaware Basin in Texas and New Mexico.
Based on customer demand, Oryx has expanded the scope of the original project to include additional capacity and a larger footprint across the Delaware Basin. The new system is expected to consist of approximately 400 miles of new gathering and transportation pipeline, with approximately 650 Mbpd of throughput capacity and more than 1.5 MMbbls of storage capacity. The new gathering and transportation system will span the Delaware Basin and is expected to provide services to Lea and Eddy counties in New Mexico and Loving, Reeves, Ward, Winkler and Culberson counties in Texas.
Construction on the new system has begun and the regional transportation pipeline, which will connect Oryx's Carlsbad station to the Crane and Midland market hubs, is expected to be fully commissioned during the fourth quarter of this year. The full system is expected to be complete in the second quarter of 2019. Upon completion, and when combined with Oryx Midstream Services LLC's assets (operated by Oryx Southern Delaware Oil Gathering and Transport LLC), Oryx's total Delaware Basin system capacity will exceed 850 Mbpd.


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If you fancy making a romantic effort for your nearest and dearest, you could spoil them with a fancy-schmancy, gourmet meal, and spend the next three days shopping/chopping/baking/caking/slaving.
Or you could buy a roll of puff pastry and check out some other Valentines Breakfast or dessert ideas from a few years ago.
Or you could make these pastry hearts, using a recipe you already know and love, and a filling you know s/he loves. They are neither complicated nor elaborate, but last time I checked, stress in the kitchen was not an aphrodisiac.
The pastry is a regular sweet shortcrust, with a little food colouring added to the iced water used to mix it together – a shade a little lighter than red wine in the water makes for this lovely pastel pink once mixed. If inclined, you could even make 2 or 3 batches, each of a different shade of red/pink for an eye-catching jumble of hearts.
I chose a filling of vanilla pastry cream, made with real vanilla bean and firmed up with a little gelatin for ease of piping. If your loved one has a favourite sandwich filling then go with that – Nutella, peanut butter, banana, Banoffi-pie caramel, slices of apple, all of the above….
Divide the chilled pastry in half. Roll out each half thinly (2-3mm) and cut into twice as many squares as you require of around 10cm in size.
Turn half of the squares so that one corner is pointing toward you and pipe/arrange your filling in heart shapes onto the pastry. Be sure to pile up the filling quite well, in order to give substance to your 'hearts'.
Using a pastry brush and water, dampen the edges of the pastry around the filling.
Lay a second piece of pastry over the top and smooth it down and around your filling, making sure its fully enclosed. Try to make sure there's no air trapped inside, as this may cause your pastry to burst during cooking.
Using a sharp knife, trim the excess pastry, leaving a border of 1cm around each heart.
Transfer the pastry hearts to a baking sheet lined with parchment. I didn't poke holes in the pastry, but I did get a bit of the filling oozing out on one or two. To avoid this, you could poke some vent holes in the tops in a decorative pattern.
Chill in the fridge while the oven heats up.
Heat the oven to 200°C, 180°C Fan.
Add a glaze if liked – milk and caster sugar for sweet, egg-white for savoury. I did experiment with both of these, but decided the unglazed puffs were more visually striking.
Bake for 11-12 minutes, turning the baking sheet around half-way through.
If sweet, dust lightly with icing sugar to serve.


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Q: DataAdapter.fill(dataset) timeout exception on a specific database In a VB.NET application (VS2005) I am calling a stored procedure through a SQLDataAdapter.
On my local database everything works fine. If I do this on another database I get a timeout exception.
this is the code :
  Public Overloads Shared Function ExecuteDataset( _
                                                    ByVal connection As SqlConnection, _
                                                    ByVal commandType As CommandType, _
                                                    ByVal commandText As String, _
                                                    ByVal ParamArray commandParameters() As SqlParameter) As DataSet
        If (connection Is Nothing) Then Throw New ArgumentNullException("connection")
        ' Create a command and prepare it for execution
        Dim cmd As New SqlCommand
        Dim ds As New DataSet
        Dim dataAdatpter As SqlDataAdapter
        Dim mustCloseConnection As Boolean = False

        dataAdatpter = Nothing

        PrepareCommand(cmd, connection, CType(Nothing, SqlTransaction), commandType, commandText, commandParameters, mustCloseConnection)
        cmd.CommandTimeout = 0 'I get a timeout exception if I leave this out
        Try
            ' Create the DataAdapter & DataSet
            dataAdatpter = New SqlDataAdapter(cmd)

            ' Fill the DataSet using default values for DataTable names, etc
            dataAdatpter.Fill(ds)

            ' Detach the SqlParameters from the command object, so they can be used again
            cmd.Parameters.Clear()
        Finally
            If (Not dataAdatpter Is Nothing) Then dataAdatpter.Dispose()
        End Try
        If (mustCloseConnection) Then connection.Close()

        ' Return the dataset
        Return ds
    End Function ' ExecuteDataset

I've executed the stored procedure directly on the database and that works fine and fast.
I've also tried to set the CommandTimeout property of cmd to 0.
When I do this the stored procedure gets executed but this takes a very long time.
Again if I work on a local db there are no problems.
Here is the stacktrace of the timeout exception
at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnection.OnError(SqlException exception, Boolean breakConnection)
   at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlInternalConnection.OnError(SqlException exception, Boolean breakConnection)
   at System.Data.SqlClient.TdsParser.ThrowExceptionAndWarning(TdsParserStateObject stateObj)
   at System.Data.SqlClient.TdsParser.Run(RunBehavior runBehavior, SqlCommand cmdHandler, SqlDataReader dataStream, BulkCopySimpleResultSet bulkCopyHandler, TdsParserStateObject stateObj)
   at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlDataReader.ConsumeMetaData()
   at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlDataReader.get_MetaData()
   at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlCommand.FinishExecuteReader(SqlDataReader ds, RunBehavior runBehavior, String resetOptionsString)
   at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlCommand.RunExecuteReaderTds(CommandBehavior cmdBehavior, RunBehavior runBehavior, Boolean returnStream, Boolean async)
   at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlCommand.RunExecuteReader(CommandBehavior cmdBehavior, RunBehavior runBehavior, Boolean returnStream, String method, DbAsyncResult result)
   at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlCommand.RunExecuteReader(CommandBehavior cmdBehavior, RunBehavior runBehavior, Boolean returnStream, String method)
   at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlCommand.ExecuteReader(CommandBehavior behavior, String method)
   at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlCommand.ExecuteDbDataReader(CommandBehavior behavior)
   at System.Data.Common.DbCommand.System.Data.IDbCommand.ExecuteReader(CommandBehavior behavior)
   at System.Data.Common.DbDataAdapter.FillInternal(DataSet dataset, DataTable[] datatables, Int32 startRecord, Int32 maxRecords, String srcTable, IDbCommand command, CommandBehavior behavior)
   at System.Data.Common.DbDataAdapter.Fill(DataSet dataSet, Int32 startRecord, Int32 maxRecords, String srcTable, IDbCommand command, CommandBehavior behavior)
   at System.Data.Common.DbDataAdapter.Fill(DataSet dataSet)
   at KlantenApplicatie.BL.DAL.SQLHelper.ExecuteDataset(SqlConnection connection, CommandType commandType, String commandText, SqlParameter[] commandParameters) in C:\BitProjects\teamsystem\gerher\KlantenApplicatie.BL.DAL\sqlHelper\SQLHelper.vb:line 545

Any ideas on what might be the cause of this?

A: I've found a solution.
It turned out to be a parameter sniffing problem for query optimalisation.
I needed to add OPTION(RECOMPILE) to the sql that creates the stored procedure.
the issue is explained here:
https://www.itprotoday.com/sql-server/using-recompile-query-hint-solve-parameter-sniffing-problems
And here:
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sqldatabaseengine/thread/74a85e26-be9b-4830-9638-6aa30fd9e3e7


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Q: (probably simple) optimization question Suppose you have a concave function defined over a non-polyhedral convex cone and you are interested in the infimum. What would be standard approaches to tackle the question? (The cone is actually PSD but I am having some difficulty expressing the function as a semidefinite program, so I thought maybe casting a wider net would be beneficial).
UPDT: The specific function I have in mind goes like this. Take a fixed real matrix $A$ and let $f(X)=\min{diag(AX)}$ for all $X \in PSD$, excluding $X=0$. So actually, I'm looking at the cone without it's vertex, possibly complicating matters further.
UPDT2: Let's also assume we are taking a compact subset of the cone (in the PSD case, we can take all the diagonal entries to be $1$).

A: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convex_optimization#Convex_maximization


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Legal update: The implications of Brexit for the Restructuring and Insolvency industry in Hong Kong
0710月2017
This was first published as part of the International Association of Restructuring, Insolvency & Bankruptcy Professionals (INSOL) collection of essays on the implications of Brexit for the industry. Members may read the full collection of essays here.
Although it is now more than 20 years since the Handover, when Hong Kong ceased to be a British Dependent Territory, reference to Hong Kong as "the former British colony" is still something one often sees. There is still a sizeable community of British citizens living and working in Hong Kong. English remains one of the official languages. Importantly, and not merely in the context of this article, the Hong Kong legal system has continued to be a strong advantage for Hong Kong over other Asian jurisdictions, taking strength from its English law roots, with which it is still very much in touch.
With all this in mind, it would perhaps be thought that the Brexit vote had (and Brexit itself will have) a substantial effect on Hong Kong, including the insolvency and restructuring community. Certainly, feelings between the "leavers" and the "remainers" did run high from time to time when the referendum took place (even though many of us were not eligible to vote). However, what has been the real effect on Hong Kong as a result of the Brexit vote? And importantly for what we are considering for this discussion, what effect are we likely to see on the areas of restructuring and insolvency when the UK has actually left the EU?
In short, my view is that the answer to this question is that there is likely to be very little impact.
ECONOMIC LINKS BETWEEN HONG KONG AND THE UK
Economically, notwithstanding the historical links between the UK and Hong Kong, the UK has become a relatively minor (albeit still important) trading partner for Hong Kong. For 2016, exports to the UK accounted for only 1.4% of Hong Kong's total exported goods by value.1 This represented the third highest out of the EU countries (Germany representing 1.9% of exports and the Netherlands 1.6% in 2016).2 The latest figure for export of services is higher but still not significant (6.6% in 2014).3 Exports to the EU as a whole accounted for 9.3% (goods) and 14.9% (services). 4 By way of comparison, in 2015, the US accounted for 9.5% of Hong Kong's exports (goods), and China accounted for 53.7%. 5 As the Hong Kong Dollar is pegged to the US Dollar, the fall in the British pound after the Brexit vote will likely have had a negative impact on exports, but in economic terms (i.e. ignoring any political uncertainty concerns) may have a possible positive impact on outward investment from Hong Kong to the UK. That said, even with regard to the latter, the latest figure available, for 2015, shows that the UK was the destination for only 2.1% of Hong Kong's outward direct investment.6
Another indicator of the limited effect can be seen by looking at the Hang Seng Index at around the time of the vote. In common with the markets in other major financial centres, the Index took a fall after the vote, being around 4% down by the Monday following the result. However, it recovered very quickly; by the end of July it was more than 5% higher than its pre-vote levels (so a 9% increase from the trough which immediately followed the vote). Of course, in an increasingly global marketplace the uncertainty associated with Brexit could very well cause difficulties for Hong Kong-based businesses. However, the (admittedly simple) data referred to in the previous paragraph helps to demonstrate that it is likely the impact on Hong Kong will be limited.
HONG KONG'S LEGAL SYSTEM
Hong Kong has for many years had its own legislation, even prior to the Handover on 1 July 1997 (when the People's Republic of China assumed sovereignty over Hong Kong). After the Handover, the common law continued to apply in Hong Kong. In this regard, Article 8 of the Basic Law 7 reads:
"The Laws previously in force in Hong Kong, that is, the common law, rules of equity, ordinances, subordinate legislation and customary law shall be maintained, except for any that contravene this law, and subject to any amendment by the legislature of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region."
Decisions of the Privy Council on Hong Kong appeals delivered before 1 July 1997 remain binding in Hong Kong, but other decisions of the Privy Council or House of Lords (now the Supreme Court) of the United Kingdom are of persuasive authority only.8 It has been made clear in Hong Kong's highest court (the Court of Final Appeal ("CFA")) that the Hong Kong court will continue to respect and have regard to decisions of the English Courts. In practice, the common law in Hong Kong has continued to develop and the courts will commonly gain assistance from decisions in other common law jurisdictions, not just English decisions. That said, great weight is still given to decisions from the English House of Lords (now the Supreme Court). This is important in the fields of restructuring and insolvency given, as we see below, the lack of specific corporate rescue legislation, coupled with the fact that (a) certain relevant Hong Kong legislation remains almost identical to that in England; and (b) other common law based jurisdictions are frequently involved in Hong Kong insolvency and restructuring matters, including jurisdictions where the Privy Council remains the highest appellate court.
HONG KONG'S INSOLVENCY AND RESTRUCTURING REGIMES
Hong Kong's insolvency legislation is of considerable vintage. It is largely based on the English legislation that was in place prior to the Insolvency Act 1986. The relevant statute is the Companies (Winding Up and Miscellaneous Provisions) Ordinance (Cap. 32 of the Laws of Hong Kong) ("CWUMPO"). CWUMPO was recently the subject of various amendments (taking effect from February 2017) but these were not extensive. Even after these amendments, the legislation has no provisions dealing with restructuring / corporate rescue and no provisions dealing with cross-border situations. As to restructuring / corporate rescue, there have been stop-start attempts (mostly stop) to introduce specific legislation for over 20 years. The Hong Kong Government has recently indicated that a new Bill should go to our Legislative Council in early 2018, but I think it is fair to say that most professionals involved in the industry here are not holding their breath.
Cross-border issues are important for Hong Kong given the number of companies incorporated outside Hong Kong but which have substantive Hong Kong connections. By way of example, over 87% of the companies listed on the main board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange are incorporated outside of Hong Kong. That number rises to almost 97% in relation on the Growth Enterprise Market (or GEM), being Hong Kong's "second" board.9 Between them, the Cayman Islands and Bermuda (which will be familiar jurisdictions for most practitioners here) account for over 73% of the companies listed on the main board.10
The Hong Kong court does have jurisdiction to wind up a company which is not incorporated here, including where such company is not even registered as carrying on business here. A lot has been written about this in the recent past and I do not propose to repeat the position in any detail. In short, the court has power to wind up an "unregistered company"11 if 3 core requirements are met. These can be summarised as:
• There needs to be a sufficient connection with Hong Kong, but this does not necessarily have to consist in the presence of assets within the jurisdiction;
• There must be a reasonable possibility that a winding up order would benefit those applying for it; and
• The court must be able to exercise jurisdiction over one or more persons in the distribution of the company's assets.
There are a number of examples where this jurisdiction has been used to appoint provisional liquidators here in Hong Kong over foreign companies, with powers being given to those provisional liquidators to explore a restructuring.12 An example is Re Z-Obee Holdings Limited13 where provisional liquidators were appointed in Hong Kong over a Bermudian company, with the Judge stating "any negotiation with creditors or for further restructuring will be better carried out by the provisional liquidators…".
Importantly, the Hong Kong court has also made great strides in recent years in recognising office holders from other jurisdictions (and also recognising the proceedings by which they were appointed). There are several examples from before the Handover of the Hong Kong courts using common law powers of assistance to aid foreign liquidators, but the court has now developed a well established practice of giving formal recognition, provided the powers sought are available to such an office holder in the jurisdiction of incorporation and would also be available in a Hong Kong proceeding.14 This is a welcome development because notwithstanding the pre-Handover examples of assistance, until the recent decisions referred to, the practice had been to seek an ancillary winding up here in Hong Kong. This was much more cumbersome and time-consuming.
Although the recognition of foreign insolvency proceedings is based on common law principles, and in many instances the foreign jurisdiction involved is also a common law jurisdiction, the principle is not based on reciprocity or restricted to those jurisdictions.15
Given these general principles, it is not easy to see what effect Brexit will have in this regard. There is no specific treaty or legal principle that deals with recognition of Hong Kong proceedings in the UK or the EU, with the exception of section 426 of the UK Insolvency Act 1986. Broadly, that section provides that the UK court shall assist courts with jurisdiction in relation to insolvency matters where those courts are in another part of the UK or in a relevant country or territory. The relevant countries and territories listed in the subsidiary legislation are largely Commonwealth or former Commonwealth jurisdictions. The list includes Hong Kong. The English court has allowed use of this section for Hong Kong proceedings in at least one case after the Handover,16 notwithstanding that from 1 July 1997 Hong Kong became an entirely different territory and part of a different country (being a Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China). There is no equivalent provision in the Hong Kong legislation. Had there been a similar "free-standing" legislative provision in Hong Kong, permitting statutory assistance to the UK court, then notwithstanding the provisions of Article 8 of the Basic Law, such provision would have ceased to have effect from 1 July 1997 (unless there was reciprocity). This is because the Reunification Ordinance amended the Interpretation and General Clauses Ordinance (Cap. 1) by adding a new section (section 2A), which reads, at section 2A(2 (b):
"…provisions conferring privileges on the United Kingdom or other Commonwealth countries or territories, other than provisions giving effect to reciprocal arrangements between Hong Kong and the United Kingdom or other Commonwealth countries or territories shall have no further effect."
Further, and importantly for our discussion, the Hong Kong court has jurisdiction to give effect to schemes of arrangement where the company concerned is a foreign company. The legislation relating to schemes of arrangement makes clear that it applies to a company "liable to be wound up" under CWUMPO17 and therefore extends to "unregistered" (including foreign) companies. The Court has made clear that this does not mean that the applicant must show that the company would be wound up in Hong Kong, just that it is a company which may be wound up by the court in Hong Kong. As regards schemes, the court has adopted the reasoning of English decisions, namely that it must be shown that there is sufficient connection between the scheme and Hong Kong.18 The Hong Kong legislation relating to schemes is almost identical to that in the UK, although there are procedural differences.
Before sanctioning a scheme, the Hong Kong court will want evidence that the scheme will have the effect intended. Where the governing law of the debt which is to be varied by the scheme is a law other than Hong Kong law, this will require evidence from the relevant jurisdiction that such jurisdiction will recognise the scheme. This is because the law in Hong Kong follows the Gibbs19 principle that a debt can only be discharged or varied by the court of the jurisdiction of the governing law. It is not uncommon for businesses in this part of the world to raise capital in the international debt markets and the governing law for such debt is commonly New York law. Fortunately, the courts in New York have been willing to recognise Hong Kong schemes through the Chapter 15 mechanism (of the US Bankruptcy Code).20 As to restructurings concerning offshore incorporated companies, a common mechanism is for there to be parallel schemes in Hong Kong and the jurisdiction of incorporation, e.g. Cayman.
EFFECT OF BREXIT ON THE POSITION
As will be apparent from the discussion above, the principles applied, both in connection with the recognition of Hong Kong proceedings elsewhere (including the UK) and for Hong Kong recognising "incoming" proceedings, are not reliant on the UK being part of the EU and are not affected by the EU Insolvency Regulations. In those circumstances, it is difficult to see how Brexit will have any effect on Hong Kong insolvency and restructuring matters. I can see that it is possible for a Hong Kong incorporated company to have its COMI in the UK, with operations or assets in other parts of the EU, with the result that it could at present take advantage of the EU Insolvency Regulations by starting an insolvency process in the UK. In that situation, there may also be the need for Hong Kong proceedings too (for example, perhaps because there is Hong Kong law governed debt). In that scenario, post- Brexit the company would not of course be able to use the EU Regulations, so that would change, but the Hong Kong end would remain the same.
In the circumstances, although Brexit may have an effect on the economy in Hong Kong, that effect is likely to be limited. A greater focus economically for Hong Kong is likely to be the so-called "Belt and Road Initiative" announced by President Xi Jinping a few years ago. In terms of insolvency and restructuring, there is no evidence that the principles applied and the mechanisms available in Hong Kong will change after Brexit comes into effect. What may be possible is that uncertainty created around Brexit could perhaps take the shine off London as a premier hub for restructuring, thus giving an opportunity for other jurisdictions to take a more prominent role. It is clear that the recent changes to the regime in Singapore are aimed at creating a debt restructuring hub, and practitioners there will no doubt be looking to Brexit to give some momentum to those initiatives. My own view is that the UK (and London in particular) will remain a pre-eminent centre for a number of reasons, including its position as a major financial zone; the strength and depth of the insolvency profession there; the preeminence of its judiciary; the scheme legislation that will continue to exist; the Cross-Border Insolvency Regulations which will remain unaffected; and for US law governed debt, there is no indication that the US courts will treat UK schemes any differently post-Brexit.
In any event, as for Hong Kong, it is likely that the lack of specific corporate rescue legislation will mean that Hong Kong is less likely to be in a position to take advantage of any opportunity that does present itself. However, as we have already seen, a lot of the cross-border issues faced by Hong Kong practitioners concern the offshore jurisdictions such as Cayman, Bermuda and the BVI. This will not be affected by Brexit. The bigger challenge for practitioners in this part of the world is in relation to the recognition problems that still exist when assets of a troubled company are located in the Mainland of the People's Republic of China.
As a final comment, as this article is being prepared, there are various reports in the UK press regarding concerns about the European Court of Justice having a continued influence in relation to UK matters post-Brexit. However, the Hong Kong experience post-Handover could hopefully be of some comfort here. Our common law has developed rationally and as required by Hong Kong, with that development being assisted on many occasions by reference to decisions of the English courts, notwithstanding that no UK judgment post-1 July 1997 can have a binding effect here. In other words, Hong Kong has continued to benefit from UK legal developments even though the Handover was Hong Kong's own kind of Brexit. In certain areas, I see no reason why the UK could not benefit in a similar way by reference to European Court jurisprudence.
Robin Darton
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1 "Brexit: Recent Developments and Potential Repercussions" (HKTD Research 19 April 2017) accessed 28 August 2017.
3 "Half-Yearly Economic Report 2016: Brexit and its possible impacts on the Hong Kong economy" (Hong Kong Economy
August 2016) accessed 28 August 2017.
4 For 2015 and 2014 respectively, see "Half-Yearly Economic Report 2016: Brexit and its possible impacts on the Hong Kong economy" (Hong Kong Economy August 2016) accessed 28 August 2017
5 "Brexit and its Implications" (HKTD Research 28 June 2016) accessed 28 August 2017.
7 The Basic Law in effect forms a "mini-constitution" for Hong Kong, which is a Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China.
8 China Field Limited v Appeal Tribunal (Buildings) and Building Authority (2009) 12 HKCFAR 342.
9 The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited, Hong Kong Exchange Fact Book, 2016.
10 In addition, the BVI is commonly used as the jurisdiction of incorporation for intermediate holding companies.
11 Section 327 of the Companies (Winding Up and Miscellaneous Provisions) Ordinance (Cap. 32).
12 Indeed, the use of the appointment of provisional liquidators to effect a restructuring was a tool commonly used in Hong Kong (particularly in the wake of the 1997/8 Asian Financial Crisis). Although that practice was scaled back after the widely reported decision of the Court of Appeal in Re Legend International Resorts [2006] 2 HKLRD 192 (where the court held that it was not proper to appoint provisional liquidators for the sole purpose of a restructuring), it is still legitimate for the court to give restructuring powers to provisional liquidators where there is a case to be made that they should be appointed on the "traditional" grounds, such as to protect assets in jeopardy.
13 Unreported, 27 June 2014.
14 The decisions in this regard start with Joint Official Liquidators of A Co v B [2014] 5 HKC 152 and have recently been reiterated in Re Pacific Andes Enterprises (BVI) Limited (unrep.; 27 January 2017). A helpful discussion of the approach appears in BJB Career Education Company Limited (in provisional liquidation) [2017] 1 HKLRD 113.
15 See e.g., Hong Kong Institute of Education v Aoki Corporation [2004] 2 HKLRD 760, referring to Japanese rehabilitation proceedings.
16 Re The New China Hong Kong Capital Ltd [2003] EWHC 1573.
17 Section 668 of the Companies Ordinance (Cap. 622).
18 See for example, Re LDK Solar Co Ltd [2015] 1 HKLRD 458 ("LDK"); Re Winsway Enterprises Holdings Limited [2017] 1 HKLRD 1("Winsway"); and Re Kaisa Group Holdings Ltd [2017] 1 HKLRD 18("Kaisa").
19 Antony Gibbs & Sons v Société Industrielle et Commerciale des Métaux (1890) 25 QBD 399.
20 Again, see LDK; Winsway; and Kaisa, supra note 18.
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