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The announcement by the Environmental Protection Agency that General Electric might not have to come back to the Hudson River and resume dredging up the cancer-causing chemicals that remain cries out for criticism. But it also cries out for context.
The decision was about as predictable as could be because what the EPA is saying is that GE has completed the job it agreed to do in 2002. Technically that is correct because that agreement was so short-sighted at the time.
The polychlorinated biphenyls dumped in the river for decades became the responsibility of General Electric but the company was never going to do this expensive work willingly. It fought the EPA for years and eventually wore it down. The agreement that both sides signed was very limited in scope and vision. Four years ago, when GE announced that it has concluded all of the work it had promised to do, it sent the barges away and waited while the EPA examined the situation.
The trouble is, between 2002 and 2015, we had learned a lot more about the pollution of the river. It turned out that there were more PCBs than originally thought, that they had migrated beyond the areas originally studied.
As the dredging continued and the studies went on, it became clear that somebody had to demand that the EPA and GE make revisions to acknowledge the new reality and the need for more extensive work.
For years, however, the only voices were those of the environmental community. At a time when the EPA was actually doing the job that its Republican creators had envisioned, protecting the environment, such a plea might have had a receptive audience. That was the time when the state of New York and especially its governor should have been busy lobbying, threatening lawsuits and as GE was getting ready to wrap up the work, to use all of the legal powers in the state's arsenal to keep those barges where they were so that they could continue dredging.
In the summer of 2015, the governor received a letter from 141 legislators begging him to intervene, to "use the state's full legal power and the authority and influence of your office" to convince GE to keep working and to convince the EPA to make it happen.
But Andrew Cuomo was not about to weigh in on this because he had a different priority. He was intent on luring GE to move its capital to New York, a courtship that ultimately failed but that went on long enough for the barges to sail away.
Now, the governor is all for a cleaner Hudson, all blustery about the failures of GE and the EPA which under the Trump administration is much less likely to care about either pollution or New York or both.
It is hard to imagine the EPA making GE go back to work, harder yet to imagine that GE would not fight this effort as hard as it fought the original one. So if the river is going to be clean, New Yorkers will pay for it because Andrew Cuomo did not do his job.


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Q: Angular forward slash "/" as state Url What I am trying to achieve here is the following.
I want to create a state Url with just a "/" that will get called no matter what route we are on.
currently not working, am sure I am missing something not sure what exactly.
if someone can help I would appreciate
defineState('main', {
            url: "/",
            controller: function () {
                console.log();
            },
        });

A: Are you using ng-route or ui-router?
with ui-router you can dot this
state('home', {
        url: '/',
        templateUrl: 'home.html'
    });

A: Look following answer How to watch for a route change in AngularJS?:
$scope.$on('$routeChangeStart', function(next, current) {
   ... you could trigger something here ...
});

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Если параметры не были отправлены, то http_response_code получит текущий код статуса. Код устанавливается если был отправлен параметр.
Код ответа устанавливается с помощью опционального параметра response_code.
Теущий код ответа. По умолчанию возвращется значение int(200).
The note above from "Anonymous" is wrong. I'm running this behind the AWS Elastic Loadbalancer and trying the header(':'.$error_code...) method mentioned above is treated as invalid HTTP.
At least on my side with php-fpm and nginx this method does not change the text in the response, only the code.
It's not mentioned explicitly, but the return value when SETTING, is the OLD status code.
You can also create a enum by extending the SplEnum class.
Note that you can NOT set arbitrary response codes with this function, only those that are known to PHP (or the SAPI PHP is running on).
Codes 0, 100, 101, and 102 will be sent as "200 OK".
Everything else will result in "500 Internal Server Error".
@craig at craigfrancis dot co dot uk@ wrote the function that replaces the original. It is very usefull, but has a bug. The original http_response_code always returns the previous or current code, not the code you are setting now. Here is my fixed version. I also use $GLOBALS to store the current code, but trigger_error() instead of exit. So now, how the function will behave in the case of error lies on the error handler. Or you can change it back to exit().
http_response_code is basically a shorthand way of writing a http status header, with the added bonus that PHP will work out a suitable Reason Phrase to provide by matching your response code to one of the values in an enumeration it maintains within php-src/main/http_status_codes.h. Note that this means your response code must match a response code that PHP knows about. You can't create your own response codes using this method, however you can using the header method.
1. Using http_response_code will cause PHP to match and apply a Reason Phrase from a list of Reason Phrases that are hard-coded into the PHP source code.
2. Because of point 1 above, if you use http_response_code you must set a code that PHP knows about. You can't set your own custom code, however you can set a custom code (and Reason Phrase) if you use the header method.
The limited list given by Stefan W is out of date. I have just tested 301 and 302 and both work.
When setting the response code to non-standard ones like 420, Apache outputs 500 Internal Server Error.
This happens when using header(0,0,420) and http_response_code(420).
Use header('HTTP/1.1 420 Enhance Your Calm') instead.
Note that the response code in the string IS interpreted and used in the access log and output via http_response_code().
http_response_code() does not actually send HTTP headers, it only prepares the header list to be sent later on.
So you can call http_reponse_code() to set, get and reset the HTTP response code before it gets sent.


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By Our Mining Sector Experts | November 27, 2018
In many emerging and developing countries in Latin America, the service sector is stamping its place as a significant driver of the local economies. In Peru, while the service sector continues growing, the mining industry remains a key economic contributor; this, however, is creating exciting opportunities for service companies linked to the mining sector. Not only are many service companies tailored to this sector, but also, Peru has built its legal system around it to support existing businesses and lure foreign investors into the country.
Opportunties for Services Companies – An Overview of the Peruvian Mining Sector
A Lithium Reserve has been discovered in Peru. It has the potential to be one of the biggest lithium mines in the world.
Peru, bordering Brazil, Chile, and Ecuador, has an established mining industry and is home to some of the biggest companies worldwide, including Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton. The reasons for the influx of foreign investors into the Peruvian mining sector are manifold. On the one hand, Peru has one of the most natural resource-rich landscapes, both in Latin America and worldwide, having large reserves of copper, silver, iron ore and coal, among many other minerals and rare earth elements (RREs). Unsurprisingly, the South American country is Latin America's number one producer of zinc, gold, and lead, while also being the second largest producer of silver in the world and in the future, potentially having one of the largest lithium mines in the world. On the other hand, the Peruvian government has provided an excellent investment environment, where foreign businesses enjoy the same benefits as the local business do.
Apart from the global players investing in the country, several Peruvian-based businesses invest in the mining industry as well. A particularly notable company is Minera Yanacocha – the explorer of the Yanacocha Mine in the Cajamarca province, the biggest gold mine in Latin America. Nevertheless, the Peruvian mining sector has a significant amount of FDI coming from businesses in Australia, Canada, the United States and just as importantly, China.
Thus, we will exemplify opportunities that exist for several types of international mining businesses in Peru.
Opportunities for Investors in the Mineral Mining Sector
Peru is a country with advantageous geological conditions and has great reserves of copper, gold, silver, and zinc. The current situation alone will help to consolidate the mining activities of the future and enable this sector to be the strongest pillar of Peru's economy, according to the CEO of the mining company 'Minas Buenaventura', Víctor Gobitz.
For investors looking for opportunities to expand their business to Peru, an enticing factor is the low energy costs in comparison to other Latin American mining heavyweights, such as Argentina, Chile or Brazil. Consequently, the likelihood of international firms engaging and investing in Peruvian mining projects rather than in the neighboring countries is much higher. According to Víctor Gobitz, this reveals a competitive advantage when considering the margins in the Peruvian mining sector. In addition, Peru has a well-developed educational infrastructure with several technical schools and universities that support the formation and development of the mining sector. Furthermore, Peru fosters the geological, metallurgical and mining institute that is able to provide a modern and facilitated system of concessions for mining businesses, both local and foreign.
What types of mining companies can have success in the Peruvian mining sector?
Service companies and specifically METS companies will find numerous opportunities in the Peruvian Mining Sector.
Companies that execute extraction activities usually stand in the spotlight. Multinational companies, such as Rio Tinto, a world leader in copper extraction, or Barrick Gold, one of the biggest gold extractors, have some of the most important mining projects worldwide in the Peruvian mountainous regions. Nevertheless, these extraction companies receive support from numerous service and supply businesses, often SMEs.
More specifically, a wide range of opportunities exists for mining equipment, technology, and service (METS) companies that may form partnerships with extraction companies in Peru. Specific examples were discussed during the international promotion program for international METS companies. Several international companies engaged Peruvian miners in the fields of engineering services, conveyor belts, ventilation systems, and monitoring and equipment for the treatment of metallic minerals, among many others, in order to create a network of service/equipment and extraction businesses.
Among the companies that have had great success entering the Peruvian mining sector is our client 'Luna Recursos Naturales S.A.C.', which is a consultancy firm for natural resource businesses providing not only managerial but also technical and logistical solutions to entities in the mineral exploration and development sector.
As this success story demonstrates, an abundance of opportunities exists for foreign investors wanting to enter the Peruvian mining industry. These opportunities range from general consulting and advisory services to niche businesses for equipment and technological supplies to assistance in obtaining mining concessions.
Apart from opportunities available for METS companies, one specific business opportunity has emerged in the Peruvian gold mining sector.
What is 'toll milling' and how can foreign investors engage in it?
Due to illegal ore extraction by artisanal miners, the opportunity of Toll Milling has emerged.
Peru is the world's 6th largest gold producer behind economic superpowers, such as China, Russia, and the United States, having produced more than 162 tonnes of gold in 2017, which was 6 tonnes less than the year before. The reason for this drop is the fact that several illegal mining operations extract gold in environmentally harmful ways and then they export it illegally, which not only impedes the growth of the local economy, due to unpaid taxes but also creates concerns about health and safety. In recent years more than half of all illegal miners have formalized their businesses but numerous miners are still operating informally. Therefore, the following business opportunity has emerged: Toll Milling.
Toll Milling is the practice of artisanal miners, who sell the ore they have extracted to licensed mineral buyers. The buyers, in turn, have the experience and expertise to safely process minerals from a network of artisanal miners and then sell the gold back to the market.
One of the most successful toll milling businesses is the Canadian-based mineral resource company Inca One Gold Corp that uses two of its gold milling facilities and processes ore from formalized artisanal miners, who require their government permitted milling facilities.
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The friend was me (despite the doctor jokes that were made during the lecture!). I have, for most of this semester now, been worried that I'm stuck in an Arts degree that's masquerading as a Communication degree. Not helped by the fact that I'm studying modernist literature and post-modern philosophy. This worry was not assuaged when Adrian said, "You are in an arts course" followed shortly with, "It is an Arts degree".
But! But, Adrian then went on to tell us that the difference between an Arts degree and a Communication degree is that a comms degree is much more constrained, more focused. And we talked about going into professional landscapes that are not causal, but are full of what-if?s and how-about?s and maybe?s. I think a more artsy style of degree will help me navigate such a professional landscape much more effectively than if I was studying a plainer, comms style degree.
So I feel better about being an Arts student now. Hurrah!
This course is focused on getting us to become "network literate".
Media is the new black (or the new engineering) – it's the industry that'll be running the world sooner rather than later… perhaps it already is. "It's all media".
Finally, a note on stories. The web, according to Adrian, is not about story telling. He says there is no story in twitter, or on a blog. He wants us to move away from the hegemony of narrative because media can be other (remember week 1? Dirty, messy noisy, other?). There are other ways of making that make sense and meaning that don't require narrative.
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For the past two hundred years, much public discourse has centered on the relative merits of the government versus the private sector. However, both liberals and conservatives ignore that the two sectors are ever-more closely linked.
The meeting started with an Israeli offering a handshake readily accepted by a retired Saudi general. The hand was extended by Dore Gold, hours before he became the director general of the Foreign Ministry, and accepted by retired general Anwar Eshki, the head of a Saudi think tank.
The United States' announcement that it is considering sending military aircraft and ships within twelve miles of a chain of artificial islands China has built up in the disputed Spratly Islands reveals once again Washington's propensity to be a one-move chess player – the kind that makes a move without considering how the other side will respond, and what it will do then.
In informal encounters with regular folks,I gained the impression that there is an issue on their minds which no political leader is addressing.
We found that the majority of Americans — both Democrats and Republicans— indeed experience a sort of economic anxiety.
In the new edition of his 2001 book, The Tragedy of Great Power Politics, John J. Mearsheimer lives up to his reputation as a provocative political scientist.
Some studies have shown that studying economics leads to debased morals. One such study was conducted by Gerald Marwell and Ruth E. Ames.
Debating the appropriateness of the speech Israel's prime minister will deliver to Congress diverts attention from, firstly, the endlessly more important issue of whether the deal that the Obama administration seems close to striking with Iran is one that serves the interests of the United States well, and, secondly, the question of the potential deal's effects on U.S. allies in the region and elsewhere, as well as on peace in the region and even the world.
The Paris attacks reignited the debate over the relationship between Islam and violence. On the one hand, the Obama Administration stresses that terrorism has nothing to do with Islam. On the other hand, conservative commentators blast the White House for trying to disassociate Islam from terrorism.
The United States' military is reported to greatly exaggerate the threat posed by China's and Russia's navies according to a prize-winning column in the Washington Post by Walter Pincus. Others have written about this bias, but Pincus documents it very effectively and above all succinctly.
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Some American strategists have of late expressed the concern that the United States' growing military ties with various nations in East and Southeast Asia give these nations a finger on the American trigger. This issue has been particularly raised with regard to Japan because the U.S. has declared that it views the Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands as if they were parts of Japan – which the United States is committed by treaty to defend.
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/* @fileOverview swiz is the serialization framework, built on Lucy's
 *   awesome python-esque version of things.... but for node.js
 *
 *  Major design goals are:
 *  * Allow us to support multiple formats (e.g. JSON & XML)
 *  * Be node.js-esque.
 *  * Not block especially frequently.
 *
 * Writing without a XML generator pimpy thingie because most of them
 * looked to be too much of a pain in the ass.
 *
 * Things that it doesn't presently do:
 * * Prevent you from using clearly-illegal names for things.
 * * Caching
 * * Pagination (this is regarded as a feature, not a bug)
 * * It doesn't try to remap returned arrays or hashes
 * * Probably some other things...
 */

// Required libs:
var async = require('async');

/**
 * The constructor for the swiz class
 * @constructor
 *
 * Notes about the data def.
 *
 * It's first a set of object type definitions.
 *
 * Each object type definition is a list of slots, which is a pair
 * of name and an object containing the metainformation.
 *
 * The metainformation is free-form.  In a DRY fashion, it'll assume
 * that the name is the name of the object's variable.  If it isn't, you
 * can use 'src' to retrieve something else.
 *
 * 'type' is the type (I use thrift's format), 'desc' means the description.
 * These are for making things self-describing down the road.
 *
 * @param {!Object} defs data def.
 */

function Swiz(defs) {
  this.defs = defs;
}

/** Controls if you want to use JSON or XML (or, for that matter, any other
  * weird serialization format people might invent to torment you with)
  *
  * @enum {number}
  */
exports.SERIALIZATION = {
  SERIALIZATION_JSON: 0,
  SERIALIZATION_XML: 1
};

/** Escape an XML string.
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 * @return {string} entity-replaced version of the string.
 */
Swiz.prototype.xmlEscapeString = function(str) {
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  str = str.replace(/</g, '<');
  str = str.replace(/>/g, '>');
  return str;
};

/**
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 * can be serialized directly to JSON, or to XML using Swiz's serializeXml
 * method.
 *
 * @param {object} obj The datastructure to be converted.
 * @param {function} callback A callback fired with (err, result).
 */
Swiz.prototype.buildObject = function(obj, callback) {
  this._buildObject(null, obj, callback);
};

Swiz.prototype._buildObject = function(parent, obj, callback) {
  var self = this;
  var stype, def, result, keys;

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      if (err) {
        callback(err);
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        self._buildObject(null, value, callback);
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  // Recurse onto every element of an array
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    function iterArr(item, callback) {
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    async.map(obj, iterArr, callback);
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  // Recurse onto each property named in the definition
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    if (!def) {
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    async.forEach(def, iterObj, function(err) {
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    function iterMap(key, callback) {
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        return;
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      self._buildObject(obj, obj[key], function(err, value) {
        result[key] = value;
        callback(err);
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    }

    async.forEach(keys, iterMap, function(err) {
      callback(err, result);
    });
  }

  // Simple value, pass it back
  else {
    callback(null, obj);
  }
};

Swiz.prototype._startTag = function(name) {
  if (name) {
    return '<' + name + '>';
  } else {
    return '';
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};

Swiz.prototype._endTag = function(name) {
  if (name) {
    return '</' + name + '>';
  } else {
    return '';
  }
};

Swiz.prototype._serializeXml = function(obj, key) {
  var i, def, stype, keys, item, src, result;

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  // Look up object definitions, serialize each defined property
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    result = this._startTag(key) + this._startTag(stype);

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/**
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Swiz.prototype.serializeJson = function(obj) {
  return JSON.stringify(obj);
};

/**
 * Convert an "object" constructed by buildObject to XML. If the object is an
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 * @param {object|array} obj The object to be serialized.
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Swiz.prototype.serializeXml = function(obj) {
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Foreign Experience of Formation of Anti-Corruption Strategies
Pernebay Almaganbetov, Elmira Kenzhibekova, Teimuraz Khvedelidze, Saliman Buranbayeva, and Zhanel Sailibayeva
Published Online: September 20, 2011
In-text: (Almaganbetov, Kenzhibekova, Khvedelidze, Buranbayeva & Sailibayeva , 2016)
Your Bibliography: Almaganbetov, P., Kenzhibekova, E., Khvedelidze, T., Buranbayeva, S. & Sailibayeva , a.Z. (2016). Foreign Experience of Formation of Anti-Corruption Strategies. International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 11(15), 8507-8516.
In-text: (Almaganbetov, Kenzhibekova, Khvedelidze, Buranbayeva and Sailibayeva , 2016)
Your Bibliography: Almaganbetov, P., Kenzhibekova, E., Khvedelidze, T., Buranbayeva, S. and Sailibayeva , a. (2016). Foreign Experience of Formation of Anti-Corruption Strategies. International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 11(15), pp. 8507-8516.
In-text: (Almaganbetov, Kenzhibekova, Khvedelidze, Buranbayeva and Sailibayeva 2016)
Your Bibliography: Almaganbetov, Pernebay, Elmira Kenzhibekova, Teimuraz Khvedelidze, Saliman Buranbayeva and and Zhanel Sailibayeva (2016). "Foreign Experience of Formation of Anti-Corruption Strategies". International Journal of Environmental and Science Education 11 (15):8507-8516.
Corruption is the main obstacle on the way toward state's economic and political growth. Corrupt practices are one of the oldest forms of crime that arose with an appearance of nationhood. Nowadays, corruption harms the economies of developing countries that are undergoing a process of an economic model transformation. Kazakhstan is among these countries. In order to form an effective policy to fight against corruption in Kazakhstan, it is necessary to study and generalize the experience of developed and developing countries. This paper studies the attitude of society towards manifestations of corruption, on the example of the countries of Asia, Africa, Europe and Latin America. Scientific researches on the problem of corruption practices were considered in the article. Corruption is the main limiting factor on the way toward reforming the state. At this time, social movements counteract corruption in developing countries. This article summarizes the problems of corrupt practices in developing countries, which would help to develop an effective program to fight against corruption in further researches.
Keywords: Asian model of corruption, economics, non-governmental organizations, fight against corruption, punitive policy
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Prior to becoming an independent HR consultant, he was the immediate Head of HR of Maersk Line Japan.
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She also served as Diversity Manager for global investment bank - part time and with a very flexible working arrangement from 2005 – 2010.
Suzanne transitioned from Psychotherapy practice into organizational development and adapted her application of Gestalt Psychology into coaching, group facilitation and training. As a consultant, Suzanne's methodology is highly experiential and is based on a solid, practical background in applied psychology and how change happens.
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Human Dynamic was founded in 1993 in Hong Kong, and under Eric's leadership, has grown to be the leading Integrated People Management Solution (IPMS) provider. With 19 direct offices internationally serving over 95 global companies, Human Dynamic's IPMS program specializes in people management consulting, learning and development, executive coaching, change management, outplacement consulting service, Work Life Coaching (EAP), and wellness consulting services.
Eric has vast hands-on experience in providing IPMS consultancy to multinational corporations. He has supported top level executives and HR personnel in leading organizational change, handling staff communication in change, and crisis management. Eric has also conducted leadership trainings to middle and senior executives. Customers he has worked with include: Standard Chartered Bank, HSBC, ExxonMobil, BP Asia, Shell, DuPont, Dow Chemical, P&G, Nike, MAST, and Li-ning, among many other global companies. Eric travels widely throughout Asia Pacific and Europe as a key consultant and speaker in conferences and seminars.
Prior to founding Human Dynamic, Eric worked for Price Waterhouse Associates (HK). He graduated from McMaster University, Canada, with a Bachelor's degree with honors in Commerce, and obtained his Master's degree in Social Work from the University of Hong Kong.
Kevin Menon is the Chief Practice Officer for Human Dynamic Asia Pacific Group, heading the Practice Department for Human Dynamic that governs delivery of its Integrated People Management Solutions (IPMS) for its customers across the Asia Pacific. Apart from his role as department leader, he is also a principal consultant and works directly with clients on consulting, coaching and training projects and the application of world-class content and processes from Human Dynamic to increase personal and organizational effectiveness.
Kevin has been called upon to provide psychological aid, training and crises consulting to companies and people across the region affected by the traumas like natural disasters (earthquakes, tsunami etc); murders; violent attacks; suicides; sexual assaults; robberies; gas explosions; industrial accidents; national tragedies; terrorist attacks (bombings, siege attacks etc); hijacking etc.
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Julina's career started as a Community Health Education Nutritionist in Ministry of Health of Singapore and most of her later work lies in training & consulting across industries such as health, spa & hospitality, manufacturing, oil & gas etc. across ASEAN countries. While running her own practice, Julina actively worked with corporations on adult health/workplace health programs, such Healthier Workplace Canteen Certification Program, under Health Promotion Board Singapore. Companies Julina has worked under workplace health companies include Shell Chemicals, Raffles Hotel, MediaCorp Singapore, Mt Elizabeth Hospital and many more. She is a certified Nutrition & Wellness Consultant by the American Fitness Professionals & Associates and is an active dance fitness instructor and a regular contributor to local health magazines & publications.
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Dr. Semlitz is an American trained Psychiatrist with board certification in both Child and Adolescent Psychiatry as well as General Psychiatry. She completed her undergraduate education at Brown University in 1975 and received her medical degree from Brown University in 1978. Dr. Semlitz completed her Psychiatry training at the Cornell University, New York Hospital Westchester division and her Child and Adolescent Psychiatry training at New York State Psychiatric Institute of Columbia University. Dr. Semlitz has practiced psychiatry for over 25 years in both the United States, Hong Kong and Singapore and has had academic appointments at Columbia University, Oregon Health Sciences University, Chinese University of Hong Kong, and National University of Hong Kong. More recently she was the Medical Director of Merck, Sharpe and Dohme in Hong Kong and Director of Medical and Scientific Affairs at Banyu, a division of Merck in Japan. She has particular interest in multidisciplinary diagnosis and treatment ADHD, anxiety and depression, cross cultural mental health, and community mental health.
Mr. Yamamoto is a Partner in charge of PwC Human Resources Services practice in Japan. He has more than 18 years of experience in HR management consulting, servicing to both Japanese and foreign-affilated companies in Japan and overseas subsidiaries of Japanese companies. His recent professional activities include HR strategy development, performance management design, HR effectiveness consulting, HR development (management training), along with numerous experience in HR transaction services such as HR due diligence, integration and redesigning of HR systems, down sizing, HR administration and communications. Bilingual in Japanese and English, Mr. Yamamoto is a frequent speaker at HRM conferences and seminars in Japan, and an author of several HRM books in Japanese. He holds BS Engineering from Keio University in Tokyo and MBA from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
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In the UK, Anne worked with Spring Group plc, a UK based consultancy, recruitment and training company, where she further developed business-planning skills including strategic direction, competitor analysis and financial planning & analysis. She gained additional experience in managing start up projects including Education Learning Centres.
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Cisco teases networking announcement, stock soars
Mar 8, 2010 8:06pm
Cisco stocks have enjoyed their biggest boost in over a year, as markets prepare for the firm to unveil a major networking deal later today.
The company's stock on the NASDAQ rose $0.92 to $26.13, the largest increase on NASDAQ in five months, after the firm revealed it would be making a significant announcement at 8am PST (4pm GMT) today, Bloomberg said.
Cisco is remaining tight-lipped about what the announcement will entail, except to say that it will "forever change the Internet and its impact on consumers, businesses and governments."
Analysts told Bloomberg they expected Cisco to unveil a router capable of transmitting internet traffic at 2Tbps per device, or 120Gbps per slot.
Cisco believes the market for high-speed internet equipment is developing, due to the 1Tbps trials being conducted by Google and others, the analysts said.


The following is list some of the backpacking trips I have done in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. I will add information on other hiking trips as soon as possible.
Unfortunately it's pretty hard to find many good loop trails, so we usually end up backtracking some trails or we have to arrange for a car a the pick-up point.
While all of the trails allow for foot traffic, some designated trails can be used by horseback riders. We also have information on some day hikes in the Smoky Mountains.
Reservations are required for all backcountry campsites and shelters and can be made by calling (865) 436-1231.
Miles listed are in round trip or total miles for the trip listed. Click on the trail name for additional and photos for that trail. Trail ratings are completely subjective so the listed rating is based on my experience with these particular trails; E = easy, M = Moderate, S = Strenuous.
Weekend trip - 25 foot waterfalls located off of the Cades Cove, tent camp.
Hike the Smoky Mountain Section of the Appalachian trail. This trip can also be cut in half making a 3-4 day trip.
Loop hike - flexible hike that lets you stay at either a shelter or tent site.
Overnite trip - Hike 4 miles of Appalachian Trail and stay in a bear shelter. requires reservation.


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We've unveiled significant enhancements to our adviser health cover product range including the addition of complementary travel insurance for all new Ultimate Health customers.
The refreshed health cover benefits, which are available to both current and new Ultimate Health Max, Ultimate Health and Easy Health customers, feature an increase to the surgical and medical benefit limits for customers with Ultimate Health Max or Ultimate Health as well as the expansion of other benefit entitlements across the adviser health cover range.
Our Chief Executive Officer, Rob Hennin, said the new benefits reflect our commitment to driving innovation and revitalising the health insurance market.
"We regularly review our product range to ensure we provide value for money health cover that meets our customers' needs. These changes do just that, offering customers real value that will provide them with peace of mind that they are covered whether at home or travelling overseas," Mr Hennin said.
Complementary, multi-trip international travel insurance will be available to new customers who are insured on either an Ultimate Health Max or Ultimate Health policy from 21 April. Valid for international travel of up to 38 days per trip, customers can be covered for travel-related events such as emergency medical expenses overseas, emergency medical evacuation, stolen luggage and trip cancellation.
"We believe the inclusion of complementary travel insurance with the purchase of health cover provides advisers with a unique, holistic solution for their clients," Mr Hennin said.
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Q: negative lookbehind regex javascript QUESTION: How to match any word that is not preceded by .?
In the context of a code syntax highlighter,
Unlike: Javascript: negative lookbehind equivalent?, I don't want to reverse string then combine with lookahead nor reverse the matches order (like $1$0) since I concat multiple regex with |, nor use XRegExp, nor use string delimiter ^, $,.
With PCRE I would simply do: /(?<!\.)\b[a-z]\w+/gi
As I keep forgetting how to simply solve this out I would like to know if there is a recurrent pattern I can remember for mimicking negative look-behinds in Javascript.
I'm probably not the only one but using look-ahead and reversing the matching logic always gets me dizzy!
Also most answers in SO use string delimiters, so it's not the same difficulty.
This is the closest I got: /((?!\.) )\b[a-z]\w+/, https://regex101.com/r/9hw2Y2/1, but it matches a one length char before my match (can see in green with PCRE flavor selected).
Any help and logical explanation for me to remember next time would be highly appreciated!


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How to Improve Your Retirement Income if You Haven't Saved
Michael Kitces sees it regularly in his financial planning practice: clients who are close to retirement but haven't saved.
"They fall into two groups — either they don't focus on it, or they are despondent," says Mr. Kitces, director of wealth management for Maryland-based Pinnacle Advisory Group and publisher of the popular Nerd's Eye View blog, which focuses on financial planning. "They think their retirement is doomed — it's a real lose-lose scenario."
Mr. Kitces' clients are not alone.
Among workers age 55 or higher and nearing retirement, 48 percent have saved less than $100,000, according to the Employee Benefit Research Institute. A third have less than $25,000.
The savings shortfall means many Americans face the prospect of retiring solely on Social Security, which replaces just 39 percent of pre-retirement income for the average worker retiring at 65, according to the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College.
But near-retirees do have some opportunities to improve their retirement math.
Mr. Kitces encourages clients facing shortfalls not to give up on saving. That is particularly true for empty-nesters, who may be able to redirect income formerly devoted to raising children and paying college tuition.
He recommends creating a household budget while the children are still on the household payroll that tracks child-related spending specifically. That can help people reallocate that spending to retirement saving once their children are out of the house.
Mr. Kitces usually suggests maximizing savings contributions in workplace 401(k) accounts that offer the incentive of tax deferral and employer matches, or an I.R.A.
Savers over the age of 50 also benefit from higher "catch-up" limits on tax deferred savings than their younger counterparts. This year, the combined limit for 401(k) accounts is $24,000; for I.R.A.s, it is $6,500.
Ramped-up contributions later in life can still yield a significant nest egg: Mr. Kitces calculates that if a couple earning a combined $100,000 started saving 30 percent of their income at age 51, they could accumulate more than $1 million in savings by age 65.
For most households, waiting to file for Social Security offers the best opportunity to increase retirement income.
Benefits — which are adjusted annually to account for inflation — can be claimed as early as age 62, but monthly benefits rise 8 percent for every year that you wait (credits for delay are available until age 70).
"There's nothing you can put your money into today that will create a better rate of return," says David Blanchett, head of retirement research at Morningstar, an investment research and management company.
Yet nearly half of American workers file at age 62, data from the Social Security Administration shows.
"We see a real tendency among our clients to take Social Security early," says Kevin Dorwin, managing principal at Bingham, Osborn & Scarborough in San Francisco. "They feel they need the income right away and don't want to get shortchanged on it."
Delayed claiming is especially beneficial for married couples, since one spouse is likely to live well past the so-called "break-even date," or the point at which a claimant will have made back the benefits forgone while delaying a claim.
Moreover, the Social Security survivor benefit allows a surviving spouse to step up to 100 percent of a deceased spouse's benefit, and married couples often do well with a delayed filing for the higher-earning spouse.
"The impact of delaying is even more profound for someone with less savings," says William Meyer, a founder of Social Security Solutions, which offers online software that helps claimants optimize their benefits. "The additional cumulative benefits represent a larger proportional amount if you have $200,000 in saving instead of $3 million."
Working longer offers a retirement math triple play by reducing the number of years a retiree must rely on savings, permitting more years of retirement account contributions and setting the stage for a delayed Social Security claim.
"The combination of minimizing withdrawals from investment portfolios and allowing for greater compounding can make a very big difference," says Mr. Dorwin.
He calculates that a 65-year-old couple with combined income of $150,000 could bolster their retirement income by 30 percent if they worked an additional three years, rather than retiring immediately, as a result of higher Social Security benefits and drawdowns from a larger portfolio.
Of course, working longer isn't always possible — health problems and job loss often get in the way.
But American workers do seem to be getting the message that it's a worthwhile goal. A Gallup poll reports that today's workers expect to retire at 66, on average. By contrast, the average retirement age for those who have already retired is 61.
Retirement planning models often rely on rules of thumb that don't always apply in individual situations.
Standard planning, for example, holds that retirees need to replace 70 to 80 percent of pre-retirement income to maintain their standard of living. But Mr. Blanchett's research suggests that the actual replacement rates vary from 54 percent to 87 percent of income.
His review of actual retirement expenditure, based on data from the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics' Consumer Expenditure Survey, also suggests that spending falls over the course of retirement. That is especially true for older retirees, who tend to spend less on travel, entertainment and other discretionary items.
Households facing saving shortfalls should consider cutting back on discretionary spending, Mr. Blanchett says: "It might not be easy, but it could be done."
Empty nesters facing retirement income challenges should also consider moving to a smaller home or relocating to a less expensive part of a metropolitan area.
Along with extracting equity that can be invested to produce income, substantial savings come from eliminating (or reducing) mortgages, and reducing home maintenance and property tax costs, according to Mr. Kitces.
"More often than not, people do it because the house feels large and empty, but it can produce a lot of savings," he says.
Taxation of retirement income plays an important role in determining how long retirement savings will last.
Conventional wisdom instructs retirees to draw money first from taxable accounts, and then from tax-deferred 401(k) and IRAs. But Mr. Meyer recommends.......
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Cofilin Changes the Twist of F-Actin: Implications for Actin Filament Dynamics and Cellular Function
Amy McGough, Brian J Pope, Wah Chiu, Alan G. Weeds
The Journal of cell biology
Cofilin is an actin depolymerizing protein found widely distributed in animals and plants. We have used electron cryomicroscopy and helical reconstruction to identify its binding site on actin… (More)
Structure of gelsolin segment 1-actin complex and the mechanism of filament severing
Patricia J. Mclaughlin, John T Gooch, H.-G. Mannherz, Alan G. Weeds
The structure of the segment 1 domain of gelsolin, a protein that fragments actin filaments in cells, is reported in complex with actin. Segment 1 binds monomer using an apolar patch rimmed by… (More)
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Human actin depolymerizing factor mediates a pH-sensitive destruction of actin filaments.
Marie Hawkins, Brian J Pope, Sutherland K. Maciver, Alan G. Weeds
ADF (actin depolymerizing factor) is an M(r) 19,000 actin-binding protein present in many vertebrate tissues and particularly abundant in neuronal cells. We have cloned human ADF and here show it to… (More)
Determining the differences in actin binding by human ADF and cofilin.
Sharon Yeoh, B. Maurice Pope, Hans Georg Mannherz, Alan G. Weeds
Journal of molecular biology
The actin-depolymerizing factor (ADF)/cofilin family of proteins play an essential role in actin dynamics and cytoskeletal re-organization. Human tissues express two isoforms in the same cells, ADF… (More)
Regulation of the pollen-specific actin-depolymerizing factor LlADF1.
Ellen G. Allwood, Richard G. Anthony, +5 authors Patrick J Hussey
The Plant cell
Pollen tube growth is dependent on a dynamic actin cytoskeleton, suggesting that actin-regulating proteins are involved. We have examined the regulation of the lily pollen-specific… (More)
Modulation of nuclear localization of the influenza virus nucleoprotein through interaction with actin filaments.
Paul Digard, Debra Elton, Karen Lynn Bishop, Elizabeth Medcalf, Alan G. Weeds, Benjamin JS Pope
The influenza virus genome is transcribed in the nuclei of infected cells but assembled into progeny virions in the cytoplasm. This is reflected in the cellular distribution of the virus… (More)
Evidence for functional homology in the F-actin binding domains of gelsolin and alpha-actinin: implications for the requirements of severing and capping
M. Hing Man Way, B. Maurice Pope, Alan G. Weeds
The F-actin binding domains of gelsolin and alpha-actinin compete for the same site on actin filaments with similar binding affinities. Both contain tandem repeats of approximately 125 amino acids,… (More)
A novel myosin present in cat jaw-closing muscles
Anthea Rowlerson, B. Maurice Pope, Jillian Murray, R. B. Whalen, Alan G. Weeds
Journal of Muscle Research & Cell Motility
SummaryCat jaw-closing muscles (masseter, posterior and anterior temporalis) are physiologically much faster than fast-twitch muscles of the hind limb. They have a highly oxidative metabolism and… (More)
The maize actin-depolymerizing factor, ZmADF3, redistributes to the growing tip of elongating root hairs and can be induced to translocate into the nucleus with actin.
Chaosong Jiang, Alan G. Weeds, Patrick J Hussey
The Plant journal : for cell and molecular…
The maize actin depolymerizing factor, ZmADF3, binds G- and F-actin, and increases in vitro actin dynamics. Polyclonal antibodies have been raised against ZmADF3 and these detect a single band of… (More)
Solution structure of human cofilin: actin binding, pH sensitivity, and relationship to actin-depolymerizing factor.
Brian J Pope, Karen M. Zierler-Gould, Ronald Kühne, Alan G. Weeds, Linda J. Ball
Human actin-depolymerizing factor (ADF) and cofilin are pH-sensitive, actin-depolymerizing proteins. Although 72% identical in sequence, ADF has a much higher depolymerizing activity than cofilin at… (More)


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Congressman Sestak
http://www.sestak.house.gov/
Joe Sestak is serving his second term as the Representative from Pennsylvania's 7th Congressional District, which includes most of Delaware County and parts of Chester and Montgomery Counties
Joe Sestak brings to Congress the same dedication and commitment with which he served this country in the Navy. As a member of Congress, Joe is working to strengthen our country's national security - national security that begins at home in the health, education, and economic promise of our people, as well as our defense security. Joe's primary focus is on fixing problems and moving our country forward - not on governing from the left or on the right.
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1022 Longworth House Office Building
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FHLBank Pittsburgh Awards $3.4 Million in Affordable Housing Grants
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Washington, DC - October 15, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- Following the recent release of a Congressional Oversight Panel (COP) report, which found that the Administration's current housing relief efforts lack scope, scale and permanence, Congressman Joe Sestak (PA-07) and top economist Dr. Mark Zandi, today, held a press conference to highlight the need for a comprehensive homeownership vesting plan to address the nearly 12 million homeowners who are currently underwater-- owing more on their mortgage than the value of their home.
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PHILADELPHIA, PA - October 2, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced today the approval of a grant totaling more than $1.8 million to elevate seven flood-prone homes in West Norriton, Montgomery County
Congressman Sestak Supports Key Legislation for Low-Income Veterans
Washington, D.C. - June 16, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) - According to the Veterans Administration, about one-third of the adult homeless population are veterans, with...
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Washington, DC - May 21, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — Congressman Joe Sestak (PA-07) helped the House pass, by a 367-54 margin, legislation to help Americans stay in their homes and to avoid many of the estimated 8.1 million additional defaults on mortgages predicted over the next four years when potentially 5 million homes could be lost through foreclosure or short sales.
Congressman Sestak Votes for Mortgage Reform and Consumer Protection Measure
WASHINGTON, DC - May 7, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — Congressman Joe Sestak (PA-07) voted for H.R. 1728, the Mortgage Reform and Anti-Predatory Lending Act of 2009, which the House passed by a vote of 300 to 114. The measure is aimed at curbing "predatory" lending – a major factor in the nation's highest home foreclosure rate in 25 years.
Congressman Sestak Announces $156,640 for Delaware County to Prevent Homelessness
WASHINGTON, DC - April 9, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — The U.S. Department of Homeland Security on April 9, 2009, announced that federal funding totaling $100...
Congressman Sestak Meets with Leaders of the Urban League
WASHINGTON, DC - March 25, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — Congressman Joe Sestak (PA-07) met with Patricia Coulter, President & CEO, and Michael Walker, Senior Advisor, of the Urban League of Philadelphia; Sonya Springer, President of the Urban League's Young Professionals; and Mamie Fains, of the Urban League Guild. During the meeting the Congressman discussed their mutual concerns regarding financial literacy, housing assistance, and support for small businesses especially in these troubling economic times.
Congressman Sestak Votes for Historic Legislation to Rebuild Economic Security
Washington, D.C. - January 28, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) – To avoid a deeper and more protracted economic recession that would devastate the economic security of his constituents, while ensuring a more rapid recovery from the recession, Congressman Joe Sestak (PA-07) voted for H.R. 1, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, today, which passed the House by a vote of 244 - 188.
Profiles Mortgage Climate in the District
Media, PA - January 27, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) – A comprehensive solution to the current economic crisis demands immediate efforts to resolve the core of the problem -- the ongoing cycle of increasing foreclosures.


I've been doing a lot here in the Butler homestead. Last week brought a lot of writing, and it's crazy to think a month ago, I was having trouble writing at all. Now the ideas are flowing, and I'm working on multiple projects again.
It means I have to be careful not to fall into my normal habits. Part of the reason I had to take a break from writing and publishing was burn out. I pushed hard, I wrote a LOT… And made it a chore instead of something I should love to do. I was doing too much, and in the end, I disappointed a lot of people.
I'm still going to let myself work on multiple projects. One I'm channeling into something that was an old project, but I've revamped into something new. Then there's my NaNoWriMo project. I'm doing fairly well on it right now. I haven't written every day, but I'm staying on track to finish 50,000 words by November 30.
I'll be starting my newsletter back up this week. I was waiting to get some link issues resolved before I sent anything out on the newsletter. It won't be weekly like it was before. Probably just one good one a month, maybe two. Not sure yet. I was worried about not having content for you guys, because I'm not publishing anything new until early 2018 at this point, but I think I've figured it out and I think we're going to have a good time.
Look for more awesome soon!
I'm still doing other creative things, like I'm still practicing my hand lettering and using mandala art to relax and wind down. I think those were instrumental in getting my mind back on writing again. And I think that when you concentrate on one thing for too long… at least for me… I get burnt on it, it loses its appeal. And I don't want that to happen.
So it's all about balance now. How I manage the writing and the other stuff in my life so I don't have to take a year or two off again. It's important to me that I can keep this going. And I couldn't have done any of it without the support and love I got from everyone of y'all that read this blog or follow me on Facebook or Twitter.
Ok. Time for me to get to writing, so I will end this now, otherwise I'll just keep on talking.
See you guys on the flip side after I get word count done for the day.