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Senhwa Biosciences Presents Positive Cholangiocarcinoma Data
TAIPEI and SAN DIEGO, Jan. 15, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Senhwa Biosciences, Inc. (TPEx: 6492), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on next generation DNA Damage Response (DDR) therapeutics for the treatment of cancer, today announces that promising clinical data from their global phase...
Huami to Host 2021 Strategy and Outlook Investor Fireside Chat with CEO Wang Huang on January 22
BEIJING, Jan. 14, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Huami Corp. (NYSE: HMI) today announced that it will hold a Fireside Chat conference call for investors on Friday,22 January 2021. The company will discuss its 2021 strategies for consumer and industrial health technologies, including its product plans annou...
Samsung Biologics Shares 'Vision' for Next Decade at the 39th Annual JP Morgan Healthcare Conference
INCHEON, South Korea, Jan. 13, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Samsung Biologics (207940.KS) set forth its dynamic growth plan for the next decade at the 2021 Annual JP Morgan Healthcare Conference.John Rim, newly appointed President and CEO, unveiled a multidimensional business plan for the company to furt...
GenScript Submits Application with FDA for Use of cPass™ SARS-CoV-2 Neutralization Antibody Test in Convalescent Plasma Screening
PISCATAWAY, N.J., Jan. 13, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- GenScript USA Inc., the world's leading research reagent provider, announced today that it has submitted an application to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER) for use of the cPass™ SARS-CoV-2 N...
VesCir poised to revolutionize skincare industry at CES 2021 with AI-driven 'iCi' skincare system
TAIPEI, Jan. 12, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Taiwanese biotech startup, VesCir, inspired by Nasa's Skin.B project, will have a launch of its ownthis year at CES 2021, where it will showcase its medical grade portable dynamic skincare system; a first on the market. The future of skincare now; "Dynamic...
CES 2021 Taiwanese biotech startup mProbe CADx develops AI health analysis platform
TAIPEI, Jan. 12, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- mProbe Taiwan is a subsidiary biotechnology company of mProbe Inc, committed to promoting human health and wellness by transforming the field of precision health and precision medicine. With multi-omics as the critical evidence, mProbe has endeavored to inter...
Happiness Biotech's E-Commerce Business - Happy Buy, Achieved Over 70% Growth in December
NANPING, China, Jan. 11, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Happiness Biotech Group Limited (the "Company" or Nasdaq: HAPP), an innovativeChina-based nutraceutical and dietary supplements producer, announced today that Happy Buy, the Company's wholly-owned subsidiary focusing on e-commerce business, has achiev...
PharmAbcine announces a research collaboration with LegoChem Biosciences
DAEJEON, South Korea, Jan. 11, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- PharmAbcine Inc. (KOSDAQ: 208340ks), a clinical-stage biotech company focusing on the development of fully human antibody therapeutics, announced today that the company has entered into a research collaboration agreement with LegoChem Bioscience...
VISEN Pharmaceuticals Closes $150 Million Series B Financing to Accelerate the Development and Commercialization of its Innovative Endocrinology Therapies in Greater China
SHANGHAI, Jan. 9, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- VISEN Pharmaceuticals, a biotech company focused on developing and commercializing innovative endocrine drugs that address significant unmet needs for patients inGreater China, announced today the closing of a$150 million Series B financing. The round...
Gracell Biotechnologies Announces Pricing of Initial Public Offering
SUZHOU and SHANGHAI, China, Jan. 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Gracell Biotechnologies Inc. (NASDAQ:GRCL) ("Gracell"), a global clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company dedicated to discovering and developing breakthrough cell therapies to address major industry challenges and fulfill unmet medical ne...
Dr David Stamler Appointed CEO
MELBOURNE, Australia, Jan. 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The Board of Alterity Therapeutics (ASX: ATH, NASDAQ: ATHE) ("Alterity" or "the Company") is pleased to announce the appointment of DrDavid Stamler to the role of Chief Executive Office effective immediately. Dr Stamler joined the Company in J...
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VISEN Pharmaceuticals Receives IND Approval to Initiate Phase 2 Clinical Trial of TransCon ™ CNP in Achondroplasia (ACH) in China
SHANGHAI, Jan. 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- VISEN Pharmaceuticals, a biotech company committed to the treatment of endocrine-related diseases, introducing the world's leading treatment methods and drugs into theChina market and hoping to provide more Chinese patients quick access to the world's most a...
VolitionRx Limited Awarded an Additional $4 Million in Non-Dilutive Funding
AUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 6, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- VolitionRx Limited (NYSE AMERICAN: VNRX) ("Volition") today announced it has been awarded additional non-dilutive funding totaling approximately$4 million from the Walloon Region and Namur Invest,Belgium. To date, Agencies from the Walloon Region have a...
TurtleTree Labs, the global leader in cell based milk, launches TurtleTree Scientific
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 5, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- TurtleTree Labs, the global leader in cell-based milk, today announced the launch of TurtleTree Scientific, dedicated to the growth of food grade growth factors. Despite the costs of producing cell-based meat declining over the years, the cell culture m...
PharmAbcine to participate in BIO @ JPM and Biotech Showcase Digital during "J.P. Morgan Week 2021"
DAEJEON, South Korea, Jan. 4, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- PharmAbcine Inc. (KOSDAQ: 208340ks), a clinical-stage biotech company focusing on the development of fully human antibody therapeutics, announced today that the company will participate in BIO @ JPM and Biotech Showcase during the J.P. Morgan Wee...
Happiness Biotech Announces Registered Direct Offering of up to 4.2 Million Ordinary Shares to Strategic Investors
NANPING, China, Jan. 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Happiness Biotech Group Limited (the "Company" or Nasdaq: HAPP), an innovativeChina-based nutraceutical and dietary supplements producer, announced today that it has entered into a securities purchase agreement with certain non-U.S. strategic investors...
CIMC Enric's Subsidiary Deploys Vaccine Storage Market To Carry out R&D of Cryogenic Liquid Nitrogen Biological Container
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SHENZHEN, China, Dec. 31, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- ImmVira Group Company ("the Company"), a biotechnology platform dedicated to the development of oncolytic virus("OV") and vector type approaches to create more effective and safer therapies against cancer, announced today the signing of Series C fina...
Novotech Health Holdings Appoints Zidong Zhang as CFO
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Arctic Vision obtains the first IND approval for the treatment of UME in China, Suprachoroidal space (SCS) injection potentially brings more benefits to patients
SHANGHAI, Dec. 25, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Arctic Vision, a China-based clinical-stage ophthalmology company with a leading portfolio of breakthrough technologies, announced on December 24th the clearance of the Investigational New Drug (IND) for Phase III trial of ARVN001 (triamcinolone acetonide s...


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"The Central Authority" Movie Wraps Production
The much-awaited new comedy, "The Central Authority," has wrapped production. The film which satirizes the current world situation, is now complete, according to producers.
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The Central Authority HOLLYWOOD, Calif. – Oct. 1, 2020 – PRLog —
Using the technology available, producers of the film, believe, "The Central Authority," is the first full length completely socially distanced feature film.
Written by Dana Olita and Kristin West, the film takes place in a dystopian future where a pandemic has caused the world-wide collapse of governments. A Central Authority has risen to maintain law and order and control the supply chain of goods and services. Because most people are stuck at home, entertainment has become a premium commodity. The Central Authority has created a channel for citizens to create their own content.
The film depicts a normal day of programming. The shows range from parodies of talk shows, cooking, exercise, and reality shows, children's programming and even a homemade music video complete with behind the scenes footage. Of course, there are fake news segments too. Interspersed throughout the day are reminders from the Central Authority, to "wash your hands," "wear your masks," and "keep a social distance." In exchange for creating this programming, citizens are compensated and given higher places in line for goods in short supply. Compensation is based on ratings of each show. However, if you fail to meet The Central Authority's minimum guideline, The Central Authority cancels your show, and your life.
The Central Authority has been a brave undertaking in these hazardous times. "We knew this was a huge endeavor going in," said West, who co-directed with Armin Nasseri. "We were forced to use the technology available, which meant doing some unusual things." Those "unusual things" included dusting off some archaic film techniques and using brand new processes. "We gave ourselves permission to fail," says West, "but things worked out fine in the end."
Those processes including having actors from all over the world come together on the screen. Actress Anna Elena Pepe, who plays Dr Zhivaga, a government sexologist, says it was an experience for her like no other, "I was in London, and my scene partner (LaChelle Allen) was in Los Angeles. 'It was fantastic.'"
"The actors were the key," according to Olita, "We basically let them pick and choose characters and wrote around their choices." West agrees, "We gave our actors a tremendous amount of freedom, there was a lot of improvisation. Everyone gave great performances and the chemistry the actors have with one and other is magical."
In addition to West, Olita and Nasseri, The Central Authority uses an ensemble cast of working actors, Tick Tock stars, comics and podcast hosts: LaChelle Allen, Brandy Bryant, April Monique Burrill, Jimmyo Burrill, Lilly Burrill, Candice Callins, Charles Chudabala, Rodney Damon Collins, Michael Coulombe, Lauren DeLeon, Vanessa Esparanza, Jonathan Freeman-Anderson, Sara Gaston, Katie Gordon, Nate Gordon, Joe Grisaffi, Josh Hutchinson, Betsy Johnson, Allison Michelle, Rory Ogden, Marco Antonio Parra, Anna Elena Pepe, Jake Red, Genoveva Rossi, Nailya Shakirova, Narlyia Sterling, Todd Stroik, and Cristina Vargas. Nasseri said he was "proud to work with such a strong group of diverse actors." Inclusion has been a recurring theme in Nasseri's films, with award winning shorts The Carting Call, and Seeking Valentina, already under his belt, Nasseri felt like this was the perfect vehicle for him as a director, editor and actor.
The Central Authority is written by Dana Olita and Kristin West, directed by Armin Nasseri and Kristin West, and produced by Matt Chassin, Armin Nasseri, Dana Olita, Narlyia Sterling, Kristin West and Quarantini Productions.
For more information go to https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12265464/
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Mary Helen Creagh (née le  dans le Warwickshire) est une femme politique britannique.

Membre du Parti travailliste, elle est députée de 2005 à 2019 pour la circonscription de Wakefield dans le Yorkshire.  Aux élections de 2019 elle est battue par le conservateur Imran Ahmad Khan.

Le  Creagh, diplômée d'Oxford (MA) et de LSE (PhD), est aussi Fellow du « Chartered Institute of Linguists » (FCIL).

Résultats électoraux

Voir aussi
 Cabinet fantôme
 New Labour

Références

Liens externes

 Debrett's People of Today

Naissance en décembre 1967
Étudiant de Pembroke College (Oxford)
Député du Parti travailliste (Royaume-Uni)
Député du 54e Parlement du Royaume-Uni
Député du 55e Parlement du Royaume-Uni
Député du 56e Parlement du Royaume-Uni
Député du 57e Parlement du Royaume-Uni
Représentant de l'Angleterre à la Chambre des communes
Femme politique britannique

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The Greater Hazleton Joint Sewer Authority (GHJSA) accepts hauled waste of various types including but not limited to: septage, sludge from package plants or other treatment facilities, holding tank waste, portable toilet waste, food processing waste, wash water, hydrostatic test water, etc.
You will be required to complete a Hauled Waste Request Form. After the GHJSA receives and reviews your completed and signed Hauled Waste Request Form, a determination will be made whether the waste can be accepted and treated at the GHJSA facility. In some cases more information, such as additional sampling and/or laboratory analysis of the waste, may be needed prior to making a final determination.
Once approved, a discharge rate will be set and the hauler will be assigned a new account number and PIN for activation of the Raptor receiving stations at the Hauled Waste Receiving Station (HWRS). Please review and adhere to the "Hauled Waste Discharge Procedures".
Flow of Traffic – Trucks coming into the facility to discharge will take the first right about half way down the access road, then the first left, which takes you through the upper gates. The HWRS is the first building straight ahead. Trucks may use either side of the building for discharge. It is imperative that drivers stay on the roadway and avoid driving on the soft shoulder to prevent damage to GHJSA property. When discharge has been completed, trucks will pull forward on the asphalt paved surface, stop at the stop sign and turn left to exit through the lower gates.
Hoses and Connections – The GHJSA will provide 6-inch, 4-inch and 3-inch connections to the valve at the HWRS. Haulers are required to supply their own discharge hoses. Hoses will not be provided by the Sewer Authority. Drivers must remain with their truck while waste is being discharged.
Automated Interface and PINS – After completing hose connections and opening the knife valve on the wall, drivers will need to enter a 4 digit PIN into the touch screen to activate the system. Each account has been given a corresponding 4 digit PIN and type of waste selection. Please make sure each truck/driver has a listing of your company's PINs so they are able to use the system correctly. After the load is discharged and the driver presses the "Stop Unloading" button on the screen.
Manifests and Sign-in Sheet – The GHJSA also requires a manifest to be completed for each load discharged. Each load is logged on the corresponding sign-in sheet for that account, which is located in a file cabinet in the Hauled Waste Pump Station (the small building adjacent to the HWRS).
Sampling – The GHJSA performs spot sampling of hauled waste loads. Drivers may be required to provide a sample of any given load. Failure to produce a sample when requested may result in suspension or loss of hauling privileges.
Maintenance and Housekeeping – A hose is provided on each side of the HWRS for wash down of the area following discharge. Keep in mind that this is plant water, not potable water. This water is not suitable for human consumption. Trash receptacles and cigarette receptacles are provided at the station. Please stress that your drivers make every attempt to maintain a clean area.
Please contact Plant Operations at (570) 454-0851 extension 401 if you have any questions regarding the hauled waste discharge procedures or if new drivers require assistance with the system.


Neck and rhomboid pain is a frequent patient complaint. A common cause of this pain is entrapment of the dorsal scapular nerve. Clinical symptoms include muscle weakness and pain in the muscles it innervates: the levator scapula and rhomboids.
The dorsal scapular nerve frequently pierces the middle scalene. In a University of North Texas cadaver study led by Vuvi Nguyen in 2016, this was true in 74% of specimens. In the remaining 26% of specimens, it exited either between the middle and anterior scalene, or between the middle and posterior scalene (at about the same frequency). Hypertonic scalenes, a frequent occurrence, can compress this nerve and lead to pain along its pathway resulting in neck and rhomboid pain. Patients will frequently develop motor point tenderness and pain in the muscles innervated by the dorsal scapular nerve, which includes the levator scapula and rhomboids. Treatment of these muscles alone, however, will yield limited results, as the irritating factor is still present and will continue to cause the rhomboids and levator scapula to become irritated.
Treatment of the scalenes in addition to the ashi points of the patient's complaint of neck and rhomboid pain would provide longer lasting results than simply treating the ashi points alone. The middle and posterior scalene can be treated at extra point dijia, with different needle angle reaching either the middle or posterior scalenes. The anterior scalene can be treated at the extra point jingbi. These points are the motor points of the respective muscles; their location, needle angle, and depth are described in the Motor Point Index (Callison, 2007), but, as with any needle technique, class instruction is best.
As acupuncturists, we can step back even further from local and adjacent points (extra point dijia and muscle motor points) and take a more comprehensive view. Recognizing that the scalenes and the dorsal scapular nerve are part of the channel system allows us to link the local treatment with appropriate distal points to help regulate the jingjin.
Dorsal scapular nerve, and innervated muscles (levator scapula and rhomboids). Note: the levator scapula and rhomboids are also part of the Small Intestine channel sinew.
Fig. 4: LI 3 and luozhen, motor points of the interossei and points on the Large Intestine Jingjin.
With dorsal scapular nerve entrapment, the acupuncturist might consider treating distal points along the Large Intestine and Lung channels. LU 7, a point frequently used for neck pain rhomboid pain, seems to particularly soften the anterior scalene muscle. Common reactive points which remove obstruction in the Large Intestine channel include LI 3 (the motor point of the 1st interosseous muscle), LI 10 (the motor point of the extensor carpi radialis longus), the motor point of the extensor carpi radialis brevis (not a point on the LI primary channel, but still on the LI jingjin), and LI 11 (the motor point of the brachioradialis muscle). Extra point luozhen can also be considered; my view is that this point, being the motor point of the 2nd interosseous muscle, is really part of the Large Intestine channel system. It has an effect on tension in the channel sinew as the 2nd interosseus muscle has a fascial connection with the extensor carpi radialis brevis, part of the Large Intestine channel sinew. I think luozhen has a particular affinity for the middle scalene muscle. This point can soften the middle scalene, reduce compression on the dorsal scapular nerve and reduce neck and rhomboid pain as the muscles innervated by the dorsal scapular nerve are better able to function properly.
This acupuncture treatment protocol is effective for this common cause of neck and rhomboid pain, but for long-term successful results the practitioner should examine the patients' posture and complete a thorough TCM differential diagnosis. For more information on putting together a comprehensive assessment and treatment protocol for all musculoskeletal injuries, enroll in Sports Medicine Acupuncture courses.
Thank you Brian. I really loved the information and how it is presented. I just now made the connection b/w Luozhen and why it is indicated for same side neck pain. Explained through its effect on the middle scalenes via the LI sinew channel. Cool!
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Rotary Club of Pune Riverside invited Dr Vikas Joshi for addressing Rotarians at their membership meeting. Dr Joshi accepted the invitation and spoke about Five Mantras for Learning and Renewal.
"When we complain of monotony or boredom in our professional or personal lives, it is usually a sign that we are not learning new things. This happens not because learning opportunities don't exist, but because we miss them", Vikas said during his talk. Vikas then shared several stories from his life and invited participants to draw out the underlying mantras: openness to serendipitous learning, gaining insights through reflection on events, learning from younger people, learning as participation, and shaping oneself according to the situation. He assured the participants that with these mantras, they can be sure not to miss learning and enjoy renewal.
Rotary Club of Pune Riverside is a 30-year-old breakfast club with members who come from various fields such as entrepreneurship, education, accounting, business, industry, export, and so forth.


The weather is warming up and new life is emerging after a long winter. Spring is one of my favorite times of year to get children outside to check out the changes in nature. Sometimes though, it is helpful to bring nature inside. One up-close science activity that young children can do this spring is to raise butterflies. Children are fascinated to see the life-cycle of a butterfly happen before their own eyes! It is one thing to read about it and another to see it happen in real life.
Once you obtain the caterpillars, make sure to set aside time each day to observe them with your children. What does the caterpillar look like? What color is it? What do you notice about the caterpillar? Do you see anything different when you look through the magnifying glass? See if your child comes up with any "I wonder…" questions and work together to find the answers.
Start a chart and keep track of how many days it takes until the caterpillar creates a chrysalis. Once the chrysalis is formed, keep track of how many days it takes before the butterfly emerges.
During your observations, introduce some butterfly vocabulary. You will be surprised at how much a preschooler can understand and remember. The goal is to introduce your child to scientific terminology, not necessarily have them obtain mastery of these words (but many children will do just that.) You can print out a butterfly terminology chart to print out and place in a science notebook, science center, or as a reference poster.
There are so many directions you can go with a butterfly theme. Follow your child's interests. There are butterfly crafts, books, games and more. I love to incorporate songs and rhymes to help young children remember key concepts. One song we sing during this unit is "My Metamorphosis." It has crafts and actions that go along with the tune. You can find the complete song plus instructions here: Butterfly Unit for Young Children.
When it is time to release the butterflies, make a special event out of it. Our family had a butterfly picnic. We had noticed during a nature walk at our local museum that there were many butterflies there. So when it was time to release ours, my kids decided the museum gardens would be the perfect butterfly habitat. Now whenever we walk through the garden and see a butterfly, the kids proudly claim it as one of their own.
Will you be raising butterflies this year?
Maureen Spell is a former elementary school teacher who now has a classroom of 7 at home. She blogs at Spell Outloud, a blog that has nothing to do with spelling and everything to do with learning. With kids ranging from toddler to teen, she highlights many homeschool activities, toddler and preschool crafts, and free printables. You can follow Maureen on Google+. Be sure to stop by her blog to download a free Butterfly Nature Journal.
I needed this this week since we've started our butterfly garden. Thanks!
When do you think is a good time to get catipillars/butterflies? I have been thinking when it is a steady 50 degrees, maybe May or June. What do you recommend?
I live in the Midwest, so I usually get our butterflies in late May so that when we release them it is warm enough for them to survive.


Learn about exchange traded funds in this exciting, interactive free ASX course.
It is good timing, because ETFs have become increasingly popular and more types of ETFs are being made available on ASX. In fact, keeping up with new products was one of the challenges in developing these courses.
A feature of the courses is that they provide balanced, independent education, free of clutter, long-winded brochures, or sales pitches. Each screen is restricted to a small amount of concise text, accompanied by simple graphics and exercises to assist understanding.
The ASX ETF course has seven modules covering the fundamentals of what ETFs are and how to buy and sell them. Subsequent modules take a detailed look at particular types of ETFs, including a case study.
The modules are self-directed, meaning you can work through them sequentially or go from, say; domestic ETFs to international ETFs or exchange traded commodities (ETCs). Each has summary slides and a quiz to help you be confident you have grasped the concepts.
Best of all, you can do the online course when and where you like, at your own pace, and print the notes. All you need is an internet connection and computer.
Simply put, ETFs are built like a managed fund, and bought and sold like a share. They are a listed investment fund that invests in a basket of securities or other assets, and seeks to track the performance of a specified index, such as the S&P/ASX 200.
There are three main differences compared with unlisted managed funds. ETFs are listed on an exchange, typically have lower fees than active managed funds and, unlike managed funds, do not seek to outperform a particular benchmark index. Like managed funds, ETFs offer diversification – they are based on an index that may comprise dozens or hundreds of shares.
You may have read about ETFs in the investment media or started using them for your portfolio or self-managed super fund (SMSF). The ASX ETF market is growing rapidly. The combined market capitalisation of ASX-listed ETFs rose 42.5 per cent to $4.6 billion in the 12 months to March 2011. Fourteen new ETFs were listed during that period and average monthly ETF turnover increased.
ETFs are popular with investors who are happy with an index-like return, prefer lower-cost investment products, like the transparency that comes with investing in listed products that are easier to buy or sell, always have a clear price and provide instant diversification.
ETFs are not new products. This year is the 10th anniversary of their first listing on ASX, and they have been used overseas for several decades. ETFs worldwide held almost $US1.4 trillion in assets under management in April 2011, according to BlackRock research.
As with any investment product, it is important to understand the benefits and risks of ETFs, and whether they suit your investment needs. Not all ETFs are the same and they have specific risks, such as tracking errors, which occur when an ETF provides a return different to its underlying index.
Also, ETFs can be used very differently. Some investors use them for passive long-term exposure to local or international markets. Others use them tactically to take advantage of short-term market opportunities. More self-managed super funds use ETFs as part of a "core and satellite" strategy that includes ETFs in the portfolio core for low-cost index exposure, and shares or other investment products as portfolio "satellites" that can outperform the market. It is possible to borrow over ETFs using margin loans or ASX-listed instalment warrants.
Furthermore, as the ASX ETF market grows, different types of ETFs are expected to be issued. ETFs over local and international indices have been joined in the past 18 months by ETFs over sectors, small and large-cap companies, and higher-yielding companies. Synthetic and currency ETFs have been listed and ASX-listed exchange traded commodities have a different structure again to ETFs.
The message is obvious: invest in education before investing in ETFs, or any investment product for that matter. Take advantage of the ASX online ETF course today <insert hyperlink again> and tell your friends about it if you find it useful and think it could help them with their investments.
The Exchange Traded Funds and Exchange Traded Commodities page has more detailed information on these investment products.


When you talk to people who have operated their own small business, you'll hear a lot about how many unique things need to be done on a daily basis in order to make the business successful. You're going to find that it becomes a whole lot easier for you to be able to keep your business moving forward when you can manage these issues successfully. People who want to be able to get past a lot of the stress of their daily business operations will find that there are plenty of services that can help.
Of all the different challenges that any business is going to have to deal with over the course of its existence, determining the right way to handle credit card payments from customers is going to be one of the most important. In an economy where just about every single person will pay for purchases using a credit card, you can really start to see why businesses have to figure out how they're going to deal with these payments in an effective way. By working with some of the information below, you should find it a whole lot easier to understand how to get a small business payment processing system going.
You'll find that the first thing you need to get for any kind of payment processing setup is a credit card reader to accept the cards. When customers want to be able to pay for their products quickly and easily, a mobile credit card reader is going to be able to make this incredibly simple. The process will begin whenever a customer swipes her card into the reader. At this point, they will then be able to navigate through a couple of information menus in order to select the right kinds of options for themselves. Most payment systems will also provide an option for customer to receive an email receipt.
It's also a good idea to do a bit of investigation into what kinds of prices and fees you'll be facing whenever you have a payment processed by your card reader. Most of the merchant services companies out there these days are going to have very affordable rates and only take a small percentage of each purchase your customer makes. This means that you're going to be able to make a solid profit while still getting the high degree of service that you expect.
You're going to find that there are a lot of good reasons to look for the most effective kinds of payment processing services. When you've chosen the right payment processing plan, you can direct your energy back to getting the most from your company.


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Q: Change add to cart button based on IP-adress (GeoLocation) in Woocommerce I have a question about a WooCommerce shop I am currently working on. The shop only contains only two languages, Dutch and English.
Is it possible when somebody from Poland visits the English version of the webshop and then navigates to the WooCommerce Products page it does not show the "Add to Cart" option but displays a different button with another link based on IP-adres (Geo-Location)?
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Ok, I managed to get it to work but not with your example:
    // Wijzigingen Links en teksten knoppen toevoegen
function custom_product_button(){
    // GEOLocatie aanroepen en verschillende distrubiteurs toevoegen
    $geoip = geoip_detect2_get_info_from_current_ip();
    $country = $geoip->raw[ 'country' ][ 'iso_code' ];
    $button_text = __( "To distributor's website", "woocommerce" );
    $button_usa = 'https://google.com';
    $button_singapore = 'https://www.google.com.sg';

    // Tonen van buttons met verschillende linkjes
    ?>
    <form class="cart">
    <input type="submit" value="<?php echo $button_text; ?>" onClick="window.open('<?php if ( 'US' === $country )  {echo $button_usa;}if ( 'SG' === $country )  {echo $button_singapore;}?>');"class="single_add_to_cart_button button alt">
    </form>
    <?php
}

// Vervangen van de button op single product pagina
add_action( 'woocommerce_single_product_summary', 'replace_single_add_to_cart_button', 1 );
function replace_single_add_to_cart_button() {
    global $product;
      $geoip = geoip_detect2_get_info_from_current_ip();
      $country = $geoip->raw[ 'country' ][ 'iso_code' ];
      if ( 'US' === $country || 'SG' === $country)
      {
            remove_action( 'woocommerce_single_product_summary', 'woocommerce_template_single_add_to_cart', 30 );
            add_action( 'woocommerce_single_product_summary', 'custom_product_button', 30 );
      }
}

// Vervangen van de button op loop pagina en categorie / archief pagina
add_filter( 'woocommerce_loop_add_to_cart_link', 'replace_loop_add_to_cart_button', 10, 2 );
function replace_loop_add_to_cart_button( $button, $product  ) {
      $geoip = geoip_detect2_get_info_from_current_ip();
      $country = $geoip->raw[ 'country' ][ 'iso_code' ];
      if ( 'US' === $country || 'SG' === $country)  {
        $button_text = __( "View product", "woocommerce" );
        $button = 'get_permalink() . '">' . $button_text . '';
    }

    return $button;
}

Maybe not the best coded piece but it is working in combination with the Plug-in GeoIP Detection.
Your coding looks much better but doen't seem te work. No errors just always the add to cart button.

A:
Updated: on April 21th, 2018

Woocommerce has a geolocation enabled tool (and WC_Geolocation related class) by default.
The first below uses that geolocation in a custom conditional function, where you will defined the related countries that are going to enabled your demo button.
In that function you will set all the related country codes in the array (I have defined 'US' and 'SG' just for testing purpose).
The code:
// Updated: check for the defined country codes based over user IP geolocation country code
function country_geo_ip_check(){
    // ==> HERE define the countries codes in the array
    $non_allowed_countries = array('US', 'SG');

    // Get an instance of the WC_Geolocation object class
    $geolocation_instance = new WC_Geolocation();
    // Get user IP
    $user_ip_address = $geolocation_instance->get_ip_address();
    // Get geolocated user IP country code.
    $user_geolocation = $geolocation_instance->geolocate_ip( $user_ip_address );

    return in_array( $user_geolocation['country'], $non_allowed_countries ) ? false : true;
}

// Shop and other archives pages (replacing add to cart by a linked button to the product)
add_filter( 'woocommerce_loop_add_to_cart_link', 'replace_loop_add_to_cart_button', 10, 2 );
function replace_loop_add_to_cart_button( $button, $product  ) {
    if ( country_geo_ip_check() ) return $button;  // Exit for non defined countries

    if ( $product->is_type( 'variable' ) ) return $button; // Excluding variable products

    $button_text = __( "View product", "woocommerce" );
    $button_link = $product->get_permalink();
    return '' . $button_text . '';;
}

// Single producct pages
add_action( 'woocommerce_single_product_summary', 'replace_single_add_to_cart_button', 1 );
function replace_single_add_to_cart_button() {
    global $product;

    if ( country_geo_ip_check() ) return;  // Exit for non defined countries

    // For variable product types (keeping attribute select fields)
    if( $product->is_type( 'variable' ) ) {
        remove_action( 'woocommerce_single_variation', 'woocommerce_single_variation_add_to_cart_button', 20 );
        add_action( 'woocommerce_single_product_summary', 'custom_demo_button', 20 );
    }
    // For all other product types
    else {
        remove_action( 'woocommerce_single_product_summary', 'woocommerce_template_single_add_to_cart', 30 );
        add_action( 'woocommerce_single_product_summary', 'custom_demo_button', 30 );
    }
}

// Your custom button replacement
function custom_demo_button() {
    global $post, $product;

    $style = 'style="padding-right: 0.75em;padding-left: 0.75em;margin-left: 8px; background-color: #0ebc30;"';
    $button_text = __("View Demo", "woocommerce");

    // Get demo Url
    if( function_exists('get_field') )
        $url_demo = get_field( "url_demo" );

    if( ! isset($url_demo) ){ // If the Url is not defined
        $button_text = __("Missing URL", "woocommerce");
        $style = 'style="color: red; background-color: white; border: solid 1px red"';
        $url_demo = '#';
    }

    // Output
    echo ''.$button_text.'';
}

Code goes in function.php file of your active child theme (or active theme). Tested and work.

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October saw months of planning come to fruition as we hosted Gram's Go Green Summit at The Charlotte Street Hotel in London.
Designed to keep Gram's passion for sustainability at the forefront of the industry's mind during the intermittent year between the Gram Green Paper report, we launched The Go Green Debate - a series of three live webinars aimed to raise awareness of the importance of sustainability in the foodservice industry. The three live-streamed, interactive webinars covered key topics such as education, legislation and the future of the foodservice industry.
The culmination of The Go Green Debate, saw the first event of its kind - The Go Green Summit, a free to attend conference which encouraged delegates to take tangible action over our industry's responsibility for its carbon footprint, waste and holistic sustainability approach.
Partnering with Foodservice Equipment Journal, we invited Andrew Seymour, editor, to MC the impressive agenda for the lively and informative event. Joining him on stage was a broad cross section of the industry's most passionate sustainability ambassadors and opinion formers, who each delivered thought-provoking insight and recommendations on how we can all work together to bring about, not only a more sustainable industry, but tangible commercial business benefits - both short and longterm.
Charlotte Henderson from Wrap kicked off our debate and shared the concerning figure that out of 100 potatoes grown only 25 are eaten. While the following session led by Dominic Burbridge from The Carbon Trust revealed the staggering statistic that one tonne of CO2e costs £200 from electricity, and £340 from diesel.
While Chris Moore from The Clink Restaurants and The Clink Charity asked the audience to reconsider their position on sustainability and suggested that rather than having a single-minded approach, the industry should consider the sustainability of people alongside their carbon footprint and used the development of The Clink Restaurants to demonstrate this.
The final session was held by CESA's Keith Warren, who shared his insight on the EU Ecodesign directive and the critical dates for businesses, with the legislation due to be implemented by July 2016. Keith rounded off his session by chairing a panel, which included Gram's MD, Glenn Roberts, Winterhalter's commercial director, Andy Blake and MKN's sales and marketing director, Stuart Long. The panel shared detailed insight into sustainability within manufacturing and the responsibility to provide the market with energy efficient products.
The Go Green Summit was an unprecedented success, receiving critical acclaim from the senior industry figures who attended. The commitment and passion for driving the sustainable agenda as well as the continuous investment in developing ever more energy efficient technology, firmly positions Gram as sustainable innovators. Next year sees the 5th edition of The Green Paper, an in-depth report that looks in to the attitudes and behaviour of operators across a myriad of foodservice channels - we look forward to seeing how the industry is making a difference - as Gandhi said – "the future depends on what we do in the present".


Keep tools at your fingertips with drawers that glide on smooth ball-bearing slides, folding magnetic trays and a tool rack on the back. The deep cushioned seat keeps you comfortable for hours. With a heavy-duty steel frame and over-sized 3-inch rubber casters, it supports 450 lbs and rolls over cracks easily. It arrives ready to ride – just screw on the wheels.


Miami progress to Conference Finals after 4-1 series win.
The Miami Heat sealed their place in the Eastern Conference Finals after a 94-91 win over the Chicago Bulls on Wednesday night ensured they win the series 4-1.
LeBron James scored 23 points while Dwyane Wade made a big impact in the closing stages as he finished the game with 18 points to clinch victory and advance to what will be their third consecutive trip to the Conference Finals.
Having blown an early 18-point lead and then trailed by 11 in the second-half, Miami were able to close out the game despite a typically battling performance from Chicago.
Carlos Boozer led the way for the Bulls with 26 points and 14 rebounds, and despite the disappointment of seeing their season come to an end coach Tom Thibodeau praised his players.
"It is sort of the story of the season. I told these guys this yesterday. Obviously, we're disappointed in losing the series, but I was never disappointed in the team. I thought our team fought hard all year long," he told the media after the game.
The Bulls were without star point guard Derrick Rose all season long following his torn ACL in the post season last year, while Kirk Hinrich and Luol Deng missed the entire series against the Heat through injury and illness respectively.
Chicago will look to come back strong next season with a healthy roster, while the Heat remain on course to secure back-to-back to championships.


According to a complaint filed against Facebook, a manager called employees "n****r" and "monkey." He also referred to one African-American as a "lazy n****r who wanted everything handed to him," the suit alleges. Robert Baron Duffy and Robert Louis Gary responded by filing racial discrimination claims against the company.
Duffy, a former operations manager at the company's North Carolina facility, and Gary, a night shift manager there, also claim they were paid less than their Caucasian colleagues. They allege the company failed to adequately address their discrimination and retaliation claims after they made internal complaints.
"It's important that these things not happen and it's important that management take it seriously and address them when they do," said Sonya Smallets of San Francisco's Minnis & Smallets, which represents the plaintiffs.
Filed in U.S. District Court in San Jose, their complaint seeks damages under the Civil Rights Act, 42 USC 1981. It alleges that 2% of Facebook's workers are African-American, compared to 12% in the U.S. population. Gary said in the complaint that he complained about discrimination, but it was fruitless.
"I'm in a situation where I feel like I have not been getting the same treatment concerning compensation like the rest of the employees here who are of a different race," he said. "I believe the reason I have been treated this way is because I'm African-American and they never expected for me to say anything."
Facebook apparently acknowledged problems with the manager, Wayne Hawkins, who allegedly called Gary "a lazy n****r." However, the company did not admit liability for his actions.
"As soon as we were made aware of Wayne Hawkins' behavior, we investigated and took quick action to terminate his employment and provided extensive anti-bias, anti-harassment, and anti-discrimination training to all data center employees nationwide," Facebook spokeswoman Bertie Thompson said.
This suit is a reminder that companies need to diligently enforce anti-discrimination and harassment policies. Lawsuits of this kind can cause serious damage to a company's reputation. Taking swift action to deter any form of discrimination is absolutely essential.


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Trident – A full in-depth considered analysis
September 27, 2015 January 5, 2016 ducksoap3 Comments
Here I provide a complete analysis of Trident.
The British capitalist government has Trident missiles equipped with nuclear warheads that are launched from submarines. They are utterly useless in armed conflict as all they do is invite a huge attack.
The sole purpose of these missiles is to provide a mechanism for taxes to be diverted into the grasping hands of arms manufacturers, particularly the infamous Lockheed Martin. Claims by both the British government and the GMB trades' union that retention (and upgrade) of Trident provides thousands of jobs are wholly vacuous arguments as the same workforce and costs could be used to build or operate something useful.
Militarily and economically, Trident is absolutely useless.
Corbyn And The 'Liberal' Media
Jeremy Corbyn is not a socialist revolutionary and many of his ideas to tackle problems are closer to band-aids than radical solutions. However, his emergence as a determined and principled Labour leader has encouraged the tactics that various tenets of the elite sections of society would use if faced with genuine revolutionary popular politics. The absurdity of the Conservative Party's declarations of overt concern for the safety of the country and the incoherent splatter-gun rhetoric from the right-wing media is simultaneously laughable and pathetic. Mr. Corbyn's reluctance to engage with Sky News has left that channel floundering around in its own spittle as a succession of screaming heads ham act their way through poorly scripted diatribes. Somewhere, Chris Morris is yelling "The Day Today was satire, not a training video."
Of course, no support for Corbyn is expected from the tax-avoider owned Times, Telegraph, Mail, Express, Sun, Sky, etc. But, the reaction from the rest of the media is interesting because of what it reveals about the fear that the liberal, centrist or <insert another term for wishy-washy> media luvvies have if faced with what they perceive to be a real challenge to the structural status quo of British society. Jeremy Corbyn is no more a revolutionary than Michael Foot or Tony Benn but he is widening the sphere of public discussion and presenting direct challenges on some political and social issues that have, for too long, been able to avoid inspection and dissection. Even such a mild tendency toward revolutionary politics has put the willies up the chattering hoards at the Guardian, New Statesman, Independent, etc.
Arithmetic and intra-party plots
As soon as Corbyn's expected victory in the Labour leadership contest was confirmed plaintiff cries of "un-electable" were exclaimed. Oddly, although the non-Tory media screamed this cry as loud as anyone it could not back it up with numbers or facts.
Polly Toynbee, known most infamously for her devout atheism, stated that "the young, the poor and non-voters will not be enough" to win the 2020 general election. Clearly, arithmetic is not in Toynbee's skill set – less than a quarter of the electorate voted for the Tory Party in 2015 general election – and her condescending tone toward new young voters, voters who have not previously been inspired to vote and "the poor" is beyond parody.
Tom Clark agrees with Toynbee that the 24% of the electorate who voted Tory should be wooed rather than the 76% who didn't: "David Cameron notched up just over 11.25 million. Unless Corbyn can now turn some of his talk away from his own band of loyalists, to address the concerns of this much bigger group, then today's victory will soon enough be followed by defenestration or defeat" Clark declares with no apparent awareness of his warped logic and arithmetic failure.
Asked by the Guardian to give his "verdict" on the Labour leadership election result, Matthew d'Ancona's self-choreographed dismissive attitude encapsulates many of the invented reactions to the result and to Jeremy Corbyn's post-election actions. (Toynbee's, Clark's and d'Ancona's comments are here: Four Guardian Columnists). According to d'Ancona, the leadership acceptance speech was an "angry, garbled bellow of a protester, an activist and a rebel" as if such characteristics were unquestionably unwelcome. He contradicts himself by stating Corbyn needs the votes that "eluded" Ed Miliband in 2015 while simultaneously objecting that he is different to Miliband. How does d'Ancona know that the votes that "eluded" Miliband are not potential votes for a Labour further left? He doesn't know, he chooses to assume. D'Ancona insults the electorate by asserting that they will be easily led by media and Tory depictions of Corbyn and his policies, "they will form an impression extraordinarily fast and, in most cases, stick with it to the general election of 2020," and berates him for not immediately playing the dumb media game. The theme of Corbyn not spending a lot of time and energy jumping through media hoops recurs a lot in the liberal criticism; this bemusement stems from the liberal commentators' lack of respect for the intelligence of the public combined with an absurd supercilious awe of their own importance. "This was an almost comically bad start" is d'Ancona parting badly-aimed shot.
Stephen Bush echoes d'Ancona's criticisms of Corbyn's actions and non-actions in the days just after the election, and, like d'Ancona, he knows these criticisms to be without substance and he does not seek to justify any of them. In Bush New Statesman, he randomly says that "Jeremy Corbyn's closest aides are exhausted and error-prone" as part of a claim that the new Labour leader has no talent to work closely with him in his office as advisors and support staff. What Bush doesn't say is why he thinks Corbyn will not be able to replace anyone who has left or why he thinks the new leader's choices of staff won't be as talented and able as, if not better than, any staff who have departed. The appointments to the shadow cabinet are described as "chaotic," another pin-in-the-dictionary-whilst-blindfolded word, and Bush makes the common ignorant error of describing the creation of the cabinet as a "reshuffle" – it wasn't; no shadow cabinet existed after the election until the winner of the election formed such a cabinet. As an unspoken reference to Jeremy Corbyn's age, a likely recurring theme of his critics, Bush states falsely that Corbyn didn't do a lot of media work immediately due to "fatigue." The rest of Bush's drivel is a short work of fiction wherein he depicts deputy leader Tom Watson as pretender to the leadership.
I enjoy a pint of bitter but Dan Hodges is several barrels. He continues to claim that he assumes that a Corbyn-led Labour have no hope in any election without ever attempting to justify his chosen assumption and he is saddened that Corbyn appears to have support throughout the Labour Party members. To amuse himself Hodges has invented a master plan he claims exists within the parliamentary Labour Party to remove Corbyn from the leadership, described here: Hodges bodges. Like Stephen Bush's story about Tom Watson as a plotter, Hodges' article is the sort of hackneyed fiction that even the most desperate literary publisher would respond to with a terse two-sentence rejection. I don't think Hodges or Bush is a skilled enough candidate to be Katie Price's new ghost writer.
In Cohen, Nick Cohen also invents a plot against Corbyn within the Labour Party and repeats the unproven assertion that the "far left is triumphant, [but they are] nowhere near as popular in the country as their deluded supporters imagine." Again, this is presented as fact with no attempt to prove its validity. Cohen continues: "however much you deplore the Tories [] do you in your heart fear a Cameron or an Osborne government less than the Corbyn administration? You only have to raise the question to know the answer millions of voters will give." Is that the 76% of the electorate who didn't vote Tory? Perhaps Nick Cohen has been reading too much Lewis Carroll recently. The remainder of Cohen's article is a bizarre and ludicrous comparison of Corbyn's willingness to engage with Iran with George Lansbury's pacifism in response to Hitler in the 1930s.
The liberal observers are happy to offer advice to Jeremy Corbyn, which is nice.
Tom Clark's concern is that a clear, consistent and non-contradictory political outlook will not be understood and, thus, it needs to be spun. In Clark spinning he lists four reasons why a spin doctor is required by the new Labour leader. On 'Europe', Clark claims "Labour's stance towards the European referendum is in chaos." It isn't, but why let facts interfere with a spurious point that you want to make. His advice is inconsequential; his remark "so if [Corbyn]'s got an issue where he's in line with the mood on the streets of Nuneaton, he ought to be pointing that out" is another gormless repetition that Tory swing voters are more important than the 76% who didn't vote Tory in 2015. On 'Women', Clark thinks Corbyn could have avoided accusations of sexism if the entire shadow cabinet had been announced at once. As the said accusations were made only be people seeking any reason to criticise him, why should Corbyn pander to their demands? John McDonnell's appointment as chancellor should have been delayed, according to Clark, to prepare people, within Labour and without, because, apparently, his appointment is controversial. Again, why the hell should there be any concern about the views of opponents? McDonnell's swift appointment was a strong statement of intent. Clark adds that a spinner would have spun the parliamentary Labour Party's reaction to Corbyn winning to lessen claims of division in the party.
Clark has a low opinion of the intelligence and analytical ability of the British public and he thinks Jeremy Corbyn should worry always what the right-wing media thinks of him, his policies and his actions. It should be clear that he couldn't give a damn what the Mail, Express, Sun, Times and Telegraph think, and the British public do not need spun presentation to understand what is happening. Clark's final line reveals how out of touch he is: "But hired it [a spinner] must be, or else he will risk crashing and burning even faster than anyone imagines."
Matt Dathan describes five things that he thinks Jeremy Corbyn got wrong in his first week as leader, Dathan five things; (he also mentions five things he thinks he got right). Dathan includes the delay in appointing a spin doctor, with similar concerns as Tom Clark. Not singing God Save The Queen and not confirming whether or not he will wear a red poppy on Remembrance Day are two other examples of wrongdoing according to Dathan; "alarmed moderates" and "widely condemned" expose the tone and imagination of Dathan. He purposefully ignores the fact that wearing a white poppy and not singing that awful dirge are political decisions and reasons that people support Jeremy Corbyn. Dathan repeats the lie that women are not sufficient numerically in the cabinet and he grasps wildly at ephemeral rumours that McDonnell is very unpopular in the parliamentary Labour Party. His dismissive attitude to McDonnell is the only section of the list where Dathan reveals his true stance – he is opposed to McDonnell's anti-capitalist tendencies.
Themes and motivation
All the examples above make the deliberate and insincere statement that a Labour Party led by Jeremy Corbyn will not win a general election. The proof of this assertion is not sought. With this assertion in place, as an axiom, the writers' criticisms and observations follow set themes.
Discord in the parliamentary Labour Party with consequential plots to usurp
Amateurish decision-making and presentation
It's protest politics
Concern about Tory swing voters
You must play the media game
It is clear that these observers cannot view politics as the majority of the people of Britain do. They don't understand that people are sick of slick robotic untrustworthy spivs who spin successfully via the media. Coupled with their willful ignorance of arithmetic, the writers concoct lazy unconvincing arguments and conclusions that are, at best, embarrassing. What they never do is state their motivation for this behaviour.
The behaviour of the liberal writers echoes the behaviour of the Labour elite during the leadership election. I described that in the section 'The horror of popular support' in Election despair and Labour's death. The motivation for this behaviour is also the same as the motivation of the Labour elite: It is not that they fear a Corbyn-led Labour will not win an election, what they fear is that he could win an election. A government that might offer a challenge to capitalist exploitation and gangsterism is not what the Labour elite want and it is not what the liberal media wants. That is the motivation for the tone and the quantity of the non-Tory media attacks on Corbyn.
Discredit the reaction to the criticism
The supporters of the new Labour leader and others with similar or more revolutionary politics have responded with gusto to the nonsense that the liberal commentators have spouted. The drivel emitted has been analysed, ripped apart and thrown back in their faces, with ease. Such a response has upset their delicate souls and, as therapy, some have expressed their hurt in the only way they know how: Deliberate misrepresentation, misdirection and insults.
Martin Robbins points at Corbyn and his supporters and coughs out "left-wing UKIP." That is it. He isn't suggesting similarity of political views. Robbins' complaint refers to how he wants to depict Corbyn's (and Farage's) relationship to parliament and government and how he wants to discredit the intelligence and political nous of the supporters. In Robbins complaint he claims that "like many UKIP supporters, Corbyn occupies an anti-political ground." So Robbins thinks that UKIP, a offshore tax-dodger-funded political party that seeks, ultimately, to complete the transition to corporate fascism, is "anti-political." Obviously, his description of Corbyn as "anti-political" is wrong, and Robbins knows it is an false description, but he uses it as a cerebrally-simplistic method of discrediting one of the few members of parliament who has a clear political vision.
Robbins equates UKIP's encapsulation of immigrants as the main threat to British people with a "left-wing" view that bankers are the main threat. That is, he is asserting that highlighting the mundane fact that the structure and methods of capitalist exploitation are the enemy of most people is no more useful than claiming immigrants are the cause of all the ills in Britain. All Robbins does with this crass equation is reveal his own political outlook; he is, of course too cowardly and too ignorant to express his opposition to Corbyn's politics with honest argument.
Like other ardent supporters of the exploitative status quo, Robbins enjoys throwing the word "paranoid" at anyone who recounts knowledge of the state of the political or economic world. It is an old fraudulent argument used against anyone who isn't politically blinded. Robbins quotes extensively from conman Richard Hofstadter's hamfisted 1964 essay 'The Paranoid Style;' the purpose of that drivel is to deny that mass capitalist exploitation exists by denigrating the intelligence and sanity of those who observe it, and Robbins is happy to continue that tradition.
Robbins adds racist US politician Donald Trump to his concoction of deceit. Again, Trump is "a firmly anti-establishment candidate." Has Robbins forgotten that Trump is a very successful businessman who wants to perpetuate and enhance the exploiters' piece of pie? Robbins lists some of Trump's off-the-scale stupid comments and follows this with "Trump is closer to Farage than Corbyn in policy, but they share a common style and attract people for similar reasons." The clear message that Robbins is defecating out is that considered, informed opposition to capitalist gangsterism, (Corbyn), is no more intelligent than uninformed wilfully-ignorant comments about Barack Obama's heritage or the intentions of Muslim immigrants in the USA, (Trump). Robbins takes a long time to say he thinks that there exists a status quo, godlike and immutable that must not be questioned and, if you do question it, you are a paranoid weirdo. He concludes with a general insult: "In many areas of public life, the front line has become simply too difficult and too professionalised for members of the public to have any real impact."
Before he finishes Robbins joins in with the aforesaid misunderstanding of arithmetic. "Corbyn is popular because he refuses to compromise, and it's precisely that trait that will ultimately cause him to fail, because persuading ten million people to vote for you involves compromise by definition." Again, 76% of the electorate didn't vote Tory.
Marina Hyde is a competent football journalist but her foray into political analysis is misguided. As a companion piece to Robbins' comedic turn Hyde also equates the attitudes of UKIP supporters with those of Corbyn supporters, and adds SNP to the mix. Hyde's objective is to create a similarity between some supporters' reactions to comments about Corbyn with those of UKIP, and she tries to explain her invented comparison by referencing an essay on the use of language by Nancy Mitford. Hyde's cumbersome analogy is here: Hyde. She meanders on to attempt to justify her dislike of Corbyn supporters' use of the word "smear" when they should say "difference of opinion." As explained above, a key facet of the cricisim of Corbyn is that it is not an expression of a difference of political opinion, because the critics are too cowardly and dishonest to a engage. Smear is, often, the correct word.
The remainder of Hyde's piece is an expression of fear. The cosy chattering world is being ignored. The acceptance of the status quo is diminishing. And Hyde keeps equating support for socialism with support for dumb bigotry of the right, just so it is clear that any left-wing threat is positioned as unintelligent and uninformed. She ends with "politics is becoming markedly less civilised, and increasingly driven by an irrational emotionalism that threatens – often literally – to spill over into mindless violence." Hyde doesn't make clear which violence she thinks is mindless and which isn't. Perhaps non-state violence is mindless?
The fear that Hyde has is common to all the liberal observers of any revolutionary fervour. That they feel that fear even for a traditional Labour leader like Jeremy Corbyn reveals how useless and pathetic they are. In any revolution, these types are the first to be cast aside, and they know that.
It's Not A Bomb, It's A Clock
September 17, 2015 January 5, 2016 ducksoapLeave a comment
Schoolboy Ahmed Mohammed made an electronic clock (not the one pictured above) as part of a science project and took it to his school, MacArthur High School in Irving, Texas. The principal of the school, Daniel Cummings, called the police and Ahmed was arrested, handcuffed and interrogated. He was not charged. It should be noted that no actions were taken at the school that would have been taken if the principal really had suspected a bomb was on the premises. Therefore, it is clear that he did not think the clock was anything other than a clock and, thus, Cummings' decision to call the police is not driven merely an abject lack of intelligence.
The motivation for the school principal's actions is explained by the mayor of Irving's relationship with an extreme anti-Islam think-tank called Secure Freedom. This think-tank, that changes its name frequently to avoid having too long a history of bad press, exists to promote an anti-Muslim agenda in the USA. If you have the stomach to read some EDL-style tripe then have a look at the website: Secure Freedom; it includes a deliberately garbled non-analysis of the incident at MacArthur High School. A self-appointed VP of Secure Freedom, Jim Hanson – who claims to be ex-US Army "Special Forces" – is delighted with the exposure his grotty gang has acquired as a result of the arrest and harassment of a child. His unoriginal presentation of and twisted justification for prejudice is given ample space within his contributions on twitter: Hanson tweets. The mayor of Irving, Beth Van Duyne, received an "award" from Secure Freedom for her anti-Islam stance and activity. Typically, she grossly exaggerates and invents problems related to Islam as an excuse to initiate campaigns to denigrate Muslims. It is clear she is a worthy recipient of an award from Secure Freedom. Her "acceptance" speech: Van Duyne speaks.
The connection between the mayor of Irving and Secure Freedom, and the actions of Daniel Cummings is not coincidental. It is a product of a political agenda, both locally in Irving and nationally in the USA. This agenda wafts around the room during the TV debates between the numerous candidates for the Republican Party nomination for presidential candidate, and screams from the screen on Fox News. An intelligent schoolboy with an aptitude for science and invention was used by this agenda.
Positive reaction
Beyond the deserved ridicule aimed at Cummings and Van Duyne there is a great response from scientists and inventors to what happened to Ahmed Mohammed. He was wearing a NASA t-shirt when arrested and several NASA employees, including those working on the Mars Rover, have expressed support for Ahmed and invited him to NASA. Mark Zuckerberg, inventor of facebook, said "having the skill and ambition to build something cool should lead to applause, not arrest. The future belongs to people like Ahmed." He also invited Ahmed to facebook's headquarters.
The key point that many talented people have made is the aptitude to invent is vital for humanity. This assertion is at odds with the anti-intellect manifesto of the republicans in the USA.
Opponents' reaction to Corbyn
On 12th September 2015 veteran Labour backbencher Jeremy Corbyn was elected as the new leader of the Labour Party. He received 60% of the votes. The reaction to his election success and the immediate tactical response from opponents has been both predictable and limp. Here are few examples.
Tory reaction
The Tories are stuck. The intake of new Tory MPs in the last two general elections is peopled with unthinking robotic gofers who are unable to engage beyond regurgitating poorly written scripts and clumsy soundbites. Their soullessness, charmlessness and immorality is matched quantitatively by inability to analyse, to critique and to prove. They are yes men and women functionaries who are wholly unequipped to operate in a challenging political debating environment. Thus, faced with Jeremy Corbyn, who not only has opposing political views but also has the experience, aptitude and consistency of thought to elucidate those views, the Tories sit rigidly, confused. The rigidity of thought can produce just one visible reaction: Rabid outbursts. The first such ejaculation was emitted by Conservative HQ and repeated by a few drones including MPs Michael Fallon and Priti Patel.
This nonsense encapsulates two themes of the Tories' gormless strategy when attacking Corbyn: Defence and the economy. The Tories are very keen to protect the flow of taxes to prop up the arms manufacturers, traditionally generous donors to the Tories, and to protect their annihilation of the fiscal economy for the benefit of bankers and offshore thieves. It is clear that all the Tories have are old lies from the early 1980s, the enemy without, the enemy within.
Jeremy Corbyn need not worry about the strength of the Tory attacks against him.
Right-wing media
Another theme of the reaction to Corbyn is ridicule accompanied by forced laughter. One of the Daily Mail's clowns-in-residence, Matt Chorley, dribbled out this spittle, Chorley on Corbyn, wherein his imitation of a ten-year-old's fansite-style literary skill tries to draw an analogy between Corbyn and singer Steve Brookstein that is as durable as a chocolate teapot.
Often, when the right-wing media thinks it is attacking Corbyn it is doing the opposite. Another Daily Mail hack, Tom McTague, has taken nearly ten minutes out of his busy schedule to list some of the political views Corbyn holds on particular issues. For many, this list, McTague on Corbyn, contains several reasons to support him.
If the right-wing media highlights Corbyn's views and activism it is likely to encourage more people to support him but it does not seem to realise this error. It has been allowed to promote gangster capitalism as godlike and immutable for so long with no restraint that the media has convinced itself that such criminality really is for the benefit of society and that any opposing view must be wrong. The right-wing media is as stuck as the Tory party.
Labour elite reaction
Several Labour MPs have resigned from the shadow cabinet. Such moves have no meaning because Corbyn has not yet appointed a shadow cabinet. Indeed, he is not required to do so at all. However, the MPs felt compelled to make a pointless gesture to try to persuade the public that they have political convictions. Some of the departees reiterated the stance that they think a Corbyn-led Labour would fail to beat the Tories in a general election, a stance that is steadily losing its solidity. What the Labour elite really fear is that a Corbyn-led Labour could win a general election and that, then, Britain would have a government that is much further away politically from the views of this elite than a Tory government is.
Centrist media
Four Guardian columnists' views are here: Guardian Columnists. All are reticent to offer support, are condescending and catatonic. Toynbee states that "the young, the poor and non-voters will not be enough" to win the 2020 general election, forgetting that the Tories have just won an election where only 24% of the registered voters voted for them. D'Ancona thinks that Corbyn attending a rally to support refugees and expressing support for unions was "an almost comically bad start." For d'Ancona, dancing to the right-wing media and Tory tune is what is needed rather than having consistent supportable political views. Clark admits that "none of us saw this coming," the "us" being the middle-class media bubble. None of the four columnists sees Corbyn's political views as a key to his success, now or in the future. They just pat him and his supporters on the head and then climb back into the bubble.
National Borders and Immigration
September 4, 2015 August 19, 2020 ducksoap1 Comment
Birthplace may have significance for the individual as part of her or his history, but its use beyond that should be merely administrative and statistical. A dot on a map, a map defined by arbitrary lines that divide, should not determine anything of someone's life other than what that person chooses it to mean. Concepts such as 'home', 'community', 'nationality' and the history of them are often important, psychologically, throughout someone's life, but a connection to such concepts is a personal decision.
Nation states exist to divide and control
Practical necessities for survival had required geographically-distinct and organised communities to protect themselves and, consequently, to subdue other communities; today, similar practical necessities do exist for many communities, but both these communities and their disputes have no connection to the division of the world into nation states. However, the powerful have always recognised the usefulness of separation and 'otherness' and it is they who sought the creation of nation states and an exhaustive division of the world.
The different processes for creating nation states include a historical connection with violent feudal dictatorship (e.g. Britain, Russia, China), small states combining for greater power (e.g. Italy, U.S.A.) and, most numerously, imperialist demarcation of others' land (e.g. states created in Africa, South and Central America, Asia, etc.). Whatever process created a nation state its role is to divide and control people by describing other states' people as enemies and competitors, military or economical threats, less civilised, less moral and generally too different. Consequences of this false division of people residing in different places are an excuse for war, thereby intensifying control and also lubricating the lucrative arms manufacturing business, and an excuse to impose a fiscal economy that favours an elite by claiming it is needed in order to compete with other states. The latter consequence can include a clawback of vital public services alongside criminally negligent tax-avoidance law for business. The existence of the state is a tool to exercise power and control over the 'citizens' of the state. The elephantine contradiction is that, in the capitalist world, business is international and stateless and yet it requires the spurious entities of states in order to help it to control.
An immigrant is a person who has come to a country to live having previously lived in a different country.
That is the entirety of the definition of an immigrant. In other words, the majority of the people in the history of the world have, at some point in their lives, been an immigrant. It is normal human behaviour. People move for many reasons including finance, career, a sense of adventure, education, love or just for the hell of it. Some people move for safety and security. Whatever the reason is, people moving from one country to another is normal and uncontroversial.
Each of ex-Bank of England governor Mark Carney, head of state's husband Prince Philip, politician Boris Johnson, singer Sir Cliff Richard, actress Emma Watson and tour de France and Olympic champion cyclist Sir Bradley Wiggins has a prominent role in British society and each is admired by many, although some are, admittedly, also disliked. They came to live in Britain for different reasons. Of course, a banker, the queen's hubby, a multi-jobbed Eton-educated politician, a veteran pop singer, an actress in a hugely successful film franchise and Britain's best ever long-distance cyclist – all caucasian – are not the people who are the targets of the bile and anger emitted by opponents of immigration.
Nomenclature of classifying humans, socially and/or politically, is usually infused with ulterior motive; the word immigrant is overloaded purposefully with malignant meaning. Politicians and agenda-infested think-tanks and media present the word as if it is defined wholly negatively. For them, an immigrant is assumed to be problematic. Any debate starts with that premise. The immigrant is defined, impersonally, as a threat, economically and physically, and immigration is presented as an alien invasion. The ulterior motivation for such a pre-determination of the terms of any discussion is to try to ensure that any focus of complaint for a country's problems can be directed away from the culprits and onto an otherness: the immigrants. It is a well-worn tactic. No argument against immigration has any reason or validity attached to it. Anti-immigration rhetoric is full of sound and fury, signifying nothing except a repeated pointing at one group of people – the immigrants – in order to distract and deceive another group of people – the current residents of a country.
Refugees and economic migrants
The UN chose to define refugee at its 1951 'Convention relating to the Status of Refugees'. (A full description is here: Convention for refugees). Prince Philip would have been classified as a refugee if the convention had existed when he left Greece.
By describing what a refugee can be, the UN simultaneously (deliberately or otherwise) described what a refugee isn't, or who isn't a refugee. That is, limitations were placed on whether a person can claim to be classified as a refugee, thus providing any country, which the person wishes to enter, an excuse to refuse entry.
The dichotomy of refugee and non-refugee is usually offered up, by those wishing to use immigration as a political scare-tactic, as a difference between refugee and economic migrant. The absurdity of the phrase 'economic migrant' is not apparent to its users. They fail to realise that most migrants throughout history could be described as economic migrants and that moving to financially better oneself is surely an intelligent and natural endeavour. Instead, the phrase 'economic migrant' exists in a linguistic Carrollian rabbit-hole.
cross-border movement of people in 2015
To escape wars in Syria, Afghanistan, Iraq, Gaza, Egypt, Libya, Yemen, Somalia and Sudan there exists a mass exodus of people whose destination is Europe. Via boat, lorry, train and on foot thousands of people have attempted the journey, many using the trafficking services of criminals. Hundreds and hundreds have died as a result of the unsuitable transportation coupled with the completely exploitative attitude of the traffickers. Most deaths have occurred at sea due to capsized overfull and unseaworthy boats; several dozen people died when travelling in a lorry whose container was a refrigeration unit and, thus, completely airtight.
Until recently the British government and media wanted only to spread fear about 'migrants' gathered in Calais who were trying to get to the UK. The British prime minister was very comfortable using the word 'swarm' to describe the people in Calais, and the media dutifully joined in. The plight of British lorries being delayed in ports and of British tourists in Greece finding tired, hungry migrants at their holiday resort seemed to be much more of a problem than the lives of the people who had made long arduous journeys. A gormless twerp from immigrant-hating UKIP went to Calais to harass and provoke the people.
As the deaths have increased in number there has been a change in presented stance by governments, including the British government, and the media, a change that is partly a result of pressure from the public. Photographs of the body of a young Syrian child washed up on a beach in Kos filled the front pages of many newspapers in Britain. The publication of and focus upon such photographs and the use of the child's death as a catalyst for a stated (but not necessarily sincere) change in attitude toward the people travelling to Europe are problematic. Why do adults need to see a dead child in order to understand what is happening? There has never been a lack of clarity about the reasons for and the quantity of people within the mass exodus from the countries named above, nor has there been doubt about the horrendous scenarios they encounter continuously on their journeys. Brendan O'Neill's concise comments on what he calls "moral pornography" relating to such photographs is here: Brendan O'Neill. Chimene Suleyman highlights both the contrast between the media's promotion of the photographs of a dead child alongside thousands of words attacking immigrants and the differences in media presentation of the deaths of people dependent on their respective race, Chimene Suleyman.
Public pressure has contributed to a change in the presentation of views of European governments and their media cheerleaders but the repositioning is informed by a continuing determination to restrict immigration and to describe immigrants as 'others'. All the utterances of compassion, sometimes through gritted Bullingdon teeth, are juxtaposed to an assertion to divide immigrants into two distinct categories: Refugees and economic migrants. The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has published a proposal for how European governments could best act in response to people arriving in Europe. Most of the proposal is positive but one point reveals the UN's complicity in division of immigrants into categories:
5) Those who are found not to be in need of international protection and who cannot benefit from legal migration opportunities should be helped to return quickly to their home countries, in full respect of their human rights.
The full proposal can be read here: UNHCR Proposal. If the UNHCR is comfortable excluding people from travelling because they are unable to classify themselves as victims of war and persecution then no European government will suggest otherwise.
It is not only right-of-centre capitalist governments and dog-whistling newspapers that are hurrying to assert the division between refugees and economic migrants. People assumed to be more attuned to the plight of humanity, whether liberals sat reading Guardians in an ungentrified café-bar or left-of-centre activists and writers, have sought to stress that most of the people travelling to Europe are definitely refugees and not economic migrants. This is partly a reaction to the frothing bug-eyed hatred being spewed by Nigel Farage and his mob wherein they demand no compassion and everyone kept out of Britain, Farage No Compassion. The liberals may be sincere in their laudable support for refugees but their acceptance of the separation of refugees and economic migrants is helping governments to continue to adopt a general anti-immigrant posture.
European governments are praising themselves for allowing refugees into the respective countries and there are unedifying displays of one-upmanship between governments and between different political parties as various politicians put on a show to compete to be the least uncompassionate. Aided by direction from the UNHCR, state agencies are deciding which immigrants are allowed and which are not. However much this may assist the relatively small number of people who have escaped from wars, the selective nature of the classification of refugees perpetuates the spurious axiom that immigration is intrinsically negative.
To repeat what I said earlier, immigration is normal human behaviour. Any restriction on it is wrong.


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Q: How to resolve connection refused when hit a sms api url in curl I am sending an sms when create a new entry . I am using curl to hit the url . But in response i get "Failed connect to login.bulksmsrocket.com:8080; Connection refused".
public function send_sms($mobile,$message){
    $email="xxxx@xxxx.com";

    $sender ='Health';
    $serverUrl="login.bulksmsrocket.com";
    $authkey="xxxxx&message";
    $route="1";
    $getData='mobileNos='.$mobile.'&message='.urlencode($message).'&senderId='.$sender.'&routeId='.$route;
    $curl = curl_init();
    $url="http://login.bulksmsrocket.com/rest/services/sendSMS/sendGroupSms?AUTH_KEY=".$authkey."&".$getData;

    curl_setopt_array($curl, array(
        CURLOPT_PORT => "8080",
        CURLOPT_URL => $url,
        CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
        CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
        CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
        CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
        CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
        CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
        CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => array(
            "Cache-Control: no-cache"
        ),
    ));

    $response = curl_exec($curl);
    $err = curl_error($curl);

    curl_close($curl);

    if ($err) {
        return $err;
    } else {
        return $response;
    }
}

"Failed connect to login.bulksmsrocket.com:8080; Connection refused"

A: The url doesn't seem to work when you go to port 8080. Remove this line:
CURLOPT_PORT => "8080",


Sending Yii2 application logs to different targets asynchronously or synchronously.
php composer.phar require --prefer-dist apollo11/yii2-logger "~1.0"
Abstract Target class with support of sending messages asynchronously. It also has possibility to hide sensitive information when sending $_POST or other $GLOBALS data to target.
The package supports three target classes: EmailTarget, SlackTarget, DbTarget.
All target classes have support for sending messages asynchronously and hide passwords(or other sensitive data) provided by user. If you set async to true than you must provide the consoleAppPath.
EmailTarget and DbTarget work pretty much in the simillar way as it is described in Yii Documentation.
'*PASSWORD*', // Will hide all keys from $GLOBALS objects which contains "password".
'*PASSWORD', // Will hide all keys from $GLOBALS objects which ends with "password".
'PASSWORD*', // Will hide all keys from $GLOBALS objects which starts with "password".


The Toymaker's Bequest is a beautifully crafted little clockwork puzzler, that plays a little like The Room games, but with a heartfelt LGBT narrative.
The current build of The Toymaker's Bequest features one of four planned stories that portray the struggles of a lesbian toymaker in an intolerant society, with her telling her stories through her intricate clockwork creations. All four stories will have a different style of toy that the narrative plays out in – a shadow puppet theater, a music box, a peephole theater and a marionette theater.
The story in the current build takes place in a marionette theater and tells of Agnes and Dora, two Houdini-esque escapologists who care for each other very much and whose greatest trick involves escaping from a tank of water. To progress through the beautifully narrated story, you need to solve The Room-esque puzzles to activate the various clockwork mechanisms in the marionette theater that it plays out in. The puzzles are nowhere near as intricate as The Room games, but the powerful narrative more than makes up for that.
It's a fantastic piece of interactive storytelling with fun, tactile puzzles and a heartfelt narrative that really makes you care for the characters. It's a very interesting project, and the promise of your different stories played out in four very different styles of toy is very enticing. Highly recommended.


Tips for How to Keep Your Cables Clean, Prevent golf cart battery cable corrosion to keep. Make sure the mixture covers all the corroded terminals and cables.
This is the primary factor that causes corrosion on your battery cables, terminals,. down the sides of the batteries to your golf cart's aluminum or steel battery tray.. It is common to see the battery hold down rods, nuts and washers completely .
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Reductions in Force
PDF Version: BOT Reduction in Force Policy
Policy History
Authority: C.R.S. § 23-54-102, et seq. (2019) authorizes the Trustees of Metropolitan State University of Denver (MSU Denver) to establish rules and regulations to govern and operate the University and its programs. The Trustees retain authority to approve, interpret, and administer policies pertaining to University governance. The Trustees authorize the President of MSU Denver to approve, administer, and interpret policies pertaining to University operations.
Purpose: This policy provides the justification and conditions when the University may authorize a reduction in faculty workforce or compensation due to financial exigency or program reduction or elimination.
Scope: This policy applies to University employees.
II. Roles and Responsibilities
Responsible Executive: Chief Operations Officer
Responsible Administrator: Chief Human Resources Officer
Responsible Office: Human Resources Office
Policy Contact: Chief Human Resources Officer, 303-615-0999
III. Policy Statement
A. Reasons Justifying a Reduction in Force and Termination of Employment or Reduction in Compensation
A reduction in force is authorized in the event of either of the following: (a) a significant decline in state appropriations or other revenue creates a need to reduce expenses; or (b) the educational program or department in which the faculty member is employed is significantly reduced or eliminated. The President shall make the initial determination that either condition exits, after consulting with the academic administrative officers and the Faculty Senate President's Council as required by this section. This determination is subject to approval by the Board of Trustees. If the President and the Board determine that faculty positions should be eliminated and/or that compensation (including salaries and benefits) should be reduced as part of a reduction in force, the employment and/or compensation of faculty members, including tenured faculty, may be terminated or reduced in accordance with the institutional procedures set out in subsection B below. Reductions in compensation shall be applied to all persons within a given class of faculty, and not on a faculty member-by-faculty member basis.
When it appears that revenues have declined and/or will decline significantly, or when the reduction or elimination of a program or department is contemplated, the President or his or her delegate shall first seek the advice and recommendations of the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, who shall consult with the deans, department chairs, and Faculty Senate President's Council before making their recommendations to the President.
B. Termination and Compensation Reduction Procedure
Considerations in determining whose employment is to be terminated and/or whose compensation is to be reduced. In determining which faculty members' employment relationships are to be terminated or compensation is to be reduced, consideration shall be given to tenure status, years of service to the University, program needs, academic expertise, performance, teaching record, and other relevant factors. Political activities or views and ideological views will not be considered. Likewise, this policy shall be administered in accordance with the University's policy on academic freedom, set forth below in Section 5.1. The primary consideration shall be the maintenance of a sound and balanced educational program which is consistent with the educational mission and responsibilities of the University. In making these determinations, the President may decide on any combination of terminations or reductions in compensation which the President determines is in the best interests of the University.
Timely notice of termination or reduction in compensation
When a faculty member's employment is to be terminated or compensation is to be reduced because of reduction or elimination of a program or department, and is not founded upon financial exigency, the faculty member shall be given notice as follows: (1) a faculty member who has tenure shall be given six months' notice; and (2) a faculty member who was appointed to a fixed term and does not have tenure shall be given two months' notice.
When a faculty member's employment is to be terminated or compensation is to be reduced because of a decline in revenue, the institution shall make a reasonable effort to give the same notice as set forth in the foregoing subsection. However, such notice is not guaranteed. The priority must be to maintain sound educational programs and financial conditions.
A faculty member shall not be terminated before completion of the academic semester during which a reduction in force is determined to be appropriate.
Type of notice to be given. The President, or his or her delegate, shall send the faculty member whose employment is to be terminated or compensation is to be reduced a written statement of this fact by registered mail, return receipt requested. This notice shall include a statement of the conditions justifying termination of the faculty member's employment or reduction of the faculty member's compensation; a general description of the procedures followed in making the decision; a disclosure of pertinent financial or other information upon which the decision to was based; a statement of the faculty member's right, upon request, to a reconsideration of the decision if he or she alleges that the decision was arbitrary and capricious; and a copy of this procedure on termination of employment or reduction of compensation.
Termination or reduction in compensation if reconsideration not requested. If, within 10 days after he or she receives the notice required by the foregoing subsection, the faculty member makes no written request for a reconsideration hearing, his or her employment shall be terminated or compensation shall be reduced at the date specified in the notice, without recourse to any institutional appeal or complaint procedure.
Request for reconsideration hearing. Within 10 days after he or she receives the required notice, the faculty member may request by registered mail, return receipt requested, a reconsideration of the decision to terminate his or her employment or reduce his or her compensation if he or she alleges that the decision was arbitrary and capricious. The request shall be postmarked within the time limit and addressed to the President. The request shall specify the grounds upon which the faculty member contends that the decision was arbitrary and capricious and shall include a short, plain statement of facts that he or she believes support the contention.
Submission of such a request shall constitute on the part of the faculty member: (a) a good faith representation that he or she can prove the contention, and (b) an agreement by the faculty member that the institution may offer in rebuttal whatever relevant evidence it may have.
Reconsideration procedure. If the faculty member makes a timely written request for reconsideration of the decision and the President does not reverse the decision, the President, or his or her delegate, shall provide the faculty member with the names and resumes of three independent hearing officers retained by the Board of Trustees. The faculty member shall strike the name of one hearing officer and notify the President in writing within 24 hours of receiving the resumes. Then, the President shall strike the name of one hearing officer. The President shall provide the remaining hearing officer a copy of the faculty member's request for reconsideration and request that the officer hear the matter. The hearing shall be limited to resolution of the contentions made in the faculty member's request for reconsideration under the "arbitrary and capricious" standard. The reconsideration hearing shall be held promptly, but the hearing officer shall give the faculty member five days from the time he or she receives the President's written request for a hearing, to prepare.
Conduct of reconsideration hearing. The hearing shall be conducted informally and shall be closed to the public. The faculty member and the President shall have the right to be represented by legal counsel, to present the testimony of witnesses and other evidence, to confront and cross-examine adverse witnesses, and to examine all documents and other adverse demonstrative evidence. The faculty member and the hearing officer shall be given prompt access, upon request, to public documents that were used in making the decision. The hearing officer shall record the proceedings and the University shall, at its expense, provide a transcript at the faculty member's request. The hearing officer may consider only such evidence as is presented at the hearing and need consider only evidence that he or she considers fair and reliable.
Hearing procedures. The hearing shall begin with the faculty member's presentation of facts, limited to those that are relevant to the grounds specified in the request for hearing and supported by such evidence as he or she desires to offer. The President or his or her representative may then present evidence in rebuttal of the faculty member's contentions, or in general support of the decision.
At the end of this presentation, the hearing officer shall consider the matter and make written recommendations to the President within 10 days after the hearing concludes. The burden is on the faculty member to satisfy the hearing officer, by clear and convincing evidence, that the President's decision was arbitrary and capricious.
Procedure after hearing. If the hearing officer determines that the faculty member's contention has not been established, the hearing officer shall, by a simple unelaborated statement, so notify the President and the faculty member.
If the hearing officer determines that the faculty member's contention has been established, the hearing officer shall so notify him or her and the President by a written statement that includes a recommendation for action by the President. The written statement shall also be provided to the Board, which may consult with the President to determine what action, if any, should be taken in response to the hearing officer's finding.
Within 10 days after he or she receives the hearing officer's recommendation, the President shall send written notice to the faculty member of what modification, if any, he or she will make with respect to the original decision. The President's decision is final, and is not subject to any complaint or further appeal procedure.
C. Assistance for Faculty Members Terminated due to Changes in Program or Financial Conditions
The University, when requested in writing by an employee whose employment has been terminated, shall give him or her reasonable assistance in finding other employment.
IV. Policy History
Approved by: Board of Trustees
Effective: April 1, 2019
Revised: This policy supersedes section 3.4 of the MSCD Trustees Manual, 2007.
Review: This policy will be reviewed every five years or as deemed necessary by University leadership.
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