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ALERT: Latest Updates on China and the Coronavirus
Jan 31, 2020 @ 04:42 PM / by Morgan Grenier
Crowds queuing for hours to buy masks in a shopping mall in Kowloon Tong ( Festival Walk).
The continued spread of the Coronavirus
Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) has continued to spread over the past week and the World Health Organization named the virus a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) on Thursday, January 30. As of Friday morning in China, there were 9,776 confirmed cases and 213 deaths. The WHO stressed in their Thursday press briefing that 99% of cases are in Mainland China. 60% of cases and 96% of deaths are in Hubei province, the epicenter of the outbreak where Wuhan is located. Isolated cases are still emerging internationally, with confirmed cases in Thailand, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, Australia, Taiwan, Malaysia, Macau, South Korea, United States, France, Germany, United Arab Emirates, Canada, Italy, Vietnam, Cambodia, Finland, India, Nepal, Philippines, and Sri Lanka.
In the WHO's announcement of a PHEIC on Thursday, the organization stated that international travel restrictions weren't necessary. Regardless, many countries and organizations have preferred to take a cautious approach. Official government warnings against travel to China are now widespread, including the US State Department, UK Foreign Office, Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and more. Hong Kong, Singapore, Greece, Czech Republic, and others have partially or fully restricted travel from China. Announcements of full or partial land border closures have rolled in, including Mongolia, Pakistan, Russia, and Laos. Airlines around the world are reducing or eliminating flights to and from China, some until March and others indefinitely.
The travel lockdown and temporary operation pauses in China
A large number of companies are temporarily pausing operations in China, shuttering offices and factories or extending Lunar New Year break periods. Some companies are allowing workers to work remotely, but others have instructed workers to leave China. Many companies have restricted non-essential travel to China for assignees based elsewhere.
For assignees in Wuhan, where the Chinese government has instituted a travel lockdown, some foreign governments are organizing evacuation flights for citizens, subject to approval by the Chinese government. South Korea, Japan, the United States, and others have successfully repatriated at least a portion of their citizens from the city, and more than 7 other countries have plans to do the same. However, logistical issues with reaching the airport, limited capacity, and restrictions to those with citizenship (rather than residency) have hampered efforts for some foreign nationals to leave. While Wuhan has the highest numbers of foreign workers, Xiantao, Ezhou, and Yingchang are also under lockdown, and assignees based in these and other Hubei locations may have no way to travel to Wuhan Tianhe International Airport should a spot on an evacuation flight become available to them.
More information about the virus itself is becoming available each day, but the shifting conditions of intra-China travel, goods availability, and international restrictions pose an increasingly large challenge to assignee populations and assignment policies.
Pulse Survey: China Coronavirus Countermeasure
Do you have assignees based in China? If yes, what are you planning to do with assignees disrupted by the Coronavirus? Many of our clients are seeing an increase in calls from concerned assignees asking to discuss their situation, including:
Specific actions such as working from home, distribution of masks, and additional medical support
Emergency/evacuation plans
Impact on accompanying family members
As these discussions progress, stakeholders also need to consider the impact of these options on assignment policy.
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Written by Morgan Grenier
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Business Credit Cards - Choose Wisely.
It used to be easy to choose a new business credit card. All you had to do was compare interest rates, the service charge, and the credit limit. Initially there were only a few companies that offered credit cards. It was really quite simple. Now the sheer volume of competitors within the credit card industry has made it necessary for the financial institutions to be extremely creative when bringing forth new credit card offers. Each new issue is intended to give more value than previous offers and better than any competitor's card.
Not only that, they need to back up those products to ensure customer loyalty. The individual consumers aren't the only one benefiting from this more competitive market. Small businesses and corporations are as well. In fact, businesses may be getting even more value than the individual; however, the offers vary widely. Businesses are given the same incentives as individual card holders.
This includes 0% APR introductory interest rate, balance transfer options, bonus points, travel rewards, and some with no annual fee. In addition, whether a small new company or a large corporation, business credit cards come with unlimited additional cards for employees, offers of discounts for certain types of merchandise, and a quarterly and annual report. A company benefits financially when applying for and using a business credit card. Use of a business credit card helps the cash flow, an especially important factor in smaller businesses. The detailed reports, both quarterly and yearly, assist the company in keeping track of and controlling their variable expenses. Often times the information can be easily transferred over to any of today's accounting software programs which also save the company time and money. All benefits are not offered by every company and not for the entire inventory of their business credit card offers. Know the interest rate that will be in effect after the introductory period and pick a card with the benefits your company needs, being sure to keep future needs in mind. It's best to choose a business credit card being offered by a major institution. You want to be sure that you'll have easy access to your records and funds.
Most financial institutions allow online viewing of your account. We are now able to compare a variety of products with warp speed. But, it's still wise to proceed with caution when picking a new business credit card. You want this to be a lasting association.


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Along the way, we'll give you plenty of opportunity to show your skills, and we'll reward your development with pay increases and opportunities for continued promotions. As you progress, increasingly more opportunities will become available to you. Here at Enterprise we base rewards on performance and not seniority. (Which should be music to the ears of an ambitious go-getter like you).
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The visual field refers to the total area in which objects can be seen in the side (peripheral) vision as you focus your eyes on a central point.
This article describes the test that measures your visual field.
Confrontation visual field exam. This is a quick and basic check of the visual field. The health care provider sits directly in front of you. You will cover one eye, and stare straight ahead with the other. You will be asked to tell when you can see the examiner's hand.
Tangent screen or Goldmann field exam. You will sit about 3 feet (90 centimeters) from a screen with a target in the center. You will be asked to stare at the center target and let the examiner know when you can see an object that moves into your side vision. This exam creates a map of your entire peripheral vision.
Automated perimetry. You sit in front of a concave dome and stare at a target in the middle. You press a button when you see small flashes of light in your peripheral vision. Your responses help determine if you have a defect in your visual field. Automated perimetry is often used to track conditions that may worsen over time.
Your provider will discuss with you the type of visual field testing to be done.
This eye exam will show whether you have a loss of vision anywhere in your visual field. The pattern of vision loss will help your provider diagnose the cause.
The peripheral vision is normal.
Abnormal results may be due to diseases or central nervous system (CNS) disorders, such as tumors that damage or press on (compress) the parts of the brain that deal with vision.
The test has no risks.
Budenz DL. Visual field testing in glaucoma. In: Yanoff M, Duker JS, eds. Ophthalmology. 4th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Saunders; 2014:chap 10.5.
Elliott DB, Flanagan JG. Assessment of visual function. In: Elliott DB, ed. Clinical Procedures in Primary Eye Care. 4th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Saunders; 2014:chap 10.5.


I believe nothing in design should be rushed, but especially the process creating a gallery wall. Making your own gallery wall will and should, take a long time. First there is the process of choosing what wall to use and how large you want the display to be. This usually isn't too difficult, you may choose a large empty wall, a space above a TV, sofa or a bed, or even in a stairwell. You should measure out the space and decide how much of the wall space you actually want covered. For a gallery wall above a sofa, bed, console table.. ect., you will probably want to create an imaginary line between 3"-12" above the furniture top, where the gallery will start and then work your way up no closer then 3" to the ceiling, or crown molding. This is a good tip for any spot as you really don't want to get too close to the ceiling (I made that mistake once) and you want to keep the center of the gallery around eye level. An easy way to anchor a gallery wall is to use ledges and have frames lined up and overlapping each other all on the ledge, this will make it much easier to change up or add to your gallery wall.
Next there is the process of gathering frames, art, mirrors and any other wall art that inspires you and that together will create a cohesive look. This may end up being the longest step as it takes a while to collect many pieces. You want to choose pieces that are not only inspiring, but also that go with the colors and style of your space. Personally choosing art is one of my worst skills and being on a budget just makes it twice as difficult. Since I chose such a large wall, I knew I needed multiple oversized frames so my latest purchase was 4 floating gallery frames in black, sized 20x24" from Pottery Barn. I love these frames because they fill up a lot of space and they are considered 'floating' because you can put any sized print inside them. For now I choose 4 prints from a John Derian picture book that I tore out and framed, using prints from a book is a cheap way to get art and a good way to ensure it will look cohesive. I have already changed up my gallery wall numerous times, and I'm sure I will be changing it again before too long, so that's why I like having frames that the prints/photos can be switched out easily. For a more eclectic look you would want to do a mix of old and new pieces. Maybe begin by finding pieces you already have and asking family members if they are looking to get rid of anything. Bonus points if anyone in your family was an artist, I have a painting that was done by my great-grandfather (top left corner of my finished gallery wall) and Brian has one done by his grandmother (hung opposite of our gallery wall) and they are our favorite pieces not just because they are beautiful but because they have meaning to both of us. Any art that has some type of meaning to you is going to be more inspiring and will always hold a story. Also bonus if you are a traveler, try to find artwork around the world that inspires you or frame photographs from your trip, this will give you a very interesting mix and will be a nice memorable piece from wherever you found it. Any gallery wall that has more of a collected look will have a lot of interest to it. Not saying this is the only way to go, a wall of all the same color frames (in different sizes at least) can still make a big impact in a space when done right. Choose an interesting location, and have art or photos that are inspiring and meaningful.
Once you have collected enough wall art for your gallery wall, it is time to decide on a layout! Some people might simply layout their art on the floor and then hang it, but I like to see everything visually and took my time on this step. I first created a layout to scale on paper and cut out the sizes of my frames so I could move them around and rearrange on paper. I thought this was very helpful in choosing a layout and choosing how high and how spread out my frames should be. Most gallery walls work best when frames are spaced about 3-4" apart. After I had finally decided on a layout I then taped out the location of the frames onto the wall. This helped me visualize the display on a large scale and I perfected the placement of the layout. Once I had the wall taped up I had decided to move the whole display about 4" to the left, as it was too close to the doorway on the right. Because I did my gallery wall on such a large wall this step was necessary for me, and my wall isn't exactly centered in the room so I wasn't quite sure where to center the gallery wall until I had seen it taped up.
And finally the last step is hanging your wall art! This is also something you do not want to rush as if things are uneven it will offset the whole design. Whether or not you decided to tape up the whole wall, using some painters tape is very helpful when finding the placement for the nails. Simply flip the frame over and use the tape to 'measure' between where the nails need to be and then place that tape on the wall, making sure it is level, then place a nail on each end of the tape, or one in the center for smaller frames just mark how far down the nail needs to be, and simply peel the tape right off. Hang your frames and repeat until your gallery is complete, then sit back and enjoy your hard work!
Easy ways to update a gallery wall for the holidays!


I got a number of enthusiastic and helpful suggestions on the Drupal4Lib list as to when and where we could hold our Drupal4Lib BoF.
It's increasingly looking like it'll be Sunday after the LITA Top Technology Trends in the LITA Bloggers' Room.
I'm stuck in Chicago with the ALA-DC Blues again.
ALA along with the annual LITA Conference is one of my favorite conferences -- particularly when it's in a town like DC.
Unfortunately I'm too mired down with projects here in the Windy City to make the trip.
I look on with complete envy to everyone who's going.


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Brazil organisers seek date change
Organisers of the Brazilian Grand Prix are seeking to change the date of this year's race back to its original 14 November slot.
The event, initially scheduled for 14 November, was subsequently brought forward to 7 November to form a triple-header with the United States and Mexican Grands Prix as F1 sought a new slot for the (then) postponed Australian race.
However, with the cancellation of the Melbourne - speaking of which, get the Melbourne Cup latest Odds from all bookies - event officials in Brazil are seeking a return to the original date meaning the Interlagos event would take place the day before Republic Day, a national holiday, on 14 November.
Cancelled in 2020 due to the pandemic there were fears that Brazil would not feature on the calendar again as the existing contract with Formula One Management came to an end.
However, under new management a new 5-year deal was agreed, albeit with the event rebranded as the Sao Paulo Grand Prix.
"If this request is accepted, for us, the inflow of revenue in the city and in the state increases a lot," said Sao Paulo Governor, Joao Doria in a press conference on Monday. "We may have an expansion of 25 per cent in the Formula 1 revenue in Sao Paulo."
Thanks to the high vaccination rate in the state, Doria believes the event could go ahead with 100% capacity, albeit with all attendees compelled to wear face masks.
As ever in these times however, the uncertainty surrounding the pandemic is the overriding factor, with Brazil, like Turkey and Mexico on the UK's 'red list', which means that all personnel based in the UK must currently spend 10 days in quarantine on their return.
Meanwhile there is continued uncertainty over the events in Japan and the United States.
Currently, the scheduling of the Japanese Grand Prix means that personnel heading there from Turkey will avoid the need for the 10-day quarantine on their return to the UK. However, despite hosting the Olympics - albeit behind closed doors - the country's status remains uncertain.
Austin, which has held discussions with F1 over the possibility of back-to-back races, has seen a dramatic increase in COVID cases in recent days leading to the cancelation of a n umber of events.
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Penelope Skinner
Headlong
Traverse Theatre
Shvorne Marks and Amanda Wright Credit: Sid Scott
To bolster its 2018 programme, the Traverse has been lucky enough to attract one of Britain's best new writing companies, Headlong, with this Kafkaesque new play by Penelope Skinner.
The geography is confusing. Although the names sound Icelandic and the events seem reminiscent of news stories from the subcontinent, the 75-minute-long play is apparently translated from an imaginary, unknown Scandinavian language, delivered in English.
The protagonist is an imprisoned young woman named Irene, played with great commitment by Shvorne Marks. She has been arrested for a crime that is not initially revealed.
Her initial expectation that this relates to a seemingly far from inflammatory web site proves unfounded, when Amanda Wright, playing her lawyer Gudrun, discovers that the problem derives from a song delivered to a small nightclub audience, resulting in an anonymous tip-off.
A repressive regime still reeling from the after-effects of a "reformation and explosion" chooses to make the young woman a political pawn.
As a result, the kind of offence that one might expect to result in a small fine is escalated to the extent that the death sentence suddenly becomes a realistic possibility.
At the same time as interactions with Gudrun, we also witness exchanges between Irene and her friend Anna. In this latter role, Scarlett Brookes seems appropriately nervous and shifty, as is only right given that there seems much to cover up, although it is only in the final stages that the truth is revealed and the actress given a worthy speech that she delivers to perfection.
Meek is an edgy, small-scale drama that will make viewers think deeply and critically about politics and the world that we live in today. The work relies a little too much on convenience towards the end but will leave a powerful impression behind, as does a performance from Shvorne Marks under the direction of Amy Hodge, which could well be nominated for awards before the end of the month.
Reviewer: Philip Fisher


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Gabriel Casal Nazario
Puerto Rico is criminalizing student protest
Student activists have been subject to repression since the 2017 student strike at the University of Puerto Rico (UPR). Gabriel Casal Nazario, an activist with the communications collective Centro de Comunicación Estudiantil and a student at UPR's Rio Piedras campus, where he was involved in the strike, reports on the ongoing injustice, in an article ("Asedio judicial a estudiantes huelguistas") originally published in Spanish and translated by Monique Dols.
ON OCTOBER 15, Adriana Quiles and Josué Román, two student strike leaders from the University of Puerto Rico student strike of 2017, had a hearing in which they faced serious criminal charges for their participation in a protest against the destruction of public education in Puerto Rico.
They had hoped this would be the end of their year-and-a-half-long nightmare, during which they were targeted for arrest, assaulted by police and subjected to arduous court proceedings.
Unfortunately, their nightmare isn't over yet. After taking off time from school and work, arriving on time and waiting in an empty courtroom for more than an hour to be heard, the students and their families were told — as they have been dozens of times before — that their hearing was postponed, in this case due to the prosecutor's illness.
This is yet another in a long series of delays by the Puerto Rican judicial system that has forced the students into a long and costly court battle.
Police deployed at a student demonstration in Puerto Rico (Centro de Comunicación Estudiantil | Facebook)
The fact that Adriana and Josué are being denied a speedy trial for their role in student protest should come as no surprise to anyone familiar with the ways that student strikers have been treated by the Puerto Rican judicial system.
The two students were targeted for arrest in April 2017 for their participation in a protest that targeted the financial and governmental institutions responsible for the gutting of the public university system. Both protesters were arrested by plainclothes policemen in a militaristic fashion.
Adriana was assaulted by several undercover agents who threw her and pinned her to the ground, forced her into an unmarked car and disappeared her for nearly 13 hours before releasing her.
Almost a year and a half later, the two have had to attend 33 preliminary hearings, where they have had to relieve their assaults over and over.
BEHIND THESE attacks on Adriana and Josué is a government that was shaken by a massive and popular student strike that shook Puerto Rico in the spring of 2017.
For almost two months between March and June, students on the various campuses of the University of Puerto Rico (UPR) maintained a national strike in defense of public education and against $512 million in budget cuts.
These measures have been demanded by the Fiscal Control Board, more aptly known as the junta in Puerto Rico, the unelected committee imposed by the U.S. Senate to use brutal austerity to pay Puerto Rico's Wall street debtors.
Our strike started at the Río Piedras campus of the University of Puerto Rico in San Juan. By April 5, the third week of the struggle, we had formulated and put forward our clear and straightforward demands against budget cuts and tuition hikes in the University of Puerto Rico system, for comprehensive democratic university reform, for an immediate auditing of Puerto Rico's debt and for the ceasing of payment of any and all illegitimate debt.
We stood up and in our collective voice exposed that the crisis was not inevitable. We drew attention to the individuals and institutions responsible for manufacturing the fiscal crisis in the University of Puerto Rico. We called out the junta, which imposed the budget cuts in the first place.
But we also called out every single politician from both major parties who accepted the terms of and helped to carry out these disastrous cuts. This includes politicians from both the Democratic Party-aligned Popular Democratic Party (PPD, by its Spanish initials) and the Republican Party-aligned New Progressive Party (PNP).
From the beginning of the strike, the shared strategy among the unelected federal junta, the colonial dictatorship of the United States and the university administration was to try to crush the protests with repression. Starting that February, Gov. Ricardo Roselló even went out of his way to change the penal code in Puerto Rico to make it possible to punish protesters with harsher and more draconian measures.
THE ARRESTS began on April 17 at the Capitol building. One student, Francisco Santiago, was arrested while trying to get into a session of the Senate that was debating a bill about whether the Puerto Rican debt should be audited in order to review its legality.
Like Adriana and Josué, Fransisco is also facing criminal charges — in his case for having the audacity to enter a closed Senate session that would fundamentally impact the future of millions of people.
Just blocks away, Josué was arrested by undercover agents who took him into custody separately. While the country was abuzz with a heated debate about how to handle the question of the unpayable debt, striking students were getting arrested for protesting the debt and its impact on their education.
Two days later on April 19, Roselló repealed the commission which had been previously charged with auditing the debt. Outraged and disgusted, we decided to escalate our tactics and lock down several buildings in the Golden Mile (the main drag through San Juan's main financial district) that played a central role in debt profiteering.
We protested at the building of the Fiscal Control Board, the McConnell Valdés law firm, which testified as a legal expert about $32 million of the public debt, and the Oriental Bank, which profited to the tune of $37 million in commissions from the illegal debt.
That afternoon, Puerto Rico Police Superintendent Michelle Fraley announced that investigations would be opened against the student strikers protesting on the Golden Mile, and that video evidence collected by agents in the protest would be used to build the case against the students.
April 23 was a Family Day at the University of Puerto Rico, a day which by tradition was a day for students to enjoy downtime with friends and family. The celebration was in the plaza in front of the Capitol building, with live music, a bombazo or Bomba drum and dance circle, theater, jugglers, poetry, art and various workshops.
As Adriana was finishing up and heading home, she was attacked by plainclothes cops while she and some compañeras were walking back to her car. Adriana was grabbed by her shirt, thrown to the ground and held down by two undercover cops.
The police called for reinforcements while her friends recorded the incident and screamed for help. A Toyota Corolla with tinted windows and ordinary plates showed up, and the undercover cops threw her in and terrorized her for the whole trip to the precinct. She was held for 13 hours in a cell before they let her go.
The repressive apparatus made this and the other two arrests for two reasons: to discourage other students from joining the movement and to discredit the student strikers in the public eye by painting us as criminals rather than students with the right to protest and shape the national debate around the debt and education.
The day after these arrests, Fraley came back to the press to continue to justify the disappearances of the students by undercover agents. The press worked overtime to demonize Josué and Adriana as not simply students making demands of their government, but instead dangerous criminals trying to destabilize the country and damage private property.
BY TARGETING student protesters through the courts, the government aims to solve a political conflict in its favor by tying up students and their families with a legal process.
Since the cases are under judicial review, they do not have the same processes as other kinds of cases. Under judicial review, the processes of investigation, identification of defendants, gathering of evidence, preliminary hearings and the trial process are distorted by the outsized power in the hands of the judge.
After hearing the sworn statements of undercover agents, the prosecutor Jorge Elí Carrión Ramos brought two serious charges against Adriana, one for aggravated damage against public property and the other for intimidation or violence against the public authority. Josue was charged with a grave charge of aggravated damage against public property and a less serious charge.
The day after the demonstration, the courts carried out the Rule 6 procedure in which it's determined whether the charges will stand. Judge José L. Parés Quiñones determined that there was no cause for the serious charges against Joshua and Adriana.
Predictably, the prosecutor appealed that decision in order to bring the case to another judge, Eloína Torres Cancel, who, in earlier strikes in 2010 and 2011, was notorious for finding student strikers guilty on trumped-up charges. This same judge is also in charge of another important trial of the case of seven students charged with interrupting a meeting of the governing board of the university during the 2017 strike.
Unsurprisingly, Judge Torres Cancel found cause for the serious charges, overturning the just decision of the previous judge.
Between the state police and federal agencies, 32 students were arrested during the course of the strike. Of those 32 students, the government continues to harass 10 with criminal cases.
In the process, the repressive apparatus has removed 10 leaders who can no longer participate in demonstrations. Ten families now live in uncertainly, and a message has been sent to all students that it is dangerous to fight for public higher education.
The criminalization of student protest is being used to harass and intimidate those of us who fight for justice in Puerto Rico. They want to tire us out and beat us down, but we can't let them get away with it.
Maria Norris
Time to address racism at Syracuse
Police are refusing to call an assault on three students of color racially motivated, leading to a campus debate at Syracuse University.
The neoliberal threat at UVM
UVM students, faculty and staff are rallying against cuts and the idea that profit determines what ought to be studied at a university.
Ryan Powers
We demand justice for delfin bautista
Students and community members want answers from Ohio University administrators after the LGBT Center's director was fired.
Gia Berrios
Cuántas más? How many more?
Neoliberalism and natural disasters have worsened gender-based violence in Puerto Rico — but activists are mobilizing against it.
Barnard-Columbia Socialists
Standing against racism at Columbia
The tirade by a racist white student at Columbia University is part of a wider campus climate of inaction in the face of bigotry.
Ferguson is fighting back
SocialistWorker.org writers report from a Missouri city that is rising up against police murder, despite every effort by authorities to silence them.
Bill Burke
The Nazis tried to kill us in Charlottesville
A survivor of the murderous far-right violence one year ago reflects on what happened that day and the lessons to be learned for the future.
What's the path to working-class power?
The successes of left-wing candidates make it all the more important for socialists to define what we believe elections can and can't accomplish.
Interview: Dave Zirin
A symbol that spread through the sports world
Colin Kaepernick's act of protest by taking a knee during the national anthem set off an earthquake--and the reverberations are still being felt.


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Q: axios get function with parameters in get method causing 404 errors when it is null or empty I written vue.js code with axios as follows, It is working fine but of branchid is null or empty it is returning 404 error always , how can write condition to this api call if my id existed then only it will return .
@TrackFlight(FlightToken.getMylocationData)
getBranchData(bId) {
  return axios.get(`/api/v2/mybranch/${bId}`);
}

A: Add an if check before the axios request and check if the id has a value.
As the axios is a promise based, you can use Promise.reject. if the id is invalid just return Promise.reject and catch this in your calling function in the catch block.
@TrackFlight(FlightToken.getMylocationData)
getBranchData(bId) {
  if (!bId) return Promise.reject("Invalid ID");
  return axios.get(`/api/v2/mybranch/${bId}`);
}

A: @TrackFlight(FlightToken.getMylocationData)
getBranchData(bId) {
  if (bId) {
    return axios.get(`/api/v2/mybranch/${bId}`);
  } else {
    console.log('bId is not Existed');
  }
}

404 is return usually caused by wrong path(url), missing params / value in params,
do check the console, usually the url is display back along with the error.

A: Hi solved it by throwing the error : Here is my code
@TrackFlight(FlightToken.getMylocationData)
getBranchData(bId) {
  if (!bId) return throw new TypeError("Invalid Id");
  return axios.get(`/api/v2/mybranch/${bId}`);

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Feliciano is a former partner in the Litigation Group in the Cleveland office of Baker & Hostetler LLP. Previously, he served as the City of Cleveland's chief prosecuting attorney and was the first Hispanic public official in the City's history. Earlier in his career, he was a Cuyahoga County Public Defender, an attorney for the Legal Aid Society, and in 1984, was selected as a White House Fellow. Feliciano has founded or served in leadership capacities for multiple organizations that advance the Hispanic community in Northeast Ohio, including the Hispanic Roundtable, the Hispanic Leadership Development Program, the Hispanic Community Forum, and the Ohio Hispanic Bar Association. He is a past recipient of Cleveland State University's Distinguished Alumni Award, the Cleveland-Marshall Law Alumni Association Alumnus of the Year, and is a member of the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law Hall of Fame and the Cleveland State University College of Business Hall of Fame.
Jordan is the chief executive officer of the Unify Project, a high-tech nonprofit committed to creating an expanded economy powered by inclusive prosperity. Before joining the Project, she served for three years as chief of staff for Cuyahoga County Executive Armond Budish where she drove early childhood education expansion, workforce systems transformation and other key initiatives. Jordan previously served as president and CEO of the Centers for Families and Children and as law director for the City of Cleveland. She was recognized as one of the Smart 50 leaders in Northeast Ohio by Smart Business in 2017, Nortech's Innovative Leader of the Year and an EY Entrepreneur of the Year finalist in 2014, Crain's Woman of Note in 2013, and YWCA Woman of Achievement in 2012.
Strang is a partner at the law firm Tucker Ellis LLP, where he litigates in the areas of mass tort, environmental and product liability law. He has created two award-winning diversity pipeline initiatives, the Tucker Ellis Pipeline Diversity Program and the Louis Stokes Scholars Pipeline Diversity Program, to provide resources and mentoring to college students from the Cleveland Metropolitan School District and Shaw High School who are interested in pursuing careers in the law. Strang serves on the C|M|LAW Visiting Committee and is a past recipient of the Cleveland-Marshall Law Alumni Association Alumnus of the Year award. He is the only person to have served as President of both the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association (CMBA) and the Federal Bar Association Northern District of Ohio Chapter. Strang has been honored with the CMBA 's Justice for All Volunteer of the Year Award and the CMBA's Green Sustainability Award.
Wilson serves as general counsel of Cleveland State University, providing counsel to the University's board of trustees and president on a wide variety of matters. She joined the University in 1996 as a Lecturer at C|M|LAW and in 1997 became the University's assistant legal counsel. She served as secretary to the Board of Trustees from 2000 to 2011 and was named general counsel in 2004. In 2013, she was elected to serve as the first vice president for diversity and inclusion of the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association and currently serves on its Diversity and Thought Leadership Committees. Wilson received the 2013 Trailblazer Award from the Norman S. Minor Bar Association, was named 2014 Professional Woman of the Year by the Women of Color Foundation and was a finalist in Crain's Cleveland Business 2014 Class of Top Ten General Counsel and In-House Counsel in the Region. In 2015, she was named a YWCA Woman of Achievement.
C|M|LAW's Leader-in-Residence program, founded in 2017, is designed to closely connect students, staff and faculty with volunteer community leaders from whom they can learn and benefit. The four newly appointed leaders bring the number of Leaders-in-Residence at the law school to 11. They joinJurist-in-Residence Judge Ronald Adrine '73, Public Interest Leader-In-Residence Susan Becker '83, Technologist-in-Residence Robert Eckman, Legal Educator-in-Residence Howard Katz, Steve Percy '76, P. Kelly Tompkins '81, and Scholar-in-Residence Eric Tucker.
The Leaders-in-Residence Program is a component of C|M|LAW's P. Kelly Tompkins Leadership and Law program, one of the first comprehensive programs in the country that creates lawyer-leaders by providing leadership education, skills training, and mentoring to law students.


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Boys' hockey wins in close call game against EP
Will Jarvis, Staff Writer
In a battle of section 6AA rivals, the Benilde-St. Margaret's Red Knights defeated the Eden Prairie Eagles 3-2 on Saturday, Feb. 9 in nail-biting fashion.
Senior Chris Hickock scored 7:16 into the first period as he tipped a pass from junior Spencer Naas over Eagles goaltender Jake Gerdes. BSM added to its lead when junior Spencer Naas scored at 11:44 of the first.
When T.J. Moore scored a beautiful one-timer from Grant Besse, going up 3-0 on the road, it looked like a blowout, but the Eagles responded, scoring two goals to cut the deficit to one. The last minute of the game featured a 6 on 4 advantage for the Eagles once they pulled the goaltender and Moore was called for a slashing call. Goaltender Andrew Sprang held the Eagles off, though, recording 37 total saves.
With another solid section rival victory, the Red Knights look confident as they go into the playoffs. "We look good right now. I like how we're playing towards the end of the season, and things seem to be coming together," student assistant coach Jack Jablonski said.
Will Jarvis, Print Editor-in-Chief
According to local legend, Will Jarvis was found in the Grand Marais area at the age of 2 years old, having been raised entirely by wolves. Once adopted...


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Vocational education and training (VET) is designed both for young people without upper secondary qualifications and for adults already in work life. Vocational qualifications can be completed in school-based VET or as competence-based qualifications. VET is organised mainly in institutions (on-the-job learning included) or as apprenticeship training. VET provides skills for both life and work. A vocational qualification gives general eligibility for university of applied science and university studies.
The Ministry of Education and Culture prepares VET legislation and steers and supervises the sector. The Ministry also grants the education providers' permits to provide VET. VET is developed, delivered and assessed in close cooperation with the world of work.
The reform of vocational upper secondary education is one of the Government's key projects. The reform updates the entire vocational education and training (VET) by 2018.
The Ministry of Education and Culture is responsible for the strategic and normative steering of VET and leads national development.
There are three types of qualifications in vocational education and training: vocational upper secondary qualification, further vocational qualification, specialist vocational qualification.
This reform updates the entire vocational education and training (VET) by 2018.
The Finnish education system are grouped into levels of education. The Finnish system has no dead ends. Learners can always continue their studies on an upper level of education.
You can use this service to access statistics and indicators for education in a number of educational sectors, research conducted in higher education institutions, the population's educational structure and the socio-economic background of students.


My BFF Lindsay became an official homeowner on Friday, and I wanted to celebrate the occasion with a little something special for her and her husband. There are tons of ideas for housewarming gifts floating around Pinterest, and I feel like I've seen them all. Using a few of those ideas as my starting point, I developed a basket of goodies for Lindsay that would give her a chance to really relax in her first hours in her new home.
To me, moving means starting over - in a good way - but having to make 400 trips to Target while you gather all of the things you need. I wanted Lindsay to be able to dive into the comforts of home quickly. So, I started by gathering a few key players: household necessities like hand soap, a scented candle, & disposable fabric napkins.
I also decided nothing is better after a long day of unpacking than an easy dinner: a jar of organic marinara with some colorful pasta meant cooking just a bit, but in the easiest, most fun way possible. I also added a live, fresh basil plant to breathe little life into the home, but it could also be used to jazz up the jarred pasta sauce.
Finally, nothing beats an easy breakfast. I picked up Gabrielle's biscuits and some Emily G's blueberry jam from my favorite Atlanta secret: Lucy's Market. All in all, the gift basket provided Lindsay with a few necessities, and TWO great meals. Plus, it came in at under $50. It's a win win!
What's your favorite housewarming gift to give? Tell me your secrets!
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Fantasy Football Modular Resin Stadiums, compatible with the new(2016) and old 'Blood Ball' pitches. Plus, our very own Dice Towers!
US-IMF vehicles and mechs from our 28mm & 15mm Governance of Technology series of tabletop vehicles.
An expanded collection of scatter terrain pieces, now with 'a la carte' options.
The main product that I would like to promote through this kickstarter is my 28mm 1/56th scale Army of Spartacus Miniatures Range.
CRIT KIT - Dice Tray and Portable Dungeon with modular walls.
fantastic 28mm scale metal miniatures! Dwarves, Elves, Goblins!!
We're producing a diverse group of 28mm miniature heroes for role-playing, dungeon-crawling, dragon-slaying, and tabletop wargaming.
Highly detailed 75mm fantasy busts, digitally sculpted, printed, and cast in resin.
For the first time ever, we have a unique opportunity to make DOUBLE-SIDED plush terrain mats at the BEST-PRICING we've ever offered!
Greebo Games is proud to show you the Obsidian Dusk: Dark Elves in 32mm scale. Strike fear in the heart of your enemies!
This is the third kickstarter in the halfling skeleton army series. In this kickstarter we add spear and handweapon troop miniatures.


We all know that there are various advantages of using commercial window tinting for buildings and properties. The most property that has been used tint is our cars. However, you can use commercial window tinting on a building and not only on your car. Having the knowledge on the right window tenting to be used will be an important aspect to consider. Having a variety of tints in the market allows one to choose the one that perfectly suits their needs. Therefore, below are some benefits listed of using commercial window tinting for your building or property.
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AKLEG Recap, Day 14: Legislature hits a standstill
TOPICS:akleg recapsalaska legislaturealaska marine highwaydavid wilsonzach fansler
Posted By: Matt Acuña Buxton January 30, 2018
Allegations that Rep. Zach Fansler beat a woman badly enough to rupture her eardrum hung over the capital on Monday. While there were a handful of meetings held on the 14th day of the 2018 session, it didn't feel like much was happening while legislators and staff wondered about the fate of the Bethel Democrat.
Just 76 days to go.
Fansler
Facing calls from House Speaker Bryce Edgmon to resign for his alleged action (which Edgmon called "credible" in a statement over the weekend), Fansler was a no-show on Monday. He didn't attend a House Judiciary Committee or two House subfinance committees that he's on, and the House held a short in-and-out floor session (which is pretty unusual this early into the year). Reporters in the building found Fansler's office door "firmly locked" and confirmed that he has officially been stripped of his staff.
The Bethel-based KYUK radio station has been following this story as closely as anyone, and in Monday's reporting recalled that Fansler's alcohol use was a question during his 2016 campaign.
"We've received some concerns from community members on your relationship with alcohol," said Wagner. "How would you like to respond to those concerns?"
"I think that there's always a lot that people struggle with when it comes to the alcohol issue in this town," said Fansler. "And I think it's something that I think is very important that we work as a community towards it."
"I just want to make sure," said Wagner. "These community concerns were not about your alcohol policy so much as your personal alcohol use. And they were questions regarding that. Can you respond to that?"
"I certainly drink alcohol, yes," said Fansler. "That's true. I don't think I've ever denied that. So."
The Tundra Women's Coalition, a group that Fansler helped prior to his election, released a statement saying "terribly disappointed to hear these allegations" and that "We hope that Rep. Fansler, who has worked for and supported our programs and has been a role model for many, finds his 'place of turning around."
There's a lot of rumors about next steps for the House. Legislators could decide to expel Fansler through a special resolution, or settle for censure and other sanctions while the police investigation works its way through.
'There was retaliation'
The Senate leadership has admitted that Sen. David Wilson was found to have committed retaliation for going after the people who reported an alleged incident workplace harassment. Wilson was found to have not violated the law while confronting a legislative aide, but was found to have created an "stressful no-win predicament" for the staffer. The Senate has scheduled a Senate Rules Committee meeting for Wednesday to release the report.
When asked if there would be ramifications for the report, Kelly said, "Yes, we'll discuss all that at that time."
Kelly, unprompted, went on to say that Wilson's situation is "very different" than that of former Rep. Dean Westlake.
Alaska Marine Highway
Representatives from the Alaska Marine Highway made their case to the Senate Finance Committee and House Finance Committee on Monday, but didn't get a particularly good response from the Senate. Faced with years of cuts that have most recently been capped with short funding, Alaska the Marine Highway is asking for "stable funding" (meaning no growth, cuts or short funding). The request was met with what we assume will be the Senate Finance Committee's standard line for the upcoming session: that things are tough, that Alaska's at a crossroads, that traditionally offered services need to be reconsidered, that the state needs to weigh wants vs. needs, that belts need to be tightened and that things need to be right-sized. The specter of privatization of state assets was also raised at the meeting, though it seemed to be a more practical discussion when framed against a single state agency. There was also quite a bit of focus spent on the ferry system's subsidization of freight cargo.
Still, moderate Republican Sen. Gary Stevens' addition to the committee continues to make these meetings interesting. At this meeting, he reminded the committee that the value of the Alaska Marine Highway system extends well past the communities directly served by the ferries and that quite a bit of the shipments that the ferries deliver originate from Anchorage.
"I just want to make sure that we're not just talking about coastal Alaska. This is infrastructure that benefits all of Alaska," he said.
Budgeting underway
While it still seems like most people are going through the motions, the House appears to be getting ratcheted up to full speed on the budget this week and is starting its two-a-day House Finance Committee meeting schedule that's usually reserved for later in the session. This schedule is typically reserved for when the committee is handling both the budget and the end-of-session glut of bills. This morning, it'll be taking up its early funding for education bill House Bill 287.
The Kodiak City Council has voted to ban plastic bags in its community, joining Wasilla (of all places) in instituting blanket ban on disposable plastic shopping bags. Read: Kodiak bans plastic bags via Kodiak Daily Mirror.
The Senate voted 18-0 to approve the Alaska Decoration of Honor for three soldiers with ties to Alaska who were killed in 2017. The Juneau Empire reports that the three are Jacob Sims, formerly of Skagway, and Hansen Kirkpatrick and David Brabander. Read: Senate votes to award medals to three slain Alaska soldiers via Juneau Empire.
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akmk | January 30, 2018 at 10:31 am | Reply
Good point. Studies have shown Alaska benefits $2 for every $1 invested in ferry system. Current management of AMH system is abysmal. Scheduling small ferries in high wind area Upper Lynn Canal resulted in cancellation of LeConte's last three runs over the past two weeks. Meanwhile the Columbia, the only other ferry running in SE has been down for the past two weeks due to mechanical issues. This is the 2nd time Colubmbia has been down this season. As the only mainline ferry from Bellingham to all ports in SE, with no back-up ferries ready to go, these cancellations only hurt Alaska and Alaskans. Legislature needs to better fund and administration needs to better manage the Alaska Marine Highway system.


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Q: Need help to identify an SOT23-6 marked 67A I was reading an entry regarding an a six pin SMD marked 67A trying to find some details about it, and found a link to a MLX02367A which seems to be a common part but with no details.
Having fixed a lot of China based "stuff," I have found that most, if not all, started life at Texas Instruments who let old companies of the 80's and 90's like Philips make them under their own brand name.
These had some use of them, then of recent times farmed out to China to copy under other codes, most I found use part of the old code numbers but some get a new make over.
After searching through TI's data base, I  found a UCC28742 which might fit (SOT23-6) which uses an opto-coupler format, their list also has others but they do not use an opto set up.
It would help if this can be confirmed, please.


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1.1 In these Terms the following definitions will apply:
Business Day a day other than a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday in England, when banks in London are open for business.
Charges the charges payable by the Customer for the supply of the Services in accordance with clause 7.
Conditions these terms and conditions as amended from time to time in accordance with clause 16.4.
Contract the contract between EFP and the Customer for the supply of Services in accordance with these Conditions.
Contract Period subject to clause 8, the period during which the Services are to be provided to the Customer as set out in the Order Confirmation, or in the absence of such period being specified, a period of 12 months from the earlier of: (i) the date of the first sales invoice sent by EFP to the Customer relating to the Services; (ii) the date that the first payment is made by the Customer to EFP for the Services; or (iii) the date all or part of the Services were first used by the Customer.
Customer the business or organisation who purchases the Services from EFP.
Customer Default has the meaning set out in clause 4.3.
Customer Material any material that the Customer uploads to the Website(s) or provides to EFP in relation to the Contract.
EFP Embracing Future Potential Ltd incorporated and registered in England and Wales with company number 12406305 whose registered office is at The Courtyard Oakwood Park Business Centre, Fountains Road, Harrogate HG3 3BF.
EFP Material all materials produced by EFP in relation to the Contract (including materials expressed in any form of report, database, design, document, technology, information, know how, system or process);
Extension Period has the meaning given in clause 8.1.
Intellectual Property Rights patents, rights to inventions, copyright and related rights, trade marks. business names and domain names, rights in get-up, goodwill and the right to sue for passing off, rights in designs, database rights, rights to use, and protect the confidentiality of, confidential information (including know-how and trade secrets), and all other intellectual property rights.
Losses all losses, liabilities, damages, costs, expenses (including legal fees), disbursements, costs of investigation., litigation, settlement, judgement, interest and penalties whether arising in contract, tort (including negligence), breach of statutory duty, misrepresentation, or otherwise.
Order the Customer's submission of the order for Services via the Website(s) or by correspondence with a representative of EFP via telephone or email or the Customer's written acceptance of EFP's quotation.
Order Confirmation the confirmation submitted by EFP to the Customer confirming the Services to be provided, generally via email (and which may be in the form of an invoice) but may be oral or by other means.
Services the services provided by EFP to the Customer as set out in the Order Confirmation.
Virus any thing or device (including any software, code, file or programme) which may: prevent, impair or otherwise adversely affect the operation of any computer software, hardware or network, any telecommunications service, equipment or network or any other service or device; prevent, impair or otherwise adversely affect access to or the operation of any programme or data, including the reliability of any programme or data (whether by re-arranging, altering or erasing the programme or data in whole or part or otherwise); or adversely affect the user experience, including worms, trojan horses, viruses and other similar things or device
Website(s) www.embracingfuturepotential.com, www.refreshingacareer.com, www.employinganapprentice.com www.developingastudent.com, www.careerswithdisabilities.com, www.aspiringtoinclude.com
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1.3 Any words following the terms including, include, in particular, for example or any similar expression, shall be construed as illustrative and shall not limit the sense of the words, description, definition, phrase or term preceding those terms.
1.4 Unless the context otherwise requires, words in the singular shall include the plural and in the plural shall include the singular.
1.5 In these Terms, a reference to writing or written includes email, and a reference to signed includes signed by electronic means.
2. The Contract
2.1 The Order constitutes an offer by the Customer to purchase the Services in accordance with these Conditions.
2.2 The Order shall only be deemed to be accepted when EFP issues an Order Confirmation at which point and on which date the Contract shall come into existence.
2.3 These Conditions apply to the Contract to the exclusion of any other terms that the Customer seeks to impose or incorporate, or which are implied by law, trade custom, practice or course of dealing.
2.4 Any quotation given by EFP shall not constitute an offer, and is only valid for a period of 20 Business Days from its date of issue, subject to withdrawal at any time.
2.5 For the avoidance of doubt, these Conditions apply during any free trial or similar in respect of any of the Service(s) which EFP may agree to provide to the Customer from time to time.
3. Supply of Services
3.1 If the Services have not been supplied by EFP by the end of the Contract Period or any Extension Period due to the Customer's failure to request such Services in a timely manner, the Customer shall lose the right to request the Services and EFP shall not be obliged to supply the Services.
3.2 EFP reserves the right to:
3.2.1 add to, remove, or amend the Services (including features of each level of a Service), prices or offers at any time;
3.2.2 amend the Services if necessary to comply with any applicable law or regulatory requirement; and
3.2.3 alter, moderate, add to, remove or replace any Customer Material at its sole discretion, including by the additional or removal of any links contained therein. The exercise of such rights shall not entitle the Customer to terminate the Contract or receive any refund. However, EFP shall be under no obligation to actively monitor the Customer Material for any purpose and shall not be liable for choosing not to exercise its rights under this clause.
3.3 EFP warrants to the Customer that the Services will be provided using reasonable care and skill.
3.4 EFP does not warrant that the Customer's use of the Services will be uninterrupted or error free, that the Websites will always be available, or that the Services will be free from Viruses.
3.5 EFP is not responsible for any delays, delivery failures, or any other loss or damage resulting from the transfer of data over communications networks and facilities, including the internet, and the Customer acknowledges that the Services may be subject to limitations, delays and other problems inherent in the use of such communications facilities.
3.6 EFP may as part of its Services provide its views on content suitability for publication on to the Website(s). Such views will be based on EFP's experience only and shall not constitute or be deemed to constitute legal, financial or other professional advice, and the Customer agrees not to rely upon such views as if they were such.
3.7 Each Service is specific to the Website(s) specified in the Order Confirmation only; the Customer is not entitled to require EFP to provide a Service in respect of a different Website(s), or to transfer a credit between Websites.
4. Customer's Obligations
4.1 The Customer shall:
4.1.1 ensure that the terms of the Order are complete and accurate;
4.1.2 promptly co-operate with EFP in all matters relating to the Services;
4.1.3 promptly provide EFP with such information and materials as EFP may reasonably require in order to supply the Services, and ensure that such information is complete and accurate in all respects; and
4.1.4 not store, distribute or transmit any Virus via the Website(s).
4.2 The Customer shall ensure that it is legally entitled to use, reproduce or publish all Customer Material, and shall ensure that Customer Material:
4.2.1 does not infringe any copyright or other rights of any other person;
4.2.2 is not unlawful, harmful, threatening, defamatory, obscene, infringing, harassing or racially or ethnically offensive;
4.2.3 does not facilitate illegal activity;
4.2.4 does not depict sexually explicit images;
4.2.5 does not promote unlawful violence;
4.2.6 is not discriminatory based on race, gender, colour, religious belief, sexual orientation or disability;
4.2.7 is not otherwise illegal; and
4.2.8 does not cause damage or injury to any person or property,
and EFP reserves the right, without liability or prejudice to its other rights, to disable the Customer's access to the Services if it is in breach of the provisions of this clause 4.2.
4.3 If EFP's performance of any of its obligations under the Contract is prevented or delayed by any act or omission by the Customer or delay or failure by the Customer to perform any relevant obligation (Customer Default):
4.3.1 without limiting or affecting any other right or remedy available to it, EFP shall have the right to suspend performance of the Services until the Customer remedies the Customer Default, and to rely on the Customer Default to relieve it from the performance of any of its obligations;
4.3.2 EFP shall not be liable for any Losses sustained or incurred by the Customer arising directly or indirectly from the Customer Default; and
4.3.3 the Customer shall reimburse EFP on written demand for any Losses sustained or incurred by EFP arising directly or indirectly from the Customer Default.
5. Scope of Services
5.1 The Customer assumes sole responsibility for results obtained from the use of the Services by the Customer, and for conclusions drawn from such use. In particular, EFP shall have no responsibility for the Customer's recruitment process and/or be responsible for, or have any liability in connection with, any candidate which the Customer may or may not employ or engage.
5.2 EFP does not guarantee that the Customer will derive any particular result(s) from its use of the Services, including in respect of the number or quality of job applications that the Customer may receive.
5.3 EFP offers no exclusivity to the Customer, and may provide the Services (or services which are similar to the Services) to a competitor of the Customer. EFP makes no guarantee as to where material relating to the Customer may appear on a webpage or how many views it will receive. The Customer agrees that EFP may re-post material including job adverts on any number of third party websites, and/or may re-post material including job adverts from any number of third party websites on its Website(s).
5.4 EFP is not responsible for the moderation of any content relating to the Customer appearing on its Website(s) or otherwise, nor for any comments or reactions made to such content.
6. Service-Specific Provisions
(the following provisions apply to the extent that the Services consist of the applicable service type)
6.1 Job Credit: all job credits expire after 12 months. An amendment to a job advert uses one credit. All job adverts use one credit regardless of how long they appear on the Website(s) (the default duration is 45 days). Any jobs offered on an unlimited basis entitles the Customer to 1,000 job credits per year.
6.2 Company Profile: free listings may be removed by EFP at any time.
6.3 News articles: all articles will be of no more than 400 words in length (unless otherwise agreed). EFP may agree (at its discretion) to a maximum of one back-link per article. EFP will provide a maximum of two drafts per article; EFP will charge extra for any additional iterations. EFP will only draft article(s) when requested by the Customer.
6.4 Social media: all posts will be of no more than the lower of 150 words or the applicable platform's limit in length (unless otherwise agreed). The timing of posts will be at EFP's discretion. EFP makes no commitment as to which or how many channels it will make posts to.
6.5 Advert inclusivity screening: EFP will only review not re-write adverts. Screening is for diversity and inclusion aspects only (and not, for example, for spelling or grammar).
6.6 RSS: EFP does not guarantee that it can create a feed or that it will be economically viable to do so. EFP may pause, remove or change a link at its discretion.
6.7 Levy transfer: EFP acts as a conduit only, EFP offers no guarantee that the transfer process will be successful, and offers no warranty as to how the recipient may use the levy. EFP does not facilitate movement of monies.
7. Charges and Payment
7.1 The Charges for the Services shall be specified on the Order Confirmation, and shall be payable by the Customer to EFP for the Contract Period. If the Customer wishes to change the scope of the Services after EFP have accepted the Order, and such change is agreed with EFP, EFP may increase the Charges accordingly. EFP reserves the right to charge the Customer for any additional time spent in providing services to the Customer which are outside the scope of the Services at the rate of £75 per hour.
7.2 The Customer acknowledges that if an Order is processed and mistakenly accepted by EFP on the basis of a pricing error of the Services, EFP may charge the Customer the correct amount for the Services if such pricing error could have been reasonably recognised by the Customer as a pricing error.
7.3 If the Order Confirmation permits the Customer to pay the Charges for a Service monthly, such Charges shall be payable monthly in advance, and shall be payable every month of the Contract Period regardless of whether the Customer ceases to use the Services or the Contract is terminated part-way through the Contract Period. No refunds shall be payable to the Customer for any amounts paid in advance where the Services are suspended or the Contract is terminated part-way through the Contract Period.
7.4 If any Services are provided on a 'cost per click' or similar basis, the amount which the Customer shall pay shall be based upon the total number of clicks, across all locations in which the applicable advert(s) are displayed, including re-posts. The applicable Charges shall be calculated in accordance with EFP's statistics relating to the number of clicks, such statistics shall be binding on the parties in the absence of fraud or manifest error.
7.5 The Customer shall pay each invoice submitted by EFP upon receipt in full and in cleared funds to a bank account nominated in writing by EFP. Time for payment shall be of the essence of the Contract.
7.6 All amounts payable by the Customer under the Contract and/or stated on any materials of EFP including its website, are exclusive of amounts in respect of VAT chargeable from time to time, which shall be payable by the Customer at the same time as the principal sum to which it relates.
7.7 If the Customer fails to make a payment due to EFP under the Contract by the due date, then, without limiting EFP's remedies under clause 12 or otherwise, the Customer shall pay interest on the overdue sum from the due date until payment of the overdue sum, whether before or after judgment. Interest under this clause 7.7 will accrue each day at 8% a year above the Bank of England's base rate from time to time, but at 8% a year for any period when that base rate is below 0%.
7.8 All amounts due under the Contract shall be paid in full without any set-off, counterclaim, deduction or withholding (other than any deduction or withholding of tax as required by law).
8. Auto-Renewal of Services
8.1 The term for which some Services shall be provided by EFP and paid for by the Customer may be automatically extended at the end of the Contract Period for a further year (or such other period stated on the Order Confirmation) (Extension Period). At the end of an Extension Period the term may be automatically extended again for the same period.
8.2 In such circumstances, EFP will issue an invoice to the Customer before the end of the Contract Period or relevant Extension Period setting out the scope of Services and Charges for the Extension Period (which may differ to those which applied during the Contract Period). Unless the Customer gives notice to EFP within seven days after the date of the invoice that it does not wish the term to auto-renew, such invoice will constitute the Order Confirmation for the applicable Extension Period, and EFP will provide the Services and the Customer will pay the Charges set out therein.
9.1 All Intellectual Property Rights in all EFP Material will remain the property of EFP, and are licensed to the Customer on a non-exclusive basis for the purposes of it enjoying the benefit of the Services provided by EFP pursuant to, and for the term of, the Contract only.
9.2 All Intellectual Property Rights in all Customer Material will remain the property of the Customer (or its third party licensors), and are licensed to EFP on a non-exclusive basis for the purposes of it providing the Services. EFP may use Customer Material across one or more of the Websites regardless of which Website(s) the Services relate to.
10.1 Where EFP is the Customer's processor in respect of any personal data (such personal data being Protected Data), the Customer will ensure that it has all necessary appropriate consents and notices in place to enable lawful transfer of the Protected Data to EFP and/or lawful collection of the Protected Data by EFP on behalf of the Customer, for the duration and purposes of the Contract. EFP shall, in relation to its processing of the Protected Data under the Contract:
10.1.1 process that Protected Data only on the documented written instructions of the Customer unless EFP is required by law to otherwise process that Protected Data, in which case EFP shall, unless prohibited by law, promptly notify the Customer of this before performing the processing required by law;
10.1.2 ensure that it has in place appropriate technical and organisational measures, reviewed and approved by the Customer, to protect against unauthorised or unlawful processing of Protected Data and against accidental loss or destruction of, or damage to, Protected Data, appropriate to the harm that might result from the unauthorised or unlawful processing or accidental loss, destruction or damage and the nature of the data to be protected, having regard to the state of technological development and the cost of implementing any measures;
10.1.3 ensure that all personnel who have access to and/or process Protected Data are obliged to keep the Protected Data confidential; and
10.1.4 not transfer any Protected Data outside of the UK unless permitted by law;
10.1.5 assist the Customer, at the Customer's cost, in responding to any request from a data subject and in ensuring compliance with its obligations under data protection law with respect to security, breach notifications, impact assessments and consultations with supervisory authorities or regulators;
10.1.6 notify the Customer without undue delay on becoming aware of a Protected Data breach;
10.1.7 at the written direction of the Customer, delete or return Protected Data and copies thereof to the Customer on termination of the Contract unless required by law to store the Protected Data; and
10.1.8 maintain complete and accurate records and information to demonstrate its compliance with this clause and allow for audits by the Customer or the Customer's designated auditor and immediately inform the Customer if, in the opinion of EFP, an instruction infringes data protection law.
10.2 The Customer consents to EFP appointing any third party processor of Protected Data under the Contract.
11. Limitation of Liability: THE CUSTOMER'S ATTENTION IS PARTICULARLY DRAWN TO THIS CLAUSE.
11.1 References to liability in this clause 11 include every kind of liability arising under or in connection with the Contract including liability in contract, tort (including negligence), misrepresentation, restitution or otherwise.
11.2 Nothing in the Contract limits or excludes any liability which cannot legally be limited or excluded, including liability for:
11.2.1 death or personal injury caused by negligence;
11.2.2 fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation; and
11.2.3 breach of the terms implied by section 2 of the Supply of Goods and Services Act 1982 (title and quiet possession).
11.3 Subject to clause 2, EFP shall not under any circumstances be liable to the Customer in respect of:
11.3.1 any direct loss of profit (whether actual or anticipated);
11.3.2 any direct loss of anticipated savings;
11.3.3 any indirect, economic or consequential loss or damage including:
11.3.3.1 indirect loss of profit (whether actual or anticipated);
11.3.3.2 indirect loss of anticipated savings;
11.3.3.3 loss of contracts;
11.3.3.4 loss of use of money;
11.3.3.5 loss of revenue;
11.3.3.6 loss of goodwill or loss of or damage to reputation;
11.3.3.7 loss of business or business opportunity;
11.3.3.8 loss of operation time;
11.3.3.9 loss of opportunity; or
11.3.3.10 loss of, damage to or corruption of, data.
11.4 Without prejudice to clause 2 or 11.3, EFP's total liability shall in all circumstances be limited in respect of each claim or series of related claims to an amount equal to the total amount paid by the Customer to EFP in the 12 months prior to the date that the Customer first notifies EFP of the claim(s).
11.5 EFP shall have no liability for any damage caused by errors or omissions in any information, instructions or scripts provided to EFP by the Customer in connection with the Services, or any actions taken by EFP at the Customer's direction.
11.6 EFP does not endorse or approve any third-party website nor the content of any third-party website made available via the Services (including to which material or job adverts may be re-posted by EFP). EFP makes no representation, warranty or commitment and shall have no liability or obligation whatsoever in relation to the content or use of, or correspondence with, any third-party website, or any transactions completed, and any contract entered into by the Customer, with any such third party.
11.7 This clause 11 shall survive termination of the Contract.
12. Termination and Suspension
12.1 Without affecting any other right or remedy available to it, either party may terminate the Contract with immediate effect by giving written notice to the other party if:
12.1.1 the other party commits a material breach of any term of the Contract and (if such a breach is remediable) fails to remedy that breach within 30 days of that party being notified in writing to do so;
12.1.2 the other party takes any step or action in connection with its entering administration, provisional liquidation or any composition or arrangement with its creditors (other than in relation to a solvent restructuring), applying to court for or obtaining a moratorium under Part A1 of the Insolvency Act 1986, being wound up (whether voluntarily or by order of the court, unless for the purpose of a solvent restructuring), having a receiver appointed to any of its assets or ceasing to carry on business;
12.1.3 the other party suspends, or threatens to suspend, or ceases or threatens to cease to carry on all or a substantial part of its business; or
12.1.4 the other party's financial position deteriorates to such an extent that in the terminating party's opinion the other party's capability to adequately fulfil its obligations under the Contract has been placed in jeopardy.
12.2 Without affecting any other right or remedy available to it, EFP may terminate the Contract with immediate effect by giving written notice to the Customer if the Customer fails to pay any amount due under the Contract on the due date for payment.
12.3 Without affecting any other right or remedy available to it, EFP may suspend or terminate the supply of some or all of the Services under the Contract (or downgrade the level of a Service which the Customer has subscribed for) if:
12.3.1 the Customer fails to pay any amount due under the Contract on the due date for payment; or
12.3.2 the Customer becomes subject to any of the events listed in clauses 1.2 to 12.1.4, or EFP reasonably believes that the Customer is about to become subject to any of them.
13. Consequences of Termination
13.1 On termination or expiry of the Contract the Customer shall immediately pay to EFP all of EFP's outstanding unpaid invoices and interest and, in respect of Services supplied but for which no invoice has been submitted, EFP shall submit an invoice, which shall be payable by the Customer immediately on receipt. The Customer shall not be entitled to any refund for amounts pre-paid.
13.2 Termination or expiry of the Contract shall not affect any rights, remedies, obligations or liabilities of the parties that have accrued up to the date of termination or expiry, including the right to claim damages in respect of any breach of the Contract which existed at or before the date of termination or expiry.
13.3 Any provision of the Contract that expressly or by implication is intended to come into or continue in force on or after termination or expiry of the Contract shall remain in full force and effect.
14.1.1 Each party undertakes that it shall not at any time during the Contract, and for a period of two years after termination or expiry of the Contract, disclose to any person any confidential information concerning the business, affairs, customers, clients or suppliers of the other party, except as permitted by clause 1.2.
14.1.2 Each party may disclose the other party's confidential information:
14.1.2.1 to its employees, officers, representatives, contractors, subcontractors or advisers who need to know such information for the purposes of exercising the party's rights, and carrying out the party's obligations, under the Contract. Each party shall ensure that its employees, officers, representatives, contractors, subcontractors or advisers to whom it discloses the other party's confidential information comply with this clause 14; and
14.1.2.2 as may be required by law, a court of competent jurisdiction or any governmental or regulatory authority.
15.1 Any notice given to a party under or in connection with the Contract shall be in writing and sent to:
15.1.1 EFP at The Courtyard Oakwood Park Business Centre, Fountains Road, Harrogate HG3 3BF marked for the attention of the Managing Director.
15.1.2 The Customer at the postal address or email address listed in the Order Confirmation, or any other email address used by the Customer to communicate with EFP, or which appears on its website, from time to time.
15.2 Any notice may be given, shall be deemed to have been received:
15.2.1 if delivered by hand, at the time the notice is left at the proper address;
15.2.2 if sent by pre-paid first-class post or other next working day delivery service, at 9.00 am on the second Business Day after posting; or
15.2.3 if sent by email to the Customer at the time of transmission, or, if this time falls outside business hours in the place of receipt, when business hours resume. In this clause 2.3, business hours means 9.00am to 5.00pm on Business Days.
15.3 This clause 15 does not apply to the service of any proceedings or other documents in any legal action or, where applicable, any other method of dispute resolution.
16.1 Force majeure. EFP shall not be in breach of the Contract nor liable for delay in performing, or failure to perform, any of its obligations under the Contract if such delay or failure result from events, circumstances or causes beyond its reasonable control.
16.2 Assignment and other dealings. The Customer shall not assign, transfer, mortgage, charge, subcontract, delegate, declare a trust over or deal in any other manner with any of its rights and obligations under the Contract without the prior written consent of EFP.
16.3 Entire agreement. The Contract constitutes the entire agreement between the parties and supersedes and extinguishes all previous agreements, promises, assurances, warranties, representations and understandings between them, whether written or oral, relating to its subject matter. Each party acknowledges that in entering into the Contract it does not rely on, and shall have no remedies in respect of any statement, representation, assurance or warranty (whether made innocently or negligently) that is not set out in the Contract. Each party agrees that it shall have no claim for innocent or negligent misrepresentation or negligent misstatement based on any statement in the Contract. Nothing in this clause shall limit or exclude any liability for fraud.
16.4 Variation. Except as set out in these Conditions, no variation of the Contract shall be effective unless it is in writing and signed by the parties (or their authorised representatives).
16.5 Waiver. A waiver of any right or remedy under the Contract or by law is only effective if given in writing and shall not be deemed a waiver of any subsequent right or remedy. A failure or delay by a party to exercise any right or remedy provided under the Contract or by law shall not constitute a waiver of that or any other right or remedy, nor shall it prevent or restrict any further exercise of that or any other right or remedy. No single or partial exercise of any right or remedy provided under the Contract or by law shall prevent or restrict the further exercise of that or any other right or remedy.
16.6 Severance. If any provision or part-provision of the Contract is or becomes invalid, illegal or unenforceable, it shall be deemed deleted, but that shall not affect the validity and enforceability of the rest of this Agreement. If any provision or part-provision of this Contract deleted under this clause 16.6 the parties shall negotiate in good faith to agree a replacement provision that, to the greatest extent possible, achieves the intended commercial result of the original provision.
16.7 Third party rights. Unless it expressly states otherwise, the Contract does not give rise to any rights under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 to enforce any term of the Contract. The rights of the parties to rescind or vary the Contract are not subject to the consent of any other person.
16.8 Governing law. The Contract, and any dispute or claim (including non-contractual disputes or claims) arising out of or in connection with it or its subject matter or formation shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with the law of England and Wales.
16.9 Jurisdiction. Each party irrevocably agrees that the courts of England and Wales shall have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute or claim (including non-contractual disputes or claims) arising out of or in connection with the Contract or its subject matter or formation.


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Many firms tell me they're constantly listening to their customers.
"Our sales people and account managers listen to customers all the time." Except… sales people don't listen to learn; they listen to reply.
"Our support people listen to customer requests daily." Except… support people don't listen to learn; they listen to resolve.
Successful product leaders listen to learn; they listen to understand problems in their marketplace.
And even more important than listening is this: you should observe your customers. It's truly amazing what you can see that no one will say.
If the car companies observed their customers, we'd have a ledge on the dashboard for our phones. Happily, we do now have USB and Bluetooth connections and, until Detroit catches up, you should definitely check out WizGear's Universal Air Vent Magnetic Car Mount.
If television companies observed their customers, they would see how bewildering it is to control multiple devices with their not-so-universal remote controls. How many of us are trying to create a simple way to watch Hulu, Amazon, Netflix, and cable? Logitech has attempted to be the single point of control for everything but it's not quite there yet.
IFTTT and Zapier clearly observed the problems connecting multiple disparate systems. Same with Zipcar.
Those products and services and apps that make you say "Finally!"—that you order immediately. And you tell your friends.
Selling isn't product management; customer discovery is.
Have you been doing any product management lately? Make sure you've allocated time each week for a phone call or visit to a customer and a non-customer.


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According to HM Revenue and Customs, first-time buyers have benefited from the tax relief, known as First Time Buyers Relief (FTBR), which was introduced just a year ago. Apparently more than 180,500 first-time buyers have saved on Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) for their new homes. The estimated total amount saved by buyers is more than £426 million.
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"It is fantastic that first-time buyers are getting a helping hand. Looking at the HMRC statistics, the FTBR relief was claimed in more than 58,800 transactions between July and September this year. That's an increase of 12% compared to the previous quarter. At Keats we are certainly receiving an uplift in enquiries from first-time buyers and many are more positive about making their first purchase.
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Liberals' grand infrastructure plan fell short
By MP Matt Jeneroux, Shadow Minister for Infrastructure, Communities and Urban Affairs
Earlier this year, the Liberal government boasted of their commitment to Canadian municipalities as the reason why they allocated a $2.2-billion "top up" in municipal transfers to fund short-term infrastructure needs.
However, this was not a commitment but rather an admission of the failure of their grand infrastructure plan.
The Liberals pledged $188-billion to improve our infrastructure, spread over a period of 12 years. Since the beginning of their mandate, there have been issues getting money out of Ottawa and to the communities where the funding is needed.
Their Investing in Canada Plan has also failed to meet a single GDP target since the development of the program. Instead, it's underdelivered for both the economy and in creating jobs, according to a March 2019 report from the Parliamentary Budget Officer.
The $35-billion—and counting—Canada Infrastructure Bank is also part of the government's failed infrastructure plan. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promised to create the bank during the last election campaign to attract more private sector investment into public infrastructure projects.
It took almost three years for the bank to announce its first project, an electric rail system in Montreal. The announcement sounded familiar because the prime minister had already pledged federal funding to it a year prior, in June 2017. The bank recently made its second announcement and pledged $2-billion to expand the GO Transit network in the Greater Toronto Area.
In more than three years, the bank has only announced two projects but has continued to request more money from the government, including $11-million to cover salaries, legal services, and travel.
The bank promises it will make more announcements imminently, but isn't being transparent with Canadians. Recently, the CEO of the Infrastructure Bank was blocked by Liberal members from appearing before the House Transport and Infrastructure Committee.
It is imperative for the head of a $35-billion corporation that is publicly funded to appear before parliamentary committees when asked. He is accountable to Canadians, who deserve to know where exactly their tax dollars are going.
Rural Economic Development Minister Bernadette Jordan has also been blocked from appearing before the House Transport and Infrastructure Committee. Members have many questions about the status of many rural infrastructure projects, including broadband, but now won't get answers in this Parliament.
I've travelled across Canada and spoken with mayors from across the country. Many have complained about the slow place to get money to the municipalities. In fact, some municipalities have given up applying for funding because the government's application system is simply too hard to navigate.
The Liberals' infrastructure plan has fallen way short of expectations. It's behind schedule and billions of taxpayer dollars have been tied up in a bank that hasn't delivered for Canadians. As well, our deficit continues to grow despite the Liberals' plan to run "modest" deficits to fund infrastructure. It's not doing either.
Infrastructure is essential for all Canadians and this government hasn't come close to meeting its grand promises. Similar to many other broken promises by the Liberals, the infrastructure plan is another example of how this government is not as advertised.
This opinion piece appeared in the Hill Times on Monday, June 24, 2019.
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Gerald W W Logue says:
I research in public privite Partnership
Transparency and Accountability for my thesis
I would like to talk about the infrastructure
Gerald W Logue
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