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2013 La Faraona, Descendientes de J Palacios, Bierzo
Red | For laying down | Descendientes de Palacios | Code: 26571 | 2013 | Spain > Bierzo | Mencia | Medium Bodied, Dry | 13.0 % alcohol
From a single parcel of vines, La Faraona is the best Mencia on the market. The nose is beautiful with heady violets, lavender, crushed rocks and forest floor. Alongside the abundance of aromatics, this has fleshy, ripe fruit flavours and captivating smoky oak notes from the 600-litre barrels. The minerality keeps everything fresh and pure but a powerful structure suggests this will be a long lived one. This has such a long finish, showing all the details and layers you expect in exceptional wine.
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Descendientes de Palacios
Alvaro Palacios is not exactly a new face in the wine scene – Alvaro has helped revolutionise the Spanish wine industry by making rich, complex wines in Priorat. His first wine there, 1995 L'Ermita, gained him recognition as one of the world's most inspired and dedicated winemakers (Alvaro produces two other compelling Priorat wines Finca Dofí and Les Terrasses). He continued to make waves with his involvement in other Spanish appellations, such as Ribera del Duero and Rioja.
Palacios comes from the large and esteemed Rioja winemaking family of Bodegas Palacios Remondo. In his early 20s Alvaro Palacios interned in Bordeaux at the side of Christian Moueix, the celebrated winemaker of Pomerol châteaus of Pétrus and Trotanoy. Upon his return to Spain he originally decided against getting involved in the family business and instead he pursued his own ventures where he would have the freedom to make distinctive, top-quality wines. His success in Priorat inspired him to search again for something new, this time putting his faith in the potential of Bierzo.
Bierzo's principal grape is the obscure, indigenous red variety Mencía. While Bierzo is a relatively new wine appellation (a Denominación de Origen since 1989), it has a wealth of very old vines, planted on extremely steep hillsides, and in this respect it much resembles the Priorat region.
Palacios with his nephew Ricardo Perez (who also spent time in Bordeaux) established Descendientes de J. Palacios in 1998 in the village of Villafranca del Bierzo. They named the estate in honour of Alvaro's father who passed away in 2000.
Their Descendientes de J. Palacios releases are all 100% Mencía wines:
Bierzo Corullón comes from 3 vineyards with vines from 60 to 100 years old. It is a vivid and unique, a red wine that marries rustic flavours with modern polish.
Petalos, the latest triumph from Alvaro Palacios, comes from 60 year-old vines and farmed biodynamically, is an intense wine that mingles beautifully wild plum, smoke and spice flavours.
Las Lamas is farmed at very low yields (15 hl/hr) some at an altitude of over 700 metres. This wine is the sine qua non of Alvaro Palacio's adventure in Bierzo.
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The Grape
Mencía is the primary grape of the Bierzo region and its undisputed star, covering nearly two-thirds of the vineyards. This red grape variety is grown almost exclusively in north-western part of Spain (especially in the DOs of Galicia, Valdeorras, Monterrei, and Ribeira Sacra). Mencía ripens early, by mid-September, and is well suited to the maritime climate of Bierzo where autumn rains are quite common.
Mencía has only recently come into spotlight as a quality, potential-laden grape variety. When properly made, it offers fascinating wines across a contrasting spectrum of styles; on the one end are fruity and forward wines with supple tannins and succulent fruit. On the other end are more concentrated, powerful styles with an exotic earthiness, smooth tannins and an enviable reflection of the minerally-rich Bierzo terroir.
Mencía is capable of making excellent wine on its own, with no need to sacrifice its unique character in blends with Cabernet Sauvignon or Merlot that are commonplace elsewhere in Spain.
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The wine region of Bierzo (or El Bierzo) is a small, rural and remote ancient region in the north-western corner of Castilla y León, touching the eastern border of Galicia. Up until the 1990s, it remained unknown to the international wine markets.However, thanks to the wave of investment and innovation that swept many parts of Spain in the late 1990s, the wine region of Bierzo now counts as one of the country's rising stars, on a par with other wine hotspots such as Rueda, Penedès, Toro and Jumilla.
Mencía is the region's primary grape and undisputed star, covering nearly two-thirds of the vineyards. This red grape variety is grown almost exclusively in the north-western part of Spain (especially in the DOs of Galicia, Valdeorras, Monterrey, and Ribeira Sacra). Mencía ripens early, by mid-September, and is well suited to the maritime climate of Bierzo where autumn rains are quite common.
Mencía has only recently come into the spotlight as a quality, potential-laden grape variety. When properly made, it offers fascinating wines across a contrasting spectrum of styles: at one end are fruity and forward wines with supple tannins and succulent fruit; at the other, more concentrated, powerful styles with an exotic earthiness, smooth tannins and an enviable reflection of the mineral-rich Bierzo terroir.
Mencía is capable of making excellent wine on its own, with no need to sacrifice its unique character in the Cabernet Sauvignon or Merlot blends that are so commonplace elsewhere in Spain.Other grape varieties planted in Bierzo include the red Garnacha Tintorera, and the aromatic whites Godello, Doña Blanca and Malvasía.
The region received its DO (Denominación Origen) from the Spanish wine authorities only in 1989. Today it is home to approximately 60 wineries and over 4,000 growers, which means that Bierzo remains a highly-fragmented wine region where the average holding is miniscule.
The wine region made its breakthrough in 1999 when Alvaro Palacios teamed up with his nephew, Ricardo Pérez, to establish Descendientes de J. Palacios. Alvaro Palacios is recognised as one of Spain's most talented and visionary winemakers, having revolutionised the wines of Prioriat in the late 1980s - he was one of the "founding 8" of Priorat winemakers who brought international fame to the region.
Descendientes de J Palacios remains one of the best wineries in the region, focusing on the Mencía grape, with some of its vineyards planted on steep hillsides and as much as 50 or even 100 years old.
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Musicians' Union calls on ministers to issue clearer guidance on out-of-school music learning under the new tiered restrictions
The Musicians' Union has today written to the Government to request more pragmatic and clearer guidance for instrumental and vocal learning during the next period of restrictions in England.
The letter, addressed to Michael Gove, Minister for the Cabinet Office, Gavin Williamson, Secretary of State for Education and Nick Gibb, Schools Minister, lists the ways in which out-of-school or private music teaching supports core or formal learning.
The Union clarifies that musical learning is not necessarily 'extracurricular', as suggested by the Cabinet Office's guidance for the current restrictions, and specifically highlights how music teaching delivers performance preparation, academic learning and revision for qualifications.
The letter also contains a series of recommendations the Union wishes to see implemented. These include that musical learning should be recognised as part of formal education where it serves this purpose, and that while teaching online is a viable solution in many musical learning contexts, some activities must be given an exemption to allow them to take place in person.
Horace Trubridge, MU General Secretary, said:
"Our members have done their level best to keep out-of-school music teaching going under the current restrictions. But the Government's guidance has overlooked the important contribution that private teachers and music schools make to formal education provision, instead classifying them as extra-curricular and therefore inessential. We are asking the Government to provide clearer guidance for the new tiered restrictions that start after 2 December, so that all children and young people can access the music teaching they need in appropriate and Covid-secure ways."
Chris Walters, MU Education Official, said:
"The MU represents approximately 32,000 members, many of whom teach music privately as well as in schools and other settings. We are therefore in a strong position to report on the effects of the current guidance and to offer practical recommendations for future guidance. We recognise that the current guidance is intended to reduce the transmission of Covid-19, and we support this aim. Since the pandemic began, many of our members have successfully moved their teaching online to help reduce Covid transmission. But teaching that supports formal education and assessment must be allowed to take place in person if there is no viable alternative."
The content of the letter is as follows:
The Rt Hon Michael Gove MP, Minister for the Cabinet Office
The Rt Hon Gavin Williamson CBE MP, Secretary of State for Education
The Rt Hon Nick Gibb MP, Minister of State for Schools Standards
Dear Ministers,
Re: out-of-school music learning under the new tiered coronavirus restrictions
As we move towards the new tiered restrictions in England that were announced over the weekend, I am writing on behalf of the Musicians' Union (MU) to request more pragmatic and clearer guidance for out-of-school music learning. The MU represents approximately 32,000 members, many of whom teach music privately as well as in schools and other settings. We are therefore in a strong position to report on the effects of the current guidance, and to offer practical recommendations on how out-of-school music learning should work under the new tiers.
We recognise that the current and forthcoming restrictions are intended to reduce the transmission of Covid-19, and we support this aim. Since the pandemic began, many of our members have successfully moved their teaching online, but this can be less effective than teaching in person, and it can also limit or prevent some children and young people's access to important educational provision.
We would like to clarify that musical learning is not necessarily 'extracurricular' as suggested by the Cabinet Office's guidance for the current restrictions, which bars pupils from leaving their homes for 'extracurricular classes such as music or drama tuition'. The following is a non-exhaustive list of ways in which out-of-school music learning supports core or formal learning:
• Where it supports performance preparation for GCSE, A level, BTEC and other qualifications, and where it supports foundational learning that leads to these
• Where it supports academic learning and revision for the same qualifications
• Where it supports preparation for graded music exams, which carry UCAS points at the higher levels, and where it supports lower levels that lead to these
• Where it supports learning for those who wish to pursue music at higher education and as a career (safeguarding the future of music's £5.8 billion contribution to the UK economy in 2019)
The current blanket guidance against pupils leaving their homes for 'extracurricular music classes' does not allow for reasonable exceptions that are needed to keep these and other important activities going. This has been disruptive for teachers and music schools who have had to move some high-level or group teaching onto online formats that are not suited to this purpose. Similarly, it has proved challenging for teachers who need to rehearse in person with their students, for example if they are accompanying them on the piano for an exam. (We note that limited exemptions currently allow some pupils to access music learning in out-of-school settings, but these do not apply to a majority of people.)
Broadband and suitable technology are a requirement for pupils to access music learning online, which our members tell us is excluding poorer pupils. Members also report an increase in suspected mental health problems among pupils they are no longer able to teach in person, many of whom rely on out-of-school music learning for wellbeing and social interaction. Further, pupils with additional needs are often unable to access online learning at all.
We note inconsistencies between different guidance documents that address music learning outside of schools, which has made the guidance as a whole difficult to interpret. A first issue is that the guidance is more restrictive than the legislation, which has caused confusion over what is recommended and what is a matter of law.
A second issue is the difference between the Cabinet Office guidance (referred to above) and the Department for Education's guidance for full opening: schools. The former bars pupils from leaving their homes for music tuition, while the latter states that music lessons in private homes can resume if there is no viable alternative. Taken together, these two documents suggest that lessons are permitted only in pupils' own homes, since pupils are not allowed to leave their homes to attend lessons elsewhere (limited exemptions aside). This position does not support the Government's desire to reduce Covid-19 transmission, because teachers' homes/studios and private music schools – where Covid-secure measures have been in place for months – are likely to be just as safe if not safer than pupils' own homes.
It is hoped that the following recommendations will assist all relevant Government departments in setting a clearer policy for out-of-school music learning.
1. Music learning should be recognised as part of formal education where it serves this purpose. Where it is formal, Government guidance should ensure that it can always take place, just as keeping schools open has been prioritised.
2. Teaching online is a viable solution in many music learning contexts, and it is a reasonable part of any policy designed to reduce Covid-19 transmission. However, it cannot always facilitate musical learning effectively, and it may cause barriers for some learners or interrupt some formal education provision. Teaching in person should therefore be permitted if necessary, unless very serious restrictions are imposed, for example if schools close.
3. Reasonable exemptions to online teaching will always be needed for some activities, including the following:
• Where exams or university/college entrance is being prepared for
• Where a high level of musical learning is being undertaken
• Where there is a risk of exclusion because of digital poverty
• Where there is an adverse mental health risk to learners
• Where learners have additional needs that cannot be met online
4. Where reasonable exemptions are in place, these should prioritise operation in Covid-secure environments. This means environments that teachers can manage in a Covid-secure way: their own homes/studios and private music schools, or pupils' homes where safety measures can be implemented reliably.
5. All of the above should be implemented as part of the new tiered system in a way that does not impose restrictions unnecessarily.
Horace Trubridge
MU General Secretary

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New Art Film Initiative with CIT
12/07/2018 Indie Cork
CIT and IndieCork to present art(ist)FILM at IndieCork Festival, 7th – 14th October 2018.
We are excited to announce "art(ist)FILM" – a new partnership between CIT Cork Institute of Technology, and IndieCork Festival, which will present moving image works by student and graduate artists as part of the IndieCork Festival in October 2018. CIT Arts Office, CIT Crawford College of Art & Design, and CIT Cork School of Music will collaborate with the IndieCork Festival team to develop this initiative, and look forward to showcasing innovative, original work.
IndieCork Festival has become synonymous with the presentation of experimental and interdisciplinary film, music, and visual art. CIT Crawford College of Art & Design encourages individual expression using the moving image. This is an area of artistic production that has grown enormously, both internationally and locally, over the past two decades. CIT Cork School of Music has a formidable history of music education and performance at the highest level, and is establishing a strong reputation in the area of music in film.
This new partnership will offer a platform for screenings and discussion in a variety of contexts and venues in Cork. By bringing together students, graduates, experienced professionals, and a supportive audience, Cork can foster the artistic and professional development of a new generation working with the moving image.
art(ist)FILM 2018 will focus on the relationships between artists and film, and will feature a programme of works by CIT students and graduates selected through an Open Call, contextualised by guest lectures and panel discussions.
'Still, Life – Cork's Lockdown Sounds' - produced by IndieCork Festival December 10,2020
IndieCork Festival Awards 2020 October 29,2020
Hybrid Festival for 2020 September 14,2020
The Vow Of Quarantine April 30,2020
Mission Re-Statement April 23,2020
Ronan Phelan Script Award (3)
Submissons (5)


As someone with a background in electro-acoustic music, I was quite excited to hear about this project: pianist Seda Röder performs an original piano-&-electronics cadenza as part of a performance of Beethoven's Emperor Concerto. I have to admit I was a bit skeptical that it could work - but I can honestly say Ms. Röder pulled it off beautifully! The trill going into the "modern" section was a stroke of brilliance.


Kaikoura is a small New Zealand coastal community and is the northernmost district in the Canterbury region. It can be reached via Picton, Blenheim*, and Christchurch. This small town is known for its crayfish and spectacular marine and wild life and is famous especially amongst visitors travelling with families. Our Kaikoura day tours and wildlife trips can be taken from Christchurch or you can drive there if you have a rental car.
Get a chance to encounter giant sperm whales and Royal Albatross through our cruise tours. You can also fly above Kaikoura's breath-taking landscape and appreciate the sheer size of the sperm whales and spot other marine life from the sky. If you're feeling adventurous, you can also swim with dolphins in their natural habitat.


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 Erland Steenberg (1919–2009), Norwegian politician
 Per Steenberg (1870–1947), Norwegian organist and composer
 Schack August Steenberg Krogh (1874–1949), Danish physiologists
 Tommy Steenberg (born 1988), American figure skater
 Irenei Steenberg (born 1978), Eastern Orthodox bishop

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You might have heard that buying a bunch of domain names and pointing them to your website will help you out with getting your website to the top of searches. This advice is as dated as Warren Beatty.
The basic rule of thumb is to never have more than one domain name pointing to a single site. This is because Google and others are looking for you to have unique content on your website. If your content is showing up under a handful of names when they are trying to figure out ranking, Google is going to be confused about which is the authority an all of your sites are going to suffer. And so, your domain likely will not rank highest for the words you want it to.
Your domain name is easy to misspell.
You want to own your brand online, you might want to pick up the .com, .net, etc. versions of your domain name.
You need country specific domain names for domains outside of the US.
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The SVN | GLL office in Baton Rouge has grown exponentially, and the local community seems to notice too. In the Greater Baton Rouge Business Report, SVN | GLL was discussed as being one of the Baton Rouge area's largest commercial real estate firms. Ben Graham, one of the managing directors, says in the report that "our goal is to be best full service commercial real estate firm in our market, not necessarily the largest." Read the full article below.
In the roughly 18 months since Ben Graham, Justin Langlois and Steve Legendre joined together to form SVN I Graham, Langlois & Legendre, the commercial real estate firm has quadrupled in size.
In the first quarter of this year, the firm saw its gross commission income rise 30% over its GCI from the first quarter of 2015. Its staff, which started out at four—including an office manager—now totals 17. But Graham, one of the firm's managing directors, says growth isn't the only goal.
"Our goal is to be best full service commercial real estate firm in our market, not necessarily the largest," he says.
SVN | GLL is a franchise of SVN International Corp. Headquartered in Boston, the national SVN office boasts more than 1,200 international brokers, advisers and staff, 5,500 clients worldwide and 180 offices in 200 markets. The Baton Rouge office ranked No. 11 out of 200 SVN offices in terms of GCI, Graham says.
The local firm's founders all worked with each other, in some capacity, in the local commercial real estate market before forming SVN | GLL. Langlois says being at SVN | GLL allows him to focus on certain niches in commercial real estate.
"I felt opening an office with SVN allowed for more deals and more opportunity in the market," Langlois says.
Legendre says the national reach of the SVN network was a big draw for him. The firm serves a mix of national and local clients.
SVN | GLL moved up from No. 8 to No. 3, behind NAI/Latter & Blum Commercial Real Estate and Beau Box Commercial Real Estate, on Business Report's recent ranking of the area's largest commercial real estate firms, as measured by the number of local licensed agents.
Being a relatively young firm has its advantages, Graham says, adding it has helped attract some projects that have been on the market for some time and are in need of fresh representatives.


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The Town Where Your Car Is Most Likely To Be Stolen in Every State
Motor vehicle theft, one of the most serious offenses tracked by the FBI, is on the rise in the United States. There were a total of 810,400 motor vehicle thefts nationwide in 2020, the most in over a decade.
Motor vehicle theft can be either the theft or attempted theft of a vehicle, such as a car, truck, ATV, or motorcycle. Some experts attribute the rising rates of vehicle theft to the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to vehicles sitting unattended and unused for longer than usual. Additionally, vehicle theft is often committed for monetary gain, and the pandemic sent unemployment soaring and left many Americans struggling financially.
While motorists nationwide now face a greater risk of vehicle theft than they have in many years, in some parts of the country, car owners are far more likely to be victims of car theft than in others.
Using data from the FBI's 2020 Uniform Crime Report, 24/7 Wall St. identified the town where your car is most likely to be stolen in every state. Towns – defined as places with populations between 2,500 and 25,000 – are ranked by the number of motor vehicle thefts reported for every 100,000 people. In Hawaii, there are no qualifying towns with available crime data.
Though each of the towns on this list ranks as having the highest motor vehicle theft rate in its respective state, vehicle theft rates in these places vary considerably, from 137 incidents per 100,000 people to 2,861 per 100,000. Still, in every town on this list, vehicle theft rates exceed the statewide rate, and all but a few exceed the national rate of 246 per 100,000.
Motor vehicle theft, along with burglary and larceny, is one of three criminal offenses that make up the property crime category. Due in large part to higher than average vehicle theft rates, in nearly every town on this list, the overall property crime rate exceeds the comparable statewide rate. Here is a look at the 10 most stolen cars in America.
Click here to see the town where your car is most likely to be stolen in every state
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Tough love [sound recording] / Jessie Ware.
Ware, Jessie (Composer, Performer). Miguel (Performer). Ekko, Mikky (Performer). Sampha (Musician) (Performer). Ford, James D., drummer (Producer, Performer). Okumu, David (Producer, Performer). Wilkins, Lucy (Performer). Dods, Alison (Performer). Pigott-Smith, Tom (Performer). Robinson, Kate, violinist. (Performer). Koster, Rick, violinist. (Performer). Cameron, Gillon. (Performer). De La Mare, Calina. (Performer). Herbert, Sally (Performer). Singleton, Julia. (Performer). Melhuish, Laura. (Performer). Greene, Vince (Performer). Spriggs, Robert. (Performer). Langford, Oliver (Performer). Matthews, Vicky, violoncellist (Performer). Byers, Jonny (Performer). Sheeran, Ed, 1991- (Performer). Wüthrich, Aryn. (Performer). Sclafani, Chris, vocalist (Performer). Levin, Jeremy (Performer). Levin, Andrew (Performer). Ash, Ben (Performer). Dew, Sam (Performer). Hynes, Devonté (Performer). Taylor, Leo (Drummer) (Performer). Kummrow, Emma (Performer). Mazzocchi, Luigi (Performer). Lee, Jennifer (Violinist) (Performer). Epsy, Blake (Violinist) (Added Author). Kim, Jonathan (Performer). Fischbach, Glenn (Performer). Peterson, Phil, violoncellist (Performer). Butman, Daniel (Added Author). Jefferies, Paul (Musician) (Producer, Performer). Chin, Mitchum (Performer). Watanabe, Yoko (Producer). Takahashi, Umi (Producer). Haynie, Emile (Producer). Bashmore, Julio (Producer). BenZel (Producer).
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Tough love -- You & I (forever) -- Cruel -- Say you love me -- Sweetest song -- Kind of, sometimes, maybe -- Want your feeling -- Pieces -- Keep on lying -- Champagne kisses -- Desire.
Jessie Ware.
Subject: Rhythm and blues music.
Rock music > 2011-2020.
Popular music > 2011-2020.
Ekko, Mikky
Sampha (Musician)
Ford, James D., drummer
Okumu, David
Wilkins, Lucy
Dods, Alison
Pigott-Smith, Tom
Robinson, Kate, violinist.
Koster, Rick, violinist.
Cameron, Gillon.
De La Mare, Calina.
Herbert, Sally
Singleton, Julia.
Melhuish, Laura.
Greene, Vince
Spriggs, Robert.
Langford, Oliver
Matthews, Vicky, violoncellist
Byers, Jonny
Sheeran, Ed, 1991-
Wüthrich, Aryn.
Sclafani, Chris, vocalist
Levin, Jeremy
Levin, Andrew
Ash, Ben (Guitarist)
Dew, Sam
Hynes, Devonté
Taylor, Leo (Drummer)
Kummrow, Emma
Mazzocchi, Luigi
Lee, Jennifer (Violinist)
Epsy, Blake (Violinist)
Kim, Jonathan
Fischbach, Glenn
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University of Kansas Policy on Weapons, Including Firearms - Effective July 1, 2017
Office of the Chancellor Policy
The purpose of this policy statement is to adopt and implement Kansas law and Board of Regents policy on weapons possession and to direct the creation and implementation of campus specific procedures at the University of Kansas, Lawrence, campuses and the University of Kansas Medical Center campuses.
All faculty, staff, students, visitors of the University of Kansas.
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Medical Center, Kansas City
As required by Kansas law (the Personal and Family Protection Act ("PFPA")), concealed carry of handguns shall be permitted on University campuses (except the Kansas City, Kansas campus of the KU Medical Center in the Health Care District), including all buildings and public areas of buildings owned or leased by the University that do not have adequate security measures, except in specified restricted access areas within buildings. Open carry of firearms and possession of weapons other than concealed handguns shall be prohibited on all University campuses, except for police instructors and their students who carry their service or training weapons openly as part of authorized police training conducted at the Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center's ("KLETC") Yoder campus. Nothing in this policy shall be read to prohibit the possession of weapons on University campuses (1) as necessary for the conduct of Board of Regents approved academic programs or University approved activities or practices, including those conducted by the Reserve Officer Training Corps faculty and their enrolled students and by the KLETC police instructors and their enrolled students, or (2) by University police or security officers or other law enforcement officers as defined by K.S.A. 75-7c22. The University of Kansas, Lawrence, campuses, and the University of Kansas Medical Center campuses (except the Kansas City, Kansas campus of the KU Medical Center in the Health Care District) shall develop campus specific procedures for the safe possession, use, and storage of such weapons.
Beginning July 1, 2017, any individual who is 21 years of age or older, and beginning on July 1, 2021, any licensed individual who is 18-21 years of age, and who is not prohibited or disqualified by law and who is lawfully eligible to carry a concealed handgun in Kansas shall not be precluded from doing so on University campuses, including all facilities owned or leased by the University, except (1) on the Kansas City, Kansas campus of the KU Medical Center in the Health Care District; (2) in buildings and public areas of buildings for which adequate security measures are provided or, (3) in a specified restricted access area of a building. Within such restricted access areas, concealed carry will be banned. Individuals who are not employees of the University may be authorized access through a restricted access entrance only pursuant to a University screening process that is compliant with the provisions of the PFPA.
Each individual who lawfully possesses a handgun on any of the University campuses on which concealed carry is allowed shall at all times have that handgun in the person's custody and control and shall be wholly and solely responsible for carrying, storing and using the handgun in a safe manner and in accordance with the law, Board of Regents policy and University policy. This responsibility shall include the obligation at all times to keep it secure and concealed from view when not in use for purposes provided by law.
Every handgun carried by an individual into any University building in which concealed carry is allowed must be secured in a holster that completely covers the trigger and the entire trigger guard area and that secures any external hammer in an un-cocked position through the use of a strap or by other means. Handguns with an external safety must be carried with the safety in the "on" position. The holster must have sufficient tension or grip on the handgun to retain it in the holster even when subjected to unexpected jostling. Semiautomatic handguns must be carried without a chambered round of ammunition. Revolvers must be carried with the hammer resting on an empty cylinder.
The Director of the KLETC shall implement appropriate measures and procedures regarding concealed carry on the Yoder campus to assure the safety of students and instructors during training.
Nothing in this policy shall be interpreted to require individuals who lawfully possess a handgun to use it in defense of others.
No person shall use the fact or possibility that he or she is carrying a concealed weapon with the intent to intimidate another person except in defense of self or others.
Except for law enforcement officers, no person shall carry a firearm of any type, whether concealed or openly, into any secured area located in the offices and facilities of the University police (K.S.A. 75-7c20(g)).
The implementing procedures of the University of Kansas, Lawrence, campuses, and the University of Kansas Medical Center campuses shall include detailed provisions regarding how and where to report suspected violations of this policy, how faculty, staff and students shall be notified of the laws and policies pertaining to concealed carry on campus, and shall also provide interested students, faculty and staff with information about any known locally or regionally available firearm safety instruction.
Federal and State Restrictions on Firearms
The following state and federal laws apply to possession and use of firearms, including the carry of concealed handguns.
Kansas law states that the only type of firearm that an individual can carry while concealed is a handgun;
An individual in possession of a concealed handgun must be at least 21 years of age or possess a valid provisional license or a valid license to carry a concealed hangun issued by another jurisdiction that is recognized by the State of Kansas (K.S.A. 21-6302);
A firearm cannot be carried by an individual under the influence of alcohol or drugs, or both, to such a degree as to render the individual incapable of safely operating the firearm (K.S.A. 21-6332);
A firearm cannot be carried by an individual who is an unlawful user of and addicted to any controlled substance (as defined in section 102 of the Controlled Substances Act, codified at 21 U.S.C. § 802) (K.S.A. 21-6301(a)(10));
A firearm cannot be carried by an individual who is or has been a mentally ill person subject or has been subjected to involuntary commitment (K.S.A. 21-6301(a)(13));
A firearm cannot be carried by an individual with an alcohol or substance abuse problem subject to involuntary commitment (K.S.A. 21-6301(a)(13));
A firearm cannot be carried by an individual who has been convicted of a felony crime (K.S.A. 21-6304(a)) or convicted in any court of a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year (18 U.S.C. 922(g)(1));
Automatic firearms and sawed off shotguns cannot be carried (K.S.A. 21-6301(a)(5));
A cartridge which can be fired by a handgun and which has a plastic-coated bullet with a core of less than 60% lead by weight is illegal (K.S.A. 21-6301(a)(6));
Suppressors and silencers cannot be used with a firearm (K.S.A. 21-6301(a)(4));
Firearms cannot be fired in the corporate limits of a city or at a dwelling, or at a structure or vehicle in which people are present, except in self-defense (K.S.A. 21-6308a and 21-6308(a)(1)(A));
A firearm cannot be carried by a person who is a fugitive from justice (18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(2));
A firearm cannot be carried by an individual who is an illegal alien (18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(5)(A));
A firearm cannot be carried by an individual who has been discharged from the Armed Forces under dishonorable conditions (18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(6));
A firearm cannot be carried by an individual who has renounced his or her United States citizenship (18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(7));
A firearm cannot be carried by an individual who is subject to a court order restraining the person from harassing, stalking, or threatening an intimate partner or child of the intimate partner (18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(8)); and
A firearm cannot be carried by an individual who has been convicted of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence (18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(9)).
Open Carry Prohibited
Except as otherwise specifically provided in the Policy Statement above, open carry of any firearm anywhere on any of the University campuses is prohibited. Each entrance to each building and facility on each campus shall be conspicuously posted with appropriate signs indicating that openly carrying a firearm into that building or facility is prohibited. Additional signs may be posted as appropriate.
Except in those instances where necessary for self-defense or transferring to safe storage and except as otherwise provided in this policy, it shall be a violation of University and Board of Regents policy to openly display any concealed carry handgun while on campus.
Regardless whether an individual is otherwise lawfully eligible to carry a concealed handgun, it shall be a violation of University and Board of Regents policy to commit any of the following offenses on University campuses:
Possess a firearm under the influence of alcohol or drugs, as defined by K.S.A. 21-6332, and amendments thereto;
discharge a firearm in violation of K.S.A. 21-6308, and amendments thereto;
discharge a firearm within or into the corporate limits of any city in violation of K.S.A. 21-6308a; or
otherwise possess, store, transport, trade, sell, or in any other way use a firearm in violation of any applicable law, including the Restrictions on Firearms specified above.
Beginning July 1, 2017, an individual who lawfully possesses a concealed handgun on any campus where concealed carry is allowed shall at all times have that handgun in the individual's possession and control, and shall either keep it on his/her person with safety mechanism, if any, engaged, or stored 1) in any secure storage location provided by the university specifically for that purpose, 2) at the individual's residence, or 3) in his or her vehicle. If stored in a vehicle on campus, the handgun must be secured and concealed from view. For any dormitory or scholarship hall that does not have adequate security measures, each resident who lawfully possesses a handgun on campus and elects to store the handgun in the room to which he or she is assigned when not carrying it on the individual's person in a concealed fashion shall secure the handgun in a secure storage device that conceals the gun from view. Such storage devices shall be provided by the individual who possesses the handgun and must meet minimum industry standards for safe-keeping of handguns.
Adequate Security Measures
Beginning July 1, 2017, the University of Kansas, Lawrence, campuses and the University of Kansas Medical Center campuses that are not located in the Kansas City, Kansas Health Care District shall determine whether and to what extent otherwise lawfully possessed concealed handguns will be prohibited by provision of adequate security measures, permanent or temporary, at each public entrance to buildings or public areas within campus buildings. Each public entrance to each building where concealed carry is prohibited as provided in this paragraph shall have adequate security measures and all entrances, including restricted access entrances, shall be conspicuously posted with appropriate Attorney General-approved signs indicating that carrying a concealed handgun into that building is prohibited. Additional signs may be posted as appropriate. If the University of Kansas, Lawrence, campuses and the University of Kansas Medical Center campuses that are not located in the Kansas City, Kansas Health Care District prohibit concealed carry pursuant to this paragraph, they will submit to the Chancellor or her designee a list of the buildings and public areas of buildings so designated, the rationale therefor, and a description of the adequate security measures to be provided. The University will consolidate the list and, pursuant to Regents policy, submit it to the Board of Regents office for review and approval by the Board of Regents Governance Committee.
The list shall be provided at the time such buildings and public areas are first identified as requiring adequate security and, as buildings or public areas of buildings are added to the list, at the time so amended. Once the Board of Regents Governance Committee has approved a building or area for provision of adequate security measures, re-approval of that building or area is not required.
Safety and security considerations may warrant the University of Kansas, Lawrence, campuses and the University of Kansas Medical Center campuses that are not located in the Kansas City, Kansas Health Care District implementing adequate security measures on an as-needed, temporary basis in order to address a specific concern. These as-needed, temporary measures will be reported to the Chancellor or her designee in order to assure compliance with Board of Regents policy requiring that the University's annual security report to the Board of Regents include information regarding all instances in which adequate security measures were implemented on an as needed, temporary basis during the previous year and the reasons therefor.
Screening Process for Restricted Access Entrances
At the discretion and upon the approval of the Chancellor (or, if authorized by the Board of Regents, the Chancellor's designees), and in accordance with the PFPA, persons who are not employees of the University of Kansas may be granted access through a restricted access entrance upon issuance of an identification card that (1) includes the person's name and photograph and specifies that the person has been authorized access to a specific area through a restricted access entrance, and (2) contains the person's acknowledgement in a notarized statement that weapons are prohibited in restricted access areas and that violation of the prohibition may result in revocation of authorization to enter through the restricted access entrance. The EVC of the KU Medical Center campuses that are not located in the Kansas City, Kansas Health Care District and the Provost for the Lawrence campuses shall develop for approval by the Chancellor screening criteria for admission of individuals to enter a University building or area through a restricted access entrance. Such criteria shall be in accordance with the PFPA.
Violation of Policy
Any individual who violates one or more provisions of this policy may be issued a lawful directive to leave campus with the weapon immediately. Any individual who violates the directive shall be considered to be in trespass and may be cited accordingly. Any employee or student of the University who violates one or more provisions of this policy shall be subject to discipline in accordance with applicable University codes of conduct. Any individual who violates state or federal law may be detained, arrested or otherwise subjected to lawful processes appropriate to the circumstances. University faculty, staff, and students are encouraged to report suspected violations of the concealed carry law and this policy to the appropriate campus threat assessment team, identified in each campus's implementing policy, or by immediate notification to University Police by calling 9-1-1. University officials and or Police will investigate and determine if the display or possession of the firearm is a violation of law or Board of Regents or University policy.
Notice of and reference to this policy and to the Board of Regents weapons possession policy shall be given in the implementing weapons procedures of the University of Kansas, Lawrence, campuses and the University of Kansas Medical Center campuses as well as in housing contracts. To the extent adequate security measures are used to prohibit concealed carry into stadiums, arenas and other large venues that require tickets for admission, the tickets shall state that concealed carry will be prohibited at that event.
KUChancellor@ku.edu
Gencoun@ku.edu
Kansas Board of Regents Policy Manual (II.E.14)
KUMC Workplace and Campus Violence Policy
State of Kansas Workplace Violence Policy
Workplace Violence Policy
KULC Implementing Procedures
KUMC Implementing Procedures
Related Forms:
Weapons Approval Request Form
The term "weapons" includes, but is not limited to:
Any object or device which will, is designed to, or may be readily converted to expel bullet, shot or shell by the action of an explosive or other propellant;
any handgun, pistol, revolver, rifle, shotgun or other firearm of any nature, including those that are concealed or openly carried;
all BB guns, pellet guns, air/CO2 guns, or any device, such as a Taser, which is designed to discharge electric darts or other similar projectiles; however, a personal self-defense stun gun that does not fit within the preceding definition shall not be considered a weapon for the purposes of this policy;
any explosive, incendiary or poison gas (A) bomb, (B) mine, (C) grenade, (D) rocket having a propellant charge of more than four ounces, or (E) missile having an explosive or incendiary charge of more than ¼ ounce;
any incendiary or explosive material, liquid, solid or mixture equipped with a fuse, wick or other detonating device;
any tear gas bomb or smoke bomb; however, personal self-defense items containing mace or pepper spray shall not be deemed to be a weapon for the purposes of this policy;
any knife, commonly referred to as a switch-blade, which has a blade that opens automatically by hand pressure applied to a button, spring or other device in the handle of the knife, or any knife having a blade that opens or falls or is ejected into position by the force of gravity or by an outward, downward or centrifugal thrust or movement;
any straight-blade knife of four inches or more such as a dagger, dirk, dangerous knife or stiletto; except that an ordinary pocket knife or culinary knife designed for and used solely in the preparation or service of food shall not be construed to be a weapon for the purposes of this policy;
any martial arts weapon such as nunchucks or throwing stars;
any longbow, crossbow and arrows or other projectile that could cause serious harm to any person; or
any other dangerous or deadly weapon or instrument of like character.
The term "handgun" means:
A pistol or revolver which is designed to be fired by the use of a single hand and which is designed to fire or capable of firing fixed cartridge ammunition; or
any other weapon which will or is designed to expel a projectile by the action of an explosive and which is designed to be fired by the use of a single hand.
The term "firearm" includes any handgun, rifle, shotgun, and any other weapon which will or is designed to expel a projectile by the action of an explosive.
The term "adequate security measures" means the use of electronic equipment and armed personnel at public entrances to detect and restrict the carrying of any weapons into a University building or public area of a University building, including but not limited to, metal detectors, metal detector wands or any other equipment used for similar purposes to ensure that weapons are not permitted to be carried into such building or public area of the building by members of the public.
The term "building" means a state building owned or leased by the University or the Board of Regents.
The term "campus" means any building or grounds owned by the University or the Board of Regents and any building or grounds leased by the University or the Board of Regents for University use.
The term "restricted access entrance" means a restricted access entrance to a building or area of a building that requires a key, keycard, code or similar device to allow entry to authorized personnel through the restricted access entrance.
The term "open carry" means carrying a firearm visible to others.
The term "public area" means any portion of a University building that is open to and accessible by the public or which is otherwise designated as a public area. These areas will be identified by the Chancellor, the Provost of the Lawrence campuses or the Executive Vice Chancellor of the Medical Center campuses, or their designees, consolidated on a University-wide list and, pursuant to Regents policy, submitted to the Board of Regents office for review and approval by the Board of Regents Governance Committee.
The term "secured area" shall mean those areas of the University Police facilities that are not open or accessible to the public without approval or escort from University Police departmental personnel.
The term "Health Care District" shall mean and include any University building located in the Health Care District as defined in the unified government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas City-wide master plan, Rosedale master plan or zoning document approved by the unified government of Wyandotte county and Kansas City, Kansas in effect on January 12, 2017.
Weapons; Procedures; Board of Regents policy
08/23/2021: Updated policy to include individuals 18-21 years of age.
06/27/2018: Updated KUMC link.
06/21/2018: Updated KUMC Implementing Procedures link.
08/29/2017: Uploaded Approval Request Form.
06/13/2017: Approved by Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little.


Music journalists write articles pertaining to the music industry for newspapers, magazines, journals and websites. They report on the latest developments in the music industry and write album and gig reviews. Music journalists may be self employed or work for a publication, and in either case their job generally involves sorting through press releases, interviewing contributors, attending press conferences and composing articles.


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"""Platform logic for the Cisco C9800-CL Wireless Lan Controller."""

import logging

from COT.platforms.platform import Platform, Hardware
from COT.data_validation import ValueUnsupportedError, ValidRange

logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)

class C9800CL(Platform):
    """Platform-specific logic for Cisco C9800-CL platform."""

    PLATFORM_NAME = "Cisco C9800-CL"

    CONFIG_TEXT_FILE = 'iosxe_config.txt'
    LITERAL_CLI_STRING = 'ios-config'
    # C9800CL doesn't 'officially' support E1000, but it mostly works
    SUPPORTED_NIC_TYPES = ["E1000", "virtio", "VMXNET3"]

    HARDWARE_LIMITS = Platform.HARDWARE_LIMITS.copy()
    HARDWARE_LIMITS.update({
        Hardware.cpus: ValidRange(4, 10),
        Hardware.memory: ValidRange(8192, 32768),
        Hardware.nic_count: ValidRange(1, 3),
        Hardware.serial_count: ValidRange(0, 2),
    })

    def controller_type_for_device(self, device_type):
        """C9800CL uses SCSI for hard disks and IDE for CD-ROMs.

        Args:
          device_type (str): 'harddisk' or 'cdrom'
        Returns:
          str: 'ide' for CD-ROM, 'scsi' for hard disk
        """
        if device_type == 'harddisk':
            return 'scsi'
        elif device_type == 'cdrom':
            return 'ide'
        else:
            return super(C9800CL, self).controller_type_for_device(
                device_type)

    def guess_nic_name(self, nic_number):
        """GigabitEthernet1, GigabitEthernet2, etc.

        Args:
          nic_number (int): Nth NIC to name.
        Returns:
          * "GigabitEthernet1"
          * "GigabitEthernet2"
          * etc.
        """
        return "GigabitEthernet" + str(nic_number)

    def validate_cpu_count(self, cpus):
        """C9800CL supports 4,6 or 10 CPUs.

        Args:
          cpus (int): Number of CPUs.

        Raises:
          ValueTooLowError: if ``cpus`` is less than 4
          ValueTooHighError: if ``cpus`` is more than 10
          ValueUnsupportedError: if ``cpus`` is a value other than 4, 6, 10
        """
        super(C9800CL, self).validate_cpu_count(cpus)
        if cpus not in [4, 6, 10]:
            raise ValueUnsupportedError("CPUs", cpus, [4, 6, 10])

Platform.PRODUCT_PLATFORM_MAP['com.cisco.vwlc'] = C9800CL


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Carriera
Chance giocò nella Major League Baseball per i Chicago Cubs (inizialmente chiamati "Orphans") e i New York Yankees dal 1898 al 1914. Fu anche il manager di Cubs, Yankees e Boston Red Sox.

Scoperto dai Cubs in una squadra semi-professionistica mentre frequentava il college, Chance debuttò nel 1898, giocando sporadicamente. Nel 1903 divenne il prima base titolare 1905 succedette a Frank Selee come manager della squadra. Chance guidò i Cubs a quattro titoli della National League nell'arco di quattro anni (1906–1910) e vinse le World Series nel 1907 e 1908. Con Joe Tinker e Johnny Evers, Chance formò una forte combinazione nei doppi giochi, che fu immortalata nel verso "Tinker-to-Evers-to-Chance" nella poesia "Baseball's Sad Lexicon".

Lasciato senza contratto dai Cubs dopo la stagione 1912, Chance firmò con gli Yankees, dove occupò il doppio ruolo di giocatore-manager per due stagioni. Fece ritorno nella MLB nel 1923 come manager dei Red Sox, mentre l'anno seguente fu nominato manager dei Chicago White Sox, ruolo che non occupò mai a causa della malattia che gli tolse la vita nel 1924.

Noto per le sue abilità di leader, Chance si guadagnò il soprannome di "Peerless Leader". È ancora il miglior manager della storia dei Cubs per percentuale di vittorie.

Palmarès

Club

Chicago Cubs: 1907 e 1908 (come giocatore e allenatore)

Individuale
Leader della National League in basi rubate: 2
1903, 1906

Filmografia
 World Series Baseball Game
 World's Championship Series - cortometraggio, documentario (1910)
 Animated Weekly, No. 58
 Pathé's Weekly, No. 18
 Pathé's Weekly, No. 21
 Frank Chance Day Baseball Festival - cortometraggio, documentario (1913)
 Baseball's Peerless Leader, regia di Leopold Wharton - cortometraggio, documentario (1913)
 Animated Weekly, No. 109
 Hearst-Vitagraph News Pictorial, No. 17
 Animated Weekly, No. 16

Note

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

Baseball Hall of Fame


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Loke: PSC cut not temporary
Transport Minister Anthony Loke Siew Fook said the lowering of passenger service charge or PSC for international travellers flying beyond Asean from klia2 and other airports, other than the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA), is "not temporary", and "should not be disputed".
Anthony Loke Siew Fook
"It is not temporary. When it (PSC cut) was announced by the government, it should not be disputed as we made this decision at the cabinet level, [it was] not by the minister of transport," he told reporters yesterday after the launch of the second phase of the Klang Valley Double Track (KVDT2) rehabilitation project.
Announced by Loke last Friday, the reduced PSC that would take effect from Oct 1 is to mitigate the imposition of the departure fee on passengers leaving Malaysia — which ranges from RM8 to RM150 per passenger, depending on the destination and seat class.
However, confusion arose as the Malaysian Aviation Commission (Mavcom) issued a statement later that day, which stresses that its role under the Malaysian Aviation Commission Act 2015 is to determine how the PSC is calculated and the rate at which it is charged. The PSC has been under review by Mavcom as part of the Regulated Asset Base (RAB) Framework since 2017.
"The commission is in the final stages of completing the exercise. The new rates will be announced in the next few weeks and gazetted for implementation effective January 2020," Mavcom said. It also said the RAB mechanism is globally recognised, and that one outcome will be differentiated charges based on the size, facilities and services provided at each airport.
Loke, meanwhile, further said yesterday that the right to fix the PSC rates lies with the government as it owns all the airports in the country, while MAHB is the operator tasked to run these assets.
He also explained that any new PSC rate to be announced by Mavcom, which was set up to regulate economic and commercial matters relating to civil aviation in 2016, will be a statutory rate.
Loke also stressed that the PSC cut will not affect MAHB's earnings because the difference will be offset by the user fee that MAHB pays to the government.
"The moment we reduce the PSC for certain airports, klia2 [except KLIA] for international departures, whatever difference in terms of revenue will be offset through [lower] user fees," he said, adding that the lower PSC will allow the airports to operate more competitively, as well as encourage more tourists to visit and fly through Malaysian airports.
theedgemarkets.com wrote last Friday, quoting analysts, that under the operating agreement MAHB signed with the government 10 years ago, the airport operator is entitled to a benchmark PSC. So if the PSC charged is below the benchmark rate, MAHB can recover the difference by paying a proportionally lower user fee to the government.
Last year MAHB registered 99.03 million passenger movements in all airports it operated, 60.55% (or 59.96 million) of which were in KLIA and klia2, according to statistics provided by MAHB. klia2 alone accounted for 31.86 million or 32.17% of the tally, while KLIA contributed 28.10 million or 28.38%.
Among the 99.03 million passengers, some 26.18 million of them (or 26.4%) were international travellers bound for non-Asean destinations. The number of international travellers using KLIA was 13.98 million (or 53.4%), while the remaining 12.2 million (46.6%) were using other airports, including klia2.
Dhaya Maju LTAT to complete 265km KVDT2 rehabilitation in five years
As for the planned RM4.475 billion KVDT2 rehabilitation project, it will now involve 265km of KTM Bhd's railway tracks instead of the earlier announced 110km.
The project, undertaken by Syarikat Dhaya Maju LTAT Sdn Bhd, entails the rehabilitation of the Salak South-to-Seremban stretch (150km), the Simpang Port Klang and Port Klang stretch (114 km), and the Simpang Pelabuhan Klang By-Pass (1.5km), Loke said.
Loke announced in July that Dhaya Maju LTAT — an 80:20 joint venture between privately held construction company Dhaya Maju Infrastructure (Asia) Sdn Bhd and Lembaga Tabung Angkatan Tentera (LTAT) — has won back the KVDT2 rehabilitation contract, 10 months after it was terminated, and that the contract's value has been lowered by 15% from the original RM5.26 billion.
Loke told reporters yesterday that the decision to re-award the project to Dhaya Maju LTAT, who is also the contractor for the first phase or KVDT1, was made after considering that it is a local company and that the choice will enable the rehabilitation of KVDT2 to benefit from the investments made in KVDT1 — like machinery and skilled labour.
According to Dhaya Maju LTAT, KVDT1 is on track to be delivered next year, with rehabilitation works as at end-August at 80.3% completion. As for KVDT2, 20% to 30% of the preparatory works are done.
Notwithstanding the cost-cutting, Loke said the KVDT2 rehabilitation may be completed in five years instead of the targeted seven years.
"Seven years is the maximum timeline [given by the government], but it does not mean we need to wait for seven years [to complete the works for the KVDT2]. That timeline takes into consideration that the contractor can only work during the trains' off time and to reduce the government's cost burden.
"They (Dhaya Maju LTAT) expect the KVDT2 rehabilitation works to be completed in five years. The government will monitor the progress. If the country's economy continues to strengthen, we will consider speeding up the process," Loke added.
He also gave assurance that the lower contract price will not jeopardise the project's work quality, and that the critical job scope remains as it is. "Several job scopes that are not important have been taken off, which include the upgrading of 10 stations along the route, as it will be taken over by Perbadanan Aset Keretapi," he said.
Source: theedgemarkets.com
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At Campus Sonar, we love our human analysts. In the higher ed and market research industries, we hear a lot about algorithms and automated social listening tools (which can be a good fit—if they meet your social listening goals). And as social listening becomes more common, more companies and tools are offering social listening monitoring and analysis.
As users of some of those tools, we understand the valuable insights that expert human analysts can bring to the social listening data. In fact, we're so proud of the value that our human analysts bring to our clients, we couldn't keep this list of why we love our analysts to ourselves.
Humans understand sarcasm. The days of blue text and /s are over. Unless you're personally familiar with an individual or organization, it can be difficult to discern sarcasm online and appropriately diagnose the sentiment of an online mention. A human analyst takes the time to dig into the online persona of the individual or organization to better understand if the mention in question is sarcastic or not. Using context clues, they're able to determine if a tweet is serious or sarcastic, and bring that to a client's attention as appropriate.
Humans can dig deeper. The skill required to piece together online evidence to identify rogue social media account admins or mystery Reddit authors is second-to-none for our analysts. Like private eyes, they look across the internet for clues, and many times surprise their clients with their in-depth knowledge of campus who's-who and goings-on.
Humans ensure greater relevancy. Does your institution use an acronym? Share your name with other institutions? You're not alone—many higher ed institutions share their name with non-higher ed entities. A human analyst surveys the landscape and discovers these interlopers, making a series of analytical choices to determine how to capture the online mentions that do relate to the right institution while excluding those that don't. This also means that a human reviews the majority—or a representative sample—of online mentions for our clients and ensures the validity of the dataset.
Humans are better at adding context. A machine may just give you numbers. A human analyst gives you sweet, sweet context. We're able to tell our clients how their online conversation metrics shape up when compared to the higher ed industry, their competitors, and their past performance. Sometimes we wonder why we see changes over time—our analysts are experts at analyzing what may cause those changes or what changes even correlate within your data.
Humans help identify real crises. Things go viral on the internet. An algorithm may tell you that your online conversation has changed drastically, but a human analyst? They'll let you know the sentiment around that change in conversation, assess top conversation themes, understand the audience contributing to that conversation, and provide information on who's influencing that conversation and where. The difference between a human analyst and a machine in this case might just be the difference between panicking and strategizing with the information you need in hand.
Humans are better at nuance. Often, reporting on social listening trends comes down to comparing segments, whether audience, conversation topics, or content type. Human analysts care a lot about not only how they create segments within their dataset, but also how they define those segments. When a human analyst considers how to define segments, they think about whether to base the definition on intent, impact, keywords, or more often than not, a combination of all three. You'd better believe that a human analyst reporting on a client's brand attribute conversation feels confident in their segmentation creation and definition—and because of that their client's report is that much more accurate.
There are so many more reasons than just these six as to why we value our human analysts. For example—our Sonarian analysts aren't only brilliant at their job, they're also funny, quirky, and great conversationalists. Follow #Sonarian on Twitter to gain insight into their quirks, conversations, and other Campus Sonar inside scoops, and keep reading the #BrainWavesBlog for their social listening insights.
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Like the dessert, this is sweet and rich with flavours of egg and fortified wine.
Created by yours truly (Simon Difford) in 2003 and inspired by the classic Italian dessert, which incidentally derives its name from the Neapolitan dialect word 'zapillare', meaning 'to foam'.


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A transdiagnostic study of education, employment, and training outcomes in young people with mental illness
R. S. C. Lee, D. F. Hermens, Jan L. Scott, B. O'Dea, Nick Glozier, E. M. Scott, I. B. Hickie
Background Optimizing functional recovery in young individuals with severe mental illness constitutes a major healthcare priority. The current study sought to quantify the cognitive and clinical factors underpinning academic and vocational engagement in a transdiagnostic and prospective youth mental health cohort. The primary outcome measure was 'not in education, employment or training' ('NEET') status. Method A clinical sample of psychiatric out-patients aged 15-25 years (n = 163) was assessed at two time points, on average, 24 months apart. Functional status, and clinical and neuropsychological data were collected. Bayesian structural equation modelling was used to confirm the factor structure of predictors and cross-lagged effects at follow-up. Results Individually, NEET status, cognitive dysfunction and negative symptoms at baseline were predictive of NEET status at follow-up (p < 0.05). Baseline cognitive functioning was the only predictor of follow-up NEET status in the multivariate Bayesian model, while controlling for baseline NEET status. For every 1 s.d. deficit in cognition, the probability of being disengaged at follow-up increased by 40% (95% credible interval 19-58%). Baseline NEET status predicted poorer negative symptoms at follow-up (β = 0.24, 95% credible interval 0.04-0.43). Conclusions Disengagement with education, employment or training (i.e. being NEET) was reported in about one in four members of this cohort. The initial level of cognitive functioning was the strongest determinant of future NEET status, whereas being academically or vocationally engaged had an impact on future negative symptomatology. If replicated, these findings support the need to develop early interventions that target cognitive phenotypes transdiagnostically.
Psychological Medicine
functional outcome
NEET.
neurocognition
Lee, R. S. C., Hermens, D. F., Scott, J. L., O'Dea, B., Glozier, N., Scott, E. M., & Hickie, I. B. (2017). A transdiagnostic study of education, employment, and training outcomes in young people with mental illness. Psychological Medicine, 47(12), 2061-2070. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0033291717000484
Lee, R. S. C. ; Hermens, D. F. ; Scott, Jan L. ; O'Dea, B. ; Glozier, Nick ; Scott, E. M. ; Hickie, I. B. / A transdiagnostic study of education, employment, and training outcomes in young people with mental illness. In: Psychological Medicine. 2017 ; Vol. 47, No. 12. pp. 2061-2070.
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A Ásia Central é uma região que compreende as estepes, montanhas e desertos entre o leste do mar Cáspio e o centro-oeste da China, entre o norte do Irão e Afeganistão, e o sul da Sibéria, porém nunca houve uma demarcação oficial da área. As mudanças constantes de clima na região forçaram grandes movimentos migratórios de seus habitantes, o que trouxe tribos indo-europeias e hunos para o oeste, arianos e turcos para o norte, entre outros.

A Ásia Central raras vezes esteve unificada sob um governo central. Tal fato ocorreu durante o período de dominação mongol no século XIII.

Países

 Parte dos territórios de:

Nota: Para as Nações Unidas, enquanto sub-região da Ásia, a Ásia Central compreende apenas o Cazaquistão, Quirguistão, Tajiquistão, Turquemenistão,  Uzbequistão e Afeganistão.

Sobre os países

Cazaquistão

O Cazaquistão (, transl. Qazaqstan) é um país fundamentalmente asiático, embora também inclua uma região relativamente pequena que, geograficamente, pertencente à Europa: a área entre o rio Ural e a fronteira russa, que é o ponto mais oriental de todo o continente europeu. Esta característica faz do Cazaquistão uma nação transcontinental. Limita-se a norte e oeste com a Rússia, a leste com a China, a sul com o Quirguistão, o Uzbequistão e Turquemenistão e a oeste com o mar Cáspio.

A capital cazaque é Astana, depois que foi transferida de Almati, em 1997.

O Cazaquistão foi um dos países que se tornaram independentes com a dissolução da União Soviética, tendo se declarado independente em 16 de dezembro de 1991.

Quirguistão

O Quirguistão, Quirguizistão ou Quirguízia (), oficialmente República Quirguiz (em quirguiz: Кыргыз республикасы, Kyrgyz Respublikasy) é uma república da Ásia Central, ex-integrante da antiga União Soviética, e o país mais pobre da região. Tem fronteiras, a norte com o Casaquistão, a oeste com o Uzbequistão, a sul com o Tajiquistão e a sudeste com a China. Sua capital é Bisqueque, maior cidade do país.

Tajiquistão

O Tajiquistão é um país da Ásia Central, limitado a norte pelo Quirguistão, a leste pela China, a sul pelo Afeganistão e a oeste e norte pelo Uzbequistão. Além do território principal, inclui ainda o enclave de Voruque, no Quirguistão. É uma ex-república soviética e a sua capital é Duxambé.

Turquemenistão

O Turquemenistão (em turquemeno Türkmenistan) é um país situado na Ásia Central, limitado a norte pelo Cazaquistão, a norte e leste pelo Uzbequistão, a sul pelo Afeganistão e pelo Irão, e a oeste pelo mar Cáspio, do outro lado do qual se estendem as costas do Azerbaijão. Foi até 1991 uma república soviética chamada Turcmênia. Sua capital é a cidade de Asgabate.

Uzbequistão

O Uzbequistão ou Usbequistão é uma ex-república soviética da Ásia Central, limitado a norte pelo Cazaquistão, a leste pelo Quirguistão e pelo Tajiquistão, a sul pelo Afeganistão e a sul e a oeste pelo Turquemenistão. Além do território principal, inclui também os enclaves de Soque e de Xaquimardã, no Quirguistão. A capital é Tasquente.

História

A história da Ásia Central tem sido determinada principalmente pelo clima e geografia da região. A aridez da região faz com que a prática da agricultura e a sua distância para o mar a torne muito isolada do comércio. Por conseguinte, apenas se formaram algumas grandes cidades, e a área foi dominada durante milênios pelos povos nômades das estepes.

As relações entre os nômades das estepes e as populações sedentárias da Ásia Central têm sido controversas. O estilo de vida nômade era bem adequado para a prática da guerra e os cavaleiros das estepes estavam entre os povos da segunda maior potência militar do mundo, mas foram limitados pela falta de unidade interna. Nos momentos em que muitas tribos estavam sob o comando de grandes líderes criaram exércitos quase imparáveis, com a invasão da Europa realizada pelos hunos, os ataques de Wu Hu a China e, especialmente, a conquista de grande parte da Eurásia pelos mongóis.

O domínio dos nômades terminou no século XVI, quando as armas de fogo permitiram aos povos sedentários controlar a região. Desde então, Rússia, China e outras potências expandiram pela região e chegaram a assumir a maior parte da Ásia Central no século XIX. Após a Revolução Russa de 1917, a União Soviética retomou a maior parte da Ásia Central; Mongólia e Afeganistão só permaneceram nominalmente independentes, embora a Mongólia manteve-se independente, na prática, era um Estado satélite soviético e as tropas soviéticas invadiram o Afeganistão no final do século XX. As áreas soviéticas da Ásia Central se industrializaram e receberam grandes investimentos em infra-estrutura, cultura e educação, além de diminuição da desigualdade e da miséria. Entretanto,  algumas culturas locais foram retiradas e houve tensões provocadas por  programas de coletivização fracassados, além notórios  problemas ambientais.

Após o colapso da União Soviética, cinco países da Ásia Central, ganharam independência - Cazaquistão, Uzbequistão, Turquemenistão, Quirguistão e Tajiquistão. Nestes novos Estados grande parte do poder é detido por oficiais do antigo regime soviético que, com a dissolução da URSS, conseguiram se perpetuar no poder até os dias atuais.  As outras regiões da Ásia Central são parte da China.

Ligações externas
 Mapa geral da Ásia Central: I

Regiões da Ásia


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  it "should delegate the :flush method to the collection" do
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  it "should delegate the :fact method to the collection" do
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  it "should delegate the :list method to the collection" do
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  it "should load all facts when listing" do
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  it "should delegate the :to_hash method to the collection" do
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  it "should load all facts when calling :to_hash" do
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  it "should delegate the :value method to the collection" do
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  it "should delegate the :each method to the collection" do
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  it "should load all facts when calling :each" do
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  it "should yield to the block when using :each" do
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      Facter["shell_testing"].value.should == "yup"
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  describe "when asked for a fact as an undefined Facter class method" do
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    describe "and the collection has been just reset" do
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      Facter["block_testing"].value.should == "foo"
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  describe "Facter[:hostname]" do
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  describe "Facter[:ipaddress]" do
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  it "should have a method for registering directories to search" do
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  it "should have a method to query timing mode" do
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  it "should have a method to show timing information" do
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  it "should have a method to warn" do
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    it "should not warn if debugging is disabled" do
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    it "should warn for any given element for an array if debugging is enabled" do
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    end
  end

  describe "when setting timing mode" do
    it "should have timing enabled using 1" do
      Facter.timing(1)
      Facter.should be_timing
    end
    it "should have timing enabled using true" do
      Facter.timing(true)
      Facter.should be_timing
    end
    it "should have timing disabled using 0" do
      Facter.timing(0)
      Facter.should_not be_timing
    end
    it "should have timing disabled using false" do
      Facter.timing(false)
      Facter.should_not be_timing
    end
  end

  describe "when registering directories to search" do
    after { Facter.instance_variable_set("@search_path", []) }

    it "should allow registration of a directory" do
      Facter.search "/my/dir"
    end

    it "should allow registration of multiple directories" do
      Facter.search "/my/dir", "/other/dir"
    end

    it "should return all registered directories when asked" do
      Facter.search "/my/dir", "/other/dir"
      Facter.search_path.should == %w{/my/dir /other/dir}
    end
  end
end