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Delta 2023: OKOWA, A TEAM PLAYER, WILL ALWAYS CONSULT FOR EQUITY, UNITY – MSD
2023: OKOWA, A TEAM PLAYER, WILL ALWAYS CONSULT FOR EQUITY, UNITY – MSD
The Movement for Stronger Delta, MSD, is quite amused by the content and craft of some of the advise which a plethora of commentators, enjoying the largely unrestrained platform of social media, have been dishing out to Governor Ifeanyi Okowa, sometimes couched in amateurish satire and often laced with audacious threats, hallucinatory convictions and a good dose of bitter, acrimonious verbiage, on the refined, respectable and polished personality of the genteel Ekwueme.
What comes across from reading some of these circumstantial offerings, is that either their authors only just started engaging in the Delta political discourse in the wake of this particular election season, or perhaps they possess incurable intellectual laziness, that inhibits and limits the scope of their research frontiers, which subsequently translates into some of the highly opinionated and watery analysis they put out in the public space.
Otherwise, let us be honest, is there anybody in Delta today, who can challenge the incontrovertible fact, with verifiable examples of course, that Senator, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, the Executive Governor of Delta State and the 'Ekwueme gburugburu' of the universe, is undoubtedly, the most strategically astute and electorally accomplished politician, amongst all the active political figures in the field, both in the PDP and across all the political parties, in Delta State today?
His Pedigree is unparalleled and it is worth summarizing just to inform and educate the doubters and cretins. A distinguished Medical Doctor from the prestigious University of Ibadan, he has served as Local Government Chairman, a Commissioner in multiple portfolios, a Secretary to the State Government, the Director-General of a victorious Gubernatorial election campaign council, a distinguished Senator, who in his first and only term so far, was appointed meritoriously to head a critical Senate Committee and then a beloved and overwhelmingly endorsed Governor, whose resounding landslide triumphs in two Governorship elections, devasted the opposition into electoral submission and semi-annihilation.
His burgeoning Zonal and National stature equally remains phenomenal and unparalleled and it is worth reminding those who undermine his influence that the undiluted trust and absolute confidence which his peers and fellow party leaders and stakeholders reposed in his capacity and strength of character, was so complete and total, that Ekwueme was overwhelmingly endorsed by all the heavyweight aspirants and their fire breathtaking sponsors and supporters, to handle the 2019 PDP Presidential Election Primary in Port Harcourt.
His firm, unshakable supervision and brilliant midwifing of that highly incendiary Primary, at a time when the PDP was hovering precariously on the precipice of a potentially combustible disintegration, if the Presidential Primary had become contentious, was arguably the major deciding factor in the successful commencement of the rebuilding and consolidation process of the PDP, after the calamitous fragmentation following the 2015 presidential loss.
Of course, we must not also forget that he is the Chairman of the South-South Governors Forum, a position, and responsibility he was literally 'begged' by his fellow Governors to assume, at a time when the region was going through a political metamorphosis and a leadership crisis seemed to engulf the political space.
So, is this the same leader who many of the commentators, are busy creating the impression that he is confused and doesn't know what to do or how to handle the 2023 succession process?
It is indeed laughable and quite unfortunate that these writers and publicists, who are filling the public space with their own confusion and obvious lack of proper knowledge about the subject they are discussing, have not really taken time out to study, understand, appreciate, and be marveled at the astute brinkmanship and the strategic acumen and superiority of the Ekwueme.
Do these folks who offer their puerile and spurious advise actually believe he achieved all these electoral feats by lying down in his house and waiting for anointing from one godfather or some ethnic leaders and traditional rulers? Believe it or not, Senator Okowa participated in at least two or three Delta North based mock guber primaries in 2014, ostensibly to select a consensus candidate for Anioma Nation, and yes, he emerged victorious in all of them, yet those who lost out in those mock exercises, also bought nomination forms and contested the main primary election in the PDP, with him.
This is the very formidable political force who some people, because they have been offered the licence and freedom of social media, are now deploying and exposing the limitations of their peripheral research in Delta political matters, to throw kindergarten tantrums and cast all manner of futile aspersions on a man whose political trajectory is replete with outstanding electoral triumphs and accomplishments; the ways and manner of which should even be taught as a special course in the Political Science classes of prestigious academic institutions.
Suffice it to say, however, that one of the most admirable and now collectively accepted and endorsed traits of his political philosophy, is the humility of his concerted and untiring effort to always seek and engage in rigorous and robust consultations with political leaders, elders, and peers of his constituencies, and his magnanimity in accepting that power belongs to the people and the will of the people should be upheld; a principle, which is now legendary in Delta PDP.
It is on record that in his entire political career, Governor Ifeanyi Okowa has never acted unilaterally or autocratically in any matter which required collective input, consultation, and negotiations to arrive at unanimous and satisfactory agreements with the majority. The Ekwueme is and has always been a great team player.
For example, there is this story which is seldom told by Governor Okowa himself and only at selected gatherings too, about the 2014 PDP primary for the Ika North East House of Assembly ticket, which is his Constituency. According to the story, which has been corroborated by the leaders, elders, and the very people involved, Hon. Anthony Elekeokwuri had emerged as the surprise winner of the DTHA Ika North East Constituency primary.
But Elekeokwuri was not the aspirant that Governor Okowa had supported initially and when the news got to him that his main choice aspirant had been defeated, the first question the Ekwueme asked was if the primary had been free, fair, and transparent.
He was convinced with solid and verifiable evidence by his people that it was, after which, he warmly congratulated Hon. Elekeokwuri and supported him to victory as the candidate to represent him in the Delta State House of Assembly, and as the saying goes, the rest is now history, as Hon. Elekeokwuri has stood out in shining colours, in his two terms, as one of the most outstanding legislators and performers in DTHA. That's the man Okowa for you.
It is against backdrops like this, which have become quite synonymous with the Okowa leadership style of consultation and letting the people decide, that the Movement for Stronger Delta, is a bit disturbed by the quality and slant of some of the opinions which seem to gain dubious currency in the public space. The uncouth manner, deliberate desperation, ill-concealed acrimony, and opprobrious bitterness dripping from some of these write-ups, often fueled and stoked by some of the aspirants themselves, beggars belief.
One clear fact which is incontestable in this season's gubernatorial race, is that virtually all the aspirants, especially in the PDP, have either worked closely or partnered and collaborated with Governor Ifeanyi Okowa, in one capacity or the other, either administratively or politically, and in all these relationships and interactions, there has been nothing but words of praise, encouragement, mutual respect, and harmonious camaraderie between the Governor and each and every one of them.
It was in the spirit of these holistic team goals and group understanding, that Governor Okowa announced, quite early in the year, that all those political appointees who had intentions and ambitions to vie for elective positions, should do the right thing by resigning their appointments, not only in accordance with constitutional provisions, but indeed to concentrate on planning a proper campaign to actualize their objectives, going forward.
We were therefore perplexed to read from some persons who should know better, that Governor Okowa had promised multiple persons that he would hand over to them, which prompted their decision to resign and purchase nomination forms. Who does that!!! Were some of them not even the same persons who the Governor had nominated for screening to the House of Assembly, as members of his Executive council and worked with them as partners in delivering the SMART Agenda and driving the prosperity for all Deltans mantra?
Governor Okowa has never and will never play God, but he has insisted that whoever will take over from him must keep the fire of the altar alive and burning, even as he has appealed passionately to Deltans to pray for Divine guidance and revelation as the succession process unfolds. And of course, the robust caucus meetings and rigorous consultations which have taken place both in Government House, Asaba, and in other recognized locations across the State, have been widely reported.
It is imperative to point out at this juncture that one of the very salient agreements which the leaders, elders, and stakeholders of the PDP have unanimously endorsed and accepted, as a sine qua non, is the fact that in the event that they cannot agree on a consensus candidate, all the aspirants should then proceed to participate in a primary election to determine who emerges as the guber flag bearer of the party.
This agreement has even achieved greater significance and acceptance, with the categorical declaration and unwavering pledge by Governor Ifeanyi Okowa, echoed and buttressed by the party leadership at every given opportunity, that the PDP Primaries will be free and fair and the party will provide a level playing field for all aspirants.
The impetus of this well-received declaration by Governor Okowa and the PDP leadership in the State, has manifested in a flurry of impressive movements to Wadata Plaza in Abuja, by distinguished and confident party members, who are fully convinced that they possess the capacity, acumen, wherewithal, and popularity to clinch the guber ticket.
And while the number, which is about Eleven aspirants at the time of this write up, is still a far cry from the 2014 stampede, where over Twenty-Four aspirants, which was eventually trimmed to Eighteen, including some outstanding Amazons, braved the odds in the primaries, we must applaud those who have bought their declaration of intent and nomination forms, to contest the PDP guber primary. After all, as the saying goes in our dear Delta, 'Twenty-One Million naira no be beans'.
We also want to salute those who have purchased declaration of intent and nomination forms for the other elective positions in the forthcoming primaries, for the 2023 general elections. What their actions signify is the full conviction they have in the declaration that the primaries will be free and fair. They have unequivocally confirmed by their action that they trust the process and are ready to go all the way.
Indeed what is gradually becoming clearer in the Delta political space, as the primaries draw closer, is the fact that the PDP will conduct free and fair primaries and is already providing a level playing field even now, because all the aspirants have already been granted direct access to meet with the recognized statutory delegates in the Three Senatorial Zones, interact with them and try to convince them with whatever strategies they wish to deploy.
These meetings have been widely publicized and reported in all the media for all to see and this is really a major achievement, in the effort to reassure all aspirants that in the final analysis, the power to elect a candidate as the winner of the primaries, is in the hands of the delegates and not in the hands of one man alone, as the naysayers and ill-prepared ones have been trying very hard, but without much success, to sell to Deltans.
Every serious guber aspirant must have set up their teams in all the Senatorial Zones and even LGAs and must have met with all the statutory delegates by now, pending when the Congresses for the Wards, Local Government, State, and National delegates, will be conducted to elect those delegates.
Interestingly, many people had before now, raised all kinds of meanings interpretations, and perceptions and ranted with righteous indignation, over the catchphrase "where Okowa go, we will follow" or is it even "where Okowa go, we go" mantra, which had been quite popular a few months ago.
But now that it has become clearly established that the PDP primaries will be free and fair and the power to elect whoever will fly the party flag, is now in the hands of the delegates, the new mantra which is sounding sweet on everybody's lips and is rapidly gaining popular acceptance on the streets of Delta these days is: "where the people go, Okowa will follow".
Governor Ifeanyi Okowa, 'Ekwueme world wide' is a great leader and a beloved team player and together with Deltans, will all collectively decide who will become the flag bearer of the PDP in the 2023 governorship elections and subsequently move on to consolidate the #StrongerDelta agenda.
That, after all, is the SIMPLE Agenda.
© MOVEMENT FOR STRONGER DELTA, (MSD).
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Theatre, Fiction
An Inspector Calls Again. And Again.
A trivial bit of information about British novelist, author and playwright J.B. Priestley is that his birth and death dates are mirror images — 1894 to 1984. There is no ulterior meaning to this, other than the fact that he's a writer who was fascinated by unusual twists of fate and made them a part of his playwriting. He loved uncovering the reality behind the façade people present to the outside world, instead of simply and plainly offering the truth of who they are — which is rarely plain or simple.
Priestley's plays — Time and the Conways, Dangerous Corner, An Inspector Calls— are fine examples of this preoccupation, which he handled with great skill. They were sleek, entertaining, smart and, most important, intriguing. He knew how to grab an audience and never let go. He also knew how to come up with endings that often left an audience in a deeper quandary than at the start. So his writing was — and still can be — captivating and deliciously tortured stuff.
Liam Brennan as Inspector Goole in An Inspector Calls at the Bram Goldsmith Theatre of the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts.
For all these reasons, it is disappointing that the excellent director Stephen Daldry (Billy Elliot, The Hours, The Reader, The Crown) who had staged an earlier and well-received version of An Inspector Calls in Britain more than two decades ago, winning a 1994 Tony Award for it as Best Director, chose to send out an odd retread of it on tour. This reconstituted version, billed as The National Theatre of Great Britain's Landmark production of An Inspector Calls, is now playing in the Bram Goldsmith Theatre at The Wallis Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills.
I did not see Daldry's 1992 staging that made such a big impression, so I cannot say how much may or may not be different in the one now at the Wallis. But Priestley's plot as written cleverly provides all of the mystery, convolutions, and suspense an audience needs to become fully engaged. We know times change, yet the folderol of the extreme stylization in this iteration is a bit of a head-scratcher, mainly because there appears to be no clear advantage to it.
Without giving away too much information, the point of the 1992 original was apparently to show up the callousness of capitalism and capitalists. Unless you know this, the presence of the three young ragamuffins who open the show, playing around with the heavy red velvet curtain on stage, is a bit puzzling. So is the fact that, just like poverty, these children serve no real other purpose and also never leave the stage.
Foreground left, Liam Brennan with the cast of An Inspector Calls at the Bram Goldsmith Theatre of the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts.
Once that curtain rises, and the stage fog behind it lifts, we discover a house on stage from which laughter emanates. The house is small and it has a small balcony. When Arthur Birling (Jeff Harmer), the self-important head of this affluent household emerges on it, he has to bend down slightly to fit though the door. So does anyone else who joins him there. The point? Egos so large, apparently, that no house is big enough to accommodate them.
Thanks to designer Ian McNeil's magic, the little house opens up to reveal the rest of the Birling family — mother Sybil (a commanding Christine Kavanagh), son Eric (Hamish Riddle) and daughter Sheila (Lianne Harvey) — all sipping port around a table in the tiny, slightly tilted dining-room.
They are celebrating Sheila's engagement to Gerald Croft (Andrew Macklin). Aside from uniting Sheila and Gerald, this union will consolidate two major family businesses. What perfection. But suddenly there is a knock on the door and Edna, the maid (Diana Payne-Myers), announces that there is a police inspector who wants to talk with Mr. Birling senior.
And so the play begins. It seems that Inspector Goole (Liam Brennan) has significant questions that can't wait. We won't go into why he believes they're urgent. It would spoil the fun of finding out.
The actors are skilled and seasoned, even if they're sometimes hard to hear, especially the women. (Sebastian Frost is credited with the sound, but in fairness to him, previous experience with the acoustics of the Bram Goldsmith Theatre suggests those acoustics may be part, if not all, of the problem.) That's important to correct, because everything in this play depends on our ability to follow the conversations. We need to find out why Inspector Goole has disrupted this little party and wants to talk not just to Arthur Brilling, but to everyone in the room.
Foreground, l-r, Chritine Kavanagh & Lianne Harvey in An Inspector Calls at the Bram Goldsmith Theatre of the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts.
Daldry has done a fine job of condensing the play's original three acts into a single one, eliminating the intermissions without missing a beat. But the matter of the small house, which plays a few more tricks of its own, the unaccounted for children and the rest of the collapsing wizardry (more symbolism there), rather than adding to the metaphysical edge of the piece merely muddy and overstate it.
Messing with a mystery written with such precision and such a chiseled metaphysical dimension seems a bit pointless, if not self-defeating. Or self-aggrandizing. Priestley did a fine writing job and knew exactly what he was after. That script intact has aged well. It speaks for itself. Daldry's augmentations, however well intentioned, overgild the lily. It's a bit like serving an excellent steak dinner needlessly topped with sausage.
Top image: The fog that lifts to reveals the little house in J. B. Priestley's An Inspector Calls at the Wallis.
Photos by Mark Douet
WHAT: AN INSPECTOR CALLS, The National Theatre of Great Britain's Landmark production of J. B. Priestley's Classic Thriller.
WHERE: Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, Bram Goldsmith Theatre, 9390 N. Santa Monica Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90210.
WHEN: Tuesdays-Fridays, 7:30 pm; Saturdays, 2 & 7:30pm; Sundays, 2 & 7pm. Ends Feb.10.
HOW: $35-$105 (subject to change), available at TheWallis.org/Inspector or at 310.746.4000, or in person at Box Office, Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, 9390 N. Santa Monica Blvd, Beverly Hills, CA, 90210
RUNNING TIME: One hour, 45 minutes.
POSTSCRIPT: A TALK IN THE WOODS
The following is a recollection and a comment.
In 1987, I reviewed Lee Blessing's A Walk In the Woods at the La Jolla Playhouse. It consists of a series of walks and talks in the woods, by two diplomats, an American and a Russian, charged with negotiating an unspecified arms deal. It was directed by Des McAnuff, the Playhouse's Artistic Director at the time. Lawrence Pressman played the American John Honeyman and Michael Constantine was the Russian Andrey Botvinnik. But the ultimate star was and is Blessing's script — a bracing example of a two-way conversation that goes nowhere and yields nothing other than a thoroughly engaging evening in the theatre.
So this past weekend, when the play was featured in LA Theatre Works' ongoing series of staged readings at the James Bridges Theatre on the UCLA campus, I decided to see it again. The larger-than-life Alfred Molina was Andrey and the more intellectual Steven Weber was John. The brisk direction was the work of Cameron Watson. (These readings have only four-performance runs and this one, unfortunately, closed on Sunday.)
The takeaway: Theatre does not necessarily take a village. At its core, it is not about over the top production values, but naked human artistry. Thirty-two years later, the brittle cleverness of A Walk In the Woods is undiminished — a stark reminder that a series of imaginative short scenes, with two fine actors, a knowledgeable director and minimal projections of trees transformed by the changing seasons can be all you need — and everything it takes — to deliver exciting theatre.
Blessing's dialogue is an elastic verbal tennis match, proving that even circuitous and inconclusive conversations will hold your attention if the writing is inventive enough and the actors know exactly what to do with it.
J.B. Priestley, Ian McNeil, Lee Blessing, Stephen Daldry, The National Theatre of Great Britain
Sylvie Drake is a trilingual translator and writer, who was born in Alexandria, Egypt. She has an MFA in directing from the Pasadena Playhouse, is a former theatre critic and columnist for the Los Angeles Times, serving as chief critic for the last three of a total of 23 years. She was invited to establish Prima Facie, the first new play festival for the Denver Center Theatre Company that continues to this day under a different name, and later served for several years as director of Media Relations & Publications for The Denver Center for the Performing Arts as well as advisor to the Denver Center Theatre Company. She was twice president of the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle, is a current member of the American Theatre Critics Association and a current contributor to mindev.culturaldaily.com and other publications.
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Q: Selecting a good dictionary key I have an object that I want to use to look up other objects. I will be using a Dictionary<TKey, TValue>().
The key object has two strings that uniquely identify it, say KeyObj.Str1 and KeyObj.Str2.
What do you recommend that I use as the key for the dictionary?
1: The concatenation of the strings.
Dictionary<String, TValue>();
Key = KeyObj.Str1:KeyObj.Str2; ("somestring:anotherstring")

2: A unique integer for each object to identify it?
Dictionary<int, TValue>();
KeyObj.ID = _nextID++;
Key = KeyObj.ID;

3: A reference to the object.
Dictionary<KeyObj, TValue>();
Key = KeyObj;

Option 3 would be the easiest, but it seems like it would be inefficient to index a dictionary based on reference values.
If the key object contained a single unique string, the obvious choice would be use that, but having two strings that are only unique in combination makes it more difficult.

A: Concatenated strings should work best.
IF you know that their combination is unique, then that is what you should choose -- remember that Hash code is usually unique, but not always.

A: You could use option 3 if you can override GetHashCode() and Equals() appropriately, i.e. something like this:
    public override int GetHashCode()
    {
        return str1.GetHashCode() ^ str2.GetHashCode();
    }

    public override bool Equals(object obj)
    {
        if (!obj is KeyObj)
        {
            return false;
        }

        KeyObj key = (KeyObj)obj;
        return this.str1.Equals(key.str1) && this.str2.Equals(key.str2);
    }

A: Concatenating them is probably the best idea. You can expose a property in the KeyObj object that does the concatenation so you don't have to perform it each time you're accessing the dictionary value.
Edit:
I apparently misread the question. I think what you really want to do is a mix of 1 and 3, you can override Equals() and GetHashCode() to use the strings that uniquely identify the object (just make sure they are immutable!)
public override Equals(object obj)
{
   if (obj == null || !(obj is KeyObj))
      return false;
   KeyObj other = (KeyObj)obj;
   if (this.Key1 == other.Key1 && this.Key2 == other.Key2)
     return true;
   return false;
}

public override GetHashCode()
{
    return (this.Key1 + this.Key2).GetHashCode();
}

Then you can use the 3rd option you suggested:
Dictionary<KeyObj, ValueObj>...

A: what about using the KeyObj.GetHashCode()?

A: Any of them are valid, but I'm assuming you'd want to be able to quickly find these objects based on one of the two strings, so using an int as the key would mean you'd still have to scan the values to find the object you wanted.
Are the strings both unique, or only when combined? If they're both unique, and you're willing to trade a bit of space, you could do:
dict.Add(KeyObj.Str1, KeyObj);
dict.Add(KeyObj.Str2, KeyObj);

and have two references to the object in the dictionary, using each unique string as a key. Or, you could always just combine the strings if they're only unique together, and it'll use the hashcode internally to look them up.

A: You don't need to use a new class as the dictionary key. Using a new struct instead as it will be much more lightweight... And have it consist of those two string values obviously.

A: If performance is a major consideration, you could consider using a hashvalue of the two strings. But then your 'value' field would have to contain both the keys and the value.
I have a reference to another SO question, I just have to find it.
Is it faster to search for a large string in a DB by its hashcode?
But that question is more DB oriented. And the performance is considered for thousands of iterations.

A: Remember that a dictionary is a glorified hash table, so the key (no pun intended) is to use a key that will result in very few (if any) collisions with another key. I'd lean toward #3, but that's assuming the KeyObj type has a good hash value generator.

A: string as key is the best, see my test code:
var tupleKeyDict = new Dictionary, string>();
        for (int i = 0; i < 1000000; i++)
        {
            tupleKeyDict.Add(new Tuple<int, int>(i,0),i.ToString() );
        }

        System.Diagnostics.Stopwatch stopWatch = new Stopwatch();
        stopWatch.Start();
        string e1 = tupleKeyDict[new Tuple<int, int>(0, 0)];
        string e2 = tupleKeyDict[new Tuple<int, int>(500000, 0)];
        string e3 = tupleKeyDict[new Tuple<int, int>(999999, 0)];
        stopWatch.Stop();
        Console.WriteLine("Tuplekey cost(tick): " + stopWatch.ElapsedTicks.ToString());
        Console.WriteLine("Tuplekey cost(ms): " + stopWatch.ElapsedMilliseconds.ToString());

        var strKeyDict = new Dictionary<string, string>();

        for (int i = 0; i < 1000000; i++)
        {
            strKeyDict.Add(i.ToString() + ":0", i.ToString());
        }

        System.Diagnostics.Stopwatch stopWatch2 = new Stopwatch();
        stopWatch2.Start();
        string se1 = strKeyDict["0:0"];
        string se2 = strKeyDict["500000:0"];
        string se3 = strKeyDict["999999:0"];
        stopWatch2.Stop();
        Console.WriteLine("strkey cost(tick): " + stopWatch2.ElapsedTicks.ToString());
        Console.WriteLine("strkey cost(ms): " + stopWatch2.ElapsedMilliseconds.ToString());

        var intKeyDict = new Dictionary<int, string>();

        for (int i = 0; i < 1000000; i++)
        {
            intKeyDict.Add(i, i.ToString());
        }

        System.Diagnostics.Stopwatch stopWatch3 = new Stopwatch();
        stopWatch3.Start();
        string ie1 = intKeyDict[0];
        string ie2 = intKeyDict[500000];
        string ie3 = intKeyDict[999999];
        stopWatch3.Stop();
        Console.WriteLine("intkey cost(tick): " + stopWatch3.ElapsedTicks.ToString());
        Console.WriteLine("intkey cost(ms): " + stopWatch3.ElapsedMilliseconds.ToString());

Output:
Tuplekey cost(tick): 104
Tuplekey cost(ms): 0
strkey cost(tick): 12
strkey cost(ms): 0
intkey cost(tick): 66
intkey cost(ms): 0

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Ještědsko-kozákovský hřbet (lidově též Podještědí) je geomorfologický celek na jihozápadě střední části Krkonošské oblasti. Leží v okresech Liberec, Jablonec nad Nisou a Semily v Libereckém kraji a malou částí v okrese Jičín v Královéhradeckém kraji. Nejvyšším bodem je Ještěd (1012 m n. m.), jediná tisícovka pohoří.

Poloha
Úzký hřbet se táhne téměř 60 kilometrů od severozápadu k jihovýchodu, zhruba mezi obcemi Rynoltice a Železnice. Při severovýchodní hranici leží města Liberec, Železný Brod, Semily, Rychnov u Jablonce nad Nisou  a Lomnice nad Popelkou, při jihozápadní hranici jsou to města Hodkovice nad Mohelkou a Rovensko pod Troskami. Uvnitř území nejsou žádná větší města, částečně sem zasahují města Chrastava a Světlá pod Ještědem, zcela uvnitř leží významnější obce Malá Skála, Koberovy, Tatobity, Veselá a Bradlecká Lhota.

Charakter území
Je to výrazný hrásťový a antiklinální hřbet s povrchem převážně ploché hornatiny o středním sklonu cca 10°, budovaný horninami slabě přeměněného staropaleozoického krystalinika ještědského a železnobrodského, permskými sedimenty a vulkanity a svrchnokřídovými sedimentárními horninami, tektonicky vysunutými na jihozápadní svah. Úzký hřbet směru SZ–JV, dlouhý 58 km, byl vyzdvižen diferencovanými saxonskými pohyby při lužické poruše, probíhající na jihovýchodním svahu (na JV při sv. úpatí) a při zlomech a flexurách při úpatí. Na hřbetu jsou rozsáhlé dílčí strukturně tektonické elevace se skalními tvary modelovanými kryogenními procesy v pleistocénu (např. kryoplanační terasy, izolované kvarcitové skály, kamenná moře, balvanové haldy a proudy), místy tvary zvětrávání a odnosu pískovec, vzácné jeskyně v krystalických vápencích. Hřbet přetínají v průlomových údolích Mohelka, Jizera a Cidlina, při severním okraji teče Lužická Nisa.

Geomorfologické členění
Celek Ještědsko-kozákovský hřbet (dle značení Jaromíra Demka IVA–3) se člení na podcelky Ještědský hřbet (IVA–3A) na severozápadě a Kozákovský hřbet (IVA–3B) na jihovýchodě. Hřbet sousedí na severozápadě s Lužickými horami, na severu s Žitavskou pánví, na severovýchodě s Jizerskými horami a Krkonošským podhůřím, na jihu s Jičínskou a na jihozápadě s Ralskou pahorkatinou. První čtyři jmenované celky patří také do Krkonošské oblasti Sudet, poslední dvě jmenované pahorkatiny patří do České tabule.

Nejvyšší vrcholy
V seznamu jsou uvedeny vrcholy nad 650 metrů.

Podrobný seznam hor a kopců podle nadmořské výšky a prominence obsahuje Seznam vrcholů v Ještědsko-kozákovském hřbetu.

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Externí odkazy

 Geomorfologická mapa na Mapy.nature.cz (J. Demek et al. 2006)
 Geomorfologické členění Libereckého kraje (J. Demek et al. 1987)
 Ještědko-kozákovský hřbet na Tisicovky.cz

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Geografie okresu Jablonec nad Nisou
Geografie okresu Semily
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Attacks Continue Against ISIS
US and partner-nation fighter and bomber aircraft carried out six airstrikes against ISIS terrorists in Syria and one strike against ISIS in Iraq on Jan. 3, announced Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve officials on Sunday. The Syria strikes destroyed three ISIS vehicles, four ISIS buildings, three fighting positions, and two staging areas all near Kobani, states the release. Additionally, the aircraft struck a tactical unit near Mosul, Iraq. "The destruction of ISIL targets in Syria and Iraq further limits the terrorists group's ability to project terror and conduct operations," states the release. The US, Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom all are conducting airstrikes in Iraq, while the US, Bahrain, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates are conducting strikes in Syria. (See also Targeting ISIS from the October 2014 issue of Air Force Magazine.)


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Heathrow Airport launches consultation on third runway plans
posted on 18th June 2019 by Justin Burns
Heathrow Airport said it is aiming to open a third runway in 2026 as it today opened a 12-week statutory consultation on the controversial expansion project.
This is the latest milestone in delivering the runway that is set to cost £14 billion in the first phase of the privately-funded expansion. The total cost is expected to be in the region of £30 billion.
The Airport Expansion Consultation runs from 18 June until 13 September 2019 and gives the public the opportunity to provide feedback on Heathrow's proposals for the future layout of the airport, including the new runway and other airport infrastructure such as terminals and road access.
The public will also be able to have their say on plans to manage the environmental impacts of expansion, including a proposed Heathrow Ultra Low Emissions Zone, Heathrow Vehicle Access Charge and a proposed 6.5-hour ban on scheduled night flights.
The Airport Expansion Consultation also reveals plans for the airport's growth in phases – from runway opening in approximately 2026, to the end masterplan in approximately 2050. This incremental growth will mirror the forecasted growth in passengers and help airport charges remain close to 2016 levels, delivering more affordable fares for passengers.
In addition, the consultation is seeking feedback on plans to operate the future airport – how the future three runway airport will be operated, including important elements such as night flights, as well as how potential additional flights before the new runway opens could be operated on our existing two runways.
Feedback is also being sought on an assessment of impacts of the airport's growth. Heathrow's preliminary assessment of the likely impacts of expansion on the environment and local communities.
And on plans to manage the impacts of expansion as Heathrow will set out the airport's plans for mitigating the effects of expansion, including property compensation, Noise Insulation Policy, a Community Fund, and plans to mitigate against environmental effects including new measures to reduce congestion and emissions and a ban on scheduled flights at night.
The plans revealed in this consultation incorporate the extensive feedback gathered from the airport's first public consultation on expansion, which took place from January to March 2018, and the Airspace and Future Operations Consultation held from January to March 2019, as well as from continuous engagement with local communities, local authorities, airlines, environmental stakeholders and other interested parties.
Responses to this consultation will inform Heathrow's application for a Development Consent Order (DCO) – the planning consent required for the project – which is expected to be submitted to the Secretary of State for Transport next year.
The consultation will be Heathrow's largest and most innovative public consultation to date, with 43 consultation events to be held during the 12-week period. As part of this consultation, a website will also be available with all the information about Heathrow's proposals, videos to help explain the plans, and an online feedback form to assist as many people as possible to participate and have their say.
Hard copy consultation documents will be available to view in 42 different locations across local communities. Heathrow has also invested in new technology to bring the plans to life, including a physical model of the future airport which features augmented reality, sound booths to demonstrate the effect of noise insulation on properties overflown by aircraft, and a CGI fly through video.
Heathrow's executive director for expansion, Emma Gilthorpe said: "Expansion must not come at any cost. That is why we have been working with partners at the airport, in local communities and in Government to ensure our plans show how we can grow sustainably and responsibly – with environmental considerations at the heart of expansion.
"This consultation is an opportunity for people to have their say on our preferred masterplan, so it's really important that as many people as possible take part. We look forward to hearing your views."
More details of the plans and consultation can be found here.


On Saturday, April 23, 2013, three Antietam Battlefield Guides sat for the first ever Harpers Ferry guide test for the 1862 Maryland Campaign certification. In a move to establish a credible guide program, National Park Historian Dennis Frye developed a process and written test especially designed to attract qualified personnel to guide visitors desiring private tours. Antietam Guides Jim Rosebrock, Justin Mayhue, and Gary Rohrer successfully completed the 2 ½ hour test which consisted of 16 essay questions.
The three guides may be booked by either WMIA or the Harpers Ferry Historical Association.


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Benin: PM Zinsou and Talon officially to contest poll's run-off
with AGENCY
The second round of the presidential election in Benin will feature Lionel Zinsou and Patrice Talon.
The current Prime Minister and the businessman made it to the top of the presidential polls of March 6th, according to the results announced on Sunday, by the Constitutional court.
"From the results, Lionel Alain Louis Zinsou-Derlin scored 858 080, Patrice Guillaume Athanase Talon got 746 528, while Sébastien Germain Ajavon scored 693 084," announced Théodore Holo, President of the Constitutional court.
About 100 000 votes separate the current Prime Minister and the businessman.
The second round of the election is scheduled for March 20th because none of the candidates obtained the absolute majority, the second round would however decide between the two.
Présidentielle au #Bénin > le 2nd tour opposera le Premier ministre Lionel Zinsou à l'homme d'affaires Patrice Talon (résultats officiels)
— iTELE (@itele) March 13, 2016
The 2016 presidential election is expected to produce the successor of current president,Boni Yayi, whose mandate ends on April 5th, 2016 after two five-year terms.
Initially planned for February 28th, the country's presidential election was postponed on March 6th because of delays in the distribution of the 4.7m voters cards.
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), had deployed 120 observers and 16 experts across the country, and have also hailed "the absence of major incidents during the electoral process ". This one took place "in acceptable conditions of freedom and transparency," it said.
The campaign has began and will come to an end on Friday at midnight.
Lionel Zinsou had thanked voters and greeted his challenger saying "both words which are going to matter for this decisive week are the unity and the peace".
Patrice Talon has also congratulated his opponents adding that he hoped to embody the ideal man for Benin.
South Africa's national state of disaster: what does it mean?
Zimbabwe: Belarus Alexander Lukashenko arrives for 3-day visit
Boni Yayi
Benin, China sign MoU on partial debt cancellation, strengthen bilateral ties
Benin: presidential camp wins majority in Parliament
Benin opposition leader rejects preliminary results of parliamentary vote
Benin's famed Voodoo festival draws Afro-descendents
Beninese vote in 1st legislative polls since return of opposition
Rising popularity of electric motorbike taxis in Benin and Togo


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On campus or off, we remain a pack committed to protecting each other and the many communities in which we live. Are you making plans to stay safe the rest of this year?
Please consider carefully the end-of-semester update sent by President Freeman last Monday.
It's a busy but shortened week with the holiday. Here are a few reminders:
• Thanksgiving break runs from this Wednesday, Nov. 25 through Friday, Nov. 27. Starting on Monday, Nov. 30, NIU will transition most remaining classes online.
• Residence halls, dining facilities and some other limited resources will be open. Don't forget — you'll need your OneCard for access to the Holmes Student Center!
• If you are able to stay home until the spring semester starts, please plan to do so. NIU is asking all Huskies to prioritize the health of our campus and hometown communities.
Will you be attending classes online and staying off campus after break? Make sure you request an exemption from COVID-19 surveillance testing and notify your residence hall, if applicable.
Of course, you are welcome at NIU through the end of the semester. Remember to monitor your health, use the #CampusClear app and report any symptoms through NIU's screening checklist.
No matter where you are, Student Affairs and our Center for Student Assistance are here to help.
Like everything else in 2020, this year's holiday season will look a little different. Thank you for doing your part so fewer lives will be lost before we can gather again responsibly.
Chief Student Affairs Officer and Dean of Students
Protecting the Pack Updates
Wellness Tip
Celebrating our 125th Anniversary
Plans for the Remainder of the Semester
On Monday, Nov. 16, President Freeman sent a message regarding plans for the remainder of the semester. Included in the message were updates about course delivery changes, residence halls, surveillance testing, in-person events, resources, and student employment. Read President Freeman's message.
I-88 Construction and NIU's Internet Service
On Tuesday, Dec. 1, fiber optic communications cables along I-88 will undergo maintenance from about 11 p.m. until 6 a.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 2. This work has the potential to impact regional internet and communications service providers. The Division of Information Technology has worked with our internet service providers to understand the risk posed to our campus services and has determined that the risk of this work impacting campus access to the internet is low but important enough to inform campus as other regional services may be impacted.
Upcoming improvements to email authentication
The Division of Information Technology will improving to email authentication on Monday, Jan. 4, 2021. These improvements are being made because your cyber security is important and O365 modern authentication protects your account from hackers. Also, basic authentication doesn't require multi-factor authentication which leaves you and the university vulnerable. Because of that, it gives hackers an easy way to exploit an account once they have the password. Additionally, Microsoft has indicated that this will be the only authentication method for O365 in the near future.
The advantage of this authentication method is that even in the worst case of compromised credentials, modern authentication will help in reducing the impact using multi-factor authentication.
This improvement will be applicable to all staff, students and retirees. Once this improvement goes live on Monday, Jan. 4, 2021, only the supported clients will function with our O365 service. A detailed list of these supported clients are available at this page. If you are using any clients which are not on the supported list, you would have to make the transition to one of these clients to be able to access your NIU email.
Join the Midwest Fitness Challenge
Huskie fans, it's time for you to get in on the #MACtion by joining "Team NIU" for the Midwest Fitness Challenge supported by Northwestern Medicine! Proceeds will directly benefit NIU Athletics' COVID-19 relief fund and Huskie student-athletes. All members of Team NIU will receive a Huskie-branded mask.
Updated Emergency Response Guide Now Available
The Emergency Response Guide has been updated for the 2020-2021 academic year. This quick and easy reference contains basic information on how to handle different emergency situations. The information provided is given to every employee on campus and is displayed on the wall in each room on campus as a guide on how to handle these circumstances should they arise.
Dancing Together Forward: Fall 2020 Dance Concert
The NIU School of Theatre and Dance presents Dancing Together Forward: Fall 2020 Dance Concert with three airings this week on YouTube. This screen dance was made in collaboration with the dancers and choreographers of the School of Theatre and Dance and the artists of NIU's Integrated Media Technologies. It was filmed and produced at locations all throughout our NIU campus.
The artists want to acknowledge that the place where they study and make their art sits upon the traditional homelands of the Sauk, Meskwaki and Potawatomi nations. This collaborative project is the culmination of a classroom exploration, not a production to which they are selling tickets. The performance will only be available for viewing during these live airings:
• Thursday, Nov. 26, 7 p.m.
• Friday, Nov. 27, 7 p.m.
• Saturday, Nov. 28, 7 p.m.
Rebuilding Democracy Speakers Series kicks off Dec. 1 with Eugene Robinson
The NIU Community is invited to join the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at 7 p.m. Dec. 1 as they kick off their Rebuilding Democracy Speakers Series with Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post columnist and MSNBC Political Analyst Eugene Robinson.
The event, conducted on Zoom, will feature Robinson discussing a variety of topics such as rebuilding democracy and restoring civility, voting rights, the ongoing fight for equity and inclusion, expected action by a new administration regarding the pandemic and the environment and restoring America's reputation on the global stage with Dean Robert Brinkmann. A moderated question and answer session will follow.
Advanced registration is required. Go to http://go.niu.edu/CLAS-Series-Registration to request a link to the event. Event links will be sent out from the clas-communication@niu.edu mailbox one day prior to the event.
Policy Library Update – One new policy and one revised policy
One new policy and one policy revision have been posted on the Policy Library website and are open to review and comment for a 30-day period. This provides the NIU community the opportunity to consider and respond to the revised policies before they take effect. The policies are:
New Policy: Prevailing Wage Policy
Policy Revision: Sexual Misconduct Policy and Complaint Procedures.
To submit a comment, go to the Policy Library website. The revised policies appear on the right side of the screen. Click on one of the policies listed above. You will be asked to sign in to SharePoint. All comments are due by Thursday, Dec. 17. If you have any questions, please contact Rebecca Hunt, university policy librarian, at rhunt@niu.edu.
Apply for Need-based Scholarships and Enroll for Spring Music Lessons, Classes and Ensembles at NIU Community School of the Arts
Spring 2021 registration at the NIU Community School of the Arts is now open. All NIU community members are invited to enrich their lives with music and art classes, private lessons and the music ensemble experience.
Learn to play a new musical instrument or brush up skills by taking private music lessons — register for music lessons and start as soon as the week of Jan. 18.
Online guitar and piano group classes for adults and for kids make learning to play an instrument more fun — register now for classes that begin in January.
CSA Guitar Ensemble, CSA Steel Band, Symphonette, Sinfonia, Suzuki music instruction and Art Express "Saturday School" all start new spring sessions in January.
Families in need of tuition assistance should complete a need-based scholarship application. A family with an annual adjusted gross income of less than $75K will now qualify to apply, and applications are accepted through Jan. 15. Pick up an application at the Music Building, Room 132 or call for more information.
Programs that meet in person in the NIU Music Building will strictly adhere to safety measures outlined by the NIU Community School of the Arts and the safety requirements of Northern Illinois University. Call for more information at 815-753-1450 and visit the NIU Community School website for complete details and to register.
• Monday, Nov. 23: Coping Through COVID-19: Tips to Move More Webinar
• Monday, Nov. 23: University Writing Center Undergrad Employment Open House
• Tuesday, Nov. 24: Dean of Students Virtual Open Office Hours
• Wednesday, Nov. 25: Men's Basketball vs UIC
• Saturday, Nov. 28: Football at Western Michigan
Megan Nordstrom
I got involved on campus! First, I joined Huskie Marching Band and then other clubs and organizations across campus. Getting involved is the best thing I have done in college so far. I have met so many amazing people who inspire me and push me to do my best.
Learn more about Megan.
Move More and Be Active
Looking for a way to sleep better and manage your stress? Trying moving more and being active! Join our Coping Through COVID-19 webinar, today at 4 p.m., to learn more tips to get active and the benefits that come with moving more.
Biological sciences graduate students launch Inclusive Birding Club at NIU
Huskies at all stages in their educational journey can now join a new club focused on creating a welcoming space for aspiring birdwatchers to share a fun hobby.
Read more at NIU Today.
The Martin Luther King, Jr. Commons is completed (1982)
As early as 1973, campus master planning called for the parking lot outside the Holmes Student Center to be removed and replaced with a landscaped commons area connecting the Center to the new Founders Library. But as the years went by, no state funding was made available for that project. Learn more about the MLK Commons.
Tuesday, Dec. 1: Deadline for Returning Student Sexual Misconduct Awareness and Prevention Training
Friday, Dec. 18: Nomination Deadline for 2021 Outstanding Women and Gender Advocacy Student Award
Northern Illinois University's vision is to be an engine for innovation to advance social mobility; promote personal, professional and intellectual growth; and transform the world through research, artistry, teaching and outreach. Learn more about NIU's vision, mission and values.


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By Tom Marks
Posted: 15 Sep 2017 2:00 pm
Warframe's Plains of Eidolon update will be launching later this year, adding the game's first 'open world' area with quests to complete, fish to catch, and a day-night cycle.
Watch the video below to see an exclusive first look at the Plains of Eidolon trailer:
Since first revealing Plains of Eidolon at TennoCon earlier this year, developer Digital Extremes has been busy filling the area with more combat encounters and things to do. One of the bigger additions is mining, which the developer describes as a "mini-game" of sorts, like fishing, where you can extract resources from around the map.
Digital Extremes' Live Ops and Community Producer Rebecca Ford said "Seeing our players naturally explore and interact so early in the development gave us some chances to tweak and add things." For example, an achievement was added after watching one player attempt to 'knee-slide' as far as they could down Eidolon's hills.
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Ford tells me they "built this update a little differently than, say, the bigger lore-driven cinematic quests, The Second Dream and The War Within." Where that new content required you to have invested "significant hours" before you could access them, Plains of Eidolon can be found on the first planet in the game and will have content appealing to both low and high level players.
I asked if Digital Extremes was interested in making more open world areas like this in the future, and Ford explained that developing the tech behind Eidolon could potentially lay the groundwork for more like it. "With a bird's eye perspective on our development," Ford said, "we have concept art and rough ideas built out for stranger worlds beyond Earth to add." While Ford said they still aren't sure, she added that whether or not the community embraces Eidolon is a big factor in that decision.
Digital Extremes is hosting a livestream today to show off more of the Plains of Eidolon update, you can tune in here at 11am PT/ 2pm ET to watch.
Tom Marks is an Associate Editor focusing on PC gaming at IGN. You can follow him on Twitter.
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Fashion insiders were left speechless by the dress, which served as the finale at the NZ Weddings Magazine show at Auckland's Viaduct Events Show on Thursday.
The seemingly never-ending train flowed behind the model as she sashayed elegantly down the runway, with members of staff on hand to ensure it didn't stray off course.
Sharing a photo of the dress on the catwalk on Instagram, Trish wrote: "When your train is so long it needs its own minders."
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Q: Special characters AND literal characters in a text file in grep I am trying to have grep obey wildcards (.{64} and .{65}), beginning-of-line characters (^) and end-of-line characters ($) in a text file, while ignoring anything and everything else in between.
Contents of foo.txt:
^.{64}  /Users/1337/Test Hash Folder/^.$[E-frLOL[MAY[]{}()?<NUL>$
^.{64}  /Users/1337/Test Hash Folder/C$
^.{64}  /Users/1337/Test Hash Folder/C [remain]$
^.{64}  /Users/1337/Test Hash Folder/D 日本$
^.{65}  /Users/1337/Test Hash Folder/\\F::$

Contents of bar.txt:
\456f0958a5fd779fd12a0b383cd6384a9916782655f9298865e087630b7dffc1  /Users/1337/Test Hash Folder/\\\\F::
e7d616682023bf43930eb2c07590f259167b2b937097639975bf0838260be3f5  /Users/1337/Test Hash Folder/^.$[E-frLOL[MAY[]{}()?<NUL>
f978dda2d3be7e976ec25eee3a17f24a02af7386d163ae95c1fa48cdf75586a5  /Users/1337/Test Hash Folder/A
9f913e331f16e9bc5493a7c4c9480753351fd0098398e32c9b8d4870a63b65ea  /Users/1337/Test Hash Folder/B [LOL].dmg
14e024fd9762abda9958b57ff95c7e515deccbd162eda2e338993ca32d6f0474  /Users/1337/Test Hash Folder/C
14e024fd9762abda9958b57ff95c7e515deccbd162eda2e338993ca32d6f0474  /Users/1337/Test Hash Folder/C [remain]
791c3644922e627d46307b901017131ab06575bdcde708298e3a80f47af09d1f  /Users/1337/Test Hash Folder/D 日本

Here's the command I run:
grep -Ef foo.txt bar.txt

I want it to output this:
e7d616682023bf43930eb2c07590f259167b2b937097639975bf0838260be3f5  /Users/1337/Test Hash Folder/^.$[E-frLOL[MAY[]{}()?<NUL>
14e024fd9762abda9958b57ff95c7e515deccbd162eda2e338993ca32d6f0474  /Users/1337/Test Hash Folder/C
14e024fd9762abda9958b57ff95c7e515deccbd162eda2e338993ca32d6f0474  /Users/1337/Test Hash Folder/C [remain]
791c3644922e627d46307b901017131ab06575bdcde708298e3a80f47af09d1f  /Users/1337/Test Hash Folder/D 日本
\456f0958a5fd779fd12a0b383cd6384a9916782655f9298865e087630b7dffc1  /Users/1337/Test Hash Folder/\\\\F::

But it outputs this instead:
14e024fd9762abda9958b57ff95c7e515deccbd162eda2e338993ca32d6f0474  /Users/1337/Test Hash Folder/C
791c3644922e627d46307b901017131ab06575bdcde708298e3a80f47af09d1f  /Users/1337/Test Hash Folder/D 日本

Here is a list of how my files are named exactly:
\\F//
^.$[E-frLOL[MAY[]{}()?<NUL>
A
B [LOL].dmg
C
C [remain]
D 日本

Is there any possible way for grep to output what I need? If not, are there any other methods (BBEdit/Notepad++, Text Mechanic, etc.) I can use to achieve the same effect?

EDIT:
Changed the ...LOL[MAY... line to:
#;."'&,\:`!*?$(){}[]<>|-=+% ~^^.$[E-frLOL[MAY[]{}()?<NUL>

What I'll do is escape all offending characters using sed, add the wildcards, etc., feed foo.txt into grep, and then remove the escapes, wildcards, ^s, and $.
So, here are the new contents of foo.txt:
/Users/1337/Test Hash Folder/#;."'&,\:`!*?$(){}[]<>|-=+% ~^^.$[E-frLOL[MAY[]{}()?<NUL>
/Users/1337/Test Hash Folder/C
/Users/1337/Test Hash Folder/C [remain]
/Users/1337/Test Hash Folder/D 日本
/Users/1337/Test Hash Folder/\\F::

I'll run these to escape the offending characters:
sed 's/\\/\\\\/g' foo.txt > baz.txt
sed -i '' 's/\$/\\\$/g' baz.txt
sed -i '' 's/\^/\\\^/g' baz.txt

What other characters do I need to escape? FYI, these are only being escaped for grep.
Next, I will use the following:
cat baz.txt | grep '\\\\' > backslashes.txt
cat baz.txt | grep -v '\\\\' > no_backslashes.txt
sed 's/^/^.{64}  /; s/$/$/' no_backslashes.txt > eggs.txt
sed 's/^/^.{65}  /; s/$/$/' backslashes.txt >> eggs.txt

Then I will run:
grep -Ef eggs.txt bar.txt

Afterwards, I will remove ^.{64}, ^.{65}, $ (from the end only, to prevent filename records from being changed), and backslash escapes from baz.txt.
If any of this is confusing, please don't hesitate to ask me for clarification.

Mac OS X Yosemite, bash 3.2.57(1)-release, grep (BSD grep) 2.5.1-FreeBSD

A: There a couple of issues with your patterns:

*

*No escaping certain characters which have special meaning in regex

*Incorrect repeating pattern count

Proposed Solution:
^.{64}  /Users/1337/Test Hash Folder/\^.\$\[E-frLOL\[MAY\[\]{}\(\)\?<NUL>$
^.{64}  /Users/1337/Test Hash Folder/C$
^.{64}  /Users/1337/Test Hash Folder/C \[remain\]$
^.{64}  /Users/1337/Test Hash Folder/D 日本$
^[\].{64}  /Users/1337/Test Hash Folder/\\{4}F::$

Escape the character class characters and quantifiers (^$[]?) and set repeating count correctly.

A: It's gigantic, but this is what I did to get it to work:
Contents of foo.txt:
/Users/1337/Test Hash Folder/#;."'&,\:`!*?$(){}[]<>|-=+% ~^^.$[E-frLOL[MAY[]{}()?<NUL>
/Users/1337/Test Hash Folder/\\\\\\<-6 F 2->::
/Users/1337/Test Hash Folder/^.$[E-frLOL[MAY[]{}()?<NUL>
/Users/1337/Test Hash Folder/C
/Users/1337/Test Hash Folder/C [remain]
/Users/1337/Test Hash Folder/D 日本

Contents of bar.txt:
\d4c88a749dcb8d8c09fd8e08e044f66d8d1d9cf9d191c62989697813d26a6b55  /Users/1337/Test Hash Folder/#;."'&,\\:`!*?$(){}[]<>|-=+% ~^^.$[E-frLOL[MAY[]{}()?<NUL>
1ef8a2fb20e09e1866768d824289ffdbda12e565839fa7dda1fe12c4206e5759  /Users/1337/Test Hash Folder/@ss
\456f0958a5fd779fd12a0b383cd6384a9916782655f9298865e087630b7dffc1  /Users/1337/Test Hash Folder/\\\\\\\\\\\\<-6 F 2->::
e7d616682023bf43930eb2c07590f259167b2b937097639975bf0838260be3f5  /Users/1337/Test Hash Folder/^.$[E-frLOL[MAY[]{}()?<NUL>
d96b11b464adc478e458943d080b5efac2e887a18ef4ae785d21506de5594ddc  /Users/1337/Test Hash Folder/A
9f913e331f16e9bc5493a7c4c9480753351fd0098398e32c9b8d4870a63b65ea  /Users/1337/Test Hash Folder/B [LOL].dmg
14e024fd9762abda9958b57ff95c7e515deccbd162eda2e338993ca32d6f0474  /Users/1337/Test Hash Folder/C
14e024fd9762abda9958b57ff95c7e515deccbd162eda2e338993ca32d6f0474  /Users/1337/Test Hash Folder/C [remain]
791c3644922e627d46307b901017131ab06575bdcde708298e3a80f47af09d1f  /Users/1337/Test Hash Folder/D 日本

Commands run:
$ sed 's/\\/\\\\/g' foo.txt > baz.txt
$ sed -i '' 's/\$/\\\$/g' baz.txt
$ sed -i '' 's/\^/\\\^/g' baz.txt
$ sed -i '' 's/\*/\\\*/g' baz.txt
$ sed -i '' 's/\?/\\\?/g' baz.txt
$ sed -i '' 's/\[/\\\[/g' baz.txt
$ sed -i '' 's/\]/\\\]/g' baz.txt
$ sed -i '' 's/(/\\\(/g' baz.txt
$ sed -i '' 's/)/\\\)/g' baz.txt
$ sed -i '' 's/}/\\\}/g' baz.txt
$ sed -i '' 's/{/\\\{/g' baz.txt
$ sed -i '' 's/\\\\/\\\\\{2}/g' baz.txt

$ cat foo.txt | grep '\\\\' > backslashes.txt
$ cat foo.txt | grep -v '\\\\' > no_backslashes.txt

$ sed 's/^/^.{64}  /; s/$/$/' no_backslashes.txt > qux.txt
$ sed 's/^/^.{65}  /; s/$/$/' backslashes.txt >> qux.txt

Contents of baz.txt:
/Users/1337/Test Hash Folder/#;."'&,\\{2}:`!\*\?\$\(\){}\[\]<>|-=+% ~\^\^.\$\[E-frLOL\[MAY\[\]{}\(\)\?<NUL>
/Users/1337/Test Hash Folder/\\{2}\\{2}\\{2}\\{2}\\{2}\\{2}<-6 F 2->::
/Users/1337/Test Hash Folder/\^.\$\[E-frLOL\[MAY\[\]{}\(\)\?<NUL>
/Users/1337/Test Hash Folder/C
/Users/1337/Test Hash Folder/C \[remain\]
/Users/1337/Test Hash Folder/D 日本

Contents of backslashes.txt:
/Users/1337/Test Hash Folder/#;."'&,\\{2}:`!\*\?\$\(\){}\[\]<>|-=+% ~\^\^.\$\[E-frLOL\[MAY\[\]{}\(\)\?<NUL>
/Users/1337/Test Hash Folder/\\{2}\\{2}\\{2}\\{2}\\{2}\\{2}<-6 F 2->::

Contents of no_backslashes:
/Users/1337/Test Hash Folder/\^.\$\[E-frLOL\[MAY\[\]{}\(\)\?<NUL>
/Users/1337/Test Hash Folder/C
/Users/1337/Test Hash Folder/C \[remain\]
/Users/1337/Test Hash Folder/D 日本

Contents of qux.txt:
^.{64}  /Users/1337/Test Hash Folder/\^.\$\[E-frLOL\[MAY\[\]{}\(\)\?<NUL>$
^.{64}  /Users/1337/Test Hash Folder/C$
^.{64}  /Users/1337/Test Hash Folder/C \[remain\]$
^.{64}  /Users/1337/Test Hash Folder/D 日本$
^.{65}  /Users/1337/Test Hash Folder/#;."'&,\\{2}:`!\*\?\$\(\){}\[\]<>|-=+% ~\^\^.\$\[E-frLOL\[MAY\[\]{}\(\)\?<NUL>$
^.{65}  /Users/1337/Test Hash Folder/\\{2}\\{2}\\{2}\\{2}\\{2}\\{2}<-6 F 2->::$

And now, finally, the command we've all been waiting for:
grep -Ef qux.txt bar.txt

Which outputs these lovely strings:
\d4c88a749dcb8d8c09fd8e08e044f66d8d1d9cf9d191c62989697813d26a6b55  /Users/1337/Test Hash Folder/#;."'&,\\:`!*?$(){}[]<>|-=+% ~^^.$[E-frLOL[MAY[]{}()?<NUL>
\456f0958a5fd779fd12a0b383cd6384a9916782655f9298865e087630b7dffc1  /Users/1337/Test Hash Folder/\\\\\\\\\\\\<-6 F 2->::
e7d616682023bf43930eb2c07590f259167b2b937097639975bf0838260be3f5  /Users/1337/Test Hash Folder/^.$[E-frLOL[MAY[]{}()?<NUL>
14e024fd9762abda9958b57ff95c7e515deccbd162eda2e338993ca32d6f0474  /Users/1337/Test Hash Folder/C
14e024fd9762abda9958b57ff95c7e515deccbd162eda2e338993ca32d6f0474  /Users/1337/Test Hash Folder/C [remain]
791c3644922e627d46307b901017131ab06575bdcde708298e3a80f47af09d1f  /Users/1337/Test Hash Folder/D 日本

Thank you all for your help!


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From Fear to Freedom
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Our interview with Ann Shin, director of the The Defector: Escape from North Korea, about the risk and hardship North Korean defectors face.
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North Korea's foreign policy is being closely scrutinized by the international community as it once again ratchets up tensions with the South. But what's happening internally is almost impossible to determine. What we do know is largely limited to what we learn from those who escape – the defectors. The risk and hardship these men and women endure in order to escape North Korea is the subject of Ann Shin's new film, The Defector: Escape from North Korea. Ann and her team followed a group of young North Koreans from northern China to Thailand, and then on to South Korea, where they sought asylum. We talked to Ann about what it was like to be part of their journey.
Tell us a little bit about your motivations to create this film. What compelled you to take on such a challenging topic?
I'm of South Korean background – my parents were immigrants to Canada. The Korean War had a big impact on my family. I had an aunt and uncle who suffered greatly for being socialist Northern sympathizers. When they fled to the North, they were rejected and considered traitors. So they fled back to the South, where they were interrogated and tortured, and my uncle was eventually killed.
But the film is not about only your family. How did the idea of telling the stories of other defectors take shape?
My family's story is not unique – for many Koreans, the separation of North and South remains a deep wound in our national and personal histories – so I knew that there were other families with connection to defectors out there. But I didn't really have a sense of how many North Koreans defectors there are until I started meeting defectors living here in Canada, which happened when I started going to churches here in Toronto. When I heard their stories, I felt compelled to share their experiences and struggles.
Many North Korean defectors embark on difficult journeys in search of safe passage to a country where they can seek asylum and apply for refugee status. They all run the risk of getting caught en route and being deported back to North Korea to face severe punishment. The more I heard about the challenges so many had faced in order to leave North Korea, the more I felt the need to ensure the defectors' experiences were widely understood.
In the film, we find out that 80 per cent of defectors from North Korea are women. Aside from gender, what are the other characteristics of a "typical" defector?
People of all ages have escaped but nowadays, because the journey is so arduous, typically only those in their twenties to late fourties are the ones able to make it out. Many defectors have been arrested at some point, which encourages their desire to defect, or have been previously imprisoned for very small misdemeanors. In North Korea, it's illegal for the average person to use or own a cellphone. It's also illegal to sit on a newspaper that happens to contain an image of Kim Jong Il or Kim Jong Un, as this is seen as showing disrespect to the Leader, which is considered treason. Some defectors may have a family member who needs medicine only available in China, others may themselves need medicine.
Was it difficult to decide how much detail to provide on the defector's route out of China? Clearly you were concerned that your cameras might draw unwanted attention during the actual shoot, but did you leave anything out so as not to compromise the safety of future defectors?
There are some very common routes out of China that are often investigated by authorities but many still escape even in through areas where inspections routinely occur. Still, as a precaution, we don't mention exact city names in the film, and we were careful to disguise the actual route our defectors took in other ways. We did inevitably run some risks during filming because in any kind of compound or residential area, even in the countryside, there were CCTV cameras that might have picked us up and led someone to investigate whether there was something out of the ordinary going on.
Placing your trust in Dragon, the broker in the film, was clearly another risk, for both you and the defectors. In the film, you clearly have mixed feelings about his motivations. Have you made up your mind about Dragon, and the role of brokers more generally?
My opinion of this particular man changed several times throughout the film. When I met him, he had a tattoo of a dragon on his shoulder and he was carrying three cell phones… I wondered what I had gotten myself into. But during our journey through China, he proved to be incredibly knowledgeable and meticulous. And we trusted him implicitly. But after the journey was over and he stared trying to collect his fees, I found his behaviour to be uncomfortably aggressive. There were many times when I wanted to step in and eventually I did try to lobby him on behalf of the defectors.
I think that over the course of filming, I gradually gained a better understanding of the context in which he and other brokers are working. There are many former defectors that offer to guide others to freedom for a substantial fee. Demanding payment is not unreasonable; they're putting themselves at great personal risk. And the defectors all agree on the fee out of desperation. However, once they've made it to safety, whether they typically receive job training and a government stipend, the feeling of urgency that led them to agree to the broker's fee starts to fade, the result of which is that they may evade payment. The brokers end up having to behave like collection agencies. It's a complex issue.
Making this film led me to reconsider my views on human smuggling, which is different from human trafficking or the selling of one person to another. Smuggling is when a person ferries someone out of a country for payment. I have come to see this as a necessary evil, especially in places where governments and NGOs are unable or unwilling to help people. Tamils, Sudanese, Burmese, North Koreans… there are so many people stuck in limbo. When you see how few options they have, and how willing they are to risk their lives in pursuit of freedom, you start to see human smuggling in another light, and feel grateful that there are individuals willing to risk prison or worse to help them. If human smuggling weren't illegal, it would be easier to prevent escapees from being taken advantage of, but for now, they've got little choice but to trust strangers with their lives, and they have no one to turn to if things go wrong.
North Korea has been in the headlines pretty consistently as of late. Can the public learn something about North Korea from your film that they don't know already?
I hope this film will show people that the North Korean issues is complex – it is not simply about a crazy dictator with nuclear weapons running a rogue state in East Asia. A humanitarian problem has been created in many countries, and it's coming right up to our doorsteps in North America. There are tens of thousands of North Korean defectors living in hiding and desperately seeking asylum. That's something the mainstream coverage leaves out.
I also hope the film will help people understand that Kim Jong Un is even more aggressive in his conduct of internal affairs than of foreign policy. When he stepped into office, one of first decrees was a crack down on defectors and their families. The tragic stories that escapees tell are a direct result of his harsher policies. There is much more that needs to be done to help the North Korean people.
Is there more Canada could be doing to help those who have fled North Korea?
Canada is quite receptive to North Korean defectors, and the ones that I've spoken to feel they have been well received by Canada. The asylum decision-making process takes a while, but people do get a fair hearing when they make it to Canada. The problem of actually getting here is the big one – it's very difficult for defectors to make it beyond Asia. Many escape China only to have to wait in bordering countries such as Thailand for up to a year for their refugee status to be recognized. Canadian officials could do more to expedite this process.
Also, Canada could rethink its approach to human smuggling. Anyone who aids a defector out of China or Laos can be considered a human smuggler, so if you were to help someone come to Canada, you could be legally compromised. Under current laws, there is no way to privately sponsor a North Korean refugee claimant, which would be a legal way to provide assistance.
The Defector is accompanied by an interactive website. Did you always plan on having an interactive component accompany the film?
Yes, for two reasons: firstly, I always wanted to tell the stories of defectors, but also to let them tell theirs. Secondly, because the experience of defecting is so foreign to most people, I wanted to create an immersive experience that would, as much as is possible, allow viewers to walk in the shoes of a North Korean defector. There are a growing number of interactive web docs, so I think we're going to be seeing a lot more experimenting with different kinds of visual experiences.
Check out the interactive Defector website.
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Canada and the World, Ep. 36: Lessons learned from the genocide in Rwanda
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Rocky é uma cidade  localizada no estado norte-americano de Oklahoma, no Condado de Washita.

Demografia
Segundo o censo norte-americano de 2000, a sua população era de 174 habitantes.
Em 2006, foi estimada uma população de 176, um aumento de 2 (1.1%).

Geografia
De acordo com o United States Census Bureau tem uma área de
0,6 km², dos quais 0,6 km² cobertos por terra e 0,0 km² cobertos por água. Rocky localiza-se a aproximadamente 503 m acima do nível do mar.

Localidades na vizinhança
O diagrama seguinte representa as localidades num raio de 20 km ao redor de Rocky.

Ligações externas

Cidades de Oklahoma


I think that I may have officially jumped off the deep end. Not in a bad way, but I'm adding another HUGE wish to my already long list, and then moving it up in importance. A couple of months ago, I shared with you all that I had joined a Habitat for Humanity International build team that was supposed to be going to Lesotho. Well, Lesotho is out, and I had to choose between Zambia and Malawi, and with the help of all of my good Facebook friends, Malawi won out. I'm not sure if I'm joining their Orphans and Vulnerable Children team or Global Village team, but either way, I'm in there.
I'm still fundraising, but because everyone treats GoFundMe like an unsub (you need to be a Criminal Minds fan to get this reference) I had to get creative and start doing things to raise funds AND limit the amount of junk that we move to our new home. I have a pantry full of baking goods that I can use to make cupcakes and cakes, and cookies, and brownies and not have to bring with me to the new home. I also have a sewing room that reflects and episode of Hoarders, looks like an aisle in JoAnn Fabrics & Crafts has more fabric than I can use at the moment to stock my etsy shop, so I'm making grocery bags to sell. I'm using a Michelle Pattern for the bag sets, and I'm making them funky. Folks will be able to choose their set, but not their fabric because honestly, that takes too long. I would greatly appreciate any donations that you can make to help me get to Malawi next May (yes, May, but remember, I still have to raise the required funds to participate – as all Habitat volunteers need to do) and help a family realize their dream of owning a home just like we have been able to!
My friends on Facebook and Twitter have been getting me psyched about the entire trip telling me how beautiful Malawi is, and I'm getting excited from talking to my local affiliate who tithes 10% of their funds to Habitat for Humanity Malawi. Just being able to see the other side of this awesome community is something that I look forward to. If Women Build Week was any indication, then I am sure that I'm going to be blown away.
So, if you see me Tweeting or Instagraming about Red Velvet Cupcakes, or Grocery Bags, or even garage sales and whatever else I can think of to help raise funds, don't think that I've lost my mind. I'm on a mission.
Once I figure everything out regarding the fundraising link, I'll make sure to update, but until then the much hated GoFundMe stays. Wish me well, will ya?