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Partly cloudy. A stray shower or thunderstorm is possible. High 88F. Winds W at 5 to 10 mph..
Partly cloudy. Low 77F. Winds SSW at 5 to 10 mph.
'Taste of Cedar Center' on menu for July 25
The city of South Euclid will host its annual Taste of Cedar Center from 5 to 7 p.m. July 25 at Cedar Center North, 13901 Cedar Road in South Euclid.
Wigs for Kids Day at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo returns July 20
Temple Emanu El farewell event for Rabbi Roberts July 19
Burntwood Tavern's newest location in North Olmsted atypical for group
Citing sensitivity to Jews, Labour demotes member who compared Corbyn to Nazi 'bunker mentality'
Police identify 3 men who sprayed dark fluid on N.J. synagogue worshipers
German Jews call Speigel article about pro-Israel lobby anti-Semitic
Israeli teenagers suspected of gang raping British tourist in Cyprus
New Jersey Devils forward Jack Hughes, center right, the No. 1 overall pick in the 2019 NHL draft, poses for photographers with former NHL player Kevin Weekes, far left, Josh Harris, second from left, managing partner of Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment, and Ray Shero, Devils executive vice president and general manager, during a news conference introducing the prospect to local media, Tuesday, June 25, 2019, in Newark, N.J.
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Teenager Jack Hughes is first Jewish player to be No. 1 overall pick in NHL draft
Marc Brodsky | JTA
(JTA) — Jack Hughes, even at 18, is no stranger to making history. And now he's done it again, becoming the first Jewish player to be drafted No. 1 overall by the National Hockey League.
The New Jersey Devils picked Hughes, a Florida native who grew up in Ontario, Canada, on Friday. He's the son of a Jewish mother and Catholic father — both big-time hockey players back in the day — who attended Catholic high school but had a bar mitzvah.
"We did Passover when we were younger," the teen phenom told "The Michael Kay Show" on ESPN Radio on Monday.
His older brother, Quinn, was the No. 7 pick a year ago by the Vancouver Canucks. Both were members of the U.S. squad in the Men's World Championship last month in Slovakia. They have a 15-year-old brother, Luke, who appears to be following in their footsteps.
Being chosen No. 1 overall "obviously is special … really exciting," he told Kay and his sidekicks.
Does this mean at Christmas you get to brag? they asked Hughes, a 5-10, 170-pound forward.
"Not just Christmas but the other 364 days, too," he responded, noting the siblings' competitiveness. His brother is a defenseman.
In the recently completed season, Hughes broke the U.S. National Team Development Program record for points with 190.
For Hughes and his brothers, the hockey lineage comes from their parents. Mom Ellen Weinberg-Hughes was a member of the U.S. women's national squad that took silver in the 1992 World Championships, while dad Jim played for Providence College before becoming a coach and working in player development with the NHL's Boston Bruins and Toronto Maple Leafs.
"It's in my blood to be an athlete, to be a hockey player," Hughes said on the Kay show. "My parents are having a ball with it."
The Devils expect quite a bit from their top choice.
"I think he's going to change our organization," an executive and a former star goalie with the club said, according to the Breaking Israel News website. "He's a tremendous talent."
Upon confirming Hughes' Jewishness, one of Kay's sidekicks, Peter Rosenberg, was on board as a fan, forsaking his former favorite, Pittsburgh Penguins' great Sidney Crosby (who's not Jewish).
"Dude, we're counting on you," Rosenberg told Hughes.
The post Teenager Jack Hughes is first Jewish player to be No. 1 overall pick in National Hockey League draft appeared first on Jewish Telegraphic Agency.
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using namespace std;
using namespace cv;

int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
    Mat frame;

    namedWindow("headpose");

    if(argc < 2) {
        cerr << "Usage: " << endl <<
                "head_pose model.dat" << endl;
        return 1;
    }

    auto estimator = HeadPoseEstimation(argv[1]);

    // Configure the video capture
    // ===========================

    VideoCapture video_in(0);

    // adjust for your webcam!
    video_in.set(CV_CAP_PROP_FRAME_WIDTH, 640);
    video_in.set(CV_CAP_PROP_FRAME_HEIGHT, 480);
    estimator.focalLength = 500;
    estimator.opticalCenterX = 320;
    estimator.opticalCenterY = 240;

    if(!video_in.isOpened()) {
        cerr << "Couldn't open camera" << endl;
        return 1;
    }

    while(true) {
        video_in >> frame;

        auto t_start = getTickCount();
        estimator.update(frame);

        for(auto pose : estimator.poses()) {

        cout << "Head pose: (" << pose(0,3) << ", " << pose(1,3) << ", " << pose(2,3) << ")" << endl;
        auto t_end = getTickCount();
        cout << "Processing time for this frame: " << (t_end-t_start) / getTickFrequency() * 1000. << "ms" << endl;

        }

#ifdef HEAD_POSE_ESTIMATION_DEBUG
        imshow("headpose", estimator._debug);
        if (waitKey(10) >= 0) break;
#endif

    }
}

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The report highlights the adoption of Small Animal Imaging (In-vivo) Market in Europe.Based on the Technology, the Europe Small Animal Imaging (In-vivo) Market is segmented into Micro-MRI, Optical Imaging, Nuclear Imaging and Others (Micro-Ultrasound and micro-CT) segment.
The Europe Small Animal Imaging (In-vivo) Market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 9.1% during 2016 -2022.
Rising R&D investments by pharmaceutical companies is a result of rapidly changing industry landscape, specifically expansion of the biotechnology segment. Innovative product launches would be witnessed due to vertical competition in the industry. Growing number of pharmaceutical and research organizations for diagnosis of diseases, growing purchasing power of the end user in the underdeveloped and developing regions would cumulatively add to the growth of the markets.
Development of novel and unique high-resolution small animal in-vivo imaging techniques has offered a distinctive opportunity in clinical trials. New imaging devices with high-resolution imaging methodology would present as a significant market opportunity within the small animal imaging (in-vivo) market. New technologies and their combination with imaging devices will drive the growth of small animal imaging (In-Vivo) market.
The report highlights the adoption of Small Animal Imaging (In-vivo) Market in Europe.Based on the Technology, the Europe Small Animal Imaging (In-vivo) Market is segmented into Micro-MRI, Optical Imaging, Nuclear Imaging and Others (Micro-Ultrasound and micro-CT) segment. Based on the Application, the market is bifurcated into Monitoring treatment, Bio-distribution, Cancer cell detection, Biomarkers, Longitudinal studies and Epigeneticssegments. The countries included in the report are Germany, UK, France, Russia, Spain, Italy and Rest of Europe.
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Kagina (R) has asked IGG to spare Kuteesa (L) among other directors facing censure.
CORRUPTION | The Executive Director Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA), Allen Kagina, has asked the Inspector General of Government (IGG) to be lenient with three directors caught in the middle of infighting within the authority and the line ministry.
In the August 6 letter, a copy of which Crime24 has obtained, Kagina pleads with Lady Justice Irene Mulyagonja to spare the three UNRA directors who are under investigation by IGG's office on charges of corruption and abuse office.
Those under probe are legal director Mary Kamuli Kuteesa, internal audit director Moses Kasakya, and John Ongimu Omeke, director for procurement.
"The Board is on my neck to know the status of UNRA staff that are under investigation by IGG, they might lose their contract if they are not helped," Kagina wrote.
Mary Kamuli Kuteesa, our Director Legal Services [3rd Left]: Gracing Sunday Vision's Top 40 Women under 40!
The IGG had asked Kagina to take action on Kuteesa, Kasakya and Ongimu within 30 days and that they should leave office to pave away for proper investigations into allegations against them.
When contacted, IGG spokesperson Munira Ali confirmed the investigation of the three UNRA directors.
According to whistle blowers report seen by this investigative website, Kuteesa serves as a member of the contracts committee of UNRA, but took part in the award of a contract to a company in which husband has interest.
She is accused of influencing the board and is faulted for not disclosing her husband's relationship with a Chinese construction firm that won a contract with UNRA.
It was also alleged that her presence on the contracts committee is a disadvantage to other companies which are eliminated from procurement process without any justifiable reasons, and that she biases the procurement process of the whole UNRA organization.
The letter also states that Kuteesa's husband, through his law firm Arcodco and Co. Advocates, represents Chinese construction companies like China Wuyi, China Communications and China Construction Company Ltd, which information was not disclosed to the board.
China Construction Company won the contract to construct the 53 km Kampala – Entebbe Expressway from Busega to Entebbe airport at a whooping cost of Shs1.19 trillion.


A photo booth is a great way to break the ice during an event. It brings the introverts and extroverts together in a small booth and lets them be silly and work together while having some fun. Imagine your grandparents wearing silly hats or 20 people squeezing inside a tiny booth. This is a great way to put your guests in an entertaining mood. In addition, it encourages them to smile and relax.
Aside from breaking the ice, guests can also share their favourite pictures on their social media accounts. Modern photo booths carry this and other features to help guests upload their pictures and share them in real time. Friends, family and colleagues can also post their comments or tag others on these photos.
Each event has a unique theme and photo booths complement this perfectly. An enclosed booth gives a guest privacy, while the open-styled booth can accommodate a large group of people. Photo booths can also be customised for corporate or launch parties. The options are endless!
Parties, receptions and events are all fun activities. However, people can easily get tired and want to take a break. Photo booths provide your guests an entertainment alternative. Here, they can wear crazy props (costumes, hats, stick-on moustaches) and make faces while being photographed. It is the perfect place to loosen up, socialise and be themselves, away from the crowds.
Photo booths are great tools for entertaining the modern crowd. They make any event more special and memorable. Even the most prim and proper guest will not resist the urge to smile in front of the camera. Photo strips also make good souvenirs.
If you want to add some fun to your next party or event, check out The Photopod Photobooth's services. You can contact us via email or call (07) 5546 7202 to see how we can help you.


The final part of the study guide is below – thanks to all those who have tuned in over the past few weeks and given some very positive feedback. I hope it helps (or has helped) you get into the Solutions Architect Pro club. It's a tough exam to pass and the feeling of achievement is immense. Good luck!
Just a quick post today to say thanks to everyone who entered the QwikLabs competition and as promised, we have a winner! The random number generator picked out Hardik Mistry and he has already unwrapped his prize! Thanks again to QwikLabs for the token and for their support. If you haven't yet swung by their site, I highly recommend it.
Amazon CloudFront is a web service (CDN) that speeds up distribution of your static and dynamic web content, for example, .html, .css, .php, image, and media files, to end users. CloudFront delivers your content through a worldwide network of edge locations. When an end user requests content that you're serving with CloudFront, the user is routed to the edge location that provides the lowest latency, so content is delivered with the best possible performance. If the content is already in that edge location, CloudFront delivers it immediately. If the content is not currently in that edge location, CloudFront retrieves it from an Amazon S3 bucket or an HTTP server (for example, a web server) that you have identified as the source for the definitive version of your content.
Is object caching your primary goal, for example to offload your database? If so, use Memcached.
Are you interested in as simple a caching model as possible? If so, use Memcached.
Are you planning on running large cache nodes, and require multithreaded performance with utilization of multiple cores? If so, use Memcached.
Do you want the ability to scale your cache horizontally as you grow? If so, use Memcached.
Does your app need to atomically increment or decrement counters? If so, use either Redis or Memcached.
Are you looking for more advanced data types, such as lists, hashes, and sets? If so, use Redis.
Does sorting and ranking datasets in memory help you, such as with leaderboards? If so, use Redis.
Are publish and subscribe (pub/sub) capabilities of use to your application? If so, use Redis.
Is persistence of your key store important? If so, use Redis.
Do you want to run in multiple AWS Availability Zones (Multi-AZ) with failover? If so, use Redis.
Amazon Kinesis is a managed service that scales elastically for real-time processing of streaming data at a massive scale. The service collects large streams of data records that can then be consumed in real time by multiple data-processing applications that can be run on Amazon EC2 instances.
An Amazon Kinesis Streams producer is any application that puts user data records into an Amazon Kinesis stream (also called data ingestion). The Amazon Kinesis Producer Library (KPL) simplifies producer application development, allowing developers to achieve high write throughput to a Amazon Kinesis stream.
The agent is a stand-alone Java software application that offers an easier way to collect and ingest data into Streams. The agent continuously monitors a set of log files and sends new data records to your Amazon Kinesis stream. By default, records within each file are determined by a new line, but can also be configured to handle multi-line records. The agent handles file rotation, checkpointing, and retry upon failures. It delivers all of your data in a reliable, timely, and simple manner. It also emits CloudWatch metrics to help you better monitor and troubleshoot the streaming process.
In most cases, Simple AD is the least expensive option and your best choice if you have 5,000 or less users and don't need the more advanced Microsoft Active Directory features.
AWS Directory Service for Microsoft Active Directory (Enterprise Edition) is a managed Microsoft Active Directory hosted on the AWS Cloud. It provides much of the functionality offered by Microsoft Active Directory plus integration with AWS applications. With the additional Active Directory functionality, you can, for example, easily set up trust relationships with your existing Active Directory domains to extend those directories to AWS services.
AD Connector is your best choice when you want to use your existing on-premises directory with AWS services.
AssumeRoleWithWebIdentity returns a set of temporary security credentials for users who have been authenticated in a mobile or web application with a web identity provider, such as Amazon Cognito, Login with Amazon, Facebook, Google, or any OpenID Connect-compatible identity provider. Calling AssumeRoleWithWebIdentity does not require the use of AWS security credentials. Therefore, you can distribute an application (for example, on mobile devices) that requests temporary security credentials without including long-term AWS credentials in the application, and without deploying server-based proxy services that use long-term AWS credentials. Instead, the identity of the caller is validated by using a token from the web identity provider.
AssumeRoleWithSAML generally used for AD Federation requests.
GetSessionToken returns a set of temporary credentials for an AWS account or IAM user. The credentials consist of an access key ID, a secret access key, and a security token. Typically, you use GetSessionToken if you want to use MFA to protect programmatic calls to specific AWS APIs like Amazon EC2 StopInstances. MFA-enabled IAM users would need to call GetSessionToken and submit an MFA code that is associated with their MFA device. Using the temporary security credentials that are returned from the call, IAM users can then make programmatic calls to APIs that require MFA authentication. If you do not supply a correct MFA code, then the API returns an access denied error.
Attacks can also take place at the application layer (layer 7) by flooding the web server with GET requests.
With C3, C4, R3, D2, and I2 instances, you can enable Enhanced Networking capabilities, which provides higher network performance (packets per second). This feature uses a network virtualization stack that provides higher I/O performance and lower CPU utilization compared to traditional implementations. With Enhanced Networking, your application can benefit from features that can aid in building resilience against DDoS attacks, such as high packet-per-second performance, low latency networking, and improved scalability.
Alias Record Sets can save you time and provide additional tools while under attack. For example, suppose an Alias Record Set for example.com points to an ELB load balancer, which is distributing traffic across several EC2 instances running your application. If your application came under attack, you could change the Alias Record Set to point to an Amazon CloudFront distribution or to a different ELB load balancer with higher capacity EC2 instances running WAFs or your own security tools. Amazon Route 53 would then automatically reflect those changes in DNS answers for example.com without any changes to the hosted zone that contains Alias Record Sets for example.com.
The more sharp eyed among you (and the hardy few that follow me on Twitter) will have noticed that Virtual Fabric is no more and Blue Clouds is the new name for this blog. Why? Well VF worked back in the days when pretty much all I did was on premises virtualisation with VMware products. Those products still rock and have their place, but obviously these days I spend more or less 100% of my time in the public cloud space, with Azure, Office 365 and AWS.
As such, Virtual Fabric doesn't work as a name anymore, and in fact, I've been asked on more than one occasion if I sell curtains and soft furnishings. The answer is of course, NO! So I wondered what worked better, and of course all the cool names have gone, .cloud domains cost an arm and a leg and I lack the imagination to find something more memorable.
Anyway, seeing as I like cloud computing and I am a season ticket holder for Wigan Athletic, I thought "Blue Clouds". Has a nice double meaning, and the .com was available, which was nice. All your existing bookmarks will still work, as I still own virtual-fabric.com and will do for the foreseeable future.
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Today I passed my fourth AWS certification, the Certified Developer Associate. For those out there with it on their "to do" list, let me say that I found this exam the easiest so far, passing with 81%, which was way beyond what I expected after not being able to study for the last couple of weeks. In fact, I've spent 100% of my time on an Office 365 engagement, which is pretty far away from what the exam is all about.
First up, I don't know why it's called a developer exam, you don't need to know anything about programming. It's more to do with how the AWS products and services would integrate with applications and software. With that in mind, there is a heavy focus on the likes of S3, DynamoDB, SQS, SNS, CloudFormation, VPC and Elastic Beanstalk.
To prepare, I'd already done the Solutions Architect Associate and Pro and the SysOps Associate – there is quite a lot of overlap in this exam with topics you'd find in those exams. I think a combination of AWS experience and getting better used to the exam format that stood me in good stead today, and I didn't find it overly taxing, finishing in around 40 minutes, including some answer reviews.
The exam itself is 55 questions over 80 minutes, so you should have a good amount of time to read each question and each answer in turn, eliminating the wrong ones. Go with your gut feeling and you'll be right more often than not. It's always worth marking those you aren't sure of for review, when you get to the end and you have time left over, sometimes there is less pressure and it's easier to re-read the questions and possible answers.
As well as practical experience and the battle wounds inflicted by three goes at the Solutions Architect Pro exam, the ACloud Guru course is worth a watch. There are some topics on there that are repeated if you've been through the Solutions Architect track, but the videos are reasonably short and act as good refreshers.
The FAQs also add value as refreshers in so much as the answers get right to the point and skirt along topics you'll likely see in the exam. Glad to have this one out of the way and only time will tell if I can get the DevOps Pro done before the new rumoured exams appear. As usual, if you have any questions, please feel free to hit me up on Twitter or LinkedIn, I'm happy to answer provided it doesn't breach exam NDA.


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PLANE TRUTHS: a movie examining Navy expansion in the NWadmin2018-04-05T03:41:44-07:00
Will San Juan County become collateral damage to the Navy's planned expansion over and around our island communities?
PLANE TRUTHS, a new documentary by filmmakers Mark Dworkin and Melissa Young, examines the community impacts of U.S. Navy expansion in Northwestern Washington from the Pacific coast, over the Olympic Peninsula, throughout the Salish Sea, the San Juan Islands, Whidbey Island, Anacortes, the Skagit Valley and the North Cascades.
Recent growth of Navy training activities in the Northwest has many local residents concerned. Community members on Whidbey Island, the San Juan Islands, and the Olympic Peninsula are disturbed by an increase in noise caused by new EA-18G "Growler" jets based at Naval Air Station Whidbey (NAS) — and a proposed 47% expansion of daily Growler test flights. On Whidbey, communities have been additionally impacted by water system pollution caused by chemicals used for firefighting on NAS landing strips.
The new 30-minute film PLANE TRUTHS explores a variety of perspectives on these issues from farmers, current and retired military personnel, environmentalists and other citizens of the affected areas. Viewers will learn how the noise of the Growler jets affects daily life and business operations in many communities, the regional environmental impacts of expanded Growler flights and newly approved Navy training in Olympic National Forest, potential economic ramifications of increased Navy activity and associated population growth, and the status of — and Navy response to — water system pollution on Whidbey Island.
Start date April 25, 2018 7:00 pm
End date April 25, 2018 12:00 am

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Paleo Diet: Meat May Have Been The Match, But Carbs Were The Flame That Fueled The Evolution Of Our Brain
Aug 7, 2015 11:12 AM By Steve Smith @realsteve_smith
Carbohydrates may have played an important role in the evolution of our brain, new research suggests. A Health Blog CC BY-SA 2.0
Listen, you have a big brain. Yes, it's true. Your brain allows you to do many wondrous things, like reading this sentence, brushing your teeth, and memorizing the first 27 digits of pi. It wasn't always so big, however. It slowly got bigger and smarter as humans evolved over millennia. So, how did it get that way? New research finds it may have had something to do with our ancient ancestors' diet.
In a new study published in The Quarterly Review of Biology, Dr. Karen Hardy and her team brought together a wealth of data that argue carbohydrate consumption, particularly starch, was the cornerstone of accelerated expansion of the human brain over the past million years, and coevolved with copy number variation of salivary amylase genes — which help with the digestion of starches — and controlled fire used for cooking.
You've probably heard of the Paleo diet. This is a current trend where people try to eat like our ancient ancestors ate. This means plenty of starches and animal meat — nothing processed or artificially made. The Paleo diet was created under the impression that human physiology should be optimized for the nutritional profiles we experienced during our evolution. This means eating like a caveman, basically. Up until now, much of the focus has been on eating animal meat proteins, as well as how cooking those meats helped our brains evolve over two million years. Carbohydrates were heavily overlooked, unfortunately, so Hardy and her team set out to find just how important these starch-rich plant foods were to the evolution of our brains.
To build a case for dietary carbohydrate being essential for the evolution of our brains, Hardy and her team came up with a few observations:
First, they found that the human brain uses 25 percent of the body's energy budget and up to 60 percent of blood glucose, which means that these high glucose demands wouldn't have been met in a low-glucose diet.
Second, pregnancy and lactose demands put even more pressure on the body's glucose budget, and low maternal glucose levels put undue pressure on both the mother and the baby. This meant that early humans had to eat more starches when they were pregnant, to keep both parent and child alive.
Third, carbohydrates were easily available to early humans, even during the nomadic days, in the form of seeds, tubers, and some fruits and nuts.
Fourth, the evolution of controlled fire in cooking allowed early humans to easily digest said starches, which were much harder to digest when raw.
Fifth, the salivary amylase gene became present sometime in the past million years and increased the amount of salivary amylase produced by early humans, thus allowing them to digest starches even better.
According to Hardy, the evolution of cooking and the salivary amylase gene went hand in hand, which led to the increased availability of pre-formed dietary glucose in the brain and fetus, which then accelerated an increase in human brain size over the next 800,000 years.
Source: Hardy K, Brand-Miller J, et al. The Importance of Dietary Carbohydrate in Human Evolution. The Quarterly Review of Biology. 2015.


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Q: Error-page URL in web.xml keep being called I'm trying to set up common "Error page" in my spring mvc app.
It is working fine when happened 404 error with the following setup but
the "/app/404.do" is keep being called when the other normal URL link is clicked..
I used tiles framework but the error pages is a just JSP file.
Can you please advise on this?
web.xml
 <error-page>
     <error-code>404</error-code>
     <location>/app/404.do</location>
 </error-page>

spring
    @RequestMapping(value = "/app/404.do")
    public ModelAndView pageError404(HttpServletRequest request, Model   model) {

    logger.info("page error code 404");
    pageErrorLog(request);
    model.addAttribute("errorMsg", "There is no page you requested.");

    return new ModelAndView("error/error", "model", model);
   }

JSP
    <div align="center">
        <c:out value='${errorMsg}' />
    </div>

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Q: RegEx Question on Linux - Sorting Date It is possible to ignore some of the fields in an regex expression. The issue is that I have an output of a sorted files from an FTP server. The problem is that FTP does not list the year from the files that are 6 months or newer. So for example if I want to sort this 020319 and 100518 and I want to list the latest by date it will sort first 100518, and that's not good.
FTP_FILES_LIST is a file with a bunch of files from an "ls" command from an FTP Site. I use "grep" to get only the files I'm interested in.
A="AT_20_10_REL_ARCA_"

more FTP_FILES_LIST | grep "$A[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9].txt" | sort -k 9

-r-xr-xr-x    1 14       2000     34037013 Jan 17 00:45 AT_20_10_REL_ARCA_011719.txt
-r-xr-xr-x    1 14       2000     34036101 Jan 18 11:13 AT_20_10_REL_ARCA_011819.txt
-r-xr-xr-x    1 14       2000     34036564 Jan 25 01:09 AT_20_10_REL_ARCA_012519.txt
-r-xr-xr-x    1 14       2000     34041306 Feb 03 21:42 AT_20_10_REL_ARCA_020319.txt
-r-xr-xr-x    1 14       2000     34099207 Feb 08 03:15 AT_20_10_REL_ARCA_020819.txt
-r-xr-xr-x    1 14       2000     34099827 Feb 11 02:55 AT_20_10_REL_ARCA_021119.txt
-r-xr-xr-x    1 14       2000     34010091 Oct 05 00:42 AT_20_10_REL_ARCA_100518.txt
-r-xr-xr-x    1 14       2000     34025780 Nov 26 02:55 AT_20_10_REL_ARCA_112618.txt
-r-xr-xr-x    1 14       2000     34037370 Dec 19 22:10 AT_20_10_REL_ARCA_121918.txt

Using the "sed" doesn't sort as it should not sort as it should be. Here is the output:
more FTP_FILES_LIST | grep $A[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9] | sed -E 's/^(..)(..)(..)/\3\1\2/' | sort | sed -E 's/^(..)(..)(..)/\2\3\1/'

-r-xr-xr-x    1 14       2000     34010091 Oct 05 00:42 AT_20_10_REL_ARCA_100518.txt
-r-xr-xr-x    1 14       2000     34025780 Nov 26 02:55 AT_20_10_REL_ARCA_112618.txt
-r-xr-xr-x    1 14       2000     34036101 Jan 18 11:13 AT_20_10_REL_ARCA_011819.txt
-r-xr-xr-x    1 14       2000     34036564 Jan 25 01:09 AT_20_10_REL_ARCA_012519.txt
-r-xr-xr-x    1 14       2000     34037013 Jan 17 00:45 AT_20_10_REL_ARCA_011719.txt
-r-xr-xr-x    1 14       2000     34037370 Dec 19 22:10 AT_20_10_REL_ARCA_121918.txt -> Wrong sort!
-r-xr-xr-x    1 14       2000     34041306 Feb 03 21:42 AT_20_10_REL_ARCA_020319.txt
-r-xr-xr-x    1 14       2000     34099207 Feb 08 03:15 AT_20_10_REL_ARCA_020819.txt
-r-xr-xr-x    1 14       2000     34099827 Feb 11 02:55 AT_20_10_REL_ARCA_021119.txt

It is possible to group the dates in pairs with sed and/or regex? I have six [0-9]; one per each date digit. What about
if its possibe to us regex or sed to sort those in pairs? like for example 100518; to sort 10 then 05 then 18.
Using more FTP_FILES_LIST | grep "$A[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][9].txt" | sort -k 9 is a workaround but I'm losing all files from 2018. I added a picture of the output because the format changes here!

A: Based on the examples I assume the file names are in the format MMDDYY.txt where MM is month, DD is day and YY is year.
You could rearrange the characters for sorting using sed
sed 's/\(....\)\(..\)/\2\1/'| sort | sed 's/\(..\)\(....\)/\2\1/'

or if your sed supports option -E for extended regular expressions
sed -E 's/(....)(..)/\2\1/'| sort | sed -E 's/(..)(....)/\2\1/'

The first sed will exchange the first group of 4 characters (MMDD) and the second group of 2 characters (YY). Whatever may follow (.txt) will be unchanged. This will change 100518.txt to 181005.txt etc. After sorting the characters are exchanged back.
This script assumes the list of filenames is already filtered to contain only names of the correct format. Otherwise the match patterns should be more complicated to match only 6 numbers followed by .txt.
sort without option will put the highest date last, use sort -r to reverse the order

A: If you're already assuming that the timestamps are in field 9, then you can tell sort to pick apart the three date fields:
sort -k9.24,9.25n -k9.20,9.21n -k9.22,9.23n FTP_FILES_LIST

Here's a sample run over your sample input using GNU sort's --debug option; you can see the series of dashed lines indicating the sort keys that sort used in succession to determine the ordering:
-r-xr-xr-x    1 14       2000     34010091 Oct 05 00:42 AT_20_10_REL_ARCA_100518.txt
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-r-xr-xr-x    1 14       2000     34025780 Nov 26 02:55 AT_20_10_REL_ARCA_112618.txt
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-r-xr-xr-x    1 14       2000     34037370 Dec 19 22:10 AT_20_10_REL_ARCA_121918.txt
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-r-xr-xr-x    1 14       2000     34037013 Jan 17 00:45 AT_20_10_REL_ARCA_011719.txt
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-r-xr-xr-x    1 14       2000     34036101 Jan 18 11:13 AT_20_10_REL_ARCA_011819.txt
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-r-xr-xr-x    1 14       2000     34036564 Jan 25 01:09 AT_20_10_REL_ARCA_012519.txt
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-r-xr-xr-x    1 14       2000     34041306 Feb 03 21:42 AT_20_10_REL_ARCA_020319.txt
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-r-xr-xr-x    1 14       2000     34099207 Feb 08 03:15 AT_20_10_REL_ARCA_020819.txt
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-r-xr-xr-x    1 14       2000     34099827 Feb 11 02:55 AT_20_10_REL_ARCA_021119.txt
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Doing the sorting this way is fragile in that it relies on the filenames to start in the 9th whitespace-delimited field. An alternative would be to use some reliance on the filename pattern itself, perhaps the appearance of the timestamp in the 6th underscore-delimited:
sort -t_ -k6.5,6.6n -k6.1,6.2n -k6.3n,6.4n FTP_FILES_LIST


So much to do, so little time — particularly for the family man (or woman) who loves the outdoors. Besides holding down a job, taking care of the house and keeping vehicles gassed and running, once you have kids, much of your free time is spent on them. Ballgames, parties, vacations — it's hard to carve any time out for yourself. If the entire family loves to hunt, that's awesome. If not, then most hunters are forced to choose between family time and time outdoors. Fortunately, with these nine vacation destinations, you can seamlessly work them both in, making everybody — including yourself — very, very happy.


Glenview just pulled off one of its busiest Sundays in a while.
After two communion services to mark the start of Advent (listen to Rev. DeWolfe's sermon podcast here) we held an inter-generational Advent festival.
A full crowd came out to make candy cottages to take home, candy-cane grocery card holders for our Grocery Assistance Ministry, as well as a selection of Christmas decorations and Christmas stockings to support Portland Place, Out of the Cold and Meals-on-Wheels.
A photo gallery of the event can be found on Facebook.
After that, our youth group hosted Out of the Cold. You can see photos from that event in the ViewPoint section of our website. Under Kennis Kim and Shannon Wiggan's leadership our youth and friends prepared a nourishing meal that received rave reviews. They shared and learned a lot from our adult volunteers and our dinner guests.
Finally, the day wrapped up with the "Child's Christmas in Wales" concert in the sanctuary. Tom Allen, from Glenview and CBC, read Dylan Thomas' words, accompanied by Lori Gemmell (harp), Sonia Harper Nyby (soprano), Etsuko Kimura (violin), and Peter Merrick (organ and piano).
As our new Senior Minister, Rev. Laurence DeWolfe noted "Great congregation, leadership, youth and children, musicians (in house and guest), all under one roof. This is an extraordinarily talented and energized congregation."


Awards nominations keep pouring in every single week. The Golden Globe nominations have already been revealed with the awards coming next weekend on January 15th, but more recently the Directors Guild of America just revealed their nominations for film in 2011 along with the Producers Guild of America, and the Screen Actors Guild and Writers Guild have also released their respective nominations. Now the American Society of Cinemtographers have chimed in with their nominations for what they consider to be the best in cinematography, honoring those who make sure everything looks fantastic through the lens.
All seem very worthy of the nomination, but there's been a lot of talk about Janusz Kaminski's work on Steven Spielberg's War Horse being snubbed, but the director of photography actually resigned from the organization a few years back, so he wouldn't have been nominated for this award anyway. Frankly I think that something like The Adventures of Tintin deserves to be included in awards like this but motion capture is still a very tricky topic in most awards arenas. Other films that deserve a nomination include Midnight in Paris, Shame and Drive, but there can only be five nominations. Thoughts on the nominations?
Robert Richardson for the win.
The Artist and Dragon Tattoo, no. "The Artist" has impressive, basic 1920s Hollywood cinematography, and should be recognized as very good work, but with films like "Shame" and "Drive" and "Melancholia" and "The Descendants," it's a waste of a nomination. I would put all of those other movies above "Dragon Tattoo" also, but "Dragon Tattoo" is still masterfully shot. The other three I would nominate, no questions asked. So all in all, a solid batch of nominees.
I agree with Jonathan, if nothing else, swipe The Artist or Dragon Tattoo for Shame. If people see no other strengths in the movie (some saying the story needed more background, etc), two things especially should be recognized: Fassbender's performance and the amazing cinematography. Even really uncomfortable scenes were visually beautiful.
am I the only one that thought Hugo was an innovation in 3d cinematography?


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Q: Azure Table GetSharedAccessSignature endPartitionKey Parameter Within the Azure SDK for .NET there is a GetSharedAccessSignature that returns a shared access signature for a table:
public string GetSharedAccessSignature(
  Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Storage.Table.SharedAccessTablePolicy policy,
  string accessPolicyIdentifier,
  string startPartitionKey,
  string startRowKey,
  string endPartitionKey,
  string endRowKey);

Im curious about what does the endPartitionKey parameter means? I read about that if you not set it, all subsequent partitions are affected. But what are these subsequent partitions?

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Im curious about what does the endPartitionKey parameter means?

The parameters(startPartitionKey,startRowKey,endPartitionKey,endRowKey) allow us to specify a range of rows from (start PK, start RK) until (end PK, end RK).
For example, I have a table with 6 rows as following.

If I get SAS using following code. We can use this SAS to access the rows whose PartitionKey value must greater than P3 and less than P4.
string sas = table.GetSharedAccessSignature(policy, null, "P3", null, "P4", null);

I read about that if you not set it, all subsequent partitions are affected.

If we don't set the end PartitionKey parameter, all the rows whose PartitionKey value greater than P3 can be accessed using the return SAS.
string sas = table.GetSharedAccessSignature(policy, null, "P3", null, null, null);


The group - home to hit reality show Love Island - booked a 4 per cent drop in underlying earnings to £810 million for 2018.
Sales and profits are set to be hit in the half-year as it also comes up against tough comparatives from last year's Football World Cup boost.
"We continue to be very focused on delivering in the areas we can control and actively mitigating the factors outside the company's control."
But it reiterated plans to slash costs by £15 million in 2019, and by up to £40 million in 2020, to fund its plans.
The results showed ITV's revenues lifted 3% to £3.21 billion in 2018.
Full-year advertising revenue edged 1% higher, which was better than the company's guidance for a flat performance, and it said studios revenue and underlying earnings increased 6% and 5% respectively.
On plans for BritBox, Ms McCall said: "This will provide an unrivalled collection of British boxsets and original series in one place.
"There's no getting away from the fact the world is changing fast and the group's core business is facing a battle to stay relevant. That's a significant challenge," he said.


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An Experimental test of Hospital Admission Guidelines
The project consists in an anonymous survey experiment on hospital guidelines during pandemics, such as those indicated by the Commission Nationale D'Ethique. Hospital guidelines are there to regulate admissions and treatment in case of congestion. Such guidelines, however, are rarely discussed in the media and most people are unlikely to be familiar with them. We propose to ask respondents whether they agree or not with the ethical principles of such guidelines and which ethical principles they would favor the most. In particular, we ask them to read a number of hypothetical scenarios on ...
Contact: Francesco Fallucchi
Digital upskilling in a telework environment
Analyzing, understanding and determining the influence of the current health crisis on firms' productivity and workers' well-being for activities that can be perform via telework is essential to support the workforce for the current and future economic challenges, and turn them into opportunities. Indeed, in parallel with the current COVID-19 health crisis, the labour market is undergoing profound changes linked to the digital transformation, which will increase in the future (i.e. job replacement, new tasks to require digital skills). An increased use of digital tools at the workplace is n...
Contact: Ludivine Martin
Occupational Sorting of Employees after the Lockdown
In this project we ask the following research question: What is the impact of COVID-19 lockdown on workers' sectoral and occupational allocation, wage inequality and unemployment across European regions and countries? Our goal is to quantify the labor market implications of partial annihilation of selected sectors of economic activity. By simulating scenarios of different degree of severity, we compute changes in workers' assignment to jobs, unemployment measures, and final production across sectors of regional and national economies. Our study is targeted at identifying those segments of l...
Contact: Michal Burzynski
The cultural determinants of the Covid-19 diffusion
The aim of our research proposal is to undertake an empirical approach that will allow us to understand the cultural determinants of COVID-19 spread in all European countries, USA, China and Canada. The project will identify and quantify the impact of a number of cultural determinants on the virus diffusion such as interpersonal trust, trust in government, political parties and institutions, gender roles in society given that men and women have different degrees of risk aversion, compliance to rules, the degree of socialization and of integration of old people in societies. In view of the d...
Contact: Skerdilajda Zanaj
Socio-economic impacts of COVID-19: collecting the data
The aim of this project is to investigate the socio-economic impact of COVID-19, including employment, activity and travel patterns, health behaviours and health. The COVID-19 pandemic is still ongoing in Luxembourg and neighbouring countries. It is currently hoped that due to confinement measures the number of infected persons and deaths will decline in the near future. Public authorities in Luxembourg are considering to relieve the confinement measures to 'unlock' parts of economic and social life in the country as soon as the pandemic is becoming less severe and more 'manageable'. As Lu...
Contact: Martin Dijst
Middle generation and middle class before the post-covid19 recession, Income, wealth and health i...
Young-mid-aged adults (YMAA) - typically in the first decades of their entry in the labour market - make strategic choices in a context of uncertainty, such as home ownership, debt and saving balance, and wealth strategies, which have strong impacts in the long run. Before covid19, apart from the 2008 financial crisis, relative stability, easier access to credit, and the rapid growth of the housing index (with different magnitudes across countries) favored home ownership; early investment (through debt) favored capital gains. The later the decision to buy, the smaller the surface a househol...
Contact: Louis Chauvel
Distributional impact of the COVID-19 Crisis
The project aims to assess the costs and distributional implications of the COVID-19 outbreak in Luxembourg. It will identify those most likely to suffer from income losses, leading to more effective/efficient targeting of income support measures and improved cost estimates of COVID-19. The lack of timely available data constrains the estimation of the scale and direction of recent changes in the income distribution, which in turn constrain policymakers seeking to monitor such developments. There are huge uncertainties about the budgetary costs and distributional impacts of the outbreak....
Contact: Denisa M. Sologon


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Learn more about the things you should know or would like to know about HVAC systems and maintenance. Have a specific question in mind? Let us know!
Color Fire On January 24, 2023 / HVAC Services, Maintenance / Leave a comment
Businesses pay a lot of attention to their work and cash flows. But what about the flow of water in and out of the business itself? The bigger the building, the more likely you are to face problems with an outdated or overworked plumbing system. But any building manager can benefit from having access to commercial plumbing services. Here are five ways a commercial plumber can help.
Color Fire On January 11, 2023 / Air Distribution, Cooling Solutions, Technology
Don't touch that dial! At least, not unless you want to risk the wrath of your workforce. The ideal workplace temperature is hotly debated, but it's about more than just comfort. Workplace temperature regulation directly impacts productivity. Here's why your building should ensure that you regulate the environment for maximum comfort and efficiency.
Color Fire On December 20, 2022 / HVAC Services, Technology
Ideally, renovations will result in an improved space. However, with so many details to consider, some might be too easy to overlook. HVAC design is one of these details. Renovating a building or even just a single office can go wrong if HVAC design is not taken into account.
Color Fire On December 6, 2022 / HVAC Services, Maintenance, Seasonal Checkup
Office distractions are terrible for productivity. While open office spaces are great for promoting employee comradery and cubicles still offer some modicum of privacy, they also allow for plenty of noise to disturb important work. HVAC noise might seem trivial, but it's one of the more distracting and troublesome sounds that can plague a workspace and should therefore be taken seriously. So what can you do to reduce HVAC noise?
Color Fire On November 22, 2022 / Air Distribution, Cooling Solutions, Technology
Tags: air quality, dry air, electricity, problems
At first glance, a central humidifier might seem like a strange device to consider, but there are several key benefits of central humidifiers for office spaces. Learn more about central humidifier benefits below. If you're like many people, you might think that humidity is always the enemy of an enclosed space. After all, if your office has excess humidity, it can cause a host of problems. In truth, what you should actually be aiming for is the optimal humidity level, which is between 40% and 45%. A level above 50% is where discomfort sets in, and one below 30% is where things are considered too dry.
Climate-Friendly Alternatives to HFCs and the Rise of A2L Refrigerants
Color Fire On November 8, 2022 / Cooling Solutions, Technology
Tags: environment, industry standards, refrigerant, regulations
Looking for alternatives to HFCs? You're not alone. A2L refrigerants are growing in popularity around the world.
In 1987, a coalition of nations signed a treaty known as the Montreal Protocol. This agreement led to the banning of refrigerants responsible for the depletion of the ozone layer. Throughout the 1990s, ozone-harming chemicals were phased out in favor of a new chemical: hydrofluorocarbons, or HFCs. While HFCs helped heal the hole in the ozone layer, they have terrible side effects — scientists have discovered that HFCs contribute thousands of times more to global warming than CO2.
Comprehensive Fall HVAC Maintenance Checklist for Your Business
Color Fire On October 24, 2022 / HVAC Services, Maintenance, Seasonal Checkup
Tags: HVAC prepare for Fall, industry standards, office HVAC, preventative maintenance, problems, property management
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. By making and following an HVAC maintenance checklist, you can extend the life of your system. It's a simple yet essential task that will head off expensive repairs and replacements. Before you perform your fall HVAC maintenance, prepare your list so you don't miss any critical tasks.
5 Reasons Why You Should Replace Your Commercial Furnace Soon
Color Fire On October 10, 2022 / Maintenance, Seasonal Checkup, Technology
Tags: air quality, efficiency, furnace, winter
While it's economical and responsible to keep appliances alive as long as you can, they have a finite span. Eventually, repairs won't do any good and replacement will be the only option. You may be facing the difficult decision to replace your commercial furnace, for instance. Can it stand one more repair? Will you be able to get another year of use? Let's take a look at the signs that a commercial furnace replacement is in your future.
2023 DOE Efficiency Standards — What You Need to Know
Color Fire On September 28, 2022 / HVAC Services, Seasonal Checkup
Tags: Cost Savings, efficiency, environment, industry standards, regulations, technology
The United States Department of Energy has a multitude of different responsibilities, but the organization's primary responsibilities involve managing the nation's nuclear infrastructure. As ONE of its many responsibilities, the DOE also creates efficiency standards for HVAC equipment. The newest set of standards, 2023 DOE Efficiency Standards, become effective January 1, 2023. These 2023 DOE Efficiency Standards are based on research conducted by independent entities. The DOE and other organizations provide these researchers with funding so that they can explore ways to optimize energy consumption. DOE standards primarily apply to HVAC equipment manufacturers and installers. However, they can also impact your business in several ways. By voluntarily adhering to these standards, you can save money and improve energy efficiency. Additionally, you may be able to access tax credits by designing a system that complies with 2023 standards. Join us as we examine the latest set of 2023 DOE standards and what they mean for your business.
What is the Most Efficient Restaurant HVAC System?
Color Fire On September 14, 2022 / Air Distribution, HVAC Services, Technology
Tags: designed HVAC systems, efficiency, industry standards, preventative maintenance, restaurant
Restaurants consume significantly more electricity than many other types of businesses. According to recent data, restaurants use about 38 kilowatt-hours (kWH) per square foot of enclosed space. The majority of energy use is linked to processes such as Heating water, Refrigeration, Cooking, or Cooling and heating the building. Having a higher-than-average utility bill comes with the territory of owning a restaurant. The good news is that there are ways that you can reduce your establishment's electric consumption and your monthly utility bill. One of the best tactics involves upgrading to an efficient HVAC system. On that note, join us as we outline what is the most efficient HVAC system for restaurants. If your system is wasting energy or you are simply ready for an upgrade, this guide's for you.


Can you please let me know getting there from HK Disneyland to The Peak then to Bargain Market nearby?
If we are 4 pax, kindly mention the cost by taxi, by train and by bus and of course the travel time.
* A taxi from HK Disneyland straight to the Peak Tram Lower Terminal would cost around HK$250 for 40 minutes travel time. Take the Peak Tram up to the Peak (7 minutes @ HK$40 for round trip ticket).
Take the Peak Tram back to the Lower terminal and take the bus 15C from nearby Peak Tram Bus Terminus to Central Pier Bus Terminus (10 minutes @ HK$4.2). Walk couple of minutes to the Star Ferry Pier no.7 and take the Star Ferry to Tsim Sha Tsui.
* From TST Star Ferry Pier you can walk about 15 minutes to the Temple street night market at Jordan and another 15 minutes to Ladies' market at Mong Kok (please refer to the location map below).
* A taxi from TST Star Ferry Pier straight to the Temple street night market would be less than 10 minutes @ HK$25.
* By MTR trains. From TST Star Ferry Pier, walk about 5 minutes and get into the Tsim Sha Tsui MTR station. Take the Tsuen Wan Line trains heading towards Tsuen Wan and get off at Jordan MTR station (3 minutes @ HK$3.8) and then take Exit A for Temple street night market or get off at Mong Kok station (7 minutes @ HK$4.6) and then take Exit E2 for Ladies' market.


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AboutRichard Valenty2018-11-09T18:43:47+00:00
Richard Valenty (that's me!) was born in rural Minnesota – not to great financial wealth, but wealthy beyond belief in family life, with grandparents, uncles and aunts living nearby; devoted parents; and loving siblings with nieces and nephews who remain the greatest of friends to this day.
Without too much bragging, I might have been born and/or raised to be a man of letters. My mother read to me as soon as possible and I'm pretty sure I took great interest. I've been told that I read at a very early age, and I developed a fascination with dinosaurs that led to drawings of dino skeletons with perfectly-spelled long scientific names underneath. A family friend worked for the local newspaper, and he would bring us pieces of blank newsprint, which I used to create my own newspaper called "The Daily Blab," complete with headlines, sports, and weather maps. I won the school's spelling contest every year I was in elementary school.
Nixon's resignation – a troubling time in U.S. history
In 1974, I like many other Americans watched the unfolding drama around Watergate, which led to the resignation of President Richard M. Nixon and a dark period of mistrust of government. It sparked my interest in the world of politics, one that has lasted throughout my life, and I wrote a paper in middle school suggesting that Democrats should have made a bigger deal out of Watergate before the 1972 election, since there was knowledge about the break-ins. My grandfather ran for the state House in the mid-70s, and I helped drop literature for the first time in my life. He didn't win the House race, but did serve on the local town council. I enjoyed talking politics with him when possible, including when he told me Reaganomics would expand the national debt – a lesson that's stuck with me through the "tax cuts will pay for themselves" predictable failures of Bush II, Kansas, and now Donald Trump.
I went to college at Bemidji State University in northern Minnesota. Up there, they used to call people from Minneapolis "sissies" because it was so much colder up north. Cars left outside in the depths of winter would not start, and exposed skin would start to hurt. But thankfully, classes were held inside, and I loved my studies. I graduated with a major in Social Studies/secondary education, with a prior major in History, a minor in English, and a coaching certificate. My period of student teaching enhanced my public speaking abilities, and I earned a college letter in Cross Country running.
But after living in Minnesota for 21 years, the wanderlust was powerful. After a brief visit, I moved to Colorado with several college friends, and found work at Copper Mountain Resort along with other places in Summit County. I used this new perch to explore much of Colorado, with visits to other nearby Western states and near-yearly trips to Canyonlands in Utah. The recreation was fantastic, including downhill and cross-country skiing, climbing, mountain biking, hiking, whitewater rafting, fishing, camping, night sky viewing, and more. I learned how to cook and worked in some very good resort-area restaurants, most notably "The Navigator" seafood restaurant at Keystone. A friend of mine from the Navigator talked me into a glorious trip to Alaska that included travel through three Canadian provinces, and as it stands today, I've been in every state west of the Mississippi except Hawaii – also four Canadian provinces, Great Britain, France, Monaco, and Spanish Catalonia.
Living at high altitude (about 9,000 feet) is not always easy, and I marched carrying a horn in the local 4th of July parade just before a storm that dropped 6" of snow during what for all practical purposes should have been "summer." I decided to move to Boulder, in part to chase a musical dream, but also to live in this hyper-educated community with a non-seasonal economy. My first job was with RadioShack, and I managed a RS outlet before taking a job in the electrical department at McGuckin Hardware. Perhaps this period of time was not spent in my true calling, but I learned basic electronics, 1990s-era computers (yes, I sold computers with 386 processors), home wiring, and the existence of thousands of useful parts and tools. It's good to have a clue about how things go together, which helps one know how to fix or make things, but also (usually) when one needs to call a professional!
The writing bug was never far away. I did an internship with the Summit Sentinel newspaper while in the high country, which led to an opportunity to write for Where Magazine in Denver. This got me some nice clips, glossy magazine covers, and the chance to write about Red Rocks, Denver professional sports, and beer. I sent one of them to the sports editor of the Colorado Daily, who was looking for a person to cover CU cross country, and he called this former college cross country runner and said "Let's talk!" I wrote for the Daily part-time from 2000-03, covering several meets at which CU won the NCAA championship, and meeting about two handfuls worth of Olympic athletes. I regard CU's head coach Mark Wetmore as a great influence on me, since someone finally got me to understand the values of devotion and precision, and the man has had an amazing career as a coach.
Large stacks of city agenda packets on my mind!
Sports got old, and I asked my editor if I could get into harder news. I was hired to work the City beat, and covered local politics for the Daily from about 2003-08. During this time, I interviewed countless candidates and officials from nearly all levels of government. Local government issues can actually be crazy geeky, and I spent a lot of time poring through gigantic PDFs and planning documents.
I interviewed former Gov. Bill Ritter before he was the party's nominee, and met him in the Governor's office when I started working at the Capitol
I also covered presidential events featuring Obama, Bush II, and John Kerry; the most recent arrest in the JonBenet Ramsey murder case; CU award-winning scientists, controversies, and developments; State of Colorado bills and issues; crime and courts; economics and environmentalism; and I edited our yearly Election Guides. It was a tremendous experience, and I'll guess that to date I've been published more than 2,500 times, but my Daily times were not meant to last.
In recent years, the newspaper industry has encountered tough times, largely due to the loss of advertising revenue to online sources. The path to survival in many cases has been through conglomeration, and the Camera took over the Daily with plans to eliminate positions – and today, a large corporation with a hedge fund owns the Camera along with many news outlets in Colorado. I saw the writing on the wall and left the Daily before I was laid off, which was not what I wanted to do, but sometimes the lack of choice creates clarity. And as it seems to happen, one door closed and another opened.
Rollie and Josie Heath – friends, mentors, and pillars of our community who always led by example
I saw former State Senator Rollie Heath at his primary election night victory party in 2008, and a friend of mine said he would be looking for staff. I somewhat shamelessly pursued him, but he respected my writing with the Daily and put me to work. I worked for Sen. Heath and the Senate Democrats for the next eight years. It was a real thrill to work at the Capitol and to see the lawmaking process first-hand. We started work in late 2008, during the Great Recession, which led to high rates of unemployment and state budget cuts.
In 2010, I worked with Sen. Heath and others on a local effort to defeat the "bad three," (AKA 60, 61, and 101), proposals with a linkage to TABOR author and anti-tax crusader Douglas Bruce that would have slashed public revenue just when we didn't need additional slashing. I built the local campaign's website, spoke at local forums and on KGNU radio, and prepared literature – and locals voted against the measures with 75-80% opposition. In 2011, Sen. Heath asked me to co-sponsor an initiative to increase funding for education, and while voters defeated Proposition 103, we spread the word about the value of education and I got to work on a statewide campaign. With the Senate Dems, I worked as an outreach specialist, Executive Assistant to the Majority Leader (Sen. Heath), and Deputy Communications Director, and used my small amounts of spare time to walk doors, phone bank, and canvass with a number of campaigns outside of Boulder.
Filling in for Sen. Heath at a bill-signing in Louisville, with Gov. Hickenlooper signing and then-Rep. Matt Jones at right
Sen. Heath was term-limited in 2016, and my time in Denver ended in July of that year. However, I had worked on several projects at the Capitol with former Sen. Gail Schwartz from Pitkin County, and she decided to run for Congress in the 3rd Congressional District. She hired me as communications director, which was incredibly educational as we were immersed in hot-button federal issues, such as the future of our public lands, military spending, water issues, economic troubles in rural areas, energy and environment, the so-called "obstructionist Congress," and the disturbing comments during the 2016 presidential campaign from Donald Trump. The campaign was unfortunately unsuccessful, but I will always regard it as an important life experience.
In 2017, I worked several freelance jobs, including work for Boulder County, small writing and web design projects, and a chance to write extended City Council candidate profiles for the Boulder Blue Line website. Moving into 2018, I did communications work for Colorado Rep. Edie Hooton, managed Lynn Guissinger's successful campaign for the RTD Board of Directors, worked on regional efforts to publicize the Colorado transportation initiative Proposition 110, wrote about City of Boulder ballot issues for the Blue Line, and wrote water conservation stories for Resource Central. I've also served as a precinct captain for the Boulder County Democratic Party since 2012, and took part in the 2018 ground game that helped Dems enjoy tremendous statewide results.
In a nutshell, I've covered or worked on issues at basically all levels of American government – HOAs, neighborhood associations, special districts, city, county, state, and federal. I've also spent a majority of my working life in the private sector, which has given me valuable perspective for work with for-profit or nonprofit businesses. If you're interested in a hard worker with deep experience, let's talk!
RICHARD VALENTY: AT A GLANCE
2017: Communications Consultant
2016: Communications Director, Gail Schwartz for Congress
2014-16: Deputy Communications Director, Colorado Senate Democrats
2013-14: Executive Assistant to the Majority Leader (Sen. Rollie Heath), Colorado Senate Democrats
2008-13: Legislative Aide for Sen. Rollie Heath
2000-08: Staff Writer, Elections Editor, Colorado Daily Newspaper
2000: Writer, Where Magazine/Denver
1998-2003: Electrical and Electronics departments, McGuckin Hardware
1994-98: Sales and Store Manager, RadioShack
Education: Bachelor of Science, Social Studies/Secondary Education with Minor in English, Bemidji State University
Computer Skills: Web design, graphics, video editing, and more
Languages: Can speak/read Spanish and a tiny amount of French
MY SKILLS:
•	Writer
•	Editor
•	News Media Relations
•	Copy Editor
•	Researcher
•	Social Media Specialist
•	Website Content Writer
•	Business and Technical Writing
Richard Valenty
rvalenty@msn.com


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Posts Tagged 'Pakistan International Airlines'
Pakistan International flight makes emergency landing at Karachi airport after hijack threat: India Today
Posted: April 27, 2012 in Asia, India, Pakistan
Tags: Bahawalpur, flight PK-586, hijack, India, Jinnah International Airport, Karachi, Pakistan, Pakistan International Airlines, security forces, Threat
[India Today] A Pakistan International Airlines flight on Friday made an emergency landing at the Karachi airport after a passenger allegedly threatened to hijack the aircraft.
PIA flight PK-586, which was flying from Karachi to Bahawalpur in Punjab province
PIA flight PK-586, which was flying from Karachi to Bahawalpur in Punjab province, turned back to the port city after an air hostess alerted the captain about the passenger's threat, TV news channels reported.
The passenger who made the alleged threat was arrested by commandos of the Airport Security Force at the Jinnah International Airport.
The aircraft was searched by security forces after being evacuated.
Following his arrest, the passenger claimed he had made the alleged threat after a quarrel with the air hostess and that he had no intention of hijacking the aircraft.
The number of passengers on the flight could not immediately be ascertained.
Pakistan's aviation industry has been hit by a string of problems in recent years.
A total of 127 people were killed when a Boeing 737 of the private Bhoja Air crashed near Islamabad on April 20.
This was the second major air disaster in the vicinity of the Pakistani capital since July 28, 2010, when an Air Blue airliner slammed into……
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Karachi Airport closes after more Shaheen Air incidents today ! – Herald Tribune
Posted: April 22, 2012 in Airlines, Asia, Aviation & Airports (General News), India
Tags: burst tyres, karachi airport closed, lahore, leaking fuel, Pakistan International Airlines, PIA, shaheen air
[Herald Tribune] Shaheen Air: Burst tyres and a fuel leak cause panic & protests.
LAHORE / KARACHI: In a second incident of Shaheen Air today, the fuel tank of a plane began leaking as it was about to take off from Lahore airport, Express News reported.
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Express News correspondent Safdar Hussain, also on board flight 742 said that as the plane was taking off, the fuel tank began leaking due to over-fuelling, forcing the pilot to brake before take-off.
The 200 passengers on board the flight remained unhurt. They were shifted to the waiting lounge at the airport where they began protesting, demanding that they be flown in another airline.
PIA to remove aircraft from runway
Director General Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) Nadeem Khan Yousafzai has ordered an immediate inquiry on this incident and has requested Pakistan International Airline to remove the aircraft from the runway.
CAA spokesman Pervez George told The Express Tribune that Defence Minister Ahmed Mukhtar has directed DG CAA to thoroughly check all aircraft of private airlines.
Plane's tyres burst
Earlier, today in a similar incident, emergency was declared in an aircraft of Shaheen Air when two of its tyres burst during landing at a runway in Karachi.
According to Express News the plane, with about 100 passengers aboard, was bound to land at the 25-L runway at the Jinnah International Airport when the landing gear malfunctioned, causing the tyre to burst from the pressure.
Embers that sparked from the rims were extinguished with the help of water. All passengers and flight crew remained unhurt in the incident.
According to a CAA spokesperson, the Shaheen Air flight No NL 122 was a Boeing 737.
"The tyre of the wheel landing gear exploded. The plane went forward but then screeched to a halt", he said.
Jinnah International was also closed down
Earlier, today in a similar incident, emergency was declared in an aircraft of Shaheen Air when two of its tyres burst during landing at a runway in Karachi……
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The Public Security Ministry urged further strengthening of safety management for public transport and training for drivers and crew to eliminate risks and hidden dangers in time on Wednesday.
The ministry asked the public security organs to strengthen the early warning and prevention of risks and coordinate with other departments to collect and analyze information promptly and take strict prevention and control measures on a video conference for public security organs across the country to inform them about the bus accident in Anshun, the southwestern province of Guizhou.
A bus broke through the guardrail and plunged into a lake on Hongshanhu Road, Xixiu district, Anshun city at noon on Tuesday, causing 21 deaths including five students, and injuring 16 other people during the incident, with six of them being treated, according to Anshun's Emergency Management Bureau.
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Coronavirus: Students Could Win Financial Compensation For Lost Teaching Time During Lockdown
Sara C Nelson
·Senior Editor, HuffPost UK
Students could be awarded financial compensation for lost teaching time during the first Covid-19 lockdown after the higher education complaints watchdog told an institution to pay up.
The Office of the Independent Adjudicator (OIA), which looks at complaints across higher education, has recommended a provider should pay back hundreds of pounds to a student due to lockdown disruption.
The watchdog has so far received just under 200 complaints from students about the disruption to their university experience caused by Covid-19.
The OIA has said there is a time lag in complaints being logged with it as students have to first raise their complaint with their university.
Ellen Packham is in her second year studying Psychology at the University of Northampton.
Ellen Packham, a second year Psychology student at the University of Northampton, says her learning and her mental health have been affected by the lockdowns (Photo: Supplied)
The 20-year-old told HuffPost UK she will be seeking compensation because of how the pandemic has affected both her learning and her mental health.
She said: "At the end of my first year, when Covid-19 first hit, we got barely any online teaching. When the university closed, we went from face-to-face teaching everyday to nothing – and we had assignments and exams to do.
"I remember sitting at home and my mum asking me 'Don't you have lectures to do?′ and I'd say no because my university wasn't putting any on.
"I used to FaceTime every night with my best friend and the majority of our calls until first year was over were along the lines of: 'I don't understand the work', 'I don't understand what I have to do' and 'Why aren't we having any lectures?'
"I blagged my way through my exams and assignments because we had no help at all – it was a massive shock to the system."
In June, thousands of students who missed out on their education due to the lockdown were urged to sign up to "mass action" to win compensation.
The National Union of Students (NUS) demanded debt relief and compensation for those whose studies have been disrupted when university campuses were forced to close. Packham says she added her signature to the petition but has not yet heard back on the matter.
Case summaries published on the OIA website show complaints from students about Covid-19 disruption in the 2019-20 academic year were either justified or partly justified.
In one case, the university was told to pay just over £1,000 in compensation to an international student as the provider had not taken "sufficient steps" to mitigate disruption to their learning experience.
Four weeks of teaching for a module, and a final project which had been worth 60% of the module, were cancelled which meant the student "lost the opportunity to develop their written work and research".
In another case, the OIA ruled a student's complaint was justified as the university had "not engaged" with the individual's concerns about the loss of face-to-face teaching due to the lockdown and industrial action.
But a number of complaints could not be considered by the watchdog as students had not raised the complaint with their university first, or they had not yet completed the institution's internal processes.
In other examples, students' complaints demanding tuition fee refunds – due to a move to online lessons during the lockdown – were rejected by the watchdog as they ruled the institutions had taken the necessary steps to ensure students could still achieve their expected learning outcomes.
The NUS is calling for a more simplified complaints process, claiming university students have been "passed from pillar to post" and some universities have disregarded their concerns.
Students have up to a year to bring their complaint to the OIA after filing a complaint with their university. The watchdog said it is only now starting to receive complaints relating to the current academic year.
Earlier this month, the OIA announced plans to allow university students who have been affected by the same events to have their complaints addressed collectively. Under the proposals, the OIA would have discretion to accept complaints that have not yet completed the university's internal procedures.
The watchdog said it wants to be prepared in case the coronavirus pandemic leads to a large group complaint from university students.
Packham feels the move to online teaching led to misconceptions that students were using the change as an opportunity to lie in bed all day, with few critics realising how deeply it disrupted their learning.
She said: "Coming into second year was difficult too because everything was online. We did have one face-to-face session a week however, because of the nature of my job (I'm a key worker) I made the decision not to attend these and to only go to the online sessions in place to protect the service users that I work with.
"We have some group projects in our course and our only experience of this is first year where we are together in a room and able to properly work together however doing this in completely separate households and all over WhatsApp was so difficult.
"If one of us was struggling with part of the work, we wouldn't be able to just show them what to do, we had to talk them through it step by step which ate into time of deadlines.
"And don't even get me started on actual lectures! Whereas pre-Covid we could just stick our hand up and ask questions as and when needed, we have to type them out in the chat box, and by the time you've finished typing out your question the tutor has moved onto the next topic and the question isn't relevant anymore."
Packham says the changes have negatively affected her mental health too.
She said: "When my issues flare up, I have a massive loss of motivation and I use my bed and my room as my safe space. Suddenly, with not having a separate place to do university work, my safe space was interrupted. My mindset changed from 'I need to get up and go INTO uni' to 'What's the point in me leaving my bed if everything is online'. It really sent me into a massive downward spiral with my mental health. I struggled to get out of bed, to find the energy to do my lectures. It was so hard to overcome.
"My anxiety has skyrocketed because I am constantly in my house and so leaving my house has become super hard."
Independent adjudicator Felicity Mitchell said: "We recognise that many people in providers have been working incredibly hard to minimise disruption and to support students, and that students and those who support them have faced very real difficulties.
"We are acutely aware that there are limits to what is reasonable or even possible in this context. But students must still be treated fairly.
"It is to providers' credit that we have not so far seen any cases where the student has been directly academically disadvantaged because of the disruption, but it is also important that providers deliver what was promised or something broadly equivalent to it.
"Providers have done better in some cases than in others at finding ways to make up for the learning students missed out on."
A spokeswoman for the NUS said: "It is clear that a more simplified complaints process is necessary.
"Students have been passed from pillar to post applying through internal processes, with some institutions disregarding individual needs or concerns, and having their complaints rejected by the OIA will leave them feeling hopeless."
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This article originally appeared on HuffPost UK and has been updated.