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\section{Introduction}

We consider the nonlinear massless Dirac equations
\begin{equation}\label{eq-dirac}
\left\{ \begin{array}{l} i(u_t+u_x)=G_1(u,v), \\ i(v_t-v_x)=G_2(u,v),
\end{array}
\right.
\end{equation}
with initial data
\begin{equation}\label{eq-dirac-initialv}
(u, v)|_{t=0}=(u_0(x), v_0(x)).
\end{equation}
where $(x,t)\in R^2$, $(u,v)\in \mathbf{C}^2$,  $G_1=\partial_{\overline{u}} W(u,v)+F_1(u,v) $ and $G_2=\partial_{\overline{v}} W(u,v)+F_2(u,v) $  which satisfy the following:
\begin{description}
\item[(A1)] $W(u,v): \mathbf{C}^2\mapsto R$ is a polynomial in variables $|u|^2$ and $|v|^2$;
\item[(A2)] $F_k$ $(k=1,2)$ are polynomials  of cubic order in variables $u,v$ and $\overline{u},\overline{v}$,  moreover there exists a positive constant $c$ such that
\[ |\overline{u}F_1(u,v)|+|\overline{v}F_2(u,v)|\le c |u|^2|v|^2 \]
 for $(u,v)\in \mathbf{C}^2$.
\end{description}
Many physical models verify (A1) and (A2),
for examples,
\begin{itemize}
\item Massless Thirrring model (\cite{thirring})
\[ W=\alpha |u|^2|v|^2, \, \alpha\in R, \, F_1=F_2=0;\]
\item Federbusch model
\[ W=\alpha(|u|^2+|v|^2)|u|^2|v|^2, \, \alpha\in R, \, F_1=F_2=0;\]
\item Massless Gross-Neveu model (\cite{gross-neveu})
\[ (F_1, F_2)=\nabla_{(\overline{u}, \overline{v})} \alpha\big(\overline{u}v +u\overline{v} \big)^2, \, \alpha\in R, \, W=0.\]
\end{itemize}
The nonlinear Dirac equation has been studied by many authors for the massless or massive models, see for examples \cite{bachelot}, \cite{bachelot-2}, \cite{candy}, \cite{chung-p}, \cite{deldado}, \cite{escobedo}, \cite{dias-figueira1}, \cite{dias-figueira2}, \cite{Esteban-Lewin-Sere}, \cite{huh}, \cite{machihara}, \cite{pelimovsky}, \cite{selberg}, \cite{thirring}  and the references therein. The global existence of solution for Cauchy problem has been established in \cite{bachelot}, \cite{deldado}, \cite{dias-figueira1}, \cite{dias-figueira2} in  Sobolev space $H^s$ for suitable $s$. Recently some studies are devoted to the local low regularity solutions in a certain subspace of $C([0,T]; H^s(R))$ for $s>0$; see for instance \cite{machihara}, \cite{pelimovsky} and \cite{selberg} and references therein.In  \cite{huh},  using the explicit representation of the smooth solution by \cite{dias-figueira2} (see also  \cite{machihara}), Huh got the strong solution  in $L^2(R)$ of the nonlinear equations for the massless Thirrring model and Federbusch model. The uniqueness in $L^{\infty}([0,T]: L^2(R)\cap L^4(R))$ and the asymptotic behavior of the field were also established there. In \cite{candy}, Candy used  the strichatz estimates  to prove global existence of $L^2$-strong solution to the nonlinear Dirac equation for massive Thirring model.  For the nonlinear term being a polynomial of quintic or more higher order, the small global solution has been constructed in \cite{pelimovsky} by the end point Strichartz estimates.

Different from the above work, we consider in this paper the case that nonlinear terms include some cubic terms and may have the more complex structure. Such kind of equations include the Massless Gross-Neveu model. To our knowledge, the global existence of strong solution in $L^2$ for Gross-Neveu model is still open \cite{pelimovsky}. Different from the Thirring model,  we have (\ref{eq-dirac1}) for $|u|^2$ and $|v|^2$ instead of the conservation law for the charge $\int_{-\infty}^{\infty} (|u|^2+|v|^2)dx$. The assumption (A2) implies that the equation (\ref{eq-dirac1}) is similar to the approximate conservation law for the interaction between the elementary waves \cite{glimm}; see also \cite{bressan} \cite{dafermos} and \cite{tartar}. Following Glimm's approach, we introduce a Glimm type functional to get the $L^2$ and $L^{\infty}$ bounds of the local $H^1$ solution for  extending the solution globally in time.  Such functional was first given by Glimm \cite{glimm} to establish the global existence of the BV solution for the system of conservation laws, and similar technique has been used to study the general conservation laws, Boltzmann equations and wave maps in $R^{1+1}$, see for instance  \cite{bressan}, \cite{dafermos},  \cite{ha-tzavaras}, \cite{glimm}, \cite{tartar} and \cite{zhou} and the references therein. Our aim is to find the global solutions in the following sense.
\begin{definition}
A function $(u,v)$ is said to be a strong solution to (\ref{eq-dirac}-\ref{eq-dirac-initialv}) on the time interval $[0,T]$ if there exists a sequence of classical solutions $(u^n, v^n)$ to (\ref{eq-dirac}) on $[0,T]\times R$ such that $(u^n,v^n)\to (u,v)$ strongly in $C([0,T]; L^2(R))$ and $(u^n,v^n)|_{t=0}\to (u_0,v_0)$ strongly in $L^2(R)$.
\end{definition}

The main results is stated as follows.
\begin{theorem}\label{thm-L2-existence}
Suppose that $(u_0,v_0)\in L^2(R^1)\cap L^{\infty}(R^1)$ and that the norm $||u_0||_{L^2(R)}+||v_0||_{L^2}$  is small. Then (\ref{eq-dirac}-\ref{eq-dirac-initialv}) admits a unique global strong solution $(u,v)\in C([0,\infty); L^2(R^1))\cap L^{\infty}(R^1\times [0,\infty))$. Moreover, for any constants $a<b$,
\[ \int^b_a (|u(x,t)|^2+|v(x,t)|^2)dx \to 0, \quad t\to +\infty.\]
\end{theorem}

The remaining part of the paper is organized as follows. In section 2, based on the existence of local $H^1-$solutions, we will introduce a Glimm functional for $H^1$ solutions and get the uniform $L^2$ and $L^{\infty}$ bounds of the solution, which are independent of the time and yield the bound of $H^1$ norm for the solution. This enable us to extend the smooth solutions globally in time; see Proposition \ref{prop-global}. In section 3, we take the limit to get the global strong solution in $L^2$ and prove  the decay of the local charge.

\section{Global classical solution }

We consider the case that $(u_0,v_0)\in C_c^{\infty}$ in this section.  (\ref{eq-dirac}) is a semilinear hyperbolic system. Local existence of the solutions in $H^1$ can be proved by the standard methods using the Duhamel's principle and the fixed point argument, see for instance \cite{bachelot-2}, \cite{deldado}  and \cite{tartar}. Now suppose that for $(u_0,v_0)\in C_c^{\infty}$, the initial value problem (\ref{eq-dirac}-\ref{eq-dirac-initialv}) has a smooth solution $(u,v)\in C([0,T_*); H^1(R^1))\cap C^1([0,T_*); L^2(R))$ for some $T_*>0$. Then the support of $(u(t,x),v(t,x))$ is compact for each $t\in [0,T_*)$. To extend the solution across the time $t=T_*$ we only need to show that
 \[ \sup_{0\le t<T_*} \big(||u(t)||_{H^1} +||v(t)||_{H^1}\big)\le C^{\prime}\exp(C^{\prime\prime}T_*) \]
 where the constants $C^{\prime}$ and $C^{\prime\prime}$ are independent of $T_*$.
To this end, we multiply the first equation of (\ref{eq-dirac}) by $\overline{u}$   and the second equation by $\overline{v}$, then
\begin{equation}\label{eq-dirac1}
\left\{\begin{array}{l}
(|u|^2)_t +(|u|^2)_x=2\Re (i\overline{F_1}u), \\  (|v|^2)_t-(|v|^2)_x=2\Re (i\overline{F_2}v).
\end{array}\right.
\end{equation}
Here and in sequel $\Re Z$ denotes the real part of $Z \in \mathbf{C}$.

As in \cite{bony} (see also \cite{ha-tzavaras} and \cite{zhou}), we define the following  functional for the solution for any $t\in [0,T_*)$,
\[ Q(t)=\int\int_{x<y} |u(x,t)|^2|v(y,t)|^2 dxdy,\]
and \[ L(t)=\int^{\infty}_{-\infty} (|u(x,t)|^2+|v(x,t)|^2)dx,\]
\[ D(t)=\int^{\infty}_{-\infty} |u(x,t)|^2|v(x,t)|^2 dx.\]

These functionals were  given in \cite{bony} (see also \cite{ha-tzavaras}). $Q(t) $ is called Bony functional \cite{ha-tzavaras} and is similar to the Glimm interaction potential. The linear combination $L(t)+K Q(t)$ for any constant $K>0$ is called the Glimm functional \cite{glimm}.
Direct computation shows that
\begin{eqnarray*}
\frac{d Q(t)}{dt }  &=& -\int\int_{x<y} (|u(x,t)|^2)_x |v(y,t)|^2 dxdy + \int\int_{x<y} |u(x,t)|^2 (|v(y,t)|^2)_y dxdy \\ & \, & + 2\int\int_{x<y} | \overline{u}F_1(u,v)(x,t)| |v(y,t)|^2 dxdy  \\ &\, &+ 2\int\int_{x<y} |u(x,t)|^2 | \overline{v}F_2(u,v)(y,t)|dxdy  \\
&\le& -2\int^{\infty}_{-\infty} |u(x,t)|^2|v(x,t)|^2 dx  \\ &\, & + 2\int^{\infty}_{-\infty} | \overline{u}F_1(u,v)|dx \int^{\infty}_{-\infty} |v|^2 dy + 2\int^{\infty}_{-\infty} |u|^2 dx\int^{\infty}_{-\infty} | \overline{v}F_2(u,v)|dy \\
\, &\le & \big( -2+2L(t)c \big)\int^{\infty}_{-\infty} |u(x,t)|^2|v(x,t)|^2 dx
\end{eqnarray*}
and
\begin{eqnarray*}
\frac{d L(t)}{dt}\le  2c D(t).
\end{eqnarray*}
Therefore for any constant $K>0$,
\begin{eqnarray}\label{eq-bony-functional-ineq1}
\frac{d L(t)}{dt} +K\frac{d Q(t)}{dt }\le \big\{ (-2+2L(t)c)K+2c \big\}D(t).
\end{eqnarray}

\begin{lemma}\label{lemma-bony-functional} There exists  constants $\delta>0$ and $K>0$ such that for the initial data satisfying $L(0)+KQ(0)\le \delta$ there holds the following
\begin{eqnarray}\label{eq-bony-functional-ineq2}
\frac{d L(t)}{dt} +K\frac{d Q(t)}{dt }\le -D(t)
\end{eqnarray}
for $t\in [0,T_*)$.
Therefore,
\begin{eqnarray}\label{eq-bony-functional-ineq3}
L(t)+K Q(t) + \int_0^T D(\tau) d\tau \le L(0)+K Q(0)
\end{eqnarray}
for $t\in [0,T_*)$.
\end{lemma}
{\it Proof.} First choose constants $\delta$ and $K$ so that
\[ -2+2\delta c<-1/2, \quad -K/2+2c<-2.\]
If $L(0)+KQ(0) \le \delta$, then
$(-2+2L(0)c)K+2c \le -2.$
Let \[ T_0=\sup\{T; (-2+2L(t)c)K+2c<-1, \, t\in[0, T)\}.\]
We want to show that $T_0=T_*$. Otherwise, suppose that $T_0<T_*$, then with (\ref{eq-bony-functional-ineq1}) we have (\ref{eq-bony-functional-ineq3}) for $t\in[0, T_0) $. Therefore,  by the continuity of $L(t)$ and $Q(t)$ for $0\le t<T_*$, we have the following
\[ L(t)+KQ(t)\le \delta, \quad  (-2+2L(t)c)K+2c \le -2, \quad t\in [0, T_0],\]
which leads to the contradiction to the definition of $T_0$ by using again the continuity of $L(t)$ for $0\le t<T_*$.  Thus the proof is complete. $\Box$

Next we shall use the above estimates to get the $L^{\infty}$ bound of the solution for $0<t<T_*$. Denote \[\Omega(x_0,t_0)=\{(x,t): 0<t<t_0, \, x_0-(t_0-t)<x<x_0+(t_0-t)\},\] and
\[ \Gamma_R(x_0,x_0)=\{(x,t): 0<t<t_0, \, x=x_0+(t_0-t)\}, \]
\[ \Gamma_L(x_0,x_0)=\{(x,t): 0<t<t_0, \, x=x_0-(t_0-t)\}, \]
see Fig. \ref{fig-domain}.
\begin{figure}[h]
\begin{center}
\unitlength=1mm
\begin{picture}(130,75)
\put(40,40){$\Omega(x_0,t_0)$}
\put(10,43){$\Gamma_L(x_0,t_0)$}
\put(60,45){$\Gamma_R(x_0,t_0)$}
\put(85,20){\line(-1,1){40}}
\put(5,20){\line(1,1){40}} \put(43,63){$(x_0,t_0)$}
\put(0,20){\vector(1,0){100}}\put(102,20){$x$}
\put(0,16){$(x_0-t_0, 0)$ } \put(78,16){$(x_0+t_0,0)$}
\end{picture}
\caption{Domain $\Omega(x_0,t_0)$}\label{fig-domain}
\end{center}
\end{figure}

\begin{lemma}\label{lemma-integral}
For any $t_0\in (0,T_*)$, there hold
\begin{eqnarray*}
\int_{\Gamma_R(x_0,t_0)} |u|^2 \le \sqrt{2}c \int\int_{\Omega(x_0,t_0)}|u|^2|v|^2 dxdt +\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}} \int^{x_0+t_0-t}_{x_0-t_0+t} |u_0(x)|^2 dx
\end{eqnarray*}
and
\begin{eqnarray*}
\int_{\Gamma_L(x_0,t_0)} |v|^2 \le \sqrt{2}c \int\int_{\Omega(x_0,t_0)}|u|^2|v|^2 dxdt +\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}} \int^{x_0+t_0-t}_{x_0-t_0+t} |v_0(x)|^2 dx.
\end{eqnarray*}
\end{lemma}
{\it Proof.} Integrating (\ref{eq-dirac1}) over $\Omega(x_0,t_0)$, then by Green formula we have
\begin{eqnarray*}
\sqrt{2}\int_{\Gamma_R(x_0,t_0)} |u|^2 &= &\int\int_{\Omega(x_0,t_0)}2\Re (i\overline{F_1}u)dxdt + \int^{x_0+t_0-t}_{x_0-t_0+t} |u_0(x)|^2 dx\\
 \, &\le & 2c \int\int_{\Omega(x_0,t_0)}|u|^2|v|^2 dxdt + \int^{x_0+t_0-t}_{x_0-t_0+t} |u_0(x)|^2 dx
\end{eqnarray*}
and
\begin{eqnarray*}
\sqrt{2}\int_{\Gamma_L(x_0,t_0)} |v|^2 &= &\int\int_{\Omega(x_0,t_0)}2\Re (i\overline{F_2}v)dxdt + \int^{x_0+t_0-t}_{x_0-t_0+t} |v_0(x)|^2 dx\\
 \, &\le & 2c \int\int_{\Omega(x_0,t_0)}|u|^2|v|^2 dxdt + \int^{x_0+t_0-t}_{x_0-t_0+t} |v_0(x)|^2 dx.
\end{eqnarray*}
The proof is complete. $\Box$

\begin{lemma}\label{lemma-bound}
Let $\delta$ and $K$ be the constants given in Lemma \ref{lemma-bony-functional}. Then for any constants $a$ and $b$ with $a<b$ there hold the following
\[ \sup_{0\le t<T_*, a<x<b} \big( |u(x,t)|^2+|v(x,t)|^2 \big)\le C_1\sup_{ a-T_*<x<b+T_*} \big( |u_0(x)|^2+|v_0(x)|^2 \big), \]
and
\[ \int_a^b \big( |u(x,t)|^2+|v(x,t)|^2 \big) dx \le C_1\int_a^b \big(|u_0(x-t)|^2+|v_0(x+t)|^2\big) dx,\]
where $C_1=\exp((2\sqrt{2}c^2+\sqrt{2}c)\delta)$.
\end{lemma}
{\it Proof.}
 Using the characteristic method, by (\ref{eq-dirac1}) and (A2) we have
\begin{eqnarray*}
\frac{d}{dt}|u(x_0+(t-t_0),t)|^2 & =& 2\Re (i\overline{F_1}u) \\ &\le& 2c |u(x_0+(t-t_0),t)|^2|v(x_0+(t-t_0),t)|^2
\end{eqnarray*}
and
\begin{eqnarray*}
\frac{d}{dt}|v(x_0-(t-t_0),t)|^2 & =& 2\Re (i\overline{F_2}v) \\ &\le& 2c |u(x_0-(t-t_0),t)|^2|v(x_0-(t-t_0),t)|^2,
\end{eqnarray*}
for any $(x_0,t_0)$ with $a-(T_*-t_0)<x_0<b+(T_*-t_0)$.
Then,
\begin{eqnarray*}
|u(x_0,t_0)|^2 &\le & |u(x_0-t_0,0)|^2\exp\big( 2c\int_0^{t_0}|v(x_0+(\tau-t_0),\tau)|^2 d\tau\big)\\
 &=& |u(x_0-t_0,0)|^2\exp\big( 2c\int_{\Gamma_L(x_0,t_0)} |v|^2\big) \\
 &\le & |u_0(x_0-t_0)|^2\exp\big( I_1(x_0,t_0)\big)
\end{eqnarray*}
and
\begin{eqnarray*}
|v(x_0,t_0)|^2 &\le & |v(x_0+t_0,0)|^2\exp\big(2c \int_0^{t_0}|u(x_0-(\tau-t_0),\tau)|^2 d\tau\big)\\
 &=& |v(x_0+t_0,0)|^2\exp\big( 2c\int_{\Gamma_R(x_0,t_0)} |u|^2\big) \\
 &\le & |v(x_0+t_0,0)|^2\exp\big( I_2(x_0,t_0)\big),
\end{eqnarray*}
where the estimates  for $\int_{\Gamma_R(x_0,t_0)} |u|^2 $  and $\int_{\Gamma_L(x_0,t_0)} |v|^2 $ in Lemma \ref{lemma-integral} are used, and
\begin{eqnarray*}
I_1(x_0,t_0)=2\sqrt{2}c^2 \int\int_{\Omega(x_0,t_0)}|u|^2|v|^2 dxdt+\sqrt{2}c\int_{x_0-t_0}^{x_0+t_0} |u_0|^2dx, \\
I_2(x_0,t_0)=2\sqrt{2}c^2 \int\int_{\Omega(x_0,t_0)}|u|^2|v|^2 dxdt+\sqrt{2}c\int_{x_0-t_0}^{x_0+t_0} |v_0|^2dx.
\end{eqnarray*}
 Therefore these lead to the desired result by Lemma \ref{lemma-bony-functional}. The proof is complete. $\Box$

Now, to get the $H^1$ bound of the solution, we differentiate the equations (\ref{eq-dirac}) with respect to $x$, then
\begin{eqnarray*}
\left\{ \begin{array}{l} i(u_{xt}+u_{xx})=\nabla_{u,v,\overline{u},\overline{v}}G_1(u,v)\cdot(u_x,v_x,\overline{u}_x,\overline{v}_x ), \\ i(v_{xt}-v_{xx})=\nabla_{u,v,\overline{u},\overline{v}}G_2(u,v)\cdot(u_x,v_x,\overline{u}_x,\overline{v}_x ),
\end{array}
\right.
\end{eqnarray*}
which lead to the following
\begin{eqnarray*}
\sup_{0\le t<T_*} \big(||u(t)||_{H^1}+ ||v(t)||_{H^1}\big)\le \big(||u_0||_{H^1}+ ||v_0||_{H^1}\big)\exp(C^{\prime}T_*)<\infty,
\end{eqnarray*}
where the constant $C^{\prime}$ depends only on $L^{\infty}$ bounds of $(u,v)$ given in Lemma \ref{lemma-bound}.
Therefore, the local solution could be extended globally. Since $C_c^{\infty}(R^1)$ is dense in $H^1(R^1)$, with the above estimates, we get the following.
\begin{proposition}\label{prop-global}
Suppose that $(u_0,v_0)\in H^1(R^1)$ and that $||u_0||_{L^2(R^1)}+||v_0||_{L^2(R^1)}$ is small enough. Then (\ref{eq-dirac}-\ref{eq-dirac-initialv}) has a unique global classical solution $(u,v)\in C([0,+\infty); H^1(R^1))\cap C^1([0,+\infty); L^2(R^1))\cap L^{\infty}(R^1\times [0,\infty))$. Moreover, there exists some positive constant $C_2$ such that
\begin{eqnarray*}
\sup_{t>0, x\in R^1} \big( |u(x,t)|^2+|v(x,t)|^2 \big)\le C_2\sup_{ x\in R^1} \big( |u_0(x)|^2+|v_0(x)|^2 \big), \\
\int_a^b \big( |u(x,t)|^2+|v(x,t)|^2 \big) dx \le C_2\int_a^b \big(|u_0(x-t)|^2+|v_0(x+t)|^2\big) dx,
\end{eqnarray*}
for any $a<b$.
\end{proposition}

\section{Proof of the main result}

Let $(u_{j,0},v_{j,0})\in C^{\infty}_c(R^1)$ be a sequence of smooth functions such that $(u_{j,0},v_{j,0})\to (u_0,v_0) $ strongly in $L^2$ and such that
 $\sup_j ||(u_{j,0},v_{j,0})||_{L^{\infty}} <\infty$.

Denote $(u_j,v_j)$ be  the $H^1$-solutions of (\ref{eq-dirac}) with initial data $(u_{j,0},v_{j,0})$. Then by Proposition \ref{prop-global} we derive the following
\begin{eqnarray}\label{eq-sequence-bound}
\sup_{t>0, j} (||u_j(t)||_{L^{\infty}} +||v_j(t)||_{L^{\infty}})<\infty.
\end{eqnarray}
Now for any $k,j$
\[
\left\{ \begin{array}{l} (u_k-u_j)_t+(u_k-u_j)_x)=iG_1(u_j,v_j)-iG_1(u_k,v_k), \\ (v_k-v_j)_t-(v_k-v_j)_x)=iG_2(u_j,v_j)-iG_2(u_k,v_k),
\end{array}
\right.
\]
which together with (\ref{eq-sequence-bound}) gives the following by the energy estimate method
\begin{eqnarray*}
&||(u_k-u_j)(t)||_{L^2}^2+||(v_k-v_j)(t)||_{L^2}^2 \, \quad \,  \\  & \le \exp(O(1)t) \big( ||(u_k-u_j)(0)||_{L^2}^2+||(v_k-v_j)(0)||_{L^2}^2\big),
\end{eqnarray*}
where the bounds of $O(1)$ depend only on the $L^{\infty}$ bounds of the solutions $ (u_j,v_j)$ $(j=1,2,\cdots)$ for $t\ge 0$. This yields the convergence of the sequence $\{(u_j,v_j)\}_{j=0}^{\infty}$ to a function $(u,v)$ in $C([0,T); L^2(R^1))$ for any $T>0$. Then $(u,v)$ is a global strong solution to (\ref{eq-dirac}-\ref{eq-dirac-initialv}).
 Moreover, by using Proposition \ref{prop-global} and by repeating the  argument of taking limit, we have
\begin{eqnarray*}
\int_a^b \big( |u(x,t)|^2+|v(x,t)|^2 \big) dx &\le & C_1\int_a^b \big(|u_0(x-t)|^2+|v_0(x+t)|^2\big) dx \\
 & =& C_1 \big( \int_{a+t}^{b+t} |u_0(y)|^2 dy +\int_{a-t}^{b-t} |v_0(y)|^2dy \big).
\end{eqnarray*}
Then the decay of the local charge  follows.

In the same way, we can prove the following for any strong solutions $(u^{\prime},v^{\prime})$ and $(u^{\prime\prime},v^{\prime\prime})$,
\begin{eqnarray*}
||(u^{\prime}-u^{\prime\prime})(t)||_{L^2}^2+||(v^{\prime}-v^{\prime\prime})(t)||_{L^2}^2 \le \exp(O(1)t) \big( ||(u^{\prime}-u^{\prime\prime})(0)||_{L^2}^2+||(v^{\prime}-v^{\prime\prime})(0)||_{L^2}^2\big)
\end{eqnarray*}
for $t\ge 0$,
where the bounds of $O(1)$ depend only on the $L^{\infty}$ bounds of the solutions. This leads to the uniqueness of the strong solution.
The proof of Theorem \ref{thm-L2-existence} is complete.

\section*{ Acknowledgement}

This work was partially  supported by NSFC Project 11031001 and 11121101, by the 111 Project
B08018 and by Ministry of Education of China.

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Everyone loves taking pictures. And with iOS 7, Apple has attempted to improve the picture and video taking experience with a completely redesigned Camera app. First, let's discuss the different ways to open up the Camera app, as it is the only app in iOS that has four different methods to launch it.
Tap on the home screen. This should be very simple, as this was the original method to open up the camera. Find the camera icon, tap on it.
2. Slide the camera up on the lock screen. This method came out in iOS 5. By swiping up the camera icon located in the lower right hand corner of the screen, it opens the camera.
3. Use Siri. Even though Siri came out with iOS 5, the ability to use Siri to open Apps did not come out until iOS 6 was launched. You can say "Open Camera," or "Launch Camera," and Siri will open up the camera app so you are able to use it.
4. Use Control Center. This feature is new in iOS 7. Control Center allows you to easily access your camera wherever you are on your iOS device. To activate Control Center, swipe up on any screen. Then you can press the camera button in the lower right hand corner, which will then open up the camera app.
Now that you've opened your camera, let's discuss navigating between the different modes in the new interface.
By default, it opens up to Photo. The image fills the whole screen. This is your standard mode for taking photos. Apple has also added a Square photo mode, and to get to it, you can slide the viewing area to the right. Square mode resembles Instagram-style photos. Slide once more to the right and you get the panorama mode. If you want to take a video, you can slide the screen all the way to the left..
Now let's learn about taking pictures.
The controls for Photo Mode and Square mode are exactly the same. Starting in the upper left hand corner you have the Flash control button. Tapping on that will allow you to turn Flash on or off, or have it set to automatically flash based on lighting conditions.
The HDR button is in the top center of the screen. Tap on it to turn it either on or off. HDR stands for high dynamic range, and it takes three pictures in a rapid succession with different exposures. It then combines the three for the perfect picture. Keep in mind a few things if you are using HDR. You cannot take pictures in a quick, rapid succession, because of the intense image processing to create the HDR picture. Additionally, HDR photos take up more room on the device by default, because in Settings under the Photos & Camera settings, Keep Normal Photo is turned on.
This is also where you'll find the option to turn on the photo grid.
However, since iOS 7 Beta 4, filters have been on the iPhone 4S. The filter button will appear grey when not in use. When you tap the filter button, a zoom out animation appears, followed by 9 tiny preview screens with live filters. When you tap on one of the filters, the effect will be applied.
If you don't want to use a filter, press the none button to go back.
Panorama is available on iPhone 4S, iPhone 5, iPhone 5c and iPhone 5s and fifth generation iPod touch. Panorama works exactly the same as in iOS 6, with just a minor change in the color of the buttons.
Taking videos also works exactly the same as it did in iOS 6. Press the red button on the bottom of the screen or the volume buttons to record. You can also take videos with the flash on, which is great if you are trying to take a video in low light. To do so, just tap the flash button in the upper left hand corner.
If you own an iPhone 5s, you'll have a few additional features in the Camera that are exclusive to it, such as True Tone Flash, Burst Mode, Auto Image Stabilization, and Slow Motion Videos.
Hopefully this will help you enjoy taking pictures and videos in iOS 7.


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Q: Send to or copy multiple documents Is it possible to use the feature "copy" or "send to" for multiple documents? We can't work with "open in explorer", because we need the filter option in our library.
Is there a code or tool for this "problem"?

A: Have you thought about using Document sets? You could upload all of your files into a Document set and then Send that single item to the destination.

A: I'm not sure this answers your question as I'm not sure if you're trying to download the files or copy them to a new library, but I'm assuming you're just after a bundle of files that can be mailed off. If that IS what you're after, I think I can help, if not, hopefully I'm at least getting you on the right track.
If you're running 2010, there are several solutions that enable downloading the files as a zip based on a selection in the web view. Here's an article on one such solution.

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*Download multiple documents for SharePoint 2010
If you're running 2013 there's an easier option that doesn't require a farm install and uses the new app model. I gather you're NOT from your tags, but if someone else finds this later or you upgrade at some point, it might be useful.

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Based on the OP's response, here are a couple more ideas that may help with your needs.
First option would be to use a PowerShell function to copy from one library to another. The code provided by the blog author will copy all files from a library, but it would not be challenging to add a filter to laser in on specific files based on properties. This would not be so helpful, however, if it's not easy to programmatically define what files should be moved.

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*How to Copy SharePoint Documents Between Site Collections Using PowerShell
Another option which is a little more klugey, but may work very well for your needs would be to add a checkbox column to your library called "Copy". From there, you can create a workflow that could be manually run and would ask the user what library to copy to. The workflow could then be configured to copy the file and clear the copy flag. Check this link for details.

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A: This is available out of the box if Publishing Infrastructure features are enabled on site collection.
There is "Manage content and structure" option available in Site Actions menu that allows you to use library's views, filters and perform bulk operations like Move/Copy.

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Castilleja School, an independent school for girls grade 6-12, wanted to expand and diversify its transportation programs, including encouraging carpooling. The RideAmigos platform gives them the tools they need to integrate ridesharing and transit, shuttles, vanpools, and more, all in one easy interface.
Highlight: In addition to traditional ridesharing options, RideAmigos also features advanced schoolpool features that allows parents of non-driving students to connect with nearby neighbors.


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Lost Childhood – Break the Cycle of Poverty
Difficult early years
1 Childhood lost at the Brick fields in Jhajjar, Haryana
Thankachan Joseph
1. Childhood lost in the Brick fields of Passor, Jhajjar, Haryana
Caught up in the negative extremities of Industrialisation and globalization, hundreds of children end up as Child labourers working in the Brick fields of Passor, Jhajjar.
The reality boom in Delhi and surrounding cities of Gurgaon, and Faridabad has created huge demand for the Brick making industry in Jhajjar. The development of Brick industry also comes with situation specific adversities such as requirement of huge labour force as it is primarily a labour based industry and usually a typical Brick making factory requires about 200 households (including their children) working for the unit. There are about 400 brick making units established in this region which itself demonstrates that about 100,000 — 250,000 children are also working for these units.
2. The adversities of Children working in these Brick making units
The children who are supposed to enjoy their childhood turn out to be spending their childhood working long hours in the scorching sun, risking their future and health just for the sake of survival. They are malnourished and ill clothed, suffering from wounds that pester, diseases and no friends to look to.
3. Don Bosco Initiatives for the children
The same child, if attended to, can become a Steve Jobs or Michael Jackson or David Villa.
This is exactly what the Salesians of Don Bosco at Jhajjar started to address. The work had its humble beginnings in the year 2010 and now we are giving care to 150-200 children addressing all their basic needs along with education.
We have started a clinic for the health purposes of children and the adults, A Non Formal Education (NFE) centre catering to 150 children and conducting regular visits to the Brick making units advocating children's education.
4. Your support for these initiatives
The immediate requirements are to start crèche for 100 children and providing alternative nutrition to the mal-nourished children, A Boarding School for all-round development of the child and a change in environment for brightening the children's future.
We now approach you with a request to help these Children from difficult situations, in order to make these Children match with any other child of their age group by offering them education, nourishment, Love, Concern.
2 Exploring child labour in Cambodia's brick factories
New buildings are popping up across Cambodia as its construction industry continues to flourish. However, a closer look into local brick production reveals the country's rapid urbanisation is driving one of the most common forms of modern slavery. CNA's Indochina correspondent Pichayada Promchertchoo reports: https://cna.asia/2LtIRM0
3 Child Labour In India
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World Vision Australia gives you an insight into Child Labour. 280 million children in the world are involved in Child Labour, India is home to the largest number of child labourers. World Vision is acting now – and you can too.
4 Blame the Woman with No Legs – Just For Laughs Gags
When the blind man is tripped on his way across the mall by the woman sitting at the table, the witnesses tell the guard that she tripped him. But she rolls out from behind the table in a wheelchair, and she has no legs!! How insensitive!
A presentation of JustForLaughsTV, the official Just For Laughs Gags YouTube channel. Home of the funniest, greatest, most amazing, most hilarious, win filled, comedy galore, hidden camera pranks in the world!


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Persenet ist der Name einer altägyptischen Königin der 4. Dynastie. Die Lesung ihres Namens ist unsicher, da die einzige Nennung beschädigt ist. Sie trägt sowohl den Titel einer leiblichen Königstochter als auch den der Königsgemahlin, ihre familiären Verhältnisse sind allerdings nicht sicher zu bestimmen. Aufgrund der Position ihres Grabes wird sie allgemein als Gemahlin von Pharao Chephren angesehen. Die Annahme, dass der Wesir Nikaure beider Sohn wäre, beruht ebenfalls nur auf der unmittelbaren Nachbarschaft seines Grabes zu dem der Persenet.

Grabstätte
Persenet gehört das Felsgrab LG 88 auf dem Zentralfriedhof in Gizeh. Es besteht aus einem langgestreckten Hauptraum, der an seiner Westseite durch zwei Pfeiler von einem kleineren Raum getrennt wird, in dem sich der Sarkophag-Schacht befindet. Abgesehen von der Nennung von Name und Titeln der Verstorbenen ist das Grab völlig undekoriert. Überreste einer Bestattung konnten nicht gefunden werden.

Literatur
 Michel Baud: Famille royale et pouvoir sous l'Ancien Empire égyptien. Tome 2 (= Bibliothèque d'Étude. Band 126/2). Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale, Kairo 1999, ISBN 2-7247-0250-6, S. 448–449 (PDF; 16,7 MB).
 Aidan Dodson, Dyan Hilton: The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt. The American University in Cairo Press, London 2004, ISBN 977-424-878-3, S. 52–61.
 Peter Jánosi: Giza in der 4. Dynastie. Die Baugeschichte und Belegung einer Nekropole des Alten Reiches. Band I: Die Mastabas der Kernfriedhöfe und die Felsgräber. Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien 2005, ISBN 3700132441, S. 373–374 (PDF; 8,9 MB).
 Karl Richard Lepsius: Denkmaeler aus Aegypten und Aethiopien. Text I, Hinrichs, Leipzig 1897, S. 107–108 (PDF; 19 MB).
 Karl Richard Lepsius: Denkmaeler aus Aegypten und Aethiopien. ... Erste Abteilung, Band 1, Nicolai, Berlin 1849, S. 28 (PDF; 19 MB).
 Bertha Porter, Rosalind L. B. Moss: Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs and Paintings. III. Memphis. 2. Auflage. Oxford University Press, Oxford 1974, S. 233 (PDF;  30,5 MB)
 Joyce A. Tyldesley: Chronicle of the queens of Egypt: from early dynastic times to the death of Cleopatra. Thames & Hudson, London 2006, ISBN 0500051453.

Einzelnachweise

Königin (Ägypten)
Geboren im 26. Jahrhundert v. Chr.
Gestorben im 26. Jahrhundert v. Chr.
Frau
4. Dynastie (Ägypten)

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Gosh, this week is flying past!
It's time to share some of my recent faves from five inspiring websites.
You may have already seen a couple of them, but, as always, I like these round-up posts to be an invitation to explore. I don't know about you, but I seem to have so little time these days to read blogs.
I hope you'll enjoy discovering or catching up with a few thanks to my posts!
Cocon - I've been blogging for almost 5 years now and Cocon will always be a favorite I think. Love this nono bag, along with everything else!
Oh Albatross - What a cute little vintage tin toy tea set for young and old alike!
Elina Dahl - I like giraffes, and Elina's print can now be customized with kids' names - fun!
Varpunen - Ah, well, of course I love it all, especailly mainio clothing and vv - love those cat prints!
Beautiful designs, the Paapje blankets are simply stunning.


POSE stars Tony Award winner Billy Porter, James Van Der Beek, Indya Moore, Kate Mara and Evan Peters. The 8-episode series, which is also produced by activist Janet Mock, debuts on FX June 3rd at 9PM EST.
Previous Real Talk: Can we have more Candyman?
Next WTF! I Can't Unsee this!
Hi Jade. Thank you so much for the kind words. I really appreciate what you wrote. Do you have an email address I can write you?


CBSE rolls out subjects on AI and Yoga – The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), as part of its endeavour to include more opportunities for its students, had announced that it would roll out new subjects such as Artificial Intelligence, Yoga and early childhood care education for the upcoming session beginning from April this year.
According to the India Today report, the CBSE students of Class IX can choose as optional subjects. With the inclusion of Artificial Intelligence, the Board will be focusing on recognising the geo-strategic importance of the subject, noted the report. If schools want, they even have the liberty to start a module on AI learning for class eight students.
From this academic session, yoga and early childhood care education will be introduced at Senior Secondary Level.


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not aware of Nobel Laureate !! .... Schmidt's gold and Naomi's malaria
In ancient Greece, the laurel (Laurus nobilis) was sacred to Apollo and as such sprigs of it were fashioned into a crown or wreath of honour for poets and heroes. In English, the word laureate has come to signify eminence or association with literary awards or military glory.
His work spoke loud enough for him to be heard as far away as in Oslo and be awarded 2014 Nobel Peace Prize . Kailash Satyarthi's has not been conferred with any in his home state, Madhya Pradesh. He has several awards to his credit. None from the State though. He has not been conferred any 'Padma' award
……….. now he is a Nobel laureate - The Nobel Peace Prize is one of the five Nobel Prizes created by the Swedish industrialist, inventor, and armaments manufacturer Alfred Nobel. It is a matter of pride and satisfaction that Kailash Satyarthi has been jointly awarded for the struggle against the suppression of children and young people and for the right of all children to education.
Brian Paul Schmidt is a Distinguished Professor, Australian Research Council Laureate Fellow and astrophysicist in Australia. Schmidt shared both the 2006 Shaw Prize in Astronomy and the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics with Saul Perlmutter and Adam Riess for providing evidence that the expansion of the universe is accelerating.
North Dakota is the 39th state of the United States, having been admitted to the union in 1889. The state capital is Bismarck, and the largest city is Fargo. Do you remember that it finds mention in Dan Brown's 'Digital Fortress' as an anagram. A report states that a small Town in North Dakota surpassed Saudi Arabia in total oil and gas production, making the nation the number one consumer and producer of fossil fuels.
Mr Schmidt had to visit Fargo as his grandma wanted to see the Nobel medal. In his own words – 'You would think that carrying around a Nobel prize would be uneventful, and it was uneventful, until I tried to leave Fargo with it, and went through the X-ray machine. I could see they were puzzled. It was in my laptop bag. It's made of gold, so it absorbs all the X-rays — it's completely black. And they had never seen anything completely black'.
TSA security guards put Schmidt through intensive questioning – and the following conversation ensued (as reported in newspapers)
'They said, "What's in the box?"; 'I said, "a large gold medal," as one does.
'So they opened it up and they said, "What's it made out of?" ; 'I said, "gold."
'And they're like, "Uhhhh. Who gave this to you?"; '"The King of Sweden".
'"Why did he give this to you?"'; '"Because I helped discover the expansion rate of the universe was accelerating." At which point, they were beginning to lose their sense of humour.
'I explained to them it was a Nobel Prize, and their main question was, "Why were you in Fargo?"'……….. Schmidt, a Harvard graduate who lectures at the Australian National University, described the encounter as he joined physicians celebrating the construction of one of the largest observatories in the world, the Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT), due to open in 2020 in Chile.
~ and if that is not enough – here is what the supermodel feted for her stunning looks and sleek style. It appears Naomi Campbell is not a role model when it comes to spelling, following an 'epic fail' on social media when she sent a congratulatory message to 17-year-old Malala Yousafzai in which she called the new Nobel Peace Prize winner 'Malaria'. The well-meaning post sent via Instagram said: 'Congratulations malaria on your #noblepeaceprize #2014 #Respect #joy #ithalljuststarted.'
Miss Campbell, 44, not only got Malala's name wrong but also misspelt Nobel as 'noble'. There was a third error too, as the hashtag should have read #itsalljuststarted.
The schoolgirl became the youngest Nobel prize winner due to her courageous campaigning for education for women after being shot by the Taliban in her native north-west Pakistan. Now living in Birmingham, she and Miss Campbell worked together on social media in the campaign to rescue the girls kidnapped by Boko Haram in Nigeria.
It is possible that the misspelling of Malala's name was the result of an autocorrect function on the model's mobile phone. Miss Campbell, who has 294,000 Twitter followers, has now deleted the erroneous message and tweeted: 'Darlings my iPhone and I are at odds it seems I type a word it seems to spit out another, forgive me…'
To many, English is a foreign language … !!
With regards – S. Sampathkumar 14th Oct 2014.
Posted by Srinivasan Sampathkumar at Tuesday, October 14, 2014
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Howard Co. Election Board forwards voter fraud allegations to prosecutor
Wilson's attorney confident charges will not be filed
By George Myers Kokomo Tribune
George Myers
The Howard County Election Board on Thursday voted unanimously to forward to prosecutors a possible voter fraud case involving Kokomo businessman Allen Wilson.
Wilson's attorney, however, said following the board's decision that he doesn't expect the Howard County prosecutor's office to file charges for what he calls a mistake that included no criminal motivation or intent.
Thursday's action is the latest development in a public controversy that has cost Wilson, the owner of Competition Towing & Recovery, his city towing contract and what he believes is the loss of a reputation he spent years cultivating.
"My main concern with the referral from the Election Board to the prosecutor is just more bad press for my client and the adverse effect it may have upon his business and reputation within the community," said Wilson's attorney, Brent Dechert, in comments after the ruling.
The situation kicked off May 6, one day before Election Day, when Wilson became the focus of an email sent to the Howard County Election Board describing his "fraudulent vote" cast in the Democratic primary election.
The email alleged Wilson illegally changed his voter registration on April 2 to his business' address, 1101 S. Apperson Way, inside city limits, in order to vote in this spring's municipal primary election.
It is illegal in Indiana to register to vote at a place of business. Knowingly submitting a fraudulent application for registration can be charged as a crime, according to Indiana state code.
Wilson was previously registered to vote at a Howard County address outside city limits, although that registration was canceled three years ago. The address listed in the email and shown on previous registration documents is no longer owned by Wilson and was sold in 2015, according to property records.
Wilson, according to documents presented at Thursday's hearing, has in fact lived at three separate homes inside Kokomo city limits since 2015 and thus can vote in a Kokomo municipal election. It's a point Dechert has used to claim Wilson had no reason to knowingly commit voter fraud.
But the three-member Election Board, citing the sanctity of local elections, decided Thursday to put the case in the hands of the Howard County prosecutor's office.
The board had previously, in a meeting on Election Day, challenged Wilson's ballot and converted it from absentee to provisional.
Board members have not revealed whether they threw out Wilson's ballot, citing confidentiality reasons, although Thursday's action and Wilson's admission that his registration was improper indicates the ballot was not counted.
The author of the email alleging voter fraud, Kokomo resident Athena Sinnett, did not appear at Thursday's hearing.
"Not making a base judgement on guilt, but I think that there's enough here for us to determine that intent is sufficient," said Election Board member Derick Steele during Thursday's hearing.
"I understand Mr. Dechert's argument regarding it's not fraud if he could have voted … but for me as the Election Board my concern is the integrity of the election. And just because this one wouldn't have been an issue, our concern can't be what the ultimate outcome would have been here, but protecting the integrity of the election itself – it's a serious enough thing I think it should be referred."
Added Howard County Clerk Debbie Stewart: "My duty is to keep the integrity of the election intact, so I am going to vote [yes], to send it to the prosecutor's office."
Dechert expressed strong disagreement with the decision following the board's ruling.
"I think that if that is enough information to be referred to the prosecutor's office, then every complaint that comes in needs to be – every complaint needs to go to the prosecutor's office," he remarked, later referencing Wilson's lack of reason to commit voter fraud.
"What's the point? He could have registered where he lived at. How could he have had any intent to defraud someone? That's the whole point of fraud is the intent to defraud somebody – the intent to defraud the election. And you can't have that intent if he was a resident and could have registered at his place of where he sleeps at, which is your residence."
Dechert emphasized that Wilson "couldn't possibly be trying to deceive or to defraud the election."
Documents detailing Wilson's defense, written by Dechert, were first presented to the Kokomo Board of Public Works and Safety on May 29.
The Board of Works had voted two weeks earlier to suspend Wilson's company, Competition Towing & Recovery, from the city's towing contract, citing the voter fraud allegations and related investigation.
After receiving Dechert's argument for why Wilson's company should not be suspended, the Board of Works announced on June 12, following an executive session, it would wait until after the Election Board's meeting to decide whether to reinstate Competition Towing & Recovery.
The Board of Works next meets at 10 a.m. Wednesday at City Hall. A prosecutorial decision could be made by that meeting.
On Thursday, Dechert presented similarly-worded documents defending Wilson to Election Board members and local media.
"Mr. Wilson does not deny that he was not registered to vote at his 'residence' as such is required by [Indiana code] and therefore he was ineligible to vote in the primary election," he wrote.
"However, his failure to register at his 'residence' was merely a mistake and does not amount to fraud."
The documents note that Wilson uses his company's address "for almost everything," including the address filed with the Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles.
That arrangement, argues Dechert, also caused a situation to arise in 2016 that has been cited in conjunction with this year's allegations.
Dechert said Wilson registered to vote in March 2016 using the Apperson Way address when he was getting an amended driver's license at the BMV.
That year, in April 2016, the Howard County Voter Registration Office mailed Wilson a letter saying his voter registration application was rejected because "a voter may not register to vote at a place of business" and explaining what constitutes a residence.
The question of why Wilson again registered this year at the Apperson Way address following the 2016 denial and explanation has become a central component of the controversy, as well as why the Registration Office allowed his 2019 registration after denying the same request three years earlier.
Election Board members have acknowledged the Registration Office made a mistake in approving Wilson's registration this spring; officials with the office have not commented publicly on the situation.
Dechert claims that while Wilson, who spoke only briefly Thursday, does not deny the letter from the voter registration office was mailed to him it 2016, "he does not recall receiving or at least opening the letter."
He goes on to note that Wilson "has not been an active participant in our local elections for some time" and that the last time he recalls voting before this spring was in the 2010 primary election for sheriff.
"Not understanding the requirement that he had to use his primary residence as his address for voter registration, he again used his business address of 1101 S. Apperson Way when he registered to vote in April of this year," wrote Dechert.
In her email, Sinnett alleged Wilson registered to vote at the Apperson Way address inside city limits in order to vote for mayoral candidate Kevin Summers in the Democratic primary.
Property records show Wilson and Summers own a property together on Bell Street. Summers has said the two men have been friends for more than 40 years.
"A mere fact of bringing this up was an extension of his friendship with me," said Summers on Thursday, calling Sinnett's email "politically charged" and pointing to her support on Facebook of Abbie Smith, who defeated Summers in May's primary election.
Dechert, in an effort to prove Wilson's lack of motivation to commit voter fraud, has continuously noted that Wilson has been a resident of Kokomo since selling his Howard County home in December 2015.
Wilson – who Dechert says likely "pays more property taxes to the City of Kokomo than 99% of its residents" and owns nine properties – has suffered "huge financial loss" and seen his reputation ruined, claims his lawyer.
"Mr. Wilson has been a resident of the City of Kokomo for more than three years and could have validly registered to vote at one of the three residences he's had during that time," wrote Dechert.
"His registering to vote at his business where he directs almost all of his mail was merely a mistake and certainly does not amount to fraud."
Dechert even went on to say that the voter fraud allegation, which he also called politically motivated, contained "a number of false, malicious and defamatory statements" about Wilson.
"Should the person (Sinnett) that brought forth these allegations continue to defame him, I would imagine that legal action will be taken."
George Myers can be reached at 765-454-8585, by email at george.myers@kokomotribune.com or on Twitter @gmyerskt.
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Biografia
Ha conseguito il dottorato di ricerca in ingegneria elettrica presso l'Università di Lubiana nel 1994, ed è stato borsista Fulbright post-doc presso il Georgia Institute of Technology di Atlanta, Stati Uniti. Tra maggio 1999 e giugno 2000 è stato Segretario di Stato presso il Ministero dell'Economia della Repubblica di Slovenia. Nel 2004 ha co-fondato una società di commercio di energia GEN-I, di cui è rimasto presidente fino al 2021.

Nel 2002 è stato eletto al Consiglio Comunale di Nova Gorica, carica che ha ricoperto da allora.

Golob è stato membro fino al 2013 del partito Slovenia Positiva, fondato dal sindaco di Lubiana Zoran Janković. È poi passato al partito SAB di Alenka Bratušek, premier slovena dal 2013 al 2014, di cui è stato uno dei vicepresidenti.

Dopo essere stato rimosso dalla carica di presidente della GEN-I, Golob ha deciso di assumere un ruolo attivo in politica. Nel gennaio 2022 si è candidato alla presidenza del partito verde Z.Dej, che ancora non era in parlamento, e una volta eletto presidente lo ha ribattezzato Movimento Libertà (Gibanje Svoboda, GS). Con tale partito ha partecipato alle elezioni parlamentari slovene del 2022 ed è risultato il partito di maggioranza relativa. Il 25 maggio 2022 l'Assemblea nazionale lo nomina Primo Ministro, conferendogli formalmente l'incarico di formare il nuovo governo. Il 1º giugno 2022 entra effettivamente in carica, succedendo a Janez Janša, in seguito al conferimento della fiducia parlamentare al suo governo.

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This stand-alone, one-day course provides technical professionals with an overview of current upstream heavy-oil production technologies and introduces new upstream production technologies that have been developed in the last several years.  This course focuses on cold primary recovery processes such as Cold Production and CHOPS, plus some aspects of flooding.  Technology screening guidelines will be outlined and informative assessments of the various approaches will be provided.
Part II is a separate course that address other recovery processes:  thermal (CSS, SAGD, steam flooding), solvents, electromagnetics, and in situ combustion.  Open this link for additional information on Part II  Heavy-Oil Recovery Processes 2:  Thermal (CSS, SAGD), Solvents, and Innovations  course.
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Posted on: May 26, 2017 By: Christopher Brown, Esq.
Losing your home to foreclosure is a heart-rending experience. In addition to financial hurdles, you must deal with the emotional upheaval of having to start anew. When most homeowners are on the verge of foreclosure, the bank or lender will step in to help rectify the situation. They may even discuss a forbearance plan to help resolve missed payments and get the homeowners back on track. In March of 2009, the Sundquist family faced a very different chain of events. These circumstances would eventually lead to a whopping $46 million fine ordered to be paid by the nation's leading financial institution, Bank of America.
The number of foreclosures in America is at the lowest it's been since 1998, due to changing factors like interest rates and consumer purchasing power. However, in March of 2009, homeowners were still dealing with the tail end of a recession. The Great Recession led to a major financial crisis that impacted families and businesses across the country. Erik and Renee Sundquist experienced the sharp cutbacks of the economic downturn firsthand.
With unemployment on the rise and consumer spending cut drastically, Erik's business began to dwindle. The Sundquists were forced to reevaluate their mortgage. The Sacramento couple sought a loan modification from Bank of America, who had previously taken over the bank that had provided the original mortgage. According to court documents, BofA told the Sundquists that they would have to default on their mortgage before modifications could be made.
The couple needed more affordable terms so they reluctantly stopped making payments. They subsequently defaulted on their mortgage. In a case that has been called "heartless" and "brazen" by the judge himself, the couple were led on a callous "cat and mouse" chase that has been compared to the denial and cover-up of Watergate. These unprofessional tactics would eventually lead to a 107-page ruling and millions in fines and retributions.
Bank of America had the couple submit as many as 20 loan-modification requests. All the while, the bank was repeatedly scheduling foreclosures on the Sundquists home. Each of these modification documents were soon after 'lost' or declared incomplete. BofA then proceeded to serve the couple with an eviction notice. With the fear of becoming homeless, the family (including the couple's 10-year-old twins) moved into rental housing at $4,000 per month.
After filing for bankruptcy in 2010 and moving out of their family home, the bank relentlessly played games with the Sundquists. They continued to offer the couple modification invitations but no agreement could ever be reached. While living in their rental housing, the family home was looted of various items including major appliances. As the landscaping was ignored during their absence, the couple also faced a $20,000 fine from their homeowner's association.
During this traumatic experience, both Erik and Renee Sundquist suffered severe stress. Renee Sundquist developed post-traumatic stress disorder which caused her to lose her job, leading to more financial burdens. Her husband Erik attempted suicide. Even the couple's children were directly affected by Bank of America's actions. Bank agents would show up unexpectedly at the home and bang on the doors as the kids practiced the piano.
The financial and psychological blows of the situation were chronologically documented in Renee Sundquist's journal. This detailed journal would eventually become a valuable piece of evidence during the court proceedings.
In March 2017, the case went to court. U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge Christopher Klein ordered the bank to pay $46 million, divided primarily between consumer advocate agencies and law schools. The couple will receive just over $1 million. While the basis for the fine was to encourage the bank to change its mortgage practices, BofA has an opposing view of the situation. A rep for Bank of America said the findings were "unprecedented and unsupported".
Judge Klein found Bank of America to have wrongfully foreclosed on the home and to have violated the automatic stay. While the Sundquists eventually won the case against Bank of America, the funds won went to housing expenses, lost income, attorney fees, damaged property, and medical bills. However, Judge Klein added that the couple would be protected from having to pay their mortgage until Bank of America pays the $46 million fine.
While the bank admits that the Sundquists had a challenging experience, they plan to appeal the court's decision. This ruling was based not only on the improper mortgage proceedings but also how BofA treated the debtors. In the court documents it was clear that BofA had sufficient notice of the automatic stay and chose to repeatedly violate the stay. The bank had also enticed the couple to default on their mortgage on their word that they would refinance the mortgage.
The Bank of America case brings new attention to the mortgage industry's flawed loan practices serving their bottom line above all else. The couple had excellent credit (over 800) and therefore a 6% interest rate, giving the bank little incentive to work with the Sundquists to revise their mortgage terms. The case doesn't focus on just one rogue employee but the corporation and their policies as a whole. In short, BofA knew what they were doing and should be responsible for all damages incurred.
For Erik and Renee Sundquist, the mortgage modification experience was a nightmare. For other homeowners looking to reevaluate their mortgage terms, the case is no doubt a cautionary tale. While Bank of America claims to have helped more than 2 million homeowners avoid foreclosure through evolving refinancing and modification processes, like most financial institutions their main focus is on their bottom line.
While one would hope that you never have to deal with foreclosure, knowing how to deal with the problem is key to increase your odds of a favorable outcome. Most lenders do not want your house and will work with you through difficult financial times. However, you still want to know your mortgage rights. Read your loan documents to determine your financial institution's exact mortgage terms and educate yourself on foreclosure laws in your state.


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Healing Old Political Wounds
A victim of the 1965 incident is planning a reconciliation meeting and will invite the Suharto and D.N. Aidit families.
ONE evening in 1994 Sugiharto felt frustrated and bitter. Incidentally he heard Yasser Fito Anugerah, his son, who was in grade V of the elementary school, learn by heart the names of the heroes of the revolution and later on the names of the Revolutionary Council members--who were on the opposite side. Yasser, 11 at that time, was too small to know: the name of one of the Revolutionary Council members he read was Brig. Gen. Supardjo, that of his own grandfather's.
Sugiharo is the third of Supardjo's 12 children. The man who is now 50 finally laid out his family's history to Yasser, 21, and another son, Mohammad Hamzah Harlo Ortega, 16, after they both sat in senior high school. About their grandfather in particular, who was nicknamed "the red general" and was recorded as a traitor in the history of the New Order. "I thought then, let it not become a resentment," he said thoughtfully.
Resentment is not impossible, considering the discrimination he had to suffer. This graduate from the faculty of medicine of the Trisakti University was not allowed to practice (as a physician), because of his father's "political sins". He then became a businessman to support his family. His wife, Yulia Noor Soraya, is the daughter of the former Religious Affairs Minister, Saefudin Zuhri.
For a long time he kept his thoughts on "healing old wounds" within himself, until at one time the Panca Marga Youth, an organization of veterans' sons and daughters, introduced him to Nani Nurachman Sutoyo, Lt. Gen. (ret) Agus Widjojo's younger sister. Nani and Agus are the daughter and son of the hero of the revolution, the late Maj. Gen. Sutoyo. At a gathering at the Dharmawangsa Hotel in South Jakarta, at the end of 1998, Sugiharto realized, that Nani too had the idea to have victims of the 1965 incident families meet each other.
Afterwards, gatherings were held one after another. Both were once invited to the palace, when Abdurrahman Wahid was president. To Gus Dur they forwarded the idea to have families of past political victims meet each other. "At that time Gus Dur said, go on," said Sugiharto. A quite "big" and rather formal gathering was then held at the Pulau Dua Restaurant, South Jakarta last April 7. Not only families of ex-1965 incident victims attended the gathering, also present were Sudjono Kartosuwirjo, the youngest son of Sekar Madji Kartosuwirjo, the leader of the Darul Islam/Tentara Islam (DI/TII-Indonesian Muslim Armed Forces, a rebel group in) West Java, the grandson of Daud Beurueh, the leader of the Aceh DI/TII and Yap Hong Gie, the son of Yap Thiam Hien, a well-known lawyer who was very critical of the Old Order regime.
There Nani explained the existence of the Kerti Mahayana Foundation, which was set up in 2000, to join in handling problems faced by people, who suffer from traumas and had experienced discriminations, because of political conflicts in the past. Nani also expected the government to stop the continuous punishment of those victims. "A very beautiful idea," said Hardoyo, ex-Chairman of the Concentration of Indonesian Students Movement (CGMI), an organization of Indonesian Communist Party (PKI) students, who also participated in the gathering.
Hardoyo, who was registered as a member of the Revolutionary Council, had been detained in the Salemba Prison and Nirbaya for 13 years. He hoped that the government would support this kind of movement so that it may become a national reconciliation movement. But, "It seems that the government's interest in human rights matters is very low," said the 69-year-old.
The low interest does not make Suryo Susilo, an activist of the Panca Marga Youth, one of the facilitators of the gathering, lose his spirit. According to him, there should be a body, so that family members could meet each other. "In order that what happened to their parents would not continue to be done or experienced by their children and grandchildren and become a national resentment," he said. In this month's gathering it is intended to invite the Gen. Suharto family and the family of D.N. Aidit, who was chairman of the PKI Central Committee. Sugiharto said: "I hope, it will be like a snowball, which continuously grows bigger and bigger."
Abdul Manan.
TEMPO, MAY 12, 2003-035/P. 26 Heading National
By Abdul Manan at May 12, 2003


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2012 is a confusing year of redistricting and primaries on both June 26th & September 13th. Here's a list of New York State's Congressional delegation, organized by old district numbers, and providing new district numbers and hot races. Thomas Kaplan of the NY Times has a good explanation of NY redistricting here.
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Congressional District 5
Queens and Nassau
Current Representative Gary Ackerman (D)
~Election in 2012: Ackerman is retiring. This is the new 6th district, and DFNYC-endorsed candidate Grace Meng faces Republican Dan Halloranin the general election on Nov. 6th. For more info, click here for our Hot Races page.
Current Representative Gregory Meeks (D) (running for new district 5)
Bronx and Queens
Current Representative Joe Crowley (D) (running in the new 14th)
Manhattan and Brooklyn
Current Representative Jerry Nadler (D) (running in the new 10th)
Brooklyn and Queens
Current Representative Robert Turner (R)
~Election in 2012: Incumbent Republican Bob Turner is not running for re-election to this seat. Click here for the NYT article by Thomas Kaplan. He won the special election after former Congressman Anthony Weiner resigned. This is new District 5, a generally safe Democratic district, and incumbent Congressman Gregory Meeks (old 6th district) is running for this seat.
Congressional District 10
Current Representative Edolophus Towns (D)
~Election in 2012: Towns is retiring. Hakeem Jeffries, currently in the Assembly, won the June 26th Democratic primary for this district, the new 8th. He likely has no significant competition in the general election, but check back here for updates. (Or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. if you know something!)
Current Representative Yvette Clarke (D)
~Election 2012: This is the new 9th district. Yvette Clark won the Democratic primary on June 26th, and this is a safe Democratic district.
Brooklyn, Queens, and Manhattan
Current Representative Nydia Velazquez (D)
~ Election 2012: This is the new 7th district. Nydia Velazquez had some Democratic challengers, but won the primary on June 26th. This is a safe Democratic district.
Staten Island and Brooklyn
Current Representative Michael Grimm (R)
~Election 2012: This is the new 11th District. Democrat Mark Murphy is challenging Grimm - click here for our DFNYC page on this race.
Manhattan and Queens
Current Representative Carolyn Maloney (D) (running for re-election in the new 12th)
Current Representative Charlie Rangel(D)
~Election 2012: This is the new 13th. The Rangel-Espaillat primary on June 26 went into overtime. Incumbent Charlie Rangel has now won and Espaillat is running again for his State Senate seat.
Current Representative José Serrano (D) (running for re-election in the new 15th)
Bronx, Westchester, Rockland
Current Representative Eliot Engel (D) (running for re-election in the new 16th)
Congressional Candidates - NY Districts (outside of NYC)
1 - 4 are on Long Island:
Current Representative Tim Bishop (D)
~Election 2012: Bishop faces a strong challenge once again from 2010 candidate Republican Bill Altschuler.
Current Representative Steve Israel (D) (running for re-election in the new 3rd)
Current Representative Peter King (R) (running for re-election in the new 2nd)
Current Representative Carolyn McCarthy (D)
18 - 29 (now just 27) are upstate:
Current Representative Nita Lowey (D) (running for re-election in the new 17th)
All of Putnam County, most of Orange County, Southern Dutchess County, Northern Westchester County, and Northern Rockland County
Current Representative Nan Hayworth (R)
~Election 2012 - This is new district 18. Sean Patrick Maloney won the June 26th Democratic primary and will face Republican incumbent Nan Hayworth on November 6th.
Current Representative Chris Gibson (R)
~ Election 2012: Gibson, a Republican, is running for re-election in the new 19th, which leans more Democratic than the old 20th. His Democratic challenger is Julian Schreibman.
Current Representative Paul Tonko (D) (Tonko is running for re-election in the new 20th)
Current Representative Maurice Hinchey (D) (Hinchey is retiring; the old 22nd has been broken up among districts 18, 19, 22 & 23)
Current Representative Bill Owens (D) (Owens is running for re-election in new district 21)
Current Representative Richard L. Hanna (R) (Hanna is running for re-election in the new 22nd)
Current Representative Ann Marie Buerkle (R)
~Election 2012: This is new district 24. Buerkle is being challenged by Democrat Dan Maffei, who previously held the seat and lost to Buerkle in 2010.
Current Representative Kathy Hochul (D)
~ Election 2012: Hochul is now running in new district 27, against Republican Chris Collins.
Current Representative Brian Higgins (D)
~ Election 2012: Brian Higgins is now running in the new district 26, against Republican Mike Madigan.
Congressional District 28 (eliminate for the 113th Congress in 2013)
Current Representative Louise Slaughter (D)
~ Election 2012: Slaughter is now running in new district 25 against Republican Maggie Brooks.
Current Representative Tom Reed (R)
~Election 2012: Reed is now running in new district 23, and being challenged by Democrat Nate Shinagawa.
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U.S. Defense Contractor Exposes Sensitive Military Data
By Eduard Kovacs on June 01, 2017
Sensitive data belonging to the U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) was left exposed on the Internet by defense and intelligence contractor Booz Allen Hamilton, a security firm revealed on Wednesday.
The NGA is a combat support and intelligence agency working under the Department of Defense. The geospatial intelligence provided by the organization is used by policymakers, the military, intelligence professionals and first responders.
Chris Vickery, a researcher who in the past identified billions of records exposed online due to weak configurations, discovered an unprotected Amazon S3 bucket containing tens of thousands of potentially sensitive files. Accessing the files did not require a password and all data was stored in clear text.
The data, belonging to the NGA, was connected – based on domain registration details and credentials – to Booz Allen Hamilton and another one of the agency's contractors, Metronome. The files, some of which were marked as "top secret," included military information, SSH keys belonging to a Booz Allen engineer, and admin credentials for a system housed by one of the contractor's data centers.
Vickery, who recently joined cyber resilience firm UpGuard as a risk analyst, found the files on May 22 and notified Booz Allen two days later. After receiving no response from the company, Vickery alerted the NGA directly on May 25, and the exposed repository was secured within minutes. An unnamed government regulatory agency has asked UpGuard to hold on to the data.
The NGA said it immediately revoked affected credentials, but described the exposed files as "sensitive but unclassified information." Booz Allen also claimed there was no evidence that any classified information or systems were exposed.
This is not the first time Vickery has discovered a data leak involving Booz Allen Hamilton. In late 2016, he reported that one of the company's subcontractors, Potomac Healthcare Solutions, had leaked military healthcare worker data.
The intelligence contractor itself was involved in several security incidents in the past years, including a 2011 attack by Anonymous hacktivists, the Edward Snowden leaks, and the alleged theft of classified material by Harold Thomas Martin III.
The findings of Vickery and other researchers over the past years have demonstrated the risks posed by misconfigured AWS S3 buckets, but many organizations still fail to protect data stored in the cloud.
"AWS S3 is a very popular cloud based object storage service, and a staple of most AWS environments from the earliest days of the cloud service. Yet security of S3 buckets to prevent accidental data exposure is often poorly understood and badly implemented by their users, even someone as technically savvy as an engineer with one of the world's leading defense contractors," explained Zohar Alon, Co-Founder and CEO of Dome9.
"This type of oversight exemplifies the one-strike law for security in the public cloud. A single vulnerability, or security, or process lapse is all it takes to expose highly sensitive private data to the world and get data-jacked. Even with strict security controls in place, breaches such as this still occur due to very basic process failures, leaving extraordinarily sensitive information exposed to the world," Alon added.