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Home Scandal and Gossip Arizona congressional aide dies, wife rescued in Death Valley camping trip tragedy
Arizona congressional aide dies, wife rescued in Death Valley camping trip tragedy
Alexander Lofgren Emily Henkel Death Valley camping trip tragedy. Pictured, Arizona congressional aide and wife. Image via social media.
Alexander Lofgren Emily Henkel Death Valley camping trip tragedy. Pictured the couple's Subaru vehicle which got two flat tyres, stranding the couple in the Mojave Desert.
Alexander Lofgren Emily Henkel Death Valley camping trip tragedy: Arizona congressional aide dies while wife is rescued after becoming stranded during camping trip in the Mojave Desert at Death Valley National Park.
An Arizona congressional aide has died, while his wife was rescued after the pair went missing on a camping trip to Death Valley National Park in California, officials said.
Alexander Lofgren, a 32-year-old an aide to Arizona Rep. Raul M. Grijalva, and his wife, Emily Henkel, 27, became stranded when their Subaru got two flat tires in the park in the Mojave Desert, according to the Inyo Creek Sheriff's Office.
When the couple did not return on the due date of their camping trip, on Sunday, the Sheriff's Office was notified and started searching on Tuesday, officials said. The two had jugs of water, at least a day's worth of food and camping gear.
Authorities searched along Lofgren's back-country itinerary route in addition to tourist attractions and hotels.
Park staffers found the couple's missing Subaru on Wednesday along with a note that read, 'Two flat tires, headed to Mormon Point, have three days' worth of water.'
Alexander Lofgren Emily Henkel Death Valley camping trip tragedy. Pictured, Arizona congressional aide and wife.
2 miles short off their destination
Instead of hiking up to 22.5 miles to a paved road, the couple hiked west into wilderness toward Mormon Point, which is near paved road.
The note was 'a crucial tip in directing search efforts' and led them to eventually spot the pair from the air on a steep ledge near Willow Creek, authorities said. The couple were found stranded 2 miles away from their destination.
A team attempted to reach the couple, but were initially unable to hoist them up and couldn't reach the remote area until around 11:30 a.m. Friday, authorities said.
By that time, Lofgren had already passed away. His wife was flown to Lemoore Naval Air Station for medical treatment.
Alexander Lofgren, an aide to U.S. Rep. Raul M. Grijalva, D-Ariz., was found dead Friday in Death Valley National Park, several days after he and his girlfriend were reported missing . https://t.co/fj4FckPk3T
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'Alex lived a life of service and always put the needs of others first'
The cause of Lofgren's death is under investigation. The couple were described as 'experienced campers.'
'This has been a tremendously difficult operation in a very unforgiving geographic area of Inyo County, I sincerely hope for healing and recovery for all involved,' Sheriff Jeff Hollowell said in the statement.
Lofgren served four years in the U.S. Army as a combat engineer and deployed to Afghanistan in 2011, according to Grijalva. He also got his bachelor's degree in political science from Arizona State University. During his fellowship, Lofgren worked as a caseworker with southern Arizona veterans on issues regarding Veterans Affairs health care, benefits and more, according to a 2019 statement.
'Alex lived a life of service and always put the needs of others first,' Grijalva said on Friday. 'The passion he dedicated to his work each day touched countless lives. No matter the situation, Alex met those he helped with a smiling face, a caring heart, and unrivaled empathy.'
'Words cannot begin to describe how heartbroken I am over the death of Alex Lofgren,' Grijalvas wrote on Twitter.
'Alex will forever be a part of our family, and my heart is with his family, his loving partner Emily, and his colleagues who mourn him today.'
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and on the picture frames and the walls.
and the little goals of each day are no longer clear either.
First published in Al-Karmil 87 (Spring 2006): 122-24. Copyright 2006 by Ghassan Zaqtan. By arrangement with the author. Translation copyright 2006 by Issa J. Boulatta. All rights reserved.
Ghassan Zaktan was born in 1954 in Beit Jala, near Bethlehem. He has published several collections of poetry as well as a novel, and made two documentary films. He is Editor-in-Chief of Al-Shuara (The Poets), a quarterly published by the House of Poetry in Ramallah.
Born in Jerusalem, Palestine, Issa J. Boullata received a Ph.D. in Arabic literature from the University of London in 1969, taught at Hartford Seminary in Connecticut from 1968 to 1975, then joined McGill University in Montreal in 1975 as professor of Arabic literature and language at its Institute of Islamic Studies. He retired from McGill in 2004. His publications include Outlines of Romanticism in Modern Arabic Poetry (1960) and Badr Shakir al-Sayyab: His Life and Poetry (1971), both in Arabic; Modern Arab Poets, 1950-1975 (1976), an anthology in English translation; Trends and Issues in Contemporary Arab Thought (1990); and, as editor, Critical Perspectives on Modern Arabic Literature (1980), and Tradition and Modernity in Arabic Literature (1997, with Terri DeYoung). He has published over eighty articles and over two hundred and fifty book reviews in scholarly journals, and translated into English many poems from Arabic. In addition, he has published many entries on Arabic literature and Islam in encyclopedias such as The Encyclopedia of World Literature in the Twentieth Century, The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World, Encyclopedia of Arabic Literature, Encyclopaedia of Islam, Encyclopedia of Religion, Collier's Encyclopedia, Encyclopedia of the Palestinians, and Encyclopaedia of the Qur'an. He is currently a contributing editor of Banipal, a London magazine of modern Arabic literature in English. Among his translations into English are Ahmad Amin's My Life (1978), Emily Nasrallah's Flight Against Time (1987, 1997), Jabra Ibrahim Jabra's The First Well: A Bethlehem Boyhood, (1995) which earned him the 1993 University of Arkansas Press Award for Translation from Arabic, and Mohamed Berrada's The Game of Forgetting (1996). He also won the 1997 University of Arkansas Press Award for his translation of Ghada Samman's The Square Moon (1998). His translation of Mohamed Berrada's second novel, Fugitive Light, was published in 2002, and Jabra's Princesses' Street: Baghdad Memories in 2005. His Arabic novel,'A'id ila al-Quds (Homecoming to Jerusalem), was published in Beirut; in addition, he has published several short stories in English.


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import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

public class Subject216 {

	public static void main(String[] args) {
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		System.out.println(combinationSum3(4, 23));
	}

	public static List<List<Integer>> combinationSum3(int k, int n) {
		List<List<Integer>> res = new ArrayList<>();

		List<Integer> temp = new ArrayList<>();
		dfs(res,temp,n,k,1);
		return res;
	}

	private static void dfs(List<List<Integer>> res, List<Integer> temp, int n, int k,int cur) {

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			temp.add(i);
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		}

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}

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People have lived in the area of London for at least 5,000 years. With the settlement of Roman Londinium around 2,100 years ago, the dead were buried in large numbers beneath what is now the modern city.
The human remains collection at the Natural History Museum contains some of these remains, but many still lie beneath London's parks and buildings. Here's what we know about what may be beneath your feet.
Most of the finds in the Museum's collection from before Roman times were dredged from the River Thames or are scattered skulls recovered during deep excavations. Not much is known about how or when they were buried.
Researchers think several of the skeletons in the Thames are possibly from the Neolithic or Bronze Age (5,000-3,500 years ago). Some remains found in the city could date from the Iron Age (2,500-2,000 years ago).
London (or as it was known then, Londinium) was a bustling Roman town. There are several large burial grounds within the modern city. Several of the Roman-era remains in the Museum's collection are believed to come from the fringes of the East London Roman Cemetery, near Aldgate.
The Romans had strict rules stating that they could not take place within the boundaries of any settlement throughout the Empire.
However, there were a large range of different burial types, the most common being cremation and burial of people lying on their backs. There is also evidence of wooden coffins, from the abundance of nails found in many graves.
Perhaps as many as 100,000 people were buried here during Roman occupation, but this ended abruptly at the start of the fifth century as the Empire collapsed and Londinium was abandoned.
The remains in the Museum's medieval collection are surprisingly sparse - until you consider that burial at the time was sometimes only a temporary measure. People were often buried without coffins and left to decompose for a few years, after which graves could be opened and the bones removed.
The bones were then placed in a charnel house, a vault for storing human skeletons. The gravesite was then reused. This is still a common practice where space is at a premium, such as on the rocky Greek islands.
Predominantly Catholic beliefs of the time led to the practice of the living helping the dead reach paradise. Prayers could be bought from the Church in order to shorten dead relatives' time in purgatory, a holding place for souls not yet worthy of heaven. This was soon to change.
When Henry VIII decided to divorce his first wife, England's split from the Catholic Church began. Henry became the head of the Church of England and beliefs shifted towards Protestantism, a change that filtered down to burial practices.
Now, the dead were expected to do their own work in the afterlife, and their bodies were revered and memorialised. This led to more burials with coffins, gravestones and monuments.
While this was the case most of the time, during the Great Plague of 1665-6 more than 15% of London's population was wiped out - some 100,000 people. With cemeteries unable to cope, a series of plague pits were dug on the outskirts of the city. A handful of skulls in the Museum's collection probably originate from the 'pest fields', a plague pit at Gower's Walk near Aldgate East.
However, the trend of more permanent burial, much of it within city limits, meant cemeteries began to fill up.
By the 1850s, London's inner-city cemeteries were in an appalling state. This was typified by the Green Ground, a site near Holborn now partly occupied by the London School of Economics.
There was a dense population around the site that had to breathe in the 'odour of the dead', supposedly causing illness. Gravediggers themselves could contract typhus and smallpox from handling diseased corpses.
The overcrowding of the dead meant relatively fresh graves were broken into while new ones were being dug, and corpses were dismembered in order to make room for more. The site was also subject to body snatchers, who sold the corpses on the black market as medical cadavers.
The foul state of burial grounds was highlighted by some public health advocates, but the government did not take any action until the cholera epidemic of 1848 that killed 60,000 people in the UK.
The ills of the city had to be fixed. The government passed a series of Burial Acts in the early 1850s that prohibited the majority of burials within the city limits (except for royalty). Burial grounds began to close, and many remains were relocated to growing private grounds that had been established outside the city.
These sites, termed the Magnificent Seven, were established from 1832 and enjoyed great popularity following the Burial Acts. They include sites now well within the modern city, such as Brompton Cemetery and Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park.
Not all closed grounds had their bodies removed. Some deeper burials were simply left, and the grounds built upon - modern construction still turns up these remains.
However, many people were against building over the grounds, instead advocating for them to be converted to public parks. The government eventually agreed - meaning that green spaces in London today are often hiding a grisly past.
The first mass burials in London arose during the occupation of the Romans, who used coffins and cremation, and made sure burials were outside the city limits. All these principles were abandoned when they left, and the state of death, and nearby life, deteriorated.
However, coffins came back into fashion after the medieval period, and the Burial Acts in the 1850s pushed burial grounds away from centres of population. Finally, cremation was made legal in 1885, and today more than 75% of burials in the UK are cremations.
Human remains from prehistoric to Victorian times reveal how people lived and died in the city.


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The mystery remains, the search continues
Glenn Nyback
Tiahease Jackson has been missing for 25 years.
Two percent.
After disappearing a quarter of a century ago, that paltry figure represents the likelihood Tiahease Jackson is still alive, said an official from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
On Aug. 14, 1983, the 10-year-old girl left her home at the Conca D'Oro Motel in Mariners Harbor to buy chicken wings for a neighbor.
She never returned. The 25th anniversary of Tiahease Jackson's disappearance has passed, and like previous years, this one brings nary a clue to her whereabouts. However, that does not mean the search for the would-be 35-year-old has ended, no matter how grim the prospects.
Jerry Nance is the supervisor for the forensic assistance unit at the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. He has worked Tiahease's file for the past eight years.
"The biggest thing we're trying to do in this case is locate as many maternal relatives as possible for DNA samples," said Nance.
Obtaining maternal DNA would allow investigators to cross reference a database of unidentified recovered remains, which is most likely the greatest hope for identifying Tiahease. Nance said this year alone, 15 cold cases have been identified using this system.
"The system works, it's just a matter of populating it with DNA," he said.
Maternal DNA is necessary because it can match mitochondrial DNA, which paternal DNA cannot. In Tiahease's situation, long-lasting mitochondrial DNA is most likely the only kind investigators will be able to extract.
The other source of genetic material, nuclear DNA, will have broken down after 25 years, unless molars remains intact. This is unlikely in Tiahease's case because she was not yet old enough to have her third molars.
Unfortunately, obtaining maternal DNA from Tiahease's family has proven extremely difficult.
Tiahease's mother, Gwendolyn Jackson, returned to her native Georgia several months after her daughter's disappearance. She died in June of this year.
During the eight years Nance has worked Tiahease's case, he sent numerous letters to addresses said to belong to Mrs. Jackson, only to have them returned to the sender. Phone calls have been picked up by answering machines without personalized messages and have gone unreturned, leaving Nance unsure whether or not the numbers actually belonged to Mrs. Jackson. Furthermore, the names and addresses of Tiahease's four siblings remain unknown to investigators.
Jan Somma-Hammel/Staten Island Advance
The Conca d'Oro Motel is gone; what stands here now at 2232 Forest Ave. is a new building of stores awaiting tenants on the 25th anniversary of the disappearance of Tiahease Jackson from this site in Mariners Harbor.
NCMEC still distributes posters with Tiahease's name and photo in the hopes of gaining new information, and media stories about the anniversaries of these types of disappearance also can lead to clues, Nance said.
The situation is still categorized as a missing persons case, according to a spokesman for the NYPD, who added that there have been no new developments in the case.
In the summer of 1983, Tiahease Jackson's disappearance gripped Staten Island and made countrywide headlines. Search teams of police and volunteers scoured the North Shore and in 1984, Tiahease was featured on a nationally broadcast television show about missing children. However, all of the efforts proved fruitless, as investigators never gained any significant clues to the fourth-grader's whereabouts.
As disturbing as Tiahease's case was -- and is -- it was difficult to distinguish it from two larger themes occupying the minds of both Islanders and people nationwide.
One was the hysteria caused by an epidemic of child disappearances during the 1980s, which caused parents to keep their kids indoors and become wary of even close neighbors. The second involved perhaps Staten Island's most infamous resident, convicted kidnapper and sex offender Andre Rand.
Rand was a drifter who worked odd jobs and lived in boarding houses and makeshift campsites across the Island. He was convicted of kidnapping 12-year-old Jennifer Schweiger in 1987. He was again convicted of the same charge in 2004 for kidnapping then-7-year-old Holly Ann Hughes in 1981.
Now in his 60s, Rand will spend the rest of his life at Auburn Correctional Facility, a maximum security prison in upstate New York. Unfortunately, Rand's prey extended beyond these two cases.
Rand served time for sexually assaulting a 9-year-old Bronx girl in the early 1970s and for driving a group of children to New Jersey without their parents' permission in 1983. He is also the prime suspect in the disappearances of five other people from 1972 to 1987, most of whom were children or young adults. Many were also physically or mentally challenged.
Tiahease is one of those whom authorities believe Rand abducted. At the time of Tiahease's disappearance, Rand was known to have a campsite in Baron Hirsch Cemetery, Graniteville, which is less than half a mile from the Conca D'Oro. Tiahease's mother also told investigators a man fitting Rand's description often hung out in a van in a parking lot near the motel.
In fact, investigators did question Rand three days after Tiahease's disappearance, but were unable to bring charges due to a lack of witnesses and evidence.
Today, the Conca D'Oro is gone, replaced by an empty storefront that will soon house a White Castle. The neighborhood has changed, and few remember the angst Tiahease's disappearance caused.
Antonio Aguila of Elm Park has worked at a neighboring tire repair shop for the past 12 years. He remembers the Conca D'Oro as nothing more than a dilapidated, abandoned building that was finally demolished about 10 years ago.
While Tiahease's tale has transformed from an edge-of-your-seat story to a dark moment in the annals of Staten Island's history, her cause is not forgotten by all.
"I'm pretty confident that if she is deceased she hasn't been found yet. We're pretty sure she's somewhere close to Staten Island," said Nance. "We're going to look for you 'til we find you."
Anyone with information about the case is asked to call the NYPD's Missing Persons Squad at 212-694-7781 or the Crimestoppers hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS.
-Contributed by Greg Alvarez

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Apple Pay is the revolution that NFC was waiting for. Google had Google Wallet and Microsoft had a wallet. However neither set the world on fire. Google, despite its impact on the online world, was unable to get buy in to its wallet solution. It had some success with a small number of retailers using the technology but the main problem was the market itself. Each bank wanted its own solution, as did MasterCard, Visa and PayPal. In addition the USA still used swipe terminals and signature checks to process payments. This 40 year old process had been replaced by smarter secure 'chip and pin' almost everywhere else on the planet. Google wallet in action can be seen here . You can't but help notice that the video dates back a few years. Wallet never made it out of the USA because the banks didn't want to give Google a slice of the pie. Microsoft announced their own Windowsphone wallet in 2012. It wanted to reassure customers that using mobile payments was safe. So it ad
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In a relatively small venue yesterday Apple announced a new set of iPads that improved their screens, introduced new models and, perhaps most significantly, added fingerprint recognition. If you are inclined to be an Apple fan then probably a good source in the UK media is the Guardian . The Guardian is always subtle in that it tries to appear 'independent' but always seems more positive than the technology warrants. For a more comprehensive view you can look at the supersite for Windows . The supersite is definitely favourable to Microsoft but the site has favourably reviewed competing technologies. You can watch the whole Apple event by following this link . The key thing for me is that Apple is now in the position of not disrupting the market but rather adapting to being the establishment. Apple coined the phrase "think different" to describe the way an Apple Mac user was challenging the Microsoft monopoly in the PC market. Right now Microsoft is not a monopoly in
One of the talking points in IT today is 'ecosystems'. What is meant by this is that if you have an Android mobile phone you are pretty much going to use Google Mail, Google Maps, Google Search and the Google Play Store. Similarly if you use IOS devices then you are in the Apple 'Itunes' universe. If you use Blackberry or Windowsphone you end up buying goods and services there. In years before the 'mobile revolution' the ecosystem was more simply described as 'lock in'. Up and coming products would tout openness and interoperability. Established players would be trying to keep consumers by making it more difficult to leave. Apple is a good example. The first Apple computer was built with standard components based around adding adaptors to increase functionality. The Mac was a closed environment in which upgrades were only possible from Apple dealers and, latterly, the Apple Store. They even added proprietary screws on their PCs and lots of glue to make m


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A teenage boy remains in critical condition with second and third degree burns from a fire in Jefferson on Sunday afternoon.
The 16-year-old youth was transported by helicopter to Grady Hospital with second and third degree burns over 30 percent of his body from the incident. The burns happened from a cooking fire at the boy's home on Mahaffey Circle in downtown Jefferson, according to Mark Duke of the Jefferson Police Department.
Jefferson and Harrisburg firefighters responded to the incident and put out a fire that had reached into the attic of the house. When rescue and EMS workers arrived at the scene, the youth was standing outside the house with burns to his face and arms. Dispatch reports indicated the youth's clothes had caught on fire after he had spilled something flammable.
Circumstances of the fire at a house on Mahaffey Circle are being investigated by the state fire marshal's office.


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Nonito Donaire to fight Cuban boxer at Radio City on April 13th
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In these photos, 2012 Fighter of the Year Nonito "Filipino Flash" Donaire is seen stretching and shadow-boxing during an intense training session in New York City on April 8.
The WBO World Jr. Featherweight champion is preparing for his April 13 world championship battle against WBA World Super Bantamweight champion Guillermo Rigondeaux at the historic Radio City Music Hall. Rigondeaux is an undefeated Cuban boxing champion.
Amid controversy over drug-testing, a condition set by Nonito on Rigondeaux, he said he is willing to go ahead with the bout for the sake of fans who have already bought tickets and made travel arrangements.
"I did not expect it would be this hard to enforce drug testing on my opponent," Nonito said in a press statement.
Tickets, priced at $300, $150, $75 and $35, are available at the Radio City Music Hall Box Office, Madison Square Garden Box Office, Ticketmaster charge by phone (866-858-0008) and online at www.ticketmaster.com, www.radiocity.com and www.thegarden.com. Photos by Chris Farina of Top Rank
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Loc: Whittier, California
Originally Posted By: Greger
Plan is out the window if Biden is elected. Long term result between Biden and Trump are almost identical. Because neo-librals. I'd shoot myself right now if I believed Biden couldn't be beaten by Warren or Sanders.
Re-configuration of the Democratic Party can only begin in earnest after they are in power. AOC will be the defacto voice of the House if not, in fact, the Speaker. The Squad is going to grow in numbers as a few lefty white guys and maybe a lesbian of color get swept in with the anti-Trump wave. In the near future they are going to be the cool kids on the block and hanging with them is going to get you headlines, donors and votes. They will pull moderates leftward and embolden others to step to the left.
The Senate will flip with a progressive candidate but not necessarily if it's Biden. Don't even ask me why I think this but I do.
Party bosses won't be happy but there is a political wind blowing and they can choose to go with it or against it. They've been tacking against it for some time but after a while beating your way upwind becomes impossible.
But this scenario depends entirely on a progressive candidate winning.
FOX News polls are showing Trump losing badly against any of the top 4 candidates. The only possible reason to vote for Biden is rapidly going away.
Change. Can you smell it?
Biden is four monster gaffes, maybe even three, away from conceding to Liz Warren. I don't mean that I think he will give a concession speech...I mean she's going to beat the pants off him as he tries in vain to get the marbles in his mouth to sync up with the neo-liberal marbles in his head.
And Liz "has a plan for that".
No really, Liz Has a Plan for That!
Warren Has a Plan For That
It's growing legs!
Biden? He doesn't have a plan for anything except
"The 1990's - - Lather Rinse Repeat"
And it's going to ultimately fall flat.
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Morsø Kommune ist eine dänische Kommune in der Region Nordjylland. Sie erstreckt sich über eine Fläche von  km² und zählt  Einwohner (Stand ). Der Sitz der Verwaltung ist Nykøbing Mors. Die Kommune entstand bereits 1970, gehörte damals zum Nordjyllands Amt und blieb bei der Kommunalgebietsreform 2007 unverändert. Sie umfasst im Wesentlichen die Limfjord-Insel Mors.

Kirchspielsgemeinden und Ortschaften in der Kommune
Auf dem Gemeindegebiet liegen die folgenden Kirchspielsgemeinden (dän.: Sogn) und Ortschaften mit über 200 Einwohnern  (byområder (dt.: "Stadtgebiete") nach Definition der Statistikbehörde); Einwohnerzahl am , bei einer eingetragenen Einwohnerzahl von Null hatte der Ort in der Vergangenheit mehr als 200 Einwohner:

Gemeindepartnerschaften
Seit 1970 besteht eine Städtepartnerschaft mit Misburg, die nach dessen Eingemeindung heute vom hannoverschen Stadtbezirk Misburg-Anderten fortgeführt wird.

Weitere Partnerschaften wurden mit
 : Bollnäs
 : Flekkefjord
 : Kankaanpää
 : Bukoba (seit 1983)
geschlossen.

Verkehr
Innerhalb der Kommune können die Ortsbusse der Linien 1 und 2 sowie die lokalen Buslinien 701–709 und 790 kostenlos benutzt werden (Stand Nov. 2021).

Frühere Veränderung von Verwaltungseinheiten
Die Landgemeinden  in diesem Bereich waren vor 1970 in zwei Harden aufgeteilt: Morsø Sønder Herred und Morsø Nørre Herred (dän. für: Morsø Nord- und Südharde).
Bereits vor der Kommunalreform 1970 schlossen sich einige dieser Sogne zu größeren Landgemeinden zusammen.

Innerhalb der Nordharde gab es folgende Zusammenschlüsse

 Sejerslev Sogn, Ejerslev Sogn und Jørsby Sogn (Landgemeinde Sejerslev-Ejerslev-Jørsby)
 Flade Sogn und Sønder Dråby Sogn (Landgemeinde Flade-Sønder Dråby)
 Alsted Sogn und Bjergby Sogn (Landgemeinde Alsted-Bjergby)
 Galtrup Sogn und Øster Jølby Sogn (Landgemeinde Galtrup-Øster Jølby)
 Solbjerg Sogn und Sundby Sogn (Landgemeinde Solbjerg-Sundby)
 Dragstrup Sogn und Skallerup Sogn (Landgemeinde Dragstrup-Skallerup)
 Tødsø Sogn und Erslev Sogn (Landgemeinde Todsø-Erslev)

Vejerslev Sogn aus der Nordharde  schloss sich mit Blidstrup Sogn aus der Südharde zur Landgemeinde Vejerslev-Bildstrup zusammen.

Innerhalb der Südharde gab es folgende Zusammenschlüsse:

 Frøslev Sogn und Mollerup Sogn (Landgemeinde Frøslev-Mollerup)
 Karby Sogn, Hvidbjerg Sogn und Redsted Sogn (Landgemeinde Karby-Hvidbjerg-Redsted)
 Ljørslev Sogn und Ørding Sogn (Landgemeinde Ljørslev-Ørding)
 Lødderup Sogn und Elsø Sogn (Landgemeinde Lødderup-Elsø)
 Tæbring Sogn, Ovtrup Sogn und Rakkeby Sogn (Landgemeinde Tæbring-Ovtrup-Rakkeby)
 Øster Assels Sogn und Vester Assels Sogn (Landgemeinde Øster Assels-Vester Assels)

Nykøbing Mors Sogn in der Südharde blieb bis zu Kommunalreform 1970 unangetastet. 1970 wurden die beiden Harden zur Morsø Kommune zusammengefasst, die bei der nächsten Verwaltungsreform 2007 als eine der wenigen in vollem Umfang erhalten blieb. Dabei wechselte sie vom Viborg Amt in die neue Region Nordjylland.

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#include "MDDSTexture.h"

using namespace std;

// Fixes from @gaborpapp, with modifications
// https://github.com/gaborpapp/Cinder/blob/loadDds-mipmap-fix/src/cinder/gl/Texture.cpp#L561

//computes the number of bytes per texture image stored in the dds (taking into account mipmaps and compression)
static
unsigned int
getMipMappedSize(int bytes_per_pixel, int bytes_per_block, unsigned int w, unsigned int h, unsigned int mip_level)
{
	unsigned int size = 0;
	for(unsigned int i=0; i<mip_level; i++)
	{
		w >>=1;
		h >>=1;
		if (w == 0) w = 1;
		if (h == 0) h = 1;
	}
	if ( bytes_per_pixel == 0 ) //compressed
	{
		size += ((w + 3) >> 2) * ((h + 3) >> 2);
		size *= bytes_per_block;
	}
	else
	{
		size += w * h;
		size *= bytes_per_pixel;
	}
	return size;
}

mdds::Texture
mdds::Texture::loadDds( ci::IStreamRef ddsStream, mdds::Texture::Format format )
{
	typedef struct { // DDCOLORKEY
		uint32_t dw1;
		uint32_t dw2;
	} ddColorKey;
	typedef struct  { // DDSCAPS2
		uint32_t dwCaps1;
		uint32_t dwCaps2;
		uint32_t Reserved[2];
	} ddCaps2;
	typedef struct _DDPIXELFORMAT { // DDPIXELFORMAT
		uint32_t  dwSize;
		uint32_t  dwFlags;
		uint32_t  dwFourCC;
		union {
			uint32_t  dwRGBBitCount;
			uint32_t  dwYUVBitCount;
			uint32_t  dwZBufferBitDepth;
			uint32_t  dwAlphaBitDepth;
			uint32_t  dwLuminanceBitCount;
			uint32_t  dwBumpBitCount;
			uint32_t  dwPrivateFormatBitCount;
		} ;
		union {
			uint32_t  dwRBitMask;
			uint32_t  dwYBitMask;
			uint32_t  dwStencilBitDepth;
			uint32_t  dwLuminanceBitMask;
			uint32_t  dwBumpDuBitMask;
			uint32_t  dwOperations;
		} ;
		union {
			uint32_t  dwGBitMask;
			uint32_t  dwUBitMask;
			uint32_t  dwZBitMask;
			uint32_t  dwBumpDvBitMask;
			struct {
				int16_t wFlipMSTypes; //bug fix here, dds header has short here, no words
				int16_t wBltMSTypes;
			} MultiSampleCaps;
		};
		union {
			uint32_t  dwBBitMask;
			uint32_t  dwVBitMask;
			uint32_t  dwStencilBitMask;
			uint32_t  dwBumpLuminanceBitMask;
		};
		union {
			uint32_t  dwRGBAlphaBitMask;
			uint32_t  dwYUVAlphaBitMask;
			uint32_t  dwLuminanceAlphaBitMask;
			uint32_t  dwRGBZBitMask;
			uint32_t  dwYUVZBitMask;
		} ;
	} ddPixelFormat;
	typedef struct ddSurface // this is lifted and adapted from DDSURFACEDESC2
	{
		uint32_t               dwSize;                 // size of the DDSURFACEDESC structure
		uint32_t               dwFlags;                // determines what fields are valid
		uint32_t               dwHeight;               // height of surface to be created
		uint32_t               dwWidth;                // width of input surface
		union
		{
			int32_t            lPitch;                 // distance to start of next line (return value only)
			uint32_t           dwLinearSize;           // Formless late-allocated optimized surface size
		};
		union
		{
			uint32_t           dwBackBufferCount;      // number of back buffers requested
			uint32_t           dwDepth;                // the depth if this is a volume texture
		};
		union
		{
			uint32_t            dwMipMapCount;          // number of mip-map levels requestde
			// dwZBufferBitDepth removed, use ddpfPixelFormat one instead
			uint32_t            dwRefreshRate;          // refresh rate (used when display mode is described)
			uint32_t            dwSrcVBHandle;          // The source used in VB::Optimize
		};
		uint32_t                dwAlphaBitDepth;        // depth of alpha buffer requested
		uint32_t                dwReserved;             // reserved
		uint32_t                lpSurface;              // pointer to the associated surface memory
		union
		{
			ddColorKey            ddckCKDestOverlay;      // color key for destination overlay use
			uint32_t            dwEmptyFaceColor;       // Physical color for empty cubemap faces
		};
		ddColorKey          ddckCKDestBlt;          // color key for destination blt use
		ddColorKey          ddckCKSrcOverlay;       // color key for source overlay use
		ddColorKey          ddckCKSrcBlt;           // color key for source blt use
		union
		{
			ddPixelFormat        ddpfPixelFormat;        // pixel format description of the surface
			uint32_t            dwFVF;                  // vertex format description of vertex buffers
		};
		ddCaps2            ddsCaps;                // direct draw surface capabilities
		uint32_t        dwTextureStage;         // stage in multitexture cascade
	} ddSurface;

	enum { FOURCC_DXT1 = 0x31545844, FOURCC_DXT3 = 0x33545844, FOURCC_DXT5 = 0x35545844 };

    ddSurface ddsd;
    char filecode[4];
    ddsStream->readData( filecode, 4 );
    if( strncmp( filecode, "DDS ", 4 ) != 0 ) {
        throw Error( "file does not appear to be a DDS texture: " + string( filecode ) );
    }
    ddsStream->readData( &ddsd, 124/*sizeof(ddsd)*/ );
    uint32_t width = ddsd.dwWidth;
    uint32_t height = ddsd.dwHeight;
    //int numComponents  = (ddsd.ddpfPixelFormat.dwFourCC == FOURCC_DXT1) ? 3 : 4;
    uint32_t numMipMaps = ddsd.dwMipMapCount;
    if (numMipMaps == 0) numMipMaps = 1;
    int dataFormat;
    bool is_compressed = true;
    bool is_cubemap = (ddsd.ddsCaps.dwCaps2 & 0x00000200L)!=0;
    uint32_t bytes_per_pixel = 0; //only if not compressed
    switch( ddsd.ddpfPixelFormat.dwFourCC ) {
        case FOURCC_DXT1:
            dataFormat = GL_COMPRESSED_RGBA_S3TC_DXT1_EXT;
            break;
        case FOURCC_DXT3:
            dataFormat = GL_COMPRESSED_RGBA_S3TC_DXT3_EXT;
            break;
        case FOURCC_DXT5:
            dataFormat = GL_COMPRESSED_RGBA_S3TC_DXT5_EXT;
            break;
        default:
            is_compressed = false;
            bytes_per_pixel = ddsd.ddpfPixelFormat.dwRGBBitCount / 8;
            switch (ddsd.ddpfPixelFormat.dwRGBBitCount) //warning: not all supported
        {
            case 1: dataFormat = GL_LUMINANCE; break;
            case 3: dataFormat = GL_RGB; break;
            case 4: dataFormat = GL_RGBA; break;
            default: throw Error( "could not determine pixel format" );
        }
            break;
    }
    uint32_t blockSize = 0;
    if (is_compressed)
        blockSize = (dataFormat == GL_COMPRESSED_RGBA_S3TC_DXT1_EXT) ? 8 : 16;
    int numLayers = 1;
    if (is_cubemap)
    {
        format.setTarget( GL_TEXTURE_CUBE_MAP );
        numLayers = 6;
    }
    // how big is it going to be including all mipmaps?
    //uint32_t bufSize = ( ddsd.dwMipMapCount > 1 ) ? ( ddsd.dwLinearSize * 2 ) : ( ddsd.dwLinearSize ); //this only works in 2D
    uint32_t bufSize = 0;
    for (int iMipmap = 0; iMipmap < numMipMaps; iMipmap++)
        bufSize += getMipMappedSize(bytes_per_pixel, blockSize, width, height, iMipmap);
    bufSize *= numLayers; //cubemaps have 6 textures
    shared_ptr<uint8_t> pixels( new uint8_t[bufSize+1], checked_array_deleter<uint8_t>() );
    ddsStream->readData( pixels.get(), bufSize );
    //*****************************************************
    off_t offset = 0;
    // Create the texture
    GLenum target = format.getTarget();
    GLuint texID;
    glGenTextures( 1, &texID );

    Texture result( target, texID, width, height, false );
    result.mObj->mWidth = width;
    result.mObj->mHeight = height;
    result.mObj->mInternalFormat = dataFormat;
    glBindTexture( result.mObj->mTarget, result.mObj->mTextureID );
    glPixelStorei( GL_UNPACK_ALIGNMENT, 1 );
    // load the mipmaps
    for( int i = 0; i < numMipMaps && (width || height); ++i ) {
        if( width == 0 )
            width = 1;
        if( height == 0 )
            height = 1;
        int size = 0;
        for (int iLayer = 0; iLayer < numLayers; iLayer++)
        {
            size = getMipMappedSize(bytes_per_pixel, blockSize, result.mObj->mWidth, result.mObj->mHeight, i);
            if (is_compressed)
            {
                if (target == GL_TEXTURE_CUBE_MAP)
                    glCompressedTexImage2D( GL_TEXTURE_CUBE_MAP_POSITIVE_X + iLayer, i, dataFormat, width, height, 0, size, pixels.get() + offset );
                else
                {
                    glCompressedTexImage2D( result.mObj->mTarget , i, dataFormat, width, height, 0, size, pixels.get() + offset );
                }
            }
            else
            {
                if (target == GL_TEXTURE_CUBE_MAP)
                    glTexImage2D( GL_TEXTURE_CUBE_MAP_POSITIVE_X + iLayer, i, dataFormat, width, height, 0, dataFormat, GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE, pixels.get() + offset );
                else
                    glTexImage2D( result.mObj->mTarget , i, dataFormat, width, height, 0, dataFormat, GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE, pixels.get() + offset );
            }
            offset += size;
        }
        width  >>= 1;
        height >>= 1;
    }
    if( numMipMaps > 1 ) {
        glTexParameteri( result.mObj->mTarget, GL_TEXTURE_MAX_LEVEL, numMipMaps - 1 );
        glTexParameteri( result.mObj->mTarget, GL_TEXTURE_MIN_FILTER, GL_LINEAR_MIPMAP_LINEAR );
        glTexParameteri( result.mObj->mTarget, GL_TEXTURE_MAG_FILTER, GL_LINEAR_MIPMAP_LINEAR );
    }
    else {
        glTexParameteri( result.mObj->mTarget, GL_TEXTURE_MIN_FILTER, GL_LINEAR );
        glTexParameteri( result.mObj->mTarget, GL_TEXTURE_MAG_FILTER, GL_LINEAR );
    }
    if (is_cubemap)
    {
        glTexParameteri( result.mObj->mTarget, GL_TEXTURE_WRAP_S, GL_MIRRORED_REPEAT );
        glTexParameteri( result.mObj->mTarget, GL_TEXTURE_WRAP_T, GL_MIRRORED_REPEAT );
    }

    return result;
}


Following the second rotation of the Project Pitch Sessions, The Summit VIP Luncheon will take place at the Circuit of the Americas (COTA) Ballroom. The meals are designed to provide opportunities for informal dialogue and further relationship development. Two Chinese Investor Delegates are seated at each table with their Student Ambassadors to provide interpretation. The Deal Maker Luncheon is also the final non-invitation only meal event of the Summit.
The VIP Luncheon is a sponsored event and open to all Day 2 participants.


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We are convinced that your system can do more than you think – and so can you! This is what we want to develop and implement together with you at the IT level – and we want to make sure that in no time you won't need us anymore! Once we have made ourselves superfluous, our goal is achieved..
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Our consultants lay the framework for the success of your project and support your specialty and IT departments while changing processes. For us, innovation means working together with our clients as partners, from the conception to implementation.
The result is streamlined, pragmatic solutions, which yield the most use value relative to the effort put in and are geared as much as possible to SAP standards.
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We optimize IT resources and give honest and tailor-made advice. We are happy to network SAP with tethered order systems such as Web, APP, and checkout. When software problems occur, including after implementation, you can count on our tenacity, persistence, and patience.
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Instagram is full of them, and so is Pinterest: crochet dolls; tall or short, thick or thin, detailed or bulky, pretty or interesting ones… I'm particularly taken with the creativity in their clothing. And I was surprised to see how few small crochet dolls there actually are for a standard yarn weight for amigurumis (else than lace). Although a yarn weight of size 5-10 (lace) allows you to elaborate the body parts, I tried to work around with a thicker yarn and still include as many details as possible.
So, if you are searching for a crochet pattern for an appr. 14 cm sized amigurumi doll to be crafted using a fine to super fine yarn weight (2-2,5 crochet hook size), then I got you covered! You can download the free doll pattern here. The pattern only includes the body and hair doing.
UPDATE (29.11.2017): the outfit is now available here under Ami, the Student.
I have modified the pattern a few times. If a mistake sneaked into it, please contact me! Do you like the pattern or have suggestions for improvement? I'd love to hear your feedback!


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Valley group working to protect wild horses during drought
The condition of the Salt River wild horses was only getting worse by the day - that's when the Salt River Wild Horse Management Group stepped in.
Together with the Arizona Department of Agriculture, they started up an emergency protocol.
"We have 12 feed stations all around the river and in secluded locations so they can eat in peace and not in the way of the public," says Simone Netherlands, president of the advocacy group.
Along with feeding, there is a birth control program included so horses will not overpopulate.
Netherlands says there are over 100 volunteers committed to saving the lives of these horses.
"In triple digit temperatures, we're out here hauling these bales of hay to the horses, you know, so we can prevent them from dying of starvation," says Netherlands.
The group has been feeding the horses every day for the past two months. So far they're spent thousands on hay.
Netherlands says the group has already spent over $30,000, and there's no sign of stopping any time soon.
The group is asking the public for donations to continue feeding these horses.


Cruise control with a life of its own isn't good.
Over 60,000 examples of the Alfa Romeo Giulia sedan and Stelvio SUV have been recalled globally due to an issue involving the adaptive cruise control system. In short, the system can continue going on cruise control or even accelerate after the driver touches the brake. Translation: the system may not shut itself off when commanded to do so by the driver. Sounds scary, we know. It's also possible for the affected vehicles to accelerate above the set cruise control speed.
If the system does not initially respond to a slight tap of the brake pedal, then a prolonged press of the pedal will do the trick and disengage the system. The recalls affect certain Giulia and Stelvio models built from 2017 through 2019, though FCA will also issue specific VINs.
According to the automaker, the source of the problem is a software error, which makes sense because the adaptive cruise control system is fully run by computers. A simple brake system software fix will correct the issue, so it's not really as serious as one might make it out to initially be. But still, an adaptive cruise control system that could potentially go a bit haywire is not very reassuring. In the meantime, Alfa Romeo strongly advises owners not to use the system until it's been repaired which will, of course, be done free of charge. Fortunately, there have no reported incidents, crashes, or injuries but no chances are being taken.
FCA, Alfa Romeo's parent company, discovered the system's flaw, according to CNET, after an employee realized something was wrong during a recent test drive and reported it. Further investigations revealed there was indeed an issue and the recall was announced. Affected owners will be notified sometime next month with recall instructions.


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An Author Asks That You 'Consider the Lobster'
By David Lipsky
Published July 3, 2006 at 3:42 PM CDT
Call them buttonhole books, the ones you urge passionately on friends, colleagues and passersby. All readers have them -- and so do writers. This week, All Things Considered is talking with authors about their favorite buttonhole books. And the series continues all summer long on NPR.org.
If I had to give an alien one book about American life, it'd be A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again. Or it would've been, eight years ago. Now I'd hand over Consider the Lobster. They're both by David Foster Wallace.
When Wallace broke in 1996, with his four-course novel Infinite Jest, his readings felt like rock concerts. Women batted their eyelashes, men in the back rows huffed, scowled, envied. Since then, he's collected O. Henry and National Magazine Awards for stories and journalism. He's run in The Best American Essays, even The Best American Sports Writing. He's received a Macarthur "Genius Grant," which you get for being a genius. Just on the stats, you'd have to say we've reached the all-star break of a hall-of-fame career.
Wallace hasn't done another novel. But the essays in Fun and Lobster -- what the author calls "experiential postcards" -- cover food, sports, politics, language. They're a great novel about American life, told in segments. Good writing graffitis its perceptions over the world, and it's impossible to get through a day without a Wallace line. There's his work on the despair-inducing "Professional Smile," which lurks in a hundred cell phone stores and waiting rooms. His on-set description of movie director David Lynch has wrecked most of my romantic relationships. Lynch watches "with a warm and full-hearted interest, sort of the way you look when you're watching somebody you love doing something you also love."
The new book's sharpest pieces are about Sen. John McCain, a pornography awards dinner, and the Sept. 11 attacks, which the author watches with some nice Illinois neighbors. "Part of the horror was knowing, deep in my heart, that whatever America the men in those planes hated so much was far more my America than it was those ladies'." The title piece in Fun -- about a seven-day Caribbean cruise -- is simply the best thing I've read in the past 10 years.
When I leave an art museum, the world becomes a series of beautiful, frozen images. Stepping from a movie, my life is full of zip. After reading Wallace, I feel buzzed-up, smarter -- I'm better company. Books should be like super-coffee, a wake-up slug to the brain. And David Foster Wallace is a controlled substance.
NPR's Ellen Silva produced and edited this story.


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Two years since the tragedy in Borozdinovskaya: those who are responsible for the deaths of 11 peaceful villagers have not been prosecuted, and the authorities conceal the truth about this event
This summer it will have been exactly two years since the military prosecution service initiated criminal proceedings into the criminal case, opened after the tragic events, which had taken place in village Borozdinovskaya of the ChechenRepublic. As you know, in the summer of 2005 a big group of Russian military men had carried out a so-called mopping-up operation in Shelkovskoy District of Chechnya. As a result of this "campaign" four houses were burned out, and after the armed forced had left people discovered that eleven of their fellow-villagers were missing.
The investigation into the events was carried out under a veil of great secrecy, at least, from the victims. Representatives of the victims till now cannot get any information about the results of the investigation. Their letters of inquiry and requests are ignored. In response to letters of the villagers and applications of human rights defenders the prosecutor's office replies with a standard phrase: "The investigation is pending, and the results of it will be disclosed later".
Only at the end of the last year by sheer chance it was disclosed that the prosecutor's office had found the "scapegoat". It was "a certain commanding officer of one of the sub-divisions of military unit no. 44822", who was accused of the unauthorized mopping-up operation. To the astonishment of the villagers of Borozdinovskaya and their lawyers it was also discovered that the commanding officer had been found guilty and sentenced on probation for the unauthorized military operation in a peaceful village. But who had burned out the houses and where 11 local villagers had disappeared is still unknown. At least the military prosecutor's office of the Combined Armed Forces (OGVs) responsible for the counter-terrorism campaign in the Northern Caucasus does not know.
As it comes out from the reply, given the last week by Mr. S.N. Dyakov, an assisting prosecutor of the OGVs, "… the Department of the RF Federal Security Service in the Chechen Republic, the Task Force of the Department of Military Counterintelligence of the RF Federal Security Service in the Northern Caucasus, the Temporary Task Force of Agencies and Units of Internal Affairs in the Chechen Republic and the Shelkovskoy District Police Station are directed to search the missing villagers".
In this connection the Human Rights NGO Nizhny Novgorod Committee Against Torture offers its help to the above agencies, and in particular to the Shelkovskoy District Police Station.
In the course of the public investigation, which was carried out by the NN Committee Against Torture into these events, we received official information that all the missing people had been detained by military personnel and officers of the SAME SHELKOVSKOY DISTRICT POLICE STATION documented this detention.
From the daily report of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Chechen Republic of 5 June 2005 it appears that the officer on duty of the Shelkovskoy District Police Station reported to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Chechen Republic, that the "Vostok" battalion of the RF Ministry of Defence in the course of the operation in village Borozdinovskaya had detained local villagers on suspicion of commission of crimes (exactly those 11 persons with their names, dates of birth and addresses). It was also stated in the report they had not been found in the database of the Information Center of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Chechen Republic (the list of persons wanted by police). This document, discovered by members of the Committee, was immediately forwarded to the military prosecutor's office alongside a relevant request to include it into the case file. Till now we have not received any answer concerning our request.
In this connection we once again offer the military prosecution service and other law enforcement agencies, which take part in the investigation of this case, our help in the form of documentary evidence against those who had detained the above people and where they had been kept after that.
If certain high-standing officials want to conceal this information from the investigating bodies or those bodies, for some reasons, do not want to examine this grounded version concerning the involvement of state authorities in the abduction and killing of peaceful people, then, the Russian Federation will have to account for the crime and the ineffective investigation into it before the European Court of Human Rights. And Russian taxpayers will have to pay for it.


Abstract—A new algorithm for parallel fault simulation of VLSI on multicore workstations with common memory is proposed. To speeding up the algorithm two-level parallelization is used. First, main schema of the algorithm is based on the concurrent many-threaded simulation of the groups of faults for each input vector. Second, each group of faults is simulated in bit-parallel way. The dynamic fault grouping is adopted. The results of computational experiments on ISCAS-89 benchmarks circuits are reported, which are obtained on the 12-core workstation.
Index Terms—Fault simulation, multicore workstation, multithreaded programming, parallel calculation, VLSI circuit.
D. E. Ivanov is with Institute of Mathematics of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Tereschenkivska st., 3, Ukraine (e-mail: dmitry.ivanov.iamm@gmail.com).
Cite: D. E. Ivanov, "Parallel Simulation Algorithm of VLSI for Multicore Workstations with Dynamic Faults Grouping," International Journal of Modeling and Optimization vol. 6, no. 3, pp. 166-170, 2016.


Well its time for me to sell the infamous echo. Reason Im selling it is because im looking for something that can pull a boat.
Pm sent... Feel free to call or text.
echoechoecho wrote: 2000 toyota echo 5 speed, its pretty fast 0-60 in 7.5 seconds.
Downhill in a hurricane maybe? Otherwise, I'd be wondering about that.


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When formulating your digital strategy, it is essential to determine whether you are marketing for a Business to Consumer (B2C) or a Business to Business (B2B), and understand the nuances between them. It is to your benefit to be a flexible and agile marketer in an...
What Are Content Managers, and How Do You Become One?
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When I was in college, I had a mentor during my summer internship. When we were talking about my career goals, I explained to her that I wanted to be someone who creates, distributes, strategizes, and promotes content. "It sounds like you want to be a content...
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In light of the evolving situation around the COVID-19 pandemic, the Australian Government has released a number of economic responses to support individuals, households and businesses and improve stability in this particularly volatile environment. With so much...
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We have prepared a number of forms that may be useful for Oklahoma organizations. Attorneys may download the forms and use them as examples for how a few common legal documents might be phrased.
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Abstract: The economic recession and the Federal regulatory response have dominated the topic of corporate and business law since 2007. Rules from the massive JOBS Act continue to be implemented. These include the elimination of the general solicitation prohibition under Rule 506 of Regulation D and the release of proposed rules for the crowdfunding exemption. The year also saw important developments in Delaware and Oklahoma.
Abstract: The economic recession and the Federal regulatory response have given us much to discuss. Since 2007, we have talked about the mortgage crisis, the derivatives markets, the collapse of global financial institutions, an unsettling, world-wide economic downturn, Federal bailouts and sweeping regulatory changes. Other developments have attracted much less notice, but are intriguing in their own right. We shall explore several developments on the national front, such as crowdfunding and benefit corporations, before covering the Oklahoma developments.
Abstract: Oklahoma lawyers today have a wide range of entities through which they may practice. In addition to the historical choices of sole proprietorships and partnerships, Oklahoma lawyers may practice through corporations (either C or S corporations), limited liability companies and limited liability partnerships. Each entity has unique characteristics, which pose numerous advantages and disadvantages. This paper will examine the advantages and disadvantages of these entities to provide a basis on which lawyers may make informed decisions about what entity is right for them.


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Today, 4,000 confirmed cases are expected... Intensive care beds in the metropolitan area are saturated
The number of new coronavirus cases today is expected to reach 4,000. The number of new cases has shown a trend so far as the weekend passes, but now the weekend effect has disappeared.
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Today (6th), the number of new corona cases is expected to be around 4,000. The number of new cases has shown a trend so far as the weekend passes, but now the weekend effect has disappeared. As the number of critically ill patients continues to rise to 700 daily, the number of critically ill beds in the metropolitan area has run out. Nearly 1,000 patients are waiting for bed assignment, and the number of patients dying while waiting is increasing. Our medical response is reaching its limits.
By Lee Joo-sang, staff reporter.
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There was a long line at the screening center even on weekends.
As the corona epidemic continues to spread, the number of holiday tests is increasing.
The number of confirmed cases nationwide stood at 5,000, an increase of more than 30% from a week ago.
As the number of confirmed cases recorded around 5,000 for the fifth day, medical response faced a limiting situation.
As the number of critically ill patients continued to reach 700 for five consecutive days, the utilization rate of critically ill beds in the metropolitan area exceeded 85%, and both Seoul and Incheon exceeded 90%.
Although 115 beds remain in the metropolitan area, it is difficult to operate immediately due to the lack of personnel and admission procedures.
In Gangwon, North Chungcheong Province, and North Gyeongsang Province, only one intensive care bed remained.
In the metropolitan area alone, there are 954 people waiting for more than one day for hospitalization, and nearly 300 people waiting for more than four days.
The problem is that more than half of those waiting for the hospital bed are over 70 years old, and the rest have many underlying diseases such as high blood pressure and diabetes.
[Son Young-rae/Chief of Social Strategy Division, Central Accident Resolving Headquarters (last 3 days): We are doing our best to increase the efficiency of the intensive care unit by expanding the beds for critically ill patients and increasing the rotation speed of the intensive care unit.
We will continue to carry out these tasks at an accelerated pace.] The
situation in which waiting for hospitalization and exhaustion of intensive care beds is rapidly spreading to non-metropolitan areas. seems to be
Source: sbskr
All tech articles on 2021-12-05
Today, more than 5,000 confirmed cases are expected... Seoul intensive care unit 'saturation' 1 month
Tech/Game 2021-12-01T22:54:49.827Z
Today, more than 5,000 confirmed cases are expected... Seoul intensive care unit 'saturation'
Deaths and severe cases again 'highest'... Hospital beds in the metropolitan area 'saturated'
4,000 people again in three days... Highest number of fatalities and fatalities on record
7,000 confirmed for three days in a row... 3rd vaccination interval '3 months'
More than 4,000 new confirmed cases... The 'highest' possibility ever
Hospital beds in non-metropolitan areas are also 'saturated' under the chin... Now "increase"
7,000 confirmed for two days in a row... 857 severe cases 'the most again'
Finally WhatsApp works without "internet"
Sony files an intriguing patent related to virtual reality
Take-Two buys Zynga studio for $12.7 billion
Cybercriminals exploit Google Docs to spread malware
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Europol must delete the data of people not linked to the crime
Ukraine says it has evidence that Russia is behind cyber attack
Kim Kardashian implicated in a cryptocurrency scam
'Wire' for safe dismantling of cranes... "Complete time unpredictable"
Lifehack: This is how you find and delete old, unused accounts
Google slams Apple for refusing to add RCS support to iOS
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Q: How to add different titles to each element of CheckedMultiSelect? I am trying to add title to each checkbox in CheckedMultiSelect.
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Any ideas how to add title to checkbox?
UPD. On finally I received the HTML code like this(source code fore single element of multiselect):

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Rainforest Challenge Global Series South Europe 2018 double track in Italy
Editor: Gianna Vardanega Photos: See credits under article In database since February 14, 2018
The 3rd edition of "Rainforest Challenge (RFC) Global Series South Europe" will be held from 24 to 27 May and this year will offer four days of intense competition in a special location for tourism, food and wine as the region of Collio in Friuli Venezia Giulia (Italy), land of ancient winemakers.
Thursday 24 will be dedicated to hospitality, all crews and teams will arrived at Cadibon Farm, the Headquarter for all four days of competition. Here will be performed technical and administrative checks. Will follow the prologue in the afternoon with four special stages to test the abilities of individual crews. The infopoint and lunch-stand for the crews will be near the first special stage area.
This year the special stage will be four with 2 kilometers each, each stage will have a "special stage" with mandatory steps and a "special chrono stage". Five crews of each group will have 2 hours maximum time for the "special stage" and once reunited to the finish line, they will start for a single lap "special chrono stage".
At the end of the 2 hours of "skill stage", each team will have to meet at the start-finish line (also with possible recoveries for each team, excluding retreats). The "chrono stage" will follow, with a single lap, which will start every 5 minutes. At the end of the "chrono stage" the teams meets for the transfer to the next competition area. All four competition areas will have the same format.
Each single crew will be able to carry out four stage every day, two in the morning and two in the afternoon. Of course the track will be marked by arrows of different colors for each category: red for the Prototypes, yellow for the Modified and blue for the chrono stages, the same for bolt categories. The organization recommends to pay attention to penalties (gloves, belts, helmets, doors, retrieves, sportiness).
The "special stage" will be open at 09.00 am. At 11:25 will end the first special stage and at 11:45 start the first "chrono stage" (presumed time of the "special chrono stage" 10/15 minutes except for hitches). 12:25 maximum deadline to bring the whole team together at the finish line.
Attention is recommended in safeguarding the schedule, which is important for the recognition of the scores accumulated during the race that will give the ranking. On Sunday morning there will be one "special chrono stage" of a lap (full gas) 4 km to be done in the shortest possible time. Start of the first crew at 9:00 am every 5 minutes each crew that will have 1:00 hours maximum time to complete the "one shot stage". At the end, the appointment will be made at the Cadibon Headquarter for the awards and the closing ceremony.
This year everything was doubled! Including fun with more water, more mud, more rocks and more speed! You can contact the organizer FLS via Email at INFO(AT)FLSOFFROAD.IT or visit the official website (see links below this article). There is also the possibility of an online-registration.
RFC Global Series South Europe Summing Up
- 4 Stages for the prolog (thursday).
- 4 "Skill stage" and 4 "crono stage", to be made out in two days (Friday and Saturday). The starting order will be determined by Thursday's prologue for starts of Friday and the Friday rankings for starts of Saturdays.
- One stage "one shot" on sunday.
- 2 km for each "skill stage"
- Start every 5 minutes between each crew
- Maximum time for each "skill stage" 2 hours for each crew
- Maximum time for each "chrono stage" 45 minutes for each crew
Photos: FLS Offroad, RFC, Ruddiee Khaw
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Kylie Minogue will headline Barcelona's Cruilla Festival, which takes place July 4-6.
Local heroes Love of Lesbian and Madrid's Vetusta Morla, Spain's most popular rock band and repeat Cruilla performers, are also at the top of the lineup for this year's festival, the tenth anniversary edition. They are joined by Foals, Bastille, Zaz, Dorian, Years & Years and Garbage.
Also, Xoel López, Natos y Waor, Ayax y Prok, Gang of Youths, DJ Amable y Lildami, Tiken Jah Fakoli, Michael Kiwanuka and Berri Txarrak have also been announced.
The festival at Barcelona's Parc del Forum is one of Barcelona's most anticipated. It follows Sonar and Primavera Sound on the city's spring/summer festival calendar.


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Disinformation on Whatsapp in India and the fact-checking initiative Boom
This webinar on Disinformation on Whatsapp in India and the fact-checking initiative Boom was held on 08/11/2018
Presenter : Karen Rebelo – Deputy Editor at BOOM
Karen is Deputy Editor at BOOM live, one of the two fact-checking initiatives in India to be certified by the International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN). Her specialisation includes spotting and debunking fake images and videos. She is a former Reuters journalist and has covered the resources sector in the UK and the Indian stock market and private equity space. Karen also spearheads BOOM's verification workshops for journalists as part of the Google News Initiative.
In India, viral misinformation has become a core problem. Especially on Whatsapp, misleading content is now shared virally through end-to-end encrypted solutions.
Karen introduced her presentation with the following catchphrase "In India, velocity creates veracity". In this country, the diffusion of disinformation and rumours already have had dramatic consequences. In summer 2018, around 25 people were lynched by local populations after being accused of child kidnapping, an assumption made after a doctored video allegedly showing children abductions went viral on Whatsapp.
Democratisation of Internet access through cheap data plans offered by telecommunication providers have recently allowed for dozens of thousands of Indians to go online for the first time. At the same time, it has also enabled new paths for news diffusion, including disinformation.
First, traditional media were not paying much attention to the diffusion of erroneous information on social media and Whatsapp. Simultaneously, trust and the perceived value of traditional media has been eroding as the democratisation of news sharing online increased. These weaknesses have been exploited by political parties, sharing agenda-driven content daily through trending hashtags, Facebook groups and Whatsapp groups.
Karen described the flow of disinformation in India as multifaceted and cross-media. For example, manipulated screenshots from Twitter go often viral on Whatsapp and end up on Facebook. Meanwhile, India has become the first video market, especially with Youtube, a platform that has a weak filtering process of information.
Journalists in India are not well trained to web fact-checking and the verification processes are still traditional. The spread of disinformation written in regional languages also increases the reach within local populations but makes it harder for the Hindi and English mainstream media to fact-check.
To counter this phenomenon, BOOM uses a data-driven approach to improve public discourse transparency. The initiative is one of the few in the country to be certified by the International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN). The journalists track public and political speeches to debunk disinformation. To fact-check suspicious information shared trough Whatsapp, readers are invited to send messages on a dedicated helpline. Indeed, conversations on Whatsapp are end-to-end encrypted, and thus impossible to monitor. In order to work more efficiently, BOOM newsroom is working on building a database to mine disinformation based on the type of content, origin and frequency, to share automatically the pieces of information that have already been debunked.
A similar phenomenon of disinformation spreading on Whatsapp has been observed in Brazil, especially during the elections. In this country, it has been possible for journalists such as FirstDraft collaborative journalism initiative Comprova* to access Whatsapp customer service data to document the diffusion of disinformation. But as most of the groups are closed, infiltrating private conversations raises ethical issues for journalists and media organisation.
Until now, measures such as restricting the number of forwarded messages have had little impact, as they are easy to circumvent. More efficiently, the spreading of disinformation could be hampered by disclosing Whatsapp API to certified journalists for fact-checking purposes. Certainly, journalists should be trained to deal with online information, and actions of media literacy will make a difference.
* First draft full report on Brazilian elections is to be released in January. It will be presented in a future webinar.
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The Titan's Curse
About the Author: Rick Riordan
Rick Riordan is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of many books, including the Percy Jackson & the Olympians series. Please follow him on Twitter and via his official blog.
Other books by Rick Riordan
El héroe perdido (Los héroes del Olimpo, #1)
El hijo de Neptuno (Heroes del Olimpo, #2)
La marca de Atenea (Los héroes del Olimpo, #3)
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The Graphic Novel by Rick Riordan, Robert Venditti, Attila Futaki, Gregory Guilhaumond, Chris Dickey
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A new prophecy leads to a dangerous quest.
When Percy receives an urgent distress call from Grover, he immediately prepares for battle. He knows he'll need his powerful demigod allies, Annabeth and Thalia, at his side; his trusty bronze sword, Riptide; and a ride from his mom.
The demigods race to the rescue, only to find that Grover has made an important discovery: two new powerful half-bloods, whose parentage is unknown. But that's not all that awaits them. The Titan lord, Kronos, has set up his most devious trap yet, and the young heroes have just fallen prey.
Now, Percy and his friends are faced with their most dangerous challenge-the chilling prophecy of the Titan's Curse. They must rescue the goddess Artemis by the Winter Solstice, or all will be lost including Annabeth.
Rick Riordan's internationally best-selling "The Titan's Curse" becomes a graphic novel in the hands of comic-book luminaries Robert Venditti, Attila Futaki, and Gregory Guilhaumond.
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