: How (static) linkers work:
Take all necessary object files (module), merging/combining/flattening the addresses so that inter-module calls are possible and correct, structuring them to fulfill the executable format requirements, and perhaps do link time optimizations.
To create an executable (note that here I'm not referring to any specific format), you have to know the executable format, usually consists of headers and sections, plus any required startup code (compilers usually already provided this as an object file, precompiled). For PE (.exe) files, MSDN has a good explanation.
The purpose of the theme is to spark fond memories of Christmases past and inspire parade entrants to take one or more of those memories and turn them into an award-winning float.
“It’s going to be a lot of fun for everybody involved, so sign up today then get those creative juices flowing!” Walker said.
Before the parade, Downtown Merchants are hosting the 2020 Cookie Walk. Tickets go on sale on Dec. 1. Click here for more information on the Cookie Walk.
You can view the route on the map below.
2020 Trussville Christmas Parade Route.
More than 400 terrorists convicted in Europe last year and 15 attacks reported
Europol's latest report shows two thirds of suspects arrested were Islamist terrorists
People lay flowers to honour victims killed in a terror attack at a shopping centre in Denmark. AP Photo
More than 400 terrorists were convicted in Europe last year, as Europe's crime agency reveals 15 attacks were planned or took place, including a bomb attack.
In its latest terrorism report, Europol said 432 people were convicted of terrorism offences and a further 388 were arrested on suspicion of terrorism-related offences in 2021.
Two thirds of those arrested were linked to investigations into Islamist terrorism offences in Austria, France and Spain.
Three of four completed terrorist attacks last year were by Islamist militants, with one by a left-wing group, and they included stabbings, arson and using a vehicle to ram into a crowd.
Europol’s Executive Director Catherine De Bolle said terrorism was still a key threat to security in the EU.
“The findings of the report confirm that terrorism still poses a real and present danger to the EU,” she said.
“While our joint work to disrupt and prevent attacks seems to be having a positive effect, lone actors associated with jihadist and right-wing violent extremism are still a concern for EU Member States and Europol.
“In a time of geopolitical shifts, the EU needs to continue more than ever its counter-terrorist measures. Europol will continue to work closely with its partners to meet the challenges ahead.”
In one of the completed attacks, a Tunisian citizen stabbed and killed an administrative officer with a knife in a police station in Rambouillet, France, in April of last year.
In Spain, a Moroccan man rammed a vehicle into the terrace of a restaurant, mainly frequented by foreign tourists, last September. One person was killed and five others were injured.
The third attack occurred last November on a train from Passau to Nuremberg in Germany, when a Syrian man stabbed five people.
All three male attackers were not native to the countries where the attacks took place, while being legal residents of those countries.
The attack committed by a left-wing group saw it set fire to a number of energy cables which supplied the construction site of a new US electric vehicle factory near Berlin, causing €200,000 ($200,958) of damage.
The group, called Vulkangruppe (Volcano group), claimed it committed the attack because the US EV company was “neither green, ecological nor social”.
France experienced the highest number of attacks — five — followed by Germany with three and Sweden with two.
Austria, Denmark, Hungary, Belgium and Spain reported one attack each.
French police officers stand guard following a knife attack in Cannes in November 2021. EPA
Suspects in failed and foiled attacks planned to use knives, explosives and vehicles.
In February last year, authorities in Denmark and Germany detained 14 people suspected of planning an ISIS bomb attack in Europe and seized chemical substances.
An investigation into a foiled right-wing attack in November 2021 led to Swedish police arresting a man who was allegedly planning to build a bomb using stolen fertiliser, and in France police arrested an extremist suspected of trying to make radioactive pipe bombs at a school.
In 2021, targets of bomb attacks included political parties’ headquarters, police vehicles, financial institutions, railway infrastructure and telecommunication towers, as well as vaccination and health centres.
The report raised concerns over the financing of terrorism.
“The increased availability of crowdfunding websites, providing opportunities to reach a large number of donors and quickly raise considerable amounts of money, makes this otherwise legitimate way of fundraising attractive to terrorist and extremist organisations,” it said.
“Spain reported that most of the funds channelled from the country to Islamist groups was raised through online crowdfunding campaigns.”
It also highlighted that migrant smugglers operating in the EU were in several cases suspects in terrorism investigations or had connections with terrorists and violent extremists.
Similarly, members of drug trafficking networks in the EU were found to be affiliated with right-wing or Islamist extremism.A race for a seat in the Illinois Senate representing the Quad-Cities has become the most expensive legislative election in state history.
According to state campaign finance reports, the 36th Senate District battle between Democratic state Sen. Mike Jacobs of East Moline and Republican challenger Neil Anderson of Rock Island has topped the $3.5 million mark as the two hurtle toward the Nov. 4 election.
That figure, according to political scientist Kent Redfield, professor emeritus at the University of Illinois-Springfield, beats a record-breaking 2010 Senate race in which $2.7 million was raised in the contest in which Republican challenger Sam McCann of Carlinville beat then-state Sen. Deanna Demuzio.
The Jacobs-Anderson tilt comes just two years after Jacobs was involved in another expensive race, when more than $2 million was raised in his contest against Republican Bill Albrecht.
What’s Rauner’s total at now?
How about we have a guy who has over $300 million without creating a single job, and eh have him spend around $30 million to tarnish his reputation and image, and drag out every skeleton out of his closet?
No one…would believe it.
Gotta pay to run those ads today thru Tuesday about Quinn doling out all that taxpayer money!!!
Kind of early on Friday for Rauner and Griff, isn’t it? Must be going trick or treating later.
I am completely in favor of really rich people running for office. It’s the most effective means of income redistribution that we have.
I just wish Rauner were spending more of it in-state. Create some Illinois jobs, why dontcha?
OW - “phonymobile” - funny!
Don’t forget about the $10,000 from Portillo’s to Rauner for all of the publicity!
Not even close. We just opened the door, but the closet is a walk-in.
Maybe if Illinois had right to work zones, he’d hire some phone callers from here and not Michigan lol.
Rauner should have spent his millions creating a business that could have been used in a positive spot about creating jobs.
I wonder how the conversation goes when Rauner puts the arm on Griff?
Granted, Griff is worth at least four times as much as Rauner.
But Rauner has plenty. He put in $3 million last week, and $1.5 million a pop every week for at least a month before then.
Hard to believe anyone would spend that much money to keep Jacobs in a public body. He’s everything that’s bad about government and then some. Ick.
Seriously, it will be good when this is over. The mud is high this season.
OW and DuPage made my morning! Instead of a Bat, BR should have a vulture on his chest.
Guy - I think Anderson will pull this one off (albeit barely).
The smaller the towns, the higher the costs?
Good to see Mr. ReBoot got his allowance for November early and coughs it up to Mitt rather than blowing it at the boat show in Palm Beach.
Makes you wonder what Jacobs is givng away to special interests to make it worth a few million for him to keep his seat.
Overall, devoting that much money for one race makes no sense. A fraction of that a dozen state senate and rep races competitive.
Cross was just as bad about this when he was in charge.
Rauner keeps putting money into the GOP party and they trickle it down. If they give Anderson a million to use against Jacobs, shouldn’t the Dems do the same? Jacobs does more for the community than you know. You may not like him but he is getting things done.
Good Heavens I hope you’re right. Suddenly the money would be worth it! Thanks man.
Spending 3.5 million dollars to win a job that pays about 70,000 dollars a year is obscene. Tell me there is no graft or special favors for the man who wins and I will sell you the Centennial Bridge for a dollar.
Anderson has cashed in on the frustration felt over Jacobs’s pension vote. He is courting state employees, teachers, and retirees in a big way through TV ads and direct mail in the 36th District. And his position as a union firef