Melanoma is a very common malignancy.
It's incidence is rising rapidly.
Close follow-up essential for melanoma patients.
Best prognosis for tumors less than 0.76mm.
May is national Melanoma awareness month with several upcoming public awareness and educational programs about this deadly disease.
melanomas and very atypical presentations of this malignancy.
The Skin Center will be focusing on Melanoma with our program of comprehensive skin cancer screenings and education starting this month and ongoing though year. If you or your family have concerning lesions, a history of sun burns, fair skin, more than 10-20 atypical moles, or a family history of skin cancer, you or your family member need at least an annual full body skin exam.
This is a very treatable disease when caught in its earliest stages. Most melanomas are found by patients on self- skin exams. Prompt biopsy is key for any suspect new or changing lesions. The American Academy of Dermatology recommends annual full body skin examinations. Adult patients are reminded to have their ANNUAL FULL BODY SKIN CANCER SCAN/ SCREENING. Routine cancer screenings are important for prior skin cancer patients as well as patients with other forms of malignancies. Any new, changing, or suspicious mole should be surgically removed and sent for dermatopathologic exam. When in doubt, it is always best to biopsy a lesion.
May marked national Melanoma awareness month with many educational programs about this disease. We are all familiar with Southern California's abundance of sun and outdoor activities, and its reputation as a hot bed for all types of skin cancers, including malignant melanoma. The lifetime risk of melanoma is growing higher and is now approximately 1/55 individuals. We are seeing more and more melanomas and very atypical presentations of this malignancy.
We would like to thank you and express our heartfelt appreciation for being a part of our extended family. We understand that you have a choice in healthcare, and we appreciate you choosing us as a part of your trusted family of health care providers. As part of our continued commitment to patient care and service, we are writing you with our annual Melanoma update. We would like to remind you about the importance of proper follow up and care and thank you for your time and dedication to your continued good health.
If you notice any new, changing, growing, itchy moles, or bleeding spots, you should come in right away for a skin check. It is also very important that your family members are continually well educated about atypical moles and melanoma. Currently, full body screenings of close family members by a dermatologist are advised. Remember that early detection of melanoma may be life saving. Most thin melanomas which are detected really early do not spread. The risk of developing a second melanoma is approximately 2-8% in patients with a prior diagnosis of melanoma.
As always, we look forward to seeing you and would be happy to assist you in any way we can. We wish you the best in your continuing care. If you have any other questions or need to schedule your appointment, please call us at 949-582-SKIN.
We would like to review some new recommendations from the Scripps Annual Melanoma Conference in San Diego. As always, we'd like to remind you about the importance of proper follow up and care and express our appreciation of your time dedicated to your good health.
If you notice any new, changing, growing, itchy moles, or bleeding spots, you should come in right away for a skin examination. It is also very important that your family members are well educated about atypical moles and melanoma. Currently, full body screenings of close family members by a dermatologist are advised. Remember that early detection of melanoma may be life saving.
The risk of melanoma recurrence is higher within 5-8 years after the initial diagnosis. It is important to continue regular follow ups, especially during the first 7-8 years. The major form of melanoma recurrence presents as a lump or bump under the skin, or irregular brown color at the site of the melanoma or close by. Melanoma may metastasize (spread) to lung, liver, brain, etc. Most thin melanomas which are detected really early do not spread. The risk of developing a second melanoma is approximately 2-8% in patients with a prior diagnosis of melanoma. Good routine dermatology check-ups are very important.
4. American Academy of Dermatology at www.aad.org.
As always, we will be happy to assist you in any way we can. We wish you the best in your continuing care. We understand that you have a choice in health care and we thank you for choosing us to serve you and your family's dermatology needs. If you have any other questions or need to schedule an appointment, please call our office 949-582-SKIN.
We recommend in-office visits with us at least every 3-4 months for the first year after the new diagnosis of Melanoma has been made, and then about every 6 months thereafter continuously. For best care, we often recommend alternating your visits between our office and the UCI Melanoma Center.
As you may recall, we traditionally have recommended that every melanoma patient establish baseline care with the UCI Melanoma Center in Orange. Drs. Linden and Jakowatz are excellent and come highly recommended. They have added expertise and are most up to date with respect to the latest advances and improvements in Melanoma. Please call them at (714) 456-8171 or (714) 456-6011. Additionally, Dr. Jakowatz has expertise in a new state-of-the-art mole imaging system called SIA scan, available at UCI.
If you notice any new, changing, growing, or bleeding spots, you should come in right away for a skin examination. It is also very important that your family members are well educated about atypical moles and melanoma. Currently full body screening of close family members by a dermatologist are advised. Remember that early detection of melanoma may be life saving.
Can my birthmark become a Melanoma?
Melanoma is the number 2 cause of cancer death (after breast cancer) in women between ages 30-35 years old.
Presently approximately 1 in 60 people will develop melanoma.
By the year 2010, it is estimated 1 in 50 people will develop Melanoma.
Causes of most Melanomas are unknown.
Sunlight plays a role in development of some Melanomas, but a direct role in less than half of all melanomas.
Defects and dysregulation in genes play an important role in melanoma, as in all cancers.
Since we don't understand the pathogenesis of Melanoma, we can only practice sun prevention as our primary prevention at this time.
Most Melanoma can be cured surgically if detected early.
The prognosis and cure rates are excellent if removed when in situ.
Apply sunscreen with sun protection factor (SPF) 15 or higher, both UVA and UVB protection.
The cure rate is EXCELLENT if the melanoma is found early.
Five-Year Survival for all melanomas thinner than 0.85mm 99%!
Its incidence is rising rapidly.
Sunscreen of at least SPF15 should be used everyday. If you plan to be outdoors for longer periods, then SPF30 is best.
All patients with a melanoma should be seen by their dermatologist every three months for the first year. Then they are seen every six months for the next three years. Thereafter, at least once a year full body skin exams are mandatory for best care.


The end of the year is a time to focus on where we've been, and where we strive to go, whether it's improving out diet, implementing a new workout plan, or perhaps making a career change. All of these resolutions may bring you more happiness and make your life feel more full, but consider some intrinsic ways to detox this year, and experience more happiness than any crash diet or juice detox will ever make you feel.
1. Focus on needs vs. wants.
I am now starting to realize how right my father was all these years, and have found myself needing and wanting less stuff. I started my New Year's resolution early this year, and gave away bags and bags of clothing, shoes, and jewelry that I don't really need. My life feels organized, light, and ready to take on the new year. Less is now more.
Just as material things tend to build up in our lives, so do relationships that don't serve us anymore. You may have individuals in your life that bring more negativity than inspiration, and are constantly trying to bring down your sunshine. It's time to let go of those relationships and focus on nurturing the ties that help us to realize our full potential and continue to allow us to grow into thriving individuals.
3. Give more than you receive.
I'm not talking material objects when I say give, I'm talking about the non-material things that we provide for others. Give more love, honesty, and support in your relationships. In your career, be the team player instead of the competitive player. Do selfless gestures that others may not anticipate, without expecting anything in return. The return you will receive feels better than any material gift.
4. Have kindness and acceptance for your body.
Focus on nourishing your body with healthy foods as much as possible, and don't be hard on yourself if you don't eat perfectly every day. Integrate physical activity into your day, whether it's walking the dog, taking a yoga class, or cleaning the house. Accept your body for the strengths that it has, and don't dwell on your faults, it's the only body you have, and deserves only the best treatment. Avoid extremes.
May you feel fulfilled, energetic, and surrounded by love in the coming year!


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LIMP BIZKIT - Gold Cobra [Review]
Genre: Nü Metal
Label: Interscope Records
Release date: June 28th, 2011
Reviewer: Paul Williams
"You didn't think a record label would allow them to make another record. But you were wrong. You didn't think Fred Durst would, at 40 years old, still think he was a fly gangster rapper. But he does. Does Wes Borland still look like Skeletor's gay cousin? Yes he does. This summer Fred Durst and crew show you their Gold Cobras, and dutifully take a dump right on your chest."
This is Limp Bizkit's first album in six years. Six years. SIX FUCKIN' FRED DURST-LESS YEARS. You would have sworn it was only, say, two years. It feels as though those six years have flown by and now, once again, we have to deal with Limp Bizkit ruining everything with the shit storm of stupid that is "Gold Cobra"; a tornado of tiny poops, spray painted gold, leaving the same kinds of stains on my brain that you would be likely to find in Durst's very own Walmart brand tighty wighties.
In all fairness there is something intriguing about this Limp Bizkit record, and it probably has something to do with the fact that, now I'm older, I can appreciate the stupidity for all its worth. Gone are the days where I would hear a Limp Bizkit song and actually feel so disgusted that I would rather use the sounds of my own retching to cover up their music than listen to Fred Durst utter another brain cell destroying "muthafukka". With this thought in mind I sat back to let the retardation of "Gold Cobra" splash down on me like semen on to a young Asian girl's face at her first Bukkake party. God help me.
Can I just say that whenever an album starts up with an intro that has Fred Durst shouting "I can't make it stop/No matter how hard I try" and there is a woman screaming in the background, you know it's going to get really weird, really soon….and there it is. From the "phat" "beats" on "Bring It Back", Durst shows, right off the bat, that his ability to rap hasn't gotten any better and his vocabulary has definitely not grown, even with all those years that he had time to actually use a dictionary.
I'm not really sure what else to say. I mean in all honesty this is just a normal Limp Bizkit album. It has some absolutely terrible songs such as "Bring It Back", "Shark Attack", and the exceptionally annoying "90.2.10", which will make you want to use Fred Durst's arsehole as a doormat after the beginning riff piddles out into a shitty rap song. A prominent issue with many of the songs throughout "Gold Cobra" is the fact that Wes Borland doesn't seem to understand the idea of the "riff". Basically every song has him playing the same part over and over again like he is some back water degenerate who can't breathe and have the ability to move his fingers at the same time. At times it feels like such a hassle trying to figure out who you hate more; Fred Durst or Wes Borland. Fuck.
Of course, to get back on track, there are (dare I say it?) some half decent songs that will most definitely bring out the inner hillbilly wigger in all of us.
With terribly catchy choruses in both "Shotgun" and "Autotunage", which isn't at all as hideous as the song title suggests, there are at least a handful of songs which will be making the rounds on my iPod when I'm drunker than a Russian hooker on a busy night. Although, there's no way that you can turn around and say this is a "good times" album, or even that Limp Bizkit have redeemed themselves in anyway; songs like "Killer In You" just put a big shit eating grin on your face for no other reason than Limp Bizkit are happy being the same old idiots they always were, and how can we go around telling bands to not do what makes them happy.
…oh wait…isn't that what everybody has been doing to Morbid Angel?...
Click here to visit Limp Bizkit.com
shaheer July 13, 2011 at 9:22 PM
Wes Borland would be a really good supervillain. Also, this shit is terrible.

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ZeroTier for Synology
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- Synology QuickConnect is known to prevent the package GUI from working. We advise that you connect directly while administering your device.

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Usage: zerotier-cli [-switches] <command/path> [<args>]

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Adding Apples is solely an addition operations app currently gone free today. Compatible with iPad, iPhone/iPod Touch. Provides ability for rational counting with items displayed and a choice of answers for students to choose from. Unlike many other apps you are able to enter students names to collect basic accuracy data. Settings allows turning some features on and off including highest adden (up to 9) lock a set of addens to practice, turning music on and off and automatic plus and clear feature.
Appropriate app for elementary school students practicing addition facts but require visuals rather than mental math. Kid friendly interface. Has been rated well in 2011. Free today.
Share with your special ed teachers to add to their iTool Kit!
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Turn It On
Mix 4: February 18, 2006
Themes: Every..., Wisdom, Knowledge, or Nescience, Borrowing From Other Songs, Vocal Alteration.
Influences: They Might Be Giants, The Strokes.
Instruments: Dean Exotica QSE Acoustic/Electric Guitar, Palms & Thighs.
During my last week of finals in December 2005, I woke up one morning with the refrain to this song repeating OVER and OVER in my head. I kept mulling it over while getting out of bed, and in the shower I started to think about lyrics that would fit as verses to go with the refrain. The first thing that came to mind was a line from "Spooky", a song by Classics IV. Just then I thought about how sometimes They Might Be Giants would incorporate bits of lyrics from popular songs into their own songs (such as in the song "The Biggest One" which borrows lines from the song "I Will Survive" by Gloria Gaynor), and I figured I might as well try that out and see what happens.
I ended up borrowing lines from "Spooky" for what became the second verse and following it closely by a less-obvious borrowing from Jet's song "Get What You Need". Then I started working out the first verse and managed to borrow in a line (and a rhyme) from "Take Me To The River" by Talking Heads. Finally, I borrowed a little bit out of the song "Geek Stink Breath" by Green Day to introduce the third verse. However, despite borrowing lyrics and, to some extent, vocal melody from those songs, I managed to kind of rearrange their meanings from their original contexts and combine them with my own lyrics into a theme of getting tough on a failing relationship. (Autobiographical? Hardly.)
I recorded this version of the track as a demo to the band I was playing with during my last semester at William and Mary, called The Adventures of..., A.K.A. "Bro Party". (We didn't ever actually perform the number.) There are three recordings of my Dean Acoustic/Electric Guitar (plugged in as an electric) in the track, one covering the low end with palm-muted power chords, and the other two providing more rhythm and chords. Both the foreground and background vocals were recorded against a slowed-down version of the instrumentation and pitched up one semitone to get a different sound. To round out the track I did some leg-slapping for percussion.
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I do see an alert in the UI. So why does dangerouslySetInnerHTML not execute the JavaScript in NextJS?
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Do you ever feel guilty for asking for things when you pray? Me too. But I wonder why we feel this way? My young sons comes up to me all the time with requests: "I need a snack," "Play with me," "I want to watch a show," and not once do they exhibit the slightest bit of guilt. The majority of what they say to me seems to be them asking me for something that only benefits them. My joy comes in providing what they need (or want). Maybe things are more like this between us and God than we realize. Maybe we're so used to quid pro quo being a basic characteristic of most adult relationships that we forget how unashamed we used to be in asking for everything from those who cared for us.
We can pray without guilt. We can ask for what we need. We can ask for what we want. I have to go now. Someone's asking for waffles.


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Stanford Scientists Have Produced the First Complete Picture of an Elusive Quasiparticle
The findings were released on March 8th, 2022, in the journal Nature by scientists from the Department of Energys SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University, and the Okinawa Institute for Science and Technology (OIST) in Japan.
" When light interacts with matter– whether in soaking up light in photovoltaic devices to produce solar power or in developing light from electrical power in LEDs– excitons can play an essential role," said SLAC and Stanford Professor Tony Heinz, who led one of the 3 research study groups that collaborated in the research study.
" Both for basic understanding and for the development of brand-new innovations, such as single photon emitters for quantum details science, we need an extensive photo of the nature and homes of excitons."
Excitons are technically not particles, but quasiparticles (quasi- suggesting "nearly" in Latin). They are formed by the electrostatic tourist attraction between excited, adversely charged electrons, and positively charged holes. Holes are spaces left by the ecstatic electrons and are themselves a kind of quasiparticle. Credit: OIST
Another potential application is info storage, stated SLAC personnel scientist Ouri Karni: "Excitons produce and take in light, and they could be utilized to save info if they were restricted to a place that can host only one exciton at a time. This needs them to all be similar to one another and to be confined extremely perfectly, so trapping them is very important."
When light strikes a thin sheet of semiconductor material, excitons are developed. This triggers electrons to be ejected from their typical positions in atoms, producing jobs referred to as "holes" that circulation through the product in the exact same way that electrons do. An exciton is formed when an electron and a hole form a short bond. The electron and hole spin around each other like dancers holding hands, and they continue in this way until the electron falls back into the hole.
However, since of the excitons short life time– as little as a billionth of a 2nd– research on them has stalled. The longer excitons remain together, the more scientists will be able to gain from them and the better they will end up being.
Peering inside an exciton
Till recently, by far the most common method to study excitons was to see how they absorb, reflect or release light, said Keshav Dani, an associate professor at OIST who leads the institutes Femtosecond Spectroscopy Unit. But this method has substantial limitations. For something, some excitons are "dark" in the sense that they do not engage with light, so they cant be studied that way.
Dani started establishing and improving an existing technique understood as tr-ARPES– time-resolved angle solved photoemission spectroscopy– to investigate excitons and other quantum phenomena in brand-new ways around a decade ago.
" With the instrument we developed," he said, "we could peer inside the exciton and take a look at the distribution of both holes and electrons."
Rather, an excitons likelihood cloud shows where the electron is most likely to be found around the hole. The research study team generated an image of the excitons possibility cloud by measuring the wavefunction.
When the instrument was ready to go in 2019, the first thing his group finished with it was envision and measure dark excitons. They were also able to figure out the balance and interplay in between dark and bright excitons in an atomically thin film of semiconductor product.
Around the very same time, Dani started working together with Heinz and with Stanford Assistant Professor Felipe da Jornada, whose research study groups had also been studying excitons.
Last year the combined team announced that they had acquired the very first image demonstrating how the electron is distributed with respect to the hole in an exciton. "This is like finding out how far apart the dancers are– how far their arms stretch as they twirl– but it doesnt tell you where they are on the dance flooring," Karni said. "For that, you also require to image the hole."
Developing an exciton trap
The group looked at excitons that develop at the user interface of atomically thin films of two distinct semiconductors in this most current study. This is an exciting frontier because these excitons may last a thousand to a million times longer than those in single layers.
Initially they determined the size of the excitons hole for the very first time– a real difficulty due to the fact that the hole is the lack of an electron, not a real particle, and it does not emit any signals of its own. The researchers were able to recognize the holes by the unique gaps they left in the experimental information.
" This allowed us to get a lot more total photo of both the movement of the electron around the hole and the movement of the whole exciton," said Elyse Barré, who was a college student in the Heinz group at the time of the research study.
The researchers discovered that excitons tend to be focused in locations where the energy is minimal. Credit: OIST
They then set out to trap excitons by layering thin movies of 2 various semiconductors at a minor angle to each other to create a moiré pattern on an atomic scale. (You can make a large-scale version of that yourself by laying one window screen on top of another at a small angle). Each hole in the moiré pattern is a sort of energy well that can draw in and hold a single exciton, and the materials were created so the wells would have to do with as big as the excitons, or even a little smaller sized.
When they looked at the moiré structures with tr-ARPES to see if and how the excitons fit into it, they found that each exciton sat comfortably in its well, like a golf ball cupped by a tee. This was fortuitous but unanticipated: It was thought that it would take bigger wells to capture excitons, but smaller sized wells are chosen since theyre a lot more stable and form more consistent ranges.
With this brand-new capability to adequately image composite particles such as excitons, the collaborators say they can move forward to explore more complicated plans of electrons and holes that will shed light on the nature of many-particle interactions in 2D and other quantum products.
" Our coworkers at OIST have developed extremely special measurement capabilities," Barré stated, "and were fortunate to have had the ability to team up with them."
The SLAC portion of the research was moneyed by the DOE Office of Science, including theory and computational study through DOEs Center for Computational Study of Excited State Phenomena in Energy Materials (C2SEPEM). Work at OIST was supported by the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, Graduate University and the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.
Reference: "Structure of the moiré exciton recorded by imaging its electron and hole" by Ouri Karni, Elyse Barré, Vivek Pareek, Johnathan D. Georgaras, Michael K. L. Man, Chakradhar Sahoo, David R. Bacon, Xing Zhu, Henrique B. Ribeiro, Aidan L. OBeirne, Jenny Hu, Abdullah Al-Mahboob, Mohamed M. M. Abdelrasoul, Nicholas S. Chan, Arka Karmakar, Andrew J. Winchester, Bumho Kim, Kenji Watanabe, Takashi Taniguchi, Katayun Barmak, Julien Madéo, Felipe H. da Jornada, Tony F. Heinz, and Keshav M. Dani, 9 March 2022, Nature.DOI: 10.1038/ s41586-021-04360-y.
An exciton is formed when a hole and an electron form a brief bond. Till just recently, by far the most typical method to study excitons was to see how they absorb, discharge or reflect light, stated Keshav Dani, an associate professor at OIST who leads the institutes Femtosecond Spectroscopy Unit. Rather, an excitons possibility cloud shows where the electron is most likely to be discovered around the hole. Last year the combined team announced that they had actually obtained the very first image revealing how the electron is distributed with regard to the hole in an exciton. Each hole in the moiré pattern is a sort of energy well that can draw in and hold a single exciton, and the products were created so the wells would be about as big as the excitons, or even somewhat smaller.
Scientists have actually taken a significant action in understanding these whirling quasiparticles and putting them to operate in future semiconductor innovations.
Researchers reported that they have imaged the excitons electron and hole for the very first time, exposing how excitons might be trapped in thick, stable varieties. According to the scientists, the findings have considerable implications for the development of numerous future innovations in addition to the mission to better understand excitons.
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Death and Rebirth Pt. 2: Rite for the Dying
November 1, 2014 by CJ Blackwood
Death and Rebirth Pt. 2: Rite for the Dying November 1, 2014 CJ Blackwood
This is the second of a three-part series written by Staff of Asclepius contributors on death and rebirth, in honor of the Samhain celebration.
In his post, Nornoriel discussed the many funeral rituals available to various Pagan groups and traditions, and the contrasting lack of rites for the dying. In college, I had the disastrous impulse to attempt a sociology minor. The only class I did well in was Sociology of Death and Dying. It gave me a perspective on rituals devoted to the dead, the dying, and the mourning. Also on the fact that societies seem to think it is okay to dictate who a person should grieve for, and how much they should do so.
Let me first say that friends, heroes of a cause, classmates, whoever you are grieving for, you have a right to grieve for them. You have your reasons, and it is not right for people to deny you that. I just wanted to put that out there. Do not bottle up grief. It does more harm than good. Societal pressures are not worth sacrificing your sanity.
I was thinking of creating a basic outline of a rite for the dying that could be tailored to any tradition. Instead, I think I will offer a list of components, or ideas, that participants can pick and choose from, to create their own. If something requires a tool, I'll try to offer an easy alternative in case circumstances do not allow for Pagan altar tools or materials. These are in no particular order. Remember to take into account the wishes of the person for whom you do this rite.
1.	Cleansing: Use holy water from your tradition, or sage mist, to prepare sacred space. Mist is safer than smoke, especially in a hospice, hospital, or in a situation where the individual may have a lung condition. If you need to improvise, touch the water and charge it with the purest light you can think of, whether that be white, silver, violet, black, or red, or whichever color makes most sense to you.
2.	Deity: Acknowledge a god/goddess of death and dying through a simple icon, and their spoken name. An easy symbol could be a flat stone, a feather, or similar, as long as it is related to the deity as you understand them. If you need to improvise, a coin or a ring might be used.
3.	Acknowledge a god/goddess of transformation, similar to above.
4.	Acknowledge local or traditional spirits connected with the dying, such as Godmother Death (Mexico), the banshee (Ireland), or the ferryman. You could leave an offering for them, such as a coin or shell. Some traditions believe that such objects are payment for the transfer of the soul safely to the other side.
5.	Acknowledge spirit guides and kindred animals associated with the individual, and those of his or her family line if any.
6.	Share bread or some other form of food and drink with the individual who will be moving on. Let them know they are not waiting on this shore of the river alone. Offer the same food or libation to spirits present, like those listed above perhaps.
7.	Once spirits and deities such as those listed above are present, allow them to remain, peacefully, with you, the family/friends, and the one waiting to pass on, until the event is over.
8.	If they wish, an active blessing could be done. Use a wand or dagger to trace a chosen symbol above them, such as the pentagram, star of chaos, a rune, etc. If you need to improvise, a pocket knife, a twig, a plastic cafeteria knife, or a quartz point would do, though I would avoid plastic if possible.
9.	Listen. Let them say what they feel they need to say. Have something on hand to write things down if it seems necessary.
10.	Let them feel they have something left. If they fear drifting into darkness, a stone to anchor them may help. Guide them toward meditation on that stone as something they can take with them. They could even put into the stone anything they wish to remember in the afterlife/next life, and the stone they have created in their minds will act as a place to store that information. Obviously the physical stone will remain, but they have, with luck, created an astral version of it that can go with them into the next realm. Bury that stone with them.
The basic rite I would have in mind would go something like this:
Create sacred space
Summon spirits
Call deities
Perform blessing
Take down what they need to say
Give them something to hold onto
Stay present so they have spiritual support
Release spirits quickly after they pass
You can pick or choose from these. I hope this helps someone.
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Q: OpenVPN - tun0 sucessfully configured by the service but interface lacks ip or routing configuration I'm configuring OpenVPN on a Ubuntu 18.04 client as it follows:
##############################################
# Sample client-side OpenVPN 2.0 config file #
# for connecting to multi-client server.     #
#                                            #
# This configuration can be used by multiple #
# clients, however each client should have   #
# its own cert and key files.                #
#                                            #
# On Windows, you might want to rename this  #
# file so it has a .ovpn extension           #
##############################################

# Specify that we are a client and that we
# will be pulling certain config file directives
# from the server.
client

# Use the same setting as you are using on
# the server.
# On most systems, the VPN will not function
# unless you partially or fully disable
# the firewall for the TUN/TAP interface.
;dev tap
dev tun

# Windows needs the TAP-Win32 adapter name
# from the Network Connections panel
# if you have more than one.  On XP SP2,
# you may need to disable the firewall
# for the TAP adapter.
;dev-node MyTap

# Are we connecting to a TCP or
# UDP server?  Use the same setting as
# on the server.
proto tcp
;proto udp

# The hostname/IP and port of the server.
# You can have multiple remote entries
# to load balance between the servers.
remote c 80
;remote my-server-2 1194

# Choose a random host from the remote
# list for load-balancing.  Otherwise
# try hosts in the order specified.
;remote-random

# Keep trying indefinitely to resolve the
# host name of the OpenVPN server.  Very useful
# on machines which are not permanently connected
# to the internet such as laptops.
resolv-retry infinite

# Most clients don't need to bind to
# a specific local port number.
nobind

# Downgrade privileges after initialization (non-Windows only)
# user nobody
# group nogroup

# Try to preserve some state across restarts.
persist-key
persist-tun

# If you are connecting through an
# HTTP proxy to reach the actual OpenVPN
# server, put the proxy server/IP and
# port number here.  See the man page
# if your proxy server requires
# authentication.
;http-proxy-retry # retry on connection failures
;http-proxy [proxy server] [proxy port #]

# Wireless networks often produce a lot
# of duplicate packets.  Set this flag
# to silence duplicate packet warnings.
;mute-replay-warnings

# SSL/TLS parms.
# See the server config file for more
# description.  It's best to use
# a separate .crt/.key file pair
# for each client.  A single ca
# file can be used for all clients.
ca ca.crt
cert client.crt
key client.key

# Verify server certificate by checking that the
# certicate has the correct key usage set.
# This is an important precaution to protect against
# a potential attack discussed here:
#  http://openvpn.net/howto.html#mitm
#
# To use this feature, you will need to generate
# your server certificates with the keyUsage set to
#   digitalSignature, keyEncipherment
# and the extendedKeyUsage to
#   serverAuth
# EasyRSA can do this for you.
remote-cert-tls server

# If a tls-auth key is used on the server
# then every client must also have the key.
tls-auth ta.key 1

# Select a cryptographic cipher.
# If the cipher option is used on the server
# then you must also specify it here.
# Note that v2.4 client/server will automatically
# negotiate AES-256-GCM in TLS mode.
# See also the ncp-cipher option in the manpage
cipher AES-256-CBC
auth SHA256

# Enable compression on the VPN link.
# Don't enable this unless it is also
# enabled in the server config file.
#comp-lzo

# Set log file verbosity.
verb 3

# Silence repeating messages
;mute 20
key-direction 1

script-security 2
up /etc/openvpn/update-resolv-conf
down /etc/openvpn/update-resolv-conf
<ca>
...
</ca>
<cert>
...
</cert>
<key>
...
<tls-auth>
...
</tls-auth>

openvpn /etc/openvpn/client.conf results into:
Tue Jul 21 15:59:09 2020 us=191135 OpenVPN 2.4.4 x86_64-pc-linux-gnu [SSL (OpenSSL)] [LZO] [LZ4] [EPOLL] [PKCS11] [MH/PKTINFO] [AEAD] built on May 14 2019
Tue Jul 21 15:59:09 2020 us=191150 library versions: OpenSSL 1.1.1  11 Sep 2018, LZO 2.08
Tue Jul 21 15:59:09 2020 us=191222 NOTE: the current --script-security setting may allow this configuration to call user-defined scripts
Tue Jul 21 15:59:09 2020 us=191609 Outgoing Control Channel Authentication: Using 256 bit message hash 'SHA256' for HMAC authentication
Tue Jul 21 15:59:09 2020 us=191634 Incoming Control Channel Authentication: Using 256 bit message hash 'SHA256' for HMAC authentication
Tue Jul 21 15:59:09 2020 us=191721 Control Channel MTU parms [ L:1623 D:1170 EF:80 EB:0 ET:0 EL:3 ]
Tue Jul 21 15:59:09 2020 us=191758 Data Channel MTU parms [ L:1623 D:1450 EF:123 EB:406 ET:0 EL:3 ]
Tue Jul 21 15:59:09 2020 us=191790 Local Options String (VER=V4): 'V4,dev-type tun,link-mtu 1571,tun-mtu 1500,proto TCPv4_CLIENT,keydir 1,cipher AES-256-CBC,auth SHA256,keysize 256,tls-auth,key-method 2,tls-client'
Tue Jul 21 15:59:09 2020 us=191802 Expected Remote Options String (VER=V4): 'V4,dev-type tun,link-mtu 1571,tun-mtu 1500,proto TCPv4_SERVER,keydir 0,cipher AES-256-CBC,auth SHA256,keysize 256,tls-auth,key-method 2,tls-server'
Tue Jul 21 15:59:09 2020 us=191816 TCP/UDP: Preserving recently used remote address: [AF_INET]c:80
Tue Jul 21 15:59:09 2020 us=191842 Socket Buffers: R=[131072->131072] S=[16384->16384]
Tue Jul 21 15:59:09 2020 us=191855 Attempting to establish TCP connection with [AF_INET]c:80 [nonblock]
Tue Jul 21 15:59:10 2020 us=192033 TCP connection established with [AF_INET]c:80
Tue Jul 21 15:59:10 2020 us=192077 TCP_CLIENT link local: (not bound)
Tue Jul 21 15:59:10 2020 us=192086 TCP_CLIENT link remote: [AF_INET]c:80
Tue Jul 21 15:59:10 2020 us=192940 TLS: Initial packet from [AF_INET]c:80, sid=1262c750 4c7a1222
Tue Jul 21 15:59:10 2020 us=236253 VERIFY OK: depth=1, CN=vpn.xxxxxx.com
Tue Jul 21 15:59:10 2020 us=236402 VERIFY KU OK
Tue Jul 21 15:59:10 2020 us=236422 Validating certificate extended key usage
Tue Jul 21 15:59:10 2020 us=236438 ++ Certificate has EKU (str) TLS Web Server Authentication, expects TLS Web Server Authentication
Tue Jul 21 15:59:10 2020 us=236447 VERIFY EKU OK
Tue Jul 21 15:59:10 2020 us=236455 VERIFY OK: depth=0, CN=vpn.xxxxxx.com
Tue Jul 21 15:59:10 2020 us=241649 Control Channel: TLSv1.3, cipher TLSv1.3 TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384, 2048 bit RSA
Tue Jul 21 15:59:10 2020 us=241680 [vpn.xxxxx.com] Peer Connection Initiated with [AF_INET]c:80
Tue Jul 21 15:59:11 2020 us=504067 SENT CONTROL [vpn.xxxxx.com]: 'PUSH_REQUEST' (status=1)
Tue Jul 21 15:59:11 2020 us=506069 PUSH: Received control message: 'PUSH_REPLY,route 10.0.0.0 255.0.0.0,dhcp-option DNS b,dhcp-option DNS a,route 10.8.0.1,topology net30,ping 10,ping-restart 120,ifconfig 10.8.0.25 10.8.0.26,peer-id 0,cipher AES-256-GCM'
Tue Jul 21 15:59:11 2020 us=506158 OPTIONS IMPORT: timers and/or timeouts modified
Tue Jul 21 15:59:11 2020 us=506174 OPTIONS IMPORT: --ifconfig/up options modified
Tue Jul 21 15:59:11 2020 us=506181 OPTIONS IMPORT: route options modified
Tue Jul 21 15:59:11 2020 us=506192 OPTIONS IMPORT: --ip-win32 and/or --dhcp-option options modified
Tue Jul 21 15:59:11 2020 us=506199 OPTIONS IMPORT: peer-id set
Tue Jul 21 15:59:11 2020 us=506206 OPTIONS IMPORT: adjusting link_mtu to 1626
Tue Jul 21 15:59:11 2020 us=506216 OPTIONS IMPORT: data channel crypto options modified
Tue Jul 21 15:59:11 2020 us=506224 Data Channel: using negotiated cipher 'AES-256-GCM'
Tue Jul 21 15:59:11 2020 us=506239 Data Channel MTU parms [ L:1554 D:1450 EF:54 EB:406 ET:0 EL:3 ]
Tue Jul 21 15:59:11 2020 us=506310 Outgoing Data Channel: Cipher 'AES-256-GCM' initialized with 256 bit key
Tue Jul 21 15:59:11 2020 us=506325 Incoming Data Channel: Cipher 'AES-256-GCM' initialized with 256 bit key
Tue Jul 21 15:59:11 2020 us=506444 ROUTE_GATEWAY 172.31.32.1/255.255.240.0 IFACE=eth0 HWADDR=0a:c3:78:f1:6c:f4
Tue Jul 21 15:59:11 2020 us=506701 TUN/TAP device tun0 opened
Tue Jul 21 15:59:11 2020 us=506738 TUN/TAP TX queue length set to 100
Tue Jul 21 15:59:11 2020 us=506760 do_ifconfig, tt->did_ifconfig_ipv6_setup=0
Tue Jul 21 15:59:11 2020 us=506784 /sbin/ip link set dev tun0 up mtu 1500
Tue Jul 21 15:59:11 2020 us=508154 /sbin/ip addr add dev tun0 local 10.8.0.25 peer 10.8.0.26
Tue Jul 21 15:59:11 2020 us=509257 /etc/openvpn/update-resolv-conf tun0 1500 1554 10.8.0.25 10.8.0.26 init
dhcp-option DNS a
dhcp-option DNS b
Too few arguments.
Too few arguments.
Tue Jul 21 15:59:11 2020 us=552185 /sbin/ip route add 10.0.0.0/8 via 10.8.0.26
Tue Jul 21 15:59:11 2020 us=553483 /sbin/ip route add 10.8.0.1/32 via 10.8.0.26
Tue Jul 21 15:59:11 2020 us=554437 WARNING: this configuration may cache passwords in memory -- use the auth-nocache option to prevent this
Tue Jul 21 15:59:11 2020 us=554471 Initialization Sequence Completed

One would assume that the process was successful and the client is now connected to the VPN, however, the tun0 interface didn't acquire IP nor the routes exist.
When that same process exits:
^CTue Jul 21 16:06:19 2020 us=140846 event_wait : Interrupted system call (code=4)
Tue Jul 21 16:06:19 2020 us=141061 TCP/UDP: Closing socket
Tue Jul 21 16:06:19 2020 us=141125 /sbin/ip route del 10.0.0.0/8
RTNETLINK answers: No such process
Tue Jul 21 16:06:19 2020 us=142360 ERROR: Linux route delete command failed: external program exited with error status: 2
Tue Jul 21 16:06:19 2020 us=142395 /sbin/ip route del 10.8.0.1/32
RTNETLINK answers: No such process
Tue Jul 21 16:06:19 2020 us=143403 ERROR: Linux route delete command failed: external program exited with error status: 2
Tue Jul 21 16:06:19 2020 us=143438 Closing TUN/TAP interface
Tue Jul 21 16:06:19 2020 us=143461 /sbin/ip addr del dev tun0 local 10.8.0.25 peer 10.8.0.26
RTNETLINK answers: Cannot assign requested address
Tue Jul 21 16:06:19 2020 us=144445 Linux ip addr del failed: external program exited with error status: 2
Tue Jul 21 16:06:19 2020 us=172551 /etc/openvpn/update-resolv-conf tun0 1500 1554 10.8.0.25 10.8.0.26 init
Too few arguments.
Too few arguments.
Tue Jul 21 16:06:19 2020 us=202598 SIGINT[hard,] received, process exiting

Can't find the reason for this, other clients work fine.
If ip addr and ip route operations are run manually after service start it all works as it's supposed too. However, service is unable to recover from disconnection issues for the same reason that didn't connect automatically.
Syslog:
Jul 22 08:08:35 ip-172-31-32-67 systemd-networkd[7024]: tun0: Link DOWN
Jul 22 08:08:35 ip-172-31-32-67 systemd-networkd[7024]: tun0: Lost carrier
Jul 22 08:08:35 ip-172-31-32-67 systemd-timesyncd[690]: Network configuration changed, trying to establish connection.
Jul 22 08:08:35 ip-172-31-32-67 systemd[1]: Stopping Netscript ifup for tun0...
Jul 22 08:08:35 ip-172-31-32-67 systemd-timesyncd[690]: Synchronized to time server b:123 (ntp.ubuntu.com).
Jul 22 08:08:35 ip-172-31-32-67 netscript[21167]: Usage: netscript ifup|ifdown|ifqos|ifreload
Jul 22 08:08:35 ip-172-31-32-67 netscript[21167]:            {eth0|eth2|eth1|all}
Jul 22 08:08:35 ip-172-31-32-67 systemd[1]: netscript@tun0.service: Control process exited, code=exited status=1
Jul 22 08:08:35 ip-172-31-32-67 systemd[1]: netscript@tun0.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Jul 22 08:08:35 ip-172-31-32-67 systemd[1]: Stopped Netscript ifup for tun0.
Jul 22 08:08:47 ip-172-31-32-67 systemd-udevd[21286]: link_config: autonegotiation is unset or enabled, the speed and duplex are not writable.
Jul 22 08:08:47 ip-172-31-32-67 systemd-networkd[7024]: tun0: Link UP
Jul 22 08:08:47 ip-172-31-32-67 networkd-dispatcher[1251]: WARNING:Unknown index 28 seen, reloading interface list
Jul 22 08:08:47 ip-172-31-32-67 systemd-networkd[7024]: tun0: Gained carrier
Jul 22 08:08:47 ip-172-31-32-67 systemd-networkd[7024]: tun0: Gained IPv6LL
Jul 22 08:08:47 ip-172-31-32-67 systemd-timesyncd[690]: Network configuration changed, trying to establish connection.
Jul 22 08:08:47 ip-172-31-32-67 systemd[1]: Unnecessary job for /sys/subsystem/net/devices/tun0 was removed.
Jul 22 08:08:47 ip-172-31-32-67 systemd[1]: Started Netscript ifup for tun0.
Jul 22 08:08:47 ip-172-31-32-67 systemd-timesyncd[690]: Synchronized to time server b:123 (ntp.ubuntu.com).
Jul 22 08:08:47 ip-172-31-32-67 systemd-timesyncd[690]: Network configuration changed, trying to establish connection.
Jul 22 08:08:47 ip-172-31-32-67 systemd-timesyncd[690]: Synchronized to time server b:123 (ntp.ubuntu.com).
Jul 22 08:08:47 ip-172-31-32-67 sh[21324]: Configuring interface:Warning: Executing wildcard deletion to stay compatible with old scripts.
Jul 22 08:08:47 ip-172-31-32-67 sh[21324]:          Explicitly specify the prefix length (10.8.0.25/32) to avoid this warning.
Jul 22 08:08:47 ip-172-31-32-67 sh[21324]:          This special behaviour is likely to disappear in further releases,
Jul 22 08:08:47 ip-172-31-32-67 sh[21324]:          fix your scripts!
Jul 22 08:08:47 ip-172-31-32-67 systemd-timesyncd[690]: Network configuration changed, trying to establish connection.
Jul 22 08:08:47 ip-172-31-32-67 sh[21324]:  tun0.
Jul 22 08:08:47 ip-172-31-32-67 systemd-timesyncd[690]: Synchronized to time server a (ntp.ubuntu.com).

Did anyone else experienced this?

A: I had an issue, which lead me here on Ubuntu 20.04.2 and fixed that by uninstalling the netscript-2.4 package and installing the package ifupdown instead.

A: So, I get you right, after openvpn startup, you have a tun0 interface without ip?
Did you check that the client configuration posted here matches the server configuration ?
A research showed others having the same problem after a network reconnect causing the loss of the ip... caused by option proto none in the interface option configuration file. Reference
If that doesn't help, I would suggest disabling your up / down scripts for a start, those log entries show that this script is definately broken... here is what I mean:
dhcp-option DNS a
dhcp-option DNS b
Too few arguments.
Too few arguments.

And:
Jul 22 08:08:47 ip-172-31-32-67 sh[21324]: Configuring interface:Warning: Executing wildcard deletion to stay compatible with old scripts.
Jul 22 08:08:47 ip-172-31-32-67 sh[21324]:          Explicitly specify the prefix length (10.8.0.25/32) to avoid this warning.
Jul 22 08:08:47 ip-172-31-32-67 sh[21324]:          This special behaviour is likely to disappear in further releases,
Jul 22 08:08:47 ip-172-31-32-67 sh[21324]:          fix your scripts!

Another thing which I noticed, are you really using tcp port 80 for openvpn service ? I would say this is a bad idea...
In the syslog, I noticed the following message:

Jul 22 08:08:35 ip-172-31-32-67 systemd-networkd[7024]: tun0: Link DOWN
Jul 22 08:08:35 ip-172-31-32-67 systemd-networkd[7024]: tun0: Lost carrier

This looks like the main vpn connection ( remote c 80 ) gets lost during vpn setup, for example due to a malicious route being set.
And, just for completeness, Here is the part where the tun0 interface gets its own IP:
Tue Jul 21 15:59:11 2020 us=508154 /sbin/ip addr add dev tun0 local 10.8.0.25 peer 10.8.0.26

I hope I could supply to you a start for research!


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La dynastie Rashtrakuta est une dynastie indienne ayant régné sur le Dekkan entre 753 et 982.

À l'origine tributaires des Chalukya de Badami, les cinq premiers souverains de la dynastie ne sont que de simples rajas (Dantivarman, Indra , Govinda , Kakka ou Karka  et Indra II). Puis la dynastie s'installe en 753 à Malkhed dans la haute vallée de la Godaveri, apres avoir vaincu et dépossédé les Chalukya de Vatapi. De simples rajas, les souverains Rashtrakuta deviennent maharajas (empereurs). Leur royaume devient une grande puissance considérée par les voyageurs arabes à l'égal de la Chine. Enrichie grâce au commerce avec le monde islamique, elle parvient à lancer de grandes campagnes militaires vers le bassin du Gange sous le règne de Dhruva (780-793), qui s'empare de Kânnauj et vainc les dynasties rivales des Pratihâra et des Pala. Après sa mort l'empire Rashtrakuta  connaît une éclipse avant de retrouver sa puissance sous le règne de Krishna III (939-967) qui soumet les Chola (949), les Chera et les Pandya jusqu'à l'extrême sud de l'Inde. L'empire décline sous son successeur Khottiga, et le roi paramara Siyaka de Mâlwa met Malkhed à sac au printemps 972. Kakka II (ou Karka II) succède à Khottiga, mort en septembre, mais est chassé cinq mois plus tard par le prince Tailapa II qui établit la dynastie des Châlukya de Kalyani. Le dernier Rastrakuta, Indra IV se réfugie auprès du roi Ganga Narasimha II puis meurt en 982.

Liste des souverains Rashtrakuta

Premiers rajas
 Dantivarman I
 Indra I, son fils
 Karka ou Kakka I, son fils
 Indra II, son fils aîné

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Maharajas
 Dantidurga (ou Dantivarman II) (735–756), fils d'Indra II
  (756–774), frère cadet d'Indra II
  (774–780), son fils aîné
  (780–793), son frère cadet
  (793–814),  son fils
  (814–878), son fils
  Akalavarsha (878–914), son fils
  (914–929), petit-fils de Krishna II
  (929–930), son fils aîné, déposé par son frère
  (930–936), son frère cadet
  (936–939), frère cadet d'Indra III et oncle des deux précédents
  (939–967), son fils aîné
  (967–972), son frère
  (972–973), neveu des deux précédents
  (973–982)

Renversé en 973 par le Chalukya de Kalyani  (973-997)

de Lata
 Indra (807–818) (Bruder von Govinda III.)
 Karka und Govinda (818–826)
 Dhruva II. (835–845)
 Akalavarsha Shubhatunga (867–)
 Dhruva III. (-871)

de Hastikundi (près de Jodhpur)
 Harivarma
 Vidagdha (916–938)
 Mammata (939–)
 Balaprasada (997)

Annexes

Articles connexes
 grottes d'Ellorâ

Dynastie indienne
Histoire du monde indien
Dirigeant du monde indien

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United States Marine Major Douglass Rauschelbach gave his family quite a surprise at the season opener game for the Los Angeles Kings. In a video shared on the team's Facebook page, Major Rauschelbach's wife, Melissa and their four children can be seen on the ice for a special ceremony before the game. "Major Douglass Rauschelbach of the United States Marine Corps surprised his wife and children with a special message before the start of the LA Kings home opener. …and then his family got an even bigger surprise when he walked out onto the ice," the post states. The family watches a video message from Rauschelbach when he makes his way out to the ice to surprise his family. The children immediately hug their father while his wife tearfully looks on for a very special reunion.


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Approval Requirements For Foreign Corporate Investments
by Digitorney Team | Jan 25, 2021 | Digitorney
More and more countries are tightening regulations for foreign investors that intend to acquire stakes in companies. Lawyers from different countries describe the legal situation and shed light on the consequences for corporate investments. As further countries are going to follow, Digitorney Plus will update this article frequently.
In France, the government recently extended the authorization requirements for certain investments by foreign natural and legal persons due to Regulation No. 2020-1729 of December 28th 2020. This concerns direct or indirect crossing of the 10% threshold of the voting rights of a listed company operating in a 'sensitive' economic area pursuant to Article R. 151-3 of the French Monetary and Financial Code (code monétaire et financier) and comprises inter alia defense, information technology, health or food safety.
In the USA, acquisitions of companies may require the approval of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. (CFIUS). For many years, CFIUS has had jurisdiction to review the potential national security implications of any transaction that could result in foreign control over a U.S. business. The scope of application of CFIUS was substantially expanded through the passage of the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act (FIRRMA) in 2018 and its implementation by the U.S. Department of the Treasury in the first half of 2020. "Under FIRRMA, CFIUS now has jurisdiction over certain transactions in which a non-controlling position in a U.S. business in specific industries is to be acquired", says Jim Black (Partner at Acceleron Law Group in Washington). The companies affected by this expanded jurisdiction are so-called "TID" businesses, whose operations involve critical technologies, critical infrastructure or sensitive personal data of U.S. citizens. Additionally, since the adoption of FIRRMA, certain real estate investments are expressly subject to CFIUS review. "There is no minimum revenue threshold or similar transaction-size test for CFIUS jurisdiction. Instead, CFIUS jurisdiction is based on the nature of the target company and the nature and potential effects of the proposed transaction", adds Jim Black.
In Germany, a sector-specific investment review applies to acquisitions of certain defense and IT security companies. With regard to other industries, the so-called "cross-sector investment review procedure" is applicable if an investor based outside the European Union/EFTA acquires directly or indirectly a stake in a German company of at least 10% (e.g. critical infrastructure, cloud computing services, healthcare/pharmaceuticals, sector-specific software for energy, water or IT/telecommunication suppliers, media companies with broad scope) and of at least 25% in all other cases. The investor applies for a certificate of non-objection from the Federal Ministry of Commerce which either provides the certificate within two months (in case of no reaction, the transaction is deemed approved) or starts a review procedure which takes further four months upon submission of all requested documents. The Ministry can restrict or prohibit the acquisition if this presumably affects the public security in Germany or the European Union. The German Federal Government currently plans to decrease the threshold to 10% in general. In addition, the more intensive sector- specific investment review shall apply to further industries in future (e.g. artificial intelligence, robotics, autonomous driving and flying, semi-conductors, opto electronics, cyber security, aviation, nuclear technology and additive manufacturing incl. 3D printing). The government's draft is currently under review and could come into force in the first year-half 2021.
Denmark is currently in the process of implementing combined mandatory and voluntary FDI screening/approval requirements for certain "sensitive" infrastructure etc. investments/assets. A draft proposal was presented late last year and is now going through a consultation phase before presenting the final proposal. "A number of comments have already been raised regarding e.g. scope, thresholds, timeframes and other issues, so it remains to be seen to what extent the legislators will take these comments into account in the updated final proposal", says Jacob Christensen (Managing Partner at Christensen Partners in Copenhagen. "Also, a number of the more detailed regulations are envisaged to be provided in executive orders, and this also leaves room for some uncertainty about how the proposed measures will end up working in practice."
In the Czech Republic, following Regulation (EU) 2019/452 establishing a framework for the screening of foreign direct investments into the Union, a Czech Act on screening of foreign investments has been adopted with the effects from 1 April 2021. Under this Act, certain foreign investments leading to effective control on performing of economic activity in the Czech Republic by, for instance, an acquisition of at least 10% of voting rights on a target entity, and made by foreign (non-EU) investors (i.e. non-EU citizens and legal persons or persons that made or intend to make a foreign investment in the Czech Republic and are directly or indirectly controlled by any of the foregoing (non-EU) persons), and which are likely to affect security of the Czech Republic or its public affairs or focus on sensitive economic areas, such as mass media, critical infrastructure or research and development of military material, would need to be reported and/or authorized by relevant Czech public authorities. "These are allowed to review transactions completed in past 5 years", says Václav Šára (Attorney-at-Law at PRK Partners in Prague. "However, subject to certain exemptions, the Act should generally not apply to the transactions completed before the Act became effective", comments Jana Otčenášková (Attorney-at-Law at PRK Partners in Prague). Certain breaches by a foreign investor of that Act may lead to sanctions of up to 2% of the foreign investor's worldwide net turnover for last accounting period or, if not possible to determine the turnover, up to CZK 100,000,000 (approx. EUR 3,8 million).
I n Romania, a Government emergency ordinance with respect to foreign investments is currently pending approval. The ordinance aims to implement the provisions of the Regulation (EU) 2019/452 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 March 2019 establishing a framework for the screening of foreign direct investments into the Union. The ordinance provides the establishment of a national commission for the examination of FDIs formed by representatives of the government, presidential administration, ministries, secret services and the competition authority. Also, according to the draft ordinance, subject to authorization are FDIs whose value exceeds EUR 2 million having as object sensible domains, such as security of citizens, frontiers, energy, transport and critical infrastructure are. Further, FDIs under EUR 2 million could be subject to authorization, if, through their nature, they are deemed to affect the national security and public order.
"Romania was among the EU member states which already had in place a mechanism of examination of investments, whose objective was to maintain national security and public order, as certain transactions were subject to the approval of the Supreme Defence Council", comments Ana Chira (Attorney-at-Law at Bulboacă şi Asociaţii in Bucharest). Also, in recent years, FDIs in Romania have known an upward trend – according to a report of the National Bank of Romania, FDIs in Romania exceeded EUR 5 billion for two consecutive years. Most attractive sectors are trade, industry, financial intermediations and insurance and IT&C.
In Portugal, there are no restrictions or regulations concerning foreign investments in companies. However, Oortugal holds a Gold Visa Programme («Golden Visa»), which grants a special residence permit to foreigners, that can be obtained through investment in the national territory. On December, 22nd, 2020, legal authorities approved legislation that restricts and limits investment conditions pertaining to the Golden Visa Program. According to the press release, the Golden Visa program will be limited in the areas of Lisbon, Oporto, and along the coastal line. "Therefore, in principle, the program will only be available in the interior regions, Azores and Madeira. This limitation aims to foment foreign investment in areas with low population density and interior regions", comment Gonçalo Malheiro and Laura Antunes (Abreu Advogados in Lisbon). Thus, the urban centers and, in general, the coastal line and the Algarve will be excluded as areas of possible execution of the Golden Visa investment. According to the press release, these changes will enter into force on 01.07.2021, but the Government predicts a transitional period in 2021 and 2022, during which the rules will be applicable in a gradual way. This means that the minimum investment amounts will gradually increase and the possibility of executing investments in metropolitan areas will gradually cease to exist.


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Hunt for homeless draws near blank
A TEAM of more than 200 council workers spent a night searching for rough sleepers in south Wirral and Cheshire - but found only four.
Funded by government grants, the workers trawled the county for homeless people to build up an accurate picture of the extent of the problem.
But the massive hunt revealed homelessness levels are tiny.
In Ellesmere Port, 25 paid members of staff and three volunteers were issued with maps, torches and safety alarms and sent off in groups.
But after the night-long search they found only one person.
Tony Mousdale, assistant chief housing officer for Ellesmere Port and Neston Borough Council, said: "We were given a government grant and we spent about £1,000 of it on the count.
"It was worthwhile. Under the Homelessness Act we are required to review homelessness in the borough and it has given us a full view as to the extent of rough sleeping. It gives us a clearer picture.
"We found one person. It is not a major problem in the area and the exercise has confirmed that, certainly not compared to the big cities.
"That's not to say there aren't issues generally around homelessness.
"We have always provided an estimated figure in the past, but it has been based on anecdotal evidence from the police and social services.
"The grant was used for overtime for the staff and equipment such as torches and travelling expenses and some money went on refreshments."
The county-wide sweep also uncovered one rough sleeper in Warrington and two in Macclesfield.
Teams in Crewe, Vale Royal, Halton and Congleton combed the area without finding evidence of any people living on the streets.
According to figures released in November, Liverpool has 10 rough sleepers and Wirral's last count, in June 2003, found two.
Despite the cost and manpower used in the count it has been hailed a success for proving the county has low levels of homelessness.
Cllr Graham Smith, mayor of Ellesmere Port and Neston, said: "People were genuinely searching. We tried, but we didn't find anybody.
"But that in itself is a mini success. Thank heavens there aren't more people out there sleeping rough.
"It may seem like another government missive and more money being spent but I can see the sense of it."


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Govt Issues Patent Guidelines For Indian Startups; Makes Facilitator Mandatory!
Indian Patent Office or IPO has introduced new policy framework for Indian entrepreneurs. These new policy features would be the guidelines for those entrepreneurs who wish to file for patents, related with any industry.
As per the new policy, a facilitator is now a must for filing a new patent (to be discovered here); and in case the entrepreneur is not able to locate one, then he or she is encouraged to contact the Head of Patent Office of that respective city and 3 new facilitators would be provided by him.
A list of around 280 facilitators have been provided by the Patent Office for the same.
Overall, this is a welcome step, aimed to boosting patents from Indian technologists and entrepreneurs, and promoting the culture of innovation among them. These guidelines would be followed for patents, designs and trademarks.
Considering the push for 'startups' and 'Digital India' by PM Modi, such comprehensive policy framework for patents was a necessity.
Last year, when Indian Govt. stopped entrepreneurs from patenting any innovation, then we had questioned the move as it could have throttled innovation and new ideas.
However, in February this year, when Indian Patent Office again clarified that there would be no patents allowed in India, then some analysts shared that it's a good decision for India where larger software and IT companies can easily claim patent by modifying few lines of codes.
Interestingly, India is a major hub of patents, as India has beaten China is attracting funds for research and development, whereas Cisco has claimed that 9% of their patents come from India.
Patents is a big deal in business of technology; it is a massive industry wherein billions of dollars exchange hands for few lines of codes or a new tiny technique of innovation.
The in-famous Apple vs Samsung patent fight is still fresh in our memories, wherein two of the largest tech companies fought over modifications of mobile UI and few curves of boxes which baffled lawyers and judges for months.
By paying almost half a billion dollars, Samsung finally closed this case against Apple.
There is a reason companies like Google are patenting their technologies related with map creation and tracking of potholes and accidents; there is a deep logic behind Samsung patenting designs of foldable smartphones; and Xiaomi knows what they are doing when they purchase 1500 patents from Microsoft.
Such is the importance of patents, that Google has already launched world's first marketplace of patents and their primary objective is to purchase as many patents as they can!
Last year, around 7500 lawsuits related with patents were filed in the US, and the number is increasing at a steady pace. In fact, on December 2nd, Texas received 257 new legal cases related with patents; something which created a sort of record for USA.
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John O'Brien always gives us a privileged view into the depths of his characters, their secrets, their hidden agendas, their romantic thoughts, which are for our eyes only. And he slows down scenes, making it all about the moment. "Better" is a strange book in that it takes place solely inside the confines of a mansion overlooking the California coast. This is where we meet William, a permanent house guest of the Lord of the Manor, Double Felix. Their interactions are a play on language, a literary contest every morning over a glass of vodka. "Better" demonstrates how language is character and character is language.


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Precise levelling in Canada
The precise levelling method is a well-known approach that has been used for more than 200 years (Gareau, 1986) and still provides the most accurate method for determining height differences over short distances. It involves making differential height measurements between two vertical graduated rods, approximately 100 metres apart, using a tripod mounted telescope whose horizontal line of sight is controlled to better than one second of arc by a spirit level vial or a suspended prism. This process is repeated in a leap-frog fashion to produce elevation differences between established benchmarks that constitute the vertical control network (Véronneau et al., 2006). Despite its precision, precise levelling is costly, time consuming, laborious and remains restricted to almost flat areas, when the network is established. After the measurement is done, however, other difficulties will arise in terms of stability and maintenance of the network. The first problem is especially important for the areas subject to uplift or subsidence, e.g., due to GIA or mineral exploration. The second problem is mostly faced in urban areas, where the construction has a higher rate, and therefore, levelling benchmarks are subject to demolition.
The currently publishing Canadian heights are a construct that results from annual survey observations dating back to 1904. Despite the great efforts to minimize potential error sources, the network was established in a piece-meal fashion by combining observations made over consecutive years and adjusted locally. This led to significant regional distortions in the current published heights. Further degradation of the accuracy of the published height is originated from GIA over time. Comparisons of the heights currently published against more recent scientific network re-adjustments and the most recent geoid models indicate regional distortions of up to one metre. Although, the consistency of relative heights is probably still at the sub-centimetre precision level locally, the regional distortion impede on the application of new technology such as GPS to obtain accurate point heights consistent with the current datum (Véronneau et al., 2006).
As an extension of the latter difficulty, the current published heights were based on the assumption that the Pacific and Atlantic oceans were at the same height. In fact, according to oceanographic evidence, the water level at Vancouver could be higher than the water level at Halifax by 40 to 70 cm (Véronneau et al., 2006). This discrepancy causes a national-scale tilt in the published heights that has significant impact on a number of applications. Along with this problem, the GIA-related uplift and subsidence across the Canadian landmass was not known at time of developing the CGVD28, and naturally, this phenomenon was not accounted for in the network adjustment.
In recent years, limitations of the current height reference system such as instability, distortion, limited spatial coverage, high maintenance costs, along with opportunities and pressures of new technology, forced GSD to begin a modernization program to fully support and realize the substantial benefits of GPS and related modern technologies (e.g., gravimetry) for accurate height measurement to provide an up-to-date height reference in Canada (Véronneau et al., 2006). This led to re-observation of a large portion of the primary vertical network. From 1972 to 2000, the Canadian vertical network was almost entirely re-surveyed with about 124,000 km of levelling lines observed.
Despite the existing problems in the levelling network, the re-surveyed data makes it possible to compute the benchmarks height differences. The data quality, however, should be checked due to the problems in the network, and the data should be corrected for the systematic and localized errors. For example, Koohzare (2007) has made a criterion to reject the levelling data based on the height difference differences per distance in time. Based on this criterion, the author has rejected the data with height difference differences greater than 0.1 mm km-1 yr-1. The author has also removed the short levelling lines that have just included a few segments. After the data screening, the rest of the levelling data can participate in the data processing.
Assuming the velocity to be constant in time, the vertical velocity at each levelling benchmark can be computed by:
V = Δ H Δ t = H ( t 2 ) − H ( t 1 ) t 2 − t 1 V = {%DELTA H} over {%DELTA t} = {H(t_2) - H(t_1)} over {t_2 - t_1}
where H is the orthometric height of the benchmark and t denotes the measuring time. The difference of vertical velocities of the two re-levelled adjacent benchmarks can be computed by:
∆ V AB = V B − V A = [ H B ( t 2 ) − H B ( t 1 ) ] − [ H A ( t 2 ) − H A ( t 1 ) ] t 2 − t 1 = ∇ Δ H Δ t ∆V_{AB} = V_B − V_A = {[H_B(t_2) − H_B(t_1)] − [H_A(t_2) − H_A(t_1)]} over {t_2 - t_1} = {nabla %DELTA H} over {%DELTA t}
where VA and VB are the vertical velocities at benchmarks A and B, respectively and HA(t1), HB(t1), HA(t2), HB(t2) are the heights of the same benchmarks measured at time t1 and t2.
Gareau, R. M. (1986). History of precise levelling in Canada and the North American vertical datum readjustment (M.Sc. Thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta.
Koohzare, A. (2007). A physically meaningful model of vertical crustal movements in Canada using smooth piecewise algebraic approximation: Constraints for glacial isostatic adjustment models (Ph.D. Thesis). University of New Brunswick.
Véronneau, M., Duval, R., and Huang, J. (2006). A Gravimetric Geoid Model as a vertical datum in Canada. Geomatica, 60(2), 165-172.
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Childhood is, unavoidably, unavoidable on the path to becoming an adult. Both a blessing and a curse, everything that happens to you in the first years of life will stick in your mind, coming back, consciously or unconsciously, to haunt and influence you in all the decades that follow. Without intervention, you will fall into a pattern of reliving your formative years, including all the high and lows, from which you learned to behave.
When you were young and sensitive, your emotional peaks showed you how to respond to the world. Positive and negative extremes gave you healthy limits, at least for a time. The longer you lived, the more those limits turned unhealthy because they remained rooted in outdated information. You became a child navigating an adult body, unable to see beyond what settled in your mind so many years ago. You must now go inward, back to your past, to reinterpret yourself.
Be cautious of how your early influences affected you. Whether you had an overall positive or negative childhood, nostalgia, when mismanaged, will be an enemy to your progress. Longing for simpler, bygone days places a permanent cap upon your present. No differently, lamenting over the traumas suffered in years past condemns you to relive them. You should be moving on to bigger and better sources of pain.
Exceptional people raised in ordinary environments will always suffer. Your parents did not know how to raise you. They could not even conceive of what you were. Your other environmental factors had been built around ordinary social norms. They were not what you needed for optimal development. You cannot allow their influence to continue if you are to be as exceptional as you can be. You have to forgive those who reared you so you can move forward and decide, on your own terms, what kind of person you are going to be. Then they cease to matter.
Separating your present from your past is the first crucial step in the long journey to arrive where you already are. If that seems unclear, it is because you are so engrained with your past that you cannot see that it represents only a tiny fraction of what you can become. The more you experience, the larger you grow. Keeping your upbringing as a reference map for reality confines you to known territories. Because you had no external perspective as child, whatever you arbitrarily experienced first was given priority in the hierarchy of your mind.
When you've learned how to distance yourself from your childhood influences, you'll be able to select only the most useful memories for your repertoire of self. Then you can test these claims against the nature of the world. Some will pass. Many others will fail, and should be promptly discarded. Early exposure is just the starting place to begin the validation process. You will learn from these observations and piece together your own unique and personal worldview, one block at a time.
This is how you construct a mindset. Mindset determines everything that follows.


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Bucharest Sites & Bites
Take your taste buds on a history tour and learn how Romania's past has influenced its cuisine today.
Get a 101 intro to the city and see the sites that have shaped Bucharest.
Hear the stories of Old Town, from Ottoman rule to French aristocracy, from Communist ruin to a new capitalist (night)life.
Enjoy a three-course traditional Romanian meal in one of the most charming restaurants in Bucharest.
Local English-speaking guide; Three-course Romanian meal; House beer or wine or soft drink.
Hotel pick-up and drop-off; Additional food and beverages; Souvenirs and items of a personal nature; Gratuities for your local guide.
Available daily at 11:00am.
Meeting Point: Revolution Square, in front of the horse statue.
Ending Point: Unirii Square.
Your Bucharest tour begins in the political center of the city, Revolution Square (formerly known as Palace Square), which has witnessed most of the important events in Romanian history. It was from here in 1989 that dictator Ceausescu made his ill-advised rallying speech to a crowd that quickly turned on him, instigating the Romanian revolution. Surrounding the square are several other notable landmarks, including the former Royal Palace, the Athenaeum concert hall, and Athenee Palace, the heart of espionage and intrigue in the years between the wars.
And in such a historical spot, it's appropriate that we have a historical treat. We'll indulge in a covrig, a daily salty snack for most Romanians that was likely introduced by Hapsburg or German merchants in medieval times.
Next up, we'll leave the square and head south along Victory Street, named after the spectacular victory of the new Romanian nation in the 1877 War of Independence. However, full unification of the three Romanian principalities did not take place until 1918, which explains why each region has its own distinct character, traditions, and cuisine — like sweet for Moldova, earthy for Transylvania, and spicy for Muntenia.
This stretch is also home to many spectacular landmarks of the inter-war period, including the 'Telephone Palace,' Military Circle, and former National Theatre, as well as the beautiful church of Kretzulescu, one of the most famous in Bucharest.
From Victory Street, we'll head into an older Bucharest, exploring the numerous paths and passageways of the Old Town. This is the heart of medieval Bucharest, the literal crossroads between East and West, where Ottoman pashas rubbed shoulders with Transylvanian princes, and churches and mosques stood side by side. Here you can witness the many diverse influences on Romanian food — the Balkan mici (skinless sausages), the Ottoman sarmale (stuffed cabbage leaves), Russian borscht and ciorba (sour soups), and Austro-Hungarian schnitzel. Among the many sights and stories of Old Town are lavish interiors and princely courts, the exquisite calm of an orthodox monastery and the great wooden inn of Hanul Lui Manuc.
En route to our final destination, we'll get a look at the famed People's Palace, the center of Ceausescu's megalomaniac attempts to re-shape the city, and the second largest building in the world (only the Pentagon is bigger!).
Finally, our Bucharest tour will end with a sampling of the culinary specialties at a traditional hanu, or inn, that's widely considered to be one of the most beautiful in the city. You'll dig into a three-course meal with platters of local delicacies — giving you a 'taste tour' of the history and geography of the region.
It was said that during the time of the ancient Romanians (the Dacians), so much wine was drunk by the people that their leader, Burebista, banned its production entirely. But the supremely inventive Dacians immediately began brewing beer — thus, you'll have a chance to lubricate your palate with both fine Romanian wines and/or locally brewed beer, just like the Dacians would have wanted!
Dress standard: Please wear casual dress.
Children younger than 6 are permitted at no extra cost, but please make sure you inform our guides of this before you take the tour.
Cancellation: 2 days prior 100% penalty. No show 100% penalty.