US District Judge Derrick Watson just issued a stunning ruling that sends the country into a constitutional crisis.
Even though Trump's revised travel ban makes no mention of religion, this judge has decided anyway that it constitutes a Muslim ban and that unvetted and undervetted refugees must be allowed into the US.
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US District Judge Derrick Watson issued a ruling yesterday and blocked President Trump's revised travel ban from going into effect.
Even though the revised order makes no mention of religion and lays out why immigration from Syria, Iran, Libya, Yemen, Sudan, and Somalia must be restricted, this judge decided that the national security decision is "illogical."
On top of that, Judge Watson determined that the executive order specifically targets Muslims.
As you know, in order for something to be discriminatory, it must deliberately target someone because of their faith. Yet this Judge has concluded that because these countries have majority-Muslim populations, any action taken against them is an assault on Islam itself.
The President just sent Marines into Syria to fight the Islamic State. Every day, American pilots drop bombs on ISIS positions in Iraq and Syria. Does this judge believe he has the authority to block that foreign policy decision?
If it is unconstitutional to take action if it would negatively affect Muslims, how can the US possibly wage war against the Islamic State?
You can see how this creates a dangerous slippery slope.
Your predecessors gave the President the authority to block "any class of aliens" from entering the US. Today, that authorized power is under threat from liberal activist judges.
In 2015, you and your colleagues passed the Safety Against Foreign Enemies Act in the House with a bipartisan, veto-proof super majority. This legislation would codify President Trump's extreme vetting executive order into law and prohibit any refugee from entering the United States unless the intelligence agencies certify they pose no threat to the country.
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Lawsuit and extensive conversation with Tinus Koops
Tinus Koops before the Police Judge
Tinus Koops of the Netherlands in Revolt was visited on June 19, 2020, during a live broadcast on Facebook, by two police officers with a letter that his request to demonstrate against the absurd corona measures on July 4, 2020 had been rejected.
In a fit of emotion, Tinus Koops blurted out the following words, live in the Facebook broadcast:
"Bunch of fucking lungs and by that I don't mean the police. Then I'm talking about our Van Zanen. He just really needs to get a brick in his neck. "
"I think that's very hypocritical Mr. Van Zanen, you fucking bloody ugly rotten cunt that you walk around. We used to be able to chat really well, but now you are a fucking bitch. Now you have an enemy, because I really didn't expect this from you, buddy. You really are a fucking bitch. "
Slang. The message was: "I am furious!". That you are just in a Facebook broadcast is less. Tinus certainly regrets it, and he has stated that several times, but we live in absurd times where our freedoms are severely restricted due to the corona virus and the frustration many can imagine.
"I was high in my emotions at the time. Because of the prohibition of the demonstration. The right to demonstrate is a great asset, that was pulled from under my nose that evening without explanation. I wanted to tell Van Zanen myself that I regret it, but he does not want to start a conversation with me. "
But nevertheless the former Mayor of Utrecht felt "threatened". According to Tinus, he just felt stepped on his dick and frankly the author of this piece too. There are worse examples that will never come to court in this one-sided Netherlands.
Former Mayor of Utrecht Jan van Zanen
Tinus called on his followers to come together on July 4 in the park Oog in Al. Although the word demonstration was not mentioned, it was still seen as a demonstration and so Koops had to appear before the Police Judge on 6 November. The Public Prosecutor charged him with incitement, threats and insult and thus illegal demonstration.
Our Jasper attended the trial and recorded the entire case. Afterwards Jasper had an extensive conversation with Tinus Koops.
"It must be possible to discuss the corona policy. Unfortunately I found out that this is not the case. "
01:35 am - Prosecutor indictment
10:27 - Substantive discussion
29:30 - Demand Public Prosecutor
54:46 - Defense lawyer Tinus Koops
1:11:07 - Last word Tinus Koops
1:13:22 - Verdict
The police judge took over the demand from the Public Prosecution Service and Tinus Koops was sentenced to a community service of 120 hours, and 60 days in prison if he does not do the community service. In addition, a fine of 390 euros.
Tinus announced that he would appeal.
We have placed Tinus' last word separately here:
Afterwards, Tinus talked to Jasper from CommonSenseTV. See the whole conversation here.
Measure with two measures
This whole case leaves a bitter aftertaste and because we continuously monitor the news and also the social media, we see what is said online about and against "dissenters".
The judge said, among other things: "Your statements made the mayor feel threatened. Fortunately nothing happened, but you could have given people ideas. "
Could have, yes. But quite unlikely.
There you are… Live on Facebook and suddenly the police are at your door telling you that you are not allowed to demonstrate and you get angry. The statements are not neat, but if we start talking about this, we will know a few more.
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Or one Akwasi, who on a crowded Dam has threatened not one but all Zwarte Pieten in the Netherlands who we find less understandable. How many Black Petes has Akwasi threatened? Hundreds? Perhaps thousands who dress up as Zwarte Piet at our traditional children's party? In any case, more than one Mayor who knows very well who Tinus Koops is and knows that he is not violent.
Akwasi threatened all Black Petes on a full Dam, shouting through the microphone in a very intimidating way.
'The moment I see a Zwarte Piet in November, I personally kick his face', Akwasi shouted on June 1 on the Amsterdam Dam.
Listen carefully ...
Akwasi distanced himself from his words and the case was dropped.
Tinus also distanced himself, several times, but the charges were not dropped.
What is concerning is that Akwasi is a member of the extreme political movement BlackLivesMatter. Many Dutch people probably have no idea what these groups stand for. This political movement is big. Very large. And a potential danger to our democracy. There is no security service that can deny. Take a look at the US.
But Mark Rutte talks to these radicals who will not shy away from anything. Mark Rutte has also changed his opinion about Zwarte Piet and where you expect the Dutch Prime Minister that he will do everything to defend our traditions and culture, he gives in to the radical socialist movements that consider Zwarte Piet racist and he can "understand" For their feelings. Because people should not be offended. And especially minorities not. How the rest of the Netherlands feels about this does not matter.
Very rational black and white Netherlands is very annoyed by these racists. But the fake media has given all these years all the space to these extremists and so they have managed to make our age-old tradition disappear.
We say "seems" because we will NEVER give up our Dutch traditions and culture.
At the moment, politicians and the fake media are creating a climate in the Netherlands in which people who stand up non-violently against the absurd, unrealistic, irrational corona measures that destroy the Netherlands are portrayed as conspiracy thinkers and, worse still, as dangerous. If Tinus Koops de hard core belongs to the Dutch freedom fighters… into which category should we place movements like Antifa, BlackLivesMatter and KOZP with their iconoclasticism and their anti-white and anti-Netherlands propaganda?
Put this next to each other. Is this fair? Is this justice?
It is fortunate that the Dutch who fight against injustice are civilized Dutch. Including Tinus Koops. A man with a good heart who is streetwise and has an enormous drive to stand up against injustice.
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She must have heard so many cruel words, slurs muttered under breath as she passed, pregnant before marriage. Maybe she was strong enough to let the lies roll off her back. Or maybe each insult wounded deeper than the last, her cheeks burning from shame and a mystery she could not explain.
But here, finally, were words of wonder and hope—from the mouths of people just like her. Here were shepherds who stopped their daily work to bring her stories of angels singing glory. Here were strangers who asked to see her baby and marveled at what his birth might mean.
Of course she treasured their words, turning them over and over in her heart, wondering what they might mean. While she learned to care for her child, as squalling and sleepless and hungry as any newborn, she gathered strength from their promise.
The world kept buzzing with the busyness of life with a new baby—the long nights and the blurry days and the naming and the rituals and the settling in as a new family once all the visitors finally went home. But contemplative as she was, she kept wondering.
What did their words mean? Who was this child? How would her life unfold?
Perhaps this prayer practice was what sustained her as a mother: to treasure and to ponder. To remember, as parents try to do amidst the endless work of raising children, why she started on this path in the first place: to serve the God she loved, to give of herself that life might be born and be forever changed.
And as she pondered, she became transformed by the gift she held: a treasure of words that would glimmer hope for centuries, an angel's song that echoed long after the shepherds left.
What words do we treasure? What gifts do we ponder? What practice will sustain us as a new year dawns?
Oh Laura I love this reflection! I have often reflected on what exactly and specifically did Mary reflect and ponder in her heart…I especially appreciate what you said about Mary enduring comments and her looks during her pregnancy, a good reminder to be love and compassion to women in those shoes today.
Thank you, Patty! I'm so glad it resonated with you. That line from Luke's Gospel always sticks in my mind, too…such a beautiful reminder that Mary had a contemplative, thoughtful way about her.


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Sydney 20 July 2015. Booming Australian start-up, Expert360 https://expert360.com has closed an oversubscribed capital raising for $4.1M to transform the sleepy $350 billion global consulting industry with it's online consulting marketplace.
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Steven Levy, the sixty-something journalist who spent over a decade's worth of his career working as a senior writer for the Wired Magazine, left the organization in 2014 to establish his own media publication. Today, three years since that fateful resignation, Levy has returned to Wired once again after its parent company acquired Backchannel, the tech-specific digital magazine that was Levy's brainchild. One of his first articles since his return to his home publication, not surprisingly, was about the birth and rise of the television industry that he has witnessed throughout his life. In his article, Levy chronicled the interesting history of the rise of the entertainment industry, from network to cable and then to the internet. He then went on to make some captivating predictions about the future of internet television, and how tech billionaires will change the way we consume our entertainment.
"I know that these ambitions sound lofty, if not comically inflated. After covering the lavish ambitions of tech founders for thirty years—and never going away—I guess I'm infected. But, hey, I didn't quit Wired for nothing. I want to build something that makes a difference. Writers and readers, please join me on the journey." - Steven Levy, Technology Journalist
Steven Levy delivered an interesting article, but my take on this situation is perhaps a little more specific. While it is fascinating to note the ways in which Silicon Valley is about to transform the television industry, I'm more concerned with the ways in which social networks, in particular, are going to lead that change. Whether it's for the sake of targeted advertising or enhanced user experience, social media platforms such as Facebook, Snapchat, Instagram and Vimeo already invest billions of dollars each year in order to gather data on their users. Just imagine what would happen if all these social media organizations were to implement their stacks of user-sensitive data to create the perfect television shows that users loved? It will certainly be an exciting new day for the partly stagnant television industry.
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Paperless construction sites and smart buildings. VR, AR and artificial intelligence. This is what Graphisoft Norway believes are the most important technology trends in the construction industry in 2019.
"The introduction of the smartphone has affected the working lives of most of us to a very large extent", says Frode Saltkjelvik, technical manager of Graphisoft Norway. "The construction site is no exception."
"It is now possible for everyone at the construction site to take a picture, upload it in the cloud and report an issue or needed changes - while simultaneously making the information available to all parties involved in the project in real time."
Norway is at the top in the world when it comes to using BIM tools on construction sites. Saltkjelvik praises the government for taking an active role in promoting innovation, technology development and digitization in piloting paper free buildings sites in some projects.
"The pilot projects at Halden University College and at the Vegtrafikkstasjonen at Gol showed that paperless construction sites provide higher quality and reduced costs for contractors as well as for builders. Statsbygg has now introduced a paperless building space as standard in its contracts. At the same time, requirements are set for all design to be done in building information models, and openBIM", says Saltkjelvik.
He understands that many builders and contractors in smaller companies may find that requirements for BIM seemingly overwhelming. Saltkjelvik believes it is important to emphasize that it does not have to be expensive or difficult to get started and some of the software that can be used are even free of charge.
"BIM tools can be scaled according to the size of the project and the specific needs of the owner/developer. Smartphones can nicely replace BIM kiosks on smaller projects", he adds, pointing out that smaller builders and contractors have a lot to gain from the rapid development in digital tools for the building industry.
"Different BIM software comes with tools that can help eliminate building errors and oversights before the drawings reach the construction site. There can be an automatic correction and rule check of the plans and the virtual models in for example Solibri. Other software solutions give access to the latest updated drawing to everyone involved", he elaborates.
The customer and the end user can easily track the project and have more control of construction products and therefore reduce material waste.
Smart buildings and sensor technology
"Operations and maintenance costs are where you will see the fastest rewards of investing in BIM", says Christoffer Rygh Fladby of Graphisoft.
"The costs associated with the design and construction of buildings are small compared to the operating and maintenance costs during the lifetime of a building. It is also not a lot of work", he adds.
Fladby wants to focus on the value of developing BIM models of existing buildings, by simply uploading existing floorplans.
"By mapping/calculating the building mass, and linking that to past operations and maintenance costs, a lot of the work is done", he assures.
If you are concerned about efficiency and green technology, then smart buildings are the way to go. By using sensor technology, intelligent buildings can at any time calculate and manage options regarding for example ventilation, temperature and lighting.
"Smart buildings help the environment and the economy whilst optimizing energy consumption to suit the consumer's needs and comfort", says Fladby.
Prefabricated homes and industrial production
Industrialization and production of prefabricated homes is another area where technology has advanced in 2019. Fladby is convinced that element production will be the norm in a few years.
"Module and element-based construction as a method is not new, but now the investment costs for the machines and software have become reasonable enough that production is more profitable", he says.
The production machines retrieve detailed data regarding choice of design, dimensions and materials from BIM models and produce pre-fabricated elements according to automated digital processes.
"Fully automated production of prefabricated elements provides a high quality at a lower price and is better for the environment. Construction time outdoors on the construction site is significantly reduced and wood elements are less exposed to moisture and other environmental factors. By consolidating production in one place simplifies both logistics and transport and helps the environment by optimizing the use of materials", Fladby points out.
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"One of the biggest reasons we are where we are today is that we managed to get the different programs to talk together using "open standards"", says Saltkjelvik.
He believes the global organization Building SMART, a neutral arena for innovation and digitalisation of building, construction and real estate industries, has paved the way by using open standards with all their programs. We have 1000s of projects in Norway alone, that proves those sceptical to openBIM wrong. The biggest challenge is people and their knowledge about their own software, but this can easily be remedied with training and practise.
"OpenBIM enables a free flow of information during the lifespan of a building, and effective interaction between all parties. Previously, electricians had their own program, plumbers another and architects a third, and only paper or 2D CAD drawings where shared. One of the biggest innovations with BIM models is that they increase the understanding and communication ability between disciplines", says Saltkjelvik.
VR for everyone
VR headsets have been available for quite some time - at least as curiosity or as a regular feature at trade shows etc.
The difference now is availability and how easy it is to use", says Saltkjelvik.
Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) were for a long time reserved for those who could afford to make large investments. This is now changing.
"The simplest versions on the market right now are simple cardboard glasses that a property developer can send to their clients in the mail like GRAPHISOFTs BIMx. A smartphone is placed inside them and connected to the BIM model via an app, so new buyers can sit at home on the couch and make material choices and other decisions regarding their next home", says Saltkjelvik.
At an architect's office, you can try more advanced glasses like Oculus Rift and actively move around the building site, or in the new office space. One of the up and coming new software's are Twinmotion from Epic Games. AR is more interactive and blends reality and the model to a greater extent. You can see more information in these models, such as plumbing, wiring and what's inside the walls.
Artificial intelligence has provided new opportunities in architecture with parametric design. This is visual programming based on algorithms. An example of practical use of the tool is to calculate how to design an apartment building when the windows have different designs, but the apartments should have the same amount of daylight. Graphisoft has teamed up with McNeel, the inventor of parametric design with Grasshopper, now integrated in Rhino and seamlessly connected with BIM (ARCHICAD).
Technological advances – not as scary as they seem
"From experience, some people may feel a little overwhelmed by both the opportunities and the costs, but it is not as scary as it seems. What we want to highlight is that to implement these steps doesn't necessarily mean that a lot of work or money", says Saltkjelvik.
Contact kontakt@graphisoft.no for more information.
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Today I will talk about specific use case - how to reuse the same ADF Task Flow with View Criteria for different scenarios. Generally, it is quite clear how to do this, however I will point on several tips and tricks. Hopefully, it will help you to implement stable design easier and with less effort.
Render Mode = Never is used for DepartmentId item, because the same View Criteria is implemented as Query component on the page and also I'm using it programmatically to filter by DepartmentId attribute. However, I don't want to render criteria item, I'm using for programmatic filtering.
While ago I was working on ADF security deployment to standalone WebLogic server - Practical ADF Security Deployment on WebLogic Server. It was still first 11g production release, and we had problems with automated security policies migration during deployment. Problems were solved using policies migration scripts from Steve Muench article - Simplified ADF 11g Application Credential and Policy Migration to Standalone WebLogic Servers. Its worth to mention, with latest JDeveloper 11g PS2 and WebLogic release, security policies are migrated during deployment process automatically - WLS system-jazn-data.xml is updated without running additional scripts. However, it happens we need to update system-jazn-data.xml with new policies, without whole application redeployment. For this purpose, similarly as in Steve article, we can use WLST command - migrateSecurityStore.
If you will run Steve scripts on latest Oracle Fusion release - you will see that some parts need to be updated (build.xml should contain updated references to JPS libraries, jps-config.xml should be updated with new system-jazn-data.xml location in fmwconfig folder). Main goal of my today post is to describe how you can apply migrateSecurityStore command and migrate security policies from development environment (or any other) into test/production WLS environment.
More about this file structure, please read in Oracle FMW Security Guide - Section 7.5.2.1. In my case, I have created jps-config.xml file inside WLS domain folder structure, I have copied source jazn-data.xml manually.
Next step, make sure WLS server is connected to Active Directory service, where WLS can find users with correct Enterprise roles. Or for test purpose, define these users and roles in WLS embedded security realm.
Ah, almost forgot - make sure you have restarted WebLogic, before trying to test if it works.
There are several posts on internet where it is described how to implement Yes-No (Y-N) type check box using ADF Faces boolean check box component. However, when you want to use Yes-No check box in Query Criteria, there is one additional trick should be applied - I will explain it today.
While it works well, it is not working in Query Criteria. The problem is that Query Criteria block is applying true/false for check box, even it is based on Yes-No LOV component in the Model. Then of course, it is trying to query database with true/false values - and result set is empty, because it expects Y or N.
Learn how Oracle WebCenter Suite provides an out-of-the-box centralized information system for King Khalid University. Hear from Oracle Specialized partner, Red Samurai, as they describe how King Khalid University is using Oracle WebCenter Spaces to create an integrated collaboration platform, where they use Enterprise 2.0 services such as blogs, wikis and discussion forums to share knowledge and communicate with others. You can download it from Oracle Fusion Middleware twitter, or directly.
My session (S313355 - Developing Large Oracle Application Development Framework 11g Applications) is accepted for Oracle OpenWorld 2010 in San Francisco. This session will be based on customer case from one of my current projects.
Oracle Application Development Framework (ADF) is an end-to-end development framework that offers unparalleled productivity for application developers.
This session will show how data passivation and activation should be managed in large applications and demonstrated different UI Shell templates for separate Oracle ADF applications integration. Based on personal experience from retail industry projects, the speaker will describe how Oracle ADF applications can be tuned for the best runtime performance and show how developers can apply Oracle ADF architecture best practices. There will also be multiple demos about Oracle ADF Task Flows and Libraries usage for application integration and reusability.
Today I will talk more about best practices, not about technical problems. From what I saw, especially new ADF developers, frequently are experiencing problems with handling JboExceptions. Its not about how to throw JboException, but about how to invoke method that throws it.
First function calls custom method correctly - through bindings. In case of JboException in that custom method, framework will raise error popup automatically.
Second function is accessing Application Module Implementation class directly, bypassing bindings layer. In this case, if developer forgets to catch thrown JboException - server error will appear and application will be broken.
So, always call custom methods from Application Module interface through bindings layer.
Today I will tell you, how I was playing with choice list component, when implementing value change confirmation functionality. Requirement is simple - we have Yes, No choice list and when user is changing from No to Yes, we show confirmation screen. If OK is selected by the user, Yes value is accepted. If Cancel was pressed, we need to reset choice list back to No automatically.
You can see, there some magic code implemented in value change listener method. Hope it will be useful, if you will face similar requirement as mine.


Healing stones and their use for treating problems are evident since historical times. These healing stones and crystals are known to bring the peace and prosperity in life. Life energy is drawn to the centre of the gemstones. Even the Egyptian culture, Greek mythology, Americans, Mayans boasts about the use of healing stones. These stones along with their healing characteristics are beautiful and aesthetic and hence today their use can be coupled for gaining the right energy for healing and also be adorned with jewellery for an outstanding look. This article provides you with the information on what healing stones are? How do they work to encourage cure for specific ailments? How can the best healing stones be used?
Varieties of Healing Stones and Healing Stones Meanings!
This stone brings clarification of mind, courage, balance, strength and stability. Of the seven chakras this one of that chakra healing stones that work on the first chakra. You'll find the information on various chakras of the body later in this article.
It is a blue healing stone that promotes the growth of divine energy around you.
Fights Toxins. Improve alertness, attention and observation skills.
This stone allows proper flow of energy from the outer bodies and the chakras into the physical body directed from head to toe.
This is one of the healing stones for depression.
Brings stability between of spirituality and day to day life.
It is one of the outstanding healing stones and crystals used for meditation. It increases spirituality and promotes removal of toxins from the body.
Amongst the other blue healing stones this one works to bring expression, balance and prosperity. It improves the intuition stimulus. This is one of the best healing stones for creative people and artists.
It is a love stone. These healing stones and crystals benefit to lessen the hardships in the relationship and make them better.
This one is one of the best blue healing stones that serve many purposes. It builds the courage to fight fears, allows expression of truth and is superb for the respiratory system.
It helps fight stress. It is again one of the best healing stones for persons with creativity. It is a beneficial stone when looking for a boost with money matters.
It is amongst those blue healing stones that are helpful for mind and soul. It directs the subconscious thoughts to the conscious state of mind. Decision-making power strengthens with the use of this stone.
This is known to link ourselves to the parallel self and dimensions.
Increases power, courage, concentration, self-confidence and determination.
Allows channelling of the energy received. It improves the recalling of dreams.
It helps in meditation, brings in harmony and goodness. It is amongst those healing stones on the chart that represents wisdom.
This powerful stone rejuvenates the body and strengthens the memory. It represents balance, rebirth and intelligence.
It develops communication and helps retrieve the information. It also prevents an occurrence of mental confusion.
It is one of the best healing stones that help in repelling negativity. It broadens the mind strength and energies the body.
It works as a third eye chakra healing stone. It expands the physical strength of the body and proliferates the growth of spirituality.
There are three different types of Jasper namely red, green and brown. Each different colour of Jasper works on the different aspect of life. Red and Brown work on the 1st chakra of body and Green Jasper works on the fourth chakra.
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It increases memory, concentration, sight and mental awareness. It is one of the best healing stones to attract energy while meditation.
This is a curing healing stone. It helps to deal with pain because when the stone is placed on the aching area it absorbs the pain and provides relief.
It is amongst those healing stones and crystals that improve the intuition ability. It also provokes female attraction when used by men and improves the power of seduction.
Of all the stones this is the best healing stone that helps you have a control over feelings and emotions.
It is the stone of love, creativity and faith. It also directs the flow of energy in the body.
This is again one of the best chakra healing stone. This stone can also be used as a healing stone for depression. It plays a major role in well functioning of mental and emotional health.
It is also used as a healing stone for depression. It removes the negative energy and develops courage and self-confidence.
It is used as a healing stone for anxiety and provides help in getting more conscious of self and one's own body. Increase the ability to analyze self.
It is one of the important healing stones and crystals that allows for better decision making and keep at peace with family matters. Increases confidence, the ability of negotiation and maintains blood flow to the heart.
Within the name lays the ability of this stone. It increases the power from within the body. Removes fear and stress.
This chakra healing stone works on the 6th chakra of the body and courage and creativity. Helps to attain peace between the conscious and subconscious mind.
Tiger's eye helps to attain optimism and practicality in life. It provides protection from the negativity.
It is again the healing stones for depression It brings about mental, emotional stability and eliminates the stress caused due to traumas.
It symbolizes depth of soul and is the best healing stones improving circulation, meditation and spirituality.
What are the Chakra Healing Stones and How to Use it?
Firstly, let us see what 'chakras' are not many might be aware of them. Chakras are the energy wheels present along the length of our spine. In all, it consists of seven chakras viz. Root chakra, sacral chakra, solar plexus, heart chakra, throat chakra, third eye chakra and crown chakra. These chakras react to the particular situation and the cumulative effect of these chakras produce an overall positive or negative effect on body and mind.
1. Let us see on the healing stones chart which stones are beneficial for root chakra?
Red and black healing stones and crystals are known to create a positive effect on root chakra. Red Jasper, Red Garnet, Smoky Quartz, Hematite, and Black Onyx are the best to use.
2. Which healing stones and crystals are beneficial for sacral chakra?
Carnelian, Tiger's Eye, Orange Calcite, and Sunstone are always beneficial for sacral chakra.
3. What are the best healing stones for solar plexus?
Yellow healing stones and crystals like yellow Jasper, Citrine, Pyrite and Rutilated Quartz are the best healing stones for solar plexus.
4. On healing stones chart which stones have a positive effect on heart chakra?
Using green and pink crystals on healing stones chart, such as Chrysoprase, Rose Quartz, Aventurine or Rhodonite has a positive effect on the heart chakra.
5. Which chakra healing stones are best for the throat, third eye and crown chakra?
Choose any of the one following stones as per the chakra you want to heal.
How to Use Healing Stones in Everyday Life?
Here are some easy ways to your questions of how to use healing stones and crystals in daily life.
Hold the crystal while mediating in your hand. You can keep experimenting with different crystals for different effects.
Pick the best healing stones as per your need and then align them in a grid of a symmetrical pattern.
Carry the healing stones and crystals in your pocket.
Use crystals while doing yoga. Place them on your mat or near to you.
You can place the stones on your body for deeper healing. Healing stones and crystals altogether have a deeper effect when placed on the body. You can choose the stones as per the chakra you are concentrating to heal and then place them on that area of the body.
Decorate your home or workplace with the healing stones and crystals to bring in the positive energy.
Best Healing Stones for Cancer!
There are many chakra healing stones that are effective to fight cancer simultaneously with the doctor treatment. Do not just rely on the action of the healing stones for cancer treatment. Healing with crystals is a complementary action of healing stones combined with the effective medical treatment.
Best Healing Stones for Depression!
Below listed 7 healing stones are the best healing stones for depression.
These stones bring in positive energy to the surroundings and develop your mind. Some of these stones are hard to find but worth the try. These chakra healing stones are powerful mood lifters and also lead to detoxification of your mind and soul.
What Other Best Healing Stones for Anxiety?
The 7 healing stones for anxiety listed here are the best healing stones if you are seeking relief from anxiety issues.
Using these chakra healing stones one can obtain inner peace and tranquillity. They can be utilized as a part of an everyday routine or can be used whenever needed. They have no side effects and hence can be used for anyone from a child to an old age person. Be choosy while planning to use healing stones depending upon the type of cause you are concentrating to treat.
Read Next – What are the 7 Chakras – A Beginner's Guide!


Packing various things for the drive to Innsbruck tomorrow. Get up at 5am. Worst thing: No coffee allowed until i've met the company doctor.
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National Legal Experts: Trump Has Broad Power to Implement Immigration Policies
Legal Experts: Trump Has Broad Power to Implement Immigration Policies
Monday, December 5, 2016 at 9:55 am | ה' כסלו תשע"ז
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President-elect Donald Trump. (Carlo Allegri/Reuters)
President-elect Donald Trump will be able to make many of his promised changes in immigration policy unilaterally by exercising the same kind of executive powers he criticized President Barack Obama for using.
But while most of the measures laid out in a 10-point immigration policy plan on Trump's transition website could be set in motion without legislative approval, fully implementing them would require funding that Congress would have to approve, legal experts said.
Two core pieces of Trump's plan, for example, involve removing more criminal immigrants who are in the country illegally and ending "catch and release" of those who cross the border illegally and are awaiting court hearings.
Shifting policy on both issues could be accomplished by putting out new enforcement directives to agents in the field from the Department of Homeland Security.
But the changes would be expensive, requiring a dramatic expansion of immigration courts and detention facilities used by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, said Stephen Yale-Loehr, an immigration law expert at Cornell Law School.
More deportations would require more staff at every level of the system to investigate, apprehend and process those targeted. Immigration courts already have a backload of more than 500,000 cases. Detention space is currently stretched to house 41,000 immigrants currently awaiting deportation or hearings and far more holding facilities would be needed if detainees were no longer released while awaiting court dates.
Even then, completely ending the release of immigrants awaiting hearings would be difficult: A recent court decision has prohibited detention longer than 20 days for adults and children migrating together, a demographic that surged to more than 77,000 in fiscal year 2016.
Trump's transition team has not explained how the new president intends to implement his plans.
"The president-elect is very focused on naming his cabinet, building out his administration and preparing to hit the ground running on Inauguration Day," said Jason Miller, a spokesman for the Trump transition team. "There will be plenty of time to discuss detailed policy specifics after the swearing-in."
Democratic attorney generals and civil rights groups are already busy preparing legal arguments to try to stop Trump's executive actions should he implement some of his proposals. The pushback will be similar to the challenges Obama faced from Republican attorney generals and conservative groups when he acted alone to try to shield nearly 5 million immigrants from deportation.
Among the easiest immigration promises for Trump to fulfill will be his vow to reverse Obama's executive orders. The president-elect could eliminate with a pen stroke Obama's 2012 policy allowing immigrants brought here illegally as children to apply for work permits, a program known as DACA that Trump has said he will end.
What would happen next is unclear. More than 740,000 people have been approved for deportation relief under the program, and many worry that their addresses and other identifying information could be used by the new administration to target them for deportation.
Steve Legomsky, former chief counsel at U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, said no laws would prevent the Trump administration from using program records for immigration enforcement, but the president-elect has not said he would do so.
Denying visas to people from countries "where adequate screening cannot occur," another point on Trump's immigration plan, could also be easily accomplished by the president.
Under current law, the administration can unilaterally suspend visas for any individuals or groups of people deemed "detrimental to the interests of the United States."
In the past, presidents have chosen to apply this statute narrowly – to keep out particular dictators or to deal with emergencies, for example. But the law is worded very broadly and could theoretically be applied to entire countries, said David Martin, emeritus professor of international law at University of Virginia School of Law.
Trump's promise to make legal immigration better serve America and its domestic workforce would likely focus, at least initially, on temporary employment visas such as the H1-B, which are issued to specialized workers in fields such as technology.
While Congress sets the maximum number of visas that can be issued annually, Trump could ask the Department of Justice to step up investigations of companies using those visas, with a focus on whether they are discriminating against American workers. This could include banning more tech outsourcing firms, which are the largest users of H-1B visas, from the program if they violate the rules, said Ron Hira, a professor at Howard University.
"Employers are going to be caught up in the crosshairs," said business immigration lawyer Matthew Dunn from the law firm Kramer Levin.
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7 Cyberpunk Games To Play While You're Waiting For Cyberpunk 2077
Jack in, keyboard cowboy!
byMax Scoville
Posted Jan. 16, 2020, 7:37 p.m.
So Cyberpunk 2077 got delayed. We all knew it was a possibility, end even though it will surely make the game better in the end, I don't think anyone is excited about having to wait another five months to dive into CD Projekt Red's dystopian sci-fi epic.
Thankfully, Cyberpunk isn't just one game — it's a whole genre of fiction, spanning every medium, including the interactive ones. So here are seven cyberpunk games you can play while you're waiting around for 2077. If it gets delayed again, maybe you'll have time to play them all!
Click through the gallery above or scroll don the page for the full list!
Deus Ex (ANY OF THEM, seriously, just pick one)
For a lot of gamers, Deus Ex is the definitive cyberpunk game series, offering a mix of first-person action and role-playing that undoubtedly influenced Cyberpunk 2077. Since the original Deus Ex debuted almost twenty years ago, it's spawned five additional installments.
The first two are classic, but if you need something more contemporary, the 2011 prequel Human Revolution is excellent. And yes, it's backwards compatible on Xbox One. Meanwhile, its 2016 sequel Mankind Divided is readily available for current gen consoles.
If you want something on the go, it's even gotten mobile games in the form of Deus Ex: The Fall and Deus Ex Go.
Observer is a first-person psychological horror game that squarely establishes its cyberpunk setting by taking more than a few cues from Blade Runner; it's set in a grimy claustrophobic used-future version of Poland, where a hard-boiled detective voiced by Roy Batty himself, Rutger Hauer, must solve a mystery by hacking into the brain augmentations of suspects.
If claustrophobic horror and mystery sounds too slow and scary, and you want some bloody, fast-paced action, look no further than Ruiner -- A story-driven top-down shooter set in a gorgeously realized cyberpunk metropolis that takes cues from Akira and Ghost in The Shell, with tough-as-balls combat that takes cues from Hotline Miami and [anything else?], and a pumping soundtrack to boot.
Jazzpunk
Most cyberpunk is dark, gritty, totally serious, and rooted in the 1980s; if instead you want something bright and colorful, goofy as all hell, and inspired by the 60s, check out Jazzpunk. It still tackles a surprising amount of cyberpunk themes. It's sort of like if Mad Magazine's Spy Versus Spy did a spoof of Neuromancer, but as a first-person comedy adventure game.
VA11 HALL-A
The thing about cyberpunk dystopias is, realistically, they're probably awful to live in… So why not get drunk? VA11 HALL-A is a bartending game slash visual novel where you affect the flow of the story by serving characters different concoctions to drown their sorrows, against a neon futuristic backdrop. With cyberpunk classics Blade Runner and Akira both having iconic bar scenes, it's almost surprising this wasn't made sooner.
Watch_Dogs 2
So maybe you want a little less cyber and a little more punk? Watch Dogs 2 is, of course, Ubisoft's big colorful sandbox action game in which players help a scrappy group of hackers take down an oppressive Social Media surveillance state in the real-life cyberpunk dystopia of the San Francisco Bay Area.
Sure, it might be a mainstream AAA action game in a contemporary setting, but it's about group of high-tech lowlifes taking on a corrupt corporation. That's pretty textbook cyberpunk.
Finally, if you're really dying to get lost in the world of Cyberpunk 2077, why not play the game that started all… The pen and paper roleplaying game, Cyberpunk 2020? Get some friends together, roll some dice, and cause some trouble in Night City! Thanks to the hype surrounding Cyberpunk 2077, used copies of Mike Pondsmith's core 2020 rulebook are at a premium on ebay, but worry not! Legit, legal reprints can be ordered directly from the R. Talsorian Games website (though if that's too much trouble, you can just watch Cyberpunk creator Mike Pondsmith running a game with some of IGN's biggest tabletop nerds).
You can also check out the sequel to 2020, Cyberpunk Red, to see how it sets up the world of Cyberpunk 2077.
If that's not enough, check out this list of even more Cyberpunk stories to check out before 2077 comes out (seriously, Observer is so good it made both lists, so you should definitely check that one out). Let us know what you're doing to tide yourself over in the comments, or if you'll just be re-watching all the gameplay demos and Keanu interviews until September.
Max Scoville is a host and producer at IGN, you can find him on Twitter @MaxScoville or check out the vaguely cyberpunk diorama he's been building on his Instagram.


herman newt and his scaly mates | hermeneutics and the history derived from the renaissance texts.
god = godd- = goth. it meant an officialdom – all humans, also known as the cathars. it depended on which dialect you spoke. other variants include caesar, cephas, cad, cassius, caes, gas, geas, caf, guv, sephas, gad, gard, cuss, cuth- and many many more.
i can find no evidence of pre-gregorian belief in god or gods as a supernatural, superhuman being or beings. or devils or dei for that matter. they are all just people.
the greek texts are medieval – greek was a medieval school language, not older. the currently accepted chronologies are fictitious, supporting the bible chronologies which are pure fantasy. the gregorians were superstitious fanatics. history since then has been dominated by pickwickian dotards. naked emperors. billstumpsxhismark has nothing on what they make of the 'antiquities' they find.
dieu is jew is diw (cornish, equated with god). tewdar is judah. dieu is diel is devil. diel is dell, dail, deal is a parliament, legal deal or tower. diw is tiw is tiwas is towers. all depends on your dialect.
the devil is not always reviled. some sources portray him as easily duped, swindled and cheated. poor devil. as a culture the dev-dav-duff-dubh people were widespread. they include people from devon, descendents of david, welsh families called davies and the town of deva. not a supernatural baddy, but naive farmers.
dieu is related to theos, meaning thells (a-thel-flaed) or cells, or sels etc, ie, celtic polises. so is zeus. ll is often u in dialects of many languages.
so joe = jew, and what of josephus? dia- diw- jew- + sephas/cephas?
no wonder no one's ever been game to focus on this bizzare piece of medieval lingustics.


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One of the oldest buildings on UL's campus is getting a makeover
"The reason I got so excited when I looked at this home for the first time is because everything is so well intact ... And it's not just a job for me."
One of the oldest buildings on UL's campus is getting a makeover "The reason I got so excited when I looked at this home for the first time is because everything is so well intact ... And it's not just a job for me." Check out this story on theadvertiser.com: https://www.theadvertiser.com/story/life/2019/05/16/geoff-thompson-restoring-roy-house/3619717002/
Victoria Dodge, Lafayette Daily Advertiser Published 9:00 a.m. CT May 16, 2019 | Updated 9:24 p.m. CT May 18, 2019
PHOTOS: A look inside the Roy House
Restoration efforts underway at The Roy House, One of the oldest buildings on UL's campus. Wednesday, May 1, 2019. SCOTT CLAUSE/USA TODAY Network
Geoff Thompson stands next to a column on The Roy House porch. He has already restored the rotted wood at the bottom, maintaining the original design. Victoria Dodge
Geoff Thompson stands in front on the steps of The Roy House. The rot in the porch and foundation has been removed but he says that's just a tenth of the work. Victoria Dodge
Geoff Thompson stands next to a column on The Roy House porch. He has already restored the rotted wood at the top and bottom, maintaining the original design. Victoria Dodge
Geoff Thompson is a man with many titles and more than 15 years of restoration experience. But the most important job for Thompson now is revamping the University of Louisiana at Lafayette's Roy House.
He's using all of his experience — carpentry, custom furniture creation, pottery and sculpture, architectural salvaging, and historical conservation — to restore the House. And he's helping to raise money for the effort.
Geoff Thompson stands next to a column on The Roy House porch. He has already restored the rotted wood at the bottom, maintaining the original design. (Photo: Victoria Dodge)
"And it's not just a job for me," he said.
What started as a side job while studying pottery and sculpture at the University of The Arts in Philadelphia to help Thompson pay for college transformed into a full-fledged restoration business.
He landed in Louisiana four years ago after his wife, Kimberley Southwick-Thompson, was accepted at UL to finish her doctorate in English.
After a slow start with his business, he revamped most of the homes at Vermilionville.
"It really helped me understand the Acadian culture," Thompson said. "I started to understand the way they built things here with the different seasons, environment. The way weather effects the structure, ways they would mediate that."
History of the home
The Roy House was built in 1901, the same year students started attending what was then Southern Louisiana Industrial Institute. J. Arthur Roy built and lived in the home, all while being one of the first board members for the university.
Since then, the Roy House has been many things — apartments, a meeting place for the debate team and even a frat house.
Now the home, which was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984, is becoming the face of The Center for Louisiana Studies, the University of Louisiana at Lafayette's press and research center for all things Cajun.
The Center, which opened in 1973, publishes all of the research and books coming out of UL with more than 100 current titles in print. Josh Caffery, director of the Center, called it a "humanity center focused on Louisiana."
The home was one of the first in Lafayette to have indoor plumbing, and Caffery joked that it is now the oldest plumbing in the city.
So clearly the historic building needs a little work. That's where Thompson comes in.
Restoration efforts underway at The Roy House, One of the oldest buildings on UL's campus. Wednesday, May 1, 2019. (Photo: SCOTT CLAUSE/USA TODAY Network)
How Thompson operates
When he stepped into the home for the first time, Thompson said, he was giddy with excitement. He said the interior is "remarkably intact" despite all the title's the home has held since being built.
"The point of my work is that you can't tell I actually did anything," he said, adding that salvaging wood and other old items is a top priority for him.
"I come from an art background. And a furniture maker as well so I love the detail."
He's confident in his ability to return the late Victorian characteristics back to their original luster. It might take almost as long to remove the lead paint off the windows as it took to originally make them he said. But he knows it's worth it.
"You couldn't make this again," Thompson said. "No one could afford to do all this level of detail."
After touring the home, Thompson said, he made it his goal to be chosen by the university to revamp one of the oldest buildings on campus. Three years and two bid efforts later, he said he became the lucky carpenter to get the job.
Part of the job is about fundraising. In total, the restoration will be $800,000, but so far only $300,000 has been raised. Last week, Thompson spent some of his afternoons giving presentations to possible donors. From the beginning, he said, he's wanted to be involved in every aspect of rebuilding the home, especially encouraging philanthropy.
"I said 'Hey look, let me help (the Center) with the fundraising,' because hopefully they know someone has an invested interest in this and it's not just a job," he said.
Starting the restoration
Rot that started in the porch had crept it's way into the foundation. The first thing Thompson did when the project started in February was lift part of the house and fix the structural damage — this time with treated lumber. He said that was just a tenth of the work needed to be done.
Humidity has not been kind to the home, however, especially the flocked wallpaper. The velvet-like decorate encroaches on the rooms, peeling and hanging off the shellacked wood. Thompson admitted the wallpaper can't be saved, but will be framed and placed around the home as a homage to the history of the mansion.
"It's not quite building the whole place but to modernize it so they can use it," he said. "Quite a few things have to be tweaked to be able to use it."
Now when he sees the home, he no longer feels a mix of daunting eagerness. It's just simply exhilaration.
"I feel pretty good right now," Thompson said. "The structure is more stable than ever. The stuff that was really worrying me about the structure is fixed. Now it's just assembly, painting, putting everything together."
Thompson's and the center's main goal is to preserve the history of the home and make it last another 100 years, which will take many modern updates. Simple things like air conditioning are not in the home and he said at least a third of the changes are mechanical. All of the changes and restorations are done with the building in mind, keeping the integrity of the original design.
"It's a beautiful house; it's a landmark here," Thompson said. "It's worth going through the effort of trying to preserve it, trying to maintain its integrity so it doesn't happen again."
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Russia Finance Minister: We May Abandon Dollar In Oil Trade As It Is Becoming "Too Risky"
Breaking the tie between oil and the U.S. Dollar means the collapse of the U.S. Dollar as the world reserve country. Collapsing of the U.S. Dollar as world reserve currency means the collapse of America. Ghadaffi attempted it, as well as Saddam Hussein and look how that worked out for them. Iran, Syria, China, Russia all want to. Economic warfare always precedes a hot war, in case you were wondering what's around the corner.
One month ago, the bond market and political pundits did a double take when according to the latest Treasury International Capital report, Russia had liquidated virtually all of its US Treasury holdings, selling off the bulk of its US government bonds in just two months, March and April.
And with the US threatening to impose a new set of "crushing" sanctions on Russia, including in retaliation for the alleged Novichok nerve gas attack in the UK, Russia not only intends to continue liquidating its US holdings, but to significantly reduce its reliance on the US Dollar.
Speaking in an interview for the Rossiya 1 TV channel, Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said that Russia "aims to keep reducing its investments in American securities" following new U.S. sanctions and said that the "US dollar is becoming an unreliable tool for payments in international trade." The minister also hinted at the possibility of using national currencies instead of the dollar in oil trade.
"I do not rule it out. We have significantly reduced our investment in US assets. In fact, the dollar, which is considered to be the international currency, becomes a risky tool for payments," Siluanov noted.
On Friday, the Russian ruble sank to the lowest level in over two years after news about new US sanctions against Russia over the alleged poisoning of former Russian intelligence officer Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia in Salisbury, UK, coupled with general selling of emerging market currencies as a result of the growing Turkish financial crisis.
According to media reports, the first package will imply a complete ban on the export of electronic devices and dual-use components to Russia, whilst the second package may include a decrease in diplomatic relations, a ban on flights of Russia's Aeroflot carrier to the United States and an almost complete suspension of US exports.
Siluanov said the sanctions are "unpleasant," but nothing fatal. In response, Moscow will only continue to minimize investment in the US economy and securities and will push for payments in rubles and other currencies, including the euro.
The response, however, will not target American companies operating in Russia, he said. "Currently, we do not plan any restrictive measures or closures, for example, to close McDonald's, as our citizens work in these companies."
Meanwhile, as Russia is contemplating abandoning the dollar, the recently introduced Chinese "petroyuan" oil futures contract has seen a surge in interest recently, and just last week we showed that the Chinese oil futures contract spiked to a new record high, coinciding with the re-imposition of US sanctions on Iran. This was the biggest daily move in China's oil futures since the contract's inception in March to a new all time high.
The move coincided with the first of two rounds of US sanctions against Iran kicking off and targeting Iran's access to US banknotes and key industries, including cars and carpets. As we further noted, there has been a notable decoupling from Brent and WTI futures, suggesting a sudden burst of contract-specific buying demand in the 'petroyuan'
What may explain the sudden surge? simple: China can effectively bypass Iran sanctions by pricing Iran oil in China's own currency, a move underscored by yesterday's news that China has replaced French energy giant Total with an 80.1% stake in the phase 11 of the South Pars (gas field), which has the world's biggest natural gas reserves ever found in one place.
With Russia hinting that it is close to giving up on the dollar entirely in oil trade and shifting to a petroyuan-based regime, how long before other nations follow suit, especially with the US increasingly energy self-sufficient?
Full article: Russia Finance Minister: We May Abandon Dollar In Oil Trade As It Is Becoming "Too Risky" (ZeroHedge)
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Luke Shaw feels Manchester United's pre-season tour massively helps new signings settle in
Manchester United left-back Luke Shaw has talked up the impact of the club's pre-season tour.
The 19-year-old had an inconsistent season, yet managed to show glimpses of what he can bring to Man United's back four in the coming years.
Shaw was the centre of attention during last year's pre-season tour when manager Louis van Gaal claimed he was not fit enough. The Englishman was seen doing extra training on his own following his big money move from Southampton.
However, this year Shaw is looking forward to the clubs tour of the USA.
"A positive pre-season can help you through the whole campaign, and it's something that I'm personally looking forward to," he said.
"Going on tour and playing against some great teams is something to be excited about."
Following United's slow start to the season in 2014, Shaw revealed just how important a good pre-season is.
He added: "It involves hard work for the players, but also for the coaches, who know what they need to do to get the players ready for when that first game of the season comes. Game-time is obviously important as well, you need games to get your match fitness back up."
The left-back will be looking forward to a positive pre-season. Shaw was plagued by injuries last season and couldn't get himself a decent run in the side. He will be hoping a good tour of America can help him on his way back to fitness and cement his place as a United full-back.
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Q: Unkown needok command Need 'PERSIST_TUN_ACTION' confirmation MSG:tunmethod I have an app that works on top of ics-openvpn

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*OpenSSL Library 1.0.1h + Ealier VPN library(PACKAGE_STRING "OpenVPN 2.3.2+dspatch4") = VPN
  is connecting

Note:
I used NDK r8b builder

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*OpenSSL Library 1.0.1h + Latest VPN library(PACKAGE_STRING "OpenVPN 2.4-icsopenvpn") = VPN
  is not connecting

it compiles but shows the following error on runtime and VPN is not connecting

Unkown needok command Need 'PERSIST_TUN_ACTION' confirmation
  MSG:tunmethod

Note:
I tried with NDk r8b,r9 and r10
FYI:
Even the ics-openvpn also uses the the later combination I mentioned and the creator of the app also have tested the app successfully with r9 builder only.
How I compiled using r9 ?
1)I downloaded the NDK builder http://dl.google.com/android/ndk/android-ndk-r9-darwin-x86_64.tar.bz2
2)Went to ADT->Preferences->Android->NDK and gave the following path(where I unzipped) /Users/username/Documents/Android/NDK/android-ndk-r9
3)I right clicked on the project and added native support
that's it.This is how I did for r8b with earlier OpenVPN and latest Openssl and it worked and for the later combination also it compiles very good but but VPN is not connecting and when I see the logs I get the aforementioned question title as a message.
No changes on OpenVPN server side is required:-
I confirmed it by using the same OVPN file on Latest OpenVPN for Android and it established VPN connection
I don't know where it goes wrong everything seems correct :
 1. I have used the same library combination as latest ics-openvpn
 2. I have used the same ndk builder as the author of the library
 3. The Existing OVPN file works on latest OpenVPN for android

Any help is highly appreciated !
Thanks in advance !

A: That error is expected.
ics-openvpn consists of the OpenVPN part and the GUI part. Both parts need to fit together simply exchanging only one with an earlier or later version will break the app. There is no forward/backward compatibility implemented in either component.
P.S.: See also the answer I have given you on Google+.

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I would like to graft additional varieties onto this tree as it grows, since I only have room on my property for one apple tree. Is there a list somewhere that ranks the apple varieties by chill hours, so I don't accidentally end up grafting on a variety that will never bear fruit here?
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... But her festive decor has divided the internet!
Coleen Rooney is feeling festive, Kanye reveals all following THAT rendezvous with Trump, and Robbie Williams is brutally rejected by funny man James Corden... Here's your Celebrity Slump.
Coleen Rooney is definitely a Christmas person. The columnist has flooded her Instagram page with gorgeous festive photos, sharing an adorable picture of her three sons with her 462K followers this week.
While the internet doted over the cuteness, they weren't so enamoured by an earlier photo of her Christmas tree, with one follower deeming it "the worst thing I've ever seen".
The synthetic tree, complete with frosted pine cones, owls and white leaves received a very mixed reception in the comments.
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We can be certain Santa won't miss it, anyway!
What do Kanye West and Donald Trump talk about?
People were more than surprised when the hip hop star popped by Trump Tower for a cuppa and chinwag, just days after he was released from hospital having been treated for exhaustion.
Trump spoke to journalists with West by his side, calling the rapper a "good man" and mentioning that they have been "friends for a long time."
Now, Kanye has taken to Twitter to let us in on what the meeting was all about.
Are the pair going to collaborate? Is West Trump's new advisor?
While we would believe pretty much anything at this point, it turns out Kanye just wanted to reach out and discuss some of the issues that matter to him.
'I wanted to meet with Trump today to discuss multicultural issues. These issues included bullying, supporting teachers, modernizing curriculums, and violence in Chicago.
He finished with a cryptic #2024... Is he still planning on running for office? Only time will tell.
Robbie Williams wants to be an Carpool Karaoke, and James Corden is having none of it.
The hilarious segment inevitably goes viral and has become a sort of rite of initiation for the biggest stars on the planet.
It's no wonder then that Robbie wants to follow in the footsteps of massive acts like Adele and One Direction - with a brand new album and a European tour to promote, the slot would be invaluable for Williams.
However, the Let Me Entertain You singer has revealed that his request to be featured in the segment has been ignored, because he's not famous enough.
"I suppose you have to be famous in America to do Carpool. I'm not famous there. I'm yet to tick that box.
"James hasn't got back to me about doing Carpool Karaoke yet," he admitted. "It does need to happen."
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Indian Ocean Turtle Newsletter – Issue 14
Guest Editorial: Early Accounts of Marine Turtles From India And Neighbouring Waters
Post-Tsunami Status of Leatherback Turtles on Little Andaman Island
Observations on the Exploitation of Sea Turtles Along the Tuticorin coast, Tamil Nadu, India
Nesting Surveys of Olive Ridley Turtles (Lepidochelys Olivacea) Along the Beaches of Sriharikota Island, Andhra Pradesh, India
Mass Mortality of Lepidochelys Olivacea Observed at Kottapeta Beach in Srikakulam Along the East Coast of Andhra Pradesh, India
Government Orders Mast Lights to be Switched Off!
Letter to the Minister of Environment & Forests, Government of India
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1St Announcement: 32nd Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology & Conservation 11 – 16 March 2012, Huatulco, Oaxaca, Mexico
K.L.N. MURTHY1 & K.V. RAMANA MURTHY2
1Programme Officer, Centre for Environment Education, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India 2Executive Director, Green Mercy, Srikakulam, Andhra Pradesh, India
Email: klnmurthy25@gmail.com
The coastline of Andhra Pradesh is one of the important sporadic nesting habitats of olive ridley turtles (Lepidochelys olivacea). The species is known to nest on the northern Andhra Pradesh coast (Rajasekhar & Subba Rao, 1993; Priyadarshini, 1998) which encompasses three districts namely Srikakulam, Vizianagaram and Visakhapatnam. Olive ridley turtles are categorised as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List (IUCN, 2010) and are included in Schedule I of the Indian Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972. This coast may also serve as an intermediate developmental habitat for sub-adult ridley turtles and for juvenile and sub-adult green turtles Chelonia mydas (Tripathy et al., 2003).
About 154 carcasses of Lepidochelys olivacea that were entangled in fishing trawlers were washed ashore at Kottapeta coast, near Bhavanapadu Fishing Harbour in Srikakulam district (18°16'37.17"N & 83°53'47.62"E ) along the coastline of north coastal Andhra Pradesh (Figure 1) on 17th March 2011. The local fisher folk claimed that the big trawl nets used by the adjacent harbour located at Visakhapatnam city were responsible for these deaths.
A team comprising Forest Department officials, local wildlife conservation NGOs and volunteers visited the spot and examined the carcasses. All the dead turtles were adults. The beached turtles were sexed using external characteristics. Of the dead turtles that were sexed, 86% were females, 6% were males and 8% were unidentified carcasses. Curved carapace length (CCL) and curved carapace width (CCW) were measured for all dead turtles.
These turtles were probably migrating towards their mass nesting grounds in Orissa (some of them may also include the resident nesting population) as the coastline of Andhra Pradesh is believed to form part of the migratory route of the turtles that nest in Orissa (Tripathy et al., 2003). The fact that there are many gravid females amongst the dead ones supports the theory (Figure 2). It is evident that non-use of Turtle Excluder Devices (TEDs) in mechanised fishing trawlers was the main reason for these deaths. Depredation of eggs by humans and feral animals is also widespread in the region. In a similar incident, several olive ridley carcasses were found washed ashore in January 2008 at Thikkavanipalem in Parawada mandal, about 45 km from Visakhapatnam city (Rajasekhar & Murthy, 2008).
Incidental capture in trawl and gill nets is a major cause of marine turtle mortality along the east coast of India (Rajagopalan et al., 1996). In fact, fisheries related mortality is usually higher along the northern coast of Andhra Pradesh, which is probably due to the higher density of turtles in the region.
The indigenous TED developed by the Central Institute of Fisheries Technology (CIFT), Kochi is being promoted in Andhra Pradesh by the State Institute of Fisheries Technology, Kakinada (Bhavani Sankar & Ananth Raju, 2003). However, fisher folk have not keen using TEDs and the operation of mechanised trawlers in the offshore waters during the nesting and breeding season is rampant. Apparently, violation of Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) regulations and failure of the authorities to keep a tab on the perpetrators caused this ecological mishap. Besides, breeding olive ridley turtles are also threatened by Casuarina plantations, beach erosion, artificial illumination, depredation of eggs and hatchlings along this coastline.
The control measures which can be taken up by the authorities to reduce fisheries related mortality include:
Declaration of no fishing zones during the nesting season in areas where the concentration of marine turtles is high, especially near river mouths (Godavari and Vamsadhara).
Enforcement of laws: CRZ Rules, the Andhra Pradesh Marine Fishing (Regulation) Rules, 1995.
Enforcement of use of Turtle Excluder Devices (TEDs).
Although awareness campaigns in the form of 'turtle walks' and community education programmes in fishing villages are organised every year by Green Mercy (a local NGO and a member of Turtle Action Group), involvement of all stakeholders in sea turtle conservation on a larger scale is vital for securing the long term survival of the species and their coastal nesting habitats in the region.
Literature cited:
Bhavani Sankar, O. & M. Ananth Raju. 2003. Implementation of the Turtle Excluder Device in Andhra Pradesh. Kachhapa 8: 2–5.
IUCN. 2010. Lepidochelys olivacea. In: IUCN 2010. 2010 Red List of Threatened Species. Available at: http:// www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/11534/0.
Priyadarshini, K.V.R. 1998. Status and nesting of olive ridley sea turtles (Lepidochelys olivacea) along the Northern Andhra coast. CAPART, WWF-India.
Rajagopalan, M., E. Vivekanandan, S. Krishna Pillai, M. Srinath & A. Bastian Fernando. 1996. Incidental catch of sea turtles in India. Marine Fisheries Information Service T & E Series 143: 8–16.
Rajasekhar, P.S. & M.V. Subba Rao. 1993. Conservation and management of the endangered olive ridley sea turtle Lepidochelys olivacea (Eschscholtz) along the northern Andhra coastline. B.C.G. Testudo 3(5): 35–53.
Rajasekhar, P.S. & K.L.N. Murthy. 2008. A note on olive ridley (Lepidochelys olivacea) mortalities at Thikkavanipalem beach in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India. Indian Ocean Turtle Newsletter 7: 22–23.
Tripathy, B., K. Shanker & B.C. Choudhury. 2003. Important nesting habitats of olive ridley turtles along the Andhra Pradesh coast of eastern India. Oryx 37: 454–463.
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