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Q: How to Include Cocoapods dependencies when exporting .framework? I have an Xcode workspace where I am building a framework, MainFramework. This framework uses Cocoapods with two dependencies, SubFrameworkA and SubFrameworkB.
I would like to provide MainFramework.framework to other apps, without needing them to manually include SubFrameworkA and SubFrameworkB - or even better (but not necessary), also without them knowing that I've used these sub frameworks. I currently use this post-archive script to create a universal framework for simulators and devices.
When I drag MainFramework.framework to a brand new SampleApp Xcode project, add it to "Frameworks, Libraries, and Embedded Content", and make sure it is set to "Embed & Sign", the app crashes when it launches with this error:
dyld: Library not loaded: @rpath/SubFrameworkA.framework/SubFrameworkA
  Referenced from: /Users/dgcko/Library/Developer/CoreSimulator/Devices/092DD076-BB48-42B7-8D2A-166EE3A1F0D5/data/Containers/Bundle/Application/E1BA51D7-5F2F-4E0F-B88F-D3244AA934EB/SampleApp.app/Frameworks/MainFramework.framework/MainFramework
  Reason: image not found

What I've read:

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*Creating an Umbrella framework is not recommended by Apple, as I do not own the sub frameworks.  And if SampleApp wants to use one of the SubFrameworks, there will be clashes as there will be two versions of the sub frameworks in their project (theirs and the one in MainFramework).

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*According to this issue, it doesn't seem possible as the SubFrameworks are dynamically linked.

*This answer also seems to suggest the same - SampleApp needs to also manually include the sub frameworks.
Does anybody know if what I am trying to do is possible, somehow? Any help would be much appreciated.


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Problem: How to troubleshoot AD integration issue in Mobility using Apache Directory Studio?
Cause: When onboarding a customer in EMM, the AD integration could fail due to various reasons. This could include LDAP port issue, incorrect or unavailable IP address, incorrect security context, incorrect credential, improper SSL set up, etc.
3. Complete the connection details - you can choose startTLS encryption here.
4. Test if the hostname resolves properly or not by clicking Check Network Parameter. If you see any errors, expand additional information to see more details.
Apache Directory Studio cannot reach the AD server.
The port entered in Apache Directory Studio is incorrect.
The encryption method in Apache Directory Studio does not match the encryption method of the AD server.
To verify the encryption method of the AD server, please check this KB article.
The bind user entered does not exist in AD.
The bind user entered does not have permission to browse LDAP.
The DN or username is not formatted properly.
If the credential part still fails, please refer to this KB article.
Applies to: VSA 9.0, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 9.4.


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Gendered Organization in Virtual Space
Antropress October 6, 2016 September 14, 2016 Artikler
By Bent Eilif Noddeland
Social interaction in virtual space is becoming increasingly important to many people. This article looks at the gendering of those spaces.
I was very young the first time I realized that certain areas, rooms or spaces were generally associated with either men or women: my mother had shooed my father out of the kitchen for "trespassing". While certain such spaces, like the kitchen itself, perhaps have become more "androgynous" in recent years, others have remained gendered, for example the "man-cave" or the "walk-in closet". By "gendered" I mean that spaces, through human acts, speech and thought are associated with gender, and in some ways become an extension of gender roles, imposing certain restriction on access to or activity in those spaces. The exact gendering of these spaces is certainly open to negotiation on an individual level – many men might enjoy a walk-in closet – but in popular culture many spaces carry with them certain ideas and notions that are associated with gender roles. This is also true for spaces outside the home: certain professions, and the spaces associated with them, remain strongly gendered in popular culture. While a typical office might be somewhat neutral, an industrial site carries connotations to physical masculinity, and a nursing home nurturing aspects of femininity. These aspects of such spaces are the sources of humour, used as themes in fiction, or are the hotspots of politics.
Perhaps less commonly discussed is the gendering of virtual space. By virtual, I am here specifically talking about "spaces" we create as we communicate online through social media. In this article, I will consider the gendering process of an internet forum, which recently went through a deliberate process to alter the gender boundaries that had been created over a decade earlier.
"The Spire", the subject of this article, is an internet fan-forum, dedicated to a series of popular American fantasy novels, The Wheel of Time, by author Robert Jordan. In the novels "The One Power" – essentially magic – is split between feminine and masculine aspects, somewhat like the Chinese concept of Yin & Yang. Men access the masculine aspect of magic and women the feminine, respectively. They are able to cooperate however, and there is a running theme within the books that it is through this cooperation that the most powerful magic is made possible. Within the fictional setting of the novels, a particular organization of magic-users (generally called "channelers") has created a sophisticated society with a distinct gendered structure. What is relevant for this article is that the web forum in question has replicated this structure to an extent. This is understood on the site as a form of "light roleplay", where users will rise through ranks taken from the setting of the books as they progress within the hierarchy of the web forum, not entirely dissimilar to how members of Salvation Army use military ranks despite not literally being members of an armed force. People who hold the status of moderators or administrators will similarly have titles borrowed from or inspired by the books.
As a result of the above, users, based on their gender, have typically been restricted to rising through a series of male-only or female-only ranks in two separate "paths" or "branches". This entails a very concrete structural organization of a site-user's experience. While most of the basic sub-forums are accessible to all users as long as they are registered members, there will be certain spaces they are unable to access or even see, based on their gender as users progress to a higher level of membership. That is not to say that there is no connection between the gendered paths; the site has taken inspiration from the books to introduce various cross-gender "bonds" which are meant to allow access for certain individuals who've become friendly with members of the opposite gendered path of higher membership.
To complicate matters, each gendered branch maintains several "sororities" and "fraternities", respectively. These are also inspired by the books' fictional setting, and thus have differing rules. For example, members of the "Alpha Sorority" are able to bond with several individuals each from the male branch, whereas members of the Delta Sorority are not allowed any such bonds. The remaining sororities are able to bond one member each from the male branch. Members aspiring to higher levels of membership choose to join one of these groups, usually based on similar desires and interests as the members already present in the groups, or on some sense of fitting in. There is a degree of humorous mutual stereotyping of the different groups, which may or may not have some degree of basis in reality.
"The Spire" was created as a fan forum for the Wheel of Time books in 2001, by two fans of the series. It steadily grew over the years, moving to forum service platforms that provided greater stability and more utilities, and expanded its staff until it became registered as a non-profit organization under US law. By the time I joined the site as a curious teenager in August 2006, the site had more than two thousand registered members, of which several hundred were active on at least a weekly basis.
What is important to note is that the site had by then become significantly more than a forum strictly for "fandom". Its members discussed health, careers, personal issues, other literature than the Wheel of Time, TV-series and movies, politics and religion. Relationships were formed which ranged from long-distance friendships to marriages. Over the course of the site's history from 2001, members have had their children join, and former members have passed away. The site hands out a scholarship each year, and local members across the world arrange annual parties or casual get-togethers, a few of which I've attended here in Oslo.
An issue that has come up several times over the course of the site's history however, is the nature of the gendered branches of the higher levels of membership. A number of members have expressed displeasure with being denied membership in a certain sorority or fraternity, due to their gender. A policy emerged which allowed transgender or genderqueer members to choose the gendered path they themselves identified most strongly with, but it was still based around a rationale of gender identity, and consequently this option was not open to cissexual individuals (people who identify with their assigned gender).
Site Reform Survey
The issue of site restructuring was aired by the site's administration in early 2012, according to archived transcripts of annual administration meetings. This was followed by an official site survey in late 2013. The term for the restructuring was "integration", referring to the integration of the previously segregated gendered paths. The exact nature of this integration, however, was yet to be defined.
Nearly 200 members responded to the survey, of about 400 active members at the time. 60.9% of those who answered were positive to integration. Furthermore, about 67% said they would be "very likely" or "somewhat likely" to recommend "The Spire" if integration was carried out. On the other hand, ca. 8% responded that they would be unlikely to recommend the site. These results seemed fairly consistent regardless of the gender of those who answered.
When it came to look at the usage of the sub-forums, however, a somewhat different picture emerged. Members of the female path were overall more persistent users of their sorority-specific sub-forums (82% used them at least weekly), whereas male higher members were less likely to frequent their private fraternity-specific sub-forums (67% at least weekly). However, bearing in mind the bonding mechanisms mentioned above, these forums actually do have members of the opposite sex who can access them. It is possible that this disparity in usage is down to the fact that there are more female high-ranking members on the site than male, and so activity naturally gravitates towards their forums. When it came to the truly gender-restricted sub-forums, the numbers showed less difference, with females using their gender-segregated sub-forums slightly more (61% at least weekly) than the males (54% at least weekly).
Numbers represent actual numbers, not percentages. Notice the female majority.
When it came to how comfortable different members would be with gender integration, this was also addressed in the survey. All in all, about 58% of the higher-ranking female members were at least somewhat comfortable with having gender-integrated private forums, while 36% where at least somewhat uncomfortable. For the male higher-ranking members, 88% were at least somewhat comfortable and only 9% where at least somewhat uncomfortable. Notably, no male members stated they would be very uncomfortable, whereas of the 36% mentioned above, 21% were very uncomfortable among the female members. This was the clearest difference among the gender so far.
The reasons for the difference are somewhat speculative, but it is possible that this is due to the matters and topics discussed within the female gender-segregated forums, as well as notions regarding safe-spaces. This was supported through conversations I partook in later in the integration process, where a few female members raised concerns regarding discussing sensitive topics in front of men (fearing a "chilling effect"), and desiring a space where only trusted conversation partners could enter. This in turn caused some resentment from certain male members who felt that their presence had been branded as a negative influence through no fault of their own. This may be influenced by the observed tendency for females to be more open within their interpersonal networks regarding sensitive topics, as opposed to the generally lesser degree of desire for interpersonal emotional exchanges among men. Another possible explanation is that some females felt that men largely controlled spaces in "real life" (outside the virtual spaces of the forum), and so giving them equal access on the forum actually amounted to a form of inequality, from a holistic point of view. Ultimately, any explanation remains tentative, and it is unlikely that any one model could accurately account for the varying opinions.
The results of the survey were later mentioned in the annual meeting of the site administration in spring 2014. Here it was noted that gender integration would proceed, but would not be implemented until January 2015. The gravity of this shift for the users was exemplified by this statement from the site's leadership:
"I fully acknowledge that this is an extremely sensitive subject, which is why we're taking as long with it as we are being as deliberate with it as we are."
The exact nature of the integration was still unsure, however. Three different solutions were offered, summarized as:
Complete integration across all [sororities/fraternities].
Keeping [the] current organization and creating 1 all-female [sorority] and 1 all-male [fraternity].
Moving to complete integration but leaving 1 all-female [sorority] and 1 all-male [fraternity] for those so inclined.
Ultimately, the two latter were rejected, as it was deemed unseemly to lump together wildly different individuals in a group based simply on a desire to be with or without another gender. This did leave a number of other issues, however. In order to properly discuss the various issues, such as when a person would have to pick their desired path and/or group, or how to configure specific level of sub-forum access and so on, the administration created an Integration Focus Group, composed of 47 individuals from all the different user groups and membership levels. As I had been an active member for several years by then, I was asked to join in, representing lower-ranking members (who do not have access to any of the gendered sub-forums, though many aspire to) together with two other individuals. The Focus Group worked from May 1 to October 18, 2014, and various issues too numerous and specific to detail here were addressed in turn by request of the administration, and sometimes revisited once new factors had come into play. Eventually, a model of membership progression was reached and selected by the administration. By the time the Focus Group was closed, most issues had either been resolved, or had at least been addressed to a degree where the administration felt confident enough to move ahead.
Integration of the forum was put in practice January 1, 2015. By the time of writing, the integrated site model has been in practice for over a year. A few members have joined user groups that would have previously been denied them. A future endeavor or interest would be to interview various members on how they felt the reform worked, and conversely, didn't. Certain members vocally stated their displeasure of integration during the work of the Integration Focus Group, and it would be interesting to see if their concerns have come to pass. Ultimately, all of this lies outside the scope of this article.
The focus in this article has been to show an example of deliberate gendering and subsequent reform of a virtual space with a high degree of continuity relative to most other Internet communities. In delving into this issue I have tried to make a point of emphasizing that "virtual" does not mean "imaginary" by pointing out the very real personal relationships that have formed and persisted for well over a decade in some cases. Virtual interaction is becoming increasingly important in mainstream socialization, and it is my opinion that experiences from sites like "The Spire" offer us valuable insights.
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Q: How to set 2 routes point to the same controller in ASP.NET MVC 5 I have an ASP.NET MVC 5 web site which has a controller  MyFirstController.
That way, I can load the index view by using https://example.server.com/MyFirst.
On the other hand, I have another view that renders the link (HREF attribute of HTML A tag) this way:
Url.Action("Index", "MyFirst")

That URL rendering causes the link to be generated:
https://example.server.com/MyFirst

So far, so good. Now, I need to have a route something like this
https://example.server.com/MySecond

That URL should load the same Index view of MyFirst controller without creating a new controller named MySecondController. This is like having a MyFirst controller alias named MySecond.
In RouteConfig.cs file I added this:
routes.MapRoute(name: "MySecond",
                url: "MySecond/{action}/{id}",
                defaults: new { controller = "MyFirst", action = "Index", id = UrlParameter.Optional }
               );

The problem I have with this code is that I have this rendering code in the other view:
@if (somecondition)
{
    ... Url.Action("Index", "MyFirst") ...
}
else
{
    ... Url.Action("Index", "MySecond") ...
}

I need that if somecondition is true, the rendered URL to be https://example.server.com/MyFirst and if it is false, the rendered URL to be https://example.server.com/MySecond.
The problem I am having is that both are being rendered as https://example.server.com/MySecond.
How can I accomplish this task?

A: Instead of using Url.Action, use Url.Route as it allows to explictly pass the name of the route to apply for rendering the url.
To render the /MySecond url, pass the name of the MySecond route.
@Url.RouteUrl("MySecond")

Do the same to render the /MyFirst url, but since it doesn't have an explicit route name, you'll have to pass both the name of the default route and the name of the MyFirst controller.
@Url.RouteUrl("Default", new { Controller = "MyFirst" })

You can omit the name of the Index action, as it has been set up as the default one.

A: Custom route should be before default route.
routes.MapRoute(
                "MySecond",
                "MySecond/{action}/{id}",
                new { controller = "MyFirst", action = "Index",id = UrlParameter.Optional  }
            );

routes.MapRoute(
                "Default",
                "{controller}/{action}/{id}",
                new { controller = "Home", action = "Index", id = "" }
            );

A: In the controller try using
[Route("MyFirst")]
[Route("MySecond")]
public class MyFirstController : Controller
{

}

A: Instead of using Url.Action use Url.Route. This method has the option to provide the route name and optionally the action and controller.
if (somecondition)
{
    @Url.RouteUrl("Default", new { Controller = "MyFirst" }) //Action "Index" will be defaulted so do not need to provide it
}
else
{
    Url.RouteUrl("MySecond");
}

You could also create extension methods on UrlHelper so that you don't have "magic strings" littered through out your views:
namespace MyWebsite.Helpers
{
    public static class UrlHelperExtension
    {
        public static string MyFirst(this UrlHelper url)
        {
            return url.RouteUrl("Default", new { Controller = "MyFirst" });
        }

        public static string MySecond(this UrlHelper url)
        {
            return url.RouteUrl("MySecond");
        }
    }
}

Then you can use @Url.MyFirst() or @Url.MySecond()

A: You can set 2 route point to the same controller like shown below:
[Route("first_route")]
[Route("second_route")]
public class MyController : Controller{

}

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Graduates will check in and pick up their name card, fill out the back of the card for photo information, and proceed to line up in numerical order as indicated on the card.
Please do not bring belongings (purses, bags, etc.) with you to check-in. There will not be a coat check available.
Once in the Alamodome, graduates will follow designated signs to find the assigned check-in location.
All names will be called. The ceremony will last approximately 2—2.5 hours.
Students are required to remain in their seats throughout the entire ceremony.
After the ceremony, please exit the Alamodome immediately to meet your friends and family. No re-entry will be allowed.
Arrive at the Alamodome at 2:00 p.m. (doors open for guests at this time also) for check-in and lineup. If you are not on time, you may forfeit your right to walk the stage. The ceremony will begin at 4:00 p.m.
Sunday, May 19, 2019 at 2 p.m.
Arrive at the Alamodome at 12:00 p.m. (doors open for guests at this time also) for check-in and lineup. If you are not on time, you may forfeit your right to walk the stage. The ceremony will begin at 2:00 p.m.
Degree candidates with disabilities who need accommodations to participate in their Commencement ceremony, are asked to send an email to commencement@utsa.edu to set up an appointment to discuss accommodation possibilities with the appropriate Commencement staff. Appointments are made from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday.


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import java.util.logging.Logger;
import javax.inject.Singleton;
import javax.ws.rs.ext.Provider;
import org.glassfish.jersey.server.spi.Container;
import org.glassfish.jersey.server.spi.ContainerLifecycleListener;

/**
 * Classes implementing this contract receive container life-cycle notification
 * events.
 *
 * @author Jobinesh
 */
@Singleton
@Provider
public class ContainerLifecycleListenerImpl implements ContainerLifecycleListener {

    private static final Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(ContainerLifecycleListenerImpl.class.getName());

    @Override
    public void onStartup(Container cntnr) {
        logger.info("ContainerLifecycleListenerImpl::onStartup");
    }

    @Override
    public void onReload(Container cntnr) {
        logger.info("ContainerLifecycleListenerImpl::onReload");
    }

    @Override
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        logger.info("ContainerLifecycleListenerImpl::onShutdown");
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Travel Dates: With Dave having commitments starting in May, we figure last weeks of April would be a good time to propose a trip. I think Jen and I would like to go for 7 days or so, but there is not written rule stating we all have to stay the same amount of time. Larry said that a good idea would be to leave the US on a Friday or Saturday and return on the following Sunday.
Airline Considerations: We have a bit of time to solidify this since most airlines will not book anything past 320 days.
Ireland in April: cool temps around 57F, one of the lowest rain months, oddly enough. This is right before tourism season starts up, so things should not be very crowded at all.
Study Materials: Larry recommends the DK Publishing's Eyewitness Travel Guide to Ireland...one of the best resources for everything Ireland, and packed with pretty pictures.
Places to see: I know I would like to spend more time in one area then trying to get the whole country packed in that time. I would like to avoid the bigger cities and see a lot of country side/ruins/ocean. I would like to stay on the Western/South Western side, but I am open to options. I would also entertain an excursion to the Aran Islands.
So, brings up questions like: are we planning to do things as a group, or split up during the days and meet up to discuss our adventures of the day? Do we call some hotel homeplate, or do we migrate from hotel to bed and breakfast to castles for accommodations? With the potential number of people going (perhaps 8: Anne & Roger, Dave & Sara, Craig & Jen, Chad, Stephanie), how do we handle vehicles...do we get a couple of them and do a self-drive tour across the area? See what I mean about ramblings and ceaseless/prattle?


SKU: 4142. Categories: Theological, Issues.
by William Goode DD. FSA, Late Dean of Ripon, Introduction by Dr. Nick Needham, Appendices by Dr. Nick Needham and Alan Howe.
The original Title of this reprint was: The Modern Claims To The Possession Of The Extraordinary Gifts Of The Spirit Stated And Examined And Compared With The Most Remarkable Cases Of A Similar Kind That Have Occurred In The Christian Church: With Some General Observations On The Subject.
This third edition is a complete reprint of the Second Edition 1834.
In 1822 the Revd. Edward Irving (1792-1834) was appointed the Minister of the Scotch Church in London – Church of Scotland – and his preaching became the sensation of the Capital, being attended by 'statesmen, philosophers, poets, painters, and literary men; peers, merchants and fashionable ladies'. The reason was what we would now call a Charismatic movement imported from Scotland. Inevitably the Church was split, Irving was deposed for heresy and the 'Irvingites' formed a new denomination – the Catholic Apostolic Church which has only now become virtually extinct in Britain.
In this work Goode shows that, far from being new, these phenomena have been a recurring delusion down the Christian centuries. The relevance to the Pentecostal and Charismatic movements of the twentieth century will be obvious.
This reprint of a 19th century response to the delusions of Edward Irving is a classic. The erudite author, a former Dean of Ripon, succeed admirably in proving that modern claimants to charismatic gifts have nothing in common with those possessing the extra-ordinary gifts of Scripture but everything in common with false claiments of the past. Bringing to bear on the issue a thoroughly Biblical perspective, an extensive grasp of church history and scholarship second to none, he systematically dismembers his opponents with the deftness of a surgeon. His most telling arguements are Irvingism's internal inconsistencies, the secrecy of it's supposed revelations and their close resemblance to parallel manifestations in pagan religions. Inevitably he draws comparisons with Monantism, a 2nd century charismatic movemnet which the Early Church Fathers condemned. Significantly, he attributes charismania to the proud, self-centered craving of our fallen nature for the marvellous; the presence in the church of false prophets, as predicted (Matt 7.22-23; 24.24; Rev 13.13-14); the power and decietfulness of Satan; and such natural phemonena as heightened mental and emotional states. He concludes that the post-apostolic disappearance of charismatic gifts is not attributable to unbelief (as Irving and modern charasmatics claim), but to their divine withdrawal on completion of the canon of Scripture. What is at stake is nothing less than the all-sufficeincy of the Word of God Written. As a standard reference work on the origins of modern charismaticism, Goode is indispensible. Need we add that it is cheap at the price?


What Are The Odds? | Hidden Brain This week on Hidden Brain: coincidences. Why they're not quite as magical as they seem, and the psychological reasons we can't help but search for meaning in them anyway.
A woman wins the lottery not once, not twice, but four times. What are the odds? According to mathematician Joseph Mazur, it depends on how you ask the question.
That's what it feels like when you bump into your childhood friend on the first day of college ... or meet someone at a party in Paris, only to discover she lives in your dad's childhood home in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. But, says mathematician Joseph Mazur, these coincidences are not as extraordinary as we might think.
Episode 45: What Are The Odds?
"People think that their address book is essentially the people they know, and it turns out any address book is about one percent of the people they know in some way," Mazur explains.
In other words, the odds of bumping into someone you know are greater than you might think, because you know many more people than you think.
Understanding these odds can help us wrap our heads around stories of people who seem inexplicably fortunate. People like Joan Ginther, who won the lottery not once, not twice, but four times.
"The odds are about 18 septillion to one against it happening," Mazur says. A septillion is 1 followed by 24 zeros.
But if you reframe the question, and calculate the odds that anyone — not just you, or Joan Ginther — will win the lottery four times, you get much better odds.
"It's about 5 million to one," Mazur says. And that accounts for the number of people playing the lotto, the number of lotteries in the world, and the fact that most lottery winners use some amount of their "house money" to increase their odds of winning again.
For better or worse, this sort of number-crunching can demystify even the most tantalizing coincidences. But that doesn't diminish their quirky serendipity.
Take, for example, one of Joseph Mazur's favorite coincidence stories, about the 19th-century French poet Emile Deschamps.
As a teenager, Deschamps meets a man with a strange name, Monsieur de Fortgibu. De Fortgibu is an immigrant from England, and he introduces Deschamps to a very English dessert: plum pudding.
Ten years go by. One day, Deschamps passes a Paris restaurant that has plum pudding on the menu. He goes inside, only to be told the last of the plum pudding was just sold to a gentleman sitting in the back.
"And the waiter calls out loud, 'Mr. de Fortgibu, would you be willing to share your plum pudding with this gentleman?' " tells Mazur.
Years pass, and Deschamps is at a dinner party with some friends.
The host announces that an unusual dessert will be served. You guessed it — plum pudding. Deschamps jokingly says that one of the guests at the party must be Monsieur de Fortgibu.
"Well, soon the doorbell rings and Mr. de Fortgibu is announced," says Mazur. "And he enters, he's an old man by now, but Deschamps recognizes him. And Mr. de Fortgibu looks around and he realizes that he's in the wrong apartment." He was invited to a dinner party — but not there.
This sort of coincidence defies mathematical explanation. There's only one way to describe it — magical.
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Village residents were also shown renderings of a sound-retaining wall that will be built at the LIRR station and will rise about 4 feet above the current track.
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is building three new elevators and a sound-retaining wall at the Floral Park Long Island Rail Road station, and village residents got a sneak peek of the plans.
During a special meeting last Wednesday, officials with the construction company that is building the third track shared renderings of the elevators and wall with about 60 residents and village trustees. The audience and members of Floral Park's architectural review board spent an hour asking questions and providing feedback.
The MTA is building a 9.8-mile track on the LIRR Main Line from Floral Park to Hicksville. In December, the MTA hired 3rd Track Constructors, or 3TC, to build the track.
Michael Guter, a design coordinator with 3TC, told residents that the escalators currently at the station will remain and that there will be an elevator at the center of the station platform and one each at the north and south ends of the station. The elevators' exterior will be made of glass, Guter added.
"The see-through glass is mostly a safety measure so that nobody is in the elevator and subject to being accosted," he said.
Most in the crowd did not comment directly about how the elevator looked, but two residents said they thought the design was unattractive.
Gunther said review board members like the glass elevator design, but noted that it still allows people to see debris that gathers over time on the elevator floor. Gunther suggested converting the bottom part of the exterior walls into brick.
"If we stop the glass maybe 30 inches before the sidewalk, it has less visibility to the dirt that will inevitably collect in the elevator pit," he said.
Another resident, Darlene Lanza, asked Guter where the elevator operation room would be housed. Guter said the room will be in a different part of the station.
He and other 3TC officials told residents that the wall and elevator designs are about 60 percent complete. Most of the specifics for the sound wall aren't done, they said.
Guter said the wall will be 4 feet higher than current track height, but Gunther added that Floral Park officials have not yet discussed the color or texture of the wall with 3TC.
A crowd of about 60 residents, including village trustees, had other questions that 3TC officials couldn't answer Wednesday night, including how the sound wall would affect the waterslide at the village pool and which trees might be removed to build the wall.
Mayor Dominick Longobardi told residents to hold their questions for later because Wednesday was the first of many interactions the public will have with Third Track contractors.
Khristopher J. Brooks is a Detroit native turned New Yorker who has covered the Town of North Hempstead since January 2017.


Are You Active or Trying to Get Fit?
You take the clipboard and began filling out personal information in a medical office. "How many times a week are you active?" it asks. You scratch your chin, thinking about how housework, gardening, walking, climbing stairs — are examples of physical activity. So you say "5 times a week." But is it really the kind of activity the form is asking about?
Let's be clear on one thing: exercise is a specific form of physical activity — planned, purposeful physical activity performed with the intention of acquiring fitness or other health benefits. All those other things you considered activity? Call it "movement" instead. Exercise means working out at a health club or with a personal trainer, swimming, cycling, running, or participating in a sport like tennis or volleyball.
Truth be told, even if you huff a bit after climbing the stairs a few times a day, most daily physical activity is considered light to moderate in intensity. The health benefits that can only be accomplished with more strenuous physical activity are geared toward improvement in cardiovascular fitness, such as jogging or running. That doesn't mean a leisurely walk down the bike trails with a friend. Any activity is measured by how vigorously and for how long you continue it. That same leisurely walk combined with a jog every so many hundred feet can be better for you than strolling, because you are pushing yourself toward your target heart rate.
How can you tell if an activity is considered moderate or vigorous in intensity? If you can talk while performing it, it's moderate. If you need to stop to catch your breath after saying just a few words, it's vigorous.
Elements of physical activity include cardio-respiratory endurance, muscular strength and endurance and flexibility. While it's possible to address all of these fitness components with a physically active lifestyle, an exercise program can help you achieve even greater benefits.
Don't get me wrong. Increasing the amount of physical activity in your everyday life is a good start — like choosing a parking spot at the far end of the lot and walking back and forth. But true fitness goals should incorporate structured, vigorous activities into your schedule.
And when those muscles get sore from exercise (that is a good sore), I have the perfect solution!


As of my last visit on May 4th 2011 to the Czernowitz Jewish cemetery, all of the cemetery except about 2 hectares in the southern section, have been cleared once, of the sapling trees, bushes and vines, which covered the whole cemetery, when CJCRO started its work in 2009. Currently, May 15th, these 2 hectares are being cleared as well.
be cut before the area can be sprayed with herbicides. The cutting of this new vegetation, will fortunately be much easier and less expensive than the cutting of the original vegetation. The new canes and sprouts are relatively thin and the wood is green, so it can be cut with shears and will not need to be cut with power saws.
1. Clear the areas of the cemetery which have not been cleared so far.
2. Spray with herbicides those areas cleared last year.
3. Cut the newly sprouting vegetation in area previously cleared.
5. Spray with herbicides the areas in which the new growth has been cut.
On the schematic map of the cemetery shown above, areas are delineated in various colors, according to the work which has been carried out on them, or still needs to be done.
The segment of the cemetery delineated in red - was cleared of vegetation, but new vegetation has sprouted from roots and stumps.
The segment of the cemetery delineated in blue, is currently being cleared of weedy vegetation. The area delineated in yellow was cleared of vegetation last late summer or fall and is still clear.
The area delineated in green, was cleared of vegetation and sprayed with herbicides and is clear of all perennial vegetation.


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Fundamental frequency and perturbation measures of sustained vowels in Malaysian Malay children between 7 and 12 years old
Hua Nong Ting, See Yan Chia, Hany Hazfiza Manap, Ai Hui Ho, Kian Yean Tiu, Badrulzaman Abdul Hamid
Objective: The study is going to investigate the fundamental frequency (F0) and perturbation measures of sustained vowels in 360 native Malaysian Malay children aged between 7 and 12 years using acoustical analysis. Methods: Praat software (Boersma and Weenink, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands) was used to analyze the F0 and perturbation measures of the sustained vowels. Statistical analyses were conducted to determine the significant differences in F0 and perturbation measures across the vowels, sex, and age groups. Results: The mean F0 of Malaysian Malay male and female children were reported at 240 ± 34.88 and 254.48 ± 23.35 Hz, respectively. The jitter (Jitt), relative average perturbation (RAP), five-point period perturbation quotient (PPQ5), shimmer (Shim), and 11-point amplitude perturbation quotient (APQ11) of Malaysian male children were reported at 0.43 ± 0.26%, 0.25 ± 0.16%, 0.26 ± 0.15%, 2.48 ± 1.61%, and 1.75 ± 1.04%, respectively. As for female children, the Jitt, RAP, PPQ5, Shim, and APQ11 were reported at 0.42 ± 0.22%, 0.25 ± 0.14%, 0.25 ± 0.13%, 2.47 ± 1.53%, and 1.75 ± 1.10%, respectively. Conclusions: No significant differences in F0 were reported across the Malay vowels for both males and females. Malay females had significantly higher F0 than that in Malay males at the age of 8, 10, and 12 years. Malaysian Malay children underwent the nonsystematic decrement in F0 across the age groups. Significant differences in F0 were found across the age groups. Significant differences in perturbation measures were observed across the vowels in certain age groups of Malay males and females. Generally, no significant differences in perturbation measures between the sex were observed in all the age groups and vowels. No significant differences in all the perturbation measures across the age groups were reported in both Malaysian Malay male and female children.
Journal of Voice
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvoice.2011.07.001
Fundamental frequency
Malay children
Normal voice
Perturbation measures
Sustained vowels
Voice change
LPN and LVN
Ting, H. N., Chia, S. Y., Manap, H. H., Ho, A. H., Tiu, K. Y., & Abdul Hamid, B. (2012). Fundamental frequency and perturbation measures of sustained vowels in Malaysian Malay children between 7 and 12 years old. Journal of Voice, 26(4), 425-430. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvoice.2011.07.001
Fundamental frequency and perturbation measures of sustained vowels in Malaysian Malay children between 7 and 12 years old. / Ting, Hua Nong; Chia, See Yan; Manap, Hany Hazfiza; Ho, Ai Hui; Tiu, Kian Yean; Abdul Hamid, Badrulzaman.
In: Journal of Voice, Vol. 26, No. 4, 07.2012, p. 425-430.
Ting, HN, Chia, SY, Manap, HH, Ho, AH, Tiu, KY & Abdul Hamid, B 2012, 'Fundamental frequency and perturbation measures of sustained vowels in Malaysian Malay children between 7 and 12 years old', Journal of Voice, vol. 26, no. 4, pp. 425-430. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvoice.2011.07.001
Ting HN, Chia SY, Manap HH, Ho AH, Tiu KY, Abdul Hamid B. Fundamental frequency and perturbation measures of sustained vowels in Malaysian Malay children between 7 and 12 years old. Journal of Voice. 2012 Jul;26(4):425-430. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvoice.2011.07.001
Ting, Hua Nong ; Chia, See Yan ; Manap, Hany Hazfiza ; Ho, Ai Hui ; Tiu, Kian Yean ; Abdul Hamid, Badrulzaman. / Fundamental frequency and perturbation measures of sustained vowels in Malaysian Malay children between 7 and 12 years old. In: Journal of Voice. 2012 ; Vol. 26, No. 4. pp. 425-430.
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Bellevue Woman Wins $30,000 Playing Fun 5s
Michelle Byerly of Bellevue won $30,000 playing the Fun 5s Scratch game from the Nebraska Lottery.
Byerly purchased her winning ticket at Kwik Shop #675 at 502 West Mission Ave. in Bellevue.
Byerly claimed her prize on August 28 at the Nebraska Lottery's Lincoln office and said she'd bought the winning ticket the night before and scratched it in the parking lot.
"I went inside and double checked," she said. "I asked, 'Am I seeing this right?'"
After double checking, Byerly raced home and hid the winning ticket under her mattress for safe keeping until she could bring it to Lincoln.
"My house eats things," she said.
With her win, Byerly is planning on taking a trip to Disney World with her sister, her daughter, her nieces and a friend. It's something they've been talking about for months, she said, and now they'll be able to do it.
A $5 Scratch game, Fun 5s offers players a chance to win prizes from $5 to $30,000. The chances of winning $30,000 are one in 120,000, while the odds of winning any prize are one in 3.55.


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'Tax the rich' rhetoric loses steam
That's according to the latest Bloomberg Businessweek:
Millionaires can breathe a bit easier. While President Barack Obama says he wants to let income tax cuts that benefit only the wealthiest Americans expire in 2013, several states are rolling back tax increases for top earners.
New York's highest tax rate on incomes exceeding $500,000 will fall back to 7.85 percent, from 8.97 percent, this year. Maryland's 6.25 percent tax on incomes above $1 million expired at the end of 2010, while California's top tax rate for millionaires has dropped to 10.3 percent from 10.55 percent.
At least seven states instituted temporary so-called millionaire taxes during the recession. Those levies are becoming harder to justify now that state revenues are rebounding. Overall, state tax revenue grew 12 percent in April compared with a year earlier, which may trim $20 billion from estimated state budget shortfalls, according to a recent Goldman Sachs (GS) report. The soak-the-rich drive "just petered out," says Joseph Henchman, vice-president for legal and state projects at the Tax Foundation in Washington, a group focused on lowering taxes. "All of these states are backing away now."
You might remember what Joseph Henchman had to say recently about Tax Freedom Day.


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10 Questions with Pat Kernighan on Oakland's Reimagining Public Safety Task Force
Photo Provided By Pat Kernighan
The Reimagining Public Safety Task Force, comprised of 17 members, will engage in an open, transparent, and thorough process—co-led with the community—to create a shared vision for the public safety system in Oakland that is rooted in equity and addresses the historic and current disparities created by racism and economic inequality. The Task Force's goal is to develop recommendations to increase community safety through alternative responses to calls for assistance and increased investments in programs, services and infrastructure that address the root causes of violence and crime (such as health services, housing, and jobs), with a goal of a 50 percent reduction in the FY 2021-2023 General Purpose Fund budget allocation to the Oakland Police Department.
Various members of the administration and community groups nominated the Task Force. Patricia Kernighan, Mayor Schaaf's appointee to the Task Force, represented District 2 on the Oakland City Council from 2005-2014. Ms. Kernighan served as Chair of the Council's Public Safety Committee and Finance Committee. She is familiar with Oakland's budgeting process, the history of OPD, and the operational jurisdictions of partner government agencies. Ms. Kernighan was formerly an attorney. She and her husband raised their two daughters in the GrandLake neighborhood of Oakland, where they have lived for 38 years.
MOBN! sat down virtually with former City Council and current Task Force member, Pat Kernighan, to ask her about her thoughts on the progress and future of the Reimagining Public Safety Task Force as the city proposes new reforms. We have included excerpts from the conversation.
You were a council member for almost a decade; how did Oakland change then in terms of public safety and how has it changed since you left office?
The homicide rate was extremely high when I came on the Council in 2005. Then it went down a bit during the next fews. Then in 2008 the financial crash happened and the city had to reduce the number of employees across the board. We had 5,000 plus and it came down to just over 4,000. We actually laid off an academy of new police officers and stopped hiring for awhile, which resulted in a low of 630 officers in about 2012. Crime went up markedly during the low staffing. At the same time, the economy was horrible and many people couldn't get jobs, so it is not clear what all the causes of the high crime were, but I surmise that both the low number of officers as well as the bad economy played a role. In the past six years, crime and violence have gone down a lot, and I give a lot of credit to the Ceasefire program.The economy was improving at the same time, so that probably contributed as well. The trend was really looking good until the pandemic started.
You said in the first meeting of the Task Force that you feel it's the first time the city is in a position to really make change in terms of public safety, can you share why you think that time is now?
It's about a shift in political power. For the first time in memory, the political will exists to take on police departments and police unions to make change. Masses of people were outraged over the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. It has been recognized that police brutality against Black people is commonplace throughout our nation and that police have not been held accountable for it. It is not just activists that are saying this. The general public is disgusted with racial injustice too. For a very long time, police have been given a lot of deference because people are afraid of crime, and [the police] are the one and only protection. But post-George Floyd and the nationwide protests, that has feeling has changed among a large part of the population. Elected officials can ask for more change and get it because they know that the general public is behind them and they're not going to be voted out of office for demanding reform.
You've described success as looking like "non militaristic alternative responses when people need help" that can be scaled. What does that look like in more detail to the Task Force?
The example that's always brought up is sending mental health workers, civilians, unarmed people who are trained in mental health, instead of armed police, to respond to calls where someone is experiencing a mental health crisis or acting out for that reason. Which is, I think, a very good idea in most cases. The City has already committed to a pilot project called MACRO based on that concept. They're just barely getting off the ground, so we need to see how it works in practice. The other one that everyone talks about is sending non-sworn people to address complaints regarding homeless encampments. I personally want even the armed officers to behave in a less militaristic manner when they engage with the public. They could do a better job of de-escalating situations with words, so that using force is a last resort.
You mentioned you had frustration with the millions of dollars the city was spending in the form of settlements in wrongful death/excessive force cases. Can you describe a past case where an alternative response may have prevented a death?
One case that stuck with me started as a complaint about domestic violence. An ex-girlfriend called the cops on her boyfriend who was a barber and who I think was at his own place of business. Witnesses later said he wasn't harming the girlfriend, she was just arguing with him. [The boyfriend] was on probation or parole because he'd previously been incarcerated. He was out and earning a living and things were going pretty well for him. The police showed up and he ended up running away, probably because he was afraid of his parole being revoked. An officer chased him and thought he saw a gun in his hand and shot him dead. It turned out there was no gun, just a shiny object. This is a very typical scenario when there is a foot chase. If the initial response to the domestic violence case had been by a civilian social worker or something similar, the man might not have run in the first place.
How can the public better understand the distinction of reallocating OPD resources and defunding the police? Is the intention of the Task Force to reduce the number of sworn officers?
That is certainly the most controversial issue for this task force. The City Council, in setting up this task force, declared that the goal was to cut the police budget by 50%. But it didn't specify a date for that. It did say that the task force should submit recommendations in time for the next budget that would cut some amount of the police budget. The purpose of cutting the budget is to create a source to fund the community services that are needed. But not all task force members want to actually reduce the number of sworn officers. At least not yet, when the city is experiencing an upward trend in gun violence. We are still in the information gathering, idea gathering phase. I'm just seeing where different people are coming from and I think there's going to be quite a debate. While I don't think there is agreement on the idea of reducing the number of officers in the near term, I do think that everyone agrees that changes are needed in how policing is done so that they aren't actually causing harm.
Oakland's bureaucracy is often cited as one of the greatest obstacles in making change. What is a piece(s) of advice you would offer the new council members?
One of my contributions eventually to this task force will be trying to let other people know where those obstacles are in the bureaucracy. I don't know what life is like on the street in East Oakland, but I do know what goes on in City Hall, and the obstacles are manifold. It is a very interconnected web of things, including many laws and regulations and union contracts, all of which have laudable goals, but the reality is, the more rules you have, the more rigidity you have. It is also the lack of money and resources, frankly. The City departments just cannot keep up with all the stuff they're asked to do. I'm not sure the Councilmembers can substantially change any of that. I guess my advice would be to set priorities and focus on just a few goals.
The Task Force deliverables are quite accelerated. Can you describe the goals and timeline? Do you think it's realistic?
They're aiming to be done by the end of March. I think task force members are beginning to realize that this very ambitious effort cannot be accomplished in a year, or even two. So they will need to make short term goals as well as longer term, multi-year, goals. The stated goals are to find ways to reduce the police department budget and also to come up with alternative means of preventing and responding to crime, which ideally would be funded by the savings from OPD. And improving public safety in the process. It's a tall order. I personally am hopeful that some good ideas and models for community-based violence prevention will emerge. Regardless of how it's paid for and when it can be implemented, I believe we need to move in that direction.
In light of the huge increase in fatal shootings during this year, what are your thoughts about residents who are advocating for decreasing the size of OPD?
I think it's going to be very difficult to sell to the public the idea that the police should be reduced at this time, though I am not entirely convinced that the police, on their own are going to be able stop this wave of shooting. Ideally, the new programs would run in tandem with the same number of police we have now, at least until the new programs are getting good results. But that will cost more money, not less, in the short term.
The current discussions propose a citywide revision of public safety. How do you think implementing the proposed changes in a designated part of the City as a pilot project might work?
I don't know the answer to that. Some proposals could feasibly be tested in a limited area, but some not. Criminals don't respect borders. My guess is that a civilian response to certain kinds of calls could be piloted in a limited area, but also with police back-up while the efficacy of the new service is being evaluated.
Is there anything else that Oakland residents should know about this initiative?
I think one thing to know is that the individuals who are on this task force represent quite a range of not only life experience, but feelings about the police and experiences with the police. Rarely do you see a board where most of the members either live in or grew up in East Oakland and West Oakland. That is true of this board and it is very intentional. These individuals are raising their families literally where the bullets are flying. Though these task force members are not yet in accord on whether to have more or less police, they are 100% in accord that it is essential to invest in services that will address the root causes of the violence and crime that surrounds them.
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kentlewan 16 Mar 2021 Reply
thanks for publishing this excellent interview.


Dr. Bob Carter of UCSD scrubs in for a potentially life-saving brain surgery, for which higher volume of procedures leads to better outcomes. Sept. 7, 2016. Megan Wood, inewsource.
Getting diagnosed with cancer is scary enough. But if surgery is involved, with all its potential complications, any patient wants to find the best hospital.
Unfortunately, there's no certain way to tell. But CalQualityCare.org, operated by the California Health Care Foundation, can give a strong clue. Most experts agree that for specific procedures such as lung, pancreas, esophageal or rectal cancer surgeries, higher volume hospitals have better outcomes and lower mortality.
The Oakland-based nonprofit used a state database to see each hospital's volume for 11 cancer surgery types. It found that in 2014, an alarming number of San Diego County hospitals did far fewer specific cancer surgeries than what is recommended.
Those hospitals "should go out of business" for that cancer surgery type, and refer those patients to a higher volume hospital, he said.
Looking at hospitals in San Diego County, Spurlock noticed too many hospitals are only doing five or six a year.
For example, the database shows that five of the nine hospitals performing pancreas surgery in San Diego County did only one or two that year. Three of the six hospitals that perform esophagus cancer surgeries did one or two. And five of the 12 hospitals performing stomach cancer surgeries did just one or two.
One hospital, Scripps Encinitas, performed just one surgery for liver, pancreas, prostate and stomach cancer in 2014. Scripps Memorial did only one bladder cancer surgery, one pancreas surgery and three prostate cancer surgeries.
The CHCF report found "that for most types of cancer surgery, there's a high volume hospital center within 50 miles" of a patient's residence, Spurlock said.
One group of health systems launched a "take the volume pledge" campaign last year to persuade low-volume hospitals, including some of its own 15 affiliates, to stop doing those procedures.
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Johns Hopkins Hospital and the University of Michigan Health System don't want their hospitals or surgeons performing four types of cancer surgeries unless they meet certain volume thresholds. Those volumes are 20 esophagus cancer, 40 lung cancer, 20 pancreas cancer, and 15 rectal cancer surgeries a year. New York state's Medicaid program won't reimburse a hospital for breast cancer surgery unless it performs at least 30.
With a possible exception of colon cancer surgery, which is less sensitive to a surgeon's volume, Birkmeyer advised that patients "definitely shouldn't have surgery by anyone who doesn't do them at least five or six times a year, and more is better." And for breast cancer surgery, literature suggests a minimum of 50 procedures annually.
In San Diego County, no hospital met the "volume pledge" group's esophagus cancer surgery threshold. Nine failed to meet lung cancer thresholds, nine failed to meet pancreas cancer thresholds and 10 failed to meet rectal cancer thresholds and two hospitals failed to meet New York's minimum threshold for breast cancer surgery.
UCSD Health System was the only hospital system in the county that maintained high volume for all 11 cancer types, although it had lower than the recommended threshold for esophagus cancer surgery volume.
One argument hospitals make to defend low volume is that some of their surgeons might operate at multiple hospitals.
But Spurlock said it's crucial for the whole hospital team to gain necessary experience. "The hospital staff have to be able to understand the surgery too; they have to know the instruments, the complications. It's not just a surgeon issue," he said.
For more on this topic, see Cheryl Clark's story in MedPage Today, a national publication read by health care providers.


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Gymnasts prepare for national meet
Matt Gad—Sports Writer
It has been a very strong season for the Owls so far with a number of solid performances, including from freshman Hannah Stahlbrodt, who came away with ECAC Gymnast of the Year – the first Owl to win that award since 2007.
At the ECAC Championships, which took place on March 23 at Bridgeport University, the Owls placed third, bowing to Bridgeport and West Chester, head coach Jerry Nelson took home Coach of the Year, assistant Linda Mullin took home Assistant of the Year and sophomore Jordan Peloquin came away with a win on the beam.
"I was really excited to meet or exceed the beam record so when I hit it I got so excited," Peloquin said. "It's great to come into a team and have such a good family environment."
Peloquin, Tiffany Elliot, Stahlbrodt, Keylea Brothers, Jackie Kutcher, Noely Macias, Morgan Gatewood and Keara Loughlin will also compete in USA Gymnastics Nationals, which starts March 12 and will be hosted by Bridgeport.
"My mindset [going into nationals] is that it's just muscle memory. I'm just going to go in, do what I know how to do and whatever happens, happens," Peloquin said.
The participants will compete on the 12th and the event finals will take place on the last day of the meet, March 14, with a team banquet and some other festivities and events mixed into the national championship weekend.
Nelson said that awards and attention the team has gotten recently prove how good the team has performed throughout the year.
"For me to win, but more importantly for Linda to win [assistant] Coach of the Year, just says that the others recognize that we had a good overall season, and for Hannah, too; a great, great accolade," Nelson said.
On vault, Stahlbrodt was ranked fifth overall, while Kutcher, Girolamo and Brothers led on the bars and Peloquin was finished in sixth on the floor exercise.
Additionally, Girolamo posted one of the top overall scores for the meet.
"I just know that even though we had a couple of bad events, we were able to get a decent score and we all supported each other no matter what happened," Girolamo said.
The Owls posted a mark of 190.900, while Bridgeport was in front at 195.150 and West Chester finished at 193.200.
Nelson said the ECAC meet showed what areas need be improved upon.
"We had a really good season going in and we had some really good performances at ECACs, but we fell short as a team," Nelson said. "We didn't hit as many routines as we would've liked, but some of the girls performed very well."
He said Bridgeport and West Chester have both had scores ahead of the Owls all season long and also have had better meets than Southern did.
Southern's Gymnastics Team won meets this season at home over Brockport and Rhode Island College and at Springfield over Springfield College and Ithaca College.
The team also had a number of strong finishes in meets over three or four teams, but they fell to Bridgeport at home on March 16 to end the regular season, scoring 192.200 points and trailing the Purple Knights, who won with a mark of 194.425.
"Eight is a good, healthy number [for the national meet] and all eight going have a chance of proving themselves and doing really well," Nelson said. "They belong there and just need to do what they've been doing all year and hit their routines."
He said the hope is that the individuals perform to the best of their ability, but if they can also do well in the finals they can make an All American team, and that it should also be a goal of theirs to try to achieve that accolade.
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The 3 Biggest Things I Learned From My First Sex Party
Have you ever had the experience of walking into a room and seeing dozens of people having sex with each other?
Well, until last year, I hadn't.
My heart was pounding on the way to the venue. My girlfriend (at the time) and I made small talk with our cab driver to take our minds off of the fact that we were actually attending our first ever fetish-friendly sex party (also known as 'play parties' in the community).
We arrived and, having been briefed on the dress code (wear a hat, and something on your feet… everything in between is optional), we felt mildly at home when we first entered the room.
Aside from the initial fascination with all of the largely naked bodies roaming the room that constantly reminded us "Oh right, this is a sex party", something very strange came over me when my date and I first stepped through the doors into the event.
And as raunchy, embarrassing, or shocking as you think it might be, I feel like I learned some pretty valuable lessons about sexuality and people in general.
Here are the three biggest things that I learned from going to my first sex party.
1. Sex Is The Most Natural Thing In The World
The most immediately apparent thing that I learned from walking into my first ever sex party was how absolutely normal I felt. My mind didn't think, "Wow, what a bunch of kinky perverts doing all of this crazy stuff", but something more akin to "This is the most natural and beautiful display of human love I have ever seen. How is this not more fully integrated into our daily lives? How is this physical expression of love something that we hide more than most anything else?"
I didn't have to do any mental backflips to rationalize my way into feeling normal… it was 100% clear upon arrival. Nothing is more natural than sex. Everyone does it. Your parents did it. It is why we exist at all.
And, yes, while I recognize the importance for intimacy to stay intimate (and private) for a lot of people, the realization hit me like a ton of bricks. It felt like such a foreign idea that someone would more readily be arrested for kissing their partner's genitals in public than they would be for covertly selling drugs.
Sex is marketed to us around the clock, and yet it's still uncouth to discuss it publicly in a lot of social situations. This sort of cognitive dissonance makes rise for a lot of people to have a warped view of sex and sexuality.
Walking into a room of over a hundred people, with a large percentage of them engaging with each other sexually, was something that deeply opened my eyes to how remarkably unremarkable it all was. It was just a bunch of people loving each other in ways that they liked to be loved.
2. Authenticity Wins Over Showiness Every Time
This particular sex party was advertised as a "sex positive play party" meaning that there were people of all genders, orientations, sexual preferences, and kinks.
Having been raised in a very open minded, progressive family, I had no discomfort being in a room filled with straight, gay, bi, trans, and queer people in outfits made of leather, fur, latex, or no outfit at all. But the thing that stuck out to me was not just the variety of people that were there, but the people that everyone seemed to respond to the most.
On one side of the continuum were the people with outfits that looked like they had been planned for weeks and were executed with absolute precision (every metal stud, sequin, or eyelash in its place). These people tended to look like they were a bit more in their head and moved about the room very cautiously as to not mess up their outfit.
On the other side of the continuum were the people who looked like they had largely thrown their outfit together and were just there to have fun (whatever fun meant to them individually). These people tended to bounce around the room full of energy and genuinely dripped enthusiasm for being where they were. When they were engaging in "scenes" with people (having sex, or engaging in sexual acts) it was this latter group of people that got the most attention throughout the night. And it wasn't a close contest in the slightest. The people who were immaculately adorned received compliments and many glances, but it was the people whose relaxed energy seemed ecstatic to be there (whether just walking around the room, or getting spanked by a flogger) that attracted the eyes of others.
My secondary takeaway from the room of beautiful people was this; being someone who can be present and fully receive sexual pleasure captivates a room while flashiness and flawlessness only attracts momentary attention.
3. Fully Understanding Your Sexuality Makes You A More Balanced Person
I try to be as non-judgmental as possible, but I found it difficult to come into such an event without any preconceived ideas about the kind of people I would meet there.
I expected people on the fringe of society. I expected hyper-talkative extroverts that needed as much stimulation as possible. I expected to meet lacklustre couples that were desperately trying to breathe life back in to their failing relationships. I couldn't have been more wrong on every account.
Throughout the event I chatted with people who were anywhere from 19 to 60 years old. I met people who were investment bankers, receptionists, and skydiving instructors. I met single people, and people who had been in open, loving marriages for decades.
Above all else, I met people that were intentional and open about their sexuality and were honestly some of the most balanced people I've ever met. They had expert level awareness around what they found arousing, they were brilliantly clear communicators, and they had an aura of "ask me anything" that made you immediately comfortable with them as people.
I engage with a lot of people in my daily life, and with some I can feel their incongruences and inconsistencies through their words. Engaging with them feels like I'm about to enter a building with windows missing and a foundation of quick sand. Conversely, talking with the people at this event felt like I was entering into a building made up of strong, stable materials that I could take shelter inside of, depend upon and trust.
And yes, while there were a small handful of kink-sters who didn't know how to manage their energy as well as the others, the vast majority of the people in attendance were remarkably normal, stable, and lovely people.
What Did I Really Learn From My First Sex Party?
I learned to put my fears, insecurities, and judgments aside.
I learned that love and acceptance starts from within and radiates outwards.
I learned that sex is the most natural thing in the world and everyone deserves to have it exactly as they want it (with other consenting adults).
And most importantly, I learned that there's nothing sexier than an open mind.
While this sort of an event is likely a huge step for most people reading this, there are micro-steps you can take in the same direction in order to glean the same results. For example, when was the last time you sat down with yourself and really questioned your sexual beliefs, or sexual preferences? When was the last time you had an intentional conversation with your partner about whether or not they have any sexual fantasies that they might want to try out?
Sex is too important of a factor in our lives for it to be so hidden from what is considered societally acceptable. Integrate it more fully, if only a little bit, and you and your partner will be better for it.
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Patriotic Front cadres in Kitwe have verbally attacked the Mast Newspaper's correspondent Marilyn Rose for exposing President Edgar Lungu's Uubomba Mwibala alya mwibala statement made during the Meet the President Dinner in over two weeks ago.
Rose had quoted the head of state using the idiom but had no idea she was on the wanted list.
The unruly PF cadres in full view of District Youth Chairman Kaboba Mukhuzo and other senior members verbally attacked the reporter with all manner of insults.
"I was covering Presidential Affairs Minister Freedom Sikazwe at the Kitwe City Council and after the assignment was done I just saw a group cadres coming towards me shouting on top of their voices that I was the one, when I looked around, they started insulting me and threatened me never to cover assignments organized by the PF because of the story I wrote," the traumatized reporter narrated.
"This is the same girl who wrote that story, she was very foolish, we will not allow such bad writing, from today onwards you should stop covering PF organized programs" the PF cadres said.
And the Northern Region Media Club(NORMEC) has condemned the verbal attacks on the reporter.
NORMEC Secretary Clinton Masumba said it was disappointing that the cadres attacked the Journalist while some senior Members of the PF looked on.
"The Reporter was verbally attacked following her article that appeared in the Mast Newspaper on 12th February, 2018 headlined "YOU CAN 'STEAL'…but tabatila kulya nembuto kumo – Lungu", in which the head of state used the idiom "ubomba mwibala alya mwibala, tabatila kulya nembuto kumo.
"The incident happened when the unruly PF cadres spotted the Reporter after she covered Presidential Affairs Minister Freedom Sikazwe who was addressing Marketeers and accompanied by National Planning Minister Alexander Chiteme and Copperbelt Minister Japhen Mwakalombe at the Kitwe City Council," Masumba said.
He said such attacks on media practitioners are an affront to freedom of the press in the country.
Masumba has further appealed to the Patriotic Front leadership through Christopher Kang'ombe, the District Chairperson to tame PF cadres that have no respect for other professionals.
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Netgear's new Orbi mesh Wi-Fi system comes with a compact design, lower price tag
The new Orbi WiFi System (RBK14) can cover homes up to 6,000 sq. ft.
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Netgear has come up with a new Orbi dual band Mesh WiFi system.
The company's latest Orbi Home WiFi system is designed for households with several internet-connected devices and delivers combined speeds of up to 1.2Gbps.
Netgear's new Orbi Mesh WiFi system is now on sale in the U.S. through authorized partners and other resellers for a starting price of $149.
Netgear is expanding its Orbi family of mesh WiFi network systems with the introduction of new Orbi dual band mesh WiFi system. Designed for medium to large sized homes, the Orbi "whole home" mesh WiFi system consists of one router paired with one or more satellites to eliminate dead zones and ensure you get strong WiFi everywhere.
Featuring a compact and boxy design, the new Orbi WiFi system is claimed to provide combined speeds of up to 1.2Gbps. Thanks to the Orbi app, you can have the whole system set up easily in minutes. Netgear's latest Orbi WiFi system can also work with Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant to allow users to manage their home network using voice commands.
Unlike Netgear's flagship Orbi WiFi 6 system, however, the new Orbis do not support the latest Wi-Fi 6 standard. Instead, they support the Wi-Fi 802.11ac standard.
You will need to shell out just $149 for a two-pack (RBK12) Orbi Mesh WIFi system, which can cover an area of up to 3,000 sq. ft. A three-pack (RBK13) is available now for $229, while a four-pack (RBK14) featuring one WiFi router and three satellites is listed as "coming soon" on the company's official website.
Orbi Mesh WiFi System (3-pack)
The three-pack Netgear Orbi WiFi system (RBK13) is claimed to cover up to 4,500 sq. ft., making it ideal for large homes. It promises WiFi speeds of up to 1.2Gbps and is compatible with all major ISPs. Thanks to Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant support, you will be able to manage your home network with the help of voice commands.
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♥♥If you are single, then Valentine's Day may not be greatest time of the year for you. Seeing other people celebrating their love can make one a tad envious. However, don't be let down. Lift your sagging spirits by reading these valentine's quotes and by dreaming of your own happily-ever-after.
♥♥Love is missing someone whenever you're apart, but somehow feeling warm inside because you're close in heart. As we are, Happy Valentines Day sweetheart.
♥♥Tell Me You Love Me.
♥♥hope your Valentine's Day is great.
Yöu'rë älwäys in my Hëärt!
♥♥Valentine's day is the one day which reminds you that if you don't have a special someone, you're alone.
We're lucky that you've me and i've you as special someone.
♥♥What Is The Best Gift For ? Valentine's Day ??
♥♥You are the reason why I can look at myself in the mirror and smile. You brought sunshine back into my life and for that I love you.
♥♥No poems no fancy words I just want the world to know that I LOVE YOU my Princess with all my heart. Happy Valentines Day.
♥♥Happy Valentine's Day to the person who has managed to make me smile every single day we've been together,,,,,,I Love you as a friend.
Boy: kya main tmhen pyara lgta hoon?
Boy: kya tum mere 7 rhna chahti ho?
Boy: agr main mar jaon to tum ro gi?
Tum pyaqe nahi bht khubsurat ho, main tumhare 7 rehna nahi blke jeena chahti hoon, agr tmhe kch ho gya to me roun gi nhi mar jaon gi.!
i love my heart when u touch it.
I love my life..when you are in it.!!!
Happy Valentines Day 2016 to my darling husband !
♥♥Happy Valentine – May the Peace and Love of God be with you in this Val. Cheers because God loves you.
♥♥I have one wish for Valentine's Day. I want you wrapped up in a big bow.
♥♥To the outside world, we all grow old.
♥♥Your love has conquered me. Now I belong only to you.
♥♥Cupid shoots well for me! He hit you and me with perfect aim.
E-ach each others secret Valentine.
♥♥A day without you in my life should never come and even if it does, let that be the last day of my life.
♥♥On this Valentine's Day, resolve to celebrate it in an eco-friendly way.
jab ho chuka hai pyar umar bhar k liye…..
a very wonderful happy valentines day..
♥♥If I reached for your hand , will u hold it ?
♥♥Curved high on a mountain, covered deep in dew, I saw these words… I LOVE YOU!


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HomeNationSoon, wi-fi on Varanasi ghats, Lucknow maze
Soon, wi-fi on Varanasi ghats, Lucknow maze
Put this down to the Narendra Modi effect. Soon, visitors and tourists to the Varanasi ghats and Lucknow's famed Bhool-Bhulaiyyan (maze) will be able to surf the net thanks to wi-fi hotspots being created there and at other places in the state at nothing less than breakneck speed.
Spurred into action by the ascendancy of Modi, the Varanasi MP, as the prime minister, telecom service provider Bharatiya Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has fast-tracked work on providing Wi-Fi connectivity at the Varanasi ghats. This would be done "earlier than expected" as the union telecom ministry is closely supervising the operations, a senior official told a news agency, not wishing to be identified because of government rules.
In the first phase, Internet hotspots would be provided at the ghats and also at the Sangam, where the three holy Hindu rivers – the Ganga, Yamuna and the celestial Saraswati – meet. With major footfalls in these cities and tourist hotspots, an official pointed out "instructions were to make these places Wi-Fi by end of October".
Other than this, the fabled Bhool-Bhulaiyyan in Lucknow, represented by union Home Minister Rajnath Singh in the Lok Sabha, is also on the wi-fi radar.
Work has already begun on laying optic fibre cables in these areas. A senior official said work was being done in the right earnest.
In the next phase, BSNL plans to provide broadband connectivity at all major tourist attractions and religious places in the state to enhance the internet experience.
BSNL is also working in full swing on the National Optical Fibre Network (NOFN) aimed at providing broadband internet in the countryside. The first phase of work is complete, with 1,477 villages – 387 in Uttar Pradesh – already connected to the internet. Spread over 19 districts and 25 blocks these villages will soon get a "major makeover" say officials, adding that these villages also have GPS installed.
In Lucknow, 15 villages are in the Bakshi Ka Talaab area, 34 in Mall block and 35 in the mango belt of Malihabad. Other villages which have been connected to the internet include Baberu in Banda, Gauhad in Hamirpur, Charkhari in Mahoba and Dariyabad in Barabanki.
While NOFN was conceived in 2011, work, officials admit, "picked up considerable pace ever since the Modi government came to power" and point out that instructions have been received from the union telecom ministry to review all cable joints and ensure broadband connectivity and GPS installation in all the nine circles of the state.
Modi is known for his stress and priority on use of Internet and e-commerce as a powerful tool to develop India into a major power in the years to come. Only recently, a private e-commerce player launched a platform in Varanasi where weavers were connected to the Internet to sell their looms, other products and the famous Banarasi saris.
"Uttar Pradesh is undergoing a sea change as far as use and assimilation of modern technology is concerned," said an official, while pointing out that the state government was also extending full support making it more easy to usher in the Internet revolution in the Hindi heartland. The Samajwadi party government's free laptop scheme under which hundreds of thousands of laptops were given to students who had cleared class 12 hinges majorly on Internet availability.